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<\/p>\nI know all our thoughts are with Colleen, but there’s still some news too, and some commentary. Thank God It’s Friday. I guess.<\/p>\n
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Washington Post – States across the country are dropping barriers to voting, widening a stark geographic divide in ballot access<\/a> CNN – Why Democrats were desperate to win Joe Manchin’s vote for an already-doomed election bill<\/a> (opinion) Crooks and Liars – Ohio Republican Who Forged His Father’s Signature To Vote Twice Calls It ‘An Honest Mistake’<\/a> Bonus Headline: Americans Shocked to Learn That Giuliani Had Law License<\/a> (Borowitz) You can click through also.<\/p>\n Food for Thought<\/p>\n first they came for Rudy Giuliani’s law license, and I did not speak out- because I was laughing so hard that I couldn’t catch my breath. also, fuck that guy<\/p>\n \u2014 Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nQuote – Seventy-one new laws easing voting rules are poised to benefit 63 million eligible voters in 28 states, or about one-quarter of the U.S. voting population, according to the Voting Rights Lab report, which tracked policy changes as of June 13. Thirty-one new laws in 18 states create more barriers to the ballot box, affecting 36 million eligible voters, or 15 percent of the national voting population, the report stated. Legislative debates over restrictions are underway in key states such as Texas and Pennsylvania, leaving open the possibility that new limitations affecting millions more voters still will be enacted this year.
\nClick through if you don’t mind fighting a paywall.<\/a> Bottom line, it’s somewhat bleak,but not all break.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – See, now all 50 Democrats will vote to move forward with election reform legislation and all 50 Republicans are expected to oppose that move, Democrats can then go to their base ahead of the coming 2022 midterms and say something like: Every single Democrat wanted to make elections more fair and open. And every single Republican stood in opposition to that effort.
\nClick through for full analysis<\/a>. He may be right, or there may be more, but this theory falls in well with Auntie Maxine’s vide vote request.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – \u201cIt was there with a pile of other paperwork,\u201d Snodgrass said of the absentee ballot. \u201cI was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly. But I\u2019m not going to run away from it. I was simply trying to execute a dying man\u2019s wishes,\u201d he added, saying that it would be wrong to characterize what he did as \u201cjust Trump voter fraud.”
\nClick through for a little more<\/a>. Sadly they must be saving his picture for the poster for IOKIYAAR.<\/p>\n\n