Bombshell Texts Show Milwaukee Mayor Colluding With Democrats To Rig 2022 Election

By: M.D. Kittle October 03, 20221 of 2

Texts between city officials and leftist nonprofit workers indicate that the city of Milwaukee is working to “fortify” the 2022 midterms.

We now know that Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and his staff are coordinating with Democratic Party operatives in a sweeping get-out-the-vote campaign. Why? Because they tell us in private text messages.

As Empower Wisconsin first reported on Wednesday, communications obtained in an open records request to the city by state Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls) show longtime Democratic Party operative Sachin Chheda telling Johnson and his staff what to say about the Wisconsin Votes 2022 get-out-the-vote campaign. The effort is being funded by a left-wing activist group with close ties to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), a leftist nonprofit funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

While city officials, under the direction of Chheda, have said Milwaukee is not receiving any private funding for the effort, two things are clear: The mayor’s office is taking orders from Democratic Party operatives, and the city of Milwaukee is coordinating with left-wing groups in what looks like an expensive effort to influence the outcome of November’s election.

“Are we coordinating all vote events with your group? Based on the media frenzy yesterday, I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Johnson’s spokesman Jeff Fleming asks Chheda in a text sent earlier this month.

“When I don’t have information we can’t coordinate,” Chheda testily responds. “I’m not saying every event would be with us, but if you can let me know what’s going on, then I can answer questions and plan. So yes, I do want to know everything related to voting.”

Fleming’s question followed the mayor’s comments at a press conference that the city was assisting with the “Milwaukee Votes 2022” effort funded by private grants and that the city would soon be launching a widget on its website related to the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaign.

Why would the mayor’s office and Milwaukee’s top election official be working with Democratic operatives on a claimed “nonpartisan”

GOTV campaign? That’s the purview of political parties, not cities. It certainly isn’t — and shouldn’t be — the responsibility of a city’s election administrators.

But the texts show Chheda setting up meetings at the Milwaukee Election Commission office to discuss the handling of Milwaukee Votes 2022.

“Good morning! I’m hoping the four of us can connect early this afternoon about Monday’s event and looking ahead,” the left-wing operative wrote in a text earlier this month.

On this thread was Melissa Baldauff, Gov. Tony Evers’ former communications director and principal with GPS Impact, a marketing outfit that boasts it has helped “Democrats, progressive organizations and initiatives, and elected officials win in red states.” Baldauff and GPS Impact reportedly are or were involved in the GOTV initiative.

Fleming and Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, were also involved in the text chain.

“Claire, Could we gather at City Hall at 1:30 to chat? I think 30 minutes would be enough,” Chheda asks.

“Fine by me. Where at CH?” Fleming responds.

“Claire’s office? Claire if that works for you, we will come to your office?” Chheda writes.

Woodall-Vogg responds, “Good for me.”

“OK, just to confirm we are meeting at Claire’s office, the election commission, at 1:30 PM today, 5th floor city hall. I’m not sending a calendar invite, see you there,” Chheda orders.

According to email communications, Woodall-Vogg previously had connected left-wing voting groups with Chheda.

“I am happy to report that Sachin Chheda’s nonprofit-nonpartisan organization is taking the lead for the mayor. I’ve copied him in the hopes that you two can connect,” the elections official wrote in an email to Peggy Creer, president of the League of Women Voters Milwaukee County, in mid-August. “From my understanding, he is very much on track to still bring in resources for voter education and outreach to the city.”

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/bombshell-texts-show-milwaukee-mayor-colluding-with-democrats-to-rig-2022-election/

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Late Wednesday, the Republican Party of Wisconsin (RPW) filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court challenging the city’s “Milwaukee Votes 2022” initiative. RPW alleges government resources and personnel appear to be involved in assisting Democratic-aligned organizations, such as GPS Impact, in their GOTV efforts.

The party says that records released give the appearance of coordination between Johnson’s office and longtime Democratic Party operatives. If that coordination involves the use of government resources or personnel to drive Democratic Party voter turnout, that would be a violation of state statutes and the city of Milwaukee’s own “Political Activity Policy.”

RPW Executive Director Mark Jefferson says the party is deeply concerned that cities like Milwaukee are working with Democrat operatives and partisan third-party groups to get out the vote “in a manner designed to tip the scales for Democrats.”

“Government’s role in elections must be to ensure fairness and transparency, not to benefit one party at the expense of another, and we will aggressively fight to ensure that election laws are followed,” Jefferson said.

Chheda, in writing the press statement for the mayor’s office, instructed Fleming to say:

“There are nonprofit, nonpartisan groups who are canvassing door to door, funded entirely by civic-minded philanthropists, to encourage Milwaukeeans to vote. The city is neither funding nor receiving funds to canvass, and the mayor is voicing his support for the city’s partnership with these nonprofit, nonpartisan groups who are mobilizing voters.”

Chheda then gets up on his left-wing activist soap box, offering an extended statement that never makes it to the press. It shows, once again, Milwaukee’s election office being infiltrated by liberal activist groups:

The mayor is excited about all the work happening to encourage voting with the city and in partnership with outside groups. That includes the widget being installed on the city website which was developed by nonprofit partners and is available to any citizen who wants to check their voter registration statute or learn how to register, regardless of party.

That includes the Early Voting sites funded by city taxpayers that allow all citizens to vote at more than a dozen locations across the city over the course of the 2-weeks early voting period. It includes the work discussed today to make it easier for disabled citizens to have their voice heard. And it includes the city’s support of these nonprofit, nonpartisan groups who are canvassing door to door.

At one point, following a screed demanding he be kept in the loop about public statements, Chheda tells the mayor’s office, “Our funders do not want us to refer folks to Melissa [Baldauff] after all.”

He then rips conservative talk show host Dan O’Donnell, who had reached out to Baldauff for comment earlier this month.

“I do not engage bad actors like Dan O’Donnell He’s not a journalist. He’s a political activist,” Chheda, the political activist, wrote.

“If there are further enquires [sic], can we please discuss before any response is offered. I’d appreciate it. Thank you.”

Brandtjen, who chairs the Assembly Campaign Elections Commission investigating the many questions surrounding the 2020 election, says her office will be submitting follow-up open records requests with the city and its Election Commission.

Read the texts here.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/bombshell-texts-show-milwaukee-mayor-colluding-with-democrats-to-rig-2022-election/

Newsom Signs Bill To Let California Strip Gender-Confused Teens From Parents — Even When They Live In Other StatesBy: Tristan Justice September 30, 2022

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Thursday night to strip rights away from parents who protest their children’s blind pursuit of destructive surgeries sold to confused minors as “gender affirmation.”

Under Senate Bill 107 introduced by San Francisco-area State Sen. Scott Wiener, California will now become a “refuge” for trans-identifying minors who seek irreversible medical treatment for gender dysphoria. The legislation was supposedly aimed at blocking red states from enforcing laws barring extreme treatments for underage victims, and instead invited those minors to seek surgeries in California.

“In California we believe in equality and acceptance. We believe that no one should be prosecuted or persecuted for getting the care they need — including gender-affirming care,” Newsom said upon signing the bill into law. “Parents know what’s best for their kids, and they should be able to make decisions around the health of their children without fear. We must take a stand for parental choice.”

Except the bill undermines parental choice by empowering the state to strip custody from those who refuse to support their children’s demand for “gender-affirming care,” a euphemism used to describe something that is neither gender-affirming nor caring.

Such procedures could range from puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to surgeries leaving a child’s genitals permanently altered. The bill extends California’s reach beyond its borders, enabling minors in other states to pursue treatment on the West Coast away from parental oversight.

Jay Richards, a policy expert at the Heritage Foundation, and Emilie Kao, a vice president and senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, broke down the components of the law in Newsweek.

“California courts will have the power to strip custody from parents, wherever they live, who doubt the wisdom of these experimental and irreversible procedures — if their child so much as steps foot in California,” the pair explained. “It would also allow California doctors to treat minors still in other states. With the advent of telehealth, a child could get a prescription for hormones from a California doctor while at home in Arkansas or in Florida.”

Both states have instituted protections to restrict cross-sex hormones from ending up in the hands of gender-confused minors.

Under California’s new law, parents might not even know whether their children are pursuing these dangerous drugs and procedures.

Senate Bill 107 mandates that doctors hide children’s medical information from parents if related to “gender identity,” even if requested by subpoena.

Last week, a coalition of organizations representing parents both in and out of state condemned the law’s reach with a letter to the governor.

“[Senate Bill] 107 makes California akin to the Pied Piper, enticing minor children nationwide to leave their families and run away in pursuit of harmful drugs and sterilizing surgeries, all of which cause irreversible harm to the minds, bodies, and family relationships of America’s precious children,” they wrote. “Children experiencing gender confusion need the love, support, and guidance of their parents. They do not need to be taken from their parents and rushed down a pathway which leads to a lifetime of medicalization and sterilization.”

This summer, researchers at the Heritage Foundation found that “easing access to cross-sex treatments without parental consent significantly increases suicide rates.”

The findings contradict a key argument among proponents of aggressive “gender affirmation” who claim minors denied permanently life-altering procedures are more likely to kill themselves.

“There is a 14% increase in suicide rates among young people by 2020 in states that have a provision allowing minors to access care without parental consent relative to states that do not,” explained Heritage Senior Research Fellow Jay Greene. “Easier access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones by minors actually exacerbated suicide rates.”

https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/30/newsom-signs-bill-to-let-california-strip-gender-confused-teens-from-parents-even-when-they-live-in-other-states/

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Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu. (Credit: United States Army)

Monday marks the 29-year anniversary of Black Hawk Down. (Credit: Public Domain, Wiki Commons)

The 29-Year Anniversary Of Black Hawk Down Is A Reminder Of American Sacrifice

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Monday marks the 29-year anniversary of Black Hawk Down, and it’s a great time to take a moment to honor and remember all the men who were lost. On October 3, 1993, a task force made up of Army Rangers and Delta Force operators conducted a mission in Mogadishu, Somalia in an attempt to stop a genocide being conducted by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

What was supposed to be a quick, daytime operation to arrest some of Aidid’s men turned into one of the greatest nightmares in American military history. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down during the operation, and the objective quickly pivoted from arresting Aidid’s men to secure two different crash sites.

Black Hawk Down was a horrific event, but American heroism still shined through.

Disaster unfolded as the entire city of Mogadishu was cut loose against a couple hundred American soldiers in the streets.

By the end of the Battle of Mogadishu,18 Americans were dead and another 73 had been wounded. It was an absolute bloodbath that saw American bodies dragged through the streets in one of the most horrifying displays of cruelty in modern history.

However, the Battle of Mogadishu is also an example of American selflessness, sacrifice and greatness. Instead of running to safety, the Rangers and Delta operators fought to the bitter end to secure the crash sites and save as many people as possible.

We lost 18 American heroes in a foreign country attempting to stop a genocide on the other side of the world. Without hesitation, a dozen and a half Americans laid their lives down for each other and for complete strangers being starved to death.

Delta Force snipers paid the ultimate price to save a downed pilot.

One of the stories that has always stuck with me is that ofDelta Force snipers Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart. Knowing they would both die, the pair voluntarily inserted into one of the crash sites to kill enemy fighters attempting to murder pilot Mike Durant. Both men fought to the very end, and ultimately, saved Durant’s life. He was briefly held as a POW by Aidid’s forces before being returned. The pair earned the Medal of Honor for their actions in Somalia that horrific day.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet and interview a handful of Black Hawk Down veterans. They’re truly incredible people. 29 years later and they still can talk about the battle like it was just yesterday.

One of the most incredible moments was when Jeff Struecker talked about nobody hesitating to fight. When the Rangers needed more guns, cooks, intel guys and anyone else with a weapon rushed to join the battle.

• “Every one of them knew they might die doing this, but none of them hesitated. Not one of them,” Struecker explained when talking about the heroic actions he saw that day.

• "Every one of them knew they might die doing this, but none of them hesitated. Not one of them."

Black Hawk Down hero Jeff Struecker broke down the famous battle and explained how his Christian faith gave him a sense of peace as he faced death. pic.twitter.com/Pxt7zBiK3P

— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 15, 2022

• On the other hand, the Americans were also ready to get payback for their friends dying and being murdered.

• Brad Thomas, who will soon make an appearance on American Joyride, told me a long time ago that the goal was to grab as much ammo as possible and get it on once they hit the streets again.

• "I'm grabbing all the ammo I can grab and this is going to be an absolute killfest when we go back out there."

I previously spoke with Black Hawk Down veteran Brad Thomas, and his stories about that day are nothing short of chilling. pic.twitter.com/m8AJ8qkiZS

— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) October 3, 2022

There are a lot of people who seem down and out on America.

Trashing the USA has become a popular thing to do. Of course, it’s ridiculous because this country is a great place full of great people.

The heroics on display October 3, 1993 through the next morning is proof of that fact. American men deployed to Somalia and 18 never came home fighting to feed complete strangers. If that doesn’t make you proud of the USA, nothing ever will. For me, I’m damn proud of all the men who sacrificed in Somalia to help those who needed it. That’s what America is all about.

https://www.outkick.com/black-hawk-down-29-year-anniversary-battle-of-mogadishu/

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Two volunteers of Texans for Greg Abbott attacked while knocking on doors in Houston

AUSTIN – A man attacked two Texans for Greg Abbott volunteers while they were knocking on doors in a neighborhood.The incident happened Saturday, Sept. 24. Acco

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same with chechnya, Kosovo and a number of other middle eastern countries, all to cover up for his other crimes

(This article has already been debunked. Zero election fraud, 100% safe 2020 election Kek but not! My question is when is someone going to jail for allowing this shit in the first place?)

Lawsuit: Wisconsin Elections Commission Let Electors Change Votes After Submitting Ballots

By: Victoria Marshall

September 30, 2022

Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) last week over its unlawful guidance allowing absentee voters to change their votes after their ballots are cast.

In an Aug. 1, 2022, memorandum sent to all Wisconsin municipal clerks, WEC instructed that after a voter submits an absentee ballot, he can request to “spoil” that ballot and receive a new one if he changes his mind or makes a mistake. Furthermore, in an Aug. 2 memo, WEC allows clerks to “invalidate” a “spoiled ballot” on behalf of the voter.

Such guidance violates Wisconsin statute, which states that a voter possesses the exclusive authority to spoil his absentee ballot before it is submitted, not after. If the voter spoils his absentee ballot before he casts it, he must return the ballot to the clerk (who then destroys it) and request a new one.

With WEC’s new guidance, however, a clerk may invalidate a “spoiled” ballot on behalf of the voter, thereby increasing the potential for fraud or abuse in the absentee voting process.

“RITE is working to protect Wisconsinites from unfair and unequal election procedures,” RITE’s President and CEO Derek Lyons said in a press release. “Once a vote is cast, it is cast. Period. WEC is breaking the law and courting disaster by allowing individuals to retrieve their cast ballots and alter their votes. The discretion WEC gives to local officials undermines the integrity of the ballot box and disrupts the uniform and transparent administration of elections throughout the Badger State.”

RITE is asking the Waukesha County Circuit Court for immediate injunctive relief “prior to the start of absentee ballot voting for the November 8, 2022, election.” The election integrity group is suing on behalf of Wisconsin voter Nancy Kormanik and her right to fair and equal treatment.

During the 2020 election, Wisconsin processed nearly 2 million absentee ballots statewide.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/30/lawsuit-wisconsin-elections-commission-let-electors-change-votes-after-submitting-ballots/

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1576798356936216577?s=20&t=UA2q5CHagkeF8X2CqqZrRA

Emails: Biden-Backing Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Tried To Meddle In Pennsylvania’s Election

By: Margot Cleveland October 03, 20221 of 3

At least Zuckerberg’s millions were laundered through nonprofits with grant procedures in place. Emails suggest Bloomberg just used liaisons to coordinate the funding.

A prominent professor of election law served as an intermediary between Democrat billionaire Michael Bloomberg and the Philadelphia election board, attempting to broker as much as $3 million in private funding for the Democrat stronghold mere months before the 2020 election, emails obtained by investigative journalist Todd Shepherd reveal.

Reporting for Broad + Liberty on Sunday, Shepherd unveiled a series of email communications between Stanford Law Professor Nathaniel Persily and Nick Custodio, the latter of whom was the deputy commissioner in the office of Philadelphia City Commissioner Lisa Deeley. At the time Deely was the chair of the three-member board that sets and enforces policies to administer voter registration and conduct elections.

After noting that the board had just finalized its “CTCL grant” — a reference to the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) election grants — Custodio asked Persily whether he needed to “get” Persily the “Bloomberg thing tonight or can it wait until tomorrow afternoon?” Custodio dispatched that email to the Stanford professor late on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. After Persily responded that “Monday should be fine,” the Philadelphia election-board deputy followed up, asking, “Who should the Memo be addressed? Bloomberg or someone else?”

Persily’s reply indicates he worked directly with Bloomberg to push the funding request, with the Stanford professor telling Custodio to “just send me some bullet points on how much you would want from him and what it would be spent on.” Custodio replied with a $3,074,900 ask, with a little more than $2 million shown allocated to “staffing,” about $483,000 to mail-in voting consumables and the cost of initial mailing, and $590,000 for communications.

Whether Bloomberg ever provided the requested funding is unknown from the email threads, with Shepherd reporting that his questions to Persily, Custodio, Bloomberg, and Philadelphia went unanswered. But the mere effort by the Philadelphia board to obtain private funding from Bloomberg proves scandalous and raises questions concerning Bloomberg’s other efforts to commandeer the operations of Democrat districts.

Bloomberg’s Track Record

Prior to backing Biden, Bloomberg ran in the Democrat presidential primary. And even before dropping out of the race, Bloomberg vowed that “his massive campaign apparatus and an army of some 500 staffers will march on through the general election in November even if he loses the Democratic nomination.”

“Mike Bloomberg is either going to be the nominee or the most important person supporting the Democratic nominee for president,” Bloomberg’s campaign manager Kevin Sheekey told NBC News, stressing Bloomberg “is dedicated to getting Trump out of the White House.”

The Bloomberg campaign then previewed how the former New York City mayor intended to achieve his goal of keeping Trump out of the White House, noting that “Bloomberg’s extensive data and analytics capabilities” through his company Hawkfish could offer the eventual Democrat candidate an edge. While Bloomberg could not coordinate the digital operations of Hawkfish with the Democrat nominee’s campaign, according to Bloomberg officials, the former mayor would establish an independent funding vehicle to pay for the Hawkfish analytics and for staffers to support the eventual Democrat candidate.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/emails-biden-backing-billionaire-michael-bloomberg-tried-to-meddle-in-pennsylvanias-election/

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“In states where the Democratic nominee will be competing in the fall, the Bloomberg staffers could play a critical role driving up Democratic turnout, in line with the former mayor’s pledge to spend more than $15 million this election on get-out-the-vote efforts,” NBC News reported in early 2020. “They could also organize their own events, ad campaigns and other organizing tactics in support of the nominee…”

But the emails exchanged between Professor Persily and the deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia board of elections indicate Bloomberg’s efforts to “get Trump out of the White House” extended beyond privately funding get-out-the-vote efforts and ad campaigns. The emails suggest the Democrat billionaire sought to infiltrate at least one government election office — the most populous one in the swing state of Pennsylvania and a stronghold for Democrats.

‘Arbitrary and Disparate Treatment’

In 2020, of the more than 1,700 voting divisions in Philadelphia, only about 30 went for Trump, and 604,175 Philadelphians voted for Biden compared to 132,870 for Trump, resulting in a 471,305 net advantage for the Democrat candidate in that one city. Biden eventually won Pennsylvania’s 20 electors by just slightly more than 80,000 votes.

Private funding of get-out-the-vote efforts is one thing, but when individuals coordinate with government actors, that triggers constitutional concerns under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In Bush v. Gore, the United States Supreme Court made clear that “the right to vote is protected in more than the initial allocation of the franchise.” The Equal Protection clause requires both that the right to vote be granted on equal terms, but also that the state “not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person’s vote over that of any.”

Shepherd’s investigative journalism previously revealed extensive evidence that such “arbitrary and disparate treatment” occurred in 2020 in Pennsylvania when “beginning in July 2020, consultants working for leftist organizations coordinated with local election officials and Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf’s office to lobby five blue counties to apply for private grants.”

As I previously reported following Shepherd’s testimony before Pennsylvania’s State Government Affairs Committee, “While the grants originated with the nominally non-partisan Center for Tech and Civic Life — an organization that Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s private foundation later infused with some $350 million in cash — emails reveal that a main consultant involved in targeting select counties, Marc Solomon, worked for the Center for Secure and Modern Elections, or the CSME.”

In his testimony before the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Shepherd stressed that what’s “important to know about CSME is that it is not a 501(c)3, but rather it is a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund,” which is “managed by Arabella Advisors.”

Shepherd added that “the ‘parent’ group ofArabella, New Venture Fund”is “part of what the Atlantic Magazine identified as ‘The Massive Progressive Dark-Money Group You’ve Never Heard Of.’” The New York Times would in fact spotlight the New Venture Fund in its article “Democrats Decried Dark Money,” Shepherd told the Pennsylvania lawmakers earlier this year.

The emails uncovered by Shepherd further expose the incestuous relationship between the leftist CSME project and the nominally nonpartisan CTCL. “In Persily’s mind, the two were closely related enough that he conflated them as the same project,” Shepherd wrote, highlighting the email exchange in which Philadelphia’s Deputy Commissioner Custodio noted they had “just finalized our CTCL grant,” prompting Persily to respond, “I understand that the requests for CSME will be fully granted.” But “when Custodio informed Persily that Philadelphia hadn’t been in contact with the CSME, Persily said, ‘Yes — CTCL is working with CSME.’”

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Notwithstanding Persily’s apparent role as an intermediary for Bloomberg and his knowledge of the CSME’s collaboration with CTCL, there is no indication that the Stanford professor’s involvement stemmed from a partisan desire to benefit Biden and oust Trump. Instead, Persily, who co-led the Stanford-MIT Health Elections Project, viewed his work and the efforts of other “policy makers,” “the courts,” and “civil society groups” as making “an unprecedented effort to help local election administrators deal with the pandemic.”

In fact, in his post-election write-up, “The

Miracle and Tragedy of the 2020 U.S. Election,” Persily even spotlighted the CSME and other left-leaning or leftist organizations, such as the Center for Inclusive Democracy, the National Vote at Home Institute, the Center for Election Innovation and Research, and Democracy Works, framing their donations as “philanthropic contributions” to provide election officials with “resources and technical assistance in support of mail voting and safe polling places.”

There was nothing altruistic about these gifts, however, with evidence establishing that leftist groups financed “the infiltration of election offices at the city and county level by left-wing activists, and using those offices as a platform to implement preferred administrative practices, voting methods, and data-sharing agreements, as well as to launch intensive outreach campaigns in areas heavy with Democratic voters.”

And with analyses by election data experts confirming the highly partisan basis on which that money was distributed, the conservative think tank Center for Renewing America is pushing the IRS to investigate the Center for Tech and Civic Life, the Center for Election Innovation and Research, and the National Vote at Home Institute, alleging in a recently filed complaint that those nonprofits “were engaged in a ‘partisan electioneering’ scheme led by Barack Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe by pumping nearly half a billion dollars into the 2020 election to swing the contest to Biden.”

The Extent of Bloomberg’s Meddling

While these organizations’ partisan targeting of election offices played a more significant role in interfering in the 2020 election, in some ways, the revelation of Bloomberg’s attempt to also fund specific election activities in heavily Democratic areas of the swing state of Pennsylvania represents a more serious affront to the integrity of the 2020 vote. At least with the millions donated by the Facebook founder, the funds were laundered through nonprofits with grant procedures in place, creating plausible deniability for government employees interested in obtaining additional cash to run their election efforts.

Conversely, with Bloomberg, the emails suggest there was no formal grant process and that he used liaisons to coordinate the funding. Further, with the “extensive data and analytic capabilities” of Bloomberg’s Hawkfish enterprise, Bloomberg could easily target the specific locales in swing states to accomplish his goal of evicting Trump from the White House. And given Bloomberg’s open support for Biden, his past candidacy for the Democratic presidential nominee, and his candid public vow to keep Trump out of the White House, election officers knew precisely who held the purse strings and why.

Whether Americans will ever learn the extent of Bloomberg’s involvement in the last presidential election, however, is another question. Shepherd hopes so, telling The Federalist that his wish “is that reporters in other jurisdictions will be able to use this bit of information to do new digging to see how widespread these offers from the mayor were — given that he wouldn’t answer that question to me directly.”

While Bloomberg and his collaborators may successfully avoid questioning from journalists, right-to-know and Freedom of Information Act requests to election officials provide a backdoor to that information. And swing states controlled by Republicans also hold the power to get some answers. So, stay tuned.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/emails-biden-backing-billionaire-michael-bloomberg-tried-to-meddle-in-pennsylvanias-election/

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How do they get away with paying poll workers more money….

What You Need To Know About This Lawsuit Against Biden’s $1 Trillion Student Loan Giveaway

By: Christopher Jacobs October 03, 20221 OF 2

Biden’s loan bailout looks even morelike a rushed attempt to buy off student voters prior to November’s midterm elections. Mere weeks after President Biden announced his intent to provide taxpayer giveaways of up to $20,000 on federal student loans, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed the first of what could be many lawsuits over the policy.

Herein is a primer on the legal theories behind the lawsuit, outlined in greater detail in the complaint itself. Despite Biden administration backtracking and alleged changes to the program, the lawsuit is still moving forward—and so likely will others.

Financial Harm Gives Plaintiff Standing

The case’s plaintiff, Frank Garrison, actually works for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which plays a role in his complaint. As an employee for a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Garrison participates in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Under that program, if he continues to work in the nonprofit sector, taxpayers will pay off his entire loan balance in approximately four years.

Under Indiana law, Garrison will owe no state income taxes on the balance of his loan when it gets forgiven in four years’ time. But Indiana is one of at least six states where individuals receiving benefits under the Biden program will face a state income tax bill.

(Democrats passed a provision exempting “forgiveness” under a potential Biden student loan amnesty from federal income taxes in last year’s “Covid relief” spending spree.) Garrison thus faces a no-win situation: Making taxpayers pay off $20,000 of his loan balance now won’t make a difference to him later. He will have his entire balance put on taxpayers’ balance sheets in a few years’ time, no matter its size.

But right now, it will stick him with a state income tax bill of roughly $1,000—a bill he wouldn’t have had to pay if taxpayers paid that $20,000 later due to his participation in the public service payoff, rather than the new Biden bailout. Because courts only adjudicate particular disputes, taxpayers who will pay the bill for Biden’s amnesty lack standing to object to the administration’s actions in court. But Garrison can claim a specific financial injury due to the Biden amnesty, meaning he can more credibly claim standing to file suit.

Ad Hoc Policymaking

The complaint also notes that, because Garrison participates in an income-based repayment program, he will have his loans automatically transferred to taxpayers—at least, according to the Biden administration’s original announcement. As such, he felt had no other recourse but to go to court and ask a judge to intervene, to prevent him from suffering financial harm.

In response, the Department of Education just added this Q&A to its website:What if I don’t want to receive debt relief?

For most borrowers, you will only receive debt relief if you submit an application. But if you completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) for the 2022–23 school year or are enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan based on your 2020 or 2021 income, you may be eligible for relief without applying. If you would like to opt out of debt relief for any reason, including because you are concerned about a state tax liability, you will be given an opportunity to opt out. [Emphasis added.]…

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-this-lawsuit-against-bidens-1-trillion-student-loan-giveaway/

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This wording appears designed to respond to the lawsuit by arguing that Garrison, or others like him, will not suffer financial injury as a result of the administration’s unilateral amnesty. (To put it more bluntly, it looks like an attempt to buy off potential objectors.)

It should come as no accident that the U.S.

Department of Education added this language one day after the lawsuit became public. Compare this version of the site, archived on the day of the complaint, with this version from the next day, featuring the above-quoted Q&A at the end of the list of questions and answers.

While designed to undermine Pacific Legal’s arguments regarding Garrison’s standing to sue, in many respects, it reinforces the foundation’s point about the substance of the complaint. Garrison’s suit argues that the Biden administration has violated the Administrative Procedure Act by not putting its actions out for notice-and-comment by the public and interested parties.

The fact that the administration announced this “forgiveness” via a Q&A on a website speaks to the slapdash nature of this entire process. It looks like a rushed attempt to buy off student voters prior to November’s midterm elections. Changing the details of the policy (again) by updating the website illustrates the way in which failing to conduct a deliberative, transparent rulemaking process not only violates the law but harms members of the public denied the opportunity to participate.

Could Save Taxpayers a Bundle

Should Garrison and Pacific Legal succeed in either of their arguments in the complaint—in addition to violations of the Administrative Procedure Act, the lawsuit also alleges that Congress never delegated such broad “forgiveness” authority to the executive—they will save taxpayers a bundle. A report issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just prior to the lawsuit’s filing provided the first official estimate of how much the Biden amnesty will cost taxpayers.

CBO believes that suspending student loan payments (again) through Dec. 31 will cost $20 billion and that the larger bailout will cost an additional $400 billion. The budget agency noted that the federal government will see lower repayments for at least 30 years, through 2052, as a result of this payoff—meaning that our children and grandchildren will pay the costs.

However, the budget agency did not calculate the impact of additional modifications the Biden administration proposed to the income-based repayment program going forward.

Outside budget analysts have estimated that those changes—disregarding more expenses from the income-based repayment formula, and lowering the percentage of income people have to repay—“could reasonably exceed $450 billion” over a decade, putting the total tab for this amnesty in the neighborhood of $1 trillion.

Taxpayers of all stripes thus have good reason to hope the lawsuit filed by Garrison and Pacific Legal succeeds. Not only would it restore the rule of law by blocking an outrageous abuse of executive authority, but it would also prevent the federal government from falling further over the fiscal cliff.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-this-lawsuit-against-bidens-1-trillion-student-loan-giveaway/