BREAKING: McCrae Dowless has been indicted on three counts of felonious obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballot #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/YytCpi9Av1
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 27, 2019
He is not the only one being charged. From the Raleigh News and Observer:
Four other people — Caitlyn E. Croom, Matthew Monroe Mathis, Tonia Gordon and Rebecca Thompson — also face charges related to absentee ballot collection in Bladen County over the past two elections, Freeman said.
Anonymous At Work
Now taking bets on whether he rolls on Harris as his employees roll on him.
catclub
news rich day when potential war between India and Pakistan gets third level coverage.
Pogonip
Sorry to horn in, but this is important:
https://abc7ny.com/society/veteran-asks-for-100-cards-for-100th-birthday-gets-thousands/5159672/
Brachiator
Republicans involved in falsifying elections. Who would have thought it possible? :)
Jeffro
I have this one posted all over social media, sending emails to RWNJ friends/relatives, etc. “Oh look…REAL, ACTUAL ELECTION FRAUD…” So very happy!
trollhattan
Wish our media would correctly label this as election fraud and not voter fraud. Voters were defrauded, if anything.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
ruemara
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: It is a lovely day, isn’t it.
@Jeffro: A man after mine own heart.
Kent
So these are state charges?
Is there also potential for Federal charges as well? Something related to voting rights and discrimination? Just curious. I don’t really know.
Brachiator
@catclub:
Maybe if either country had nukes …..
germy
McTurtle says it’s Democrats’ fault for not allowing proper voting fraud prevention.
West of the Rockies
I would be ashamed to be Republican. If, hypothetically, all of this shit involved Democratic players (the NC stuff and the Trump stuff), I would change parties. I would become a vocal damn critic of my former party.
Stalwart Republicans have no honor.
AThornton
@catclub:
Always a risk of nuclear war when these two go at it.
Makes life interesting.
sukabi
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: lololol???????
rikyrah
@Pogonip:
AWE….
Brachiator
OT Wild day for legal actions.
Hollywood can’t help itself. The studios are always trying to steal money from actors and others.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Jesus Christ. The entire congressional GOP is going to be behind bars at this rate. A guy can dream.
hells littlest angel
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: So much good news today!
chris
He seems nice. Thread on Rep. Clay Higgins (R of course-LA)
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Brachiator:
I’ve read and observed that actors and athletes, though often rich and privelidged, are closer to lower-class people than billionaires since they still often work for a salary
clay
@chris: Ugh. My name is so rare… why does it belong to an asshole?
ET
I don’t care why because he needed to not run, but I do wonder who it was who convinced Harris not run again since I suspect that this “pastor” would have run regardless of his health issues.
chris
@clay: And how did he get elected? It’s Louisiana, Jake.
Brachiator
@??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??:
Studio heads are not necessarily upper class, but they are snakes. You can have an ironclad contract and studio weasels will still try to steal from you. It’s part of the system.
Ohio Mom
@Pogonip: And two of them are from the Pogonips!
In other off-topic news, the crocuses in my front yard are out.
Elizabelle
@Ohio Mom: Yea! Crocuses are always welcome.
Can we have a fresh thread when the hearings resume?
My favorite quote, from my new spirit animal, Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the US Virgin Islands:
rikyrah
@Brachiator:
THEY.GOT.PAID!!!
MomSense
Of all the days to miss all the news. GAH
Can we ask Mueller to give us notice before his report and indictments drop? I may need to take some time off of work.
Cacti
Today the GOP has clarified that when they said they were the family values party, they meant the Gambino family.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Brachiator:
Snakes is the operative word. I suspect this was the case, perhaps especially, in the so-called “Golden Age” of Hollywood, but I’m just spit balling.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@Elizabelle:
She must be an avid reader of Balloon Juice = )
Shana
@trollhattan: I heard E.J. Dionne on NPR Friday night’s All Things Considered say “voter fraud” about NC-09 and almost drove off the road I was so mad. Election Fraud not Voter Fraud!
trollhattan
@Elizabelle:
LGM is approaching double-TBogg with theirs. Somewhere, a server is crying.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
some gleanings from twitter
I wonder if anything Cohen said today could make Weisselberg call his lawyers
trollhattan
A hearty “stay dry” to my fellow Californians. Holy crap are we getting hammered by the weather. And if you’re anywhere near Guerneville, get the hell away. (16 feet above flood stage?!?)
Martin
@trollhattan: SoCal got spared this round. Hoping everyone up north stays safe and is spared from getting stranded on trains for days on end.
Yarrow
@Elizabelle: What time are the hearings supposed to resume?
C Stars
@trollhattan: Yep, looks like the Safeway parking lot is (was?) the last non-inundated spot downtown. And the river won’t crest until this evening.
These two winters have been like whiplash after the previous five years of drought.
Elizabelle
@Yarrow: I guess about an hour from when they recessed. Will look at the previous thread to figure out when that was.
Elizabelle
Hmmm. Soon, I guess. Hearings broke about 2:33, but WaPost website says they’re due back shortly.
Aleta
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
But he reportedly received immunity last year, no?
germy
trollhattan
@C Stars:
Yikes! Be safe.
It’s hard during a year like this to convince folks we’re in a decade-long drought with two or generously, three breaks.
Aleta
Yarrow
@Elizabelle: @Elizabelle: Thanks. Doesn’t look like they’re back yet.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Meh on Ken Dilanian. Not confident about his sources.
germy
AOC will be questioning, as will Rep. Pressley
trollhattan
@germy:
Oooh goodie! No idea whether Bibi leaving office would help things, but at least they’d be rid of his comically evil leadership and public face.
Yarrow
I heard on the radio that Fordham University (I think) confirmed that Cohen sent them a letter re: releasing Trump’s records.
Yarrow
Re: the actual subject of the thread, it’s wonderful news that people are being charged in this election fraud case. Great to hear!
Elizabelle
@Aleta: That’s really important. There have got to be some consequences for threatening people. I am glad to see pushback against ugliness like Gaetz.
Yarrow
@Elizabelle: I really loved how he had to bow down to Nancy SMASH and say sorry.
germy
These photos
Lapassionara
@??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??: This is a bar association investigation, not a criminal one. There may yet be a criminal one, but no jail results from bar investigations.
Elizabelle
WaPost says they expect testimony to resume in 5-10 minutes.
Mnemosyne
@Martin:
This round hasn’t gotten to So Cal yet. It sounds like it’s arriving early Saturday morning.
chopper
@germy:
daaaaaaaaaaang
germy
Brachiator
@Yarrow:
Pelosi had to do a little… Gaetz keeping.
Ruckus
@Brachiator:
Slowly raises hand, notices the huge crowd around him doing same.
geg6
@germy:
This one of those news days where all the news makes me happy. Well, except that whole India/Pakistan thing. I’ve decided to pretend that isn’t happening.
germy
This video:
Yarrow
@Brachiator: Groan!
Gin & Tonic
@trollhattan: I guess a good year for skiing at Tahoe, huh?
Dorothy A. Winsor
Wonkette says they’re back and getting ready to start.
trollhattan
@Gin & Tonic:
Resorts are all happy as hell. People trying to get there, maybe not so lucky.
Several report historic February totals.
Yarrow
The hearing is back. Need a new thread.
Yarrow
@trollhattan: Going to be skiing into June!
Barbara
@trollhattan: They should wait. We went to Mammoth in late March of 2017, after Mammoth was on track to receive 600 inches of snow. The great thing about the resorts in California is that the snow won’t go anywhere for a while.
Frankensteinbeck
@trollhattan:
It will help things. The situation will still be fucked up, but some people make a bad situation much worse. Bibi and McConnell are two of those.
Elizabelle
Betty Cracker just put up a fresh thread re Cohen. AOC up.
ruemara
This has been a hell of a day
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??: The movie Stan and Ollie (which is wonderful, I recommend) does not paint a flattering picture of Hal Roach. It looks like he basically ended their career as a duo when Hardy was still under contract but Laurel wanted to negotiate for better terms. And IIRC one of those terms was rights to collect some of their own profits, or rather some of the mega $$ that Roach was collecting off their backs.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@ET: I suspect he would not only have run, but hired Dowless again.
It was pretty obvious that he decided to stop fighting and call for new elections to try to make the investigation go away. It ticked me off mightily that the tactic seemed to work. I hope he does face some criminal consequences.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Yarrow: McConnell is not in her direct chain of command, but I’m hoping and expecting the moment will come when he has to bow down to her as well, when his power is utterly broken and his spirit shattered and in pieces around his feet.
NANCY SMASH!!!
Gin & Tonic
@trollhattan: Few years back I went there, flew into SMF, it was pouring rain there, by the time I was halfway up to Tahoe it was snowing heavily. I’d rented a 4WD vehicle, which was fortunate, because it was chains or 4WD the rest of the way. Pretty gnarly drive, actually.
C Stars
@trollhattan: Thank you. Fortunately, we don’t live there, though we have some friends and acquaintances who are flooded out. Staying merely moist in the east bay.
MomSense
Got home in time to see Elijah Cummings PREACH! Woo that was good.
So what did I miss today?
C Stars
@MomSense: Oh, nothing much! ;-)
Yarrow
@MomSense: Oh, you know. Slow news day.
sm*t cl*de
@Brachiator:
Am I right in recollecting that Lichtman was arbitrating the claims because Fox makes employees sign away their right to sue, in favor of compulsory arbitration?