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Roland99's JournalFederal judge declares Florida ballots unconstitutional, orders change
Source: Washington Post
A federal judge in Florida ordered the state Friday to change the way candidates are listed on election ballots — a decision that Democrats in the crucial swing state say will finally take away an unfair advantage Republicans have enjoyed for years.
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The current law says that whichever party holds the governor’s office can list its candidates first on the ballot in general elections. That hurts an opposing party, U.S. District Court Judge Mark E. Walker said.
He gave Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee two weeks to tell elections supervisors in all 67 counties that the current “ballot scheme” is unconstitutional. She has three weeks to come up with a new plan.
Walker heard testimony from researchers who said the “primacy effect” is real and can give a candidate a statistical advantage as great as 5.4 percentage points. Many voters tend to vote for the first name on the list of candidates, they said.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-declares-florida-ballots-unconstitutional-orders-change/2019/11/15/0b91dc0a-0810-11ea-924a-28d87132c7ec_story.html
'Witness intimidation in real-time' - Repukes embarrass themselves when questioned about it
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/15/trump-impeachment-witness-intimidation-071129
Several Republicans on the Intelligence Committee dodged the topic entirely. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) refused to answer questions about the tweets as he ducked on to the House floor, while Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) quickly whipped out his cell phone and began talking into it, even though his home screen was visible and there was no call in progress.
Ky Gov - Bevin finally conceded!!
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1195059030236024834Joe Sonka 😐
@joesonka
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Replying to @courierjournal
Bevin out now...
"We're going to have a change in the governorship based on the outcome.... I'm not going to contest the result." #kygov
Joe Sonka 😐
@joesonka
Again, Gov. Matt Bevin is CONCEDING his defeat in the #kygov race, says @AndyBeshearKY is Kentucky's next governor.
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2:20 PM - Nov 14, 2019
Ky Gov race - recanvass under way. Vote totals NOT changing
Follow here:
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1194980337522237442
Two largest counties - Jefferson (Louisville) and Fayette (Lexington) - totals are unchanged
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1194990481190670337
Wow. Twitler speaking with Erdogan. He sounds totally out of breath
Sounded like he could barely speak at first like he’d just run up a couple flights of stairs
Still exhaling hard while talking
Oh Snap (of the towel)
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1194721921604243462For the first time ever, a US cheese is named best in the world
For the first time ever, a US cheese is named best in the world
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-champion-cheese-2019-rogue-river-blue-trnd/index.html
An organic blue cheese produced by Rogue Creamery of Central Point, Oregon, Rogue River Blue beat a record-breaking 3,804 entries from 42 countries at the awards, held this year in Bergamo, Italy, in mid-October.
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"Rogue River Blue has triumphed in US competitions, too. What I admire about it, beyond the taste, is the effort the creamery has taken to showcase other local ingredients like wine grapes and pears. It's an effort to really give this cheese a 'taste of place.'"
Rogue Creamery makes its champion cheese in the fall, from organic cow's milk from the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. The cheese wheels spend 9 to 11 months in the creamery's cheese caves, and then are hand wrapped in organic Syrah grape leaves soaked in pear liqueur.
Had some tonight coupled with a solidified honey at Napa Rose at Disney’s Grand Californian hotel
Dear. Gawd.
Soooo good
GOP racist? Pffft. Not a chance...
https://twitter.com/LeslieProll/status/1192930382963867648Houston voters elect 19 Black women to judgeships.
GOP then introduces bill to replace judicial elections w/governor-appointed judges.
Kicker: Bill would end elections only in counties w/500,000+ people, targeting urban areas like Houston.
About that Mormon family killed in Mexico. I knew my gut was right
EDIT: this is in NO way an attempt to excuse their heinous murder. Rather, an explanation of why they were in that area
Mexican slaughter victims were from NXIVM recruiting ground
https://m.chron.com/news/article/Victims-of-Mexican-slaughter-were-from-NXIVM-14814764.php
The Mormon community’s ties to the disgraced NXIVM leader's cult-like organization were revealed in May during the testimony of NXIVM defector Mark Vicente, a filmmaker based in Los Angeles who once lived in Knox Woods, the same Halfmoon townhouse complex as Raniere.
The nine women and children killed -- including eight-month-old twins -- were traveling in a mountainous area where the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel has been waging a turf war. The victims were related to the extended LeBaron family community in the state of Chihuahua.
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Raniere secretly operated a"master/slave" group known as DOS or “Dominus Obsequious Sororium," which translates from Latin as "Lord/Master of the Obedient Female Companions." Under the orders of Raniere, the "Grand Master," women in DOS were starved on 500-calorie-a-day diets and forced to provide "collateral" in the form of sexually explicit photos or false information about themselves and their family to ensure their loyalty. They also were required to have Raniere's initials branded onto their pelvic areas by a person using a cauterizing pen.
MUCH more at the link!
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