[Federalist] A prominent Democrat law firm, founded by an architect of the Trump-Russia hoax, is suing to let foreign billionaires meddle in Ohio elections.
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 1 on June 2, banning foreign nationals from spending money on state ballot measures. Elias Law Group, founded by Russia hoaxer Marc Elias, challenged the bill in court on June 27, according to The Associated Press.
Elias, while working for a law firm whose client was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, paid Fusion GPS for the infamous Steele dossier that accused former President Donald Trump of ties to Russia. He then peddled the dossier to bureaucrats and legacy media.
Elias founded the Elias Law Group in 2021 to do the bidding of Democrat politicians, according to Influence Watch. The group, along with the law firm Cooper Elliott, sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, claiming that the state’s election integrity measure would harm public discourse.
"All noncitizens are now threatened with investigation, criminal prosecution, and mandatory fines if they even indicate they intend to engage in any election-related spending or contributions — including to support or oppose ballot questions in virtually any capacity," the lawsuit reads, according to the AP.
The Ohio law prohibits foreign nationals including green card holders, foreign political parties, foreign governments, and foreign businesses from contributing funding for "ballot issues or candidates."
So perhaps Elias’ real issue with Ohio’s ban on foreign campaign funding is that it keeps Democrats from doing what he falsely accused Trump of doing. The law simply bans foreign funders from interfering in Ohio elections to boost partisan turnout.
Caitlin Sutherland, director of Americans for Public Trust, pointed out the hypocrisy of Democrats who pretend to care about "foreign interference."
"For those following along at home, this means the attorney for a foreign billionaire is suing to make sure he can keep spending in Ohio," Sutherland wrote on X about Elias’ client, Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss. "I thought Dems said foreign interference is a problem?"
Compromised Interests
According to Influence Watch, Elias’ firm took $5 million from George Soros "sometime before 2016" to "challenge what left-wing activists allege to be restrictions that deter Democrats and left-wing constituencies from voting." The firm also represented the left-wing dark-money behemoth Arabella Advisors in 2022.
Wyss — known as the "new Soros," according to Bloomberg — has also given some $52 million through the Wyss Foundation to Arabella groups from 2010 to 2020. The groups have worked closely together over the years.
The Daily Caller revealed in 2016 that Wyss had given $41,000 to Democrat causes in 1998-2003, violating the federal ban on foreign nationals giving to campaigns. Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint in 2021 alleging illegal election interference from Wyss, the Wyss Foundation, and Arabella’s Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund, and the Berger Action Fund, which was previously the Wyss Action Fund.
Wyss has also interfered in Ohio elections, reportedly funding groups that sent a total of $3.9 million to help codify a supposed right to abortion in the state’s constitution. The ballot measure passed in November.
So essentially, a lawyer for Wyss’s interests is now suing to return the levers of power in Ohio to people like the foreign billionaire. Wyss clearly has political aims, as the Wyss Foundation worked with John Podesta, former adviser to President Barack Obama, in 2015 to expand the Democrat voter base with election policy.
The Elias’ Law Group’s suit is not about fair treatment for foreigners residing in America. It is simply a desperate power grab for the dark-money influencers that seek to co-opt American elections for their own ends.
This bill overcame plenty of conflict to become law. Now Elias’ firm hopes to undo this protection for Ohio voters. Like some of Elias’ previous work, the judge in this case should treat it as an "absurd interpretation" of the law for partisan ends.
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"All noncitizens are now threatened with investigation, criminal prosecution, and mandatory fines if they even indicate they intend to engage in any election-related spending or contributions — including to support or oppose ballot questions in virtually any capacity," the lawsuit reads, according to the AP.
As it should be, reptile. After all, whose country is it?
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The Ohio Supreme Court is 3 Dems and 3 Republicans. One of this Republicans is DeWine’s son. Not sure why foreign billionaires or Mark Elias have a right to mess in my civic life.
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07/03/2024 16:28 Comments ||
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#1 - Anyone with that much combustible hair gel is urged to stay away from open fire
Posted by: Frank G ||
07/03/2024 13:30 Comments ||
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I still think the Deep State has either a JFK scenario or a sudden medical event planned in the next 60 days. It would bring in Millions of sympathy votes
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The DS could whack Joe, but the sympathy doesn’t work unless you run Jill. No Dem politician would accept her. She has no political capital. Dems will also go into internal conflict in any scenario where Kamala is not Joe’s replacement. P.S. Kamala kills sympathy just by talking.
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US oil inventories have plunged. Economic hardships will undo Biden regardless of his tyranny.
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All administrations do it, but I suspect this "Biden" Administration are professionals when it comes to playing with statistics.
A recent jobs report had a boatload of jobs created by government, not the private sector. Not only does that not do much of anything for the economy, but it also can get counted twice in GDP numbers. How quaint.
[Al Jazeera] On Tuesday, Lloyd Doggett, a House Representative from Texas, became the first member of his party to publicly call on Biden to quit the race.
“I represent the heart of a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson. Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to withdraw,” Doggett said in his statement.
“President Biden should do the same.”
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a House Representative for Washington state, stopped short of calling on Biden to withdraw, but said she believed Thursday’s debate performance would cost him the election in November.
“We all saw what we saw, you can’t undo that, and the truth, I think, is that Biden is going to lose to Trump. I know that’s difficult, but I think the damage has been done by that debate,” Perez said in an interview with the KATU news channel in Portland, Oregon.
Jared Golden, a House Representative in Maine, also said that he believed that Trump would win and he was “OK with that”.
“Lots of Democrats are panicking about whether President Joe Biden should step down as the party’s nominee,” Golden said in an opinion piece published in The Bangor Daily News.
“Biden’s poor performance in the debate was not a surprise.”
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Its one of those subtle things about that showing which seems tough to hit.
The media, and Brandon's handlers, have been building up this narrative that people of Joe's age need a bit more care, a bit slower tempo, he's an old man for crissakes!
And then there is Trump, same age slice, in such a stark contrast in energy and alertness (whatever you thought of his showing), that narrative was critically demolished.
Also hilarious is CNN being thrown under the bus to bail water for the crypt keeper look. They eat their own, kids! They eat their own! Not even CNN is above it.
“Biden’s poor performance in the debate was not a surprise.”
Oh I think it was, that it would be so poor even with the low expectations. What it has shown, is they don't give a fig about lying to you, they don't give a fig about Joe Biden, holder of the office of The President of the United States, at all, so you damn well better be sure they don't give a fig about you.
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Anyone seen the over-unders on how long it'll take the democrats to initiate the 25th amendment (to save their bacon but claiming they did it for the good of the nation)?
Hey hey,
ho ho, SleepyNon-compos Joe has got to go!
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They will need to come down hard on somebody to stop the leaks, but that person can just quit and give interviews. I don’t see how they can control the story of Joe’s condition because it’s reality. Joe can’t prove that he is not senile to the American people because he is senile.
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It's Jill stupids. You got to make 'her' an offer she can't refuse. The Potato in chief won't remember the next day whether he stood down or not.
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It's Jill stupids. You got to make 'her' an offer she can't refuse
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Who knew you were a fashionista Frank. If you have an actual copy of the latest Vogue in the house you are risking a 60-Day mandatory suspension of your Man-Card!
[NYPOST] Embattled former Mayor Rudy Giuliani – a former prosecutor known for his work in taking down the mob in the Big Apple – can no longer practice law in New York, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
“Rudolph William Giuliani, is disbarred from the practice of law, effective immediately, and until the further order of this Court, and his name stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law in the State of New York,” the First Department appeals court wrote in a decision released Tuesday.
[ToI]An AIPAC-led campaign has set its sights on deposing the St. Louis congresswoman, another member of the far-left ’Squad’ up for reelection, though success is far from a given
Less than two days after AIPAC spent $14 million in a successful bid to send Rep. Jamaal Bowman packing in New York, the pro-Israel powerhouse texted a message to its followers: Their next target is Missouri Rep. Cori Bush.
"On Tuesday night, the pro-Israel community helped ensure anti-Israel Rep. Jamaal Bowman won’t be returning to Congress next year," said the fundraising text the American Israel Public Affairs Committee sent Thursday afternoon. "With your support, we can also help defeat Rep. Cori Bush, another member of the anti-Israel Squad."
Time was pressing, AIPAC said. "We have a short window to act." Bush’s primary is on August 6.
Bush, whose district includes St. Louis, has much in common with Bowman: Each ousted a long-serving establishment Democrat in a 2020 primary, and both are members of the far-left Squad in Congress.
They are also both harsh critics of Israel, voting against emergency funding for Israel in its war against Hamas, and accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
"The U.N. special rapporteur just released a report showing strong evidence of genocide in Gaza," Bush said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in March. "Meanwhile, the Biden Admin signaled it’ll continue arming the Israeli government. Hollow words aren’t enough. We need action. Stop sending bombs."
On October 16, nine days after Hamas launched the war against Israel, massacring some 1,200 people inside the country and kidnapping 251, Bush introduced a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
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