Love Abrams and Gillum but Nelson and Sienna are more important on the national level. If they win we have 48 seats and have a very plausible path to Senate control in 2020.
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Love Abrams and Gillum but Nelson and Sienna are more important on the national level. If they win we have 48 seats and have a very plausible path to Senate control in 2020.
Sweet. 11-1 congressional delegation here we come. The dark days when we could never get rid of Scott Garrett are far behind us.
Well, Trump doesn't really believe in elections. He's already committed a bunch of crimes to win one. What if he just cancels the next one?*
Voting is not an effective way of constraining an autocrat. That's why they call them autocrats!
* Yes, this is the most extreme version of the argument. Trump doesn't have to declare the election canceled to drastically swing it using the powers of his office, if he doesn't care that people know that's what he's doing.
It's a deeply-held Republican axiom that those pesky progressives are a thorn in their side by "legislating from the bench." It's a well-trod phrase on that end of the spectrum, with support for it from liberals during particular time periods, and one that roots itself in criticism of Marbury v Madison.
http://harvardpolitics.com/online/legislating-from-the-bench/
The guarantee of the Republic does rest on Roberts' perception of optics. He said so himself during one 5-4 Obamacare ruling.
Let's get rid of Schumer! How does that happen? How likely is it that the Dem caucus votes to reolcrr him? Are there viable alternatives?
Disappointed we didn't go with my meta title if "People are suddenly screaming at each other about 80 year old Speaker of the House Nancy."
if he can get this new dude to recuse then he can maybe keep his job but otherwise he better be gone
FreezePeach is probably right. I don't see a significant amount of people going out to protest for Mueller's firing if he is fired soon.
There's already a plan https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/ and it's not the only one.
EDIT: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/ca...k-glass-democrats-prep-emergency-plan-n902526
EDIT: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/ca...k-glass-democrats-prep-emergency-plan-n902526
I'm going to start an online petition to get a thread title change.
Nancy is love, nancy is life.
As head of the DSCC, wouldn't it be Chris Van Hollen, not Schumer, in charge of candidate recruitment?
in any case, Brian Schatz for Senate Dem leader.
This is what happens during the onset of a constitutional crisis, the fabric of reality tears.
Sites getting messed up from overuse most likely. Happened last night too.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
Jeff Sessions wanted to stay until the end of the week but John Kelly told him no. He was firm it had to be today, @LauraAJarrett and I are told by sources.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
Adding to the "Trump doesn't like to fire people" saga, he had John Kelly call Sessions to ask for the resignation before the press conference today, then ducked a question about his imminent departure during it. Why not just announce it then?
Jeff Sessions wanted to stay until the end of the week but John Kelly told him no. He was firm it had to be today, @LauraAJarrett and I are told by sources.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins
Adding to the "Trump doesn't like to fire people" saga, he had John Kelly call Sessions to ask for the resignation before the press conference today, then ducked a question about his imminent departure during it. Why not just announce it then?
Now that Republicans have lost, the knives have started coming out. Fascinating article about how they fucked themselves in the House at every turn:
Nate's model is fucking again, but this time, it fucks with....
REALITY ITSELF.
And nosql dbs.
That's a theoretical that doesn't have an answer.
We're in a better position today to prevent that than we were yesterday. There's nothing we can do if the court decides that the president is above any law or norm.
My own personal belief is that the government has already failed. There's no walking back from this or fixing things, because there's no way to reliably govern in the current climate. Change will need to come from the bottom, at the state and local levels, and it will take decades to put us back on a course where the federal government can function as intended. (Some people who were so upset last night seemed to be under the illusion that we would win everything in 2020 and simply undo the preceding 4 years on the first day, but I don't think there was any scenario where that sort of thing would ever be realistic.)
I don't favor our odds.
Oh for sure and would never get any votes, just amusing to think abouy.
Hmmm, do the people in power care more about preserving the Republic or preserving white supremacy?
Hmmm.
HMMM.
Hmmm.
HMMM.
I'll never forget Nancy Pelosi handing that comically huge phallic gavel to Boehner years and years ago.
It will be sooo good to see a gavel handed back to her.
It will be sooo good to see a gavel handed back to her.
This is wrong. Didn't repeal Obamacare. Getting through long-waiting Obama judges. Making approval-of-budget deals that clowned the House leadership. So even if that was the goal, it practically worked for two years in a one-party majority.
Still, Tester is projected to win. Rosen won. Sinema just might do it. Espy might do it. Nelson in a run-off has nothing to do with Schumer, it's all Nelson. Beto helped down-ballot candidates flat-out win, which is still important and people seem to not take local races in mind.
Some people on the twitterverse need someone to be angry at. Next week it will be Pelosi.
BREAKING: Calling all FL hands!!! We have tens of thousands of rejected absentee ballots that we can get perfected before the deadline tomorrow at 5pm, but we need YOUR help. Please send an email to. [email protected]
Pretty insane that potentially thousands of votes could be tossed aside just because they're not counted by hand in the next 24 hours!
Apparently, even here in MA we flipped a few states in the state legislature, including a state senate seat that had only been previously D once before:
https://www.boston.com/news/politic...at-becca-rausch-bests-republican-richard-ross
That's some good hopium.
Detailed results:
http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/06/massachusetts-election-results-state-house-senate
https://www.boston.com/news/politic...at-becca-rausch-bests-republican-richard-ross
That's some good hopium.
Detailed results:
http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/11/06/massachusetts-election-results-state-house-senate
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