Yesterday, I managed to get in a grocery order. I authorized one substitution, and was glad I had, because my preferred article was out of stock. Two items were missing – both things I just wanted to try, not anything staple. I also looked over all the news and opinion articles on the internet I found interesting, and decided both to try to ignore the election as it’s being run and counted (I have found that a recipe for anxiety) and also to do my best to make one of the short takes a feel-good story I don’t know whether I can keep that up past Wednesday, but I am going to try. If anyone would like a more broad overlook of the week, I recommend Joyce Vance, who has done a stunning job of putting it all together. (Heather Cox Richardson decided to post a soothing photo. I certainly respect both decisions.)
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Reuters – ‘Kill them’: Arizona election workers face midterm threats
Quote – The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment on specific ongoing investigations but said it has opened dozens of cases nationwide involving threats to election workers. Eight people face federal charges for threats, including two who targeted Maricopa County officials. DOJ spokesperson Joshua Stueve said that while the “overwhelming majority” of complaints the agency receives “do not include a threat of unlawful violence,” he said the messages are “often hostile, harassing, and abusive” towards election officials and their staff. “They deserve better,” Stueve said.
Click through for details. Reuters appears to have no problem with people who read it very occasionally. If you was to read it a bit more grequently, you can register for free access, I hav done so, but sldom need to use it, and did not need it for this.
PolitiZoom – Ha-Ha – The People Behind “2000 Mules” Are In Jail
Quote – Now here’s a story sure to warm the hearts of any Democratic voters (who turned out in 2020 in record numbers to ensure the Orangeutan would be denied a second term and another chance to wreck our Democracy, only to be falsely accused of stuffing ballot return boxes and other electoral malfeasance) and who want to see the record set straight and malefactors like Dinesh D’Souza and anyone else responsible for the slanders propagated against them by his BS schlockumentary 2000 Mules held to account:[.]
Click through for article. This is only for contempt of court, but it is very real, and there appears to be a Catch-22 of their own making. The evidence they have failed to torn over may not in fact exist. If so, in order to clear it up they would have to trade contempt for perjury. Not what I would call an attractive option.
Food For Thought
