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Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate still focused on unproven voter fraud allegations
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate, recounted his longstanding and unproven case of voter fraud on Saturday. Still, his claims ... -
Judge says Tucker Carlson’s voter fraud comments may prove Fox News acted with ‘actual malice’ in Smartmatic libel suit
A New York judge says in a ruling that Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s comments could be crucial in proving the right-wing media company defamed Smartmatic, ... -
Takeaway as Jan. 6 panel watches Trump’s ‘criminal conspiracy’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising on Capitol Hill presented some of its findings in a filing in federal court, ... -
Georgia’s secretary of state is fighting for re-election as Trump’s target
item Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Members ... -
California Democrats face a progressive rebellion
In summary Progressive activists have found themselves losing in the California Democratic Party’s recent battles over single-payer health care, endorsements and donations from fossil fuel companies. ... -
New office to investigate voting irregularities and other election changes may be on the way
Florida House and Senate Republicans may be ready to pass an election plan that includes creating a new state office to investigate voting irregularities, increase penalties ... -
Georgia man who marched in DC on Jan. 6 now compares ‘Stop the Steal’ to a ‘cult’
Keith Scott, a Trump supporter, told CNN the “Stop the Steal” movement is like a “cult.” Scott, a 49-year-old Georgian, embraced the movement after Fox News ... -
Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears High Court pick | National policy
By COLLEEN LONG and MEG KINNARD – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Too progressive. Too moderate. Bad for workers. The whispers and background chatter about leading ... -
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell sues Verizon to block release of his phone records to Jan. 6 committee
Sidney Powell, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against Verizon on Tuesday, seeking to block the company from providing his phone ... -
In ’emergency’ meeting, OC election conspirator says officials involved in fraud ‘deserve to be suspended’
A who’s who of leading figures in Colorado’s far-right Holocaust denial movement gathered in Castle Rock Thursday night for a lengthy town hall meeting that featured ... -
Barack Obama launched the presidential campaign 15 years ago in Springfield: looking back and forward
WASHINGTON — Thursday marks 15 years since Barack Obama officially launched his first presidential campaign on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield. February ... -
Rep. Madison Cawthorn ups the ante and sues North Carolina Board of Elections to prevent challenge to her candidacy
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn filed a new lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday targeting those trying to block her from running for ... -
Secretary of State Ed Buchanan sets out to dispel voter fraud myths | Wyoming News
Former President Donald Trump won more in Wyoming than any other state in 2020. But there are those who still believe fraud happened here in the ... -
COLORADO ELECTION FRAUD: Elbert County Clerk gave copies of election hard drive to attorneys
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said a county clerk made copies of her electoral system that ended up in the hands of ... -
Michigan GOP co-chair says Trump’s campaign is pushing efforts to give him the state’s electoral votes
Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairman Meshawn Maddock said at a recent event that former President Donald Trump’s campaign had encouraged efforts by Republicans in Michigan to submit ... -
Two Democrats – Luke Mixon and Gary Chambers Jr. – challenge John Kennedy in the race for the US Senate | Elections
A Democratic candidate for the US Senate is a moderate white man who grew up on a farm in central Louisiana, graduated from the US Naval ... -
Trump claims absolute immunity in attempt to launch Jan 6 lawsuit against Democrats, Capitol Police officers
Washington – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued on Monday that he was entitled to broad immunity from civil lawsuits attempting to hold him accountable ... -
GM and Ford are back to donate to supporters of electoral fraud
Photo: Jon Cherry (Getty Images) Less than a year after pledging to stop or change donations to lawmakers who lied about 2020 election results – Detroit ... -
Illinois politicians share messages on first anniversary of Capitol Hill uprising – NBC Chicago
On the anniversary of the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, politicians from across Illinois and the Chicago area shared messages and reflected on ... -
Former GOP Elder Candidate to Raise Funds for Congressional Campaign – CBS San Francisco
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF / AP) – Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder on Tuesday announced he was forming a political committee to raise money for ... -
Madison, Wis., Officials ordered turn over 2020 election documents
Two Madison, Wis. Officials have been subpoenaed to turn over communications and other documents relating to the 2020 presidential election and to appear in the office ... -
Prepare for military coup after 2024 election, ex-general warns
A retired general has warned that another insurgency attempt could be successful in 2024 if “confusion” is successfully sown among the US military as to who ... -
GOP renews request for Senate nomination for Hogan after Biden hits slippage
Republican hopes of attracting Gov. Larry Hogan to the Senate contest in Maryland are growing as President Joe Biden’s agenda shuts down and the GOP’s prospects ... -
Donald Trump’s base took his tweetstorm seriously, even though no one else did
In this daily series, Newsweek explores the stages leading up to the January 6 Capitol Riot. “Never give up. See everyone in DC on January 6,” ... -
Trump loyalists knock on voters’ doors in latest quest to find 2020 election fraud
“They said they were with something called ‘the election verification committee’ or something – something I had never heard of,” said Snell, a retiree and former ... -
State Republicans full steam ahead on 2020 election reviews even as no evidence of vote rigging emerges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania courtroom on Wednesday became the final battleground over allegations of rigging the 2020 presidential election, as Republicans across the country ... -
Congress can prevent another January 6 by updating key electoral law
The American public does not tend to think highly of Congress. The historic Gallup poll shows that public approval by our national legislature has hovered around ... -
An existential threat clashes with the political realities of American democracy
The existential threat to our lives collides again with the political realities of our democracy. The fact that time is running out to tackle climate change ... -
Donald Trump’s 2024 tease creates potential campaign problems for Republican candidates
Donald Trump’s public flirtation with the 2024 presidential race complicates early campaign campaigns for other Republicans who are crisscrossing the country to gain an edge over ... -
David Perdue continues 2020 election, further embracing refuted fraud claims
The lawsuit alleges that thousands of counterfeit or fraudulent ballots were counted in Fulton County, the most populous county in the state – although investigators in ... -
The campaign finance law challenged by Ted Cruz cost him more than $ 500,000
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Locked in an expensive Republican primary for ... -
Trump told Meadows now was ‘not the right time’ for him to get COVID
Meadows says Trump told him it was impractical for Meadows to get COVID-19 after the election. Meadows tested positive for the virus on November 5, 2020, ... -
What the most shocked 2021 elections tell us about the losing parties
2021 was marked by high profile elections. In early January, the traditionally GOP-friendly Georgia sent two Democrats to the US Senate in two second elections, shifting ... -
Governor Stacey Abrams’ 2nd candidacy sees new tests and intrigue | New policies
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – Stacey Abrams this week announced a long-awaited second bid for governor of Georgia, but with Democrats facing a ... -
Trump ally lawyer says he will take fifth with Jan.6 committee
John Eastman, the lawyer who wrote memos arguing that then Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, said he plans to invoke his Fifth ... -
“Will be a godsend for the odds”
Donald Trump has challenged newspaper editors and politicians in a debate over his unfounded allegations of widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. In a ... -
Laser-focused on 2020, Trump seeks Michigan legislature that could help him in 2024
Jon Rocha was settling down to watch the new “Ghostbusters” with his young daughter in theaters last week when he heard the news that former President ... -
While Joe Biden snubs Hungary, Viktor Orbán fears electoral interference
The Hungarian government has expressed concern that the United States may attempt to interfere in its elections after the Biden administration refused to invite the country ... -
Conservative group pushes US attorneys general to ‘join prosecution’
Grassroots political organization pushes attorneys general across the country – including South Carolina attorney general Alain Wilson – to sign a lawsuit which must be filed ... -
Widespread Election Fraud Allegations Lack of Specific Examples | New
Republicans had great success in the 2020 general election in New Hampshire, but that hasn’t stopped some GOP members from exposing major voter fraud. “I think ... -
Trump’s lawyer told Pence his refusal to call off the election sparked the January 6 riot
Lawyer John Eastman gestures as he speaks alongside US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as Trump supporters gather ahead of the President’s speech to ... -
GOP Election Leader Dismissing Heavy Job Fraud Allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican Secretary of State who challenged former President Donald Trump’s false allegations of electoral fraud in 2020 is the frontrunner for a ... -
Arizona GOP President Kelli Ward pushes for election audits in each of the state’s 15 counties
Arizona Republican Party President Kelli Ward is calling for election audits in all counties across the state, even after a Maricopa County audit confirmed the results ... -
Nevada man accused of voting using his deceased wife’s ballot
Speaking to a Las Vegas news station in November, Donald Kirk Hartle described being “surprised” by the possibility that someone stole his deceased wife’s mail-in ballot ... -
John Scott appointed Secretary of State for Texas by Governor Greg Abbott
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday appointed John ... -
House panel recommends contempt charge of Stephen Bannon
WASHINGTON – A day before a crowd of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol, Stephen K. Bannon, former senior adviser to Mr. ... -
Texas Attorney General Sets Up Unit For Election Fraud Allegations In November Election – Houston Public Media
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, listens to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during a panel discussion in 2018. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a ... -
Checking the facts Kari Lake, serial campaigner of election lies and top favorite in the GOP primary for Governor of Arizona
By Daniel Dale In September, Mike Lindell, the pillow businessman and proponent of grossly inaccurate conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, said Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari ... -
Remap places anti-Trump GOP representative Adam Kinzinger in Democratic-leaning district
With his home district radically reshaped into the congressional map that Democratic state lawmakers drew for Illinois, the political future of veteran US Republican Adam Kinzinger ... -
How a Pennsylvania state senator helped fuel Trump’s election lies
CNN, WFMZ, WGAL By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano went out of his way to help advance the former President ... -
Republicans Report Record-Breaking House Campaign Fundraiser | New policies
By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to reversing the House in next year’s midterm election said on Thursday ... -
Antitrust action is not anti-business. Done well, it stimulates innovation and helps markets
Before a few weeks ago, I wasn’t obsessed with a particular bias regarding antitrust law and how it affected American businesses. If anything, mine was a ... -
Erie municipal general election scheduled for November 2
When it comes to voter turnout in municipal elections, Erie is part of the national trend. As the New York Times reports, on average, only 27 ... -
House Republican No.2 refuses to say 2020 election was not stolen
WASHINGTON (AP) – Second-row House Republican Rep. Steve Scalise repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election was not stolen, supporting Donald Trump’s lie ... -
Rudy Giuliani said he was representing Trump’s 2020 campaign for free because the president “ordered me to do so”
Rudy Giuliani. Jacquelyn Martin / AP Giuliani said Trump ordered him to represent his campaign for free, according to court documents. He was called to testify ... -
American Oversight launches investigation into Texas election audits – YubaNet
Today, the non-partisan watch group American Oversight launched an open investigation into Texas’ recently announced “forensic audit” of the 2020 election in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and ... -
El Paso County GOP Questions School Board Candidates About Dominion Equipment and Election Audit | Education
Colorado Springs Republican state lawmaker expresses concern that controversial El Paso County Republican Party leader sent school board candidates a questionnaire focusing on elections and voter ... -
Pennsylvania Republicans will not hire a contractor for the 2020 election review until a judge agrees, aide says
Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate have said they will not hire a private contractor to help them with their 2020 election review until a judge rules ... -
Donald Trump asks judge to force Twitter to restore his account
Former president Donald trump is suing Twitter in hopes of getting the social media platform to reestablish its account, citing a new Florida law. In a ... -
Governor Noem sever ties with former Trump adviser Lewandowski | South Dakota News
By STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, SD (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sever ties with political adviser Corey Lewandowski after ... -
MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell Returns to Fox News with Commercial Complaining of “Cancel Culture”
MAGA pillow mogul Mike Lindell returned to Fox New with an ad denouncing the ‘cancellation culture’ on Thursday afternoon, two months after angrily withdrew his MyPillow ... -
Do Democrats have the courage of Liz Cheney?
(Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP) Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Speaks to reporters after House Republicans voted to oust him from his post as Speaker of the ... -
County officials react to new election audit details – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
New details on a 2020 election audit of the Secretary of State’s office have been released. The first phase has already started for an audit of ... -
RNC trains Georgia GOP volunteers to mobilize voters and ensure election integrity – CBS Atlanta
FORSYTH COUNTY, Georgia (CW69 News at 10) – The Republican National Committee trained Georgia Republican volunteers to register and engage voters during GOP National Training Week ... -
Texas governor defends upcoming 2020 election audits Trump demanded
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott speaks at a press conference near the international bridge between Mexico and the United States, where migrants seeking asylum in the United ... -
Nevadans have no reason to trust candidates who laugh at the Big Lie
Matt York, Pool, File / AP In this May 6, 2021 file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are reviewed and recounted ... -
Craig Believes “Valid Concerns” About Voter Fraud Warrants Arizona-Style Audit in Michigan, Secret Recording Reveals
Steve neavling Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig in the city’s real-time crime hub. Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig, who has previously dodged questions about former ... -
White House virologist reassigned from Covid to election fraud by 2020, obsessed with Trump, new emails reveal
A virologist responsible for the White House’s response to the Covid pandemic under former President Donald Trump was reassigned to investigate suspected cases of “election fraud” ... -
Despite victory in Texas and no credible evidence of widespread fraud, Donald Trump calls for election audit legislation
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Former President Donald Trump has called on ... -
Law professor says Cruz Texas voter ID law is racist in heated court exchange
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Law professor told GOP Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday that Texas voter identification law was racist in a tense exchange during a ... -
Democratic enthusiasm in Virginia is tested in 2021 statewide election
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Democrats have controlled the political landscape in Virginia for the past two years, following a trend seen statewide for nearly a decade. ... -
Republican Dean Heller announces his candidacy for governor of Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) – Republican Dean Heller on Monday announced his intention to run for governor of Nevada, saying he would oppose government mandates on ... -
Kansas City KS election vote count challenged by candidates
The county cannot investigate on its own, so who will assure voters that their ballots are counted? File photo illustration When Tscher “Cece” Manck, who was ... -
The new focus of the far right on local politics, briefly explained
Saturday, a rally of supporters of former President Donald Trump came and went peacefully, with a strong police and media presence and only one a handful ... -
Kellyanne Conway told Trump her 2020 campaign was similar to Hillary’s: book
Kellyanne Conway has been brutally honest with Trump about his missteps in the 2020 campaign, according to a new book. “What you didn’t have this time ... -
California Recall Vote Shows Trump’s Big Lie Is Now a Republican Playbook | American politics
It was a preemptive attack on the truth by some of the biggest names on the American right. Former President Donald Trump warned that the ballot ... -
Trump backs election fraud lawyer for Michigan AG
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Lawyer who made false statements about vote-counting machines in Michigan’s 2020 election has obtained approval from former President Donald Trump for state ... -
Wisconsin election probe includes $ 325,000 for data analysis | Wisconsin News
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) – Nearly half of the $ 676,000 in taxpayer money spent on a Republicans-ordered investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 ... -
Arizona election audit reveals GOP flaws as 2022 mid-sessions loom
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Nine months after the 2020 election and as preparations for next year’s midterm election begin, Republicans in Arizona are divided over whether a ... -
A member of the board of directors of Stacey Abrams’ electoral organization said postal ballots are most vulnerable to fraud in an interview in 2007
A board member of Stacey Abrahms’ Georgian political organization, Fair Fight, said in 2007 that voter fraud is more likely to occur in postal ballots, a ... -
With fight for mask mandates, Gov. Abbott passes Trump’s GOP purity test
When Texas experienced its first big wave of COVID hospitalizations, Governor Greg Abbott responded by shutting down bars and making masks mandatory. When the second wave ... -
Mike Lindell of Minnesota rides the MyPillow empire on the fringes of US politics
During the Book 2019 “What are the odds?” ” he plays the role of outsider, entrepreneur, escape artist, card shark, drug addict, born again Christian and, ... -
Why Major Voter Fraud Does Not Happen in Wisconsin | Opinion
The reason major voter fraud doesn’t happen in Wisconsin is quite simple: The potential cost of trying to fool our democracy is far greater than any ... -
Pinedale roundup | Election audit bill fails
WYOMING – Wyoming lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a proposal by State Representative Chuck Gray, R-Casper, to give the Wyoming legislature the power to audit elections. Gray, ... -
Repeating false fraud claims, dozens oppose changes to Colorado election auditing rules
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, tweeted on June 17 that her office “had just released rules banning mock election audits in the state ... -
Trump and his allies continue to pour donor money into Trump companies
Donald Trump may be out of office, but money from political donors continues to flow into his properties across the country. In the first six months ... -
Nina Turner leads Shontel Brown in fundraising as out-of-state money bolsters two congressional campaigns
CLEVELAND, Ohio – More than $ 6 million has been poured into the 11th Congressional District Democratic primary during the special election cycle as former State ... -
Texas GOP Perpetuates Election Fraud Allegation Debunked in Fundraising Mail
The Texas GOP sent out a letter earlier this week that focuses on a claim for electoral fraud in Arizona in an attempt to attract donations ... -
Pennsylvania Decertifies County Voting Machines After Partisan Election Audit ‘Compromises’ Them
Top line The Pennsylvania State Department decertified the Fulton County voting machines after they were inspected by a private computer company behind Arizona’s partisan election audit, ... -
“We will continue to present the facts”
At Special report with Bret Baier Monday, Baier answered a declaration former president Donald trump published on Friday, in which he specifically named Baier, who was ...
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