Ciara Torres-Spelliscy:
Republican contributors were not amused by the Senate’s lack of accomplishment and withheld money for the 2018 campaign. Donations to Senate Republicans went from $7 million in March to only $2 million in July and August, “a… Continue reading
I wish my readers a very happy Thanksgiving with family and friends, and (I hope) a rest from the nonstop news of this country and the world.
See everyone next week!
It never ends.
On the last voter id law passed by the NC general assembly, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded: “Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt… Continue reading
NYT:
Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, moved swiftly on Tuesday against the House’s longest-serving lawmaker, calling for the House Ethics Committee to investigate sexual harassment charges against Representative John Conyers Jr., the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.… Continue reading
NYT:
The F.B.I. is investigating whether Representative Robert A. Brady of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, illegally paid a political opponent $90,000 to drop out of a 2012 primary race, court documents show.
Two of Mr.… Continue reading
Josh Gerstein:
An appeals court gave a skeptical reception Tuesday to a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission violated federal law by failing to study the privacy impact of a demand for voter rolls and other personal… Continue reading
Politico:
The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who have been briefed on the Bureau’s plans.
Brunell,… Continue reading
Washington Examiner:
A wide range of interest groups – from academics, to faux-media outlets, to partisans, to foundations and the activist groups they fund – appear intent on trying to sabotage the work of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election… Continue reading
Josh Gerstein:
A commission that President Donald Trump tasked with investigating his own unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud won’t meet again this year, according to court records, fueling more questions about the panel’s future and its viability.
In an… Continue reading