California Ballot Drop Box Targeted in Possible Arson
This is terrible and these boxes are designed to make this difficult to do.
People interfering with ballots like this can face felony charges.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Trump Campaign Lawyers Are Aiding a Leading Proponent of QAnon”
NYT:
Senior lawyers for the Trump campaign set up a small law firm last year that is working for Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican House candidate in Georgia with a history of promoting QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory.While… Continue reading
“White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump”
WaPo:
U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter.The warnings were… Continue reading
“Learning From Paterson’s Election Scandal to Prevent Voter Fraud”
NBC News New York video report:
Recent election fraud problems in Paterson are being used by President Trump to question vote-by-mail ballots, but election experts say the problems there are the exception rather than the rule. NBC New York’s… Continue reading
“Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same”
NYT:
Microsoft and a team of companies and law enforcement groups have disabled — at least temporarily — one of the world’s largest hacking operations, an effort run by Russian-speaking cybercriminals that officials feared could disrupt the presidential election in… Continue reading
“Intelligence chief briefed lawmakers of foreign influence threats to Congress”
The Hill:
The nation’s top intelligence official briefed lawmakers last month that foreign influence campaigns targeting Congress were more expansive than previously known, but a lack of specifics has left some with questions, multiple sources tell The Hill.Director of National… Continue reading
“Elliott Broidy, a Top Trump Fund-Raiser, Charged in Foreign Influence Case”
NYT:
The details of the accusations against Mr. Broidy are especially striking: They include a promised $75 million success fee from Mr. Low and discussions about arranging for Malaysia’s prime minister to play golf with Mr. Trump. But they follow… Continue reading
“Facebook bans marketing firm running ‘troll farm’ for pro-Trump youth group”
WaPo:
Facebook said Thursday it will permanently ban from its platform an Arizona-based marketing firm running what experts described as a domestic “troll farm” — in a probe of the deceptive behavior prompted by a Washington Post article last month.The… Continue reading
Durham Not Expected to Release Information About Results of Probe Before Election Day, Despite New DOJ Loosening of Restrictions
In light of this news, this is a relief from Politico:
The effort to discredit the intelligence community’s findings that Russia hacked Democrats to harm Clinton’s candidacy comes almost exactly four years to the day after the U.S.… Continue reading
Postal Carrier in New Jersey Charged with Dumping 1,875 Pieces of Mail, Including 99 Ballots
Daily Voice:
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a postal carrier from Kearny who they said dumped 1,875 pieces of mail — including general election ballots and campaign flyers – instead of delivering them.Nicholas Beauchene, 26, was nabbed by special… Continue reading
“Voters Should Not Be Intimidated”
New Brennan Center resource.
New Allegations of Trashed Ballots in New Jersey; Let’s Wait and See What Pans Out
Will see if these allegations pan out better than the allegations of ballots in a ditch in Wisconsin. Especially concerning is the original source.
“Welcome to Lammville”: Deep Dive into the Bloomingburg Election Fraud Scandal
“Russians ‘Have Committed’ to Not Interfering in Elections, Trump Aide Insists”
NYT:
President Trump’s national security adviser said on Sunday that he had warned his Russian counterpart last week that “there would be absolutely no tolerance for any interference” in the November election, but did not mention that American intelligence officials… Continue reading