[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] In a landmark decision, a Bexar County visiting judge has ordered a new election for the 180th District Court seat in Harris County, Texas. This ruling comes after Republican candidate Tami Pierce narrowly lost to Democrat DaSean Jones by a mere 449 votes in the November 2022 election.
DaSean Jones, who was sworn in as a Harris County criminal district court judge 15 months ago and has since presided over hundreds of cases, now faces uncertainty about his 2022 election victory.
If he was improperly elected, what does that mean for all the cases he presided over?
Republican Tami Pierce continues to contest the election results in court, asserting that "improper or illegal votes were counted" and that the election was "riddled with errors."
The legal scrutiny of the 180th District Court race has revealed troubling discrepancies. The court found that 1,430 illegal votes were cast, making it impossible to ascertain the true winner of the election. Furthermore, an additional 321 votes were incorrectly tallied due to an extended voting hour, a mishap attributed to an official error by the Harris County Elections Administration Office.
The court also awarded Pierce $65,265 for attorney fees and $752 for costs associated with defending against what was deemed a frivolous motion to dismiss her challenge, filed by Jones in early 2023.
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an additional 321 votes were incorrectly tallied due to an extended voting hour, a mishap attributed to an official error by the Harris County Elections Administration Office.
Texas has early voting where you can vote roughly a week before election day. An extended voting hour is definitely a sign for shenanigans. Care to bet those 321 extra votes were for a particular candidate or party?
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After Katrina in 2005 a lot of people from New Orleans were evacuated to the Houston area. A goodly number of them decided to stay permanently. With the expected results.
[BREITBART] Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), client of Justice Juan Merchan’s daughter’s consulting firm, said Tuesday he prepared Michael Cohen for testimony.
Cohen, of course, testified this week in the ongoing trial of former President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... , and many believed that Goldman’s comments indicated he was preparing Cohen for this testimony. But Goldman’s office now says that he was referring to previous testimony from Cohen in other matters and that Goldman has had nothing to do with Cohen in this ongoing case in New York.
"Congressman Goldman was referring to his February 2019 deposition of Michael Cohen, when the Congressman was Director of Investigations for the House Intelligence Committee overseeing an investigation into Donald Trump’s financial ties to Russia," Goldman’s communications director Madison Andrus told Breitbart News on Wednesday afternoon after the initial publication of this story. "The Congressman has had nothing to do with the Manhattan District Attorney’s prosecution of Donald Trump."
Goldman also paid more than $157,000 dollars to the political consulting firm of Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, Federal Election Commission disbursement filings obtained by Breitbart News show:
The Oversight Committee held a vote to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over the audio recording of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden. Nearly an hour into the hearing Republican House Oversight Chair James Comer could be heard asking if any other member would be seeking recognition, to which Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene responded by asking if any Democrats on the committee were employing Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter.
Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Occasional Cortex got their panties in a wad in response to Greene's remarks. Video at the link is precious.
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The video and transcripts won’t match.
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[THEHILL] Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has won the Republican nomination in the closely watched race for the state’s open Senate seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.
Hogan is vying to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.), whose plans to leave the upper chamber after three terms in the role kicked off a competitive Democratic primary in the Old Line State.
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I held my nose when I voted for him. Rino for sure but only one strong enough to win next election. Law enforcement can't stand the man or our new governor Moore. Rainy day fund is gone that Hogan built up. Spending continues. New taxes for short falls. 70% cuts to food stamp recipients. Community rescue services dramatically cut at this time. Closure of ACS power plant will dramatically increase energy and water cost increases. Tough times ahead.
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The great part is the dem voters passed on the white guy who could self fund his candidacy in favor of the box checker who will strain party resources that could go to other tight races.
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Sort of a win. Bringing both MAGA and RINOs to the Maryland polls might make a difference down ballot.
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If the GOP picks up the Senate I'd rather it was Jim Justice and Tim Sheehy supplying the 51st and 52nd votes anyway.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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If he makes it, he makes it. He would be a vote for Thune or Cornyn as Majority Leader.
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[THEFEDERALIST] The firm of Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... ’ favorite lawfare artist — who was also the attorney behind the Russia-collusion hoax — was all but laughed out of court in a recent Wisconsin election integrity case.
D.C.-based Elias Law Group, founded by former Clinton campaign and Democrat National Committee lawyer Marc Elias, brought a "novel" absentee ballot complaint against the state that an Obama-appointed judge called "head-scratching."
In dismissing the lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, U.S District Court Chief Judge James D. Peterson summarily rejected the leftist law group’s outlandish claim that a state law requiring a U.S. citizen witness and sign an absentee voter’s ballot is a violation of voting and civil rights.
’ABSURD’ INTERPRETATION
In a 37-page ruling, Peterson railed against the complaint’s core argument, concluding that "the most obvious problem with plaintiffs’ interpretation is that it simply does not make any sense."
"The absurd results to which plaintiffs’ interpretation would lead are reason enough to reject that interpretation. But the text, purpose, and history of [Wisconsin Statute] § 6.87 also support an interpretation that a witness is required to certify only the statements about the process of preparing the ballot," Peterson wrote of the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
"It is plaintiffs’ interpretation that leads to head-scratching results," the federal judge wrote.
The Elias Law Group, practitioners of unbridled leftist lawfare, represent four Wisconsin residents who "wish to vote by absentee ballot in the 2024 election, but they do not want to comply with the witness requirement," according to the lawsuit. They insist the process of asking any U.S. citizen to witness them vote and to sign their absentee ballots "is difficult or inconvenient for them."
"They contend that the requirement violates two federal statutes, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and they seek to permanently enjoin enforcement of the requirement," Peterson writes in his ruling.
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Was it absurd enough to impose a fine, or reimburse the state for attorney's fees (AKA lose pays), or refer Elias to the WI or DC bars for sanctions? You're supposed to do that with frivolous lawsuits in order to discourage that shit. It's just further erosion of our legal system.
I’m happy to report that I will meet the criteria to participate in the @CNN debate before the June 20 deadline. I look forward to holding Presidents Biden and Trump accountable for their records in Atlanta on June 27 to give Americans the debate they deserve. #KennedyShanahan24
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 15, 2024
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RFK doesn’t say that he will be in the debate. He says that he met the criteria. I am pretty sure that this debate was a side deal between two candidates rejecting the debate commission and their criteria.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana, a rule that if enacted would also enable more research on its medicinal benefits.
The proposal, first announced in April, would reclassify cannabis from a so-called schedule one drug to a schedule three. Schedule one drugs, such as heroin, are considered highly addictive with no medical benefits, while schedule three drugs are considered to have a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it found "some credible scientific support for the use of marijuana in the treatment of chronic pain, anorexia related to a medical condition, and nausea and vomiting."
"Additionally, no safety concerns were identified in the FDA’s review that would indicate that medical use of marijuana poses unacceptably high safety risks," the proposal says.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat who is running for reelection in November, initiated a review of the drug's classification in 2022, fulfilling a campaign promise that was important to left-leaning members of his political base.
Currently, the drug falls under the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) class that includes heroin and LSD. It would be moved to a group that contains ketamine and Tylenol with codeine.
Reclassifying marijuana represents a first step toward narrowing the chasm between state and federal cannabis laws. The drug is legal in some form in nearly 40 states.
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Wonderful. Now Biden is soliciting the pot head demographic.
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...All of which ignores a serious, serious problem: this ain't yer Grandfather's weed.
Over the decades, some stunningly complex and detailed work has gone on in the shadows to 'improve' marijuana - so much so that if we were talking about the same effort to 'improve' crops and livestock to feed people, somebody would probably be looking at a Nobel Prize.
The end result though is that now, some strains of marijuana and increasing numbers of CBD products are within spitting distance of being a fairly powerful psychotropic drug, and the decades of 'no worse than booze and non-addictive' have glossed this over. We are starting to see people physically addicted - and there is no other term for it - to marijuana. Legalization is only going to make this worse.
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Gain of function. It isn't just for bat viruses.
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If there was a way for people to indulge (or wallow) in their chosen vice without hurting anyone other than themselves, that would be fine.
It's pretty much never that simple.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
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This absurdity about restrictions on Mary Jane is a good 60-70 years too late. It's time for the US to join the 20th Century and decriminalize/legalize marijuana NOW.
Big Pharma might hate it, but one might think the big banks & Wall Street would be pushing Congress to make this happen. Weed stocks have to trade on the OTC, and those companies cannot use the banking system.
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I myself took my last hit about 50 years ago, because basically I had enough problems with reality, without looking for more.
It will be 'interesting' to see how this plays out.
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Pot heads of the 60's run this administration today. Die off only solution with passage of time. Youth will see the problems and avoid current toughs and actions of today. Feminism, abortions, trans confused people self eliminating.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
...every time you hear the phrase 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on 
