Since billionaire Jeff Yass is in the news for his involvement in #TikTok and #Trump's #TruthSocial, here's our deep-dive look into the #GOP megadonor who avoided $1 billion in #taxes and poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support #election deniers.
A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom....
Democrat Brandon Sakbun--27-year-old former Army Ranger—wins Terre Haute mayoral race, beating four-term incumbent Republican Duke Bennett. @INDems Chairman Mike Schmuhl has compared him to Pete Buttigieg. (Buttigieg did not become mayor of South Bend until age 29.)
90% of the people thrown off the voter rolls in FLA are Democrats.
#Election Voter suppression in Florida. Nearly 1 million registered voters have been dropped from Florida’s active voter rolls since last year, with Democrats & voters w/ no party affiliation (NPA) accounting for 90% of the departed.
The weird sound heard all over the Netherlands on Thursday morning was the sound of WW2 resistance fighters rolling in their graves. #SarcasmButOnlyHalf#Election#PVV
🚨 At least 9 precincts in Hinds County—Mississippi's most populous county and the home of the 83%-Black capital city of Jackson—have run out of ballots in the statewide election.
#Wisconsin Republicans Went to Extremes in #Gerrymandering. Now They’re Scrambling to Protect That Power.
Heavily redrawn #election districts in the battleground state gave #Republicans firm control of the legislature — and the leeway to move aggressively against officials and judges they perceive as threats.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat viewed as a national leader in voting rights, has received 67 death threats and over 900 threats of online abuse within just three weeks, according to a system used by her office that tracks harassment and threats against election workers....
Rachel Maddow discusses her research into fascism, disinformation, and propaganda.
It's not merely an attempt to foster animosity towards a particular group. Fascist disinformation is to erode our democracy by convincing us that a specific group is perilous, untrustworthy, and should be disenfranchised.
What has transpired since 2016 with the former president is not just the vilification of ethnic minorities. He, along with Fox propaganda and other purveyors of disinformation, have escalated lies and disinformation into a violent domestic terrorist movement and a MAGA-driven fascist party. The presence of Republican fascists is a reality now.
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Fascism ... is about getting us to undo #democracy and we shouldn't stand for it.
The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot. The justices offered different reasons, but the decision was unanimous.
One thing to note in the Rochdale by-election result was it appeared that Galloway was using data to target people based on protected characteristics. This would be a breach of the data protection act. It appears to me like they had custom filters for this setup on the EARS electoral software. With growing sectarianism in British politics using data to target people like this will only increase divisions. #election#data#rochdale
If you’re a U.S. citizen registered to vote, and you speak English + another language that’s spoken by 5% or more of your local population (tip: in most cities, that’ll include Spanish), consider signing up as an #election worker.
The law requires that anywhere with 5% or more speaking a given language, every polling place needs at least one person who speaks that language.
In my area, the number of polling places is directly limited by English-#Spanish#bilingual poll workers.
Update: Florida was one of four states with a lifetime ban, the others being Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. On November 6, 2018, 65% of Florida voters approved Amendment 4, which automatically restores the voting rights of people convicted of a felony—except murder or sexual offenses—after the completion of their sentences.
For the Women Who Accused the #Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment
Trump is well known for publicly bullying his #political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy.
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Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case to being part of a conspiracy alongside former President Donald Trump and others.
The plea deal is another blow to Trump and a major victory for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who charged Trump and 18 others in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It comes one day after former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell also pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to one felony – conspiracy to commit filing false documents.
Side note: Ken Cheesbro is a BFF of Virginia Ginni 'Gitmo' Thomas
Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach (www.cnn.com)
Whoops! somebody got the soot on their hands this time
Indictment returned in Georgia as grand jury wraps up Trump election probe (apnews.com)
A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom....
Ohio Votes to Establish Right to Abortion (www.nytimes.com)
The State Constitution will protect access to the procedure. The result sends a strong signal that voters are still angry about the demise of Roe.
[News Analysis] GOP waging a "coordinated national effort to undermine American elections," says leading official (www.salon.com)
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat viewed as a national leader in voting rights, has received 67 death threats and over 900 threats of online abuse within just three weeks, according to a system used by her office that tracks harassment and threats against election workers....
Live Updates: Trump Prevails in Supreme Court Challenge to His Eligibility (www.nytimes.com)
The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot. The justices offered different reasons, but the decision was unanimous.