‘Fellas, I Need 11,000 Votes’: Listen to the Full Audio of Trump’s Hour-Long Call Pressuring Brad Raffensperger

‘Fellas, I Need 11,000 Votes’: Listen to the Full Audio of Trump’s Hour-Long Call Pressuring Brad Raffensperger

The Washington Post has dropped the full audio of the hour-long call President Donald Trump had with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

It started off with a doozy as the president falsely claimed he won Georgia and even absurdly touted “rally size” as a metric proving it. He baselessly claimed Raffensperger would find “a couple hundred thousand forged signatures” if he looked into it.

I’m generally opposed to someone being surreptitiously taped on a phone call...but not this one, folks! - Monica Lewinsky tweet

 

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• All 10 Living Former Defense Secretaries Denounce Military Involvement in Election Disputes as 'Dangerous, Unlawful And Unconstitutional Territory'
• DC mayor asks area residents to stay away from protesters 'who come to our city seeking confrontation'
• Louie Gohmert Says Rejection of His Pence Lawsuit is Telling People to ‘Go to the Streets’ and Be Violent
• Pence Gives Nod to GOP Senators Battling Electoral College Certification: Spox Says He ‘Welcomes Their Efforts’
• Wall Street Journal: GOP Electoral College 'stunt' will hurt US, Republican Party
• Jaw-Dropping New CDC Figures Suggest True U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Approaching Half a Million
• Russian TV bosses will be 'punished' after Putin's New Year message was screened with half his head cut off - despite insisting it was a technical glitch and not a political protest

When I was undercover at the CIA, I saw firsthand how our enemies steal elections and try to interfere in ours. Elected officials continuing to sow doubt amongst the public for petty political gain is playing into our enemies hands. - Will Hurd

 

 

UK Judge Rules Julian Assange Would Be Mistreated In US Prisons

A judge in the United Kingdom on Monday ruled against a request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. 

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected assertions that Assange was a political prisoner, The Associated Press reported, but said he would pose a risk to himself while detained in the United States. 

Does Trump pressuring the Ukrainian president to damage Biden seem so outlandish and inconsequential now to those who dismissed impeachment? - Jim Sciutto, CNN

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Thrown Under Bus After Tweeting Pence Will ‘Face Execution’ — Even By His Own MAGA Teen Client
• George Conway on Leaked GA Call: Trump Sounds ‘Delusional and Desperate’ Because He Loses Criminal Immunity on Jan 20th.
• Trump Campaign’s Jason Miller Calls Jake Tapper ‘A Fake News P*ssy’ After CNN Host Tells Him to Pay His Child Support
• Cotton breaks with conservative colleagues who will oppose electoral vote count
• Trump to give Nunes Medal of Freedom: reports
• Fox News cuts video feed as Trump supporter flashes white power sign at Georgia GOP rally

The next 72 hours are going to be the longest five years of our lives. - Jeff Tiedrich

 

What Will Pelosi Do? Newly Elected Republican Plans To Bring Her Glock To The House Floor

Lauren Boebert, a Republican who was recently elected as a representative of western Colorado to the United States Congress, said Sunday night that she plans to carry a weapon to the lower house.

Boebert did not mince words in her tweet.

"Let me tell you why I WILL carry my Glock to Congress. ... Government does NOT get to tell me or my constituents how we are allowed to keep our families safe. ... I promise to always stand strong for our 2nd Amendment rights," Boebert tweeted.

Please clarify something for me - does the Presidential Medal of Freedom only go to criminals now? - Andy Borowitz

 

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I will say this again, if Trump and Republicans remain unaccountable, our oaths to defend the Constitution means nothing. - David Weissman

Rock The Voter News

• Kamala Harris Slams Trump's Georgia Call as 'The Voice of Desperation' And 'A Bald-Faced, Bold Abuse of Power'
• Biden inauguration will include 'presidential escort' to White House, virtual parade
• Nancy Pelosi reelected speaker

What a great headline!

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Sometimes I must bow to reality. I can think of no better figure to ring out the Trump era than Vanilla Ice. - Andy Borowitz

 

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You've got 16 days left to resign.

If you plan to leave by helicopter, please pick a windy day. - John Fugelsang

Business/Tech News

• As stimulus checks hit bank accounts, Iowa attorney general warns of scams
• After Backlash, Federal Government Reverses Plans to Charge $14K Fee to Distillers Who Produced Hand Sanitizer
• Google employees announce creation of union
• McDonald's will launch 3 chicken sandwiches next month as it doubles down on chicken

It occurred to me tonight that we are Donald Trump's seventh bankruptcy. - Don Winslow

One Iconic Hot Dog Business Putting Their Hot Dogs On Hold

Pink's hot dog stand in Hollywood is shutting down for a few months as of Sunday. There was a long line wrapping around the building Sunday, customers stopping by to get their fill before the temporary closure. ... This is only the second shutdown for Pink's in its 81-year history.

Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. - Albert Camus

 

 

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The Internet Gods Smiled Upon Me

And Restored My Internet and Cable TV

After I Pushed A Virgin Into A Volcano.

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Odd News

• Harvard Professor Says Debris From Alien Technology Passed Near Earth In 2017
• Penn State researchers head team investigating signal possibly sent from neighboring star
• Pennsylvania Farm Show seeking butter sculptures for virtual contest
• ‘Dr. Love’, Florida man who faked being teen doctor is arrested again
• German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky

Time To Deflate Photo

This opal resembles an aquarium. Impressive work by Mother Nature.

Peace.

Trump cuts vacation short without explanation

Trump cuts vacation short without explanation 

President Donald Trump is cutting his Florida vacation short and traveling back to Washington on Thursday, but the White House offered no

How fitting would it be this year if when the ball drops it just bursts into flames. - OhNoSheTwitnt

 

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Iran accuses Trump of "plot to fabricate pretext for war"
• U.S. bomber mission over Persian Gulf aimed at cautioning Iran
• Putin targets U.S. social media, secret agent leaks and protests with new laws
• CNN Medical Analyst Calls Out Lack of 'Fierce Urgency' in Vaccine Administration: 'We Need Mass Vaccination Events'

“Operation Warp Speed” is as accurate as “Make America Great Again.” - Andy Borowitz

 

I Hope Google Earth Captures This Moment
...To set the tone for his inauguration, President-elect Biden will lead a memorial to remember and honor lives lost to COVID-19, with church-bell ringings and light shows across the country on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Ok, ok, hear me out...

Vaccine tacos.

Problem. Solved. - Scottcrates tweet

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Trumpist Lawyer Lin Wood Goes on Unhinged Rant Suggesting Justice John Roberts Is a Murderous Pedophile
• Trump-loving attorney Lin Wood declared himself the second coming of Jesus Christ: Former associates
• Gingrich Tells McConnell to Stop Playing ‘Cute Parliamentary Games,’ Let Senate Vote on $2,000 Checks: ‘It Could Cost Us 2 Senate Seats’
• NH GOP governor cancels inauguration ceremony, citing concerns over armed anti-mask protests
• Secret Service making changes to presidential detail amid concerns current members are aligned with Trump: report

If you saw Mitch McConnell drowning what would you throw him?

Me: a $600 check. - SaraCA tweet

 

Employee Discards 500 Vials Of Vaccine
A Wisconsin hospital employee was fired after intentionally discarding “more than 500 doses” of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine from a pharmacy refrigerator, the parent health system of the facility confirmed Wednesday night.

Crying Eric Trump Asks Father If They Poor Now. - The Onion

 

Your reminder that we had a treaty with Iran that they were abiding to and our game show host president tore it to pieces because he was jealous of a black man's accomplishments. - Jeff Tiedrich

 

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden frustration grows over lack of Trump cooperation in transition
• Early voter turnout in Ga. weak in Trump strongholds
• Democrats' Attempts to Revive $2,000 Stimulus Checks Shot Down by Mitch McConnell

Has anyone else not had a cold all year? 

It’s almost like....washing your hands and wearing a mask....works? - Ashley Woodfolk

 

Dr. Fauci: SHOW ME THE MONEY!

The top infectious disease expert in the US, Anthony Fauci, called on the federal government on Thursday to deploy more resources to vaccinate Americans after the country missed its goal to get 20 million people inoculated by the end of the year.

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Business/Tech News

• Unemployment claims drop to 787,000
• Farmers Got A Government Bailout In 2020, Even Those Who Didn't Need It
• 145 employees infected by coronavirus outbreak at Washington state Costco
• Ohio Gov: 60 percent of nursing home staff elected not to take COVID-19 vaccine
• Selena Gomez Slams Facebook for Spreading Misinformation About Covid: ‘Going to Be Responsible for Thousands of Deaths’

In 20 days the Manhattan DA's office is likely to serve indictments and execute search warrants on Jared Kushner, the Trump family, and Trump org. - Bill Maxwell

 

 

Trump Angry At Melania's Mar-a-Lago Renovations. Why, It Wasn't Tacky Enough?
For a while, Donald Trump and Melania relocating to the President’s members-only club Mar-a-Lago once they left The White House in just a few weeks seemed inevitable. Now, thanks to some well-researched neighbors who reminded Trump’s of the president’s 1993 deal, where the Trumps will live post-presidency is much less certain. The two had already planned for life at the residence with the First Lady making multiple changes to Mar-a-Lago in early December before they began pursuing other options, and Donald Trump was not a fan of his wife’s renovations.

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I Am Sooo Ready For 2021!

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Odd News

• The first meteor shower of 2021 will illuminate the night sky on New Year's weekend
• House for sale in Vermont includes seven jail cells
• Man files lawsuit over 'Hawaiian rolls' not being made in Hawaii
• Michigan zoo seeks Christmas tree donations for goat food
• Server at Florida restaurant gets $2,020 tip

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As the sun sets on 2020, hope 2021 brings you all health and happiness.

Peace.

At current rate, it'll be 10 years before Americans are adequately vaccinated against Covid

At current rate, it'll be 10 years before Americans are adequately vaccinated against Covid

The Trump administration's Covid-19 vaccine distribution program needs a major shot in the arm because at the current rate, it would take almost 10 years to inoculate enough Americans to get the pandemic under control, a jarring new NBC News analysis showed Tuesday.

New rule: if you called covid a hoax, you go straight the f*ck to the end of the vaccine line. no exceptions. - Jeff Tiedrich

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• UK health secretary says AstraZeneca approval provides enough vaccine orders for nation's 'whole population'
• US hits new daily high with 3,725 coronavirus deaths
• Pace of vaccinations falls short of estimates, prompting alerts
• President Trump blames states for dropping ball on distributing COVID-19 vaccines
• 'A level of incompetence I am stunned by': Doctor buries Trump's lack of planning for vaccine distribution

In 1947, New York City vaccinated 5 million people against smallpox in two weeks. How can we be so much worse at this 75 years later?

Imagine What Would Happen If This White Guy Was Black Or A Muslim
The former girlfriend of the man who blew himself up in a Christmas morning suicide bombing in downtown Nashville warned law enforcement more than a year ago that he was “building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence.” But neither local or federal authorities were able to search the vehicle.

Nation Strongly Supports $2000 Annual Salary For Mitch McConnell. - Andy Borowitz

 

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP senator Josh Hawley officially announces he'll object to Biden's Electoral College certification
• 'No Time for Playing Politics': Mike Pence, on Ski Vacation, Defends Trump, on Golf Vacation, Over Biden's Criticism of Vaccine Rollout
• Trump Turns Up Heat After McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks: ‘Unless Republicans Have a Death Wish,’ They Must Approve ‘ASAP’
• Pence refused to sign on to plan to overturn election, lawyers say
• GA Gov. Brian Kemp Responds to Continued Trump Attacks: I’ve Supported and Worked Hard for Him, But ‘I Have to Follow the Laws’
• Scaramucci Makes Ominous Prediction for Final Weeks of Trump White House: 'Nefarious Neglect,' 'Ridiculous Pardons' and 'Fundraising' for Post Presidency
• This Bizarre Portrait of Trump Painted in Colonial Era-Garb Evokes Unintended Comparisons to Benedict Arnold
• Federal Judge Calls Trump a ‘Criminal’ During a Phone Call with the Associated Press
• Evangelical singer plans maskless three-day New Year’s gathering -- including stops at Los Angeles homeless camps
• Louisiana congressman-elect dies of Covid

With the tragic death of Rep.-elect Letlow, I find myself thinking of all those who died "for" Trump: who found themselves compelled to ignore the dangers of COVID-19 because they knew acknowledging them would displease the Dear Leader—a man who never even cared about them at all. - Seth Abramson

 

Lest We Not Forget That It Was George W. Bush Who Opened The Doors In Iraq For Mercenaries

A United Nations panel on Wednesday said that President Trump's pardons for several former Blackwater contractors convicted of killing more than a dozen civilians in Baghdad violated international law.

Trump Calls $2000 A Fraction of What It Costs To Silence A Porn Star. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden, Harris to hit campaign trail in Georgia in final days before Senate runoffs
• Joe and Jill Biden set NYE interview with Ryan Seacrest
• George Clooney Believes Trump ‘Would Have Been Re-Elected’ If He Told People to Wear Masks

Pence Asks Jesus To Save Him From One-on-one Meeting With Kamala Harris. - Andy Borowitz

 

 

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Overturn The Election, Again.

President Donald Trump's campaign asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take its failed lawsuit challenging election results in swing state Wisconsin.

Trump lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden by about 21,000 votes. The president's campaign filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state's two most heavily Democratic counties.

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Business/Tech News

• GOP Congressman Who Voted for Trillions in New Spending Fumes Over $2,000 Checks: Debt Could 'Slow Our Economic Growth'
• Pakistan is starting one of the world's biggest reforestation programs, planting billions of trees
• Merkel pushes European Union-China investment deal over the finish line
• House of Commons approves Brexit trade deal

For years, Republicans were obedient to Trump’s every whim.

They stood by his failed COVID response. His lies. His impeachment. His corrupt pardons. His efforts to overturn the election.

But $2,000 checks to help Americans? That’s where they draw the line?

Pass the bill. - Rep. Adam Schiff

 

 

The Trickle-Up Economy Is Going Swimmingly.

The bifurcated economy that took shape in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed the lives, savings and small businesses of innumerable Americans, but the year wasn’t a financial washout for everyone.

Between roughly mid-March and Dec. 22, the United States gained 56 new billionaires, according to the Institute for Policy Studies, bringing the total to 659. The wealth held by that small cadre of Americans has jumped by more than $1 trillion in the months since the pandemic began.

Mexico has 21 days to pay for the wall. - Preet Bharara

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OK, I have resigned myself to the fact that I will not have my high speed Internet back, any time soon.

I have 3 channels on my cable. CNNI, AXN and SONY. 

I'm not complaining!

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Odd News

• A Japanese Startup Is Building Wooden Satellites
• US rivers are changing from blue to yellow and green, satellite images show
• Man tracks down author of 37-year-old diaries in crawlspace of home
• Florida woman slips out of handcuffs four times during DUI arrest, officials say
•  A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire

Time To Deflate Photo

Mount Bromo is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. It looks like a watercolor painting.

Peace and stay safe.