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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn instructed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to post a public notice by Monday that states the department will accept and adjudicate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) petitions from immigrants who qualify for the program but are not currently enrolled in it.
Garaufis also instructed officials to grant approved applicants work permits that last for two years, instead of the one-year period proposed by the Trump administration over the summer.
I've been thinking for a while how Trump losing to Obama's Vice-President makes for some pretty great Bookends as well.
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Biden's also kind of the anti-T***: Biden's a Nice Guy in Real Life (Beware the Nice Ones though), he's humble and modest. T*** is a colossal Real Life Jerkass and Narcissist.
If we're talking Bookends, top of my wishlist is Senator Ossoff. He lost one of the first elections of Trump's presidency, so now hopefully he wins the last election of Trump's presidency.
Seconding that. I realize that Republican voters won't care about the amoral climate machinations of their senators until Mother Nature sinks Florida into the sea but getting rid of these senators before that happens would be nice.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Dec 5th 2020 at 10:28:26 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanWashington Post
did a survey of the 249 Republicans currently serving in Congress (52 in the Senate, 199 in the House).
- 25 acknowledged Biden's win - 11 in the Senate and 14 in the House. As the article notes, 6 of those 14 House Republicans are retiring this year, and another 2 come from strong Biden districts (Fred Upton and probably Brian Fitzpatrick).
- 222 refused to say anything, being complicit in their silence, as they have been for the past four years.
- 2, Paul Gosar (AZ-4) and Mo Brooks (AL-5), some of the most fringe members of Congress, are "publicly insist[ing] Trump is the winner".
Trump has raised 200 million dollars since the election. 6 million has been spent on his lawsuits. I have to admit a begrudging horrified respect. That is the kind of money that may mean he survives his BILLION DOLLARS of debt.
I also secretly hope this is coming out of the money that would be donated to Republicans otherwise.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Dec 5th 2020 at 7:30:42 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Making-life-difficult-for-Biden month continues.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Being a senator is a difficult job for anyone. I doubt McConnell has much longer to live. If he dies or retires, regardless of who wins the senate, petty obstructionism will be weakened in his absence and the Dems will have it easier.
Mitch McConnell literally just won reelection. 6 years is a long time to do damage to the country. Just look at what he's accomplished in the last six.
And while I do think without him, obstructionism will be somewhat weakened, whoever is his successor will probably run on the same playbook. It's folly to think that Mitch McConnell is the only person making the Senate hard for Democrats.
The Hill: Maloney vows to overhaul a House Democratic campaign machine 'stuck in the past'
Maloney, a member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition, is trying to stay above the intraparty warfare, and he pledged that his door will be open to diverse, progressive upstarts who've been shut out of the DCCC operation in the past. Indeed, he's vowing to seek their counsel on digital outreach and organization, and he's urging fellow moderates to do the same.
Maloney is the new head of the DCCC, which is the House Democrats' campaign arm. He's got a hard task ahead, so best of luck to him.
Edited by nova92 on Dec 5th 2020 at 8:20:17 AM
Remember that Mc Connell can only do what he does because the rest of the GOP senate allow him to. They keep voting for him to be majority leader, so this is what they want. Now that they've seen that obstructing works, the next leader after Mc Connell will do the same.
His successor would not be as good at doing it as he has done however.
You mean people like Hannity and Carlson? (For some reason they never found an actor to play Hannity on SNL.)

I think it’s just the outliers being noted there, so all the other Democrats voted for and all the other Republicans voted against.
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