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Cubans Demand Freedom, Massive Master’s Degree Debt, Kamala & Kinkos

July 12, 2021 by GregC

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Jim & Greg cheer on the Cubans taking to the streets to demand their freedom, despite the very real threat of punishment from the government. They also shake their heads at a new Wall Street Journal report showing the massive amount of debt Master’s degree students are piling up and then not getting the lucrative jobs they dreamed about. And they get a kick out of Vice President Kamala Harris being reluctant to support voter ID requirements because she believes Americans in rural areas don’t have access to photocopiers.

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Filed Under: China, Communism, Cuba, Debt & Deficits, Education, Elections, History, Humor, News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: college, Cuba, debt, degree, Kamala Harris, Masters, National Review, protests, Three Martini Lunch, Voter ID

NEA Flunks Again, Wolf Vetoes Voter ID, Independence Day

July 5, 2021 by GregC

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Greg is back. Join him and birthday boy Jim Geraghty as they hammer the National Education Association for wanting every student vaccinated before agreeing to face-to-face instruction. They also slam Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf for vetoing legislation that would require Voter ID and signature matching there. And they are grateful for the inspiring Independence Day message from former President Thomas Whitmore.

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Filed Under: COVID-19, Education, Elections, Health Care, Humor, News & Politics Tagged With: COVID, independence, National Review, NEA, Pullman, Three Martini Lunch, vaccines, Voter ID, wolf

Voters Want Voter ID, Biden’s Big Tax Lie, Psaki’s Big Trump Lie

March 18, 2021 by GregC

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Jim and Greg enthusiastically welcome polling showing 75 percent of likely voters think presenting a photo ID should be required to cast a ballot. They also hammer Joe Biden for going back on his guarantee that “anybody” making less than $400,000 per year would not get a tax increase while he’s in the White House. And they blast White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for saying there’s “no question” that President Trump calling COVID the China virus is contributing to an increase in violence on Americans of Asian descent, including the recent murders in Atlanta.

 

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Filed Under: China, COVID-19, Crime, Economy, Elections, Health Care, History, Humor, News & Politics Tagged With: Asian, Donald Trump, elections, HR 1, jen Psaki, Joe Biden, lie, National Review, taxes, Three Martini Lunch, violence, Voter ID

Texas Judge vs. Voter ID

August 24, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/8-24-VON-SPAKOVSKY-BLOG.mp3

A federal judge in Texas shot down a proposed voter identification law for the fourth time, citing intentional discrimination against minorities, but a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity says previous court decisions and existing federal law are on the side of the Lone Star State.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos prevented Texas from implementing parts of a 2011 voter ID law and completely rejected a reworked law crafted by lawmakers to comply with an earlier defeat at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ramos says the legislation clearly has the hallmarks of discrimination, both for amending the previous law rather than starting over and for increasing penalties for anyone caught lying as to why they don’t have government-issued photo identification.

But critics of Ramos say her decision is far less complicated than that.

“This judge, an Obama appointee, has shown her bias from the very beginning, when her first opinion said that there was no reason to pass a voter ID law other than to discriminate,” said Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at the Heritage Foundation.  He is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

Von Spakovsky says the original Texas law required government-issued photo identification from all voters.  He says the amended version offered far more leniency.

“They changed it to say if you show up at a polling place and you don’t have an ID, you’ll still be able to vote if you simply sign a form that says I had a reasonable impediment that kept me from getting a photo ID and you show some document that’s got your name and address on it,” said von Spakovsky.

He says that could include a bank statement or a utility bill and adds there are no barriers in Texas to getting a photo ID or bringing an acceptable alternative to the polls.

“Texas provides a free photo ID to anyone who doesn’t already have one.  Second, they’ve even gotten rid of that requirement by saying all you’ve got to show is a document with your name and address on it .  It doesn’t cost you anything to bring a utility bill, or a bank statement, or some other government document,” said von Spakovsky.

He also laughs off Ramos for considering tougher penalties for lying on a government form to be discrimination.

“She claims that’s voter intimidation.  Again, punishing lying on a voting form is not voter intimidation, yet that’s the claim that she makes,” said von Spakovsky.

Von Spakovsky says Texas has another thing on its side as it prepares to appeal: existing federal law.

“Texas copied a federal requirement.  Under federal law in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, anyone who registers by mail, the first time they go vote they have to show some form of ID, and the forms of ID are specifically listed as exactly the same thing,” said von Spakovsky.

“So [Ramos] is basically saying that the same kind of requirement Texas put in, which is identical to a federal requirement – a federal law – that’s been upheld in the courts, that that’s somehow intentional discrimination .  I mean that’s just crazy,” said von Spakovsky.

As a result, von Spakovsky fully expects Texas to win its next battle in the appeals court, in part because doing otherwise would be tantamount to ruling against itself.

“I have a hard time believing they’re going to uphold what this judge is saying, also because of the fact that the changes that were made by Texas actually followed a guide or outline that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals itself wrote in its prior opinions,” said von Spakovsky.

A dozen states require some form of government-issued identification.  And within those states, von Spakovsky says there is proof that such policies do not discriminate.

“All of the claims that this will keep, for example, minority voters out of the polls we know is not true.  States like Georgia and Indiana have had their ID requirements in place for more than a decade.  In fact, turnout of African-Americans in Georgia went up after this law.  A lot of people think it’s because it improves public confidence in the election process,” said von Spakovsky.

While von Spakovsky admits many opponents of voter ID laws truly believe minorities and the poor are being disenfranchised, he says others just don’t like closer scrutiny of the voting process.

“There are other people who don’t want anything that will make elections more secure.  These are people who want to be able to easily steal votes.  Texas has a history of voter fraud, including a lot of people who go into poor neighborhoods and purchase and buy votes,” said von Spakovsky.

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Voter ID Irony Nails Dems, Ossoff Takes the Lead, Right Response to Terrorism

May 24, 2017 by GregC

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America enjoy watching California Democrats fight over who won the election to be the next state party chairman, with supporters of the losing candidate alleging lax voter identification enforcement.  They also wince as Jon Ossoff moves to a seven-point lead over Karen Handel in the special House race in Georgia.  And they sigh as the Manchester terrorism attack elicits more generic calls for unity rather than identifying the obvious motivation for such heinous attacks.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: California, democrats, georgia, Handel, Katy Perry, Martini, National Review, Ossoff, radical Islam, Terrorism, Voter ID

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