In preparation for what I would write about today, I started collecting some of the big stories. I don’t know when there has been so much big news happening day after day. So I had a good start. And then, early this morning, I got a similar list passed along to me, including all I had, plus a few. Some I can’t verify yet. I and people like me just want to know, Do we get to keep our country and our freedoms? We’re interested, so we keep searching for true news, wherever we can find it. And right now the news is coming at us like a firehose.
The Texas
Lawsuit
meme found on Facebook
The biggest story, especially living here in Texas, is about
the Texas lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, filed
late near midnight Monday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Office put out this statement:
“Trust in the integrity of our election processes is
sacrosanct and binds our citizenry and the States in this Union together.
Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin destroyed that trust and
compromised the security and integrity of the 2020 election. The states
violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating
the Constitution. By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not
only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every
other state that held lawful elections,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Their
failure to abide by the rule of law casts a dark shadow of doubt over the
outcome of the entire election. We now ask that the Supreme Court step in to
correct this egregious error.”
Back in September we had a series on the Constitution. When
we covered Article 3, the Judicial Branch, we noted that in Section 2, the
Supreme Court is not just the ultimate appeals court. In certain circumstances
it is the court of original jurisdiction. One such situation is when one or
more of the states is a party in the suit.
So this Texas case goes directly to the Supreme Court. No
stops along the way for a lower court to hear it or reject it. This case is “outcome
determinative,” meaning that this one case could determine effect on the
outcome of the election, since enough electors are involved. Whereas cases
involving individual states would not, by themselves, determine outcome,
because their electors alone would not make enough difference.
However, the Supreme Court is not being asked to determine
the winner of the election. If it determines that the states indeed broke the
law in ways that affected Texas and other states, the Constitution outlines possible
alternatives. The first is for those state legislatures to
meet and select a slate of electors. They would be free to select either
candidate, although all of the states in question (plus AZ and NV, who are also
swing states with voter fraud issues) have Republican-majority state legislatures.
If states fail to send electors and neither candidate thus
gets 270 electoral votes, then the alternative approach is for the US House to
vote—with a single vote from each state, based on its majority delegation. Timing
changes the exact numbers, because Republicans have gained in the November
election. If such a vote happens after seating the new Congress, then
Republicans have 27 to Democrats’ 22, or something similar. If done with the
existing Congress, Republicans still lead by a couple.
As of yesterday, 17 states had signed on to the Texas case. Today I have heard the numbers 18, 19, and 25, but I haven't been able to verify more than 17. Also, President Trump is joining in this lawsuit as a direct interested party. There are various ways to join the suit—to become additional equal plaintiffs, or to offer amicus briefs, and probably other ways. I don’t know which states have done what. Arizona has also offered an amicus brief stating that they believe the Supreme Court must take the case, since there is no lower court to remand it to. Justices Alito and Thomas seem to agree, based on what they've said previously.
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| The rather beautifully written first couple of pages of the Bill of Complaint section of the Texas lawsuit |
SCOTUS has asked for responses by this afternoon (Thursday), so we
should know what those contain by Friday.
Here is the lawsuit for you to read.
There’s plenty more for you to read or view. Let's start with this one:
· “Texas is Suing 4 States for VOTER IRREGULARITIES and the Suit is AWESOME!” Viva Frei Vlawg, Dec. 8, 2020.
Frei starts with this:
And let me tell you something: This is a well-drafted
lawsuit. It is an election lawsuit, and the next time someone tells you that
there were no voter irregularities anywhere in this election, tell them to read
this lawsuit or watch this vlog, because they simply don’t know what they’re
talking about or they work for CNN.
He adds that it is “challenging the Supreme Court to take
action on the issue.” And he points out that the lawsuit focuses on these
states’ breaking the law—both their own state laws and the US Constitution.
Then it lists the damage done to faith in the outcome, using the most provable
of claims that require only known data, not speculation.
One main point is that each of these states changed voting laws
without the legislature; election law is required by the US Constitution to be
set by state legislatures. I think in one case a state had a legislative
change, but the change went directly against that state’s own constitution.
The ACLJ podcast has
updated info on the case at least daily. Here are those since Tuesday:
·
“Breaking: Texas Sues PA, GA, MI, & WI at
Supreme Court” Official ACLJ, Dec. 8, 2020.
·
“Breaking: SCOTUS Orders Response to Texas Lawsuit” Official ACLJ, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“These Are the Legal Arguments - PA, WI, MI,
& GA Ordered to Respond at the Supreme Court” Official ACLJ, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“BREAKING: President Trump and 18 States File at Supreme Court” Official ACLJ, Dec. 10, 2020.
Joshua Philipp of Crossroads has been covering the
Texas case in his daily Q&A livestreams. Here’s the one from Tuesday, when
the story was breaking, and then several print stories:
· “Live Q&A: Could Texas Break Election Deadlock?” Crossroads with Joshua Philipp, Dec. 8, 2020.
·
“Supreme Court Puts Texas Election Lawsuit on the Docket” by Jacob Palmieri for The Palmieri Report, Dec. 8, 2020.
·
“Texas Case Challenges Election Directly at Supreme Court” by Kris W. Kobach for Breitbart, Dec. 7, 2020.
·
“Multiple States Throw Support Behind Texas’ Election Lawsuit Against GA, WI, MI, PA” by Ryan Saavedra for The Daily Wire,
Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Submit Amicus Brief To Supreme Court in Brnovich v. DNC” Senator Ted Cruz press release, Dec. 7, 2020.
YouTube
Censorship
The next big story, coincidentally, is that YouTube announced
a new censorship policy.
·
“YouTube to Delete Content Alleging Presidential Election Fraud” by Jack Phillips for The Epoch Times, Dec. 9, 2020.
As of yesterday, any video that makes the claim that the
election is not settled will be taken down for being false. They claim that,
because December 8th was the “safe harbor” day, a week before the scheduled
Electoral College vote, when electors are appointed and given time to be
prepared for their vote, that all is settled. Note that nothing in law mentions
a “safe harbor” date. The date of the Electoral College vote is in statute but goes
unmentioned in the Constitution. Only the January 20 inauguration date is
mentioned (and that isn’t original either; it has been as late as April).
YouTube ignores all the cases that are making the electors
in as many as six swing states unsettled. But if you argue with them, you will be silenced.
In essence, because their censorship policy coincides with the very substantial Texas case, they may be silencing news about an active, pressing, even historic Supreme Court case.
There is quibbling, however. Joshua
Philipp described it in his December 9 Q&A. He says, by his reading, it looks like you can
say that Trump won the election. And you can say that there were voting
irregularities. But if you tie those ideas together to say that voting
irregularities mean that Trump really won the election, you will be censored.
On the R&R Law Group vlog Wednesday,
Robert F. Gruler tried to describe YouTube’s EDSA rules (educational, documentary,
scientific, or artistic). YouTube’s example was that of a documentary that
included speech by Nazi Germans; taken in context, that could be allowed,
because it is used to show history, not to promote Nazism. Gruler, in applying
that to the current election f-word (fraud), believes he can present information
from original sources and offer some analysis of that, but would not be allowed
to offer conclusions based on that analysis that go against YouTube’s assertion
that the election outcome is settled.
That means you can still find videos on YouTube, ones where
content producers are being very careful. But just in case, they’ll probably
all tell you they’re pursuing other platforms, such as Rumble, Twitch,
Facebook, Twitter, and probably others. I’ve been trying to navigate YouTube alternatives, but not yet successfully. I think that is going to be inevitable,
though. I’ve been trying to learn to navigate MeWe and Parler as well, as
alternatives to Facebook (see the story below), but I find them difficult and
unsatisfying so far. Maybe it’s an age thing. I’m also aware that Blogger is a
Google app, and that means I may eventually face scrutiny even here.
Facebook
Monopoly
Meanwhile, Facebook is being forced to divest some of the
companies it has acquired. By buying up any small competitor, it has
essentially made itself a monopoly. The FTC lawsuit is asking that Facebook
sell off Instagram and WhatsApp, and possibly others. The pressure for this case
has been building for a decade, but only recently has scrutiny been paid to the
control social media is exerting on the information people can get and share.
·
“Federal Trade Commission Calls for Breakup of Facebook” by David Ingram for NBC News, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“Facebook Looking at Fresh Antitrust Lawsuit from 40 States” by M. Corey Goldman for TheStreet, Dec. 3, 2020.
Some
Surprising News Stories
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| tweet image found on Facebook |
·
“Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings” by Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, and Jonathan Lemire for
Yahoo News, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“CNN Reporting About Confirmation of Investigation of Hunter Biden Is Laughable in Many Respects” The Spectator
commentary, Dec. 10, 2020.
· Tweet by Kyle Becker (see right) Dec.
9, 2020
Eric Swalwell—China Ties
·
“House Intel Republicans Not Told about Eric Swalwell’s Relationship with Chinese Spy” by Steven Nelson and Ebony Bowden for
The New York Post, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“FBI: Communist China Spy Infiltrated California Politicians, Including Russia Hoaxer Eric Swalwell” by Jordan Davidson for The Federalist,
Dec. 8, 2020.
Michigan State Rep Cynthia
Johnson—Threats
·
“Michigan State Rep. Cynthia Johnson Disciplined by GOP for Facebook Video” by Emily Jacobs for The New York Post, Dec. 10,
2020.
FBI Has Seth Rich Laptop
·
“FBI FINALLY Admits to Having Laptop of Murdered DNC Staffer Seth Rich, 1000s of Pages in Material” by Ben Sellers for Headline
USA, Dec. 10, 2020.
·
“HUGE: After 4 Years of Stonewalling Corrupt FBIFinally Admits They’re Holding Seth Rich’s Laptop” by Jim Hoft for The
Gateway Pundit, Dec. 10, 2020.
China Influences Wall Street
·
“Beijing Manipulated Wall Street to Steer USPolicy, Until Trump Became President: Chinese Professor” by Cathy He and Linh
Yun for The Epoch Times, Dec. 8 (updated Dec. 9), 2020.”
·
“Revealed: How Trump Broke China's Control
of America” Crossroads with Joshua Philipp, Dec. 6, 2020.
Some More
Election Sources
·
“Infographic: What Happened in Atlanta on Election Night” by Petr Svab for The Epoch Times, Dec. 9, 2020.
·
“Election Supervisor Shows on Video How Dominion Software Allows Changing, Adding Votes” by Petr Svab for The Epoch Times, Dec.
10, 2020.
·
Here Is The Evidence, a crowdsource data site
for election info.
· “Richard Baris: Evidence of Voter Fraud Disappears from State Networks” Crossroads with Joshua Philipp, Dec. 8, 2020.
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Some of the info in this section is certain, such as the transfer
of power to Central Command.
Here’s an announcement:
·
“TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY OF MARFORNORTH FROMCOMMARFORRES TO COMMARFORCOM” Dec. 8, 2020.
And here’s video of the ceremony
·
“U.S. Marine Corps Forces Northern Command Transfer of Authority to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command”
What I don’t know is whether that is significant in the ways
people are hinting. The chatter added that there’s a lot of military air traffic,
causing people to speculate all kinds of things. I’m guessing they think marshal
law is about to break out, maybe. But you can read this and see what you think.
·
“ALERT! 82nd Airborne Division: ‘A STORM IS COMING’–That’s General Flynn’s Division” by IWB Investment Watch, Dec. 9, 2020.
Another odd story came in a text passed along from a friend, but she could not identify the originator. Here are the main parts, copied
as is:
The Kraken is SOF directed against domestic enemies who
committed the election theft of 2020. This Kraken is needed because the CIA was
running a rogue ELECTION THEFT!!!! operation out of our US Consulate office in
Frankfurt Germany starting Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020. This is similar to the
dozens of other election theft ops that the CIA has conducted in other
countries around the world, very illegal then and now. Americans got a taste of
what its like to be fraked by the CIA. Something many countries around the
world already know. The US Army command was ordered by DoD and Trump to go in
to Frankfurt and seize the CIA's own servers as evidence of the theft. The US
Army did NOT raid Scytl's Frankfurt operation, that story is a ruse. The US
Army seized American servers. We own them. We retrieved our own servers from a
rogue CIA Election Theft Operation (similar to Hammer/Scorecard). Now President
Trump has the servers….
This news will bring down the CIA, FBI, all of the major news
organizations Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, all of the
television media, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, all of the tech titans Facebook,
Twitter and especially Google. Foreign governments in Canada (PM Justin
Trudeau), in United Kingdom (PM Boris Johnson), in France (President Emmanual
Macron), in Germany (Chancellor Angela Merkel) and even the entire European
Parliament will collapse. Trump has encrypted calls of John Brennan and Chris
Way [sic] commiting sedition. Trump has encrypted communications between
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer commiting sedition.
Trump has information proving that dozens of Congress people, Senators and
Governors all around America have committed election fraud and sedition. Trump
has all the information and evidence needed to prove that CNN, FOX, Facebook,
Twitter have all conspired to steal this election from the American people.
President Trump has all of this information. How? Trump controls the NSA and
the NSA has everything. Trump has everything because the NSA has everything.
BOMBSHELL INDEED!
I’ve heard enough elsewhere that I believe the CIA servers
were seized in Frankfurt. And quite possibly Kraken is the name of a military
intelligence unit; I’m uncertain how to verify that, but I've heard it from multiple places. I don’t know about any of
the rest of it. Is it wishful thinking that we could take down all the
anti-America conspirators? Probably. But then, who knows? It’s the year 2020,
after all.
Anyway, it has been a rather heavy news week. It’s still a
challenge to wade through to find truth. But, until the censors become
completely successful, at least we can still try to do that.
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