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1. WTF is happening in North Carolina?

I'm here to help.

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2. The unofficial tally shows Republican Mark Harris defeating Democrat Dan McCready by just 905 votes in North Carolina's 9th Congressional district.

But on Friday, the State Board of Elections voted unanimously not to certify the results of the race.

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3. Why? The board cited serious allegations of "irregularities and fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail voting."

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4. A series of affidavits submitted suggests that a man named Leslie McCrae Dowless systematically falsified, manipulated, and potentially destroyed absentee ballots -- particularly in Bladen County.

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5. Popular.info broke the story that Dowless was previously convicted of felony fraud. He backdated a life insurance policy of a young employee who died in a car crash and collected 165K

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6. The board is taking the allegations so seriously is that there are serious statistical anomalies in the results.

In Bladen, Republicans represented just 19% of voters who requested absentee ballots, but Harris won 61% of the absentee vote.

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6. Also potentially missing votes.

Across the state, 24% of people who requested absentee ballots did not return them. In Robeson County, 64% of ballots went unreturned. In Bladen, it was 40%.

Unreturned ballots are concentrated in minority communities

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7. The state board is going to review all the evidence before December 21 and has the power to order a new election.

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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

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The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
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1. Can we talk about @redlobster?

Dozens of corporations stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson after he said immigrants made America "dirtier"

Now Carlson is arguing there's a moral responsibility to pay women less than men.

@redlobster is one of the few corps sticking w/him
@redlobster 2. The president of @redlobster is Salli Setta. She's on the board of the Women's Foodservice Forum (@WFFHQ).

@WFFHQ is dedicated to "galvanizing the Food Industry" to become "one of the first industries to close the gender gap"

Why is @redlobster sticking with Tucker Carlson?
3. Corporations like @redlobster want to develop a reputation for being socially conscious. Its president is devoted to gender equality. Kudos.

But the power of corporations comes from how they use their resources.

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In California, Rep David Valadao R-CA has conceded defeat in CA21. This officially gives Democrats a gain of 40 seats in the 2018 mid-terms.
And the AP has now moved NC09 to undecided, after calling it for the GOP
In NC09, Democrat Dan McCready calls on Republican Mark Harris to "end his silence" on absentee ballot fraud allegations
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The exact path forward for the state’s 9th District race is unclear after the NC Board of Elections decided not to certify the initial results between GOP Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready, in which Harris appears to have edged McCready by 905 votes. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
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Comme aller à St. Louis, à l’époque, c’est à la fois long et cher, il n’y que 12 nations seulement qui décident d’y participer. Du coup, sur les 630 athlètes, 523 sont américains.

Évidemment, les États-Unis raflent pas mal médailles.
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