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12 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
"The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank that ex-Trump legal adviser John Eastman works for as a senior fellow, on Monday defended Eastman’s memo to then-President Donald Trump ...
"and then-Vice President Mike Pence that laid out how the latter could hijack the 2020 election certification process to keep Trump in power.
"The organization released a statement that spun Eastman’s memo, which blatantly sought to help Trump subvert the election, as mere 'legal advice' that has 'since been maliciously misrepresented and distorted by major media outlets.'
"The statement attempted to whitewash Eastman’s actions by presenting two points that give a misleading narrative of the lawyer’s memo." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/john-east…

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A great rebuttal to Sam Alito's self-righteous posturing in a speech at Notre Dame. If Sam was mad at Serwer before, he's going to go ballistic after being called out again. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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“ 'The report cites Perry more than three dozen times and includes details about his phone call with the No. 2 official at the Justice Department and an email Perry sent afterward with alleged evidence of fraud.' ”
Original source: cnn.com/2021/10/12/pol…
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"Behind-the-scenes redistricting work: Adam Foltz, who was part of a secretive process that crafted Wisconsin’s legislative maps, is on the payroll of the Texas Legislative Council, a nonpartisan state agency that manages the internal mapping tool used in redistricting.
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"She also wanted to do her part in the run-up to the 2020 election to prevent a repeat of the foreign interference in the 2016 election, she said.
"She went into the company clear-eyed about the problems with social media, which had been extensively covered by the news media in the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. But she soon learned that the problems were much worse than she realized.
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