She is already telling close friends she intends to run for President in 2024. Which tells me she doesn't intend to run for senate, and therefore isn't likely to be in a divisive primary.
Greenwald's "takedown" is now over a year old, and it hasn't aged well. To begin with all the major media outlets corrected the story to indicate Ofcr. Sicknick wasn't killed that day, nor did he die of sustained injuries. Testimony before the January 6th Committee has reinforced that there is tragic overlap, but no causation.
it it also true that Capitol and DC Metro Police were physically attacked with a variety of things, including video of what appears to be fire extinguisher being swung at an officer that was trying to keep the mob from entering the building.
January 6th is a real issue. Mobs storming the Capitol to try and prevent the peaceful transfer of power following a free and fair election is something we can't tolerate if we want to remain a democracy. Convicting the perpetrators (which is thankfully underway) is a must, as is the Committee's investigation of what politicians knew what when.
This isn't about ballots - its about requesting them. The county Houston is in has a 50% rejection rate for requests. The county Austin is in has over a 20% rejection rate. There are more. All because the rules about what can and cannot go on the requests has changed AND the county election officials are now barred from helping.
Texas is having an "unusual" high rate of vote by mail applications being returned, and county elections officials can't tell them how to fix problems without being potentially prosecuted under the new laws there. Add that to the shortened time frame to apply for an absentee ballot, and Texas already highly restrictive rules on who can get an absentee ballot, and yeah I think what's happening at the state level is already a problem.
The ECA situation only come into play if these sort of laws - and the hyperpartisan redistricting keep up. Take this stuff off the table, including the gerrymandering, through federal regulations, and what was attempted by Republicans last election would be harder to even plan.
That aside, I stand by my assertion that McConnell is just suing the ECA to run the table. He hasn't introduced legislation, he hasn't handed legislation to Schumer to introduce, and he didn't bring it up until the current bill looked like it would fail. Its not a serious offer.
I agree we could have hammered out an agreement in a somewhat functional senate. We haven't had one since early in the Obama years if not before because even the Republicans decided they didn't want to govern, they only wanted to obstruct. During their majority under Trump they didn't both to reach across the aisle, though Democrats did vote with them on a number of occasions.
They have the majority in the senate and because of how many people they represent. Last I checked that means something.
Tell me - why do you think they shouldn't given these circumstances? because I recall a lot of being told that Senate Republicans should get their way under Mr. Trump when they had a majority the first two years of his presidency. And I recall a lot of Senate Republicans actually getting their way . . ..
Here's what I'm claiming - Senate Democrats have the majority in the Senate. Senate Democrats collectively represent 41 million more Americans than Senate Republicans. Claims that Senate Democrats support of or votes on bills don't represent the majority of the American people is a falsehood.
except he's being prosecuted by the DoJ, who last time I checked don't care about the mid-terms. The criminal referral is already in the hand of DoJ and the Courts. Sure, the House benefits from a ruling that he's in contempt, but they aren't running the game anymore.
I'm not insisting its whatever the President wants. I'm insisting its about what those 41 million people sent their democratic senators to do. And they were sent to make a series of Democratic ideas come to fruition. Some of those the president wants. Some he doesn't.
Though I note that the Republican Senate under McConnel and Trump gave him what he wanted routinely.
What he noted was in terms of management of elections - meaning what form ballots took, how counties managed distribution, collection and counting of ballots.
That has zero to do with who is or is not voting. Ad here's a hint - the filibustered bill doesn't have any language on who could vote, other then trying to expand HOW people register.
Both Manchin and Sinema have had numerous on eon one discussions with he President on this and the BBB. Neither of them budged. And as I note elsewhere, ECA "reform" doesn't address the real threats to voting rights in the states. It's in the nice to do but not necessary to do category. Plus I remain unconvinced that there's enough Republican Senatorial support to get over the 60 vote hurdle. Manchin spent what - 3 months, 4 months - supposedly negotiating an alternate voting rights bill across the aisle and couldn't get them to vote for it. This won't change that.
no I'm not nor was I. The election of Mr. Trump was free and fair. In fact I have repeatedly asserted that Sec. Clinton's staff made a lot of errors in the final weeks of the campaign that led to the outcome we have. No matter whether or not I liked him or his policies, he was president legally and validly for four years. I haven't questioned that, nor do I intend to. Because its not a thing.
I do believe that the Electoral college not being aligned to the popular vote is a problem. But that problem exists independent of his election, and it doesn't mean his election wasn't valid.
I find it more likely that supply chain disruptions have made everyone’s life a living hell. And that means supply shortages for a lot of things, which means decreased supply and level demand.
Prices go up.
It’s basic economics.
this is true. You and I are not going to disagree over it. None the less the markups appear to be driven past a market "need" in many sectors. Surprising, don't you think, that no CEO reported losses as a result of the pandemic?
Donald Trump was legitimately elected president in 2016. Joe Biden was legitimately elected President in 2020. Donald Trump and most of the Republican Party continues to publicly lie about the legitimacy of that election.
Democrats in the Senate were legitimately elected to represent 41 million more Americans then Republicans.
And in response to to all this Republican legislatures are trying by passing laws, to keep that from happening regardless of what the voters actually do.
I'm not the one calling valid elections into question.
I have repeatedly pointed out that Trump won in 2016 with fewer popular votes geographically distributed to allow him to win the EC. I've never said his win was invalid. Frustrating, sure. But he won.
That's way different then the newly minted state laws that say state legislatures can overturn an election certified by the state election official on the basis of ... nothing.
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She is already telling close friends she intends to run for President in 2024. Which tells me she doesn't intend to run for senate, and therefore isn't likely to be in a divisive primary.
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Like most kids who came of age musically in the early 1980's, Meatloaf is an indelible part of my internal soundtrack.
I guess he's done doing anything for love.
RIP
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Greenwald's "takedown" is now over a year old, and it hasn't aged well. To begin with all the major media outlets corrected the story to indicate Ofcr. Sicknick wasn't killed that day, nor did he die of sustained injuries. Testimony before the January 6th Committee has reinforced that there is tragic overlap, but no causation.
it it also true that Capitol and DC Metro Police were physically attacked with a variety of things, including video of what appears to be fire extinguisher being swung at an officer that was trying to keep the mob from entering the building.
January 6th is a real issue. Mobs storming the Capitol to try and prevent the peaceful transfer of power following a free and fair election is something we can't tolerate if we want to remain a democracy. Convicting the perpetrators (which is thankfully underway) is a must, as is the Committee's investigation of what politicians knew what when.
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Then I sit corrected.
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Manchin kept telling them he was more movable then he ended up being. They essentially allowed him to rewrite the legislation and then he balked.
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Regardless of who its impacting, its still a bad thing. And just because it currently impacts republicans there's no reason it will remain such.
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I recall you saying that Trump was a shoe in for reelection as well . . . HOw'd that go for you?
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This isn't about ballots - its about requesting them. The county Houston is in has a 50% rejection rate for requests. The county Austin is in has over a 20% rejection rate. There are more. All because the rules about what can and cannot go on the requests has changed AND the county election officials are now barred from helping.
"
Texas is having an "unusual" high rate of vote by mail applications being returned, and county elections officials can't tell them how to fix problems without being potentially prosecuted under the new laws there. Add that to the shortened time frame to apply for an absentee ballot, and Texas already highly restrictive rules on who can get an absentee ballot, and yeah I think what's happening at the state level is already a problem.
The ECA situation only come into play if these sort of laws - and the hyperpartisan redistricting keep up. Take this stuff off the table, including the gerrymandering, through federal regulations, and what was attempted by Republicans last election would be harder to even plan.
That aside, I stand by my assertion that McConnell is just suing the ECA to run the table. He hasn't introduced legislation, he hasn't handed legislation to Schumer to introduce, and he didn't bring it up until the current bill looked like it would fail. Its not a serious offer.
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of course, you are at least being consistent with Mitch McConnell:
https://twitter.com/bse229/status/1484007688866566150?s=20
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No worries.
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I agree we could have hammered out an agreement in a somewhat functional senate. We haven't had one since early in the Obama years if not before because even the Republicans decided they didn't want to govern, they only wanted to obstruct. During their majority under Trump they didn't both to reach across the aisle, though Democrats did vote with them on a number of occasions.
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So we are all hamstrung by a mistake of omission? That's almost funny.
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They have the majority in the senate and because of how many people they represent. Last I checked that means something.
Tell me - why do you think they shouldn't given these circumstances? because I recall a lot of being told that Senate Republicans should get their way under Mr. Trump when they had a majority the first two years of his presidency. And I recall a lot of Senate Republicans actually getting their way . . ..
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Here's what I'm claiming - Senate Democrats have the majority in the Senate. Senate Democrats collectively represent 41 million more Americans than Senate Republicans. Claims that Senate Democrats support of or votes on bills don't represent the majority of the American people is a falsehood.
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except he's being prosecuted by the DoJ, who last time I checked don't care about the mid-terms. The criminal referral is already in the hand of DoJ and the Courts. Sure, the House benefits from a ruling that he's in contempt, but they aren't running the game anymore.
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I'm not insisting its whatever the President wants. I'm insisting its about what those 41 million people sent their democratic senators to do. And they were sent to make a series of Democratic ideas come to fruition. Some of those the president wants. Some he doesn't.
Though I note that the Republican Senate under McConnel and Trump gave him what he wanted routinely.
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What he noted was in terms of management of elections - meaning what form ballots took, how counties managed distribution, collection and counting of ballots.
That has zero to do with who is or is not voting. Ad here's a hint - the filibustered bill doesn't have any language on who could vote, other then trying to expand HOW people register.
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Mitch McConnell has demonstrated a willingness to kill the filibuster when it suits him. I expect that will continue if Republicans regain power.
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Both Manchin and Sinema have had numerous on eon one discussions with he President on this and the BBB. Neither of them budged. And as I note elsewhere, ECA "reform" doesn't address the real threats to voting rights in the states. It's in the nice to do but not necessary to do category. Plus I remain unconvinced that there's enough Republican Senatorial support to get over the 60 vote hurdle. Manchin spent what - 3 months, 4 months - supposedly negotiating an alternate voting rights bill across the aisle and couldn't get them to vote for it. This won't change that.
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One wonders of Steve Bannon's lawyers are telling him to rethink taking his case to court on executive privilege grounds.
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no I'm not nor was I. The election of Mr. Trump was free and fair. In fact I have repeatedly asserted that Sec. Clinton's staff made a lot of errors in the final weeks of the campaign that led to the outcome we have. No matter whether or not I liked him or his policies, he was president legally and validly for four years. I haven't questioned that, nor do I intend to. Because its not a thing.
I do believe that the Electoral college not being aligned to the popular vote is a problem. But that problem exists independent of his election, and it doesn't mean his election wasn't valid.
On “2021 Saw Highest Levels of Inflation In 40 Years”
this is true. You and I are not going to disagree over it. None the less the markups appear to be driven past a market "need" in many sectors. Surprising, don't you think, that no CEO reported losses as a result of the pandemic?
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Donald Trump was legitimately elected president in 2016. Joe Biden was legitimately elected President in 2020. Donald Trump and most of the Republican Party continues to publicly lie about the legitimacy of that election.
Democrats in the Senate were legitimately elected to represent 41 million more Americans then Republicans.
And in response to to all this Republican legislatures are trying by passing laws, to keep that from happening regardless of what the voters actually do.
I'm not the one calling valid elections into question.
"
I have repeatedly pointed out that Trump won in 2016 with fewer popular votes geographically distributed to allow him to win the EC. I've never said his win was invalid. Frustrating, sure. But he won.
That's way different then the newly minted state laws that say state legislatures can overturn an election certified by the state election official on the basis of ... nothing.