"ICE: Do you have your ID Nadine’s Husband: Yea, what did you hit me for? Nadine: We’re citizens, there’s no reason to carry them Husband: This is my status and I’m getting my passport for you ICE: Ok, do you have ID on you? Husband: Yeah, but I need his information. He just hit my car. Nadine: Yeah, we need all the insurance information because you guys are damaging our vehicle. As the bizarre exchange continued, Nadine and her husband tried to get identifying information for the ICE agents that just intentionally rammed their government vehicle into their car. The ICE agent refused to answer—claiming they don’t have to provide the victims of their vehicular assault with any information. After Nadine tried to leave her car to write down the license plate number of the ICE agent who rammed into them, ICE threatened her with arrest! Husband: You have to have a reasonable cause ICE: Sit tight Nadine: You guys hit our car and had no reason to come after us Nadine: I will be contacting the lawyers and the ACLU. Husband: Go behind them and get their [license] plates because I don’t want that car to just take off. Nadine: Alright I’m getting out of the car to get plates. ICE: Stay in the vehicle mam—do not get out of the car. Nadine: You really think you can tell me what to do? ICE: You get out of the car you’ll be obstructing. Nadine: I’m not obstructing for leaving my vehicle! [ICE agent then reads off a law claiming Nadine would be obstructing if she gets out of her car] Nadine: That’s a lie! I’ll make sure that’s charged. What’s your badge numbers? ICE: I don’t have to answer any questions mam Nadine: Actually as a federal officer you are obligated to give me your name and badge number if you are doing something. ICE: “I think TikTok has lied to you.” In this upside down—growingly fascist country—Trump’s masked secret police are literally ramming into the vehicles of random Minnesotans and then harassing the victims to show their papers." ICE RAMS Into Car, Demands VICTIMS Show Their Papers: “We're Citizens!” open.substack.com/pub/status…

UPDATE/SCOOP: An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an NPR analysis finds. Read the state investigative reports: npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-571…

🚚 Detroit TCF vans Absentee ballots received before the 8pm deadline undergo security checks before transporting them in batches to the counting board. Detroit’s security checks can take several hours; clerks aren't allowed to start until Election Day.

NEW: Pinal County spent at least $150K on an independent audit to prove to a losing candidate/the public that its primary election was fair. Auditors announced yesterday that the candidate's claims were "completely unsupported." Full story: votebeat.org/arizona/2024/10…

There are so many outrageous angles to Trump providing COVID tests to Putin, but I'm most focused on the fact that Americans Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed were rotting in Russian prisons at the time, and Trump didn't even get them out in exchange for it. What a despicable human.

Hi Scott! FWIW: SA: "You wouldn't know if a postal worker discarded mail-in ballots from a Red zip code." SR: Yes you would. People can track their ballots to see if they get back to tabulation center. And if an entire precinct didn't vote, the jurisdiction would investigate. It would look really weird on the partisan density maps (that you see on all the television networks) if all the sudden there was just a big whole. SA: "You wouldn't know if the millions of overseas ballots that require no identification are even cast by Americans." SR: Military and overseas ballots require identification verification, just like other mail ballots. For example, we do signature verification on these return ballot packets. And there aren't "millions of overseas ballots" even across all 50 states. There were approximately 890,000 military and overseas votes in the 2020 general election. Across the WHOLE COUNTRY. SA: "You wouldn't know if a state actor and an insider accomplice hacked voting systems." SR: I'm not sure what you mean by "voting system," but if you mean ballot tabulation systems, then almost all states do post-election tests of tabulation equipment. This often includes a post-election hand count audit performed by the political parties to make sure that tabulators accurately read the ballots. It also ignores that tabulation systems are under lock and key and 24/7 video surveillance and usually have other physical security impediments. Additionally, the software is typically state and federally certified and isn't as manipulable as simply rewriting a line of open access C code. SA: "You wouldn't know if someone printed fake ballots and inserted them into the process." SR: If a voter votes in person, he is given one ballot that is specially designed to be compatible with the tabulator. The voter marks his ballot and then feeds the ballot into the tabulator himself. If a voter votes by mail ballot, the ballot must come back in a return envelope that is linked to a particular voter through a barcode. Election offices don't accept loose ballots dropped off at the doorstep. That barcode ensures that each voter only votes once. Once the return mail envelope is verified, bipartisan teams remove the ballot from the envelope, and they keep a log of the number of batches in ballots. When it goes to tabulation, the number of ballots read by the tabulator needs to match the number of ballots in the batch according to the log. This process is done by bipartisan workers and overseen by partisan observers. SA: "You wouldn't know the extent of ballot harvesting in states where it is illegal." SR: I agree that small scale ballot harvesting is exceptionally hard to police. For example, if your neighbors fill out their ballots, put them in their return envelopes, sign their return envelopes, then give them to you, and then you drop them off at the USPS two weeks before the election, then that is ballot harvesting according to many state laws, and it is very hard to police. That being said, if you started knocking on every door in your neighborhood, even the doors of the neighbors you don't know, and saying "hey, give me your ballot," then I find it hard to believe that none of these neighbors would call the police or an election office. If you tried to steal a whole bunch of ballot packets out of the mail, you'd also have to come up with decent imitations of the voter's signature, and I find it hard to believe that a whole bunch of voters would say nothing about their ballots not arriving in the mail. As soon as the intended voter says anything, the original ballot packet would be cancelled, and a new one would be sent to a voter. If this happened to an entire neighborhood, it would be investigated. Have a nice day.

10 simple facts about North Carolina/Helene: 1. Biden declared a national emergency on Friday 2. Biden declared a major disaster on Saturday, which means survivors can already apply for FEMA funds 3. There are 5,000 national guardsman in North Carolina 4. The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Health and Human Services are all working throughout the region 5. Biden spoke to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) who said he got "everything he asked for" from POTUS in Georgia. 6. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) asked Biden, Harris and Trump to stay out until rescue missions were complete for obvious reasons 7. Local groups and orgs typically lead the immediate relief efforts; the feds support with $$ and additional resources but are rarely the first to respond (again, for obvious reasons) 8. FEMA & local groups are shipping in food and supplies via truck, plane, and even freaking mules! 9. FEMA search and rescue teams are on the ground and have been for days 10. This website is full of people lying about 1-9.

RT @MuellerSheWrote: NEW: THREAD: A new ruling from Judge McBurney in Georgia overturning the abortion ban and allowing the procedure to co…

Marjorie Taylor Greene, my opponent, has millions of followers. (I don't, yet.) Mainly because I don't peddle conspiracies or throw tantrums on social media. But to spread our message, we must expand our audience. Can you retweet and follow us so we reach 150,000 followers?

GOP Rep Doubles Down On Racist Tweet: “It’s All True” ino.to/1ibtXUc

They're rehashing the 74k in person earlies. It's so incredibly shameless. Here is the three year old debunk. abc15.com/news/region-phoeni…

Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend encourages Trump supporters to racially profile people of color at voting locations and press them for proof they're eligible

Actual Springfield Ohio Story Is Pretty Different from What You’ve Heard - Even the Versions Not Written by Great Replacement Weirdos talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog… via @TPM

Amy from Springfield, Ohio sent me the following message I have permission to share: “Ben, I am writing from Springfield, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and raised my kids. It's a little town in Clark County, Ohio that was named in honor of my ancestor George Rogers Clark, brother of William Clark from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. My little city of 59,000 people, consists mostly of blue-collar workers, day laborers, teachers, nurses, etc. We are the home of the silent film actress Lillian Gish, comedian Jonathon Winters, and of course, the great John Legend. I never imagined seeing our town as the epicenter of so much conversation, discussion, and debate. Seriously, I can't turn on the TV without hearing our city mentioned! The truth is that no one steals our pets, let alone eats them. Our police department has verified this. Our Haitian population is known to be hard workers, business owners, and good neighbors. One friend said his Haitian neighbors always smile and wave, and that you've never heard Brahm's Lullaby until you've heard sung in French to an infant by a Haitian mother. My friend who is a construction worker at the Intel plant in Columbus said that many Haitian employees reside in Springfield (more affordable) and travel to Columbus to work...and that they are good people, hard workers, and always on time. Some are taking the opportunity to get training to further their skill set and employability. What HAS happened in Springfield is an outpouring of xenophobia. There are protests by the Proud Boys on the corners and violent threats to our city hall, colleges, and schools. Our tiny downtown (honestly, if you blink you'll miss it!) has dealt with multiple bomb threats, causing several schools to be evacuated and closed. The college where I teach, Clark State, is going virtual this week (Sept 16-20) out of an abundance of caution. Thumbs up to our college president and other administrators for always making safety a priority. Why? Because of Trump's complete lie about our city (a sarcastic "thank you" also to Loomer and Vance). As you know, Haitians are here under protective status. They are not killing and eating our cats and dogs, along with ducks and geese in Snyder Park. It has now become a running joke with an abundance of memes. But the truth is, it's sad and frightening. Along with teaching college, I have a small Etsy business. A recent customer has been wonderfully patient as I postponed shipment because I hesitate to go downtown to the Post Office (a request of my kids who live in LA, I told them I'd find a different shipping location). The lies from Trump and his allies are being perpetuated in the city. But fortunately, people are coming to Springfield to support our Haitian businesses! I can only hope that this little town, which typically leans red, will wake up and see what is in store without a blue wave.”

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I keep seeing people claim that this woman who ate a cat is a Haitian migrant. But this is FALSE. I found her voter registration information, meaning that she's an American who happens to be black, not a recent Haitian immigrant. Yet people jumped to blame and insult Haitians. Look, there are immense problems brought by illegal migration, but calling a national origin group "worse" than "drugs" and lying or sharing false information is wrong. Stick to facts.

NEW: I spoke to the individual who took this photo that’s being cited as proof that Haitian immigrants are eating cats, ducks & geese in Springfield, Ohio. Only the photo wasn’t even taken in Springfield. And there’s no evidence the man is Haitian dailydot.com/debug/redditor-…

Morons. kjzz.org/politics/2024-09-10…

Hi! Actual expert on this subject here. Horowitz's report wasn't an investigation of the accuracy of Steele's dossier but a) how the FBI used it, b) how it handled contrary intel. So anyone using the report as the first, second or last word on the dossier's accuracy is a con man.