Monthly Archives: August 2016
“Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump on Tuesday appeared to raise the possibility that gun rights supporters could take matters into their own hands if Hillary Clinton is elected president and appoints judges who favor stricter gun control measures.
Repeating his contention… Continue reading
Daily Show on Donald Trump’s “Rigging Election” Comments
“Is Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act a dead letter?”
Lyle Denniston blogs.
It would not surprise me at all if on remand in the TX voting case the trial judge both finds intentional racial discrimination in Texas and puts Texas back under Section 3 supervision. What the 5th Circuit… Continue reading
“WikiLeaks Is Fanning a Conspiracy Theory That Hillary Murdered a DNC Staffer”
Horrible for the family and friends of Seth Rich.
New Wisconsin Election Commission Passes on Whether Paul Ryan Competitor Violated “Ballot Selfie” Law
Jessica Arp with the statement.
“Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con; Trump’s lies about election rigging will do real damage to a Clinton presidency.”
Joan Walsh writes for The Nation.
Ad Week Picks Up My Tweetstorm About Jeffrey Lord’s Bogus Voter Fraud Claims
“Cyberwars, voter insecurity and threats of civil unrest”
Happy to be on today’s To the Point:
Donald Trump is already raising questions about the outcome of the November election, telling supporters, “I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged. I have to be honest.” While experts… Continue reading
Trump Now Jokes About Assassination of Hillary Clinton If Elected
Watch the video of this remark: “If she gets to pick her judges —nothing you can do…Although the 2nd Amendment people maybe there is.”
Terrifying and horrible.
And I don’t think the “I was only kidding” defense works with jokes… Continue reading
“California high court says legislators’ votes are protected by free speech rights”
LAT:
The California Supreme Court decided Monday that the votes of elected officials are protected free speech.
The state high court ruled in a lawsuit brought by the city of Montebello against three former council members and a city… Continue reading
“Ex-Broward GOP chief challenges Palm Beach County elections supervisor”
“Discrimination Will Continue, But Who Will Notice?’
Important Julie Fernandes on the loss of election observers thanks to Shelby County.
“The United States is getting better at running elections”
Charles Stewart and Stephen Pettigrew for the Monkey Cage.