Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees

WASHINGTON – The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chair Benjamin Hovland, National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) President Maggie Toulouse Oliver, National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) President Lori Augino, and Escambia County (Florida) Supervisor of Elections David Stafford – and the members of the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) – Chair Brian Hancock (Unisyn Voting Solutions), Vice Chair Sam Derheimer (Hart InterCivic), Chris Wlaschin (Election Systems & Software), Ericka Haas (Electronic Registration Information Center), and Maria Bianchi (Democracy Works) - released the following statement:

“The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result.

“When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.

“Other security measures like pre-election testing, state certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.

“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections.”

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Last Published Date: November 12, 2020

https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election

Fire Breaks Out Near Jizan Oil Facility After Coalition Destroys 2 Motorboats Laden With Explosives

According to the authorities, who believe the boats belonged to Houthi militants, no one has suffered injuries as a result of the incident.

A fire broke out near a floating platform belonging to Saudi Arabia's oil facility in Jizan, after coalition forces destroyed two motorboats armed with explosives, Saudi Gazette reported citing a source in the Ministry of Energy.

The ministry has also condemned the incident as well as other Houthi attacks on vital facilities.

"The blaze is being extinguished near the floating platform of the oil facility in Jizan after the destruction of two remotely controlled motorboats laden with explosives, sent by the Houthis. No people have been killed or injured", a spokesperson for the ministry told Al Ekhbariya broadcaster.

The attack came just hours after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the Kingdom will attack those threatening Saudi Arabia's security with an "iron fist".

Eary on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition destroyed intercepted and destroyed a bomb-laden unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched by the Yemeni Houthi movement, the coalition's spokesman, Turki al-Maliki, said. He did not report any casualties or material damage.

On Wednesday, a grenade attack was carried out in the western Saudi city of Jeddah, in which four people were injured. The attack occurred just when the diplomatic representatives of France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered at the Jeddah Cemetery to commemorate the end of World War I.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202011121081147141-fire-breaks-out-near-jazan-oil-facility-after-coalition-destroys-2-motorboats-laden-with-explosives/

Appeals Court Clears Harvard of Admissions Bias

A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that cleared Harvard University of bias in admitting students of Asian descent. The suit had been brought by Students for Fair Admissions on behalf of several Asian students who alleged the university refused them admission because of a racial bias.

The court found that Harvard’s admissions guidelines adhered to federal standards. That doesn’t mean that Harvard doesn’t discriminate and favor some races over others. All it means is that the university has met a legal test that it doesn’t give disproportionate weight to race as a factor in admissions.

“The issue before us is whether Harvard’s limited use of race in its admissions process in order to achieve diversity in the period in question is consistent with the requirements of Supreme Court precedent. There was no error,” the judges wrote.

The group’s 2014 lawsuit alleges that Harvard’s admissions officers use a subjective “personal rating” to discriminate against Asian Americans who apply to the school. Using six years of admissions data, the group found that Asian American applicants had the best academic records but received the lowest scores on the personal rating.

U.S. colleges, including Harvard, have gotten very good at disguising their bias.

Harvard denies any discrimination and says it considers applicants’ race only in the narrow way approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. In close calls between students, some underrepresented students may get a “tip” in their favor, school officials say, but students’ race is never counted against them.

After a three-week trial that cast new light on Harvard’s secretive selection process, a federal judge ruled that other factors could explain why Asian Americans are admitted at lower rates than other students. In her 2019 ruling, District Judge Allison D. Burroughs said Harvard’s admissions process is “not perfect” but concluded that there was “no evidence of any racial animus whatsoever.”

The suit wasn’t about “racial animus.” It was about bias, which can be something institutional or personal. Harvard and other American schools have institutionalized racial bias, favoring some minorities over others in order to smooth out their racial balance. It’s insidious and un-American.

A Democratic administration won’t support these lawsuits as the Trump Justice Department did. Trump’s DOJ also sued Yale over its bias and allege the school not only discriminates against Asians but whites as well.

Defenders of the policy say that tests and grades used in admittance are biased against black and Hispanic students which is why Harvard has to compensate for the “racism” inherent in the admissions process. Of course, that doesn’t explain why Asian students do so well, or how a racial balance is achieved without resorting to a biased admissions process.

The Supreme Court ruled that schools can use race as one factor in admissions. Most schools honor that limitation in the breach and find ways to get around it. It’s time they were called to account for it.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/11/12/appeals-court-clears-harvard-of-admissions-bias-n1140954

Pyongsan Uranium Mines: Despite Typhoons, Mining and Processing Operations Continue

Recent commercial satellite imagery from November 3 indicates that despite late summer typhoons, there is mining activity at the Pyongsan uranium mines. Two of the mines show an extensive amount of spoil has been removed from the tunnels since January, and railcar activity is observed at the Uranium Ore Concentration Plant. Together, these movements suggest that North Korea’s uranium enrichment efforts are ongoing.

Mining Activity

At the northeastern-most mine, the center of three finger-like spoil extensions, which extend in a southwest direction from the adit, has grown by approximately 35 meters in length, mainly from January to October.

At the largest mine, located at the west side of the mining complex, there are a number of spoil piles. Among them, the newest one extends like a finger up the valley to the north. Between January and November, this pile grew by approximately 107 meters by 30 meters, with roughly 50 meters of the length added between October 3 and November 3. This suggests this mine is being worked aggressively.

Figure 1. Overview of Pyongsan uranium mines and Uranium Ore Concentration Plant.

Uranium Ore Concentration Plant

Railcar activity was observed on October 3 and November 3 at the Uranium Ore Concentration Plant,[1] which is used to produce uranium yellowcake, strongly suggesting that operations continue. In October, a mix of 12 gondola cars, tank cars, and flatcars was present, while on November 3, only two gondola cars were observed. The tank cars, in particular, were probably delivering reagents to be used in the ore concentration process.

The Pyongsan ore processing facilities appear to have been unaffected by the multiple typhoons this summer, and the waste tailings pond, located across the river, also seems to have been spared by the rising waters. Nonetheless, there is evidence of flood damage along the adjacent river, both upstream and downstream of the mines.

Approximately 500 meters upstream, a 35-meter section of a probable pedestrian bridge over the river has been washed away. Another bridge, located roughly three kilometers up the river in the town of Pyongsan, has also lost a section of approximately 100 meters, leaving only its supporting piers still standing in the river.

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https://www.38north.org/2020/11/pyongsan201112/

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AOC: I’ll Be Working ‘Very Hard’ on Georgia Runoffs So Dems ‘Don’t Have to Negotiate’ with GOP

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said recently on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she will be working hard to make sure Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock beat incumbent Senator. David Perdue (R-GA) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) in upcoming Senate runoff elections.

Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Biden is planning a wave of executive orders to roll back some of Trump’s policies once he takes office, on everything from climate to the so-called Muslim ban. As of now, however, it looks as though Republicans, at least until January, will hold control of the Senate. That’s going to complicate your desire and the desire of other progressives for bold, sweeping, progressive legislation. I mean, theoretically, you can pass anything you want in the House, but it doesn’t matter if it goes to die in the Senate. How are you going to negotiate that? Are you going to work with more moderate Senate Republicans to try to pass something in the House that can get through the Senate?”

Ocasio-Cortez said, “Well, I’m going to be spending my next couple of months doing everything that I can to extend help and offer support to the work of fantastic leaders that we just heard from like Stacey Abrams to make sure that we don’t have a Republican Senate majority, that we win these races in Georgia, that we secure a Democratic Senate majority, so that we don’t have to negotiate in that way. ”

She added, “So these Senate run-off races, they’re on January 5, I believe. That is right around the time that we will be preparing to swear in now president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris. And I think it’s really important that we all work very hard to give them a Democratic Senate as well.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/11/12/aoc-ill-be-working-very-hard-on-georgia-runoffs-so-dems-dont-have-to-negotiate-with-gop/

Chuck Schumer: ‘The Election Is Not in Doubt’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dismissed concerns of millions of Americans who are worried about the integrity of the election, asserting at a press conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday that the election is “not in doubt.”

“The election is not in doubt,” Schumer declared at the joint presser with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), dismissing election concerns as “nothing more than a temper tantrum by Republicans.”

Recent surveys suggest otherwise. A survey on Tuesday from Just the News Daily and independent pollster Scott Rasmussen found that less than half of Americans, or 49 percent, believe Biden won the election, while 34 percent expressed the belief that Trump won, and 16 percent remained unsure.

It is “nothing more than a pathetic political performance for an audience of one: President Donald John Trump,” Schumer assessed, contending that Joe Biden’s (D) Electoral College victory has been “secured by several states, where tens of thousands of votes separate the candidates.”

The final results were not certified at the time Schumer made his remarks.

“Joe Biden leads Wisconsin by 20,000; Pennsylvania … 50,000; Michigan … 146,000. That’s the facts. Biden’s won. Nothing Republicans or Trump can do will change that,” he said, effectively dismissing the Trump campaign’s legal challenges focusing on election integrity and referring to them as “frivolous.”

Trump’s “frivolous lawsuits have less than a snowball’s chance in hell of succeeding,” he quipped, accusing the GOP of “deliberately and recklessly sowing doubt about our democratic process.”

“The biggest change since Election Day is that Donald Trump, who is not for helping us in COVID and who is against the HEROES bill, has lost,” Schumer told reporters as his mask hung below his nose. “That was an overwhelming referendum by the American people.”

Pelosi added that Biden received a “mandate” to “address the challenges that our country faces as well as to have a positive initiative on how to grow the economy in a fair way.”

Their assertions notwithstanding, the election is not yet final, and many doubt their claims of a “mandate,” as Democrats lost seats in the House, despite Pelosi’s predictions that their majority would grow by “double digits.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/12/sen-chuck-schumer-election-not-doubt/

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https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1327042204871876612

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Tennessee Emergency Medical Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/tennessee-emergency-medical-doctor-sentenced-prison-unlawfully-distributing-controlled