Monthly Archives: November 2020

Twitter Boots Prominent QAnon/GOP Trump Cultist

NBC News reports: Former Congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine Tesoriero was suspended from Twitter on Tuesday afternoon shortly after publishing a tweet that baselessly claimed immigrants would enter the U.S. and commit violence if Trump is not elected. Twitter told NBC News that Tesoriero’s account, which had over 393,000 followers, “was permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules.” Tesoriero …

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KY State Police Commissioner Resigns In Hitler Scandal

CBS News reports: The Kentucky State police commissioner resigned from his position Monday after a report surfaced that the department used a training slideshow that included quotes from Adolf Hitler, officials said. Rodney Brewer’s resignation will go into effect on Wednesday. Kentucky Police Academy used a training slideshow as recently as 2013 that advocated for violence during altercations and instructed …

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Hannity Posts Really Stupid Lie About Rep. Ilhan Omar

Yahoo News reports: As Election Day wears on, we can all only expect the Fox News shenanigans to pile up. Of course, its reporters — who are infamous for never providing the full context — could only be expected to further sow confusion for voters. But it was Sean Hannity who truly outdid himself this morning when he tweeted what …

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Giuliani: Trump Should Declare Victory Tonight [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: RUDY GIULIANI (GUEST): I don’t think these early votes are going to be as bad as they think. We shouldn’t assume it. We should assume if he has a credible lead — a point or more — we’ll call the state and we should put it in his column and we start off from there …

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Zoomvangelical: Christians Must “Release The Aroma Of Christ” In Polling Stations So People Will Vote For Trump

“We are the ones, dear Lord, that you have called in this hour to literally release the aroma of Christ Jesus into our state and into our nation. And I am praying, dear Lord, that as your people walk into the polling locations tomorrow, that they will indeed have the aroma of Christ on them. “And it will literally cause …

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OPEN THREAD: Tell Us About Your Voting Experience

Nearly 100 million Americans had cast their ballots by the time polls opened this morning for in-person voting. If you’re voting in person today, tell us how things went. If you hear about issues in places other than your own polling station, tell us about that too. We’ll have another open thread this afternoon and likely several tonight after the …

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Trump Moves Election “War Room” To WH Grounds

Axios reports: The Trump campaign will run its election night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the campaign confirmed to Axios. The decision to move the main political operation from the campaign’s headquarters in Arlington, Va., to the White House complex is the latest example of the Trump administration blurring the lines …

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Twitter Removes Post By Pro-Trump Radio Host For Suggesting Kenosha Killer Might Be “Needed” Tonight

Law & Crime reports: Pro-Trump pundit Jesse Kelly suggested in a tweet that Republicans might “need” alleged Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse on Election Day. On Monday afternoon, Kelly shared a New York Post article about Rittenhouse being held on a $2 million bond, asking, “But what if we need him tomorrow?” Twitter has since removed the tweet. A Twitter spokesperson …

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Court Orders USPS To Sweep For Undelivered Ballots

Reuters reports: A judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep some mail processing facilities on Tuesday afternoon for delayed ballots and immediately dispatch them for delivery in election battlegrounds such Pennsylvania and Florida among other places. Affected by the order are central Pennsylvania, northern New England, greater South Carolina, south Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Alabama and Wyoming as well as …

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Lara Trump: Trump Will Win Tonight In A Landslide And We Are “Absolutely Ready” To Challenge Mail-In Ballots

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s top surrogates are painting a rosy picture of an overwhelming reelection victory, even as polls have him trailing in many key battleground states. Lara Trump, a senior adviser to Trump’s reelection campaign and the president’s daughter-in-law, said Tuesday that they believe the president will decisively beat Democratic nominee Joe Biden without the need for a …

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Michael Cohen Tweets His Vote For Biden And Harris

The New York Daily News reports: Michael Cohen is trying to say sorry with his ballot. The former Trump fixer posted a photo of himself Tuesday after voting against his ex-boss near his home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Cohen also used the hashtag #meaculpa and #disloyal, presumably to express his regret for once supporting the president. The disgraced lawyer, …

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Roger Stone: If Trump Wins, Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, And Rosenstein “Must Be Hung Until Dead”

“We have a broken system here and if the president is not reelected the system will never be fixed. And if the president is reelected John Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, Rod Rosenstein, these people must be tried and convicted of treason, for which as you know, the penalty is capital punishment. “They must be hung by the …

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NYT: Last Week Was Slowest Recorded For Mail Delivery

The New York Times reports: The U.S. Postal Service experienced some of its worst delays all year in the final week before the election, according to a Times project tracking first-class. An avalanche of late-arriving political pamphlets and advertisements appears to have added to backlogs for the Postal Service, after months of slowdowns. The week beginning Oct. 26 was the …

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Fox Host Mark Levin Rages After Facebook “Severely Restricts” His Page For Posting Fake Claim About Biden

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Mark Levin raged at Facebook after the platform placed restrictions on his account — including reducing its distribution — after flagging a number of his posts for false information. “Facebook has now placed severe restrictions on my Facebook page on the eve before the election based on an extremely dishonest Politifact review of my link …

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Top PA Official: We Alone Will Declare Our Winner

The Associated Press reports: Pennsylvania’s top election official, in an apparent response to President Trump, told reporters Tuesday that the Department of State will determine when the election is over. “Vote counting is never finished on Election Day,” said Secretary Kathy Boockvar, noting that overseas and military ballots can arrive up to a week after the election. “We are the …

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McEnany Predicts “Landslide” For Trump: “FL Is A Lock”

The Hill reports: Kayleigh McEnany told Fox News early Tuesday that the Trump campaign “believes that tonight will be a landslide” and that President Trump will win the states of Nevada and Minnesota, two states where Democrat Joe Biden has had a solid lead. “Our campaign believes that tonight will be a landslide,” the White House press secretary told Fox …

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Televangelist: God Will “Put His Finger” On Trump And Will Punish Any Voters For Joe “Child Sacrifice” Biden

“I believe, No. 1, he will be a two-term president. I believe, No. 2, he’ll even get some Nobel Peace Prizes. I believe, No. 3, that his legacy will be one of the great presidents of the United States. “And I also believe that that warmth that I saw in him will shine greater and greater, as he has the …

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North Carolina Cops Sued For Voter Intimidation

NBC News reports: A federal lawsuit is accusing police in North Carolina of voter intimidation after they deployed pepper spray during a get-out-the vote rally and hauled several participants to jail in a chaotic display of pre-Election Day discord. The complaint, filed late Monday against the police chief of Graham, a rural community west of Durham, and the Alamance County …

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Fox Host: Twitter Should Let Trump Falsely Claim Win

“Look, political campaigns are about extravagant claims. They’re always filled with all kinds of exaggeration and overstatement, and they always have been. People understand that. “And look, and if you have good reporters that are out there and responding to this sort of thing, some claim of victory when it’s not yet established is going to get jumped on immediately …

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Giuliani Tells Russian State TV That Biden Has Dementia

The Daily Beast reports: The Kremlin-backed news network RT kicked off its Election Day coverage with an interview with Rudy Giuliani, who gleefully helped spread misinformation about the vote. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer appeared on RT’s Going Underground show in an interview broadcast Tuesday morning. During the chat, Giuliani furthered a Russian disinformation campaign to make false claims about …

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