We learned that the DOJ is investigating a scheme to offer a bribe to the Trump White House in exchange for a pardon. I’ll bet you didn’t see that plot twist coming. Me neither. I also didn’t expect Barr to announce that the DOJ didn’t find enough evidence of election fraud to sway the election. …
First, before we get to the Trump legal team epic fail, a few of you asked about ways to control the spread of disinformation. Two examples from my inbox: It would seem we are greatly lacking laws to protect democracy in the area of disinformation (if Fox is an example of this problem). A large …
Today I went through my inbox. Often I get several questions on the same topic, so I just selected one. (Also I get a lot of email and I haven’t figured out a good way to organize these questions. If I haven’t answered yours, it’s not because I don’t like you! I may have thought …
The Trump Legal team filed more documents today in the appellate court. I tweeted a bit about how silly they were (let me know if you all want me to march through them). Then this happened: Trump giving the go-ahead for the transition to get underway was (I believe) the closest he will get to …
Twitter had a lot of questions about this, so I assume you all do, too. Warning: After reading this post, you may know more about civil and appellate procedure than you ever wanted to know. 🤓 First, to recap. On Tuesday, Giuliani made one of the more unhinged arguments I’ve ever listened to. (The court’s …
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Hi, everyone. I totally messed up! I was trying to add a page, and sent you all an email. Please forgive the email. Best, Teri
You all sent me some great questions. Here we go. Q: Hello Teri, I saw this one article on Medium that’s engaging in pure fearmongering nonsense by saying the U.S. has “already lost” and because it was written by a guy from Sri Lanka(who was there when the coup happened) it’s getting a depressing amount …
[Click here to read on the Washington Post website] The drama Tuesday night in Wayne County, Mich., over whether to certify the election results was the perfect illustration of President Trump’s attempts to undermine the 2020 election and install himself as the winner — and also of why he’s not succeeding. Trump’s efforts are failing, …
Hungarian scholar Balint Magyar offers a theory that explains why the US is holding out against the same tactics that caused other countries to collapse into autocracy. His theory also explains why comparisons across nations don’t always work. While writing about post-communists mafia states, he talked about the “big bang” theory: He says that the …
[Disclaimer: I’m writing quickly at the end of a long day. Any typing errors or garbled sentences are the fault of keyboard gremlins.] Trump and pals have been busy trying to subvert American democracy. They’re finding out it isn’t so easy. I. Wayne County Canvassing Board There was a bit of drama today out of …
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