Election officials in Michigan’s largest county voted to certify election results on Tuesday night, ending a short-lived deadlock that could have delayed the state from confirming a victory for President-elect Joe Biden.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Lindsey Graham just crossed another line in defending Trump
Graham, even as he was defending his call to Raffensperger, revealed to reporters that he had also reached out to election officials in two other states where the vote count between Trump and President-elect Joe Biden was quite close -- and where the President has insisted, with zero proof, that there were shenanigans involved in the ballot counting.
Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chris-krebs-fired-by-trump/index.html
Trump announced on Twitter he
was firing Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, and directly tied it to Krebs' statement
that said there "is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Malbim’s Novel Interpretation of Shir Ha-Shirim
https://www.etzion.org.il/en/shiur-07-malbim%E2%80%99s-novel-interpretation-shir-ha-shirim
Malbim begins with two starting assumptions. First, not only is Shlomo the author of the book, but the events described in Shir Ha-Shirim are intended as a metaphor for his own life experiences. Second, the phrase “Shir Ha-Shirim” should be understood not as “the greatest of songs” (as numerous midrashim
and Rashi maintain), but as “the song comprised of numerous songs”
(following Radak and others). It is for this reason that Malbim entitles
his commentary “Shirei Ha-Nefesh,” the “Songs of the Soul,” not “Shir Ha-Nefesh,” the “Song of the Soul.” Accordingly, Malbim sees Shir Ha-Shirim as a self-revealing description of Shlomo’s religious struggle, conveyed through the drama of a compelling love story.
Georgia official says Graham asked him about tossing ballots
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-official-graham-tossing-ballots-281416294b5c54c6535f8ffaab4322a2
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked him whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots, a question he interpreted as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes.
Raffensperger
made the comments to The Washington Post, saying he’s faced rising
pressure from fellow Republicans who want to see Democrat Joe Biden’s
narrow lead in the state reversed. Nearly 5 million votes were cast in
the presidential election in Georgia, and Biden was leading President
Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes.
Trump Is ‘Single Largest Driver’ Of Covid-19 Misinformation, Cornell Study Finds
Misinformation about the coronavirus is a pressing threat to public health, and according to researchers at Cornell University
who analyzed over 38 million articles about the pandemic published in
English-language media around the world, “the president of the United
States was the single largest driver of misinformation around Covid,” as
mentions of Donald Trump “comprised 37.9% of the overall misinformation
conversation.”
Rudy Giuliani's conspiracy theories could be dangerous to democracy, experts say
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/rudy-giuliani-national-security-democracy/index.html
In the two weeks since Election Day, Giuliani has become a super-spreader of election disinformation. His eyebrow-raising claims -- from Republican observers being barred from vote counts, to mysterious batches of ballots appearing in the middle of the night, to an election technology company using Venezuelan software to swing results -- have been steadily debunked in courtrooms and by federal officials who have declared there is zero evidence of widespread irregularities.
But
experts say Giuliani's avalanche of falsehoods -- along with the
President's -- could still have a long-lasting impact, sowing distrust
in America's electoral system that will be difficult to unwind. That
would play into the agenda of US adversaries, a half-dozen national
security and elections officials told CNN.
Biden: More people may die if Trump doesn't coordinate transition
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/291398
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday warned that President Donald
Trump's unwillingness to accept the outcome of the 2020 election could
hamper his incoming administration's ability to rapidly distribute a
coronavirus vaccine.
Trump aims to undermine Biden's legitimacy even as legal challenges fizzle
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/trump-election-challenge-biden-legitimacy/index.html
Dan Eberhart, an Arizona-based energy
executive and a Republican donor, said he's been invited to the Trump
campaign's daily surrogate calls, during which campaign officials seek
to explain the recount and legal strategy and "keep hope alive." But he
listens in only every other day or so.
Trump's
reluctance to concede, Eberhart said, was becoming tiresome. "I'm kind
of over it," he said. "I view the Trump world as a melting ice cube at
the moment."
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