[OBSERVER] The Manhattan Democratic Party convened an emergency meeting today to nominate a replacement for New York City Board of Elections Commissioner Alan Schulkin, who rocketed to prominence when a conservative nonprofit caught him on hidden camera alleging voter fraud is rampant in New York City’s minority neighborhoods.
Under the eye of Assemblyman Keith Wright, chairman of the New York County Democratic Committee, members voted unanimously to nominate Jeanine Johnson, his chief of staff and attorney--who received a drunk driving charge last year, according to the New York Post. Schulkin told the Observer before the meeting started that he made a decision not to seek a new four-year term on the board last August, well before Project Veritas published the undercover video this October in which he alleged organizations bus voters from poll site to poll site in nonwhite neighborhoods.
He said he chose to step down because he’s "getting a little bit older" and there’s "a lot of things I wanted to do in life" besides being the commissioner, which he said is "a lot of work."
"The county leader asked me to stay on through certification and we agreed. Our relationship is fantastic," he said. "He’s worked well with me over the last two years and he has no hard feelings and whoever you guys pick, I will fully support and help in any way possible."
This revelation is odd, since Schulkin pointedly refused to comply with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s calls he step down after the video surfaced. After the meeting, the outgoing commissioner disputed a question about why he resisted those calls for his resignation when he was planning to do so all along.
"Very simple: because I believe in the integrity of the Board of Elections and it was only one person calling for me to resign, and that was the mayor," Schulkin said, noting that the city BOE is under the control of the county party organizations and the City Council, not Gracie Mansion. "And I don’t believe the mayor has control of the Board of Elections. So I was not stepping down because he asked me to step down."
Schulkin, whom the state Board of Elections has subpoenaed, declined to comment on whether he believes voter fraud is rampant, citing advice from his attorneys.
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Something like 87% of the people in NYC vote Dem. They try to steal elections even when it is not necessary?--guess they are just keeping in practice.
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] Former Pennsylvania attorney general and Hillary Clinton ... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook... ally Kathleen Kane received 10 to 23 months of jail time on Monday, months after resigning her position upon being convicted of multiple criminal offenses, including two felony counts of perjury.
Kane was found guilty for leaking secret grand jury documents conducted under a Republican predecessor and later lying under oath about her activities. Prior to sentencing, she asked the court to consider her family in handing down its decision, and her defense argued that the loss of her job and the damage done to her career was sufficient. But the prosecution presented testimony that attested to the damage Kane did to the state government.
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Hillary has been accused of perjury. She is accused of many other things as well. Perhaps there will be a good airing under a new administration. Hope the Trump administration doesn't go wobbly.
[The Hill] Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton warned Sunday that President Obama should not take any actions before leaving office that could hurt Israel at the U.N.
Bolton said during an interview with radio host John Catsimatidis that there is "a lot of speculation over in Turtle Bay at U.N. headquarters about resolutions that recognize a Palestinian state or that try and set a boundary for Israel based on the 1967 ceasefire lines."
"I think that’d be very inadvisable for the president to do that," he said.
Obama said during his final speech as president at the U.N. General Assembly that Israel would be in a better position if it did not "permanently occupy and settle Palestinian land" and Palestinians would be better off if they were to "reject incitement," according to the Jerusalem Post.
Bolton said Sunday that Trump's transition team is "doing an excellent job," noting that Trump has spoken with various world leaders who have congratulated him on winning the election.
"They’re obviously very, very interested in finding out more about him, more about what his administration’s priorities are going to be," Bolton said.
Bolton, who served as ambassador to the U.N. under George W. Bush, is reportedly among those being considered to be secretary of State under Trump.
"I think part of the uncertainty that people feel is that they know that America's foreign policy is going to change. That's what democracy does. You get new leaders and the country moves in a different direction," Bolton said.
Donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted amid Hillary Clinton's failed presidential run, it has been revealed. The non-profit organization's latest tax filings show contributions fell 37 per cent to $108million - down from $172million in 2014, according to the New York Post.
Donations fell as the former Secretary of State left the group in April last year shortly after announcing her run for the White House. Her departure also meant that revenue brought in from paid speeches plunged from $3.6 million in 2014 to just $357,500.
The foundation became an issue during the presidential campaign when Donald Trump pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate it amid pay-to-play allegations. Trump called the foundation 'the most corrupt enterprise in political history' adding, 'It must be shut down immediately.'
The Clintons really did gamble everything on hoisting the Dowager Empress of Chappaqua into the White House, because the only alternative was the Big House.
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This must be truly baffling to the Hillary fans that do not believe there was ever a quid quo pro. I'd be interested to hear their alternate explanations.
That does seem to be the current explanation coming from the Democrats but I find it a bit unsatisfying. To be honest I find it very satisfying at the same time. We live in weird times.
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"Chelsea I don't give a damn what you want to do, you're going to be appointed to the House, run once and win, then be appointed to the Senate, by then you should be earning your keep and bringing back the cash-flow, what? Reporter? Do you have a clue how you got that gig? Now hush, here are your position papers. Yes it's thick, that's Volume I, you can read can't you? Make Ole Webb and me proud hon."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[OBSERVER] The Manhattan Democratic Party convened an emergency meeting today to nominate a replacement for New York City Board of Elections Commissioner Alan Schulkin, who rocketed to prominence when a conservative nonprofit caught him on hidden camera alleging voter fraud is rampant in New York City’s minority neighborhoods.
Hillary Clinton
[PJ] Who could have seen this coming?
