The president has trumpeted a blizzard of thoroughly debunked claims about the election outcome, and the resulting chaos is consistent with longstanding Russian interests to sow discord in the United States and to chip away at the country’s democratic foundations and standing on the world stage.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Sens. King, Collins criticize Trump’s efforts to override election results – in starkly different tones
Both of Maine’s senators say the president is wrong to pressure state officials to override the will of voters.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Trump campaign’s much-hyped affidavit alleging voter fraud has big error
Analysis: Its data wasn’t actually from Michigan. It was from Minnesota.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, News, Politics
The Latest: Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on U.S. vote come from Trump
The latest on the election and transition.
Posted inElection 2020, News, Politics
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden’s victory
Biden called the Trump campaign’s attempt to subvert the results of the elections ‘totally irresponsible.’
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Maine voters bucked a partisan tide at the polls
Mainers proved much less partisan in the Nov. 3 election than their counterparts around the country, two Bates College professors with a passion for politics say during an online Great Falls Forum.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Confident his victory will stand, Biden tries to stay above the fray
Democrats so far have treated the president’s moves more as a tantrum than a threat to Biden’s assumption of the presidency.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Trump summons Michigan Republicans for extraordinary meeting as he seeks to overturn votes
Trump’s campaign is openly floating the notion of trying to get friendly state legislatures to appoint electors who would overturn the will of the voters.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Ethics commission to review records of Maine legislative ‘leadership PACs’
While commissioners stress that the reviews will be conducted ‘without any suggestion of impropriety,’ findings of problems could lead to proposals for regular audits of the political action committees.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
Democrat Joe Biden received 577,455 votes in those counties, to 213,157 for Trump. No evidence of illegal activity has been presented.