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Larry Norden

@larrynorden.bsky.social

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Larry Norden@larrynorden.bsky.social · 2d ago

The midterms are rightly seen as a rebuke to government corruption. But that may not stop the Securities and Exchange Commission from eliminating a critical protection against corruption by investment advisors to government funds, including pensions. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Comment Opposing Rescission of SEC Pay-to-Play Rule

The Brennan Center for Justice submitted a comment opposing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to rescind its 2010 "pay-to-play" rule, which restricts investment advisers and their cove...

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Rusty Foster@rusty.todayintabs.com · 6d ago

The thing I’m thinking about most today is how normal and regular this election was, in terms of voting and staffing polls and counting votes. It went just the way it’s supposed to. It’s really heartening to see that the most basic machinery of democracy still works.

Dan Weiner@danw329.bsky.social · last wk.

All the cautions about exit polling apply, but 90 percent is still an extraordinary stat. Corruption loomed over this election to a degree we haven’t seen in a long time.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.

As of 5p.m. ET: The issue of government corruption was a significant factor influencing voters nationwide, with 90% saying it was a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll. nbcnews.to/4sImPKL

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · last wk.

Election security experts Derek Tisler and Lawrence Norden spoke with @nytimes.com about the vote-counting process, the safeguards in place to ensure accurate counts, and why it may take time in some places to know the results of the election.

When Will We Know Election Outcomes? Don’t Hold Your Breath.

Experts say it could take days and even weeks before winners are known in key states including Maine, Alaska, Arizona and California that could determine who controls Congress.

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Dan Weiner@danw329.bsky.social · last wk.

Interested in the role that money has played in shaping the midterms? @brennancenter.org experts have been working hard to help you understand who is behind the record campaign spending and how voters are thinking about campaign $$ and corruption. ICYMI, here is some of our recent work:

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 2w ago

The amount of money being spent this election is unprecedented, and it’s coming from young industries like AI and crypto that are looking to shape federal regulations. The Brennan Center proposes several reforms to fight political corruption.

Larry Norden@larrynorden.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fantastic work by my colleagues @ianvan.bsky.social and Alex Brunet, showing how much change in the years since Citizens United we've seen in the biggest donors, how much they give, and who they give to. It's a massive shift in political power. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Big Changes to Makeup of the Biggest Midterm Donors

Since Citizens United, the composition of the top 40 donors in the midterms has shifted dramatically: more money, more support for Republicans, less transparency, and new industries like crypto surgin...

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@wendyweiser.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today DOJ argued before a federal appeals court panel in the CA mail voting case that it would be “irreparably harmed” if CA election officials do not take extraordinary steps to segregate ballots mailed by individuals on a list the administration produced of “likely noncitizens.” That is false.

@wendyweiser.bsky.social · 2w ago

There are so many independent reasons for the Ninth Circuit to throw out DOJ's request for an injunction in the CA ballot case that I do not envy the judges and law clerks who are writing the opinion. The case is remarkably frivolous legally, factually, and procedurally.

Barton Gellman@bartongellman.bsky.social · 2w ago

I asked Henderson one day why she had chosen this provocative tone. “Am I provoking?” she replied, a little annoyed. “Now, it’s interesting that the person bringing the conflict into the light...is the one that’s considered provocative.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President

Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.

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Larry Norden@larrynorden.bsky.social · 3w ago

My colleague Abdiaziz Ahmed on our findings that major chatbots are still making election deepfakes in the middle of the 2026 election, and what needs to be done to address this problem before 2028. www.techpolicy.press/llms-are-sti...

LLMs Are Still Making Election Deepfakes Just Days Before the US Midterms

The Brennan Center tested AI chatbots to see if they would generate images with false election claims. The results were unsettling, writes Abdiaziz Ahmed.

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Larry Norden@larrynorden.bsky.social · 3w ago

With less than two weeks left before the Election is over, we reran our test of major AI chatbots this past spring, to see if they've improved guardrails that could prevent the use of their products to spread election disinformation. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Major AI Models Are More Willing than Ever to Create Fake Election Images

We reran our springtime disinformation tests on six AI image generators — only one company showed real safety improvements.

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Sean Morales-Doyle@seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's no surprise that the HSI list is shoddy. It's based on a year-old snapshot of CA’s voter file. One without the personal data necessary to engage in high-quality matching. In short, they’re making the same mistakes outside activists have made for years. apnews.com/article/heat...

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity r...

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