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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#337726: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:21:53 PM

[up][up] It's really a shame they didn't initially go with "some of those who hold office" as the opening line, "work forces" just doesn't have nearly the same punch.

Scarecrow4774 from In Wonderland Since: Mar, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#337727: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:26:52 PM

[up] Honestly, I feel like Rage Against the Machine taught me a lot more about how racist this country is than high school history classes.

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” - Lewis Carroll
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337728: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:29:28 PM

I think, in all truth, that we have reached uncharted territory legally as to what an ex-president can and cannot do, or what he can be prevented from doing, at least in the US.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#337729: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:29:37 PM

Miami-Dade is in a state of emergency. Tropical Depression Eta is on her way to Florida.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337730: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:30:08 PM

So far as I know, there are no travel restrictions on former CIA officials, and people are only added to the No Fly list if they are suspected of connections to terrorists.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337731: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:32:35 PM

Oddly, Britain was much more paranoid as Civil Servants were put in specialized health care facilities as they aged because they were terrified of them being interrogated.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337732: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:37:49 PM

Generally speaking, intelligence has a short shelf life. Few former CIA agents are tempted to defect anywhere because they can make a ton of cash as consultants after they leave their position.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#337733: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:53:33 PM

So, now that the general election is winding down (except the double runoff in Georgia), who do you guys think Gov. Newsom should appoint for Kamala Harris's Senate seat? She would have been up for reelection in 2022, so whoever gets it should be prepared to campaign very soon.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337734: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:02:36 PM

I'm surprised her seat wasn't automatically put up for re-election in this vote.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
minseok42 A Self-inflicted Disaster from A Six-Tatami Room (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
A Self-inflicted Disaster
#337736: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:09:46 PM

Because she hasn't resigned from her senate seat yet?

"Enshittification truly is how platforms die"-Cory Doctorow
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337737: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:09:56 PM

Don't candidates need to give up their current function anyway when they run for office?

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#337738: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:11:47 PM

They can keep the seat and run for another. If they win, they get replaced.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
AnoBakaDesu Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
#337740: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:33:34 PM

[up] after a week of repeating "We can't control the virus". Oh, the irony.

"They played us like a DAMN FIDDLE!" — Kazuhira Miller, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#337741: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:34:21 PM

From the Wichita Eagle: Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislator

Stephanie Byers was elected in HD-86. She's also a member of Chickasaw Nation.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#337742: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:41:49 PM

Elected officials having to give up their current positions to run for others only happens in about five states:

  • Arizona, if they are not in their final year of their term.
  • Florida, although a US District Judge said back in 1970 that the law is unconstitutional when running for US Congress.
  • Georgia, in all cases except for US Congress, in which case they must resign if the term for their old position is expiring 30 days or more away from the start of their new one.
  • Hawai'i, as long as the term of their sought after office starts before their current office ends
  • Texas, an automatic resign from office if you run for another and leave an unexpired term of one year and thirty days or more, applies only to a large number of county offices, elected law enforcement, District Clerks, District Attorneys, Assessors and Collectors, and Public Weighers
    • People can also run for an office while also being a candidate for US President or Vice President

Edited by tclittle on Nov 6th 2020 at 10:42:13 AM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#337743: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:00:38 PM

Oh ffs:

NEWS: Along with Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, at least FOUR other White House aides currently have coronavirus, per sources.

Pains were taken to keep Meadows’ illness a secret, I’m told. And people around him who knew were told to keep quiet.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#337745: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:21:06 PM

I'm pretty sure Trump's inner circle and the entire WH is infected by now. They gotta deep clean the place before Biden moves in.

nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#337746: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:34:57 PM

NBC: Transgender representation to nearly double in state legislatures

Voters in six states handed eight transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming candidates victories in state legislatures this week.

Three of the country's four current transgender state legislators - Brianna Titone of Colorado and Gerri Cannon and Lisa Bunker of New Hampshire - all won re-election. The fourth, Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, who in 2017 became the first openly transgender person elected to a state legislature, is up for re-election next year.

At least five others, including an incumbent who was not previously out as gender-nonconforming, won Tuesday, bringing the total number to at least nine once they all take office.


Among the winners is Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat, who made history as the first transgender person elected to a state Senate. She will also become the country's highest-ranking transgender elected official once she takes office.

Joshua Query was an incumbent legislator in New Hampshire's statehouse but came out as gender-nonconforming during their first term. Query was re-elected to the statehouse as New Hampshire's first genderqueer representative by a slim margin of 34 votes.

In neighboring Vermont, Taylor Small became the first transgender person elected to the state Legislature. Her platform includes expanding access to health insurance for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and ensuring local issues in her constituency were heard in the statehouse.

Mauree Turner, who is nonbinary, Black and Muslim, won a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, becoming the first nonbinary person elected to any state's legislature.

And Stephanie Byers won a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives, becoming the first transgender woman of color elected to any state legislature in the U.S. Byers, a member of the Native American Chickasaw Nation, said her win was surprising, but she relished that she had made history.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#337747: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:39:50 PM

[up][up] Remember when Cloroxing the White House was just a corny joke Kirstin Gillibrand told during the debates?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337748: Nov 6th 2020 at 9:51:14 PM

I made those jokes as far back as 2016 when Trump won.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#337749: Nov 6th 2020 at 10:02:20 PM

At this rate, the entire transition team is going to need full NBC gear.tongue

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#337750: Nov 6th 2020 at 10:21:50 PM

Trump is so enraged at Fox for calling Arizona that he reportedly wants to start Trump TV to rival Fox and get Hannity and Carlson to work for him.


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