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25 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Behind Trump’s Turkish ‘Bromance’: Lev Parnas, oligarchs and a lucrative lobbying deal NBC News – Aubrey Belford, Adam Klasfeld, Andrew Lehren, and Dan De Luce | Published: 9/22/2020 On January 19, 2017, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, sat down with Brian Ballard, a well-connected lobbyist serving as vice chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Pro-Trump Group Organizing a DC Rally for Jan. 6 Defendants Lost Its Tax-Exempt Status – but Is Still Claiming Donations Are Tax-Deductible Yahoo News – Charles Davis (Business Insider) | Published: 9/8/2021 A group founded by a former Trump campaign staffer that is organizing a rally on behalf of January 6 defendants is soliciting “tax-deductible” contributions despite losing its tax-exempt status last year. [read post]
28 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As Giuliani Coordinated Plan for Trump Electoral Votes in States Biden Won, Some Electors Balked MSN – Beth Reinhard, Amy Gardner, Josh Dawsey, Emma Brown, and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) | Published: 1/20/2022 On December 14, 2020, the day of the electoral college vote, Republican electors convened in the capitals of five states that Joe Biden had won. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A city investigation digging deeper into the corruption cases against Alan Varela and William Gilmartin of ProVen Management, a construction and engineering firm behind major infrastructure projects, has revealed new links between the executives, their firm, and four other companies. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Brooklyn’s Library Moves to Slip Books Through Red State Bans MSN – Madina Touré (Politico) | Published: 9/24/2022 The front line of America’s culture war now runs straight through the nation’s school libraries, with conservatives in dozens of states outlawing books and instruction and the left working to shield targeted authors. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony Highlights Legal Risks for Trump Yahoo News – Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush (New York Times) | Published: 6/29/2022 The extent to which the Justice Department’s expanding criminal inquiry into the insurrection at the U.S. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Broken Redistricting Process Winds Down, with No Repairs in Sight San Juan Daily Star – Michael Wines (New York Times) | Published: 6/6/2022 The once-a-decade process of drawing new boundaries for the nation’s 435 congressional districts is limping toward a close with the nation’s two political parties roughly at parity. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court Rules Public Officials Can Sometimes Be Sued for Blocking Critics on Social Media Associated Press News – Mark Sherman | Published: 3/14/2024 A unanimous Supreme Court ruled public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 11:52 am
Williams, No. 06-3620 Conviction for armed robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence is affirmed where the district judge did not err in ruling that the testimony of eyewitnesses would be admissible at trial since a lineup in which the eyewitnesses identified the defendant was not flawed in any way that would lead to irreparable misidentification. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Appeals Court Upholds ‘Obstruction’ Charge Used Against Hundreds of Jan. 6 Rioters, for Now ABC News – Ryan Reilly | Published: 4/7/2023 A federal appeals court panel affirmed the government’s use of an obstruction charge used against hundreds of defendants arrested in connection with the attack on the U.S. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal DOJ-Ordered Foreign Agent Registrations Boost China and Russia’s 2020 FARA Spending Center for Responsive Politics – Anna Massoglia and Maggie Hicks | Published: 6/24/2021 China, Qatar, and Russia dominated the top 10 ranking of countries spending the most on foreign influence, lobbying and propaganda operations targeting the U.S. in 2020, according to Foreign Agents Registration Act records. [read post]
6 May 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The communications show how Williams Companies and TC Energy Corporation worked to boost political support for a number of natural gas infrastructure projects currently under federal review. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 5:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire
The Bull’s Head investigation involved Colorado art collectors Lynda and William Beirwaltes, who purchased the marble object in 1996 and sold it to Steinhardt in 2010, who then loaned it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2017 before the DANY repatriated it to Lebanon. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 5:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire
The Bull’s Head investigation involved Colorado art collectors Lynda and William Beirwaltes, who purchased the marble object in 1996 and sold it to Steinhardt in 2010, who then loaned it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2017 before the DANY repatriated it to Lebanon. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Asian American Super PAC Launches Operation to Improve Understanding of Fastest-Growing Electorate MSN – Colby Itkowitz and Amy Wang (Washington Post) | Published: 4/11/2021 The AAPI Victory Fund super PAC, the top political organization representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, announced the creation of a new nonprofit group aimed at developing a greater understanding of the nuanced population that has long been excluded from conversations about issues such… [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Republican Fundraising Vendor Wants More Small-Dollar Contributors to Replace Vanishing PAC Money Campaigns and Elections – Staff | Published: 9/22/2021 A large Republican fundraising vendor is pushing its clients to reorient their strategies around small-dollar contributors as PAC donations have dried up in the wake of the January 6 insurrection and a move away from Washington, D.C. lobbying by corporations and trade associations. [read post]
24 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Retired Colonel’s Unlikely Role in Pushing Baseless Election Claims MSN – Alan Feuer (New York Times) | Published: 12/21/2021 After President Biden’s inauguration, a former Army colonel with a background in information warfare appeared on a Christian conservative podcast and offered a detailed account of his monthslong effort to challenge the validity of the 2020 vote count. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bipartisan Bill Aims to Curb Foreign Influence in U.S. [read post]