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“Eligible Voters at Risk: Examining Changes to USCIS’s SAVE System.”
New issue brief from the Fair Elections Center:
Changes fueled by election-denier conspiracy theories are in the works for a system created by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) nearly forty years ago to verify citizenship status and legal presence… Continue reading
“Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent”
Gothamist:
Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secure a spot on the November ballot as an independent candidate, a Gothamist investigation has found.
Gothamist reviewed signatures submitted from across New… Continue reading
Alaska Supreme Court Finally Explains Its Ballot Access Order from September 2024 in Divided Decision
Alaska Democratic Party v. Beecher:
This case concerns a challenge to the Alaska Division of Elections’ inclusion of Eric Hafner — a federal prisoner in New York — as one of the four candidates on the 2024 general election ballot… Continue reading
“How the Supreme Court enabled the Texas-California redistricting fight”
Bob Egelko for the SF Chronicle.
“‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows”
NYT:
The Trump-era special counsel who scoured the Russia investigation for wrongdoing gathered evidence that undermines a theory pushed by some Republicans that Hillary Clinton’s campaign conspired to frame Donald J. Trump for colluding with Moscow in the 2016 election,… Continue reading
“Elon Musk gave Trump and the GOP $15M even as he was fighting with the president”
Politico:
Elon Musk gave $5 million to Donald Trump’s super PAC during a dramatic and bitter falling out with the president, new filings show.
The donation to MAGA Inc. was made a month after Musk said he had “done enough” … Continue reading
“Trump, Term-Limited, Amasses $200 Million War Chest for Political Ambitions”
NYT:
President Trump’s super PAC is sitting on about $200 million that it can spend against his rivals, giving a term-limited president a never-before-seen amount of power in his party’s finances and future.
In the first half of 2025, Mr.… Continue reading
“Old money: Campaign finance and gerontocracy in the United States”
Adam Bonica and Jacob Grumbach have written this article for the Journal of Public Economics. Here is the abstract:
Politicians in the United States rank among the oldest globally. This study examines how money in politics contributes to age inequality… Continue reading
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“Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum”
Wapo:
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display. A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, said the change… Continue reading
California: “Gavin Newsom floats November special election for his anti-Trump redistricting push”
Politico:
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will likely call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats.
By embracing a public vote, Newsom teed up a nationalized contest that opens a prominent front… Continue reading
“The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.”
Glenn Kessler’s final WaPo column as their fact checker:
In reviewing many of the some 3,000 fact checks I have written or edited, there is a clear dividing line: June 2015, the month Donald Trump rode down the Trump Tower… Continue reading
D.C. Bar Committee Recommends that Jeffrey Clark, Who Tried to Help Trump Subvert the 2020 Presidential Election, Be Disbarred
From the report and recommendation:
Having reviewed the record in this matter, including the parties’ arguments before the Board, we reject Respondentís procedural arguments and dispositive motions. On the merits, we conclude that Disciplinary Counsel proved by clear and… Continue reading