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In light of tomorrow's congressional session to record the electoral votes, and for conservatives and Republicans who claim to look for guidance to the Founders, a short thread from Federalist #68.

2. "It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person to whom so important a trust was to be confided. This end will be answered by committing the right of making it, not to any pre-established body...

3. "...but to men chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture...It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder...But the precautions which have been so happily concerted...

4. "...in the system under consideration promise an effectual security against this mischief...As the electors, chosen in each state, are to assemble and vote in the state in which they are chosen, this detached and divided situation will expose them much less...

5. "...to heats and ferments, which might be communicated from them to the people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place. Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption...

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Unusual turnout in Democrat-controlled areas where we have also uncovered serious allegations of fraud

President Trump performed about the same in these counties as in 2016

Yet Joe Biden's totals surged where the counting was paused and Democrats were way behind

Milwaukee County, WI

2016:
H - 288,822 (65%)
T - 126,069 (28%)

2020:
B - 317,251 (69%)
T - 134,355 (29%)

That's a 9.8% increase of ballots for Biden over Hillary

28,429 more ballots

Wayne County, MI

2016:
H - 519,444 (66%)
T - 228,993 (29%)

2020:
B - 587,074 (68%)
T - 264,149 (30%)

That's a 13.0% increase of ballots for Biden over Hillary

67,630 more ballots

Dekalb County

2016:
H - 251,370 (79%)
T - 51,468 (16%)

2020:
B - 308,102 (83%)
T - 58,361 (15%)

That's a 22% increase of ballots for Biden over Hillary

56,732 more ballots

Fulton County

2016:
H - 297,051 (67%)
T - 117,783 (26%)

2020:
B - 379,095 (72%)
T - 136,716 (26%)

That's a 27.6% increase of ballots for Biden over Hillary

82,044 more ballots

Trump came to my beloved Omaha. Omaha is a purple city. Trump bussed in a ton of peeps who waited in unseasonably cold weather for him to arrive. After he was done speaking, he left the peeps in the cold FOR HOURS without busses.

Hypothermic people without masks everywhere.

OPD stuck with the mess. We are knee deep in COVID here. Many people had to be taken to the hospital for treatment because of hypothermia.

How do we calculate the toll for this idiocy? This event may turn out to be a huge miscalculation on his part one week from the election.

Trump buses people in and then abandons them at an airport in freezing weather before flying off to another super spreader event.

The event at TAC air is on the opposite side of where the parking is. It took hours to clean up Trump’s mess during a pandemic on a freezing night.

Last night in Omaha is a perfect example of who Trump is and the way that he governs. He just keeps finding new lows. How many of those people that ended up going to the hospital last night either became infected or caused infections on their way to and from the hospital?

I hope the good people of Omaha see who @RepDonBacon and Trump are and rebuke them up when they vote. If what happened last night in Omaha is a tipping point, @KaraEastman and @JoeBiden should have a good night on 11/3/20.

If you want to know what the Trump administration has been about, then read this list of ‘midnight regulations’ that they’re trying to implement in their final days in office. I’ll post a few of them below.

The Trump administration is expected to move forward plans to make families of noncitizen immigrants ineligible for subsidized housing.

The Trump administration is expected to move forward plans to increase the speed at which chickens may be slaughtered by putting workers at higher risk of amputations.

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to operate long haul trucks even though those age groups are generally much more likely to have accidents.

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans allow federally subsidized homeless shelters to exclude transgender people.

President-elect Biden’s Thanksgiving address was an important moment in the rhetorical and moral life of the nation. The remarks themselves were well-constructed, graceful and serious of purpose – an act of responsible governance even before taking the oath. 1/

The president-elect’s speech also contrasted starkly with a president on a descending path of cynicism, destructiveness, desperation and self-delusion. We always knew it could come to this: A direct attack on the functioning and legitimacy of American democracy. 2/

The coup has already occurred in Trump’s mind. Can there be any doubt he would keep power by overturning a legitimate election? Can there be any question he would snuff out the democratic voice of the nation if he could? He is incompetent. But can we doubt his intention? 3/

It is the interpretive key to Trump: He is anti-American. He has no respect for the country’s institutions or values. He is ignorant of the nation’s story, dismissive of its conventions and unmoved by its romance. 4/

Trump sees politics the way a Machiavellian would in any country – as the pursuit of power, not the stewardship of certain truths. 5/

Yesterday afternoon Georgia’s Senate panel hosted Rudy Giuliani for an evidential hearing regarding voter fraud in Georgia. The fake news won’t report the facts so it is up to us. Here were my key takeaways from the session.

The biggest piece of evidence was video footage that showed several suitcases being rolled out from under a table after poll watchers and media were told that vote counting was over and asked to leave. Clear evidence of significant fraud.

A Professor of Constitutional Law and member of 11th Circuit and Supreme Court Bar spoke about a lower than normal mail-in rejection rate of 0.33% in this election versus 6.4% in the 2016 election despite having twice the number of mail-in ballots.

Normalizing for this, 40k votes were counted that shouldn’t have been. More critical perhaps, was the view that the consent decree signed by Georgia’s Secretary of State violates the statutory scheme and permits the legislature to invalidate the entire election.

A change to the underage registration window to allow 16 yr olds to register 6 months earlier than normal also violates the constitution and allows the legislature to step in. Some 66k underage votes were counted in this election that shouldn’t have been counted under state law.

Stole this from a friend but I think it really captures my feelings towards people I know still pushing for Trump:

Just for clarity, as some people still don’t get why people unfriend them over what they see as politics.

It is completely possible to reconcile political differences over tax policy or how many dog catchers to have. If you can’t be civil over policy issues, then the problem is internal, not external.

That said, most of the current GOP positions are really judgements on things that have a moral, not political landscape and most of them (gay rights, BLM, immigration, etc) all involve judging the validity of someone else

(is your marriage valid? Are you equally protected? Are you ‘legal’?).

These are moral judgements that aren’t the same class as policy differences. People aren’t really listening to the calls for civility coming from the same mouths that deny their validity as people.

Many Trump supporters like him because he deregulates or lowers taxes or some other reasonable policy choice, not his polemics on social issues. I get that.

Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber

This is happening

Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside. I see a few confederate flags.

Some sort of gas has been set off. I’m not sure by whom. Police seem to be trying to deescalate and talk to them.

“If we don’t get justice, this will never stop,” one protester yells

I count about 10 protesters by the Ohio Clock

What has been happing not only N America but N the world is what’s called a social Paradigm Shift. There 2 ways to experience that, 1. Thu knowledge - education
2. Thu experience - living the event. The world is going through the biggest Paradigm Shift N human history. U R here

Awarding Electoral Votes

All 50 states and the District of Columbia use one of two methods for awarding their electoral votes:

The Winner-Take-All System

In 48 states and the District of Columbia, when a candidate for president wins a state's popular vote, that party's slate

Remember to #VOTE if you can. Also regardless of what the major parties say, you don’t have to #VoteRed or #VoteBlue, by all means do if you want to but this thread is for those who are looking for other, possibly better options depending on their views. Before
I list the

3rd party/nonpartisan candidates please check your state rules to see if their either on the ballot or an informed write in (#VoteResponsibly by checking their campaign site or tweeting them directly so they can tell you is the best bet rather than asking a random person)
That

way you can make sure it counts and tell the poll workers it does count. & make sure you know whether you have to add their Vice Presidents name or not (it may be a state or county rule idk which so research that) Also just because I mention or @ a candidate doesn’t necessarily

mean I support them or their party. I just want 3rd party/nonpartisan candidates to get more well known as potential candidates

& Everyone including the candidates themselves feel free to add more candidates & their planks I wasn’t aware of & planks of the candidates I do mention but don’t know their planks/aren’t mentioned in picture/are so many of I couldn’t tell what their main ones were.

News Analysis🔎The post-#Election push to pressure President Trump to concede, despite numerous credible allegations of #VoterFraud and ongoing legal challenges, is the culmination of a 4-year-long campaign against him. (Thread👇)

This campaign started in 2016 when the #FBI launched a politically motivated investigation of his campaign. During his subsequent 4 years in office, there have been consistent efforts to remove him from office.

#Infographic: an overview of some of the main efforts made against the sitting @POTUS.

This is an issue that transcends party lines, as it is not only an assault on Trump, but an assault on the office of the presidency, and with it, an assault on the foundation of America.

Politically Motivated Investigation:
The #FBI under President #Obama in 2016 launched a politically motivated investigation of the #TrumpCampaign.

Based on publicly available information, we know the investigation was initiated based on the thinnest of evidence: remarks made…

…by a junior #TrumpCampaign adviser to the Australian ambassador in London.

The investigation primarily relied on the discredited #SteeleDossier, produced by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele on behalf of the #Clinton campaign and the @DNC.

Patriots,

Here is some encouragement for those that are anxious.

🚨RE-READ DROPS🚨

17 warned us in advance that [they] would try to cheat.
All assets deployed.

*PATRIOTS ARE IN CONTROL.

*YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE.

Trump MUST attend #Biden Inauguration: A Thread

There are rumors swirling that Donald #Trump, the outgoing US President, will not attend the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden & Vice President-Elect #KamalaHarris.

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I pray these rumors are false.

Yes, we all know Trump lost by more than 6,000,000 votes and 4%. Despite his legal vomiting and protests to the contrary, he knows it as well.

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We know that Trump is a malignant narcissist who cannot face defeat.

And we know that his presidency was never about serving nor leading the American people, but to enrich himself, his children, his cronies, and his sycophants.

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Trump is likely the sorest loser in the history of the presidency.

All this is true.

And.

Trump MUST attend the BidenHarris inauguration. Why?

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I. American democracy is a covenant of trust and respect. Our institutions are strong because we the people give them power. Trump’s absence would be a violation of that trust. Every Republican official MUST call upon Trump to attend.

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