WineWonkette
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I told @npr.org: "Most people who make claims that noncitizen voting is a big problem are doing so for political purposes. It's a way of demonizing immigrants . . . of trying to claim that Democrats cheat. And no amount of evidence is going to stop people from making politically expedient claims."
"Even states that are trying to amplify the numbers of noncitizens … when they actually look, they find a surprisingly, shockingly small number... as they get past the political season — as the candidate that they supported gets elected — the numbers go down."
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Despite grand claims, a new report shows noncitizen voting hasn't materialized
New research confirms what election experts have said all along: Noncitizen voting occasionally happens but in minuscule numbers, and not in any coordinated way.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I told @npr.org: "Most people who make claims that noncitizen voting is a big problem are doing so for political purposes. It's a way of demonizing immigrants . . . of trying to claim that Democrats cheat. And no amount of evidence is going to stop people from making politically expedient claims."
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“Every serious review has substantiated the intelligence community’s fundamental conclusion that the Russians conducted an influence campaign intended to help Mr. Trump win the 2016 election.”
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Opinion | Brennan and Clapper: Let’s Set the Record Straight on Russia and 2016
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July 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Every serious review has substantiated the intelligence community’s fundamental conclusion that the Russians conducted an influence campaign intended to help Mr. Trump win the 2016 election.”
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Seems important that the VP seems to be advocating for nationwide gerrymandering reform (and it might be relevant to note that the TX delegation is currently less than 33% Democratic, while the Democrats regularly receive ~43+% of the vote in the state).
JD Vance is suddenly opposed to gerrymandering. Someone tell Greg Abbott.
July 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Seems important that the VP seems to be advocating for nationwide gerrymandering reform (and it might be relevant to note that the TX delegation is currently less than 33% Democratic, while the Democrats regularly receive ~43+% of the vote in the state).
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Judge Kollar-Kotelly: "Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections. And no statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order."
April 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Judge Kollar-Kotelly: "Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections. And no statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order."
Helping me maintain some sense of normalcy after Jan 20 2025, Nico, The Great Pyr we adopted in 2023. Best. Dog. Ever!
December 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Helping me maintain some sense of normalcy after Jan 20 2025, Nico, The Great Pyr we adopted in 2023. Best. Dog. Ever!