“Votebeat and its parent organizations sure seem like Leftist fronts proclaiming themselves independent...”
Frankly, I’d never heard of Votebeat before I saw this story. If you have a reliable source that gives a different take on events, that info would be valuable.
“If she’s lost the case already, discovery is in the rearview miror. Damages are the next step.”
She moved to dismiss. If she had won, the whole case would be over, and in her favor. Instead, though, she lost.
That loss didn’t end the case, though. It meant only that the plaintiff could continue to press his claim. The expectation was that the next step would be discovery, then a trial at which she could present the evidence of fraud.
The strange thing is that her filing cuts off any discovery about her allegations. It also cuts off a trial about the election procedures. Whether or not the jury was convinced, the trial would have been a great opportunity to publicize whatever evidence she had.
I don’t have a smoking gun on Votebeat.org, and did not mean to imply any fault for posting their article.
It’s a new name to me too, and because what they were saying struck me as odd, I tried to research the organization and its funding. Everything I found was unsatisfactorily vague — “we’re, uh, independent, and we get money from supporters”. It is related to “Chalkbeat”. Both have a parent organization called the “Civic News Company” based in NYC.
Civic News Company’s site says as an “organization grounded in the values of equality and antiracism, we prioritize coverage of the key systems that shape this country and prioritize serving communities often neglected by traditional media.” This might mean they are trying to fill the gaps in the dying local news industry. But the George Floyd articles, the layering of organizations, etc., gave me the feeling of leftists pretending to be independent. My gut feeling could be wrong.
I appreciate your comments on the Lake case. I need to research it further and try to make sense of the “why” of it.