Reading archive 2020-11-12

Louisville police, county attorney's office hide 738,000 records in Explorer sex abuse case

Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money

GOP leaders’ embrace of Trump’s refusal to concede fits pattern of rising authoritarianism, data shows: Research by a team of international scholars shows the Republican Party’s shift away from democratic norms predates Donald Trump but has accelerated since

In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting

'My friends were lied to': will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear? - "Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, has outlined a $2tn plan to generate millions of jobs in renewable energy, potentially providing a new path for threatened coal workers. But coalmining has deep roots in communities that many are unwilling to relinquish. 'It’s a damned joke,' said Bostic, of the West Virginia Coal Association. 'It’s an affront to a coalminer to say: 'We will take your job away for one that pays less well, and by the way, you have to pack your family up and move.''" [ed. note: FOAD, Jason]

Longest-serving Senate Republican joins call for Biden to receive briefings: Grassley says president-elect should have access to briefings as Ohio governor says Biden’s victory should be recognized