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Massachusetts GOP Lt. Gov candidate Anne Manning Martin got disqualified from the primary ballot for signature fraud. Her signature-gatherer, Joe Bronske, allegedly pulled a list from the state GOP’s own voter database to forge hundreds of signatures — some belonging to dead people. When deposed, he pled the Fifth. Repeatedly. The commission tossed 1,279 of her 10,692 signatures. She needed 10,000 to qualify. She’s appealing. The party that screams “election integrity” 24/7 can’t even get its own candidate on the ballot without forging signatures.

🚨Meet Lindsey English Jr., 49, of Versailles, Indiana — Confederate flag enthusiast, anti-vax crusader, and now a Level 3 felon. The Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant Aug. 5 at his home after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged an online account suspected of possessing child s*xual abuse material. Detectives identified English as the account holder, and after the search, he was arrested and booked into Ripley County Jail on a preliminary charge of distribution of child s*xual abuse material. Indiana State Police and Homeland Security Investigations both assisted. English’s Facebook is a greatest-hits reel of far-right paranoia: a Confederate flag superimposed over a full moon as his cover photo, a “Don’t Tread on Me” graphic merging the American flag with the Confederate battle flag, and an anti-vaccine “mandate” profile pic ringed with syringes reading “I Stand For Medical Freedom.” Months later he spent over 40 days on a ventilator battling COVID, the same virus he apparently still didn’t believe warranted precaution. So: proud of the Confederacy, terrified of vaccines, allegedly distributing child s*xual abuse material. Pick your favorite red flag — he’s got a full collection. Not a drag queen or trans person in sight.

Neil DeSanti spent years screaming about “stolen elections.” Storming the AZ Capitol. Ranting about dead people and illegal votes deciding races. Running for state House twice on “election integrity.” Turns out he wasn’t even legally allowed to vote himself. DeSanti was indicted this month on 6 felony counts — false voter registration in 2012, 2018, 2020, and 2021, plus illegal voting — because he never had his voting rights restored after pleading guilty to multiple felonies in 2010. He didn’t just vote illegally. He ran his mouth about “voter fraud” for years while doing it — praising the 2020 Maricopa “audit,” pushing the AZ Senate’s partisan review, tweeting about “illegal immigrants’ votes” being counted. And right now, DeSanti still holds a post that requires legal voter registration: Republican precinct committeeman in his north Phoenix district. More fraud by republicans.