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Trump says Gen. Mark Milley should be ‘court-martialed’ if he thought the former president potentially sought a coup

Former President Donald Trump on Friday said that General Mark Milley should be “court-martialed and tried” if he believed that the former president sought to carry out a coup, referencing an excerpt from a forthcoming book by Washington Post reporters Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker.

Trump has pushed back against the excerpt from “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year,” which said that Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the possibility of a coup with friends, legislators, and colleagues.

“The writings within these third-rate books are Fake News, and ‘General’ Milley (who [former Defense Secretary James] Mattis wanted to send to Europe in order to get rid of him), if he said what was reported, perhaps should be impeached, or court-martialed and tried,” the former president said in a statement. “He tries to be a tough guy, which he is not, but he choked beyond belief as soon as a microphone was stuffed in front of his face or, at the mere sight of the Fake News Media.”

Top U.S. officials lay waste to the right-wing lies about the 2020 election in conclusion of a sweeping probe

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement addressing right-wing claims of foreign interference in the 2020 elections — and found that according to an investigation, there is no evidence that such interference occurred in the ways that were alleged. 

DOJ and DHS, in their statement, explained, “The Departments investigated multiple public claims that one or more foreign governments owned, directed, or controlled election infrastructure used in the 2020 federal elections; implemented a scheme to manipulate election infrastructure; or tallied, changed, or otherwise manipulated vote counts. The Departments found that those claims were not credible.”

The foreign governments mentioned in the press release include those of China and Iran. DOJ and DHS note, “The Departments found no evidence that any foreign government-affiliated actor manipulated election results or otherwise compromised the integrity of the 2020 federal elections.” Continue reading.

Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds

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Former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely because of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio.

The 27-page document shows that voters in 10 key states rated the pandemic as their top voting issue, and President Biden won higher marks on the topic. The report also indicates that Trump lost ground among key demographic groups he needed.

The internal report cuts against Trump’s claims that the election was stolen from him and that Biden could not have fairly beaten him — and mirrors what many Trump campaign officials said privately for months. Continue reading.

Dominion Voting Systems fires back with legal action against Sidney Powell

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Dominion Voting Systems is now taking steps toward legal action against Sidney Powell.

Dominion and its voting machines have been at the center of several conspiracy theories and falsehoods surrounding the 2020 presidential election. Although President Donald Trump initially spread misinformation about mail-in voting, he and his allies began circulating falsehoods targeting Dominion voting machines as election results proved favorable for Biden.

Since then, Dominion Voting Systems claims it has been subjected to a “‘relentless and reckless disinformation’ campaign, led by Powell, Rudy Giuliani, other allies of President Donald Trump, and Trump himself,” according to Law & Crime. Continue reading.

‘The last wall’: How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump’s efforts to overturn the election

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They are both elected and appointed, selected by Democrats and Republicans alike.

Some have served for decades — while others took the bench only months ago.

One is a former high school teacher, another the first Native American woman appointed to a federal judgeship. A third worked for years for a Republican governor who has been a vocal supporter of President Trump. Continue reading.

In Blistering Retort, 4 Battleground States Tell Texas to Butt Out of Election

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The attorneys general of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia asked the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Texas seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victories.

WASHINGTON — In blistering language denouncing Republican efforts to subvert the election, the attorneys general for Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the victories in those states by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., calling the audacious effort an affront to democracy and the rule of law.

The lawsuit, filed by the Republican attorney general of Texas and backed by his G.O.P. colleagues in 17 other states and 106 Republican members of Congress, represents the most coordinated, politicized attempt to overturn the will of the voters in recent American history. President Trump has asked to intervene in the lawsuit as well in hopes that the Supreme Court will hand him a second term he decisively lost.

The suit is the latest in a spectacularly unsuccessful legal effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to overturn the results, with cases so lacking in evidence that judges at all levels have mocked or condemned them as without merit. Legal experts have derided this latest suit as well, which makes the audacious claim, at odds with ordinary principles of federalism, that the Supreme Court should investigate and override the election systems of four states at the behest of a fifth. Continue reading.

We opposed each other in Bush v. Gore. Now we agree: Biden won.

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David Boies is chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Theodore B. Olson, a former U.S. solicitor general, is a partner of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Twenty years ago, we represented the opposing sides in Bush v. Gore. We still don’t agree about how the Supreme Court ruled, but we completely agree that nothing in that case — or in the Supreme Court’s decision — supports the challenges now being thrown about in an attempt to undermine President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

Yet, over the past week, we have heard repeated assertions that the outcome of this election is somehow in doubt, as it was in 2000.

It is not. Biden will be president. There are many areas of policy on which we disagree. But no matter how you voted in this election, that is the clear outcome. The nation’s laws and shared values dictate that Americans now unite to support democracy, national security, the public trust in institutions and the urgent work of the next administration. Continue reading.

‘It’s not a good look’: Military voters fume as Trump campaign challenges Nevada votes

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The Trump campaign is truly grasping at straws in its attempts to pretend Donald didn’t lose fair and square last week. In Nevada, where President-elect Joe Biden has a margin of more than 30,000 votes, Trump campaign lawyers are making a giant fuss over 3,000 votes they say were cast by people who don’t really live in the state. Problem is—aside from the fact that 3,000 votes won’t change the result—officials say it’s not uncommon for people who are Nevada residents to have their absentee ballots sent to another state. In fact, many of the votes in question may be from members of the military who have been transferred to other states but still consider Nevada home.

“It’s very apparent when you look at the list that there’s a lot of people on there who are affiliated with the military,” one such voter, who voted in Nevada after going to New Mexico with her husband when the Air Force transferred him, told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s not a good look.”

“It’s shocking that the Trump campaign would call these military members criminals for exercising their right to vote,” said another. Since Nevada has two Air Force bases and a naval air station, hundreds of voters on the Trump campaign’s list appear to fall into this category.  Continue reading.

Rowdy Trump Mob In Detroit Attempts To Stop Vote Count

A crowd of protesters demanding that vote counting in Detroit cease formed at the TCF Hall, a local election center, Steve Patterson of NBC News reported on Wednesday.

He posted video of the event where the protesters crowded around the entrance to a room where votes were being counted:

“Step back! Step back!” a law enforcement official yelled as he tried to leave the room. The crowd was press up against the door. Continue reading.

2020 Candidates

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President and Vice President

Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris

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U.S. Senate
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U.S. Congress

Rep. Dean Phillips, CD3

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Senate District 33 Candidates
Gretchen Piper, Senate District 33

 

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Caitlin Cahill, House District 33A

 

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Representative Kelly Morrison, House District 33B

 

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Senate District 34 Candidates
Bonnie Westlin, Senate District 34

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Brian Raines, House District 34A

 

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Representative Kristin Bahner, House District 34B

 

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Senate District 35 Candidates
Michael Erickson, House District 35A

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Jason Ruffalo, House District 35B

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Senate District 36 Candidates
Senator John Hoffman, Senate District 36
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Representative Zack Stephenson, House District 36A

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Representative Melissa Hortman, House District 36B

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Senate District 37 Candidates

Senator Jerry Newton, Senate District 37

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Representative Erin Koegel, House District 37A

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Senate District 40 Candidates 
Senator Chris Eaton, Senate District 40

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Representative Michael V. Nelson, House District 40A

 

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Representative Samantha Vang, House District 40B

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Senate District 44 Candidates
Ann Johnson Stewart, Senate District 44

 

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Representative Ginny Klevorn, House District 44A

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Representative Patty Acomb, House District 44B

 

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Senate District 45 Candidates
Senator Ann Rest, Senate District 45

 

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Cedrick Frazier, House District 45A

 

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Senate District 46 Candidates
Senator Ron Latz, Senate District 46

 

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Representative Ryan Winkler, House District 46A

 

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Senate District 47 Candidates
Addie Miller, Senate District 47

 

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Arlan Brinkmeyer, House District 47A

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Dan Kessler, House District 47B

 

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Senate District 48 Candidates

Senator Steve Cwodzinski, Senate District 48

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Representative Laurie Pryor, House District 48A

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Representative Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, House District 48B

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Senate District 49 Candidates

Senator Melisa Franzen, Senate District 49

 

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Representative Heather Edelson, House District 49A

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Representative Steve Elkins, House District 49B

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Senate District 50 Candidates
Senator Melissa Wiklund, Senate District 50

 

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Representative Michael Howard, House District 50A

 

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Representative Andrew Carlson, House District 50B

 

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Hennepin County Commissioner Candidates
De’Vonna Pitmann, District 1

 

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Commissioner Debbie Goettel, District 5

 

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Chris LaTondresse, District 6

 

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Kevin Anderson, District 7

 

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Susan Pha, Brooklyn Park City Council — West

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Christian Eriksen, Brooklyn Park City Council — Center

 

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Kristy Janigo, Maple Grove City Council

 

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Tamara Grady, Osseo School Board

 

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