Latest Stories By Clara Hendrickson

Para prevenir alegaciones de fraude la noche de las elecciones, el Presidente Joe Biden advirtió en un discurso que en ciertos casos no se sabrá el ganador de las elecciones la misma noche del 8 de noviembre.  La organización Americano Media, la cual dice ser la “primera cadena nacional conservadora en español”, publicó un clip […]

In 2020, it took four days for enough votes to be counted in Pennsylvania for media outlets to declare with confidence that Joe Biden had won the presidential election.  During those days, armed protesters showed up outside Philadelphia’s vote-counting center, and Rudy Giuliani, an ally of then-President Donald Trump, held a press conference outside Four […]

Hoping to score midterm election victories, Republican candidates and the Michigan GOP are focusing their ire on Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson — specifically, how she oversaw the 2020 election. Michigan’s election system is the most decentralized in the U.S. The secretary of state plays a supervisory role in Michigan’s elections. Local clerks are […]

Republican Kristina Karamo launched her campaign for Michigan secretary of state with a passionate campaign promise. “I am running to remove corruption from our elections and from the Michigan SOS office,” she said in a statement announcing her bid. This vow to clean up elections stemmed from her experience in 2020 as a presidential election […]

In counties across Michigan, the GOP is filling election canvassing boards responsible for tallying the vote count with people who have embraced falsehoods and misinformation about fraud in the 2020 election. The bipartisan boards have the routine task of double checking the vote totals submitted by municipalities and signing off on the county-level results before […]

Michigan’s chief law enforcement officer agreed to launch an investigation into allegations that people spread disinformation about the state’s Nov. 3 election for their own financial gain. The inquiry comes at the recommendation of a Republican-led legislative committee that found no evidence of widespread fraud in the election. A report by the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee, […]

An investigation led by Michigan Republican lawmakers found no basis for claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election, a Michigan Senate report released Wednesday concludes. The results of the inquiry by the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee, chaired by a Republican and comprised of a GOP-majority, are the […]

Michigan’s Senate Elections Committee has held three hearings so far on GOP-backed election bills that would place new requirements on voters. Republicans have sold their 39-bill legislative push as an effort to beef up election security and restore faith in the election process. Voting rights advocates and election officials say some of the proposals would […]

A viral Facebook post from Republican legislators in Michigan criticizes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s response to the coronavirus pandemic amid the latest COVID-19 surge in the state. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Republicans have characterized Whitmer’s approach as draconian, and now they claim that her response “has failed Michigan.”  In a “COVID-19 response report card,” […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing a new wave of criticism over her handling of nursing home residents with COVID-19, after a massive undercounting of deaths from the disease was uncovered in New York. Under her administration’s policies, hospitals released many elderly, recovering COVID-19 patients back to their long-term care facilities or to nursing homes […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday called for bipartisan action to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and put the state on a path toward economic recovery. The call came in a State of the State address delivered in the midst of continuing clashes with the GOP-led Legislature over her handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Whitmer […]

In the wake of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, Detroit Police Chief James Craig questioned whether law enforcement’s treatment of the pro-Trump insurrectionists stands in stark contrast to Black Lives Matter protesters. Black Lives Matter supporters, Democratic lawmakers and President-elect Joe Biden have claimed that the police response to the two groups points […]