A set of potentially juicy emails from President Trump’s disbanded voter fraud commission will likely never see the light of day, due to an appeals court decision issued Friday.
In a free country, information about citizens is protected by law. Information about the government is open to the public.
In a police state, information about the government is secret and he citizen’s lives are open books.
Such total information inversion is necessary to facilitate the crimes of government and to prevent those crimes from becoming public knowledge
As summed up by Al Gore
"By closely guarding information about their own behavior, they are dismantling a fundamental element of our system of checks and balances. Because so long as the government’s actions are secret, they cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people must be transparent to the people. "
The law is there to protect the secrets of corrupt, rich, venal white men, just as the founders intended.
“they are going to make this bipartisan and include Democrats. There isn’t a single Democratic official that will do anything other than obstruct any investigation of voter fraud and issue constant public announcements criticizing the commission and what it is doing, making claims that it is engaged in voter suppression.”
Such astute psychics don’t need no stinkin’ commission
“Christian and I are concerned that this commission is being organized in a way that will guarantee its failure,”
Funny how they turned out correct on that point…just not for the reasons they thought.
I’m shocked — SHOCKED! — that the most corrupt administration in our nation’s history (in tandem with the irredeemably corrupted Guardians Of Plutocrats) would continue this cover-up.
If this keeps up people are going to get the impression they’re a lawless crime-family, a regular mafia!
“Private emails between Executive Branch officials and individuals who served as commissioners about potential additional commissioners are quite distinct from these examples of documents about the Commission’s ongoing, substantive work,” the appellate court said.
I guess that means that Clinton’s emails are all off limits as well.
Trump Judge decision?
Not The Onion. 
Usually glad to see my SOS’s face on the home page of my favorite website, but not in this case.
Matt Dunlap is on a short list of public servants in Maine who I have never seen make a ‘bad call.’ Always acting with integrity and professionalism. Democrat in name, but small-d-democratic in spirit, through and through. He handled our first congressional election under ranked choice impeccably (bye-bye, Bruce Poliquin).
I’m sure I know why Spakovsky et al, were worried about Democrats being involved and not at all surprised why Dunlap was cut out of the loop early on in the process.
The rot in this administration is so thorough and relentless. It’s downright gangrenous.
Regardless, good on you, Matt Dunlap. Nice effort.
I’m sure Dunlap smelled a rat. If they did any research on him, they would have discovered in short order that he wouldn’t stand for any undemocratic shenanigans and so I’m sure they were worried about him in particular (and likely others, too). And they probably, stupidly enough, opined at length about it over email.
Here is the reason Trumpism dies with Trump.
Trumpers love Trump with a zeal which Venn Diagrams with reverence for a deity. When Trump is removed it all goes away
Trumpism’s existence will go the way of Jim Crow:
still with us but in a lessened state and with a lot of diligence in being wary.
Look: I have been turned down for a sandwich at a segregated restaurant. One never forgets.
but are they not suppose to automatically worship pence if trump is booted?
might I suggest that they might to smart for that.
dilemmas sheesh
I think it was exactly for the reasons they thought. They knew if it was a bipartisan affair that their bullshit would be challenged–and it was. I guess it’s a question of whether we believe them to be cynical schemers or starry-eyed true believers. As schemers, they would have known their “voter fraud” campaign would be called into question by the Dems, but as true believers they would have expected the Dems to try to cover up the “truth” about voter fraud.
Ultimately, it would have led to the same place, but the reasoning for getting there would be different.
These messages should be part of a criminal investigation at some point in the next administration.
If Trump is booted you’ll see Pence do a 180 on him. Pence is lusting for this. He’s a self centered power hungry egomaniac. I suspect some of Trump’s staff have seen that in Pence and that’s where the rumors he’ll be off the 2020 ticket come from. Pence would be worse for America than Trump.
That’s rich.
But Their Emails!!!
This is the best reporting I’ve seen in a million years. Tasteful and informative beyond excellent. Puts things in perspective for me.
yep, he is the quiet type.
more dangerous than the loudmouth that screamed for impeachment. lol