Section 230 Is the Internet’s First Amendment. Now Both Republicans and Democrats Want To Take It Away.

Section 230 Is the Internet’s First Amendment. Now Both Republicans and Democrats Want To Take It Away.

Civil war between MAGA, GOP establishment could hand Dems total control

Civil war between MAGA, GOP establishment could hand Dems total control

Make no mistake: President Trump continually telling Georgians that their votes were manipulated or tossed to benefit President-elect Joe Biden could potentially make the difference between a Republican-controlled Senate and a Democratic-controlled Senate. Attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, whose calls for boycotting Georgia next month over alleged voter fraud have resulted in heavy blowback from the Republican old and current guard, are also throwing kerosene on the fire. Polls show a razor-thin advantage for Democrat Raphael Warnock over Kelly Loeffler, while Jon Ossoff and Sonny Perdue are deadlocked, respectively. If just enough Republican voters stay home, it will be easy to discern why that occurred.

Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

When asked whether he would leave office in January after the Electoral College cast its votes for Mr. Biden on Dec. 14 as expected, Mr. Trump replied: “Certainly I will. Certainly I will.”

Speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House after a Thanksgiving video conference with members of the American military, the president insisted that “shocking” new evidence about voting problems would surface before Inauguration Day. “It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede,” he said, “because we know that there was massive fraud.”

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Where is Trump still trying to fight election results?

In Wisconsin, the Trump campaign is trying to leverage the recount to ask the courts to throw out tens of thousands of votes. It is arguing that all absentee ballots that people cast in person, rather than by mail, should be tossed because they were supposed to be mailed. State officials dispute their interpretation of the law, and legal experts told The Post that courts would probably be reluctant to throw out so many votes otherwise cast in good faith.

‘People are pissed’: Tensions rise amid scramble for Biden jobs

‘People are pissed’: Tensions rise amid scramble for Biden jobs

Some of the grumbling dates back to one of the main divides in the Biden campaign: people who joined the campaign before Dillon was named campaign manager in March and those who came in after. Some in the old guard feel they were underappreciated — they won the Democratic nomination! — and were layered over by Dillon hires who are now being prioritized for White House jobs.

Biden transition steps up fundraising as Trump withholds federal money

Biden transition steps up fundraising as Trump withholds federal money

In an email to some donors on Monday night, obtained by POLITICO, Chris Korge, the Democratic National Committee’s national finance chair, warned the Biden team had “still not received the money we need to totally fund the Biden-Harris transition because President Trump has stopped GSA from giving our Transition effort over $8 million dollars in cash and in-kind contributions.”

CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS NOW THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN DEFEATED

CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS NOW THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN DEFEATED

The ways we overcome these obstacles are by being aware of these tactics and countering them. We should not allow excuses or false solutions to weaken our demands for what we require. We need to recognize false demons and find ways to reassure people they will be better off with the changes we are championing. We need to show solidarity when members of the movement are under attack. And we need to build networks of support for each other, whether it is mutual aid or self defense.

H/T: Howell Underground on YouTube