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13 Apr 2022, 9:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
 Quinta recommended Jonathan Chait's recent article on Ron DeSantis and Trumpism after Trump (as well as the app Audm). [read post]
25 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ron Paul’s presidential campaign got caught up in a bribery scandal that netted felony convictions against three senior staffers. [read post]
21 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance National: “Feds Just Let Ron Paul’s Old Campaign Slide on Likely Violations” by Roger Sollenberger (Daily Beast) for MSN Oregon: “Supporters Ask Oregon Supreme Court to Overrule Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s Decision to Kill Contribution Limit Proposals” by Hillary Borrud (Portland Oregonian) for MSN Elections National: “GOP Lawmakers Are Pushing High-Tech ‘Fraud-Proof’ Ballots. [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump’s Longtime Accountant Says His Financial Statements Cannot Be Relied Upon MSN – Jonathan O’Connell and Shayna Jacobs (Washington Post) | Published: 2/14/2022 Former President Trump’s accounting firm informed his company that a decade’s worth of Trump’s financial statements “should no longer be relied upon” and suggested any recipient of the documents be alerted. [read post]
31 Dec 2021, 3:57 am by Jennifer Lynch
And ATF used at least 12 geofence warrants to identify people in the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 7:52 am
Pix Credit: Adam Klasfeld, "Derek Chauvin and Three Other Ex-Officers Plead Not Guilty to Civil Rights Charges in George Floyd's Death," Law & Crime (14 Sept 2021)  Eyo Olokun masquerades at the Eyo Festival in Lagos, Nigeria For the last several years, and with no particular purpose other than a desire to meander through reflection, I have taken the period between Christmas and New Years Eve to produce a s summary of the slice of the year to which I paid attention… [read post]
10 Nov 2021, 4:05 am by SHG
This is the question that some of us who don’t care what Tucker Carlson, Ron Desantis or Darth Cheeto have to say about it. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Orders FEC to Rule on Complaints Against NRA’s Alleged Campaign Coordination Scheme MSN – Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) | Published: 10/1/2021 A federal court ordered the FEC to rule on pending complaints that allege the National Rifle Association (NRA) used shell entities to illegally coordinate campaign spending with federal candidates, including with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Arkansas – Dentist Guilty of Conspiring to Bribe Former Arkansas Lawmaker Hutchinson Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Ron Wood | Published: 9/14/2021 Benjamin Burris, an orthodontist who operated clinics across Arkansas, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of bribing former state Sen. [read post]
27 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman improperly made 1,141 election-related robocalls to cellphones without getting people’s consent first, which the law requires. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
DeJoy Bought Up to $305,000 in Bonds from USPS Board Chair’s Investment Firm MSN – Jacob Bogage and Douglas MacMillan (Washington Post) | Published: 8/14/2021 Postmaster General Louis DeJoy purchased up to $305,000 in bonds from an investment firm whose managing partner, Ron Bloom, also chairs the U.S. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal DeJoy Maintains Financial Ties to Former Company as USPS Awards It New $120 Million Contract MSN – Jacob Bogage (Washington Post) | Published: 8/6/2021 The U.S. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Months After Capitol Assault, Corporate Pledges Fall Flat ABC News – David Klepper (Associated Press) | Published: 7/4/2021 After the insurrection at the U.S. [read post]
7 Jul 2021, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
Ron DeSantis and a panel of scientists were discussing COVID, because it "contradicts the consensus of local and global health authorities regarding the efficacy of masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19″—the scientists apparently stated that children should not wear masks, and the CDC calls for children age 2 and above to wear masks.[57] But as recently as August 2020 the World Health Organization took a different view for 2-to-5-year-olds (which it said shouldn't… [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Family Affair: Children and other relatives of Biden aides get administration jobs MSN – Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 6/17/2021 President Biden promised that no member of his family would be a part of his administration. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
FBI Investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in Connection with His Political Fundraising MSN – Matt Zapotosky and Jacob Bogage (Washington Post) | Published: 6/3/2021 The FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with campaign fundraising activity involving his former business. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2 Nonprofits That Track Money in Politics Are Merging Maryland Matters – Josh Kurtz | Published: 6/3/2021 Watchdogs, journalists, opposition researchers, and the civic minded have relied on data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics to help them keep elected officials and the special interests that seek to influence them accountable. [read post]
28 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Steve Bannon’s Fraud Case Dismissed After Months of Haggling over Trump MSN – Shayna Jacobs (Washington Post) | Published: 5/25/2021 A federal judge formally dismissed the fraud case against Stephen Bannon, the conservative provocateur and ex-adviser to former President Trump, ending months of litigation over how the court system should handle his pardon while related criminal cases remain unresolved. [read post]
21 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Administration’s Deep Ties to Uber, Lyft in Spotlight After Vaccine-Assistance Partnership Announced ABC News – Soo Rin Kim and Lucien Bruggeman | Published: 5/17/2021 When the White House announced an agreement with Uber and Lyft to offer free rides to vaccine sites as part of President Biden’s aim to inoculate 70 percent of Americans against the coronavirus by the Fourth of July, the partnership drew praise but also questions. [read post]