WE CAUGHT THEM: Fulton County GA Caught In Another Lie – Claim Only 5,000 Absentee Ballots Were Adjudicated in the 2020 Election – Previously Claimed Over 100,000 Absentee Ballots Were Adjudicated

Yesterday John Solomon at Just the News reported that Fulton County claims they only processed 5,000 adjudicated absentee ballots after the 2020 Election. Curiously, this doesn’t agree with the numbers reported by the County after the Election.

Just the News reported yesterday that 5,000 absentee ballots were adjudicated after the 2020 Election in Fulton County.

Welcome to the arcane process known as adjudication, where human judgment is substituted for machine scanning in cases where voters incorrectly filled out a paper ballot. Election officials and official observers have dealt with it for years, with everyday citizens mostly oblivious to the process.

But in 2020, adjudication played a much larger role in states like Georgia, which allowed hundreds of thousands of additional citizens to vote absentee for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In all, more than 5,000 of the 148,000 absentee ballots cast — or about 3% — in Georgia’s largest county required some form of human intervention, according to logs obtained from Fulton County by Just the News under an open records act request.

In addition, Solomon claims ballots adjudicated were altered by election workers.

https://youtu.be/ksR1fivmxSg

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Blinken vows no ‘impunity’ for Iran over deadly attack on Israel-linked tanker

US secretary of state tells UN Security Council explosion that hit MT Mercer Street is part of a pattern of ‘provocative behavior’ and those responsible must be held to account

UNITED NATIONS — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday renewed vows to punish Iran for allegedly attacking an Israeli-linked tanker, saying the world cannot allow “impunity.”

Speaking to a virtual Security Council session on maritime security, Blinken said the explosions in late July on the MT Mercer Street were “part of a pattern of attacks and other provocative behavior.”

“It is on all of our nations to hold accountable those responsible. Failing to do so will only fuel their sense of impunity and embolden others inclined to disregard the maritime order,” he said.

Two crew members, from Britain and Romania, died in the blasts, which the US military said were caused by drones built by Iran.

Iran has denied responsibility for the blast, but analysts have described the operation as part of a shadow war between Iran and Israel, which includes strikes on Tehran-linked sites in Syria.

Blinken, in a clear reference to Beijing, also criticized attempts to “intimidate and bully other states from lawfully accessing their maritime resources” in the dispute-rife South China Sea.

“Some may assert that resolving the dispute in the South China Sea is not the business of the United States or any other country that is not a claimant to the islands and waters,” Blinken said.

“But it is the business — and even more, the responsibility — of every member state to defend the rules that we’ve all agreed to follow and peacefully resolve maritime disputes.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-vows-no-impunity-for-iran-over-attack-on-israel-linked-tanker/

Maskless County Officials Announce New Mask Mandate For Portland

After telling us everything would return to normal after enough people got vaccines, and after telling us the vaccines are effective, Multnomah County chair Deborah Kafoury has announced a new mask mandate which takes effect this Friday, August 13th.

Via executive order, Kafoury is mandating that everyone ages 5 and older wear a mask while inside public buildings. Joined by doctors from OHSU and other area hospitals, as well as Portland Public Schools superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero, Kafoury and her sycophants made the announcement during a public Zoom meeting Monday afternoon, reading carefully prepared statements.

To the surprise of no one, none of these officials were wearing masks, and some of them appear to be Zooming in from work locations, particularly the doctors. You can clearly see office-type settings in the background. These include OHSU Dr. Renee Edwards, Kaiser Permanente Dr. Mary Giswold, and Guerrero.

Multnomah County is reinstating a mandatory mask mandate for indoor public settings starting Friday.

Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announced the executive order for everyone 5 and older in indoor public settings regardless of vaccination.

The new requirement starts Aug. 13, and according to Kafoury, “it will be enforced.” People could face fines of up to $1,000 but Kafoury said they will start with education before fines.

Portland Public Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero also spoke at the press conference, expressing support for the new mandate. He said it helps protect students, who will also be required to wear masks at school.

Multnomah County Health Officer Jennifer Vines said the delta variant is to blame for the new requirement.

“A vaccinated person may still get a mild infection, and may still be contagious, which is why we’re asking everyone to wear a mask indoors,” Vines said.

Last week the state announced a massive uptick in so-called breakthrough cases, where Covid is still able to infect people who have received the vaccines. 20% of the latest cases are attributed to vaccinated individuals.

Meanwhile, Oregon Governor Kate Brown is hesitating to issue statewide mandates, admitting it’s now a political issue, rather than a health issue, by claiming the “political will” is not there to institute another round of lockdowns and mask requirements.

Guerrero has been the subject of a few other Gateway Pundit articles. Under his watch, the school district has given out social justice planning guides to students that praise Che Guevara and Black Panthers, has mandated that school officials help “undocumented students” evade I.C.E. agents, and several teachers have been caught up in a variety of scandals, including sex scandals.

Kafoury is pondering a run for Governor. Because apparently people aren’t content with limiting mass homelessness, rising crime, record shootings, record homicides, dilapidated roads, high taxes, and skyrocketing housing costs to just the Portland area, and prefer the whole state end up like that.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/maskless-county-officials-announce-new-mask-mandate-portland/

Military Situation In Afghanistan On August 9, 2021 (Map Update)

On August 8, Taliban captured Bak town in Khost province.

On August 8, Taliban captured Kunduz city in Kunduz province.

On August 8, Taliban captured Taloqan city in Takhar province.

On August 8, US B-52 bombers attacked Safian area north of Lashkar Gah.

On August 9, Taliban attacked Hazrat-e Sultan in north of Aybak city.

On August 9, Taliban attacked Pole Khomri city in Baghlan province.

On August 9, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Herat city.

On August 9, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban continued inside the city of Lashkar Gah.

579 Taliban militants were killed and 161 others were wounded as a result of Afghan Army operations in Nangarhar, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Kandahar, Herat, Farah, Jowzjan, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, Kunduz and Panjshir provinces during the last 24 hours, according to the Afghan MOD.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-afghanistan-on-august-9-2021-map-update/