If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire fucking thing down.
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) September 19, 2020
If McConnell jams someone through, which he will, there will be riots.
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) September 18, 2020
We’re shutting this country down if Trump and McConnell try to ram through an appointment before the election.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) September 18, 2020
we need to stop this at all cost: activist and organizers, shut down the economy.
— Mike Griffin (@votegriffin) September 19, 2020
if you are financially stable, stop working.
take to the streets, save our democracy. pic.twitter.com/kZRQHzlc7p
108 comments:
SENATE NO TOSS UPS
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/senate/2020_elections_senate_map_no_toss_ups.html
ELECTORAL VOTES NO UPS
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/2020_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html
Well looky there. Threats of left-wing violence right there on the front page James.
The only name I recognize above is that of Reza Aslan. He is a writer familiar to me, and I am surprised that he would make a "burn it all down" statement.
As for the others, anybody can go on twitter and make incendiary statements, including monstrous things that have been said on twitter by rightists.
Three out of the four have blue check marks. Which means they are somebody to twitter.
The director of the FBI Wray disagrees with kput'z, senseless and Scott A**hole
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FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Thursday that racially motivated violent extremism cases account for the bulk of the bureau's work on domestic terrorist threats.
Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray also said most of the racially motivated cases deal with white supremacists.
"Within the domestic terrorism bucket, the category as a whole, racially motivated violent extremism is, I think, the biggest bucket within that larger group. And within the racially motivated violent extremist bucket, people subscribing to some kind of white supremacist-type ideology is certainly the biggest chunk of that," he said.
"Lately we've been having about 1,000 domestic terrorism cases each year. It is higher this year," Wray added. "I know we've had about 120 arrests for domestic terrorism this year."
His remarks came after questioning from Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), a first-year lawmaker who previously served as a CIA analyst.
Wray went on to say that racially motivated violent extremists, violent anarchist extremists, militia types, sovereign citizens, "you name it," all fall into the bucket of domestic terrorism cases.
While Wray said he did not know off the top of his head the exact number of cases the FBI has opened into white supremacists, he said racially motivated violent extremists in recent years have been responsible for the most lethal activity.
"Of the domestic terrorism threats, we last year elevated racially motivated extremism to be a national threat priority commensurate with homegrown violent extremists," he added.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Thursday that racially motivated violent extremism cases account for the bulk of the bureau's work on domestic terrorist threats.
Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray also said most of the racially motivated cases deal with white supremacists.
"Within the domestic terrorism bucket, the category as a whole, racially motivated violent extremism is, I think, the biggest bucket within that larger group. And within the racially motivated violent extremist bucket, people subscribing to some kind of white supremacist-type ideology is certainly the biggest chunk of that," he said.
"Lately we've been having about 1,000 domestic terrorism cases each year. It is higher this year," Wray added. "I know we've had about 120 arrests for domestic terrorism this year."
His remarks came after questioning from Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), a first-year lawmaker who previously served as a CIA analyst.
Wray went on to say that racially motivated violent extremists, violent anarchist extremists, militia types, sovereign citizens, "you name it," all fall into the bucket of domestic terrorism cases.
While Wray said he did not know off the top of his head the exact number of cases the FBI has opened into white supremacists, he said racially motivated violent extremists in recent years have been responsible for the most lethal activity.
"Of the domestic terrorism threats, we last year elevated racially motivated extremism to be a national threat priority commensurate with homegrown violent extremists," he added
Which means they are somebody to twitter
Wow a ringing endorsement for somebody......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Kinda like the shit fucked up posts all the time....a bunch of no name assholes with an opinion,......just like you!!!!!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The letter was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and President Donald Trump, the official said. A preliminary investigation indicated it tested positive for ricin, a poison found naturally in castor beans, the official said.
The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Federal investigators were working to determine where the enveloped originated and who mailed it. The FBI, the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service were leading the investigation.
Scott A**hole will blame the Democrats and Barack Hussein
What we are seeing here is a symptom of the modern use of the social media era to spread misinformation that can convince poorly educated people to believe false accusations.
Scott is an example
Blogger Commonsense said...
Well looky there. Threats of left-wing violence right there on the front page James.
Pederast absolutely wrong for the 3rd day in a row
Scott A**hole will blame the Democrats and Barack Hussein
I don't think it was a Republican Trump supporter who sent Trump the ricin.
It's not like we haven't seen this movie before.
A Bernie Sanders volunteer tried take out the whole Republican congressional leadership at a baseball park. Steve Scalisi stills suffers from the wounds to this day.
When it happen, there was silence from the left-wing of the Democrat party.
But who knows. Maybe it was Putin. I've heard that poison was their preferred method to get rid of an adversary .
What we are seeing here is a symptom of the modern use of the social media era to spread misinformation that can convince poorly educated people to believe false accusations.
What we have here is Roger's desperate attempt at gaslighting.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced on Saturday that she thinks Republicans should wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement -- saying she believed it was out of "fairness to the American people,"
If Romney grows balls, the next President will nominate the replacement!
I just said that on my Facebook account
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/201912/the-cult-trump?fbclid=IwAR0ieZSOOLlrFlxWd-iISjzrrzpMMOgd2y7AANk_DCGaS4nggPPQyNxW5_8
Trumpism diagnosed!
Interesting word choice by Collins. Note she did not say she would not vote for the nominee. Just she thinks what they should do.
What they all said when it was at the end of Obama’s term...in FEBRUARY not SEPTEMBER and Obama wasn’t an impeached President:
Senator Lindsey Graham
"I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."
Senator Ted Cruz
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
Senator Cory Gardner
"I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision."
Senator Marco Rubio
"I don’t think we should be moving on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term — I would say that if it was a Republican president ."
Senator Rob Portman
"It is common practice for the Senate to stop acting on lifetime appointments during the last year of a presidential term, and it’s been nearly 80 years since any president was permitted to immediately fill a vacancy that arose in a presidential election year."
And a number of senators have weighed in even more recently:
Senator Lisa Murkowski, just yesterday:
"I would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. We are 50 some days away from an election."
Senator Chuck Grassley in May
"You can’t have one rule for Democratic presidents and another rule for Republican presidents."
Senator Susan Collins very recently:
"I think that’s too close, I really do," when asked about appointing a justice in October.
LINDSEY GRAHAM:
This is the last year of a lame duck president, and If Ted Cruz or Donald Trump gets to be president, they've all asked us not to confirm or take up a selection by President Obama. So if a vacancy occurs in their last year of their first term, guess what? You'll use their words against them. I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, "Lindsey Graham said, 'Let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination,'" and you could use my words against me and you'd be absolutely right...
So James you said it was just a few kooks.
Uh, no.
If Republicans recklessly & reprehensibly force a SCOTUS vote before the election—nothing is off the table.
And you of course are perfect in every way, mouth of the south.....just like fat assed trump......BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Yeah politics
Twitter cramps????? Yeah the only thing off the table is the chicken being stuffed down trumps fat head!!!!!!!!!!
Lindsey Graham said, 'Let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination,'" and you could use my words against me and you'd be absolutely right...
Lindsey Graham then.
Lindsey Graham now.
"Hearings will start just as soon as President Trump sends his nomination."
Twitter tirade!
There is so much bullshit there
President Trump Job Approval Rasmussen Reports Approve 53, Disapprove 46 Approve +7
Can't remember it ever being this high !!!
Most accurate polling in 2016 presidential election...
Aligns with the "yard sign" poll and the "crowd enthusiasm" poll
Wonder if that's why Joe is not getting out of bed today ???
An another reason for the dem frustration today. All those "bombshells" and he keeps winning...
There might be a good chance to keep the Supreme Court from being taken over by the right wing nutcases
WASHINGTON — Arizona's critical Senate race has suddenly taken on extra weight, because Democrat Mark Kelly could potentially be sworn in early enough to vote on a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if he wins.
Kelly, a former astronaut and the husband of ex-Rep. Gabby Giffords, is favored to prevail over appointed Republican Sen. Martha McSally. And Arizona law indicates he could be sworn in by Nov. 30, during the lame-duck session of Congress when Republicans may try to push through a Ginsburg replacement if they are unable to do so before the election.
That could potentially narrow Senate Republicans' current 53-to-47 majority as they rush to fill the vacancy on the high court before January when a new Congress and possibly new president will be sworn in. Right now, four Senate Republicans would have to defect to block an appointment, but if Kelly is in office, then only three would need to bolt. And all eyes are currently focused on three possible GOP defections — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.
Trump War Room
@TrumpWarRoom
In 2015 at the Iowa State Fair, Donald Trump gave children rides on his personal helicopter. "I love my kids," said Trump.
In the helicopter, 9-year-old William Bowman had a question for Trump: “Are you Batman?” Watch his response!
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1307372169731678208
It's all starting to make sense.
Judd Deere
@JuddPDeere45
As a mark of respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States, President @realDonaldTrump orders all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on the day of interment.
Class
Alky, your wrong so freaking often.
Your raises under Trump in SSI disability payments have gone up more in four years then all of the Obimbo &BIG Mike Lost Years.
No one is taking away your sole income.
Class
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Pandering you dumb fuck!!!!!!!
Rasmussen, lol.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html
And this STILL hasn't changed a bit.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/2020_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html
(Except that a few days ago Biden got yet ANOTHER electoral vote)
SI disability payments have gone up more in four years
LIAR!!!!!!!!
BETTER "KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY" MICH SAYS!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling on his fellow Republican lawmakers to keep their “powder dry” and not rush to say whether someone nominated by President Donald Trump to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat should get a vote.
Anyone who rushes to say a Trump nominee shouldn’t get a vote may well come to regret it, warned McConnell in a “Dear Colleagues” letter to the Senate Republican caucus.
“Over the coming days, we are all going to come under tremendous pressure from the press to announce how we will handle the coming nomination. For those of you who are unsure how to answer, or for those inclined to oppose giving a nominee a vote, I urge you all to keep your powder dry,” McConnell wrote.
“This is not the time to prematurely lock yourselves into a position you may later regret.”
AOC calls out to mobilize the "Radicals".
To fight.
Right now there's a hell of a lot of wish casting going on. Most from the Democrat side.
I can tell you one thing. Those "pathological" Trump voters will never forgive a GOP senator who blocks an opportunity to make the court solidly conservative for the next 25 years.
They might as well change their registration to the Democrat party if they do that. Collins will lose for sure. It won't matter one bit how many independents she moves to her side if she loses her conservative base. As it was, they have been remarkably tolerant of her pro-choice stance. But Planned Parenthood (they should change their name to Abortions R US) has turned against her and it really pre-dated her vote on Kavanaugh.
They saw a better horse in her opponent. Why have Democrat lite when you can have Democrat pro-choice heavy.
I hope Collins does win another six years just to see them grovel at her feet.
Lost Years
2009 0.0
2010 0.0
2011 3.6
2012 1.7
2013 1.5
2014 1.7
2015 0.0
2016 0.3
Trump Years
2017 2.0
2018 2.8
2019 1.6
2020 1.3
Which President did more to put more money in the pockets of Social Security Recipients.
A, far and away Trump
Anyone who rushes to say a Trump nominee shouldn’t get a vote may well come to regret it, warned McConnell in a “Dear Colleagues” letter to the Senate Republican caucus.
The first drop of the hammer.
I don’t think the pederast grasps Cocaine Mitch’s meaning
Nothing new, he’s fucking stupid
8.8 % over 8 lost years = 1.1 % yearly average.
7.7 % over 4 Trump years = 1.925 % yearly average.
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Pandering you dumb fuck!!!!!!!
You would have to ask; Pandering to whom? The people who loved Ginsburg would never vote for Trump.
But we all know Denny is too stupid to come up with an answer.
BREAKING: GOP Sen. Susan Collins, a crucial centrist vote in the Senate, said the upper chamber should not vote to confirm late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor before the election and that the nominee should be chosen by whoever wins on Nov. 3.
Scott is going to go crazy!
Minneapolis City Council approves renaming street after George Floyd.
To ponder the pantheon of history's greatest Americans, a kinship of which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rightfully commands a place of prominence, is to recognize a multi-century struggle to reconcile the ideals of this nation's founding with its reality.
Our greatest statespeople, jurists, artists, activists, poets, dissidents, philosophers, inventors, entrepreneurs, scientists, social workers, and reformers have been the women and men who have been emboldened and steeled by the odds against their success, not shaken. They are the ones who have championed action over apathy, wisdom over cynicism, hope over despair. They have been the dreamers who were undeterred, the menders, the empathetic. With clear eyes they catalogued our national deficiencies and went to work on doing the hard work of improvement. They led with their will as well as their words, demanding their nation expand to accommodate their voices and their rights.
These are dark times. This nation has seen much darkness before. But there have also been glorious dawns of renewal. Unlike the orbit of celestial orbs, we cannot take the crack of the morning sun as a passive given. But we can bend the path of our nation towards a better horizon. Few people understood this better than Justice Ginsburg. She carried the baton on many, many laps around the track. It is up to all who wish to honor her legacy to keep forging forward, with energy, hope, and a will to make this nation all it can and should be..
Historians will be embarrassed for Minneapolis.
I knew that the Heritage Foundation was a scam against the Democrats and the Black Lives Movement.
On Thursday, an article from The Daily Signal, the blog of the conservative Heritage Foundation, claimed to show a damning link between an organization started by a Black Lives Matter co-founder, Alicia Garza, and a nonprofit with ties to the Chinese government. The article went viral.
But the article conflated two nonprofits with the same name, and it made incorrect claims about the links between Ms. Garza’s organization and the Chinese government.
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Credit...Lindsey Wasson for The New York Times
The story was titled “This BLM Co-Founder and Pro-Communist China Group Are Partnering Up. Here’s Why.” It claimed that Ms. Garza, an activist and organizer in Oakland, was receiving funding from a pro-China organization for her project, Black Futures Lab. It pointed to the Black Futures Lab’s donation page, which lists a disclaimer saying that it is “a fiscally sponsored project of the Chinese Progressive Association.”
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The report went on to detail the apparent links between the Chinese Progressive Association and the Chinese government, calling the nonprofit “a partner of the PRC in the United States” that has sponsored events with the Chinese consulate, such as raising a Chinese flag over City Hall in Boston last year.
But a cursory search of tax records shows that the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which has teamed up with the Black Futures Lab, is an entirely different nonprofit from the Chinese Progressive Association in Boston, which sponsored events with the Chinese consulate.
These are dark times.
What Dano really means is these are dark times for the ruling elite because the natives are restless and they are not buying their crap anymore.
BTW Dano hasn't learn to code yet? It tough to live on 15 minuets of fame over 20 years ago.
No, a Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Didn’t Partner With a Pro-Communist Chinese Group https://nyti.ms/3hQeBu0
Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which has teamed up with the Black Futures Lab, is an entirely different nonprofit from the Chinese Progressive Association in Boston, which sponsored events with the Chinese consulate.
Yeah, they just happen to have the same name without copyright or trademark infringements. Sure.
Did the Socialist Democrats pull the rioters of BLM/Antifa?
"At least six men across Oregon have been accused of intentionally setting blazes during a disastrous wildfire season that has burned more than a million acres, killed at least nine people and annihilated homes, entire towns and beloved natural areas."
Tump open with gracious words for justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Then pledges to fill the seat.
Guess who said this?
“The Framers adopted life tenure at a time when people simply did not live as long as they do now. A judge insulated from the normal currents of life for twenty-five or thirty years was a rarity then, but is becoming commonplace today. Setting a term of, say, fifteen years would ensure that federal judges would not lose all touch with reality through decades of ivory tower existence. It would also provide a more regular and greater degree of turnover among the judges. Both developments would, in my view, be healthy ones.”
ROGER HAD IT, BUT BEARS REPEATING
Collins Opposes Confirmation Vote Before Election
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said that she was opposed to holding a vote on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee before the November election, and suggested that were he to lose, his successor should ultimately choose a nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the New York Times reports.
________
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced on Saturday that she thinks Republicans should wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement -- saying she believed it was out of "fairness to the American people.
____________
THAT'S TRUE. So many of them now know they made a mistake, and that would give them a chance to correct that mistake.
Video out of RBG denouncing democrats attempts to pack the court.
Oops.
Re 6:26 Guess who said this?
These Chtroothers don't want to tell you who said that, Roger. Could it be that they're ashamed to admit who said it?
Just dug up this clip of Obama in 2016:
"When there is a vacancy on the SCOTUS, the President is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination... There's no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That's not in the Constitution text."
As they say, that was then.
Who said it?
Why won't they tell us who said it, Roger?
In her final statement Ginsburg said,
“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
Democrats hold a lead over Republican incumbents in three key Senate races.
Dem. Rep. Margin
Ariz.
(n=653)
50%
Kelly
42%
McSally
+ 8 Dem.
7% undecided
Maine
(663)
49%
Gideon
44%
Collins
+ 5 Dem.
6% undecided
N.C.
(653)
42%
Cunningham
37%
Tillis
+ 5 Dem.
16% undecided
Based on a New York Times/Siena College poll of likely voters from Sept. 10 to Sept. 16.
President Trump’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has imperiled both his own re-election and his party’s majority in the Senate, and Republican lawmakers in crucial states like Arizona, North Carolina and Maine have fallen behind their Democratic challengers amid broad disapproval of the president, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College.
They are cowards
This is current. Who said it?
“The Framers adopted life tenure at a time when people simply did not live as long as they do now. A judge insulated from the normal currents of life for twenty-five or thirty years was a rarity then, but is becoming commonplace today. Setting a term of, say, fifteen years would ensure that federal judges would not lose all touch with reality through decades of ivory tower existence. It would also provide a more regular and greater degree of turnover among the judges. Both developments would, in my view, be healthy ones.”
Trump is currently speaking to thousands of raving "pathological" Trump supporters in North Carolina.
Has Biden waken from his nap yet?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/politics/latest-polls.html
The Democrats have a good chance of getting a majority in the Senate!
More wish casting.
James, they can't find it on Breitbart News etc.
"The Marquette University poll, conducted September 8-15, among 1,523 adults nationwide, found that “a substantial majority” of respondents, or 67 percent, believe the Senate should proceed with confirmation hearings this year if a vacancy occurred. Most notably, the survey found that the majority view does not tend to vary by party affiliation."
Abigail Marone
@abigailmarone
WOW! Huge amount of cars preparing for today’s Trump Car Parade in Grand Rapids, Michigan
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1307355360269869058
When Joe got up last week he managed a 3 car "parade"
Notice any difference ?
ROFLMFAO !!!
Andrew Surabian
@Surabees
In response to Republicans following the law & fulfilling their constitutional duty to fill RBG's seat, it appears the Dem Senate Leader is threatening to end the filibuster & pack the courts if Dems win Senate in Nov. Dangerous & radical. Schumer must clarify what he means ASAP.
lose/lose proposition for dems
Benny
@bennyjohnson
Joe Biden debates his most worthy opponent — Joe Biden.
It gets awkward.
WATCH:
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1307068740203425793
Well he was endorsed by Kerry, right ?
I see an ad coming.
ROFLMFAO !!!
Tonight our nation mourns an American hero, a giant of legal doctrine, and a relentless voice in the pursuit of that highest American ideal: Equal Justice Under Law.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood for all of us. She fought for all of us. As a young attorney, she persisted through every challenge that an unequal system placed in her way to change the laws of our land and lead the legal charge to advance equal rights for women. It was my honor to preside over her confirmation hearings, and to strongly support her accession to the Supreme Court. In the decades since, she was consistently and reliably the voice that pierced to the heart of every issue, protected the constitutional rights of every American, and never failed in the fierce and unflinching defense of liberty and freedom. Her opinions, and her dissents, will continue to shape the basis of our law for future generations. May her memory be a blessing to all people who cherish our Constitution and its promise.
Tonight, and in the coming days, we should be focused on the loss of Justice Ginsburg and her enduring legacy. But just so there is no doubt, let me be clear: The voters should pick a President, and that President should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg. This was the position that the Republican Senate took in 2016, when there were nearly nine months before the election. That is the position the United States Senate must take now, when the election is less than two months away. We are talking about the Constitution and the Supreme Court. That institution should not be subject to politics.
Breaking911
@Breaking911
Trump supporters chant "FILL THAT SEAT!"
“We will uphold equal justice under the law for citizens of every race, color, religion & creed.”
“I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be a woman.”
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1307466801589215236
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If Joe hasn't gone back to bed yet can somebody let him know ?
ROFLMFAO !!!
Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) Tweeted:
WOW! Huge amount of cars preparing for today’s Trump Car Parade in Grand Rapids, Michigan 🇺🇸 🚘 #MAGA
Cool!
Again a spontaneous event not scripted by the Trump campaign. These event are getting harder to dismiss by the media. At some point, even with their head in the sand, they have to wonder what's going on.
Trump supporters chant "FILL THAT SEAT!"
“We will uphold equal justice under the law for citizens of every race, color, religion & creed.”
“I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be a woman.”
If there was any doubt that President Trump was going to send a nominee to the senate, he put those doubts to rest.
Democrats are stupid. All those empty threats were like a red flag to a bull.
The need for a ninth justice is undeniably clear. #DoYourJob
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/788758927617826816
"Only about 25 percent of Latinos identify with Joe Biden’s progressive identity politics, while more than 60 percent of Latinos favor Donald Trump’s populist, pro-American pitch, according to a September 18 report in the New York Times."
The death toll is approximately the number of people in Salt Lake City Utah.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/u-s-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-200-000-n1240034?fbclid=IwAR3bdyf82KcBcryDUlogyVsKZnmVQ5_x5nFLrTZAEcUQm__6YpLa9H3kLjQ
Experts like Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it didn't have to be this way.
"Tens of thousands of people would not have died if the U.S. response had been more effective," said Frieden, now president of Resolve to Save Lives, a global public health initiative.
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said Birx's prediction in late March was "very sobering." That was the time, he said, to develop and implement a plan to stop or at least slow the spread of the virus.
The voters should pick a President, and that President should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg.
The voters have already picked a president. And that president will fulfill his constitutional duty and send a nominee to the senate next week.
Biden sure changed his tune from four years ago.
Emerald Robinson
@EmeraldRobinson
How funny is this "RBG left instructions" nonsense?
She's supposed to be a public servant. She doesn't leave us instructions - we give them.
Isn't it obvious that some judges consider themselves a permanent ruling class?
toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
RBG is being celebrated for her uncompromising allegiance to her political ideology. Senate Republicans should follow the example she set.
Plagiarism
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/09/19/nytimes-more-than-60-percent-of-latinos-reject-progressives-identity-politics/
You ever notice how all these critics never say how the coronavirus response could be more effective.
Think the people are tired of all the Monday morning quarterbacking from these "experts".
Roger continues to misuse the word "Plagiarism".
I haven't pointed it out because it is amusing.
This quote stands.
"Only about 25 percent of Latinos identify with Joe Biden’s progressive identity politics, while more than 60 percent of Latinos favor Donald Trump’s populist, pro-American pitch, according to a September 18 report in the New York Times."
She's supposed to be a public servant. She doesn't leave us instructions - we give them.
Isn't it obvious that some judges consider themselves a permanent ruling class?
I commented this on a previous thread. Picking a supreme court justice should be no big deal or have enormous consequences and it was thar way for 150 years.
Until the Warren court set themselves up as lord protector of the republic.
Then everything changed.
From the New York Times.
But our research also suggests good news. There’s a winning message Mr. Biden and his party can deliver that resonates with most Hispanics no matter how they conceptualize the group’s racial identity.
The key is to link racism and class conflict. The pivot we recommend was also the most convincing message we tested among whites and African-Americans.
Democrats should call for Americans to unite against the strategic racism of powerful elites who stoke division and then run the country for their own benefit. This is not to deny the reality of pervasive societal racism. But it does direct attention away from whites in general and toward the powerful elites who benefit from divide-and-conquer politics.
This is the race-class approach that one of us helped pioneer. It fuses issues of racial division and class inequality, and by doing so shifts the basic “us versus them” story — the staple of most political messaging — away from “whites versus people of color” to “us all against the powerful elites pushing division.”
Here’s what this looks like:
We had come so far, but now Covid-19 threatens our families — for instance with health risks, record unemployment and losing the businesses we worked hard to build. To overcome these challenges, we need to pull together no matter our race or ethnicity. But instead of uniting us, certain politicians make divisions worse, insulting and blaming different groups. When they divide us, they can more easily rig our government and the economy for their wealthy campaign donors. When we come together by rejecting racism against anyone, we can elect new leaders who support proven solutions that help all working families.
This message was more convincing than the dog-whistle message among Hispanics no matter how they saw the group’s racial identity. It also beat the dog-whistle message among African-Americans and whites.
To understand why this works, it helps to compare it to the standard Democratic responses to Mr. Trump’s messages stoking racial fear.
The Democrats will get a huge boost in Hispanics when they see what the Presiden has done to deport the Dreamers
I commented this on a previous thread. Picking a supreme court justice should be no big deal or have enormous consequences and it was thar way for 150 years.
Sorry, I missed it. These threads go off-topic so quickly and so much is repeated on multiple threads I ignore an awful lot. Especially is it starts with a "james" :-)
Really picking a supreme court justice should be the legal equivalent of baseball teams picking a plate umpire. They are supposed to call balls and strikes based on the rules.
Not pick a side.
pla·gia·rism
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noun
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
"there were accusations of plagiarism"
Kput'z, your stupid. I understand English a lot better than you!
Democrats should call for Americans to unite against the strategic racism of powerful elites who stoke division and then run the country for their own benefit. This is not to deny the reality of pervasive societal racism. But it does direct attention away from whites in general and toward the powerful elites who benefit from divide-and-conquer politics.
That's a hard sell considering Biden is the epitome of the racist ruling elite.
I hope he takes the New York Times advice.
Roger Amick said...
pla·gia·rism
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That's a word you are familiar with Roger. The funny thing? So is Biden.
Commonsense said...
Roger Amick said...
pla·gia·rism
/ˈplājəˌrizəm/
That's a word you are familiar with Roger. The funny thing? So is Biden.
And roger even plagiarized the definition
Not just Blue States unfortunately
Total Cases: 62,852 | Total Hospitalizations: 3,477 | Current Hospitalizations: 137 | Deaths: 440
Utah reported on Saturday 1,077 new cases of COVID-19, just under yesterday’s record for the most new cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. That makes three straight days of more than 900 new daily cases.
For the past week, the positivity rate is 12.7%, with an average of 796 daily cases. The state reported three new deaths due to the disease. So far, 751,950 people have been tested. Utah’s rate of positive tests since the start of the pandemic is currently 8.35%.
The state’s seven-day average rate of increase is 1.33%. The Department of Health said a rate of increase under 5% is a sign that Utahns’ efforts are still working to flatten the curve, but the state is currently seeing a spike in cases.
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https://www.kuer.org/health-care/2020-08-30/coronavirus-and-utah-what-you-need-to-know
NBC NEWS
Ginsburg's death throws a chaotic presidential election year into greater turmoil
The news stands to reshape the Supreme Court and the 2020 election, as the Senate GOP leader vows to confirm Trump's nominee while Democrats warn against it. 10:20 PM CDT
WASHINGTON — The death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg threw an already chaotic year into greater turmoil as the future of the Supreme Court and American law hung in the balance.
As tributes to the legendary jurist and feminist icon poured in, a major question loomed over the country 45 days before the presidential election: Will President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate confirm a replacement before the next presidential inauguration?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., answered in the affirmative.
"President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate," he said in a statement.
At stake is the future of the court, which at the time of Ginsburg's death had a 5-4 conservative majority on many consequential issues, one that could be expanded and cemented for a generation if Republicans confirm another justice. The nomination battle over Ginsburg's successor could be unusually acrimonious.
The dying wish of Ginsburg, the leader of the court's liberal wing, told to her granddaughter days earlier, was that she "will not be replaced until a new president is installed," according to NPR.
Democrats demanded that Republicans commit to waiting until the next president — Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden — takes office in January.
Some cited McConnell's refusal to fill a vacancy under Democratic President Barack Obama after the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.
"There is no doubt — let me be clear — that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider," Biden said in a brief statement Friday night in Wilmington, Delaware. "This was the position Republicans took in 2016."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., released a statement that was identical to one released by McConnell that day: "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."
On Friday, McConnell defended his decision by arguing that the Senate and the White House were controlled by opposite parties then, whereas they are now run by the same party. He has made it a top priority to speedily confirm young and conservative judges to lifetime-appointed seats, including Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., whose committee has jurisdiction over Supreme Court nominations, released a statement praising Ginsburg as "a trailblazer" who served honorably. He didn't say if he intends to hold hearings for a potential Trump nominee to replace her.
The math of the Senate is simple: Republicans have 53 seats. They can afford to lose three of their members and still confirm a Supreme Court justice without any Democratic votes (with Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote). It was not immediately clear Friday whether the party would have the votes.
Time is short. The election is 45 days away and all eight Supreme Court nominees have taken more than 60 days to get confirmed after the nomination was announced. The most recently confirmed justice, Kavanaugh, took 89 days in 2018. The next Congress and president won't be sworn in until January, leaving a lame duck session in between.
A decision to confirm a Supreme Court nominee in the waning days of the term could ignite Democratic voters in backlash, with consequences for Trump's re-election bid and the Senate majority.
It could create a dilemma for Republican senators in battleground states, including Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. And Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama may also face a complicated decision.
McSally, one of the most politically endangered senators, said on Twitter, "This U.S. Senate should vote on President Trump's next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court."
Republicans are certain to face pressure from their base to fill the vacancy as part of a decades long quest to overturn Roe v. Wade and subsequent decisions assuring the right to an abortion, among other goals such as expanding gun rights and limiting congressional authority on economic regulation.
While the Supreme Court has in recent decades motivated Republicans more than Democrats at the ballot box, there is some evidence of that dynamic shifting this year. A Pew Research Center poll released last month found that 66 percent of Biden's supporters rated Supreme Court appointments as "very important" to their 2020 vote, compared to 61 percent of Trump supporters.
Ginsburg's death also means that an eight-member court with five Republican appointees and three Democratic picks would be the final arbiters of post-election disputes that experts say are possible due to uncertainties created by voting changes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump looked shocked upon hearing the news when he was asked after a rally in Minnesota to respond to Ginsburg's death. "She was an amazing woman" who "led an amazing life," he said, and added: "I am sad to hear that."
At least one Democratic senator on Friday suggested retaliating by adding seats to the Supreme Court if Republicans confirm a vacancy in the waning days of Trump's term, an idea that others in the party had floated earlier this summer.
Such a move would require abolishing the filibuster and passing a law to expand the court.
"Mitch McConnell set the precedent. No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said. "If he violates it, when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court."
Brian Fallon, a former spokesman for Schumer who founded the judicial advocacy group Demand Justice, nudged Democrats to wage an aggressive fight, saying: "Make no mistake: any Supreme Court with a Trump justice confirmed to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat at this point in the calendar would be fundamentally illegitimate, and Democrats must be prepared to act accordingly."
CNN
Opinion: The bittersweet beauty of RBG's passing on Rosh Hashanah - CNN
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The decisions our leaders -- particularly President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans -- will make over the next several days are far bigger than whether and how one individual might fill one vacancy on the court. They will come down to whether the people who have been entrusted with our government have a shred of the dignity and honesty that our great country -- and Justice Ginsburg's legacy -- deserves.
It doesn't look good. Within hours of Justice Ginsburg's passing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement vowing to bring a Trump nominee for the seat to a vote. After his role in blocking President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia on the court in 2016, McConnell's mental gymnastics in justifying his decision would be laughable if their implications weren't so tragic. Likewise, we will be owed an explanation from any Senator who supported the decision to block Garland's nomination in 2016, but is willing to proceed today. Their inevitable dishonesty will set the tone for the months to come.
The next days will also be an opportunity for Democrats to demonstrate -- finally -- to the American people that federal courts matter to them. I have written in this forum and otherwise argued that Democrats have historically not been as animated about the courts as Republicans are. However, a recent Fox News poll shows that voters now trust Joe Biden more than they trust President Trump on nominations, by a sizeable margin. Public opinion over what will surely be a brutal Supreme Court fight will be shaped over the next several days; now is Democrats' chance to take control of it.
Justice Ginsburg was a principled defender of justice for all. While she fought against the power structure, she always had faith in our underlying systems. Systems that rely on the honesty and integrity of the people behind them. The next several days will put that faith -- and the people charged with upholding it -- to the test.
Elliot Williams
Salt Lake City Utah has 200,591 people.
The death toll is 200,069...just think about how many people have died because he refused to "scare" people.
He was much more worried about The Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Burying each person in Salt Lake City!!!!!!!
His incompetence means that he should resign.
Roger, you are all things in your mind and nothing in reality.
You failed to see the " " I used.
‘Nothing Is Off the Table’
Politico:
“The looming battle over President Trump’s upcoming Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already turning into an ugly partisan brawl, with Senate Democrats warning they’ll retaliate if they win control of the chamber and White House on Nov. 3.
“Even more than the 2018 crisis surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the high court, Democrats say the fallout from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s effort to quickly push through a new justice — who could then be confirmed this year by the Senate — could lead to permanent consequences for the institution.”
Warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “Let me be clear: if Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans move forward with this, then nothing is off the table for next year. Nothing is off the table.”
This sure has the Radicalized Socialist Democrats chasing their Tails.
The Gift of Ginsburg to the Republicans.
Violence and death have been on the Radicalized Socialist Democrats table.
We have witnessed it.
On the Topic of Trumps massage of illegals .
", “Almost three out of five white respondents judged the message convincing. More surprising, exactly the same percentage of African-Americans agreed, as did an even higher percentage of Latinos.”
Senate race could spoil GOP's plans to replace Ginsburg
NBC News
WASHINGTON — Arizona's critical Senate race has suddenly taken on extra weight since Democrat Mark Kelly could potentially be sworn in early enough to vote on a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if he wins.
Kelly, a former astronaut and the husband of ex-Rep. Gabby Giffords, is favored to prevail over appointed Republican Sen. Martha McSally. And Arizona law indicates he could be sworn in by Nov. 30, during the lame-duck session of Congress when Republicans may try to push through a Ginsburg replacement if they are unable to do so before the election.
That could potentially narrow Senate Republicans' current 53-to-47 majority as they rush to fill the vacancy on the high court before January when a new Congress and possibly new president will be sworn in.
Right now, four Senate Republicans would have to defect to block an appointment, but if Kelly is in office, then only three would need to bolt. And all eyes are currently focused on three possible GOP defections — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has already vowed to move ahead with a vote on President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-named nominee and McSally is on board with the plan.
"This U.S. Senate should vote on President Trump's next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court," the Republican former fighter pilot said on Twitter Friday. She also praised Ginsburg as someone who "broke barriers for all women."
The Arizona race, while occurring on Election Day Nov. 3, is technically a special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Republican Sen. John McCain. McSally was appointed to fill the seat until the election, and lawyers from both parties told the Arizona Republic the winner of that election could be sworn in early under state law.
It's unclear, however, if McConnell or Arizona GOP Gov. Doug Ducey could delay Kelly's induction to the Senate.
"Justice Ginsburg dedicated her life to making our country more just," Kelly said on Twitter. "She fought cancer with the same ferocity she fought for civil rights and left a legacy that impacted women's rights and equal protection under the law — she will continue to be a role model for so many."
Kelly has outraised McSally $46 million to $30 million and both campaigns are now likely to be inundated with a flood of money.
Progressives exhorted their followers on Twitter to open their wallets for Kelly and give as much as possible, while liberal and conservative groups have already started running ads to try to influence the outcome in Arizona and other critical Senate races.
A recent New York Times/Sienna College poll showed Kelly leading 50-42 percent, while a Monmouth University poll showed a narrower lead for Kelly of 50-46 percent among likely voters.
"This race was already as high stakes as it could possibly get," said Andy Barr, a Democratic strategist with the firm Saguaro Strategies, which works in Arizona. "It was already going to potentially determine the majority of the Senate. It was already going to potentially determine the success or failure of the next Supreme Court nominee. And Joe Biden needs Mark Kelly to do well to help him win the state."
Both presidential campaigns are competing vigorously for Arizona — Vice President Mike Pence visited the state Friday — and Barr said the airwaves are already approaching saturation with political ads.
"It might be that it's just not even possible to buy a television ad in Arizona in October," he said.
https://www.kuer.org/health-care/2020-08-30/coronavirus-and-utah-what-you-need-to-know
Salt Lake City Utah has 200,591 people.
The death toll is 200,069...just think about how many people have died because he refused to "scare" people.
He was much more worried about The Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Imagine, burying each person in Salt Lake City!!!!!!!
His incompetence means that he should resign.
Biden Will Make Supreme Court Fight About Health Care
New York Times:
“Now, confronted with a moment that many believe will upend the 2020 election — the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the prospect of a bitter Supreme Court confirmation battle — Mr. Biden’s campaign is sticking to what it believes is a winning strategy.
"Campaign aides said Saturday they would seek to link the court vacancy to the health emergency gripping the country and the future of health care in America.
“While confirmation fights have long centered on hot-button cultural divides such as guns and especially abortion, the Biden campaign, at least at the start, plans to chiefly focus on protecting the Affordable Care Act and its popular guarantee of coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.”
We need to strengthen the Unions!
So-called right-to-work laws have always been sold as all-American protections of individual freedoms. But they are in fact dangerous, confusing restrictions on Americans’ basic rights on the job. These statutes empower employers by undermining workers’ right to organize and rolling back the gains — better wages, working conditions and hours — that unions fought to secure.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/04/24/the-right-to-work-really-means-the-right-to-work-for-less/
ActBlue has raised $90,000,000 since the passing of RBG, 27 hours ago... $90 million dollars.
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