Wisconsin governor seeks prosecution of 2020 alternate electors

His call for the prosecution of Wisconsin's 10 would-be Trump electors follows such an action last month from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has brought felony election charges against that state's 16 alternate electors.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Friday contended that a group of alternate electors for the state who supported former President Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 election ought to face prosecution.

Amid allegations of election fraud in key battlegrounds, Trump allies put together alternate elector slates in the swing states who asserted that the former president won reelection.

After a bill signing on Friday, Evers said that "[w]hat they did was wrong, and so I’m hoping somebody will pick up the banner here, because this has to happen," The Hill reported. "There has to be accountability."

His call for the prosecution of Wisconsin's 10 would-be Trump electors follows such an action last month from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has brought felony election charges against that state's 16 alternate electors.

"It would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here in the face of overwhelming evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of Michigan voters in a presidential election," she said at the time.

Trump himself is facing criminal charges from special counsel Jack Smith in relation to his efforts to overturn the election results. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains that the myriad indictments against him are part of a political witch hunt to derail his 2024 presidential bid.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/wisconsin-governor-seeks-prosecution-2020-alternate-electors

Biden admin cancels oil order to replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Report

Biden drained the SPR last year to its lowest level in almost four decades.

The Biden administration has canceled an offer to buy 6 million barrels of oil to replenish America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), multiple outlets have reported.

Last year, President Biden drew criticism when he sold off 180 million barrels of oil from the SPR, resulting in a near 4-decade reserve low, which he claimed helped to "stabilize crude oil markets and reduce prices at the pump."

This July, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a buyback plan to replenish the reserve. One of those acquisition orders, however, has been canceled amid rising oil costs, according to Reuters.

The administration previously set its target price was $67 to $72 per barrel, which is well below current market value. WTI and Brent Crude currently trade for more than $82 and $86 per barrel, respectively.

Nonetheless, a DOE official says the agency "remains committed to its replenishment strategy for the SPR."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/report-biden-admin-cancels-oil-order-drained-strategic-petroleum-reserve

RFK Jr. Sues Google, YouTube Over Censorship

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Google and YouTube, who he claims are 'state actors' who have violated his free speech.

Kennedy, who's campaigning against President Joe Biden for the Democratic party nomination said in a 27-page complaint that the sites caved to pressure from the Biden administration, and that his videos about Covid vaccines were being censored through "overt and covert" means.

"Under these circumstances, YouTube is a state actor and it violated Mr Kennedy’s First Amendment rights by engaging in viewpoint discrimination," reads the filing. "This complaint concerns the freedom of speech and the extraordinary steps the United States government has taken under the leadership of Joe Biden to silence people it does not want Americans to hear."

The lawsuit points to several instances of the sites removing Kennedy's speeches and interviews, including one with Joe Rogan, and a March speech he gave to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

"Unlike other tech companies — notably Facebook and Instagram (both owned by Facebook parent Meta) and Twitter (now owned by Elon Musk) — YouTube has not treated Mr Kennedy differently now that he is a political candidate," the suit states.

"Although it cited its own COVID vaccine misinformation policies when censoring Mr. Kennedy, the policies rely entirely on government officials to decide what information gets censored," reads the complaint. "They say that YouTube does not allow people to say anything ‘that contradicts local health authorities’ (LHA) or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19.'"

According to the complaint, while other social media companies have stopped suppressing Kennedy since he declared his candidacy, YouTube has continued to silence him. "This censorship campaign prevents Mr. Kennedy’s message from reaching millions of voters. It also makes it harder for groups that are supporting his campaign to amplify his message through public sources."

Last month, the 69-year-old told the GOP's House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that he's being censored by a cabal of "big government, big tech and big media."

In response, Google told The Independent: "YouTube applies its Community Guidelines independently, transparently, and consistently, regardless of political viewpoint.

"These claims are meritless and we look forward to refuting them."

Kennedy also filed a class action lawsuit against Biden and the US Government in March for attempting to induce Facebook, Google and Twitter to "censor constitutionally protected speech."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-sues-google-youtube-over-censorship

>>19299284

Gotta climb the tree one step at a time

He called out them and CFR

Carlisle group are also involed