An Axios article looking at ballot security in the run-up to the midterms notes that Delaware is one of only 5 U.S. states that lacks any paper trail of voting records. Worse, the authors round up what the states on its 15-worst list are doing to fix their problems. Delaware is not among those cited as doing anything.
David Cay Johnston, who has reported for decades on Donald Trump’s finances (he started in the ’80s when he covered Atlantic City for the Philadelphia Inquirer) has a new book coming out, has lots of interesting things to say in this interview with Salon’s Chauncey de Vega, including this bit about Trump voters:
This is a crucial point. People who’ve been had by con artists are ashamed and the world is full of cases, I’ve written about some of them, you see see it in movies and TV shows. They just can’t face the fact that they were tricked. It makes them feel stupid and foolish. People who got conned by Trump — it’s painful for many of them and they will do anything to avoid it. You don’t want to confront them, you don’t want to make them feel stupid.
The Fusion GPS guys, the ones behind the famous dossier, point out in a New York Times op-ed that Trump’s biggest worry probably involves criminal charges on money laundering. Yes, I keep linking to these stories because I was saying from before his inauguration that this was why he could and should be removed from office. He can’t pardon himself.
A neo-Nazi rally in Georgis attracted only a handful of goosesteppers but hundreds of counter-protesters. It turned into a shitshow because the locals sent out 400 riot-geared police to protect them. Perhaps bored by the lack of activity, the cops took it upon themselves to brutalize counter-protesters for the crime of wearing bandanas.
The Mitt Romney comeback is proving about as popular as his presidential bid. He failed yesterday to win the Senate nomination at the GOP party convention. He needed 60% of the votes but got only 49%, so the race goes to a June primary.