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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In any case, the Guardian was actually allied with Assange in this because, again, real journalism was being done at the time.
I say this as someone who, again, hates what Assange became.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Probably worth noting that those election cases that have gone to the Wisconsin Supreme Court have all been decided by 4-3 majorities. Remember that the Wisconsin Supreme Court had an election last spring right as the pandemic was raging and the Republicans refused to delay or give the election officials more time to prepare safety measures. Democrats looked under every sofa cushion for voters and despite the concerns about catching Covid, enough people turned out to elect a Democrat to the court. A bunch of people got sick, but that one justice is keeping Trump's coup attempts in Wisconsin at least from going anywhere.
Another jumps ship: Paul Mitchell leaves the GOP in response to many members of the party trying to overturn the election.
The weeks since the 2020 General Election have been traumatic for many in our nation, both voters and those of us who took an oath to serve this nation.
As you well know, my voting record in Congress over the past two terms has been in line with President Trump and the administration’s policies more than 95 percent of the time. Further, I voted for President Trump in the 2020 General Election despite some reservations about four more years under his leadership. I felt that many policies achieved during the Trump administration had been positive for our nation, whereas the policies espoused by the Democratic Party were too radical and did not reflect my principles.
I have also worked hard to support each of you and your efforts. Ronna, you may recall that I spoke with you several times as you considered undertaking the role of RNC Chair. It was my strong belief that you could help lead our party and support its core principles, and I encouraged you to undertake the position. Kevin, I worked diligently with you as part of the Republican Leadership Team for both the 115th and 116th Congresses. I fervently whipped votes for our policies during both terms on some tough issues.
As an active supporter of the national GOP, the state GOP, the NRCC and individual candidates, I raised almost $800k in just 2 1/2 years for the NRCC to support Republican candidates supported by leadership. I have contributed personal funds, not simply PAC funds, to innumerable candidates at the Federal and state levels.
I agree that there have been some disconcerting aspects to this election. With more than 155 million people voting, both administrative errors and even some fraudulent voting likely occurred. Steps must be taken, by each state, to audit election results, validate ballots and process and report findings to ensure that every legal vote counts. Michigan clearly needs to do that, not just Wayne County. However, the president and his legal team have failed to provide substantive evidence of fraud or administrative failure on a scale large enough to impact the outcome of the election.
Ronna, you know Michigan politics well. President Trump did not lose Michigan because of Wayne County, but rather he lost because of dwindling support in areas including Kent and Oakland County, both previous Republican strongholds. In the 2020 election, President Trump lost Michigan by 154,000 votes, compared to 2016 when his margin of victory was slightly more than 10,700 votes.
I have stated publicly numerous times that when entering the political arena, a person must be willing to accept winning and losing with grace and maturity. Having personally experienced both winning and losing, the latter can be brutal.
Any candidate, including the president, is entitled to request recounts and pursue legal challenges they believe are appropriate if they possess evidence of wrongdoing. President Trump has undertaken or supported both of these options. Recounts have failed to significantly alter the vote outcome in any state and dozens of court cases have been summarily dismissed in both state and Federal courts across our nation.
It is unacceptable for political candidates to treat our election system as though we are a third- world nation and incite distrust of something so basic as the sanctity of our vote. Further, it is unacceptable for the president to attack the Supreme Court of the United States because its judges, both liberal and conservative, did not rule with his side or that “the Court failed him.” It was our Founding Fathers’ objective to insulate the Supreme Court from such blatant political motivations.
If Republican leaders collectively sit back and tolerate unfounded conspiracy theories and “stop the steal” rallies without speaking out for our electoral process, which the Department of Homeland Security said was “the most secure in American history,” our nation will be damaged. I have spoken out clearly and forcefully in opposition to these messages. However, with the leadership of the Republican Party and our Republican Conference in the House actively participating in at least some of those efforts, I fear long-term harm to our democracy.
The stability and strength of our democracy has been an ongoing concern for me. I expressed strong concerns about the president’s response to Charlottesville, the anti-immigrant “send them back” rhetoric, and even the racist comments of my own colleagues in the House.
I believe that raw political considerations, not constitutional or voting integrity concerns, motivate many in party leadership to support the “stop the steal” efforts, which is extremely disappointing to me. As elected members of Congress, we take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” not to preserve and protect the political interests of any individual, be it the president or anyone else, to the detriment of our cherished nation. As a result, I am writing to advise you both that I am withdrawing from my engagement and association with the Republican Party at both the national and state level. I will support, contribute to, and fundraise for individual candidates who reflect the principles I hold dear. Further, by copy of this letter I am also advising Ms. Laura Cox, Chair of the Michigan GOP of this decision.
I am also requesting that the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives change my party affiliation to Independent for the remainder of my term in office. While admittedly symbolic, we all know that symbols matter.
I don’t know the details on the alleged coverup of the gunship event (which rather than a targeted murder of journalists was a horrific case of blue-on-blue which should never have been allowed to happen), but I feel like a culture of violence is something one should expect from the US Army.
Sure but Assange had no way of knowing that that would be the outcome, he showed a casual disregard for life because what he cared about has never been life, it’s always been his own ego.
As for Assange holding back documents, I’d like a source that isn’t Assange’s lawyer, that’s not exactly a source without a bias.
That doesn’t make Assange a good person. Journalists often have to work with despicable people so as to get access to information that is in the public interest.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranCNN now airing news that William Barr is resigning.
"They played us like a DAMN FIDDLE!" — Kazuhira Miller, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
x3 I'm pretty sure T*** will fire him before then.
Biden has interrupted national TV to do an anouncment.
So far the highlights are dunking on Trump.
And also calling all the senetors who signed onto the texas lawsuit as explicitly "Extremists who refuse to accept the word of law and the constitution"
Edited by Imca on Dec 14th 2020 at 4:44:24 AM
Apparently more republicans are recognizing that Biden won. Lindsey Graham apparently just said yeah
when asked if Biden was president-elect and Rob Portman has released a statement
saying Biden is the president-elect.
Edited by jjjj2 on Dec 14th 2020 at 7:48:35 AM
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midSeems the Republican would-have-been electors in the battleground states are trying to send in their votes as "alternate electors". And of course, some Trump supporters seem to think these alternate electoral votes might actually be counted, or that this will somehow trigger the "contested election" procedure. Realistically, there is no reason to believe this stunt will get them anywhere, as there is federal law specifically favoring the slates of electors that were appointed by the appropriate state's governor for cases like this.
An AP article on the stunt: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-ab4452c5e54dc55b5e45bbe737ae66ee
Edited by djkates on Dec 14th 2020 at 7:02:29 AM
x3 They're just trying to appease people they know will get mad if they refuse to acknowledge Biden. They don't want to put their own safety at risk. If their safety and security was guaranteed they would absolutely refuse to recognize Biden.
Wait doesn't this put them in more danger? As much as don't like 'moderate' republicans, they generally aren't as seditious and prone to violence as Trump supporters. In fact they're far far less prone to such things.
Edited by jjjj2 on Dec 14th 2020 at 8:02:31 AM
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midToday's WTF Just Happened Today:
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/12/14/day-1425/
2/ The United States administered the first shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers as the U.S. topped 300,000 total deaths since the pandemic began. On Friday, the FDA authorized the vaccine from Pfizer for emergency use in the United States for people age 16 and older. An initial shipment of about 2.9 million doses of the vaccine will be sent to 636 locations by the end of this week. Federal officials expect
20 million people to get the first of two required doses by the end of the month and have 100 million people in total
immunized by the end of March. Trump, meanwhile, tweeted: “First Vaccine Administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!” (New York Times / Washignton Post / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / CNBC / New York Times / NBC News / Washington Post)
U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~16,421,000; deaths: ~301,000
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Live Blogs: New York Times
/ Washington Post
/ The Guardian
/ Wall Street Journal
/ CNN
/ CNBC
/ NBC News
/ ABC News
Moderna plans to ship just under 6 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine once the FDA issues an approval for emergency use. Approval could come as early as Friday. (CNBC)
💡 How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time. (Wall Street Journal)
💡 How Science Beat the Virus. (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/01/science-covid-19-manhattan-project/617262/
3/ Trump delayed a plan for senior White House staff members to receive the coronavirus vaccine early. In a tweet, Trump said he asked White House staffers to receive the coronavirus vaccine “somewhat later in the program, unless specifically necessary” after it was reported that the administration was planning to rapidly distribute the vaccine to staffers despite the first doses generally being reserved for health care workers. It’s not clear how many doses were allocated for the White House since many staff members had already tested positive for the virus and recovered. (New York Times / Bloomberg / The Guardian / CNN / Washington Post)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/13/politics/white-house-coronavirus-vaccine/
4/ Russian government hackers breached the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security departments as part of a months-long global espionage campaign. While the full scope and significance of the breaches remain unclear, the hack, which may have begun as early as spring, led to an emergency National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday. The hackers, known as APT 29 or Cozy Bear, are part of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, SVR, which also hacked the State Department and the White House email servers during the Obama administration. Last month, Trump fired the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs, after Krebs vouched for the integrity of the presidential election and disputed Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud. (Reuters / Washington Post / New York Times / CNN / Wall Street Journal / Politico / Associated Press / NBC News / Washington Post)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-amazon-com-exclsuive-idUSKBN28N0PG
5/ Attorney General William Barr resigned and will leave “just before Christmas,” Trump announced via tweet. Trump said he and Barr had a “very nice meeting” and that their “relationship has been a very good one.” In a meeting last week, however
, Trump raised the idea of firing Attorney General William Barr, reportedly “furious” that Barr had kept a federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes from becoming public
before the November election
. Trump also told Fox News this weekend that Barr “should have stepped up” on the matter. Trump was also reportedly upset that Barr was considering resigning before January 20. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will become Acting Attorney General. (CNN / New York Times / NPR / Washington Post / NBC News / Associated Press)
The Justice Department subpoenaed Hunter Biden, seeking documents and information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma. Meanwhile, Biden’s former business partner sent him an email in 2017 saying he did not disclose on his tax returns $400,000 in income from Burisma, where he sat on the board. Federal authorities are also actively investigating Hunter’s business dealings in foreign countries, principally China. (Associated Press / NBC News / CNN)
Trump and senior White House officials have discussed the possibility of appointing a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden. Under Justice Department regulations, the appointment of a special counsel would have to be made by the attorney general. (Wall Street Journal)
Upset that Barr's resigning early but wanting to fire him anyway? That's pretty hypocritical if you ask me.

Edited by speedyboris on Dec 14th 2020 at 1:40:02 AM