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Jonathan Everitt

@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social

freelance writer | poet | Rochester, N.Y. jonathaneveritt.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 21h ago

I am so grateful for the clarity here, I just sent the @aclu.org more money. We have a choice on Tuesday between this world and that world. https://action.aclu.org/give/now

Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com · yesterday

The latest @ACLU.org motion nails what makes the Trump regime's Alaska lawsuit an authoritarian disgrace. No government with democratic legitimacy would ask a court to block election results until federal police can interrogate citizens about their secret ballots. Doc buff.ly/WNAUide

But imagine if the United States were somehow right. Imagine if the federal executive could pluck a few words like “election integrity” from some statutory preamble and, on that basis alone, bend the machinery of state elections to his will, preemptively blocking certification of a U.S. Senate election to protect his preferred candidate from defeat and then subjecting voters to a law-enforcement-led inquest about who they “really” supported. Imagine that world and ask whether it is what the Framers wanted or precisely what they most feared.
Roger Sollenberger@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · yesterday

Desperate, bottom of the barrel stuff from DOJ. Even if donors were confused and felt misled, that doesn’t get you to fraud, which requires the intent to get someone’s money by defrauding them. Mixups don’t count. Get a refund.

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Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

This is sick. Trump's FBI is paying visits to Alaska voters to try to get them to say they were misled by the second "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot. It's not going so well. (Supports my argument below that this is really about creating a pretext for Trump to demand Rs refuse to certify/seat Peltola)

Jonathan Everitt@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · yesterday

C'mon. This is to be (and has always been) expected on Election Day and for months to come. Crippling the system with lawsuits has been his M.O. for decades. Roy Cohn playbook. The plan may be to escalate every case to SCOTUS.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Taylor: "The signal has been sent. Folks worried about this & thought maybe there was a chance this administration was going to just take some losses the way that you would expect them to, but that doesn't look like it's going to be the case. I think we're going to have a messy post-election period"

Jonathan Everitt@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · yesterday

I keep coming back to the same thought I've had for the past decade of elections: It shouldn't be close. Here we are sweating over polls that are essentially 50/50. I don't see us ever making it to a brighter future when every election is a nailbiter against obvious thugs.

News10NBC@news10nbc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Early voting continues until 5 p.m. today. After that, there are only two more days of early voting. See our list of early voting sites in local counties: https://www.whec.com/top-news/early-voting-starts-oct-24-guide-to-polling-sites-and-key-races-across-the-region/ 

Early voting runs through Sunday: Polling site guide, key races, and candidate pitches

Early voting in New York State begins on Saturday, Oct. 24 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 1. Here's your guide.

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Jonathan Everitt@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Took the day off to hit the Finger Lakes wine country. Hadn't been down the east side of Seneca Lake in a while, and we stopped in at Boundary Breaks Winery, just south of Ovid. Excellent wines and a spectacular view to match. We really live in an amazing region.

Vineyard overlooking Seneca Lake Boundary Breaks Winery outdoor space with gravel paths, Adirondack chairs, and pavilion.
Jonathan Everitt@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 6d ago

See, RFK jr is using a simple formula. You can plug in anyone who's not a straight white western male, because it's irrelevant that his comments are easily refuted. The point is that he says whatever he wants and nobody's going to do anything about it. The more incendiary, the better.