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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 12:19 PM Feb 2022

'A secret meeting place': Fake GOP elector reveals how phony ballots were cast for Trump

A fake elector from Wisconsin reveals how he and other Republicans met secretly to produce phony documents and subvert democracy. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

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'A secret meeting place': Fake GOP elector reveals how phony ballots were cast for Trump (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP
I would think that a "secret meeting place" Tanuki Feb 2022 #1
Dam. Breaking. tinrobot Feb 2022 #2
Seditious conspiracy is a very serious charge. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #3
Why did they need armed security? To protect them from the police and feds? LonePirate Feb 2022 #4
It's all adding up. The true party of 2020 election fraud is the Republican Party. ancianita Feb 2022 #5
Make that the 21st century. They stole the 2000 election from Al Gore. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #6
Damn, you are so right. We've got the SCOTUS we've got because of that disaster. I'll ancianita Feb 2022 #7
+1,000,000 c-rational Feb 2022 #8

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
3. Seditious conspiracy is a very serious charge.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 12:28 PM
Feb 2022
18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Make that the 21st century. They stole the 2000 election from Al Gore.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 12:49 PM
Feb 2022

We really need to bring up their past crimes in the context of this attempt to overthrow the election, in effect overthrowing the government.

Republicans have successfully overthrown a presidential election before.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
7. Damn, you are so right. We've got the SCOTUS we've got because of that disaster. I'll
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 01:13 PM
Feb 2022

Last edited Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)

never forgive Gore for not revisiting the court over the final popular vote. Maybe it wasn't enough to get more electors, but the FL vote would have gotten him more.

Florida hasn't conducted a fair election since. Yes, let's drag their past crimes into this campaign while we promote our past accomplishments that Republicans enjoy to this day.

Now you got me started... 2/3 of this is from Budi.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216036204


BIDEN MASTER LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:


Restored daily press briefings
Cancel Keystone Pipeline
Reverse Trump's Muslim ban
Require masks on federal propert
Rejoin the Paris Climate agreement

Extend Student Loan payment freeze
Extend eviction freeze
Historic stimulus bill passed: - Click to see who was helped
Ends funding for Border wall
Orders agencies to reunite families separated at border by Trump

Orders strengthening of DACA
Rejoins The World Health Organization
Requires non-citizens to be included in the Census
Creates the position of Covid-19 Response Coordinator
Rescinds Trump's 1776 Commission and directs agencies to review actions to ensure racial equity

Prohibits administration members from lobbying or registering as foreign agents for two years after leaving
Invokes defense production act to produce masks, PPE and vaccines
Provide funding to local and state officials to create vaccination sites
Ends transgender military ban
Ends Federal Contracts With Private Prisons

Restores Aid To Palestinians
Suspends new leases for oil & natural gas development on federal land
Restores access to healthcare.gov
Extends fair housing protections to include LGBTQ Americans
Ends support for Saudi Arabia led campaign in Yemen


Daily Covid deaths reduced in half after one month
Secured enough vaccinations for the entire US population Purchased 3.1 million treatment courses of Pfizer’s antiviral COVID-19 PILL to reduce hospitalizations, deaths, and to help accelerate the end of the pandemic
Historic stimulus bill passed: - Click to see who was helped
— Increases poorest 20% of Americans' income by 20% permanentl
— 85% of households receiving stimulus payment
— Four provisions which lower Americans’ 2021 tax bills by an average of $3,3660
— Re duces backlog of Veterans compensation and pension claims by more than half
Extends universal free school lunch through 2022

Withdraws UN sanctions on Iran
Commits to cutting U.S. emissions in half by 2030 as part of Paris climate pact
Reverses Trump's Anti-Trans Shelter Rule
Officially recognizes massacre of Armenians in World War I as genocide
Raises Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors and Federal Employees to $15

Cancels all border wall contracts using funds intended for military missions
Creates new Operation Sentinel to crack down on human smuggling

END OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS:
Reverses Trump effort to loosen Arctic drilling restrictions
Restores Transgender Health Protections
Lifts Secrecy of Visitor Logs Cloaked by Trump
Suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Restores $1 billion in federal funding for California high speed rail Trump had cut

Grows US Economy 6.4% in 1st quarter - 2020
In first six months regained job numbers lost under Trump administration. (3 million
Prohibits payday lenders from charging interests rates above that of what individual states allow
Reinstalls rules removed by Trump limiting methane emissions from leaks and flares in oil and gas wells

Enacts massive EO that provides 76 distinct actions to increase competition, reduce monopolies, and provide eliminate laws the unfairly treat workers. Including:
— Eliminating non-compete clauses
— Stop businesses from collaborating to reduce wages/benefits
— Stop big tech companies purchasing competitors to unfairly compete with small businesses
— Importation of prescription drugs from Canada and increase support for generics
— Hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter
— Requiring airlines to refund consumer fees when bags are late or Wi-Fi doesn't wor
— Crack down on railroads and ocean shipping to reduce costs of transporting goods
— Other anti-monopoly legislation with agriculture, banking and internet 2nd quarter 2021 economy grows 6.5% - Economy surpasses pre-pandemic levels.

Achieves historic 45% reduction of poverty levels in first six months
Achieves historic 61% reduction of child poverty in first six months
Reaches goal of vaccinating 70% of adult Americans
Cut Obamacare premiums by 40%
Bans the pesticide chlorpyrifos, linked to neurological damage in young children

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS:
Round One: Cancels $1 Billion in student Loan Debt (3/2021)
Round Two: Cancels another $1.3 billion in student loan debt
Round Three: Cancels another $500 Million In Student Loan Debt (6/16/21)
Round Four: Erases $5.8 Billion in student debt for students with disabilities (9/2021)
Round Five: $1.1 billion in student debt forgiveness for 115,000 ITT Tech students

Forms new Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia allowing for greater sharing of defense capabilities
Adds measles to list of quarantinable diseases
LGBTQ veterans discharged dishonorably for sexual orientation get full benefits
Lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
Ended the 20 Year War in Afghanistan - The longest war in American History

Global leadership bounce back from record lows   
Secures agreement of G20 to block corporations from moving jobs or profits overseas in order to avoid paying taxes by establishing a world minimum tax for corporations of 15%
Passes largest infrastructure improvement bill in history

$11 billion in transportation safety programs
$7.5 billion for electric vehicles and EV charging
$2.5 billion in zero-emission buses
$2.5 billion in low-emission buses and
$2.5 billion for ferries

$21 billion in environmental remediation
$47 billion for flooding & coastal resiliency and "climate resiliency," including protections against fires
$39 billion to modernize transit, largest federal investment in public transit in history
$25 billion for airports
$17 billion in port infrastructure

$11 billion in transportation safety programs
$110 billion for roads, bridges and other much-needed infrastructure
$40 billion for bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation
$17.5 billion is for other major projects
$73 billion for electric grid and power structures

$66 billion for rail services
$65 billion for broadband
$1.47 billion in loans for forgiveness through PSLF program updates, and $2.82B with employer verification

— PAWS Act, allowing VA to pay for service dogs for veterans
— Walmart CEO Credits Biden with Supply Chain Improvement after Weeks of Conservative Hysteria
"so I would like to give the administration credit for helping do things like get the ports open 24 hours a day, to open up some of the trucking lines, ... and then all the way through the supply chain there's been a lot of innovation " https://secondnexus.com/doug-mcmillon-biden-supply-chain

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-20/president-biden-s-economic-performance-has-proved-unbeatable
America’s economy improved more in Joe Biden's first 12 months than any president during the past 50 years notwithstanding the contrary media narrative contributing to dour public opinion.

And that's all BEFORE the first State of the Union Address!


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