Election integrity and the transfer of power

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:37 pm

Ugh. I fully expect this will pass in GA, which - of course - will disproportionally affect poor and Black communities.

A leading Georgia legislator has introduced a bill that would eliminate absentee ballot drop boxes, a favored and highly-used tool last November that allowed voters to safely cast ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.

Butch Miller, the No.2 Republican in Georgia's Republican-controlled senate and a candidate for lieutenant governor in the 2022 elections, said drop boxes were a “weak link” in guarding against voter fraud, according to a statement released by his office.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:11 pm

Big Russian fish caught:

https://twitter.com/researchbuzz/status ... 87619?s=21

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:49 pm

Grifman wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:11 pm Big Russian fish caught:

His choice is to cooperate (and then get Poloniumed) or wait for a spy swap. What would you do?

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:15 pm

Holman wrote:
Grifman wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:11 pm Big Russian fish caught:
His choice is to cooperate (and then get Poloniumed) or wait for a spy swap. What would you do?

Per CNN one of his business associates is on Mueller's GRU indictment

https://mobile.twitter.com/Pyperkub/sta ... 6340578305

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:45 pm

My guess is if Russian sources are claiming he has documents, then he probably does intentionally, it'll be stuff we already know and they know that, and the real play there is to turn this into another propaganda boost about their capabilities.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:05 am

Just out in the open, telling us how they're going to do it

https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/stat ... 3476395014

NV Secretary of State candidate Jim Marchant admits that there is a “coalition of America First Secretary of State candidates around the country” that is working “behind the scenes to try to fix 2020 like President Trump said.”

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:39 pm

Why not? It will help them get elected. I'm surprised at your surprise, sir.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:13 pm

Our problems are solved:

https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/stat ... 99176?s=21

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:25 pm

Well, that didn’t go so well:

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1479 ... 59656?s=21

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:51 pm

Newsweek

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has argued that his false claims of massive fraud in the 2020 election have a "scriptural basis" while suing the House Select Committee on January 6 over a subpoena of his phone records.

The conservative pillow magnate revealed the existence of what he called a "corrupt" subpoena from the committee in a text message to CNBC on Wednesday, while insisting that his legal team had taken action to "completely invalidate" the subpoena.
...
In a legal complaint filed on the same day against the committee, its individual members and Verizon, lawyers for Lindell—a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump's false claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election—argue that he is the victim of religious discrimination.

The suit contends that Lindell's promotion of the false fraud claims were "are motivated, in part, by his strongly held religious beliefs," noting that Lindell has said there is an unspecified "scriptural basis for" the claims.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:54 pm

Scriptural basis? That Judas got short changed?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:27 pm

Those 30 pieces had been shaved.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:55 pm

Pillow magnate, eh? Is $50M all it takes these days to be considered a magnate?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:52 am

Zaxxon wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:55 pm Pillow magnate, eh? Is $50M all it takes these days to be considered a magnate?

More likely it's the $250M+ annual revenue from My Pillow that makes him a "pillow magnate."

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:59 pm

He must make corduroy pillows the way he's making headlines.

BAM!

....I'm so, so sorry....

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:22 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:59 pm He must make corduroy pillows the way he's making headlines.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:28 pm

That's my absolute favorite dad joke. Stolen from an old Bloom County strip that must be close to 45 years old at this point.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:30 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:28 pm That's my absolute favorite dad joke. Stolen from an old Bloom County strip that must be close to 45 years old at this point.

It wasn't until this comment that I figured out the joke and now I am sorry I did.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:55 pm

At first I thought it had something specific to do with the my pillow guy, but now I got it.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:55 pm

coopasonic wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:30 pm
hepcat wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:28 pm That's my absolute favorite dad joke. Stolen from an old Bloom County strip that must be close to 45 years old at this point.
It wasn't until this comment that I figured out the joke and now I am sorry I did.

It took me a full minute before it finally clicked.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:57 pm

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:05 pm

And now I'm sorry that I got it.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:08 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:57 pm

BAM!

God, I loved Bloom County.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:42 am

hepcat wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:08 pm
Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:57 pm
BAM!

God, I loved Bloom County.

Me too!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:16 am

That post is on the teetering edge of being a thread killah…ask me how I know!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:04 am

https://twitter.com/tomjchicago/status/ ... 15554?s=21

If you bastards get my hopes up about some actual justice only to have them dashed again, I’m going on a ranty rampage of fist-shaking fury.

Still, “He & his conspirators are so busted“ is an absurd phrase to be using right now. Way to spike the ball before crossing the goal line.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:22 am

No citation of where he got that information = no sale.

A quick skim of his Twitter feed gives me some Louise Mensch vibes.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:53 am

pr0ner wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:22 am No citation of where he got that information = no sale.

A quick skim of his Twitter feed gives me some Louise Mensch vibes.

Independent.

The National Archives received fake certificates of ascertainment that then-President Donald Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence had won Michigan and Arizona in the 2020 election, according to a report.

The secretaries of state in those states have passed along the forgeries to the House Select Committee investigating 6 January, Politico reported.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 am

The Independent cites Politico, which has more details.

Doesn't seem like that much of a bombshell at first glance. Looks like pro-Trump "sovereign citizen" groups sent the forged certificates to the National Archives, which notified the Secretaries of State. Not really much reason to think that Trump and his people were involved, and it's not like the certificates would have any value or do anything if the respective Secretaries of State weren't going to back them up as legitimate.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:38 am

Whooo...what if they start sending Kriminal Supeenas!

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:59 am

hepcat wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:38 am Whooo...what if they start sending Kriminal Supeenas!

Please... Sopina!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:12 pm

I was struggling trying to remember how he spelled that.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:23 pm

hepcat wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:12 pm

I was struggling trying to remember how he spelled that.

Yeah, dude, please. Spell your mispellings correctly FFS.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:26 pm

pr0ner wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:22 am No citation of where he got that information = no sale.

A quick skim of his Twitter feed gives me some Louise Mensch vibes.

It's legit, it's just not the "TRUMP IS TOAST - WE GOT HIM!!@!!!1111" that this tweet implies. Anything for eyeballs and clicks I guess. This is one big reason why I fucking hate social media now.

I don't see anything here that ties this bs to Trump directly. Although you could make the case that we shouldn't be so laser-focused on "getting Trump" that we lose sight of the traitorous weasels all around him that supported him in his attempted subversion.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:41 pm

hepcat wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:12 pm

I was struggling trying to remember how he spelled that.

Found it...

PeteRock wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:47 pm

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:39 pm

El Guapo wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 am The Independent cites Politico, which has more details.

Doesn't seem like that much of a bombshell at first glance. Looks like pro-Trump "sovereign citizen" groups sent the forged certificates to the National Archives, which notified the Secretaries of State. Not really much reason to think that Trump and his people were involved, and it's not like the certificates would have any value or do anything if the respective Secretaries of State weren't going to back them up as legitimate.

Yeah, this is meaningless from a legal standpoint. Anybody can do something like that but without certification of the various Secretaries of State, they are nothing but meaningless pieces of paper.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:44 pm

Right, but the theory is that this was somehow workshopped by someone like Giuliani during a meeting. Basically somewhere there is an indication that things like this were suggested or tossed out as possible ways to screw with the process. In short, these actions didn't happen in a vacuum - they were encouraged from above.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:23 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:44 pm Right, but the theory is that this was somehow workshopped by someone like Giuliani during a meeting. Basically somewhere there is an indication that things like this were suggested or tossed out as possible ways to screw with the process. In short, these actions didn't happen in a vacuum - they were encouraged from above.

If this gets tied back to Trump's inner circle then it gets more interesting. Though still not the "WE GOT HIM!!!" bombshell that guy was seemingly touting it as.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:45 pm

Let's be honest, there will never be a "We got him" moment with Trump. He's the Teflon Don...nie.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:56 pm

hepcat wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:45 pm Let's be honest, there will never be a "We got him" moment with Trump. He's the Teflon Don...nie.

He's old enough and has enough resources and, now, connections that he'll be dead before anything happens to him.