Category Archives: chicanery
“A pro-Trump group is using Obama’s voice out of context in radio ad for Georgia’s special election”
CNN:
An outside group that supports President Donald Trump is running a radio ad in Atlanta ahead of Georgia’s special election Tuesday that takes the voice of former President Barack Obama out of context to make the argument that Democrats… Continue reading
Bloomingburg: “Can Hasidic Village Survive Vote Fraud Scandal?”
The latest on Bloomingburg from The Forward:
Not least among the oddness is the saga of Rabiner, an early Hasidic pioneer in Bloomingburg.
A Hasidic man who moved to Bloomingburg in 2014, Rabiner won reelection to the village board in… Continue reading
“Trump’s silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon”
Politico:
Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn’t care.
Even as the president lashes out at the series of Russia-related probes besieging his administration, Democrats say Trump has yet to… Continue reading
Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing: US Election Security: Russian Interventions and the Outlook for 2018 and Beyond
Advisory:
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that the Committee will hold an open hearing on June 21st… Continue reading
“FBI joins investigation at Karen Handel’s house”
Despicable:
Authorities were called to the neighborhood where [GA06 congressional candidate] Karen Handel lives in Roswell after suspicious envelopes were found in mailboxes Thursday afternoon.
Police say Roxburg Drive off Old Alabama Road was shut down for several hours… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: BuzzFeed on Dan Backer’s “Scam PACs” and the Hyperpartisan Websites Touting Them
Great investigation by Craig Silverman and Tarini Parti:
Those three groups — Great America PAC, Great America Alliance and Stop Hillary PAC— have been cited or promoted in some way in more than 110 articles on AAN dating back to… Continue reading
“Russian Cyber Hacks on U.S. Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known”
Bloomberg:
Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
In Illinois,… Continue reading
ACORN Flawed Business Model Apparently Reappears in Indiana Voter Registration Effort
AP:
Twelve employees of a Democrat-linked group focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year’s general election in order to meet quotas, according to charging documents filed… Continue reading
Kris Kobach to Run for KS Governor–Will He Still Vice-Chair Trump “Election Integrity” Commission?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Updated: Chris Geidner reports Kobach will continue to serve.
Comey Testifies He Has Do Doubt Russians Interfered in Election, But Confident They Did Not Directly Alter Votes in 2016 Election
Must-Read from David Becker: “What We Know and Don’t Know about Election ‘Hacks’ in 2016”
Key read and reality check from David Becker.
“More on When Collusion with a Foreign Government Becomes a Crime”
Key Bauer followup:
Evidence Supporting a Finding of “Substantial Assistance”
It follows that the evidence in support of the “substantial assistance” would be different in quantity and nature from what is needed for a “coordination” claim. The evidence on the… Continue reading
Bloomingburg: “BREAKING: Jewish Developer Of Ultra-Orthodox Village Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud”
The latest from the Forward on the Bloomingburg saga:
Shalom Lamm, the developer behind the controversial effort to build hundreds of homes for Hasidic families in the upstate New York village of Bloomingburg, pled guilty Tuesday to federal charges… Continue reading