Mississippi: “Gaming the system: Absentee votes often pivotal in local elections”
Interesting phenomenon; misleading headline.
Category Archives: campaigns
“A pro-Trump group is using Obama’s voice out of context in radio ad for Georgia’s special election”
CNN:
An outside group that supports President Donald Trump is running a radio ad in Atlanta ahead of Georgia’s special election Tuesday that takes the voice of former President Barack Obama out of context to make the argument that Democrats… Continue reading
“Georgia special election tweets traced to one source”
Politico:
With Georgia’s special House election going down to the wire, it’s no shock that Twitter is saturated with Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel. But what is surprising is just how much of the traffic traces to a… Continue reading
“A Republican contractor’s database of nearly every voter was left exposed on the Internet for 12 days, researcher says”
WaPo:
A Republican contractor’s database of nearly every registered American voter was left vulnerable to theft on a public server for 12 days this month, according to a cybersecurity researcher who found and downloaded the trove of data.
The lapse… Continue reading
“Trump’s silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon”
Politico:
Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn’t care.
Even as the president lashes out at the series of Russia-related probes besieging his administration, Democrats say Trump has yet to… Continue reading
Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing: US Election Security: Russian Interventions and the Outlook for 2018 and Beyond
Advisory:
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that the Committee will hold an open hearing on June 21st… Continue reading
“FBI joins investigation at Karen Handel’s house”
Despicable:
Authorities were called to the neighborhood where [GA06 congressional candidate] Karen Handel lives in Roswell after suspicious envelopes were found in mailboxes Thursday afternoon.
Police say Roxburg Drive off Old Alabama Road was shut down for several hours… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: BuzzFeed on Dan Backer’s “Scam PACs” and the Hyperpartisan Websites Touting Them
Great investigation by Craig Silverman and Tarini Parti:
Those three groups — Great America PAC, Great America Alliance and Stop Hillary PAC— have been cited or promoted in some way in more than 110 articles on AAN dating back to… Continue reading
“Trump Campaign Statements Protected in Travel Ban Case, Group Says”
Bloomberg BNA:
Relying on statements President Donald Trump made during his campaign to argue against his proposed immigration restrictions could chill free speech in campaigns, posing “an unacceptable risk to First Amendment interests,” according to a new brief filed with… Continue reading
“In Watergate, One Set of Facts. In Trump Era, Take Your Pick.”
Jim Rutenberg NYT column:
Of course, Watergate unfolded in a much simpler time in the media industry.
There were three major news networks and PBS; a major paper or three in every city; and a political dynamic in which leaders… Continue reading
“Montana congressman-elect Gianforte apologizes for ‘assault’ on reporter”
WaPo:
Montana congressman-elect Greg Gianforte, who was charged with a misdemeanor after allegedly slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs to the ground for asking a question, has apologized to the reporter and announced a donation to the Committee to Protect Journalists.… Continue reading
“More on When Collusion with a Foreign Government Becomes a Crime”
Key Bauer followup:
Evidence Supporting a Finding of “Substantial Assistance”
It follows that the evidence in support of the “substantial assistance” would be different in quantity and nature from what is needed for a “coordination” claim. The evidence on the… Continue reading
“How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science”
NYT:
Those divisions did not happen by themselves. Republican lawmakers were moved along by a campaign carefully crafted by fossil fuel industry players, most notably Charles D. and David H. Koch, the Kansas-based billionaires who run a chain of refineries… Continue reading