Last Season- Trump Reality Show: 2020 The White House

[bodysong]

November 19, 2020

The (Presiderp) has also asked aides what Republican officials he could call
in other battleground states in his effort to prevent the certification of results
that would formalize his loss to Mr. Biden, several advisers said.

Trump allies appear to be pursuing a highly dubious legal theory that if the
results are not certified, Republican legislatures could intervene and appoint
pro-Trump electors in states Mr. Biden won who would support the (Presiderp)
when the Electoral College meets on Dec. 14.”

https://www.politico.com/playbook

Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election -

And some G.O.P. legislators in battleground states said they would not intervene.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/us/politics/trump-michigan-election.html

Right now, many Republicans believe that the election was rigged:
the campaign of President-elect Joe Biden cheated, many argue,
engaging in a widespread, systematic defrauding of the American
people — somehow. These people do not accept that Biden was elected
fairly, even as they welcome the Republican Senate victories that were
achieved through the same process.

The (Presiderp's) refusal to concede and to begin the transition process —
backed by prominent party leaders — has thrown the nation into tumult.

In 2012, 2016 and 2020, the answers were consistent: About 40% of Americans
responded that fraudulent behavior would “very likely” or “somewhat likely”
explain the negative result. This stability of opinion is remarkable given the
variability in candidates, levels of polarization, and campaign issues across
these three election cycles.

These patterns harden after a winner has been declared. When we asked Americans,
after each of these elections, if the outcome was the result of fraud, the losing side
became more likely to suspect that suspicious activity was involved, the winning
side less so.

In general, everyone anticipates fraud, but only losers meaningfully retain such beliefs.

The longer Trump and his allies traffic in evidence-free claims about voter fraud,
the longer associated perceptions of fraud among the mass public are likely to
remain powerful, and perhaps even grow in intensity.

Trump and many Republican elites are playing a dangerous game.

Adam M. Enders, Joseph E. Uscinski
Special to The Washington Post
November 13, 2020

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/voters-often-imagine-fraud-but-political-leaders-don-t-1.652087

Consequences ?

'I don't take responsibility at all'

- Presiderp Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/trump-coronavirus-testing-128971

 

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OUCH! Trump Legal Team’s Supposed Evidence of Fraud is From the WRONG STATE

(yes, the international press has noticed)

(They tried to "get away with it," but, it did not pass through, un-noticed)

Nov 20th, 2020

- Charlie Nash

President Donald Trump’s lawyers have seemingly confused Michigan with Minnesota
in an affidavit attempting to prove 2020 election fraud.

In their effort to demonstrate voter irregularities in the state of Michigan —
which Trump was projected to have lost to Joe Biden — Trump’s lawyers appeared
to mistake Michigan’s abbreviation “MI” for Minnesota.

John Hinderaker -

“Here’s the problem: the townships and precincts listed in paragraphs 11 and 17
of the affidavit are not in Michigan. They are in Minnesota,” Hinderaker declared
“Monticello, Albertville, Lake Lillian, Houston, Brownsville, Runeberg, Wolf Lake,
Height of Land, Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Kandiyohi–these are all towns in Minnesota.”

2/ The affidavit is from Russell Ramsland who we’re told is an expert on cyber security.
He’s attacking Dominion software.

Further I direct you to graph 17 of the affidavit which allegedly details suspicious activity
in Wayne County, Michigan:

(pic)

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 20, 2020

“These are not townships in Michigan. These are townships in Minnesota,”
Tapper noted, adding, “Though yes both states start with the letter M.”

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/ouch...ed-evidence-of-fraud-is-from-the-wrong-state/

Its data wasn’t actually from Michigan; it was from Minnesota. What’s more, its
conclusions about over-votes even in those Minnesota locations aren’t backed up
data from the Minnesota secretary of state.

Here’s the applicable part of the affidavit, which Trump campaign lawyer L. Lin Wood
has now filed as part of a lawsuit in Georgia:

Ramsland’s affidavit later focuses on alleged over-votes specifically in Wayne County
Mich., where Detroit is located:

"...what was also striking to my fellow Minnesotans at Powerline was that those
sound a lot like cities and towns in Minnesota. And indeed they are. It even lists
the Minnesota precincts not just as if they are in Michigan, but specifically in
Wayne County. The text states that, in Wayne County, “25 of those 47 precincts/
townships show 100% turnout.” But it then lists 25 precincts from Minnesota.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...h-hyped-affidavit-features-big-glaring-error/

Trump lawyers mix up Michigan and Minnesota in latest court filing fail

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...raud-lawsuit-michigan-minnesota-b1759424.html

November 20, 2020

The Trump campaign has said it plans to file a lawsuit in Georgia challenging
its administration of the 2020 election. The campaign has until Tuesday evening
to request another recount of the results, which would launch a process to rescan
the presidential ballots that have already been hand-recounted and audited.
State election officials have said they hope the hand recount reassures the public
about the outcome of the election. Nonetheless, they have been preparing for a
potential machine rescan recount.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/11/20/joe-biden-trump-transition-live-updates/

Latest from thedailybeast.com
Noem Ditches COVID Crisis at Home for D.C. Meetings With Lame-Duck Trumpers
The Daily Beast
GA Gov Certifies Election, But Says Door Open for Trump Challenges
The Daily Beast

 

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George Takei ✓
Twitter › GeorgeTakei

At heart these state GOP lawmakers know, if they tried to strip away the vote of the people
in MI, in PA, or in WI through a backdoor maneuver at the urging of the White House,
the streets would fill as never before and their political careers would be over.
So they won’t try it.

5 hours ago

 

[OneFineYoungCannibal]

Your posts read like Q drops.

 

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Jonathan Chait ✓
Twitter › jonathanchait

Republicans are still claiming Trump's coup attempt is simply "the process" for elections.
It's not the process. It's Trump's process.

(link to Intelligencer via NY magazine)

8 hours ago

Intelligencer ✓
Twitter › intelligence

"Trump has attempted to retain power much as he wielded it throughout his term:
with a comic ineptitude of his means that made it difficult to absorb the seriousness
of his ends," writes @jonathanchait

(link to NY magazine)

3 hours ago

The New Yorker ✓
Twitter › NewYorker

In the coup stage of his Presidency, Trump has continued to be Trump:
he has shown no ability to plan or plot, but plenty of resolve and willingness to act.

(link to New Yorker magazine)

53 minutes ago

The Coup Stage of Donald Trump’s Presidency

The New Yorker

Trump’s Clown Coup Crisis

 

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G.W.Bush sent Marines to interfere with the counting of ballots.
They were very physical about pushing themselves into the counting area,
Very loud and very disruptive.

They, too, were seeking to slow down the examination of ballots, so
that the count remained unfinished before the deadline. Even after,
it was made clear that there was interference, they were not granted
an extension to complete the examination and count of ballots.

(Hanging chad issue, dimpled chads, in Florida.)

Stink from this, was truly terrible. But everyone held their noses, and let them have
the presidency. Baby Presiderp Trump is crying that it is not fair, that other Republicans
cheated ", and got away with it, but, not him!"

Election 2020: Battle of the Ballots

Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for President Donald
Trump on Saturday of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results,
in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article247351519.html

November 22, 2020

Trump has been sending underlings of politicians loyal to Trump
to bring Trump fuckery into the counting areas. Trolling the ballot counters ?
Certainly following orders to slow the count down before the dealine.

The latest test of the counter's patience, is matching signatures.

Does Trump fear the new count will give Joe Biden more votes, than ever ?
Or does he fear that the count will reflect efficient and good practices,
during ballot checking ?

All Trump fuckery involving USPS did no lasting harm to the ballot count, so far.

(Trump politicians say that they love America, but Trump pays them...something.)

Sea lions ?

"Trump observers bombarding vote counters with questions​"

"One Trump observer is said to have interrupted vote counters over every single
ballot that was pulled for tabulating, and complained about them."

"A steady stream of Republican complaints in Milwaukee was putting the recount
far behind schedule, county clerk George Christenson said."

"He said many Trump observers were breaking rules by constantly interrupting
vote counters with questions and comments."

"At one recount table, a Trump observer objected to every ballot that tabulators pulled
from a bag simply because they were folded, election officials told the panel."

At least one Trump observer was escorted out of the building by sheriff’s deputies,
Saturday, after pushing an election official who had lifted her coat from an observer chair.

Trump's observers, treating people badly, terrible manners, refuse to wear masks, lie about
who they are, and fucking up a process.

22 November 2020

Election officials in Wisconsin said Saturday that Trump poll watchers were
“obstructing” the recount and acting in “bad faith” as tabulations continue in
Milwaukee and Dane counties.

 

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Presiderp Trump Baby Balloon has entertained some unusual visitors
in the WH. Ever, since, Mike Pence gave the Extremist Religious Right
Evangelicals the green light, to open up a branch office and prayer room in
the White House, the zealots, fanatics, and religious crazies, have participated
in Trump's War to Disintergrate and Exterminate the Reality-based America.

November 19, 2020

Of the many election-related conspiracies floated by Donald Trump and his allies,
one of the most outrageous involves machines made by Dominion Voting Systems
that Trump says deleted nearly 3 million votes that should’ve been his.
(That’s not true.)

"...that topic came up on the show “America Stands,” part of Kenneth Copeland
Ministries. Host Greg Stephens brought it up with preacher Mark T. Barclay, but
the men got into a weird tangent when they began trashing to company for having
the name “Dominion” since they said that word was clearly an attack on Christianity.

They’re stealing Christianity and everything important that’s us. It’s called Anti-Christ."

"...this word “dominion.” That’s our word. That’s a Bible word."

"I’m not an IT guy, but I’m not deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid either — you look into
this software, and what it does, and how easily it can be manipulated."

"And by the way, who’s manipulating it and who’s governing it?"

"This is Anti-Christ, anti-America, anti-justice, anti-fairness — and it’s being proven!"

"And so they need to do something about it, like maybe just get rid of it."

- Barclay

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com...inion-voting-machines-because-thats-our-word/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/20/dominion-voting-trump-faq/

bodysong comment- Nothing like Evangelical Hypocrisy, is there ?

Stealing words from Democrats is perfectly within reasonable limits, to Evangelists,
if they find a need to mislead people on the Interwebs.

Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia is in isolation after testing positive

Senator Kelly Loeffler is in isolation after both positive and inconclusive virus test results.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/...tive-and-inconclusive-virus-test-results.html

Kelly Loeffler tests negative for the coronavirus but will keep isolating, campaign says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/21/kelly-loeffler-coronavirus-tests/

Kelly Loeffler's best political pal fixed it for her, that she gets a tax break on her team-

Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a co-owner of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream,
and Democrat Raphael Warnock have advanced to a Jan. 5 runoff in the special
election for Loeffler's Senate seat.

They're the top two finishers in a crowded field that also included Republican
Rep. Doug Collins. But no candidate was able to get the 50% threshold needed
to win outright.

Loeffler drew criticism from WNBA players earlier this year for objecting to the
league's promotion of Black Lives Matter, instead advocating for teams to add
American flags to jerseys.

Loeffler penned a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert in July arguing
that the league was being too political by painting Black Lives Matter on the courts
at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, where the league held its season.

Players called on the league to force her out as co-owner of the Dream.

Loeffler was appointed last year to replace retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson.
Warnock is pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
preached. Warnock is trying to become Georgia's first Black U.S. senator.

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/i...ner-kelly-loeffler-runoff-georgia-senate-seat

November 20, 2020

Kelly Loeffler

Nancy Pelosi, Keir Starmer and Joe Biden pay sobering tributes to trans community.
But it’s even more telling whose voices are silent.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/...-biden-kier-starmer-kamala-harris-sadiq-khan/

 

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Trump administration spends its dying days desperately trying to keep trans girls
from playing sports

November 20, 2020

- Emma Powys Maurice

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/trans/

Sen. Kelly Loeffler Attacks Trans Youth in Desperate Election Bid

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, who’s trying to keep her seat in a special election this year, is polishing her right-wing credentials by introducing an anti-transgender bill.

Loeffler, joined by four other ultraconservative Republicans, Tuesday introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would make it a violation of U.S. law for any school that receives federal education funds to allow a trans girl or woman — or, as Loeffler’s press release puts it, “a biological male” — to participate in women’s sports.

Specifically, Loeffler’s bill would hold the school in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a law banning sex discrimination in any education program, including sports, that receives federal funds. Schools that violate Title IX are in danger of losing those funds.

https://www.advocate.com/transgende...-attacks-trans-youth-desperate-reelection-bid

 

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President Trump’s order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the
military’s ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale
among transgender troops exempt from the policy, former top military physicians said in
a study.

Nearly 15,000 transgender troops serve in the military, according to estimates of
Pentagon figures by the Palm Center, some of whom joined after President Barack
Obama allowed transgender people to openly serve in 2016.

Trump and other officials, including former defense secretary Jim Mattis, warned
that transgender inclusion could erode unit cohesion. But in 2018, as the ban was
litigated in court, senior officials in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the
Marine Corps said they were unaware of problems created by transgender troops
and did not have reports of unhappiness about the policy within the ranks.

- Alex Horton

November 22, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/11/22/transgender-military-study/

LGBTQ has changed over the years- defined as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.
Lately, has substituted the term questioning for queer.

A particular form of Evangelists (Evangelical) would prefer it, if they never had to
acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ. Strange attitude, for people that have profitted
from the off-hand polluting of the American food chain, and drinking water table.
The chemicals flowing through bloodstreams of Americans, are helping to create more
and more people that question their sexual orientation. Hormone disruptors, chemicals
interupting genetic systems, and causing permanant changes. Some causing genetic- level
damage.

Then , again, in the Trump age, nearly the whole Trump system is peopled by LGBTQ
hiding deep in the closet. The defense against LGBT, and denial of LGBTQ existence
is ferocious, as the fear of being found out, and exposed.

I chalk it up to the culture of denial in the Deep South, about slavery.

Which culture burned Native American settlements, and independent minority towns.
down to the ground, when the newly independent became prosperous, and happy,
without White Supremacy, to make them miserable ? They almost made them dissappear
off the face of America. Science, the entity that they scorn, has rediscovered them.

 

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A continuous flow of WTF moments, interupted briefly by sanity...

Trump Requests Georgia Recount, Meaning 5 Million Votes Will Be Tabulated A 3rd Time

November 22, 2020

Georgia's nearly 5 million votes in the presidential race will be counted for a third time,
as President Trump's campaign has formally asked for a recount because his loss is
within the legal margin for that request.

There is no evidence that illegal ballots have been counted in Georgia.

The recount process is expected to take several days, with officials in Atlanta's
Fulton County estimating anywhere from five to nine days of eight-hour shifts,
with multiple scanners to get through more than half a million votes.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/937739336/...ing-5-million-votes-will-be-tabulated-a-3rd-t

WBUR ✓
Twitter › WBUR

The law calls for a recount to be conducted by retabulating every ballot
through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days
following the Nov. 3 election.

(link)

19 minutes ago

 

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November 23, 2020

Michigan certifies Biden's victory despite Trump's efforts to undermine it

“The people of Michigan have spoken. President-elect Biden won the State of Michigan
by more than 154,000 votes, and he will be our next president on January 20th,"
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, said in a statement,
saying it's “time to put this election behind us."

The Guardian ✓
Twitter › guardian

Michigan certifies Biden's victory despite Trump's efforts
to undermine it

(link to Guardian)

30 minutes ago

 

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Gothamist ✓
Twitter › Gothamist

Biden Officially Wins Michigan As Trump Fails To Stop Vote Certification
(And More End-Of-Day Links)

(link to Gothamist)

58 minutes ago

Meanwhile, Trump's goons are crying crocodile tears, and they are making false accusations.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Trump has cancelled his annual Thanksgiving schmoozefest week at Mar-a-lago. Seems he'll be sulking in the White House for the very first time this Thanksgiving.

 

[KeithD]

Trump has cancelled his annual Thanksgiving schmoozefest week at Mar-a-lago. Seems he'll be sulking in the White House for the very first time this Thanksgiving.

I think the official Thanksgiving turkey needs to be really worried about the chances of reprieve this year.

 

[RelentlessOnanism]

Now Trump has Tweeted, saying he's going to allow the GSA to start the formal process of transition (even though it's not clear if he has any say in the matter). He still says his legal action will continue etc, but it looks like he's beginning to accept the inevitable.

 

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Detroit Free Press ✓
Twitter › freep

Republican leaders praise board for fulfilling duty, certifying Michigan election results

(link to RSS Feeds for Freep, Detroit Free Press)
11 minutes ago

Chatfield, Shirkey praise board certifying Michigan election results

In the end, one of the Republican board members, Aaron Van Langevelde, joined
the two Democratic board members in voting to certify the vote.

“There’s a lot of misunderstanding about this board’s role and the power that we have
and the authority that we have,” Van Langevelde said during the meeting.

The lone holdout was GOP board member Norman Shinkle

Michigan’s GOP House Speaker Lee Chatfield said in a statement that the board
“fulfilled its legal duties today in certifying the results, and now our democratic
process can move forward. This is America at work.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...35ed24-2d52-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

 

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President-elect Joe Biden led by about 81,000 votes out of more than 6.9 million
counted in Pennsylvania as of Sunday.

Nov 23rd, 2020

"...two members of the Luzerne County Board of Elections who voted against
certification were Republicans, while the three who voted in favor were all
Democrats, according to Politico’s Holly Otterbein.

Holly Otterbein ✓
Twitter › hollyotterbein

Luzerne County’s Board of Elections passes the motion 3-2 to certify the vote.
Tait, Ouellette and Serniak, all Democrats, voted yes. Gould and Dombroski-Gebhardt,
both Republicans, voted no.

9 hours ago

Trump Campaign’s Actual Argument in Appeals Court: We’re Only Trying
to Disenfranchise Up to 1.5 Million Voters, Not 6 Million Pennsylvanians

Nov 23rd, 2020

https://www.mediaite.com/

 

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The Trump campaign’s unusual legal machinations continued early Monday
as the campaign filed a clarification that it wasn’t abandoning its right to
challenge any of Brann’s conclusions, despite the earlier statement that
it was “solely” appealing his refusal to accept a third version of the suit.

The court said it had not decided whether to schedule oral arguments on the appeal.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/22/trump-campaign-files-narrow-appeal-in-pennsylvania-439500

 

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Small fuckeries, aimed at stalling the inevitable, continue

Emily Murphy used small pointless evasions

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Monday issued opinions rejecting five lawsuits
filed by the Trump campaign aimed at invalidating 8,329 ballots cast in the 2020
election

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to toss thousands of ballots in Philadelphia
and the Pittsburgh area that had technical errors on their outer envelopes but showed
no evidence of fraud.

November 23, 2020

Perhaps the most important story of the 2020 election for American democracy
will be about the dog that didn’t bark: the judges who did their jobs exactly as
the Constitution envisions.

With two months until the inauguration and a president desperate to stay in power,
the attempt to subvert the election is not over. But if our democracy survives the
current president’s onslaughts, it will be due in large part to the existence of a
judiciary committed to the rule of law.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/23/opinion/lets-hear-it-judges-dismissing-trumps-lawsuits/

 

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The New York Times ✓
Twitter › nytimes

Pennsylvania certified its election results on Tuesday, making it official
that President-elect Joe Biden will receive the state's 20 electoral votes.

33 minutes ago

 

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Crooks and Liars ✓
Twitter › crooksandliars

Hello, @FBI?
This guy is inciting violence and endorsing Republican state-sponsored terrorism.

(link)

2 hours ago

Frakkin' full moon- all of the Trumpie crazies are kicking up a fuss.
Not Just Presiderp Orange Trash Bag, himself.

 

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The New York Times ✓
Twitter › nytimes

( graphic- alert written in red text- Tracking Misinformation
plus big headline posted using white text on black background. message=
No, Georgia's Governor Cannot 'Overrule' the Secretary of State On Voting)

No, Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia does not have the authority to “overrule”
the Republican secretary of state, as President Trump implausibly suggested
on Twitter.


32 minutes ago

 

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Intelligencer ✓
Twitter › intelligencer

The GOP needs unity to win on January 5, but Trump’s still furious
at Governor Brian Kemp for refusing to help him steal the 2020 election

(link to NY magazine)

3 hours ago

(FFS, There is a paper trail! )

November 30, 2020

Monday, a lawyer for Trump sent a letter to Raffensperger’s office requesting an audit
of signatures on absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot envelopes in the
November election. It was the fifth time the campaign has made a similar request.


Trump also tweeted Monday that Gov. Brian Kemp should use emergency powers
to “overrule his obstinate Secretary of State, and do a match of signatures on envelopes.”

(Not this pointless battle, again ?)

State law prohibits the governor from interfering in elections, Kemp spokesman Cody
Hall said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d39e5c-3339-11eb-9699-00d311f13d2d_story.html

(Let the wild fuckery, begin!)

Judge freezes voting machines in three Georgia counties

November 30, 2020

U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten Sr.

According to Batten, counsel for the defendants in the suit — Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.)
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and four other members of the Georgia Elections
Board — argued that the court had no jurisdiction over the counties because they are not
parties to the case. The defendants also argued that allowing experts working for plaintiffs
to inspect the machines “would pose substantial security and proprietary/trade secret risks,”
Batten’s order says.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/30/judge-freezes-voting-machines-georgia-counties-441342

 

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November 30, 2020

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will “continue to follow the law” despite
President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the state’s election results.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article247505080.html

 

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December 01, 2020

The week started off with President Obama talking with Stephen Colbert.

He is so normal. He is so human. He has the ability to take off the costume, and step down.

Not like the current crazies in residence at the White House. Grifters do not change.

The difference between the Obama's Christmas and the Trump 2020 Christmas is profound.

The view into the Obama family is clear, clean, and simple. Cannot see into the Trump
family despite all of the outward noise and flash. Fog and mirrors, strange echos.

Trump's hidden portrait, locked in a vault, Melania's cold face reveals fangs and orange eyes.
Children and animals cry in distress at the sight of any Trump.

Melania's Christmas display never fails to disorient, and impart a sense of unease.
She is so busy seeking to be admired for being "artistic," she seems to miss the fact
that art reflects and reveals.

Obama and his wife Michelle are clumbsy, artless, sincere, loving, but clear eyed.
They gave their children a real life. The girls grew up as members of a real community.
Life without constant TV cameras and publicity- real sunlight, not a spotlight.

Trumps ? Alien creatures that consider the human beings they prey on, as beneath them.
A hive of predators. Barron was afforded an escape, because the visuals always demand
a compromise. He is the flipside image of JFK's son, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. He may
yet break free.


'All About the Grift':
Trump Reportedly Raises Over $150 Million for Non-Existent 'Election Defense Fund'

December 1, 2020

While the Trump team's aggressive emails—sometimes as many as 15 per day—
purport to be raising money for an "Official Election Defense Fund" set up to
finance the president's flailing legal effort to overturn the election, the fund
does not exist.

"There is no such account," the Washington Post reported late Monday.

The average donor who gives in response to Trump's appeal for funds to 'stop the fraud'
likely doesn't realize that their money is actually retiring Trump's debt or funding his
leadership PAC," Fischer said, pointing out that "only bigger donors who've maxed-out
to Trump's campaign or the RNC will see any portion of their contribution go to
dedicated recount or legal funds."

It’s all about the grift. Always and forever.


— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) December 1, 2020

This effectively means that the vast majority of low-dollar donations
under the current agreement would go toward financing the president’s
new leadership PAC, instead of efforts to support the party or to finance
voting lawsuits."

(Leadership PAC Enables Trump to bully the remains of the Trump Alliance from the outside.)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...raises-over-150-million-non-existent-election