August politics

[timorousbeastie]

“Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show

Reuters established the connection between Michigan’s DePerno and the Richfield voting-system breach by matching the serial number of the township’s tabulator to a photograph in a publicly released report written by a member of DePerno’s team. The photograph showed a printed record of a vote-tabulator’s activity, which also included a string of ten digits. Reuters confirmed that those numbers matched the serial number of a Richfield vote tabulator through public records obtained from the township. State officials had previously identified Richfield as the site of a voting-equipment security breach.”

www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-trump-backed-michigan-attorney-general-candidate-involved-voting-2022-08-07/

[ssmjlm]

A local R candidate has all blue advertising.

DUDE, I know your voting records. Stop hiding behind a different colored sign.

[mrsd2006]

www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-da-rejects-giuliani-effort-185701263.html

Georgia DA rejects Giuliani effort to postpone Aug. 9 grand jury appearance

[Pom]

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travis-mcmichael-sentenced-life-prison-federal-hate-crimes-killing-ahm-rcna41566

"The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were both given an additional sentence of life in prison Monday on federal hate crime charges.

A judge also required that Travis McMichael, 36, and Greg McMichael, 66, serve their sentences in state prison, not federal prison as had been requested by their attorneys.

Before handing down the sentence to Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery in February 2020, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said he had received a fair trial, “the kind of trial that Ahmaud Arbery did not receive before he was shot and killed.”"

I saw something about them commenting about being scared of being hurt in prison. That really should have occurred to them before murdering someone in cold blood. :::shrug:::

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 8, 2022 12:52:13 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

A local R candidate has all blue advertising.

DUDE, I know your voting records. Stop hiding behind a different colored sign.

That reminds me about how, when we had the state governor primary in June, Andrew Giuliani's lawn signs only said GIULIANI FOR GOVERNOR. He lost the primary, but I am sure a bunch of voters thought they were voting for Rudy.

[Pom]

IN A SURPRISE TO NO ONE….

“In an interview with Insider, Paul Manafort, who served as Donald Trump's campaign chairman, made his first public admission that in 2016 he shared polling data from the Trump campaign with Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime business associate with suspected ties to Russian intelligence.”

www.businessinsider.com/paul-manafort-exclusive-interview-trump-campaign-polling-data-russia-kilimnik-2022-8

[Pom]

2 years worth of Alex Jones’ texts have been turned over to the J6 committee.

www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/alex-jones-january-6/index.html

[carmenere]

Aug 8, 2022 14:50:08 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-da-rejects-giuliani-effort-185701263.html

Georgia DA rejects Giuliani effort to postpone Aug. 9 grand jury appearance

Do you know how hot it is in Atlanta in August? His hair will be meting all over the place.

[mrsd2006]

Aug 8, 2022 19:17:51 GMT -5 carmenere said:

Aug 8, 2022 14:50:08 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-da-rejects-giuliani-effort-185701263.html

Georgia DA rejects Giuliani effort to postpone Aug. 9 grand jury appearance

Do you know how hot it is in Atlanta in August? His hair will be meting all over the place.

I do know, I live here🤣 I wish it was on TV.

[carmenere]

Aug 8, 2022 19:39:35 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Aug 8, 2022 19:17:51 GMT -5 carmenere said:

Do you know how hot it is in Atlanta in August? His hair will be meting all over the place.

I do know, I live here🤣 I wish it was on TV.

OMG 🤦🏻‍♀️ I didn’t even look to see who I was replying to 😂

[curbsideprophet]

Republican Scott Perry says the FBI seized his phone today at the airport.

Link to Fox News article in the tweet.

[basilosaurus]

Lawsuit in FL against the "stop woke" law. One that prevents companies from things like DEI training. Interestingly, it's from companies saying the gov't shouldn't get involved in their entrepreneurship, and these initiatives increase their growth and reach.

"Florida should allow businesses to thrive and serve customers in the way we see fit, meet market demand and speak to our employees about our culture and values. But HB7 prevents us from doing that." www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article264170581.html

So far it's joined by a wedding registry company and a franchise black owned ben & jerry's shops. "Free speech AND profits" Take that DiSatan.

[lea]

Aug 9, 2022 17:49:40 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Republican Scott Perry says the FBI seized his phone today at the airport.

Link to Fox News article in the tweet.

The FBI has subpoenaed several PA lawmakers, seeking info regarding Rep Scott Perry.

www.pennlive.com/news/2022/08/fbi-delivers-subpoenas-to-several-pa-republican-lawmakers-sources-say.html

[beetea]

TW: Uvalde shooting

Beto was heckled at one of his town hall meetings and responds without missing a beat. (There's profanity so use caution if you're listening around others.)

[basilosaurus]

I just love this judge, telling Giuliani he can take a bus, train, or uber if he just can't fly due to his medical procedure. www.businessinsider.com/judge-rudy-giuliani-travel-testify-grand-jury-fulton-county-2022-8

My favorite part: "They shared documents showing Giuliani purchased airline tickets to Rome, Italy, and Zurich, Switzerland for flights between July 22 and July 29 — after his medical procedure."

[neverfstop]

wonder how Mitch feels about this??

www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/elaine-chao-trump-cabinet-january-6-25th-amendment/index.html

The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has recently interviewed former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and has been in talks with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as well as former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, multiple sources tell CNN. Chao and DeVos, both members of former President Donald Trump's Cabinet, resigned a day after the attack on the US Capitol and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power.

[mrsukyankee]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but LOL. I love the twitter responses to this

link

You might recall Kayleigh McEnany, one of four of Trump’s White House press secretaries during those harrowing years — the final one before Trump lost the 2020 election and who predicted that COVID would never reach the U.S. Her sister, Ryann McEnany, is launching a dating app for young conservatives (invite-only to keep out you dirty libs) called “The Right Stuff.” Because, and this may blow your mind, the word “right” can also mean “correct.”



“We’re sorry that you’ve had to endure years of bad dates and wasted time with people who don’t see the world our way — the right way,” McEnany says in a promo video.

[msmerymac]

Aug 12, 2022 4:04:00 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

I wasn't sure where to put this, but LOL. I love the twitter responses to this

link

You might recall Kayleigh McEnany, one of four of Trump’s White House press secretaries during those harrowing years — the final one before Trump lost the 2020 election and who predicted that COVID would never reach the U.S. Her sister, Ryann McEnany, is launching a dating app for young conservatives (invite-only to keep out you dirty libs) called “The Right Stuff.” Because, and this may blow your mind, the word “right” can also mean “correct.”



“We’re sorry that you’ve had to endure years of bad dates and wasted time with people who don’t see the world our way — the right way,” McEnany says in a promo video.

The Jezebel headline for this was something like, "I will die alone before opening the anti-woke dating app."

[mrsd2006]

Aug 10, 2022 21:59:35 GMT -5 beetea said:

TW: Uvalde shooting

Beto was heckled at one of his town hall meetings and responds without missing a beat. (There's profanity so use caution if you're listening around others.)

Headline from Faux News about Beto's outburst (this is real)

Beto O'Rourke's 'motherf---er' outburst contradicts pledge to avoid 'the F-word'

I mean, seriously?!?! That's all they are concerned about?!!

[beetea]

Aug 12, 2022 9:29:44 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Headline from Faux News about Beto's outburst (this is real)

Beto O'Rourke's 'motherf---er' outburst contradicts pledge to avoid 'the F-word'

I mean, seriously?!?! That's all they are concerned about?!!

It would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.

[fernweh]

Judge order Trump corporation to stand trial in October. Jury selection to begin October 24

www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/investing/trump-org-allen-weisselberg-tax-fraud-hearing/index.html

[winecat]

Aug 13, 2022 11:14:44 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Judge order Trump corporation to stand trial in October. Jury selection to begin October 24

www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/investing/trump-org-allen-weisselberg-tax-fraud-hearing/index.html

I'm free for jury duty! 

[katfco]

How are they ever going to even pretend to find an impartial jury?

[bronxgirl]

Aug 12, 2022 11:26:57 GMT -5 beetea said:

Aug 12, 2022 9:29:44 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Headline from Faux News about Beto's outburst (this is real)

Beto O'Rourke's 'motherf---er' outburst contradicts pledge to avoid 'the F-word'

I mean, seriously?!?! That's all they are concerned about?!!

It would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.

The party of fuck your feelings is all up in their feelings about the word fuck.  

[pixy0stix]

Graham must testify in Ga. probe of effort to overturn 2020 election, judge rules - www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/15/trump-2020-election-georgia-investigation/

[Velar Fricative]

And also, breaking from NYT: Rudy's lawyers have been told he's the subject of a criminal investigation in Georgia.


www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/us/graham-georgia-investigation-trump.html

[pixy0stix]

2020 election news is hot today - Trump-allied lawyers pursued voting machine data in multiple states, records reveal (gift link) - wapo.st/3dAas0s

[mskitkat]

Aug 15, 2022 12:32:58 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

And also, breaking from NYT: Rudy's lawyers have been told he's the subject of a criminal investigation in Georgia.

I have never wanted to be on a jury so badly.

[redheadbaker]

Dr. Oz doesn't know where he's shopping, or how grocery shopping works.

nymag.com/intelligencer/article/questions-dr-oz-crudites-video.html

[lea]

Dave Wasserman has officially called Liz Cheney’s primary loss on Twitter.