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Scarborough: Election Deniers Operate Outside The Constitutional Guardrails Of Our Politics & Undermine Our Democracy

JOE SCARBOROUGH: And you know, Willie, we find, and we need to be clear here because I find that people often conflate issues…

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New York Times: This Threat to Democracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight

In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and his allies were unable to get far in their attempts to prove widespread voter fraud. There were two reasons for that.

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The Washington Post: The 2020 Election Was Neither Stolen Nor Rigged: A Primer

A professor at a university in Utah issued an appeal this week: Is there a resource that he can present to students to dispel them of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen?

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NPR: Former Federal Judge Warns of Danger to American Democracy

During Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing, retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig issued a dire warning to the country. Luttig, who advised former Vice President Mike Pence, said that 17 months after the riot on the U.S. Capitol, "Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy."

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The Hill: Jan. 6 Witness Rusty Bowers Says Constitution ‘Hanging by a Thread’ After Election Loss

Arizona state House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R), who testified before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said that the Constitution is “hanging by a thread” after he lost his bid for a state Senate seat.

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January 6th Insurrection: The Washington Post’s Investigation Of The Causes, Cost, And Aftermath

This project is based on interviews with more than 230 people and thousands of pages of court documents and internal law enforcement reports, as well as hundreds of videos, photographs and audio clips.

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ProPublica: Building the “Big Lie”: Inside the Creation of Trump’s Stolen Election Myth

Internal emails and interviews with key participants reveal for the first time the extent to which leading advocates of the rigged election theory touted evidence they knew to be disproven, disputed or dismissed as dubious.

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