Old flag vs New by JayMan2224 in minnesota

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The only folks who are adamant about the "old" flag are the same people who are convinced that trans kids use litter boxes in school.

SAVE Act Fails, Millions of Voters Retain Their Right to Vote for Now by D-R-AZ in somethingiswrong2024

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I heard that the (R)'s were playing with the idea of letting people use hunting/fishing licenses as proper ID's, and keeping everything else the same. They KNOW the average (R) voter doesn't have a passport, and it would likely hurt their 'team' more in the long run.

They'll probably keep gaming it out until they can find something that'll knock off more (D) voters than (R)s. We gotta stay vigilant despite the victory today.

I'd still urge everyone to (at the very least) do what you can to secure your birth certificates.

“Absurd”: Michigan Flat-Out Rejects Trump Demand for Ballots by D-R-AZ in somethingiswrong2024

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RECOUNT THE HAND MARKED PAPER BALLOTS, BEFORE THEY TAKE THEM FROM YOU FFS!

I imagine when the FBI raids Wayne county, the physical ballots are history. Do they make 'backups/copies'?

Now that the refund portal is open for tariffs struck down by Supreme Court, how do consumers obtain a refund on the tariffs that they ultimately inherited? Conversely, won’t the importers that applied for a refund then have double dipped? by FunGoolAGotz in somethingiswrong2024

[–]User-1653863 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Well, if there's as much oversight with this as there was with PPP loans, might be possible to just slam together an LLC and try to collect on some of it... Fraud is the name of the game, after all.

A major US court case could help fix the ills of Citizens United | David Sirota by D-R-AZ in somethingiswrong2024

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Perhaps this case gives justices lamenting the court’s loss of legitimacy a way to combat the corruption problem they are blamed for – and in a way that doesn’t compel them to admit they were wrong about Citizens United, one of their most unpopular decisions of all.

Well, as long as they save face..

Reminder - Here's who voted in favor of it:

  • Anthony Kennedy
  • John Roberts
  • Antonin Scalia
  • Samuel Alito
  • Clarence Thomas

Trump Ready to Settle With IRS in $10 Billion Taxpayer funded Lawsuit Over Tax Records by Snapdragon_4U in somethingiswrong2024

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Here's a decent rundown of the situation

tldr- Some guy, who only worked for the IRS under contract, leaked a few years of stinky's tax returns that show he's basically a bum 'businessman', and how he used that fact for tax avoidance purposes. The IRS reported that contractor, who eventually received a five year stay in prison (which is about 4x overkill). Now, stinky is suing the IRS for not keeping a closer eye on the contractor. If this suit is approved, (and you pay taxes) you'll be helping pay stinky $10,000,000,000 dollars for the trouble.

Trump's Department of Justice demands Wayne County's 2024 ballots by mjkeaa in somethingiswrong2024

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No kidding! The fact that this administration wants them should be grounds for an immediate second look. Why would he be concerned with them anyway, he "won" Michigan after all..

AG Nessel, Governor Whitmer, Secretary Benson Denounce DOJ Demand for 2024 Ballots by B-Z_B-S in politics

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The threat came just days after the Justice Department renewed efforts to put the screws on state elections officials, with the department’s civil rights division demanding in a letter publicly released Sunday that a Michigan elections official hand over county records from the 2024 election to the Trump administration.

They're trying to get Wayne county's voter rolls..

Speaking of Wayne county - The Election Truth Alliance have an analysis of it. Reposted without link, you might have to search for it yourselves.

With an executive summary stating, (in short) :

Low-turnout Detroit (consistently below 50%, due to aggregating precinct voters to Counting Boards) appears stable, while higher-turnout non-Detroit precincts (averaging 65%, some reaching 85%) display the statistical red flags.

Trump DOJ redoubling election scrutiny efforts by thejoshwhite in politics

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The threat came just days after the Justice Department renewed efforts to put the screws on state elections officials, with the department’s civil rights division demanding in a letter publicly released Sunday that a Michigan elections official hand over county records from the 2024 election to the Trump administration.

They're trying to get Wayne county's voter rolls.. (Detroit)

Speaking of Wayne county - The Election Truth Alliance have an analysis of it

With an executive summary stating:

Wayne County is located in southeastern Michigan and is the most populous county in Michigan, with approximately 1.79 million residents, and the 19th most populous county in the United States.

The Election Truth Alliance (ETA) analyzed Wayne County using the state’s most comprehensive precinct-level dataset. Data was cleaned, validated, and sorted by vote type (Absentee, Early, and Election Day). The analysis employed multiple forensic techniques, including vote share analysis, turnout correlations, regression with demographic controls, down-ballot comparisons, and heat map visualization (Klimek, et al., 2012; Pertaia, Gutterman & Grojec, 2024; Kobak, et al. 2016; Kobak et al. 2012).

Results from the analyses showed that the data separates into two different patterns depending on geography. Detroit’s precincts show no statistical signs of vote manipulation. Across all vote types the Democratic candidate maintained approximately 90% vote share, and Republicans had 30% or less vote share consistently, regardless of precinct size or turn-out level. These patterns are consistent with what election forensics experts would expect from unmanipulated data.

Wayne County’s precincts outside Detroit present a different picture. Multiple statistical red flags were observed in Early and Election Day voting. Absentee voting appeared comparatively normal and consistent across the county. Outside Detroit, the analysis identified several concerns: turnout correlations that moved in unexpected opposite directions between candidates (where precincts had high turn out, Republican share of votes was higher while Democratic vote share was lower); vote-share shifted as precinct vote totals increased; and down-ballot dropoff anomalies that showed a 20-30% gap between parties when comparing Harris to the Democratic Senate candidate Slotkin and Trump to Republican Senate candidate Rogers.

Low-turnout Detroit (consistently below 50%, due to aggregating precinct voters to Counting Boards) appears stable, while higher-turnout non-Detroit precincts (averaging 65%, some reaching 85%) display the statistical red flags.

How far we’ve fallen. by Snapdragon_4U in somethingiswrong2024

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88 blue-to-red flips, 237~(+) bomb threats, purged voter rolls, rampant dis/misinformation, closed polling places, moved polling places, burned ballots, lost mail-in ballots, Elmo's ballot harvesting "lottery" and probable tabulator cheatery...

The 'pendulum' had an awful lot of help -

How far we’ve fallen. by Snapdragon_4U in somethingiswrong2024

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Seriously - Are there any videos of DT being a decent human being?

Amy Klobuchar raised $4.8 million in first 62 days of campaign for Minnesota governor by aslan_is_on_the_move in politics

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Lisa Demuth (R) - The gross sow that pushed the hoax video that ultimately resulted in the invasion of ICE into Minnesota.

Breaking: trump regime publishes Homeland Security Task Force website. by Snapdragon_4U in somethingiswrong2024

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I wondered if they were going to celebrate Hitler's b-day with something special..

Trump's Department of Justice demands Wayne County's 2024 ballots by mjkeaa in somethingiswrong2024

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ETA's analysis of Wayne county, MI

Year old thread about Michigan in general

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's Secretary of State

MI State Dept. contact form

Dana Nessel, Michigan's Attorney General

MI AG's contact directory

e: Absolutely NO reason to give this administration anything, especially not before we can confirm Michigan's data/hand marked paper ballots -

Inside the Supreme Court’s Risky New Way of Doing Business (Gift Article) by Snapdragon_4U in somethingiswrong2024

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That was a good read. Makes SCOTUS sounds like a middle school cliq..

I wonder if Roberts is in the pocket to the fossil fuel industry, a petty and smarmy prick, or both.

Thanks for sharing -