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It won't be enough to get us DC/PR statehood unless Manchin changes his stance on those but it at least allows for a bunch of badly needed reform and government assistance to pass.
Joe Biden really needs to make good on this in a big way. Showing voters their vote translates into policy that betters their lives is key to making them into consistent voters.
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The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and $20,000 for Every West Virginian Statehood Bill
But the GOP thinks that's their money, not the American taxpayers.
No clue how long it will take thanks to how sore the losers are, but that's when it should gavel in.
It is extremely likely that he appoints the first black woman Supreme Court Justice sometime this year.
She wants to be governor and she deserves the chance to crush Kemp under her bootheel.
After that, President Abrams?
I’ve had people tell me for YEARS that for the REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF, Manchin will bite his lip and support Democrats instead of protecting his own ass.
And I cant really think of a more important vote than ‘a vote for the ability to pass laws’
I agree. Allowing for the traditional filibuster lets him have it both ways. I don't really care if the GOP want to throw an hours or even days long tantrum for every bill.
There's nothing wrong with the concept of ID-ing voters but that's not what "Voter ID" laws do.
I'm still having trouble relaxing enough for a victory lap. Today is going to be an absolute shitshow and who knows what they are going to do to delay seating Warnock / Ossoff.
Today is probably the last big day where things will really be a mess though and if we get through today it should? be comparatively smooth sailing and time to unclench a bit and get to work.
But I doubt the GOP wants to implement a platform of ‘everyone must be issued a government ID card which you must have for many purposes’
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Fuck Joe Manchin
Trump won WV though Capito of course thinks all the votes there are fine
For context, Franken won by 312 votes in 2008. Which... that's the kind of amount that recounts can alter and fuckery can have a massive impact upon. Currently it appears that both Warnock and Ossof will be outside of the 0.5% recount threshold which will make any challenge far less effective at delaying their certification. They aren't going to be seated tomorrow, but it should be this month rather than into the Summer like Franken was.
Today should be the last day but I wholly expect Trump to come up with some new scheme for how he can become president. I'm also extremely worried about what he says to his mob and just how much violence he'll try to incite over the next two weeks.
I fear that if Democrats do end up controlling all branches, being a blue dog democrat will be en vogue again. And politicians like Manchin will get to be the bell of the ball every time major legislation is being pushed, by chasing publicity and telling tall tales of sober, measured decisions and how valuable both sides of the argument are, or how we shouldn't discredit the opinions of our good friends on the other side of the aisle.
When it's suggested, all the insane evangelicals come out of the woodwork with their 'Mark of the Beast' (((Globalist))) conspiracy theories.
I agree though, it's stupidly ridiculous we don't have any sort of national id system and instead use the tortured and insecure social security number as a shitty proxy for everything.
Is it Pennsylvania where they are refusing to seat a Dem because of a lawsuit?
100% chance they try something similar with at least Osoff, as his race is closer. Just takes one person "finding" a bunch of "uncounted" ballots or something.
Several posters here have referred to "pulling a Franken" I think, and looking at wiki it looks like Franken's victory wasn't certified until the end of June. Hopefully they are not able to delay things that much.
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This is why so many 'pubs are kissing the ring and trying to subvert the democracy. They're hoping to slurp up Trump's voters in the next cycle, but don't realize that they're Trump voters, not GOP voters
Yeah, that he turned out a lot of low-propensity, hard-to-poll voters in poor, rural white areas, and when he's off the ballot they don't care enough to vote.
In the meantime, they've driven a ton of college-educated white voters out of the party. So Trump 2016 may have turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory for them. Let's hope that's the case.
He can give them a few weeks to sort out the cabinet, but
Mandatory ID for voting is just common sense, a mandatory national ID system is the first step to tyranny. Because reasons.
Wait is he on record against either one of those getting statehood? I'd also think he'd rather have the democratic majority be bigger instead of on a knife's edge. I seriously doubt he is looking forward to being the guy that will always eat the blame with a democratic bill doesn't pass. He'd probably rather have a setup where if Schumer brings something to the vote, his no vote won't be what kills it. Essentially, do a better job at the game of "having my cake and eating it to." He gets to vote no on stuff that democrats want, that he either doesn't strongly support or strongly oppose, that his voters hate, while not being that guy that ruins everything. I mean, democrats are going to want all their peeps to back the big bills, so 50+VP majority or 52 majority hardly matters, he would have about the same power on the bills that actually matter to him.
There are way too many uncertainties right now to be sure about anything that's going to happen with the American electorate in 2022, let alone 2024.
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It occurs to me that by stealing the last election Kemp left her free to organize the hell out of this election. Instead of being busy fighting GOP death cultists during a pandemic.
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I don't see court packing as likely, unfortunately. It's not impossible, but it feels like it would be way too much political capital to spend at the moment unless SCOTUS really steps on some rakes with the public.
I would say that the John Lewis Voters Right Act needs to be one of the first pieces of legislation to get passed though for sure. DC / PR statehood would be great, but gutting GOP voter suppression efforts is going to be the biggest change that will pay the biggest dividends for fixing some of our long-term issues.
Also the DoJ and House / Senate investigating the corruption and crime and treason of the past four years. The Republicans not being able to chair any committees for BS investigations is also massive.
Oh, hopefully someone will unseal the Kavanaugh records and investigate just WTF actually went on there.
I could have sworn he said in some interview he would be the bulwark against any "extreme leftist" measures like DC statehood. But looking for it I can't find it anywhere so I might be mistaken on this. The only official stuff I see is him and a couple other Dems not signing on to the senate proposal.
Yes. Yesssssss.
But God I don't believe in please finally grant me my GOP schism
2021 did its job, we are on the road to the good timeline again, folks.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...