It is a fascinating book.
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Also the Maricopa Co. recount process includes examining the ballots under ultraviolet light, apparently because of a QAnon conspiracy theory that claimed that Donald Trump secretly had the real ballots stamped with a watermark that can only be seen that way.N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 7:54 am One of the people counting ballots in the bogus "Cyber Ninjas" spectacle in Maricopa County is a former Arizona state legislator named Anthony Kern who lost his reelection last November ... in Maricopa County.
In other words, he's handling ballots cast in a race where he was a candidate.
Also he joined a lawsuit trying to get Mike Pence to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.
And he was in the crowd in D.C. on January 6.
For having dared to speak the truth about Donald Trump, Liz Cheney is likely to be replaced as the House Republican Conference Chair by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, who, as Frelga notes above, appeared yesterday on the podcast of former Trump aide Steve Bannon.N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:40 am Wow. Remember that op-ed in the Washington Post a few days before the insurrection by all ten living former U.S. Defense Secretaries? (Including even the two Trump appointees.) The one in which they jointly wrote that the military had no role to play in the peaceful transfer of power from the Trump administration to the Biden administration -- as an implicit admonition to Trump and his supporters to cut out their talk of overturning the election results? (It was previously noted about halfway through this thread, when many of us presumably thought the thread was nearly over.) Well it turns out that the op-ed was organized by Congresswoman Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, who is now likely to lose her leadership in the GOP as a result of her public comments condemning Trump for the insurrection. (That said, Cheney like most Republicans spent years enabling the movement that came to fruition with Trump and his insurrection.)
Earlier today, House Republicans voted to remove Liz Cheney from her leadership position. Interestingly, it was a voice vote, which means that no one knows exactly how much she lost by. It also means that any member can later claim to have voted either way, as circumstances warrant. If Trump's popularity falls and Cheney's positions begin to seem prescient, a member who today voted to oust Cheney can claim to have supported her in this vote.N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 5:23 pmFor having dared to speak the truth about Donald Trump, Liz Cheney is likely to be replaced as the House Republican Conference Chair by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, who, as Frelga notes above, appeared yesterday on the podcast of former Trump aide Steve Bannon.N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:40 am Wow. Remember that op-ed in the Washington Post a few days before the insurrection by all ten living former U.S. Defense Secretaries? (Including even the two Trump appointees.) The one in which they jointly wrote that the military had no role to play in the peaceful transfer of power from the Trump administration to the Biden administration -- as an implicit admonition to Trump and his supporters to cut out their talk of overturning the election results? (It was previously noted about halfway through this thread, when many of us presumably thought the thread was nearly over.) Well it turns out that the op-ed was organized by Congresswoman Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, who is now likely to lose her leadership in the GOP as a result of her public comments condemning Trump for the insurrection. (That said, Cheney like most Republicans spent years enabling the movement that came to fruition with Trump and his insurrection.)
Here's how Politico today weirdly describes Stefanik's rise:
"Rep. Elise Stefanik is on the verge of ascending to the House GOP's No. 3 spot thanks in part to a personal mission: boosting other Republican women"
Boosting other Republican women not named Liz Cheney, I guess.
Again, I have no particular fondness for Cheney, who launched her political career by betraying her own sister. There are lots of ironies to go around here.
Well, yes. There are now former Republicans, and Trumpists.
During an interview with FBI agents in April, Barry Morphew allegedly confessed to submitting his wife's ballot, according to the affidavit.
"Just because I wanted Trump to win," he allegedly said, per a transcript of the conversation included in the affidavit. "I just thought, give him another vote."
"I figured all these other guys are cheating," he allegedly said, adding that his wife "was going to vote for Trump anyway," according to the affidavit.
He got caught because the system worked.Suzanne Morphew, 49, who shared two daughters with her husband, disappeared on May 10, 2020, near the small mountain town of Salida, in Chaffee County. She has yet to be found.
So when the Chaffee County Clerk's Office received a voter ballot in the mail for the missing person in October, the county clerk reported the alleged voter fraud to authorities, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The ballot did not have the required signature, but was allegedly signed by Barry Morphew on the witness' signature line on Oct. 15, according to the affidavit.