Category Archives: chicanery
New Office of Congressional Ethics Cannot Communicate with Public in Any Way
Matt Viser highlights a wow detail.
Eric Lipton for the NYT:
The surprising vote came on the eve of the start of a new session of Congress, with emboldened Republicans ready to push an ambitious agenda on everything from health… Continue reading
Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking”
NYT:
President Obama struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 suspected Russian intelligence operatives from the United States and imposing sanctions on Russia’s two leading intelligence services.
The administration also… Continue reading
Absentee Ballots: “St. Louis prosecutor uncovers ‘important evidence’ in voter fraud probe, turns case over to feds”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The city’s top prosecutor said her office “uncovered important evidence” in a voter fraud investigation dealing with an August primary statehouse race that has since been reversed by voters.
The case — which centered on the… Continue reading
“Fact check: No proof in story of mass voter fraud in Michigan”
AP:
A widely shared story that claimed in headlines that Michigan had mass Democratic voter fraud and that more than half of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Detroit vote faces disqualification is false. State election officials say there is no proof… Continue reading
NC: “How courts could view moves to strip Roy Cooper’s power”
“FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election”
WaPo:
FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have backed a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials.
Comey’s support… Continue reading
NC Gov. McCrory Signs Election Bill Power Grab
Wasting no time:
The House approved Senate Bill 4 67-23, and sent it to the Senate for final approval. The Senate signed off on it in the early afternoon and sent it to the governor. Gov. Pat McCrory signed the… Continue reading
WI: “Brad Schimel: Grand jury likely to investigate John Doe leak”
Wisconsin State Journal:
The Department of Justice will likely convene a grand jury to investigate a leak of evidence collected during a secret criminal investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign circumvented state campaign finance law, Attorney General Brad… Continue reading
“Obama Says U.S. Will Retaliate for Russia’s Election Meddling”
NYT:
President Obama said on Thursday that the United States would retaliate for Russia’s efforts to influence the presidential election, asserting that “we need to take action,” and “we will.”
The comments, in an interview with NPR, indicate that Mr.… Continue reading
“Shalom Lamm charged with voter fraud”
The latest from Bloomingburg.