Election terrorism is the most important political story of this election season. We need patriots prepared to stand up under fire in their thousands to step up and document the election terrorism that has been going on for two years now, and is only getting worse.
Boston Globe: Under Siege: Democracy’s Front Lines in Crisis
I included this story about it recently.
Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day
No, not monitor, meddle with bogus accusations of fraud and even voter intimidation.
If you see anything troubling, and you can’t record it, you can call (866) OUR-VOTE for assistance.
OK, once more.
Elections
When you get a gift like this [Republicans trying to undo Social Security and Medicare], you take it, and you bring this home, and you drive it.
Democratic strategist James Carville
Pennsylvania
Fetterman-Oz debate tonight.
Georgia
In 2018, early voting in Georgia was three times the level of the previous midterms in 2014—434,000 votes at this point in that cycle. Now, yesterday, we got word of 758,808 early votes in Georgia. The doors have been blown off, and Hell is officially freezing over outside.
It’s not just unheard of, it’s almost like science fiction.
Rachel Maddow
Welcome to the future, Rachel, and everyone else!
South Carolina
NYT: North Carolina Early Absentee Voting
⏫ 114% over 2018.
Yup, also double the previous record.
Ohio
OH SOS: ⏫ 75% over 2018
Florida
NYT: ⏫50% over 2018
Recent polling has DeSantis up by ten points over Crist.
Who won? DeSantis, Crist faced off in heated debate
DeSantis lied about the abortion issue, saying that at 15 weeks a fetus is fully formed.
Justice
Yes, all on his lonesome. Until the full court gets to hear it
Thomas has been a first-class paskudnyak since he decided as a child that he hated the NAACP and all of its works. He has been a criminal since lying to Congress under oath at his confirmation hearing. Now,
Right-wing Vigilantes Sued for Intimidating Arizona Voters
On Monday, Oct. 24, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino filed a lawsuit against Clean Elections USA, its affiliates and unidentified individuals (who allegedly have been “recruited or encouraged” by Clean Elections USA to monitor drop boxes) challenging the organization’s voter intimidation practices in Arizona. The plaintiffs allege that there were at least five instances last week wherein Clean Elections USA supporters “gathered at ballot drop boxes in Maricopa County with the express purpose of deterring voters.” The plaintiffs argue that Clean Elections USA’s alleged “coordinated campaign of vigilante voter intimidation” practices violate both the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the Ku Klux Klan Act. The plaintiffs request immediate relief preventing Clean Elections USA from further engaging in intimidation practices as Arizonans have begun early voting and there are only 15 days until Election Day.
Fetus at six weeks, with no heart
Accused Michigan school shooter’s parents will face involuntary manslaughter charges, judge rules
Four counts.
There has never been such a case before, of parents charged over a shooting by their child. There have been cases such as a policeman charged with involuntary manslaughter for leaving a gun unsecured where a toddler got hold of it.
In this case the boy is frankly psychotic, with hallucinations of demons and an irresistible urge to shoot other students.
The thoughts won’t go away.
This does not work for a defense of legal insanity, which has nothing to do with psychiatric definitions. The parents refused to do anything about him when they were warned, and were happy to buy him a Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol, and leave it in their house unsecured.
2 right-wing activists plead guilty in 2020 election robocall scheme
Two right-wing activists each pleaded guilty in a Cleveland court Monday to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud over false robocalls ahead of the 2020 election in Ohio, prosecutors announced.
Driving the news: Jacob Wohl, 24, and Jack Burkman, 56, were indicted in October 2020 in connection with a scheme that Cuyahoga County prosecutors said targeted thousands of minority voters with pre-recorded messages that falsely claimed they could face mandatory vaccines or be tracked by law enforcement if they voted by mail.
The big picture: Wohl, of Irvine, California, and Burkman, of Arlington, Virginia, gained national attention for several stunts in recent years seeking to smear public officials and Democrats.
- The Federal Communications Commission announced last year plans to fine the pair $5 million and they're being sued in federal court in New York City after being accused of making threatening robocalls that N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James said were designed to suppress Black voters.
Meanwhile, Wohl and Burkman are "appealing criminal charges filed against them in Detroit stemming from a similar bogus robocall scheme targeting Black voters," AP notes.
Who? What?
Ye, Ye, Ye, Ye, No
Bloomberg: Adidas to end Kanye West partnership after controversies
Weasel words. It was vicious anti-semitism.
Adidas has been under pressure after antisemitic remarks by Ye
Adidas Plans to End Kanye West Partnership
Getting Woke for Wrong-Wingers
Prayer at Pro-Trump Rally Blasts 'RINO Trash' and 'Deep State'
The "ReAwaken America Tour" rally began on Friday, and includes speakers who have backed QAnon conspiracy theories and spread falsehoods about how the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump in favor of Joe Biden.
"Opening prayer today at Eric Trump and Michael Flynn's QAnon event," tweeted Ron Filipkowski, a former federal prosecutor who posted the video to Twitter, which has now been viewed more than 700,000 times as of Saturday afternoon.
During the first day of the rally, another speaker named Bo Polny, warned high profile U.S. politicians that the "Angel of Death is coming for them" by the end of the year. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and GOP Georgia Governor Brian Kemp are among the politicians singled out at the event.
Speakers at the two-day rally include Trump ally Roger Stone, former Trump adviser and retired U.S. Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Eric Trump. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, is scheduled to be the event's final speaker.
Also, as seen on Rachel Maddow, they claim
- To be releasing a computer virus that will shut down all computers until after the election
- To have organized a period of “going dark”, and when the lights come on, Trump will be President—not by his will, but by God’s will
- To be releasing the Angel of Death to kill all of their enemies
There are YouTube videos of several ReAwaken America Tour events, but not this one. They are all organized as political revival meetings, with speakers whipping the crowds of thousands into a frenzy.
Real religious leaders have been complaining publicly.
NY AG Chimes In On Reawaken America Tour
Crime
More recent data than I had until yesterday. Yes, the crime rate is still going down, and the rate of paskudnyak lying is still going up.
Ukraine
Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims fuel fears Putin is planning his own escalation
Ukraine and its allies have vociferously rejected Russian accusations, saying the Kremlin’s public claims suggest it is seeking to build a pretext for its own actions.
Putin’s embattled defense chief was busy this weekend making phone calls to Kyiv’s closest allies to voice Moscow’s latest evidence-free allegations.
Sergei Shoigu warned defense officials in France, Turkey, Britain and the United States that Ukraine was preparing a provocation and the use of what he termed a “dirty bomb.” The situation is steadily trending toward “a further, uncontrolled escalation,” he warned in one of the calls without elaborating.
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin responds to rejections of its 'dirty bomb' claim
The U.S., the U.K. and France have condemned Russia's allegation.
Russia responded on Monday to a joint statement from the United States, the United Kingdom and France rejecting Moscow's "transparently false allegations" that Ukraine is preparing a provocation with the use of a "dirty bomb" on its own territory.
"The thing is that their mistrust toward the information shared by Russia doesn't mean that the threat of the use of such a dirty bomb ceases to exist," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a press briefing. "The threat is obvious. This information was shared by the defense minister with his counterparts, and now it is up to them to believe or not believe in it."
Oh, Dmitri, you don’t know what you’re saying.
I do so, I can read Putin’s lips!
🎩 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Iran
Environment
