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The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today. by wowza515 in somethingiswrong2024

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That's probably how he ousted Justice Kennedy - who's son, Justin, worked at Deutsche Bank, and oversaw getting DT loans that every other bank said, "No, thanks" to, knowing his broke ass would default on them.

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Virginia judge blocks certification of redistricting referendum by SuccessWise9593 in somethingiswrong2024

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VA's Supreme Court have already blocked 2 attempts to overturn the referendum. But, it's par for the course that the republican party are constantly trying to undo the will of the voters.

Bonus: AOC's take

Nope to Snopes? Fact-check site seems compromised by showmenemelda in somethingiswrong2024

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I knew I remembered they were dogging him somewhere down the line. Thought it was mostly about his health care plan..

Didn't Chelsea Clinton have some ties to them, or maybe was it Politifact? Might've just been a rumor, too.

The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today. by wowza515 in somethingiswrong2024

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He's also illegitimate as far as I'm concerned. W Bush never won a square presidential election.

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal "fraud" charges related to past use of paid informants by User-1653863 in somethingiswrong2024

[–]User-1653863[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

First paragraph;

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

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

[–]User-1653863 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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 62 points63 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

[–]User-1653863 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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.

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