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Judd Legum @JuddLegum
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1. The latest on the election fraud scandal in North Carolina:

- The Vice Chair of the Bladen County Election Board resigned. He started a political consulting firm with Leslie McCrae Dowless, the convicted felon at the center of the controversy!

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2. -- The NYT uncovered evidence that McCrae Dowless' crew collected blank ballots and cast them as votes

-- The GOP was warned that Mark Harris ran a similarly corrupt operation in the primary and ignored it

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3. A new election looks increasingly likely and Democrat Dan McCready is already preparing. Republicans would like to get Harris off the ballot but options are limited.

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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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1. Trump appears edging toward declaring a "national emergency" and attempting to unilaterally build the wall.

This could backfire spectacularly.

Let's review.

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2. Under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, if Trump declares a national emergency to build the wall, the House could immediately pass a resolution to rescind it.

The Senate would then need to vote on the House's resolution within 18 days.

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3. So it would require 50 Republican Senators to vote to undermine and subvert their own legislative authority.

This seems unlikely.

On the other hand, Republicans in the Senate have been generally unwilling to stand up to Trump

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Trump, according to Schumer, threatened to keep the gov't closed for years unless he gets his wall.

Hundreds of thousands of government employees are not getting paid.

Trump, who has never had to live paycheck-to-paycheck, is oblivious to the cruelty
RELATED: "While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump administration officials are poised to get $10,000 raises" goo.gl/Vv3fV2
"The Government Shutdown Is “Life And Death” For Low-Wage Subcontractors Who Likely Won’t Be Repaid For Lost Time" goo.gl/WJJdhQ
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🌎Donald Trump—🌪️Roger Stone—🔥Paul Manafort—🌬️Roy Cohn
There are so many connections between these four gentlemen, but the common thread between them all appears to be Roger Stone.

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🔪But Stone’s rules: “Attack, attack, attack—never defend” and “Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.” This “advice” came via renowned attorney Roy Cohn, who represented Donald Trump late in Cohn’s life.

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🌬️Cohn’s "original" 3-dimensional strategy via @vanityfair article: 1. Never settle, never surrender. 2. Counter-attack, counter-sue immediately. 3. No matter what happens, no matter how deeply into the muck you get, claim victory and never admit defeat.”

🍊Sound familiar?
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In recent days, a few pundits and politicians — especially NC Republicans — have compared the #NC09 2018 election fraud scandal to complaints made by NC GOP lawyers about absentee voting in 2016. There are similarities, but also key differences. Thread: 1/
After the 2016 elections in NC, Leslie McCrae Dowless — the suspected absentee ballot fraudster working for @MarkHarrisNC9 in 2018 — and GOP lawyers filed a complaint about absentee voting in Bladen County. 2/
@MarkHarrisNC9 The complaint focused on write-in votes for Dowless’ opponent in a local Soil and Water Conservation District race, which Dowless won. The @NCSBE held a hearing about the complaint on 12/3/16. 3/
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So this is pretty weird. McCrory won Bladen County 52%-46%. But he lost absentee by-mail in Bladen 61%-38%. The only voting method he lost in the county. McCrory also won statewide absentee by-mail voting in 2016. Hmm. 🤔 Seems like more ?s to be asked. #NC09 #NCPOL
Hold on. Turns out those questions were already asked and the @NCDemParty labeled the claims “over the top and completely false.” Contrast that with what the party is saying about the exact same allegations in 2018. #NCPOL newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Now @RoyCooperNC’s handpicked @NCSBE Chairman Joshua Malcolm says that there have been “unfortunate activities” happening in his area for a “number of years.” Just how many years are we talking about here? And what races have been affected by these activities? #NCPOL
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Credible concerns about voter fraud in a North Carolina House race. The concerns center around a contractor for the Republican candidate, who received a suspiciously high number of mail-in votes in a single county charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-…
North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he wants election fraud probe to continue without distraction hill.cm/J5UZV3Y
The man at the center of the North Carolina election scandal, Leslie McCrae Dowless, was previously convicted of felony fraud, among other crimes

McCrae Dowless was hired, through a contractor, by the Republican Congressional candidate, Mark Harris

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AP: North Carolina board delays finalizing congressional result #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv
NCBSE #NC09 results were not certified citing G.S. 163A-1180

That statute gives the Board to “take any other action necessary to assure that an election is determined without taint of fraud or corruption and without irregularities that may have changed the result of an election”
Campaign managers for Harris and McCready were unaware of this development when I contacted them
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