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Over when it's over

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:04:31 +0000

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Over when it's over

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/19/are-you-sure-trumps-plan-to-steal-the-e...

shared once again, this time

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:36:00 +0000

In reply to But Brad, you also have these

shared once again, this time making totally clear that it *is* satire https://t.co/GvpQrQKQ9l
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 19, 2020

But Brad, you also have these

artappraiser — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:00:19 +0000

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But Brad, you also have these types out there that think fraud is what the whole shebang is about! Whoever frauds best wins? (How did this journo find these guys before Borat did?)

Not too bright. But hey, do your own research. https://t.co/57uX6GR01L
— edwin heathcote (@edwinheathcote) November 19, 2020

Exclusive Interview Georgia

artappraiser — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:50:46 +0000

In reply to Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State Long Before the Election

Exclusive Interview Georgia elections chief: 'Emotional abuse' to mislead voters about fraud

By Jonathan Easley @ TheHill.com, Nov. 18

The top election official in Georgia on Wednesday raged at what he described as politicians giving false hope and ginning up anger over unsubstantiated allegations of systemic voter fraud, calling it “emotional abuse” to mislead voters into thinking that the election was stolen from President Trump.

In an exclusive interview with The Hill, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a self-described “conservative Republican,” declined to directly blame Trump for spreading baseless claims about voting machines altering ballots or “illegal” votes being counted.

But Raffensperger unloaded on Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and other GOP politicians he said were creating a dangerous environment — including threats of violence aimed at him and his wife – because he’s disputed the notion that systemic fraud was behind President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.

“There’s just people who are really angry and they’re being spun up,” Raffensperger said. “It’s really the spinners that should be ashamed for playing with people’s emotions. Politicians of both sides should never play with people’s emotions. It’s one thing to motivate people, I get that. But to spin people up and play with their emotions, it’s emotional abuse and they ought to grow up and start acting with integrity.”

The Hill pointed out that Trump, who has attacked Raffensperger as a “Republican in name only,” is responsible for spreading discredited information about voter fraud.

However, the secretary of state declined to directly criticize the president.

“I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative one, and I don’t like the idea that President Trump is not going to win,” Raffensperger said. “But at the end of the day, I want every voter to know we’re going to do our job and make sure every legal vote is counted.” [....]

How resourceful was the DHS

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:41:33 +0000

In reply to Trump/Putin wins while losing

How resourceful was the DHS unit that Trump wants to purge? It recruited a bunch of Stanford kids to hunt for bugs that could ruin the election. @CISAKrebs is one of the great civil servants. https://t.co/oi7f90pK9l
— Franklin Foer (@FranklinFoer) November 13, 2020

and Election Law blogger Prof

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:53:52 +0000

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and Election Law blogger Prof. Rick Hasen just retweeted this, I haven't read it yet:

More jolt: Either Raffensperger knows something we don’t know about the Trump-dominated Republican electorate in Georgia -- or he’s not planning on running for re-election in two years. #gapol https://t.co/WPDtrT05FD
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 18, 2020

“It’s very possible, if not

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:50:53 +0000

In reply to Trump/Putin wins while losing

“It’s very possible, if not likely, that Trump will be in a kingmaker position for the 2022 primaries,” said Todd Harris, a longtime Republican ad-maker. “Whether people like it or not, this is Trump’s party.” https://t.co/OQSyaeqQyl
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 18, 2020

Trump/Putin wins while losing

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:08:23 +0000

In reply to Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State Long Before the Election

Trump/Putin wins while losing

As a legal project, President Trump’s various (false) claims that the election he lost was rigged have been an absolute train wreck. As a political project, they’ve been remarkably effective.

Read this -> https://t.co/BggYtY6LD8
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) November 18, 2020

Let’s say, hypothetically, Russia had an asset in the White House. Their top priories would be:

- Sow divisions in American society
- Damage trust in American democracy
- Reduce American influence/security in Middle East
- Kneecap NATO

Trump is doing all of those things. Why?
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) November 18, 2020