Democrats need to do some bullet biting when they become sworn in. Besides attacking the virus and repairing alliances.
For example, make some changes to remove Big Money incentives from holding office. Something like absolutely FULL disclosure of all financial assets with requirements to sell all individual stocks and prohibition of owning them during your entire term. Only publicly traded mutual funds allowed as investments with transactions allowed only every four months.
Or something like that.
Also, much more stringent laws about ‘campaign contributions’ including in-kind stuff like junkets, etc. AND full disclosure of WHO is contributing — no more secret aggregations of organizations who do ‘charitable work’ in addition to contributions. Organizations who do contributions lose their charity status.
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Crude examples that would not survive the sausage making, but you get the idea.
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Oh, and establish uniform voting guidelines, including by mail, and get rid of the voting machines that have no audit trail.
First thank Stacey Abrams, her work turned Georgia blue and forced a runoff election for two Senate positions. We still have a fighting chance to win the Senate on January 5th….
An interesting note on CBS News, “the last time I’m going to show you this map!” we were promised.
Looking at the specific counties that flipped places like Pennsylvania, his analysis was that it was Republicans voting for Biden that did the trick.
One, that explains how Joe was sent to the White House without coattails – a Congress that might support him. What Joe has now looks an awful lot like the Congress that Obama was stuck with for, was it six years?
Two, will Republicans use the stalemate against Biden, capitalizing in both 2022 and, heaven forbid, 2024?
I hope and pray for our new president. Not only are the problems he is inheriting tremendous, but with a potentially hostile Congress behind him, he has no one covering his back.
Interesting how this was Trump’s narrative for four years, even though his party controlled the House for at least two years, and the Senate both before and after his years.
But, as has been noted too many times before, once again, it’s the Democrat’s job to clean up after a Republican presidency – and if history repeats itself, if he does a good enough job, Republicans will take credit for it – and the White House thereafter.
There are still many problems to deal with. The COVID pandemic is accelerating, and Flu season is upon us. And now there’s a pandemic of “Happy Feet” that swept the country in a single day. There is still work to do. Lawsuits to fight. A transition. A refocusing of efforts to combat COVID-19. I hope the WH IT staff have secured backups. And maybe, just maybe there will be enough Republicans in congress who want to rid themselves of the tRump stench that they will support impeaching, trying, convicting, and banning tRump from ever holding a federal office again. Of course this may be a moot point if he flees the country to avoid prosecution.
Donald Trump had alienated key voter groups in each of the constituencies that helped swing the presidency for Joe Biden
.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
This county, the state’s most populous with more than 1.5 million inhabitants, is coterminous with the city of Philadelphia.
Residents cast about 750,000 votes in the election, favouring Biden over Trump by 81%-18%. It was 30,000 pro-Biden votes from the county, declared at about 9am on Friday, that overturned Trump’s state-wide lead, which on Tuesday night had looked impregnable.
The shift, potentially worth 20 electoral college votes, added vital momentum to the Democratic candidate’s push for the White House.
The county is at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement – it is about 43% African American and 45% white. Supporters were involved in protests against the police killings of George Floyd in Minnesota and a local man, Walter Wallace, who was shot in October.
✁
Clayton County, Georgia
Located in the greater Atlanta area, this county forms part of the 5th Congressional District, which was represented from 1987, until his death in July, by the Democratic congressman, John Lewis, the renowned civil rights leader.
✁
Maricopa County, Arizona
Trump’s vendetta against John McCain, the popular Republican senator from Arizona, infuriated many people in the state. McCain, a Vietnam war veteran who died in 2018, was a favourite son unafraid to criticise the president. In return, Trump repeatedly insulted him.
To recap: The president scared his own voters away from voting by mail, resulting in lopsided Democratic margins when those ballots were counted; and Republican lawmakers in several key states refused to allow those ballots to be counted early, resulting in delays that created an early mirage of the president winning because the votes tallied first were those most favorable to him.
Trump has good reason to resent those mail votes: They made the ballot box more accessible; they created the illusion that victory was possible; then they shattered that illusion in agonizing fashion, every incremental dump of returns amounting to a slow twist of the knife.
All the major news organizations have called the race for Biden, capping a dramatic come-from-behind victory on the strength of those mail votes, but the president is refusing to concede.
Instead, Trump is digging in, alleging a conspiracy of unfathomable proportion, conceived and executed right beneath our noses, to deny him a second term in the White House.
His evidence for this? Invisible. But no matter.
The man who swore Barack Obama was born in Kenya, the man who insisted that millions of illegal votes were cast in 2016, has never been deterred by a lack of proof.
And yet, this moment is not entirely about him. The question was never going to be how Trump responded to a defeat.
The question was how Republicans would respond to Trump’s response.
After four years of turning a blind eye to the president’s subversive rhetoric and manic behavior and relentless dishonesty, the ultimate test for the Republican Party was whether it would accommodate the president’s rebellion against this country’s democratic norms or denounce it.
Thankfully midterms don’t start years ahead of time, like presidential. That will be the acid test. I’m going to relax & enjoy it. And try to forget that half my countrymen live in a world constructed by Rupert Murdoch, never having to see the results of Red policy, populated by evil dems.
So after they’ve done all nine billion variants on “Politics is worse than airline food, amirite?” will they spend the next geological age paraphrasing some other asinine cliche for us all to bond over? Let’s have a two-year arc exploring the fact that “sand witch” and “sandwich” sound very similar.
If we don’t flip the Georgia seats next month, I can see it already:
God forbid another justice passes or retires – but if so, in 3-2-1:
2021 News Headline: Mitch McConnell states that Biden’s nominee will not go to the floor – it’s too soon before the 2024 election, and the next president should get to decide!
OldManOfHockey almost 4 years ago
But first is redistricting.
braindead Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Democrats need to do some bullet biting when they become sworn in. Besides attacking the virus and repairing alliances.
For example, make some changes to remove Big Money incentives from holding office. Something like absolutely FULL disclosure of all financial assets with requirements to sell all individual stocks and prohibition of owning them during your entire term. Only publicly traded mutual funds allowed as investments with transactions allowed only every four months.
Or something like that.
Also, much more stringent laws about ‘campaign contributions’ including in-kind stuff like junkets, etc. AND full disclosure of WHO is contributing — no more secret aggregations of organizations who do ‘charitable work’ in addition to contributions. Organizations who do contributions lose their charity status.
===
Crude examples that would not survive the sausage making, but you get the idea.
.
Oh, and establish uniform voting guidelines, including by mail, and get rid of the voting machines that have no audit trail.
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
At Over the Hedge, it states that that cartoon was drawn 01-Oct-20, shown today, 08-Nov-20. For what it’s worth.
feverjr Premium Member almost 4 years ago
First thank Stacey Abrams, her work turned Georgia blue and forced a runoff election for two Senate positions. We still have a fighting chance to win the Senate on January 5th….
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
An interesting note on CBS News, “the last time I’m going to show you this map!” we were promised.
Looking at the specific counties that flipped places like Pennsylvania, his analysis was that it was Republicans voting for Biden that did the trick.
One, that explains how Joe was sent to the White House without coattails – a Congress that might support him. What Joe has now looks an awful lot like the Congress that Obama was stuck with for, was it six years?
Two, will Republicans use the stalemate against Biden, capitalizing in both 2022 and, heaven forbid, 2024?
I hope and pray for our new president. Not only are the problems he is inheriting tremendous, but with a potentially hostile Congress behind him, he has no one covering his back.
Interesting how this was Trump’s narrative for four years, even though his party controlled the House for at least two years, and the Senate both before and after his years.
But, as has been noted too many times before, once again, it’s the Democrat’s job to clean up after a Republican presidency – and if history repeats itself, if he does a good enough job, Republicans will take credit for it – and the White House thereafter.
And the cycle repeats itself.
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
There are still many problems to deal with. The COVID pandemic is accelerating, and Flu season is upon us. And now there’s a pandemic of “Happy Feet” that swept the country in a single day. There is still work to do. Lawsuits to fight. A transition. A refocusing of efforts to combat COVID-19. I hope the WH IT staff have secured backups. And maybe, just maybe there will be enough Republicans in congress who want to rid themselves of the tRump stench that they will support impeaching, trying, convicting, and banning tRump from ever holding a federal office again. Of course this may be a moot point if he flees the country to avoid prosecution.
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Following the path of the Tea Party… off the edge of the proverbial cliff….
Q-Anon appears to have vanished back into the fever swamps of the right wing…
As long as they are told what they want to hear…
Those gullible people are still there, ready, willing, and wanting to be conned again….
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
Donald Trump had alienated key voter groups in each of the constituencies that helped swing the presidency for Joe Biden
.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
This county, the state’s most populous with more than 1.5 million inhabitants, is coterminous with the city of Philadelphia.
Residents cast about 750,000 votes in the election, favouring Biden over Trump by 81%-18%. It was 30,000 pro-Biden votes from the county, declared at about 9am on Friday, that overturned Trump’s state-wide lead, which on Tuesday night had looked impregnable.
The shift, potentially worth 20 electoral college votes, added vital momentum to the Democratic candidate’s push for the White House.
The county is at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement – it is about 43% African American and 45% white. Supporters were involved in protests against the police killings of George Floyd in Minnesota and a local man, Walter Wallace, who was shot in October.
✁Clayton County, Georgia
Located in the greater Atlanta area, this county forms part of the 5th Congressional District, which was represented from 1987, until his death in July, by the Democratic congressman, John Lewis, the renowned civil rights leader.
✁
Maricopa County, Arizona
Trump’s vendetta against John McCain, the popular Republican senator from Arizona, infuriated many people in the state. McCain, a Vietnam war veteran who died in 2018, was a favourite son unafraid to criticise the president. In return, Trump repeatedly insulted him.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/07/the-three-counties-in-three-states-that-were-the-touchstones-for-the-election
Silly Season almost 4 years ago
To recap: The president scared his own voters away from voting by mail, resulting in lopsided Democratic margins when those ballots were counted; and Republican lawmakers in several key states refused to allow those ballots to be counted early, resulting in delays that created an early mirage of the president winning because the votes tallied first were those most favorable to him.
Trump has good reason to resent those mail votes: They made the ballot box more accessible; they created the illusion that victory was possible; then they shattered that illusion in agonizing fashion, every incremental dump of returns amounting to a slow twist of the knife.
All the major news organizations have called the race for Biden, capping a dramatic come-from-behind victory on the strength of those mail votes, but the president is refusing to concede.
Instead, Trump is digging in, alleging a conspiracy of unfathomable proportion, conceived and executed right beneath our noses, to deny him a second term in the White House.
His evidence for this? Invisible. But no matter.
The man who swore Barack Obama was born in Kenya, the man who insisted that millions of illegal votes were cast in 2016, has never been deterred by a lack of proof.
And yet, this moment is not entirely about him. The question was never going to be how Trump responded to a defeat.
The question was how Republicans would respond to Trump’s response.
After four years of turning a blind eye to the president’s subversive rhetoric and manic behavior and relentless dishonesty, the ultimate test for the Republican Party was whether it would accommodate the president’s rebellion against this country’s democratic norms or denounce it.
The Republican Party has failed that test.
~
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/06/the-election-that-broke-the-republican-party-434797
William Robbins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Thankfully midterms don’t start years ahead of time, like presidential. That will be the acid test. I’m going to relax & enjoy it. And try to forget that half my countrymen live in a world constructed by Rupert Murdoch, never having to see the results of Red policy, populated by evil dems.
rossevrymn almost 4 years ago
Time to raise your game, Stantis.
Kip W almost 4 years ago
So after they’ve done all nine billion variants on “Politics is worse than airline food, amirite?” will they spend the next geological age paraphrasing some other asinine cliche for us all to bond over? Let’s have a two-year arc exploring the fact that “sand witch” and “sandwich” sound very similar.
Redd Panda almost 4 years ago
Evil never rests. Remember that.
Holilubillkori Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And it hides in the the most unlikely places…
jmworacle almost 4 years ago
New campaign adds to start February 2021………………..
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
If we don’t flip the Georgia seats next month, I can see it already:
God forbid another justice passes or retires – but if so, in 3-2-1:
2021 News Headline: Mitch McConnell states that Biden’s nominee will not go to the floor – it’s too soon before the 2024 election, and the next president should get to decide!
Cheapskate0 almost 4 years ago
And now, for something completely different: Alex Trebek Rest In Peace.
MAGA Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Let’s see how he spins the Biden disaster. As a libertarian I hope he is more pi$$ed off than at Trump.
Physicsfreak almost 4 years ago
Runoff for Senate seats in Georgia.