NEWS: Biden camp responds to AG Barr via Bob Bauer: “It is deeply unfortunate that the Attorney General Barr chose to issue a memorandum that will only fuel the “specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims” he professes to guard against.” (1/3)
“Those are the very kind of claims that the president and his lawyers are making unsuccessfully every day, as their lawsuits are laughed out of one court after another. But, in the end, American democracy is stronger than any clumsy and cynical partisan political scheme....(2/3)
“Joe Biden, who won the presidency with more votes than any President-Elect in American history, will take the oath of office on January 20, 2021.” (3/3)
NEW from me: I spent 5 months investigating how Trump and Republicans are sowing disinformation and creating panic about supposedly widespread voter fraud. Reporting included 100+ interviews with key players, review of 1000s of pages of records 4 @NYTmagnytimes.com/2020/09/30/mag…
The investigation tracks Trump's 4-year effort to challenge a losing 2020 result as illegitimate, tracing how the federal government joined a larger effort using the specter of exceedingly rare “voter fraud” as a pretext for partisan advantage. Among the findings:
The president’s voter fraud effort has included a commission and several agencies, including DHS, which at one point considered a national ID policy for voting…
NEW: Groups helping to promote and foster conservative protests against stay-at-home orders have ties to Trump camp, major donors w/@kenvogel@llerernytimes.com/2020/04/21/us/…
Law firm helping members of NC Reopen group also reps Trump Org in Congressional tax inquiry, has former Trump officials within ranks including Reince Priebus
Major Tea Party era conservative groups Freedom Works and Tea Party Patriots also lending a hand
NEW: @jonathanmahler and I went deep on the Murdoch empire. We visited 3 continents and interviewed more than 150 people. This is the inside story of one dysfunctional family and the most powerful media company in the world. nyti.ms/2IePqTo
In recent years, the Murdochs have been at the red-hot center of the right-wing populist movement that has destabilized democracies across the English-speaking world. The future of their empire rested on a succession fight between Rupert Murdoch's two sons James and Lachlan.
Lachlan and James Murdoch have competed all of their lives to take over the company. But, with different politics -- James is more centrist; Lachlan more conservative -- they also were pushing it in different directions.