“‘One Person, One Vote’ Review: Gerrymander to Win the Game”
WSJ review of Nick Seabrook’s new book, One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America.
I Talked to KCRW’s “Left, Right, and Center” about Anti-Election Subversion Legislation Prospects and Jan. 6
You can listen here.
My New NY Times Oped on the Necessity of Indicting Donald Trump: “No One Is Above the Law, and That Starts With Donald Trump”
I have written this piece for the NYT. It begins:
In a 2019 ruling requiring the former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify at a congressional hearing about former President Donald J. Trump’s alleged abuses of power, Judge Kentanji… Continue reading
“Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate effort to pass false elector slates to Pence, but his new explanation drew a quick rebuke”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
After initially claiming to be “basically unaware” of an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector documents to Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he coordinated with a Wisconsin attorney to pass… Continue reading
“Gov. Kemp to testify in Fulton County’s Trump probe”
AJC:
Gov. Brian Kemp will deliver testimony next month to Fulton County prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 elections, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.But unlike the parade of witnesses who have appeared at the Fulton courthouse to… Continue reading
“Jan. 6 Panel Outlines Trump’s Bid to Coerce Justice Dept. Official”
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol painted a vivid picture on Thursday of how former President Donald J. Trump directed a wide-ranging bid to strong-arm the Justice Department into overturning the 2020 election, the… Continue reading
“Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraud”
WaPo:
Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was at the heart of bringing it to Donald Trump’s attention.This… Continue reading
“Wisconsin election investigator says he deleted records”
AP:
The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state testified Thursday that he routinely deleted records, and deactivated a personal email account, even after receiving open records requests.Michael Gableman testified… Continue reading
Letter of the Day (Mo Brooks Seeking Pardons for Republican Members of Congress Who Supported Election Subversion in 2020)
Opposition to Louisiana’s Request for a Supreme Court Stay in Redistricting Case Now Posted
“This is What Nine Years Without the Voting Rights Act Looks Like”
Ryan Suto at FairVote:
Without the protection of the Act, shredded by the Court in 2013, 21 states enacted new voting restrictions ahead of the 2016 election, and since the 2020 election at least 18 states have passed new… Continue reading
“Donald Trump attorney coordinated with Ron Johnson to pass false elector document to Mike Pence”
Wisconsin State Journal:
A former Dane County judge who legally represented President Donald Trump coordinated with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to pass documents falsely stating Trump won Wisconsin to then-Vice President Mike Pence as Pence was set to confirm Joe… Continue reading
Livetweeting Today’s January 6 Hearing
The thread starts here.
“Liz Cheney Encourages Wyoming Democrats to Change Parties to Vote for Her”
NYT:
Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican of Wyoming whose polling remains far behind her Trump-endorsed primary challenger as her House committee’s Jan. 6 hearings continue, is urging Democrats in her home state to switch parties to support her in… Continue reading