“Trump’s offensive against Ruby Freeman reaches an ugly new level; As Donald Trump renews his offensive against an innocent election worker in Georgia, remember that his own team told him these claims weren’t true.”
Steve Benen for MaddowBlog.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Convicted Oath Keepers leader testifies in trial of Alaska lawmaker”
ADN:
Jailed Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes testified Monday in the trial of Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, who identifies as a member of the right-wing group.
Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is accused of violating a clause of the… Continue reading
“U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies”
NYT has this report, with the subhead: “Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians. But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal.”
“A Plot To Overturn An American Election”
TPM:
The messages you are about to read are the definitive, real-time record of a plot to overturn an American election.
TPM has obtained the 2,319 text messages that Mark Meadows, who was President Trump’s last White House chief of… Continue reading
“Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release”
CNN:
Twitter’s former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk’s campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
Yoel Roth, who… Continue reading
“‘Furthering false narratives’: Lake, Finchem lawsuit draws sanction order from judge”
Arizona Republic:
In a blistering 30-page opinion, a federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines, hoping to deter “similarly baseless suits in the future.”
Lake and Finchem, Trump-endorsed… Continue reading
“Michigan’s boards of canvassers didn’t derail election certification this year; And now Prop 2 eliminates the threat for good.”
VoteBeat:
Republican secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo had something to say in Lansing on Monday as the Board of State Canvassers prepared to certify her loss, and she swore it wasn’t sour grapes.
The election, Karamo charged without evidence… Continue reading
“Cochise County, after disregarding state elections law, may go to court without attorney”
Arizona Republic:
Cochise County officials may go to court Thursday without an attorney to represent them against charges that they broke the law by failing to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election.
County supervisors on Tuesday voted to… Continue reading
“Georgia GOP chairman singled out by judge for central role in fake elector plot”
CNN:
A state judge singled out Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer, one of the fake electors for Donald Trump, for the unique role he played in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State as… Continue reading
“Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024”
AP:
Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the results.
Three weeks after the end of voting,… Continue reading
“County supervisors face intense public pressure to reject election results, but most certify anyway”
Jen Fifield for VoteBeat:
Lydia Abril placed a Bible on the podium, adjusted the microphone, and told the elected officials in front of her that she wanted to pass along a message from God.
“Justice? You high and mighty politicians… Continue reading
“Here are all of the challenges to Arizona’s 2022 election so far”
Arizona Republic:
Arizona is scheduled to canvass its 2022 election results Dec. 5, but a host of challenges are standing in the way.
Some losing GOP candidates have refused to concede their races and hope to find reprieve in… Continue reading
“Doug Mastriano supporters are flooding Pa. courts with baseless recount petitions in the governor’s race”
Philly Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano lost by a lot.
But some of his supporters wrongly believe the results are inaccurate, and they think they’ve found a way to do something about it. So now election denial groups are flooding Pennsylvania… Continue reading
Based on popular demand, Trump to return to Twitter
N.Y. Times and everyone is reporting on Elon Musk’s decision to reinstate Trump after polling Twitter. It is so nice to finally have an answer, after all these years, to who “the people” are: 15 million Twitter users.… Continue reading