Fantastic thread. Some apocryphal facts, but great range. For my part, many stories/behind the scenes stuff. One of my favourites is that in The Court Jester, when Danny Kaye is singing to the infant playing the rightful heir, who's so calm in his arms, it's because it was his daughter, Dena. ->

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Yeah, I don't think "In a movie" is by any means a terrible opener, but the revised version seems much more specific and character-driven, and therefore definitely makes me more engaged as a reader. What man? Why haven't they seen each other? Drawing?

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In past arrests, I believe almost all those arrested either proved they were citizens or had been mistakenly registered when they got a driver's license and had never voted.

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They have, but they were all MAGA voters who tried to vote multiple times and one guy who killed his wife because he figured she wasn't going to vote for Trump, so he tried to vote as her. Of course, all these cases were in red states, not Cali, but that's just a minor detail to the Trump admin.

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Seems likely. On the other hand, the intimidation seems one of their goals too, and may prove effective regardless of the case outcomes. Certainly, their people's lives will be turned upside down just defending themselves in court.

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