https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-second-maga-clerk-in-colorado-also-breached-voting-machines/ar-AAX6hzp?ocid
After a months-long court battle, Colorado officials have finally retrieved hard drives containing data that was smuggled from a county’s voting machines. But it’s still unclear who accessed that data—or what a conspiracy-promoting set of Coloradans hope to do with it.
Following a court order last Wednesday, Dallas Schroeder, clerk of Elbert County, Colorado, returned two hard drives containing his county’s election machine data. Schroeder previously testified that he copied the sensitive data last August, with help from a pair of Colorado conspiracy theorists linked to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Schroeder says he initially gave one copy of the data to his attorney John Case, and another to an unnamed lawyer.
Schroeder, who did not return a request for comment, is the second Colorado clerk accused of breaching voting machines under his supervision. The other clerk, Tina Peters of Mesa County, is currently facing a barrage of criminal charges for allegedly stealing a local tech worker’s identity, illegally copying her county’s election data, and leaking it to election fraud conspiracy theorists last spring. She later appeared at Lindell’s “cyber symposium” on supposed voter fraud where she implied, incorrectly, that the stolen data suggested election malfeasance against Donald Trump.
Two weeks after the symposium, Schroeder made copies of similar elections data in his own county. Surveillance footage, reported by Reuters last month, shows Schroeder “fiddling with cables and typing on his phone as he copied computer drives containing sensitive voting information.”
Some of Schroeder’s communications that day were with Shawn Smith and Mark Cook, a pair of election truthers who have promoted their conspiracy theories on Lindell’s “Lindell TV” webshow. Smith, who has previously stated that Colorado’s secretary of state “deserve[s] to hang” if involved in election fraud, also leads Cause of America, a Lindell-backed election denialism group. Schroder testified that he copied the voting machine data using a “Logic Cube Forensic Falcon Neo Device,” a $4,000 device that he borrowed from and subsequently returned to Cook.
Schroeder also testified that on Sept. 2, he returned to make a second copy of the data, which he gave to an attorney whom he has so far refused to publicly name. He was allowed to give the attorney’s name to a judge under seal last week, preventing the person’s name from entering the public record.
Although Schroeder testified that no one had accessed his own copy of the election data, the leaked information has nevertheless become fodder for conspiracy theorists who claim the breach might contain information that finally proves election fraud.
Stop The Steal types in Colorado have called for breaches of voting machines on the basis of a conspiracy theory that falsely accuses state officials of wiping those machines. (Peters, the Mesa County clerk, also cited the theory in her alleged breach of voting machines.) Schroeder, along with a small group of fellow Republican clerks, invoked the conspiracy theory in their own lawsuit against state officials in November. Ironically, Schroeder’s own affidavit in that case revealed that he had made unauthorized copies of his county’s election machine data.
Following the revelation of the Elbert County leak in January, fringe bloggers have implied without proof that figures in the conspiracy world had reviewed the data. But one such recent claim appeared in a less-obscure source: a Lindell-backed lawsuit by a pair of Arizona political figures.
Lindell is underwriting a lawsuit by Arizona state representative Mark Finchem and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, the Arizona Republic reported. The suit seeks to bar the use of electronic voting machines, which have become a fixation of election truthers. An initial complaint in the case, filed late last month, claimed to cite data from both Mesa County and Elbert County voting machines as evidence that those machines were unreliable.
“Dominion Democracy Suite software was used to tabulate votes in 62 Colorado counties, including Mesa County and Elbert County, during the 2020 election,” the original complaint read. “Subsequent examination of equipment from Mesa County and Elbert County showed the Democracy Suite software created unauthorized databases on the hard drive of the election management system servers.”
Never mind that the Mesa County election data did not show foul play—the Elbert County data is not supposed to be public at all, and not even conspiracy theorists have made concrete claims about what it supposedly reveals.
On April 4, Lake and Finchem amended their complaint. An updated version of the complaint now only names Mesa County.
concrete
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/watch-oan-airs-30-second-acknowledgment-that-two-georgia-election-workers-did-not-commit-fraud-after-settling-lawsuit-against-them/ar-AAX6NOj?ocid=msedgntp&cvid
One America News network (OAN) aired a 30-second acknowledgment Monday that two election workers in Georgia did not commit fraud in 2020. This on-air admission came a few weeks after settling a lawsuit filed against them by the two workers.
The AP reported the settlement on April 22. Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss had sued OAN, its owners, and chief White House correspondent Chanel Rion for making debunked claims that they introduced suitcases of illegal ballots at the State Farm Arena — among other acts of fraud — in an effort to rig the 2020 presidential election. The AP reports that the parties “agreed upon and signed a binding set of settlement terms” which were undisclosed.
Less than three weeks later, OAN aired a segment clearing their names. The acknowledgment came shortly after 7 p.m. and was replayed during the 11 p.m. broadcast. Anchor Mike Dinow set up the admission by saying “we now provide you with this updated report from Georgia officials.”
An unidentified narrator then said:
“Georgia officials have concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud by election workers who counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020. The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct while working at State Farm Arena on election night. A legal matter with this network and the two election workers has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties through a fair and reasonable settlement.”
Freeman and Moss have also sued Rudy Giuliani and The Gateway Pundit for pushing the debunked claims. Those cases are ongoing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-democrats-plan-tuesday-vote-to-confirm-cook-for-fed-post/ar-AAX5HN6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid
(Bloomberg) – Senate Democrats plan to hold votes to confirm Lisa Cook’s nomination to be a Federal Reserve governor on Tuesday, they announced Monday night.
Covid-19 cases among Democrats in the evenly divided chamber have delayed a number of nominations over the past few weeks. A procedural vote failed with some Democrats absent after contracting the coronavirus, sparking a logjam on Federal Reserve and other nominations.
Republicans have united in their opposition against Cook, so a procedural vote to advance her nomination as well as a final confirmation vote both expected Tuesday would likely require a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris in the 50-50 Senate if all senators take part.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, also said he hopes to quickly confirm a number of President Joe Biden’s other nominees, including Jerome Powell for another term as Fed chair and Philip Jefferson as a governor.
Earlier: Democrats’ Covid Cases Threaten to Delay Fed, FTC Confirmations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-to-watch-the-super-flower-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse/ar-AAX6MEs?ocid
Aspectacular full moon is fast approaching, with plans to grace the night sky on Sunday night. It marks not only a supermoon, but also a blood moon — thanks to a lunar eclipse.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-to-blast-republicans-as-having-no-plan-on-inflation/ar-AAX6e1H?ocid
By Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an opportunity to turn his Democratic Party's top political liability ahead of the midterm elections into an argument against Republicans.
As Americans worry about a spike in inflation that has pushed consumer prices more than 8% higher, the president will highlight a number of his administration's steps to cut prices.
He is not expected to announce new policy measures in the speech, which comes a day before new consumer price data is expected to show inflation remained elevated through April.
But he is expected to sharpen his attacks on Republicans six months before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, where Democrats want to retain narrow majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives.
"Republicans love to use inflation as a political talking point, but does anyone have a clue what their plan is to bring down prices?" said a White House official who asked not to be named.
Demand stimulated by government spending and savings accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic have been no match for creaky supply chains and labor shortages, prompting higher inflation globally.
That has created a political problem as American consumers stare down higher grocery and gas bills exacerbated by measures blocking Russian oil and gas after its invasion of Ukraine, actions that Moscow calls "a special operation."
Fewer than half of U.S. adults - 44% - approve of Biden's handling of the presidency and they rate the economy as the country's most important problem, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll last week.
Republicans are working to capitalize on the issue in the midterms, promoting steps including loosening regulations on oil and gas producers as well as cutting some taxes and government spending. But the party has not endorsed any policy document outlining the steps they would take on inflation.
Biden has sharpened his attack on Republicans in recent days, including dismissing former President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement as extreme.
"Voters know that Republican-led states are leading in economic recovery and job creation, and will vote for Republicans and our proven agenda come November," said Emma Vaughn, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/transgender-treatment-doctors-threatened-by-new-alabama-law/ar-AAX59nx?ocid
Associated Press
Transgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law
By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press - Yesterday 1:40 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif spent the last week typing out prescription refills for his young transgender patients, trying to make sure they had access to their medications for a few months before Alabama made it illegal for him to prescribe them.
Dr. Hussein D. Abdul-Latif, left, and Dr. Morissa Ladinsky, two University of Alabama at Birmingham professors who treat patients with gender issues, speak during an interview in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
uptick in covid fear porn
we called it
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/u-s-arrests-third-suspect-in-assassination-of-haiti-president-moise/ar-AAX5Jp0?ocid
May 9 (UPI) – The United States on Monday charged a former Haitian senator with conspiring to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moise, becoming the third person charged by U.S. authorities in the assassination plot.
On Monday, U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Joseph Joel John, 51, with being present during a meeting where an unnamed co-conspirator identified as a dual Haitian-American citizen secured the signature of a former Haitian judge to arrest and imprison Moise as well as providing them with immunity for thier actions.
John is also accused of obtaining vehicles and firearms to support the kidnapping operation, and faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if convicted.
Moise was killed July 7 of last year in a brazen attack on his home in the capital Port-au-Prince by armed assailants. His wife, Martine Moise, sustained gunshot wounds to her arms and thigh as well as suffered other injuries during the assault and was flown to Miami to receive treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Authorities have said 20 Colombian citizens and a handful of dual Haitian-American citizens participated in the plot to kidnap and arrest Moise that devolved into an assassination.
John was arrested in Jamaica along with three members of his family in mid-January at a St. Elizabeth home by members of the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Unit on immigration-related charges, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said in a statement that identifies him by the name Jean Joel Joseph.
He was then extradited to Miami on Friday after Jamaica in late April okayed the U.S. extradition request, federal prosecutors said.
John, who remains in U.S. law enforcement custody, made his first court appearance Monday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis.
His arrest follows that of Rodolphe Jaar in the Dominican Republic and of Mario Antonio Palacios in Jamaica. Both have been indicted on similar charges by U.S. prosecutors.
wtf
Joseph Joel John, 51
Jean Joel Joseph.
Jackson Memorial Hospital.
January
Jovenel Moise
July 7
Jamaica
Judge Lauren Louis
Rodolphe Jaar
whats his name?
U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Joseph Joel John, 51
,the Jamaica Constabulary Force said in a statement that identifies him by the name Jean Joel Joseph.
haiti