Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar is requesting docs pertaining to Dominion, Smartmatic bids, contracts, and info from AZ SOS per public records laws
Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS
@RepGosar
I am requesting documents pertaining to Dominion, Smartmatic, all bids, contracts and information related to them from the Arizona Secretary of State per public records laws.
10:24 AM · Dec 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/1335621119643148289
Ivan Pentchoukov
@IvanPentchoukov
Georgia County Can’t Find Chain of Custody Records for Absentee Ballots
9:30 AM · Dec 6, 2020·Twitter Web App
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https://twitter.com/IvanPentchoukov/status/1335607605176229889
Georgia County Can’t Find Chain of Custody Records for Absentee Ballots
BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV December 6, 2020 Updated: December 6, 2020
Georgia’s Dekalb County does not know if it is in possession of the ballot transfer forms used to record the chain of custody for absentee ballots dropped into some 300 drop boxes around the state.
Dekalb County responded to an open records request for the transfer forms from The Georgia Star News by writing that “it has not yet been determined if responsive records to your request exist.”
“DeKalb County and [The Georgia Department of Voting, Registration and Election] VRE are currently operating within its COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan. These remote operations and VRE’s current workload greatly impact how soon responsive records can be provided,” the response from the department stated.
“VRE is expected to make this determination within thirty business days.”
The Georgia Star News requested the ballot transfer forms from several counties. Cobb County and Cook County have complied with the request, each providing copies of the forms.
A spokesperson for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Breitbart News last week that the ballot transfer forms are in the possession of individual counties.
Georgia election rules require ballots from drop boxes to be picked up by teams of at least two people who must complete a transfer form upon doing so.
“The collection team shall complete and sign a ballot transfer form upon removing the ballots from the dropbox, which shall include the date, time, location and number of ballots,” the relevant rule states.
“The ballots from the drop box shall be immediately transported to the county registrar and processed and stored in the same manner as absentee ballots returned by mail are processed and stored. The county registrar or a designee thereof shall sign the ballot transfer form upon receipt of the ballots from the collection team.”
Each of the drop boxes should have more than a dozen signed ballot transfer forms, given the frequency of the pickups required by the rules.
The Peach State first used absentee ballot drop boxes for its June 19 primary, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
In 2016 in Dekalb County, Hillary Clinton received 251,370 votes and Donald Trump received 51,468 votes.
In 2020, the unofficial results show former Vice President Joe Biden with 308,102 votes and President Donald Trump with 58,361.
The Trump campaign filed an election contest in Georgia on Dec. 4, alleging that violations of the Constitution and state laws took place in the 2020 election.
The president held a rally in Georgia on Dec. 5, alleging that widespread fraud occurred in the state which could be remedied if the signatures on absentee ballot envelopes were to be verified.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called on Raffensperger to order a signature audit after the release of video footage that appeared to show poll workers in Fulton County processing ballots in the middle of the night with no observers.
Speaking to Fox News, Kemp said, “I think it should be done. I think especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that.”
Juliet Song contributed to this report.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/georgia-county-cant-find-chain-of-custody-records-for-absentee-ballots_3606540.html
Indonesia minister accused of bribery following raid
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Indonesia's social affairs minister has been accused of taking bribes while arranging food aid for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Juliari Batubara is accused of taking cash from contractors supplying food aid parcels to people in need.
Anti-corruption agents discovered more than 14.5 billion rupiah ($1m; £760,000) stuffed into suitcases and other containers, and arrested four suspects during a raid on Saturday.
Mr Juliari turned himself in on Sunday.
"The money was stored in seven suitcases, three backpacks, and in envelopes," Firli Bahuri, chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission said in a news conference.
Indonesia falls into first recession in 22 years
Bali closed to foreign tourists until end of 2020
Agents said Mr Juliari was allegedly offered 10,000 rupiah ($0.71; £0.53) in kickbacks per food parcel provided by two of the contractors, according to AFP news agency.
If found guilty, he could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of one billion rupiah.
Mr Firli said two of the suspects arrested were officials and the remaining two were private citizens.
President Joko Widodo said on Sunday that he had repeatedly warned ministers to avoid corruption and that he would not protect those who did.
"That's the people's money… it's aid urgently needed to help during Covid-19 and for the economic recovery," he said.
Indonesia, which relies heavily on tourism, has been hit hard by the pandemic. The government has rolled out aid programmes such as food packages to help those in need.
Authorities in the country have predicted that 3.5m people could lose their jobs due to the coronavirus downturn. Last month, the country fell into its first recession in 22 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55204061
NASA's Kennedy Space Center
@NASAKennedy
We are now under three minutes away from liftoff! The Falcon 9 rocket has been fueled with RP-1 (rocket-grade kerosene) and liquid oxygen, and Dragon has transitioned to internal power. Rocket
Watch live: http://nasa.gov/live
10:14 AM · Dec 6, 2020·Twitter Web App
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Bloomberg Quicktake
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Here’s a live look at the launch of the #SpaceX CRS-21 Dragon cargo craft, which is headed to the International Space Station
10:29 AM · Dec 6, 2020·Blackbird Video Platform/Amplify
https://twitter.com/Quicktake/status/1335622366722920450
House GOP's 'Freedom Force': Conservative answer to progressive 'Squad' is ready for battle
"Either we ourselves or our parents came from other countries, and they fled those countries to pursue the American dream, and right now it's under attack," says Rep.-elect Nicole Malliotakis of the group of eight House freshmen.
By Nicholas Ballasy
Updated: December 6, 2020 - 9:51am
New Republican members of the House of Representatives are forming a "Freedom Force" as a conservative answer to "The Squad," the four high-visibility, progressive Democratic women elected to the House as freshmen in 2018.
Incoming House Republican freshmen Byron Donalds, Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Michelle Steel of California, Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma, Burgess Owens of Utah and Victoria Spartz of Indiana are the members in the "Freedom Force" so far.
"We have a 'Freedom Force' versus 'Squad,'" Owens said on Fox News.
"The Squad" members are Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
Steel said the "Freedom Force" will advocate for lower taxes and less regulations.
"The left is totally out of line from mainstream America," she said.
Malliotakis explained on Fox News' "Outnumbered Overtime" that their coalition will also advocate for the preservation of freedom and liberty for future generations.
"Either we ourselves or our parents came from other countries, and they fled those countries to pursue the American dream, and right now it's under attack from individuals, like those members of the socialist squad, who are looking to chip away at our freedoms and really dismantle our economy and our country, and we need to fight back," she said. "We're very passionate about that."
Omar was recently asked about the GOP freshman members forming the "Freedom Force."
"I mean it sounds ridiculous to me," she said, according to NBC News. "I think they think they're in high school. We're in Congress."
Addressing the formation of the "Freedom Force" on Twitter, Salazar wrote that she was born in Miami, a "community built by survivors," and that her parents fled "Castro's socialist nightmare."
"We can't just let the socialist left destroy the American Dream for our children!" she wrote.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/these-8-house-members-are-freedom-force-formed-counter-squad-progressives