The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges involving hush money ... read more
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose flights between Hawaii and New Zealand that he took on Republican megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden said Monday. read more
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Neglect. Deliberate indifference. Inappropriate and delayed treatment. Records state officials fought for years to keep secret show this was the type of health care provided to 21 people the state incarcerated in 2017, the last year UConn Health was hired by correction officials to provide prisoners medical care. read more
Looks like fmr Pres Trump and his campaign still have not yet figured out how to opposed VP Harris, and now Gov Walz.
GOP senators say Trump caught off guard' by Harris' strength
www.newsnationnow.com
@#9 ... he still handedly leads in the swing state poll aggregate. ...
There seems to be trends there also...
Pennsylvania (a critical swing state)
www.realclearpolling.com
... Fmr Pres trump trending downwards, now leading by only 1.8% ...
Georgia
www.realclearpolling.com
... Fmr Pres trump trending downwards, now leading by only 0.8% ...
Without the blocker...
Jenna Ellis flips to help Arizona prosecutors in 2020 election case
thehill.com
... As part of the deal, Ellis agreed to testify "completely and truthfully at any time and any place," including at a criminal trial. She also vowed not to "protect any person or entity" through false information or omissions.
Ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani are among the 17 total defendants with remaining charges; they were indicted in April and have pleaded not guilty.
Trump himself is not charged in the case but is described as "unindicted co-conspirator 1."
Ellis's charges stemmed from her false claims of election fraud and efforts to pressure the Arizona Legislature into overturning the state's election results in Trump's favor. ...
Another view...
Michigan probes Musk-backed PAC site that weirdly failed promise to help people register to vote
www.theregister.com
... Crucially, the PAC's voter registration page didn't work properly and still doesn't work. No one using it would be registered to vote. The concern here is that residents of Michigan, a contested battleground state, as well as people in other swing states, might think they've registered to vote via this website, only to discover too late that they're not.
The purported voter registration page invited people to enter their personal information. "It takes less than two minutes to register!" the page reads.
After submitting an email address and ZIP code on that page, the site loads an additional form that asks for your name, email (pre-filled from the prior form), cell phone, address, city, state, and postal code (pre-filled from the prior form).
Clicking on the "Proceed" button then loads a message referencing the state associated with the provided ZIP code. For example: "Thank you for taking the first step to register to vote in MICHIGAN. Please complete the form below and we will help you complete your registration."
Except there's no form loaded below this message. And no voter registration took place. ...
@#2 ... The UK security services previously linked rightwing arsonists in London to the Wagner Group. The Kremlin is up to something. ...
UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots 'inevitable'
www.politico.eu
... Britain's Keir Starmer took aim at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire claimed the wave of far-right violence hitting the U.K. was "inevitable."
The British prime minister's spokesperson said there was "no justification" for Musk's comments, posted this weekend on the X platform he now owns. ...
Musk -- who has faced criticism over the spread on X of false information about the attacker's identity -- claimed Sunday that "civil war is inevitable" in the U.K. ...
At what point does Mr Musk start running into election laws?
Shady Robocalls Try to Get Voters to Stay Home (2020)
www.thedailybeast.com
... Officials in key battleground states are investigating the calls, and the FBI has been notified. ...
Anonymous robotic calls that spread election disinformation have long been a tactic of voter suppression. Bumbling pro-Trump dirty tricksters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with conspiracy to commit an election law violation and telecommunications fraud in Michigan and Ohio in connection with robocalls that allegedly targeted minority voters in both states with misinformation about mail-in ballots. ...
The Harris/Walz campaign currently seems to have significant, and growing, energy and enthusiasm behind it.
The Trump/Vance campaign currently seems to have a waning energy and enthusiasm behind it.
Since pulling in Sen Vance, the Trump campaign has been fighting an inertia that looks to be against them.
What the Harris/Walz campaign needs to do is turn the current level of energy and enthusiasm into voter turnout for their ticket and also for the down-ticket Democrats.
What the Trump/Vance campaign needs to do is start trying to recover lost ground.