Category Archives: chicanery
“Sitting Rep’s Campaign Collected Dead Man’s Signature On Challenger’s Behalf”
TPM:
A Virginia judge appointed a special prosecutor Tuesday to look into a case of potential forgery and other election law violations after multiple suspicious signatures were found on a petition to get an independent congressional candidate on the ballot,… Continue reading
“Brennan Center Sues Justice Department for Refusing to Disclose Documents Related to Controversial Voting Letter”
Release via email:
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is suing the Justice Department today for refusing to turn over documents related to a controversial letter DOJ sent last year, which sought detailed information about how… Continue reading
“Russian Threat ‘Is Real,’ Trump Officials Say, Vowing to Protect U.S. Elections”
NYT:
Top national security officials vowed Thursday to defend American elections against what they called real threats from Russia only weeks after President Trump seemed to accept President Vladimir V. Putin’s denials of interference during a summit meeting in Finland.… Continue reading
“Donation from prominent L.A. politician roils USC, which referred case to federal prosecutors”
Quite a story in the LAT:
When state Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas resigned suddenly in December, it marked an abrupt halt to a promising political career.
The son of powerful Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas had enjoyed the backing of… Continue reading
“Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling”
NYT:
They covered their tracks, using software to camouflage their internet traffic. They created Facebook pages for anti-Trump culture warriors, Hispanic activists and fans of alternative medicine. And they organized protests in coordination with real-world political groups.
The people behind… Continue reading
“How Fake Influence Campaigns on Facebook Lured Real People”
NYT:
Facebook has been under intense pressure since the 2016 presidential election for failing to detect foreign meddling on its platform. The company did not identify who was behind the latest influence campaign, but it said the activity mimicked the… Continue reading
“Senators: Trump ‘not paying attention’ to Russian threats in 2018”
CNN:
Two leading senators are asserting that President Donald Trump has not focused on the clear threat the Kremlin poses in the 2018 elections, with one Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee contending that Russian hackers may have already targeted… Continue reading
North Carolina Sued Over Retroactively Stripping Constitution Party Members of Access to the Ballot
Progressive Pulse:
The Constitution Party of North Carolina is following through on its threat to sue the state over ballot access restrictions.
The Party and three of its members — James Poindexter of Surry County, Jerry Jones of Greene County… Continue reading
“Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign Using Fake Accounts”
NYT:
Facebook said on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the midterm elections, with the company detecting and removing 32 pages and fake accounts that had engaged in activity around divisive… Continue reading
“Wilbur Ross’s false claim to Congress that the census citizenship question was DOJ’s idea”
Four Pinnochios for this one.
The bigger question is whether there will be consequences for Secretary Ross lying to Congress.
“Trump admin has no central strategy for election security, and no one’s in charge”
NBC News:
After nearly two years of calling Russian election interference a hoax and its investigation a witch hunt, on Friday afternoon President Donald Trump is scheduled to preside over the first National Security Council meeting devoted to defending American… Continue reading
Is the Trump Tape Evidence of a Campaign Finance Violation?
North Carolina General Assembly, in Another Special Session, Seeks to Change Party Designation to Help Preferred Republican Supreme Court Candidate
A few weeks ago, I reported on a candidate for state Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina. He is running as a Republican even though he used to be a Democrat. Republicans suspect he’s doing this to split the R… Continue reading