Qutzupalotl
Qutzupalotl's JournalCoping strategy.
They can't deal with the fact that they are unpopular, so they manufacture and repeat these excuses. Their followers who hear it can't deal either, so they latch on to any theory that preserves their image of a persecuted majority, regardless of how implausible.
Boy, am I glad I read that.
I'm going to study it again more carefully. It makes sense that our allies, especially Raskin, would not abandon the fight for our democracy but would work away from the cameras to build consensus.
I think the fact that the only reasonable ones were retiring old members and new ones, which coincidentally means they either weren't around during the email hacks of 2016, or are retiring and don't care, is significant, It makes me believe even more in the kompromat theory, that Russia hacked both parties' emails, but only released the one so they could threaten the other — carrot and stick — into doing Putin's bidding. That's their MO.
Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states
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In Louisiana, state election officials said some 40 to 50 ballots destined for 10 other states ended up being delivered to local election offices, mostly in Orleans Parish. Deputy Secretary of State Joel Watson Jr. said the Secretary of State’s Office had “extraordinary frustration” for the Postal Service’s continued “inconsistencies” and “lack of accountability.”
Dozens of mail ballots from inside the state also were delivered to the wrong local election office, Watson said.
“There were many instances where our staff had to physically take these ballots and drive them to another parish to get them there on time to make sure those votes count,” Watson said. “We had to use time and resources in the hours and days immediately preceding the biggest election we hold to make sure these ballots were delivered to the right places.”
https://apnews.com/article/7c942c832398d55843fbc20898d85385
A free press is in the Bill of Rights,
but he calls the free press “the enemy of the people” and “lugenpresse.” Check.
He has no authority over the Legislative branch, yet is demanding that the next Senate majority leader relinquish their advise-and-consent power to allow recess appointments, which he will abuse. That's a hell of an overreach. Check.
He wants to deport illegal AND legal immigrants of a certain skin pigment. Check.
He wants to increase immigration from countries like Norway that are majority white. Check.
The Constitution limits the power of the president. At every opportunity, he seeks to remove restraints on his power. He has called for suspending the Constitution, despite swearing to defend it. Check.
He says he wants to be a dictator on day one. Did you miss that?
Yes. Fascists want the population afraid, confused, fearful.
We don't have to give them any of that.
A Stoic philosopher put it this way: “The one who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.” In other words, pre-crisis anxiety is useless and even counterproductive.
We should reach out to friends and neighbors, form or join like-minded groups, and resist when and where we can. But until such crises are upon us, worry and anxiety do not help. Calm and clear thinking about what is happening will show us what we need to do in the moment. Rational planning for eventualities is helpful, but keep in mind that not all their plans will begin, and even fewer will succeed.
After this, there will be more than 7 swing states.
Way, way more.
Women live everywhere. Most people either are women, came from a woman, or know a woman they care about. Decent men can see the assault on women's rights for what it is. They will show up too. It won't be close.
Smith's evidence includes proof of criminal intent
https://x.com/adamscochran/status/1847325712543523312So the first 3 volumes of Smith's evidence against Trump are released. About 70% still sealed, but, pretty damning stuff, which is all either their own messages, or testimony from Republican staff under oath:
A) A member of Trump's team directly attempted get a Pence aide to hand Mike Pence documents their team knew was fake, uncertified, and lacked chain of custody.
B) They have iMessages confirming they were trying to deliver the unsealed fake documents to Pence.
C) They have emails confirming this was planned *in advance* and that they wanted Grassley to stand in if Pence recused.
D) In their own "war game" scenarios, they concede that if the election is processed fairly, then Biden wins.
E) They had a memorandum prepared on this matter as far back as November 18th which is 1 month *BEFORE* any of the "alternative electors had made their claims proving that it was pre-meditated.
F) They knew, well in advance, and admitted in testimony and email, that the VP did not have this power, and that the Supreme Court would not hold up this case, proving they knew it was illegal.
(Although they thought maybe Clarence Thomas would side with them..)
G) Trump called the Michigan speaker, on an unofficial line marked "Spam Risk Egypt" to discuss fraud allegations. Proving he tried to cover his tracks, and these were not protected "official acts"
H) At the time Trump did not even feel they had grounds to file a lawsuit in Michigan.
J) 5 of the "Fake Electorate" packages that Trump's team had tried to hand over to Pence, used the exact same template for vacancy filling pages.
These pages do not normally have a standard across states, showing coordination. But the source proof is still under seal.
So Trump and his team *in their own words*:
-Knew they lost
-Knew it was not legal for Pence to over turn
-Knew the states did not have fraud issues
-Researched "alternative electors" a month in advanced of those claims
-Knew the documents were unofficial
-Took part in the transfer process
-And attempted to pass off forged documents directly to the VP
-Because of a pre-meditated plan to steal the election.
The first volumes represent 1889 pages of evidence, 70% still under seal.
This is just from the 30% unsealed, and there are more volumes to go.
The case could not be more clear.
And as a reminder, Trump's team refused to dispute the authenticity of any of this evidence, they only ask for it to be delayed as it would "hurt their client" during the election.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1847325712543523312.html
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Butting in here, but I think the interviewees might be extrapolating their own intentions
of perhaps a lackluster lean towards Trump to mean than since they won't go to the trouble of standing in line for him, probably a lot of other people feel the same and will stay home too, leading to a Trump loss.
Pollsters say this question of who you think will win is a better predictor of the final outcome than who are you voting for.
Another phenomenon at work here is the bandwagon effect. People want to vote for a winner so they can say they were a part of history. If their candidate should lose, they would be embarrassed, almost as much as if their favorite sports team lost. Picking a winner means they are smart, and they are motivated to feel this. They would stay home rather than have to admit they voted for a loser.
Those who follow the issues can point to X, Y, and Z to explain their voting choice. Those who can't think for themselves are prey to influencers and propagandists, and so they fall back into tribal thinking, bandwagonism, and less intellectually sensible reasons for voting a particular way — but which are nonetheless compelling.
Unpopular opinion: Merchan should not lock up Trump before the election.
Trump is trying to delay his sentencing hearing until after the election. I believe that date should stand, but the imposition of the sentence could be postponed to a date of Merchan's choosing.
(We don't know what Merchan is thinking about the sentencing. No one does. The sentencing could involve fines, community service, incarceration — or none of the above.)
My opinion: incarceration is a possibility, albeit a remote one. My hope is that imposition of such a sentence would be delayed until, say, early December. Why? Because the more people see of Trump, the more they think “Yikes,” as Rex Huppke noted here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219339985#post21
Operation Just Let Him Speak is working beautifully, and my hope is that Trump stays visible and active until Election Day, rather than becoming a martyr in prison.
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