Ryan Speaks

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@EchoesofWarYT Hold on a sec

[Brenden Dilley @WarlordDilley]

This is Richard Webb. He's my father-in-law. He served two tours in Vietnam as a Marine Recon Sniper. He received two purple hearts for his service along with countless other medals.

This photo is seven years ago...

Today, Richard spends most days not knowing what the hell is going on because he developed type 2 diabetes from agent orange in Vietnam.

My wife has been fighting the VA for over a year to get Richard the care and benefits he needs just to survive. The process is a joke. The service is a bigger joke.

The VA case managers are absolute dog shit and treat our nation's heroes like garbage. They also act as if they're doing our vets a FAVOR for the most basic of care.

@SecVetAffairs, I've been to your headquarters building in DC, and have first hand experience dealing with the incompetent staff.

This is hands down the most embarrassing department in all of the Trump administration. If the Boss knew how horrendously our veterans are still being treated after you've had eighteen months to fix these issues, you'd be fired tomorrow.

I waited a long time to write this, but at this point I've seen enough.

[StrandenOSINT @StrandenOSINT]

6.4 Earthquake has hit just near Cuba, felt in Tampa and other areas of Florida.

[F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli]

California Is Blocking a Federal Audit of Its Voter Rolls

California allows first-time voters to register using forms of ID that most Americans would find surprising, including:

-Gym membership card
-Employer ID card
-Credit or debit card
-Prescription drug label
-Insurance card (California provides free health coverage to undocumented immigrants)

Full list: https://t.co/BvfviJsYG8

This is permitted when a voter fails to provide a Social Security number or driver’s license at registration. Our office believes this policy deserves a closer look.

We also have serious concerns about how California maintains its voter rolls. There are open questions about whether the state is promptly removing deceased voters, people who have moved, and individuals convicted of disqualifying felonies.

On top of that, California allows third parties to collect and turn in ballots on voters’ behalf (a practice known as ballot harvesting) with few restrictions. This makes it difficult to track who actually received, completed, and submitted each ballot.

For over a year, the Department of Justice has been trying to audit California’s voter rolls. Federal law gives the Attorney General the authority to review state voter files and confirm that only eligible U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections.

@AAGDhillon sent California a letter explaining our legal authority. California refused to comply, claiming state privacy laws block the review, an argument that does not hold up because those laws don’t apply to the federal government in this context. We’ve sued California in federal court, and the case is before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

If California genuinely wants voters to trust its elections, it should open its records, not fight to keep them closed.

What are they afraid of?

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@spencerpratt @MonicaCrowley Spencer, let’s go!!!!!

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It's hard to overstate how much of an outlier California is for its slow vote-counting relative to literally any other state or almost any other industrialized democracy.

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@michaeljknowles

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@RepLuna @TomFitton What the?!

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@daily_romania

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@ApexDistrictX No.

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@nycgraceryan @JeremiahDJohns “Urbanism”

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@hayasaka_aryan

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@C_3C_3 What a complete a-hole.

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@CynicalPublius Love my X100…X100VI is legit though…I.S. is on point.

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@BloomsGreensIE @bloomsandgree Reported

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@reddit_lies “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”
Galatians 5:1 NKJV
https://t.co/u1osocCTfe

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@DVanLangenhove Wow

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@taylorgarron The incoherence of the lead up is what kills me.

[Ryan Speaks @rspeaks]

@robbystarbuck Almond “Milk”

[Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC]

Disney has filed a petition with the FCC asking the agency to declare that The View is exempt from the statutory equal opportunities requirements that would otherwise apply to broadcast shows.

Disney argues that The View qualifies as “bona fide news” under the law, comparing itself to Meet The Press or Face The Nation.

Therefore, Disney argues, it can have one partisan candidate for office on The View while denying equal opportunities to all others.

The FCC is now seeking public comment on Disney’s request to be labeled as “bona fide news.”

Is The View a “bona fide news interview program”?

Under FCC case law, tv shows do not qualify as “bona fide news” if their decisions are based on partisan purposes, such as an intention to advance or harm an individual’s candidacy.

As the Public Notice observes, Congress originally passed the equal opportunities law to prevent media gatekeepers from deciding the outcome of elections. The law, even when it applies, does not prohibit anyone from having any candidate appear on any show. Rather, Congress intended it to empower voters with more information and encourage more speech.

The FCC welcomes your views:

https://t.co/9hzD1ia8gN