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Could have gone in a number of places
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A question on the film and voting in the US in general. Assuming the footage of these people posting fistful of votes into the ballot box is verified, the first question for me would be "is this legal"? ie Is this a legitimate methodology for posting valid votes assembled elsewhere and then taken and tracked to the official polling station?
Genuine question, I have no idea if this is a thing in the US, though I know there is some licence for it in the UK for isolated areas.
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@Catogrande said in US Politics:
A question on the film and voting in the US in general. Assuming the footage of these people posting fistful of votes into the ballot box is verified, the first question for me would be "is this legal"? ie Is this a legitimate methodology for posting valid votes assembled elsewhere and then taken and tracked to the official polling station?
Genuine question, I have no idea if this is a thing in the US, though I know there is some licence for it in the UK for isolated areas.
From here which was the first source that didn't require me to pay for the story:
One of those dismissed allegations is featured in a documentary, “2000 Mules,” directed by conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza set to be released May 20. The film falsely claims unnamed nonprofits linked to the Democratic Party paid people, whom it calls “mules,” to illegally collect and deposit absentee ballots in drop boxes in five swing states where Biden won–Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Ballot “harvesting” or collection, is when someone other than the voter delivers their absentee ballot to a dropbox. In Georgia, it’s only legal for family members or disabled voters’ caregivers to do this for them.
The movie features surveillance footage of a man in a white SUV depositing five absentee ballots into a Gwinnett County dropbox. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined in an investigation last fall that the man was legally delivering ballots cast by himself, his wife and children.
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This is why you don't want someone this old running your country, they are prone to saying stupid shit. Bush is 75, Biden is a hard 79, Trump 75. I wouldn't let any of these three guys loose with my TV remotes let alone the keys to the most powerful nation in the world
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This Orf video Greenwald published on his substack tonight is one of the funniest and most deeply disturbing productions I’ve seen all year. Complete horror show.
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I found this quite interesting. Not because of any political slant either way, but explaining how people can feel disenfranchised from politics in America, and the faults in their election system. Picking the guy whose sole upside is that he has the best chance to beat Trump (Joe ) is all very well, until he actually wins. Then you are stuck with his actual ideas (or lack of) to run the country. Funnily I had never really linked the US 2 party system back to the British 2 party system
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@canefan said in US Politics:
This is why you don't want someone this old running your country, they are prone to saying stupid shit. Bush is 75, Biden is a hard 79, Trump 75. I wouldn't let any of these three guys loose with my TV remotes let alone the keys to the most powerful nation in the world
mad to think he's years younger than binden....and he left office 13 years ago!
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One of the greatest college football stars of all time, and involved in arguably the biggest trade in NFL history. His earliest professional contract was playing for the New Jersey Generals in the USFL, the team was owned by Donald Trump. Walker has little-if-any political experience, but he’s been an advocate for conservative causes for a couple decades. He’s black, he’s an evangelical Christian, he’s an icon in the state of Georgia, he possesses both humility and charisma, conservatives love him, and he could be a real force if he pulls this off. (And let’s face it, even in a suit & tie, he looks like a stud!) He’s been accused of slapping ex-wives around however, so expect the Dems to attack him on that. It likely won’t matter. He’s that popular.
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Another conservative populist.
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Just last week the younger Bush was lamenting how toxic his family name has become with Texas conservatives. He was defetaed by the incumbent, the indicted Texas AG also under FBI investigation for corruption allegations. That toxic.
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@antipodean Cheers for the update. You'll understand why I won't upvote it
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Interesting post.
US politics seems to be infested by a poisonous dislike of the other side bordering on hatred. Add in a large section of the political community with a fanatical belief in loopy ideas and it's a recipe for disaster.
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@Kid-Chocolate said in US Politics:
One of the greatest college football stars of all time, and involved in arguably the biggest trade in NFL history. His earliest professional contract was playing for the New Jersey Generals in the USFL, the team was owned by Donald Trump. Walker has little-if-any political experience, but he’s been an advocate for conservative causes for a couple decades. He’s black, he’s an evangelical Christian, he’s an icon in the state of Georgia, he possesses both humility and charisma, conservatives love him, and he could be a real force if he pulls this off. (And let’s face it, even in a suit & tie, he looks like a stud!) He’s been accused of slapping ex-wives around however, so expect the Dems to attack him on that. It likely won’t matter. He’s that popular.
I'm so cynical about US politics, I wonder how long it will be until the first BLM protestors or Democrat calls him a "house-n**** "
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More evidence — and there is plenty of anecdotal evidence — that once-again disproves Maga-world is a monolithic cult, as divisive mainstream American news media repeatedly tries to have everybody believe. They are “America First” conservatives, not Trump fanaticists. And it’s good to see. When Trump says or does something they don’t like, they don’t tell each other, aww shucks, he’s doing the best he can. They let him have it with both barrels.
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I don’t pretend to know the nuances of US politics, though I do see that quite often Trump has been on the wrong end of a lot of biased news reporting and hyperbolic commentary. But I sort of feel you reap what you sow. In so many ways he is the author of his own misfortune and the result is him doubling down. It’s like a rinse and repeat cycle, with each bit of nastiness begetting the next bit. Of course this is not just Trump, or the GOP for that matter. We’re just living in a highly divisive political climate and naturally the US is the shop window. We have a similar thing going on in the UK but with us, as usual, we are somewhat “lite” in comparison.
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