“How the Election Denial Mindset Works”
Elaine Godfrey for The Atlantic.
Category Archives: chicanery
“A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats”
AP:
Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts.
A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A… Continue reading
“Elon Musk Writes, Then Deletes, a Post Musing About Threats to Biden and Harris”
NYT:
Hours after what the F.B.I. called a second attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, Elon Musk wrote on his social media site — and then deleted — a post suggesting it was odd that nobody had… Continue reading
“Georgia’s lieutenant governor won’t be charged in election interference case”
AJC:
A state prosecutor on Friday announced he would decline to pursue criminal charges against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones regarding his efforts to aid Donald Trump as the former president sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
After spending five… Continue reading
“Local Republican official in Michigan promises to certify election results after being sued”
AP:
A local Republican election official in Michigan has promised to certify the results of the November presidential election after being sued for stating that he wouldn’t sign off on the results if he disagreed with how the election was… Continue reading
“What is the Claremont Institute doing back at APSA?”
Dave Karpf:
Let me tell you a little story about institutional cowardice.
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is my primary professional association. Every year, APSA holds a massive convention of political science professors. We present working papers, give feedback,… Continue reading
Must-Read and Must-Watch AP Dive Compiling the Evidence of What Happened at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and Trump and His Allies’ Efforts to Deny It
This is well worth your time:
Inside Washington’s federal courthouse, there’s no denying the reality of Jan. 6, 2021. Day after day, judges and jurors silently absorb the chilling sights and sounds from television screens of rioters beating… Continue reading
“Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media”
NYT:
In early 2022, a young couple from Canada, Lauren Chen and Liam Donovan, registered a new company in Tennessee that went on to create a social media outlet called Tenet Media.
By November 2023, they had assembled a lineup… Continue reading
“DOJ alleges Russia funded US media company linked to right-wing social media stars”
CNN:
The unnamed Tennessee-based company that the Justice Department alleges was being funded by Russian operatives working as part of a Kremlin-orchestrated influence operation targeting the 2024 US election is Tenet Media, which is linked to right-wing commentators with millions… Continue reading
“Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio”
NYT:
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas went to court on Wednesday to try to stop county leaders in San Antonio from sending out more than 200,000 voter registration applications to unregistered residents of Bexar County.
The lawsuit by Mr.… Continue reading
“‘Bigger threat’: Feds accuse Russia’s RT network in $10 million election misinformation plot”
USA Today:
The Justice Department charged two Russian citizens with directing a $10 million campaign to influence the 2024 election through online platforms that flooded millions of Americans with disinformation, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday.
The… Continue reading
“Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names”
Politico:
A Washington startup pitched as a service to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known, far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons who are using pseudonyms in their new business, according to four former employees… Continue reading
“They didn’t submit a photocopy that wasn’t required; Why abortion won’t be on the Arkansas ballot in November”
I missed this from Adam Unikowsky back on Aug. 25:
On August 22, 2024, the Arkansas Supreme Court held, by a 4-3 vote, that an abortion-rights ballot initiative would not appear on the 2024 ballot. Why? It’s a confusing… Continue reading
“GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes”
AP:
Across the country, a network of Republican political operatives, lawyers and their allies is trying to shape November’s election in ways that favor former President Donald Trump. Their goal is to prop up third-party candidates such as West who… Continue reading