NEW FROM ME: The Untold Story of ‘Russiagate’ and the Road to War in Ukraine in @NYTMag (1/6) nytimes.com/2022/11/02/mag…
Behind “Russiagate” and Impeachment 1.0 was another story -- about Ukraine, its struggle to emerge as a unified democracy, free of Russian influence and control, and its position as a hot zone of the new Cold War between Russia and the West. (2/6)
Feb 1, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
77 DAYS THAT SHOOK DEMOCRACY: How Trump's Big Lie overwhelmed the Republican Party and was propelled forward by new and more radical lawyers, political organizers, financiers and the surround-sound right-wing media. Our first cut of history...A thread nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/…
The pivotal decision of @LeaderMcConnell to delay recognizing @JoeBiden's win-helping give Trump more room to run-was informed by his bid to have Trump's help in Georgia and assurances from Mark Meadows and Jared Kushner that Trump would accept reality as court losses piled up
Jan 24, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
On @ThisWeekABC, @RandPaul alleged, "In Wisconsin, tens of thousands of absentee votes had only names on them, no address. Historically those were thrown out, this time they weren't. They made special accommodations because they said, oh, it’s a pandemic..." Not so.
A thread
In fact, in 2016, Republican members of Wisconsin's Election Commission proposed allowing clerks to fix absentee ballots for those who filled them out but left out, say, their county or zip code etc. The Democrats agreed to GOP proposal, which passed unanimously...
Jan 2, 2021 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
About some of the assertions in this Republican letter justifying opposition to a democratic election and in favor of the very undemocratic mass disenfranchisement of millions upon millions of voters...a thread:
"America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the Constitution and with federal and state law."
It is a Republic or is supposed to be. And in 2020 they did, as affirmed repeatedly in state and federal court
Dec 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
If you are one of the millions of people who got this alert via @AppleNews, then also make sure you see...(1/5)
This: apnews.com/article/joe-bi… (2/5)
Nov 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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)
Oct 8, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
RIP @jimdwyernyt — one of the all-time greats, a bard of the city whose work inspired so many of us to become reporters. A truly shocking loss.
A sampling of his work, including from just this May: nytimes.com/2020/05/26/nyr…
Sep 30, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
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:
Apr 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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
Apr 3, 2019 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
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.
