The Democratic Party platform praises President Joe Biden’s controversial “all-of government” executive order to get out the vote, which some critics call “Bidenbucks.” As The Daily Signal has reported, Executive Order 14019—signed by Biden in March 2021—puts the power of federal agencies behind registering and turning out voters. Federal agencies partnered with numerous left-leaning nonprofits to implement the executive order.   “Within the first 100 days of his presidency, President Biden signed an executive order directing an all-of-government effort to promote access to voting,” says the party platform agreed to by delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which opens Monday. “Agencies have taken historic action to help veterans, college students, Native Americans, and other underserved communities register to vote.” The Democratic Party’s 2024 platform would undermine election security, said former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who chairs the Election Transparency Initiative, which works for honest elections.  “Given the great lengths the Biden-Harris administration is going to to avoid any view of how the federal government is turning out Dem voters under EO 14019, perhaps the folks who wrote that platform know a lot more about EO 14019 than all of the rest of us unworthy peasants,” Cuccinelli told The Daily Signal in a written statement. The Left often uses the term “underserved communities” as code for what they perceive as Democratic constituencies, noted Cleta Mitchell, an election lawyer who chairs the Election Integrity Network.  “It is not the proper role of the executive branch of the federal government to specify what group of voters they want to ensure turn out to vote,” Mitchell told The Daily Signal. “This is a way of using the federal government to retain power for the Democrats.” Based on records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, The Daily Signal has reported that the Biden-Harris administration partnered to implement the order with left-leaning organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Demos, the League of Women Voters, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Fair Fight Action. As noted in my book “The Myth of Voter Suppression,” the liberal think tank Demos helped to draft Biden’s executive order turning federal agencies into voter registration agencies. Last week, nine Republican state attorneys general sued to challenge the constitutionality and legality of Biden’s electioneering order. The move followed a lawsuit by Pennsylvania state legislators challenging the legality of the order. The Justice Department invoked presidential privilege to shield release of agencies’ individual strategic plans on implementing the executive order in a lawsuit brought by the Foundation for Government Accountability. Meanwhile, 15 Biden-Harris administration Cabinet officials have not responded to related subpoenas from the House Administration Committee.  “If they are so proud of it, why haven’t they released every strategic plan?” Mitchell added.  The Democratic platform also calls for passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, two bills that failed to pass Congress in 2021. The Democrat-backed legislation aims to nullify state laws requiring voter ID and removal of ineligible names from voter registration lists.  “All of these proposals are in lockstep with left-wing advocacy groups with the goal of federalizing elections,” Mitchell said.  The post Shrouded in Secrecy, Facing Litigation, ‘Bidenbucks’ Celebrated in Democrats’ Platform appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Archaeologists have uncovered wooden remnants from two Roman wells, one of which collapsed before it could be used. The discovery offers insight into what an expert called “a large-scale failure of Roman engineering.” The excavation, part of the National Highways project on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road along the Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border, revealed artifacts such as carpentry off-cuts and an ancient wooden ladder nearly 2,000 years old. Techniques Adjusted for the Second Well Simon Markus, Project Manager from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) team, explained that after the first well, dated between AD 43 and 410, collapsed, the settlers adjusted their construction techniques. The archaeologists found evidence of additional reinforcements used in the second well to prevent another collapse. According to the team, the remarkably well-preserved wooden remains provided valuable insights into the construction methods used for these wells. “These wells played a key role in the development of a settlement that started as a quiet Middle Iron Age farmstead around 350 BC, but evolved into a bustling hub of industrial activity during the early Roman period, between AD 43 and 150,” the team said. MOLA’s TeamImage Credit: MOLA “We’ve all experienced a DIY project gone wrong” The excavation site displayed signs of metalworking, carpentry, and woodworking, all within a large, fortified enclosure that once stood there. To support these activities, the settlers dug the first well, which reached about 8.5 meters (28 feet) deep—the height of a modern two-story house. Despite this significant effort, Markus noted that things didn’t go according to plan. “Even though the well contained the remains of a wooden ladder, it collapsed before it could be put to use,” he said. “As we began our excavations, we saw that the clay would peel away from the more compacted earth and stone.” Markus added, “We’ve all experienced a DIY project gone wrong, but this was a monumental failure of Roman engineering. A great deal of work went into digging this well, only for it to be abandoned.” The second well, which was dug to avoid the same fate, was reinforced with wooden boards to prevent a collapse. This well was also slightly shallower, measuring 6.5 meters (19.5 feet) deep. Markus said, “We can certainly sympathize with the original well diggers, as excavating these wells required careful planning and effort.” Inside and out – site plan shows one well inside and one well outsideImage Credit: MOLA Stone Cobbles Used as a Filter At the base of the second well, the archaeologists found stone cobbles used to filter the water, along with discarded woodchips, branches, and off-cuts from the Romano-British carpenters after the well fell out of use. Specialists will now study these items, including decorative wooden pieces, to learn more about their significance. The site plan highlights the locations of the two wells, with one inside and one outside the enclosure. Archaeologists have also uncovered evidence suggesting that the carpentry workshop was part of a broader trade network. In the southern part of the site, the team identified a probable Roman road that may have connected the settlement to major Roman routes, possibly enabling trade with larger settlements such as Godmanchester. Gareth Moores, the programme manager for the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet road improvement project, commented, “The archaeological work has been a fascinating and essential part of the A428 upgrade. Without this project, these invaluable insights into Roman engineering and daily life might have remained hidden forever.”

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