Tag: The Epoch Times

A Look at the Legal Issues Surrounding the 2024 Election

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By Sam Dorman Lawsuits include those about procedures for certifying elections, which ballots should be counted, and the accuracy of state voter rolls. The run-up to the 2024 election has seen a number of consequential court cases and rulings related to how voters cast their ballots and how governments process the election results. Some of the cases remain ongoing, and if 2024 is anything like 2020, the nation could see a flurry of lawsuits after Election Day with candidates also challenging the outcomes. It is, however, unclear how far any…

A Reliable Voting Bloc for Decades, Minorities Now Look for Alternatives to Democrats

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By Lawrence Wilson Democrats, at first reluctant to see the problem, are seeking solutions. Their efforts could be too little, too late. Democrats gathered at the state fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina, to await the results of their party’s primary election. President Joe Biden, the only candidate to campaign in the state, won handily, as expected. From the podium, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), 83, took a call from the chief executive, who thanked South Carolinians for their support. Applause followed, with congratulations all around. As the modest crowd dispersed, Mr. Clyburn…

5 Takeaways From the 4th Republican Presidential Debate

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John Haughey and Nathan Worcester The four candidates competing in the shadow of President Donald Trump engaged in the most heated debate yet. With the Iowa Caucuses 39 days away, the final four Republican presidential aspirants vying for second place behind the absent yet dominant former President Donald Trump took the stage at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to make their case to voters, for the fourth time this year. The wide-ranging and often combative exchanges between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur…

Two Princeton, MIT Scientists Say EPA Climate Regulations Based on a ‘Hoax’

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By Kevin Stocklin Physicist, meteorologist testify that the climate agenda is ‘disastrous’ for America Two prominent climate scientists have taken on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rules to cut CO2 emissions in electricity generation, arguing in testimony that the regulations “will be disastrous for the country, for no scientifically justifiable reason.” Citing extensive data (pdf) to support their case, William Happer, professor emeritus in physics at Princeton University, and Richard Lindzen, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), argued that the claims used by the EPA…

IN-DEPTH: Trump Indictment Rests on Untested Legal Theory, Experts Say

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By Petr Svab ‘The Espionage Act has never been used to prosecute in this sort of a setting,’ says former federal prosecutor The indictment of former President Donald Trump for holding military documents and obstructing the government from taking them is built on a novel legal theory that has multiple weaknesses, according to several lawyers and other experts. The case has been portrayed in the media as being about Trump’s retaining classified documents from his presidency. However, the charges sidestep that issue and instead use a clause in the Espionage Act…

Caden Pearson, Elon Musk Unveils Twitter Censorship Machine in 2020

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By Caden Pearson 0:007:25 1    Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and independent journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday unveiled what drove former Twitter executives to suppress the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election. Dubbed “The Twitter Files,” Taibbi published his reporting in a thread on his Twitter account, which he said was based on “thousands of internal documents obtained by sources” from the social media platform. The tweets contained communications amongst Twitter employees as they grappled with how to excuse their decision to censor the Hunter…

The Real Reason Fauci Is Stepping Down? ‘His Presence Is No Longer Politically Sustainable.’

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By Patricia Tolson While Dr. Anthony Fauci claims he’s stepping down to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, an attorney who has been pursuing legal accountability for Fauci’s actions believes it’s because “his presence is no longer politically sustainable.” Fauci announced on Aug. 22 that he is stepping down from his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Laboratory of Immunoregulation and as chief medical adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden. “The huge pop we are all hearing…

Dueling Trump, Pence Rallies in Arizona Draw Different Crowds as Lake, Robson Trade Barbs

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By Allan Stein PRESCOTT, Ariz.—One rally looked more like a catered banquet event on steroids, the other like a rock concert with all the hoopla of a religious revival meeting. One thing was sure: former President Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence were the stars at dueling rallies in the final days before the Arizona primary on Aug. 2. “I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican—in that order—and I’m here because Arizona—and America—needs Karrin Taylor Robson as the next governor of Arizona,” Pence said at an event for Robson held at…

Jeffrey A. Tucker, Supreme Court Targets the Real Enemy

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By Jeffrey A. Tucker The flurry of rulings from the Supreme Court has everyone’s head spinning. The most significant among them, even if it doesn’t capture all the headlines, is West Virginia vs EPA. The majority opinion is impressive but the part I found truly wonderful is the concurring opinion by Neil Gorsuch. This is where we see things headed, toward a major and much-welcome curbing of the power of the administrative state. Just to review what this thing is, it is the unelected bureaucracy that rules the country without oversight from voters or legislatures. For well…

EXCLUSIVE: Police Report Proves Plainclothes Electronic Surveillance Unit Members Were Embedded Among Jan. 6 Protesters

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By Patricia Tolson Embedded ESU members wore a specific ‘bracelet on their left wrist identifying them as MPD personnel’ 0:0021:24 1    While there is growing speculation that federal agents and Capitol Police were involved in instigating acts of violence during the Jan. 6, 2021 protests and recording responses for the purposes of entrapment, evidence now proves that “plainclothes” members of a special Electronic Surveillance Unit (ESU) were embedded among the protesters for the purposes of conducting video surveillance. Evidence also points to a day of security deficiencies and police provocation…