4 thoughts on “October 2020 Open Thread”

1. Root's Teeth Are Awesome October 9, 2020 at 15:06

   Militia member accused of kidnapping plot against Michigan governor turns out to be an anti-Trump anarchist: https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/09/white-supremacist-suspect-in-michigan-kidnapping-plot-is-actually-a-trump-hating-anarchist/

   A new video of one of the 13 men arrested and charged in an alleged kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows the suspect is a Trump-hating anarchist despite media claims the plot was hatched by pro-Trump white supremacists.

   “You know Trump is not your friend, dude,” said Brandon Caserta, with a large anarchist flag hanging on his wall behind him. “And it amazes me that people actually, like, believe that. When he’s shown over and over and over again that he’s a tyrant. Every single person that works for government is your enemy, dude.” …
2. Steven R Linnabary October 23, 2020 at 23:35

   Interesting news story from the SC US Senate race

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvjP7MH6bU

   Scroll ahead to 7:45 or so. No doubt Lindsay Graham thinks this should be illegal. lol

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3. Steven R Linnabary October 29, 2020 at 08:40

   “A federal judge has ordered South Carolina counties to stop rejecting absentee ballots on the basis of voter signatures appearing not to match signatures on file and ordered a review of any ballots thrown out so far for that reason.”

   If signatures don’t need to match on returned absentee ballots, they shouldn’t need to match on nominating petitions.

   https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/election/article246741881.html
4. Steven R Linnabary October 29, 2020 at 08:41

   “A federal judge has ordered South Carolina counties to stop rejecting absentee ballots on the basis of voter signatures appearing not to match signatures on file and ordered a review of any ballots thrown out so far for that reason.”

   If signatures don’t need to match on returned absentee ballots, they shouldn’t need to match on nominating petitions.

   https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/election/article246741881.html

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