It's interesting how political, philosophical, and historical theories of fascism and psychology come to the same conclusions from different directions.
There is no rule that says ballots must be counted on November 3.
Trump has no authority to make up such a rule.
The courts have no authority to enforce such a rule.
Trump is trying to freak you out. Don't let him do it.
Focus on turning out the vote and ignore the bluster.
Here is the opinion. The issue is over whether ballots arriving after November 3 will be counted.
This is NOT the same as saying people who vote on election day may not have their votes counted if the counting isn't finished by midnight. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7276…
3 U.S. Code § 5: States have five weeks to certify their elections, work out any controversies, and choose their electors.
After Trump walked out of the 60 Minutes interview, Kayleigh McEnany brought a bound book and called it Trump's "health plan."
Lesley Stahl: "It was heavy. Filled with executive orders, congressional initiatives, but no comprehensive health plan."
I like the part where Trump insists if the Supreme Court overturns the ACA, people with preexisting conditions will still be covered because "a new plan will happen" and "we won't do anything unless we have preexisting conditions covered."
The snake oil salesman says "trust me."
This is exactly what I thought👇
It's the Field of Dreams Health Care Plan: Trump will wish it, and it will come.
(I'm visualizing Trump with his fingers on his forehead and his eyes closed as he wishes really hard for the health care plan to happen.)
The GOP attitude toward the Great Depression was like the Trump-FOX attitude toward Covid: It's not the role of government to solve these problems, which should be left to private interests.
Of course, Biden is going because Georgia's turning blue.
When he came to office, the country was in the Great Depression. The level of income inequality made democracy almost impossible. There was no social security, no regulatory agencies, almost no middle class.
This question came to me through the “Ask Teri” tab on my blog 👇
Short answer: Yes there is oversight. Elections are regulated by statute, and the statutes provide for oversight. Each state has its own processes.
Shorter answer: Get involved!
1/ In CA, for example, the precinct “inspector” (person in charge of the polling place) and the poll workers count the ballots according to detailed instructions. The number of ballots is then reconciled between those voted and those unused so that each ballot is accounted for.
2/ Observers are allowed to watch the counting and recording of votes.
The inspector keeps a copy of the total so he or she can verify the number against the number used in the final state tally.
And who are these inspectors? Regular people who apply. My husband is one.
I couldn't resist. I'm listening to the 60 Minutes segment Trump posted.
Goodness. Stahl asks Trump if he is ready for tough questions. He fusses about wanting her to be fair. He says, “You don’t ask Biden tough questions.”
My teenager: “He sounds like a three-year-old.”
He's in his own made-up world.
"We had the best economy. Things were coming together. . .there was going to be unity. Then we got hit with the plague. . . we closed it up and I saved millions of lives."
Unity? Before the virus was his impeachment trial.
Two key lies launched Trump into politics: Birtherism and "I am a successful businessman." It worked! He lied. People repeated the lies. Then enough people believed them.
He literally has no other way to "govern" or campaign.
This is nothing new. It's as old as written history.
In the middle ages, one of the lies was Jewish blood libel.
Want to go farther back? Let's talk about Darius I of Persia (522 BCE to 486 BCE)