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

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?

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.”

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.
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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

hepcat wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:08 pm

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

BAM!

God, I loved Bloom County.

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.

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.

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

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

I was struggling trying to remember how he spelled that.

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.

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

I was struggling trying to remember how he spelled that.

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

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.

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.