SCOTUS Full of Trump Appointees Joins the Conspiracy To Deny Trump His Rightful Victory
The justices declined to intervene on behalf of Republicans who challenged absentee voting in Pennsylvania.
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A Federal Judge in Michigan Says Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Claims Are 'Nothing but Speculation and Conjecture'
According to the ruling, the former Trump attorney also filed the wrong claims in the wrong court at the wrong time on behalf of the wrong plaintiffs.
After Condemning Georgia's Election System As Untrustworthy, Trump Urges Republicans There to Vote in Senate Runoffs
"Don't listen to my friends," the president says, referring to supporters who took his fraud allegations seriously.
Rights and Wrongs of the Trump Administration's Revised Citizenship Test
Some of the changes are reasonable. But many of the new questions are badly designed and incorporate serious errors. Moreover, such tests raise the deeper issue of why immigrants are required to pass a test to get the right to vote, but natives are not.
Trump's 46-Minute Rant About Election Fraud Crystallizes the Most Dangerous Aspects of His Personality
"This is about restoring faith and confidence in American elections," the president says.
Sidney Powell's 'Kraken' Is Missing More Than a Few Tentacles
The former Trump attorney's election fraud lawsuits feature the same sort of dubious evidence that has failed to impress courts across the country.
Attorney General Barr Says There Is No Evidence of Election Fraud that Would Have Changed Election Outcome
Either the AG is acknowledging reality, or he's joined the anti-Trump deep state conspiracy.
The Paranoid Style of American Politics - Presidential Election Edition
Trying to counter viral election fraud claims is like playing whack-a-mole. [With Updates]
Trump: If the President Doesn't Have Standing to Pursue Wild, Unsubstantiated Claims of Election Fraud, Who Does?
Fox News interviewer Maria Bartiromo uncritically accepts Trump's outlandish conspiracy theory.
A Trump Judicial Appointee's Blistering Opinion Is a Reality Check for Republicans Who Still Think Biden Stole the Election
"The Campaign cannot win this lawsuit," the 3rd Circuit says. "The Campaign's claims have no merit."
As Trump's Fraud Allegations Founder, More Republican Lawmakers Are Acknowledging His Defeat
At least nine GOP senators are publicly urging the president to concede or questioning his claim that he actually won.
Was Sidney Powell's Conspiracy Theory Too Crazy Even for Donald Trump?
Both the president and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have publicly embraced Powell's wild claims about voting machine manipulation.
A Scathing Ruling Against the Trump Campaign Highlights the Gap Between Rudy Giuliani's 'Massive Fraud' Claim and His Legal Arguments
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann rejected an attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results.
Sidney Powell Now Claims Election Conspiracy Involved Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders
Without a shred of evidence, Sidney Powell is alleging a conspiracy more vast than Russiagate. Shouldn't that raise red flags?
Judges Are Not Impressed by Rudy Giuliani's Evidence of 'Widespread Nationwide Voter Fraud'
Although the president's lawyer says the anti-Trump conspiracy is "easily provable," the affidavits he cites fall notably short.
Alaskans Approve Shift to Ranked-Choice Voting
St. Louis residents agree to shift to approval voting for local primaries.
Trump's Attempts To Undo the Election Won't Work
The president's rhetoric and his campaign's actions are corrosive, but even the most powerful man on the planet can't control America's diffuse election system.
Does It Matter How Many Trump Supporters Came to Washington on Saturday?
The fabulism that is inseparable from Trumpism can conjure up "millions" of stolen votes as easily as "more than a MILLION" protesters.
Don't Buy the Debunked Dominion Voting Machine Conspiracy Theory
Trump's campaign officials and attorneys are peddling this nonsense with help from credulous Fox News hosts, but their theories don't stand up to scrutiny.
'I Won the Election' Tweets Trump as Legal Losses Stack Up
Plus: Another COVID-19 vaccine, another blow against DHS DACA order, and more...
No, Trump Did Not Concede the Election (Even Briefly)
The president still insists the election was stolen by a vast criminal conspiracy.
Republican Lawsuits Cannot Deliver the Evidence Trump Needs To Prove He Actually Won the Election
Even if the GOP's complaints are valid, they do not prove a vast anti-Trump conspiracy.
New Blows to Trump Campaign Election Fraud Theories
Plus: Hillbilly Elegy film flops, TikTok would like to know if it's still banned, and more...
Trump's New Lawsuit Looks Like an Attempt To Cancel All Mail-in Votes in Pennsylvania
The newest lawsuit in Pennsylvania is a longshot attempt to argue that all mail-in voting is unconstitutional because it differs from traditional, in-person voting. It's likely to fail.
According to Trump, Nearly Everyone Is Conspiring To Deny Him His Rightful Victory
The nefarious scheme evidently includes Republican officials and Trump-friendly news outlets.
Trump's Desperate Conspiracy Theories Won't Save His Presidency, but They Might Save His Ego
The only person he needs to convince is himself.
The Economy, Racial Inequality, and COVID-19 Topped Voter Minds
It's the world of the present, not the controversies of the past, that motivated voters.
Georgia Will Recount Its Presidential Votes. Other States Might Too.
Biden appears to be winning, but the election is far from settled.
With Biden Up in Pennsylvania, Are We Headed Toward Gridlock?
Plus: Republicans denounce Trump fraud allegations, Trump campaign mounts multiple legal challenges, and more...
Trump Says Mail-in Votes Are Suspicious Because They Overwhelmingly Favor Joe Biden. He's Wrong.
This isn't fraud. This isn't a scheme to steal the election. It is the very predictable outcome of the president's own words and actions.
Twitter's Flagging of Trump's Post-Election Tweets Is Haphazard, Irrational, and Ineffectual
What is the platform accomplishing by calling further attention to the president's wild claims of voting fraud?
Don't 'STOP THE COUNT'
Trump's tweets are muddying the process. His legal challenges deserve to be heard, and all votes will continue to be counted.
Can Donald Trump Really Be This Clueless About How Elections Work?
The president's complaints about "a major fraud" present a familiar puzzle.
Massachusetts Voters Affirm the Right To Repair Your Own Car
The most expensive ballot initiative campaign in Massachusetts history ended with a resounding victory for property rights.
Trump Says 'We'll Be Going to the Supreme Court' Over Election Results
The legal fight over mail-in ballots may soon heat up at SCOTUS.
12 Good Things That Might Happen Today, None of Which Involve Trump or Biden
American voters have the chance to usher in a few libertarian policies this election, courtesy of these state ballot measures.
In Texas, Wearing the Wrong Thing to the Polls Could Land You in Jail
A new lawsuit says the state's electioneering statutes violate the First Amendment.
A Federal Judge Just Blocked a Republican Effort To Disqualify 127,000 Votes in Texas
There was nothing remotely fraudulent about the 127,000 votes cast in Harris County's drive-thru voting station.
Is there a Moral Duty to Vote in an Election Where the Stakes are Unusually High?
There could be in some situations. But less often than many assume. And, ironically, the same reasoning suggests many people would have a duty NOT to vote in such cases.
Republicans Are Trying To Cancel More Than 100,000 Votes in a Deep Blue Part of Texas
A lawsuit filed just days before the election asks federal courts to toss out all the votes already cast at drive-through polling stations in Harris County.
The Presidential Campaign Mercifully Heads Into the Homestretch
Plus: Biden should stop bragging about the Violence Against Women Act, Trump should stop bragging about tariffs, and more...
Think This Election Will End Up in Front of the Supreme Court? It's Already There.
Plus: Fewer Americans are watching sports, Milton Friedman's powerful TV series turns 40, Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court, and more...
My LA Times Op Ed on Why the Constitution Requires Including Undocumented Immigrants in House Reapportionment Counts
The issue is currently before the Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. New York.
Voting Is Overrated
It might be better to find something else you'd rather do on Election Day.
Efforts To Limit Ballot Drop-Off Boxes Are Cynical Electoral Gamesmanship
Across 14 states that track party affiliations of absentee-ballot-voters, 56 percent of mail-in votes have been cast by Democrats and only 23 percent have been cast by Republicans.
