Republicans Shouldn’t Vote?

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“Democrats are inaccurately accusing Republican election reform efforts–designed to address some of Trump’s complaints–as ‘voter suppression.’ But here is an actual case of voter suppression, only Trump is suppressing his own voters!” - Veith

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Did the Maricopa County Audit Find 17,322 Duplicate Ballots? . . . No

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“After the results of Maricopa County’s unofficial election review were released last week, baseless rumors about alleged election fraud have been circulating on social media. A popular Instagram post, for example, claims that ‘over 17,000 duplicate ballots were found JUST in Maricopa county. Trump won.’” - The Dispatch

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Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire

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“No matter the provenance of the recent interest in Byzantium from America’s white supremacists and conspiracy theorists, one thing is clear: It is based on a very warped idea of the Byzantine Empire that has emerged out of the empire’s fraught place in our histories, caught between ancient and medieval, spirituality and bureaucracy.” - The Conv

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