Dryxi
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Mix perceived failure to deliver by the current administration and the redistricting... 2022 is looking uphill. If they don't get it done in spite of Republicans... no bueno.
2022 elections. The steady march for sanity continues.
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hanimmal
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We will see. The Republicans are going to troll and cheat the system no matter what, there is not anything that can be done about that unfortunately.
If 'perceived failure' is the benchmark though, that is something that is going to happen for people no matter what if they don't have the ability to see what has been done and the reality of the situation that the Democrats and Biden have been in since day 1. They have gotten so much done after barely getting power away from Mitch and the insurrectionist Republicans in the senate because of Georgia and that was never going to be a get it all done term. It was always going to be next to impossible to get everything done that is needed since the Republicans dumped another economic collapse on the incoming Democratic POTUS (and everything else like the lack of a pandemic response, Afghanistan, China turmoil, insurrectionist politicians and domestic terrorists,Trump troll appointees looking to blow up the Biden agenda, etc).
Anyone that doesn't understand this is better off figuring out just how under attack that we have been since 2016 and how close we came to having every gain we have made in the last 50 years ripped away from us.
That said, I hope that Biden and the Democrats find a way to get as much done as possible for the American people.
hanimmal
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Fogdog
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"If they don't get it done"
It will get done when enough left side Democrats are in power. Complaining won't do it. Organize and vote to realize your political objectives. Vote Republicans out. If you don't like Manchin or Sinema, put your money where your mouth is.
The voter suppression laws only tip the balance toward the right. They can be overcome. We saw how to do that in Georgia last year.
Fogdog
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Corrupt acts taken in plain sight, all legal and proper. Republicans complain about the press reporting on it.
hanimmal
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https://www.rawstory.com/cawthorn-bannon-domestic-terrorism-threats/
'Axis of autocracy' is a good term to describe the propagandist war on our nation. And using foreign dictators help from Spanish speaking nations they can attack our citizens in languages that are left vulnerable.
'Axis of autocracy' is a good term to describe the propagandist war on our nation. And using foreign dictators help from Spanish speaking nations they can attack our citizens in languages that are left vulnerable.
hanimmal
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Powerful video that accurately describes the battle our nation is in with the current insurrectionist party trying like hell to rip down our hard work to being a truly representative government that is working to legislate for 100% of our nation.
Interesting bit of Americana.
Interesting bit of Americana.
xtsho
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Malcolm Nance knows what he's talking about. The guy has an impressive resume that includes a significant amount of "Hands on" work in intelligence.
hanimmal
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printer
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Elections administrator in Texas county Trump won resigns after campaign to oust her
A veteran Texas elections administrator submitted her resignation on Friday after a months-long effort in her county to oust her following baseless allegations of election fraud.
Michele Carew resigned after she became the face of what some people in Hood County, Texas viewed as a fraudulent electoral system, according to The Texas Tribune.
Carew's critics attempted to replace the elections administrator claiming she had a hidden liberal agenda and violated state elections law. The Texas secretary of state confirmed that Carew, who had 14 years of experience in the field, was abiding by the state's rules, the Tribune noted.
Yet efforts continued to replace Carew with an elected county clerk who has publicly spread baseless allegations of election fraud on social media, the Tribune reported.
In Carew's Hood County, Texas, former President Trump won 81 percent of the vote in last year's election. Most demands for audits of election results elsewhere in the county have come from counties won by President Joe Biden, especially if Trump won them in 2016, per the Tribune.
"When I started out, election administrators were appreciated and highly respected," Carew said to the Tribune. "Now we are made out to be the bad guys."
Carew will oversee her final election next month before leaving her role on Nov. 12. After her departure, the Tribune added that she plans to move to a private company that consults local elections administrator offices to help them run more efficiently.
"She is not the first and won’t be the last professional election official to have to leave this profession because of the toll it is taking, the bullies and liars who are slandering these professionals," David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, said of Carew's departure to the Tribune.
"I’m leaving on my own accord," Carew said to the Tribune. "I’m the one who wins in the end."
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A veteran Texas elections administrator submitted her resignation on Friday after a months-long effort in her county to oust her following baseless allegations of election fraud.
Michele Carew resigned after she became the face of what some people in Hood County, Texas viewed as a fraudulent electoral system, according to The Texas Tribune.
Carew's critics attempted to replace the elections administrator claiming she had a hidden liberal agenda and violated state elections law. The Texas secretary of state confirmed that Carew, who had 14 years of experience in the field, was abiding by the state's rules, the Tribune noted.
Yet efforts continued to replace Carew with an elected county clerk who has publicly spread baseless allegations of election fraud on social media, the Tribune reported.
In Carew's Hood County, Texas, former President Trump won 81 percent of the vote in last year's election. Most demands for audits of election results elsewhere in the county have come from counties won by President Joe Biden, especially if Trump won them in 2016, per the Tribune.
"When I started out, election administrators were appreciated and highly respected," Carew said to the Tribune. "Now we are made out to be the bad guys."
Carew will oversee her final election next month before leaving her role on Nov. 12. After her departure, the Tribune added that she plans to move to a private company that consults local elections administrator offices to help them run more efficiently.
"She is not the first and won’t be the last professional election official to have to leave this profession because of the toll it is taking, the bullies and liars who are slandering these professionals," David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, said of Carew's departure to the Tribune.
"I’m leaving on my own accord," Carew said to the Tribune. "I’m the one who wins in the end."
Elections administrator in Texas county Trump won resigns after campaign to oust her
A veteran Texas elections administrator submitted her resignation on Friday after a months-long effort in her county to oust her following baseless allegations of election fraud.Michele Carew resig…
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Pretty much every major election from here on is going to be terrifying. Every time republicans lose, they'll "know" you cheated, because they know they cheated and didn't win, therefore you must have cheated more.Elections administrator in Texas county Trump won resigns after campaign to oust her
A veteran Texas elections administrator submitted her resignation on Friday after a months-long effort in her county to oust her following baseless allegations of election fraud.
Michele Carew resigned after she became the face of what some people in Hood County, Texas viewed as a fraudulent electoral system, according to The Texas Tribune.
Carew's critics attempted to replace the elections administrator claiming she had a hidden liberal agenda and violated state elections law. The Texas secretary of state confirmed that Carew, who had 14 years of experience in the field, was abiding by the state's rules, the Tribune noted.
Yet efforts continued to replace Carew with an elected county clerk who has publicly spread baseless allegations of election fraud on social media, the Tribune reported.
In Carew's Hood County, Texas, former President Trump won 81 percent of the vote in last year's election. Most demands for audits of election results elsewhere in the county have come from counties won by President Joe Biden, especially if Trump won them in 2016, per the Tribune.
"When I started out, election administrators were appreciated and highly respected," Carew said to the Tribune. "Now we are made out to be the bad guys."
Carew will oversee her final election next month before leaving her role on Nov. 12. After her departure, the Tribune added that she plans to move to a private company that consults local elections administrator offices to help them run more efficiently.
"She is not the first and won’t be the last professional election official to have to leave this profession because of the toll it is taking, the bullies and liars who are slandering these professionals," David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, said of Carew's departure to the Tribune.
"I’m leaving on my own accord," Carew said to the Tribune. "I’m the one who wins in the end."
Elections administrator in Texas county Trump won resigns after campaign to oust her
A veteran Texas elections administrator submitted her resignation on Friday after a months-long effort in her county to oust her following baseless allegations of election fraud.Michele Carew resig…
printer
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Judge blocks county clerk who embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing election
A Colorado judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of blocking a county clerk who had embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing the 2021 election in Mesa County.
District Judge Valerie Robison ruled on Wednesday that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters (R) and her deputy, Belinda Knisley, “are unable or unwilling to appropriately perform the duties of the Mesa County Designated Election Official.”
In her ruling, Robison said that an injunction blocking the two from acting as designated election officials for the county had been granted and that former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams (R) would instead oversee the Mesa County elections.
The ruling comes after officials found in early August that confidential passwords during a “trusted build” — a type of software update for voting equipment — had been publicized, according to court documents. The filings said that current Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) saw photos of the passwords circulated online from the county’s hardware stations.
Some of the voting equipment had to be decertified after state employees went through nine computers and found incorrect settings.
“On the server computer there were two settings that were incorrect: the secure boot setting was disabled, and the boot from the optical drive setting was enabled,” according to a court filing. “The combination of the changes to the two settings resulted in enabling of a security vulnerability if someone had physical access to the system. Additionally, the enabled security vulnerability of the server computer created a vulnerability for the other computers.”
The filing also alleges that hard drives of voting equipment computers had been copied before and after the “trusted build” by a man named Gerald Wood, who had first been introduced by Peters as an “administrative assistant” as the trusted build was taking place. He was later claimed to be a “consultant” by Peters and her deputy.
Copies of the hard drives and photos of the passwords surfaced during a conference hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, according to The Washington Post, and Griswold sued Peters in August. Lindell, among others, has claimed that the 2020 election was not won by President Biden.
In a statement on Wednesday, Griswold commended the ruling, saying “Clerk Peters seriously compromised the security of Mesa County’s voting system. The Court’s decision today bars Peters from further threatening the integrity of Mesa’s elections and ensures Mesa County residents have the secure and accessible election they deserve.”
Peters called Griswold’s lawsuit a “power grab” and said she intended to appeal the decision, according to Colorado Public Radio.
"If this decision stands, it will fundamentally shift the power of running local elections from the county clerk to a Secretary of State in Denver, eroding the checks and balances that make our elections fair," Peters said in a statement, according to the radio station.
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A Colorado judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of blocking a county clerk who had embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing the 2021 election in Mesa County.
District Judge Valerie Robison ruled on Wednesday that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters (R) and her deputy, Belinda Knisley, “are unable or unwilling to appropriately perform the duties of the Mesa County Designated Election Official.”
In her ruling, Robison said that an injunction blocking the two from acting as designated election officials for the county had been granted and that former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams (R) would instead oversee the Mesa County elections.
The ruling comes after officials found in early August that confidential passwords during a “trusted build” — a type of software update for voting equipment — had been publicized, according to court documents. The filings said that current Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) saw photos of the passwords circulated online from the county’s hardware stations.
Some of the voting equipment had to be decertified after state employees went through nine computers and found incorrect settings.
“On the server computer there were two settings that were incorrect: the secure boot setting was disabled, and the boot from the optical drive setting was enabled,” according to a court filing. “The combination of the changes to the two settings resulted in enabling of a security vulnerability if someone had physical access to the system. Additionally, the enabled security vulnerability of the server computer created a vulnerability for the other computers.”
The filing also alleges that hard drives of voting equipment computers had been copied before and after the “trusted build” by a man named Gerald Wood, who had first been introduced by Peters as an “administrative assistant” as the trusted build was taking place. He was later claimed to be a “consultant” by Peters and her deputy.
Copies of the hard drives and photos of the passwords surfaced during a conference hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, according to The Washington Post, and Griswold sued Peters in August. Lindell, among others, has claimed that the 2020 election was not won by President Biden.
In a statement on Wednesday, Griswold commended the ruling, saying “Clerk Peters seriously compromised the security of Mesa County’s voting system. The Court’s decision today bars Peters from further threatening the integrity of Mesa’s elections and ensures Mesa County residents have the secure and accessible election they deserve.”
Peters called Griswold’s lawsuit a “power grab” and said she intended to appeal the decision, according to Colorado Public Radio.
"If this decision stands, it will fundamentally shift the power of running local elections from the county clerk to a Secretary of State in Denver, eroding the checks and balances that make our elections fair," Peters said in a statement, according to the radio station.
Judge blocks county clerk who embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing election
A Colorado judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of blocking a county clerk who had embraced conspiracy theories from overseeing the 2021 election in Mesa County.District Judge Valerie Robison ruled on…
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