Some Winning, Some Losing

Last night we had a semi-decent sunset.  It was pretty much the highlight of the day. Now I'm going to talk about politics, so you've been warned.

Here is reporting from today's court ruling released in Pennsylvania.  Rudy the Ghoul lost yet another case.  Marc Elias might as well get silver shoes and a cape for the amount of work he has done defending voting rights in this year's election.

The latest case wanted to disenfranchise about seven million voters.  That would be the entire state of Pennsylvania.

 

Additionally the judge had words to say to the Giuliani legal team. 

We've feeling a little lighter, but not light enough.

In Wisconsin, the Republican observers of the ballot recount are slowing the process.  As you know doubt recall, the orange wombat paid $3M up front to recount the two counties with the largest Black populations.  At times, the watchers have objected to every single ballot pulled out of the box.  One of their objections has been because the ballots had been folded.  If I'm lying I'm dying.  I think they're trying to make Wisconsin miss the December 8 deadline for state certification.  I'm not sure what happens if that happens. More can be read here.

Michigan is in an uproar because Republicans want a recount, but state law says no recount until after certification.  I'm depending on the Secretary of State, who is a Democrat to bring this to a just conclusion.  I believe Michigan election law allows the Governor to appoint electors in the case where no consensus can be reached.  Governor Whitmer is a Democrat.

Nevada has not yet certified, but the stupid lawsuits appear to have reached the end of the line.

So, it's like watching a soap opera.  It just keeps going.  Meanwhile, we're facing a government shut down, Mnuchin (Secretary of the Treasury) clawed back the money the Fed was using for keeping the economy afloat, hospitals all over the country are full, there is a shortage of nurses and doctors, people are traveling for Thanksgiving, food bank lines are now measured in miles, and case counts continue to rise.  If I haven't sufficiently depressed you, HuffPost did a horrific article on how the wombat is undercutting the Great America Outdoors Act.  There will be drilling in ANWR and Utah. It's worth reading.