
1/ BREAKING GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF THREAD:
While it is illegal to tally the results of early & absentee ballots before 7PM, but election officials CAN use Dominion Voting machines to scan the ballots allowing each precinct to know the outcome of the election. (cont)




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Some issues in Columbia Co. There was a programming error on security keys for some locations scanners & pollworker cards. Voting continues on backup emergency ballots. Newly programmed keys&cards are being taken to locations via law enforcement.
— Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) January 5, 2021
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No line at Chattahoochee Elementary School. In and out in less than five minutes. Today is the day! pic.twitter.com/yZ66cWFvzz
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) January 5, 2021
More from @amuse
1/ This summer I covered the #PortlandRiots in a series I called #PortlandiaNights because the mainstream media refused to do so. Yesterday @tedwheeler actually acknowledged that Antifa is not only very real but very dangerous. I'm reposting my coverage in this thread.
2/ America's Newest Reality Show: Portlandia Nights (Originally posted 7/17/2020) I had watched the riots going on for more than 50 days when I decided to start covering them. #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/27jTk2QcDG
3/ Portlandia Nights: Barricade & Burn, Attack on the Portland Justice Center (Originally posted 7/18/2020) #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/QV5bvqFM11
4/ Portlandia Nights: Divide & Conquer. (Originally posted 7/19/2020) #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/bmZyseNf9C
5/ Portlandia Nights: Missing in Action. (Originally posted 7/20/2020 #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/sM69nkOZiZ

2/ America's Newest Reality Show: Portlandia Nights (Originally posted 7/17/2020) I had watched the riots going on for more than 50 days when I decided to start covering them. #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/27jTk2QcDG

3/ Portlandia Nights: Barricade & Burn, Attack on the Portland Justice Center (Originally posted 7/18/2020) #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/QV5bvqFM11

4/ Portlandia Nights: Divide & Conquer. (Originally posted 7/19/2020) #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/bmZyseNf9C

5/ Portlandia Nights: Missing in Action. (Originally posted 7/20/2020 #PortlandRiots
https://t.co/sM69nkOZiZ

More from Politics
My piece in the NY Times today: "the Trump administration is denying applications submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at a rate 37 percent higher than the Obama administration did in 2016."
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh
"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh

"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:
