Flipboard News Desk<p>In the U.S., "Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Tuesday a bomb threat was made against a polling place, but he said it was of Russian origin and not credible."</p><p>“They’re up to mischief it seems,” he added, about the Russians. “They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@USAToday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>USAToday</span></a></span> reports: <a href="https://flip.it/8vH66H" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/8vH66H</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USElection</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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Spocko<p>While we talk about how the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> will help or hurt the race, I like to remind people that the RW will keep working on all the ways to F up voting.<br> <br>They'll keep threatening election officials & workers. Like Trump did <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> on Saturday </p><p>They aren't planning on winning.<br>They are planning on WHINING - about losing.</p><p>They will be suing to stop the entire election certification process.</p>
Nonilex<p>But ever since President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s inauguration, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> activists & policymakers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> have tried to bypass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> & worked diligently to turn Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> into public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>.</p><p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has continued to lie that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a> was "stolen" & "rigged", Trump & his supporters have been making concrete, step-by-step progress in shaping electoral processes to his benefit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Meet the Woman Who Secretly Taped Trump Saying, ‘I Need 11,000 Votes’</p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-jordan-fuchs-the-raffensperger-aide-who-secretly-taped-trump-saying-i-need-11000-votes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/meet-jordan-</span><span class="invisible">fuchs-the-raffensperger-aide-who-secretly-taped-trump-saying-i-need-11000-votes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JordanFuchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JordanFuchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TrumpTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PoliticalScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Among the names prosecutors have included on their almost 200-person <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witness</span></a> list: former Vice President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePence</span></a>; ex-Attorney General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillBarr</span></a>; onetime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department officials <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyRosen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyRosen</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichardDonoghue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardDonoghue</span></a>; U.S. Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottPerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottPerry</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>; & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a>….</p><p>The District Attorney’s office could also call several of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>’s top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> leaders, including Gov. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrianKemp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianKemp</span></a>, AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisCarr</span></a>, Secretary of State Brad <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> & former Lt. Gov. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeoffDuncan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoffDuncan</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkMeadows</span></a> spent >4 hrs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testifying</span></a> on Mon before US Dist Court Judge Steve C. Jones, who is considering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Meadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meadows</span></a>’ petition to move his case to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourt</span></a>, where he will then seek to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dismiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismiss</span></a> charges.</p><p>…But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutors</span></a> argued Meadows’ post-election efforts, incl’g a visit to a suburban <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> ballot processing center & arranging the now-infamous Jan 2, 2021, phone call between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> SOS <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violated</span></a> the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HatchAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HatchAct</span></a>,</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> Secretary of State Brad <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> & state election investigator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrancesWatson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrancesWatson</span></a> have been <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/subpoenaed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subpoenaed</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testify</span></a> during a Monday hearing in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourt</span></a> in Georgia to determine if the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RICO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indictment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indictment</span></a> filed against fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House Chief of Staff <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkMeadows</span></a> should be transferred to federal court.</p>
Laffy<p>Via Anna Bower:</p><p>Yesterday, DA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaniWillis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaniWillis</span></a> subpoenaed former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> campaign attorneys Alex Kaufman & Kurt Hilbert to appear in federal court on Mon. for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meadows</span></a> removal hearing. </p><p>Now <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ajc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ajc</span></a></span> reports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> will be subpoenaed too. </p><p>Their testimony could preview part of what we’ll see at trial. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a></p>
GW<p>Opinion:</p><p>Donald $Trump’s attorney John F. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lauro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lauro</span></a> has claimed that Mr. Trump’s requests to Vice President Mike <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pence</span></a> and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a>, were not illegal because they were “<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/aspirational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aspirational</span></a>,” which is to say they spoke to a hope rather than a plan.</p><p>By the same token, I presume that if I asked someone to cooperate with me in robbing a bank, that too wouldn’t be part of a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>, because my request was merely “aspirational.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion/letters/donald-trump-thought-language.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/letters/donald-trump-thought-language.html</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Secretary of State Brad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raffensperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raffensperger</span></a> plans to cancel the inactive voter registrations of 191,000 people who are scheduled to lose their ability to vote in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> next month. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gapol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://t.co/FpfMzHivCG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/FpfMzHivCG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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