. . .and how we can get out. I read ⤵️ and I’m ready with a Twitter Book Report. (I supplemented with information from The Second Amendment: A Biography, by Michael Waldman.) The NRA was founded in 1871 by a former Union general and soldier who were appalled by the terrible marksmanship of Union soldiers. …
My latest Op Ed for NBC. You can read on the NBC website, or here: The White House counsel’s office has evidently cautioned President Donald Trump against firing FBI Director Christopher Wray. The lawyers told Trump that canning Wray could make it seem like Trump required officials to pass a loyalty test, according to NBC News …
My reading recommendation is the Rand Corp study, “The Russian Firehose of Falsehoods Propaganda Model,” which includes advice on how to counter a rapid and continuous stream of lies. The user of this propaganda technique demonstrates a “shameless willingness” to tell outrageous lies that lots of people know are lies. The liar doesn’t care about …
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This “news” was “breaking” today on Twitter ⬇️ Maybe it came across your social media as well: I understand that similar charades were acted out in other states as well. If you found yourself trying to explain to confused people on Facebook why that was nonsense, here’s a primer: Election Law 101. Because of the …
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My latest for the Washington Post. You can read it on the Washington Post website, or here: Republicans everywhere had folded to Trump’s fantasies. It took an independent judiciary to shut him down. Friday night’s Supreme Court decision to put an abrupt end to the bizarre Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the results of …
Yesterday, I analyzed the Texas lawsuit, in which Texas is suing Mi, WI, GA, and PA in the Supreme court in an attempt to overturn the elections in those states. Here are a few follow up questions and comments. Q: Teri, when can we expect the Supreme Court to decide if they will hear …
Let me count the ways. The document is here. This is the lawsuit in which the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, is suing Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan in the Supreme Court. It didn’t take the Supreme Court long to refuse to hear the lawsuit on the grounds that Texas didn’t have standing to …
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This post is a follow up to the Op-Ed I did on Thursday for USA Today on the Flynn Pardon. If you missed, it, you can read it on the USA Today website or as a blog post. Article I, § 2 of the United States Constitution provides the President the authority “to grant Reprieves and …
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[Click here to read on the NBC News website] On Thursday morning, Rudy Giuliani arrived at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to participate in a state Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on election integrity. Giuliani’s visit is part of the Republican Party’s civil war in Georgia, as President Donald Trump continues to claim massive election fraud and Georgia Republican election officials …
[Click here to read on the USA Today website] There’s no doubt that President Donald Trump’s pardon of Michael Flynn was an abuse of power. The chronology makes clear that Flynn committed a crime for the personal benefit of the president, who later pardoned him for that very crime. Now Trump, egged on by conservative supporters like Sean …
