Scott then pivoted back to the main thrust of his question, which wasn’t about the decision to sign the letter but rather what was the specific aspect of the Georgia voting law that the bankers might have found discriminatory. The senator pointed out that the GOP-backed legislation actually increased the number of early voting days and codified the use of ballot drop boxes.
“If you are actually making it easier to vote but harder to cheat, what part of that law was discriminatory or restricted access? I’ve been studying the law. … From my perspective, and frankly from the words on the paper … it did not prevent anyone voting, and frankly, it made it easier to vote earlier,” he said
The senator said he finds it “disheartening” as a former member of some of the institutions and as an account holder and member of others “that you all have taken such a strong clear position but can’t or won’t articulate the reason for that position.”
Scott then paused for about 15 seconds, staring straight into the camera and waiting for one of the executives to respond to his remarks — not one of the bankers did.
This is simple boys and girls. There really isn't any good explanation. As Senator Scott states, if you study the law and read the "words on the paper" the law is actually making it easier to vote. We are now at the point where the main mouthpiece for this (Stacey Abrams) is literally admitting that the law actually doesn't discriminate or make it harder to vote (as it is written). She apparently just believes that somehow the law as "written" will somehow be "implemented" in other ways. How anyone actually accomplishes any of that new law bait and switch is not explained. In fact, as pointed out recently, she just shrugs off the idea that the law would be followed as if the very concept of a state following their own election laws is absurd.
Now it would be one thing if Georgia holds their next election and they actually do not follow the law as written and somehow actually figure out manners in which to discriminate outside of the law. Then Abrams and the rest of the conspiracy theorist could make an actual claim. But at this point, the concept is basically that they don't like the new law largely because it is creating oversight to the actual "counting of votes" - which makes them want to bang their collective heads against the wall in an absolute tirade of anger and frustration. But rather than admit this is about oversight and making sure that vote counting is timely and transparent, they claim what they always claim when they are losing an argument....
Racism.
84 comments:
Well, I clicked on this wanting to see a video of Tim Scott effectively silencing "woke"
executives, but all I got was a boring 7 minute diatribe by a white guy.
Give us a link to the Scott video.
Maybe the "pastor" is the example of a person who can't get voter id.
He sure can't find anything himself
ROFLMFAO !!!
well I guess even he has admitted he voted
Roger, fetch, you economically retard genetic mutt.
"U.S. durable goods orders drop 1.3% in April
U.S. orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in 11 months, pulled down by plunging orders for transportation equipment
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PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics"
Reverend...
You got that name of the person who is incapable of getting a free State ID?
Or do you continue to embarrass yourself making unsubstantiated claims?
Heck... I am not looking for the names of hundreds or thousands of disenfranchised people fully capable of figuring out how to get a ballot, fill out a ballot, and successfully vote... but somehow unable to figure out the ID part.
I am not looking for enough names to justify the rhetoric about this.
Just a single name and the proof that they are able to go through the process of voting, but incapable of securing a free ID to do so.
Judge Says Trump’s Big Lie Could Inspire Violence
May 27, 2021 at 9:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments
CNN:
“The judge’s blunt assessment of the current, charged political climate came in a legal decision about a defendant who was drawn to Washington, DC, in January. And it adds to a growing chorus of warnings from the officials most closely weighing the aftermath of the Capitol riot about what the threat level still might be.”
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Oh no. Did Trump tell a Big Lie and is he still telling it?
Gosh, Ch. I was under the impression that there are A WHOLE LOT of roadblocks Republicans are putting up or trying to put up other than and in addition to id's. Did I get misinformed somewhere somehow?
Reverend...
There are these things called "search engines". Maybe you heard of them. Google, Bing, Yahoo, just to name a few.
How it works is you put in something into the search bar (eg - Tim Scott Bankers) and generally there are choices.
Since you are looking for a video. Choose video.
The first several that pops up on my search engine is Tim Scott talking to the Bankers from different outlets. Fox Business, YouTube, etc...
It's a great tool. You should learn to use it. It's simple enough even for liberals.
Yes
Gosh, Ch. I was under the impression that there are A WHOLE LOT of roadblocks Republicans are putting up or trying to put up other than and in addition to id's. Did I get misinformed somewhere somehow?
You are also under the impression that voter IDs discriminate against black voters.... because as a white liberal you must believe black people are not as capable as white people to garner ID.
Or are you finally admitting that Voter ID does not discriminate and that everyone who wants one, can get a free State ID?
Pick a side, Reverend.
You now okay with Voter ID laws?
Or are you pushing the lie?
Tank Abrams can't even admit that she lost the GA gubernatorial election. The fat fuck continues to bitterly cling to her own "big lie" that the election was stolen.
She should stick to what she's half-assed at - writing shitty soft porn romance novels.
Just a single name and the proof that they are able to go through the process of voting, but incapable of securing a free ID to do so.
So the pederast cannot even substantiate the soft bigotry of his own expectations.
Hilarious.
Actually, I thought you would honor my polite request by providing the video.
But anyway, being the nice helpful guy I am, I thought you might find the following helpful.
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ACLU
OUR RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK
Efforts to erase voting rights, trans rights, and abortion rights for millions of people are escalating across the country. We’re responding on all fronts — from courts to legislatures in all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico — but we need your help to win.
OPPOSE VOTER ID LEGISLATION - FACT SHEET
Voter identification laws are a part of an ongoing strategy to roll back decades of progress on voting rights. Thirty-four states have identification requirements at the polls. Seven states have strict photo ID laws, under which voters must present one of a limited set of forms of government-issued photo ID in order to cast a regular ballot – no exceptions.
*Voter ID laws deprive many voters of their right to vote, reduce participation, and stand in direct opposition to our country’s trend of including more Americans in the democratic process.
Many Americans do not have one of the forms of identification states acceptable for voting. These voters are disproportionately low-income, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Such voters more frequently have difficulty obtaining ID, because they cannot afford or cannot obtain the underlying documents that are a prerequisite to obtaining government-issued photo ID card.
*Millions of Americans Lack ID. 11% of U.S. citizens – or more than 21 million Americans – do not have government-issued photo identification.
*Obtaining ID Costs Money.
Even if ID is offered for free, voters must incur numerous costs (such as paying for birth certificates) to apply for a government-issued ID.
Underlying documents required to obtain ID cost money, a significant expense for lower-income Americans. The combined cost of document fees, travel expenses and waiting time are estimated to range from $75 to $175.
*The travel required is often a major burden on people with disabilities, the elderly, or those in rural areas without access to a car or public transportation. In Texas, some people in rural areas must travel approximately 170 miles to reach the nearest ID office.
*Voter ID Laws Reduce Voter Turnout.
A 2014 GAO study found that strict photo ID laws reduce turnout by 2-3 percentage points, which can translate into tens of thousands of votes lost in a single state.
*Voter ID Laws Are Discriminatory
Minority voters disproportionately lack ID. Nationally, up to 25% of African-American citizens of voting age lack government-issued photo ID, compared to only 8% of whites.
*States exclude forms of ID in a discriminatory manner.
Texas allows concealed weapons permits for voting, but does not accept student ID cards. Until its voter ID law was struck down, North Carolina prohibited public assistance IDs and state employee ID cards, which are disproportionately held by Black voters. And until recently, Wisconsin permitted active duty military ID cards, but prohibited Veterans Affairs ID cards for voting.
*Voter ID laws are enforced in a discriminatory manner.
A Caltech/MIT study found that minority voters are more frequently questioned about ID than are white voters.
*Voter ID laws reduce turnout among minority voters.
Several studies, including a 2014 GAO study, have found that photo ID laws have a particularly depressive effect on turnout among racial minorities and other vulnerable groups, worsening the participation gap between voters of color and whites.
*Voter ID Requirements are a Solution in Search of a Problem
In-person fraud is vanishingly rare. A recent study found that, since 2000, there were only 31 credible allegations of voter impersonation – the only type of fraud that photo IDs could prevent – during a period of time in which over 1 billion ballots were cast.
*Identified instances of “fraud” are honest mistakes.
So-called cases of in-person impersonation voter “fraud” are almost always the product of an elections worker or a voter making an honest mistake, and that even these mistakes are extremely infrequent.
*Voter ID laws are a waste of taxpayer dollars.
States incur sizeable costs when implementing voter ID laws, including the cost of educating the public, training poll workers, and providing IDs to voters.
Texas spent nearly $2 million on voter education and outreach efforts following passage of its Voter ID law.
Indiana spent over $10 million to produce free ID cards between 2007 and 2010.
The ACLU has led the charge against Voter ID in several states, challenging voter ID laws in in states such as Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.
I gave you a lot more than one or two or three names, Ch/Scottie.
Somehow, I doubt you'll be all that grateful.
Or are you finally admitting that Voter ID does not discriminate and that everyone who wants one, can get a free State ID?"
No answer, typical.
PLENTious answer, ROFL.
I gave you a lot more than one or two or three names" Jamie
Nope, not one name.
Henrietta Skigglethorpe
A lot of words and a a lot rhetoric, Reverend.
What it appears to be missing is the name of a single person unable to garner an ID?
Or was there a name in there?
There is a lot of double speak and such about travel, cost, etc. But nothing that suggests a person capable of voting (which would include the same sorts of issues) is incapable of garnering an ID. If a person is willing to vote every two years or even every four years, what is the trouble with a one time issue of getting an ID. Unlike voting, it's not an ongoing level of commitment. You just get an ID once and you are done.
Btw... the only thing you need to get a "free ID" (which is available in every state that has Voter ID laws last time I checked) is a birth certificate.
If you are one of the few who do not have your birth certificate, that can be applied for on-line with nominal fees and according to several sources those nominal fees can be waived or covered for those who have financial hardship.
You appear to be sucked in by over the top double speak rhetoric designed to make an issue much harder than it actually is.
And in all of those words... they fail to offer an example of a single person who can figure out how to vote, but is incapable if getting an ID.
The fact that there are those who do not want to get an ID, or find it inconvenient to get an ID, or whatever other concepts you throw in there about the horrible undertaking it might be...
The fact remains that voting is still a privilege and anyone serious about it will follow the laws to vote. It's not discrimination of suppression to ask for ID simply because some people may decide that while they are perfectly capable of getting an ID, they simply "choose" not to and then complain about it.
That is their own decision. I am sick and tired of all of the liberals in the world taking no responsibility for their own actions and demanding the rest of the world owes them something.
There is a huge difference between being incapable and being unwilling.
The law doesn't have to cater to the unwilling.
White House Proposes $6 Trillion Budget
May 27, 2021 at 10:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments
“The White House is set to propose on Friday a $6 trillion budget plan as President Biden seeks major changes to the U.S. economy and welfare system,” the Washington Post reports.
“The budget contains no new major policies from the White House and instead reflects the plans it has already introduced, including a $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, $1.8 trillion education and families plan, and $1.5 trillion in proposed discretionary spending.
“It projects budget deficits above $1 trillion for the rest of the decade, as Washington’s spending imbalance remains at elevated levels. Even without new additional spending proposals, the annual federal budget is projected to include $5.8 trillion in spending in fiscal year 2021.”
OH NO!
Trump Executive Tied to Another Scandal
May 27, 2021 at 10:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments
Mother Jones finds more trouble for Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg as he’s being pressured to turn on the Trump family by New York prosecutors.
“Previously unreported emails attached to a little-noticed court document filed earlier this month show that Weisselberg is tied to another Trump financial scandal: the Trump inauguration case, which is currently being investigated by the attorney general of Washington, DC.”
Quote of the Day
May 27, 2021 at 10:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 73 Comments
“There is no excuse for any Republican to vote against this commission since Democrats have agreed to everything they asked for. McConnell has made this his political position, thinking it will help his 2022 elections. They do not believe the truth will set you free, so they continue to live in fear.”
— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), quoted by CNN.
"Henrietta Skigglethorpe" not in your cited articles Jamie
Did a word search, not located.
Btw...
Ultimately the courts have dismissed all of these court cases about voter ID. While at one time there were some lower court decisions that went against voter ID laws, those eventually were all overturned. Now voter ID will become the norm.
Mostly because there is no actual person who has standing to challenge them.
I wonder how it is that every other country in the world (other than the U.S. and Russia) manage to get through their elections requiring voter ID. But here in the U.S. you have a whole bunch of people clutching their pearls over it.
I thought liberals wanted to be more like Europe?
This will trigger another tirade about Sleepy Joe's plan to make the United States of Communism.
WASHINGTON — President Biden will propose a $6 trillion budget on Friday that would take the United States to its highest sustained levels of federal spending since World War II, while running deficits above $1.3 trillion throughout the next decade.
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that Mr. Biden’s first budget request as president calls for the federal government to spend $6 trillion in the 2022 fiscal year, and for total spending to rise to $8.2 trillion by 2031. The growth is driven by Mr. Biden’s two-part agenda to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure and substantially expand the social safety net, contained in his American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, along with other planned increases in discretionary spending.
The proposal shows the sweep of Mr. Biden’s ambitions to wield government power to help more Americans attain the comforts of a middle-class life and to lift U.S. industry to better compete globally in an economy the administration believes will be dominated by a race to reduce energy emissions and combat climate change.
Mr. Biden’s plan to fund his agenda by raising taxes on corporations and high earners would begin to shrink budget deficits in the 2030s. Administration officials have said the jobs and families plans would be fully offset by tax increases over the course of 15 years, which the budget request backs up.
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He ran as a moderate Democrat because it got him elected in a the most secure election, with a record turnout
The Republicans are scared of a repeat of a record high turnout in 2020.
The voter suppression legislation is carefully designed to deceive voters into believing that the last election was stolen, because they believe the Big Lie.
Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Budget to Make U.S. More Competitive https://nyti.ms/3urL1B5
Math Jamie?
Includes these expenses.
"2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, $1.8 trillion education and families plan, and $1.5"
Total = $5.6 Trillion
Yet, you posted.
"
annual federal budget is projected to include $5.8 trillion in spending in fiscal year 2021.”
Just admit it, Ch/Scottie. YOU AND THE OTHER REPUGNANTS DON'T WANT CERTAIN PEOPLE VOTING.
And who those certain people are is made clear at 9:47 & 9:47 above.
Prediction: Republican shenanigans attempting voter suppression may bring a backlash so fierce among minorities that they will POUR out to vote Democratic in even greater numbers than in the last election. THANKS! :-)
Henrietta Skigglethorpe
She lives down the block from me. Got her Minnesota ID last year.
Try again!
Roger "the United States to its highest sustained levels of federal spending since World War II, while running deficits above $1.3 trillion throughout the next decade"
Jamie
"“It projects budget deficits above $1 trillion for the rest of the decade, as Washington’s spending imbalance remains at elevated levels."
Can you all get (math) your numbers together
It is fun to mock effeminate Jamie
"Henrietta Skigglethorpe
She lives down the block from me. Got her Minnesota ID last year.
Try again!"
Prediction: Republican shenanigans attempting voter suppression may bring a backlash so fierce among minorities that they will POUR out to vote Democratic in even greater numbers than in the last election. THANKS! :-)
You're welcome!
You are quite obviously then in favor of all sorts of these election laws, huh? Figure they help you quite a bit with all of that "backlash" from whomever it is that will be all pissy about it.
So we are now on the same side here! Pass a Federal law requiring voter ID along with the financial assistance to get every single American that ID including assistance to anyone lacking a birth certificate.
Then we would know for a fact that the only people without ID are those who do not want ID. Those people should be voting.
It's more subtle Scott.
Republican-led legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and other states are passing laws that make it harder to vote. Many of these bills, which have been drafted with help from an offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation, will have a disproportionate impact on voters of color and are being challenged in court.
While judges could strike down some provisions for violating a state constitution or discriminating against voters with disabilities, the appellate courts that will make the final decision include mostly Republican appointees.
The GOP is defending the legislation as a response to voter fraud, though there is no evidence of widespread fraud. Jessica Anderson of Heritage Action, which helped with the drafting, said the bills would help "right the wrongs of November." Heritage has long advocated voting restrictions, such as voter ID laws; as founder Paul Weyrich said in 1980, "Our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." The group has pledged to spend millions defending the new laws in court.
Voter suppression laws have faced difficulty passing the scrutiny of courts in recent years. For example, North Carolina's 2013 voting law, which included a strict voter ID mandate, cuts to early voting, and the end of Election Day registration, was struck down by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia in 2016. The court found that legislators had targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision."
North Carolina went on to pass another voter ID law that was also blocked by a federal judge in late 2019. The 4th Circuit overturned that decision, but in February 2020 the state Court of Appeals blocked the law after finding it likely violated the state constitution by disenfranchising Black voters. The case went to trial last month. The North Carolina Supreme Court, which has the final say on state law, has a 4-3 Democratic majority, but Republicans could take control after next year's election.
In Texas, Florida, and Georgia, the state supreme courts are composed entirely of Republican justices. Most of them are affiliated with the conservative Federalist Society, which helped both former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis choose appointees.
Trump appointed more than a quarter of active federal judges, and last year his appointees shot down efforts to ease voting rules during the pandemic. The U.S. Supreme Court, which now has a 6-3 majority of Republican appointees including three put there by Trump, is unlikely to rule that the new Southern voter suppression laws discriminate against voters of color. In the run-up to last year's election, the high court ruled against voters several times, including a ruling in favor of Alabama officials who were seeking to bar local election boards from offering curbside voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These judges are unlikely to rule that the new voter suppression bills are racially discriminatory, but some courts could strike them down for violating the state constitution or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Citing the ADA in Georgia
Georgia's new voting law incorporated several recommendations from Heritage, including strict limits on ballot drop boxes and mail-in ballot request forms, as well as bans on counties raising money from nonprofits for election administration. It also allows state officials to overturn decisions by local elections officials.
Civil rights groups immediately filed lawsuits challenging the new rules. A federal lawsuit from several voting rights groups argues the law will have a greater impact on voters of color, who face much longer wait times.
Biden's Defeat.
"A Wave of Afghan Surrenders to the Taliban Picks Up Speed
Dozens of besieged outposts or bases, and four district centers, have given up to the insurgents this month, in an accelerating rural collapse as American troops leave".
π€£ππ@Jamie".
https://www.facingsouth.org/2021/05/new-southern-voter-suppression-bills-face-challenges-state-and-federal-court
The laws are carefully designed to suppress minority voters.
The Democrats must spend more money on voter turnout in 2020, because the Republicans are trying to suppress turnout, until and if, the conservatives in the Judiciary branch follow the Constitution instead of The Big Lie.
If not, our Democratic Republic will fade into history.
Stupid
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insists border is ‘closed'
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same with similar bills for Republican state legislators across the country. “In some cases, we actually draft them for them,” she said, “or we have a sentinel on our behalf give them the model legislation so it has that grassroots, from-the-bottom-up type of vibe.”
The Georgia law had “eight key provisions that Heritage recommended,” Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action for America, a sister organization of the Heritage Foundation, told the foundation’s donors at an April 22 gathering in Tucson, in a recording obtained by the watchdog group Documented and shared with Mother Jones. Those included policies severely restricting mail ballot drop boxes, preventing election officials from sending absentee ballot request forms to voters, making it easier for partisan workers to monitor the polls, preventing the collection of mail ballots, and restricting the ability of counties to accept donations from nonprofit groups seeking to aid in election administration.
All of these recommendations came straight from Heritage’s list of “best practices” drafted in February. With Heritage’s help, Anderson said, Georgia became “the example for the rest of the country.”
The leaked video reveals the extent to which Heritage is leading a massive campaign to draft and pass model legislation restricting voting access, which has been swiftly adopted this year in the battleground states of Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Iowa. It’s no coincidence that so many GOP-controlled states are rushing to pass similar pieces of legislation in such a short period of time.
Republican legislators claim they’re tightening up election procedures to address (unfounded) concerns about fraud in the 2020 election. But what’s really behind this effort is a group of conservative Washington insiders who have been pushing these same kinds of voting restrictions for decades, with the explicit aim of helping Republicans win elections. The difference now is that Trump’s baseless claims about 2020 have given them the ammunition to get the bills passed, and the conservative movement, led by Heritage, is making an unprecedented investment to get them over the finish line.
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The voter identification is a diversion. The real purpose is to limit the number of voting locations and again make it more difficult for poorer and people of color to vote.
They only need to suppress a tiny percentage to win elections, despite being a minority party.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/heritage-foundation-dark-money-voter-suppression-laws/
I support voter ID.
But in some cases, they are making it much more difficult to secure a voter ID.
Bidenomics
Durable Goods Orders drops.
UnExpectedly....
Inflation is here now.
FOOD
Used Cars
New Cars
Fuel
Homes
James, you can watch it if you sign on the
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tim-scott-big-banks-georgia-voting-law
If your YouTube has your id.
Demand Demand Demand
Demand Demand Demand
Demand Demand Demand
Triggered by the American Rescue Plan.
Triggered by the American Rescue Plan.
Triggered by the American Rescue Plan.
Your GPA for your alleged Master's degree was probably a 2.9
A D+
I'm with James on this. I wanted to see the video and couldn't find it. Then I googled it. I found a Yahoo finance articles headlining Tim Scott chiding the bankers. But the video attached to it was all Elizabeth Warren arguing with Jamie Dimon. No Tim Scott.
C.H. Truth said...
A lot of words and a a lot rhetoric, Reverend.
What it appears to be missing is the name of a single person unable to garner an ID?
Or was there a name in there?
I see the POS "pastor" lied again later
Sure does that a lot for a "pastor"
But then again so does the MSM and political_lire where he is controlled by
lying and losing.
It must be in his DNA
Republican-led legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and other states are passing laws that make it harder to vote.
Well there you go...
No need to read further. The first statement is obviously nonsense. Good thing that they start it off that way, and allow me to skip by the rest.
Balls...
Using Bing (as I do by default) the very first video was from FoxBusinessNews and showed the Tim Scott deal. In fact the first three or four brought up the video (I didn't go further).
If you are still using "google" then they are probably making it difficult to find on purpose.
alky said
Your GPA for your alleged Master's degree was probably a 2.9
A D+
THWAP !!!
may be something to that being to hard to get a voter id
I think the libs here may have trouble figuring out how to even lick a stamp
ROFLMFAO !!!
Roger, you posted "Demand".
Nope.
April Durable Goods Orders drops.
UnExpectedly....
CSPAN
https://mobile.twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1397948048563707906
@SenSchumer on January 6th Commission: "We must get at the truth and do everything in our power to restore Americans faith in our elections & this grand, ongoing, noble experiment of democracy
Comfortably Smug
Schumer admits to not knowing about the truth yet still voting to remove Trump from office. Isn’t that a coup attempt?
Yep
Lock them up
This is too important
Democracy is at stake
Gotta listen to the dems
Cowardice
https://www.facingsouth.org/2021/05/new-southern-voter-suppression-bills-face-challenges-state-and-federal-court
https://www.facingsouth.org/2021/05/new-southern-voter-suppression-bills-face-challenges-state-and-federal-court
π¦In just a few weeks, California’s water conditions have gone from bad to terrible.
Sacramento residents have been asked to cut water usage 10%. Their counterparts on the Russian River are being told to reduce their consumption 20%.
Farmers across the Central Valley are letting fields lie fallow and dismantling their orchards.⛈
Roger, knows how much the US depends on veggies from .CA.
Tom Elliott
https://mobile.twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1397901388538015747
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says that the Biden administration has *NOT* ruled out the possibility that China deliberately unleashed the coronavirus pandemic on the world.
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Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
I’m told there’s supposed to be outrage that the administration would not rule out something like this that’s totally plausible.
the big guy is in a big mess
His switch to the antisemitic "big lie" is not going to help him or his fellow dems using that Nazi propaganda technique
Republican-led legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and other states are passing laws that make it harder to vote. Many of these bills, which have been drafted with help from an offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation, will have a disproportionate impact on voters of color and are being challenged in court.
You refuse to read something you don't agree with.
Like I have been saying for years is that you are incapable of being objective, because it might change your mind.
Climate change kputz
McConnell Calling In Favors to Stop January 6 Commission
May 27, 2021 at 12:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has reached out to certain Republican Senators and asked them to vote against the January 6 commission bill as “a personal favor,”
CNN reports.
HE'S HAVING TO CALL IN FAVORS?
Matt Gaetz Eyeing Presidential Bid
May 27, 2021 at 12:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments
New York Post:
“He may be facing allegations of sex trafficking of a minor, but Rep. Matt Gaetz still has his eye on a 2024 presidential bid — as long as former President Donald Trump does not decide to run.”
One source noted Gaetz has “clearly been vetted and smeared like a presidential candidate.”
THE GOP IS SCRAPING THAT DEEP INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL?
Biden Signals Infrastructure Negotiations Ending Soon
May 27, 2021 at 12:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments
Following the latest Republican counteroffer on an infrastructure plan, President Biden said he spoke to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and they’re speaking again next week, CNN reports.
Said Biden:
“We’re gonna have to close this down soon.”
Joe Manchin Still Won’t Budge on the Filibuster
May 27, 2021 at 12:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 80 Comments
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told reporters he was not open to eliminating the filibuster in order to get the January 6 commission bill passed.
Said Manchin: “I’m not willing to destroy our government, no. I think we’ll come together. You have to have faith there’s 10 good people.”
Taegan Goddard observes:
Manchin could issue an ultimatum to Republicans: Either vote for the commission or I end the filibuster. He’s got all the power.
Not Your Father’s Republican Party
May 27, 2021 at 11:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 70 Comments
From a Des Moines Register editorial:
“This is not your grandfather’s GOP.
This is not your father’s GOP.
It does not remotely resemble the party with anti-slavery origins.
It is not the refugee-welcoming party of former Iowa Gov. Robert Ray.
It is not the party of George W. Bush’s compassionate conservatism.
“Votes cast by legislators this session show the GOP in Iowa today is
against democracy &
against public education & dismissive of science
that infringes on its policy preferences.
It latches onto and runs with kooky ideas floated by national party operatives
and right-wing special interests
and calls them progress.
“Take an objective look at what the representatives you elected did this session and ask yourself one question:
How will my daily life be better now?”
https://www.oann.com/ariz-bans-mass-mailing-of-ballots/
Arizona’s state legislature passes a bill criminalizing the mass mailing of ballots by election officials. One America’s Christina Bobb has more from Phoenix.
Even if you get a mail ballot, you are required to provide voter ID when you drop off the ballot or before you mail ballots in California and every other state.
This is designed to reduce turnout.
π¦In just a few weeks, California’s water conditions have gone from bad to terrible.
Sacramento residents have been asked to cut water usage 10%. Their counterparts on the Russian River are being told to reduce their consumption 20%.
Farmers across the Central Valley are letting fields lie fallow and dismantling their orchards.⛈
Roger, knows how much the US depends on veggies from .CA.
I knew the farmers in the central valley were ultimately fucked when the assholes in Mexifornia decided to protect the delta smelt at the expense of the farms.
It doesn't get any more stupid than that.
For two decades, many top Democratic strategists have supported the idea that demography is destiny and that high turnout will automatically benefit their party at the ballot box.
As such, they’ve increasingly designed political strategies around the idea that if they get enough voters to the polls — especially the young and people of color — they can win elections and create a permanent governing majority.
Republicans, for their part, have also spent the last 20 years believing that high turnout and immigration rates hurt the GOP. Last year, then-President Donald Trump warned that high voter turnout would doom Republicans. And in the last few months, Fox News personalities have told their viewers that immigrants are going to “replace” native-born Americans and dilute their share of the vote.
The current Republican party is afraid of high turnout. By reducing the number of drop off locations and as usual, limiting the number of ballot voting sites in minority neighborhoods.
The problem is that the states jurisdiction can impose those locations.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/democrats-and-republicans-agree-that-high-turnout-hurts-the-gop-but-what-if-theyre-wrong-090035233.html
Regarding the Google vs Bing. Interesting. Google hiding it maybe?
Like I have been saying for years is that you are incapable of being objective,
What you call objective I call objective nonsense. π€‘π€‘π€‘
The problem is that the states jurisdiction can impose those locations.
Thanks for admitting your complete lack of understanding of this topic, alky.
You wish to nationalize elections. That is profoundly unconstitutional.
Which is also a de facto admission that you need to stack the deck to win, and that you'll stoop to perpetuating the myth of GOP voter suppression to do so.
Anonymous Myballs said...
Regarding the Google vs Bing. Interesting. Google hiding it maybe?
Twitter is awash with tweets comparing search results of Google, Bing and Duck Duck Go.
Google hides EVERYTHING even slightly unflattering to the left and they aren't even trying to hide it anymore.
I stopped using Google along time ago...
Google hides EVERYTHING even slightly unflattering to the left and they aren't even trying to hide it anymore.
people who rely on google and the MSM (or Goddard's political_lire) are living in a left-wing bubble
1984
That is probably close to being banned now
Same here. The only time I use Google is to prove their bias. It's over the top.
Roger, I know you are kidding, and because I know that, this was funny.
"Roger AmickMay 27, 2021 at 11:35 AM
Climate change"
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1984
That is probably close to being banned now
Nah, never. It's the left's instruction manual and the media's style guide.
Roger are you saying Inflation is up on so many core items because of demand?
"I knew the farmers in the central valley were ultimately fucked when the assholes in Mexifornia decided to protect the delta smelt at the expense of the farms.
It doesn't get any more stupid than that."
YEP.
THE INMATES REALLY ARE INTENT ON TAKING OVER THE ASYLUM
Where the Republican Party Is Headed
May 27, 2021 at 1:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Ron Brownstein:
“The White House does see a risk in the possibility that Republicans—whether local election officials, GOP-controlled state legislatures, or a potential Republican majority in the U.S. House or Senate—will refuse to certify clear Democratic wins in the 2022 and 2024 elections.”
Said one senior Democrat:
“Given how things have developed since January 6, if the situation is not brought under some control and this isn’t countered effectively, then I think there is a significant risk that Republican officials, unlike the ones we saw standing up to pressure in 2020, are going to decline to certify Democratic victories.
“If Republicans hold the House, Senate, or both after the 2024 election, that could allow Congress to try to install a GOP president even if clear evidence exists that the Democrat won.”
Wisconsin Speaker to Investigate 2020 Election
May 27, 2021 at 1:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) “is hiring retired police officers to investigate aspects of the November election, joining with Republicans from around the country who have questioned President Joe Biden’s victory,” the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
Said Vos:
“Is there a whole lot of smoke or is there actual fire? We just don’t know yet.”
ARE THOSE RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS REPUBLICANS WHO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO "PROVE"?
Jamie stop being such a miserable cuss.
Very unExpectedly Bidenomcs was revised down.
"GDP revision (SAAR) Q1 From 6.6 down to 6.4%"
Roger, fetch , you economically retard genetic mutt.
"
Pending home sales index April
-4.4%"
unExpectedly
Pending home sales index April
-4.4%"
The only realtors I know who are making $$$ are those in the Hudson River Valley selling to those fleeing NYC.
Good time to sell my house!
Mine is going on the Market in a few weeks. Looking at considerably more than I was a few months ago.
Good to be selling.
What is so terrifying to Republicans about the reassessment of American history known as critical race theory? Once an obscure academic theory, it has now taken its place alongside face masks and cancel culture as the bugaboo of conservatives who would rather do anything other than fix our broken immigration system, crumbling infrastructure and inadequate healthcare.
Pioneered in the 1970s and ’80s, and refined as the decades have passed, the theory posits that racial inequality is a baked-in feature of American institutions, which benefits what author Isabelle Wilkerson calls “the dominant caste,” i.e. white people.
Republicans, most of them white, are outraged at the suggestion.
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
May 27, 2021 at 2:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
“We’ve got to get to the bottom of this shit. Jesus. It’s a nonpartisan investigation of what happened. And if it’s because they’re afraid of Trump then they need to get out of office. It’s bullshit. You make tough decisions in this office or you shouldn’t be here.”
— Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), quoted by Politico, on Republicans blocking the formation of a commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection.
THAT'S TELLIN' THE COWARDS.
MEANWHILE,
Majority Calls Capitol Riots an Attack on Democracy
OF COURSE IT WAS!
IT WAS AN ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION.
May 27, 2021 at 2:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 90 Comments
A new Quinnipiac poll finds
55% of voters say they view the events of January 6th as an attack on democracy that should never be forgotten, while
39% say too much is being made of the storming of the U.S. Capitol and it is time to move on.
The partisan breakdown: Democrats say by
84% to 12%
and independents by
54% to 42%
that the January 6th storming of the Capitol should never be forgotten, while
74% to 18% of Republicans
say that too much is being made of it.
Blogger C.H. Truth said...
Good time to sell my house!
Mine is going on the Market in a few weeks. Looking at considerably more than I was a few months ago..
Nice, and good luck. I begin my search for some raw land up in NH in a few weeks. My timeline to sell is not as urgent as yours so I'm taking my time.
I remember way back in time... like a week ago.
When Roger called the CRT a bunch of crap and demanded that it was not part of any Democratic policy he supported and that no Democrats he knew actually supported it.
I told him he was a sheep and as soon as realized that I was correct (that it is the backbone of the Democratic platform) and he was dead wrong.
He would do the about face and start marching to his orders!
How right I am!!!!
The partisan breakdown: Democrats say by
84% to 12%
and independents by
54% to 42%
that the January 6th storming of the Capitol should never be forgotten, while
74% to 18% of Republicans
say that too much is being made of it
Give it time, Reverend...
As Antifa still storm around burning down buildings and attacking police officers even today...
The mob of misdemeanor committing unarmed trespassers will become less and less of a thing for both Conservatives and Independents. Heck when another 6% of Independents can no longer remember why they were so upset about trespassing, the issue will be underwater with both conservatives and moderates.
Patience, Reverend... patience. Time is not on your side.
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