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Counties with the worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Steve Bannon Suggests Beheading Fauci and Wray.
The Autopsy Is on Life Support
Autopsies may be crucial to understanding COVID-19. But the pandemic comes amid a sharp drop in the number conducted.
Trumpers Lash Out As Establishment GOP Shoves Them To Arms Length
The President’s inner circle threw a public tantrum Thursday as it became clear that establishment Republicans were keeping them at arm’s length.
…without any evidence to argue their case, Trump’s closest allies have found themselves abandoned by the establishment power players upon whom they once relied.
The Disinformation Is Coming From Inside the White House
A disinformation push to subvert the election is well underway, and it is coming straight from President Trump and his allies. The goal: to somehow stop a victory by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., or, failing that, undermine his legitimacy before he can take office.
Mr. Trump’s false declaration of victory in the small hours of Wednesday morning quickly united hyperpartisan conservative activists and the standard-bearers of the right-wing media, such as Breitbart, with internet trolls and QAnon supporters behind a singular viral message: #StopTheSteal.
“A lawsuit without provable facts showing a statutory or constitutional violation is just a tweet with a filing fee.”
— Justin Levitt
Make up your minds? Videos show Trump protesters chanting 'count those votes' and 'stop the count' outside separate ballot-counting sites in Arizona and Michigan
If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happens
The Trump campaign would have to file suit in a state or federal court and eventually appeal an adverse decision to the high court. Along the way, as the Pennsylvania court anecdote suggests, the Trump campaign would need to show evidence to back up his claim, and so far there’s no evidence of fraud in the ongoing ballot counts, which often run beyond election night. Tallying legitimate votes is not, despite the president’s tweeted claims, a form of fraud.
Starting at 8:00, Trump trashes the democratic process, among other things claiming that polling is voting interference:
Anderson Cooper nailed it:
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1324505436695883777
- Acyn
@arcange