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Trump Nominates Successor To Kavanaugh

This is to fill the seat vacated by Justice Kavanaugh. Lemme see, female [check] minority [check]. I suppose because Rao is conservative those two criteria do not matter.

A quick bio from Wiki states she "Rao was born to mother Zerin Rao and father Jehangir Narioshang Rao, both  Parsi  physicians from India[3], and raised in  Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she was educated at  Detroit Country Day School  (class of 1991).[4]  After graduating from  Yale University  with highest distinction in ethics, politics, economics, and philosophy, Rao attended the  University of Chicago Law School, where she was a member of the  Order of the Coifand received her  J.D.  in 2000. She was the comment editor of the  University of Chicago Law Review, and executive editor of the  Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy  for the  Symposium  edition. Rao  clerked  for U.S. Supreme Court Justice  Clarence Thomas[5]  from 2001 to 2002, and Judge  J. Harvie Wilkinson III  of the  United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit  from 2000 to 2001.

After her clerkships, she practiced public international law and arbitration at British law firm  Clifford Chance  in  London, United Kingdom. During the second term of  the presidency of George W. Bush, Rao worked in the White House counsel's office and as a staffer on the  Senate Judiciary Committee.[5]  Later, she became a professor at George Mason University School of Law (subsequently renamed the  Antonin Scalia Law School, a change for which she advocated),[5]  where she received tenure in 2012. In 2015, she founded the Center for the Study of the Administrative State.[6][5]

She is a member of the  Administrative Conference of the United States  and the governing council of the  American Bar Association's Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, where she co-chairs the section's regulatory policy committee.[1][7]  She is a member of the  Federalist Society.[8]

TRUMP NOMINATES SUCCESSOR TO KAVANAUGH

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/11/trump-nominates-successor-to-kavanaugh.php

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Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

Let's see how this goes. Looks as if he was anticipating issues with the election given date signed. 

Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018

Section 1. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election. The assessment shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it, the persons involved, and the foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported it. The Director of National Intelligence shall deliver this assessment and appropriate supporting information to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

(b) Within 45 days of receiving the assessment and information described in section 1(a) of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate agencies and, as appropriate, State and local officials, shall deliver to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense a report evaluating, with respect to the United States election that is the subject of the assessment described in section 1(a):

(i) the extent to which any foreign interference that targeted election infrastructure materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, the tabulation of votes, or the timely transmission of election results; and

(ii) if any foreign interference involved activities targeting the infrastructure of, or pertaining to, a political organization, campaign, or candidate, the  Start Printed Page 46844extent to which such activities materially affected the security or integrity of that infrastructure, including by unauthorized access to, disclosure or threatened disclosure of, or alteration or falsification of, information or data.

The report shall identify any material issues of fact with respect to these matters that the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security are unable to evaluate or reach agreement on at the time the report is submitted. The report shall also include updates and recommendations, when appropriate, regarding remedial actions to be taken by the United States Government, other than the sanctions described in sections 2 and 3 of this order.

(c) Heads of all relevant agencies shall transmit to the Director of National Intelligence any information relevant to the execution of the Director's duties pursuant to this order, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law. If relevant information emerges after the submission of the report mandated by section 1(a) of this order, the Director, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate agencies, shall amend the report, as appropriate, and the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall amend the report required by section 1(b), as appropriate. ....."

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/14/2018-20203/imposing-certain-sanctions-in-the-event-of-foreign-interference-in-a-united-states-election

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NEVER FORGET: Whistleblower Investigating Fraud in Broward County Shot Himself in the Head — But No

NEVER FORGET: Whistleblower Investigating Fraud in Broward County Shot Himself in the Head — But No Gun Was Found

"A federal prosecutor’s body was discovered on a Hollywood, Florida beach in May 2017.

Beranton J. Whisenant, Jr. was handling several visa and passport fraud cases in Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s district in Broward County at the time of his death. ....."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/never-forget-whistleblower-investigating-fraud-in-broward-county-shot-himself-in-the-head-but-no-gun-was-found/

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BOMBSHELL: Fulton County Numbers Show Massive Duplicate Ballots, Rejected Ballots, Non-Citizens Tryi

As the stomach churns like an out of balance clothes washer in spin cycle. Very short article.

BOMBSHELL: Fulton County Numbers Show Massive Duplicate Ballots, Rejected Ballots, Non-Citizens Trying To Vote

"Bombshell numbers out of Fulton County, Georgia show that a vast amount of the provisional ballots submitted in the Democrat stronghold were rejected for being duplicate ballots....."

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/bombshell-fulton-county-numbers-show-massive-duplicate-ballots-rejected-ballots-non-citizens-trying-to-vote/

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DHS to Continue to Look Into Voter Fraud

DHS to Continue to Look Into Voter Fraud

"WHEN PRESIDENT  Donald Trump  dissolved an  embattled  White House committee investigating allegations that millions voted illegally in the 2016 election, he blamed its failure on the resistance of blue-state elections officials to hand over sensitive voter data.

"Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the [Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity] with basic information relevant to its inquiry," according to a White House statement announcing the decision Wednesday.

In his executive order, however, Trump didn't shut down the investigation or acknowledge that voter fraud is a non-issue, as his critics had demanded. Instead, he turned the investigation over to the Department of Homeland Security, a cabinet-level agency that has access to much of the data the commission requested but couldn't get from the states......."

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-05/trump-ends-election-integrity-commission-but-voter-fraud-probe-continues

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Stacey Abrams' SISTER is Judge Presiding Over Campaign Lawsuits (Georgia)

Passing the popcorn .....  Lurking 

Stacey Abrams’ SISTER is Judge Presiding Over Campaign Lawsuits

"Flying under the radar as Democrats mysteriously “find” uncounted ballots in Florida and Arizona in a brazen attempt to steal elections is Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who is still fighting for candidacy.

Friday, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia granted the Georgia Democratic Party’s request  to allow absentee ballots trickling in from Dougherty County to be counted, as long as they were postmarked on or before Nov. 6 or received by Friday. The county’s election results now will not be certified until Tuesday.

Abrams’ sister,  Leslie Abrams, happens to be an Obama-appointed District Court Judge on that same circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Any lawsuit filed by the campaign in this court will face result in this obvious conflict of interest. ...."

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/stacey-abrams-sister-is-judge-presiding-over-campaign-lawsuits/

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