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The growing racial/educational divide in voting is somewhat worrying. White voters (especially those without degrees) are far more Republican than they were 20 years ago and Asians/Latinos are far more Democratic than they were 20 years ago. Who could imagine a world where the Democrat lost Ohio, Iowa, Florida, and nearly Wisconsin, but won Georgia (along with potentially 2 senators) and Arizona fairly handily. I don't know what - or if - anything can actually be done about it. But, there will inevitably be another point where Republicans take power and having them more and more becoming an explicitly "white" party in a way that is a radical departure from even George W. Bush is not going to be a good thing.
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Niwrad posted:Are they done counting tonight? Georgia Secretary of State Office said no calling anything tonight and "we might have a better idea of where this is around noon tomorrow." If the vote totals are within 0.5%, then it will trigger a recount.
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Jan 6, 2021 06:47
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Schumer aide says if they have a majority, then they will make additional (unspecified) COVID stimulus, confirming Biden nominees and judges, and passing HR 1 after the House sends them a new copy their early priorities.
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Jan 6, 2021 06:52
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The Glumslinger posted:Thats would be a good first few weeks, HR1 would help this country a lot Those are all good (although it would be nice to get more clarity on what kind of additional COVID aid) and judges/H.R. 1 will be significant. But, for better or worse, it looks like they are deliberately going for the low-hanging fruit and probably not going to pursue anything that could divide the party. Pelosi already announced they are reintroducing H.R. 1 on the first day of the new Congress: quote:Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Administration Chair Zoe Lofgren and Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes issued the following statement on Monday after re-introducing H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021:
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Jan 6, 2021 07:04
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smoobles posted:Why are twitter pundits calling the races but no media outlets? I don't understand Because there are outstanding provisional ballots and the race is too close with too few few votes left (~2.8%) to say for sure. The NYT does say that they project Warnock to have a >95% chance to win and Ossoff a >90% chance to win, but they aren't calling any of the races until the final votes are counted. The remaining vote is so small and the races are so close that, in theory, the last batch of votes could be extremely terrible and Perdue could win. They are playing it very safe.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:15
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Sarcastro posted:And for Christ's sake, people, even if Ossoff and Warnock were sworn in right this very moment, Pence is still the tiebreaker for two more weeks. Pence doesn't get to vote on Majority Leader, though. In 2000, before Jim Jeffords switched parties, there was a 50-50 split and nobody could elect a Majority Leader. They ended up with a weird power-sharing agreement where they split the committee chair assignments and Cheney would break any 50-50 votes.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:21
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Bugsy posted:Just the proudest of boys. This is why all lawyers tell their clients to not say anything to police if you are innocent and to definitely not say anything to police if you are guilty.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:22
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I have to admit, despite everything I honestly thought that Trump was protesting and whining to save face, deligitmize his loss, and that he didn't actually care or think he could reverse the election. But, the call and the fact that he is apparently holding meetings with Pence and White House staff to threaten them to go along with his plans and consulting lawyers about how long he can stay in the White House are some sad and delusional actions, even for Trump.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:29
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Vorik posted:So after the initial loss of the senate in November all talk of packing the court disappeared. Do you think that's going to be back on the table now? No, they have a 50/50 split and Manchin has said he doesn't support packing the court. There have been signals that they aren't going to pursue things that could divide the party and are going to prioritize COVID aid, appointments/judges, voting rights, minimum wage, some small tax reform, and immigration reform in the Senate.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:32
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Angry_Ed posted:But would Manchin support packing the court for That's part of the COVID aid package. Manchin is very much in favor of the aid to local and state governments that was cut out of the last package. They will get it put back in and Manchin will bring home the bacon.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:36
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Kraftwerk posted:What does this mean for Cabinet selection? Will it be easier? Definitely. None of the Democrats are going to block a Biden nominee. There was some worry about what would happen if McConnell blocked a cabinet nominee indefinitely, Biden appointed an acting secretary, and they had to take a legal case to the Supreme Court to determine how much flexibility/time an acting secretary has when the Senate has "advised and consented" on the nominee already.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:39
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For better or worse, it looks like a lot of the major action is going to happen at the executive level. So, it's good to see things like this:quote:The hunger crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak requires action from the federal government to bolster the U.S. food aid network as it struggles to address heightened need, said Tom Vilsack.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:44
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It's kind of interesting that Ossoff and Warnock both ran behind Biden on election day 2020, but they (especially Warnock, who only got 33% of the vote in November) are both running much better than their previous elections and are actually running slightly ahead of where Biden was.
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Jan 6, 2021 07:58
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LegendaryFrog posted:Given that democratic turnout was roughly equivalent to the general election (with an uptick among African Americans) while GOP turnout was notably down, the close margin actually does appear to indicate that Trump’s “they rigged the election, your republican governor and secretary of state will ensure your vote doesn’t count” message likely contributed significantly to this loss. The other weird thing about these results is that Warnock only getting 33% in November means that there is a not insignificant amount of Doug Collins/Warnock voters. I have no idea what those people see in common there. 
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Jan 6, 2021 08:04
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Sharks Eat Bear posted:Man I am not all that optimistic for what a 50+1 Dem senate will be able to achieve given how many conservative Dem senators there are, but I take so much petty pleasure in thinking about how upset McConnell must be, even if only momentarily They have been giving some details about what they will prioritize. None of it is especially bold, but all of it is good and passable. Immigration reform is the only one that might fall apart. quote:A Schumer aide says they are going to prioritize COVID aid, appointments/judges, voting rights, minimum wage, some small tax reform, and immigration reform in the Senate.
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Jan 6, 2021 08:16
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I'd like to see an interview with a few of the ~42,394 Warnock/Perdue voters and ask them how they ended up at that decision.
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Jan 6, 2021 08:23
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Shageletic posted:Wait Tom Carper gets Environmental? When the hell has that ghoul said anything good on the environment? Carper is actually very good on the environment. He's got a 100% rating from the League of Conservation voters in the last Congress and is one of the few Democrats who says that offshore wind farms and nuclear plants need to be built over NIMBY objections. It's always weird to see some Democrats say that climate change is an existential threat, but then say they are against nuclear power or preventing people from blocking offshore wind farms. The credit card companies don't have anything to lose from that, so he has no need to be a hometown hero on the issue. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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Jan 6, 2021 14:17
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Mr Interweb posted:poo poo, i didn't realize that one of the things biden can easily restore is net neutrality The Dems on the FCC and Biden's FCC advisor - former FCC Chairman and Net Neutrality rule creator Tom Wheeler - have already laid out a list of FCC priorities when Biden nominates a new chair. quote:Restoring Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules The only one that may be iffy is the changes to Section 230, depending on what they actually are.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:21
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Mainwaring posted:Breyer probably retires. After that it probably hinges on another justice keeling over. This is the overwhelmingly likely outcome. Breyer has not been very subtle that he would like to retire and that he wouldn't do so under Trump. Other than that, there are no likely candidates for retirement or death in the next 4 years. Getting another younger Kagen or Sotomayor to replace the 80+ liberal justice will be good, but it is very unlikely that there will be 2 or more openings in the next few years.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:43
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socialsecurity posted:Has this really happened beyond that one time with Obama? Ted Kennedy and Senate liberals killed Jimmy Carter's Universal healthcare plan because they though that Ted would primary Carter and have a better one in two years. At the same time, Dixiecrats that hadn't yet become Republicans were stalling his civil rights and military bills.
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Jan 6, 2021 14:46
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My expectations are already fairly low, so I will be moderately happy if we can just: - Get the extra $1,400 stimulus checks - Have a competent federal government operating the COVID vaccine rollout based on science - Make some good judge and cabinet appointments - Stop the total and complete fascist and white nationalist takeover of the executive branch - Hear a bunch of people complain about having to say "Madame Vice President," "Second Man," or pronounce "Kamala" - Pass H.R. 1 - Expunge the remaining few thousand federal records for non-violent drug crimes - Get the FCC, SEC, and DOJ back to their actual jobs and run by professionals - Get the local and state government COVID aid and additional funds to distribute vaccines - Get a national COVID strategy - Have an intern go back to writing most of the @POTUS tweets in the first year. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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Little late, but at least some of the institutionalists are realizing this. Although, to be fair to Reid, he was much less of an institutionalist after a few years as Majority Leader and it was other Dems in the caucus that wanted to uphold tradition. quote:Former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada said that if Joe Biden captures the White House and Democrats win control of the Senate, then the former vice president should spend "no more than three weeks" testing the waters for bipartisanship before eliminating the filibuster.
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Cable Guy posted:So Patrick Leahy, who I've never heard of and is... You've never seen Batman?
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Garland is fine. It's basically Biden.jpg: Boring and good, but not the best. He has a moderate judicial temperament (respecting precedent, giving deference to the government, and not making expansive rulings outside of the case at hand), but is a pretty straight-forward left-leaning liberal on policy. On all the important things, Garland is where reformers and left-wingers generally want him to be. - Went hard on white nationalist terror before it was cool - Thinks the government generally has wide authority to prosecute businesses and corporations: quote:Garland has taken a broad view of whistleblower protection laws, such as the False Claims Act (FCA), which creates a private cause of action against those defrauding the federal government quote:Garland has shown a tendency to be deferential to the government in criminal cases against corporate entities. - Thinks cops shouldn't get off the hook on technicalities quote:Garland dissented when the en banc D.C. Circuit reversed the conviction of a Washington, D.C. police officer who had accepted bribes in an FBI sting operation. - Pretty solid on civil rights of unpopular people. quote:Garland wrote for a unanimous panel that overturned the Combatant Status Review Tribunal's determination that a captured Uyghur was an enemy combatant. quote:Garland dissented from the court's holding that former Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison could not sue private military contractors who participated in torture and prisoner abuse. quote:Garland wrote that the suit should be allowed to proceed because "no act of Congress and no judicial precedent" immunized the contractors from tort liability - Solid on the 1st amendment. quote:Garland has "tended to take a broader view" of First Amendment rights. quote:In cases involving the Freedom of Information Act and similar provisions related to government transparency, "Judge Garland's rulings reflect a preference for open government." quote:Garland wrote for a unanimous panel rejecting the agency's Glomar response and ordering it to process the ACLU's FOIA request regarding targeted killings by CIA drones - Minimal track record on campaign finance reform, but generally good. The AG has a pretty minimal role in campaign finance law either way. quote:In cases involving campaign finance reform laws, Garland has applied Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission when he believed that he was compelled to do so, but he has not sought to extend its holding.[/quote quote:Garland wrote for the court in a decision upholding the constitutionality of lobbyist disclosure requirements under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act - Also, pro-seatbelts? quote:Garland acted as counsel to an insurance company suing to reinstate an unpopular automatic seat belt mandate in New Hampshire. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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Phoix posted:Monaco was heavily involved in trying to close Guantanamo Bay and got pretty close to doing it before Monaco and Gupta are very good picks. I don't know much about Clarke, but she is the President & Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and head of the Racial Justice project, so I assume she is probably solid as well.
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Biden will go down as the greatest President in U.S. history if he follows through with this and people stop calling me about an expiring warranty for a car I don't own.quote:Biden's director of telecom policy said that they expect the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to turn their respective regulatory views toward phone companies and other service providers to stem the tide of unlawful "robocalls" that may violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
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Jan 6, 2021 19:01
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Jon Ossoff's old tweets are amazing. https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/343135488506470400 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/427643507915116544 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/401703031877939200 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/263439891399057408 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/457236056682037248 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/337974129460408323 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/243008824250875904 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/535295747332517888 https://twitter.com/ossoff/status/451377466767310848
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2,000 Riot Police have assembled downwind in case they need to use chemical irritants. Preparing to move, but still not moving on the capitol. Smaller group of Capitol Police trying to secure the front steps and asking the mob to leave.
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Josh Hawley:quote:I look forward to order being restored to the U.S. Capitol and for Congress to finish the job we came here to do today.
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Protestors not leaving for curfew and playing "All you need is love" on stereos.
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Capitol Police say they have made "dozens" of arrests and will be "coordinating with FBI and using closed-circuit TV footage to bring further charges in the weeks to come."
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Jan 7, 2021 00:15
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NBC says FBI source tells them they are investigating QAnon groups online that may have organized groups that destroyed property. Too bad Facebook got rid of the QAnon groups that had people posting with their real names a few months ago.
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Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen says this was "an intolerable attack on the capitol" and the DOJ will "take actions as appropriate." But, says it is "an ongoing situation" and doesn't commit to anything.
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Jan 7, 2021 00:32
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Pelosi says Congress will reconvene tonight to certify the results. No Republicans have confirmed that they will object.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:My tv just went out due to a storm. Can anyone share a good streaming news outlet? CNN is streaming live for free right now. https://go.cnn.com/
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CNN: Senate Republicans had a meeting to discuss abandoning all objections to certifying the results and protesting a different way. Trump is calling Republican Senators to get them to commit to objecting tonight.
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Jan 7, 2021 00:46
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Ireland, France, Canada, and Germany have issued statements condemning the President for "inciting an insurrection against democracy."
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