From the National Archives, George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789

[New York, 3 October 1789]

By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will  be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed—to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New-York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

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Citation:  ​“Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0091. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 8 September 1789 – 15 January 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 131–132.]

It looked like a match made in heaven: Democrat Rex Renk for Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court.

Renk had all the right endorsements:

• Liberal newspapers like the Missoulian
• All retired justices of the Montana Supreme Court
  (Patricia Cotter, William Leaphart, James Nelson, Terry Trieweiler, John Warner , James Regnier, Mike Wheat)
• A retired clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Numerous attorneys
• Numerous community leaders from both political parties and from all over the state
• A printing of all those endorsements in the Montana Lawyer, the official publication of the State Bar of Montana (Law requires all lawyers in Montana to be members, or else they cannot practice law here. The State Bar us unified under the Supreme Court of Montana.) (The item has been removed from the State Bar website, but can be recovered from caches and wayback machines.)
• In counties such as my own, Richland, the former Clerk of District Court, Democrat Arlene Riggs, and the current Clerk of District Court, Republican Janice Klempel

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Yet is was not to be.

​Statewide, Renk lost 52 to 48. In Richland County, despite the endorsement of Republican Janice Klempel, Renk lost 73 to 22. Not sure what it means when the endorsement says, "Help us keep the Clerk's Office independent and nonpartisan" when endorsing a partisan candidate. Whatever that is supposed to mean, it didn't go over.

The image above is from the official election results website of the Montana Secretary of State tonight, Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Note the many thousands of votes reported from Missoula County. Also note that 0 of 52 precincts are reporting.

What explains this? How are zero precincts reporting, yet thousands and thousands of votes are reported?

The same goes for Cascade and Gallatin Counties. (See images below.) These three counties swung the race from Rosendale this morning to Tester later in the day. You don't see this for counties that voted for Rosendale, and you don't see it when you look at secretary of state websites for other states.

So what gives. What century is this? What country is this? What state is this? Why can't we get these votes counted without odd reporting?

At first one might take Speaker of the House Apparent Representative Nancy Pelosi's statements last night as speaking out of both sides of her mouth. But no, to her and her supporters, to end division and to eliminate opposition is one and the same thing. There would be no division if diversity were simply abolished by force. Force of law with subpoenas. Force of mob attacks on elected officials in public places and at their homes.