Voter fraud by Trump voters and other Republican lies about it

This is another example of how conspiracism leads to underhanded and even criminal behavior. If you are convinced that all real power is wielded covertly and the other side is always cheating, you feel entitled, even obligated to cheat yourself. https://t.co/aT2p90Q7zf
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein) October 28, 2024

Voter fraud is rare and easy to detect, but in the past two years there’s been an outbreak of voting irregularities in Pennsylvania involving Republicans. What explains this recent phenomenon? https://t.co/lbQ7VYg6ui
— Al Schmidt (@Commish_Schmidt) May 8, 2022

Why is it every time you see evidence of actual voter fraud, it was by Trump supporters?
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 9, 2022

Yet another case of Republican voter fraud. It may be time to require Republicans to only vote in person. Sadly, they just can’t be trusted with mail in voting.

Chris Christie https://t.co/j7TrnAwOMg
— SM (@sensiblemiddle) May 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1478793373368602625?s=11

It is intensely appropriate that the one cluster of voter fraud that allegedly occurred in 2020 was at The Villages, the physical embodiment of MAGA. https://t.co/uNMcuQM4O5
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 5, 2022

Alleged ‘dead’ 2020 Georgia voters found alive and well!
“It’s a Christmas miracle!” proclaims my friend ⁦@AlanIAbramowitz⁩. https://t.co/CJoxw9rOjY
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) December 27, 2021

.@MaddowBlog: We've reached the point at which Republicans are arguing that new voting restrictions are justified because their own party's voters have tried to cheat. https://t.co/tuSLN88CyQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 16, 2022

So it turns out there was some election fraud. But Trump's not going to like where it was coming from. https://t.co/AvZbNCI8t5
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 13, 2022

A third resident of The Villages has admitted to voting twice during the 2020 election https://t.co/XllaTljgyI
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 24, 2022

Wife of former Iowa House Republican convicted of 52 counts of voter fraud for taking Democrats' absentee ballots and using them to vote for Republican candidates, including Donald Trump https://t.co/JBiDoVuvhI
— Christopher Ingraham🦗 (@_cingraham) November 22, 2023

The conservative Heritage Foundation has tracked 15 cases of voter fraud in Colorado in a decade of mail-in balloting. The two most prominent cases were a former GOP chair and a man suspected of killing his wife who admitted casting her ballot for Trump. #copolitics https://t.co/tGq4EsSzXH pic.twitter.com/2GDX3Gwrfu
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 12, 2024

Right-wing influencers like @mayemusk proclaim that illegal voting is safe and easy. Gullible Republicans believe them, commit crimes, and get caught and sentenced to prison. https://t.co/Va09ZhOQJL pic.twitter.com/XjxzmzIq3Z
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 6, 2024

Another day, another Republican found guilty of voter fraud, voting multiple times in multiple elections. This time it's attorney James Saunders, 56, of Ohio. Saunders is a Trump donor who donated $3000 to the dotard. He gets three years & a $10,000 fine.pic.twitter.com/JOoRp99lGz
— BigBlueWaveUSA® 🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦 (@BigBlueWaveUSA) October 16, 2024

Put titles in quotes or this could happen

Sending this to my students to explain why you put titles in quotes… https://t.co/hfLXKtBDQH
— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) January 5, 2022

great tweet in the comments: to Manley:

Bite me on the dick
Make me scream, then ask for more
Just stomp on my nuts until
I'm writhing on the floor
— Shantotto Baby (@MidnightKoi) January 5, 2022

New York Ninja

The story of how New York Ninja was made is better than the film. In 1984, John Liu directed and starred in New York Ninja but the film was never finished. The reels ultimately wound up with Vinegar Syndrome, an independent label that does a great job of reissuing old films on discs. The reels didn’t have audio, there were no credits or cast list. They tried to contact iu but he wasn’t interested in doing anything with it.

Vinegar Syndrome edited the film into a coherent story and got actors to record the new script. It sounds like the dubbed movies from the old days. The film was released in theaters and on Blu-ray in 2021. The disc package is excellent.

The film is an entertaining revenge story and it’s great to see New York. Here’s a screenshot of the Ninja roller skating! I grew up in Manhattan and we did lots of roller skating.

Tweets about coal

The U.S. is ditching coal, and the Supreme Court ruling won't change that. @StevenMufson explains why: https://t.co/hsJZCrEKPA
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) July 1, 2022

Terrific report by @caraNYT detailing how former coal miners in Kentucky are transitioning to new jobs installing solar panels:https://t.co/RgVOGYYFB7

Reminder: The mine workers union says BBB would incentivize creating renewable jobs in coal country. Manchin is blocking it: https://t.co/MTJaUIgRT5
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 2, 2022

Many coal country residents still don’t believe that investments in green technology would provide them with long-term jobs. Unfortunately for President Biden, this skepticism has threatened to undermine his efforts on climate change. https://t.co/fTZtmb8A18 pic.twitter.com/SICLzEkSYE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 12, 2021

"It does feel wrong when your electric bill is more than your mortgage," West Virginia resident Felisha Chase told CNN https://t.co/yGIxqpNZM0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1450435225578786817?s=11

For decades now, the coal/WV thing has been more about the cultural ideal of coal miners than actual coal miners. https://t.co/hWx2zgtjCJ
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) October 19, 2021

There are just 11,418 coal-mining jobs in West Virginia. The state is already a chemical and manufacturing hub, one primed to benefit from green technology investment.

This is entirely about Manchin's wallet and the $500k a year he gets from Enersystems, which burns waste coal. https://t.co/L3JXFYzizR
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) October 16, 2021

Worth saying that coal accounts for a small fraction of nonfarm employment in West Virginia. https://t.co/NtuPmagMwV
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 16, 2021

Future historians — if there are any future historians, that is, if civilization doesn't collapse — will be astonished that we let the planet burn for the sake of an industry that employs less than 3 percent of workers even in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/Rg5Fk0tQpe
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 16, 2021

After four years of former President Trump trying and failing to revive coal country, there is now an acknowledgment within the industry that more pain is coming — and new ideas are needed to blunt the damage. https://t.co/Dez6Ch0MBc
— CNN (@CNN) April 21, 2021

More early coal plant closures in Colorado. The number of western coal plants with plans to operate beyond 2030 is dwindling: https://t.co/NhtG9D9dUd
— Sammy Roth (@Sammy_Roth) February 25, 2021

Trump's failure to rewrite Obama's standards for coal-fired power plants is an implicit admission of a simple truth: Nobody is going to be building new coal-fired power plants in America. https://t.co/uXFX4NmxpR
— Dan Farber (@dfarber) January 20, 2021

President Trump pushed to weaken regulations on industry, but more coal power plants closed during his first term than in the last four years of Barack Obama’s presidency.https://t.co/Fl479f8gzG
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) October 28, 2020

Revised tweet: EPA went to extraordinary lengths to try to boost the coal industry. Wheeler himself is a former coal lobbyist. But the effort failed. Coal burning in US has tanked. As a result, Americans are breathing cleaner air today than any point in EPA's 50 yr history. https://t.co/6JPfcdF5l3
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 22, 2020

Covid is rampant in Florida

DeSantis won’t do what is needed to stop the growth of Covid.

Fewer tests would hide thishttps://t.co/SJV4kP0B9m
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 3, 2022

This is sick. Florida’s Surgeon General is asked about rising Covid cases and his response is raising his eyebrows and smiling. He needs to resign. pic.twitter.com/YH9u7V7YwZ
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 4, 2022

DeSantis has declared victory over COVID-19 on:
4/20/20
4/28/20
5/4/20
5/20/20
9/25/20

3/2/21
3/8/21
6/4/21
10/14/21
10/28/21
11/27/21

Among other dates.

Today, Florida broke its record in new cases which was set yesterday. @removeron
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) December 25, 2021

In this edition of "The Absolute Worst," @JoyAnnReid brings you "the saga of #Florida Governor Ron DeSantis whose state is exploding with #Covid." #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/JGJP8dey7d
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) January 4, 2022

There are no state run COVID testing sites in Florida.

The lines you’re seeing are from overburdened testing sites run by counties, municipalities, and private organizations.
— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) January 3, 2022

COVID cases in Florida up 1051%, more than any other state. Hey Ron DeSantis, how are those bans on vaccine and mask mandates working out for you? pic.twitter.com/bxI3ahCLAL
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 28, 2021

Ron Desantis today is adopting Trump’s “we gotta slow the testing down” policy, claiming that people are sitting in line for hours for tests because they are hysterical and “will just go out and get tested all the time” for no reason. pic.twitter.com/CKKUaflJSl
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 4, 2022

Garland must do something about the insurrection inciters

Let’s see action as the Who would say.

growing fear across an entire spectrum of pro-democracy activists and ordinary Americans that Garland does not appreciate the solemn obligation to prosecute ALL aspects of the coup. He needs to lay out the set of facts he is investigating
https://t.co/EBDAQaI7oE
— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 4, 2022

We need action, not updates. It’s been a year since the insurrection and there’s no sign DOJ will hold the people who incited it accountable.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 3, 2022

The fight to keep our democracy

Michael Beschloss: “If we lose our democracy this year, we are unlikely to get it back during our lifetimes. I can't think of anything more important than that.” https://t.co/VT8CUOcVaN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2022

In every corner of the country, battles within the GOP revolve around one set of questions: How wholeheartedly the contenders support the “big lie” and how determined they are to seize the machinery of elections, @paulwaldman1 writes https://t.co/jAgXXs0tv2
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 4, 2022

The media must fight for democracy: ⁦@Sulliview
Put “pro-democracy coverage in front of your paywall, just as you’ve done with much of your covid coverage. Put teams of reporters and editors on the subject. Label it in a defining and memorable way”
⁦ https://t.co/tulPxwt9B7
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) January 3, 2022

.@AriMelber: As a rising number of Americans believe democracy is in crisis, Senate Majority Leader Schumer has officially launched a plan to stop Republicans from obstructing voting rights, threatening to push to end the filibuster. https://t.co/wzues8sOsl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2022

I genuinely find it amazing that several media figures have argued in recent days that Democrats shouldn't protect democracy and highlight their fight against authoritarianism unless polls indicate it's a top voter concern currently.

Some leadership isn't about poll snapshots.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 3, 2022

Overcoming the midterm blues will require making the election about something that matters, @EJDionne writes. If democracy isn’t worth fighting for, what is?https://t.co/5Nfrn0X02l
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 3, 2022

Americans aren't hearing the 'democracy in danger' alarm, ⁦@zbyronwolf⁩ writes https://t.co/629Xh40Qxx
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 7, 2022

CNN interviews Trump cult members, not Biden supporters who believe in democracy

Do you think America’s democracy is stronger or weaker than it was four years ago?

Stronger 19%
Weaker 71%

(Suffolk U./USA Today Poll, RV, 12/27-30/21)https://t.co/K3LiwF6DFc
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 10, 2022

“the right-wing threat to the US — & its apparent goal of laying the groundwork for a power grab, if necessary, in 2024 — is politically existential. Yet many Americans seem to be whistling past the graveyard of American democracy.” Or enabling the threat. https://t.co/651gk15ODh
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 13, 2022

Gerrymandering in Missouri

Even though some Missouri GOP legislators are pushing for a 7R-1D gerrymander, they likely don’t have the votes necessary for anything other than 6R-2D. That would be a win for Dems. https://t.co/KvAFoaLuYP
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 4, 2022

It still looks like the most likely Missouri outcome is a 6R-2D map that shores up #MO02 Rep. Ann Wagner (R), rather than an aggressive 7R-1D gerrymander targeting #MO05 Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D). https://t.co/dDh0fxOcT5
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 30, 2021

Pretty remarkable to see Missouri Republicans openly call for more aggressively gerrymandered maps. https://t.co/pvCts9vjWZ
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) January 3, 2022

Live by the gerrymander, die by the gerrymander.https://t.co/BaYDBt5aKq
— Turtleneck Politics™️ (@TonyMoonbeam) January 4, 2022

Will the Missouri democrats give the bipartisan support needed to gerrymander themselves into oblivion? Probably. https://t.co/9MfGcJbHYJ pic.twitter.com/6DSZUIuew3
— Matt B, PhD (@Matt_Bernico) January 4, 2022

Today, the Missouri state House passed this 6 🔴 / 2 🔵 congressional map, rebuffing conservatives who pushed a 7-1 map. https://t.co/e7hQqg1lcQ pic.twitter.com/q0E8lrHkQp
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) January 20, 2022

CNN’s excessive coverage of Trump cult members

As some of the replies to my tweet point out and I have said before, Biden supporters are boring. Saying that Biden won the election and the insurrection was done by Trump supporters is not good TV.

The media needs to be much more balanced instead of focusing on extremists.

When's the last time CNN interviewed Biden supporters? We need balanced reporting.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 3, 2022

62% don’t want Trump to run for president again

But the media is addicted to him and gives him excessive coverage. They have learned nothing from 2016 when their coverage helped him win the nomination and election.

The media should have less coverage of Trump’s probable 2024 campaign. https://t.co/3iNloVGKfM
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 2, 2022

What should Trump do next?
There is 12% of the country, and a fifth of Trump's 2020 voters, that want Trump to fight to retake the presidency right now, before the next election. https://t.co/AtJ0UPvQbz pic.twitter.com/r3vARiENgo
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) January 2, 2022

another poll

Would you like to see Donald Trump run for president in 2024, or not?

Would like to see 33%
Would not 59%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 1/7-10/22)https://t.co/MIyclO649x
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 12, 2022

Would you like to see Donald Trump run for president in 2024, or not?

REP
Would like to see 69%
Would not 23%

DEM
Would like to see 6%
Would not 92%

IND
Would like to see 32%
Would not 58%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 1/7-10/22)https://t.co/K3LiwF6DFc
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 16, 2022