Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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figmentPez
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Can someone give me a TLDR on Greenwald resigning from The Intercept?
figmentPez
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I'm seeing a lot of stories like this:
I can't help but think of "<group> raised money to <provide basic necessities> for <vulnerable person>" news stories. They're like post-apocalypse fiction. Yeah, it sure is uplifting how one person can make a difference by sticking to their beliefs and choosing kindness, but please don't gloss over the horrors of a world that has been turned into a wasteland by all that the worst of humanity can do.
I can't help but think of "<group> raised money to <provide basic necessities> for <vulnerable person>" news stories. They're like post-apocalypse fiction. Yeah, it sure is uplifting how one person can make a difference by sticking to their beliefs and choosing kindness, but please don't gloss over the horrors of a world that has been turned into a wasteland by all that the worst of humanity can do.
"A vote for Biden if a vote for socialism"
Fine, the campaigning finally worked, I'll vote for Biden
the last few days, Trump has really been driving the point “Kamala Harris is more liberal than Bernie Sanders!” And again, i say...yes,very true, but not the way you think it is.
it’s gonna be a super fun fight the next however many years trying to teach people that liberals aren’t actually that left, but as long as we’re not under fascism j guess it’s a fight i will welcome.
figmentPez
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figmentPez
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Republicans shift from challenging rules to preparing to challenge individual ballots
The headline is only misleading because Republicans haven't stopped challenging the rules. They are planning to challenge individual ballots by suing to get access to signature records, but they're also suing Texas to have over 100,000 ballots invalidated because they claim that drive-through voting centers are illegal.
This is why I voted in person, I knew that my ballot would be more likely to be challenged if I didn't. (On the flip-side, though, voting in person meant using an electronic voting machine, and that loses the paper trail of submitting a mail-in ballot.)
EDIT:
Nearly 9% of votes in Harris county were cast via drive-through voting. Harris county is very blue.
The headline is only misleading because Republicans haven't stopped challenging the rules. They are planning to challenge individual ballots by suing to get access to signature records, but they're also suing Texas to have over 100,000 ballots invalidated because they claim that drive-through voting centers are illegal.
This is why I voted in person, I knew that my ballot would be more likely to be challenged if I didn't. (On the flip-side, though, voting in person meant using an electronic voting machine, and that loses the paper trail of submitting a mail-in ballot.)
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Nearly 9% of votes in Harris county were cast via drive-through voting. Harris county is very blue.
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figmentPez
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figmentPez
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Do I need to explain voter suppression to you, or should I assume you're doing your usual thing trying to alert to a broken tweet?
The tweet was from https://twitter.com/HarrisVotes . I have no idea why it was taken down. All it did was show early voting totals, broken down by drive-through, mail-in, and in-person.
Since I can find other tweets on that account quoting early voting numbers, but none with the totals for drive-through... Well, it might be that they took down the tweets because of the lawsuit.
This. Putting in a whole new post just to say "Hey, the tweet's broke" always seems so dumb.
--Patrick
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figmentPez
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Police In N.C. Arrest, Pepper Spray Protesters During March To Polls Event
"Along the way, marchers led by organizer the Rev. Greg Drumwright stopped for a nearly nine minute long silence in memory of George Floyd, the Black man who was killed after a white police officer kept a knee on his neck for that span of time. It was shortly after that moment of silence that the first confrontation occurred, according to march participant Amy Cooper."
When asked if he thought this was an effort to suppress the vote, Drumwright said, "I cannot say that that was what it was, but I can say that's what happened. There are people that did not get to vote today because they ended up in jail."
"Along the way, marchers led by organizer the Rev. Greg Drumwright stopped for a nearly nine minute long silence in memory of George Floyd, the Black man who was killed after a white police officer kept a knee on his neck for that span of time. It was shortly after that moment of silence that the first confrontation occurred, according to march participant Amy Cooper."
When asked if he thought this was an effort to suppress the vote, Drumwright said, "I cannot say that that was what it was, but I can say that's what happened. There are people that did not get to vote today because they ended up in jail."
figmentPez
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The White House is preemptively going into lockdown.
He's already getting ready to not concede.
GasBandit
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Republican election judge caught stealing republican signs.
chicago.cbslocal.com
DuPage County Election Judge Arrested, Accused Of Stealing Campaign Signs
A DuPage County election just has been arrested and is accused of stealing campaign signs.
chicago.cbslocal.com
When they did this during the BLM protests, I said it was a test run for exactly this.
Link isn't available.
But I assume this means 25% of Americans don't follow politics at all?
Or 25% of Americans causing unrest on Election day.
Federal judge throws out the case.
Court Denies GOP Request To Block Drive-Through Voting In Harris County, Texas
The decision means about 127,000 ballots cast by drive-through voting in the Houston area will be counted. It follows similar rulings by a federal judge and the Texas Supreme Court.
www.npr.org
If approved, one of the ballot measures in MI ("Proposal 2") would amend the MI Constitution so as to require a search warrant prior to the search of any confiscated electronic devices, and to explicitly consider electronic devices as protected from unreasonable search and/or seizure. This is especially relevant considering the interaction between the DoJ's border policy, 4th Amendment rights, and Michigan's unique unusual geographical position.
Ballotpedia has an article on the proposal. Ballotpedia also generally tries to faithfully represent opposing viewpoints so that voters can make informed choices.
The "pro" opinion: "Here is a list of people and their arguments, including the ACLU."
The "con" opinion: "We basically could not find anyone willing to go on record and explain why they would be against such a measure."
That last part amuses me greatly.
--Patrick
Ballotpedia has an article on the proposal. Ballotpedia also generally tries to faithfully represent opposing viewpoints so that voters can make informed choices.
The "pro" opinion: "Here is a list of people and their arguments, including the ACLU."
The "con" opinion: "We basically could not find anyone willing to go on record and explain why they would be against such a measure."
That last part amuses me greatly.
--Patrick
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