US Election Week 2020

[Josephus]

The affidavit is also somewhat less than compelling. It basically says he overheard a conversation between 2 other people. He did not witness any postmark manipulation himself. 

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that falls under "hearsay". No court would even hear that, if that's the only evidence

[viper37]

The affidavit is also somewhat less than compelling. It basically says he overheard a conversation between 2 other people. He did not witness any postmark manipulation himself. 

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that falls under "hearsay". No court would even hear that, if that's the only evidence

I don't know... I've seen some weird arguments lately in US courts, it wouldn't surprised me if they could find a judge somewhere that would find a weird way to accept this.

[The Minsky Moment]

The affidavit is also somewhat less than compelling. It basically says he overheard a conversation between 2 other people. He did not witness any postmark manipulation himself. 

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that falls under "hearsay". No court would even hear that, if that's the only evidence

Yes it's hearsay.

[celedhring]

Seen today in BCN:



It's a riff on Rocky V's poster, so I hope the presidency is a bit better than the movie!

[Syt]

[The Larch]

Long article from Politico about the internal fuckuppedness of the Trump campaign: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/this-f-ing-virus-inside-donald-trumps-2020-undoing-434716

Oooh, the cringe of some parts of Trump's campaign stories. 

Infighting, lap dance jokes and hot tub parties
As they struggled to address the cash woes, Trump's advisers had another headache: Guilfoyle, the campaign's fundraising chair.

Republican Party and campaign officials were convinced that Guilfoyle's team, which was beset by infighting and departures, was vastly underperforming. There was anger over their abrupt cancelation of a late September virtual fundraiser with the president that was supposed to rake in as much as $15 million just ahead of the third quarter deadline.

Senior campaign officials, meanwhile, had been getting reports that Guilfoyle had been berating her staff. Appearing together at fundraisers, Guilfoyle and her boyfriend, Donald Trump Jr., would banter in sexually suggestive ways that made some donors uncomfortable.

During a December donor event at Trump Hotel in Washington, Guilfoyle offered to give a lap dance to whoever raised the most money, according to two people who were present and another person who was familiar with the episode.

And at an event in Jackson Hole, Wyo. earlier this year, Guilfoyle and the younger Trump joked about how she raised money while in hot tubs. Another attendee presented a slightly different version, saying that whoever in the audience raised the most money would be offered a hot tub party with Guilfoyle.

And at a fall 2018 fundraiser headlined by country star Toby Keith, Guilfoyle cracked that her boyfriend liked it when she dressed up as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, according to an attendee.

Who would have thought that nepotism is not a good tool for picking the right person for a job?

[Sheilbh]

There were very weird sexual harassment allegations about Guilfoyle, they got overshadowed by some other stories.

[Syt]

Dan Crenshaw

I've signed onto this letter to AG Barr asking to investigate claims of voter fraud. We must let every last legal vote to be counted, the court process to play out, every irregularity to be investigated, and the elections to be certified.

Americans need to have faith that the outcome was legitimate. Right now many do not.

And once that is over - win or lose - we must accept the outcome of this election.

[Razgovory]

Wait, Grover Cleveland served two terms.

[The Minsky Moment]

Don't think federal marshals have jurisdiction over enforcement of state court orders, assuming hypothetically there existed any state court orders that required enforcement.

[Josquius]

Perfect. 👍

[FunkMonk]

Biden's AZ margin climbed back over 20k. The vote counting nerds on Twitter are basically saying it's over. Joe will win AZ.

I guess the Fox/AP people knew something we didn't. Or they just got lucky 

[Admiral Yi]

Dropped down to 16,592 8 minutes ago in AZ.  it looks to me like Trump is going to pull a squeaker in AZ.

[Admiral Yi]

it looks to me like Trump is going to pull a squeaker in AZ.

Nope I read the numbers wrong.  Biden in a squeaker.

[merithyn]

This election was rough on me.  I was so nervous that I had a psychotic episode.  After pulling a bunch of nails out of the wall and getting some sleep I think I'm okay.

I'm sorry, Raz. I hope you're doing better now.