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Hans von Spakovsky

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Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation. Former FEC Commissioner, DOJ lawyer. Opinions are my own, not that of Heritage

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Hans von Spakovsky
2 years
. @TedCruz won a First Amendment victory not just for himself, but also for other candidates who want to run for office so they can make a difference in the political life of our country. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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Election Fraud Is a Nonpartisan Issue. These Cases From Florida Prove It. @DailySignal
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Hans von Spakovsky: Including the Citizenship Question is Critical to Ge... via @YouTube
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7 years
Why Are Trump’s Justice Department Appointees Protecting the IRS? via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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6 years
All of today's protesters should be criminally charged its a Crime to Disrupt Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing #RuleofLaw via @pjmedia_com
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4 years
. @PILFoundation discovered more than 140,000 instances of potential election fraud in the 2016 and 2018 elections, ranging from individuals illegally voting in multiple states to someone voting in the name of a deceased person. @DailySignal
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7 months
🧵 On today’s decision in Maine to kick Donald Trump off the state’s ballot:
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5 years
"Greta Thunberg"—the idea, not the girl—is a concoction of activists who have increasingly taken to using children as a shield from critical analysis or debate. via @davidharsanyi @DailySignal
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3 years
The @nytimes claims that Arizona's recent election integrity reforms constitute "voting restrictions." Apparently, making sure dead people aren't on the voter registry is "rolling back access to voting." via @JessAnderson2 @DailySignal
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4 years
Thanks @brikeilarcnn for highlighting the @Heritage database. But you ignored that it's a "sampling" of proven election fraud; it’s not "a comprehensive list." It exposes vulnerabilities of mail-in ballots, which also have a higher rejection rate than ballots cast in-person
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…there have been no criminal charges against him, and he was acquitted of that claim in the impeachment trial held in the U.S. Senate. This is election interference of the worst kind and she is disenfranchising the voters of her state.
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5 years
Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi says he was “not going to imply” that Trump deliberately timed the flag maneuvers to appeal to neo-Nazis. via @ChuckRossDC @DailySignal - what should scare public is someone this nutty worked for FBI
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8 years
Yes: Havens for alien criminals should lose federal funding
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This decision by the Maine secretary of state is a blatantly biased decision by a partisan state official that has no basis in law…
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3 years
The Justice Department's complaint against Georgia reads like a press release drafted by the Democratic National Committee instead of a serious lawsuit by an apolitical Justice Department. via @tzsmith @DailySignal
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By violating the requirements for a special counsel in appointing David Weiss, AG Merrick Garland guaranteed the “investigation” of Hunter Biden will be one in name only.
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7 years
Why Trump’s Revised Executive Order is Constitutional, Legal, and Common Sense via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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3 years
The Facts About H.R. 1: The “For the People Act of 2021” via @Heritage
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4 years
Michael Atkinson rightly earned a great deal of criticism for his actions as inspector general of the intelligence community. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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It is the ultimate example of unparalleled arrogance for her to assert that she has the power to determine that the former president is “guilty” of insurrection when she is not a judge…
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4 years
Hans von Spakovsky: Can Trump use coronavirus to delay 2020 election? #FoxNews
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7 years
Preet Bharara 'fired': A phony scandal created by an Obama appointee |
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7 years
This must be a joke
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James Comey, fired FBI director, to co-teach ethical leadership course at William & Mary #ReleaseTheMemo #NotTheOnion
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…and, contrary to her spurious claims, actually violates the Constitution. She has no legal authority to question the qualifications of a presidential candidate based on the 14th Amendment.
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8 years
Donald Trump calls Fidel Castro 'brutal dictator' tells the truth about a brute loved by Hollywood celebrities
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Hunter Biden was selling only one thing for the millions of dollars he was being paid—the Biden brand. He monetized the brand.
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3 years
In 2020, Pennsylvania Secretary of State @KathyBoockvar made changes to election law unilaterally. We need to ensure that can’t happen again in other states or in future elections. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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4 years
We saw 2 party conventions; one full of people who love America/want to preserve/protect a great republic/bastion of freedom; other full of those who hate America/want to destroy its history/culture/liberty
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2 years
Canadian banks that participate in government seizure of accounts should be banned from doing business in US
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3 years
Georgia's voter ID bill mirrors the Help America Vote Act, which was approved by @JoeBiden , @SenFeinstein , @SenatorDurbin , @SenatorReid , and @SenatorLeahy . Comparing it to Jim Crow is disingenuous as well as insulting. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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Trump and his "co-conspirators" apparently don’t get the same immunity District Attorney Fani Willis granted herself to question the outcome of an election or the behavior of election officials.
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1 year
Tuesday's Moore v. Harper decision will, as Justice Clarence Thomas correctly noted in his powerful dissent, flood federal courts with “Bush [v. Gore]-style controversies over state election law.”
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from ballot is 4 partisan judges robbing voters of right to make their own choice of who should be president .
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4 years
I drove through the streets of D.C. the day before the election. I saw what looked to be a city preparing to come under attack. via @Virginia_Allen5 @DailySignal - outrageous that D.C. mayor encourages disorder/anarchy instead of stopping it
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4 years
GO VOTE!!
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Kay C. James
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The most important thing you can do today isn’t picking up the dry cleaning or grabbing a gallon of milk at the store or even going to work – it’s VOTING. And take a friend – or five – with you! @WashTimesOpEd
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7 years
Trump Assembles Federal Commission to Investigate Voter Fraud via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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4 years
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots via @nypost
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7 years
Thank Trump if he finally ends unconstitutional DACA program
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8 years
State Department Loses Another Round in the Clinton Email Fiasco via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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6 years
Let’s all be very clear: if Samantha Bee had used same disgusting language to describe Michelle Obama as she did Ivanka Trump she would have been fired by CNN w/in the hour - and properly so
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2 years
So Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress; don’t seem to recall DOJ prosecuting Holder or Lois Lerner for contempt; oh yeah, DOJ refused to enforce Congress’s contempt citation; partisanship permeates DOJ
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Students for Fair Admissions v. Naval Academy, was filed Thursday in federal court in Maryland. It makes same allegations of racist racist admissions against @NavalAcademy contained in lawsuit the group filed against @WestPoint_USMA .
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9 months
Those filing lawsuits to try to remove Trump from their state ballots are ignoring the final sentence in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment—which they are supposedly basing their case on.
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1 year
Every agent involved in this should be fired; FBI needs serious cuts in its budget; will I now be targeted as an enemy of the state for criticising the FBI?
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The FBI was just caught plotting to target Catholics who attend Latin Mass using SPLC rhetoric as justification to treat them as enemies of the state. The KGB didn't go away. They just got the FBI to adopt their tactics.
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8 years
The Obama Administration Wants To Make Sure Non-citizens Vote in the Upcoming Election via @NRO
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1 year
In its conclusion, the state Supreme Court noted that “the people of North Carolina overwhelmingly support voter identification and other efforts to promote greater integrity and confidence in our elections.”
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6 months
The Heritage Foundation's Election Fraud Database now contains over 1,500 proven cases of election fraud that show the vulnerabilities in our election system.
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4 years
It’s fundamentally unfair ( and outrageous) to pay benefits to illegal aliens-they’re NOT citizens!!
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6 years
At its core, all the hysteria it is an attempt to undo the 2016 election. via @DennisPrager @DailySignal - liberal comparison of Trump to the Holocaust and Nazism are reprehensible, outrageous, & blatant lies
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The unanimous SCOTUS ruling for Donald Trump protects the voting rights of millions of Americans and prevents state courts from disqualifying federal candidates.
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Laken Riley’s brutal murder should never have happened
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Hans von Spakovsky: Former FBI official McCabe should be prosecuted – Justice demands it #FoxNews
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6 years
. @AmyEGardner writes for @washingtonpost that “Trump and Session warn of voter fraud without evidence?” How much evidence do you need? Here at @heritage we have a database of 1,178 proven instances of election fraud. READ MORE:
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6 years
The left's obstruction of qualified Trump nominees is yet another front in the war against the president #FoxNews
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6 years
Yes, Texas does have the right to punish sanctuary cities #FoxNews
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2 years
As the more than 1,400 cases of election fraud in the @Heritage database should make clear, states should get to work implementing election reforms designed to improve the integrity of the election process. via @DailySignal
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4 years
Democrats prepare bill limiting U.S. Supreme Court justice terms to 18 years - are these Reps so ignorant they don’t know this can only be done w/constitutional amendment?!
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2 years
I laugh when self-righteous electric car owners give me a hard time; where does your electricity come from? 61% fossil fuels; 19% nuclear; 9% wind (unreliable); 3% solar(when sun is shining); rest misc. like hydro:
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5 years
The reality is, election fraud often goes undetected. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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2 years
This is dishonest behaviour we get from members of House these days
@Heritage
Heritage Foundation
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🚨🧵: How desperate are members of the left to smear 2nd Amendment supporters like @AmySwearer and ban constitutionally protected firearms like the AR-15? Well, as @RepKatiePorter just demonstrated, they’re desperate enough to falsely accuse conservatives of perjury.
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3 years
The @EPA and Army Corps of Engineers have tried to claim almost every body of water imaginable is a “waters of the U.S” under the Clean Water Act. The Supreme Court has a chance to rein in this overreach. via @darenbakst @DailySignal
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8 years
No, Election Fraud Is Not as Unlikely as a Lightning Strike
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Explosive New Docs Reveal Weissmann’s Misconduct In Enron Case - why is Weissmann still working for DOJ & why is DOJ defending him?
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4 years
To everyone who waited in long lines to vote “early” bcz politicos told you to when only limited number of sites are open- I got in & out of my regular polling place today in 15 minutes
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4 years
Why the push for an all-by-mail election is unwise — and unnecessary
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3 years
Kamala Harris claim that state election reforms will prevent 55 million Americans from voting is absurd/crazy/ridiculous & has no basis in fact whatsoever; this is pure propaganda & totally false
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American Movie Studios Are Wrong to Appease Chinese Censors - No surprise here; they did it for the Nazi's in 1930s
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2 years
Biden picks ex-AL Sen. Doug Jones to “Sherpa” SupCt nominee thru Senate; So senator who voted 49 times to filibuster Trump judicial nominees just to obstruct supposed to convince GOP senators to go along w/Biden choice?!!!
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7 years
Texas Wins the Second Round on Sanctuary Cities via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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1 year
In contrast to the myth of voter suppression, a new study finds that both parties saw an increase in voter turnout after implementation of voter ID laws. via
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2 years
One thing we know for sure: if Canadian protesters were members of BLM/Antifa/Marxist groups Trudeau & Biden would be praising them & getting their pictures taken w/them!!
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War on Electoral College Shows Progressives Don’t Care About Middle America via @FredLucasWH @DailySignal
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The Electoral College: A safeguard for stable elections
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On Elections, DHS Is an Advisor on Cybersecurity, Not the Nation’s Policeman of Election Fraud
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4 years
The fact that the Indiana defendants were in a diversion program doesn’t erase the fact that they committed voter-registration fraud and were prosecuted for it. via @HvonSpakovsky @DailySignal
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4 years
Let’s put it bluntly: Philadelphia Police Cpl. James O’Connor would likely be alive today if Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had done his job. #rogueprosecutors #LeaveOurStreetsAlone via @tzsmith @DailySignal -Krasner: criminals’ best friend
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