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May 11, 2022
The Elite Ukrainian Soldiers Defending the Donbas
In the battle for the Donbas, Russian troops are facing off against some of the most experienced soldiers in the Ukrainian armed forces. A visit with Captain Oleksandr Staryna, who says the Russians have recently lost momentum.
By Alexander Sarovic and Emre Caylak (Photos) in Marinka, eastern Ukraine
10.05.2022, 20.57 Uhr
(Der Spiegel) Commander Oleksandr Staryna takes his right hand off the gear stick and points ahead. A small town rises above the eastern Ukrainian steppe: two golden church towers, a few Soviet-era buildings, low houses. "There," says Staryna. "This is Marinka."
He steers the SUV, an old Lada Niva, to the entrance of the village, past a wrecked car lying in the ditch. Two pensioners had been trying to escape in the vehicle when a Russian shell struck.
Sergeant Mykola Davydenko is sitting next to the commander. He is clutching the barrel of an assault rifle in one hand, a domestically produced Vulkan. The two Ukrainian elite soldiers are driving to their position in the embattled town. As we continue along the route, the level of destruction increases. Shelling has demolished roofs, mangled bedrooms and torched cars.
Staryna parks the Lada in a small courtyard. The soldiers regularly change cars. For close combat, they prefer light, maneuverable vehicles. Armored cars, the commander explains, aren't much help in Marinka.
It is now the second time that the town near Donetsk has been the scene of fighting that has the potential to decide the future of Ukraine. The war between pro-Russian separatists and government troops began here eight years ago here in the Donbas, the coal-mining region in the east of the country. After fierce fighting, the Ukrainian army was able to bring Marinka back under its control in June 2015. Since then, the front has run along the eastern outskirts.
....(snip)....
Staryna believes the Russian attackers have "lost momentum." He says many are wounded or dead. "We see this with our drones and hear it in the radio transmissions we intercept," he says. Most importantly, he says, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed a lot of Russian equipment. "I don’t want to brag," he says. "But lately, hardly a day has gone by in which we haven't destroyed an enemy artillery position." ...............(more)
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/starnya-s-mission-the-elite-ukrainian-soldiers-defending-the-donbas-a-54bde7bd-4c37-4bd0-9ae1-05272466cc3d
The Elite Ukrainian Soldiers Defending the Donbas
The Elite Ukrainian Soldiers Defending the Donbas
In the battle for the Donbas, Russian troops are facing off against some of the most experienced soldiers in the Ukrainian armed forces. A visit with Captain Oleksandr Staryna, who says the Russians have recently lost momentum.
By Alexander Sarovic and Emre Caylak (Photos) in Marinka, eastern Ukraine
10.05.2022, 20.57 Uhr
(Der Spiegel) Commander Oleksandr Staryna takes his right hand off the gear stick and points ahead. A small town rises above the eastern Ukrainian steppe: two golden church towers, a few Soviet-era buildings, low houses. "There," says Staryna. "This is Marinka."
He steers the SUV, an old Lada Niva, to the entrance of the village, past a wrecked car lying in the ditch. Two pensioners had been trying to escape in the vehicle when a Russian shell struck.
Sergeant Mykola Davydenko is sitting next to the commander. He is clutching the barrel of an assault rifle in one hand, a domestically produced Vulkan. The two Ukrainian elite soldiers are driving to their position in the embattled town. As we continue along the route, the level of destruction increases. Shelling has demolished roofs, mangled bedrooms and torched cars.
Staryna parks the Lada in a small courtyard. The soldiers regularly change cars. For close combat, they prefer light, maneuverable vehicles. Armored cars, the commander explains, aren't much help in Marinka.
It is now the second time that the town near Donetsk has been the scene of fighting that has the potential to decide the future of Ukraine. The war between pro-Russian separatists and government troops began here eight years ago here in the Donbas, the coal-mining region in the east of the country. After fierce fighting, the Ukrainian army was able to bring Marinka back under its control in June 2015. Since then, the front has run along the eastern outskirts.
....(snip)....
Staryna believes the Russian attackers have "lost momentum." He says many are wounded or dead. "We see this with our drones and hear it in the radio transmissions we intercept," he says. Most importantly, he says, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed a lot of Russian equipment. "I don’t want to brag," he says. "But lately, hardly a day has gone by in which we haven't destroyed an enemy artillery position." ...............(more)
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/starnya-s-mission-the-elite-ukrainian-soldiers-defending-the-donbas-a-54bde7bd-4c37-4bd0-9ae1-05272466cc3d
May 10, 2022
Divided States of America: Roe v Wade is ‘precursor to larger struggles’
The demise of the 1973 ruling could drive the biggest wedge yet between what appears to be two irreconcilable nations
(Guardian UK) “You put your babies in the womb, you will be held accountable!” yelled Steve Corson, tall, bearded and jabbing a finger at women who chanted back: “My body, my choice!”
Corson took a deep breath and blew into a shofar. Then Nathan Darnell, wearing a “Jesus Christ is king” cap and holding aloft a cross, grabbed a megaphone.
“You guys are demon-possessed!” declared the 19-year-old from Haymarket, Virginia. “You guys are controlled by demons, all of you. Every child has a right to life.”
Suddenly Darnell was surrounded by abortion rights protesters brandishing placards. He kept talking.
....(snip)....
The fury was unleashed by a leaked draft opinion that showed the nation’s highest court provisionally voted to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that effectively legalised abortion. It was a political earthquake that revealed American women are perilously close to losing a fundamental right.
It was also a milestone in America’s seemingly inexorable journey from United States to divided states. The likely demise of Roe v Wade could drive the biggest wedge yet between what appear to be two irreconcilable nations coexisting under one flag. ............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/10/divided-america-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-cold-civil-war
Divided States of America: Roe v Wade is 'precursor to larger struggles'
Divided States of America: Roe v Wade is ‘precursor to larger struggles’
The demise of the 1973 ruling could drive the biggest wedge yet between what appears to be two irreconcilable nations
(Guardian UK) “You put your babies in the womb, you will be held accountable!” yelled Steve Corson, tall, bearded and jabbing a finger at women who chanted back: “My body, my choice!”
Corson took a deep breath and blew into a shofar. Then Nathan Darnell, wearing a “Jesus Christ is king” cap and holding aloft a cross, grabbed a megaphone.
“You guys are demon-possessed!” declared the 19-year-old from Haymarket, Virginia. “You guys are controlled by demons, all of you. Every child has a right to life.”
Suddenly Darnell was surrounded by abortion rights protesters brandishing placards. He kept talking.
....(snip)....
The fury was unleashed by a leaked draft opinion that showed the nation’s highest court provisionally voted to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that effectively legalised abortion. It was a political earthquake that revealed American women are perilously close to losing a fundamental right.
It was also a milestone in America’s seemingly inexorable journey from United States to divided states. The likely demise of Roe v Wade could drive the biggest wedge yet between what appear to be two irreconcilable nations coexisting under one flag. ............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/10/divided-america-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-cold-civil-war
May 10, 2022
Whitmer urges Americans to fight to protect abortion rights
The Michigan governor warned that ‘anti-choice, anti-women extremists’ are pressing for a federal ban on abortion
By Steve Neavling on Mon, May 9, 2022 at 5:05 pm
(Detroit Metro Times) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Americans to “take unprecedented steps to protect” abortion rights in an op-ed published in The New York Times.
Saying a federal abortion ban is possible if “anti-choice, anti-women extremists” get their way, Whitmer urged “my fellow pro-choice governors, state legislators, private sector leaders and citizens to use every available tool to protect access to safe, legal abortions.”
Whitmer filed a preemptive lawsuit last month that argues abortion is protected under the state constitution’s due process and equal protection clauses. It’s a critical argument that could determine whether women have a right to abortion access in Michigan if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in 1973 that established the right for people to terminate their pregnancy. ............(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/whitmer-urges-americans-to-fight-to-protect-abortion-rights-30008855
Whitmer urges Americans to fight to protect abortion rights
Whitmer urges Americans to fight to protect abortion rights
The Michigan governor warned that ‘anti-choice, anti-women extremists’ are pressing for a federal ban on abortion
By Steve Neavling on Mon, May 9, 2022 at 5:05 pm
(Detroit Metro Times) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Americans to “take unprecedented steps to protect” abortion rights in an op-ed published in The New York Times.
Saying a federal abortion ban is possible if “anti-choice, anti-women extremists” get their way, Whitmer urged “my fellow pro-choice governors, state legislators, private sector leaders and citizens to use every available tool to protect access to safe, legal abortions.”
Whitmer filed a preemptive lawsuit last month that argues abortion is protected under the state constitution’s due process and equal protection clauses. It’s a critical argument that could determine whether women have a right to abortion access in Michigan if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in 1973 that established the right for people to terminate their pregnancy. ............(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/whitmer-urges-americans-to-fight-to-protect-abortion-rights-30008855
May 10, 2022
Why Abortion Is Health Care
It’s not just about extreme cases—pregnancy can have a lifelong impact on well-being.
BY DAKOTA E. MCCOY AND MADISON SHARP
MAY 09, 20223:52 PM
(Slate) Tiffany was 17 weeks pregnant when her water broke while she walked to her car. The fetus wasn’t viable. Her OB-GYN team recommended an abortion—the standard of care, given the high risk of infection and death associated with her condition. While she considered her options, her blood stopped clotting properly—a possibly deadly complication. Doctors intubated her and rushed her to the ICU for a prolonged stay, where she had an emergency abortion. Without access to abortion, Tiffany would have died.
Tiffany, whose name we have changed, is an extreme example. In conversations around abortion rights, such extreme examples often come up as to why abortion is health care. And it’s true: Abortion can be an acutely lifesaving tool.
But carrying a fetus is inherently risky, even in normal pregnancies. The risk that something will go drastically wrong for the mother in pregnancy, or that there will be harmful lifelong health consequences, is unavoidable: Fundamental evolutionary forces have etched these risks into our genes. If you talk to five pregnant people in the USA, statistically one of them will experience a potentially serious complication, like high blood pressure or gestational diabetes.
Many of us are willing to take our chances, with the support of medical care, for the joy of childbirth. But if laws erase the choice to have an abortion, pregnant people will be legally required to put their health, and even lives, at risk. Biology makes sure of that.
The reason is simple: Sometimes what is good for the embryo is not good for the mother. Embryos extract resources from their mothers to improve their own health, which can at times come at the expense of maternal health. From the perspective of the embryo, the benefits of this “selfish” evolutionary strategy outweigh the corresponding costs—the chance of harm or death to the mother. Biologists have a term for this: “parent-offspring conflict.” ..........(more)
https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/abortion-access-health-care-pregnancy.html
Why Abortion Is Health Care
Why Abortion Is Health Care
It’s not just about extreme cases—pregnancy can have a lifelong impact on well-being.
BY DAKOTA E. MCCOY AND MADISON SHARP
MAY 09, 20223:52 PM
(Slate) Tiffany was 17 weeks pregnant when her water broke while she walked to her car. The fetus wasn’t viable. Her OB-GYN team recommended an abortion—the standard of care, given the high risk of infection and death associated with her condition. While she considered her options, her blood stopped clotting properly—a possibly deadly complication. Doctors intubated her and rushed her to the ICU for a prolonged stay, where she had an emergency abortion. Without access to abortion, Tiffany would have died.
Tiffany, whose name we have changed, is an extreme example. In conversations around abortion rights, such extreme examples often come up as to why abortion is health care. And it’s true: Abortion can be an acutely lifesaving tool.
But carrying a fetus is inherently risky, even in normal pregnancies. The risk that something will go drastically wrong for the mother in pregnancy, or that there will be harmful lifelong health consequences, is unavoidable: Fundamental evolutionary forces have etched these risks into our genes. If you talk to five pregnant people in the USA, statistically one of them will experience a potentially serious complication, like high blood pressure or gestational diabetes.
Many of us are willing to take our chances, with the support of medical care, for the joy of childbirth. But if laws erase the choice to have an abortion, pregnant people will be legally required to put their health, and even lives, at risk. Biology makes sure of that.
The reason is simple: Sometimes what is good for the embryo is not good for the mother. Embryos extract resources from their mothers to improve their own health, which can at times come at the expense of maternal health. From the perspective of the embryo, the benefits of this “selfish” evolutionary strategy outweigh the corresponding costs—the chance of harm or death to the mother. Biologists have a term for this: “parent-offspring conflict.” ..........(more)
https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/abortion-access-health-care-pregnancy.html
May 10, 2022
Deborah Giles researched Southern Resident killer whales for years to better understand how to save the species
By TARA LOHAN
PUBLISHED MAY 10, 2022 8:15AM
You can learn a lot from poop.
Deborah Giles would know. As the research director of the nonprofit Wild Orca and a research scientist at the University of Washington, Giles has worked for years on a project collecting scat from endangered Southern Resident killer whales to better understand their health.
And there's reason for concern. Southern Residents are a distinct population of orcas — known as J, K and L pod — that make their home in the waters around the Pacific Northwest. For the past 20 years their populations have trended dangerously downward. In 2005, with just 88 individuals remaining, they were federally protected as endangered. Today their numbers have dropped to 73.
"The Revelator" spoke with Giles about the biggest threats facing these killer whales and what can be done to save them.
With the help of specially trained dogs, you're able to find Southern Resident killer whale scat in the sea. What can you learn from it?
Scat is a great proxy for blood or blubber. In the past we would've had to have taken a blubber biopsy to understand things like how much toxicants are stored or circulating through the whale's body. But an analysis of one fecal collection yields things like nutrition status, stress hormones, pregnancy hormones. We can tell if a female is pregnant — and how pregnant — based on sex hormones associated with different stages of pregnancy. We can tell things about the gut microbiome, fungus and bacteria. Pretty much anything you can imagine health-wise that can be learned from a biological sample, you can learn from feces.
One of our papers showed that 69% of pregnant females are losing their calves either before they're viable, meaning they miscarry them or the calves are born and die right away. And one-third of those are females that were pregnant into the last stages of pregnancy, and yet their babies died. Those females are the ones that we were also able to show were nutritionally deprived. ...............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/10/a-scientist-on-studying-endangered-killer-whales_partner/
What killer whales need from humans
What killer whales need from humansDeborah Giles researched Southern Resident killer whales for years to better understand how to save the species
By TARA LOHAN
PUBLISHED MAY 10, 2022 8:15AM
You can learn a lot from poop.
Deborah Giles would know. As the research director of the nonprofit Wild Orca and a research scientist at the University of Washington, Giles has worked for years on a project collecting scat from endangered Southern Resident killer whales to better understand their health.
And there's reason for concern. Southern Residents are a distinct population of orcas — known as J, K and L pod — that make their home in the waters around the Pacific Northwest. For the past 20 years their populations have trended dangerously downward. In 2005, with just 88 individuals remaining, they were federally protected as endangered. Today their numbers have dropped to 73.
"The Revelator" spoke with Giles about the biggest threats facing these killer whales and what can be done to save them.
With the help of specially trained dogs, you're able to find Southern Resident killer whale scat in the sea. What can you learn from it?
Scat is a great proxy for blood or blubber. In the past we would've had to have taken a blubber biopsy to understand things like how much toxicants are stored or circulating through the whale's body. But an analysis of one fecal collection yields things like nutrition status, stress hormones, pregnancy hormones. We can tell if a female is pregnant — and how pregnant — based on sex hormones associated with different stages of pregnancy. We can tell things about the gut microbiome, fungus and bacteria. Pretty much anything you can imagine health-wise that can be learned from a biological sample, you can learn from feces.
One of our papers showed that 69% of pregnant females are losing their calves either before they're viable, meaning they miscarry them or the calves are born and die right away. And one-third of those are females that were pregnant into the last stages of pregnancy, and yet their babies died. Those females are the ones that we were also able to show were nutritionally deprived. ...............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/10/a-scientist-on-studying-endangered-killer-whales_partner/
May 9, 2022
The Abortion Firestorm is also a White Freak-out About the Browning of America
America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control and white supremacists on the Court are bound and determined to do something about it
Thom Hartmann
The abortion battle is not just about religion.
We’re also watching the last ages of white supremacy, and it’s scaring the hell out of white people who’ve bought into the racist belief that “others” are fundamentally different and inferior.
This firestorm around abortion is another dimension of the white freak-out about the browning of America that stretches from the days of slavery through 19th century “scientific racism” to Charles Murray’s book The Bell Curve: America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control.
....(snip)....
Let’s be clear here: Alito and Barrett are talking about white babies.
There is an actual “shortage” of them, dating back to Roe v Wade being put into law, causing white people who want to parent but can’t or don’t want to go through a pregnancy to turn to adoptions from Russia and Eastern European nations. ..............(more)
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-abortion-firestorm-is-also-a?
The Abortion Firestorm is also a White Freak-out About the Browning of America
The Abortion Firestorm is also a White Freak-out About the Browning of America
America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control and white supremacists on the Court are bound and determined to do something about it
Thom Hartmann
The abortion battle is not just about religion.
We’re also watching the last ages of white supremacy, and it’s scaring the hell out of white people who’ve bought into the racist belief that “others” are fundamentally different and inferior.
This firestorm around abortion is another dimension of the white freak-out about the browning of America that stretches from the days of slavery through 19th century “scientific racism” to Charles Murray’s book The Bell Curve: America is no longer all-white or all-under-white-control.
....(snip)....
Let’s be clear here: Alito and Barrett are talking about white babies.
There is an actual “shortage” of them, dating back to Roe v Wade being put into law, causing white people who want to parent but can’t or don’t want to go through a pregnancy to turn to adoptions from Russia and Eastern European nations. ..............(more)
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-abortion-firestorm-is-also-a?
May 9, 2022
Republicans aren't even bothering to lie about it anymore. They are now coming for birth control
As you can see, the status quo is changing very, very quickly
By HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
PUBLISHED MAY 9, 2022 9:56AM
(Salon) As much as the National Republican Senatorial Committee would like Republicans to stay away from the abortion issue except to insist they are compassionate and caring about life, it isn't really working. That line is hardly a natural fit for a party that had a collective hysterical tantrum against Barack Obama's Affordable Health Care Act and proposes taxing the poor anyway. They are the "Fuck Your Feelings" party, after all, not the empathy and mercy crowd.
There is little hope of eliding the consequences of their decades-long crusade to send women back to back-alley butchers. Nonetheless, they are haplessly trying to pretend that they are truly committed to helping all the people who will be forced to give birth against their will once the right to abortion is overturned. It's not credible:
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1523358449727275008?
According to the National Women's Law Center, Mississippi has the highest poverty rate for women in the nation, one of the highest uninsurance rates for women in the nation and ranks last in the country for women's and children's health outcomes. If they revere life so much, why have they been punishing the poor women and children in their state who chose not to get abortions for the past 50 years?
....(snip)....
And as much as they insist that they aren't coming for contraception — they're coming for contraception.
SFLA's executive director, Kristan Hawkins, has said that in her ideal world the pill and IUDs would be "illegal." She's certainly not the only conservative with those views although according to the official talking points they are supposed to lie about it and insist they have no intention of banning contraception. ............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/09/arent-even-bothering-to-lie-about-it-anymore-they-are-now-coming-for-birth-control/
Republicans aren't even bothering to lie about it anymore. They are now coming for birth control
Republicans aren't even bothering to lie about it anymore. They are now coming for birth control
As you can see, the status quo is changing very, very quickly
By HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
PUBLISHED MAY 9, 2022 9:56AM
(Salon) As much as the National Republican Senatorial Committee would like Republicans to stay away from the abortion issue except to insist they are compassionate and caring about life, it isn't really working. That line is hardly a natural fit for a party that had a collective hysterical tantrum against Barack Obama's Affordable Health Care Act and proposes taxing the poor anyway. They are the "Fuck Your Feelings" party, after all, not the empathy and mercy crowd.
There is little hope of eliding the consequences of their decades-long crusade to send women back to back-alley butchers. Nonetheless, they are haplessly trying to pretend that they are truly committed to helping all the people who will be forced to give birth against their will once the right to abortion is overturned. It's not credible:
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1523358449727275008?
According to the National Women's Law Center, Mississippi has the highest poverty rate for women in the nation, one of the highest uninsurance rates for women in the nation and ranks last in the country for women's and children's health outcomes. If they revere life so much, why have they been punishing the poor women and children in their state who chose not to get abortions for the past 50 years?
....(snip)....
And as much as they insist that they aren't coming for contraception — they're coming for contraception.
SFLA's executive director, Kristan Hawkins, has said that in her ideal world the pill and IUDs would be "illegal." She's certainly not the only conservative with those views although according to the official talking points they are supposed to lie about it and insist they have no intention of banning contraception. ............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2022/05/09/arent-even-bothering-to-lie-about-it-anymore-they-are-now-coming-for-birth-control/
May 8, 2022
(Detroit Metro Times) The clock is ticking on five decades of abortion rights in Michigan.
But advocates of reproductive autonomy aren’t going down without a fight.
Michigan is one of 26 states with laws banning abortion that would go back into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in 1973 that established the right for people to terminate their pregnancy. The case invalidated Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortions.
But now, according to a leaked draft decision from the U.S. Supreme Court published last week, five conservative justices are poised to reverse constitutional protections for abortion, arguing that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided.
When the final decision is released, which could be in June or July, legal experts say Michigan’s ban on abortions will go back into effect.
....(snip)....
By anticipating the decision, advocates have gotten in front of the issue and say they are now prepared for a showdown to protect reproductive autonomy. ...........(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/inside-michigans-battle-to-protect-the-right-to-abortion-29991411
Inside Michigan's battle to protect the right to abortion
(Detroit Metro Times) The clock is ticking on five decades of abortion rights in Michigan.
But advocates of reproductive autonomy aren’t going down without a fight.
Michigan is one of 26 states with laws banning abortion that would go back into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in 1973 that established the right for people to terminate their pregnancy. The case invalidated Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortions.
But now, according to a leaked draft decision from the U.S. Supreme Court published last week, five conservative justices are poised to reverse constitutional protections for abortion, arguing that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided.
When the final decision is released, which could be in June or July, legal experts say Michigan’s ban on abortions will go back into effect.
....(snip)....
By anticipating the decision, advocates have gotten in front of the issue and say they are now prepared for a showdown to protect reproductive autonomy. ...........(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/inside-michigans-battle-to-protect-the-right-to-abortion-29991411
May 7, 2022
(Detroit Free Press) Republican Kristina Karamo launched her campaign for Michigan secretary of state with a passionate campaign promise.
"I am running to remove corruption from our elections and from the Michigan SOS office," she said in a statement announcing her bid.
This vow to clean up elections stemmed from her experience in 2020 as a presidential election challenger in Detroit. Following the election, she appeared on conservative television programs, testified before state lawmakers and participated in legal efforts to fight the election results, claiming that she witnessed misconduct as she observed election workers processing and counting ballots at the Detroit convention hall formerly known as the TCF Center.
But a close look at her allegations about the last election show they don't provide evidence of fraud or wrongdoing. Rather, the Free Press found, she appears to mistake standard processes for something nefarious. ..............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/06/michigan-republican-secretary-state-picks-false-election-claims/9661591002/
Michigan Republican secretary of state pick leveled baseless claims of election misconduct
(Detroit Free Press) Republican Kristina Karamo launched her campaign for Michigan secretary of state with a passionate campaign promise.
"I am running to remove corruption from our elections and from the Michigan SOS office," she said in a statement announcing her bid.
This vow to clean up elections stemmed from her experience in 2020 as a presidential election challenger in Detroit. Following the election, she appeared on conservative television programs, testified before state lawmakers and participated in legal efforts to fight the election results, claiming that she witnessed misconduct as she observed election workers processing and counting ballots at the Detroit convention hall formerly known as the TCF Center.
But a close look at her allegations about the last election show they don't provide evidence of fraud or wrongdoing. Rather, the Free Press found, she appears to mistake standard processes for something nefarious. ..............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/06/michigan-republican-secretary-state-picks-false-election-claims/9661591002/
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