Yep, Ron Johnson Is A Seditionist. And A Traitor:
This week, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot revealed that Johnson’s chief of staff tried to deliver to Vice President Mike Pence a slate of fake electors backing Trump, raising questions about the Wisconsin Republican’s role in a deliberate and coordinated plan to block Biden’s win and give Trump the presidency.
The disclosure also underscores the extent of Johnson’s role as one of Congress’s most prominent election deniers and Jan. 6 apologists — spreading conspiracy theories about rigged votes and playing down the severity of the violent assault on the Capitol as mostly “peaceful,” while floating the idea that it might have been an inside job by the FBI.
Some Democrats and political experts say this latest revelation of direct communication in the form of text messages between Johnson and Pence staff on Jan. 6 could sway voters in a battleground state where elections are won by a slim margin.
“What happened in the last 24 hours is different. It’s one thing to articulate off-the-wall political positions, it’s another thing to possibly have assisted in a coup attempt,” said Kenneth R. Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Delaware Court Permits Defamation Lawsuits Against Fox To Continue:
Voting company Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation—including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch—can move forward, a judge ruled Tuesday, as Dominion and rival company Smartmatic pursue a dozen defamation lawsuits over baseless election fraud claims about their voting machines.
Delaware state Judge Eric M. Davis denied Fox Corporation’s motion to dismiss the case against it, which alleged Fox executives—namely the Murdochs—“exerted direct control over Fox News’ programming decisions” in the aftermath of the 2020 election and thus were responsible for the network’s false fraud claims involving Dominion machines.
I scoured the Delaware Online website. Didn’t see any reporting on this.
D Governors Angle For Presidency Should Biden Not Run. My pulse didn’t quicken. Thankfully, nobody was pitching John Carney. Could you imagine?
Bad News From TX. Cuellar defeats progressive challenger.
Ft. DuPont Update: It Still Stinks:
Just a week after Governor John Carney signed a bill that changes the make up of the Fort Dupont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation (FDRPC) Board of Directors, land clearing work on the Grass Dale parcel, a swath of land local advocates have been fighting to preserve, has been paused.
Check out this ‘Who issued the permits’ clusterbleep:
Minutes from the FDRPC meeting do indicate a pre-construction meeting was held with Blue Water on March 29th giving them notice to proceed, however at the time, WDEL News was unable to determine which agency approved any permits.
On the question of permitting the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) referred WDEL to the FDRPC, but FDRPC attorney Richard Forsten told WDEL that FDRPC no longer owns Grass Dale and does not issue permits.
A local advocate was told through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to check with the New Castle County Department of Land Use.
New Castle County officials said that the State took the county’s land use authority on that project.
WDEL has obtained a DNREC letter dated October 26, 2020, (see below) to former FDRPC Executive Director Jeff Randol for sediment and stormwater plan approval for what was referred to as ‘the Fort Dupont Campground Site.’
As to Nicole Poore?:
Critics questioned if Poore should be voting on legislation that would place her on a Board for which she would then be providing funding.
In a response to WDEL, Poore’s office said she was not required to abstain from HB 355, nor did she violate any Senate rules.