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Always loved the description of Lindsey Graham as a pilot fish.

Fuck him and fuck Susan Collins too.

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  8. 8.

    Ohio Mom

    I’ll be happy to see Susan Collins gone but Mitch McConnell — him being so far ahead is a disappointment. Even though I live just across the (Ohio) River from Kentucky, and so ought to know better.

  12. 12.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Frank LaRose Defends Decision Not To Comply With Court Ruling On Ballot Drop Boxes

    The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas has demanded Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose explain his office’s comments that he’ll keep in place a directive that prohibits county election boards from adding additional drop boxes.

    Judge Richard Frye issued an opinion Tuesday finding that LaRose was “arbitrary and unreasonable” in limiting county election boards from adding more than one ballot drop box for the fall election. The ruling clarified that every election board is “legally permitted” to add more options for delivering absentee ballots, depending on their individual needs.

    However, LaRose’s office soon issued a statement claiming that the opinion did not affect their directive, and told county boards to continue abiding by the restrictions.

    “Importantly, while the judge issued a declaration as to the law regarding the return of absentee ballots and drop boxes, he did not rule on the Plaintiff’s request to enjoin the Secretary’s Directive,” spokeswoman Maggie Sheehan said in an email. “Lacking that, today’s ruling didn’t change anything and the Secretary’s Directive remains in place.”

    On Wednesday morning, the court ordered LaRose to explain why he “will not honor prior statements that he would abide by this court’s ruling.”

    LaRose’s office responded by arguing that changing the directive now would cause confusion close to the election. Early voting in Ohio begins on October 6.

    LaRose adds other court action is pending, so litigation wouldn’t be over if he complied now. Even before Tuesday’s opinion came out, LaRose requested a stay of any preliminary injunction, and his office said it would appeal the ruling.

    “Unfortunately, the way the judge ruled prevents an immediate appeal of his ruling,” said Sheehan in a statement Wednesday. “In response, Secretary LaRose has called upon the judge to allow his ruling to be appealed today. He should immediately rule on the pending injunction of the Secretary’s Directive and conclude the entire case to allow an appeal.”

    LaRose is a lying scumbag piece of shit. It’s a fucking technicality. He could lift his stupid fucking directive if he wanted to. He said he wouldn’t oppose more drop boxes if the legality of adding more drop boxes was cleared up. He fucking lied.

    In a separate filing, Ohio Democratic Party also suggested the Ohio Republican Party, which has intervened in the case, could be found in contempt for issuing a statement Tuesday claiming that Democrats “colluded” with Frye in the ruling.

    “The role of a judge is to be impartial, yet the judge in question parroted his party’s talking points in his ruling,” the Ohio GOP statement read. “The law was clear in stating the legality of having one ballot drop box per county. The judge’s interpretation of this law due to his partisan affiliation is a blatant obstruction of his judicial responsibility.”

    And fuck the Ohio Republican Party, too. Apparently citing reality and common sense is “parroting his party’s talking points.”

  15. 15.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @WaterGirl:

    I’ll just be happy to see McConnell out of control of the Senate, as much as I’d like to see him lose. Kentucky is just too much of a shit show, sadly. Kind of like Ohio, which isn’t a “bellwether” or swing state anymore imo

  16. 16.

    SuzieC

    It’s a very effective ad Watergirl though kind of gross. And Judge Frye issued a fucking advisory opinion. He’s well known in local circles for grandstanding. He can play the hero without actually doing anything.

  17. 17.

    Eunicecycle

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Did you read Maureen O’Connor’s statement ripping the GOP to shreds? Kay I think linked to it in another thread. Now some lawyers for the GOP (Ohio) are saying “um yeah, we didn’t know anything about this” and it’s been scrubbed.

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    @SuzieC: I am not good with gross, and there are a lot of people who react in a similar fashion.  I wonder if they turned off as many people as they think they reached.

    An advisory opinion is bullshit.  A bunch of fucking cowards.

  19. 19.

    Another Scott

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): https://www.mahoningmatters.com/local-news/judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-in-ballot-box-lawsuit-2719188

    COLUMBUS — Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Richard Frye has issued a preliminary injunction after ruling Tuesday county boards of elections may install multiple secure drop boxes to accept absentee ballots.

    The Ohio Democratic Party late last month filed a lawsuit arguing that multiple dropboxes are permissible under state law after Secretary of State Frank LaRose directed counties to keep only one, which would be at their elections offices.

    Frye’s Wednesday filing follows reports from a spokesperson indicating LaRose would not comply with Tuesday’s decision.

    “Voters of both major parties (and independent voters) all will benefit from easier and safer access to absentee ballot drop box locations or other measures that individual boards may adopt allowing voters to securely deliver their ballots without using the U.S. Postal Service,” Frye wrote in the filing.

    The preliminary injunction allows LaRose to appeal the decision. LaRose had already requested a stay of the initial decision and was granted it in the injunction, provided he appeals the decision within 24 hours.

    “It is in the public interest for all parties to assist in resolving the issues promptly so that individual boards of elections may address delivery of absentee ballots and discharge their independent obligations to voters across Ohio,” Frye wrote.

    Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper in a news release called Frye’s injunction “another big win for voters.

    “… We call on LaRose to make good on his public commitment to allow boards of elections to expand the use of secure dropboxes — something he repeatedly said he would support once a court clarified the law,” Pepper said, vowing Democrats would “continue to fight for Ohio voters” if LaRose appeals.

    LaRose could not be reached for comment.

    The GOP knows it cannot win fair elections, so it will try everything it can to tilt the process. Good for the judge.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  20. 20.

    Ohio Mom

    The Hamton County Board of Elections used to be in downtown Cincinnati, which was arguable centrally located. If you didn’t have a car, you could get there by bus.

    That building was deemed too small, and the Board was moved to an inner-ring suburb on tne east side. It’s not going to be an easily accessible drop-box location for most people, especially for bus riders. That goes for early voting too (starts October 6).

  21. 21.

    Aleta

    Hours before law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette Square in early June amid protests over the police killing of George Floyd, federal officials began to stockpile ammunition and seek devices that could emit deafening sounds and make anyone within range feel like their skin is on fire, according to an Army National Guard major who was there.

    D.C. National Guard Maj. Adam D. DeMarco told lawmakers that defense officials were searching for crowd control technology deemed too unpredictable to use in war zones and had authorized the transfer of about 7,000 rounds of ammunition to the D.C. Armory as protests against police use of force and racial injustice roiled Washington.
    In sworn testimony, shared this week with The Washington Post, DeMarco provided his account as part of an ongoing investigation into law enforcement and military officers’ use of force against D.C. protesters.

    … … …

    DeMarco told legislators that, having served in a combat zone where he spent time assessing various threats, he did not feel threatened at any point by protesters near the White House “or assess them to be violent.”
    “From my observation, these demonstrators — our fellow American citizens — were engaged in the peaceful expression of their First Amendment rights,” he said. “Yet they were subjected to an unprovoked escalation and excessive use of force.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protest-lafayette-square/2020/09/16/ca0174e4-f788-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

  22. 22.

    jonas

    Happy to see Collins get her ass handed to her on a platter. Hope this poll holds up. Of course McGrath v. McConnell in KY is looking less and less hopeful. Any Bluegrass Staters out there in the Jackaltariat care to chime in on why she’s having a hard time gaining traction against the Turtle this year? Is it fundraising, or some other issue? She seemed like a great candidate on paper…

  23. 23.

    Aleta

    @Aleta:

    Just before noon on June 1, the Defense Department’s top military police officer in the Washington region sent an email to officers in the D.C. National Guard. It asked whether the unit had a Long Range Acoustic Device, also known as an LRAD, or a microwave-like weapon called the Active Denial System, which was designed by the military to make people feel like their skin is burning when in range of its invisible rays.

    The technology, also called a “heat ray,” was developed to disperse large crowds in the early 2000s but was shelved amid concerns about its effectiveness, safety and the ethics of using it on human beings.

    Pentagon officials were reluctant to use the device in Iraq. In late 2018, the New York Times reported, the Trump administration had weighed using the device on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border — an idea shot down by Kirstjen Nielsen, then the Homeland Security secretary, citing humanitarian concerns.

  24. 24.

    jonas

    @Aleta: The more reporting I see on this, the more it seems Trump and Barr were gunning for their own Tiananmen Square moment. Absolutely chilling.

  25. 25.

    Aleta

    @jonas: I think they’re trying to scare people away from street protest if Rs manage to alter votes or registrations enough to affect the EC or the Senate outcome.

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