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A timeline of Pa. Rep. Scott Perry’s texts following the 2020 election …
By Harrison Cann Newly released text messages outline the outsized role that U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th District, had in the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Perry, who has been investigated by the Jan. 6 select committee for
Read moreFree Speech for Me, Not for Thee: Elon Musk’s Twitter folly | Fletcher McClellan
Adapted by the 19th-century philosopher John Stuart Mill from classical economics, which holds that free market competition produces optimal outcomes, the metaphor of a “marketplace of ideas” is frequently used in the law of free speech. Foremost among current adherents
Read moreWhat having election deniers on this year’s ballot means for November and beyond | Analysis
In recent years, election discussions in the commonwealth have centered around Act 77, a 2019 bipartisan election reform bill that allowed for no-excuse mail-in voting. At the time, no one foresaw a global pandemic and the resulting popularity of mail-in
Read moreWhite nationalism is a political ideology that mainstreams racist conspiracy theories | Analysis
By Sara Kamali In September 2022, President Joe Biden convened a summit called United We Stand to denounce the “venom and violence” of white nationalism ahead of the midterm elections. His remarks repeated the theme of his prime-time speech in
Read moreGeorgia DA builds 2020 election conspiracy story from bottom to top | Jay Bookman
Willis and her team are also exploring the illegal breach of voting machines in Coffee County by Trump advocates, a crime that Georgia’s Republican leadership has been notably slow to address, as well as an apparent attempt to intimidate Fulton
Read moreThese are the election-deniers on the Pa. ballot in 2022 | Friday Morning Coffee
When they head to the polls this fall, six in 10 American voters, including right here in Pennsylvania, will have an election-denier on their ballot, according to an analysis by the politics data website FiveThirtyEight. In Pennsylvania, home to marquee fights
Read moreWhat is Gab? A look at the far-right social media platform backing Doug Mastriano
“This conspiracy theory has motivated terrorist attacks such as the ones committed in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, El Paso, and Christchurch,” New Zealand, Goretsky said in an email to City & State. “Our research shows that white supremacists continue to use fringe
Read moreMastriano courting voters on Gab pushes the GOP further right, experts say
Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano’s use of the far-right social media platform Gab.com to engage potential voters is a step toward extremism that more moderate members of the Republican Party have a responsibility to repudiate, experts on politics and the
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