Matt Shuham
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What Can The Biden Administration Actually Do To Protect Elections?
Some observers worry the administration is not doing enough to push back against Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters, who continue to attempt to interfere with the democratic process. → Read More
Michigan Supreme Court Puts Pro-Choice Measure On Ballot, Rejecting Word-Spacing Challenge
“In this case, the meaning of the words has not changed by the alleged insufficient spacing between them,” the court’s majority said. → Read More
Bannon Faces State Indictment In ‘We Build The Wall’ Scam After Trump’s Federal Pardon
A New York grand jury has indicted former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on charges related to the private border wall fundraising scam “We Build The Wall. → Read More
GOPers Are Blocking Michigan Abortion Ballot Measure Over Complaints About… Word Spacing
The ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in Michigan’s constitution garnered more petition signatures from everyday voters than any measure in the state’s… → Read More
READ: Detailed List Of Docs FBI Recovered From Mar-A-Lago
A federal judge on Friday unsealed a detailed list of documents and other materials recovered by FBI agents from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. → Read More
Judge Says Graham Can’t Avoid Georgia Grand Jury, But Limits Questions
A federal judge on Thursday again declined to quash Sen. Lindsay Graham’s (R-SC) bid to avoid testifying to a Georgia grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s interference in the 2020 election. → Read More
After Dem Wins Alaska Seat, Right Wingers Think Ranked-Choice Voting Is A Scam
After Republican voters seemingly delivered a Democrat Alaska’s sole congressional seat Wednesday night, right-wing commentators declared ranked-choice voting a terrible, no good, very bad idea. → Read More
GOP In Disarray Over Picture Proof Of Classified Docs At Trump’s House
Faced with photographic evidence of top secret material recovered at a private citizen’s home, a Twitter account representing Republican members on the House… → Read More
Luckily, Trump Says He Declassified All Those Classified Documents The FBI Found
Luckily, the former president asserted Wednesday, he’d already declassified all of those secret documents the FBI recovered. Wow! What a relief. → Read More
Rumble In The Panhandle: Gaetz Will Face Off Against Rebekah Jones, DeSantis’ COVID Villain
Voters in Florida’s panhandle will choose this November between two of the most polarizing political figures in the state. On the one side is Matt Gaetz… → Read More
Two Guilty On All Charges In Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
The final two federal defendants in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) were found guilty Tuesday, following an April mistrial due to… → Read More
GOP Guv Nominee Shocked That Candidate She Endorsed Publicly Called Jews Evil
Jarrin Jackson, the Republican contender for an Oklahoma state Senate seat, is not shy about his views: He thinks Jews are evil and that being gay is disgusting. → Read More
In Made-For-TV Political Event, DeSantis Says 20 Votes Out Of 11.1 Million Were Criminal
In a made-for-TV spectacle Thursday focused on the work of his new “election crimes” state law enforcement office, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared that… → Read More
Judge Rails Against Wisconsin Election ‘Investigation’ In 90-Page Takedown
A state judge in Wisconsin tore into the disastrous, Trump-supported “investigation” of Wisconsin’s 2020 election results Wednesday… → Read More
Key Pro-Trump Lawyers, Technicians Worked Together To Breach Voting Machines Nationwide
ve spent the better part of the last two years covering Trump supporters’ efforts to break into voting machines in search of proof to substantiate their conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. → Read More
WATCH: The Moment When The ‘2,000 Mules’ Folks Admit Their Supposed Evidence Is Nonsense
True believers in Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election gathered in Arizona this weekend to examine what was promised to be a mountain of evidence showing… → Read More
New Hampshire Sen Candidate Who Vowed To Defy Election Results Leads In New Poll
A New Hampshire Republican who’s promised to defy the presidential election results, should he be called upon to do so in 2024, is leading in that state’s… → Read More
Michigan AG Candidate’s Ties To A ‘Conspiracy’ To Breach Voting Machines
Matthew DePerno is allegedly at the heart of a conspiracy to break into voting machines across Michigan. → Read More
Vos Fires His Own Election ‘Investigator’ After Beating Trump-Backed Challenger
Just a few days after defeating a Trump-backed primary challenger, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) fired the partisan election “investigator” he… → Read More
FBI Recovered ‘Sensitive Compartmented’ Docs From Mar-A-Lago: WSJ
FBI agents recovered more classified materials from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort during their Monday search, including one set of documents marked as… → Read More