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“Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to”
Here’s the AP take . And here ’s the official statement and official pardon language.
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“Election denialism has staying power even after Trump’s win”
A States Newsroom report on the continuing attempt to blame election losses on nefarious mysterious misconduct rather than … more valid votes being cast for someone else.  For those claiming ...
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“How Trump’s CIA Pick Funneled Congressional Campaign Funds To Himself And His Wife”
Past, Present, and Future in Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene Mazo, ed., forthcoming 2024), draft available: Nonprofit Law as a Tool to Kill What Remains of Campaign Finance Law: ...
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“Lawmakers express doubt over Trump’s plan to replace FBI’s Christopher Wray”
WaPo on another rocky rule-of-law road ahead for a potential nominee. Wray, of course, was appointed by Trump in 2017 to a ten-year term. I’ve noted a few times now that Senators aren’t immune from an ...
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“TikTok’s Romanian reckoning”
Regulators suspect foul play in how far-right firebrand Călin Georgescu used the Chinese-owned app to sway voters.” ...
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“Analysis: How redistricting helped Nevada Democrats — but not enough to gain supermajority”
The Nevada Independent goes deep on redistricting in Nevada — one of only four states, I believe, with no constraints in state law on how the lines are drawn.
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“Johnson condemns ‘insane’ bomb threats against Democrats”
Axios: Several Democratic lawmakers received threats on Thanksgiving Day. The threats were signed to suggest they were from “MAGA.” A handful of Republican lawmakers also received threats in the past ...