William Lai: Taiwan's President Vows To Resist 'annexation' - Bbc.com

In Michigan, a key swing state, Republicans are mounting multiple smears against Vice President Kamala Harris. Most notably, they’re falsely accusing her of not caring about antisemitism, being soft on terrorism, and planning to confiscate guns and arrest gun-owners, if she becomes president. These accusations are being hurled in a medium that often is off the national political radar screen and that frequently escapes fact-checking and rebuttal: mailers.

Voting season begins Friday in Colorado as ballots start hitting the mail, headed to the state’s 3.9 million active registered voters. A bipartisan group of county clerks gathered next to a ballot drop box in Highlands Ranch on Thursday morning to mark the occasion. They shared key election dates and deadlines and — amid still-prevalent election denialism and baseless conspiracy theories — emphasized that Colorado’s paper ballot-based election systems are accurate and secure. “Every voter should have confidence that we are running uniform processes in each Colorado county that produce accurate results — and that the security of each ballot and the tabulation process is our highest priority,” said Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Sheri Davis, a Republican. Davis urged voters to contact their local clerks if they have any questions about the security of the voting process.

Top takeaway: The sham FBI investigation was little more than a set-up for Republicans to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court while pretending not to condone sexual assault. At the time of Kavanaugh's confirmation, you probably recall there were multiple sexual assault allegations against him. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse recently released his damning report into what was supposed to have been a thorough investigation into those allegations.

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During a speech to the Economic Club in Detroit, Trump dissembled into talking about India, cylinders, tariffs, Elon Musk, circles, rockets, 2020 election, and President Biden all in less than two minutes. What the heck is he talking about? TRUMP: And then all of a sudden you hear that they're leaving Milwaukee or they're leaving wherever they may be located. It's very sad to see it.

Why is it that leftists consistently take control of government and institutions in a free society, even when the majority of the people in that free society could be considered center-right?