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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I mean, medium articles might not be reliable, but that's less a news piece and more someone going through the effort to replicate the forging process and how it differs from an actual email.
Alright, that's fair.
Houston Chronicle:
Appeals court dismisses Texas GOP lawsuit over drive-thru voting in Harris County
I remember someone saying the Texas GOP had sued, so here's an update.
I was reading the Wikipedia page on Henry 5 (the play), and I came across this gem:
- Judgment at Agincourt
].
- High Court Rules for French at Agincourt: Mock Trial at Shakespeare Theatre Results in Big Damages Against Henry V
.
- High Court Justices, Legal Luminaries Debate Shakespeare's 'Henry V'
.
Is this what the Supreme Court gets up to in their free time?
Edited by Redmess on Oct 14th 2020 at 1:07:37 PM
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesThere's also a new report out from The Sentencing Project
, which tracks felony disenfranchisement across the US
Some key findings of the report:
- As of Oct. 2020, some 5.17 million people (2.7% of voting age pop.) are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction, down from 6.11 million in 2016.
- Disenfranchisement disproportionately targets African Americans, with 6.3% being barred from voting compared to 1.7% of non-AA.
- In 10 states, more than 1 in 10 Black people do not have the right to vote.
- Disenfranchisement disproportionately targets African Americans, with 6.3% being barred from voting compared to 1.7% of non-AA.
- While only two states (Maine and Vermont) and DC have no restrictions, the rate of disenfranchisement varies by state/region, with some of the worst overall rates being in the South.
- In Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, between 6-10% of the general pop. and 15-20% of the African American pop. is disenfranchised.
- 2.23 million, or 43% of those disenfranchised, have already completed all terms of their sentence. Another 1.64 million, or 32%, are on probation or parole.
- California (2016): Lawmakers restored voting rights to people convicted of a felony offense housed in jail, but not in prison. That year, officials authorized persons sentenced to prison to be released to probation rather than parole, affirming voting rights for residents under felony community supervision.
- Alabama (2016): Legislation eased the rights restoration process after completion of sentence for persons not convicted of a crime of "moral turpitude."
- Wyoming (2017): Restored voting rights after five years to people who complete sentences for first-time, non-violent felony convictions
- New York (2018): Governor Cuomo reviewed and restored voting rights to persons currently on parole via executive order. There is currently no assurance that this practice will continue, however, so New York is listed as a state that continues to disenfranchise people on parole.
- Louisiana (2019): Authorized voting for residents under an order of imprisonment for a felony who have not been incarcerated for five years, including those on probation and parole.
- Kentucky (2019): Governor A. Beshear issued an executive order restoring voting rights to those who had completed sentences for nonviolent offenses. This follows a similar 2015 executive order by Governor S. Beshear, which had been rescinded by Governor Bevin later that year.
- Virginia (2019): Governor Northam reported that his administration has restored voting rights to 22,205 Virginians previously convicted of felonies. Governor McAuliffe had earlier restored rights to 173,166.
- Arizona (2019): Removed the requirement to pay outstanding fines before rights are automatically restored for first time felony offenses only.
- Florida (2018-2020): Voters passed an amendment to restore voting rights to most people after sentence completion. In 2019, legislation was passed that made restoration conditional on payment of all restitution, fees, and fines. As of October, 2020, only the rights of those who had paid all legal financial obligations (fines and fees) had been restored.
- Iowa (2020): Governor Reynolds signed an executive order restoring voting rights to people who have completed their sentences, except for those convicted of homicide. This follows a similar 2005 executive order by Governor Vilsack, which had been reversed by Governor Branstad in 2011.
Edited by nova92 on Oct 14th 2020 at 6:34:53 AM
538 is now predicting that Georgia will vote for Biden more often than note.
With a lead of 1%, but that's still astonishing.
Well, it's back to red in the forecast, but it's a 50/50 split.
Edited by RainehDaze on Oct 14th 2020 at 2:16:13 PM
An interesting quote from the Henry V trial
in light of more recent developments:
Uh huh. Interesting comparison there, Kavanaugh.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesEdited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 14th 2020 at 7:15:20 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Oh, and naturally, the NY Post is now criticizing social media
for censoring their article
to "help Joe Biden".

It was exposed on Twitter that the Hunter Biden email was forged by Giuliani: https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1316406407365832712
, and the metadata shows that the emails were generated from Mail on Mac OSX (and likely unmodified after the PDF was generated). Two PD Fs were created about six months after the alleged repair shop data recovery, on 29/9 and 10/10: https://twitter.com/Biden_Army/status/1316453055219466240