🚨⚖️ State officials across the US say the 2020 election went well, with only minor issues that typical every year — much less Trump’s lies about widespread voter fraud — but @AP reports AG Barr just authorized a probe of “apparently credible” allegations: apnews.com/article/electi…
Barr’s memo prompted @TheJusticeDept official who oversees investigations of voter fraud to resign in hours nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/…
Barr’s authorization ignored policies intended to keep @TheJusticeDept from affecting the outcome of an election.
An abuse of power to keep power.
“this is about disruption, disinformation, & sowing chaos-@vanitaguptaCR “They have no evidence, so they’ll push the PR.” politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
“Voters decided [the] election & overwhelmingly picked Biden,” “Election was secure & fair. No factual basis for memo.”
“We have seen no evidence that would justify a Department of Justice probe. The Attorney General's move raises grave concerns that he is acting to advance a preferred political narrative rather than following the facts and the law. “-@FEC commissioner:
“Attorney General William Barr has launched an attack on the Nov. 3 election. It is unprecedented, highly technical & very bad.”-Chris Truax usatoday.com/story/opinion/… Your move, @SpeakerPelosi. I’ve already asked you to impeach him over other issues. Stop fiddling while Rome burns.
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NEW: Secretary of State refuses to accept the will of the American people after a free & fair election & cooperate with a peaceful transition of power, eviscerating the @StateDept’s moral authority to engage in diplomacy & @USAID’s @StateDRL mission to protect & advance democracy
Don’t worry, says the politics editor: he’s just joking.
He can’t possibly believe this administration was ordained by God, or the Rapture is coming, or evolution isn’t real, or Democrats aren’t legitimate or that corruption is OK, or lawsuits will swing the election in SCOTUS.
This was the speech from a POTUS that Americans have been waiting to hear since this deadly virus reached our shores: honest about the danger, rational about required responses, clear about the needs, focused on a shared goal, & grounded in shared values. pscp.tv/JoeBiden/1vAxR…
The single most effective thing we can do to stop the spread of COVID: wear a mask.
A mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus."
We can save tens of thousands of
lives if we just wear a mask.
Not Democrat or Republican lives American lives.
Biden:
It doesn't matter who you voted for. We are Americans and our country is under threat.
We're now called to do the same thing that generations have done when faced with a crisis throughout our history: rise above our differences to defend the strength & vitality of nations
Americans should have been able to watch a press briefing with @VP & the @CDCDirector online at noon every day, with updates from Dr. Birx, Dr. Fauci, @DrNancyM_CDC, @SteveFDA@SecAzar@HHS_ASH & industry, followed by a Q&A with reporters.
Unlike in 2008 & 2016, the @USGSA administrator has declined to authorize the funding Congress appropriated to get the presidential transition running: washingtonpost.com/politics/trump… @Transition46 has 73 days left; every day matters.
TBD what, if any, hidden pressures @GSAEmily is under
Congress in 1963: “Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the United States & its people.” govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ST…
That is what happened in 2000, with harms in 2001, & is happening now.
Congress specifically gave the @USGSA administrator discretion to decide to release funds in the event of a close election — NOT a @potus or @whitehouse — when the candidates are “apparently successful,” or to withhold them if there’s doubt. brookings.edu/testimonies/im…
I'm split-screening again today, watching election results while I participate in the #FWD50 conference on digital government. (I'm hosting a channel for @fwd50conf this afternoon.)
Watching @bethnoveck talk with @acroll now about historic lows in trust:
Thanks to @acroll for asking my question! Transparency DOES breed trust in open source software: it's mission-critical if, say, the US government is deploying tools to be used by dissidents & human rights activists globally:
It's the same lies, misinformation, & conspiratorial BS about the election & polls you can read here on Twitter, except delivered by the sitting POTUS from the White House podium.
But I'm watching him undermine democracy on TV, as I have for 5 years.