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THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK UPON THE RIGHT TO VOTE

The simple TRUTH of the matter is that MAGAS INVENTED the BIG LIE, for several reasons. One, the most obvious being to provide them cover for all the ways in which they've empowered and CONTINUE to seek to empower themselves to CHANGE VOTER OUTCOMES, either through racist gerrymandering, legislative efforts to undermine the power of democratically elected governors, via often illegal and error prone voter purges (an estimated 100,000 purged in error in Georgia's last gubernatorial election), limiting voter access, voter intimidation, an the rest of their well worn bags of DIRTY TRICKS. 

Another reason is that in denying the vote of the people they are in fact DENYING THE LEGITIMACY OF THE MINORITY VOTE, like those 3 MILLION MORE VOTES Hillary got over Trump that he deemed (without a FKNG SHRED OF EVIDENCE) were, "illegal."

But a third more nefarious reason for their BIG LIE is simply to stoke CONFUSION AND DISTRUST IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.  Because when fascist stoke distrust in the process, they are better enabled to SUPPLANT DEMOCRACY WITH THEIR OWN HATE BASED IDEOLOGY. 

IM-PURE AND SIMPLE.

Based upon the BIG LIE, they've intimidated and harassed voters via door to door canvassing, they've had multiple audits even by partial "auditors," had court challenges, and even infiltrated voting machines, and came up with NOTHING OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE SHOWING TRUMP HAD WON THE ELECTION. 

Even their **** 2000 Mules documentary has been debunked, by Bill Barr, no less, as a COMPLETE FKNG SHAM.

And worse still, the MAGAS KNOW IT.
 

In other news, seems that canvasser who was attacked in Florida is a white nationalist, far right activist who was paid thousands of dollars by the Florida GOP. The man has a HISTORY. Was among the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and apparently has a history of fascists and anti-Semitic commentary including **** like "Jews will not replace us."

As of yet there is no evidence the attack was politically motivated, details are still sketchy, and the media has been barred from speaking to him by a cadre of Proud Boys no less, holed up in the hospital ward where he is being treated.

IN OTHER NEWS:

MAGAS are threatening a Dominion Voting Systems CEO with profanity-laced voicemails,

ABC’s Donna Brazile Doubled Down on Opposition to Georgia Voting Law calling it ‘Jim Crow’, Despite Massive Early Turnout,

and dark money groups have pumped $1 billion into GOP campaigns to recapture Senate

MEANWHILE,

Maryland GOP governor nominee, Dan Cox, who quietly scrubbed his account on anti-Semitic social media last month, has now been caught on tape accepting gifts from the Proud Boys
 

one1zer0 » 26 Oct 2022, 1:32 am » wrote: ↑

26 Oct 2022, 1:32 am

I know there are problems with your links and for an example I picked one because I don't want to read them all for you and point out how they are flawed. You really should read them before someone like me that knows the information is a false representation

(your response edited for space - mine will be lengthy)

I'd intended to address you post (got sidetracked with the **** being pulled), in spite of your mischaracterizations (that I ban people who disagree with me), and the rest of the assumptions, generalizations, and outright nonsense you said in your prior response.

As you see, because there was at least SOME effort (aside from further insults suggesting I don't read the articles and such) you managed to stay. Speaking of "not reading" perhaps you should read the opening post to see why some have gotten banned and why some have NOT. That way you'll KNOW.

The rest of your response is founded upon straw man argumentation, imo.

To wit, if one or even some of the hundreds of articles I've posted contains, as you say, "false representation" then they must ALL be flawed. No, not really.

And even in the one article you cite, you seem all too ready to be dismissive of certain findings referenced in the article, and determined to other-side the rest. 

For one, the title didn't say "most Black Americans"... it said Black Americans (among the groups polled) are most likely to expect election violence. That's the results of the POLL. There's no questioning that. 

And yes, it mentioned "some stuff" (as you put it) about Jim Crow - specifically that: Experts say the findings reflect an awareness among Black voters of the brutal legacy of Jim Crow, and often-violent suppression efforts by white Americans that have plagued American democracy since the United States extended voting rights to Black Americans in 1870. 

What does it matter that it was at one time a "Democratic creation."  For that matter, Lincoln was a Republican, and today's REPUBLICANS are damn sure a far cry from THAT. 

Then you go on to say this is not an accurate assessment of the U.S. (I presume you are speaking for Black voters here?)  Nevertheless the article I think was quite clear on its findings and the basis for those findings, whether you accept the results of the poll or not.

As for your wasting you time picking through the REST of the articles, that's YOUR choice.

Regardless, this thread is REPLETE WITH FACTS re REPUBLICAN EFFORTS AT VOTER SUPPRESSION and INTIMIDATION as well as their CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE 2020 ELECTION. Facts THAT ARE INDISPUTABLE. 

Though I'll not bother to list them all AGAIN.  Something tells me I'd be wasting my time.
 
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS: 

In the latest news: 

Armed ‘vigilantes’ and conspiracy theorists threaten to disrupt midterm elections: ‘We are watching’ 

Fox News Reports on Election Threats Without Mentioning Who Is Making The Threats 

A Trump appointed judge has allowed for armed vigilantes to continue to terrorize voters in Arizona. 

How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy. 

All the statewide elected officials are Democrats… But then you go into the legislature and it’s almost two-thirds Republicans. There’s something wrong with that picture. And that's because of tortuously shaped legislative districts drawn up by REPUBLICANS - in a state now regarded as one of the most partisan gerrymandered in the nation. 

Arizona GOP Candidate Kari Lake Airs an Ad Featuring Homophobic and Extremist Pastor Who Calls for the Submission of Wives 

The Third Party Senate Candidate in PA has dropped out and Endorses Fetterman. 

Right-wing robocallers have pled guilty to 14 counts of fraud, facing a whopping $2500 fine 

Arizona and Nevada counties plan to hand count ballots for the midterms.

Nevada Officials Have Begin Unprecedented Hand Count Of Ballots and it's reportedly ALREADY a **** show. 

Ballot counting in Nevada county happening at a snail’s pace, ACLU says 

Liz Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat Slotkin in Georgia's Senate Race. 

Another woman says Herschel Walker paid for her to have an abortion.

Fetterman raised an unprecedented $2 million in less than 24 hours after the debate.

Doug Mastriano's campaign is struggling to hide what a ginormous right-wing nut he 

Mark Meadows Has Been Ordered to Testify in Georgia Election Interference Investigation 

‘We Will Find You’: Election Officials in Arizona Are Receiving Threats Before the Midterms 

Tucker Carlson is Telling Viewers In Advance That Democrats Stole The Midterms 

Whoopi on the View bashes IGNORANT Lindsey Graham for assuming Black candidates make GOP not racist 

Pamela Moses has sues officials after her voter fraud conviction was overturned . She was serving a six-year sentence before prosecutors’ withholding of crucial document came to light
 

IN THE NEWS - MORE REICH WINGED CONSPIRACY TO RIG THE VOTE

the MAGA REICH is pulling out all the STOPS in the MIDTERM STRETCH (just as they've done in THIS forum, to NO surprise):

Gestapo state: The MAGA ‘Constitutional Sheriffs' Movement Urges Law Enforcement to Intervene in the Election Process - The movement, which has ties to the Oath Keepers and other antigovernment fringe movements, is based on the legally dubious belief that sheriffs are the ultimate law enforcement authority within their counties superseding state and federal officials, including the U.S. president.

Frump Appointed Judge Allows Armed Vigilantes to Continue Recording/INTIMIDATING Voters at Drop Boxes in Arizona (the Trump 'American' way)

From Mother Jones, GOP Secretary of State Candidates Are Slated to Appear with White Nationalist and Conspiracy Theorists

A Leaked Recording Shows COUP Eastman Instructing Poll Watchers On How to Get VOTERS BALLOTS TOSSED

Far-right Groups Are Intimidating Democrat voters in a Poll-rigging Try-out Ahead of the Next Election

An AMAZON PAC is Now Backing Republicans Who Voted to Nullify Trump's Election Loss

The MAGA Pro-Trump Effort to Hand Count Ballots Implodes in Nevada

Vice dotcom reports that, Vigilantes, Saboteurs, Suppression... It’s already Happening now, 8 Days Before Election Day, and in PLAIN SIGHT .

Feds are Warning That Domestic Violent Extremists Pose a Heightened Threat to Midterm Elections

Leonard Pitts Jr. says, 'If Republicans couldn’t cheat, they couldn’t win.'

AND - Republicans Have Introduced 253 Bills to Restrict Voting Rights in States Across the US

MEANWHILE,

‘SCUMBAG!’ Keith Olbermann Goes All The Way Off on Joe Scarborough For Attacking Fetterman’s Disability

Ted Cruz Called To Resign After Mocking Senate Candidate John Fetterman's Disability (are they kidding? THESE **** are mocking a violent attack on an 80 year old man!)

A Racist Columbus County Ex-Sheriff is Still Running For Reelection

AND Democracy Is Hanging By a Thread in Wisconsin. Blame Extreme Voting Maps.
 

NO LOW TOO LOW (INCLUDING HERE) - THE MAGA REICH **** OF DIRTY TRICKS AND POS CANDIDATES - DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:

Tudor Dixon, MAGA Republican goofus who's running against incumbent Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says

Barack Obama Mercilessly Mocks Herschel Walker With A 'Thought Experiment'

Kari Lake Jokes About Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Lack Of Protection’ As Paul Pelosi Recovers In ICU

Yet another GOP candidate who denies supporting QAnon is caught on tape supporting QAnon

Hand Count Halted in Nevada County as Court Rips Pro-Trump Official

Herschel Walker & the GOP: Dismantled by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s Pastor Jamal Brya

Popcorn time: Oz denies Trump is ‘leader of the party’ Pig-Centric Ad:

"If Ohio's Rip-off Republicans Hate Crime, They Should Stop Committing Them"

GOP seems to think Black people will vote for anyone Black, so Georgia pastor corrects misconception

NV-Sen: Adam Laxalt's (R) Campaign Busted For Paying An Anti-Semitic Twitter Troll To Sh*t Post

Watch: Herschel Walker declares himself 'a Warrior for God' in baseless attack on Barack Obama

Court chaos continues as right-wing True the Vote leaders are thrown in jail

Kari Lake buried by CNN panel for her 'vile' joke about the Pelosi attack

WI-Sen: Watch Obama Destroy RoJo The Clown For Wanting To Destroy Social Security & Medicare

The 2022 Election Nightmare Has Already Started according to HuffPost

'Very disturbing to watch': Former RNC chairman blasts Lindsey Graham for Herschel Walker support

Warnock hits Walker over insulin comments: ‘You actually have to know stuff to do this job’

Florida 'ghost candidate' criminal scheme linked to political operatives in Alabama

Florida GOP operatives face federal complaint over 'ghost candidate' scheme

MORE WAYS MAGAS ARE RIGGING THE VOTE:

QAnon conspiracists HAVE JOINED FORCES to take control of state elections - say Trump is going to be -resident again

A Report details how ‘extremist’ GOP are plotting to nationalize voter suppression

ALSO, Republicans are gearing up a major legal effort to undermine the November elections: "A Cold hard threat to democracy"

MEANWHILE, the GOP is sowing chaos at polls even before Election Day

"Chaos IS the point": Courts are already overwhelmed with election lawsuits weeks ahead of the midterms

AND a QAnon influencer is fighting to put election-denying in charge of states elections: report

In other news, a right-wing extremist active in a racist online chat rooms has interviewed multiple AZ GOP

Btw, Polls show DeSantis lost his debate by huge margin after refusing to say he’ll serve full term if elected (not to worry... TRUMP will insure he goes NOWHERE)

SURPRISE: Leaders of A right-wing election conspiracy group WERE JAILED after being found in contempt of court - Election-denying True the Vote leaders were found in contempt during a chaotic court hearing


While Georgia Republicans are Making Sure That "No One Suspicious" Votes On Their Watch!

According to yet another **** GOP Candidate, Ventilators were as ‘Deadly a Problem’ and More Threatening Than Covid, in Debate Dustup

While Mike DeWine is sitting on his hands as power-grabbing GOPers run Ohio like a one-party state.

On the flip side, a South Carolina Court has Ordered Mark Meadows To Tell Georgia Prosecutor About That Funny Time He Tried To Steal An Election

A ‘National tragedy’: that's what the J6 committee says of the Arizona election denying GOP chair in an explosive new SCOTUS filing

While GOP candidate Doug Mastriano's wife steps in to try to save him when he was asked about anti-Semitism (as if we don't already KNOW what he thinks.)

Hey, the Denver Post IS BEGGING readers to reject Lauren Boebert — and lists many reasons

Not to mention New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee Don Bolduc, who keeps repeating the hoax story that children use litter boxes at school, weeks after John Oliver called Republicans 'heartbreakingly stupid' for perpetuating the debunked claim. (more like infuriatingly stupid, imo)

Here's a PolitiFact - "Instagram post falsely says ‘2,000 Mules’ proves Democrats cheated"

as it turns out... NO! IT DOESN'T
 

BOTTOM LINE - THEY (THE FASCIST MAGA PARTY) DON'T WANT US TO VOTE

ALL THE MORE REASON WHY WE SHOULD, WE MUST!

In the news (BTW, if it's in BLUE it's probably a headline... someplace. You just need click and paste in a search engine to find it YOURSELF):

DeSantis gets condemned for using election police to intimidate Florida

And, more secrets emerge about a scandal-plagued NC MAGA candidate

While another MAGA GOP House Candidate Struggles After Questions Raised About His Military Record

Oh, LOOKIE. They gave Herschel Walker a new "honorary police badge" which was presented to him at a Golden Corral. (Yeah. That sounds about right)

MEANWHILE the FBI is Investigating a Toxin-Laced Letter Sent To a Conservation Voters Group In New Mexico

"Flat out Insane" Arizona voters are fuming at pro-Trump ballot drop box vigilantes

NOT to be outdone, Why Are Sheriff's Deputies Being Allowed to Harass Voters at Drop Boxes in Berks County, Pennsylvania?

'Prove it!' says a Defiant GOP NH Senate candidate Don Bolduc, who refuses to back off false claims about schools giving kids litter boxes (meoww)

ALSO, Behind the Arizona Drop Box ‘Vigilantes,’ Reporters Find "True" the Vote - A Well-Organized’ Dark Money Group Tied to Conspiracy Theory Film

Oh, and Mike Lindell Demands Voting Data From 40 Countries

While 27-year-old ‘MAGA warrior’ Bo Hines (or was it boo) wants ‘individual’ community review for EACH AND EVERY abortion in North Carolina

STRAIGHT UP NAZI ****: A Wisconsin GOP flyer warns voters: Your neighbors are watching if you don't vote

It took a U.S. District Court Judge to Orders Armed Poll Watchers Away from AZ Dropboxes.

WHILE Democratic officials in Texas are asking for federal help to protect the election from the state GOP. Helluva thing.

Stacey Abrams: Georgia Sheriffs ‘Want to Be Able to Take Black People Off the Streets’

And that's what these fkrs are doing even WITHOUT complete control of Government. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY'LL DO SHOULD THEY WIN?

VOTE! AS THOUGH YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
 

THE FASCIST MAGA PARTY DOESN'T WANT US TO VOTE
ALL THE MORE REASON WHY WE SHOULD, WE MUST!

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruling could toss thousands of ballots over an "irrelevant technicality"

Wisconsin (R) gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels says he will decertify the 2020 election result.

Ron DeSantis Mocks LGBTQ People In a Campaign Mailer To Florida

Miami-Dade County Hires 3 Proud Boys As Poll Workers One of the men, facing six federal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

Kari Lake Calls For Repealing Obamacare

Nevada’s MAGA Secretary of State Candidate Appears to Be Blatantly Ignoring Campaign Finance Law

GOP Candidate Mark Finchem’s Lawyer Proposed Fake Elector Votes That “Aren’t Legal”

The hidden voter suppression of anti-canvassing rules.

The Ohio Bar condemns ad attacking Democratic state Supreme Court nominees

Biden DOJ takes action against voter intimidation by armed groups in Arizona

Five alarm fire for democracy: Meet the man incarnating the Big Lie into secretaries of state - Failed candidate Jim Marchant of Nevada teamed up with QAnon guru “Juan O. Savin” to elect Big Lie proponents as top election officials in swing states.

Republican Group Plans $3 Million Ad Blitz Against Election-Denying GOP Candidates

Dr. Oz's campaign is staffed by Jan. 6 rally attendees despite denials of Trump's election

An Extremist Gun Group Talks Of Firepower We Have To Unload On Democratic Candidates

Someone Is Blasting Out Texts With False Voting Information, Kansas Official

VOTE! AS THOUGH YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
 

For years now I've been warning of far right efforts to SUPPRESS THE VOTE, here, and elsewhere.  And today we're seeing the culmination of those efforts playing out in real time - as we WILL be witnessing, in the days, weeks, and months to come. 

They, the MAGA REICH, have pulled out ALL THE STOPS in their efforts to RIG THE VOTE IN THEIR FAVOR. Because the bottom line is, they fear our voice, they fear our vote and THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO CHEAT TO WIN. 

Here's a brief (yet far from complete) LIST of how LOW THEY'VE GONE: 

• right winged organized efforts at voter purges (sometimes erroneously) and multiple challenges at state levels to the legitimacy of registered voters 
• the planting and distribution of racist attack ads, cartoons, mailers, and other hate based misinformation and propaganda, including by Russia backed groups, to influence and/or interfere with elections 
• the promotion of so-called "constitutional sheriffs" empowered to interfere with the election process 
• the posting of armed vigilantes, far right militia, and local law enforcement to intimidate voters at drop boxes and at polling places 
• Far right / MAGA inspired death threats and other acts of violence and intimidation, directed at election workers, candidates, state and federal lawmakers, and their families 
• extremely gerrymandered voting districts deliberately designed to minimize and in some instances, wipe out, the minority vote 
• efforts by Louisiana state Republicans to change the definition of who is Black for the purposes of disenfranchising minority
• voters voter machine breaches and tampering by GOP operatives and election deniers 
• multiple state efforts including Republican lawsuits to throw out mail in ballots, including those submitted by veterans and other targeted voters, and often on the basis of some technicality (such as a missing or erroneous date, as in Pennsylvania) or some presumed but UNPROVEN allegation of fraud or impropriety. 
• the empowering of partisan right wing, election denying state level election officials to lead election offices and secretaries of state, empowered to refuse to certify or throw out election results they don't like 
• attempts to decertify or question the legitimacy of the vote in largely urban (and mostly minority) voting districts (like Detroit and Houston) 
• the training of "poll watchers" and "observers" by election denying, coup attempting, J6 instigators and participants on HOW to create chaos at the polls. 
• state level opposition to federal election monitoring (like in Missouri and Florida) 
• planned MULTIPLE STATE challenges to state elections even BEFORE the final results are in. and in places like Georgia,
• right winged laws that have made it a CRIME to even give American citizens, waiting in line for hours to exercise their right to vote, a drink of WATER. 
• and a WELL ORGANIZED PHONY ASSED SCHEME INCLUDING FAKE ELECTORS, FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS, AND AN ATTEMPTED ARMED INSURRECTION AND POLITICAL COUP at the seat of our nation's GOVERNMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS?

Okay. True confessions time, now that the Senate is securely in the control of Democrats (even without a Warnock win, which, btw we absolutely WANT as well)

I've two confessions, actually.

One, I NEVER believed in the "red wave."

EVERY time they (or some MAGA herein) boasted of one I quietly sat back and said to myself "we'll see." I didn't dismiss it, nor laugh it off, because THAT would've been counterproductive to my OBJECTIVE here (as it had been elsewhere BEFORE here). So I allowed them to GASLIGHT THEMSELVES, just as MAGAS so thoroughly did in 2020.

Oh, I believed it'd be CLOSE, THAT'S for damn sure. And because of that I believe it's better to be worried about the outcome - worried ENOUGH to run, walk, fly or CRAWL to the polls... RATHER than being so self-assured and complacent as to sleep this thing and get OUTVOTED.

URGENCY preferable to COMPLACENCY. That was goal.

NOT that what I said and wrote of the MAGA threat to Democracy, their embrace of hate based rhetoric, their supremacist neo-Nazi notions, their fascism, their religious fanaticism, their attacks upon TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE ITSELF,

and their continued efforts at RIGGING THE VOTE in their favor was ANYTHING SHORT OF THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.  AND STILL IS.

ALL of what I wrote of them was and IS WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE.

Which brings me to confession number two: FACT is, I was sort of hoping for a BLUE WAVE. And here, I must confess, I probably gaslit MYSELF.

Because I just couldn't believe that many Americans would FALL for what the MAGA Party represented.

Oh, I'm not talking about the dyed in the wool, **** bonkers, QAnon waiting for JFK "pizzagate" MTG-like MAGA quacks found at Trump rallies and such. Those fkrs are gone - under the sway of their anti-Christ and hell bent on cutting off their own noses....

No, I'm speaking of the REST of America.

Couldn't BELIEVE they'd support the party that tried to OVERTHROW DEMOCRACY then called it "legitimate protest."

Couldn't believe that (a reportedly 51 percent of white) women would support a party the relegated them to second class citizenry via their SCOTUS and their intended nationalization of extreme anti- abortion laws.

Couldn't believe that Americans would support the party that opposed EVERY piece of legislation designed to provide Americans with RELIEF, the party that even now is blocked student debt relief,

the party that plans on gutting Social Security and Medicare,

the party that supported Putin's atrocities in the Ukraine

the party that demonized the gay community, immigrants, educators, librarians

the party that failed to condemn violent rhetoric directed at elected officials, election workers, law-enforcement, ordinary citizenry and families

that party of whom MANY were WILLING PARTICIPANTS in racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric

the party of Trump.

Because, IMO, given ALL THAT AND MORE, it shouldn't even have been CLOSE.
 

The MIDTERMS came out WAAAAAYYY better than certainly the MAGAS had hoped. In the lead-up to their much anticipated and long ballyhoed BIG NIGHT they were (here and there), "smelling their own ****" to coin a phrase. That was, until it HIT THE FAN

IN THE NEWS:

These Sheriffs Said They’re More Powerful Than the President. Now, They’re Targeting Elections. - Reveal News

Five alarm fire for democracy: Meet the man who TRIED to incarnate the Big Lie into secretaries of state - Raw Story

Drowning our democracy: US billionaires had pumped nearly $900,000,000 into the midterms, largely to benefit Republicans - Raw Story

The results of the midterms MAY have determined if American democracy endures: Robert Reich - The Guardian

GOP Candidate Who Repeated Cat Litter Myth Wins Oklahoma School Chief Post In Landslide Victory HuffPost Latest News

Maybe the Real Red Wave Was the Litter Boxes Our Furry Kids Pissed In Along the Way - Shower Cap Blog

Hypocrisy Off The Charts: Lindsey Graham Mocked For Tearful Herschel Walker Plea

LOSER Kari Lake threatened that Arizona would show Texas how to declare an invasion - msn

Walmart's PAC had quietly donated nearly $1 million to campaigns ahead of the midterms. including contributing to 41 election deniers - businessinsider

'Are you kidding me?': Howard Stern blasted Herschel Walker in profanity-filled rant - Alternet

White supremacist Paul Gosar Claimed Kari Lake Could Sic the Military on Tribal Land (well... no she won't)

My voice will not be silenced: Pennsylvanians had to scramble to vote AGAIN again after GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION lawsuit tossed their ballots - Raw Story

White Women Were Up In Arms When Roe v. Wade Was Overturned. Why Did They Still Vote Red? - YAHOO

Let's peruse this: Why white people in Georgia couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Stacey Abrams - DAILYKOS

Republicans Fought To Throw Out Ballots On Technicalities, Critics Called Out Voter Suppression - msn

The Georgia Voting Law’s Biggest Impact May Be in the Runoff - yahoo

SWEET! Trump's Truthless Temper Tantrum Over the Midterm Election Results is Just So Trumpy - dailykos

Fox News slammed GOP: Voters said no thanks to the Republican alternative. They've indicted the Party - dailykos

AND, FINALLY DEMOCRATS 'BRINGING GUNS TO (the proverbial) GUNFIGHT'

How Democrats Fought Dirty and Won They finally campaigned like Republicans Worked out pretty well! - SLATE

New report reveals how Democrats conned Trump into picking terrible midterm candidates - dailykos
 

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS - HOW REPUBLICANS RIGGED THE HOSE VOTE IN THEIR FAVOR

How Republicans Took Control of the House Via Partisan and Racist Gerrymandering - Dailykos

The above article in today's Dailykos includes a graphic that helps explain the marked disparity between Democratic successes in, for example, governors' races (decided by popular vote) and the Republican narrow victory in the House, aided and abetted by extreme pro Republican gerrymandering, an extremely partisan Trump appointed SCOTUS, and two turncoat "Democrats" in the Senate.

excerpts:

Many factors made the difference for what’s guaranteed to be a very narrow GOP majority, but among the most consequential for democracy is that Republicans almost certainly owe their majority to gerrymandering.

In a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2019, every GOP-appointed justice voted over the opposition of every Democratic appointee to prohibit federal courts from curtailing partisan gerrymandering.

Chief Justice John Roberts disingenuously argued that judicial intervention wasn’t needed partly because Congress itself could end gerrymandering, at least federally.

But following the 2020 elections, every Republican in Congress voted to block a bill supported by every Democrat to ban congressional gerrymandering nationwide, which failed when Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin refused to also curtail the GOP's filibuster to pass the measure.

BY CONTRAST

the Supreme Court and judges in Florida allowed GOP gerrymanders to remain in place for 2022 in four states even though lower courts found that they discriminated against Black voters.

Had Republicans been required to redraw these maps to remedy their discrimination, Black Democrats would have been all but assured of winning four more seats, possibly enough to cost the GOP its majority on their own.

And in Ohio, Republicans were able to keep using their map for 2022 even though the state Supreme Court ruled it was an illegal partisan gerrymander, potentially costing Democrats another two seats.
 

CONTINUED FROM ABOVE

MEANWHILE, IN OTHER NEWS:

Democracy Was on the Ballot. It Won the Chance To Stay There. – Mother Jones

Election-Denying Secretary of State Candidates Got Crushed – Mother Jones

Election deniers lost key secretary of state races — but fight for election control is just starting - MSN

Voters overwhelmingly rejected election-denying GOP newcomers: analysis - Raw Story

Tons of ballots still needed to be cured by Wed night to defeat the QAnon Congresswoman - Dailykos

Donald Trump cried fraud after Kari Lake's loss in Arizona - NYPost

Kari Lake’s Loss Causes MAGA Media Meltdown – Rolling Stone

Kari Lake's BS Tweet After Arizona Election Loss Is a Self-Own - Comic Sands

CNN’s Ana Navarro Claims Ron DeSantis Won By 20 Points ‘Because He Gamed the System’ - Mediaite

**** Sarah Palin Appointed a Transition Team Despite Losing Badly - Dailykos

Michael Flynn Is Ordered To Testify In Georgia Election Probe - HuffPost Latest News

Do you need a timeout? Journalist told Kari Lake to grow up after she called Arizona a banana republic - Alternet

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT

Herschel Walker, of All People, Claims Raphael Warnock Doesn't Keep His Own Kids - MSN - In a Monday rally, Walker—accused of pressuring two former partners to have abortions and not seeing one of his four confirmed kids in years—inexplicably chose to attack Warnock for his parenting

Sen. Raphael Warnock Says Herschel Walker ‘Crossed A Line’ With Comments About His Family - BET
 

THE FASCIST MAGA MENTALITY - THEY CHEAT TO WIN AND CRY FOUL WHEN THEY LOSE:

DeSantis’ congressional map may have helped GOP to majority - Miami Herald

Protest outside the Maricopa election center was seeded by Kari Lake and her allies' baseless claims - Raw Story

Kari Lake Supporters Demanded Military Redo of 'False Election': - Comic Sands

‘Absolutely insane’: Montana official says cops had to be called after election skeptics escalated their tactics - Raw Story


MEANWHILE:

Democrats Sue Over Georgia Senate Runoff Early Voting After Republicans ‘Rig The System’ - Newsone - The lawsuit claims Republicans are trying to disenfranchise Georgians’ access to early voting on a weekend.

Liz Cheney Jabbed Back at Kari Lake After Arizona Loss - Businessinsider

Mayra Flores Ripped GOP Midterm Voters For Not Causing 'Red Wave' - Comic Sands

Georgia Man Recorded At Elections Booths, Slapped Voter, Police Say. Now, He Faces Charges - MSN

Kari Lake hit Ron DeSantis for 'making Trump Republicans look bad' in victory speech - Raw Story (as if **** like HER didn't do a good 'nuff job of doing that all by their lonesome)

Voters overwhelmingly rejected election-denying GOP newcomers: analysis - Raw Story

Kayleigh McEnany downplayed GOP election disappointment and predicts 'abortion will go away' - Raw Story

Morning Joe said right-wing extremism cost GOP everything in Michigan - Raw Story

Democrats made big gains in state legislatures after beating expectations - NBCNews

**** Carlson whines about Democrats winning in places where Republicans spread voter fraud lies - MSN
**** Carlson's far-right candidates all went down in flames — with one notable exception - Raw Story

Democrats Swept GOP Election Deniers In Battleground Races For Secretary Of State - Yahoo

House Democrats on track to represent entire Pacific coast after upset win over election deniers - Dailykos

West Coast Blue Wall still intact - Raw Story

NO LOW TOO LOW FOR THE REAL FRAUDSTERS:

Georgia Wants to Limit Early Voting—Partly Because of a Holiday Honoring Robert E. Lee – Mother Jones

Georgia ban on Saturday voting before Warnock vs Walker runoff would ‘irreparably harm’ voters, judge rules - The Independent

OKEEFE AWARD: The right has a new election fraud expert—who was once busted for illegally filming people in his bathroom - Dailydot

Tom Petty's estate slams Kar(en) Lake's failed campaign over unauthorized song use - ABC News

Kar(en) Lake campaign denies threatening Maricopa official in leaked phone call - Raw Story

Black Youth Overwhelmingly Supported Democrats, Easily Outdistancing Other Young Midterm Voters - KNEWS

Democrats Swept GOP Election Deniers In Battleground Races For Secretary Of State - Yahoo

Gov. Abbott and state legislators ordered to turn over documents in suit challenging redistricting - Washington Examiner

Stephen Miller melted down over midterm losses. 'Mitch McConnell's brand not exciting!' - Raw Story (not quite the panache of a good old-fascist BOOK BURNING, I'd imagine)

Ruben Gallego says Kyrsten Sinema is all about herself and doesn't care about working class people

A Texas couple received ominous threats for publicly supporting Beto O'Rourke - Raw Story

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT:

Herschel Walker Praised Gas-Guzzling Cars That Release Good Emissions (as it were) - Newsweek

Josh Hawley: GOP Won't Treat Herschel Walker As a 'Full Senator' (3/5ths of one, perhaps??)

Herschel Walker profited off vulnerable unpaid laborers in work camps: report - Raw Story

Watch Herschel Walker (R) Say "We're the greatest country in the U.S." - Dailykos
 

LIES ABOUT STOLEN ELECTIONS AND 'FALSE BALLOTS' - TOSSING ABSENTEE BALLOTS - UNDERMINING VOTER INITIATIVES - THREATS TO ELECTION OFFICIAL - RULES CHANGES AND OUTRIGHT VOTER SUPPRESSION

THE REAL FRAUDSTERS WHO NEED CHEAT TO WIN:

“Calculated move to change the election results”: Ken Paxton trying to throw out thousands of votes - Texas attorney general goes to court after a race flipped in favor of Democrats during the final count - Salon

Missouri lawmakers thwart the people’s will all the time. Now they’re targeting petitions - MO Republicans want ballot initiative petitions restricted - The Kansas City Star

Arizona official goes into hiding over escalating death threats: report - Raw Story

Early voting kicks off in Georgia's Senate runoff as Republican challenges to voter access mount - Yahoo

Georgia Republicans smacked down a second time in court over demand to block Saturday voting - Raw Story

Conservative warns Supreme Court against giving states power to change election rules after votes are cast - Raw Story

Elections lawyer mocks Kari Lake for claiming voter suppression after years of GOP efforts to stifle votes - Raw Story

Kari Lake Still Crying Foul in Bonkers New Video Complete With Nutty Conspiracies: Election ‘Botched and Broken Beyond Repair’ - Mediaite

False mail-in ballot claim targets Senator-elect John Fetterman

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT:

GA-Sen: Herschel Walker (R) Resorts To Transphobic Attacks Right After LGBTQ Nightclub Shooting

GA-Sen: Herschel Walker's (R) Ex-Girlfriend To Reveal Audio Recordings About Abortion Allegation - Dailykos

Big Lie Proponent Herschel Walker Is Getting Campaign Help From Officials He Suggested Should Go to Jail – Mother Jones
 

SORE LOSER MAGAS LOOKING TO CHANGE THE RULES (something they're GOOD at):

Rick Scott asked for an emergency donation to Herschel Walker — and kept most of the money for the The National Republican Senatorial Committee - Alternet

Kari Lake trotted on down to Mar-a-Lago, fresh off loss in Arizona

Kari Lake Retweets Voter Fraud Screed at Maricopa County Meeting – Speaker Turns Out to be InfoWars Conspiracy Theorist - Mediaite

AZ AG Candidate: "WAH! I lost the election. Judge, please certify me as the winner!" - Dailykos

GOP Arizona Attorney General Candidate Abe Hamadeh Files Lawsuit to Declare Him Winner - The Daily Beast

'They better think really hard': Kari Lake threatens Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs over election results - Alternet

Herschel Walker Claimed Tax Benefits for People Who Live in Texas - Vanity Fair

Doug Mastriano lost big — but his supporters ‘flout the will of the people’: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Raw Story

'Arizona spring': far-right planned Black Friday protests to demand a revote after GOP loses - Raw Story

RWNJs' full-blown attack on the Arizona vote: Protests, lawsuits, threats, decertification, oh my! - Daily Kos

Armed protesters are increasingly intimidating political opponents: NYT - Raw Story

Herschel Walker tells disenchanted young Americans to 'find somewhere else' and give up citizenship - Alternet

Arizona Republican refuses to perform her duties until there's a redo of the election she won - Raw Story
 

BLOWBACK:

After midterms, college students push to increase voter access - Fastcompany

Democrats Win Pennsylvania State House Majority In Shocking Upset - HuffPost Latest News

Georgia early voting allowed to continue on Saturday after court denies state's attempt to OBSTRUCT it - CNN Politics

Alaska Native Mary Peltola Wins Full Term As State’s Sole House Member - HuffPost Latest News

Early voting started in Georgia, long lines formed - Daily Kos

Election Fraud of a Different Color - Republican tampering in elections has backfired on them - Daily Kos

Voting Has Begun in Georgia Senate Runoff, Despite GOP Attempt To Stop Saturday Voting – Mother Jones

Arizona's latest 'stop the steal' protest flops like a beached whale on the shores of democracy - Daily Kos

Democrats may win even more if Cochise County refuses to certify election - Yahoo

Smartmatic subpoenas Trump's lawyer Christina Bobb in election conspiracy lawsuit against Fox News and Rudy Giuliani - Yahoo
 

LOOZA PALOOZA **** IN ARIZONA:

Cochise County Arizona plays a dangerous game of chicken, votes to not certify election / UPDATES - Dailykos

MAGA-controlled Arizona county fails to certify election results by deadline - Dailykos

Five Craziest Bits of Testimony From Maricopa County Hearing - Mediaite

Arizona voter threatens violent revolution and death penalty at Maricopa election hearing - Raw Story

Start donning your body armor: Conspiracy theorists storm Maricopa County hearing to thwart election certification - MSN

Right-wing analyst slams Republicans for pushing garbage lies to threaten Arizona election officials - Raw Story

Playing with fire: Former DHS chief burns Kari Lake for fueling bogus election conspiracy theories - Raw Story

GOP-Controlled Arizona County Refuses To Certify Election - HuffPost Latest News

Cochise County has repeatedly refused to certify its results from the Nov. 8 election. The deadline for certification was Nov. 28 - NBC News

Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results - NBC News

A TOM IN EVERY PLOT (AND A LYING, FRAUDULENT ONE AT THAT)

Herschel Walker took it too far - Yahoo

Herschel Walker is more than an unqualified candidate for the U.S. Senate, he’s a coward, hypocrite and politically convenient bigot. His new TV ad attacking transgender athletes is the definition of power punching down: despicable. Coming after Saturday’s shooting in Colorado, this is one slight too far. Herschel Walker gets the “coward of the week” award.

Herschel Walker Comes Under Fire After Claiming Most Americans Haven't Earned The Right To Change The Country - Radaronline

Federal officials to Herschel Walker committee: Learn how to add - Yahoo
Playing fast and loose with the numbers too

Seems Trump Stooge and Senate Hopeful Herschel Walker Has NEVER LIVED IN THE STATE, New Evidence Reveals - MSN

Questions swirl around Herschel Walker as report shows his Georgia residence was rented out for over a decade - Alternet

Herschel Walker, running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, still gets tax break on $3 million Texas home - Salon

Complaint accuses Herschel Walker of committing voter fraud over Texas tax credit - Salon

RIGGING THE VOTE:

Hanging By a Thread in Wisconsin - How to Steal an Electioin - Dailykos

Election denying far right MAGA megadonor, Dick Uihlein, funneled $20M to a nationwide election denial network - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism