US Presidency 2020 - Page 23

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**551** 01-16-2021, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Miisa

Washington demands my fealty first. :sadcheer:

Tweaked to cover a lot more ground.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**552** 01-16-2021, 09:24 AM

Some of these guys.

��

Hello, I am sheriff of SHUT UP AND CALL A LAWYER
— Votey McFacepalm (@DaddySaidASwear) January 15, 2021

JoeP · #**553** 01-16-2021, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Miisa

The Washington Post demands my fealty first. :sadcheer:

I duly swore fealty, and in due course will delete all cookies involved.

It's like "we demand the keys to your house - but you keep them, you just need to show us the keys next time we visit".

Next time I visit WaPo they'll say "hey, new visitor! you get a limited number of articles per month, here's your first!"

JoeP · #**554** 01-16-2021, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BrotherMan

I just. Man. What. Is. Going. On.

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Originally Posted by Miisa

The Washington Post demands my fealty first. :sadcheer:

So you can decide if you want to see more:

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A pillow salesman apparently has some
ideas about declaring martial law
Philip Bump
The galaxy of individuals who have orbited President Trump over the past five
years is not lacking for unusual characters. Few, though, have had quite the same
trajectory as businessman Michael Lindell.
Lindell is the CEO of the company My Pillow, which, as you might expect, makes
pillows. His company advertises heavily on Fox News, often with spots featuring
Lindell himself. A major Republican donor, he participated in an event centered
on manufacturing early in Trump’s administration. Since then, he’s returned to
the White House regularly and has touted his close relationship with the
president. That includes an effort last August to get Trump to endorse a supposed
coronavirus treatment in which Lindell had a financial stake. (Trump did not do
so.)

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Regardless, Lindell seems to have immersed himself instead in the universe of
conspiracy theories, something reinforced by a tweet he sent out early in the
morning on Jan. 5. In it, he linked to a document hosted at the website 8kun
describing an imminent war for America. 8kun is a message-board site, which
serves as the new preferred stomping ground for QAnon conspiracy theorists,
among others.
About 24 hours later, conspiracy theorists and Trump loyalists stormed the
Capitol.
Even if Trump or his team were simply humoring Lindell, there’s no value in
suggesting to a team already obviously searching for a mechanism by which to
maintain power that there was a rocky, disruptive path to do precisely that. In
normal times, this would not be someone granted access to the West Wing for a
private meeting. Now, though, it’s almost predictable.
Perhaps in the future, we will find it grimly amusing that a pillow salesman tried
to pitch the president’s team on a strategy for lying to the public and using the
military to subvert the democratic election of his successor.
It is not currently amusing.

Miisa · #**555** 01-16-2021, 10:48 AM

I will on occasion disable adblock for a page and will accept cookies and EU warnings etc, but demanding that I register just to read a story is where I draw the line.

JoeP · #**556** 01-16-2021, 10:59 AM

I didn't have to register, just those other things. If I open it again now ... it insists I subscribe for £1. Which, no.

On laptop. Results might be different on mobile.

Miisa · #**557** 01-16-2021, 11:02 AM

I get it on both. Also, changing browsers doesn't fool the crafty buggers.

JoeP · #**558** 01-16-2021, 11:05 AM

Weird.

BrotherMan · #**559** 01-16-2021, 07:15 PM

Sorry.

Basic: MyPillow CEO has in his possession a Plan to Martial Law the Country. It was caught by clever photojournalists who did the based trickery of ZOOMING IN on a visible piece of paper that the MyPillow CEO was carrying JUST THE OTHER DAY to a meeting with the President.

Key Words: MYPILLOW CEO (?????) Martial Law President JUST THE OTHER DAY. LIKE AFTER THE COUP ATTEMPT. AFTER ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT THE SECOND.

JoeP · #**560** 01-16-2021, 07:59 PM

It's fortunate that the fascists who aren't plain incompetent are still rendered foolish by their assumption of no consequences.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**561** 01-17-2021, 03:14 AM

Hey everyone...just finished delivering hot stews to some of the National Guard & others on this rainy night in DC. I know there’s a lot of concern about the Guard...but our city & many restaurants are making sure everyone is taken care of! One Guardsman had a message to share... pic.twitter.com/IeZcFcoywD
— Please wear a mask! Do it for the World please... (@chefjoseandres) January 16, 2021

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**562** 01-17-2021, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Some of these guys.

��

Hello, I am sheriff of SHUT UP AND CALL A LAWYER
— Votey McFacepalm (@DaddySaidASwear) January 15, 2021

how it started…. how its going pic.twitter.com/PwJGh1iVE3
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 15, 2021

JoeP · #**563** 01-17-2021, 01:07 PM

'I had no qualms': The people turning in loved ones for the Capitol attack | US Capitol breach | The Guardian

I love this.

Con. Se. Quences.

Make Fascists Afraid Again.

BrotherMan · #**564** 01-17-2021, 05:29 PM

How it started: Live or Die! We're Going In!

How it's going: Please, I don't want to suffer consequences for my actions!

JoeP · #**565** 01-18-2021, 10:17 PM

Prob just a coincidence that everyone at the Trump riot had people in their personal lives who couldn’t wait to turn them in
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) January 13, 2021

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**566** 01-19-2021, 03:06 AM

Pillow fight thrad:

It's been a long day, but I have pillow news! To recap: National Guard sleeping on hard floors while defending our Capitol. Lots of you tagged us asking if we could help. We tweeted in search of a service member in DC, and had a hit within an hour. 1/8
— One Fresh Pillow (@OneFreshPillow) January 15, 2021

ChuckF · #**567** 01-20-2021, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerome

Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda - PA State Senate

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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2019 - 2020 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM
Posted: November 27, 2020 07:33 PM
From: Senator Doug Mastriano and Sen. David J. Arnold, Jr., Sen. Michele Brooks, Sen. Mario M. Scavello
To: All Senate members
Subject: RESOLUTION: Disputing the 2020 General Election

In the immediate future, we will be introducing the following resolution:

**********

A RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to prescribe the “Times, Places, and Manner” of conducting elections; and

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to direct the manner of appointing electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has exercised its authority to establish election administration procedures for the Commonwealth, known as the Pennsylvania Election Code; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires all mail-in ballots to be received by eight o’clock P.M. on the day of the election; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires election officials at polling places to authenticate the signatures of in-person voters; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires mail-in ballots to be received in the office of the county board of elections and makes no mention of "satellite locations" to be solely used for the collection of "mail-in" ballots; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires that county boards of elections shall not meet to conduct a pre-canvass of all absentee and mail-in ballots until seven o’clock A.M. on Election Day, during which time defects on mail-in ballots would be identified; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code prohibits the counting of defective absentee or mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code authorizes “watchers,” selected by candidates and political parties, to observe the process of canvassing absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, the Commonwealth conducted an election on November 3, 2020 for federal offices, including selecting electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and

WHEREAS, officials in the Executive and Judicial Branches of the Commonwealth infringed upon the General Assembly’s authority under the United States Constitution by unlawfully changing the rules governing the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, on September 17, 2020, less than seven weeks before the November 3, 2020 election, the partisan majority on the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unlawfully and unilaterally extended the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received, mandated that ballots mailed without a postmark would be presumed to be received timely, and could be accepted without a verified voter signature; and

WHEREAS, on October 23, 2020, less than two weeks before the November 3, 2020 election and upon a petition from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ruled that mail-in ballots need not authenticate signatures for mail-in ballots, thereby treating in-person and mail-in voters dissimilarly and eliminating a critical safeguard against potential election crime; and

WHEREAS, on November 2, 2020, the night before the November 3, 2020 election and prior to the prescribed time for pre-canvassing mail-in ballots, the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth encouraged certain counties to notify party and candidate representatives of mail-in voters whose ballots contained defects; and

WHEREAS, heavily Democrat counties permitted mail-in voters to cure ballot defects while heavily Republican counties followed the law and invalidated defective ballots; and

WHEREAS, in certain counties in the Commonwealth, watchers were not allowed to meaningfully observe the pre-canvassing and canvassing activities relating to absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, in other parts of the Commonwealth, watchers observed irregularities concerning the pre-canvassing and canvassing of absentee and mail-in ballots; and

WHEREAS, postal employees in Pennsylvania have reported anomalies relating to mail-in ballots, including multiple ballots delivered to a single address with unfamiliar addressees, ballots mailed to vacant homes, empty lots, and addresses that did not exist; and

WHEREAS, witnesses testifying before the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee on November 25, 2020 have provided additional compelling information regarding the questionable nature of the administration of the 2020 General Election; and

WHEREAS, these and other actions of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and other election officials and actions taken at their direction or under their purview resulted in great confusion, the inconsistent application of rules and practices across the Commonwealth, insecurity and uncertainty regarding the collection, handling, storage, pre-canvassing, canvassing, counting, tabulation and reporting of votes and has undermined the legitimacy and accuracy of the vote count arising from mail-in ballots in certain counties in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, the actions of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and others have been contrary to the direction of the Pennsylvania General Assembly regarding the conduct of the November 3, 2020 election for presidential electors in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, there remains ongoing litigation concerning the administration of the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, in 2016, Pennsylvania’s general election results were certified on December 12, 2016, and on November 24, 2020, the Secretary of the Commonwealth unilaterally and prematurely certified results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors despite ongoing litigation; and

WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Senate has the duty to ensure that no citizen of this Commonwealth is disenfranchised, to insist that all elections are conducted according to the law, and to satisfy the general public that every legal vote is counted accurately;

THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED that the Pennsylvania Senate —

1. Recognizes substantial irregularities and improprieties associated with mail-in balloting, pre-canvassing, and canvassing during the November 3, 2020 election; and

2. Finds, based on the facts and evidence presented and our own Board of Elections data, that the Presidential election held on November 3, 2020, in Pennsylvania is irredeemably corrupted; and

3. Disapproves of the infringement on the General Assembly’s sole authority pursuant to the United States Constitution to regulate the selection of Electoral College delegates; and

4. Disapproves of and rejects the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s premature certification of the results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors; and

5. Declares that the selection of presidential electors and other statewide electoral contest results in this Commonwealth is in dispute; and

6. Directs that, pursuant to our authority granted in Article II of the United States Constitution and the numerous illegal acts committed, encouraged and ignored by the Governor, Secretary of State, and certain election officials, we hereby take back and reserve to the Pennsylvania General Assembly the power to designate Presidential electors for the State of Pennsylvania for the December, 2020 meeting of the Electoral College and withdraw any prior statement or direction to the contrary given by us or any other official or body; and

7. Directs the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Governor to withdraw and vacate the certification of presidential electors and to delay certification of results in other statewide electoral contests voted on at the 2020 General Election; and

8. Commands all Presidential electors and other officials to act in conformity with this resolution and not interfere with the authority of the Pennsylvania General Assembly under Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 and under Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; and

9. Urges the United States Congress to recognize and count as the State of Pennsylvania’s electoral votes for President and Vice-President only such electoral votes as are certified directly by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Senate by subsequent resolution.

just checking where are we on this

Stephen Maturin · #**568** 01-20-2021, 06:02 PM

That aged well, as did this.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**569** 01-20-2021, 09:11 PM

What an absolutely remarkable photo. pic.twitter.com/Yae9m8w47S
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) January 20, 2021

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**570** 01-22-2021, 09:29 AM

Biden press secretary Jen Psaki is not playing. When asked why Biden wasn't prioritizing Republican issues in the name of unity, she said: "Is unemployment insurance not a Republican priority? Are schools opening safely not a Republican priority?" pic.twitter.com/z5D9lAUsgV
— Matthew, Inaugurated (@TeachToArmorica) January 21, 2021

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**571** 01-22-2021, 09:58 AM

Quite the cover image from @time: pic.twitter.com/SSvSL1tHxR
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 21, 2021

JoeP · #**572** 01-22-2021, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Biden press secretary Jen Psaki is not playing. When asked why Biden wasn't prioritizing Republican issues in the name of unity, she said: "Is unemployment insurance not a Republican priority? Are schools opening safely not a Republican priority?" pic.twitter.com/z5D9lAUsgV
— Matthew, Inaugurated (@TeachToArmorica) January 21, 2021

Unity: not just for white male business owners.

JoeP · #**573** 01-22-2021, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Quite the cover image from @time: pic.twitter.com/SSvSL1tHxR
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 21, 2021

I don't expect we'll get any actual news of how much mess Dump left, if any, but I really want to know.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**574** 02-05-2021, 10:17 AM

Recent charges breakdown:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...l-arrests.html

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**575** 02-21-2021, 05:33 AM

Never forget. These people will vote, again. 2024, may seem far away.....but will be here, before you know it. And in-between, we have the contenders for the 2022 election! pic.twitter.com/bRwJV9d0fg
— SANJOSEMAILMAN (@SANJOSEMAILMAN) February 21, 2021