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Michigan Lawyer Who Sought To Overturn Biden's Victory Tied To Russian Spy
In the statement, Preston claimed that election officials at the venue where the vote-counting took place intentionally set up their process in an obscured area so Republican election observers couldn't see what they were doing."The entire set-up of the administration and calculation of ballots on N... → Read More
Michigan Lawyer Who Sought To Overturn Biden's Victory Tied To Russian Spy
Preston's ties to Moscow extend far beyond the Butina episode. As an undergraduate, he studied in Russia at Leningrad State University and is said to speak Russian fluently. In the affidavit, Preston says he's written 14 books on law, most of which are about Russian law and elections, including "Par... → Read More
Michigan Lawyer Who Sought To Overturn Biden's Victory Tied To Russian Spy
A Tennessee attorney who worked on a Michigan lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election has a history of working with Russian nationals, an investigation by the American Independent Foundation has found. The lawyer, G. Kline Preston IV, worked with a conservative → Read More
Fascists Exploiting School Controversies To Recruit New Members
Hillary MacKenzie knew the first board meeting of the new school year would be contentious. When students in Orange County, North Carolina, returned to in-person school after nearly a year of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, the school board was still trying to figure out the best pr → Read More
Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia
In Virginia, paramilitarism gets a rebrand. → Read More
Ex-Trump Staffer To Lead Protest Against Prosecution Of Capitol Rioters
Making the rounds on cable TV, the Wisconsin Republican became the first GOP senator to declare his opposition, spooking Senate leaders who were pushing to quickly pass the tax bill with their thin majority. "If they can pass it without me, let them," Johnson declared. Johnson's demand was simple: In exchange for his vote, the bill must sweeten the tax break for a class of companies that are… → Read More
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights
DC’s non-voting delegate has spent three decades in Congress on a mission for statehood. Why is she now willing to wait? → Read More
Judge Says NRA Isn’t Bankrupt and Can’t Move Out of New York to Avoid Lawsuit
The National Rifle Association is not bankrupt, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The decision is a major blow to the nation’s oldest gun rights organization who, on January 15, filed for bankruptcy in order to relocate to Texas from New York, where it was chartered in 1871. Not only did the NRA’s effort to […] → Read More
The Supreme Court Will Hear Its First Major Second Amendment Case in More Than a Decade
It’s implications could undermine gun control laws across the country. → Read More
House Passes a Bill to Make DC a State
For the second time ever, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make Washington, DC, the 51st state. The bill, HR 51, which would finally give the more than 700,000 DC residents full voting representation in Congress, passed in a straight party-line vote of 216–208. Democrats’ latest move in Congress puts DC […] → Read More
It’s Time to Treat Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
Researchers finally have funding to study the health impacts of firearms. So what comes next? → Read More
So Far Biden Is Taking Right-Wing Extremism Seriously. But Actually Fixing the Problem Will Be a Lot Harder.
Experts say he's taken the right initial steps to begin identifying the problems. → Read More
Senate Republicans Argue Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police Are to Blame for Gun Violence
A day after a gunman opened fire inside a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to debate a series of proposals aimed at reducing gun violence. Though the hearing was scheduled weeks ago, it took on a new urgency in light of Monday’s shooting and another that […] → Read More
The 3 Worst Arguments That Republicans Made Against DC Statehood
Too many yard signs. Not enough car dealerships. → Read More
The Most Radical Republicans Aren’t in Congress, They’re in the State Houses
If you think the national GOP has embraced fringe figures, wait until you meet their colleagues in state houses → Read More
The Most Radical Republicans Aren’t in Congress. They’re in the Statehouses.
If you think the national GOP has embraced fringe figures, wait until you meet their colleagues in statehouses → Read More
It Took More Than 3 Hours for National Guard to Get Approval to Respond to Jan. 6 Insurrection
The head of DC’s National Guard says he got “immediate approval” for similar requests during Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. → Read More
Republicans Keep Pretending Antifa Is Equivalent to Violent White Supremacists
And other takeaways from Senators’ grilling of FBI Director Chris Wray. → Read More
The FBI Warned Congress of Right-Wing Violence Before Jan. 6th. Capitol Police Leaders Never Saw the Report.
Former security officials pointed fingers at each other over failures that led to the insurrection. → Read More
Trump May Be Gone, But He Left Plenty of Lackeys Behind. Here Are Some of the Worst.
How last-minute appointments will keep Trump’s stench alive. → Read More