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MagickMuffin

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15. Let's not forget the attorney general's in the swing states

Wed Aug 16, 2023, 11:05 AM

Aug 2023

And there’s ol crooked Ken Paxton at the center of the conspiracy

By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation’s Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices’ long-held special status in federal courts.

In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

More recently, an association that is affiliated with their political arm, the Republican Attorneys General Association, became entangled in the Jan. 6 rally by President Donald Trump that preceded the violent insurrection against the U.S. Capitol. That group, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, helped pay for promotional efforts to get people to attend Trump’s rally. The controversy prompted the AG association’s executive director, Adam Piper, to resign.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-bab5f89283d664081467abbbf6e014bd

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Donald Trump's real conspiracy: It's much larger than even Fani Willis imagines [View all] marmar Aug 2023 OP

I can't believe the people follow this man he says such terrible things about the United States and Walleye Aug 2023 #1

It's breathtaking, isn't it. But he validates their racism (and a bucket full of other -isms...) Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #48

Hatred is such a terrible way to live, I almost feel sorry for them, almost Walleye Aug 2023 #49

Yes, almost. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2023 #50

Kick dalton99a Aug 2023 #2

Working hand in glove with Vlad, Leonard Leo, Murdoch, Walton, Koch, Ford_Prefect Aug 2023 #3

Don't leave out Harlan Crow, Uncle Clarence's sugar daddy. lastlib Aug 2023 #6

Quite so...Among many un-named ultra-wealthy, unidicted co-conspirators Ford_Prefect Aug 2023 #7

There are no more Russian, Saudi, Chinese, American or even Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #40

True but they all play each for themselves and their own advantage. Regional differences apply Ford_Prefect Aug 2023 #43

And the author thinks Fani Willis doesn't "imagine" this? Ms Willis does the work in front of her... Hekate Aug 2023 #4

Another wag doubting the woman in charge... Ford_Prefect Aug 2023 #8

I was just going to post this! yardwork Aug 2023 #9

Title writers' content break-downs jump the shark waaaay too often. jaxexpat Aug 2023 #11

Yep. The author is just another chode who thinks he has some special insight nobody else has. BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #24

+1 Agree! sheshe2 Aug 2023 #25

Not a thing negative about Ms. Willis in the article. Writer does rip Trump's co-conspirators. Kid Berwyn Aug 2023 #27

To me, same general genre as the "what they don't want you to know" and Hortensis Aug 2023 #33

The title is rather insulting whopis01 Aug 2023 #45

Spot on Hekate Aug 2023 #46

K&R. William769 Aug 2023 #5

What about his oath? moreland01 Aug 2023 #10

THIS! OMGWTF Aug 2023 #16

Violating his oath of office Danascot Aug 2023 #39

A.K.A. a Basket of Fucking Deplorables! ECL213 Aug 2023 #12

It seems we are giving too much credit to tfg. Without foreign and domestic players with brains and housecat Aug 2023 #13

Yes, exactly Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #18

Headline is inaccurate relayerbob Aug 2023 #14

+1 Takket Aug 2023 #19

good point housecat Aug 2023 #31

Let's not forget the attorney general's in the swing states MagickMuffin Aug 2023 #15

That's a very important article. It's all worse than most of us thought. /nt bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #17

In July 2020, Trump told his followers via a Chris Wallace interview mn9driver Aug 2023 #20

This person gets it. Snackshack Aug 2023 #21

I'll just go to the Winchester, have a pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over. Initech Aug 2023 #23

Since when is the Democratic Party standing back? ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #35

The silence is deafening. Snackshack Aug 2023 #51

Spoiler alert: The whole damn party is in on it! Initech Aug 2023 #22

Salon? why not Medium or Geocities? Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #26

Salon is as viable and legit as The Daily Beast ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #36

Taught them to hate the same government that helps them live their lives Ferrets are Cool Aug 2023 #28

Kirk Swearingen Quanto Magnus Aug 2023 #29

Outstanding points DJ Porkchop Aug 2023 #30

I wonder how this compared just prior to and during World War III? LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #32

I think you meant WWII there ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #37

None of this could have happened without the Apprentice Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #34

None of it could have happened without people being brainwashed ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #38

None of this could have happened RocRizzo55 Aug 2023 #47

Actually we have no idea what Ms. Willis imagines dsc Aug 2023 #41

This. obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2023 #42

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2023 #44