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So now, of course, the president and his friends are in the position of having to claim there was fraud in the LA mayor’s race but not in the California governor’s one just yet. Let’s see how that goes! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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One thing thats striking about this version of the election theft conspiracy theory, which virtually all top Republicans are now boosting, is how simple it is, how transparent it is. They know how California's vote count works. All these guys have been watching California do this for decades.
As Democratic candidates surge, the president and his allies baselessly cry fraud.
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Joe hosts a good party (even if it's just a two-person party). Enjoyed this.
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I'm honestly kind of surprised it took this long, but I'm calling the California primary the beginning of the Trump administration's effort to flood the midterms with bullshit about specific elections (as opposed to the generalized election conspiracy theorizing they are constantly unloading).
Two loose canons in Congress — Ralph Norman, Nancy Mace — face unpredictable futures after losing tonight's South Carolina governor primary.
"State law sets an extremely early deadline for candidates to withdraw, a deadline that is little more than a month away, at 5:00 PM on Monday, July 13."
MarkWayne said that Donald Trump doesn't let him wear his hat at the White House.
The NBA games are clearly rigged. The Knicks were leading at halftime last night but then as the evening went on there were wide changes in the results. This is undermining fan integrity and confidence in the result.
One thing I learned from this that I didn't know was the extent to which Paul Weyrich's drive to remake right-wing activism in America was motived by frustrations about Vatican II.
John Light
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RAJU: The president keep saying the California election was rigged. What evidence have you seen?
SCALISE: You had wide changes after election night in the results
R: They're just counting the ballots
SCALISE: Look, whether you can prove fraud or not, it does undermine voter integrity in the vote
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RAJU: The president keep saying the California election was rigged. What evidence have you seen?
SCALISE: You had wide changes after election night in the results
R: They're just counting the ballots
SCALISE: Look, whether you can prove fraud or not, it does undermine voter integrity in the vote
In the 1970s and '80s, a small group of conservative leaders re-envisioned how state power could be used for reactionary ends.
