Mother Jones parses the most recent campaign finance data.
Politico has thoughts (“Wall Street Titans Shake Off Qualms and Embrace Trump”), which Anthony Scaramucci echoes.
The lede in The Hill:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, then-Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), in a contentious 2022 primary, according to previously unreported internal… Continue reading
The N.Y. Times with the report on matching funds in a state Assembly race that’s something of an outlier:
The report also contrasts the state system with the city’s system:
For years, government watchdogs had urged state leaders to adopt… Continue reading
A Delaware jury has just found Hunter Biden guilty on three federal gun charges. This was the first federal criminal trial involving the child of a sitting President.
Like former President Trump, I believe that Hunter will lose his… Continue reading
There’s a lot to drive discussion in this NYT piece on the FEC and Commissioner Lindenbaum’s role in a recent series of votes. (Disclosure: I was serving at the White House when Commissioner Lindenbaum was nominated.)
I haven’t had the… Continue reading
The AP covers the attempt to expand access for remote Tribal voters via electronic ballot delivery.
FWIW, meaningfully increasing Postal Service presence in remote areas helps connect those voters to the process in a way that isn’t limited to ballots.
Ooooof. An incumbent Democratic state representative was disqualified, because candidacy papers had to be witnessed by two Democrats … but one witness was registered as a Republican and changed her registration after the deadline. (The representative testified that she… Continue reading