Biden vs. Trump

[_MeDotOrg]

I'm sure you're wondering who made Donald Trump talk to Bob Woodward. According to Tucker Carlson, it was Lindsay Graham:

It was Lindsey Graham who helped convince Donald Trump to talk to Bob Woodward. Lindsey Graham brokered that meeting. Lindsey Graham even sat in on the first interview between Bob Woodward and the president. How’d that turn out? Now remember, Lindsey Graham is supposed to be a Republican, so why would he do something like that? You’d have to ask him, but keep in mind that Lindsey Graham has opposed — passionately opposed — virtually every major policy initiative that Donald Trump articulated when he first ran from ending illegal immigration, to pulling back from pointless wars, to maintaining law and order at home. Lindsey Graham was against all of that more than many Democrats. So maybe you already know the answer.

It gets rather difficult to talk about the 'Fake Media' when the source of the story is the President's mouth. So if you can't deny what the President said, imply that he was tricked into saying it. For Tucker Carlson, the moral of the story not that not that thousands of Americans died because Trump didn't want to cause a panic. It is that Lindsay Graham should have told Trump to keep his mouth shut.

[_Jersey Girl]

Denver is keeping it's eye on the election ball.

Colorado secretary of state sues Postal Service over voting information

Jena Griswold is the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed against the postmaster general and the U.S. Postal Service over a mailing the suit says makes "false statements."

DENVER — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a lawsuit Saturday against the U.S. Postal Service over a USPS mailing to Colorado voters that includes what the lawsuit states are "false statements."

The defendants named in the lawsuit are USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy; Denver, Colorado, Regional Postmaster Samarn Reed, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Regional Postmaster Chris Yazzie.

A USPS postcard that was set to be mailed to voters, which is the target of the lawsuit, includes several "false statements that will confuse Colorado voters," the lawsuit states.

A judge in the U.S. District Court for Colorado granted a temporary restraining order on Saturday that blocked USPS from mailing the postcards to Colorado households.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser shared a photo of the postcard, which shows a "checklist to prepare" for the upcoming election. The list includes:

Starting early

Checking in with local election officials to confirm rules and dates
Requesting a mail-in ballot at least 15 days before Election Day
Following instructions on the ballot, including adding postage if needed
Returning the ballot at least seven days before Election Day
The lawsuit states that the postcard, which some Colorado voters might receive by Saturday, is incorrect in several ways:

Colorado voters don't need to request a ballot because all registered voters receive one by mail.Voters who don't have a ballot can vote in person.
Voters don't have to mail back their ballots and can return ballots to polling centers or drop-off boxes.

"As the Chief Election Official of the state of Colorado, it’s my job to try to stop misinformation and any unnecessary election confusion," Griswold said in a statement. "The importance of this election, combined with the fact it is being held amidst a national pandemic, further heightens the need to provide correct voting information to Coloradans."

USPS spokesperson James Boxrud said in a statement they could not respond to pending litigation, but said the postcards are part of a brad voter campaign regarding mail and ballots.


The information campaign will continue through the election to educate the Postal Service's role in the mail-in ballot process, Boxrud said.

"The non-partisan campaign neither encourages nor discourages mail-in voting; rather, it is designed to reach and inform all voters about the importance of planning ahead if they plan to vote by mail," Boxrud said in the statement.


Weiser said that his office worked with Griswold to file the lawsuit late on Friday night.

Griswold also said secretaries of state asked DeJoy for the chance to review the postcard for accuracy, but he refused.

She said she's worried confusing voters might undermine confidence in the election and suppress votes.

"This may have started off as a well-intentioned effort by @USPS, but their refusal to listen to election experts combined with the recent postal slowdown in some parts of the country is beyond suspect," another tweet reads.

USPS spokesperson David Rupert responded with the following statement Friday night before the lawsuit was filed:

"In August, the Postal Service began to roll out an omni-channel public information campaign that will continue through Election Day to educate the public on the Postal Service’s role in the mail-in ballot process.

The non-partisan campaign neither encourages nor discourages mail-in voting; rather, it is designed to reach and inform all voters about the importance of planning ahead if they plan to vote by mail.

The campaign includes print, TV and radio ads, direct mail to residential customers, retail signage in Post Office lobbies, social media, and online resources, including the recently launched Election Mail website on usps.com.

This includes a postcard which encourages voters who choose to use the mail to visit our educational website."


According to Weiser, Colorado's vote-at-home system is a national model.

"Our system makes voting easy, safe, secure and reliable," Weiser said. "In this case, we are standing up for Colorado's constitutional right to manage our elections.


This is the second lawsuit filed by Colorado against the USPS this year. The first lawsuit was filed to address "the illegal effort to slow mail delivery," according to Weiser.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/loca ... 4ef55b6008

[_Jersey Girl]

Could someone make a prediction? Let's say we DID vote in person. Every single state...voted in person.

Trump loses.

What do you think his next move would be?

[_Res Ipsa]

Could someone make a prediction? Let's say we DID vote in person. Every single state...voted in person.

Trump loses.

What do you think his next move would be?

My wild-assed guess: make wild claims about voter fraud, instruct Barr to get the courts to invalidate the results, talk really tough, then fold like a cheap suit. It’s his pattern.

[_Jersey Girl]

You guys. CNN is airing more Woodward-Trump tapes today. Give this a listen. Astounding! Woodward sounds like he's breaking bad news to a child.

New audio excerpts released from Trump's conversation with Bob Woodward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-kp7qWF74

ETA: Switched to a different video/link. Near the end of the above, there's a timeline.

[_subgenius]

For you guys that like polls:
The just-issued Rasmussen Reports surveys put Trump’s approval rating at 52% after a string of 51% marks. He reached 52% two other times this year.

And the pollster’s weekly race review released at noon had Trump nudging ahead of Biden, 47%-46%.

[_Jersey Girl]

Our state has implemented a system called ballottrax. It notifies you when your ballot is sent, received, and accepted for counting.

Anyone else's state doing this type of thing?

[_Res Ipsa]

Our state has implemented a system called ballottrax. It notifies you when your ballot is sent, received, and accepted for counting.

Anyone else's state doing this type of thing?

I can check online to see if my ballot has been received and accepted. I don’t know about counted.

[_Brackite]

Me too! I dread the thought of one or two more corporate owned, heartless ideologues like Kavanaugh or Gorsuch being added to the Supreme court.

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Yeah, I believe that Kavannaugh shouldn't be on the Supreme Court. Senator Murkowski was the only GOP Senator who did the right to not vote for Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Trump recently came out with his list of choices for the Supreme Court, and I don't want Trump to nominate another person for the Supreme Court. I want Biden to nominate Ginsburg's replacement for the Supreme Court.

[_Gunnar]

Our state has implemented a system called ballottrax. It notifies you when your ballot is sent, received, and accepted for counting.

Anyone else's state doing this type of thing?

Yep! California.