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crickets's JournalHere's the full list for the curious:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-again-monitor-compliance-federal-voting-rights-laws-election-dayCoconino County, Arizona;
Maricopa County, Arizona;
Navajo County, Arizona;
Los Angeles County, California;
Orange County, California;
Broward County, Florida;
Duval County, Florida;
Hillsborough County, Florida;
Miami-Dade County, Florida;
Orange County, Florida;
Palm Beach County, Florida;
Fulton County, Georgia;
Gwinnett County, Georgia;
City of Chicago, Illinois;
Cook County, Illinois;
Montgomery County, Maryland;
City of Boston, Massachusetts;
City of Lowell, Massachusetts;
City of Malden, Massachusetts;
City of Quincy, Massachusetts;
City of Springfield, Massachusetts;
City of Detroit, Michigan;
City of Eastpointe, Michigan;
City of Flint, Michigan;
City of Hamtramck, Michigan;
City of Highland Park, Michigan;
City of Jackson, Michigan;
Shelby Township, Michigan;
City of Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Bergen County, New Jersey;
Middlesex County, New Jersey;
Bernalillo County, New Mexico;
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;
Wake County, North Carolina;
Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;
Richland County, South Carolina;
Harris County, Texas;
Waller County, Texas;
Fairfax County, Virginia;
Prince William County, Virginia; and
City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As in past years, monitors will focus on compliance with the Voting Rights Act, and the other federal voting rights laws enforced by the division. Monitors will include civil rights personnel from the Civil Rights Division and civil rights and civil personnel from U.S. Attorneys Offices. Civil Rights Division personnel will also maintain contact with state and local election officials.
more at link
I know, I was hoping people had a little more to say.
Maybe the daytime crowd will.
My take is that while both Democrats and Repubs read Moody's and the Economist, the Repub crowd tend to be more old guard conservatives. There are fewer wild-eyed, do or die trump fans in the readership, especially as age goes up. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. These are people who are not so "rah-rah! my team!" that they are likely to vote against their own economic interests so blatantly as to vote for trump again. On the other hand, as old guard conservatives they are not necessarily likely to vote for Biden either. Quite a few among them may quietly skip voting for either presidential candidate, but will perhaps bother to show up to vote Repub down ticket depending on the races in their area. It's going to be interesting to see how much of that occurs as the final vote count shakes out.
As for the data, I hope Moody's is right, or even cautious, about their forecast for the economy under Biden. We could all use good news on that front.
Found the report and an article with a little more info, since Dean didn't leave a link:
https://www.moodysanalytics.com/-/media/article/2020/the-macroeconomic-consequences-trump-vs-biden.pdf
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-economic-plan-jobs-trump-republicans-democrats-moodys-create-2020-9
I haven't had enough coffee to read the report yet - it's dense with info - but the article was a breath of fresh air.
Me too.
Stacey Abrams is amazing. She's been doing great things in this state, things that really needed to get done and no one else was doing them. She's going to be in Washington one way or another one day, but I hope she sticks around a little longer in GA before that day comes.
Exactly.
They're still passing his little loyalty tests, aren't they?
It's not accidental when things like this happen. donnie is having fun distracting himself from his utter loserdom by making others miserable. It's what he does. They know this. We all know this. The question is whether the media wants to continue to be his little chew toy. Sadly, we all know the answer to that too.
I've been reading along on Twitter
One man nearly hit by a car; he jumped on the hood to get the car to stop rather than be run down. Minor injuries, and he walked away. A woman was maced by a passing truck for no real reason. People started yanking the flags off as the trucks go by. This does not go over well. One trumper pulled a gun over losing a flag and was shouted down until he holstered and left. Another (presumable trumper) fired shots but did not hit anyone. A bullet hole was found in a nearby vehicle. Police didn't show up until the shots were reported. By then most of the trucks had gone through and didn't come back. All of the trumpers claiming that they had every right to drive where they like are not mentioning that they went to a specific spot on purpose, one they knew would be upsetting to the people there.
https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1323033029288361985
Stay safe, y'all.
Most useful article so far:
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/witnesses-describe-clash-at-lee-circle-between-caravan-of-trump-supporters-and-a-crowd-of/article_473ba282-d762-54b1-97da-c365ccf903ca.html
https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1323066142156595200
https://richmond.com/news/local/marcus-david-peters-sign-removed-from-the-circle-around-lee-statue/article_8240a250-dbcb-5d4b-9257-6aeb3f10ee90.html
The sign, and smaller ones near it, became symbols of protesters efforts to repurpose an area constructed to honor a Confederate general into a space that recognizes the struggles people of color have endured in this country. Around the sign, the ground had been landscaped with flowers, planter boxes and tall, leafy plants.
Peters was naked, unarmed and experiencing a mental health crisis when he was shot and killed by a police officer along Interstate 95 in Richmond in 2018. The shooting was deemed justified by the citys former police chief and prosecutor at the time, because Peters threatened to kill the officer as he charged him.
Trae Crowder: If your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't be making it so hard to vote.
Trae Crowder, aka The Liberal Redneck, shares a few pearls of wisdom about voting especially aimed at people who don't think their vote counts. Language alert - he does curse a bit, but he's hilarious in getting his point across.
https://twitter.com/someknew/status/1322974637857275904
Longer version from YouTube:
This goes to show that if you put the proper staff and effort behind it,
widespread testing is possible. Granted the country is very small, but they're showing how it can be done.
I so look forward to this attitude returning to our own government.
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