“Who Watches the Poll Watchers? State legislators have introduced at least 40 bills in 20 different states that would expand the powers of poll watchers.”
New Brennan Center analysis.
Category Archives: chicanery
“House Minority Leader McCarthy defends Trump’s response to Jan. 6 insurrection”
WaPo:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) continued to defend former president Donald Trump’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection, claiming in an interview Sunday that Trump was unaware the U.S. Capitol was being stormed until McCarthy called and urged… Continue reading
“‘Hindsight Is 20/20’: An Internal Report Shows How Facebook Failed To Prevent The “Stop The Steal” Movement”
BuzzFeed News:
Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of a House of Representatives committee that his company had done its part “to secure the integrity of the election.” While the social network did not catch everything, the… Continue reading
“Trump’s grip on GOP looms as support falters for independent probe of Capitol riot”
WaPo:
Congress’s pursuit of an independent investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection is facing long odds, as bipartisan resolve to hold the perpetrators and instigators accountable erodes, and Republicans face sustained pressure to disavow that it was supporters of former… Continue reading
Far Right Wing Bloggers Who Believe That Alabama SOS John Merrill Protected Voting Rights Too Much (!) and That He Allowed for Voter Fraud Outed Explicit Details of His Extra-Marital Affair
Quite a story:
A former Spanish teacher in North Carolina, Noel Fritsch has in recent years built a career as a conservative operative with a history of involvement in Republican campaigns and far-right causes across the country.Described by a … Continue reading
“Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law”
NPR:
Three weeks after it was signed into law, local election officials in Georgia are still trying to understand all the implications of the state’s controversial election overhaul.In a series of interviews, election officials said that while the Republican-led measure… Continue reading
“Armed ‘quick reaction force’ was waiting for order to storm Capitol, Justice Dept. says”
WaPo:
As the Capitol was overrun on Jan. 6, armed supporters of President Donald Trump were waiting across the Potomac in Virginia for orders to bring guns into the fray, a prosecutor said Wednesday in federal court.The Justice Department has… Continue reading
“A cybersecurity expert who promoted claims of fraud in the 2020 election is leading the GOP-backed recount of millions of ballots in Arizona”
WaPo:
The nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Ariz., last fall are currently packaged in 40 cardboard shrink-wrapped boxes and stacked on 45 pallets in a county facility in Phoenix known as “the vault,” due to its sophisticated… Continue reading
“New Sanctions On Manafort Deputy Suggest Deeper Role Of Russian Intel In 2016”
TPM:
The Biden administration slapped Konstantin Kilimnik, an assistant of Paul Manafort and alleged Russian spy, with sanctions on Thursday as it escalated economic measures against Moscow.In announcing the move, the Treasury Department suggested that Kilimnik gave internal Trump campaign… Continue reading
“Capitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds”
NYT:
The Capitol Police had clearer advance warnings about the Jan. 6 attack than were previously known, including the potential for violence in which “Congress itself is the target.” But officers were instructed by their leaders not to use their… Continue reading
Michigan: “Nessel asks judge to consider Sidney Powell’s ‘stunning admissions’ in deciding sanctions”
Detroit News:
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday asked a federal judge to consider GOP lawyer Sidney Powell’s “stunning admissions” in deciding whether to sanction her for a lawsuit filed after the November election in Michigan’s federal eastern district… Continue reading
WinRed Doubles Down on Deceptive Advertising to Get People Not to Opt Out from Recurring Donations
Just wow:
The NRCC’s prechecked recurring donation box makes people disavow Dear Leader Trump to uncheck. https://t.co/TH8sURaZ9P https://t.co/xb4yglZIdW pic.twitter.com/irKFTcKlt5— Tim Miller (@Timodc) April 7, 2021
And more:
This is the NRCC's homepage prechecked donation box right now.Unchecking… Continue reading
“Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll”
Reuters:
Three months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to try to overturn his November election loss, about half of Republicans believe the siege was largely a non-violent protest or was the handiwork of left-wing activists… Continue reading
“Her Ballot Didn’t Count. She Faces 5 Years in Prison for Casting It.”
NYT:
On Election Day 2016, Crystal Mason went to vote after her mother insisted that she make her voice heard in the presidential election. When her name didn’t appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant… Continue reading