GOP secretaries of state, legislators fight against ‘Bidenbucks,’ federalization of GOTV efforts

West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is trying to “let the [Biden] administration know we do not intend to follow their illegal directives.”

Published: April 24, 2024 11:06pm1/2

Republican secretaries of state and state legislators are pushing back against “Bidenbucks,” what call the federalization of voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, claiming that the executive order is unlawful.

West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson, along with Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature, are fighting President Biden’s Executive Order 14019 fromMarch 2021, which turns federal agencies into "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) centers across all states.

The executive order is often referred to by critics as “Bidenbucks,” which alludes to "Zuckerbucks," the approximately $400 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg widely alleged to have been funneled through left-leaning nonprofits to turn out the Democratic vote in the 2020 presidential election.

According to the executive order, “The head of each agency shall evaluate ways in which the agency can, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law,promote voter registration and voter participation,” including "soliciting and facilitating approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations and State officials to provide voter registration services on agency premises.” (NGO’s the key of corruption)

Similar to “Bidenbucks,” “Zuckerbucks" came to notice when the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) poured about $350 million into local elections offices managing the 2020 election, with most of the funds donated to the nonprofit by Zuckerberg. The nonprofit has claimed its 2020 election grants — colloquially known as "Zuckerbucks" — were allocated without partisan preference to make voting safer amid the pandemic.

However, a House Republican investigation found that less than 1% of the funds were spent on personal protective equipment. Most of the funds were focused on get-out-the-vote efforts and registrations.Following controversy surrounding the disproportionate private funding funneled to Democratic jurisdictions and claims the imbalance helped sway the 2020 election in Biden's favor,28 states have either restricted or banned the use of private money to fund elections, while 12 counties have also restricted or banned the funds, according to the Capital Research Center.

According to information provided to The Daily Signal from the Indian Health Service (IHS), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, organizations that have worked with IHS for voter registration are the American Civil Liberties Union, Demos, the National Congress of American Indians, and the Native American Rights Fund.The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project obtained documents showing how theU.S. Department of Agriculture worked with Demos, a left-wing public policy advocacy group, for voter registration purposes.

Biden’s executive order instructs heads of federal agencies “to provide recommendations to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, on strategies to expand theFederal Government’s policy of granting employees time off to vote in Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial elections.” However, those recommendations have not been made public.Warner told The Federalist last week that he is trying to “let the [Biden] administration know we do not intend to follow their illegal directives.”(Reservations will packed with fake ballots in 2020)

He explained that his state is “not going to accept these registrations” that result from the executive order, citing Article I Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, where state legislatures are given the authority to prescribe the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives.”

Warner added that duplicate registrations could result from federal agencies registering people to vote, which would create more issues that county clerks have the responsibility to resolve.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/gop-secretaries-state-legislators-fight-against-bidenbucks-federalization

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“Somebody might already be registered and then they go in for [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] or another federal assistance program and they get registered again,” Warner said. “Now you have a double registration, and the clerks have to take time to go and sort it out.”

He also noted, “It sounds like it’s a good thing. I mean, who would be against registering voters to vote? But if it comes in outside the law, well that’s what America should be addressing now. What do you do with a ballot that comes from outside the law?”

Meanwhile, Watson sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last month, seeking information regarding the scope of how the executive order is being implemented in Mississippi while noting his concerns about its legality. Watson also submitted aFreedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Justice for communications between the DOJ and detention facilities in Mississippi.

The secretary of state requested the information becauseBiden’s executive order “instructs the U.S. Attorney General to establish procedures for educating felons on how to register to vote, facilitate voter registration, assist vote by mail, and require the U.S. Marshals Service to modify intergovernmental agreements and jail contracts with the aforementioned requirements,” Watson wrote in an op-ed earlier this month.

“These efforts are not only an intrusion into state matters but are a misuse of federal revenue to register potentially ineligible felons and/or illegal immigrants,” he added.

Watson was informed that his FOIA request “was overly broad,” he noted. After asking a White House official about the agencies’ plans to follow the executive order, Watson was told that Biden's plans will not be made public. Warner, Watson, and 13 other Republican secretaries of state wrote a letter to Biden in August 2022 regarding unconstitutionality of the executive order.

“Executive Order 14019 was issued without Constitutional authority nor Congressional approval,” the letter reads. “Executive Order 14019 calls for federal agencies to develop plans that duplicate voter registration efforts conducted at the state level and ignores codified procedures and programs in our state constitutions and laws.”

Warner told The Federalist that he iscontacting the secretaries of state who signed the letter about considering joining an amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit against“Bidenbucks.”

The federal lawsuit was brought by 27 legislators of the Pennsylvania General Assembly against both the Biden administration and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), claiming that the executive order is both unlawful according to the commonwealth’s law and unconstitutional.

A U.S. district court judge dismissed the lawsuit last month for lack of standing, and the legislators are appealing it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.A separate FOIA lawsuit was filed by the Foundation for Government Accountability in April 2022, after the organization didn’t receive documents it requested regarding the executive order.

Last August, a U.S. district court judge ordered the DOJ to provide documents to the court to determine whether the records were justifiably withheld. The case is still ongoing.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/gop-secretaries-state-legislators-fight-against-bidenbucks-federalization

Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump's broad immunity claim, outline narrow protections

The questions indicate the Supreme Court may be seeking a narrower interpretation of presidential immunity.

Updated: April 25, 2024 1:35pm

Arguments wrapped up Thursday before the Supreme Court as it assesses President Donald Trump's broad immunity claims in the face of the federal elections case brought against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

A federal indictment returned by a grand jury in Washington, D.C., last August regarding the alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election results consists of four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

The Supreme Court announced Feb. 28 that it would hear the case, saying it wouldexamine "whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecutionfor conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office," according to NBC News.

This followed a federal appeals court's Feb. 6 ruling that Trump was not immune from prosecution, writing that "former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant," and that while executive privilege may have protected him during his presidency, it no longer protected him against prosecution.

Thehigh court appears likely to reject Trump's expansive immunity claim, but in a way that may cause significant delays in the trial as the 2024 election approaches. In the oral arguments, which lasted more than two hours on Thursday, the justices appeared to be seeking a way todefine narrow immunities for presidential actions. (That’s the point delay a trial)

But, this strategy would likely cause delays to President Trump's trial becauselower courts would have to navigate around the parametersestablished by the Supreme Court, The Washington Post reported.

Supreme Court Justices are probed arguments by former President Donald Trump's lawyer that he has total immunity from prosecution for official actions taken while in office. But, the question being posed by several Justices is what constitutes and official act and where the dividing line between official and private acts exists.

One of the first questions posed to Trump's counsel, D. John Sauer, came from Justice Clarence Thomas who asked counsel how the high court should weigh what constitutes an "official act."

The questioning from otherJustices, both liberal and conservative, suggest the court is leaning towards anarrower interpretation of presidential immunitythan Trump's lawyers. For example, Justice Samuel Alito asked Sauer if his "very robust" protections are "necessary." (I think the attorneys did that on purpose, of course the attorneys are going to start out with ROBUST protection, knowing the court would limit it, that would be my plan, ask for the sky, settle for the clouds)

In response, Sauer argued in a series of hypotheticals that the president has broad immunity for prosecution for official act, no matter how offensive they are to moral sensibilities, including the potential assassination of a political rival, CNN reported. (That’s an Obama & Bidan example, and does the attorney believe that? The attorney used the scenario previously that Obama sent drones to a foreign countries to bomb & kill two American citizens and a child. Were those people, Obama’s political rival?)

Regarding the specific indictment against the former president for alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Sauer whether some of the severalallegations were private or official acts. He admitted that Trump's conferences with his lawyers and efforts to enlist private individuals to advance an alternative elector scheme were private acts.

Special Counsel Jack Smith has argued that if any of his charges are private acts, the Supreme Court should return the case to the lower courts for trial to begin. (I find that hard to believe that was private acts, alternative electors are chosen every Presidential election and one is used on who won, the others go away)

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-probes-trumps-immunity-argument-suggests-more-narrow

I don't think Smith is going to even get close to what he wants, he argues, the President has no immunity, which is ludicrous and a benefit to him, but even if the court gives limited immunity, who decides whats limited and Robust? This case will not be settled, it seems it will be murkier. But Trump will have immunity, hopefully where it counts.

Excellent and funny analyis

25 Apr, 2024 16:55

Zelensky’s top rival has gone missing: Where is General Zaluzhny?

The former Ukrainian commander-in-chief, slated to become ambassador in London, has been suspiciously absent from the public eye1/2

There is only one genuinely puzzling question left about Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky: Why is he still in office?By now, at least, everything else about him is obvious: A self-centered actor with a vast-yet-insecure ego easily manipulated by flattery – call him Churchill and see what happens – he has played a charismatic president, first on TV, then in reality. In the process, he has failed to protect his country by maintaining a balance between Russian and Western interests, a task Ukraine’s place on the map and in history make inevitable.

Crudely siding with the West like no Ukrainian president before him, not even Pyotr Poroshenko, he has sacrificed Ukraine’s national interest to Western, specifically US geopolitical strategizing. Due to Zelensky’s apparently blind trust in Western promises – mainly but not exclusively that of NATO membership –Ukraine has been used as a proxyin an attempt to permanently degrade Russia. In the end, and it’s near, that strategy will have failed irretrievably: Russia will emerge stronger than before, and Ukraine will have been ruined not only for a foreign cause but for a lost one, too.

If you doubt this outcome, consider two facts: Even now, American officials are already letting it be known in mainstream Western media (this time, Politico serves as their mouthpiece) that “some” of them doubt that the latest and, probably, really, the last US aid package of about $61 billion dollars will save Ukraine. And, at the same time, they are also making it clear that there won’t be more money for the rest of 2024. Do the math:By 2025, the issue is likely to be irrelevant. And Washington knows it.

So, why is the one Ukrainian official most responsible for this now-very-predictable outcome still in power? Thesimple answeris becauseZelenskyhas built anauthoritarian system, a tendency he mightily displayed well before the Russian attack of February 2022, as many Ukrainians back then loudly criticized. One result: While he should have faced elections this March, he chose not to. Constitution be damned.

How practical, becauseZelensky has long lost his aura of invincible popularity. Also in March, one of Ukraine’s top pollsters found that he would have lost. And the man who would havebeaten him is Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s most popular general. Zaluzhny served as the country’s – much over-hyped – commander-in-chief, from 2021 until February this year, when he was, in effect, sacked by Zelensky.

The president and the general hate each other’s guts; there is really no milder way of putting it. But Zelensky’s main motive was a belated attempt to kneecap a very dangerous potential rival. Especially becauseZaluzhnyis, of course,well-connected in three directions: with parts of the Ukrainian military leadership and many lower-ranking officers, too, with Ukraine’s very well-armed far right (which overlaps with parts of its army), and with Zelensky’s other main rival, former President Pyotr Poroshenko. “President Zaluzhny, Prime Minister Poroshenko” – that was a common fear or hope, depending on your point of view.

Still,Zaluzhny fired was not the same as Zaluzhny gone. So, the plan was to send the 50-year-old off as ambassador to Britain. According to Dmitry Kuleba, Kiev’s foreign minister, one of Zelensky’s reasons for picking London for Zaluzhny’s golden exile is that the British capital features many diplomatic representatives of the Global South. An intriguing move: Countries of the Global South have generally not sided with the West and Ukraine, and the Ukrainian far right, to whichZaluzhnyhas occasionally signaled hisaffinity and benevolence, includes hardcore white supremacists. Perhaps the former comedian in the president’s office is enjoying a practical joke.

https://www.rt.com/russia/596582-zaluzhny-zelensky-ukraine-rival/

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However, Zaluzhny has not yet left for the UK. In recent days, two things happened. First, there have been rumors, which have remained unsubstantiated, that, in reality, he was under some form ofhouse arrest.

Then the Ukrainian authorities rushed to announce that he is, finally, about to leave and that, of course, there was nothing odd about the long delay: The general the president loves to hate – and to fear – took a breather, formalities with the British needed time and,finally, the bulky generalis now undergoing acrash course in diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry– another intriguingly comical idea.

We may never know why exactly it has taken so long to send off Zaluzhny. Some observers havespeculated that the Westwas blackmailing Zelensky: First, you pass a new mobilization law to feed more Ukrainian cannon fodder into the proxy war, then we release $61 billion in US aid for you and let you ship off your nemesis to London. Again, mere rumors, at this point.

We do know something else, however: Less than a month ago, Politico published a long article based on statements by anonymous Ukrainian officers close to the former commander-in-chief. Their quintessence was thatUkraine’s military situation is desperateand that even the release of the US aid package – then mired on Capitol Hill and facing an uncertain future – would not turn things around.

As one of them put it, there is “nothing that can help Ukraine now because there are no serious technologies able to compensate Ukraine for thelarge mass of troops Russia is likely to hurl at us.We don’t have those technologies, and the West doesn’t have them as well in sufficient numbers.” Others acknowledged Russian sophistication and adaptation and were explicit about the fact that Ukraine’s crisis is not only military but also political.

At that moment, emphasizing Ukraine’s distress was, of course, welcome in Kiev, since it served to persuade the US – and others – to release yet more aid. Yet, for the same reason, saying that it was too late anyhow, was, obviously, verboten. So,what was that Politico article really about?Mere defeatism from a group of officers loyal to the former commander-in-chief (and probably either out of a job, demoted, or simply under a cloud of disfavor under his successor)? Unlikely.A signal that the West should stop betting on Zelensky and try a new approach with a new man – Zaluzhny – at the top?More likely.

What theepisode did reveal, in any case, are two important things: Not only isZaluzhny notdown and out, he also still hasmany friends. And his friends still have good connectionsin the West. Was that, perhaps, the real meaning? A message sent not so much by the talkative-if-anonymous officers but by those giving them a forum to remind Zelensky that he is replaceable? In that case, has Zelensky already come to regret his London plan? Maybe the pertinent issue isn’t those representatives of the Global South Kuleba was referring to, but the many ways in which Zaluzhny could network with those of the West, far from Kiev and hard to control.

And that is the crux: Short of a convenient accident,Zelensky has no way of really stopping Zaluzhny. He’s dangerous to him in Ukraine and anywhere else as well. The president can try to sideline him but, even when he does, the ambitious, popular general remains very much in play. The more so when the war is going badly for Ukraine. Because, after all, Zelensky relieved Zaluzhny of responsibility just about when the worst was to come. That now is for his successor – and old rival – Aleksandr Syrsky to deal with. Wherever Zaluzhny is, he’ll live in Zelensky’s head – and for good reason.

https://www.rt.com/russia/596582-zaluzhny-zelensky-ukraine-rival/

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notableif you do business with these banks and financial institutes, withdraw your funds now

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It's a fake drama, China needs to convince Bidan is not owned by them, Bidan goes along but seemingly changes his mind at the last moment. Entire CCP drama to convince the world they are not evil.

When have you ever heard CCP Raged about anything, their responses are always diplomatically neutral and obscure in meaning. China never rages

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anothernotable

>>20777583

Did he actually say that former presidents actions "were not crimes?" Coups and killing people are not crimes, but challenging a rigged election is a crime. These people are truly insane.

Raheem Kassam On Mike Johnson: "I've Lost All Faith In Republican Leadership On Capitol Hill" Johnson is sabotaging Trump, the idiotMUST LISTEN and read Raheem's article below. RAHEEM is pissed

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Raheem J. Kassam

Analysis

KASSAM: What the Fuck is Mike Johnson Doing?

“When the enemy is making a false movement, we must take good care not to interrupt him,” so said Napoleon at one of the critical junctures of the Battle of Waterloo. Today it is commonly written as: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

With that in mind: what the fuck is Mike Johnson doing?

No, not with his predictable capitulation to the defense industry. That move was obvious as the day is long. What’s more stunning is his bizarre trip to Columbia University on Wednesday, where he squeaked into a microphone, drowned out by cacophonous students chanting – doubtless to their chagrin (and ignorance) – in agreement with Steve Bannon of late: “Mike you suck! Mike you suck!”

Johnson’s completely arbitrary trip to New York is the very definition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. An issue that was completely at the feet of Joe Biden and the fools in his foreign policy apparatus now appears – at best – as a “uniparty” issue, and at worst, as a scenario where the GOP is running interference for neoconservatism like its 2003.

#NOW Protesters chant "Mike you suck! Mike you suck!" As Speaker Mike Johnson is at Columbia University Encampment to speak to students and the press. Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 Desk@freedomnews.tv to license pic.twitter.com/LAmHuECXds

— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) April 24, 2024

I know what you’re thinking. I’m thinking it too. But the left deserves itself. We should have let them suck on that all summer long. Do I feel sympathy for some students who are getting caught in the crossfire? Sure. But their parents, their benefactors, the college donors, staff, and in many cases these students themselves have turned a blind eye to far-left and Islamist intolerance in the name of… well… tolerance. Why is it yours, my, or Mike Johnson’s job to save them from themselves? Simply speaking: it ain’t.

And what happens when the Columbia University President refuses to resign, as Johnson demanded? The faculty will frame it as defiance against Republicans on Capitol Hill and by proxy (though you and I might know it’s not true), Donald Trump.

In fact, President Trump unveiled his education plan yesterday, which makes it clear that the answer to this isn’t trying to negotiate some pseudo-Middle East peace a few blocks from Central Park. It’s root and branch reform of the way these universities operate in the first instance.

So I ask you again: what the fuck was Mike Johnson doing? When Biden’s White House is under continuous fire from its once-believed “baked-in” voters. To interrupt your enemy when he’s making a false move? The height of narcissism and folly. And dare I suggest,

https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/kassam-what-the-fuck-is-mike-johnson-doing/

Mike Davis: Monumental and Historic Case that the SC will ever rule on of all time. Supreme Court Will Rule At Least 5-4 On Presidential Immunity(Stupid protestor is behind Mike and yelling at him and interfering his report. Mike whispered I'm going hit him.)

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25 Apr, 2024 18:18

‘We’re making it!’: Putin addresses business leaders on Russia’s economic strength, strategic goals

The president was speaking at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

The Russian economy has demonstrated buoyant growth despite unprecedented external challenges, Vladimir Putin said during an address on Thursday to Russia’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). The president stressed that he appreciated the contribution of the business community and proposed more engagement on strategic goals. Here are some key takeaways from Putin’s speech at the event, held in Moscow.

Strong dynamics

A country’s success, including on the battlefield, depends on how quickly technological challenges are resolved, Putin said. “And we are making it!” he told the gathering.

• Russia’s economy has been positively dynamic, he reported. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has demonstrated “good growth” in the first months of this year, following 3.6% growth in 2023, he said. In January 2024 GDP growth was 4.6% in annual terms and, in February, 7.7%. “Despite the unprecedented challenges we have faced in recent years, positive trends are strengthening in the domestic economy,” he told the audience.

Unemployment at historic low

The Russian economy has gained strong momentum, which could be seen from the state of the labor market. Unemployment remains at a historic low of less than 3%, and has also fallen among young people.

• “The growth in employment … among other things is the result of the efforts of businesses, companies, and the entire business community,” Putin emphasized. The average monthly salary in real terms increased by 8.5% in January, and real incomes in 2023 rose by 5.4%. Touching on a projected shortage of personnel in Russia, the president said this cannot be covered by migrant workers, and called for other approaches to be taken.

Greater freedom of action for business

The Russian president urged that relevant authorities ensure maximum transparency for the conduct and development of business in the country. Every opportunity exists, he said, including “solid state resources and the potential of domestic business,” to implement the planned initiatives.

• “The government will continue to support businesses so that they launch promising projects, increase capital investment, and create new jobs,” the Russian leader told the union congress.

Tax-system adjustment

The president cited tax system reform as key among important steps to improve the investment climate in Russia. He noted that new tax conditions should be fixed for longer terms.

• “Modernization of the fiscal system should ensure a more equitable distribution of the tax burden, while stimulating businesses that develop and invest, including in infrastructure, social, and personnel projects. In short, it is necessary to ensure stable and predictable conditions for reliable, confident business operation,” according to Putin.

Privatization review

Putin recalled that law enforcement agencies have recently initiated proceedings to return some assets to state ownership.

• “I would like to emphasize that this is not about revising privatization, we talked about this at the previous meeting, but about cases when the actions or inactions of the owners of enterprises and property complexes cause direct damage to the country’s security and national interests,” the president explained.

Industrial growth

“In the next six years, we need to radically … increase the volume of industrial production. Moreover, new enterprises, including high-tech ones, in critically important areas should appear literally everywhere,” Putin reiterated.

• Companies that implement individual projects could use special state-support measures, which would be gradually expanded, he said. In particular, additional resources will be directed to the development of industrial mortgages.

“Russia’s strategic task is to increase the production of goods and services, primarily on its own technological base,” the president emphasized.

https://www.rt.com/russia/596564-russian-economy-growth-putin/

AZ-8 Candidate Abe Hamadeh On Necessity For Republicans' To Fight BackARIZONA POLITICS AND COURTS ARE FUCKING VIPER PITS.

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