As Mark Meadows travails continue, I want to focus on a couple of related things. They both deal directly with the memo he was pushing, and which has become a focus of his contempt of Congress hearing, but in different ways. The memo raises a number of overlapping issues that we need greater clarity on: …
2020 Elections
My Take On The D.C. National Guard Colonel’s 6 January Memo To Congress
Earlier John noted the reporting about COL Matthews’ memo to Congress alleging that the Department of the Army is attempting to cover its six (for the non veterans reading this, read six as tuchas) regarding decision making made by LTG Piatt, the Army’s then Director of the Army Staff, and (now) GEN Charles Flynn, then …
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Still Fighting the Good Fight(s)
NEW — More than 300 Black churches across VA will hear from @KamalaHarris btwn Sun. and November 2 in video message that will air during morning services as part of outreach effort aimed to boost @TerryMcAuliffe.#VAGOV Video first obtained by CNNhttps://t.co/vaefXtWqUe pic.twitter.com/l8re0KUkN1 — Eva McKend (@evamckend) October 16, 2021 Here is ?@WhiteHouse? statement ahead of …
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Election Tampering at the Local Level
While sore loser Trump Republicans are screeching like scalded skunks about the nonexistent problem of “voter fraud,” they’re busily tampering with elections at the local, state and federal levels. One example is a case playing out here in Florida against a disgraced former state GOP official, Frank Artiles, who is accused of rigging a 2018 …
A Little Justice Served
Justice is the main course, but schadenfreude is the dessert: A federal judge sent a strong message to each of the so-called “Kraken” lawyers behind litigation to upend the 2020 election, ordering that they be referred for a professional conduct investigation and “possible suspension or disbarment.” The attorneys include pro-Trump lawyers Lin Wood and Sidney …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Looking Good
Japanese couple taking a mirror selfie, 100 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ofWcCeyotZ — Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) August 9, 2021 One year ago today, I made one of the most important decisions I’ve ever made: selecting my vice president. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend on this journey. Thanks @VP for all you do. …
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Your Mellow, I Am Here To Harsh It: The Agreed To 6th January Commission Is Not Worth the Paper the Agreement Was Announced On
Everybody is champing at the bit for the 6th January investigative commission announced last week to get to work. Even Liz Cheney is stating unequivocally that one of the key people they need to subpoena and interview is House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Speaking to ABC News’ This Week in an interview to be broadcast …