And the (pointless) Recounts Keep on Coming!

Jeff and Mark are traveling this week as we record the “pre-criminal-referrals” episode of the podcast. Jeff is getting the better end of the deal! He’s in Nashville where leaders of the Lincoln Project are holding their post-midterm victory lap…beginning planning for 2024..and sampling the hospitality of America’s country music capitol. Mark is coming up for air after still another long day of another recount. The futility of the partial recounts of Proposals 2 and 3 being highlighted by a Michigan state Supreme Court ruling, and a federal Appeals Court ruling in Colorado both burying the Big Lie and the attorneys promoting it. Michigan Supreme Court ends suit over 2020 election results in Antrim County | Bridge Michigan Experts: Michigan recounts that won’t change outcome show law must change | Bridge Michigan CO District Court Ruling on Election ‘Fraud’ Lawsuit Elsewhere in political news this week: Livonia clerk was pressured to hand over election equipment Rebound in Confidence: American Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections | Bright Line Watch Poll: Many Michigan voters ready to move on from Trump, Biden in 2024 ‘Marshall Law!’: Dozens of GOP Politicians Texted Meadows About Overturning 2020 Pete’s campaign in waiting – POLITICO ‘High level’ appointees, lobbyists entangled in Chatfield probe, Nessel’s office says Gov. Whitmer says Michigan needs ethics reforms amid Chatfied probe Insider: Michigan lawmakers’ farewells warn of money’s influence in Lansing  Michigan redistricting commission sues for funding, long after finishing maps | Bridge Michigan House GOP reckons with ‘candidate quality’ problem after midterms — and ahead of 2024 – POLITICO Michigan GOP official: Shut down ‘by force’ public library with LGBTQ books | Bridge Michigan Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on riot criminal referrals | AP News This week’s podcast is underwritten by Practical Political Consulting and EPIC-MRA. We thank them for supporting “A Republic, If You Can Keep It.”