NYT:
Spurred by opposition to then-President Trump, donors and operatives allied with the Democratic Party embraced dark money with fresh zeal, pulling even with and, by some measures, surpassing Republicans in 2020 spending, according to a New York Times… Continue reading
Arizona Republic:
Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan says he will not turn over records from the review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election until he has a “clear” ruling he can appeal to the highest court.Logan answered questions during… Continue reading
Law360:
A Georgia federal judge rejected on Friday Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by Black voters and civil rights organizations challenging Georgia’s new redistricting maps for allegedly diluting Black voting power.U.S. District Judge Steve C.… Continue reading
Tom Edsall NYT column:
Why did the national emergency brought about by the Covid pandemic not only fail to unite the country but instead provoke the exact opposite development, further polarization?I posed this question to Nolan McCarty, a… Continue reading
Daniel Dale for CNN:
Twitter quit taking action to try to limit the spread of lies about the 2020 election, the company said on Friday — a day after another social media platform, YouTube, removed a Republican congressman’s campaign… Continue reading
You can find the application at this link. The Supreme Court is likely to first grant a brief administrative stay while it decides what to do on the stay application. It would not be surprising to see the Court set… Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The state Elections Commission kept in place its policies on absentee ballot drop boxes Friday after Democrats and Republicans on the panel split on what to do. The use of drop boxes faces challenges in court… Continue reading
Release:
Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today announced that, as part of its investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol and its causes, the Select Committee has issued subpoenas to 14 individuals who participated as… Continue reading
Jordan Wilkie for Carolina Public Press:
The challenge, brought by a left-leaning nonprofit called Free Speech for People, seeks to make Cawthorn ineligible for public office by arguing that his conduct on and around Jan. 6, 2021, violated… Continue reading
Mother Jones:
States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared last year.Facts on the ground in Georgia tell a different story. A new data analysis by Mother Jones shows that… Continue reading