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October 25, 2024

They Can't Replay January 6 What the Electoral Reform Act Changed

It adds to and revises procedures set out in the Constitution of the United States for the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections.

In 2020, election disruptors first tried to get state legislatures to overthrow votes by fiat, then to get Congress to throw out electoral votes on January 6.

In 2024, it will be impossible to pursue either.

The dream of election deniers has been to have persons with power block election certification. Since 2020, all those people have lost at state level. This legislation closed the gaps and vulnerabilities. The Governor of each state is now responsible for submitting certificates of ascertainment. If a county does not certify, the governor orders them to do so and if they refuse, the state’s Secretary of State takes over the function of canvassing (counting) the votes.

Under the new law, if a candidate files a claim about falsification of the electoral count, a 3-judge panel will convene immediately in the state’s capital to rule on the dispute. Appeals to the court’s judgment will go directly to the Supreme Court of the United States with no lower appeals courts in between. By law, the Supreme Court must make a decision before electors meet on December 17 to cast their votes. For those worried about this current court, they did a good job in 2020 with the cases brought before them. See https://rollcall.com/2020/12/11/supreme-court-denies-trump-election-challenge/

In 2020, there were Senators and members of the House of Representatives objecting to various state ballots. They only needed one senator or representative to lodge an objection. Now it will take 20% of both the House and Senate to lodge an objection from any state.

The law also limits the grounds for an objection to one of the following: 1.The electors of a state were not lawfully certified OR 2. An elector's vote was not "regularly given.”


If you would like even more detail, I recommend the MSNBC podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump, “Election Security Matters” https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/prosecuting-donald-trump-election-security-matters-rcna171645.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/24/2279172/-They-Can-t-Replay-January-6-What-the-Electoral-Reform-Act-Changed?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

February 7, 2024

Race called by MSNBC for Biden. Nevada Democratic Primary. Biden winning easily 90%+.

Marianne is losing to 'None of these'. The GOP governor came up with this...not working well..haha. There are like 30 candidates so I only did the top three. In a primary that doesn't even matter, Biden is doing great..



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/06/us/elections/results-nevada-democratic-primary.html

February 4, 2024

I am never watching the Weekend again.

I like Simone but Michael Steele sat there all disappointed with the idea of Biden’s success in Carolina with a worried nasty expression. Biden has a ‘big problem’. The Democrats are doomed I tell you

And they had Dean Phillips on the show. Steele gives him a chance to defend his plan to stay in the election and attack Biden.

Bad polls and more bullshit. Simone pushed back, but it is not enough. I am turning it off. Make no mistake, Steele has an agenda. I won’t watch it again.

February 4, 2024

The new show the weekend is a disappointment

Michael Steele sat there all disappointed with the idea of Biden’s success in Carolina with a worried nasty expression. Biden has a ‘big problem’. The Democrats are doomed I tell you And they had Dean Phillips on the show. Steele gives him a chance to defend his plan to stay in the election and attack Biden. I turned it off.

Bad polls and more bullshit. I will say he did say later that Phillips should step aside. But giving that guy airtime was a mistake.

January 12, 2024

Audio surfaces that Roger Stone wanted to kill Democrats-Eric Swalwell andJerrold Nadler

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Explosive new audio of Roger Stone reveals the longtime Trump ally was trying to plot the assassinations of two outspoken Democratic congressmen.

A few weeks before the 2020 election, Stone told a member of his security detail that he wanted either Representative Eric Swalwell or Representative Jerry Nadler (or both) killed, according to audio obtained by Mediaite. At the time, Nadler had just announced that the House Judiciary Committee, on which he and Swalwell serve, would investigate Trump’s decision to commute Stone’s sentence for federal crimes.

“It’s time to do it,” Stone told Sal Greco, then a member of the NYPD who was working as Stone’s security. “Let’s go find Swalwell. It’s time to do it. Then we’ll see how brave the rest of them are. It’s time to do it. It’s either Nadler or Swalwell has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let’s go find Swalwell and get this over with. I’m just not putting up with this shit anymore...“He needs to be punished,” Stone told Greco, who has not worked with the NYPD since August 2022. “You have to abduct him and punish him.

Stone denied making the comments about Zelinsky, Swalwell, or Nadler and said the audio had been made with artificial intelligence.


https://newrepublic.com/post/177935/roger-stone-audio-assasinate-democrats-swalwell-nadler
May 30, 2023

CJ Box's Joe picket character has a new

a new series on AMC+ ( l think). Actually not brand new but one full season with season 2 coming in early June. Love the books and I watched the first episode and really liked it.

November 7, 2022

Nevada Is Going to Be OK. Good News is Everywhere. Take a Deep Breath, We Got This.

Jon Ralston, a giant mail dump came in last night and Dems crushed the R’s this time, adding a nice healthy padding of early votes to the pile.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/6/2134087/-Nevada-Is-Going-to-Be-OK-Good-News-is-Everywhere-Take-a-Deep-Breath-We-Got-This

November 4, 2022

Marist as reported by News week predicts victory for Democrats in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia

Pennsylvania
Marist's polls conducted in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania show Democrats leading in crucial Senate races, though the margins remain particularly tight in Georgia.

The surveys also showed Democratic candidates are favored to win gubernatorial elections in Arizona and Pennsylvania but Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp is on track for re-election.
The last 2022 Marist poll for Pennsylvania has found Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman leading Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Senate race among definite voters with 51 percent to Oz's 45 percent and 4 percent undecided.
The graph below shows polling averages from the Pennsylvania Senate race.


https://www.newsweek.com/fetterman-warnock-receive-boost-final-poll-predicts-democrat-landslide-1756949

November 3, 2022

The Polls could be off and Democrats could win it all...from 538. It could go the the other way too

of course but enough folks here are breathlessly posting bad news multiple times a day (why?) so I will leave a link for those who wish to explore that possibility or someone else can post because I won't. Safe to say this...no one has any idea what will happen on Tuesday In fact, all this premature screaming about election fraud makes me wonder if some on the Right know or suspect they will lose on Tuesday...here is hoping.






https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2022-polling-error/

October 28, 2022

Man who assaulted Pelosi's husband with hammer was looking for House speaker, source says

OMFG!!! f'ing MAGA bastards.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer at the couple’s home in San Francisco by a male assailant early Friday morning, law enforcement sources tell CNN.

The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was searching for the speaker of the House, according to a source briefed on the attack. The intruder confronted the speaker’s husband in their San Francisco home shouting “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” according to the source.

Pelosi, 82, was hospitalized but is expected to make a full recovery, the Democratic speaker’s office said in a statement.



https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/paul-pelosi-attack/index.html

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