Matthew DePerno, a far-right Michigan lawyer, is running for state attorney general. He won the GOP primary with the tailwind of Trump’s endorsement; and as you know, Trump doesn’t endorse anyone unless they endorse his election lies. Of course DePerno (photo below) shouldn’t be el[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
September 21st, 2022 - 2:18 am § in Politics, Republicans
How to find imaginary voter fraud
Make a wrong turn on a dirt road and go into the trees. “In late 2021, a group of volunteers turned onto Coulter Creek Road on a mission to uncover fraud and incompetence in Mason County elections,” a Seattle TV station says. They found an empty lot where, they believed, four people were[...]
September 20th, 2022 - 4:23 pm § in Donald Trump, News Media
More proof Fox isn’t a news organization
Journalism, like other professions, has standards. Don’t call yourself a new organization if you don’t adhere to them. A new book by New York Times journalists says Fox personality Bret Baier tried to pressure his superiors to rescind Fox News’ decision desk call of Arizona for Bid[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 10:39 pm § in Politics, Republicans
What’s wrong with this photo of an election office?
“A Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump spent hours inside a restricted area of the local elections office on the day voting systems there were breached, newly obtained surveillance video shows,” CNN reported on M[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 8:17 pm § in Politics, Republicans
When is an “audit” not an audit?
We all know what an audit is. noun An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy. An adjustment or correction of accounts. An examined and verified account. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Major corporations are regularly aud[...]
The voting machine wars
Voting machines have been breached by Trump loyalists in at least three states. In all these cases, they gained physical access to the machines and/or obtained confidential software and data. The consequences: “Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting soft[...]
September 12th, 2022 - 11:56 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why does Trump believe he won?
Everybody’s writing books now, including Maggie Haberman, a well-connected New York Times journalist (bio here). Haberman’s book, CNN political writer Chris Cillizza says (here), makes clear Trump’s election claims aren’t just for crowd consumption, but are something he seems[...]
September 9th, 2022 - 12:01 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Michigan election deniers’ voting machine thefts go to special prosecutor
After the 2020 election, a cabal of rural northern Michigan election deniers persuaded several county clerks to hand over voting equipment, which they broke into hoping to prove the election was “stolen” from Trump. They obtained 5 machines from 5 counties (Barry, Genesee, Missaukee, Ros[...]
Who’s the real moron?
Then there’s the sad, sad case of Richard Michetti, a Pennsylvania construction worker who texted his girlfriend from inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, calling her a “moron” for not believing Trump’s election lies. He was sentenced on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, to 9 months in federal pris[...]
September 6th, 2022 - 10:12 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Judge removes Capitol rioter from elective office
Couy Griffin (photo below) was an elected county commissioner in New Mexico until he was kicked out by a state judge. That happened on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (read story here). Griffin is a crank, an election denier, and founder of Cowboys for Trump. A judge can’t remove an elected officia[...]