Category Archives: chicanery
“Analysis: Trump Not the First to Claim Voter Fraud Will Rig Elections”
Zack Roth:
Here’s what Sen. John McCain said during a 2008 presidential debate — the highest-profile stage of the campaign. The voter registration group ACORN, McCain declared, “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds… Continue reading
“Is Trump setting the stage to challenge November’s election result?”
McClatchy:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to be preparing to be a sore loser, unsettling the prospects for any post-election peace.
Three months before Election Day, the 70-year-old New York businessman is reciting electoral grievances that range from… Continue reading
“‘No evidence of it happening’: Experts scrutinize Trump’s claims of election rigging”
“Conservative group files class action lawsuit against John Doe investigators”
Wisconsin State Journal:
A conservative group has filed a class-action lawsuit against the investigators and former state officials connected to a halted criminal investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s 2012 recall campaign.
In the lawsuit, the John K. MacIver Institute alleges… Continue reading
“For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: the election itself.”
Josh Marshall on Trump’s Rumblings of a Rigged Election
Must-read:
Whether Trump is starting to lay the groundwork for contesting the election on claims of widespread voter impersonation fraud or some kind of broader effort for election officials to falsify results, we’re entering a dangerous new phase of the… Continue reading
Roger Stone is a Disgrace
Quote in Breitbart, stoking irresponsible and dangerous voter fraud fears:
“I think we have widespread voter fraud, but the first thing that Trump needs to do is begin talking about it constantly,” Stone said. “He needs to say for example,… Continue reading
“Hacker threat extends beyond parties”
“Is D.N.C. Email Hacker a Person or a Russian Front? Experts Aren’t Sure”
NYT:
Who is Guccifer 2.0, the self-proclaimed Romanian “lone hacker” responsible for copying thousands of emails and other files from the Democratic National Committee — a real person, or a front created by Russian intelligence officials?
Technology specialists have… Continue reading
“By November, Russian hackers could target voting machines”
Bruce Schneier:
Over the years, more and more states have moved to electronic voting machines and have flirted with Internet voting. These systems are insecure and vulnerable to attack.
But while computer security experts like me have sounded… Continue reading
“Kansas House candidate seeks grand jury investigation into Kobach”
Wichita Eagle:
A candidate for the Kansas House wants to convene a grand jury to investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Steven X. Davis, a Democratic candidate for the Kansas House from Lawrence, filed a petition with the Douglas… Continue reading
“Donald Trump Challenges Russia to Find Hillary Clinton’s Missing Emails”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, essentially sanctioning a foreign power’s cyberspying of a secretary of state’s correspondence.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the… Continue reading
“Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.”
NYT:
WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have told the White House they now have “high confidence” that the Russian government was behind the theft of emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee, according to federal officials who… Continue reading