“Jeffrey Epstein companion” - right.

Meanwhile, China can't seem to stop throwing its citizen journalists in jail. Never mind the Muslim concentration camps.

1. In some respects @IgnatiusPost is right- @JoeBiden's cabinet IS built for comfort- BUT its imp to rem the context.

That comfort is a function of the extensive exp this cabinet has- the antithesis of Trump's appointments.

This country NEEDS the antithesis of Trump's cabinet

2. But its also built for another purpose. Its built to be an olive branch to one man- @senatemajldr who is expected to yield either total control over confirmation, or at the least, great influence. Its meant to signal to him that Biden is serious



2. about his "governing for all" campaign pledge & asking for a reset moment in American politics post-Trump. Something he continues to hope for even as more than 1/2 of the House GOP Caucus signs onto an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States that argues to end

3. democracy itself, as @SteveSchmidtSES articulates so clearly in this video that every American should see. Biden could not have presented to the GOP Senate, to McConnell, a more serious peace offering than this cabinet and its a good move that if it

4. works would pull America back from the brink of a civic collapse. So it MUST be tried even if people like myself think the odds of success are depressingly low. It simply MUST BE TRIED. BC if we are to plummet off the cliff, it needs to McConnell & the GOP who on their own are

Good morning.

Hours after a federal judge in Michigan REJECTED their election-toppling request, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell go to another U.S. judge seeking to overturn Georgia's results.

I'll cover the hearing for @LawCrimeNews in this thread.

ICYMI:

Background:

This is a case where the 11th Circuit rejected an interlocutory appeal seeking a restraining order.

ICYMI: "Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Sidney Powell and Lin Wood’s Appeal in Georgia Kraken Case: The Answer Is ‘No’" via @Matt_Naham

We begin.

Judge Batten recites the conspiracy theory behind the lawsuit and repeats Ga. officials' question:

"Why would Georgia's Republican governor and Republican Secretary of State," whom he notes are Trump supporters, "conspire to throw the election" to POTUS-elect Biden?

It's a question that many people are thinking, Judge Batten notes.

Judge Batten explains the doctrine of laches, which has killed many a Trump suit.

"The law is pretty clear that a party cannot obtain the extraordinary remedy of injunctive relief unless he acts quickly."

Judge Batten notes that Lin Wood and Sidney Powell ask him to throw out the election and declare Trump the winner.

1) If you want a better understanding of how to fight and win on the left, look no further than Rep. Bill Pascrell. He knows Speaker Pelosi can't just magically refuse to seat 126 House Republicans and pull it off – but that's the entire point. This is all about leverage.

2) There are no magic wand solutions in politics. There just aren't. Pascrell is a fearless flame thrower, but he understands that. He's calling for Pelosi to refuse to seat these Republicans, because it gets the discussion going about what should be done to these Republicans.

3) By calling for an extreme and impossible action (the 14th Amendment isn't a magic wand the Speaker can just wave), Pascrell is laying the groundwork to give Pelosi cover to be able to take some kind of more realistic action against the 126 House Republicans.

4) By the time Pelosi ends up taking whatever realistic action she was planning to take against them, it ends up looking reasonable in the eyes of voters in the middle, in comparison to the more extreme (and again, impossible) course of action that Pascrell put on the table.

5) So the Democratic Party will get a savvy win out of this. They'll ding the 126 House Republicans in some way, and it'll resonate with voters in the middle. But most liberal activists will end up throwing a fit about it, because they didn't get the magic wand solution.

Merry Christmas Patriots,
We have 13 days to ensure that our duly elected President makes a case to the American Public, through Data and Evidence, that Domestic and Foreign Election Interference took place. I have been up two hours thinking about a game plan to utilize all of

My fellow Americans that want to help. I will outline more in the AM but this is what I am requesting first. I will need to identify a minimum of 313 people to assist me across all 50 States in gathering data files. I know how we can get them, I need Constitutional

#MilitiaMen and #MilitiaWomen to help contact the individuals that identify that are co-patriots. Please respond in one of the 10 spots below which county, state you are from and if you are available to help over the next 13 days.

Alaska
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Thread: PRESIDENT TRUMP TROLLS HIS HATERS AS HE LINES UP THE COUP (DE GRACE)
As the disinfo & #Fakenews being thrown out by BOTH SIDES in this new type of INFORMATION WAR peaks, of course Trump himself would participate on Twitter where Friend & Foe alike can be DISTRACTED.

The great strategist Sun-Tzu instructed, “All warfare is based on deception.”

It appears that our nation's political establishment has ‘declared war’ on our Election System. [Thread]

Instead of demanding transparency & accountability, the U.S. media is aiding this deception.

Instead of asking questions about the U.S. election, it is censoring & suppressing them. This is bizarre journalistic behavior. Americans of all political persuasions should be alarmed.

While we were sleeping, enemies wheeled in Trojan horses in the form of voting machines. The Greeks built these vessels of ruin used in the Trojan War; we acted foolishly, just like the Trojans, and wheeled them into our counties & precincts without knowing what is in them.

What is in them are secretive source codes undoubtedly stitched together like a Frankenstein’s monster.

Nothing is stopping us from concluding the voting machines have Abby Normal brains - regardless of assurance from a DHS private-public partnership functioning as their PR arm.

We are just supposed to take Dominion Voting Systems’ word that it never used Smartmatic’s source codes, even after it bought the Smartmatic subsidiary Sequoia in 2010, right as it bought scandal-plagued Diebold voting systems (a subsidiary of Premiere) in 2010? Sorry. No.

Caution: Thread

Unsolicited advice to INC & Oppo. Parties

I had done an analysis of performance of non-BJP parties, particularly INC in 2019 LS elections to look for lessons for 2024. I focused on INC as it occupies no2 position in our polity despite its dwindling profile
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Accordingly I divided the States/UT into 3 categories - A, B and C

Category A represents those States/UT where INC remains either No1 or No2 as per vote share in 2019 elections (Primary Party); Category B refers States/UT where INC is not No1 or No2 but has/can have partner
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Category C represents States/UT where INC is a marginal player and where alliance is also not practically possible.

As we know, BJP won 303 seats (NDA at 355) (incl. SS-18). INC won 52 (UPA at 92). Other Parties won 96 seats
Category-wise breakup of 52 seats given in Table:

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INC remains a primary force in 245/543 seats, ie 45%; however, it managed to win just 38 seats here, ie 16% success rate

Please be noted 245 includes TL(17), JH(14) and ND(7) where INC was no2 but I am doubtful if it will be so if elections are held now

Breakup of 245 below👇
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Of 27 States/UT in Category A, INC drew a blank in 15 of them. Only 2 States, PJ and KL contributed 23 of 38 seats. Balance 15 came from 10 States/UT and it did not cross 3 seats in any of them

Pl note INC strongholds(!) are distributed across country but with very little heft+

"Red wall voters will not forgive Boris Johnson if he sells out to get a trade deal with Brussels, polls show"

It's in The Sun. Harry Cole wrote it...

So let's dig a

The poll was done by @SavantaComRes and the PDF of the results is here:

P. 57
If this 'no deal' scenario occurs, to what extent would you be
more or less likely to vote Conservative at the next General Election?

+ likely, total: 20%
no difference: 41%
- likely, total: 32%

P. 59

I don't actually know what these questions mean

"The UK establishes a new relationship with the EU that is based on EU law" What *is* that?

"The UK maintains political alignment with the EU after the Brexit Transition Period, such as a common foreign and security policy" What is political alignment? And does CFSP work?

"The UK cannot pass its own laws and ensure its courts enforce them" Oh come on.

From the Beginning.
Re-Read.

This is the list of Representatives who wanted to overturn our election, invalidate million of voters & make UNELECTED donald a Dictator.
Pg1
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)
Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-Ga.)
Rep. James R. Baird (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)
Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-Ga.)
Rep. James R. Baird (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.)

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.)
Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)
Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-La.)
Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.)

Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)
Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-Ga.)
Rep. James R. Baird (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.)

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.)
Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)
Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-La.)
Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.)

1/21 Parliament votes on the new tiered restctions on Tuesday. A lot of comment in today’s papers on what’s happening in the hospital sector. Important questions on NHS capacity, demand, preparedness, Nightingales etc. Thread below sets out NHS hospital trust perspective.

2/21 Have deliberately concentrated in thread on hospitals as this is where current public debate ahead of Tuesday’s vote is. But many of same issues apply to community, mental health and ambulance trusts, all of whom are under the same current level of pressure as hospitals.

3/21 Running a hospital at the moment is much more complex & difficult than normal due to COVID-19. That often doesn’t show up in usual national data that some are currently quoting (e.g. NHS capacity levels below last year / not under real pressure so where's the problem?)

4/21 Remember pre-covid starting context. NHS already had large demand supply mismatch. Insufficient hospital beds. 100,000 staff vacancies. Despite frontline efforts, worst A&E/elective surgery performance in a decade. Huge overstretch in winter (late Dec-Feb) for last 5 yrs.

5/21 COVID-19 then made task massively more difficult in number of ways. Need to treat three sets of patients - COVID-19; planned care with urgent/important backlog cases from first phase of covid that simply can’t wait any longer; and usual emergency patients needing treatment.