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11 Nov

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THREAD/VIDEO: anatomy of grotesque lies by Ohio’s Secretary of State

After losing in every court in which he made a sham legal argument, LaRose is still lying about it.

He’s also lying about how it all happened.

Here’s the video. Listen to every word. Carefully:

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This is master class stuff by LaRose. He’s so comfortable & casual lying about something over such a long period of time. So publicly. So provably false.

It’s disturbing.

But it’s also important to call out dishonesty. This thread will point out every lie. W receipts.

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Re drop boxes, LaRose starts by saying “this is something where the legislature has to weigh in on this”

🚨 Bald-faced lie

We took him to court over this lie; every court ruled that this assertion is false. That he has the power to add drop boxes in multiple locations.

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4 Nov

VIDEO/THREAD: A suggested path forward

Some of you have seen this video. Others haven’t. Either way, take a look. It’s more relevant now than when I first posted it.

Lots of talk about how Dems are failing to talk to rural Americans. And about how no one knows what’s in the…

…the bills being finalized in Congress. About the need to protect voting rights and democracy.

Truth is, as the video shows, they’re all connected. Deep decay in our democracy is leading to a decay in infrastructure, small towns, big cities, and so much of our country.

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And we need to make that case EVERYWHERE, right away.

We need to get to towns like Manchester & explain: “you see what trickle-down has gotten you? A dying town. A ghost town. People leaving. Lost jobs. Well, the BBB plan before Congress lets us get in here, fix these..”

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1 Nov

THREAD:

The Texas law is an abomination.

Not only because it bans abortions outright, which is a violation of the Constitution, but because it attempts to deprive citizens of their right to protect themselves from this attack through its vigilante/bounty hunter tactic.

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In that way, the law is also an attack on the basic construct of the rule of law in our nation. It’s a double whammy: violating established constitutional rights, while attempting to deprive those whose rights are violated from being able to protect their rights in court.

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We can only hope the court sees through this monstrous tactic.

But here’s the problem.

Even if it’s struck down, another statehouse will try something new. And another will try another tactic. And so on and so on.

As I write in my book, these state houses have become..

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25 Oct

THREAD/VIDEO

Day 6: Laboratories of Autocracy

A candidate mused about Ohio nullifying it’s membership in the nation.

Then runs for office only miles from where Ulysses Grant was born and raised.

And?

Watch to find out what happens:

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He’s not the only one

All around Ohio, extremists are getting “elected” to statehouse seats through a system of rigged, gerrymandered districts

Then they occupy important positions of power in the General assembly where they can do damage

Examples?

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amazon.com/Laboratories-A…

Ohio has a state Senator who believes public education is “socialism”…he chairs the Senate education committee

We have a Senator who asked at a hearing if the “colored population” was more susceptible to COVID because they “do not wash their hands as well as other groups”

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23 Oct

VIDEO/THREAD

Day 4 of Laboratories of Autocracy

A few weeks after the first districting hearing, I spoke at a second meeting. At this meeting, you’ll see I spoke directly to the three statewide officials on the committee—the Gov, Sec of State and Auditor

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I told them they had a unique role on the committee—as statewide officials, to not simply do what the statehouse majority told them to do…ie. rig their districts for another decade.

That they had a higher duty. That’s why they’re on the committee in the 1st place. WATCH:

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I did that because these statewide officials, as happens in other states, have a tendency to get “rolled” by the gerrymandered statehouse

Even though they’re far better known than the rigged statehouse hacks who largely don’t face elections, they always cave to them

Well…

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David Pepper

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22 Oct

THREAD/VIDEO

Day 3

Two months ago, I appeared before the Ohio Districting Committee and called on them to end their secret gerrymandering meetings. I got gavelled out of order and my mic cut…but I kept going.

You can watch some of what I said here:

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Sadly, everything I said was happening at that time was happening. Secret meetings. Plans to violate the OH Constitution and rig elections for another decade

It’s played out as terribly as I thought it would….they’re now just openly flouting the law. cleveland.com/opinion/2021/1…

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The same thing is happening right now elsewhere.

Texas.

Wisconsin.

You name it.

Cynical, brutal election-rigging.

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motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

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