While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iraq, the Philippines and west Africa defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) de facto President George W. Bush (having received an unlawful advantage of 52 ineligible Electoral votes) signs the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act, prohibiting Defense Department employees (French for “government workers”) from interfering in the independence of military attorneys to render legal advice to military commanders, and imposing new rules for the regulation of military prisons, because of the Abu Ghraib, Iraq, torture scandal.

       NOTE: Afterward Bush issued a signing statement asserting that all military attorneys under his command are bound to follow legal conclusions reached by his attorneys in the Departments of Justice and Defense.

       [restored 12/30/2023] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.

       The Broward County, florida Supervisor of Elections admits that at least 50,000 Absentee ballots for next week’s presidential election are missing.  Sixty-thousand absentee ballots were mailed, but only 2,000 were delivered to voters.

        [added 12/30/2023]