thetennesseestar--2020-11-18--Attorneys Appeal Detroit Election Fraud Lawsuit to Michigan Supreme Court, Hours Before Vote Certifi

Attorneys Appeal Detroit Election Fraud Lawsuit to Michigan Supreme Court, Hours Before Vote Certification

After the Michigan Court of Claims on Monday rejected an emergency motion to stop certification of votes in Wayne County , the challengers on Tuesday appealed their case to the Michigan Supreme Court .
Time is of the essence .
The Wayne County Board of Canvassers meets at 3 p.m. Tuesday to vote on certifying election results .
The lawsuit alleges widespread fraud in the TCF Center in Detroit , including counting ballots of people who weren ’ t on the official voter roll , election poll workers coaching voters to vote for the Democratic party , and using false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relies on several affidavits , including that of former Secretary of State , now Sen. Ruth Johnson , R-Holly .
On Friday , Third Judicial Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny called several of the allegations “ not credible ” and “ rife with speculation and guess-work about sinister motives.
” The Great Lakes Justice Center ( GLJC ) filed an emergency appeal requesting an independent election audit and an injunction stopping the certification of election results .
GLJC Senior Counsel David A. Kallman argued the previous courts erred in not enforcing state constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to review the election ’ s “ accuracy and integrity.
” Kallman also contends the plaintiffs were never offered to walk through the TCF Center , contrary to what Kenny cited several times in his decision .
“ Voters are entitled to the enforcement of their constitutional rights , to know that their elections are conducted in a fair and legal manner , and to ensure every legal vote is properly counted , ” Kallman said in a statement .
“ We ask the Supreme Court to enjoin the certification of this fraudulent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the vote in Wayne County.
” At least two other lawsuits aiming to delay certification of votes in Michigan have been dismissed .
Scott McClallen is a staff writer covering Michigan and Minnesota for The Center Square .
A graduate of Hillsdale College , his work has appeared on Forbes.com and FEE.org .
Previously , he worked as a financial analyst at Pepsi .
Photo “ Trump Supporters ” by Anthony Crider .
CC BY 2.0 .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-18--Former Virginia Speaker of the House Kirk Cox Announces His Run for Governor and How He Plans to Win

Former Virginia Speaker of the House Kirk Cox Announces His Run for Governor and How He Plans to Win It

Live from Virginia Tuesday morning on The John Fredericks Show – weekdays on WNTW AM 820/ FM 92.7 – Richmond , WJFN FM 100.5 – Central Virginia , WMPH AM 1010 / FM 100.1 / FM 96.9 ( 7-9 PM ) Hampton Roads , WBRG AM 1050 / FM 105.1 – Lynchburg/Roanoke and Weekdays 6-10 am and 24/7 Stream – host Fredericks welcomed former Virginia Speaker of the House , Kirk Cox to the show to formally announce his run for governor of Virginia and how he plans to win it .
Fredericks : Former Speaker of the House .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fan Speaker Kirk Cox with us announcing his run for governor today .
Speaker Cox , great to have you .
Cox : John it ’ s great to be with you .
So let me throw out a quick baseball analogy .
It ’ s opening day .
You ’ re throwing out the first pitch and so I ’ m honored to have my first interview with the Godzilla of the Truth .
You ’ re right , it ’ ll be a long season but in November I plan on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with the Yankees 28th world series .
( Fredericks chuckles ) That ’ s how it ’ s going to go down .
Fredericks : Know what ?
I think the Astros have beaten the Yankees now we guess you beat by Tampa Bay so that ’ s a whole separate story .
We got beat by them also .
And it ’ s kind of ridiculous .
I mean they just didn ’ t have that good of a team but look , I want to get to your race for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you for coming on my show today .
And thank you for basically announcing here on The John Fredericks Radio Network your run for governor .
But let ’ s get to some real issues right off the bat .
And I ’ m gon na go to politics and then we ’ ll go to policy .
So let ’ s start with politics .
You looked at the results here in 2020 .
The Republicans now losing everything .
We lost the seventh again .
We lost the second again .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ commonwealth by over 350,000 votes .
Almost 400,000 .
This was a dramatic increase from the vote count in 2016 .
So more and more Democrats are turning out .
My target was two million .
I hit that and still got blown out as Trump chairman .
So just politics aside if you ’ re the nominee how on earth does a Republican win state-wide ?
Cox : Well there are some interesting things in the numbers you just quoted .
You did hit your targets and so you got a tremendous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So the Republican votes are there .
And I think that ’ s the first thing we need to look at .
The second thing is I would say I ’ m very unique .
I come from the bluest district in the state .
And my district is over 30 percent you know obviously Hispanic , Black , etc .
and everyone thought I would lose last time .
I ’ ve said repeatedly that my opponents never conceded .
I ran against an African-American woman that had 1.5 million dollars which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you look on that level .
And so you know the proof is in the pudding .
I feel very strongly that I can win in this state for a whole host of reasons .
And John I mean you look at the president for example .
I mean he did incredibly well in states we ’ ve never done well in .
Pennsylvania , Michigan , et cetera .
Virginia is probably the exception .
And you know I think what we ’ ll see is you ’ ll have back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of people that will look at the democratic agenda and once again that collectivist agenda which certainly leans towards socialism .
The government can do everything .
Remember they ’ re in charge of everything lock stock and barrel in Virginia .
We ’ ve seen the effect of that .
And if it is President Obama and I ’ m like you , we need to count the vote .
So I ’ m certainly not considering that .
But if it is him that will not be a good administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot to own up for in the summer .
I ’ ve said repeatedly we killed all their bad bills for years in committee .
And so they would go back and say how reasonable they were in their districts .
The argument ’ s not there anymore .
Cox : And so I can tap into a few things the President did that I think are just beginning that we can really build on .
The one that I really saw that I think I ’ ve been very successful at is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which I think is historic .
And what he did was fascinating and I was talking to a prominent Democrat the other day that said something really interesting to me .
She says we have lost the ability to be the party of the working class .
Sort of the beer-drinking party after the last .
And the President to some degree took that from us .
that ’ s just beginning .
and we saw that with his vote .
But they care more about to me you know what you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on public safety .
In K12 etc then to me an east coast , west coast elite philosophy which the Democrats have really become .
There are opportunities there .
It won ’ t be easy .
I ’ m the first person to tell you that .
You better raise a lot of money .
I ’ ve done that as Speaker .
You better have both a fighting attitude and a vision going forward .
I think I ’ ve always had that .
I think there ’ s a real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ competitive to run if I didn ’ t think I could win .
I mean I ’ m not in that mood so I do think it ’ s there to win .
Fredericks : We ’ re with former speaker Kirk Cox who officially announced his campaign for governor today likely to take on uh Terry McAuliffe we ’ ll get to that in a minute .
But let ’ s get back to the 2020 results here .
Trump got two million votes in Virginia .
That ’ s 800,000 as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 .
What we found though is we really couldn ’ t turn the Trump voters out in 2017 , 2018 , or 2019 .
We turned them on again into 2020 bigger than ever , how are we going to get those out again ?
What is your message to Trump voters ?
And I agree with you on all this stuff .
So I ’ m not being combative but both agreed on the biggest transportation tax ever back in whenever it was 2013 .
And now we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has ever been made .
In fact , I didn ’ t think it was big enough that ’ s why you can ’ t fix 81 .
I thought voters should have been bigger .
Both of us agreed on expanding Medicaid in the state , Medicare in the state because that ’ s for Trump voters and people that were falling in the cracks , and the money was there .
So I was a big advocate of that .
You did that .
But I ’ m not running for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the favorite right now is going to hammer you on that with her base .
How do you reconcile that and then how do you translate to getting out those 800,000 Trump voters that Ed couldn ’ t get in 2017 ?
Cox : So I ’ ll match my conservative record with anyone .
Once again let ’ s talk about who ’ s actually in a leadership position to do something and not just scream and yell .
If you look at the second amendment which to me so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party probably isn ’ t the issue .
As Speaker of the House Kirk Cox and his intention to run through gun control bills .
And we did that very smartly .
That was to me the signature piece from the second amendment .
So once we ’ re out of power we ’ ll see what happens in January .
And that ’ s a tremendously big issue for those folks and they want to know someone who ’ s been consistent for 30 years over that and who ’ s actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think the other big big issue for so many of our base is that the President ’ s done a great job on is the life issue .
Once again I was the majority leader pushing through those bills .
Once again not a back venture .
And number three which I thought was you know because of my heart for that issue and boldness I stepped off the roster in the Speaker .
I ’ ve never seen that done in 31 years .
I not sure it ’ s been done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Gave an impassioned speech pro-life and once again blocked all of those bills .
And we got that done .
The Kathy Tran bill would have called for abortion after birth .
What people are looking for is someone who can win .
I ’ m absolutely convinced of that .
George Allen a few years ago and Bob McDonnell which I think I ’ m very much in that strain if you look .
And they are going to curl up .
They ’ re going to be tired of losing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve said this repeatedly I certainly hope it doesn ’ t happen .
But if you do have a president Biden and once again a Democratic majority people are really going to coalesce .
I have no doubt about that .
And they are going to turn out .
And the key is I will tell you I think I can very much get votes that Republicans have not gotten .
I ’ ve proven that in suburban districts .
And that ’ s what you ’ re going to need .
Listen @ @ @ @ @ @

Eighteen individuals are now collecting petitions for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District race as of last Friday.
Twelve people are collecting qualifying petitions for the GOP primary, three are gathering petitions for the Democrat primary, and three independents are also accumulating petitions.
The 12 Republicans listed on the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website as collecting petitions are former Speaker of the Tennessee House Beth Harwell of Nashville, businessman Baxter Lee of Nashville, Robby Starbuck of Franklin (listed as Robert Starbuck Newsom), Geni Batchelor of Lebanon, Natisha Brooks of Nashville, former Williamson County GOP Chair Omar Hamada of Franklin, Timothy Bruce Lee of Nashville, Annabelle Lee of Madison, Alan Clement Sharp of Nashville, David Vitalli of Brentwood, Stewart Parks of Nashville, and Richie Lee of Nashville.
Among the publicly announced candidates, Tennessee newcomer and former State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus and retired Brig. General Kurt Winstead have not yet been listed as having begun their qualifying petitions process. Hamada has not yet made a decision as to whether or not he is officially entering the race.
Records show that Harwell, Starbuck, Brooks, Baxter Lee, Ortagus, Winstead, Batchelor, and Timothy Bruce Lee have also filed candidate paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). Starbuck has raised $255,066.53 and has $138,741.16 on hand, which Brooks has raised $24,517.00 and has $19,655.34 on hand. The rest filed their FEC paperwork after the year-end December 31, 2022 deadline. The 2022 first quarter January 1-March 31 financial reports, which are scheduled to be released in mid-April, will cover all candidates who have reached the FEC reporting threshold.
Sources tell The Star that several Republican candidates are expected to have impressive fundraising totals.
Clay Faircloth, Richard H. Harris, and Joel Michael Hurbert, all from Nashville, are listed as collecting petitions for the Democrat primary.
Derrick Brantley of Nashville, Patrick O. Halfacre of Hohenwald, and Richard A. Shannon of Franklin are the independents who are collecting petitions. Shannon has appeared on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy. Only Brantley appears to have filed documents with the FEC.
In order to appear on the ballot, candidates are required to collect 25 valid signatures from registered voters and have until noon on April 7 to turn in those qualifying petitions. Candidates who qualify have until April 14 to withdraw their names from the ballot. The Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office told The Star, unless pending legislation changes things, that they will finalize the ballots on April 21.
The 5th Congressional District consists of parts of Davidson, Williamson, and Wilson counties, and all of Maury, Marshall, and Lewis counties.
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Aaron Gulbransen is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected] Follow Aaron on GETTR.
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-18--Tennessee Comptrollers Find More Than $25 Million in Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

The Tennessee Comptroller ’ s Division of Investigations has uncovered $ 25.8 million in fraud , waste , and abuse in Tennessee since 2016 .
This , according to a press release that Comptrollers published on their website this week .
“ The division has published 218 reports since January 2016 .
These reports have resulted in the indictments of 131 people on 819 separate counts , ” the press release said .
“ Comptroller investigators have investigated fraudulent activity in a variety of state and local government entities , and they have recently begun investigating the theft of private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are completed with the cooperation of the state ’ s 31 district attorneys general , and often in conjunction with TBI and other law enforcement agencies.
” Since 2016 , the Comptroller ’ s Office has released investigative reports revealing fraud , waste , and abuse in 79 of the state ’ s 95 counties .
The new Mapping Tennessee Comptroller Investigations webpage allows any Tennessean to quickly view data and information about fraud cases in their area .
As The Tennessee Star reported in September , Comptrollers revealed that members of two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in February that Columbia State Community College officials did not timely return Title IV funds for students who withdrew from classes before those classes ended .
Comptrollers said they reviewed a sample of 60 students who received Title IV Student Financial Assistance during the 2017-2018 award year .
Per law , school officials must return any unearned aid to the Department of Education within 45 days of the date the institution determined the student withdrew .
Also in February , Comptrollers reported that Williamson County taxpayers lost money due to fraud , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The amount of money lost was small — only $ 2,000 .
The matter , however , was serious enough that county officials filed a police report and reported the matter to state Comptrollers .
As The Star reported in 2018 , the former assistant adult sports coordinator for the Williamson County Parks and Recreation allegedly stole more than $ 7,600 from that department , according to a Comptroller ’ s report that year .
Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Senators Release New Evidence Tying Hunter Biden Business to Communist China, Russian Energy

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thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Nashville Biotech Company Announces $64M Expansion

Nashville-based biotech firm August Bioservices will invest $ 64 million to expand its headquarters , creating 180 new jobs in Davidson County over the next five years , the company and state officials announced Wednesday morning .
August Bioservices provides drug discovery , development and manufacturing services .
The expansion will add technology to its existing facility to support new drug manufacturing capabilities and also construct a state-of-the-art new facility adjacent to its existing headquarters capable of commercial scale drug manufacturing .
“ We have all seen the hope that ’ s coming from those involved in the pharmaceutical industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the announcement event .
“ Contract manufacturers like this play a very important role in the future not only of this pandemic but of the country , and that ’ s why it ’ s exciting that Tennessee is right in the center of it today with this announcement.
” A spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development confirmed August Bioservices will receive an economic incentive grant from the state , but details of the incentive are being finalized .
The spokesperson declined to share any details of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no city in America that touches more people in health services than Middle Tennessee in Nashville , Tennessee – hands down , ” former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist said at the announcement event .
Frist noted Nashville has become the “ Silicon Valley of health services , ” growing in his lifetime into a $ 94 billion industry .
“ We provide a wide array of services here at this facility that help pharma and biotech companies of all sizes navigate and advance their novel ideas along a very complex drug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jenn Adams said .
August Bioservices expects the first phase of expansion to be complete by late 2021 .
“ It ’ s encouraging to see August Bioservices adding almost 200 new jobs to Nashville ’ s growing biotechnology sector , ” state Sen. Jeff Yarbro , D-Nashville , said in a statement .
“ This announcement reinforces our reputation as a city with a top-notch workforce and a commitment to fostering investment in emerging technologies.
” Vivian Jones reports on Tennessee and South Carolina for The Center Square .
Her writing has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill , and publications of The Heartland Institute .

by Bethany Blankley
Nineteen attorneys general, led by Indiana, have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a lawsuit filed by Texas and Missouri against the Biden administration.
They’re asking the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s order instructing the Biden administration to follow the law to fully reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), otherwise known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy.
“No one is above the law in America, and we are simply insisting that the Biden administration follow the law,” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said (pictured above).
“The rule of law is the framework that enables American liberty to survive and thrive,” he added. “The situation at our southern border provides the perfect example of how going soft on the rule of law gives rise to anarchy, chaos, and ultimately the erosion of our freedom and safety.”
In January 2021, President Joe Biden announced via executive order that he was terminating MPP. Months later, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas began dismantling it and other immigration policies. Southern border encounters then surged to historic levels. In Biden’s first year in office, Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents encountered or apprehended roughly 2 million people entering the southern border illegally. This number excludes the several hundred thousand who are estimated to have evaded law enforcement.
At the same time, Mayorkas implemented a wide range of policy changes to effectively halt most deportations. CBP and Border Patrol agents were directed to release illegal immigrants into the U.S. en masse instead of sending them back to Mexico to go through the immigration process.
Texas and Missouri sued, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas granted their request for a permanent injunction and ordered the administration to reinstate the MPP. He ruled the administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it halted the MPP.
The administration appealed to the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court and lost. Both courts denied its request to stay Kacsmaryk’s ruling.
After its Supreme Court loss, the administration said it was appealing Kacsmaryk’s ruling, vowing to “vigorously challenge it.” In a statement, it said, “As the appeal process continues, however, DHS will comply with the order in good faith. Alongside interagency partners, DHS has begun to engage with the Government of Mexico in diplomatic discussions surrounding the Migrant Protection Protocols.”
But compliance hasn’t happened, as evidenced by the flood of illegal immigrants the administration is releasing into the U.S. and by the tactics it’s used in court to circumvent the law, the AGs argue.
“From the beginning of this Administration, the United States has been forthright about its intention to terminate MPP simply because it did not like the program, and its conduct demonstrates its readiness to do anything – including ignore the APA’s requirements – to accomplish that objective,” they argue in the brief.
“The Administration’s ‘act now, justify later’ approach began on Inauguration Day, when it summarily paused MPP,” they add.
Throughout the appeals process, “the Fifth Circuit correctly concluded that the United States’ efforts to avoid judicial review violated basic principles of procedure,” they argue.
An unprecedented number of people are expected to come through the southern border after the administration ends the Title 42 public health authority May 23, the attorneys general have argued, necessitating the urgency for the Supreme Court to weigh in.
Implemented under President Donald Trump in January 2019, the MPP led to a reduction in the number of people entering the U.S. illegally. The Trump administration also invoked Title 42 to enable CBP and Border Patrol agents to quickly expel illegal immigrants and prevent entry to a greater number of people during a public health emergency.
Current law requires those not authorized to enter the U.S. to be detained, to stay in Mexico, or be “paroled” into the U.S. based on narrowly defined case-by-case circumstances including “urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.”
The Biden administration has been issuing paroles en masse to release illegal immigrants into the U.S., the attorneys general argue, violating the law.
The administration maintains it’s inherited a flawed system, and its policies are more humane than the previous administration’s. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last December after the administration lost another court battle in the case, “it is not our preference to be reimplementing and reinstituting the Migrant Protection program. … we still feel that the program is inefficient, inhumane, and we are not – we weren’t, we were – did not eagerly reimplement it.”
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Bethany Blankley is a regular contributor to The Center Square.
Photo “AG Todd Rokita” by AG Todd Rokita.


thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Commentary: New State Lockdowns May Put 16 Million Jobs Recovered Since April in Jeopardy

16.4 million jobs have been recovered since April when labor markets bottomed amid the state-led Covid pandemic economic shutdowns , according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics .
But with Covid cases once again on the upswing as the cold and flu season kicks into higher gear — about 166,000 confirmed new cases daily , and then the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reports 255,000 probable new cases daily when projected asymptomatic cases are factored in — states appear ready to go right back into shutdown mode .
In New York , for example , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 1.87 million in May , Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo is already urging more restrictions as confirmed cases in the state have once again reached more than 5,000 on Nov.13 and Nov. 14 , and probable cases are said to be about 8,600 .
The peak in March was projected to be nearly 120,000 probable cases .
In his Nov. 14 update to New Yorkers , Cuomo stated , “ Will we shut down and will we have more restrictions ?
What has worked for New York from day one is it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There ’ s no political decision making , no ideological decision making .
Look at the numbers , and if the numbers are increasing and if they ’ re not slowing , then you have to restrict activity.
” So , get ready , the lockdowns are coming again .
And former Vice President Joe Biden , currently leading in the counting of ballots amid ongoing legal challenges from President Donald Trump , should he prevail when states certify their election results , may be inheriting an economy once again falling into recession @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ very dark winter ” on Nov. 16 , and urged economic support measures by Congress to once again compensate for another downturn : “ We ’ re going in a very dark winter .
Things are going to get much tougher before they get easier .
And that requires sparing no effort to fight COVID… ” In his statement , Biden not so encouragingly said that the goal was to “ we can open our businesses safely , resume our lives and put this pandemic behind us ” in the same breath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robust public health measures like mandatory masking… ” and urging “ Congress should come together and pass a COVID relief package… ” So , when Biden says his policy is to open businesses again , he really means to close them up again , and to put the economy back on life support by Congress and the Federal Reserve .
Consider , in the last round of shutdowns , more than 25 million jobs were lost in just two months , and the economy contracted by 31.4 percent in the second quarter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ window of time .
The unemployment rate went from the lowest in 50 years at 3.5 percent , to the highest since the 1930s at 14.7 percent in April .
Thankfully , the economy rebounded by a record 33.1 percent in the third quarter and the unemployment rate is back down to 6.9 percent , but for how long ?
One saving grace for the American people could be the vaccines currently in development .
President Donald Trump announced Operation Warp Speed in May to mass-produce millions of doses of vaccines in advance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would even be effective .
That is the critical turn we are all waiting for .
On Nov. 13 , President Trump outlined his plan to deliver the vaccine now , after it was announced Pfizer had developed a vaccine that was 90 percent effective .
Trump stated , “ In July , my administration reached an agreement with Pfizer to provide $ 1.95 billion to support the mass manufacturing and distribution of 100 million doses , with the option to purchase a total of 600 million doses shortly thereafter .
Our investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be provided by Pfizer free of charge… We will work to secure an emergency use authorization , which should be coming down extremely soon .
And my administration will then coordinate the distribution of the vaccine , and it will be approved , I think — again , it will be approved very , very quickly , we hope.
” The hurdles include the normal process for getting drugs approved , Trump noted , stating , “ The average development timeline for the vaccine , including clinical tests and manufacturing , can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Operation Warp Speed , we ’ re doing it in less than one year .
If you had a different administration with different people , what we ’ ve done would have taken , in my opinion , three , four , five years , and it would have been in the FDA forever.
” In the meantime , New York Gov .
Cuomo threw cold water on the idea of administering the vaccine in New York , stating on Nov. 9 , “ We can ’ t let this vaccination plan go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration is designing it.
” Later , Cuomo seemed more concerned about who would get credit for approving the vaccine in remarks on Nov. 17 , accusing President Trump of rushing the process , stating , “ nobody is going to trust him saying it ’ s a safe vaccine .
But you ’ re going to see this play out , they ’ ll do what ’ s called an emergency authorization by the FDA… I think that could happen as soon as January where the FDA , because Trump will push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug for emergency use , and you could see it starting in January before Biden gets into office and that ’ s why I ’ m pushing so hard to make sure that we have a process in place to check what the FDA says before people start getting the vaccine in New York.
” So , watch for the pivot to occur , if and when the vaccine ready and an emergency use authorization is put into place by the Trump administration .
Would Biden really rescind the emergency use of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt on the vaccine ’ s efficacy , creating public fear and destroying his nascent push for unity following the razor-thin election margins ?
Seems doubtful , but Gov .
Cuomo and other Democratic governors seem determined to make the restrictions on the American people last as long as possible .
And if Bidens wins , we ’ ll find out soon enough if that means the whole country , too .
Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Crom Carmichael Explains How Cheating is Now the Official Strategy of the Democratic Party

Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio to discuss the Democratic Party ’ s strategy of cheating .
Leahy : In the studio with us is the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael .
Crom , I need to make a correction to something I said in the previous segment .
We were talking about the components of New York ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results have not been determined .
Claudia Tenney the Republican who was elected in 2016 and then defeated by the Democrat Anthony Brindisi in 2018 currently leads him by 53 percent to 42 percent .
Now Real Clear Politics shows us as only 83 percent reporting .
Well , we tried to solve the mystery as and I speculated incorrectly that the 17 percent was likely from Onondaga County which is where Syracuse is .
The city of Syracuse .
Turns out I went to the New York State Board of Elections and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not part of this district .
The district is about 10 counties that go all around the city of Syracuse .
Now , what the mystery is is the following .
You look at the state results and they say 100 percent of election districts are reporting .
565 in the various counties .
Broome County where Binghamton is .
Chenango County , Cortland County , Madison County , where I grew up in part .
Herkimer County which is a rural county .
And Oneida County which is right adjacent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporting .
Carmichael : And how much how far she ahead in that reporting ?
Leahy : Well that reporting has her up 53-42 139,000 votes 211,000 .
Now , that ’ s the official New York State Report .
If you go to Real Clear Politics is still 53 to 42 , but it ’ s like a 144 to 113 .
So Real Clear Politics is reporting more votes cast at 83 percent than the state of New York is reporting at 100 percent .
I ’ m guessing it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But who knows ?
Carmichael : Well , they had a problem in New York with a primary with mail-in ballots .
And this was two Democrats going against each other and there was a huge volume of mail-in ballots that hit both… Leahy : In the middle of the night !
Carmichael : Both candidates .
There was this huge number of mail-in ballots and a big lawsuit .
Finally a judge just kind of threw up her hands .
I think it was a female judge who threw up her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any of them .
Here ’ s the date count them up till that point throw all the rest of them out .
So the judge was essentially acknowledging massive voter fraud by both candidates .
( Chuckles ) She solved the problem that way .
Leahy : I have an update from Syracuse.com Representative Anthony Brindisi and Claudia 10 a according to Syracuse.com are separated by 3,500 votes in the house race nine hours ago .
Representative Anthony brindisi climb to within one point two percentage points Tuesday night .
Carmichael : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Two weeks after the election of or overtaking Claudia Tenney it erased any lead by ten points a week ago .
Brindisi the Democrat from Utica has shrunk Tenney ’ s lead in the 22nd Congressional District race from 28,000 to 3,500 votes according to unofficial returns in an election where more than 300,000 people voted in eight counties across Upstate New York .
Brindisi would have to win at least 70 percent of the remaining 9,000 uncounted ballots to overtake the Republican from New Hartford and win the election .
I mean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s like a microcosm of the Democratic cheating game .
Oh , it ’ s not cheating they would say .
We ’ re just counting these late .
Carmichael : They just keep finding ballots and that that amazingly enough for our for just the Democrats .
Carmichael : Why ?
why wait two weeks ?
Leahy : Why wait for two weeks ?
Carmichael : Well we know the answer .
If you are an honest Democrat , this should be incredibly troubling .
this should be incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s no investigation and this stands and there was and there was cheating then the cheating becomes part of the strategy .
Carmichael : But for every Democrat candidate who ’ s running this now becomes cheating is the strategy as part of the Democratic party .
Leahy : Cheating is part of the Democratic strategy .
That is a profound statement Crom and I think that is the truth of where we are today .
Let me say this in California .
Carmichael : Which state was it where they said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to a certain amount of… Carmichael : 900 bucks and you had people who actually went in with calculators .
Carmichael : They would steal $ 850 .
worth of stuff and wave and walk out the door .
Carmichael : If you make stealing legal people will steal .
Not everyone , but some .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Georgia GOP Vote Chief to 73 MM Trump Voters: Pound Sand Losers, You Lost

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ( R ) , who is on the defensive with his fellow Republicans over his handling of the election and the recount , is now lobbying a serious accusation against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham ( R-S.C. ) and blaming President Donald Trump for not receiving more votes .
Raffensperger gave an interview to Justin Gray of WSB-TV , who tweeted Tuesday , “ Live exclusive at 4 on @ wsbtv : the typically mild mannered @ GaSecofState comes out swinging in our interview – says Donald Trump cost himself the election by discouraging mail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won by 10 thousand votes he actually suppressed , depressed his own voting base ” .
Raffensperger placed Trump ’ s total alleged vote loss in Georgia at 24,000 , based on primary voting totals for Republicans .
Raffensperger has been under mounting pressure to resign amid Georgia ’ s ongoing voter fraud debacle .
Republican U.S. Sens .
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have called for him to resign “ immediately ” due to “ mismanagement and lack of transparency , ” CBS News reported .
The secretary of state refused to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start by saying that is not going to happen .
The voters of Georgia hired me , and the voters will be the one to fire me .
As Secretary of State , I ’ ll continue to fight every day to ensure fair elections in Georgia , that every legal vote counts , and that illegal votes don ’ t count .
Cody Hall , a spokesman for Gov .
Brian Kemp ( R ) , said in a tweet that the election debacle should serve as a “ wake up call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In his latest dustup with fellow Republicans , Sen. Graham has accused Raffensperger of misrepresenting his inquiry into the recount as a “ bizarre ” demand to throw out legally mailed ballots .
Graham made the remarks to Fox News ’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday .
“ I know what I talked to the Secretary of State about , and it wasn ’ t for him to throw out ballots , that was beyond bizarre and ridiculous , ” Graham said in an interview with Fox News ’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and how it works and to make sure we have confidence in it.
” Graham said he had called Brad Raffensperger , the Georgia ’ s secretary of state and the official in charge of the state ’ s electoral system , to address security around the mail-in ballot signature verification process .
Raffensperger made the accusation during an interview Tuesday with “ CBS This Morning.
” The recount deadline is Friday , and Raffensperger has defended its accuracy and railed against Republican infighting despite taking a few swipes himself at members of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I ’ m a conservative Republican , and sometimes we hear young people say that we eat our own , ” he told the publication .
However , Raffensperger gave liberals ammunition to use against Graham .
Three attorneys filed an ethics complaint against Graham with he Senate Select Committee on Ethics , accusing the senator of disenfranchising voters , the Associated Press reported .
Meanwhile , the recount that the secretary of state has praised on his Facebook page has run into issues .
One of those issues was unveiled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Committee vote monitor .
He saw auditors count Trump votes for Joe Biden , The Tennessee Star reported .
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott ( R-GA-08 ) told The Star that Georgia ’ s absentee ballot system has compromised election integrity .
Georgia couldn ’ t sustain election integrity with these sudden , vast expansions of absentee ballot voting .
Especially since those ballots don ’ t require photo identification .
Jason M. Reynolds has more than 20 years ’ experience as a journalist at outlets of all sizes .
The Associated Press contributed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Georgia Capitol ” by DXR .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--U.S. Forces Will Be Reduced in Iraq, Afghanistan by January 15, Pentagon


thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Pennsylvania Voters Describe Irregularities in Mail-in, Absentee Ballot Process


thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Six Takeaways as Facebook, Twitter CEOs Testify at Senate Hearing

The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook returned Tuesday to Capitol Hill , this time to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee .
While focused on Twitter ’ s blocking of a New York Post story about the Biden family ’ s business dealings overseas and the social media giants ’ immunity from lawsuit under the Communications Decency Act , the hearing veered into other topics as well .
The testimony came less than a month after the two executives testified before the Senate Commerce Committee .
Here are four major issues that emerged during the hearing as Facebook ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dorsey took questions from senators .
Sen. Josh Hawley , R-Mo.
, one of the staunchest critics of the social media companies , said that a Facebook whistleblower had contacted his office about an internal platform called Tasks .
Hawley said the whistleblower , a former Facebook employee with direct knowledge of the company ’ s content moderation policies , explained that Facebook ’ s censorship teams used Tasks .
As an exhibit , Hawley showed a Tasks screenshot that seemed to show communication among Facebook employees and those of other tech giants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , Facebook censorship teams communicate with their counterparts at Twitter and Google and then enter those companies ’ suggestions for censorship onto the Tasks platform so that Facebook can then follow up with them and effectively coordinate their censorship efforts , ” Hawley said .
“ Let me ask you directly under oath , now : Does Facebook coordinate its content moderation policies or efforts in any way with Google or Twitter ?
” Zuckerberg didn ’ t give a clear answer .
The Facebook CEO first said that the companies provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a terrorist attack , child exploitation imagery , or a foreign government that was creating an influence operation .
“ That is distinct from the content moderation policies that we or the other companies have where once we share intelligence or signals between companies , each company makes its own assessment of the right way to address and deal with that information , ” Zuckerberg said .
Pressed again by Hawley on whether the social media companies coordinated on content moderation , Zuckerberg said : “ Senator , we do not coordinate our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s content moderation teams communicate with counterparts at Google and Twitter .
“ I would expect some level of communication probably happens , ” Zuckerberg said .
“ That ’ s different from coordinating what our policies are or our responses in specific instances.
” Hawley then asked if Zuckerberg would “ commit under oath ” to providing all mentions of Google or Twitter from Facebook ’ s internal communication platform known as Tasks .
Zuckerberg was reluctant to commit to anything .
“ Respectfully , without having looked into this , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sensitivity that exists around that , so I don ’ t think it would be wise for me to commit to that right now , ” Zuckerberg said .
Hawley then asked : “ Will you provide a list of every website and hashtag Facebook moderation teams have discussed banning on the Tasks platform ?
” Zuckerberg responded : “ I would be happy to follow up with you or your team to discuss further how we might move forward on that.
” Hawley noted that earlier in the hearing , two Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ websites , and entities that have been subject to content moderation .
“ You have expressed doubt about whether such information exists .
But you ’ ve also said now that the Tasks platform exists and that it is searchable , ” Hawley said .
“ So , will you commit to providing the information you have logged on the Tasks website about content moderation that your company has undertaken , yes or no ?
” Zuckerberg replied : “ I think it would be better to follow up once I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team what the sensitivity around that would be.
” In a matter that is likely to come before Congress again , Hawley said , “ So you won ’ t commit to doing it here.
” “ We could have subpoena this information , ” the Missouri Republican continued .
“ Let everybody take note that Mr. Zuckerberg has repeatedly refused to provide information that he knows that he has , and now acknowledges that Tasks has under oath.
” Hawley called the tech bosses the “ robber barons ” of the modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter ’ s Dorsey jumped into the controversy over Twitter ’ s blocking of the New York Post ’ s reporting on the contents of a laptop belonging to former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter Biden .
Dorsey said Twitter established a policy in 2018 to prevent posting hacked material .
However , after an internal review , Twitter realized the information was not hacked and that it was a mistake to block the news story , he said .
“ Upon further consideration , we admitted this decision was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Dorsey said , claiming that the Post refused to repost its story on Twitter unless Twitter corrected its error .
In the end , Twitter froze the Post ’ s account for 16 days over the reporting .
“ We did not have a practice around correcting retroactive enforcement actions , ” Dorsey said .
Without equivocation , Dorsey asserted : “ No , we are not .
We distribute information.
” Dorsey : “ An entity that is publishing under editorial guidelines and decisions.
” Cruz referred to Section 230 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allows digital platforms such as Twitter to avoid being sued for comments expressed by third-party users , saying : Cruz then asked : “ Was Twitter being a publisher when it censored the New York Post ?
” “ No , ” Dorsey answered , and said company officials believed they were following the guidelines .
“ If there is a violation [ of company policy ] , we take enforcement action and people choose to commit to those policies and to those terms of service , ” he said .
“ Except @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and selective matter , ” Cruz responded .
“ You claimed it was hacked materials , and yet you didn ’ t block the distribution of The New York Times story that alleged to talk about the president ’ s tax returns even though a federal statute makes it a crime to distribute someone ’ s tax returns without their consent.
” Dorsey replied : “ In The New York Times case , we interpreted it as reporting about the hacked materials.
” However , Dorsey didn ’ t say why the New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as also reporting on what Twitter at first thought to be hacked material .
Cruz followed up by asking : “ Did you block Edward Snowden when he illegally released material ?
” When Dorsey replied that he didn ’ t know , Cruz said : “ The answer is no.
” “ I understand you have the star chamber power , ” the Texas Republican added .
“ Your position is , ‘ Once we silence you , we can choose to allow you to speak.
’ But you are engaged in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , D-Calif. , the ranking member of the committee , said Twitter must do more to prevent “ harms ” caused by a tweet .
Feinstein said “ tweets can play a unique role in either reassuring or stirring people up to unacceptable levels.
” Dorsey told Feinstein that Twitter approached elections as three phases .
“ That ’ s leading up to election , Election Day , and the phase we are in right now , the postelection , ” the Twitter CEO said .
“ So our policies and enforcement are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ context to people in those three phases.
” Feinstein said she was disturbed by a Nov. 7 tweet from Trump in which he wrote , in all capital letters , “ I won this election , by a lot !
” “ That ’ s obviously not true .
President Trump lost the election , ” Feinstein said .
“ The warning label Twitter applied to the tweet is that ‘ official sources may not have called the election when this was tweeted.
’ Does that warning label do enough to prevent the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is still visible and not accurate ?
” Trump has not conceded the election , which major media outlets on Nov. 7 projected Joe Biden to have won with more than 270 electoral votes .
Dorsey said the label provided context for the tweet without removing it .
“ It is not just text below a tweet .
It is a link to connect to a much larger conversation and news articles across the spectrum , ” Dorsey said .
When pressed , Dorsey said the content of some tweets were blocked , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Feinstein referred to another Trump tweet Nov. 12 , in which the president claimed that 2.7 million votes for him were stolen .
Twitter marked the claim “ disputed.
” “ Do you believe this label does enough to prevent the tweet ’ s harms when the tweet is still visible ?
It ’ s a highly emotional situation , but the tweet has no factual basis , ” Feinstein said .
“ I do believe that connecting people to the larger situation to bring them more context is the right path here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Why then is Twitter now putting purported warnings on voter fraud ?
” Dorsey : “ That link is pointing to a broader conversation with tweets from publishers and people all around the country.
” Cruz went on to lure Dorsey into responses on the subject .
“ Would the following statement violate Twitter ’ s policies : ‘ Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.
’ ” Dorsey replied , “ I imagine that we would label it so that people can have context.
” Cruz followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quote ?
: ‘ Voter fraud is particularly possible when third-party organizations , candidates , and political activists are involved in handling absentee ballots.
’ Would you flag that as potentially misleading ?
” Dorsey : “ I imagine a lot of these would have a label.
” “ You ’ re right , you would label them because you ’ ve taken the political position that voter fraud doesn ’ t exist , ” Cruz said .
“ I would note both of those quotes come from the [ 2005 ] Carter-Baker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also asked : “ Are you aware , just two weeks ago in Texas , a woman was charged with 134 counts of election fraud ?
If he tweeted that fact along with a copy of the indictment , Cruz asked , would it be labeled ?
Dorsey said he didn ’ t think so .
Cruz said he would test it out .
Sen. Mike Lee , R-Utah , said that what the social media bosses called mistakes seemed always to happen on one side for digital platforms such as Facebook and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ There are instances in which you are taking a very distinctively partisan approach and not a neutral one to election-related content moderation , ” Lee said .
Lee noted that Twitter suspended Mark Morgan , the chief of Customs and Border Protection , for tweeting about the border wall .
Facebook pulled conservatives ’ ads , he said .
Dorsey said : “ We evaluated his tweet .
That was a mistake.
” Zuckerberg said Facebook restored the ad after further review .
Lee noted the amount of political contributions by Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of it has to do with your employees ; 92.8 % of Facebook employees who donated to federal candidates gave to Democrats , ” Lee said , adding : Sen. Richard Blumenthal , D-Conn. , brought up a Nov. 5 Facebook Live event featuring former Breitbart executive and Trump political adviser Steve Bannon that referred to “ beheadings ” of Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , and FBI Director Christopher Wray—an over-the-top reference to firings that Bannon recommended .
Blumenthal asked : “ How many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the murder of government officials before Facebook suspends his account ?
” Zuckerberg responded : “ The content in question did violate our policies and we took it down.
” “ Having a content violation does not automatically mean your account gets taken down and the number of strikes varies depending on the type of offense , ” he said .
Blumenthal asked : “ Will you commit to taking down that account ?
Steve Bannon ’ s account.
” Zuckerberg responded : “ Senator , no , that ’ s not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this case.
” Fred Lucas is chief national affairs correspondent for The Daily Signal and co-host of “ The Right Side of History ” podcast .
Lucas is also the author of “ Abuse of Power : Inside The Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump.
” Photo “ Mark Zuckerberg ” by CBS News .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--Asleep at the Switch: National Correspondent for The Tennessee Star Neil W. McCabe Weighs in on Repu

Asleep at the Switch: National Correspondent for The Tennessee Star Neil W. McCabe Weighs in on Republicans Missing Election Hijinks

Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville ’ s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed Tennessee Star National Correspondent Neil W. McCabe to the newsmakers line who discussed the election fraud in Georgia and how in four years Republicans have not been paying attention .
Leahy : We are here in the studio with Crom Carmichael the original all-star panelist .
And on the newsmaker line our Washington correspondent for the ever-expanding Star News Network Neil McCabe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Crom .
Michael .
Good morning to you both .
Leahy : Well , we talked about the ever-expanding Star News Network , and at 12:01 a.m… McCabe : Is Georgia on your mind ?
Leahy : Georgia is on my mind .
You are a mind reader at 12:01 a.m .
Tomorrow morning Thursday The Georgia Star News will launch .
John Frederick ’ s Radio who is our partner is there already .
We are on the ground in Georgia with our own Chris Butler .
And Corrine Murdock will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Mike Pence ’ s rally and all the shenanigans going on in Georgia .
And Neil you are the National Correspondent for this ever-expanding News Network .
McCabe : I ’ m in a peachy mood about it Mike .
Leahy : Oh , McCabe , you are so good .
What do you make of the craziness in Georgia ?
The fraud and the comments by this Very Rhino-ish Secretary State Brad Raffensberger who is blaming the president for his own loss there .
Why is the Secretary of State saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that you know , he ’ s you know , one of these provincial officials who sort of suddenly in the spotlight .
And there was a time when you can take these sort of potshots at a leader of your own party where the spotlight wouldn ’ t be as harsh .
But when the president of the United States gets 50,000 re-tweets blasting you , I think people just don ’ t know how to handle it .
I think that the way this election has been handled has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s a ton of irregularities .
There ’ s a ton of these sort of petty crimes that accumulate .
This instance in this town or that county .
Okay , maybe that ’ s just incompetence .
But when you collect the whole thing together this seems like a lot of the exact same incompetence that is happening in a lot of places .
And whether the secretary of state in Georgia was in on some kind of conspiracy , I don ’ t know .
But certainly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is very good .
And I think that regardless of who wins .
And there ’ s still a chance that Biden wins this thing when all the ballots are counted .
( Leahy chuckles ) And regardless , we ’ re going to have to look at how we run elections country .
Carmichael : Well , let me ask you a question .
Does anybody know how the secretary of state in Georgia gets the position ?
Carmichael : They ’ re elected .
Okay , so probably somebody runs and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you say it ’ s kind of a ceremonial deal until you screw up .
( Leahy laughs ) and then all a sudden the spotlights on you .
Leahy : Right on you .
Carmichael : So Neil , do you think that all the spotlighting that ’ s on Georgia right now will help mitigate the voter fraud on January fourth with the run-off elections ?
McCabe : Well , I think that I think people are able to process both things at once .
There is a danger that if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is beating up on Georgians people in Georgia might , you know , take a dislike to the president over it .
We ’ ve seen over and over again in the last say six years that the President has been a national figure as a candidate and as president is that he will take a dip in the polls over something when he ’ s very aggressive but then he bounces right back .
But they ’ re just might not be enough time .
And so we ’ ll see how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party wants a senator .
And they want both senators because that ’ s a shooting match .
Carmichael : Well , let ’ s assume that there were some irregularities in Georgia .
Let ’ s just assume that .
and and and so my question is With the spotlight now being on Georgia , will it be more difficult for the irregularities to happen again ?
In other words , will the Republicans who were asleep at the switch , will they now be paying attention ?
And will the secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when ballots are counted there ’ s a Republican counting and a Democrat counting each ballot ?
Because I don ’ t think that was the case in the counties that went heavily for Biden .
I think it was .
I think it was controlled pretty much the counting was controlled almost exclusively by Democrats in those counties .
So will the Secretary of State step in ?
Leahy : Neil , I have some breaking news that will comfort you and Crom about the level of integrity going forward .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center for Tech and Civic Life that did these election projects .
They only put it in six Democratic controlled counties in Georgia .
Magically , three of those counties Cobb , Fulton , and Gwinnett accounted for 76 percent of the net margin gain that he had versus Hillary Clinton .
Just magically .
But the good news is that breaking news yesterday , Neil I know this will comfort you .
I know this will comfort you , the Zuckerberg funded Center for Technology and Civic Life said they are now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can help with a ‘ safe election ’ in the two runoffs .
How about that ?
Leahy : I did send in a question .
I got a story coming out Breitbart and I did ask the center for Tech and Civic life , and I know you ’ ll be shocked that they didn ’ t respond to me .
I said will you follow the same policy in the special runoff election and only give money to Democratic-controlled counties ?
Shockingly , Neil , they haven ’ t responded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : We watched the Democrats in 2017 and those off-cycle races like New York City , New Jersey governor , and other races .
What happened in Virginia .
We saw them in the midterm in 2018 .
We saw them again in 2019 in Virginia and the off-cycle elections of those other states .
And they ’ ve been ramping up for this .
They ’ ve been testing their techniques and their procedures .
And they went into 2020 ready to go and the Republican Party did nothing .
They did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single person working for the Republican National Committee who would get hired by if I was running a grocery store I wouldn ’ t hire any of them .
Carmichael : Now Neil Neil .
I ’ m going to push back on that because if in fact if in fact , the Democrats won because of irregularities if the fact that ’ s why they won then I think what you ’ re saying and by the way , I ’ m not going to actually disagree with what I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out that the Democrats won with irregularities , you ’ ll recall that that Democrat primary seat up in up in New York where the only way they got the judge to throw out a bunch of ballots that came in late where both sides cheated so much that the judge decided that she couldn ’ t decide which of the two cheaters should win .
All I ’ m suggesting is that there are so many irregularities in six specific voting areas that the Democrats planned it .
My assertion is based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrats planned this strategy .
Because if what you were saying is true about the Republicans we wouldn ’ t have done nearly as well in the Senate .
But Trump won almost 10 million more votes than he did last time .
And we did very well in House seats and very well in state legislatures .
So the Republicans did extremely well except in six counties .
( Chuckles ) McCabe : Number one , we still don ’ t know who won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s true by the way .
Number two is part of gearing up over the last four years is having your election fraud .
Is getting involved in this stuff .
Is tracking down these getting the contracts .
They were just caught asleep at the switch .
And so now we ’ re learning all sorts of stuff that somebody was being paid a lot of money who is supposed to be paying attention .
Carmichael : Now that I agree with that is dead on that point .
That is great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( Laughter ) Leahy : Thanks so much for joining us , Neil .
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thetennesseestar--2020-11-19--One of Biden’s First Admin Hires Helped Push Through China Trade Bill That Caused ‘Sharp Drop’ in U.

One of Biden’s First Admin Hires Helped Push Through China Trade Bill That Caused ‘Sharp Drop’ in U.S. Jobs

One of the first officials President-elect Joe Biden picked to serve in his White House helped spearhead efforts two decades ago to normalize trade relations with China , a move which studies have found led to the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Steve Ricchetti will serve as counselor to Biden , the transition team announced on Tuesday .
Ricchetti was chief of staff to then-Vice President Biden during the Obama administration , and was deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton .
Clinton credited Ricchetti for leading negotiations with Congress in 2000 to pass a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Relations ( PNTR ) between China and the U.S .
The bill also paved the way for China to join the World Trade Organization , which opened the communist regime ’ s historically closed-off economy to the West .
Ricchetti served as liaison between the Clinton White House and Congress to wrangle votes in support of PNTR , which faced heavy opposition from Democrats .
“ This agreement is a good deal for America , ” Clinton told reporters on Jan. 10 , 2000 .
He said that Ricchetti would work closely with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislative support for the measure .
“ Our products will gain better access to China ’ s market in every sector from agriculture to telecommunications to automobiles , ” Clinton continued , adding that China would gain “ no new market access to the United States.
” Critics of PNTR doubted China would comply with the trade agreement .
They also predicted that PNTR would lead to job losses in the U.S. “ On the basis of trade alone there is enough reason to oppose PNTR at this time , ” Nancy Pelosi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said in a statement on April 19 , 2000 .
“ China has violated every trade agreement it has made with the U.S. over the last ten years , ” Pelosi said .
Ricchetti ’ s whip effort succeeded despite resistance in his own party .
The House passed the bill on May 24 , 2000 , by a vote of 237-197 .
A majority of Republicans supported it , while a majority of Democrats opposed it .
The Senate voted 83-15 to pass the bill on Sept. 19 , 2000 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ yea ” votes .
PNTR has come under intense scrutiny in the two decades since its passage , due in large part to China ’ s meteoric economic rise and the perception of heavy U.S. manufacturing job losses .
One widely-cited study from a pair of Yale researchers found that PNTR caused a “ sharp drop ” in the number of U.S. manufacturing jobs .
“ U.S .
manufacturing employment fluctuated around 18 million workers between 1965 and 2000 before plunging 18 percent from March 2001 to March 2007 , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter K. Schott , in their December 2012 paper , “ The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment.
” “ In this paper , we find a link between this sharp decline and the U.S. granting of Permanent Normal Trade Relations ( PNTR ) to China.
” Progressive Democrats have assailed PNTR since its passage , while a growing number of Republicans have turned hawkish on trade with China .
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders , who was Biden ’ s top competitor in the Democratic presidential primaries , introduced legislation on Feb. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the House , to repeal PNTR .
Sanders said in a House floor speech that the PNTR had been an “ absolute failure ” for U.S. trade policy .
He asserted that the U.S. trade deficit with China had increased 50 % and that 2.7 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. had been lost in the four-plus years after PNTR ’ s passage .
“ The word has got to go out loud and clear to companies like Walmart , GE , GM , IBM and dozens more , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can not keep sending America ’ s future to China , ” Sanders said .
Biden has provided little insight into his plans for trade relations with China during his administration , saying only that he will consult with labor leaders and environmental groups when developing trade policy .
“ We ’ re going to invest in American workers and make them more competitive , ” he said on Monday .
Biden is expected to be far less hawkish on China than President Donald Trump has been .
The Trump administration has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tariffs on Chinese goods , placed sanctions on Chinese companies and blocked some from purchasing American technology products .
President Barack Obama acknowledged in an interview this week that he should have done more to confront China .
“ I didn ’ t come into office as a knee-jerk anti-trade guy , but if you looked at the facts , China consistently ran mercantilist policies that violated international trade rules to help build up their economy from the late ’ 80s through today , ” Obama said in an interview with The Atlantic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inaction against Beijing because of the financial crisis underway when he took office .
“ I actually think that it is entirely legitimate to push China much harder on trade issues.
” The Biden transition team did not respond to a request for comment .
Chuck Ross is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Rep. Green Appointed to National Defense Authorization Act Reconciliation Committee

U.S. Rep. Dr. Mark Green ( R-TN-07 ) was appointed to a committee to work out differences between the House and Senate on the annual defense funding act .
Green said he will serve on the House-Senate Conference Committee for the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) .
The conference committee is tasked with reconciling the Senate and House defense authorization bills into a final version for the upcoming year .
Tracking information on the bill is available here .
“ As a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan , proudly representing Tennessee ’ s servicemembers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am deeply committed to ensuring that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need as they serve in the cause of freedom , ” Green said .
“ One of Congress ’ fundamental duties is to provide for the common defense , ” Green said .
“ As we witness growing and changing threats to our country from foreign adversaries such as China , North Korea , Iran , and Russia , it is more important than ever to ensure that our servicemembers can carry out their mission to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and values at home and around the world.
” McCarthy said , “ Mark graduated from West Point and spent nearly 25 years of his life serving his country as a decorated soldier and physician , with multiple deployments to the Middle East .
His actions show a simple truth : that this nation is worth fighting for .
He has never wavered in that belief .
I have full confidence he will advocate for the right policies to keep our nation safe and our troops healthy on and off the battlefield.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress must pass the NDAA and a budget to keep the government operating , Nexstar Media Wire reported .
Also , lawmakers have said they will pass a new COVID-19 relief package .
Jason M. Reynolds has more than 20 years ’ experience as a journalist at outlets of all sizes .

Arizona State Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) and 19 other legislators issued a statement following a video that went viral of three black students kicking two white students out of Arizona State University’s multicultural center. They demanded accountability and threatened to withhold funding from the university.
They announced, “It has come to light following the racially-motivated harassment of two students and their subsequent removal from one of the campus’ study facilities that ASU has allowed a culture of institutionalized racism and neo-segregation to take hold on its campus. The racially-charged removal of these students from the multicultural center begs the question of why Arizonans are being forced to spend tens, potentially hundreds, of millions of their hard-earned tax dollars on a building at a public university that some of our citizens are not allowed to use?”
Hoffman is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and concluded that he would “get to the bottom of this and take the appropriate action in the upcoming budget. Not one penny of taxpayer money should be appropriated to a public institution that in any way enables racism or neo-segregation. Period.”
ASU said it is investigating the incident. The angry students may have been “triggered” by a sticker on the laptop belonging to one of the white males, which said “Police Lives Matter,” and the slogan on the other white male’s shirt, which said “Did not vote for Biden.” They told the two young men, “You’re making this space uncomfortable” and “white is not a culture.” They said the Police Lives Matter sticker was racist.
One of the three told the students to leave, and another remarked, “This white man thinks he can take up our space, and this is why we need a multicultural space, because they think they can get away with this sh*t.” One of the two males packs up and leaves, and the other one stands up and looks like he might have been about to leave too.
A fundraiser was started for the harassed students on GoFundMe — one of the students mentioned in the video that he works 60 hours a week to support himself and his tuition, explaining that he’s not entitled — but GoFundMe removed it, refunding the money back to the donors. The company said it violated their “prohibited conduct policy,” which bans content that GoFundMe finds to be “in support of hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind.”
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Rachel Alexander is a reporter at The Arizona Sun Times and The Star News Network. Follow Rachel on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected]


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Commentary: A History Lesson for Democrat List Makers and Election Thieves

As we noted in our recent column Democrat Socialists Are Coming For You , the Left has begun to make lists of supporters of President Trump and the MAGA movement with the intention of driving all those whom they can identify out of the public square and depriving them of employment , education and other societal benefits .
The latest examples of this Democrat system of oppression are the targeting of lawyers representing President Trump and a petition being circulated at Harvard University demanding that former Trump administration officials be prohibited from attending , teaching or speaking at the university @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and livelihoods of their political opponents Democrats are following the well-trod path of previous generations of totalitarians .
The Nazi Nuremburg laws barring Jews from employment , Communist regimes designating various groups as “ class enemies , ” the Maoist Cultural Revolution , the Communist Chinese system of “ social credit ” and the Sharia-supremacist designation of non-Muslims as dhimmis , are just a few of the historical antecedents of the Democrats ’ plans to use a combination of election fraud and economic warfare to destroy any opposition to their hold on power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largely unrecognized in the United States , * but that doesn ’ t mean it hasn ’ t existed , or been confronted and defeated , when it has grown intolerable to a group of citizens brave enough to do so .
As the American Heritage website explained , in 1936 McMinn County , Tennessee was taken over by Paul Cantrell , the Democratic candidate for sheriff .
Cantrell , who came from a family of money and influence in nearby Etowah , tied his campaign closely to the popularity of the Roosevelt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to victory over his Republican opponent .
Fraud was suspected—to this day many Athens citizens firmly believe that ballot boxes were swapped—but there was no proof .
Once Cantrell seized absolute power you couldn ’ t do anything in McMinn Co. without his permission or payoff .
Apart from the Sheriff ’ s Office , the corrupted clique held the local media , schools , and pretty much all of the government institutions in McMinn County .
Lones Seiber , writing for American Heritage , documented what happened next : Encouraged by his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become a ten-year reign as the king of McMinn politics .
In subsequent elections , ballot boxes were collected from the precincts and the results tabulated in secret at McMinn County Jail in Athens .
Opposition poll watchers were labeled as troublemakers and ejected from precinct houses .
The 1940 election sent George Woods , a plump and affable Etowah crony of Cantrell , to the state legislature .
Woods promptly introduced “ An Act to Redistrict McMinn County.
” It reduced the number of voting precincts from twenty-three to twelve and cut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peace from fourteen to seven .
Of these seven , four were openly Cantrell men .
When Gov .
Prentice Cooper signed Woods ’ s bill into law on February 15 , 1941 , effective Republican opposition died in McMinn County .
McMinn County Court , which was still dominated by Republicans , directed the county to purchase voting machines .
The Cantrell Democrats countered by having Woods get a bill passed in Nashville abolishing the court and then selling the machines to “ save the county money.
” Department of Justice records @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County in 1940 , 1942 , and 1944 —all without resolution .
At the same time , corrupt Democrat law enforcement started harassing returning GIs – making a habit of picking up GIs and fining them heavily for most anything .
They were , as witness Bill White related , “ …kind of making a racket out of it.
” “ After long hard years of service—most of us were hard-core veterans of World War II—we were used to drinking our liquor and our beer without being molested .
When these things happened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they arrested , the more they beat up , the madder we got , ” said Mr. White .
In the early months of 1946 , the GIs decided in secret meetings to field a slate of their own candidates for the August elections .
In May they formed a nonpartisan political party .
Mr. Seiber , who witnessed the events as a seven-year old child , related that “ the veterans fielded candidates for five offices , but interest centered on the race for sheriff between Knox Henry , who had served @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul Cantrell .
Since the 1936 election Cantrell had gone on to the legislature as state senator and installed Pat Mansfield as sheriff of McMinn County .
A big , jovial sometime engineer for the Louisville & Nashville , Mansfield had done very nicely for himself during his term of office : his four years as sheriff had netted him an estimated $ 104,000 .
But now , in 1946 , Cantrell was running for sheriff and Mansfield for state senator.
” In the final week a flurry of advertisements appeared in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enumerated the accomplishments of the Democratic party ; while his crony Mansfield denied that two men arrested on July 30 with a shipment of liquor were deputies , even though they admitted they were and had been delivering “ election whiskey.
” In an eerie prequel to the 2020 election , downtown merchants announced that all stores would be closed on Election Day and Boss Cantrell warned that the veterans had printed sample ballots with the intention of stuffing ballot boxes ; the veterans offered a one-thousand-dollar reward for verifiable information about election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks had sounded again and again from their car-mounted loudspeakers : YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED AS CAST .
Two days before the election the GIs ran an advertisement in the Post-Athenian : “ These young men fought and won a war for good government .
They know what it takes and what it means to have a clean government—and they are energetic enough , honest enough and intelligent enough to give us good , clean government.
” August 1 , 1946 : Election Day found voters lined up early in the largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Joining them were some three hundred of Democrat Sheriff Mansfield ’ s special deputies .
Trouble began early .
At 9:30 A.M. Walter Ellis , a legally appointed GI representative at the first precinct in the courthouse , was arrested and jailed for protesting irregularities .
According to Mr. Seiber ’ s research , at about 3:00 pm Tom Gillespie , an elderly black farmer from Union Road , stepped inside the eleventh-precinct polling place in the Athens Water Works on Jackson Street .
Democrat Windy Wise , a guard for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Ni**er , you can ’ t vote here.
” When Tom protested , Wise struck him with brass knuckles .
Gillespie dropped his ballot and ran for the door .
Wise pulled a pistol and shot him in the back as he reached the sidewalk .
The shooting of Mr. Gillespie set off a series of assaults against the GI poll watchers and attempts by the Democrats to seize the ballot boxes .
By 6:00 P.M. it seemed to be over .
GI headquarters was deserted , and unhappy crowds moved quietly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been stolen , and nothing could be done about it .
At the Strand Movie Theater across from the courthouse , the marquee read : “ Coming Soon : Gunning for Vengeance.
” According to Mr. Seiber , Bill White , who had fought in the Pacific while still in his teens and come home an ex-sergeant , had gotten angrier as the day wore on .
At 2:00 pm in the afternoon he had harangued the group of veterans in the Essankay garage , saying : “ You call yourselves GIs—you go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four years—you come back and you let a bunch of draft dodgers who stayed here where it was safe , and you were making it safe for them , push you around .
… If you people don ’ t stop this , and now is the time and place , you people wouldn ’ t make a pimple on a fighting GI ’ s ass .
Get guns… ” Bill White then detailed two GIs to get a truck and , with a few other veterans , perhaps a dozen , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There , he said in a 1969 interview , they “ broke down the armory doors and took all the rifles , two Thompson sub-machine guns , and all the ammunition we could carry , loaded it up in the two-ton truck and went back to GI headquarters and passed out seventy high-powered rifles and two bandoleers of ammunition with each one.
” After the GIs ’ demand for a public counting of the ballots was ignored the night exploded in automatic weapons fire punctuated by shotgun blasts .
The Democrats finally gave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the stolen ballots had been locked away .
On August 4 corrupt Democrat Sheriff Pat Mansfield telegraphed his resignation as sheriff of McMinn County to Governor McCord and requested that GI candidate Knox Henry fill his unexpired term , which would end on September 1 .
Mr. Henry was appointed as Sheriff immediately , and the next day corrupt Democrat State Rep. George Woods returned to the county under GI protection to convene the election commission and certify the election .
A cheer rang out in the courthouse when Woods rose as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Henry was elected sheriff by a vote of 2,175 to 1,270 .
The national press was almost unanimous in condemning the action of the GIs , Mr. Seiber observed .
In an editorial , The New York Times concluded : “ Corruption , when and where it exists , demands reform , and even in the most corrupt and boss-ridden communities , there are peaceful means by which reform can be achieved .
But there is no substitute , in a democracy , for orderly process.
” However , the paper of record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no guidance as to how , without meeting corruption and violence head-on , that such an orderly process might be achieved .
Today ’ s corrupt Democrat list makers and election thieves might think of themselves as invulnerable as Boss Paul Cantrell and his deputies appeared to be back in 1946 , but as the Battle of Athens demonstrated , Americans are not inclined to accept being bullied into submission to corrupt Democrats , and when peaceful means fail , natural law allows a remedy from the people for corruption and political oppression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the post-Civil War Jim Crow South is a subject for a separate column .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Protestors Plan Fake News Takedown in Front of Atlanta’s CNN Headquarters

“ Basically we will tell our stories of walking away from the Democratic Party , walking away from the left , and we are going to talk about why CNN and other fake news outlets were instrumental in our decision to walk away from the political left , ” Straka said .
The Georgia Star News asked Straka to preview what will happen Saturday and what he and other speakers will discuss .
“ I trusted sources like CNN .
I believed MSNBC .
I believed Don Lemon and Anderson Cooper .
I voted for Hillary Clinton .
They convinced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a bigot and a horrible person and that his followers were dangerous and that they were racist .
I went on a journey to try to understand how Trump got elected in 2016 because these same outlets also said he had no chance of winning and that Hillary Clinton was going to win in a landslide , ” Straka said .
“ When I started researching what went so wrong in terms of their prediction and their projection I discovered that they lied about everything .
They lied about Trump .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moments out of context like calling all Mexicans racist or mocking a disabled reporter .
All of these different things were complete and total media fabrications and lies from the left .
I woke up to the reality that I was not being lied to or deceived by Donald Trump .
I was being lied to and deceived by CNN and these different media outlets .
That began for me the awakening that ultimately led me to walk away from all of them and walk away from the Democratic Party.
” “ Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the black vote .
The fear-mongering and the lies are not working , ” Straka said .
“ They are bringing people over to our side .
And I want to get there and blast the hell out of them and let them know that.
” Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Georgia Star News .
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Email tips to [ email protected ] Photo “ Brandon Straka ” by Brandon Straka .


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Americans for Prosperity-Georgia Stephen Allison Talks About What He’s Seeing on the Ground Door Kno

Americans for Prosperity-Georgia Stephen Allison Talks About What He’s Seeing on the Ground Door Knocking for Perdue

Live from Atlanta Wednesday morning on The John Fredericks Show – live weekdays on WNTW AM 820/ FM 92.7 – Richmond , WJFN FM 100.5 – Central Virginia , WMPH AM 1010 / FM 100.1 / FM 96.9 ( 7-9 PM ) Hampton Roads , WBRG AM 1050 / FM 105.1 – Lynchburg/Roanoke and Live Weekdays 6-10 am and 24/7 Stream – host Fredericks welcomed Americans for Prosperity-Georgia team members Tim Phillips in-studio and Stephen Allison on the line to reflect on door knocking experiences on the ground for Senator Perdue in north Georgia .
Fredericks : Joining us now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Director for Georgia of Americans for Prosperity and part of Tim Phillip ’ s grizzled veteran team .
Now Steve we understand that you guys were working so hard up in north Georgia when they ran out of supplies and you had to drive and bring them up like stuff .
Allison : Right .
Yeah , that is true .
Thank you for having us on by the way .
So I apologize I can ’ t be there in person .
We had I think five or six of our Tennessee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County which is right near the Chattanooga line .
Well the Tennessee line near Chattanooga .
And they ran out of supplies yesterday so I had to run a couple of thousand door hangers up to them late yesterday .
Fredericks : Wow .
So they gave out more than you guys thought they would have so you had to go and replace it .
It ’ s like you guys could have a supply line of provisions .
You got to get provisions .
It ’ s like you have a supply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of this supply list .
It ’ s like a war going on Steve .
Tim Phillips : Stephen you were telling me that you ’ re literally having to run a massive coordination effort from these supply lines across Georgia is that right ?
Allison : Yeah , I wish I would have majored in logistics in college because it might have been more productive at this time .
Phillips : Stephen you were telling me at the doors you ’ re hearing about everything under the sun .
Give us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a lot of folks at the doors over these last week or so since we rebooted the door-to-door effort here .
Give us a sense of what it ’ s like at the doors .
Allison : So we ’ re hearing a lot of different messages .
Obviously a lot of positives .
Obviously a lot of people that voted for Senator Perdue in the general are fired up ready to get back out .
We are running into some folks who you know maybe not like all of us on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every day .
They don ’ t know there ’ s a runoff .
And so our efforts are bringing that message of how important this runoff is .
How necessary we need them to get back out .
There ’ s a little frustration obviously with things that have happened in Georgia and it gives us a chance to pivot them to regardless of what happens with the presidential election here and what ’ s going on in the Secretary of State ’ s office and that their voice is indeed needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of different messages out there .
I can tell you we are talking to the right universe .
We are talking to voters who came out in the general .
We ’ re also talking to a lot of people who may have supported another candidate in that race and trying to tell them why we think Senator Perdue is the best choice to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate for the next six years .
Fredericks : And so the reaction of some of those that are in , because outside the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to persuade when you go into knocking on doors and they ’ re the persuadables .
What ’ s their level of enthusiasm when you ’ re done ?
Like you knock on my door .
You try to persuade me .
Then you got to get me to go out and vote .
Vote early .
Vote often .
I mean vote early obviously .
What is their reaction ?
Allison : That reaction can really be varied .
You ’ re going to have some people that our message with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Of opposing government-run health care of how Senator Perdue has supported our veterans over his first term .
those are messages that can resonate with some people and have actually turned people around at the door .
so maybe you know let ’ s be honest , Georgia was the epicenter here .
We had a ton of money spent here .
a lot of people started to tune out in October and they had made their choice .
and maybe there ’ s some buyer ’ s regret out there .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk to those folks about issues maybe they didn ’ t think about and why we think Senator Perdue is the best choice but but overall the issues run the gamut .
You ’ re going to have some people who are just so fired up they want to go out and vote today .
So you know is we will label these folks who say yes I ’ m going to be there for Senator purdue and then we ’ re going to call them .
You know first first week of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ database and we ’ re going to call them .
We ’ re going to say hey Tim , remember we knocked on your door ?
Hey , we need you to get out there and vote .
So it ’ s not just about a one-time leave a door hanger .
It ’ s us and our grassroots capability and reaching out and reminding them of voting and reminding them until we can get them out to the polls .
Phillips : I can ’ t tell you how many people John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the door you ’ re the only live human being I ’ ve had a conversation with about politics about this race at their doors .
Literally .
They ’ re seeing the ads but they ’ re not having human interaction .
that ’ s one thing we ’ re working really hard to fix .
And by the way , I want you to know I am going the extra mile .
I was in Valdosta on friday and Stephen tell me if you can top this for commitment level .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ elderly couple putting up their yard Christmas decorations .
They had a huge manger scene and they were putting Santa ’ s sleigh on the porch up about eight feet and they were struggling to get Santa in his sleigh .
And they had a stepladder .
And they were rather elderly and I ’ m like you know why don ’ t I help you with this .
So I took about eight minutes away from the doors of other houses John and did a good Christmas deed in November .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But I spread Christmas cheer .
I got the giant he was rather rotund Santa up in the sleigh on the stepladder .
No injuries in the household nor to me .
Fredericks : Did we take a video of that ?
Phillips : I wish someone had been there .
Fredericks : It would have gone viral .
Phillips : I don ’ t know Stephen if you ’ ve done that yet but until you ’ ve helped someone put a stand-up on their display on the top of the porch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can top that or not Stephen .
( Fredericks chuckles ) Allison : No , that one ’ s going to be a tough one at the top I agree with you there Tim .
Fredericks : Too much Stephen .
You mentioned something earlier and I want to get Tim ’ s comment on it .
You mentioned some people have buyer ’ s remorse .
Can you elaborate on that Stephen ?
Allison : Yeah , I think one of the things that happened in our world where we get somewhat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an early ad .
There are folks you know in Georgia we can vote three weeks ahead .
Maybe they found out something about a candidate ’ s position after they voted .
So I know that I was talking to one of our staff members from Tennessee who said he showed up to a door and the guy said that you know he he did not vote for Senator Purdue in the general but after he had learned about a position that one of the other candidates had taken he said I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our field staff pivoted specifically to healthcare in that instance .
It was a conversation about COVID and government-run health care instead of healthcare freedom .
And our staff member was able to pivot to Senator Perdue ’ s record on keeping free choice in health care and that spun him around right there .
and that guy was like you know you bring up a good point .
I didn ’ t know that .
I wish I would have known that in the general .
and so he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back out and support Senator Perdue in the run-off .
So it ’ s those kinds of conversations that you can have on a variety of issues whereas Tim said , we are the only ones that are doing this .
We ’ re the biggest team on the ground and we ’ re on the ground all over the state right now .
Listen to the full show here :


thetennesseestar--2020-11-20--Trump Lawyers Bombshell: We Have More Than Enough to Overturn the Election

ATLANTA , Georgia – President Trump ’ s top lawyers hosted a press conference saying they have more than enough evidence to overturn the election .
Attorneys Rudy Giuliani , Sidney Powell , and Jenna Ellis gave the joint preliminary presentation .
Giuliani offered state-by-state breakdowns outlining evidence of voter fraud ; Powell delved into the fraud committed using electronic voting systems , including Dominion Voting Systems ; and Ellis explained how the legal process would work to investigate the alleged multi-tiered orchestration of fraud that occurred .
A few minutes prior to the legal team taking the stage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reveal a map of the country reading , “ Multiple Pathways to Victory.
” The states colored in red were Nevada , Arizona , Wisconsin , Michigan , Pennsylvania , and Georgia – six of the states in contention currently .
Giuliani stepped up first to speak .
He mentioned that their affidavits may cause nearly 700,000 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania to be thrown out , due to a lack of inspection of those ballots .
“ The only time you can ever find out if it is a fraudulent ballot is when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you approve this [ the ballot ] the only thing left is the vote .
That could ’ ve been Mickey Mouse .
That could ’ ve been a dead person .
That could ’ ve been the same person [ voting ] 30 times .
And all these things have happened , by the way , ” Giuliani said .
Because of that , Giuliani stressed , Georgia ’ s recount wouldn ’ t tell auditors anything because it would only recount the same fraudulent ballots .
Then , Giuliani stated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Michigan and Wisconsin .
“ We have over-votes in numerous precincts .
One of the reasons that one of Republicans didn ’ t certify was because the vote was monstrously high , ” he said .
“ The frustration of this is – what I ’ m describing to you is massive fraud .
It isn ’ t 100 votes switched here or there.
” Giuliani added that their team plans to file a lawsuit in Georgia on Friday .
He cited the incident prohibiting Republicans from watching the absentee ballot counting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proof of numerous double voters , out-of-state voters , and voter intimidation .
Their team also plans to bring another lawsuit to Arizona , according to Giuliani .
And , he stated that their team has received significant voter fraud allegations from New Mexico and Virginia .
“ The states we have indicated in red – Nevada , Arizona , Wisconsin , Michigan , Pennsylvania , and Georgia – we have more than double the votes to overturn the election , ” he said .
“ Look at the lawsuits , look at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the affidavits.
” Apparently , the evidence presented isn ’ t everything they have .
Giuliani stated that there were other aspects of fraud that he wasn ’ t at liberty to reveal .
He asked the viewer to think critically about the simultaneous decisions made by elections officials to adopt similar ballot counting practices .
“ We can not allow these crooks – because that ’ s what they are – to steal the election from the American people , ” stated Giuliani .
“ They didn ’ t elect Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of the fraudulent ballots , the illegal ballots that were allowed to be used after the election was over .
Give us an opportunity to prove it in court – we will.
” Then , infamous Gen. Michael Flynn lawyer Sidney Powell asserted that the country ’ s electronic voting systems were influenced by Venezuela , Cuba , and possibly even China .
Powell stated that their team placed Venezuela ’ s Hugo Chavez as the chief orchestrator of the creation of Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic software .
Jenna Ellis took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their team .
She contextualized the necessary length of time for these trials by referring to simpler civil trials she ’ d done in the past .
“ This is not a law and order episode , where everything is neatly wrapped up in sixty minutes , ” she said .
“ Trials take time – this is basically an opening statement so that the American people can understand what the media has been hiding from them.
” Then , Ellis called out journalists and major media outlets for imposing final judgments without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in court .
Ellis explained that the press conference served as an opening statement – an overview , not a fact-finding process .
“ If the United States caves to corruption for this kind of election integrity disaster , then no election will be secure from here on out .
We are the representatives that are here standing in this gap and defending President Trump and defending you , the American people , at the end of the day , ” she said .
“ As my colleagues have said , we will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be intimidated .
You the press should cover this fairly adn should know this matters to election integrity .
[ The election ] is irredeemably compromised , and we will show that.
” During the questions portion of the press conference , several journalists asked the team why the legal proceedings have been drawn out , and where their evidence was .
Giuliani took to the podium to reiterate their previous statement : all normal legal processes take time , even in this case , and their sworn affidavits and hacking proofs are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or disagree with the affidavit [ s ] – [ they ’ re ] evidence .
You ’ re lying to the American people if you say there ’ s no evidence.
” Corinne Murdock is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and the Star News Network .
Follow her latest on Twitter , or email tips to [ email protected ] .
Photo “ Rudy Guiliani Press Conference ” by Bloomberg .