Confirmed 52-48
And now the sore loses are talking about everything from "expanding the court" to the most recent concept of a potential President Biden "demoting" Supreme Court Justices to a lower court and then replacing them with new Justices.
At the end of the day, demoting a Justice would likely be unconstitutional and I doubt you could get anything like that past the courts (all things considered). I would venture a guess to say that "any" attempt to upset the Supreme Court will find court challenges that ultimately and ironically be decided by the USSC.
Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if attempts to alter the USSC was actually shot down by the USSC.
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if you had any doubt that the left fucking despises the US Constitution, you shouldn't anymore.
Nathan Wurtzel is a silly name, but it's mine
@NathanWurtzel
The best part about the Dems court packing thing is they've already given us a midterm issue to run on.
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AOC Throws Down the Gauntlet
6:58 am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Twitter last night after Amy Coney Barrett was sworn-in to the Supreme Court:
“Expand the court… Republicans do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn’t. There is a legal process for expansion.”
Playbook:
“This kind of rift should not be overlooked, because it will come to dominate governance should Washington turn all blue. AOC is seen as one of Schumer top potential primary challengers. The simplicity and bare-knuckled nature of her message could resonate among a Democratic base that’s looking for knife fights, not senatorial process arguments. While Schumer and Joe Biden say changing the size of the court is on the table, the left is screaming that it should play by the same rules as the GOP — which is to say Democrats should not worry about tradition and instead blow up what they consider the quaint processes that govern official Washington.”
PLAY ROUGH WITH US, WE PLAY ROUGH WITH YOU
New Battleground State Polls
8:23 am
From Civiqs:
GEORGIA:
Biden 51%, Trump 46%
From Florida Atlantic University:
FLORIDA: Biden 50%, Trump 48%
From University of Nevada:
NEVADA: Biden 50%, Trump 41%
‘The Squad’ Expects Biden to Move Left After Election
8:19 am
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) told Axios that given the way progressives have shaped Joe Biden’s policy platform, she and other members of “The Squad” expect a liberal turn from him if he’s elected.
“Progressives have largely refrained from publicly criticizing Biden in the lead-up to the election, even though he hasn’t signed on to their most far-reaching policies. Instead, they’re focusing solely on beating Trump.”
“But Omar’s comments reflect the pressure campaign they’ll launch if he’s elected to ensure that their liberal policies become law.”
Antibodies Fall Quickly After Infection
8:01 am
A new Imperial College London study found the level of protective antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, the BBC reports.
“Exactly what the antibody drop means for immunity is still uncertain… However, the researchers warn antibodies tend to be highly predictive of who is protected.”
DISTURBING. WE ARE UP AGAINST SOMETHING TOO SERIOUS FOR TRUMP'S DUMB PLATITUDES
Kavanaugh Parrots Trump in Wisconsin Ruling
7:58 am
Daily Beast:
“On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld an appeals court decision that blocked extending Wisconsin’s deadline for absentee ballots by six days. In his notes explaining his decision, Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered a very Trumpian warning that any votes that came in after Election Day could be viewed as illegitimate.”
Wrote Kavanaugh:
“States want to avoid the chaos and suspicions of impropriety that can ensue if thousands of absentee ballots flow in after Election Day and potentially flip the results of an election.”
Justice Elena Kagan dissented while rebuking the Trump appointee:
“There are no results to ‘flip’ until all valid votes are counted. And nothing could be more ‘suspicious’ or ‘improper’ than refusing to tally votes once the clock strikes 12 on Election Night.”
COUNT THE VOTES, YOU REPUBLICAN WOULD BE DICTATORS!!!!
Love the smell of liberal desperation in the morning.
Smells like --- victory!!!
Russia Implements Nationwide Mask Mandate
7:53 am
“The Russian government on Tuesday made its most aggressive move yet to try to stem a second wave of the coronavirus, mandating masks in public places throughout the country,” the New York Times reports.
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Bloomberg Funds Ad Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio
7:05 am
“Michael Bloomberg is funding a last-minute spending blitz to bolster former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Texas and Ohio, directing millions toward television advertising in two red states that have shifted away from President Trump in the general election,” the New York Times reports.
“A political adviser to Mr. Bloomberg said the billionaire former mayor of New York City would use his super PAC, Independence USA, to air intensive ad campaigns in all television markets in both states. The cost of the two-state campaign is expected to total around $15 million.”
Ron Brownstein:
Why the GOP hold on Texas is loosening.
LINK AT politicalwire.com
Swing-District Democrats Poised to Defy Predictions
6:42 am
New York Times:
“Once regarded as the most vulnerable incumbents, many Democrats who carried Trump districts in 2018 are poised to win re-election, boosting the party’s chances of building its House majority.”
POLITICO:
Why Wall Street Is Banking on a Blue Wave
6:39 am
“President Trump loves to say that if Joe Biden wins the White House, stocks will crash, retirement accounts will vanish and an economic depression ‘the likes of which you’ve never seen’ will engulf the nation. But much of Wall Street is already betting on a Biden win — with a much different take on what the results will mean.
“Traders in recent weeks have been piling into bets that a ‘blue wave’ election, in which Democrats also seize the Senate, will produce an economy-juicing blast of fresh fiscal stimulus of $3 trillion or more that carries the U.S. past the coronavirus crisis and into a more normal environment for markets.
“Far from panicking at the prospect of a Biden win, Wall Street CEOs, traders and investment managers now mostly say they would be fine with a change in the White House that reduces the Trump noise, lowers the threat of further trade wars and ensures a continuation of the government spending they’ve seen in recent years.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Trump Faces Virus Spike In Midwest
6:37 am
“Now the virus is getting worse in states that the president needs the most, at the least opportune time. New infections are raging in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the upper Midwest. In Iowa, polls suggest Trump is in a toss-up race with Biden after carrying the state by 9.4 percentage points four years ago.”
Better have your smeller checked.
Speaking of desperation,
Trump Plans Campaign Trip to Omaha
9:28 am
Wall Street Journal:
“Nebraska’s Second Congressional District awards just 0.37% of the 270 Electoral College votes it takes to win the presidency, but the Omaha-area district has been getting outsize attention in recent weeks because of the role it could play in an exceedingly close contest.
“President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening rally there as he and Democrat Joe Biden compete for the district’s single electoral vote. His visit follows those made by Jill Biden and other Democrats.”
Again I say, if Trump had been treated the way McConnell treated the Obama/Biden nominee, do you think he would hesitate for a moment to pack the Court if he could.
And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done both legally and Constitutionally.
No he wouldn't. The court has been 9 justices for 150 years. Trump respects that history. Dems do not.
A Battle for the Soul of a Nation
9:55 am
With seven days until Election Day, Joe Biden has released his closing ad.
Young Voters Poised to Turn Out In Record Numbers
9:51 am
CNBC:
“The coronavirus pandemic has introduced additional barriers to voting for young people, a population that isn’t known for turning out in large numbers.
Only 43% of citizens ages 18-24 voted in the 2016 election compared to 61.4% of eligible citizens who voted overall.
“Despite Covid-19 challenges, however, young voters are poised to be a decisive force in the 2020 election with data suggesting record turnout from the group.”
Brilliant idea pederast, set yourself up for another midterm shellacking
8:57 Thanks for the laugh.
Trump respects nothing but Trump.
And the Court's number is not defined by law.
FANTASTIC MORNING !!!
I see the lying POS "pastor" james has already plagiarized a multitude of posts from Goddard's blog
And after announcing no more personal appearances Biden has already desperately emerged !!! Of course without any energy.
Well since the POS "pastor" already spammed over so many different unrelated posts let me add this...
I've a few thoughts about if Biden thinks masks are so essential...
Why didn't he mandate them when the swine flue infected 60 mullion Americans in 2009 when he was in control and killed many more children than Covid?
Why did he leave Trump without a stockpile of them ?
Why weren't they mandatory on the "plan" he left Trump?
What gold standard scientific studies on masks were done since he was VP ?
Why hasn't it been released ? (it's a recent Danish controlled study) ?
Why did he hold maskless rallies in March ???
Why didn't Biden do anything on this his entire life but now thinks he will be listening to the "right" scientists.?
Of course he's got lot's of questions to answer about how he got filthy rich.
And it doesn't show on his taxes ???
Wonder if anyone can figure it out for him ???
He apparently doesn't know how it "happened"
I see Cali is already reckoning with a Trump defeat.
Reality sets in.
I voted for Jorgensen dumbass.
What does that have to do with anything?
Musing of a disillusioned Republican:
Said the Republican of President Trump:
“I thought he would lose! I mean, everyone thought he would lose. The idea that he won is still shocking. This is a man who is so completely alien to what this country — the best principles of what this country is about. When I think about the fact that a hundred years from now, people will look back and say, ‘How the f**k did they think this was normal?,’ it makes me sad for the country. He’s a permanent scar on the face of our country.”
Reality set in.
I guess that's why Cali voted for Jorgensen.
Trump Must Remain Defendant In Rape Case
9:59 am
“A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an effort by the Department of Justice to have the United States government replace President Donald Trump in a lawsuit in which he is accused of defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after she said he raped her in the mid-1990s,” CNBC reports.
McConnell Adjourned the Senate Until After Election
9:58 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell motioned for the Senate to adjourn until November 9, Yahoo News reports.
The move shuts down the Senate from doing any legislative business, including reaching a deal on additional coronavirus aid, until after voters have cast their ballots.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HURTING,
GOP DOING DOING NOTHING
TRUMP IS FUMING
Here's something else he can fume about:
Cruz Says Hunter Biden Attacks Won’t Work
9:57 am
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says he doesn’t think that President Trump’s attacks on Hunter Biden will move even one voter, The Hill reports.
Said Cruz: “One of Biden’s best points was when he said all these attacks back and forth about my family and Trump’s family, they don’t matter. What matters is your family. That may have been Biden’s best moment, actually.”
Even Kayleigh McEnany praised then-Vice President Joe Biden in August 2015 as “funny and likable” and a “man of the people” who resonates with “middle class voters.”
Said McEnany:
“I think the Republicans run into a problem if it is Joe Biden and if it is maybe a Trump on the other side. Because Joe Biden, one of the things he is remarkable at is really kind of being a man of the people and resonating with middle class voters. Feeling like — coming off as human. His gaffes — as much as we make fun of them — to a certain extent they make him look human. So not, since he’s likable.”
AND FRUMP IS NOT.
Here he is in all his sincerity.
The man who will be our next President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDJWvAKZWqQ
James thinks yoyng voters are excited about a 78 year old career politician who has been in Washington nearly 50 years. We're all slapping our knees over that.
Sean Davis
@seanmdav
Tucker Carlson's Entire Tuesday Night Show To Feature Interview Of Biden Whistleblower Tony Bobulinski
The most watched cable show in America is devoting it's entire show to Hunter's partner ?
On somebody nobody in the MSM universe has even heard of ?
Maybe related, I saw the Wall Street Journal News division has joined the opinion side in a position that the Hunter drive and emails are real and not "russian disinformation". Something U.S. intelligence has already stated...
Maybe Tucker will be able to provide a clue as to how Biden got so filthy rich and why announced groundhog Biden quickly reemerged. Why would the worst presidential candidate of all-time do such a desperate move, though hiding itself was desperate too ?
Lol, Will Joe fuck up again?
Yes.
His idea of "rotating" US Supreme Court Justices to Lower Federal Courts and out who he picks to the USSC.
"Here he is in all his senility *fixed*"
Fake Pastor
"And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done both legally and Constitutionally" Fake Pastor
Do tell.
Don't run, hide , dodge or dance.
Tell us where you find that in the US Constitution?
The Rapist In Chief is extremely dangerous to her.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/jean-carroll-trump-justice-department/2020/10/27/f00541b0-1859-11eb-aeec-b93bcc29a01b_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/jean-carroll-trump-justice-department/2020/10/27/f00541b0-1859-11eb-aeec-b93bcc29a01b_story.html
Trump said that his father helped kill JFK.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says he doesn’t think that President Trump’s attacks on Hunter Biden will move a single voter.
“One of Biden’s best points was when he said all these attacks back and forth about my family and [Trump’s] family, they don’t matter. What matters is your family. That may have been Biden’s best moment, actually."
Remaking the Middle East
Rescission of the designation of #Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism issued by @POTUS.
9:25 Myballs SAID:
James thinks yoyng voters are excited about a 78 year old career politician who has been in Washington nearly 50 years. We're all slapping our knees over that.
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JAMES:
Actually, I think young voters are grimly determined to vote in large numbers for this career politician because they're so p.o.'d at the immoral-charlatan-crook-clown who is now besmirching the White House.
Slap your knees over that.
And the Court's number is not defined by law.
As a matter of fact it is. The Judiciary Act of 1869 to be exact.
Trump is more popular among younger male voters than Biden is.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/
It's still a week away, but Georgia is in play, and Ohio too.
Trump's path to another electoral college victory is getting very narrow.
i like the way you 'bitterly cling' to nate silver, alky.
have you taken the time to dig into the polls that feed his aggregate?
LOL.
September 24, 2020 at 6:00 am ET
Joe Biden leads President Trump by 38 points among voters born after 1996, 65% to 27%, his biggest lead when accounting for generation.
70% of Gen Zers have negative opinions about the president, including 61% who view him “very” unfavorably.
24% of voting-age Gen Zers said the country should move away from capitalism and toward socialism, while 16% who said the opposite.
Former Vice President Joe Biden lacked support from America’s youngest voters in the Democratic primary earlier this year, but they’re solidly backing his campaign against President Donald Trump, who has earned the disfavor of most of the country’s newest voting bloc.
According to Morning Consult Political Intelligence daily tracking conducted Sept. 18-20 among 619 likely Generation Z voters, who were born after 1996, the Democratic nominee leads the incumbent president by 38 percentage points, 65 percent to 27 percent. Four percent of Gen Zers said they would vote for someone else, and another 4 percent were undecided.
Those ages 18 to 23, who mostly came of age amid a booming economy and the transition to Trump from the presidency of Barack Obama, were projected to make up roughly 1 in 10 eligible voters this year, according to Pew Research Center. With most of their votes up for grabs for the first time in the 2020 elections, Morning Consult tracking found they make up 4 percent of the likely voter electorate, roughly matching their share in the 2018 midterms, when they joined millennials and Gen Xers to outvote the older electorate. (By comparison, the survey found baby boomers make up 40 percent of likely voters.)
ROGER:
Trump's path to another electoral college victory is getting very narrow.
JIM:
He has 198 votes against Biden's 340 on today's NO TOSS UPS ELECTORAL VOTE MAP at RealClearPolitics.com.
(He just gained one vote from Maine.)
BIDEN 340
TRUMP 198
I don't have to slap my knee over your silly theory. Trump has delivered jobs, wage growth, and peace. Young voters like thosr issues. Not to mention teyingbto get economies open again. The young want that too.
https://morningconsult.com/2020/09/24/trump-biden-generation-z-voters/
https://morningconsult.com/2020/09/24/trump-biden-generation-z-voters/
1vib 5 gen z voters are hispanic. Trump doing historically well with hispanics.
The President can't run on the economy.
The Hunter Biden attacks are not working.
His incompetent managment of the covid-19 pandemic is the most important issue to a majority of the voting population.
Grass roots Trump rallies popping up all over America. Even in CA. Not to mention his own huge rallies. Some here choose to cling to slanted polls over what their own eyes are seeing.
The Hunter Biden attacks are not working.
i love the way you make these gin-soaked, opiate-addled declarations... as if you are the harbinger of all electoral reasoning and intelligence and all info flows through you.
you're confined to a fucking nursing home for chrissakes.
LOL.
Hispanics are a very diverse population. The Cuban American voters favor the President, as well as the Venezuelan American voters.
But the fact that the rest of them strongly disliked the President because he said before that they were rapists and murderers. Plus the children in cages upsets tens of thousands upset the Hispanics who came from Mexico and central America
What my own eyes see.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-biden-election-map/
Play around with that.
Your own eyes? I didn't realize you are in the employ of fivethirtyeight.com.
His incompetent managment of the covid-19 pandemic is the most important issue to a majority of the voting population.
nah, but it's most certainly the most important issue to a majority of low information democrats and liberal hacks.
alky, with every single utterance you display a distinct disdain for our Constitution.
alky say: "why can't Trump be Putin and declare a nationwide mask mandate???"
you fucking stooge.
KansasDemocrat October 27, 2020 at 9:36 AM
"And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done both legally and Constitutionally" Fake Pastor
Do tell.
Don't run, hide , dodge or dance.
Tell us where you find that in the US Constitution?
Again, Jane has nothing but nothing.
The Party of Pro Blacks has the Black US Supreme Court Justice and The Party of Women Sworn in a Woman to the Highest Court.
Constitution Daily
Smart conversation from the National Constitution Center
Packing the Supreme Court explained
March 20, 2019 by Scott Bomboy
Senator Marco Rubio plans to propose a new constitutional amendment to permanently limit the Supreme Court to nine Justices. While Rubio faces a difficult task, the effort does raise some questions.
“To prevent the delegitimizing of the Supreme Court, I will introduce a constitutional amendment to keep the number of seats at nine. There is nothing magical about the number nine,” Rubio said in an editorial published on Wednesday. “It is not inherently right just because the number of seats on the Supreme Court remains unchanged since 1869. But there is something inherently good and important about preventing the further destabilization of essential institutions.”
Rubio is responding to reports that some Democrats would consider using congressional powers to change the number of Justices on the Court if they were to regain control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in 2021. In one past incident in 1937, such efforts were called “court-packing” and proved to be unpopular.
One question is why would Rubio propose an amendment to set a permanent number of Justices? The constitutional amendment route requires two-thirds of the House and Senate to approve Rubio’s amendment text - a very high bar indeed. And then three-quarters of the states need to ratify the amendment. Given the current ideological split in Congress, such an effort faces long odds. (The second Article V option, which allows the states to propose and ratify amendments, is a bigger long shot, as it has never been successfully called.)
The answer is that under the Constitution, the number of Supreme Court Justices is not fixed, and Congress can change it by passing an act that is then signed by the President. Article III, Section 1, starts with a broad direction to Congress to establish the court system: “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”
And as Rubio said, the number of Justices has changed over time. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the first Supreme Court, with six Justices. In 1801, President John Adams and a lame-duck Federalist Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, which reduced the Court to five Justices in an attempt to limit incoming President Thomas Jefferson’s appointments. Jefferson and his Democratic-Republicans soon repealed that act, putting the Court back to six Justices. Then, in 1807, Jefferson and Congress added a seventh Justice when Congress added a seventh federal court circuit.
In early 1837, President Andrew Jackson was able to add two additional Justices after Congress expanded the number of federal circuit court districts. Under different circumstances, Congress created the 10th Circuit in 1863 during the Civil War, and the Court briefly had 10 Justices. Congress then passed legislation in 1866 to reduce the Court to seven Justices. That only lasted until 1869, when a new Judiciary Act sponsored by Senator Lyman Trumbull put the number back to nine Justices, with six required at a sitting to form a quorum. (President Ulysses S. Grant eventually signed that legislation and nominated William Strong and Joseph Bradley to the newly restored seats.)
You're welcome! :-)
Barack Obama is speaking out now.
"“There is some literature among constitutional scholars about the possibility of going from one court to another court, not just always staying the whole time in the Supreme Court but I have made no judgement," Biden said at a campaign stop in Chester, Pennsylvania.
He went on to say that "there are just a group of serious constitutional scholars, have a number of ideas how we should proceed from this point on."
Biden, unnamed so called scholars.
Nothing at all.
Trending: "Can I change my vote from Biden to Trump"
ACB's swearing in speech from last night:
The confirmation process has made ever-clearer to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the United States Senate, and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. It is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences; in fact, it would be a dereliction of duty to put policy goals aside.
By contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. Federal judges don't stand for election, thus they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. This separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the three branches of government. A judge declares independence not only from Congress and the president, but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her. The judicial oath captures the essence of the judicial duty; the rule of law must always control...
...The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that I will do my job without any fear or favor and that I will do so independent of both the political branches and my own preferences. I love the Constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes, and I will devote myself to preserving it.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/barretts-speech-after-swearing-in-i-will-do-my-job-without-any-fear-or-favor
so...
since she swears allegiance and fidelity to the US Constitution and ONLY the US Constitution, why would democrats feel the need to pack the court?
it would seem that democrats are done with the Constitution. we know they despise it and all who pledge to uphold it.
could it also be that the majority of the shit the left has managed to get passed via the courts is Constitutionally dubious and tenuous?
apparently so.
She is the Smart.
And Dangerous.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Barack Obama is speaking out now.
big crowed for ol' skeets, alky?
a dozen?
maybe two?
LOL.
Lmao
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The biggest difference between now and 2016 is Fox News. They are a whole different deal. Despite this, our campaign is doing much better, with bigger crowds and even more (much!) enthusiasm, than we had in 2016. Big Debate & SCOTUS Win! Real Polls have us winning everywhere!
Pack the court? Sure. How about if by some miracle the Republicans regain the House and President Trump nominates five more extremely young and extremely conservative judges and Cocaine Mitch McConnell rams them through in the next few months. How does that sound?
Article III of the U.S. Constitution does not specify the number of judges on the Supreme Court. The current number was set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, which is an act of Congress and can be changed by any subsequent Congress.
Or maybe we should go in the other direction. How about a Supreme Court of three judges? Thomas as Chief Justice, with Barrett and Alito as associate justices.
And while we are at it, how about if Congress limits the scope of the court's authority? The Constitution seems to give them that power in Article III Section 2:
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
That would open up some interesting possibilities. How about a specific prohibition against limiting any of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights?
It is these insanities that makes conservatism immensely satisfying as a political philosophy. Chesterton's Fence is a lesson that needs endless repetition. I'll bet Harry Reid would like to revisit his destruction of the filibuster and the consequent boon for the Republican party. He claims to be happy with it, but legislation can always be changed, but the court is for a generation and can set the tone of legislation and even the direction of the political process of the country. As much as the Left would like to radically remake the structure of our government, there is the possibility that their enemies on the other side of the aisle will be emboldened to use those same tools, and the end result might be unpleasant for them.
If President Trump wins reelection next week, he will have a tremendous opportunity to do just that. Gut the regulatory state and empty the departments of the thousands of apparatchiks who have nurtured the Deep State. And a rational Supreme Court will be much more supportive of a return to basic principles!
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/390970.php
pack the court, eh?
hmmm...
under the "right" circumstances perhaps we could.
LOL.
An example of responsibility.
Masking and social distancing.
The USA today article shows that the President's campaign events are super spreader events.
Oh, ok, Joe is now not going to rotate the US Supreme Court Justices. Today Joe stated.
""No, no, no ... it's a lifetime appointment. I'm not going to attempt to change that at all," Biden said."
Shifting Arizona and Texas
12:27
First Read moves Arizona from Lean Democratic to Toss Up and shifts Texas from Lean Republican to Toss Up.
“We were torn on Arizona. Biden maintains his lead there, but the polling has tightened. And right now, it seems to be in a different place than Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which is why we’ve moved it to Toss Up…”
Texas:
Biden has decreased his spending to about $600,000 for the week (and he’s getting outside help), while Trump and GOP outside groups were dark.”
The consensus electoral map still has Arizona as going to Biden.
Quote of the Day
“He’s jealous of COVID’s media coverage.”
— Barack Obama, once again sharply criticizing President Trump over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Three Possible Outcomes
12:00 pm
Bill Kristol asks to consider three alternate Wednesday, November 4th headlines:
“Trump loses presidency as Midwest flips; GOP holds Senate.”
“Trump defeated by big margin; election called early as Florida and North Carolina go to Biden; Democrats win Senate.”
“Biden wins by double digits in popular vote; rout extends to victory in Texas; Democrats control Senate easily.”
“The initial reactions to these would be very different. But so, probably, would be the lasting effects.
One would be a defeat for Trump,
the second a rejection not just of Trump but perhaps of Trumpism.
The third would open up the possibility for a re-making of the GOP and of conservatism itself.”
And a Nazi America, imho.
20 Ex-U.S. Attorneys, All Republicans, Back Biden
11:59 am
Twenty former U.S. attorneys — all of them Republicans — on Tuesday publicly called President Trump “a threat to the rule of law in our country,” and urged that he be replaced in November with his Democratic opponent, former vice president Joe Biden, the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s Rallies Don’t Move the Needle
11:51
Bloomberg:
“Trump held three rallies Monday, all in Pennsylvania, with three more scheduled Tuesday and as many as five or six a day expected by the weekend. The rallies befit the showman with roots in reality television: blaring music, slick production, video montages, warm-up speeches, Air Force One as a backdrop and the president himself as the headline attraction. Attendees erupt in screams and cheers at his arrival, and local Republicans say it’s unlike any political event they’ve seen.
“Holding rallies in defiance of coronavirus health recommendations has fueled voters’ disapproval of his handling of the pandemic — feeding Biden’s key argument that Trump has mishandled the first major crisis of his presidency. And pollsters say there’s little evidence of a rally boost.
“Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University professor who studied Trump’s rally impact in the 2016 and 2018 cycles, found they didn’t move the needle in the states where they were held. He expects the same in 2020.”
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump blitzes Pennsylvania with 3 rallies as coronavirus spikes lead to calls for him to stop.
Biden’s Lead Now Double-Digits Nationally
11:49 am
A new CNBC poll finds Joe Biden leads Donald Trump nationally,
51% to 40%,
a two-point increase from the June poll and six points better than April.
Most Ballots Will Be Cast Before Election Day
11:24 am
“After weeks of early and mail voting, at least 66 million Americans have already cast their ballots for next week’s election, a historic figure that has upended expectations about Election Day and which states could decide the presidential contest,” the Washington Post reports.
“The massive number, which includes voters who have cast ballots either in person or by mail, has stunned election officials and campaign operatives. It equals close to half of the total turnout in 2016 — all but ensuring, with early voting continuing through the weekend, that the majority of ballots will be cast before Election Day for the first time in history.”
Win or Lose, It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party
12:36 pm
Elaina Plott:
“For all the attention paid to what Trump represents in American politics, the most salient feature of his ascent within the Republican Party might be what he doesn’t represent. When Ronald Reagan overthrew the old order of the Republican Party in the 1980 election, he did so as the figurehead of a conservative movement that had been gestating since the 1950s, with an intellectual framework that William F. Buckley Jr. had been articulating for a quarter-century, with a policy blueprint provided by the Heritage Foundation and with a campaign apparatus that quickly pivoted to the task of converting the new constituencies he’d brought into the party to a base durable enough to build on. The total merger of his movement with his party didn’t happen immediately, but the key elements of it were in place by the end of his first term, and there was not much ambiguity about what the G.O.P., if it was transforming, was transforming into.
“Trump’s takeover, by contrast, has been as one-dimensional as it has been total. In the space of one term, the president has co-opted virtually every power center in the Republican Party, from its congressional caucuses to its state parties, its think tanks to its political action committees. But though he has disassembled much of the old order, he has built very little in its place.”
Said GOP strategist Liam Donovan:
“You end up with this weird paradox where he stands to haunt the G.O.P. for many years to come, but on the substance it’s like he was never even there.”
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He stands to haunt the GOP NEGATIVELY for many years to come.
The USA today article shows that the President's campaign events are super spreader events.
that's right alky. just like every fucking antifa/BLM riot since saint georgie, the patron saint of the looted TV, died of an overdose.
He stands to haunt the GOP NEGATIVELY for many years to come.
good. if the GOP had such value we would've run one of the 15 or so GOP candidates who ran against Trump.
like !jeb! LOL.
While the ex President Obama was speaking, he said this!
Now @FoxNews is playing Obama’s no crowd, fake speech for Biden, a man he could barely endorse because he couldn’t believe he won. Also, I PREPAID many Millions of Dollars in Taxes.
Fox news actually tells the truth about the President and he's going crazy!!!
Please clap
James, have you noticed that the racist rodent bastard and kputz only have insults!
Obama kicked ass
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Obama kicked ass
LOL.
that was QUICK.
LOL.
Unlike you, I can watch something, and then go back to my memories of precious speeches and contrast him to the President's meandering speeches and come to a conclusion.
Historians will contrast them. And Obama made sense.
Scott Morefield
@SKMorefield
France's mask-mandate insanity:
7/20 - all public indoor spaces, enforced w/fines
8/9 - outdoors / cities
8/18 - all workplaces
8/27 - pedestrians & cyclists / cities
And yet, over 45,000 cases yesterday alone. This is the equivalent of 225,000 in the U.S.
Because masks work!
COMPELLING GRAPH:
https://twitter.com/SKMorefield/status/1320529847786098689
And isn't it telling that NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR has enacted a mask mandate in their state since Biden called for a national mandate ???
Guess they already are not following him.
Pennsylvania, where the coronavirus growth rate jumped from less than 3% before his visit to more than 7% afterward.
Even in states where cases were already rising, the spikes in at least four counties that hosted Trump rallies far surpassed their state’s overall growth rates.
In two counties, it was more than double: Marathon County’s case count surged by 67% after Trump’s visit compared to Wisconsin’s overall growth rate of 29% during the same time. In Beltrami County, Minnesota, it swelled by 35% compared to the state’s 14%.
Defying health orders
Local public health officials in several counties tracked cases back to Trump’s rallies and, in one case, to affiliated counter-protests that his presence drew.
The Minnesota county that’s home to Bemidji saw a 35% increase in coronavirus cases in the two weeks after Trump’s rally – from 365 to 499. State health officials said 20 people who tested positive for COVID-19 attended the Sept. 17 event. Sixteen of them attended the rally, and four attended a protest outside.
Minnesota also traced three cases to a Trump rally in Duluth on Sept. 30, just days before Trump and other White House officials tested positive for the coronavirus.
Health officials additionally tracked cases back to campaign events held by other candidates, including one positive case to a Joe Biden rally in Duluth on Sept. 18, three to a speech by Mike Pence in Minneapolis on Sept. 24 and one to an Eric Trump rally on Oct. 1.
The gatherings have irked local and state officials.
In a document obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, just a week before the president’s Oct. 17 rally in Janesville, Wisconsin, the White House coronavirus task force concluded Wisconsin was in the red zone for test positivity. They warned of extreme concern for continued increases in community transmission.
Among its mitigation recommendations? A warning to avoid crowds.
Ahead of an Oct. 14 rally, Iowa’s top public health official, Lina Tucker Reinders, sent an email to the Des Moines Register saying they could be looking at “another super-spreader event.”
In North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper asked elected leaders and candidates “to lead by example on the campaign trail this fall by holding events with face coverings and social distancing to protect North Carolinians when visiting.
Even though activities exercising First Amendment rights are exempt from the requirements of Cooper’s executive orders about large events, “large gatherings increase the risk of spreading COVID-19,” said Amy Adams Ellis, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Rallies in at least three states – Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Nevada – defied orders limiting the number of people at an event.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, issued a $3,000 fine to Xtreme Manufacturing for hosting a Trump event that violated its 50-person limit on public gatherings. Some 5,600 guests attended the Sept. 13 indoor rally.
Biden is relying on Americans being sick of Trump, a state of affairs that would make a butcher's block of red-meat rallies counterproductive for the president. At the same time, Trump wants voters to believe Biden's capacity is diminished, which is harder to demonstrate if the former vice president isn't visibly exhausting himself with a rigorous campaign schedule.
In a week, Americans will know which candidate had the better approach. But for now, Biden is comfortable with Trump's strategy, and Trump is openly chafing at Biden's.
Yahoo news
Lolololololololololol
During a drive-in campaign rally in Orlando Tuesday, former President Barack Obama skewered President Trump’s complaints about the attention the media devotes to COVID-19, and said his successor was “jealous” of the virus.
"What's his closing argument? That people are too focused on COVID!” said Obama, speaking to a crowd of Biden supporters in a drive-in rally in Florida. “COVID, COVID, COVID — he’s complaining. He’s jealous of COVID’s media coverage!”
Over the last several weeks, Trump, who recently recovered from COVID-19, has promised supporters that the country is “rounding the turn” on the virus, and took to his Twitter to chastise the national media for devoting much of its coverage to continued unemployment, recent country-wide spikes in coronavirus cases, and a growing number of infections and death. Over 226,000 Americans have now died of the virus.
Barack Obama speaks at a Biden/Harris rally in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 27. (Reuters TV)
Trump has also mocked the turnout at Obama’s campaign events, which the former president has ratcheted up in recent days as he campaigns for his old running mate, Joe Biden. Trump has insisted that he draws larger crowds than Obama, a claim Obama ridiculed on Tuesday.
"This week, with everything that's happening, you know what he brought up? He was fussing about the crowd size at the inauguration again, saying his was bigger. Who is thinking about that right now? Nobody except him."
President Trump holds a campaign event in Lititz, Pa., on Oct. 26. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
Trump and Biden have been running virtually neck-and-neck in Florida, a crucial swing state that voted for Trump in 2016. Over 60 million Americans have already voted early, with overall turnout numbers on track to eclipse 2016 totals.
In his remarks on Tuesday, Obama also made fun of the president’s television-viewing habits and his frequent use of Twitter.
“Tweeting at the TV doesn't fix things,” Obama said. “Watching TV all day doesn't fix things. Making stuff up doesn't fix things. You've got to have a plan if you want to make people's lives better."
Trump, for his part, tweeted about Obama’s speech.
"Now @FoxNews is playing Obama’s no crowd, fake speech for Biden, a man he could barely endorse because he couldn’t believe he won,” Trump said.
"Caliphate4vrOctober 27, 2020 at 11:56 AM
Please clap"
Too funny.
Biden Is speaking out right now. Live
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1321145611475824640?s=19
Actually Roger I asked James the following.
"And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done both legally and Constitutionally" Fake Pastor
Do tell.
Don't run, hide , dodge or dance.
Tell us where you find that in the US Constitution?
"speaking out".
?
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Unlike you, I can watch something, and then go back to my memories of precious speeches and contrast him to the President's meandering speeches and come to a conclusion...
...and then plagiarize five posts in a row without attribution.
your memory is as shot as your first liver, hence the endless copy/pastes.
LOL.
you're a legend in your own mind, alky.
LOL.
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Biden "speaking out"
"Doug Emhoff, uh, Kamala’s wife"
Did Joe "out" the tranny
that's right alky. just like every fucking antifa/BLM
Why do you keep posting the same WRONG bullshit asshole.....I posted proof earlier today that a BLM marches did were not super spreader events!!!!! Why are you such a dumb fuck???????? Since you obviously are too fucking lazy to read, here is what I posted earlier......ESAD
Black Lives Matter Protests Didn’t Contribute to the COVID-19 ...
www.healthline.com/health-news/black-lives...
Jul 08, 2020 · Getty Images. There isn’t evidence that Black Lives Matter protests have led to a noticeable increase in COVID-19 cases, despite early concerns from health officials. The reasons for the lack of ...
https://www.axios.com/obama-trump-coronavirus-media-coverage-b3d1a0c6-890b-4f6f-b453-7882782c68f6.html
Former President Barack Obama launched a blistering attack on President Trump while campaigning for Joe Biden in Orlando on Tuesday, criticizing Trump for complaining about the pandemic as cases soar and joking that he's "jealous of COVID's media coverage."
Driving the news: Trump has baselessly accused the news media of only focusing on covering the coronavirus pandemic — which has killed over 226,000 Americans so far and is surging across the country once again — as a way to deter people from voting on Election Day and distract from other issues.
What he's saying: "What's his closing argument? That people are too focused on COVID. He said this at one of his rallies —'COVID, COVID, COVID,' he's complaining," Obama said.
"He's jealous of COVID's media coverage. If he had been focused on COVID from the beginning, cases wouldn't be reaching new record highs across the country this week.""If we were focused on COVID now, the White House wouldn't be having its second outbreak in a month. ... He's turned the White House into a hot zone."
The big picture: Obama, one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, has been out campaigning for Biden in the final stretch of the election season. He urged Floridians on Tuesday to "reclaim" American values like democracy, science and tolerance by voting Trump out of office.
"Joe and Kamala, when they're in office, you're not going to have to think about them every single day," Obama said at one point."You're not going to have to worry about what crazy things they're going to say, what they're going to tweet. They're just going to be too busy doing the work.""You'll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president's not going to retweet conspiracy theories about secret cabals running the world."
The other side: Trump tweeted as Obama was speaking, "Now @FoxNews is playing Obama’s no crowd, fake speech for Biden, a man he could barely endorse because he couldn’t believe he won. Also, I PREPAID many Millions of Dollars in Taxes."
Roger, is unable to support James's claim.
James said "And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done both legally and Constitutionally"
BREAKING: NBC News has moved Texas, which hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976, from "lean Republican" to "tossup," underscoring the close race between President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden for the Lone Star State.
Roger , you could explain James's post.
hey alky,
post 0linsky's rant again, in bold AND italics.
Oh, oh.
"The daily IBD/TIPP tracking poll shows Joe Biden’s national lead over Donald Trump slipped nearly three points overnight, from seven to just 4.4 points."
UP 14 points? wh
I just got back from a 12 noon meeting, and I see that KansasDimocrat said:
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Actually Roger I asked James the following.
[He said} "And apparently there are procedures whereby it can be done [changing the number on the Court] both legally and Constitutionally" Fake Pastor
Do tell.
Don't run, hide , dodge or dance.
Tell us where you find that in the US Constitution?
October 27, 2020 at 12:54 PM
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James: I have been at a noon meeting, and have just seen KD's request. So let me for once bother to answer KansasDim (which I don't usually do) by stating very simply that it is found in the part of the Constitution that mentions "advise and consent."
But what I did at 11:23 was far more important:
I showed that there have been several times when the number of Justices on the Supreme Court HAS been changed, and that would surely indicate that the possibility to do that is not only found in the Constitution, but that doing it has been ruled Constitutional each time it was done, or else doing it would have been overturned.
If Kansas Dim needs someone to help him understand that, let him ask someone else. I have learned a long time ago that all he can do is ask what he thinks are clever questions, even when they are not, present case being an example of that.
That's why I usually ignore him, and will continue to.
[The president] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States…
Note that the NUMBER of Judges is not given in the Constitution.
Now, I will admit that this worries me:
Florida has just been given to Trump on the NO TOSS UPS MAP at RealClearPoltics.com, meaning that in the latest polling aggregates Florida is now LEANING toward Trump. That may change, but for now it drops Biden all the way down to to a mere
BIDEN 311 electoral votes to
TRUMP 227 electoral votes
Still, Trump has a long way to go to get to 270, and Florida (now standing at +.4 for Trump, while yesterday it was +.4 for Biden) may change again.
Did Kansas Dim slink away?
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