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Poor Mike Pence...After humiliating himself by carrying Trump’s water for the past four years, there’s zippo chance that his old boss will pick him as a running mate in 2024.
That did not stop Mike from trying to win his former master’s approval.
Pence penned on op-ed in the Heritage Foundation’s March 3 Daily Signal, repeating the lie that the 2020 election was rigged and marked by “significant voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law.”
The former VP knows that is simply not true. The Trump administration’s Dept of Homeland Security called the 2020 election" the most secure in American history."
It found “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,”according to its Nov. 12 statement.
“There are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too," it said.
Court after court threw out challenges to the election.
Pence does the nation a disservice by trading in the rigged election misinformation.
He piously wrote in his op-ed: “Every citizen deserves the freedom to support, oppose, criticize, or promote the candidates and causes they believe in. And most importantly, the American people must have the utmost confidence that every voice matters, and every vote counts—or democracy cannot survive.”
Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice, which is affiliated with New York University, reports that as of Feb. 19, legislators in 43 states have introduced more that 250 bills that would make it harder to vote, primarily limited mail voting and imposed stricter ID requirements.
It is not Democrats trying to take away the right to vote, Mike.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. claims it is paying tribute to Sheldon Adelson by selling off its cherished Vegas properties and charting a new path to growth.
The founder/CEO of LVCS made his mark in Vegas, buying the Sands Hotel in 1988 and opening The Venetian mega-casino in 1999. He died Jan 11 at the age of 87.
LVSC is selling The Venetian and Sands Expo & Convention Center for $6.3B.
In its March 3 announcement, LVSC said “selling The Venetian, the property that helped establish Sheldon Adelson and his company at the top of the gaming industry, will be bittersweet.”
It added: “The Venetian changed the face of the future casino development and cemented Sheldon Adelson’s legacy as one of the most influential people in the history of the gaming and hospitality industry.”
The company claims that focusing its future on Macao and Singapore will pay a new tribute to Adelson’s legacy.
Adelson might not have agreed. The next step for LVSC is to drop “Vegas” from the corporate name.
Will that be pitched as another tribute to Adelson?
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Mar. 5, 2021, by Joe Honick
Once again, you have two important pieces in one article. Pence in walking back his having presided over the confirmation of the Electoral College vote win for Biden not only has made himself and the Republican party look foolish, he has done the same for America. Because of all the political gymnastics we are experiencing, the rest of the world cannot help but see us as lacking sufficient unity no matter how well intentioned Joe Biden may be in trying to reverse the virtual fascism of Trump.
The second part of your story that helped with the veneration of the Vegas tycoon did not include his financial power with the Republican Jewish Coalition that backed Trump and must now find some means to separate itself from the anti-Semitism and racism praised by the spineless party and its hero. Strangely, the Democrats have failed to take advantage of what's going on to mount a powerful PR effort to sustain exposure of the Trump virtual treason.