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3 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Appeals Court Scrutinizes Trump Bid to Keep Jan. 6 White House Records Secret from Congress MSN – Spencer Hsu and Ann Marimow (Washington Post) | Published: 11/30/2021 An appeals court scrutinized former President Trump’s effort to keep White House documents secret from a congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Group Files Complaint with California Bar Association Against John Eastman, Lawyer Who Advised Trump on Election Challenges MSN – Tom Hamburger and Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) | Published: 10/4/2021 A bipartisan group of former officials and legal heavyweights, including two former federal judges, asked the California bar association to investigate the conduct of John Eastman, the adviser to then-President Trump who mapped out a legal strategy to overturn the… [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Prosecutors said John Pierce has been incommunicado for the past seven days, leaving 17 clients effectively without defense counsel. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal $5,800 Bottle of Whiskey, a Gift from Japan to Pompeo, Is Missing, U.S. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Their actions stem from mounting frustration over the filibuster, which has thrown the passage of both the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act into jeopardy. [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]
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]
14 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘A Perpetual Motion Machine’: How disinformation drives voting laws New York Times – Maggie Astor | Published: 5/13/2021 Former President Trump’s months-long campaign to delegitimize the 2020 election did not overturn the results. [read post]
11 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Elections National: “The Making of a Myth” by Emma Brown, Aaron Davis, Jon Swaine, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for Anchorage Daily News Ethics National: “Trump Justice Department Secretly Obtained Post Reporters’ Phone Records” by Devlin Barrett (Washington Post) for MSN Michigan: “Whitmer Won’t Discuss Trip After Reported Use of Private Jet” by David Eggert for Associated Press News Tennessee: “FBI Investigation at Tennessee… [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Government Ethics Office Refused to Approve Kanye West’s Financial Disclosures from His Failed Presidential Campaign MSN – Grace Panetta (Business Insider) | Published: 4/19/2021 The Office of Government Ethics refused to sign off on Kanye West’s financial disclosure forms from his failed 2020 presidential campaign. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Lawmakers in 5 Days: New COVID-19 infections put spotlight on Congress’ loose guidelines USA Today – Christal Hayes | Published: 11/18/2020 As rampant nationwide coronavirus spikes force states to reexamine reopening efforts, Congress is still struggling to maneuver around the pandemic as it encroaches on legislative business and endangers its members. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 9:02 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
For the past five years, I have been writing columns and giving speeches warning that Donald Trump is an existential threat to constitutional democracy. [read post]
10 Oct 2020, 11:42 am by Anna Salvatore, Tia Sewell
Tia Sewell shared the FBI’s affidavit describing its charges against six Michiganders who plotted to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer and overthrow the state’s government. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 12:30 pm by Anna Salvatore
Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the original Trump-Russia probe won’t be finished by Election Day, reports Axios. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 5:00 pm
           When I first heard about the arrest of the Whitmer plotters the first thing that sprang to mind was John Locke’s appeal to heaven. [read post]