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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Conservatives prepare for Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement
Fucking hell.
New Survey coming this weekend!Well, Justice Kennedy hasn't confirmed his retirement, but yeah, him leaving would be more than missing a chance. It is only slight exaggeration to say that:
Still, all the more reason to put work into 2018 and 2020. Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Democrats lead the way and extend legal Marijuana Protections to 44+ states
So between this and the protecting retired miners benefits, that's at LEAST 2 things the out of touch Dems did two things for the common American compared to the GOP's nada.
They're the worst at being snobs.
Why the markets shrugged off Trump's threat to break up the big banks
“I’m looking at that right now,” Trump replied. “There’s some people that want to go back to the old system, right? So we’re going to look at that.”
If Barack Obama had made this same pronouncement during the first year of his presidency, it would have sent shockwaves across Wall Street. Bank stocks would have collapsed, and the industry would have poured millions into a furious lobbying campaign.
When Trump said it, the markets yawned. Immediately after the Bloomberg story posted, the share prices for all the major bank stocks dropped. But they recovered within 25 minutes. Not only that, they closed up for the day!
Why? Because investors don’t take Trump seriously. They know he’s surrounded by Wall Street guys, and they see this as just the latest campaign promise he plans to break. In short, the money men are not afraid of him anymore.
A guest on CNBC confidently advised traders that it is safe to disregard this president. "Stop — please don't make changes to your portfolio based on things that get blurted out," said Josh Brown, the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, a few minutes after the Bloomberg story appeared on the terminal. “Do not trade this news!”
Trump doesn’t appreciate it yet, but this dynamic cheapens the presidency and devalues his own currency. From the House floor to the trading floor, he is increasingly perceived as the boy who cries wolf.
They need to stop doing this. Let all the stoner bros and the coal miners find out what voting for Trump (or Johnson or Stein) has accomplished for them.
I swear, the Dems are like the parents of an ignorant bully so much of the time, trying to protect their kid from the consequences of his actions, while only teaching him to be worse. At some point they need to stand back and let him burn for his actions.
Trump suggests Republicans use 'nuclear option' to pass laws
If Mc Connel is stupid enough to do this...lmfao.
New Survey coming this weekend!So apparently we can blame the possible shutdown on FOX News.
Basically, Trump's desire to shut down the government is due to FOX News calling the deal a loss for Trump.
edited 2nd May '17 9:18:39 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
I'm sure he did.
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This is where the idea of issue advocacy comes in. What needs to happen is grassroots organizers need to step in, and run issue advocacy campaigns now, to lay the groundwork for electorial advocacy in 2018.
https://www.resistanceschool.com/summary-session-two/
edited 2nd May '17 9:23:43 AM by megaeliz
The thing about "let's just let the Republicans fuck everything up even worse for the WWC so they'll see that the Democrats are their one saving grace" is that, if/when that happens, the Republicans absolutely will try to spin it as entirely the Democrats' fault, and the WWC will absolutely buy that. So the options here are "help out the WWC, and still lose", or "don't help them out, and still lose anyway". I'm not really sure if there IS a way for Democrats to win over coal miners, actually.
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller list
Again, issue advocacy and organizing is key.
https://www.resistanceschool.com/summary-session-two/
https://www.resistanceschool.com/session-two-1/
It's impossible to win over everyone, but we must start somewhere.
edited 2nd May '17 9:36:10 AM by megaeliz
Can we just take a minute to appreciate the unsung Democratic congressional leadership? They're a battered minority party in both houses, yet they roped the GOP into passing a spending bill so Democratic in character, it feels like it was part of the 111th Congress's corpus of legislation.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."I feel like there are a lot of issues with the implications that politicians shouldn't try and help people just because some of the people will be either ungrateful or bainwashed into thinking that their opponents did it.
Honestly, it mostly comes off as spite trying to masquerade at as pragmatism. (Or at least as a pragmatic approach that has spite as the "icing".)
Beyond that, something like that probably wouldn't work, the Republicans could just say "The Dems aren't trying to help you!" only they'd finally be telling the truth.
Honestly, I just want more people to be aware of who is actually responsible for the good and the bad in their lives, policy-wise. Mainly because then they'd be less inclined to vote for the people who want to screw over all of us.
Democratic voters at least will appreciate their Congresspeople fighting tooth and nail for them. Even if improving turnout isn't enough on its own to win elections.
edited 2nd May '17 9:50:37 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedKeep in mind that it was Republicans in 2010, especially the Teapublicans, that voted to kill off all Earmarks, especially because they were being abused.

Hopefully it won't be necessary. But I also approve.
Disgusted, but not surprised