Topic: Election Observers

The hosts discuss the presence of OSCE election observers in Texas and the state's threat to prosecute them if they interfere with voting. A State Department spokesperson's "shut up slave" response confirms that these observers are eligible for full diplomatic immunity under a 1996 proclamation.

Protests erupted in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as opposition candidates demanded a redo of the recent presidential election. Demonstrators and international observers cited widespread irregularities, including polls that failed to open and illegible voter cards.

Bashar al-Assad is re-elected in Syria with a reported landslide victory. The hosts cite reports from a producer in Syria and a list of international observers from North America and elsewhere who monitored the vote. They suggest the Syrian people support Assad as a bulwark against foreign-backed militants and pipeline interests, contrasting the ink-dipped finger voting method with electronic systems.