PinnedMember-onlyThe Oath Keepers, Roger Stone, Alex Jones, & the BundysBy Jennifer Cohn, 1/15/22 Earlier this week, the Department of Justice filed seditious conspiracy charges against Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the paramilitary group called the Oath Keepers, and ten other members of the group in connection with the events of January 6. With the news came speculation that the…13 min read13 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPublic officials provided false assurances about the legitimacy of Trump’s poll-defying win in 2016.By Jennifer Cohn @jennycohn1 on Twitter 7/26/21 People sometimes ask me why I became an advocate of election security and transparency. One of the main reasons is that, in the wake of reports of Russian interference in 2016, I learned that public officials and others in leadership positions had provided…Elections25 min readElections25 min read
Jun 18, 2022Member-onlyRoger Stone, the Proud Boys, & Stone’s network of miscreants, Part 3 (2019-July 2020)The alliance among Stone, Stone’s network, and the Proud Boys was on full display in 2019 and 2020. By Jennifer Cohn, 6/18/22 Even before the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s longtime confidante, Roger Stone, had created a dangerous new template for American politics, combining…Proud Boys13 min readProud Boys13 min read
May 5, 2022Member-only2016: The attack on America’s election infrastructureBy Jennifer Cohn, 5/5/22 Russia’s attack on America’s election infrastructure in 2016 has been largely forgotten amidst the many other legitimate concerns about that election and later events. Those other concerns and events warrant our attention and include the far right’s coordinated amplification of disinformation through bots and fake news…Elections38 min readElections38 min read
Mar 9, 2022Member-onlyRoger Stone, the Proud Boys , & Stone’s nework of miscreants— Part 2 (2017–2018)For years, Stone & his associates have courted & elevated violent extremists & re-branded them as “patriots.” — By Jennifer Cohn 3/9/22, updated 3/13/22 This is Part 2 of a series that documents with photographic evidence the political activities of Roger Stone and his closest associates, as well as their relationship to the Proud Boys, including former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio, his right-hand man Joe Biggs…20 min read20 min read
Feb 14, 2022Member-onlyThe “most secure election ever” narrative misledThe GOP had blocked crucial election-security reform, and the Democrats’ loss of 27 out of 27 tossup races warranted scrutiny — By Jennifer Cohn 2/13/22 Chris Krebs (the former director of CISA) and the Democratic party responded to the clear and present danger of Donald Trump’s unfounded claims about his 2020 loss (which almost every poll predicted) with a misleading claim of their own: the notion that the election was the…5 min read5 min read
Feb 11, 2022Member-onlyRoger Stone was a dark political force even before 2016By Jennifer Cohn 2/11/22 Even before the 2016 presidential election, Roger Stone was a dark force, screwing with voters’ perceptions of reality and corrupting politics from behind the scenes. In 1972, at just nineteen years of age, Stone belonged to then “President Richard M. Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President…7 min read7 min read
Feb 11, 2022Member-onlyRoger Stone, the Proud Boys, & Stone’s network of miscreants— Part 1 (2016)A new formula: information warfare + physical intimidation — By Jennifer Cohn, 2/11/22 Roger Stone is a corrupt political advisor who specializes in propping up dictators, liars, and cheats, including former President Donald Trump. Stone is not always taken seriously. As political commentator David Frum once remarked, Roger Stone’s best trick was always his upper-class-twit wardrobe. …History19 min readHistory19 min read
Jan 25, 2022Member-onlyWhat’s all the fuss about Ukraine?By Jennifer Cohn 1/24/225 min read5 min read
Dec 24, 2021Member-onlyThe 2000 U.S. presidential election was a harbinger of things to come.It featured a voting machine glitch, a bogus voter purge, narrative warfare, Karl Rove, and a manufactured “riot” orchestrated by Roger Stone. By Jennifer Cohn December 23, 2021 The 2000 presidential election was a “watershed moment” for U.S. elections and “harbinger of things to come,” as Jonathan Simon, a seasoned…Voting23 min readVoting23 min read
