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Typhoon Goni Makes Landfall in Philippines, Packing ‘Catastrophic’ Winds
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/world/asia/typhoon-goni-rolly-philippines.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/world/asia/typhoon-goni-rolly-philippines.html
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Texas Republicans Ask Federal Judge to Throw Out 117,000 Legally Cast Ballots
Harris County raised the idea of drive-thru voting in June, and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs promptly approved it. The county tested it in July and approved it in August. Yet Republicans did not contest drive-thru voting in court until Oct. 15, two days after the start of early voting. On that day, the Harris County Republican Party, joined by several GOP operatives, asked the Texas Supreme Court to halt drive-thru voting. The court, which is entirely Republican, refused, over a single dissent. Republicans then went back to the Texas Supreme Court, asking it to toss out every ballot cast via drive-thru voting.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/texas-drive-through-voting-throw-out-ballots.html
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Texas court rejects bid to toss out 127,000 drive-thru votes, but fight isn’t over
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday rejected, without comment, a bid by three Republican candidates and a GOP activist to toss out almost 127,000 votes cast in drive-thru lanes in the emerging Democratic stronghold of Harris County.
The votes, however, are not yet safe to count after polls close Tuesday night.
A federal judge will hold an emergency hearing Monday morning – less than 21 hours before polls open on Election Day – to hear arguments on a similar challenge filed by the same group of Republicans, who argue that state law prohibits drive-thru voting, so every vote cast from cars during the early voting period should be tossed out as illegal.
At the same hearing, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen will weigh a request by Democratic organizations and the party’s U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hegar, to join the case in defense of drive-thru voting — and the 126,911 votes cast that way.
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And Joe Straus, the former Republican speaker of the Texas House, criticized the lawsuits by members of his party as “patently wrong.”
“All of us who believe in the core ideals of this country should want more votes counted and more voices heard,” he said via Twitter. “The Republican Party needs to return to a place where we win with ideas and persuasion rather than trying to intimidate or silence our fellow citizens.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...d-discard-127000-drive-thru-votes/6115245002/
Texas Republicans Ask Federal Judge to Throw Out 117,000 Legally Cast Ballots
Harris County raised the idea of drive-thru voting in June, and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs promptly approved it. The county tested it in July and approved it in August. Yet Republicans did not contest drive-thru voting in court until Oct. 15, two days after the start of early voting. On that day, the Harris County Republican Party, joined by several GOP operatives, asked the Texas Supreme Court to halt drive-thru voting. The court, which is entirely Republican, refused, over a single dissent. Republicans then went back to the Texas Supreme Court, asking it to toss out every ballot cast via drive-thru voting.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/texas-drive-through-voting-throw-out-ballots.html
Update:
Texas court rejects bid to toss out 127,000 drive-thru votes, but fight isn’t over
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday rejected, without comment, a bid by three Republican candidates and a GOP activist to toss out almost 127,000 votes cast in drive-thru lanes in the emerging Democratic stronghold of Harris County.
The votes, however, are not yet safe to count after polls close Tuesday night.
A federal judge will hold an emergency hearing Monday morning – less than 21 hours before polls open on Election Day – to hear arguments on a similar challenge filed by the same group of Republicans, who argue that state law prohibits drive-thru voting, so every vote cast from cars during the early voting period should be tossed out as illegal.
At the same hearing, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen will weigh a request by Democratic organizations and the party’s U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hegar, to join the case in defense of drive-thru voting — and the 126,911 votes cast that way.
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And Joe Straus, the former Republican speaker of the Texas House, criticized the lawsuits by members of his party as “patently wrong.”
“All of us who believe in the core ideals of this country should want more votes counted and more voices heard,” he said via Twitter. “The Republican Party needs to return to a place where we win with ideas and persuasion rather than trying to intimidate or silence our fellow citizens.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...d-discard-127000-drive-thru-votes/6115245002/
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Republicans, Not Biden, Are About to Raise Your Taxes
President Trump built in tax increases beginning in 2021, for nearly everyone but those at the very top.
The Trump administration has a dirty little secret: It’s not just planning to increase taxes on most Americans. The increase has already been signed, sealed and delivered, buried in the pages of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
President Trump and his congressional allies hoodwinked us. The law they passed initially lowered taxes for most Americans, but it built in automatic, stepped tax increases every two years that begin in 2021 and that by 2027 would affect nearly everyone but people at the top of the economic hierarchy. All taxpayer income groups with incomes of $75,000 and under — that’s about 65 percent of taxpayers — will face a higher tax rate in 2027 than in 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/republicans-biden-taxes.html?referringSource=articleShare
President Trump built in tax increases beginning in 2021, for nearly everyone but those at the very top.
The Trump administration has a dirty little secret: It’s not just planning to increase taxes on most Americans. The increase has already been signed, sealed and delivered, buried in the pages of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
President Trump and his congressional allies hoodwinked us. The law they passed initially lowered taxes for most Americans, but it built in automatic, stepped tax increases every two years that begin in 2021 and that by 2027 would affect nearly everyone but people at the top of the economic hierarchy. All taxpayer income groups with incomes of $75,000 and under — that’s about 65 percent of taxpayers — will face a higher tax rate in 2027 than in 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/opinion/republicans-biden-taxes.html?referringSource=articleShare
Donald Trump Jr. says Covid deaths are 'almost nothing' on a day reporting 90,000 infected, 1,000 dead
The president's son dismissed medical experts as "truly morons" in an interview on Fox News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...covid-numbers-are-almost-nothing-day-n1245449
The president's son dismissed medical experts as "truly morons" in an interview on Fox News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...covid-numbers-are-almost-nothing-day-n1245449
They know which side of the line between "supposedly-impartial willing dupes" and "clearly-partisan co-conspirators" THEY want to be seen as being on...
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Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/31/trump-judges-voting-rights/?arc404=true
See also:
Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/31/trump-judges-voting-rights/?arc404=true
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DuPage County Election Judge Arrested, Accused Of Stealing Campaign Signs
CHICAGO (CBS) — A DuPage County election just has been arrested and is accused of stealing campaign signs.
When Villa Park Police arrested Beverly Johnston, they found her car full of Republican signs.
On Friday, The DuPage County Republican Party said Johnston was a Democrat. But the DuPage County Democratic Party reported Saturday that a Freedom of Information Act Request had revealed that Johnston was a Republican judge for the last few cycles — including 2020.
Johnston is charged with theft and criminal damage to property. Both are misdemeanors.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/10/31/dupage-county-election-judge-arrested-stolen-campaign-signs/
DuPage County Election Judge Arrested, Accused Of Stealing Campaign Signs
CHICAGO (CBS) — A DuPage County election just has been arrested and is accused of stealing campaign signs.
When Villa Park Police arrested Beverly Johnston, they found her car full of Republican signs.
On Friday, The DuPage County Republican Party said Johnston was a Democrat. But the DuPage County Democratic Party reported Saturday that a Freedom of Information Act Request had revealed that Johnston was a Republican judge for the last few cycles — including 2020.
Johnston is charged with theft and criminal damage to property. Both are misdemeanors.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/10/31/dupage-county-election-judge-arrested-stolen-campaign-signs/
Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts
As the presidential election nears, a review of federal spending data found modifications to contracts have increased the price of the border wall by billions, costing about five times more per mile than it did under previous administrations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...axpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts
As the presidential election nears, a review of federal spending data found modifications to contracts have increased the price of the border wall by billions, costing about five times more per mile than it did under previous administrations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...axpayers-billions-more-than-initial-contracts
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