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“Despite Trump’s Attacks, Republicans Made Big Gains in Mail Voting”
NYT: Republicans made almost universal gains in mail voting during the 2024 election, eroding a key Democratic advantage in nearly every state that tracks party registration, according to a data ...
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“Republicans Saved Democracy Once. Will They Do It Again?”
Taylor, Joseph Wright and Erica Frantz in POLITICO Magazine: n the coming weeks and months, after Donald Trump takes the oath of office for the second time, Democrats are going to take every ...
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“Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns”
NYT: Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two failed federal prosecutions against President-elect Donald J. Trump, resigned this week, according to a footnote buried in court papers — a ...
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“Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era”
NYT: Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and ...
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“In North Carolina, Republicans Try to Reverse a Supreme Court Election Loss”
NYT: Judge Griffin’s protest includes two arguments against counting a few thousand ballots cast by overseas voters that one Republican justice said this week may have merit. But its centerpiece is a ...
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Fourth Circuit Sets Expedited Briefing Schedule in North Carolina Supreme Court Election Dispute, But Does Not Issue Any Orders for Now
As things stand on the question of removing this case to federal court, the case for now remains before the North Carolina Supreme Court, which would be deciding an issue relating to the … Continue ...
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“How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble”
Justice Alito was being drawn into a highly personalized effort by some Trump aides to blackball Republicans deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump from entering the administration, according to six ...
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“Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim”
Reuters: Fox Corp (FOXA.O), opens new tab, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company ...
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“Trump sentenced to penalty-free ‘unconditional discharge’ in hush money case”
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York ...
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Supreme Court, on 5-4 Vote, Will Not Stop Sentencing of Donald Trump Tomorrow (on Charges for Which the Judge Will Not Impose Jail Time)
A666 TRUMP, DONALD J. V. NEW YORK, ET AL. The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. First, the … ...
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“Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors”
NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inaugural committee is no longer selling tickets for major donors to attend his swearing-in and accompanying private events in Washington, according to five ...
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“Watchdog group seeks investigation into RFK Jr. for voting from a ‘sham’ address”
AP: New York election officials are being urged to investigate whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed voter fraud by casting his November ballot from a discredited address, as the former independent ...