NEW: “Dirty Trick” By National Republican Group Targeting Arizona Reps Given Pass By Dysfunctional FEC…After Five Years

Five years ago, Arizona’s Politics helped report efforts by a “dirty trick” by the National Republican Congressional Committee (“NRCC”) against candidates nationwide, including the three Arizona swing-seat Democrats. The FEC finally gave the NRCC a pass and opened the file today.

(from SPOOF website)

The so-called attack microsites launched against Reps. Kyrsten Sinema, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ron Barber (and a couple of dozen other Democrats around the country) spoofed the candidates’ websites and tried to trick Googlers into donating to the NRCC.

National articles found a couple of the Arizona spoofs, and Arizona’s Politics located the third in February 2014. A follow-up later that month found that the NRCC had changed the donation pages to reduce the trickery level and to add security to its spoofs. (There are lots of images, ironies and fun facts in the older articles that will not be repeated here; please check out the links!)

One month later, national campaign finance watchdogs Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed complaints

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Donnie and Jared’s buddies in Arabia, the Saudis, just executed a person for protesting for Democracy.

Who is Mujtaba al-Sweikat? He would have been a college student in the United States had the Saudi Arabian Government not imprisoned him for participating in pro-democracy rallies while a teenager in 2011. His incarceration, justified by a probably coerced confession (probably after torture and without access to legal counsel) sparked condemnation by Amnesty International, … Read more

Felon voting rights and prison gerrymandering (redistricting)

Two separate stories this week about criminal justice and the right to vote offer a sharp microcosm of the difference between the major U.S. political parties. While Democrats debate social justice policy, Republicans are enacting voter suppression measures. Today’s op-ed in the Washington Post, Missouri Republicans want to undo voters’ redistricting wishes. The Supreme Court … Read more

Trouble brewing at Fox News aka Trump TV

There is trouble brewing at Fox News aka Trump TV. It’s resident “legal analyst” Judge Andrew Napolitano has been going off the reservation as of late, being highly critical of the unlawful actions of Donald Trump. In this segment of Judge Napolitano’s Chambers, he breaks down the Mueller Report and finds that Donald Trump committed … Read more