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Where Things Stand: Trump’s 2022 Election Challenges Will Begin In Philly
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10.24.22 | 6:29 pm

Donald Trump has been holding meetings with allies, lawyers and MAGA Republicans in recent months to prepare for how exactly to contest the results of the 2022 election, Rolling Stone reported this weekend. In case it was ever a question — he plans to.

The team has reportedly been discussing legal and rhetorical avenues Trump and his allies might take to challenge the results in certain races that don’t go their way. The team is also discussing how aggressive to be in races where the winner is not known on the night of the election.

That brings us to Pennsylvania.

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Voter Intimidation Has Already Begun In Arizona
10.24.22 | 11:51 am
Election Administrators Are Under Attack. Here’s What That Means For The Upcoming Midterms.
Harassment and threats have driven election officials to resign at unprecedented rates since the 2020 presidential election.
10.18.22 | 9:00 am
Where Things Stand: Flynn Recruits Poll Workers At Proud Boys Event Inside Bunker Community
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10.17.22 | 6:14 pm

The Associated Press has a new piece out today as part of an investigative series it’s producing with PBS’ “Frontline” focused on former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ongoing descent into extremism and Christian nationalism. The investigative series will roll out alongside a documentary tomorrow night called “Michael Flynn’s Holy War.”

The new AP piece is a fascinating look at The Hollow, a bunker-like, Christian nationalist, far-right community site in Sarasota County, Florida that has become a MAGAworld meeting center and incubator for some of Flynn’s efforts to weave Trump grievances into politics at a hyper-local level. The Hollow has all the markings of a militia-community — even though the founder maintains it’s anything but that — that hosts events sponsored by Proud Boys family members, offers “Biblical citizenship” classes and is home to a gun range that offers classes to children as young as six. Flynn reportedly has visited the site multiple times this past year and financially supports the organization.

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Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous No Matter How Many People Believe Them
Lies don’t have to spread far to cause problems.
09.19.22 | 11:58 am
New Hampshire Election-Denying Senate Nom Suddenly Sees The Light
INSIDE: Marriage Equality Bill ... DeSantis ... McCarthy
09.16.22 | 8:10 am