“Dark Money: Are U.S. Politics Unduly Influenced by Secret Donors?”
Deep dive by CQ Researcher, outside the paywall for a short time.
“Ohio voters will need photo ID for in-person voting, under bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine”
Cleveland.com:
Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed a bill that will require Ohio voters to show a photo ID when voting in person, either early or on Election Day.
House Bill 458 replaces current law, which gives voters the option… Continue reading
“After Election Problems in Houston, Republicans Seek to Overturn Results”
NYT:
Jon Rosenthal has seen some close races, but his re-election to the Texas State House in November, in a Houston district redrawn to be a virtual lock for Democrats, was not one of them. Mr. Rosenthal won by 15… Continue reading
Must Read Michael Kruse: “The ‘Stolen’ Election That Poisoned American Politics. It Happened in 1984.”
Michael Kruse for Politico:
This week 38 years ago, in the first official act on the first official day of the 99th Congress, the Democrats in power did something nearly unprecedented in the history of the House of Representatives.
Speaker… Continue reading
“Elon Musk says Twitter staff ‘error’ led to hiring Perkins Coie law firm”
Reuters:
Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk said in an email to Reuters on Friday that hiring law firm Perkins Coie to defend the company in a California federal lawsuit this week was a mistake it would not make again.
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“‘We’re all on the same team’: Inside the Alaska model for US politics”
The Christian Science Monitor has a deep dive look into Alaska’s politics, including a balanced set of interviews about how the adoption of the Top-4 primary, with RCV in the general election, has shaped those politics.
“Why Big-Money Donors Can’t Reel In GOP Rebels”
This WSJ piece has a lot of good detail elaborating on a point I make in my recent NYT essay, which is the way small-dollar donations have enabled the rise of free-agent politicians. This also highlights concerns I’ve raised before… Continue reading
“Federal judges strike down SC’s 1st Congressional District as racial gerrymandering” (With Link to 33-page unanimous ruling)
Post & Courier:
A panel of federal judges in South Carolina has concluded that the state’s coastal 1st Congressional District was drawn in such a way that it discriminates against Black voters and must be redesigned before the end of… Continue reading
My Thoughts on the Two-Year Anniversary of the January 6 Insurrection
Here’s what I posted a couple of weeks ago:
We are just a few weeks shy of the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States Capitol, the culmination of a series of events engineered by… Continue reading
“New Law School Dean Gave Trump Bad Legal Advice”
Inside Higher Ed:
Two years ago today, a group of insurrectionists, whipped into a frenzy by former President Trump’s false rhetoric about a stolen election, waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to subvert American democracy. During the… Continue reading
“Biden Will Mark Jan. 6 With Presidential Medals for Election Officials”
NYT:
President Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to a dozen people who resisted efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Mr. Biden will… Continue reading
“Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow”
NYT:
The investigation into the storming of the Capitol is, by any measure, the biggest criminal inquiry in the Justice Department’s 153-year history.
And even two years after Jan. 6, 2021, it is only getting bigger.
In chasing leads and… Continue reading
“In the End, Redistricting Didn’t Hurt (And May Have Even Helped) House Democrats”
Dave Wasserman for Cook Political Report:
Amid this week’s chaos, an occasional TV sound byte has been that House Republicans might not even have won their razor-thin majority without a boost from redistricting. After all, our pre-election estimate was a… Continue reading
“Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6”
Politico:
A handful of Republicans who remained in the Jan. 6 committee’s sights throughout its investigation are now leading the effort to deny Kevin McCarthy the speakership — using their power to bring the House to a standstill.
During its… Continue reading