Category Archives: chicanery
“The 2020 campaigns aren’t ready for deepfakes”
Axios:
The 2020 presidential campaigns appear to have done little to prepare for what experts predict could be a flood of fake videos depicting candidates doing or saying something incriminating or embarrassing.Driving the news: The recent manipulated video of… Continue reading
“Trump normalizes foreign election intervention ahead of 2020”
Jonathan Allen for NBC News:
On one level, Trump’s brash lobbying in foreign countries is just another case of norm-busting for a president who often rejects the niceties of both domestic and international politics. But at a deeper level, Trump’s… Continue reading
“Mysterious ‘vote-shaming’ mailer investigated ahead of Northern California special election”
Sacramento Bee:
Just days before a state Senate special election Tuesday, a mysterious letter threatening to publicly expose voters who don’t cast ballots has begun appearing in mailboxes across Northern California, prompting a state inquiry into whether election… Continue reading
“Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor”
Tampa Bay Times:
Andrew Gillum is a focal point of a recently issued federal grand jury subpoena that demands information on the former Democratic candidate for governor, his campaign, his political committee, a wealthy donor, a charity he worked… Continue reading
“Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement on Wednesday before resigning from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: Nancy Pelosi. Mueller’s simple message to Pelosi… Continue reading
My Thoughts About Whether The House Should Pursue Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump Based on His Alleged Obstruction of Investigation into Russian Interference in 2016 Electon
Follow my tweet thread starting here:
This seemed to be the purpose of the statement. Mueller's 's given everything Congress needs to start impeachment proceedings if it so chooses. He couldn't have been clearer. There's certainly enough to investigate… Continue reading
“Loopholes Allow Foreign Adversaries to Legally Interfere in U.S. Elections”
Fred Wertheimer for Just Security.
“Trump campaign embraces groups trying to court minority voters – one with false pitches”
WaPo:
Nearly a year after a gay freelance hairstylist living in Harlem posted a Facebook video repudiating the Democratic Party, Brandon Straka found himself in Trump Tower on Thursday speaking with Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and a senior… Continue reading
“Judge Orders Voter Fraud Alarmist To Be Deposed Again After Docs Raise New Questions”
TPM:
J. Christian Adams — a former member of President Trump’s voter fraud commission who has been sued for defamation for his reports claiming mass fraud — will have to sit for another deposition in the case, after a… Continue reading
“Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry”
NYT:
President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a review into how the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia were investigated, significantly escalating the administration’s efforts to place… Continue reading
“Faked Pelosi videos, slowed to make her appear drunk, spread across social media”
WaPo:
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she’s drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can now spread at the… Continue reading
Don Palmer, Now on the EAC, Assisted Christian Adams and PILF with “Alien Invasion” Report, Currently the Subject of Defamation/Voter Intimidation Suit
Tierney Sneed from TPM:
Before he was named by President Trump to the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission, Donald Palmer, a former GOP-appointed secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections, assisted in the creation of sensational voter fraud reports that … Continue reading
“Prosecutors: Michael Cohen campaign finance probe is active”
AP:
Prosecutors aren’t quite finished investigating campaign finance violations by President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer.U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III agreed Tuesday to keep search warrant materials related to the investigation of Michael Cohen under seal until… Continue reading