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28 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Nice sob story for a felon who ripped off investors of millions. The Beaver Creek arts center and other buildings bearing his name should buy back naming rights and the court can use some of that money for restitution.

ajc.com/news/nation-wo…
The next infamous name to be stripped from buildings in New York City and all over the world: @realDonaldTrump.
Bernie Madoff ripped off billions and got life.
Ten years for securities fraud.
Insider trading is also securities fraud.
That’s years in prison, not in the Senate.
Hello Georgia? @ajc

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16 Dec
A 16 year old Minnesota boy was sent to prison for life for murder. A detective offered a witness $500 to provide his name and another man confessed to the crime.
It's time to investigate the Hennepin County prosecutors for their actions.
nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/…
"An investigation by The Associated Press and American Public Media in February revealed glaring flaws in the prosecution by an office led by Ms. Klobuchar, then the Hennepin County attorney."
"police had failed to collect surveillance video from a convenience store that Mr. Burrell said could have proved his innocence. The store, Cup Foods, was the same one outside of which George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers in May."
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8 Dec
I don’t know for sure what happened here but the University of Minnesota has a history of covering up discrimination and then aggressively litigating claims. This case should go to a jury and not simply be tossed by a judge. duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime-and…
We have a very conservative federal district court bench. This means good cases could get tossed without ever reaching a jury, including discrimination cases against employers with a history of discrimination. Until @JoeBiden fixes this, state courts may be the better venue.
If Judge Schiltz is correct in his conjecture that the University of Minnesota didn't intend to discriminate, then what happened in this other case? They paid out nearly $2 million of taxpayer money because .... they didn't discriminate? OK ....
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3 Dec
I agree with everyone who says the Administration of @JoeBiden will be ten times more ethical than the Administration of @realDonaldTrump.
Ten times zero is zero.
@JoeBiden must set a higher bar. Americans are fed up with deceit, conflicts of interest and corruption.
The agenda of @JoeBiden on ethics must be clear as of January 20. Being better -- even much better -- than @realDonaldTrump is not enough. Americans want change. Change starts at the top.
Presidents, Vice Presidents and Members of Congress should be prohibited from owning and trading individual stocks and should be subject to the same financial conflict of interest laws that bind other federal employees. 18 U.S.C. 208.
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1 Dec
Last night in an emergency request for a stay of certification of Pennsylvania election results the GOP cited this case Chase v. Miller (Pa 1862) ten times. The case talks about in person voting by "white freemen" who pay the tax. A bit dated eh?

content.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/…
“In elections by the citizens, every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote ten days immediately preceding such election, and within two years paid a state or county tax." Huh?
Chase v, Miller (Pa 1862) held that Civil War soldiers could not vote absentee -- even if they were white. Still good case law? A good reason to throw out every mail in ballot in Pennsylvania in 2020? What's up with the Pennsylvania GOP?
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28 Nov
Did GOP lawyers just cite this case Chase v. Miller (PA 1862) to overturn the 2020 election results in PA?
This is a real beauty ....

content.next.westlaw.com/Link/Document/…
Citing now defunct Art. 3 of the PA Constitution: “In elections by the citizens, every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote .... and within two years paid a state or county tax."
Legal briefing 101: An 1862 Pennsylvania case interpreting an election law provision of the Pennsylvania constitution that bestows the right to vote on "every white freeman" is probably too old to cite for purposes of overturning a Pennsylvania election result in 2020.
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25 Oct
There is absolutely no excuse for Senators and Representatives to own individual stocks in health care companies, energy companies and other businesses while voting on OUR health care and OUR environment. Vote them out!!

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@LewisForMN -- the time to have sold those medical device company stocks was 2018.
As my congressman from 2017-2019 it was your responsibility to demand that all Minnesota representatives and senators sell all individual stocks in health care companies and other businesses that present a conflict of interest. Better late than never. @realDonaldTrump too!
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