Forget Plague, Riots, and Socialism: Vote-By-Mail Will Be the Death of the Republic

Vote-by-mail is the devil

It’s valid for those of us on the right to be concerned about the fate of our beloved country, especially in this strangest of years. We are, after all, facing a host of problems: the coronavirus pandemic, the successful radical leftist indoctrination of two generations of public school kids, and the resulting lust for socialism on the American left resulting from that.

There is also the fact that the idiot lefties are trying to ruin sports, entertainment, and even hamburgers, but we’ll have to save that for another day.

When I survey the 2020 landscape trying to ascertain what is most detrimental to the future of the United States of America, I easily settle on one thing: the push to make vote-by-mail (or mail-in voting) the norm.

Vote-by-mail is a systematic fraud-fest. I’ve long been a critic and will continue to be one until mail-in ballots elect a commie president who sends me to a reeducation camp. Even then, I’ll probably act up a little. I firmly believe that the only people who need to vote by mail are deployed military or people who are expatriated due to work. Yes, some people will need absentee ballots here at home, but there should be a very strict process for applying for one.

I know that sounds a little hardcore, but I’m sticking with it. Heck, I don’t even like early voting. Your reasons why I shouldn’t are invalid.

But there is no voter fraud!

Democrats are fond of insisting that there is no voter fraud. They’re also the party that only got Obamacare through the Senate because some votes for Al Franken were “found” in an election official’s car trunk and a corrupt lefty judge allowed them to be counted. They sort of have a vested interest in election rules being rather malleable over there.

If you’re looking for any part of the voting process to be easily manipulated, vote-by-mail is a dream:

Mail-in ballots have long been acknowledged by voting experts to be more susceptible to fraud and irregularities than in-person voting. This has raised concerns from President Trump and other Republicans about the integrity of national elections in November, which are expected to include a dramatic increase in mail-in ballots. If Paterson is any guide, it ought to concern Democrats as well.

Over 800 ballots in Paterson were invalidated for appearing in mailboxes improperly bundled together – including a one mailbox where hundreds of ballots were in a single packet. The bundles were turned over to law enforcement to investigate potential criminal activity related to the collection of the ballots.

Mail-in voting has always been problematic, but what’s being suggested now is even worse. Democrats are pushing hard for an all mail-in election, which opens up a new can of worms:

“At the very least, mailing ballots to every registration on file – knowing that a significant number of registrations are erroneous or outdated – is a significant waste of scarce resources,” [an Honest Elections Project] report says, noting that a recent estimate from Clark County, Nevada predicted it would cost at least $323,000 to mail ballots to inactive registrants.

While many of the registrations may be “erroneous or outdated” are they really “inactive” if the registrants are still on file? It takes an extraordinary amount of naïveté to believe that many of these “inactive” people won’t be voting more than once or from beyond the grave.

It’s also a bit of a stretch to think that all of the friendly labor union folk who like to help with Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts on Election Day won’t show up early to “provide assistance” with mail-in ballots to the elderly.

https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2020/07/08/forget-plague-riots-and-socialism-vote-by-mail-will-be-the-death-of-the-republic-n619949

Manhattan next? US Supreme Court opens Pandora’s box with ruling that half of Oklahoma is ‘Indian country’

While critics of US President Donald Trump gloated over the Supreme Court ruling in the matter of his taxes, another verdict returning much of Oklahoma to the Creek Nation has far bigger implications for the country down the line.

“On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise,” Justice Neil Gorsuch – a Trump appointee presumed to be a conservative textualist – declared at the start of the majority opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma, referring to the removal of Native Americans that began in 1831.

Gorsuch sided with the four liberal justices in ruling that a large portion of Oklahoma was in fact “Indian country” for the purpose of criminal law. The 1866 treaty made with the Creek – now Muscogee – still applied, even if the state has exercised jurisdiction there for over a century, they said.

“Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word,” Gorsuch wrote.

https://www.rt.com/usa/494321-supreme-court-oklahoma-indian/

Millions In Coronavirus Relief Loans Went To Chinese Real Estate Company At Center Of FBI Bribery Probe

At least $4 million in PPP loans went to a real estate company at the center of a federal bribery investigation involving a Los Angeles city councilman.

Shenzhen New World Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Wei Huang, received two PPP loans for hotels it operates in Los Angeles.

Jose Huizar is accused of accepting more than $800,000 in bribes from a real estate company chairman referred to in a federal indictment as “Chairman E.”

Charging documents against Huizar make it clear that the real estate company in question is Shenzhen New World Group, which is working on a 77-story skyscraper project in Huizar’s district.

The Trump administration loaned between $4 million and $10 million in coronavirus relief funds to a real estate company whose chairman allegedly bribed a Los Angeles city councilman with nearly $260,000 in poker chips, escort services and $600,000 in payments to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Jose Huizar, the city councilman, was arrested on June 23 on charges that he accepted $1.5 million in bribes to help the developers of various real estate projects in downtown L.A.

A federal criminal complaint filed against Huizar said that a Chinese billionaire — identified in court filings only as “Chairman E” — provided bribes to Huizar for help advancing a development project to build a 77-story skyscraper in Los Angeles.

The federal complaint says that Huizar took at least 19 trips to Las Vegas with the developer between March 2012 and February 2017. Prosecutors also alleged that the developer covered Huizar’s expenses in Las Vegas, including “flights, hotel rooms, spa services, meals, alcohol, prostitution/escort services” and $259,500 in casino gambling chips.

The complaint does not identify the Chinese real estate company or its chairman by name, but the skyscraper project matches one proposed in 2018 by Shenzhen New World Group, a China-based conglomerate owned by Wei Huang.

The company submitted an application for the development project on June 7, 2018, according to documents filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/09/chinese-los-angeles-paycheck-protection-program/

Karachi Air Crash Brings Ban on Pakistan International Airlines Flights From US Over Pilot Concerns

On 22 May, an airplane crash in Karachi killed 97 of the 99 people onboard. It was stated in the provisional inquiry report that the pilot and the air controller were responsible for the incident. In June, Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 pilots over holding fake licenses.

Following the suit of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Malaysia's aviation regulatory authority, the US Department of Transportation has suspended Pakistan International Airline's special permit to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing concerns over the carrier's safety measures and pilots' "suspicious licenses".

"The PIA will not be able to operate its flights to the United States", said the authority in a statement while banning "all types of flights" operated by PIA. Pakistan news website Geo News has stated that a PIA spokesperson confirmed the ban and said that the national carrier had received an email in this regard.

"We will address America's concerns", the spokesperson said, indicating that the matter of pilots' licenses will be resolved through ongoing corrective measures within the airline.

Over similar concerns, Pakistan’s flagship carrier's permit has been suspended by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for six months, while the UK has barred PIA flights from three of its airports.

Vietnam has grounded all Pakistani pilots working in the country and Malaysia also announced a temporary suspension of pilots holding Pakistani licenses and employed by its domestic airlines.

Meanwhile, the UAE is seeking verification of the licenses granted to Pakistani staff working at its airports.

In June, the Pakistani Aviation Ministry told parliament that a large number of commercial pilots were holding fake licenses or cheated in exams, resulting in the grounding of around 150 pilots.

The inquiry into an airplane crash on 22 May in Karachi, which killed 97 of 99 on board the craft, revealed the poor state of affairs in the country’s national carrier. Investigations into fake licenses have been underway since 2018, but the major crash expedited the probes.

The investigation held the pilot and air controller responsible for the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane. It was stated that the pilot's negligence led to the crash and he did not follow the standard operating procedure (SOP), while the air controller was responsible for allowing a second landing after the first failed attempt.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007101079843191-karachi-air-crash-brings-ban-on-pakistan-international-airlines-flights-from-us-over-pilot-concerns/

Joe Biden’s ‘Unity’ Platform with Bernie Sanders Gives Free Health Care to DACA Illegal Aliens

In the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “Unity” platform, Democrats are vowing to provide free, American taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens who are able to enroll in former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The proposed Democrat Party platform, known as the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations, would restart the DACA program — allowing millions of illegal aliens to enroll — and ensure they are provided with taxpayer-subsidized Obamacare plans.

The platform also would allow all 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. to purchase healthcare coverage in the federal marketplace and more quickly allow low-income legal immigrants to get on Medicaid.

“To ensure that people living and working across the country have health care access, the Task Force recommends extending Affordable Care Act coverage to DACA recipients, allowing undocumented immigrants to purchase unsubsidized coverage in the ACA marketplaces, and working with Congress to lift the five-year waiting period for low-income lawfully present immigrants for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program eligibility,” the platform states.

Providing health care to illegal aliens has become a widely supported plan among elected Democrats, while the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose it. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey from 2019 found that the plan is the “least popular” initiative by Democrats.

As Breitbart News has reported, forcing American taxpayers to provide free health care to all illegal aliens would cost citizens anywhere between $23 billion to $66 billion every single year — a potentially up to $660 billion bill for taxpayers every decade.

Already, American taxpayers are forced to annually subsidize about $18.5 billion in medical costs for illegal aliens, according to estimates by Chris Conover, formerly of the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research at Duke University.

The free health care for DACA illegal aliens provision is just one of many major changes to the nation’s immigration system. Others include providing asylum to the world’s migrants, amnesty for all illegal aliens, increasing refugee resettlement, restarting welfare-dependent legal immigration, and ending highly-effective travel bans from countries considered national security risks.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/09/democrats-vow-free-health-care-daca-illegal-aliens/