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"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections," the ruling states. "All other pending motions are dismissed as moot."
The US Supreme Court has rejected the request by Texas to sue four battleground states for improperly administered elections, citing "lack of standing" under the Constitution. Justices Alito and Thomas dissented.
The court announced on Friday evening that the motion by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was denied the leave to file "for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution."
President Trump tweeted earlier in the day before the Supreme Court made their decision.The corruption in all segments of the political and juridical system in the USA is more than obvious. Despite much evidence of election irregularities, the court ruled in Biden's favor. The New York Post brings us this:
Trump tweeted in response just before midnight on Friday:
Earlier this month, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) announced plans to challenge the tally when Congress convenes on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral College votes and certify the winner.
During an appearance on C-SPAN earlier this week, Brooks — who claimed that "millions" of votes were cast illegally — said he had "no clue" if any senator would join him in the effort, which is all but certain to fail but would have the effect of forcing Republicans to side with or against Trump."I can either surrender or fight to protect the integrity of our system. I'm choosing to fight," he said.
In the final six weeks of President Trump's administration, political appointees at the Pentagon are reviewing the Pentagon's support to the CIA. Critics see a potentially dangerous effort to yank critical Defense Department support to agency efforts in terrorism hotspots across the globe.
The review is the pet project of Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Ezra Cohen-Watnick, one of several top-level political appointees assigned to acting roles in the Pentagon in the wake of Trump's Election Day [assumed] loss. Several of those officials, including Cohen-Watnick, are seen as Trump loyalists.
Some former officials fiercely question the utility of what they see as an effort to curtail the Defense Department's counterterrorism support to the agency."I think it's fair for the DOD to say, 'I'd like some of our detailees to be involved in these higher-level missions' — and they are — but it's going to be very few, because there's very few involved in those missions anyway. If they go, 'We don't want to help you with the CT missions' — well, somebody has to do it.No decisions have yet been made, and some officials say that view is alarmist.
"It's basically going to ask the CIA to carry the burden for two-and-a-half months and pull the rug out from under them at the same time," said the former official. "If they start dying in Afghanistan, this is going to be a big deal."
But rumors surrounding the review have burned through the Pentagon in a moment of profound upheaval in the E-Ring. At least some counterterrorism officials feared at one point — incorrectly — that the authorization for the counterterrorism detail program would not be renewed as normal this month, hinting at the degree of anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the murky initiative.
That three-year authorization has since been signed, but the broader review of Defense Department support to the agency is ongoing.
Comment: Not that Time's Person of the Year means anything beyond celebrity gossip, but this is an insipid and uninspired choice. Biden essentially hid in his basement for the entire campaign and Kamala has always been deemed completely unlikable. On the other hand, maybe these two do encapsulate the complete sh*t show that was 2020 rather effectively.
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