“The Intriguing Role Public Financing of Campaigns Played in the Eric Adams Indictments”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for Washington Monthly.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Consultant fined $6 million for using AI to fake Biden’s voice in robocalls”
Reuters:
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday finalized a $6 million fine for a political consultant over fake robocalls that mimicked President Joe Biden’s voice, urging New Hampshire voters not to vote in that state’s Democratic primary.
In May, Steven… Continue reading
“Republican Wisconsin congressman falsely suggests city clerk was lying about absentee ballots”
AP:
The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison has led a Republican member of Congress to falsely suggest that the clerk was lying about the presence of barcodes on the ballots… Continue reading
“Iranians indicted in connection with Trump campaign hack”
Politico:
A grand jury has indicted multiple Iranians on charges related to hacking Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
The federal charges stem from an Iranian operation that allegedly stole internal Trump campaign communications this summer, according to three people familiar… Continue reading
Key Part of Indictment Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is Foreign Conduit Campaign Contributions
NYT:
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has been indicted on federal charges of bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations.
The indictment, brought by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was unsealed… Continue reading
“Wisconsin mayor carts away absentee ballot drop box, says he did nothing wrong”
Insane:
The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard hat and used a… Continue reading
“The Surprising Reality of Political Violence in America”
NYT:
When Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania in July, a Dartmouth political scientist named Sean Westwood happened to be in the middle of a research project asking Americans about political violence.
At the time, many feared that… Continue reading
“US Senate Warns Big Tech to Act Fast Against Election Meddling”
Wired:
Top officials from Google, Apple, and Meta testified Wednesday before the United States Senate Intelligence Committee about each of their company’s ongoing efforts to identify and disrupt foreign influence campaigns ahead of the country’s November elections.
The… Continue reading
“Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states”
ABC News:
Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.
Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election… Continue reading
Election Deniers on the Ballot as State Chief Election Officers
Bolts:
In some of these states, including Missouri, Oregon, and Vermont, a candidate is once again running who has clearly embraced false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They’ve proposed taking drastic actions such as ending… Continue reading
“How the Election Denial Mindset Works”
Elaine Godfrey for The Atlantic.
“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