Trump legal team shuns Sidney Powell as insiders and national security officials see no evidence supporting her voting machine claims

Trump legal team shuns Sidney Powell as insiders and national security officials see no evidence supporting her voting machine claims

Sources close to the president told the Washington Examiner neither the White House nor the Trump campaign have seen any of the evidence she claims to have related to assertions about voting machines switching millions of votes from President Trump to President-elect Joe Biden. They argued that her claims overshadowed what they see as legitimate concerns about the mail-in ballot process.

Dominion spokesman Michael Steel, who worked for Republicans in the past, rebutted claims on Sunday from Powell that Dominion voting machines were used to flip votes from Trump to Biden. According to Steel, Trump won the counties where their machines were used in Pennsylvania.

“They keep bringing in jurisdictions where we don’t even work. They keep talking about — they’re asking for recounts in Milwaukee, in Dane County, Wisconsin, or in Pennsylvania,” Steel said on Fox News. “In fact, in 14 counties where Dominion machines were used, the president won 52% of the vote.”

Election Crisis and the Electoral College

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Alan Hirsch, author of A Short History of Presidential Elections Crises: (And How to Prevent the Next One), says while there is no election crisis now – Biden’s win is definitive – the electoral college is undemocratic and increases the possibilities of fraud, uncertain results, and more post-election crises. Hirsch joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.

Chris Hedges on the task ahead: Will Biden surrender to plutocrats and paralysis?

Chris Hedges on the task ahead: Will Biden surrender to plutocrats and paralysis?

The Biden administration will also have to take the first steps to remedy the social, cultural, institutional, political problems that made Trump’s neofascist movement possible, and nearly won Trump a second term. Of course, Biden’s most immediate problem is the coronavirus pandemic and the human and economic destruction it has caused.

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Judges, fracking and a fly: Six takeaways from the U.S. vice presidential debate

Judges, fracking and a fly: Six takeaways from the U.S. vice presidential debate

A FLY IN THE OINTMENT

A stray housefly sat for several minutes on Pence’s white hair, hanging on as he shook his head and parried with Harris over race and criminal justice — providing comic fodder for late-night hosts and Twitter users alike. Biden’s campaign sold flyswatters to capitalize on the buzz.

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Barrett accepts nomination, says judges must be ‘resolute’ in setting aside personal beliefs

Barrett accepts nomination, says judges must be ‘resolute’ in setting aside personal beliefs

“A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold,” Barrett said.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg… If only she had supported equal rights for everyone

Ruth Bader Ginsburg… If only she had supported equal rights for everyone

Ruth Bader Ginsburg commanded immense respect, adulation, and influence. She spoke out against racism and discrimination, and has been called ‘a revolutionary.’

Some have written: ‘Even to the end of her life, she remained committed to our mantra: None are free, until all are free…’ Progressive groups are sending out emails about continuing ‘her legacy’ of ‘fighting for justice…’ New York is planning to erect a statue in her honor…

Imagine the impact she could have had if she’d included Palestinians in her concerns, and spoken out against Israeli violence and apartheid, instead of remaining silent and endorsing Israel – established and maintained through ethnic cleansing…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg clears up her views on abortion, population control, and Roe v. Wade.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg clears up her views on abortion, population control, and Roe v. Wade.

The history lesson is this: There was a feminist women’s rights argument for legal abortion in the 1970s, which the Supreme Court accepted in Roe v. Wade. And there was a separate and distinct argument about preventing population growth by being pro-abortion, made by groups like Zero Population Growth, which the court did not accept, not in Roe and not later. Justice Ginsburg herself has never made a population control argument for abortion. These were two different rationales promoted by two different movements. Justice Ginsburg touched on this today as well. She said that in the 1970s, when the ACLU women’s rights project sought funding from the Rockefeller Foundation—one of the groups worrying about overpopulation—the foundation “was not interested in the women’s rights business.”