2022 elections. The steady march for sanity continues.

schuylaar said:

Air Force One toilet.

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schuylaar said:

Air Force One toilet.

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schuylaar said:

Air Force One toilet.

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hanimmal said:

https://www.rawstory.com/michigan-ag-details-trump-backers-conspiracy-to-break-into-voting-equipment/View attachment 5177122

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Fogdog said:

An incredible story.

The guy conspires to take election machines out of a controlled area, has them cracked open, does who knows what to them . Then after all that, comes back to say, these machines have been tampered with.

And he's the Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General.

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hanimmal said:

https://www.rawstory.com/tim-scott-pregnancies-are52-weeks/?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=2&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I#cxrecs_s
"If we don’t take back the Senate, Dems will pack the courts, give DC statehood, grant abortions up to 52 weeks, and Republicans will never win again."

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DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is arguing that it’s time for Georgia to use its budget surplus to invest in its residents, accusing Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republicans of hurting the state by prioritizing low taxes and low spending.

With the state flush with $7 billion in extra funds, Abrams has proposed $1 billion in new spending, including expanding Medicaid and giving raises to teachers, state police and prison guards.

“What I’m saying is let’s put Georgians to work. Let’s invest in Georgians,” Abrams told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of a speech on the economy she’s expected to deliver Tuesday. “Let’s use the resources that are in our state to do what’s right for the people of the state.”

Trailing in the polls, Abrams is focusing on the economy as she looks to press reset on an issue that has emerged as a top vulnerability for Democrats across the U.S. this year amid inflation and high gas prices. Kemp is hoping the economy is an especially potent issue for him in Georgia this year as he points to billions of new investment in the state under his administration.

“This team has put our state on the path to greater economic opportunity for all who call the Peach State home,” Kemp said in a campaign speech last month in the Atlanta suburb of McDonough. “We brought good paying jobs to every corner of Georgia, landed the largest economic development deals in our state’s history, passed the biggest income tax cut on record, and kept government out of your way and out of your pocket.”

Kemp plans to unveil his own plans on Thursday for some of Georgia’s surplus. It’s likely to include another round of state income tax rebates plus a property tax break for homeowners, said a Kemp campaign official with knowledge of the governor’s plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the announcement.

Nodding at Abrams’ work as a voting rights advocate, Kemp said she shares responsibility for the surging inflation and stubbornly high gas prices by helping get Joe Biden elected. He calls it the “Biden-Abrams agenda.”

The question is whether pocketbook issues will take precedent over other concerns for voters, including abortion, particularly in a state where a six-week ban is now in effect.

Abrams and other Democrats hope to pivot away from inflation and toward ways government can help voters. Many of her plans are the same as when she ran against Kemp in 2018, including expanding the Medicaid health insurance program to all low-income adults and expanding state aid to small businesses.

But in 2022, Georgia is flush with cash. The state closed its budget year in June with a roughly $5 billion surplus, atop $2.3 billion in surplus from the year before, and a legally protected $4.3 billion rainy-day fund.

Abrams acknowledges austerity may have been necessary during the Great Recession. Now, though, she says Republicans are inflicting a “poverty of imagination and a poverty of thinking” on Georgia by insisting on low spending and tax cuts.

“I liken it to a company that realizes a windfall,” Abrams said. “You can either give dividends to your wealthiest shareholders or you can invest in the infrastructure of your company so you can create more opportunities and create more revenue. I want to do the latter.”

Kemp warns that increasing spending will worsen inflation and argues Abrams will ultimately seek to raise taxes after spending the surplus.

“What she really believes is more government, controlling more and more of your everyday lives, and taking more of your hard-earned paychecks,” Kemp said in McDonough.

Abrams flatly vows not to raise taxes and says her spending plan is sustainable.

The Democrat weaves her argument with other attacks on Kemp. She says permissive gun laws and a law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy will drive away business.

She’s also trying to eclipse Kemp on some policies, arguing for another round of checks to taxpayers like a billion-dollar state income tax rebate Kemp championed earlier this year. Kemp has repeatedly suspended Georgia’s state gas tax for short periods, but Abrams calls for Kemp to pledge now to suspend it until the end of the year. And Abrams has pledged not to repeal a state income tax cut that begins in 2024 and could ultimately reduce taxes by $2 billion.

Kemp said Abrams’ support for his proposals shows voters he’s the one to trust.

“I’m running on my record. You know what Stacey Abrams’ record is? It’s going to be different tomorrow than it was today, I can tell you that,” Kemp said Thursday during a northeast Georgia campaign stop in Toccoa. ”She keeps changing it based on the way the winds are blowing or the way the polling is.”

Abrams notes Georgia ranked 24th among states for per-capita income in the early 2000s but has slid to 40th. Although close observers debate the cause of that, Abrams ascribes it to steering too many benefits to the rich.

She said it’s time to quit subsidizing out-of-state companies to set up shop and pay low wages, the traditional Southern approach to economic development.

“As long as our plans rely on sucking dry our people, then that’s the wrong approach,” Abrams said.

Instead, she said she envisions a focus on small businesses, helping minority-owned businesses catch up and promoting economic mobility in a region of the country where poor people are the least likely to get ahead.

“We can invest in every level of our economy, and everyone can thrive,” she said.

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cannabineer said:

… okay, if I buy a Georgian, what is the annualized yield?

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CunningCanuk said:

Depends. If you invest in blue chip, you’ll do okay. Whatever you do, avoid potato chip.
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cannabineer said:

… okay, if I buy a Georgian, what is the annualized yield?

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

the upkeep is expensive, you're usually lucky to break even

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A former Sterling Heights City Council candidate who was elected last week to serve as a Republican precinct delegate has been charged with election fraud for allegedly forging signatures on absentee ballot applications, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday.

Paul Manni, 27, lost the November 2021 election for one of six seats on the council.

According to Nessel, Manni drew suspicion from the Sterling Heights clerk when he personally dropped off about 50 absentee voter applications with his signature on them. He claimed he was delivering the applications with permission from the voters.


When the clerk’s staff called the voters to verify if they were applying for absentee ballot applications, nine of them said they were not.

The clerk reported the suspected fraud to the Michigan Bureau of Elections, which investigated and referred the case to the Attorney General’s Office.

Manni was charged with nine felony counts of forging signatures on absentee ballot applications and nine misdemeanor counts of making a false statement on the applications.

He faces up to five years in prison.

“These charges prove the state’s signature matching standards and other election security checks and balances catch instances of wrongdoing, prompt thorough investigations and result in appropriate action,” Nessel said. “I appreciate our ongoing partnership with the BOE to root out attempts to undermine our elections.”

None of the applications resulted in a ballot being sent to a voter, Nessel said.

Manni lost the election by more than 1,300 votes, finishing eighth out of 12 candidates.

Manni was endorsed by Macomb County’s top law enforcement officials, Prosecutor Peter Lucido and Sheriff Anthony Wickersham.

Sterling Heights Councilman Michael Radtke applauded the work of the clerk and Attorney General’s Office.

“I appreciate the diligent work by the state attorney general’s office and our city clerk’s office to identify and root out this fraud,” Radtke tells Metro Times. “This shows that if you cheat in our elections, you will be caught.”

Last week, Manni was elected to serve as a precinct delegate for the Republican Party.

Metro Times couldn’t reach Manni for comment.

Also last week, Nessel’s office requested a special prosecutor to investigate allegations that her opponent Matthew DePerno and other Republicans “orchestrated a coordinated plan to gain access to voting tabulators” that were illegally taken from county clerks.

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