John Oliver trashes Arizona's 'pathetically desperate' election audit: 'We'll be lucky if nobody gets hurt' - Raw Story
"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver closed off the news week with a commentary on the absurd efforts by the Arizona Republican Party to "recount" the 2020 election votes in an effort to "find" discrepancies that could somehow prove that Donald Trump won the election.
"For the record, this recount is a total joke," said Oliver."Which, doesn't exactly fill with confidence about their attention to detailes (sic)," Oliver said, mocking the typo."It is genuinely insane to swoop into a county that, remember, has already done multiple audits of its election count finding no evidence of fraud with the attitude of, 'Ok, but what if we do it sh*tty this time?'" said Oliver.One election supervisor was on hand, hoping to have some semblance of legitimacy to the so-called audit, but the reality, according to Oliver, is that it doesn't matter.The past year has been the most arduous of our lives.We’ve covered everything thrown at us this past year and will continue to do so with your support.Every reader contribution, no matter the amount, makes a difference in allowing our newsroom to bring you the stories that matter, at a time when being informed is more important than ever.
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"This fundamental difference of opinion began with vastly opposite views of the significance of the events of January 6 and the resistance by some to accepting the resignation of the executive director," Carr added."The differences have continued as we have tried to restore RAGA's reputation internally and externally and were reflected once again during the process of choosing our next executive director.".
"As RLDF Executive Director, Pete Bisbee approved the robocall expenditure, and was the only other person accountable for RLDF involvement in the January 6 events," wrote RAGA finance director Ashley Trenzeluk, who quit after Bisbee was elevated.The result of the executive committee vote to nominate Pete as RAGA's Executive Director is a decision I cannot defend.".
Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant's rules are in "shambles" and need fixing, the co-chair of the network's oversight panel said Sunday.The panel "called on Facebook to address widespread confusion about how decisions relating to influential users are made" and said "considerations of newsworthiness should not take priority when urgent action is needed to prevent significant harm.".David Galperin, head of evening sales for contemporary art at Sotheby's in New York, said a "historical reevaluation" and growing visibility in galleries and museums is boosting the popularity of marginalized artists.The massive Black Lives Matter protests that swept the United States and the world last year following the police murder of George Floyd have contributed to a reassessment that was already underway, experts and artists say.Sherman Edmiston, president of New York's Essie Green Gallery, which has been promoting Black artists since 1979, says the breakthrough has happened in recent years, in part thanks to the emergence of prominent Black collectors.The push to buy works by Black artists, resulting in a steady stream of records over the past three years, has seen prices go way above their initial estimates, a rare phenomenon at top auctions"There's a tendency along the lines of, 'If it's Black it's great,'" said Edmiston, adding that he favors a distinction between artists and the quality of their work"At the same time I realize I could be way off, and most likely, I am," he said, smiling