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Struggling Business Owner Responds to NBC’s Deceitful Edit of Her Viral Video

Over the weekend, NewsBusters was the first to report how NBC’s Sunday Today had deceitfully edited the viral video of restaurant owner Angela Marsden to cut out her showing how Los Angeles had allowed a film shoot to set up outdoor catering tents while they shut down her outdoor dining setting. And in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom Tuesday, Marsden was shocked to learn what NBC did (especially since the tents were for and NBC production and they took a shot at her).
After reporting “there’s word one TV network, quote, ‘deceitfully’ edited that video” and showing Marsden NBC’s handiwork, interim anchor Trace Gallagher explained to her the situation:
What they failed to say is the tents next to your restaurant was an NBC show, Good [Girls]. And they also went, at the end of the story, kind of taking a shot at you for putting business ahead of lives. What is your comment about that?
“What,” Marsden exclaimed in total shock. “You know, honestly, I didn’t see that and I want to steer the answer away from even dealing with that because the reality is right in front of our face.”
While she didn’t go after NBC directly, she lamented how they were “trying to stop the word of getting out that people are hurting and that our rents aren’t going to get paid.” She reminded viewers that “this is about people, it’s not about politics.” And she was confused by NBC. “And I don’t really understand, you know, what or why anybody would want to make it smaller than what it is.”
 
 
Pulling out her phone, Marsden proceeded to read a touching message she had received from an unemployed bartender who was moved by her emotional plea in the viral video:
I got an email, this is just one of millions. Garrett Jordan in New Orleans. “Thank you so much. Hearing you talk is a prayer answered. 36-year-old unemployed bartender in New Orleans. You have given us a voice. When you talked about your employees, the hardship it really hurt me to hear anyone — nobody speaking up for us, not even most owners. Always against us and not being able to pay rent is really, really hard. Just thank you. I haven’t cried since my grandfather’s funeral. Hearing your voice stick up for us almost made me do it.”
“They could erase the tents, the footage is out there, the truth is the truth,” she declared. “I have a manager who just ran out of unemployment. She’s crying. She doesn’t even know if there will be an extension. I have another one, a bartender couch surfing because she ran out a while ago.”
As Marsden continued to speak, it seemed as though she was speaking directly to NBC. “And anybody that wants to change that story can try all they want but there is more of us than them. And all you have to do is go out and get to go and talk to your local pub owner, or bar owner, or hairstylist who’s crying because she is losing her salon,” she said.
The frustration was undeniable as she wrapped up her first answer, proclaiming: “They can do whatever they want, but it only makes them look like they don’t care about people that are hurting right now. You know, so that’s on them.”
As for the politicians behind the draconian lockdown measures, Marsden had a message for them too: they’re going to be voted out because they’re not for people. “And I have plenty of Democrat friends that have reached out to me and said that they want [Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom] out. That they cannot believe what they are doing,” she told Gallagher. “[Los Angeles Supervisor] Sheila Kuehl, who voted against us. I voted for her. I live in her neighborhood. I’ve tried to get through to her and I left her a message. It’s gross what you’re doing. I will never vote for you again.”
In a subsequent report for Monday’s Today, NBC’s Miguel Almaguer noted that Marsden’s video showed the dining tent hypocrisy. But they still refused to admit that the catering was for an NBC production.
The transcript is below, click "ex[and" to read:
Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom
December 8, 2020
9:41:52 a.m. Eastern
(…)
TRACE GALLAGHER: That’s the owner of Pineapple Hill Bar and Grill in California blasting inconsistent coronavirus lockdowns in an emotional plea that has since gone viral. And now there’s word one TV network, quote, “deceitfully” edited that video. Angela Marsden join us now. We’re talking about NBC, Angela. I want to play this for you and then I’ll get your response on the other side. Watch this.
ANGELA MARSDEN (NBC’s edited video): Everything I own is being taken away from me. [Transition] And people wonder why I’m protesting and why I have had enough. [Transition] My staff cannot survive.
GALLAGHER: What they failed to say is the tents next to your restaurant was an NBC show, Good [Girls]. And they also went, at the end of the story, kind of taking a shot at you for putting business ahead of lives. What is your comment about that?
MARSDEN: What?! You know, honestly, I didn’t see that and I want to steer the answer away from even dealing with that because the reality is right in front of our face. You can talk to your neighbor, you can talk to your brother.
You know what? I want to do this because I don’t understand why people are trying to stop the word of getting out that people are hurting and that our rents aren’t going to get paid. This is about people, it’s not about politics. And I don’t really understand, you know, what or why anybody would want to make it smaller than what it is.
I got an email, this is just one of millions. Garrett Jordan in New Orleans. “Thank you so much. Hearing you talk is a prayer answered. 36-year-old unemployed bartender in New Orleans. You have given us a voice. When you talked about your employees, the hardship it really hurt me to hear anyone — nobody speaking up for us, not even most owners. Always against us and not being able to pay rent is really, really hard. Just thank you. I haven’t cried since my grandfather’s funeral. Hearing your voice stick up for us almost made me do it.”
And I paraphrased a little bit because it’s hard to read right now. I don’t care — they could erase the tents, the footage is out there, the truth is the truth. I have a manager who just ran out of unemployment. She’s crying. She doesn’t even know if there will be an extension. I have another one, a bartender couch surfing cause she ran out a while ago.
This is about my employees, it’s about every bartender, every server out there. And anybody that wants to change that story can try all they want but there is more of us than them. And all you have to do is go out and get to go and talk to your local pub owner, or bar owner, or hairstylist who’s crying because she is losing her salon.
They can do whatever they want but it only makes them look like they don’t care about people that are hurting right now. You know, so that’s on them.
GALLAGHER: You say it is not about politics but it is about politics. I want to play this for you because this is Governor Gavin Newsom. Brett Giroir came on this show, from the Coronavirus Task Force and said there is no science that says you cannot have outdoor dining. And the Governor has been saying for months he’s only following the science. He was asked specifically about that yesterday, and he refused to answer the question. Here’s what he said.
GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM (D-CA): I’m a small business owner. [Transition] Put pen to paper, opened a small business with one part-time employee. It was the cause of my life. I deeply recognize people’s pain and suffering.
GALLAGHER: Deeply recognized their pain and suffering. Would not answer the question about science. So, what he’s saying is, “Look, I know I’m a small business owner. I feel your pain but that’s as far as it goes.” Your thoughts.
MARSDEN: You know, I’m going to answer when I say it’s not about politics I’ll tell you why. It’s about people. Because if it was a Republican that was in office doing this very same thing I would be experiencing and feeling and saying the same thing. It happens to be a Democrat. And I have plenty of Democrat friends that have reached out to me and said that they want him out. That they cannot believe what they are doing. I’m not going to put people’s names on air, you know. I had a person say to me –
Sheila Kuehl, who voted against us. I voted for her. I live in her neighborhood. I’ve tried to get through to her and I left her a message. It’s gross what you’re doing. I will never vote for you again.
So, for them maybe it’s about politics, because hopefully they will no longer have their job. But for the people, we — what we care about is people putting us first and looking out for us first. So, if you’re a Republican and you’re looking out for people you’re going to get voted in. If you’re a Democrat and looking out for people you’re going to get voted in.
The politicians want to make it a baseball game and we are stuck in the middle. And that is not what the political system was built for. It was supposed to have different free-thinking, free ideas, and compromises. And so, you know, for me and for the rest of America, it is not about politics and we want our politicians to get up and start compromising and get this – the package. What’s going on with the stimulus package?
GALLAGHER: Yeah these are all very good points.

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FDA Says 2 Participants In Pfizer COVID Vaccine Trial Have Died

FDA Says 2 Participants In Pfizer COVID Vaccine Trial Have Died

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Tue, 12/08/2020 – 13:30

With the FDA expected to grant emergency-use approval for the Pfizer-BionTech COVID vaccine Thursday after releasing a preliminary assessment of the trial data that the panel will use to assess the drug earlier today, the agency has admitted Tuesday that two participants in the Phase 3 trials have died. One of them was immunocompromised, according to the Jerusalem Post, citing data released earlier.

The FDA is expected to release two separate assessments of the trial data before a panel of experts meets to review the data and either approve Pfizer’s request for emergency approval, or deny it.

This also comes after the FDA warned of a "severe averse reaction" frequently seen in patients after taking the second dose.

In the US, there has been at least one other trial participant who reportedly died not long after receiving the second dose. The participant in that case was a priest in Philadelphia who participated in the Moderna trial. In the UK, two patients were seriously sickened during the trial of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine (though Oxford later said the illnesses had nothing to do with the trial). While In Brazil, authorities briefly halted a trial of Sinovac’s experimental COVID vaccine after a participant died.

Israel has purchased 8 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine (enough to vaccinate 4 million people), and while some health officials have suggested that vaccinations could begin as soon as the doses arrive, Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy told the JPost that beginning vaccination in any place ahead of FDA approval was forbidden.

To be sure, it’s unclear whether the participants who died succumbed to vaccine-related complications, or whether they even received a vaccine at all (they could have received a placebo). In the UK, which innoculated the first patients under the ’emergency use’ approval on Tuesday, a 90-year-old grandmother and 81-year-old man named "William Shakespeare" were among the first patients to receive the vaccine.

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Woke Santa Shown the Door After Making Boy Cry over ‘Nerf Gun’


The woke mall Santa who rejected a boy’s request for a “Nerf gun” was relieved of his duties and another Santa delivered presents to the boy’s home.

On Wednesday morning, Breitbart News reported the boy asked the woke Santa for a “Nerf gun,” only to be told “No guns.”

Fox News noted that when the Santa said, “No guns,” the boy’s mother tried to clarify by stressing that her son wanted a “Nerf gun,” which is a toy. But the mall Santa stood his anti-gun ground, saying, “Nope, not even a Nerf gun’’:

Also on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) tweeted that the woke Santa had been fired and another Santa took gifts to the boy’s house.

Roy posted video of the new Santa delivering the gifts:

And it just so happens the toy Santa brought was as Nerf gun:

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Minnesota Witness: Mentally Handicapped Individuals Forced to Vote for Biden

Stealing the elderly and mentally disabled vote is a well-documented and fraudulent election practice taking place across the nation. Specifically, voting “handlers” have been known to register to vote on behalf of these vulnerable citizens or force them to vote for the candidate they are representing.

On Nov. 2, 2020, in Otsego, Minnesota, a retired construction worker, developer, and land investor made one such declaration.

In a sworn affidavit, this person witnessed “a busload of severely mentally handicapped people who were forced by handlers to vote for Joe Biden.”  In great detail, the witness describes being at the Sherburne county office and standing right next to a line of severely mentally handicapped people who were there for early voting, and watching them being taken, one by one, up to vote, with someone else (caretaker/handler) holding their hand and forcing them to make voting choices. The witness notes that “the caretakers were the ones making the voting choices for these handicapped people.” They literally held the handicapped person’s hand in theirs and marked the ballot for them. The witness was close enough to see they were forced to vote for Joe Biden, and indicated that many of them could not even hold a pen by themselves and appeared unable to make voting decisions.

There have been other instances of voter manipulation throughout the country. On Nov. 6,  in Limestone County, TX, Attorney General Ken Paxton charged social worker Kelly Reagan Brunner with 134 felony counts of purportedly acting as an agent of election fraud. Brunner submitted voter registration applications for 67 residents of State Supported Living Centers (SSLC) without their signature or effective consent, while purporting to act as their agent. Under Texas law, only a parent, spouse, or child who is a qualified voter of the county may act as an agent in registering a person to vote, after being appointed to do so by that person. If convicted, Brunner faces up to 10 years in prison for these offenses.

In 2011, Minnesota resident Jim Stene voted in the presidential election and thought he was casting his ballot for Gerald Ford. Stene, who suffers from anoxic encephalopathy, a severe brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain, was living in a group home in Brainerd, MN. He and other residents of the home were taken to the Crow Wing county auditor’s office on Oct. 29 to vote by absentee ballot. Stene’s father charged in an affidavit that “a voter crime was committed . . . because James is mentally incompetent and is very coachable.” He feared his son, and many others like him, could be used to swing elections across the nation. A Brainerd resident said he witnessed the group home residents voting and said it appeared “they had no idea what was going on.” He accused the group home staff of “forcing the vote, and they were telling them who to vote for, actually using candidates’ names.”

According to the CDC, there are 61 million adults living in the U.S. with a disability. 10.8 percent of those have cognitive disabilities. Protecting them from election fraud is extremely important.

 

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Louisiana Joins Texas In Motion Against GA, MI, PA, & WI After SCOTUS Denies Trump Ally’s Bid To Decertify Biden’s PA Win

Louisiana Joins Texas In Motion Against GA, MI, PA, & WI After SCOTUS Denies Trump Ally’s Bid To Decertify Biden’s PA Win

Tyler Durden

Tue, 12/08/2020 – 16:49

Update (1705ET):Louisiana just joined Texas in the SCOTUS Case: Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following statement regarding the ongoing controversies over the 2020 federal election and the new motion put forward by the State of Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court:

“Millions of Louisiana citizens, and tens of millions of our fellow citizens in the country, have deep concerns regarding the conduct of the 2020 federal elections. Deeply rooted in these concerns is the fact that some states appear to have conducted their elections with a disregard to the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, many Louisianans have become more frustrated as some in media and the political class try to sidestep legitimate issues for the sake of expediency. 

Weeks ago, on behalf of the citizens of Louisiana, my office joined many other states in filing a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court urging the Justices to look into the conduct of the election in Pennsylvania where their state court ignored the U.S. Constitution in regard to the conduct of the election. The U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 4, states plainly:

“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature …”

The power for the conduct of federal elections is held by the State Legislatures in each state. In states like Pennsylvania, the judicial branch attempted to seize control of these duties and obligations and to set their own rules. These actions appear to be unconstitutional. If it is unconstitutional for Pennsylvania to take this action, it is similarly unconstitutional for other states to have done the same.

Only the U.S. Supreme Court can ultimately decide cases of real controversy among the states under our Constitution. That is why the Justices should hear and decide the case which we have joined representing the citizens of Louisiana.

Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court should consider the most recent Texas motion, which contains some of the same arguments.

Louisiana citizens are damaged if elections in other states were conducted outside the confines of the Constitution while we obeyed the rules.”

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Update (1645ET): Just hours after the deadline for the petition’s deadline, The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by Trump ally Mike Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican, to nullify Joe Biden’s election victory in Pennsylvania.

Kelly argued that virtually all of the state’s mail-in ballots were unlawful.

The rebuff came without explanation and with no noted dissents.

NOTE – This case is different from the voter fraud lawsuit against PA, MI, and WI, that was filed by the state of Texas this morning…

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Update (1515ET): Just twelve hours after it was filed, the US Supreme Court has officially put Texas’s lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on the docket, meaning the case will be heard.

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Update (1006ET): The state of Pennsylvania has replied to the Texas lawsuit, arguing that it doesn’t actually address Act 77 – a 2019 statute which allows voters to cast mail-in ballots for any reason.

Pennsylvania also argues that Texas doesn’t articulate how ‘massive disenfranchisement’ of voters by tossing out the results of the election ‘would accord with the Due Process Clause, which requires the counting of votes cast in reasonable reliance on existing election rules,’ and that the case at hand wouldn’t result in a ‘circuit split’ – when two or more different circuit courts of appeals might rule differently on the same legal issue (and is one of the factors the Supreme Court uses when deciding to take cases).

PA is also arguing that Texas, or anyone, has had since 2019 to object to Act 77, which violates the ‘doctrine of laches.’

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The state of Texas filed a lawsuit at the US Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on the grounds that various changes to their voting rules or procedures – either through the courts or via executive actions – violated the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they did not go through the legislatures.

Texas also argues that differences in rules and procedures in different counties within the same state violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, and that "voting irregularities" occurred in these states as a result.

The lawsuit, filed shortly before midnight on Monday, asks the Supreme Court to allow their legislators to directly appoint electors, according to Breitbart.

From the filing:

Certain officials in the Defendant States presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail-in voting. The Defendant States flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballot applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received, evaluated, and counted. Whether well intentioned or not, these unconstitutional acts had the same uniform effect—they made the 2020 election less secure in the Defendant States. Those changes are inconsistent with relevant state laws and were made by non-legislative entities, without any consent by the state legislatures. The acts of these officials thus directly violated the Constitution.

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This case presents a question of law: Did the Defendant States violate the Electors Clause by taking non-legislative actions to change the election rules that would govern the appointment of presidential electors? These non-legislative changes to the Defendant States’ election laws facilitated the casting and counting of ballots in violation of state law, which, in turn, violated the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. By these unlawful acts, the Defendant States have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but their actions have also debased the votes of citizens in Plaintiff State and other States that remained loyal to the Constitution.

Texas was able to approach the Supreme Court because Article III grants it status as the ‘court of first impression’ where it has original jurisdiction, such as when two states are in dispute, according to the report.

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Fulton County Commission Accepted $6.3 Million Grant from Zuckerberg-Funded ‘Safe Elections’ Project with No Public Discussion


The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted to accept a $6.3 million grant from the Mark-Zuckerberg funded Center for Technology and Civic Life “Safe Elections” project at a September 2, 2020 board meeting. It proceeded without asking a single question about the name of the group providing the funding, the origin of the funding, or the details of what the funding would be used for.

As Breitbart News reported, a significant chain of custody security concerns surround absentee ballots deposited in the 300 drop boxes across the state approved by the Georgia State Election Board.

The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said it had no idea how many of the 1.3 million absentee ballots (out of five million total votes cast) counted in the 2020 general presidential election were delivered by drop boxes vs. delivered by the mail.

According to the most recent vote tallies Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Georgia by less than 12,000 votes.

In Fulton County, Biden received 381,144 votes compared to Donald Trump’s 137,240. Of the 523,000 total votes cast, Fulton County says 59,143 were Election Day votes, 146.994 were Absentee by Mail , 314,985 were Advanced Voting Votes, and 3.537 were Provisional Votes.

Here is the transcript of the commission’s vote to accept the $6.3 million grant from CTCL at  their September 2, 2020 board meeting.

CLERK GRIER:  “Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board, we have an item that needs to be added to today’s Regular Meeting Agenda.  Bottom of the Add-on memo on page 3, 20-0627, Registration and Elections.  Request approval of a grant award for elections processing and voting equipment.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “All right.  That will require a supermajority of five yeas.  I’m assuming that this one is time sensitive, so I’ll entertain a motion to –“

COMMISSIONER CARN:  “– motion.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “All right.  I’ll second.  Let’s vote, please.  Commissioner Hausmann.  Commissioner Ellis.”

COMMISSIONER ELLIS:  “Yes.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “Commissioner Morris.”

COMMISSIONER MORRIS:  “Yes.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “Commissioner Hall.”

COMMISSIONER HALL:  “Yes.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “Vice Chair Arrington.  Commissioner Carn.”

COMMISSIONER CARN:  “I vote, yes.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “And I vote, yes.  Is that five?”

CLERK GRIER:  “That’s five.  And the motion passes.”

CHAIRMAN PITTS:  “Thank you.  Continue, Madam Clerk.

Later in that meeting, Fulton County Elections Director Richard Barron told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners how he was able to secure the grant for the county, but failed to mention the name of the funding group–CTCL–or the fact they had only one day earlier, on September 1, received a $250 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, to fund the Fulton County grant.

“I went this summer and sought some grant funding, which the BOC approved today for over $6.3 million, and we’ve also received $5 million in COVID funding. And then with the $3.5 million soundings request today, that totals $14.5 million more in additional investments for we’re going to be — we were able to secure a lot of new polling places for, if we clean them afterwards, we got tech-support at all voting locations, postage and absentee ballots that we have to mail out,” Barron told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners at their September 2, 2020 board meeting.

Here are the summary budget details of the proposal Baron sent to the CTCL on August 18, which they accepted and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved on September 2:

  • Absentee Ballot Assembly and Processing Equipment $1,448,026
  • Early Voting Sites and Ballot Drop-off Options $937,710
  • In-person Voting at Polling Places on Election Day $3,923,700
  • Total $6,309,436

Barron went on to describe the Fulton County 2o2o general election absentee ballot process in some detail:

Some details on the absentee ballot process. Secretary of State launched an application portal earlier this week for voters to request absentee-by-mail ballots, and that enables a completely paperless application submission.

We are also working with U.S. Digital Response, to have our own portal that will allow voters to upload their application, and then it will also allow us to bring in, scan in all of the ballot applications that we received by mail, and also by fax, into that so that we can process everything from one dashboard. The voter, of course, will be able to track the status of their ballot as it is processed by elections.

Our portal, the one that is being built by U.S. digital response, is intended to replace the e-mail submission process. Voters will be able to track the status of their processed application and mail ballot by My Voter page. Outgoing ballots, the mail-out ballots for all absentee ballot applications that have been received and processed into election by mid-September. After that, the County will mail out the absentee-by-mail ballots.

New printing capabilities will enable the County to print a USPS intelligent mail barcode onto outbound envelopes, so that the ballot will be trackable until it reaches the voters’ residents. We’ll be doing that through our Blue Crest machine that is downstairs in the mailroom. We are also increasing the number of absentee ballot drop box locations from 20 to 40. The new locations include almost all of Fulton County libraries and County-owned facilities. That 92 percent of the voters live within three miles driving distance of a drop box location.

And then all drop box locations will be covered by 24/7 video monitoring and will be emptied daily. Ballots or envelopes that — when voters return absentee-by-mail ballots, the envelopes will have a barcode tracking IMDB on them in order for us to know how many ballots we will be receiving on a daily basis.

Beginning in 2021 we will be add software to our Blue Crest downstairs that will enable us to put voter-specific USPS barcode tracking on there. But that is not available this year. We will have new automated letter opening devices that will save significant staff time and accelerate ballot receipt processing. We’ll also have new scanning and signature verification technology, which will also reduce staff time and speed up processing.

So when ballots come back to us, we will run them through our Blue Crest machine, and that will do the signature verification. State policy now allows ballot processing to begin two weeks prior to election day, whereas in June and August, it was one week. This will enable us to manage the surge in volume of ballots.

“Originally, the budget for Registration and Elections was 15.1 million, when it was adopted for physical year 2020. The core election’s budget was 3.1 million supplements for general election’s year with 12 million — it was $12 million. We also had a capital set-aside fund that was approved in 2019 to purchase carriers and, also, the buses and to add personnel,” Barron continued.

“This year we — I went this summer and sought some grant funding, which the BOC approved today for over $6.3 million, and we’ve also received $5 million in COVID funding. And then with the $3.5 million soundings request today, that totals $14.5 million more in additional investments for we’re going to be — we were able to secure a lot of new polling places for, if we clean them afterwards, we got tech-support at all voting locations, postage and absentee ballots that we have to mail out. We purchased much more additional polling equipment and also, funding for poll workers in those additional investments,” Barron concluded.

Fulton County Commission Vice Chairman Marvin Arrington, Jr.  praised Barron for securing the $6.3 million grant from the entity no commissioner publicly named, but which was in fact, the Zuckerberg-funded CTCL “Safe Elections” Project.

“Great job in getting the grants and going out securing these additional resources to make sure that, you know, we can always do better. Obviously, I know no one is perfect, but you’ve done — you and your team have done a great job and the elections board in going out and securing these extra grants. So that is certainly to be applauded., Commission Vice Chair Arrington told Barron.

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Texas Sues Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules


The State of Texas filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before midnight on Monday challenging the election procedures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on the grounds that they violate the Constitution.

Texas argues that these states violated the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and procedures through the courts or through executive actions, but not through the state legislatures. Additionally, Texas argues that there were differences in voting rules and procedures in different counties within the states, violating the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Finally, Texas argues that there were “voting irregularities” in these states as a result of the above.

Texas is asking the Supreme Court to order the states to allow their legislatures to appoint their electors. The lawsuit says:

Certain officials in the Defendant States presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail-in voting. The Defendant States flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballot applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received, evaluated, and counted. Whether well intentioned or not, these unconstitutional acts had the same uniform effect—they made the 2020 election less secure in the Defendant States. Those changes are inconsistent with relevant state laws and were made by non-legislative entities, without any consent by the state legislatures. The acts of these officials thus directly violated the Constitution.

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This case presents a question of law: Did the Defendant States violate the Electors Clause by taking non-legislative actions to change the election rules that would govern the appointment of presidential electors? These non-legislative changes to the Defendant States’ election laws facilitated the casting and counting of ballots in violation of state law, which, in turn, violated the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. By these unlawful acts, the Defendant States have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but their actions have also debased the votes of citizens in Plaintiff State and other States that remained loyal to the Constitution.

Texas approached the Supreme Court directly because Article III provides that it is the court of first impression on subjects where it has original jurisdiction, such as disputes between two or more states.

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CBS’ ‘Blue Bloods’ Rejects BLM Anti-Police Rhetoric

During a time when multiple cop shows and even sit-coms are adopting Black Lives Matter sloganeering, CBS’ “Blue Bloods” bucked that trend by choosing to side with the police for once. According to Newsbusters, the show’s December 4 episode “Triumph Over Trauma” went as far to reject the charge of “systemic racism” in the NYPD. […]

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Goya Foods CEO: AOC Called For Boycott. Our Sales Jumped, So We Named Her Employee Of The Month

Goya Foods and president CEO Bob Unanue revealed that after Rep. Alexandria Cortez (D-NY) echoed a call for a boycott of Goya products back in July because Unanue supported President Trump, his company named her “Employee of the Month” because sales rose so dramatically. Unanue had visited the White House, where he stated, “We’re all […]

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For the First Time in 800 Years, the ‘Christmas Star’ Will Be Visible

There’s nothing like a little Christmas miracle to inspire cheer after the chaos of 2020. On Dec. 21, people will have the opportunity to experience the same awe as the three wise men when they looked to the sky and saw the “Christmas Star,” or the “Star of Bethlehem,” shining brightly. In an event that…

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