Category Archives: chicanery
A literal Fraudulent Fraud Squad: “The Trump Campaign’s Chaotic Closing Strategy”
McKay Coppins for The Atlantic:
In the coming days, thousands of pro-Trump poll watchers are set to fan out across battleground states—smartphones in hand—and post themselves outside voting locations to hunt for evidence of fraud. This “army” has been coached… Continue reading
#2Days Out: My New One at Slate: “Trump Can’t Just ‘Declare’ Victory”
I have written this piece for Slate (and part of the #2DaysOut symposium). It begins:
Just count the damn votes.We are nearing the end of a ridiculous pandemic-laden election season, where we may hit record turnout despite the most blatant… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Police use pepper-spray on protesters — including children — marching to Alamance polls”
News and Observer:
Alamance County sheriff’s deputies and Graham police pepper-sprayed people — including a 5-year-old girl and other children — who were participating in the “I Am Change” march to the polls on Saturday afternoon.A racially diverse group of… Continue reading
“With Election Day looming, an anxious nation hears rumblings of violence”
WaPo:
On the eve of a presidential election fraught with tension, warning flares are bursting across American skies. From federal and local law enforcement to analysts who track radical groups, concern is high about the possibility that violence could erupt,… Continue reading
New Hail Mary Lawsuit Seeks to Disenfranchise 100,000 Texas Voters; Why It Shouldn’t Succeed
Mark Stern flagged this new lawsuit filed in federal court which seeks to throw out over 100,000 ballots cast by Harris County, Texas voters who voted using drive-thru voting in Texas. There was an earlier lawsuit in state court seeking… Continue reading
“How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge”
NBC News:
Nine month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and… Continue reading
“At behest of Trump campaign official, Minneapolis police union calls for retired officers to act as ‘eyes and ears’ on Election Day”
Star Tribune:
The Minneapolis police union put out a call this week for retired officers to help serve as “eyes and ears” at polling sites in “problem” areas across the city on Election Day, at the request of an… Continue reading
“Ratcliffe went off script with Iran remarks, officials say”
Politico:
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe went off script when he alleged during a press conference last week that Iran was sending intimidating emails to Americans in order to “damage President Trump,” according to two senior administration officials… Continue reading
“‘We Merely Need to Dampen Turnout’: Leaked Docs Show Top Trump Allies’ 2016 Plan to Suppress Black Voters”
Great new reporting from Andy Kroll:
The disinformation operation was christened “Project Clintonson.” It brought together two notorious figures in Republican political circles, Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Trump adviser Roger Stone. Their objective couldn’t have been more explicit.“We… Continue reading
“Trump Wants COVID-19 Media Coverage To Be Illegal: ‘Should Be An Election Law Violation’”
“‘A disgrace to democracy’: Dozens of ballots destroyed in suspected arson of a Boston drop box”
Kansas: “Secret recording: O’Donnell, Capps, Clendenin plot how to get away with Whipple smear”
Wichita Eagle:
A secret recording released Friday shows that three Republican officials sought to frame the county’s Republican chairman for a falsified ad they put together smearing then-mayoral candidate Brandon Whipple. One compared their mission to that of the… Continue reading
Iranian Video of Purported Hack into State Voter Registration Database Appears to Be Staged
Analysis from EIP:
This week has seen a flurry of activity related to potential voter suppression, starting with the sending of threatening emails, purportedly from the Proud Boys, to voters in several states; the release of a video purporting to… Continue reading