A Qanon conference held in Las Vegas last weekend saw far-right conspiracy-mongers lay out their ambitious plans to “take back the secretaries of state offices around the country,” according to Jim Marchant, who’s running for Nevada secretary of state. Marchant was among a handful of political hopefuls who’ve formed a coalition in hopes of solving the nonexistent issue of voter fraud.
“I can’t stress enough how important the secretary of state offices are. I think they are the most important elections in our country in 2022,” Marchant said at the “For God & Country Patriot Double Down” event. “And why is that? We control the election system. In 2022 we’re going to take back our country.”
The mastermind behind the coalition appears to be a fringe figure known by the name Juan O. Savin, whom many in the QAnon world believe to be JFK Jr. Savin rarely shows his face except for by accident while filming live streams, so it came as a surprise when he appeared at the conference and held court for upwards of an hour. Emcee Andre Popa pushed the theory despite the fact that yet another person suspected to be JFK Jr. was in attendance.
Somehow Savin has the ear of prominent QAnon believers like Jim Caviezel, who welcomed Savin to the stage over the weekend with a warm embrace. It was Savin and Marchant who initially met shortly after the 2020 election to hatch their plan. They held their first meeting as a coalition in May, alongside backers like MyPillow and election fraud fetishist Mike Lindell, former Maria Butina lover and disgraced former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne, and Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft.
Though the group appears to have lots of money behind it, there’s not a chance all four candidates who attended the conference—Rachel Hamm, Kristina Karamo, Mark Finchem, and Marchant—will win their elections.
Hamm is running for secretary of state in California, where she is largely predicted to lose simply because the state is so blue. She’s likely not helping her candidacy efforts by continuing to espouse her “prophetic” dreams that involve killing alleged witches and likening Donald Trump to a doting father trying to teach the country a lesson.
Marchant was previously endorsed by Trump during his failed 2020 bid for House representative in Nevada. He has yet to receive an endorsement for his Nevada secretary of state bid. Karamo, meanwhile, already has Trump’s blessing in her bid for Michigan secretary of state, as does Mark Finchem, who currently serves as an Arizona house representative and sees the secretary of state position as a way to help thwart alleged election wrongdoings.
There are 26 states with secretary of state positions up for election on the 2022 ballot. Now more than ever is a great time to get into politics and combat the fringe views of QAnon Republicans. Otherwise, these folks could be running an election in your own community.
Read more at:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/27/2060513/-QAnon-coalition-wants-to-control-the-election-system
Showing posts with label Las Vegas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Las Vegas. Show all posts
10/4/17
Double Standards? Should We Treat Domestic Terrorists the Way We Treat ISIS? - by Daniel Byman
The mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night has again raised fears about terrorism. There’s much we don’t yet know. The Islamic State (ISIS)
has claimed the attack, but the FBI claims that there is no
international terrorism link. The attacker, Stephen Paddock, was 64
years old and white, fitting a stereotype of a right-wing terrorist more
than a jihadist one. And he may just be a crazy nut. But regardless of
Paddock’s particular pathology, the situation highlights how the United
States treats similar forms of violence differently depending on the
nature of the perpetrator.
Almost two months before, on August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators in Charlottesville, killing Heather Heyer, one of the demonstrators. Heyer’s death came after a day of demonstrations in which armed neo-Nazis and Klansmen, including Fields, who bore the symbols of Vanguard America (a white supremacist, neo-Nazi organization), marched ostensibly to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Civil War hero Robert E. Lee but really to trumpet their hateful ideas.
Fields’ act was treated as the crime it was: he was charged with second-degree murder and hit-and-run, along with several crimes related to the injuries of other victims. Yet given the political nature of the violence, and given the power of terrorism as a label, many have called for treating Heyer’s death as terrorism. Indeed, Fields’ use of a car to drive through a crowd resembles nothing more than the vehicle attacks that we’ve seen in Barcelona, Berlin, London, Nice, and other cities in the past two years. In turn, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions labeled Field’s attack “domestic terrorism,” which federal law defines as trying to intimidate a civilian population or affect government policy through violence in an area of U.S. territorial jurisdiction.
Independent of greater federal legal authority, the resources allocated to countering domestic terrorism in general and right-wing violence in particular should increase given the danger these groups pose. Counterterrorism and law enforcement officials should also focus on the violent elements within radical groups, using the law to move them away from the line that separates legitimate (if deplorable) protest and violence. In addition, officials should use the law more aggressively to stop potentially violent situations, such as when armed protestors show up at a legitimate march. Finally, legitimate mainstream groups that share part of the radicals’ agenda have a responsibility to report suspects and otherwise police their ranks—just as the United States expects other communities, like American Muslims, to do.
Note EU-Digest: whatever way you turn the coin - one of the major ways to combat disturbed people to go on a killing spree is to get some gun-control legislation passed in the US Congress.
Read more: Should We Treat Domestic Terrorists the Way We Treat ISIS? | Foreign Affairs
Almost two months before, on August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators in Charlottesville, killing Heather Heyer, one of the demonstrators. Heyer’s death came after a day of demonstrations in which armed neo-Nazis and Klansmen, including Fields, who bore the symbols of Vanguard America (a white supremacist, neo-Nazi organization), marched ostensibly to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Civil War hero Robert E. Lee but really to trumpet their hateful ideas.
Fields’ act was treated as the crime it was: he was charged with second-degree murder and hit-and-run, along with several crimes related to the injuries of other victims. Yet given the political nature of the violence, and given the power of terrorism as a label, many have called for treating Heyer’s death as terrorism. Indeed, Fields’ use of a car to drive through a crowd resembles nothing more than the vehicle attacks that we’ve seen in Barcelona, Berlin, London, Nice, and other cities in the past two years. In turn, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions labeled Field’s attack “domestic terrorism,” which federal law defines as trying to intimidate a civilian population or affect government policy through violence in an area of U.S. territorial jurisdiction.
Independent of greater federal legal authority, the resources allocated to countering domestic terrorism in general and right-wing violence in particular should increase given the danger these groups pose. Counterterrorism and law enforcement officials should also focus on the violent elements within radical groups, using the law to move them away from the line that separates legitimate (if deplorable) protest and violence. In addition, officials should use the law more aggressively to stop potentially violent situations, such as when armed protestors show up at a legitimate march. Finally, legitimate mainstream groups that share part of the radicals’ agenda have a responsibility to report suspects and otherwise police their ranks—just as the United States expects other communities, like American Muslims, to do.
Note EU-Digest: whatever way you turn the coin - one of the major ways to combat disturbed people to go on a killing spree is to get some gun-control legislation passed in the US Congress.
Read more: Should We Treat Domestic Terrorists the Way We Treat ISIS? | Foreign Affairs
10/2/17
USA: Las Vegas shooting: what we know so far - +20 dead +100 wounded - by Matthew Weaver
More than 20 people have been killed and more than 100
injured after a “lone wolf” gunman fired multiple shots at the Route 91
Harvest country music festival from a hotel overlooking the event in Las
Vegas. Two of those killed were off-duty police officers.
The only suspect, whose motives are unknown, was killed by police. A Swat team used a controlled explosion to enter his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
Police are searching for the suspect’s companion, Marilou Danley. She is wanted for questioning and is described as a person of interest.
Jason Aldean, the country music singer who was performing when the shooting took place, described the scene as “beyond horrific”. He said he and his crew were safe, but added: “It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun nigh
Concertgoers reported seeing muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay hotel and several videos of the aftermath show hundreds of people fleeing in panic as the gunfire continued. About 40,000 people were attending the festival.
Note EU-Digest: This horrific shooting in Las Vegas, by whoever it might be done, terrorist or a local deranged person, once again, focuses the attention on the outdated 2nd amendment of the US constitution .
The US is in dire need of better controls on the sale of guns, so that people can not go into a gun shop and purchase any kind of gun they desire. Regardless, if the National Rifle Association and their supporters, from the President down to politicians, on both sides of the isle, like it or not.
Read more: Las Vegas shooting: what we know so far | US news | The Guardian
The only suspect, whose motives are unknown, was killed by police. A Swat team used a controlled explosion to enter his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
Police are searching for the suspect’s companion, Marilou Danley. She is wanted for questioning and is described as a person of interest.
Jason Aldean, the country music singer who was performing when the shooting took place, described the scene as “beyond horrific”. He said he and his crew were safe, but added: “It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun nigh
Concertgoers reported seeing muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay hotel and several videos of the aftermath show hundreds of people fleeing in panic as the gunfire continued. About 40,000 people were attending the festival.
Note EU-Digest: This horrific shooting in Las Vegas, by whoever it might be done, terrorist or a local deranged person, once again, focuses the attention on the outdated 2nd amendment of the US constitution .
The US is in dire need of better controls on the sale of guns, so that people can not go into a gun shop and purchase any kind of gun they desire. Regardless, if the National Rifle Association and their supporters, from the President down to politicians, on both sides of the isle, like it or not.
Read more: Las Vegas shooting: what we know so far | US news | The Guardian
5/14/14
Economic Forums: 2014 SALT Panelists Agree in Las Vegas: We Need True Leadership in Politics
“In politics, you have to take risks, otherwise you're part of the
problem, not the solution,” said Former Greek Prime Minister George
Papandreou, speaking on his attempts to stabilize Greek bonds
and drive their value up.
Greece is part of the European recovery as they continue to make huge fiscal strides, cutting the deficit by $1 trillion US equivalent. Papandreou thinks the emphasis on austerity was misplaced, as the system needs reform.
The economics of the peripheral countries need to be reorganized, not forced into austerity.
Cooperation and a stronger Europe will be crucial to the success, as Draghi's comments proved. Draghi gave the system confidence when he came out and offered to do, “whatever it takes.”
and drive their value up.Greece is part of the European recovery as they continue to make huge fiscal strides, cutting the deficit by $1 trillion US equivalent. Papandreou thinks the emphasis on austerity was misplaced, as the system needs reform.
The economics of the peripheral countries need to be reorganized, not forced into austerity.
Cooperation and a stronger Europe will be crucial to the success
, as Draghi's comments proved. Draghi gave the system confidence when he came out and offered to do, “whatever it takes.”
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