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crickets's JournalOf course he did.
trump thinks everyone else around him is a moron, and sets up real life scenarios to make it true. At rallies he can surround himself with his brainwashed base (after having convinced them to willingly scorn masks) and delight in watching them expose each other to the virus and potential death while cheering him on. It's part of the draw for him and he knows exactly what he's doing. Sure he does.
Pence obviously doesn't trouble himself with the details of the 'conspiracy theory.'
Or does he? He should.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214046064
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
Does this conspiracy theory sound familiar? It is. The same narrative has been repackaged by QAnon.
I have studied and worked to prevent genocide for forty years. Genocide Watch and the Alliance Against Genocide, the first international anti-genocide coalition, see such hate-filled conspiracy theories as early warning signs of deadly genocidal violence.
The plot, described above, was the conspiracy “revealed” in the most influential anti-Jewish pamphlet of all time.
trump and others at the White House knew about COVID long before February
US notified Israel about coronavirus in mid-November: Israeli TV
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-notified-israel-about-coronavirus-in-mid-november-israeli-tv/ar-BB12NoCT
US intelligence agencies had become aware of the outbreak as it spread early on in central China’s Wuhan City, Israel’s i24 news website cited a report by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 as saying on Thursday.
The agencies decided to warn US allies, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and Israel, after initially passing the information on to the White House, “which did not deem it of interest,” according to the report.
The report did not specify when US intelligence agencies allegedly first learned of the coronavirus outbreak before notifying Israel in November.
trump knew the threat by the time February rolled around. He knew.
Damn. Edited to add:
The sharper focus on Qanon brings into question the timing behind the recent FBI tweet.
‘Wildly irresponsible’: FBI bashed for tweeting link to anti-Semitic ‘Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’ AUG 20
On Wednesday, an FBI Twitter account did the same. An account called FBI Records Vault tweeted out a link to a PDF containing the anti-Semitic tome as well as FBI documents related to it, with no other context, leaving critics baffled and outraged. [snip]
“Earlier today FOIA materials were posted to the FBI’s Vault and FOIA Twitter account via an automated process without further outlining the context of the documents,” the tweet said. “We regret that this release may have inadvertently caused distress among the communities we serve.” [snip]
But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
“You are WILDLY IRRESPONSIBLE for tweeting this document without offering any context and framework to ensure that anyone looking at this document understands that it is one of the most dangerous embodiments of anti-Semitism ever produced,” tweeted Emily Pressman, a history teacher in Delaware.
Warning from the FBI? Encouragement for Qanon? WTH?
Thank you! I am so furious with Woodward.
All of the posturing and lies we've had to listen to, all of the bleached bullshit trump's been able to shovel for months, all the mask aggro we've dealt with while Woodward sat on the tapes for his fucking book. Months of misinformation have contributed to the deaths of thousands while he held out for the oh-so-carefully timed 'bombshell' book sales.
Screw him.
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Do you know anyone who has recently been displaced? Do you know someone who is working with the homeless and needs voting information for them? Maybe this can help.
https://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state/special-circumstances/voting-and-homelessness/
You Don't Need a Home to Vote - includes a table of State Voter Regulations starting on page 17.
https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-Manual_for-web.pdf
Do you know anyone who has recently been asking questions about voter registration? Regardless of your situation, have you checked your voter registration? It's easy. Do it!
Check your voter registration: https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration
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https://www.governing.com/now/The-Homeless-Have-Voting-Rights-but-Face-Many-Hurdles.html
In some states, voters are not required to provide a permanent address – or any address. They can simply list a landmark, such as an intersection. “If they spend every night sleeping under the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge in Bangor, they can register to vote in that precinct,” says Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. “We cannot turn down voter registration from those people because they don’t have a fixed address.”
Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia allow same-day registration, meaning people can register as late as Election Day, but Ohio voters must register 30 days ahead of an election. If they move during that last month, or start sleeping on someone else’s couch, their registration is no longer valid.
“If you move within that 30-day window prior to the actual election, you get into a more gray area,” says Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio. “Technically, you should vote at the address where you registered. If you’re in limbo, the only thing you can do legally is cast a provisional ballot.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/an-eviction-wave-could-wreak-havoc-on-voting-by-mail/
For those who can’t get a mail-in ballot and do choose to vote in person, a recent change in address should not prevent them from voting at the polls. In the District of Columbia and the 21 states that have same-day voter registration, a resident can register a new address at the polling place, even if it’s just a temporary place to stay, such as a friend’s house. People who have become homeless need not even list a permitted address—they can list a cross street. The federal voter registration form, which voters can use to register in all but three US states, includes a blank map with a pair of unlabeled intersecting streets where voters can write in the street names of the crossroads nearest to where they are staying. In the states where same-day voter registration is not an option, residents can vote using their old address, provided it has been less than 30 days since they left.
The US Election Assistance Commission [https://www.eac.gov/] provides the National Voter Registration Application Form for U.S. Citizens (in 15 languages) with instructions, registration deadlines, and mailing address for each state: https://www.eac.gov/voters/national-mail-voter-registration-form
Again -- You Don't Need a Home to Vote - includes a table of State Voter Regulations starting on page 17.
https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-Manual_for-web.pdf
Pass it on.
Kicking it back up.
Full article at source:
https://hillreporter.com/the-georgia-aclu-just-published-its-shocking-seven-year-study-of-state-republicans-unconstitutional-voter-disenfranchisement-scheme-77784
ACLU of Georgia - Voting and Elections Information for 2020
https://www.acluga.org/en/voting-and-elections-2020
trump can't refuse to leave. It'll be fine.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/trump-election-refusal-leave.htmlHere is what would happen next.
Agreed.
It's not unusual to rack up a few legal fees here and there involving an election. That's no big deal; it's part of it. But taking campaign money to pay for unrelated legal costs, including anything involving his kids -- that's just stealing. It would give me great joy to see Republicans antsy about being ripped off by donnie. Unfortunately, the article drops that hint early, then rather than expanding on it in any substantial way just quotes individuals who defend trump's actions.
Golf clap for the gotcha, NYT. 
The grifting shouldn't come as a surprise. This kind of thing has been going on from day one. Ugh.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ivanka-trump-inaugural-investigation-769774/
https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-presidential-inaugural-committee
Agreed. For starters, the FBI needs to be a little louder about the problem.
Too often law enforcement is sympathetic to the ideology behind the gangs pretending to be militias. It's as though if they weren't cops, they'd be in those gangs. Likely some of them are.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement - OCT 21, 2016
In the 2006 bulletin, the FBI detailed the threat of white nationalists and skinheads infiltrating police in order to disrupt investigations against fellow members and recruit other supremacists. The bulletin was released during a period of scandal for many law enforcement agencies throughout the country, including a neo-Nazi gang formed by members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department who harassed black and Latino communities. Similar investigations revealed officers and entire agencies with hate group ties in Illinois, Ohio and Texas. [snip]
Neither the FBI nor state and local law enforcement agencies have established systems for vetting personnel for potential supremacist links, he said. That task is left primarily to everyday citizens and nonprofit organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of few that tracks the growing number of hate groups in America. [snip]
“I cannot imagine that the FBI today could issue a report concerning any kind of threat without people being alarmed and wanting immediate action,” he said. “But in this case there seems to be almost an acceptance of it. The thought is ‘it’s just ideology and they have a right to believe this.'” [snip]
“There needs to more direct enforcement,” Jones said. “It’s one thing to issue a memo, and another to have continued action after it. There was a warning 10 years ago and nothing else since then.”
Fourteen years and counting since the warning - maybe it's time for a more proactive attitude. It's not enough to just point to the problem and take no steps to deal with it.
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