Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump says the election could be rigged. Here’s why it won’t be.”
I spoke with Alex Cohen of KPCC’s Take Two.
“Lobbyists raised $11 million for Hillary Clinton since July, none for Trump”
Trump’s Vote Rigging Rhetoric Causes Supporters to Lose Faith in Fairness of the Electoral Process
Morning Consult:
Eighty percent of Americans say they are confident their vote will be accurately counted in the election. But independent voters are markedly less certain their votes will count, with just 68 percent saying they are confident their vote… Continue reading
“Koch brothers’ network focusing on GOP Senate, not Trump”
AP:
Four years after spending heavily in a futile effort to prevent President Barack Obama’s second term, the Kochs have pushed all of their resources down ballot. And their resources are ample: They’re on track to spend about $250 million… Continue reading
Republicans Support Green Party Candidate in AZ to Hurt Democrat
“The Other Campaign Madness: Mega-Donors”
NYT editorial:
Whatever voters’ disappointment with the fractious and bitter election campaign, the moneyed forces underpinning the candidates are quietly doing very well. It’s estimated that the $6.3 billion record set for election spending by presidential and congressional candidates in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Biggest Lie is About the Election Itself”
Watch Brian Stelter on CNN.
It’s important.
Outrages, Real and Imagined, Over Firebombing/Vandalism at NC GOP Office, and a Glimmer of Hope
The Charlotte Observer reports: “Hillsborough police said somebody threw a bottle of flammable liquid through the window of Orange County’s GOP headquarters, setting campaign signs, supplies and furniture ablaze before burning itself out….A swastika and ‘Nazi Republicans get out… Continue reading
Today in “Mitch McConnell is Still a Wimp” Dept
NYT:
Donald J. Trump on Sunday intensified his claims that the presidential campaign is “rigged” against him, sowing doubts about the integrity of the country’s democratic process even as his own running mate and other Republican leaders sought to assure… Continue reading
“Republican Lawyers’ Group Backs Trump On “Rigged” Election Warning”
Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed:
Even as leaders of and lawyers for both major political parties denounce Donald Trump’s warnings that next month’s election could be “rigged,” one top Republican legal group is standing by the nominee.
“History has proven that… Continue reading
“Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed”
Despicable:
The weekend firebombing of a North Carolina Republican headquarters drew national attention Sunday, with one state GOP official calling it an act of “political terrorism.”
Hillsborough police say the incident at the Orange County GOP headquarters occurred when… Continue reading
“‘Threatening’ GOP mailer angers recipients”
New Mexico in Depth:
“When Democrats win the election and you didn’t do your part to stop it… Your neighbors will know.”
That’s the message on a mailer from the New Mexico Republican Party encouraging early voting.
But not… Continue reading
Pro-Clinton Lawyers Believed Obama Sent Ineligible Voters to Colorado Caucuses in 08, According to Wikileaks
Daily Caller:
Emails hacked from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta cites two attorneys and “old friends of the Clintons,” James Lyons and Michael Driver, tasked with “caucus protection, election protection and to raise hard $” for… Continue reading