I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Ruth I always love the WH Christmas decorations!
Here is more crap Republicans do to try to rig elections: In the summer of 2020, two far right operatives robocalled 85,000 people in numerous states, targeting black residents, with the message that registering to vote meant debt collectors and police could access their private information and the CDC would use it to impose vaccination mandates. Not sure these dudes got enough punishment but this sentence is from Ohio; they have other charges in other states and the FCC to deal with.They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now they're sentenced to register voters
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Two far-right operatives who told tens of thousands of people not to vote by mail in a robocall scheme will now have to spend 500 hours registering people to vote thanks to a legal sentence from an Ohio judge.
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman robocalled roughly 85,000 voters across Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio in the summer of 2020, falsely telling them that voting by mail would risk "giving your private information to the man."
Prosecutors say the pair were targeting neighborhoods known to have a high percentage of Black voters.
The robocaller, who claimed to be with a non-existent group called "the 1599 project," falsely said that voters' information would go into a database accessible to police, debt collectors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which would use the information to impose vaccine mandates. The caller cited no evidence to support these claims.
Wohl and Burkman, who initially said in an interview with CNN that they weren't responsible for the calls, pleaded guilty to telecommunications fraud in Ohio in October.
On Tuesday, Ohio's Cuyahoga County Common Pleas court sentenced them to two years of probation, six months of monitoring with a GPS ankle bracelet, $2,500 each in fines and 500 hours of registering voters in Washington, D.C.
"These two individuals attempted to disrupt the foundation of our democracy," said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley, a Democrat.
Wohl expressed his "absolute regret and shame over all this," according to local media outlets who were present during the sentencing hearing.
Attorneys for Wohl and Burkman did not respond to NPR's requests for comment.
The robocall stunt was only one of several high-profile acts the two activists used to spread disinformation ahead of the presidential election.
Together, they tried and failed to frame Robert Mueller, Pete Buttigieg and Anthony Fauci of sexual assault allegations. They staged a phony FBI raid on Burkman's own house, successfully fooling The Washington Post into doing a story. They allegedly stole the phone of a White House liaison that Wohl was dating to tweet out false allegations from her account, then said she'd accused Wohl of kidnapping.
For their role in the robocalls, the duo is facing felony charges in Michigan, plus lawsuits from various civil rights groups and the state attorney general in New York.
The Federal Communications Commission is also considering fining the pair a record-breaking $5 million for making robocalls to cellphones without consent.
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This is delicious! Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, Arizona R candidates for Governor and Secretary of State respectively, had filed a lawsuit contesting their losses. A US District Court judge not only dismissed their case as frivolous, but ordered them to pay court costs as well.
Judge calls election lawsuit 'baseless,' orders Kari Lake, Mark Finchem to pay court fees
Being a trumper is getting expensive.
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omg, cardplayer! The Hunter Biden card and Koolaid cartoon are prefection!
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When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile
extending toward the periphery of the circle. We find again some of the joy
in the now, some of the peace in the here, some of the love in me and thee
which go to make up the kingdom of heaven on earth.
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An oldie but goodie!!
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Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.
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Paul Pelosi attends Kennedy Center Honors in first public appearance since attack
Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), made his first public appearance Sunday, at the Kennedy Center Honors, since being violently attacked at the couple's San Francisco home in October.
The 82-year-old business executive was welcomed with a thunderous standing ovation as he accompanied his wife to the storied event in the Kennedy Center's Opera House.
At the event honoring Americans who have made significant contributions to the arts, Paul Pelosi sat beside his wife in the balcony of the performing arts center's Opera House, wearing a hat while applauding honorees. He had a black glove on one hand.
The honorees had gathered on Saturday evening in the Ben Franklin room at the State Department to receive their medallions after a lengthy dinner and cocktail hour.
Joining the honored were artistic luminaries, including Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Sean Penn, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.
>>> Despite all the Hollywood glitterati, Paul Pelosi received the most boisterous applause. All 200-plus celebrities and political elite leaped to their feet as Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Paul Pelosi's attendance as he joined his wife at the dinner.
In her speech last month announcing her decision to step down from leadership, Pelosi thanked her husband, calling him "my pillar of support," and said she was grateful for "all of the prayers and well wishes as he continues his recovery."The lawmaker told reporters last month that her husband was "doing okay," but faced a long recovery. The emotional trauma of the incident had left a deep mark on the entire family, Pelosi said.
While some GOP lawmakers and noted figures expressed concern for the couple following the incident, the Pelosis quickly became the target of conspiracy theories from political opponents and punchlines from those on the right in the days following the attack, something the speaker sharply criticized.
"If your spouse were in a situation where other people would make a joke of it, think it was funny, be collecting money for bail for the perpetrator, putting out a conspiracy theory about what it was about — it's so horrible to think the Republican Party has come down to this, and no real rejection of it by anybody in the party," she said. "It's so sad for our country."
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A little more on the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (probably my favorite TV show every the year). You can watch the festivities on CBS the evening of December 28th. This year the honorees are Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, George Clooney, Tania León, and U2. It should be a great night all the way around!
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This as the votes are certified for Arizona. And the winners are Democrats. All four. There will be recounts since at least three of the contests were close enough to trigger it, but I'm not expecting things to change.
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Let it be and let it be soon.
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