Sunday, November 20, 2022
Thousands march in Mexico against proposed electoral reform
Globalist Forces Around The World Are Securing Election Outcomes For Themselves Only.
Protesters chanted “Hands off INE,” or National Electoral Institute, as they made their way along Paseo de Reforma in the city center to oppose the change championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
“We are gathered here with one clear and important goal: to defend the electoral system that several generations of Mexicans built,” former INE chairman Jose Woldenberg told the crowd in a speech at the close of the procession.
Lopez Obrador alleges that the INE endorsed fraud when he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2006 and 2012, before winning in 2018.
Under his proposal, the INE would be replaced by a new body with members chosen by voters instead of lawmakers and with a smaller budget. Political parties would also receive less money from the government for campaigning.
Lopez Obrador’s critics say he is damaging democratic checks and balances with his attacks on the INE and other institutions.
His proposals, which involve amending the constitution, require support from at least two-thirds of lower house lawmakers.
Many of the demonstrators wore pink — the color associated with the INE.
Graciela Aberel, a 53 year old English teacher, said the proposed change amounts to letting the government organize elections, as was the case before INE was created in 1990.
“What he wants is for all the elections to depend on the government, so as to manipulate them at his whim and be able to stay in power,” said Aberel.
The next presidential election is scheduled for 2024, when Lopez Obrador’s six-year term ends. Presidents here can only serve one term.
Some in the crowd carried banners that read, “I am not corrupt, class-conscious, racist or hypocritical.” This alluded to adjectives the president used last week to describe those who planned to take part in Sunday’s rally.
High profile people from the world of politics also took part in the rally, such as former president Vicente Fox and the speaker of the chamber of deputies, Santiago Creel. Both are members of the opposition conservative PAN party.
The rally, which came on the president’s 69th birthday, was so big that many people did not fit into the area where the closing speech was delivered.
Francisco Videla, a 50 year old merchant, said the protest was not just against the current government.
“It is against any government that, now or in the future, wants to take control of elections,” said Videla.
The president’s proposal would also reduce the number of seats in...
Trump Special Counsel Targeted Conservatives for Prosecution in IRS Scandal
"Smith asked whether they could charge the groups with conspiracy to violate U.S. laws."
What are the bona fides of the special counsel appointed to go after Trump? The ones you expect.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of former career Justice Department prosecutor and former chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Jack Smith, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee two ongoing criminal investigations.
“Based on recent developments, including the former President’s announcement that he is a candidate for President in the next election, and the sitting President’s stated intention to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel,” said Attorney General Garland. “Such an appointment underscores the Department’s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters. It also allows prosecutors and agents to continue their work expeditiously, and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.”
A special counsel was long overdue, but there was no way Garland was going to pick anyone except a loyal soldier to go after conservatives.
How loyal?
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee recently obtained an email addressed to former IRS official Lois Lerner sent from Election Crimes Branch Director Richard Pilger at the Justice Department. The email addressed to Lerner stated that, “I have been asked to run something by you.” During the Committee’s investigation, Public Integrity Section Chief Jack Smith told investigators that officials at the Justice Department discussed targeting conservative nonprofit groups with Lerner as early as October 2010.Public integrity indeed.
Pilger says that Smith asked him to arrange a meeting with Lerner. Pilger further stated that the agenda for the meeting was to discuss how the IRS could be, “more vigilant to the opportunities from more crime in the . . . 501(c)(4) area.”
In their letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, the Committee said, “The Justice Department convened a meeting with former IRS official Lois Lerner in October 2010 to discuss how the IRS could assist in the criminal enforcement of campaign-finance laws against politically active nonprofits. This meeting was arranged at the direction of Public Integrity Section Chief Jack Smith.”
Who better to pick to go after conservatives than a guy with a track record of doing just that.
What we tend to forget is that the IRS scandal was much worse than the popular understanding of it. Beyond an attempt to block and shut down conservative nonprofits, it had roots in the DOJ and the FBI. It wasn’t just about denying tax-exempt status, but actively criminalizing and prosecuting political dissent:
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #1208
Before You Click On The "Read More" Link,
Please Only Do So If You Are Over 21 Years Old.
If You are Easily Upset, Triggered Or Offended, This Is Not The Place For You.
Please Leave Silently Into The Night......
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1908
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
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