Show threadNonilex4d ago

Just a reminder — #LarryEllison participated in #Trump’s #coup attempt.

Larry Ellison, #billionaire co-founder & chairman of the software company #Oracle & the biggest backer of #ElonMusk’s #Twitter takeover, participated in a call shortly after the #2020election that focused on strategies for contesting the “legitimacy” of the vote, acc/to court documents & a participant.

#law #billionaires #ElectionInterference #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/

Show threadNonilexDec 17

#JackSmith said that if asked whether he would “prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat.”

#Trump #law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup

NonilexDec 17

#JackSmith tells #House #Judiciary his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against #Trump

The fmr #DOJ special counsel told lawmakers in a closed-door interview on Wednesday that the evidence his investigators gathered proved Trump had criminally conspired to overturn the results of the #2020election, acc/to portions of his opening statement obtained by The AP.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #ElectionInterference #coup
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-12-17-2025#0000019b-2d07-dfb0-a7ff-7ddf6aa70000

Live updates: Republicans force House vote to extend ACA subsidies, defying Speaker Johnson

Centrist Republicans broke with their party to force a House vote to extend Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies. President Donald Trump will give an address tonight.

AP News
Killer Rabbit 90Dec 10
Well, well, well. "MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras" https://theintercept.com/2025/12/09/asfura-honduras-election-trump-ms-13/ #uspoli #trump #TrumpCorruption #MS-13 #TerroristOrganization #Honduras #murder #ElectionInterference
MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras

MS-13 told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”

The Intercept
Show threadNonilexDec 9

Hanging over the hearing was the legacy of #SCOTUS’ wave of rulings that have pared back #CampaignFinance restrictions over the years, including the 2010 #CitizensUnited v. FEC decision, which paved the way for unlimited independent expenditures by outside groups known as #superPACs.

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Trump #ElectionInterference #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #judiciary #CitizensUnited #DarkMoney

Show threadNonilexDec 9

#SCOTUS’ conservative majority has long been skeptical of #CampaignFinance restrictions on “free speech” grounds, & #Republicans have often brought challenges against them. Some of those justices expressed skepticism about the limits during Tuesday's argument, while liberal justices defended them.

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Trump #ElectionInterference #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #judiciary #CitizensUnited #DarkMoney

Show threadNonilexDec 9

#SCOTUS justices on Tuesday probed the legality of longstanding #CampaignFinance restrictions challenged by VP #JDVance that limit how much national party committees can spend in coordination with individual candidates.

It is unclear exactly how the court will rule. One lawyer defending the limits argued that the case should be dismissed as moot because of Vance's ongoing reluctance to reveal whether he will run for office in 2028.

#law #ActivistCourt #Trump #judiciary #ElectionInterference

NonilexDec 9

This is beyond #activism from the blatantly #PartisanCourt, this is #ElectionInterference. Wasn’t #CitizensUnited enough?

#SCOTUS probes #CampaignFinance limits challenged by #JDVance

#SupremeCourt appears likely to issue a ruling notwithstanding arguments that the case is moot because of Vance's equivocation about 2028.

#law #ActivistCourt #Trump #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #judiciary
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/jd-vance-decision-2028-presidential-run-supreme-court-campaign-finance-rcna247619

Supreme Court probes campaign finance limits challenged by JD Vance

A campaign finance case before the Supreme Court may hinge on Vice President JD Vance's equivocation on running for president in 2028.

NBC News
Show threadNonilexDec 5

… “It’s a frontal attack on the European Union,” said #BrandoBenifei, an Italian member of the European Parliament who chairs the delegation for relations with the #UnitedStates. He called the document “totally unacceptable,” full of “extreme, shocking phrases,” & said some of its statements amounted to direct calls for #ElectionInterference.

#Trump #US #Europe #geopolitics #racism #WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory #fascism #discrimination #MasterRace #Nazis #eugenics

reazonozaerDec 5

Brace for a new wave of election interference. "Free and fair" elections are already a hollow joke in the West, now even more so as AI bots will be deployed to manipulate voters and secure victories for the preferred candidates.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-are-increasingly-worried-ai-will-sway-elections/

#electioninterference #misinformation

Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections

AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.

404 Media