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Also Steve Knight here in CA-25, a district that has been Republican for nearly two decades I think. The dude tried to claim he was non-partisan even as he voted in lockstep with R's and he got punished for it.
It was a poorly done photo indicating that a bunch of people from the repeal of ACA celebration at the White House had been defeated. It wasn't accurate. Josh Marshall is trying to put an accurate version together.
The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
I think it only applies to records and information pertaining to government operation. Where that line is is kind of fuzzy but a lot of it is going to come down to no one will care.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I hope that she gets good advice so that she doesn’t end up infringing some arcane bribery rule by crashing in a friend’s sofa until her first paycheck comes through.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I have grown to dislike her entirely because of that. She is probably more intelligent than the average member of Congress and her personality is absolutely fine, but I don't have to hear about nearly every thing the average member of Congress does.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I have grown to dislike her entirely because of that. She is probably more intelligent than the average member of Congress and her personality is absolutely fine, but I don't have to hear about nearly every thing the average member of Congress does.
Cortez is actually very savvy about that, as a new generation of politician. It's also an edge as she's supposed to be a different kind of politician which her supporters adore, which will eat that up with a spoon. Beto is doing stuff like this, as well. If she plays this right she'll be a pioneer in how new politicians interact with the public for generations to come.
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NFytThey follow the stars, bound together.Strands in a braid till the end.Registered Userregular
I for one look forward to gamer politicians streaming game night.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I have grown to dislike her entirely because of that. She is probably more intelligent than the average member of Congress and her personality is absolutely fine, but I don't have to hear about nearly every thing the average member of Congress does.
This is what Fox wants.
The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
I imagine things like touting her BA in economics that really annoy me because it is just a BA are things others find appealing, but that doesn't stop it from being annoying to me.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
I think it only applies to records and information pertaining to government operation. Where that line is is kind of fuzzy but a lot of it is going to come down to no one will care.
Well, she's a Democrat so it will be the biggest of deals.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
I think it only applies to records and information pertaining to government operation. Where that line is is kind of fuzzy but a lot of it is going to come down to no one will care.
Congress exempted itself for the most part. NARA is basically just Executive depatment/agency records and sometimes major members of Congress donate their papers. Pretty sure Ted Kennedy and Dick Lugar did. Though they might have gone to a university somewhere instead.
Pretty sure this isn't the "discuss the alternate universe where Bush lost" thread.
Something something counting absentee mod ballots.
Anyways, actually on topic NY-22 is moving from "Probably D" to "Almost Assuredly D" with most of the counties having finished absentee votes. The trumpkin Tenney would need to carry something like 78% of the outstanding ballots to take it which is just not gonna happen. Still not official but pretty much over with.
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I have grown to dislike her entirely because of that. She is probably more intelligent than the average member of Congress and her personality is absolutely fine, but I don't have to hear about nearly every thing the average member of Congress does.
This is what Fox wants.
MSNBC and similar left leaning publications s are what pushed her hard as a sign of the coming "Our Revolution" wave when it was fairly transparently an extremely low turnout/demographics thing. Pressley hasn't received nearly as much coverage despite getting almost 3 times the votes and similarly winning over a very liberal but white and male Representative because, in large part, demographic/representation issues. Abby Finkenaeur is like six months older and won in a swing district but no one made a big thing of her.
The only reason the Republicans have chosen her as a target is she was made an overcovered symbol in the first place. People who consume FoxNews or right wing outlets were never going to like her. But she's just a freshman member. The biggest thing she's done is endorse in primaries, largely unsuccessfully. She doesn't really matter off twitter
They are making her a target because they are scared of the youthful energy she represents.
How predictable that she is being accused of being too popular and visible while half the party tries to draft Beto.
They are making her a target because she's an easy target. Young, a woman, non-white, very vocal and putting herself in the news. And the news in general decided she was a Big Thing when she won. Both she and the media have painted a target on her back doing that.
I dislike that line of thinking because it pretends the right wing won’t demonize liberals regardless
There is only so much time in the day. The right will attack some more then others. Some will basically end up ignored except in local news or actual races. Not every Democrat in the House becomes a favourite target for the right-wing media.
They are making her a target because they are scared of the youthful energy she represents.
How predictable that she is being accused of being too popular and visible while half the party tries to draft Beto.
She won her primary with 16K votes. Pressley won with 60K. Finkenauer won her primary with 30K. Its circular - she's "popular" because she has been heavily covered by left leaning media for her upset win because it was "new" and because people wanted to push a narrative. The right targets her because she was pushed as a symbol of that narrative.
The only reason the Republicans have chosen her as a target is she was made an overcovered symbol in the first place. People who consume FoxNews or right wing outlets were never going to like her. But she's just a freshman member. The biggest thing she's done is endorse in primaries, largely unsuccessfully. She doesn't really matter off twitter
I think you're missing a second reason for FOX to push her up. The obvious easy visceral racist reaction.
Yes, Pressley is black, and that'd be reason enough if there wasn't another option. But with AOC, they get to not just deride her personally, they get to pivot to DACA, ICE and borders much more easily.
Being black is obviously disqualifying for a FOX host/viewer, but you need to be real subtle when doing so. When it comes to people of latin descent, or middle eastern decent, you don't need the same kind of kid gloves. There's a reason they went after Obama for his middle name and tried to push the "secret muslim" shit.
Oh certainly, but Pressley is also a black woman and proud of it.
Lauren Underwood is a black woman and only 32 (and she won Hastert's old seat). There's no question one of the primary motivations for their hatred of her is race, but the question isn't the tenor of the coverage by the amount of it. Anthony Delgado got some major race baiting pre-election but won an upstate very white, Bush-Obama-Trump district and you don't see anything major about him. Lucy McBath has a great mother-of-a-slain-son story, but she isn't on cable news several times a day. Because even Pressley (who has a substantial experience as a staffer so I hope she can be effective faster than most) are freshmen.
Political reporting is patently dumb, it makes politics dumber and this is mostly an example of that.
I think it is really cool that she came from a working class family and took the primary with 10% of the funding of her opponent through a grassroots campaign and door to door canvassing. She is also the youngest woman in congress. Pretty neat stuff!
She won her primary with 16K votes. Pressley won with 60K. Finkenauer won her primary with 30K. Its circular - she's "popular" because she has been heavily covered by left leaning media for her upset win because it was "new" and because people wanted to push a narrative. The right targets her because she was pushed as a symbol of that narrative.
Her ability to attract attention and coverage is *part* of her political abilities. It's not some accident that was foisted upon her through no merit of her own.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
I was trying to find Ocasio-Cortez's instagram stories talking about orientation, but I'm an old person and didn't realize instagram stories self delete in 24 hours.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
I have grown to dislike her entirely because of that. She is probably more intelligent than the average member of Congress and her personality is absolutely fine, but I don't have to hear about nearly every thing the average member of Congress does.
That's a pretty shallow and lame reason to not like a member of Congress. As opposed to, y'know, their job performance and platform. And while she has yet to be sworn in and actually do the job, her platform at least speaks volumes.
If you're sick of hearing the details of her life, don't follow her social media. But outside that, as was pointed out, Fox News and others who dislike her politics are going to attack her at a VERY shallow level and you will hear about it in that regard. But don't hate HER for it, hate THEM for digging around for dirt on her. Or otherwise trying to spin any detail they can into being negative. Remember in the first February of Obama's presidency, when Fox News had a day-long tirade about him ordering a hamburger without ketchup, with dijon mustard?
Get ready for more of that shit.
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AstaerethIn the belly of the beastRegistered Userregular
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I get excited every time I see AOC in my news feed railing for some liberal policy like climate change efforts. After the election, even! It’s tremendously inspiring and the whole party needs that kind of energy.
Fox News is already ginning up in case she runs for president in 30 years because that’s their playbook, but we don’t have to play into that bullshit. Ask yourself why this instance of celebrity bothers you. Maybe you too should appreciate a progressive Democrat making noise. It’s not like she’s self-aggrandizing, she’s just being vocal about the issues and her personal experience with them. That’s great and we need more of it and shouldn’t tear it down.
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It was the celebration picture of the House after they repeated the ACA, with red Xs over those no longer in Congress.
There were a lot of Xs.
That does have me wondering how many of the people in that picture survived the election, though.
Don't congresspeople have some kind of public records act that makes that illegal?
I think it only applies to records and information pertaining to government operation. Where that line is is kind of fuzzy but a lot of it is going to come down to no one will care.
Strictly speaking, only while on the floor doing their congress thing. That said, I know p much everything Cortez has done has been immortalized via the media because I can't escape it.
Cortez is actually very savvy about that, as a new generation of politician. It's also an edge as she's supposed to be a different kind of politician which her supporters adore, which will eat that up with a spoon. Beto is doing stuff like this, as well. If she plays this right she'll be a pioneer in how new politicians interact with the public for generations to come.
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This is what Fox wants.
You gotta learn to turn the spigot off when you don't particularly need anything.
I mean if she's you MoC, go for it, but it seems silly to gin up hatred toward someone with useful policy positions just for giggles.
Well, she's a Democrat so it will be the biggest of deals.
Do not engage the Watermelons.
Congress exempted itself for the most part. NARA is basically just Executive depatment/agency records and sometimes major members of Congress donate their papers. Pretty sure Ted Kennedy and Dick Lugar did. Though they might have gone to a university somewhere instead.
Kind of a crappy Dem but much better than a Republican.
MSNBC and similar left leaning publications s are what pushed her hard as a sign of the coming "Our Revolution" wave when it was fairly transparently an extremely low turnout/demographics thing. Pressley hasn't received nearly as much coverage despite getting almost 3 times the votes and similarly winning over a very liberal but white and male Representative because, in large part, demographic/representation issues. Abby Finkenaeur is like six months older and won in a swing district but no one made a big thing of her.
The only reason the Republicans have chosen her as a target is she was made an overcovered symbol in the first place. People who consume FoxNews or right wing outlets were never going to like her. But she's just a freshman member. The biggest thing she's done is endorse in primaries, largely unsuccessfully. She doesn't really matter off twitter
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How predictable that she is being accused of being too popular and visible while half the party tries to draft Beto.
They are making her a target because she's an easy target. Young, a woman, non-white, very vocal and putting herself in the news. And the news in general decided she was a Big Thing when she won. Both she and the media have painted a target on her back doing that.
There is only so much time in the day. The right will attack some more then others. Some will basically end up ignored except in local news or actual races. Not every Democrat in the House becomes a favourite target for the right-wing media.
it is not
She won her primary with 16K votes. Pressley won with 60K. Finkenauer won her primary with 30K. Its circular - she's "popular" because she has been heavily covered by left leaning media for her upset win because it was "new" and because people wanted to push a narrative. The right targets her because she was pushed as a symbol of that narrative.
Oh certainly, but Pressley is also a black woman and proud of it.
Lauren Underwood is a black woman and only 32 (and she won Hastert's old seat). There's no question one of the primary motivations for their hatred of her is race, but the question isn't the tenor of the coverage by the amount of it. Anthony Delgado got some major race baiting pre-election but won an upstate very white, Bush-Obama-Trump district and you don't see anything major about him. Lucy McBath has a great mother-of-a-slain-son story, but she isn't on cable news several times a day. Because even Pressley (who has a substantial experience as a staffer so I hope she can be effective faster than most) are freshmen.
Political reporting is patently dumb, it makes politics dumber and this is mostly an example of that.
QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
Her ability to attract attention and coverage is *part* of her political abilities. It's not some accident that was foisted upon her through no merit of her own.
If you're sick of hearing the details of her life, don't follow her social media. But outside that, as was pointed out, Fox News and others who dislike her politics are going to attack her at a VERY shallow level and you will hear about it in that regard. But don't hate HER for it, hate THEM for digging around for dirt on her. Or otherwise trying to spin any detail they can into being negative. Remember in the first February of Obama's presidency, when Fox News had a day-long tirade about him ordering a hamburger without ketchup, with dijon mustard?
Get ready for more of that shit.
Fox News is already ginning up in case she runs for president in 30 years because that’s their playbook, but we don’t have to play into that bullshit. Ask yourself why this instance of celebrity bothers you. Maybe you too should appreciate a progressive Democrat making noise. It’s not like she’s self-aggrandizing, she’s just being vocal about the issues and her personal experience with them. That’s great and we need more of it and shouldn’t tear it down.