New CAP Report on the Risk of Election Subversion
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Watch My Interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper About Lessons for American Democracy from January 6 Anniversary and Risk of Election Violence in U.S.
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“Jan. 6 Panel Faces Difficult Questions as Anniversary of Capitol Riot Approaches”
NYT:
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot arrives this week with the congressional committee investigating the attack confronting a series of difficult questions, including how forcefully to flex its subpoena power and whether the Supreme Court will stymie… Continue reading
“If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift”
Margaret Sullivan WaPo column:
Similarly, NPR recently ran a seven-minute segment on what it called “the clear and present danger of Trump’s enduring ‘Big Lie.’ ” As NYU’s Jay Rosen noted, the piece was admirably direct in its… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Should Not Be the Focus of Election Reform”
Yuval Levin NYT oped:
Some Republicans insist that the process of counting and certifying the vote in some states was corrupt in 2020. There is no evidence — none — to support any specific claims on this front. But… Continue reading
Watch Video of My CNN Appearance with Pamela Brown Talking About Jan. 6 Anniversary and the Serious Risks to American Democracy
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Strong New York Times Editorial: “Every Day is January 6 Now”
From the editorial:
One year after the smoke and broken glass, the mock gallows and the very real bloodshed of that awful day, it is tempting to look back and imagine that we can, in fact, simply look back. To… Continue reading
Potentially Interesting Trump Letter About Seizing Voting Machinery after 2020 Election in Possession of Bernard Kerik
Politico:
A key adviser to Donald Trump’s legal team in their post-election quest to unearth evidence of fraud has delivered a trove of documents to Jan. 6 investigators describing those efforts.Bernard Kerik, the former New York City Police commissioner and… Continue reading
“The Republican Superlawyer Leading The Charge To Take Over Election Offices”
TPM profiles Cleta Mitchell.
Must-read AP: “‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power”
Nicholas Riccardi for AP:
In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented… Continue reading
“One Year Later, New UMass Amherst Poll Finds Continued National Political Division Over the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol. “
Release:
One year after thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to protest and disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, the results of a… Continue reading
“Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden’s Electoral Win”
Daily Beast:
A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon were actually behind the last-ditch coordinated effort by rogue Republicans in Congress to halt certification of the 2020 election results and keep President Donald… Continue reading
“Committee investigating Jan. 6 attack plans to begin a more public phase of its work in the new year”
WaPo:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to begin holding public hearings in the new year to tell the story of the insurrection from start to finish while crafting an ample interim report… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Republicans pump new life into scrutinizing the 2020 election; The aim of the investigations has shifted to trying to subvert election boards and long-standing voting protocols”
Star Tribune:
The cash bar was open for business, the Lilydale Dance Hall decked out in holiday garland, but Michael Gableman wasn’t here with good tidings.The attorney stood in front of Republican activists to share horror stories he’d heard… Continue reading