Category Archives: chicanery

Must-read from Ned Foley: “Closing Argument: All the President’s Bedlam”

November 3, 2020, 8:32 amchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

You really need to read the whole thing: President Trump is talking about “bedlam” — and even “violence in the streets” — if results aren’t known on election night. In fact, he is trying to create bedlam where none exists.… Continue reading

New Retro Report: “Poll Watchers and the Long History of Voter Intimidation” (Watch here, including on the 1981 Consent Decree Against the RNC)

November 2, 2020, 10:25 amchicanery, UncategorizedRick Hasen

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A literal Fraudulent Fraud Squad: “The Trump Campaign’s Chaotic Closing Strategy”

November 2, 2020, 6:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

McKay Coppins for The Atlantic: In the coming days, thousands of pro-Trump poll watchers are set to fan out across battleground states—smartphones in hand—and post themselves outside voting locations to hunt for evidence of fraud. This “army” has been coached… Continue reading

#2Days Out: My New One at Slate: “Trump Can’t Just ‘Declare’ Victory”

November 1, 2020, 2:55 pm#2DaysOut, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate (and part of the #2DaysOut symposium). It begins: Just count the damn votes.We are nearing the end of a ridiculous pandemic-laden election season, where we may hit record turnout despite the most blatant… Continue reading

North Carolina: “Police use pepper-spray on protesters — including children — marching to Alamance polls”

October 31, 2020, 2:58 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

News and Observer: Alamance County sheriff’s deputies and Graham police pepper-sprayed people — including a 5-year-old girl and other children — who were participating in the “I Am Change” march to the polls on Saturday afternoon.A racially diverse group of… Continue reading

“With Election Day looming, an anxious nation hears rumblings of violence”

October 31, 2020, 2:53 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: On the eve of a presidential election fraught with tension, warning flares are bursting across American skies. From federal and local law enforcement to analysts who track radical groups, concern is high about the possibility that violence could erupt,… Continue reading

New Hail Mary Lawsuit Seeks to Disenfranchise 100,000 Texas Voters; Why It Shouldn’t Succeed

October 31, 2020, 2:18 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Mark Stern flagged this new lawsuit filed in federal court which seeks to throw out over 100,000 ballots cast by Harris County, Texas voters who voted using drive-thru voting in Texas. There was an earlier lawsuit in state court seeking… Continue reading

“How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge”

October 29, 2020, 3:35 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: Nine month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and… Continue reading

“At behest of Trump campaign official, Minneapolis police union calls for retired officers to act as ‘eyes and ears’ on Election Day”

October 29, 2020, 7:20 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Star Tribune: The Minneapolis police union put out a call this week for retired officers to help serve as “eyes and ears” at polling sites in “problem” areas across the city on Election Day, at the request of an… Continue reading

“Ratcliffe went off script with Iran remarks, officials say”

October 28, 2020, 4:10 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe went off script when he alleged during a press conference last week that Iran was sending intimidating emails to Americans in order to “damage President Trump,” according to two senior administration officials… Continue reading

“‘We Merely Need to Dampen Turnout’: Leaked Docs Show Top Trump Allies’ 2016 Plan to Suppress Black Voters”

October 28, 2020, 8:21 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Great new reporting from Andy Kroll: The disinformation operation was christened “Project Clintonson.” It brought together two notorious figures in Republican political circles, Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Trump adviser Roger Stone. Their objective couldn’t have been more explicit.“We… Continue reading

“Trump Wants COVID-19 Media Coverage To Be Illegal: ‘Should Be An Election Law Violation’”

October 26, 2020, 7:35 amchicaneryRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“‘A disgrace to democracy’: Dozens of ballots destroyed in suspected arson of a Boston drop box”

October 26, 2020, 6:59 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Kansas: “Secret recording: O’Donnell, Capps, Clendenin plot how to get away with Whipple smear”

October 23, 2020, 5:06 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle: A secret recording released Friday shows that three Republican officials sought to frame the county’s Republican chairman for a falsified ad they put together smearing then-mayoral candidate Brandon Whipple. One compared their mission to that of the… Continue reading

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