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1 minute ago, Roman said:
Doesn't the senate need 60 votes to pass legislation?
I don't think so. I think they need 50 + mutherf^cker Pence to break the tie.
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http://time.com/4821547/jay-z-racism-bail-bonds/?xid=newsletter-brief
so cool! This and Lebron's pledge of $80+ million to send poor kids to college made my week. Not a fan of either guy, but I applaud their generosity and commitment.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-reports-hundreds-millions-financial-liabilities-n773551
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released President Donald Trump's most recent financial disclosure, and it shows that the former real estate mogul carries at least $315 million in liabilities — $130 million to Deutsche Bank alone.
this would seem to confirm the conspiracy theories Maddow has been floating forever.
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41 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:
Sanders rhetoric during the primary campaign was very concerning. Calling for revolution can spark the wrong thoughts in some people.
Awww Hell No!
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1 hour ago, JaneAusten said:
The rigging talk kind of infuriates me especially when I hear that closed primaries are "rigging" and it's the DNC who is at fault. That is not to say there are not problems with the process, but the states set the rules not the DNC or RNC. People were upset when Obama ran and they ended up motoring along, but honestly do people just not care after their candidate wins and let it sit? Because no one did anything in any state after Obama won. Caucuses are much more problematic as they disenfranchise more voters, and I have some friends in Iowa who have been trying for a few years to work on getting the caucuses changed to primaries. It is a very slow process.
Gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter ID laws are much more destructive and work actively to disenfranchise voters. Convicted felons in many states still cannot vote, and if you served your time, shouldn't your voting rights also be restored?
We have open primaries in Illinois and someone can come here and vote and tell me how great being able to vote in any primary regardless of party affiliation is. Illinois certainly is no shining example of why it would be better. We have our share of certain voting blocks who have complained about it but I don't see it encouraging more younger people to vote. In fact it seems that less younger people vote than ever.
I'm really sorry you feel that way. I include gerrymandering in the general election with the partisan mechanics of the primaries. It's not that different.
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10 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:
But the system has been this way for hundreds of years, it's not just now as some would claim.
Still, there have been some very important changes. There just isn't the same level of corruption as when there were poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses and open voter intimidation or when Blacks and women were flat-out not allowed to vote.
I do hope that elected officials who claim the system is rigged would not just say this for political points but constructively work to make actual change and fix the flaws in our electoral system.
Jimmy Carter began a well respected organization that monitors votes for fair elections worldwide. And then there is Eric Holder's emerging project, that Obama has joined to deal with gerrymandering and electoral red-lining. These aren't sexy talking points but they can foster substantive change that improves the voting/election process.
Very true. But as a southern gal, who voted GOP until W was elected, it's still stunning to me. I'm like "Seriously?" Sorry. I'm a 60 year old who's catching up. I know that's privilege. Just figuring it out. Trying to be better.
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At about the 24 minute mark there is a VERY interesting reveal. We all saw the news video about the woman who pulled her teenage son out of the riots in Baltimore after Freddie Gray died. I never heard what happened next. Did you?
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5 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:
According to what I've read Macron started the party 14 months ago.
It's funny though that Macron, for all intents and purposes would be considered a Centrist politically- which the U.S. voters seem not to want to vote for, at this time. Both Obama and Bill Clinton were considered Centrists and got roundly criticized toward the end of their terms for policies that were 'too centrist'. Obama, in particular, was not considered lefty enough, when in fact, Obama never claimed liberal status.
Macron was to the right of the far left candidate, Melenchon, who the media often compared to Bernie Sanders. Everyone knows by now that Macron was much left of Le Pen, the right-wing candidate.
Although Le Pen fared better in the Presidential election (in the 1st round anyway), this time around in National Assembly elections both Le Pen's and Melenchon's parties fared quite poorly in vote totals so far, which is why, in spite of there being another round on Sunday, the totals already forecast a majority by Macron's party.
There are vast differences between the French and the U.S. electoral systems. France conducts more than one round and they don't have an Electoral College to contend with. France also tends to have much higher voter participation and the U.S. insists on curtailing voting to a weekday, while France always holds their elections on the weekend to allow the largest amount of people to participate.
Also unfortunately, the U.S. has a history of voter suppression, which to my knowledge, France doesn't (in spite of its history of colonialism, racism, etc.).
France doesn't allow as much outside $$, if any, to enter into its elections. It's not cheap to mount a campaign but I doubt that anyone could launch a truly competitive brand-new political party in less than 2 years that ends up sweeping elections.
There would have to be many structural changes to how the U.S. conducts its elections before I could be confident that a similar phenomenon could happen.
I'm not saying its impossible, I'm saying that many structural changes would need to be made for it to happen. JMO.
Yes! The system is rigged. But I see where the courts continue to rule against Wisconsin where 45 won by 22,000 votes and 200,000 votes were suppressed. Celebrate victories. But never rest.
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9 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:
Emmanuel Macron's party, La République en Marche, looks poised to take a majority in the National Assembly.
La République en Marche is a political party that Macron started less than 2 years ago.
Wonder what Theresa May thinks of this.
Speaking of Theresa May and the uncertainty in Great Britain, the British can take heart in one result of the disastrous results for the Conservatives, and UKIP (to some extent): Trump appears to be delaying his trip to the United Kingdom.
I guess Trump may not want to be associated with May and Nigel Farage because they aren't 'killers' right now.
"Aint it cool!" Broken Arrow
i think the party didn't exist a year ago. For someone like me who can't sign on to either party, there's hope something will emerge.
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3 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:
Remembering your post last week, @GMac, I found this to be an interesting article, and it may interest you.
I've been saying since last year that there are schisms rising within the Christian evangelicals, between those who have decided to cast their lots with Trump and those who refused.
The breakaway evangelicals are young and more diverse and they are allied with religious liberals who had mostly stayed away from politics but found themselves so disgusted with Trump's policies that they have decided to become politically active.
Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.
Reverend William Barber gave a tremendous interview on this podcast from The New Yorker.
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I've been wrestling with the issue of these "leaks". While I'm grateful that people are willing to risk their careers and their freedom to get this story out, and I have no doubt this thing would've died quietly if the public hadn't learned of it and kept the pressure on Congress and the DOJ, it's still espionage and it's dangerous.
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1 hour ago, dragonflies said:
This doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Didn't the California legislature just vote to provide single payer or something?
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1 hour ago, OLTL #1 fan said:
even if they don't find anything illegal Maxine will still go on a witch hunt
Lol. So what? Trey Whitewalker Gowdy and multiple others investigated HRC to Hell and back. The orange filth doesn't get a pass. Maxine doesn't have that much power.
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1 hour ago, OLTL #1 fan said:
there's still zero evidence Trump has done anything illegal...probably unethical, but not illegal
That's why they investigate. It's suspicious. An investigation will uncover evidence. Or not.
1 hour ago, OLTL #1 fan said:at least it's his real hair compared to Maxine's James Brown wig
Are you certain? Everything else about the orange filth is fake. Can you be sure?
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Dear Londoners,
You know that bitter, angry guy at the bar who's quick to spout off despite not knowing anything? He's our president. Sorry.0 -
killed it.
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On 6/1/2017 at 5:39 PM, DramatistDreamer said:
People talk about the 'Third World' as if it is the pits but guess what? Nicaragua is on its way to being 90% Renewable energy by 2020!
The U.S. should be so lucky to be a 'Third World' country now.
Yeah. I just learned the reason that Nicaragua didn't join the accord is because they didn't think it went far enough.
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We're slowly descending into a third world nation. Actually more like Russia during The Cold War. Technologically backwards. Isolated. And another old white guy predicts Trump will win in 2020. I think so too.
Because of Democrats, Trump Has 55 Percent Chance in 2020, Michael Bloomberg Says - Newsweek
https://apple.news/AXRFtEiWgQim0s-p01L_EHw0 -
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i dread getting my hopes up.