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========== Tweets for 2021-12-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477001243771891714 $6 billion will be spent on the 2022 elections. The outcome will mostly be decided by how swing voters who don't follow politics much, feel about the economy. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-georgia-donald-trump-2ad863083ef6a097dc5785977c7bd9aa More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1571195183224995 #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-12-31 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476780930626830336 Anti-vax evangelicals admit no boundary between their politics and their religion. It's indeed against their real religion - Trumpism - to make any concessions to reason. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/vaccine-resistance-evangelical-christianity/ #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 17% impress 12 likes 1 time 2021-12-31 05:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476779226292359170 So much for the rule of law! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/mitch-mcconnells-un-conservative-plea-supreme-court/ Strike down a law with severability provisions? Even McConnell can no longer pass muster as a traditional conservative. That must be an ideological dead end. It's always all about unlimited dark campaign money! #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-12-31 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476764643162931200 Amazing how often it all comes down to unlimited dark money campaign contributions! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/opinion/democrats-joe-manchin.html #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-12-31 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476763099596165121 “The value of true modesty or humility is hard to sustain in an attention economy.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/michael-goldhaber-internet.html Thus the attention economy undermines every significant spiritual tradition. The brazen and narcissistic can gain vast power very quickly. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-12-31 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476760356273811461 Watch Night - there's more to New Year's Eve than you might think. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/opinion/watch-night-new-years-eve.html #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-12-31 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476754404619395072 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Guantanamo still a stain on America. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/guantanamo-lawyer.html #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-12-31 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476753229383753729 How Europe is marching forward to the 1930's again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/poland-european-union.html Same old story - putting yourself first at the expense of common interests. #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-12-31 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476744598479204354 Michigan ends gerrymandering. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/michigan-congressional-maps.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-12-31 02:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476740893088489475 Why Xi and Putin think their way is better than democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/democracy-fragmentation-america-europe.html But to help their strategy along, they do their best to create and amplify internal divisions in democracies. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570653359945844 #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-12-31 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476733675253342211 Don't let the facts bother you! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/29/this-is-worst-economy-we-never-had/ #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-12-31 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476732822056423424 Vulgar caller has a bright future in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jared-schmeck-political-office/2021/12/30/7c82a61a-6984-11ec-b0a7-13dd3af4f70f_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-12-31 01:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476728142421057537 Conspiracism destroys families. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/disinformation-conspiracy-family/ The mom, like many conservative Catholics, was a single-issue right to lifer who voted for Trump for that reason. Later she fell into the netherworld of conspiracism. Her children can't get her back. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-12-31 01:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476705073833021484 States anticipate that the Supreme Court will get the Federal government out of reproductive rights. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-health-business-state-legislature-legislature-9d25a4a301dffe8ce788c748081176c6 #PS1health == impress 13 time 2021-12-31 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 443 epoch Lifetime ID 1571434386534408 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/31/2021 19:12" reach 1 title "State legislatures in US poised to act on abortion rights | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1571434386534408 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476704440639918090 The Klan is back in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP, and so is the Ku Klux Klan Act. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/insurrectionists-lawsuit-kkk-act-civil-war/ #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-12-30 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476702480268365831 Inflation will not likely be cured by 2022. Good news for GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/29/inflation-2022-price-fed/ But the only way they will be able to stop it is with a recession. Either way they lose in 2024. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570557403288773 #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-12-30 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476697909269696513 Why don't the red states just explicitly enact laws limiting unemployment benefits to GOP voters? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/republicans-subsidize-unemployment-for-unvaccinated-worker/ #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-12-30 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476697233739321350 health of families, communities and the nation first Good luck with the individualist sects of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! frontal assault on free-market Good luck with GOP major donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/dont-dismiss-josh-hawley/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570549763289537 #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-12-30 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476692315280343040 The omicron worst case is pretty bad. And something worse could show up at any time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/omicron-variant-challenges-covid/ #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-12-30 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476691236337512481 It's the same old Taliban, and they still don't care how much the people suffer, as long as it's proper Islamic suffering. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/30/afghan-taliban-crackdown-aid/ The Taliban don't need foreign aid. They'll support their soldiers in the traditional way, by selling opium. #PS1afghanistan == impress 18 time 2021-12-30 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476687274326650897 A new wave of unvaccinated pediatric covid cases. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-pandemics-seattle-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-75a48388d6ca85ad88de300f32bfdec6 Even if the child recovers, it might have infected others. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-12-30 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476684986245791745 The eternal rural dream of being free from government means, instead, being subject to whichever gang has the most guns. That's anarchy, just like in Portland. Which is just what they want to escape. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/oregon-secession-idaho-move-border/621087/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570533009957879 #PS1theory == impress 17 time 2021-12-30 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476674189922693120 The future of low earth orbit. https://www.vox.com/recode/22839485/space-station-iss-orbit-satellites WWI aircraft pilots first waved as they passed. Then they carried pistols and took pot shots. Then came the machine guns. There might not be big money in space, but there is big military advantage. #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-12-30 21:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476672591406329858 In America, anybody can run for Senate! If he's rich enough. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dr-oz-senate-pennsylvania.html But look out if you are running against other richer people. And don't think that what you said before politics, or what you said in the primary, won't come back in the general. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-12-30 21:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476659841145847819 Romney is still a traditional conservative. But what's Karl Smith been smoking? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-28/biden-agenda-in-2022-could-depend-more-on-romney-than-on-manchin Bipartisan support for anything? Trump put an end to that after the physical infrastructure bill passed with GOP support. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570492949961885 #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-12-30 21:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476596238388641793 When is private not so private? https://www.reuters.com/technology/alphabet-ceo-pichai-can-be-questioned-privacy-lawsuit-judge-rules-2021-12-28/ When it interferes with the business model! #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-12-30 16:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476595778634207234 Warning to red state ranchers - beware of politicians in cowboy boots and hats! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/business/beef-prices-cattle-ranchers.html They believe in deregulation and major dark money campaign donors - it takes millions of dollars to run for Senate. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570378493306664 #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-12-30 16:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476573219112964097 You can't measure covid by infection rate any more - too many people test at home. You can't measure it by hospitalization rate either - too many people hospitalize for something else and have covid as well. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/30/covid-19-hospitalizations-rising-faster-in-california-than-at-any-other-point-in-the-pandemic/ They hope the peak will be brief. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 replies 2 time 2021-12-30 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476565152698814464 Why do people believe nonsense? They ask a friend if it's true and the friend says yes. Conspiracism is an American tradition, magnified now by friends on one-dimensional broadcast and social media. https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/29/american-conspiracy-theories-essay/ More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570108566666990 #PS1journalism == impress 25 time 2021-12-30 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476445600484761607 Insurrection part 2 - paving the way for Trumpist success in every future election. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-united-states-elections-electoral-college-election-2020-809215812f4bc6e5907573ba98247c0c Most non-Trumpist voters don't believe anybody would be so vile, much less a whole party. They need to read and listen and watch and act. #PS1insurrection == impress 25 time 2021-12-30 06:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 652 epoch Lifetime ID 1570332599977920 impress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/30/2021 07:12" reach 1 title "'Slow-motion insurrection': How GOP seizes election power | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570332599977920 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476063125455523840 What it takes to survive Louisiana politics https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/bill-cassidy-louisiana-anti-trump-republican/ #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 replies 1 time 2021-12-29 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476062005098213376 Proud Boys having no luck in court https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-presidential-elections-capitol-siege-election-2020-indictments-e4f8af8134fdd80bb62c9efa41291b54 #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-12-29 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476053803912744966 Putin's strategy and tactics to restore the Soviet Union. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/putin-is-only-pretending-to-be-crazy-on-ukraine/ He feels free to threaten because he knows the GOP will oppose anything Biden does or proposes. And he's hoping to get Trump back by 2025. #PS1ukraine == impress 25 time 2021-12-29 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476052293195743234 There are better ways https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but at least gerrymandering is now in the open. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-23/skelton-redistricting-new-maps-california #PS1capolitics == impress 11 time 2021-12-29 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476050855379963904 Air space provocations - Putin breathes new life into an old cold war tactic. https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-estonia-latvia-7e07e8518cf4c42259f007bc697f7328 #PS1foreign == engage 2 engage-rate 18% impress 11 time 2021-12-29 04:42 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476050187399303169 AM radio a casualty of electric cars. https://www.soundandvision.com/content/why-tesla-killing-am-radio #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-12-29 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476048584436948993 China acts to reduce foreign control of Chinese companies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-imposes-curbs-offshore-ipos-092408878.html #PS1china == impress 9 time 2021-12-29 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476047064970588164 How China achieved global dominance in electric car batteries https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/business/china-catl-electric-car-batteries.html #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-12-29 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476046585381330944 Your street is the test lab, with very little oversight. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/business/tesla-self-driving-regulations.html #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-12-29 04:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 209 epoch Lifetime ID 1570085463335967 impress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/29/2021 22:12" reach 1 title "Public Streets Are the Lab for Self-Driving Experiments" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570085463335967 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475877107007836169 Biden will withhold certain national security documents from Jan 6 committee. But most will go forward, subject to possible Supreme Court interference. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-supreme-court-donald-trump-capitol-siege-national-security-222ba1cbc7da239240f30a0edba80b46 #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-12-28 17:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475851382850605056 Mutual ignorance and hubris. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna-ignorance-mistrust/ #PS1mideast == impress 11 time 2021-12-28 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475850293921206274 Six challenges for 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/six-resolutions-that-america-must-keep-2022/ #PS1politics == impress 10 time 2021-12-28 15:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475849387301474304 Bad time to have a heart attack or stroke! The ER is full of unvaccinated covid patients. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/28/omicron-how-severe-us/ And a lot of ER doctors and nurses are home sick or quarantined. #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 replies 1 time 2021-12-28 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475735062381432833 green metal mining vs Indian tribes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/us/mining-clean-energy-antimony-tribes.html For some reason they don't trust mining companies. #PS1climate == impress 15 time 2021-12-28 07:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475731454038462469 Politicians like to take the money and give the blame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/27/biden-initiatives-republicans-like-have-their-cake-eat-it-too/ #PS1politics == impress 12 time 2021-12-28 07:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475730376542724098 The argument against criminal referrals by the Jan 6 committee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/27/jan-6-committee-trump-criminal-referral-bad-idea/ They need to find out what really happened and could have happened, and devise legislation to prevent it. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-12-28 07:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475729373231648769 Nine biggest political questions of 2022! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/24/9-biggest-political-questions-2022/ #PS1politics == impress 13 time 2021-12-28 07:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475728339163762688 Jan 6 committee plan - create a timeline of the insurrection - before, during, after - in a report by the end of the year, based on public witness testimony. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-attack-investigation/2021/12/27/e2c37488-62d4-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html Criminal referrals are an incidental side activity, not the main thrust. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-12-28 07:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475725647053950977 The population as a whole is losing interest in politics. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-presidential-elections-arts-and-entertainment-7cc91db0950a8e7e7bcf50d5d23dfc26 That's good news for the GOP - the less attention on their real agenda, the better. But it's bad news for GOP cable - Fox, Newsmax, OAN - whose ratings depend on political controversy. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-12-28 07:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475721639190958081 The flu didn't go away for long. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-flu-8895782660eb8491856e81fd387d6591 It's still bad news for some people. #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-12-28 06:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 327 epoch Lifetime ID 1569329460078234 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/28/2021 19:12" title "Flu is making a comeback in US after an unusual year off | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1569329460078234 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475474913213304832 The wizards who created social media platforms struggle, as the wizards who exploit social media platforms are always a step ahead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/facebook-meta-2021-threat-report/ You don't fully understand a technological advance until others figure out how to abuse it. #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-12-27 14:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475471469803016192 The Royal Road - to NIMBY. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/27/el-camino-real-why-silicon-valleys-grand-boulevard-still-hasnt-taken-off/ Most people did not come to California in order to get to Manhattan. #PS1capolitics == impress 23 time 2021-12-27 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475341346101612545 Knowing too much about other people doesn't add value, it subtracts it. But the business model of social media is based on learning too much and getting emotional. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/facebook-social-media-problems.html #PS1media == impress 23 time 2021-12-27 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475335877400223744 The year in review - 41 interesting essays. The last one is best. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/21/opinion/2021-essays-opinion.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-12-27 05:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475319032676900871 Need some end of year tax deductions? FairVote https://fairvote.org/ Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy https://itep.org/ American Promise Education Fund https://americanpromise.net/ More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1568037226874124 #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-12-27 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475289943962435592 A Federal civilian cyber academy to get America back to parity with its strategic rivals - China and Russia - and lesser irritants like Iran and North Korea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/keep-our-country-safe-we-need-national-cyber-academy-think-it-west-point-technology-defense/ #PS1technology == impress 37 time 2021-12-27 02:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 202 epoch Lifetime ID 1568774213467092 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/27/2021 23:12" title "Opinion | To keep our country safe, we need a national Cyber Academy. Think of it as West Point for technology defense." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1568774213467092 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475249381737525249 Are we headed toward regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Is America no longer governable? Was it ever? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/21/opinion/2021-essays-opinion.html#bouie #PS1politics == impress 14 time 2021-12-26 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475247557089447945 Trumpists declare total war on the greatest threat to America - traditional conservatives still in the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-maga-squad/2021/12/26/654f49ea-5448-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html Democrats are next, but cleaning House comes first. They'll get rid of McCarthy as soon as they can, and make Trump Speaker. #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-12-26 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475242423554961408 Journalism is losing to entertainment fantasy. Will there be any journalism left? https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2611569 #PS1journalism == impress 11 time 2021-12-26 23:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475239795672567808 Endemic covid will be a victory, not a defeat. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/12/26/opinion-endemic-covid-19-should-be-cause-for-celebration-not-consternation/ No worse than the flu? We'll take it! #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-12-26 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475236686875398144 The year in review - a changed economy https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-economy-prices-5ebdc188d7b2f6eaaedeff863c49ba67 #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-12-26 22:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475235978419703809 10 economic debate topics to take back to the store and exchange this week! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/22/lets-exchange-these-10-economic-debates-for-some-real-logic/ #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-12-26 22:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475190051168350208 Preparing for guerilla warfare. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/world/europe/ukraine-russia-civilian-training.html It might dissuade Putin from invading, but it might weaken Ukraine with infighting and accomplish Putin's goals anyway. #PS1ukraine == impress 23 time 2021-12-26 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475188216277848066 Change tried to come to Enid. The status quo fought back. The people were right that they were being exploited by the ruling class. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses But they were wrong about who the ruling class was. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/oklahoma-masks.html #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-12-26 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475182820167274499 Poor people don't deserve help - an article of faith among the political donor class. Most eloquently explained in scripture to Job by his friends. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-hunting-trip/ #PS1biden == engage 4 engage-rate 11% impress 37 likes 2 retweets 1 time 2021-12-26 19:12 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475181233508212743 Anybody want to be mayor of a large city? You're pretty much guaranteed to fail! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/16/second-hardest-job-politics/ #PS1politics == impress 10 time 2021-12-26 19:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475178365053136896 One pleaded guilty. Five are trying to beat the rap. https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-grand-rapids-indictments-ad34603fac2364fa93cc9227b3a2ac92 #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-12-26 18:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475143271240192002 Mental illness is communicable - you can catch it from prominent politicians, amplified by social media and cable TV - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/24/collective-trauma-public-outbursts/ #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-12-26 16:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475124367809863687 Good News year in review https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/good-news-2021-vaccines-environment-juneteenth/ #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-12-26 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475123458900037632 Fact Checker year in review https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/20/most-popular-fact-checks-2021/ #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-12-26 15:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475112617844764673 The moment we've all been waiting for! https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/12/26/dave-barrys-year-review-2021/ #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-12-26 14:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 403 epoch Lifetime ID 1567942826883564 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/26/2021 16:12" title "Perspective | Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1567942826883564 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474884507979304965 You're never too old to learn. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/northam-trump-youngkin-virginia-blackface/ But it's your free will choice to learn either fact or fantasy. And be responsible for your choice. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-12-25 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474873822427840512 Redistricting turning out different from expected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/redistricting-turnaround/ Instead of increasing their GOP House chances, red states focused on making more safe GOP districts. Evidently getting more marginal seats seemed losing against long term demographics. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-12-25 22:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474781511052263424 Arctic myths https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-arctic/2021/12/22/b99f7aa6-62a8-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.html #PS1climate == impress 15 time 2021-12-25 16:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474780335208501249 The Information Age has quickly become the Misinformation and Disinformation Age. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/covid-pandemic-uncertainty-bad-information/ Inventors of revolutionary new technology imagine only the good things it will do. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1567081220303058 #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-12-25 16:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474774894260850692 Greed - it's biblical! https://washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/06/04/wealthy-televangelist-explains-his-fleet-private-jets-its-biblical-thing/ Other people's money! How Trumpist can you get? #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-12-25 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474751525217980417 When Christmas really meant something - https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/24/christmas-slavery-escape/ #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 10% expands 2 impress 21 time 2021-12-25 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474749207969865728 Was the demise of the USSR a good thing? Could it have been avoided? https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-voting-rights-moscow-2f0a5907e9172c5a7c14451d39752f5d #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-12-25 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474635231579688964 Defamed Georgia election workers sue Giuliani and OAN. https://apnews.com/article/elections-new-york-lawsuits-new-york-city-donald-trump-33cdb4e73a5091a1299c49a553d4109d #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-12-25 06:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474633366389415940 If vaccines are being promoted by Democrats or a government controlled by Democrats, they must be bad https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/12/03/marcus-lamb-daystar-vaccine-televangelist-graham/ Or even if promoted by Trump? #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-12-25 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474627446787821569 What can you cover up with attorney-client privilege? https://apnews.com/article/business-arts-and-entertainment-media-new-york-lawsuits-965ba63f3ae34bf368a19f9190d3663d Trumpist defendants will watch with keen interest. #PS1journalism == impress 15 time 2021-12-25 06:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 276 epoch Lifetime ID 1567313410279839 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/25/2021 16:12" title "Judge upholds ruling against NYT over Project Veritas memos | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1567313410279839 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474498677003612160 Democrats realized too late that they were losing it in the states, and that the GOP intends to preserve its advantage by fair means or foul. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/elections/democrats-state-elections.html #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-12-24 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474492809365180416 Real American masculinity - acknowledging a msitake and fixing it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/navy-seals-christmas-story/ #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-12-24 21:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474489358329679874 Best. State. Ever. Florida leads the way on land and sea. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-travel-lifestyle-miami-d7b4f32f9e52b3842f34aad110c5b6a3 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-12-24 21:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474443567649083394 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-technology-health-business-5055e4eaa720b02a86e09500776f0950 #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-12-24 18:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474442154768363520 How the NYT staff and families got out. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/23/world/asia/kabul-evacuation-afghanistan.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 17 time 2021-12-24 18:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474433683562000384 coronavirus crisis has contributed to the internationalization of the populist right And the populist left! Populist cults of personality are really the same on the right and the left. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/opinion/vaccination-europe-covid-far-right.html #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-12-24 17:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474431971463864320 It's never too soon to hope, but it's definitely too soon to be certain about omicron. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/21/omicron-mild-cases-numbers/ #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-12-24 17:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474430415410655237 Perfectly example of minority rule at work - Trump campaigned on health care insurance for all, then systematically destroyed as much as he could. Just as his donors intended. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/biden-medicaid-work-requirements-trump-policy/ #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 retweets 1 time 2021-12-24 17:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474409574773837826 Protecting kids too young for vaccine. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-rochelle-walensky-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-95d4a7489c4b8a8cd1d8a0f0c6721201 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-12-24 16:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474388898407014402 Now it's the revenue side. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/24/manchin-sinema-biden-bbb/ Is there any proposal that Manchin AND Sinema AND the House will all accept? Manchin sounds GOP on spending, Sinema GOP on revenue. #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-12-24 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474386073455235075 Pediatric covid surging and filling pediatric wards https://washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/24/omicron-children-hospitalizations-us/ Unvaccinated adolescents and adults are the major threat to those 0-5 who can't be vaccinated yet. #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-12-24 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474384452822638595 Pediatric covid surging and filling pediatric wards https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/24/omicron-children-hospitalizations-us/ Mostly unvaccinated adolescents, but also increasing numbers of 0-5 who can't be vaccinated. Most short term symptoms are mild, but incidence of long haul is not yet known. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 2 impress 31 time 2021-12-24 14:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474239834319319041 Federal gerrymandering - if the GOP does it, Democrats must too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/republican-redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-seats/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2021-12-24 04:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474238790461898752 Cruz thinks he's the man to beat in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/cruz-trump-2024-nomination/ Trump will run. Cruz, like the other would-be Trump successors, has to undercut Trump while appearing to support him. But every other would-be has an intense interest in undercutting Cruz. #PS1gop == impress 25 time 2021-12-24 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474237367959515137 How disinformation works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/23/trumpland-has-new-favorite-jan-6-conspiracy-theory/ #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-12-24 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474225766036480004 Strange bedfellows - Trump's social media SPAC is from a sketchy Chinese company founded by Mexicans! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/23/trump-spac-deal-sec/ Trump must bear no grudges about the Chinese virus and Mexican rapists! #PS1trump == impress 21 time 2021-12-24 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474212511754817542 FBI surveillance in Portland. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/portland-protests-fbi-surveillance.html #PS1justice == impress 18 time 2021-12-24 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474210096842358786 Gambling addiction can be as bad a drug addiction. But many states depend on legalized gambling to balance their budgets. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-21/sports-betting-boom-will-foster-compulsive-gambling #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-12-24 02:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474208890539556865 Court cuts Flynn no slack. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html He plans to plead the 5th, like all the other guilty insurrectionists. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-12-24 02:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474191315587928096 Leaving no stone unturned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-thompson-trump/2021/12/23/36318a92-6384-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html The legislative purpose is to determine what laws are required to prevent future insurrections. #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-12-24 01:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474188877539594241 Wayne La Pierre - a Trumpist to the core - using other people's money and lying about it. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/nra-chief-wayne-lapierres-misleading-testimony-about-free-yacht-trips-in-the-bahamas #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-12-24 01:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474188158388506629 Fixing supply chain issues will take a long time. How lucky for GOP it didn't happen on their watch. They'd wait for the free market to solve the problem - eventually. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-pete-buttigieg-797fc9ea60ee9d9a22181a2622867fd5 #PS1inflation == impress 12 time 2021-12-24 01:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474187413182320653 Pope speaks to cardinals - the same speech would work for senators. https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-lifestyle-religion-christmas-a04d3c12674a14127f8efbdaafd3ae97 #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-12-24 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474185904344371217 Will Supreme Court justices remember who nominated them and WHY? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-mark-meadows-congress-75bf0a0a59eec7a51f4793f6c48cc0bd If Trump is re-elected he will certainly take vengeance on everybody who wasn't a good loyal team player. #PS1insurrection == impress 25 time 2021-12-24 01:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 733 epoch Lifetime ID 1566765107001336 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/24/2021 22:12" title "Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of Jan. 6 records | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1566765107001336 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474084833420709903 A traditional conservative laments the end of traditional conservatism vs traditional liberalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/center-right-is-collapsing-globally-it-has-only-two-options-survival/ Now it's populist cult of personality fueled by social media and cable TV vs rule of law. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565764360434744 #PS1theory == impress 20 time 2021-12-23 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474082050449674253 Is there ANY version of BBB that can pass the Senate AND the House? Not today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/23/biden-manchin-child-tax-credit/ But ALL the Democrats know that failure to deliver on ANY of their promises is bad for ALL of them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565759473768566 #PS1biden == impress 17 time 2021-12-23 18:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474079401360826369 Opportunity zones were in the 2017 GOP billionaire tax relief bill. Was anybody unclear on the concept? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/23/amazon-opportunity-zone-tax-breaks/ GOP recognizes how much hard-pressed billionaires deserve tax relief! What if they couldn't donate dark money to senate campaigns? #PS1tax == impress 25 time 2021-12-23 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474068756309561366 Do-nothing Congress can't fund an agency it authorized. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-presidential-elections-election-2020-bf2a1b8b95350382295a1bc5d1073770 Putin should send them all roses in gratitude. #PS1russian == impress 25 time 2021-12-23 17:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474067622832459794 Xylazine anybody? It's legal! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-opioids-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-7cb475c8559bf922265124e927e55bfd #PS1health == impress 16 time 2021-12-23 17:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474066809363976227 Unclear on the concept of cult of personality! https://apnews.com/article/business-iowa-mississippi-river-davenport-mariannette-miller-meeks-32bdbc69d20a5e5106b704acbe96ecad When Trump says NO, loyal Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP vote NO! NO matter how it affects their district. #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-12-23 17:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474065657461297152 Biggest tech failures of 2021! https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/tech/biggest-tech-fails-2021/index.html And the perpetrators become billionaires! #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-12-23 17:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474013577014956034 Victims of the conspiracy-fantasy money-making machine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/january-6-insurrection-us-capitol-riots.html But as adults exercising free will, they have to accept the consequences. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565616140449566 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-12-23 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473876529201381377 Another traditional conservative gives up on the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/politics/john-thune-senate-retirement.html #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-12-23 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473859195229257729 Fake it til you make it? Bid to win? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/elizabeth-holmes-blood-test-theranos/ The dark underbelly of Silicon Valley amorality. #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-12-23 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473858225715834880 Is Trump losing the Trumpists? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/20/trump-cant-make-trumpists-embrace-vaccines/ He has plenty of would-be successors willing to brand themselves as Trumpier than Trump. #PS1trumpism == impress 20 time 2021-12-23 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473857373735292937 Will Manchin make it possible to pass his own voting rights bill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/manchin-voting-rights-filibuster/ Not if he wants to remain Energy Chair if he becomes a Republican. #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-12-23 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473855537468952581 Two views on Manchin and BBB - There's nothing in it for WV - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-bbb-west-virginia/ Manchin could have asked for anything he wanted for WV. But he didn't want anything for WV - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/manchin-has-no-imagination/ #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-12-23 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473852528315928580 Rich guys like Elon Musk don't need to obey laws! https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-business-video-games-ohio-cdddb5dc6215b844a488e18486d46bad #PS1technology == impress 22 time 2021-12-23 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473821731353550848 What should be the Democratic program? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-message.html 1) future - child care, medical care, and education 2) past - medical care and survival for elderly 3) present - basic income support 4) paid for by a flat tax More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565252883819225 #PS1politics == impress 20 time 2021-12-23 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473816159602364417 America is no longer divided between conservative Republican and liberal Democratic parties, but between the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality party and the anti-Trumpist rule of law party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-officials-pressure-campaign/2021/12/22/8a0b0788-5d26-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565240750487105 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-12-23 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473807387341438976 Who's paying for the assault on the Constitution? The ongoing attack on the vote is being driven in part by well-funded Trump associates https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-officials-pressure-campaign/2021/12/22/8a0b0788-5d26-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html They back up their requests with threats of violence. The insurrection did not end on Jan 6. #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-12-23 00:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473806314874703874 Wrong direction! Manchin should be trying to convince McConnell to caucus with the anti-Trumpist party, which is the Democrats. Manchin voted to impeach, so has no future in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wv-state-wire-mitch-mcconnell-joe-manchin-congress-15d178edf30bdba7764941f6fef9bb71 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-12-23 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 61 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-12-22 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 606 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1565258897151957 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/22/2021 17:12" title "McConnell openly courts Manchin to leave Democrats, join GOP | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565258897151957 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473802996643287040 Jim Jordan is next. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-jim-jordan-bennie-thompson-congress-cc0340552ea69c73bedc447e21272d2f Will he cooperate? Will he plead the 5th? #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-12-22 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473801778336387072 Proud Boy cooperates, pleads guilty. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-capitol-siege-electoral-college-congress-proud-boys-ffd1a74ca36cdd699223a463c9cd7766 #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-12-22 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473534334288031745 Inflation is bad but recession is worse - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/opinion/inflation-federal-reserve-us-economy.html #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-12-22 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473530904760832002 An argument for doing a few things permanently rather than many things temporarily. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/opinion/manchin-build-back-better-democrats.html But will Manchin support ANY subset of BBB? He says he might, but by now he has a credibility issue. #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-12-22 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473520090641362944 It might have been a mistake to split the physical infrastructure and BBB bills. If Manchin were going to kill them anyway, better get it over sooner, and promptly move on to a plan B. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/19/manchin-build-back-better-oppose-democrats-playing-soft/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564718190539361 #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-12-22 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473515385160749057 Five primaries that demonstrate whether the GOP is really a Trumpist cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/how-much-influence-does-donald-trump-still-have-these-five-republican-primaries-could-tell-us/ Of course, the only way a Trump-endorsed candidate could lose is by a rigged election. Democrats hope GOP uses all its money arguing about that. #PS1gop == impress 57 time 2021-12-22 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473511284465307649 Not enough babies? We'll be needing more immigrants to maintain our standard of living. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-health-us-census-bureau-covid-19-pandemic-d224035ee70e805f1e42da6c1a9c079c #PS1immigration == impress 10 time 2021-12-22 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473510772558864391 a union representing coal miners, including some of the nearly 12,000 from his home state, put out a statement urging the lawmaker to revisit his opposition to the package https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-wv-state-wire-joe-manchin-congress-4ac6f440bbcc2eaadcd16f4045897c62 But was Manchin's decision based on voters or on donors? #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-12-22 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473507492713824256 Sue the Jan 6 committee! It's a matter of Trumpist solidarity! https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-trump-adviser-flynn-sues-jan-6-committee-block-release-phone-records-2021-12-21/ #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-12-22 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473443569729884160 How Fox Trumpists promote the rule of law - the law of the jungle! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/21/fox-news-host-urges-kill-shot-against-fauci/ Nothing conservative here! #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-12-22 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 310 epoch Lifetime ID 1565224993822014 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/22/2021 16:12" title "Fox News host urges ‘kill shot’ against Fauci" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565224993822014 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473396511673249794 Perry refuses to cooperate - will he refuse a subpoena? He'll plead the fifth. https://apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-capitol-siege-bennie-thompson-congress-701aef885cf58fb433e1e04bc85a5b4b Alex Jones sues committee. He'll plead the fifth. https://sports.yahoo.com/alex-jones-sues-jan-6-192538308.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564521157225731 #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-12-21 20:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473393799581683713 Trump's not as dumb as he thinks his base is. He's had covid already and knows it's no joke. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-donald-trump-coronavirus-vaccine-74abcd4e6833835f5df445fe2142e22b But he's always ready to use other people's money and let other people take the risks. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-12-21 20:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473393078320779265 Schumer's aiming for a showdown on filibuster and voting rights. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/politics/filibuster-senate-voting-rights.html Filibuster is a tool of those defending the status quo - and saves them from having to take a formal vote on the issues themselves, which might besmirch their legacy. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-12-21 20:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473391145375846403 What does society owe renters who are priced out of a rising market? What does it owe people looking for housing who are willing and able to pay market rent? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/21/should-renters-get-first-dibs-on-bay-area-real-estate-deals/ #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-12-21 20:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473388489274114048 Some companies are a little sensitive to bad publicity. https://apnews.com/article/biogen-alzheimers-drug-price-cut-9dab1bdb5001c0ddcedc981fbc3437b6 But it's hard to put a positive spin on increasing the annual premium of everybody on Medicare by $130. #PS1health == impress 14 time 2021-12-21 20:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473377634427932672 Time for Manchin to publicly submit a bill that he WILL vote for under reconciliation. Enough switch and bait! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/20/manchin-biden-child-tax-credit/ Otherwise it's hard to escape the conclusion that it was all a feint and he's not willing to vote for any of it. #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 21 time 2021-12-21 19:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473376306398068736 Public transit - another victim of covid and (likely) GOP+Manchin. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/20/bay-area-transit-faces-fiscal-cliff-as-ridership-collapse-endures/ Federal funds bailed out transit agencies. But the Senate says no more inflationary bailouts for Biden. Traffic on streets and freeways is getting worse than before covid. #PS1other == impress 66 time 2021-12-21 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473355710389833731 Who cares about facts or laws when there's money to be made! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/technology/tesla-autopilot-elon-musk.html Elon Musk, the next, more dangerous, Trump. #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-12-21 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473355021026672640 Gas stoves are the next front in culture wars! Climate deniers - and natural gas producers - want to convince you that natural gas is clean and it should be YOUR CHOICE whether to moderate or exacerbate the global effects of climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/climate/gas-stoves-climate-change.html #PS1climate == impress 14 time 2021-12-21 18:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473198072691769345 Traditional conservatives vs Trumpists in Alabama! Revenge is job #1 for Trump and he wants all traditional conservatives purged who aren't 100% on board with the Trump cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/alabama-senate-trump/2021/12/18/4363b67e-5e87-11ec-8665-aed48580f911_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564090563935457 #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-12-21 07:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473194101918953472 Trumpists would rather die than admit Democrats are right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/20/sarah-palin-anti-vax-tpusa-tconference/ #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-12-21 07:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473193351604174848 Manchin knows West Virginia voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/19/sen-joe-manchins-position-build-back-better-reflects-reality-west-virginia-politics/ He thinks Democrats should elect more liberal senators, but he won't lift a finger against filibuster to make that possible. https://www.yahoo.com/now/manchin-says-elect-more-liberals-215600758.html #PS1biden == impress 30 time 2021-12-21 07:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473191028211421190 Trump's trying again to sue the government to prevent it from enforcing laws he broke. https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-lawsuits-donald-trump-albany-8cd1fd3c9dc206a5b563116f3966f2a4 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564079677269879 #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-12-21 07:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473188328195248128 First Congressman asked to submit to Jan 6 questioning. https://apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-capitol-siege-bennie-thompson-congress-701aef885cf58fb433e1e04bc85a5b4b #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-12-21 07:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473187062761148416 Omicron might be good news. It's displacing delta which seems to be less transmissible but more lethal. It will be a while until there's enough evidence to support firm conclusions. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/20/covid-omicron-variant-rockets-to-dominance-across-u-s/ #PS1virus == impress 34 time 2021-12-21 07:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 582 epoch Lifetime ID 1564363273908186 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/21/2021 08:12" title "COVID: Omicron variant rockets to dominance across U.S." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564363273908186 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472932689141452802 Is nuclear power worse than burning gas? Is California willing to deal with the the toxic waste of nuclear power? It's much more localized than greenhouse gases, and in that way easier to deal with. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/18/mathews-give-the-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant-more-to-do/ #PS1climate == impress 14 time 2021-12-20 14:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 49 epoch Lifetime ID 1564069297270917 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/20/2021 22:12" title "Mathews: Give the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant more to do" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564069297270917 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472671292897648642 Who might challenge Trump in 2024? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/18/non-biden-democrats-president-2024-ranked/ #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-12-19 20:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472670249715601411 Are there any anti-Trumpist GOP left in Congress? If they continue to do nothing, they can expect in time to get the same treatment as Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sundaytakevotingrightscongress/2021/12/18/4b83eea0-600d-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-12-19 20:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472668668014174208 In hoc signo vinces! Constantine dreamed of Christianity as leading to military and political victory and so established the church for those ends. Now look how far it went! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/14/guns-christmas-thomas-massie-lauren-boebert/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1563186640692516 #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-12-19 20:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472662714459643911 Nurses are burning out on unvaccinated covid patients. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-hospitals-struggle-as-covid-beds-fill-5e98f09c578a231be1411516e9dfff58 Nurses willing to work make more money as traveling nurses. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-12-19 20:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472661374660534274 Don't expect any help from GOP - that would be a win for Biden! Unless of course Trump approves. Don't expect any help from Manchin or Sinema - that would be inflationary! Unless of course enough major donors approve. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-restaurants-acf43f8e1bc9cdccc6e85dd699d99edc #PS1inflation == engage 4 engage-rate 12% expands 2 impress 34 replies 1 time 2021-12-19 20:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472659446669066240 Nebraska's governor is trying anything to get people back to work, EXCEPT increasing their pay, providing child care, or protecting them from the virus carried by other unvaccinated unmasked employees and customers. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-nebraska-pete-ricketts-5cf5cef955a79c466281fd43f32cc358 Slavery? Open borders? #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-12-19 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472655250687332356 If Manchin won't vote for BBB and won't say what he will vote for, can he still be useful? He could remain a Democrat as an independent traditional conservative - supporting voting rights and the rule of law. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-e7a0ca4c25c686e91cb21e166c44821b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1563164900694690 #PS1biden == impress 14 time 2021-12-19 19:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472597275343872004 Rick Perry a mastermind? That's news! https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/rick-perry-jan-6-text-mark-meadows-nov-4 Will he plead the 5th too? #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-12-19 15:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472596633007181827 Trump lets his inner anti-Semite out again. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/trump-anti-semitic-comments He expects more votes and donations, with less expected in return, from evangelicals than from Jews. He is leaning in to the Nazis and Christian nationalists in his base to keep them voting. #PS1trumpism == engage 5 engage-rate 21% impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-12-19 15:56 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472594673159991301 Manchin chooses a showdown. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-e7a0ca4c25c686e91cb21e166c44821b You can't vote for something if you can't explain it to your donors. It'll be his place in history - of the GOP if he accepts McConnell's invitation. #PS1biden == impress 20 time 2021-12-19 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472593611002822658 “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” Stone pleads 5th - https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-roger-stone-capitol-siege-subpoenas-congress-1286e3017eead8967cd7cf25c5e596cc What about Jones? https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/january-6-committee-alex-jones-deposition-postponed Follow the leader! https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article105178626.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1563035530707627 #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-12-19 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472580906883764224 Democrats' secret weapon! Trump is fighting Republicans and plotting his revenge https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/opinion/trump-republicans-2022-midterms.html Democrats just say - the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is the party of personality cult, class warfare, and violent overthrow. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562999570711223 #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-12-19 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472476556920455168 Senate confirmation process badly broken. https://apnews.com/article/senate-confirms-biden-ambassadors-cccf92c2d2efc2ec285590cf8b39729e Better if presidential nominations are automatically confirmed unless the Senate votes them down within 30 days. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-12-19 07:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472475503005106176 Inflation is a political problem everywhere, even for Trumpist strong leaders like Orban in Hungary. https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-barcelona-poland-spain-74c8a4e002465ceb56afa0d8eed6ec3b GOP should be glad they don't actually have power - then they'd be blamed. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-12-19 07:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472473666336149504 Ransomware attacks continue. https://apnews.com/article/ransomware-attacks-us-russia-biden-putin-fce2ebd29cdffc43737a4243a1f04321 They don't seem to bother Putin. #PS1ransomware == impress 19 time 2021-12-19 07:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472472538970091520 A perfect Trumpist candidate to support Trump! https://apnews.com/article/eric-greitens-seeks-comeback-missouri-us-senate-gop-4e77ad06d66767365bfcdfee62bb0ef0 He has the support of Flynn, Giuliani, Bannon, and Don Jr! And he learned gender relations from Trump! How many Democrats will register GOP for the primary in order to endorse Greitens? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-12-19 07:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472471400426340353 A Trumpist model of how strong leaders run elections. https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-election-only-china-loyalists-approved-to-run-b81e71d83d99b58864f1f5b1bdeab0fb #PS1china == impress 11 time 2021-12-19 07:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472467715151446020 Who says racism isn't institutionalized? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/us/politics/gop-gerrymandering-black-democrats.html If you gerrymander by race or gerrymander by party, what difference does it make if your goal is to reduce black Democratic power? How could anybody tell the difference. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-12-19 07:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 665 epoch Lifetime ID 1563319394012574 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/19/2021 18:12" title "Map by Map, G.O.P. Chips Away at Black Democrats’ Power" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1563319394012574 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472221737265680384 Just how close are we to another civil war? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/how-civil-wars-start-barbara-walter-research/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/eaton-taguba-anderson-generals-military/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562369507440896 #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-12-18 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472198967010103297 New shibboleth for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP - deny reality. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-minnesota-presidential-elections-capitol-siege-elections-8d9e92a27a90511bf8f3f7f9540d44c2 That's how it works in a cult of personality. How hard can it be? It's what the Dixiecrats always did back when they were Democrats. #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-12-18 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472197215854628868 Repentant in court - but he still gets 5 years for assaulting Capitol police officer. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-university-of-kentucky-b7a82e7205634d7f2e9767e1cfa10ccf He felt betrayed by Trump - who lied and then didn't bail him out. What did he expect? 700 more to go. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-12-18 13:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472195593304825860 Fair redistricting is good for state offices https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but for Federal, only if every state does it. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-15/california-citizens-redistricting-commission-beats-the-alternative California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal House elections until Texas suspends unfair redistricting. #PS1democracy == impress 47 time 2021-12-18 13:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472082329728274434 Is Manchin really a Republican? McConnell would welcome him. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-environment-voting-delaware-joe-manchin-a12b0073d4e2d16ccbe4c15deee3e1d5 It does seem that a rich WV Democrat would be GOP in most states. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-poverty-west-virginia-joe-manchin-86da79b1a683de87c4a45c90c96cab52 Nobody knows what he wants or what he would settle for. #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-12-18 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472080595555471365 How far will the Dominion lawsuit against Fox go? https://apnews.com/article/business-elections-media-lawsuits-voting-a8968f707a9733de20141b9ebce819b3 Probably until GOP gets control of Congress. GOP and Fox have been profiting from lies too long to turn back now. #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-12-18 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472079445611532295 The wealthy have found ways to bypass income and estate taxes to create a hereditary nobility - https://www.propublica.org/article/the-great-inheritors-how-three-families-shielded-their-fortunes-from-taxes-for-generations They rewrite the tax code by providing the huge sums of money required to run for political office. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562070974137416 #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-12-18 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472064923567996931 Why don't they just... enact common sense - gun laws voting rights laws tax laws drug pricing https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/opinion/michigan-school-shooting.html It's no mystery - it takes tens of millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Somebody has to pay for that. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562047717473075 #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-12-18 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472058498443743233 Newsom copies Texas. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-16/skelton-newsom-california-texas-abortion-law-guns Next, California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal elections until Texas enacts fair redistricting. No point giving away seats to GOP for nothing. #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 75 time 2021-12-18 04:17 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472054843288162309 Not just NSO - add Cytrox! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-israel-egypt-jamal-khashoggi-4948468da80e73681d9d9ca88ac28fc0 #PS1technology == impress 27 time 2021-12-18 04:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 394 epoch Lifetime ID 1562798977397949 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/18/2021 23:12" title "Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562798977397949 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471926823940333568 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-ap-fact-check-media-f3740a63e00c7fa7c583c60ed91d4e2a Who makes these up? Some people for fun, others for profit. It's a steady job. #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-12-17 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471851239147130883 Immunized high-risk people are still at risk - but the risk is lower. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/17/covid-19-breakthrough-hospitalizations-who-gets-sick-when-vaccines-dont-work/ #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-12-17 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471684575629758468 GOP plan for America - Chinese democracy where all elections are in favor of The Party. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/january-6-hearings-mark-meadows-trump-fox-china-biden-democracy-20211214.html That's how the Chinese Communist Party protects minority rule, and it can work here too. #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-12-17 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471682888382828548 How the rich get richer https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sec-eyes-crackdown-u-executives-143000023.html The SEC might do something about it. #PS1economics == engage 2 engage-rate 17% expands 1 impress 12 time 2021-12-17 03:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471682055649980416 Who was behind the insurrection? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/politics/trump-meadows-republicans-congress-jan-6.html The Freedom Caucus! #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 time 2021-12-17 03:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471659628320595971 It all comes down to Kashmir. https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-kashmir-prayer-d45a677b528fb0cc06fca75544ce524b #PS1foreign == impress 20 time 2021-12-17 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471656250647592960 Stealing military weapons and ammo to sell to anybody with the cash is very profitable, and very lightly punished. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-florida-north-carolina-theft-5fe1ad681d89dfc063c1d0d10b95b870 #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-12-17 01:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471653411288272902 Sackler settlement fair? https://apnews.com/article/business-health-lawsuits-opioids-colleen-mcmahon-1e96ea41f783d8f5db0a024fbb304c1f Opinions vary. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 30 time 2021-12-17 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471651935690260483 Most doctors are getting tired of seeing patients killed by misinformation from a few doctors. They are asking for action. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-texas-public-health-5854b2b02c7c9c406fa9277e625b46e8 #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-12-17 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471650238947467266 omicron is already everywhere, and probably has been - undetected - for a while. Just follow the orders and suggestions and hope nothing worse is incubated in the worldwide reservoir of unvaccinated. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/16/a-deluge-of-omicron-is-coming-santa-clara-countys-health-officer-warns/ #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-12-17 01:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 282 epoch Lifetime ID 1562023774142136 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/17/2021 19:12" title "‘A deluge of omicron’ is coming, Santa Clara County’s health officer warns" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562023774142136 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471377558113439744 Rich get richer and poor get poorer - Cayman, Bahamas, Delaware, carried interest... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/investors-rental-foreclosure/ Everywhere investors are buying single family homes for rentals. Fast all cash offers look good to sellers, until they try to buy their next home. #PS1economics == impress 23 time 2021-12-16 07:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471367124123721729 2020 was a dress rehearsal; GOP didn't quite act in time. In 2024 they hope to have all red states lined up with legislatures ready to overturn any Democratic victories. No actual finding of fraud required, just GOP-generated rumors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/15/gop-plotted-overturn-2020-election-before-it-was-even-over/ #PS1election == impress 21 time 2021-12-16 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471365781078220800 Worst in history? Nobody looks good after a close encounter of the Trump kind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meadows-trump-january-6/2021/12/15/0265b502-5db8-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-12-16 06:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471363024229322752 Known by the company he keeps - RFK Jr, Flynn, Stone. There's big money in paranoid fantasy! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-health-public-health-4997be1bcf591fe8b7f1f90d16c9321e Where does all that money come from? #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-12-16 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471359944700006401 Manchin still won't say what his bottom line is on BBB. Biden is now talking about doing voting rights first. That is more important in the long run, but most voters don't understand the issues as well as money in their pockets. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-environment-joe-manchin-congress-40f8b0c57abc54c343e35583de35dcff #PS1biden == impress 25 time 2021-12-16 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471358686563995648 Nothing to see here - so? The goal is to undermine the confidence of voters, pretending that something MIGHT have happened, and so election results can never be trusted, and so the legislature should decide what election results should be. https://apnews.com/article/elections-pennsylvania-voting-donald-trump-presidential-elections-62d6c10553c94d27398103f370fe4226 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-12-16 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471351571044712452 Would-be Pelosi shooter gets 28 months. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/politics/capitol-pelosi-threat/index.html QAnon claims another victim. #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-12-16 05:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471345460677734400 Did Trump lie to his own accountants? https://news.yahoo.com/trump-fraud-inquirys-focus-did-131356726.html Why should he treat them differently from anybody else? #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-12-16 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471343877298659329 Omicron is a big enough threat, but not a game changer - the same precautions should protect most people. The real danger is what the next variant might be, given a huge worldwide pool of unvaccinated to incubate it. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/14/what-the-latest-science-tells-us-about-the-fast-spreading-omicron-variant/ #PS1virus == impress 33 time 2021-12-16 04:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 354 epoch Lifetime ID 1561302844214229 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/16/2021 16:12" title "What the latest science tells us about the fast-spreading omicron variant" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1561302844214229 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471239352856416256 Roots of minority rule. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/four-folkways/ America's history has been largely dominated by men of British descent. Four distinct cultural groups dominated early American life. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1560542894290224 #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-12-15 22:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471217371515813894 The 1619 project at the New York Times - https://nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htm should have been old news! In 1965, Louis Lomax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lomax presented a memorable speech which seems just as timely today - https://political-scrapbook.net/1619/lomax.html More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1560506264293887 #PS1minority == engage 3 engage-rate 16% expands 2 impress 19 time 2021-12-15 20:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471138456675831813 In Texas they're voting like it was 1880! Or not voting. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/voter-fraud-myth-election-lie/620846/ How voter suppression works - make it more complicated, easier to make a mistake, harder to fix a mistake, and after a while would-be voters understand it's safer to abstain. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-12-15 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471004799294271488 AP searches for voter fraud and finds 475 cases - many of which were caught and not counted. https://apnews.com/article/voter-fraud-election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-7fcb6f134e528fee8237c7601db3328f But GOP legislators can't be bothered by facts - they already have their orders. #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-12-15 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471002595900542976 it will be interesting to reveal all the participants who were involved - McConnell Only two GOP House members agreed. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-business-donald-trump-capitol-siege-mark-meadows-7da38d635dd5474e899f3a14f171bf1c #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-15 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471001560901505028 Debt limit crisis suspended for a while by Democrats. GOP not grateful for Democratic help when GOP was in control. https://apnews.com/article/congress-debt-limit-joe-biden-355758a9591de7e4fe93ab5061904a65 #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-12-15 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470999905242017795 Militias decide to act local - for now. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/us/proud-boys-local-issues.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-15 06:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470998718459494405 Why workers need unions. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/opinion/tornadoes-mayfield-amazon.html Private government is a libertarian dream. It was the only kind prior to the Enlightenment. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 16 time 2021-12-15 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470997405768163328 The pro-life goal isn’t an end to abortion. It’s to establish another means of controlling women. Poor women that is - rich ones can always travel to get the medical care they want. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/opinion/abortion-contraception-pregnancy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1560098354334678 #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2021-12-15 06:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470994235839041536 The main problem with BBB - it comes from Democrats. And some of it would be paid for by taxing the rich. Two reasons behind unanimous GOP opposition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/opinion/build-back-better.html #PS1biden == impress 6 time 2021-12-15 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470993235820433410 Another way to undermine Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/opinion/jelena-mcwilliams-fdic-bank-regulation.html Bank consolidation is even worse than general corporate consolidation. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-12-15 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470992275677216768 Transmitting foreign propaganda can be profitable! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html #PS1china == impress 9 time 2021-12-15 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470988054231875586 Huawei might be closer to the Chinese Communist Party than it admits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/huawei-surveillance-china/ #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-12-15 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470974023915880451 Hitler, Stalin, Krushchev, and Ayatollah Kohmeini were Time Men of the Year. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-time-person-of-the-year-cdc9f0865ff860942f16213a34de42e7 A narcissist like Trump, but smarter and bolder, and hence more dangerous. #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-12-15 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470972245438709767 It doesn't matter whether the losers are the readers or the authors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster.html American antitrust law needs to be explicit that market concentration is bad in and of itself. #PS1economics == impress 24 time 2021-12-15 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470971507979350020 The switch to solar - who pays? https://apnews.com/article/science-business-environment-and-nature-california-utilities-1bc5070157e0fb4f0c216f8b1dd1daee If there's going to be a backup electrical network, somebody has to pay for it. #PS1capolitics == impress 11 time 2021-12-15 04:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470970276779155462 Reading comprehension - readers need a foundation on which to build comprehension. https://theamericanscholar.org/why-so-many-kids-struggle-to-learn/ #PS1other == impress 7 time 2021-12-15 04:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 549 epoch Lifetime ID 1560601490951031 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/15/2021 16:12" reach 2 title "Why So Many Kids Struggle to Learn - The American Scholar" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1560601490951031 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470788324226859008 Some people think BBB should be split up and voted on in parts. Would Manchin vote for ANY of those parts? He won't say. Does he really want to be remembered as McConnell's chief collaborator in killing BBB? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/14/its-time-entertain-possibility-that-build-back-better-bill-wont-pass/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 time 2021-12-14 16:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470786258213511173 Plausible consumer products pre-emptive statements on covid - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/14/listerine-covid-ron-johnson-satire/ #PS1virus == impress 26 time 2021-12-14 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470785526772944903 Corrupt intent does not require violence to be criminal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/14/federal-court-has-ruled-that-obstructing-electoral-vote-count-is-illegal-trump-should-panic/ #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-12-14 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470783671170912270 The art of losing https://theamericanscholar.org/the-art-of-losing/ Losing is something they don't talk about at West Point, but maybe they should. Korea, Vietnam, Balkans, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan - some were not outright defeats, but none were outright victories. #PS1other == impress 34 time 2021-12-14 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470770014210994189 Notable quotes https://apnews.com/article/britney-spears-joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-congress-yale-university-b46513a7bfb24db19e4e15f1909e2297 #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-12-14 14:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470628282538233856 Ranked-choice voting gets Federal support. https://www.fairvote.org/ranked_choice_voting_amendment_passes_u_s_house_of_representatives_1 This is a critical step toward restoring power to the center rather than the fringes. #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-12-14 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470624992010199040 Ingraham, Hannity, and Kilmeade briefly urged Meadows to urge Trump to stop the insurrection, to save Trump's legacy. But Trump knew better - he wasn't destroying his legacy, but casting it in concrete. https://washingtonpost.com/media/2021/12/13/fox-ingraham-hannity-kilmeade-jan-6-trump-texts/ More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1559186521092528 #PS1insurrection == impress 32 time 2021-12-14 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470600689877274633 racism is not merely the product of individual bias , but also something embedded in legal systems https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/theres-lot-conservatives-embrace-critical-race-theory-question-is-what-we-should-do-with-it/ But Abernathy is mistaken in thinking that Trumpist dogma can be proved right or wrong. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1559214247756422 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-12-14 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470595494996967425 Doesn't everybody want Wall Street private equity firms to manage their health care? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/medicare-direct-contracting-privatization-health-care/ #PS1health == impress 22 time 2021-12-14 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470594590956687360 more capable, more bold, more vicious Did somebody mention DeSantis? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/ron-desantis-is-paving-his-path-white-house-backs-vulnerable-immigrant-children/ Why would he care about illegal immigrant kids - they don't vote or donate! #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2021-12-14 03:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470593419550547968 Trump is not the greatest threat of Trumpism. It's his many more capable, more bold, more vicious would-be successors waiting for their chance to get control of his voters and donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/mark-meadows-powerpoint-coup-plot-trump-crackpot/ #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 23 likes 1 time 2021-12-14 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470571219745329152 Climate crisis is now. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/opinion/nyt-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/opinion/climate-change-effects-countries.html But throughout the world, rich and powerful old men still make most of the decisions, and they have much to lose if anything changes the status quo. And everybody is afraid of change. #PS1climate == impress 24 time 2021-12-14 01:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470565242153230336 Humans flatter themselves when they think they are in control. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/books/review/a-natural-history-of-the-future-rob-dunn.html #PS1climate == impress 25 time 2021-12-14 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470562549615652866 Why service is so slow, everywhere you go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/12/quitting-great-resignation-downside-labor-shortage/ More legal immigration would help. #PS1economics == impress 22 time 2021-12-14 01:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470559646196793345 Manchin thinks it's best to slow down - so the child care credit does not get renewed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/manchin-child-tax-credit-build-back-better/ It's very popular with voters - but not with major political donors who figure they'd pay for it. #PS1biden == impress 30 time 2021-12-14 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470558140949172224 The Jan 6 committee will eventually release its report, with or without cooperation from Trumpist witnesses. Will anybody care who wasn't already convinced? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/meadows-documents-reveal-coup/ #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-12-14 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470552174006452225 Cut the price of insulin? GOP says YES - in public to voters. In private to donors, they explain they really mean NO. Especially if Democrats propose it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/republicans-insulin-prices/ #PS1health == impress 20 time 2021-12-14 00:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470550738694643712 Manchin got what he needed to protect his dirty-coal business - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/13/manchin-blind-trust-enersystems-stock-climate-change/ But he still isn't happy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/13/senate-biden-manchin-spending/ He says slow down - so more Democratic senators get cold feet? If he's going to vote against BBB, he might as well say so. #PS1biden == impress 38 time 2021-12-14 00:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 629 epoch Lifetime ID 1560017851009395 impress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2021 18:12" reach 1 title "Manchin, Biden discuss ‘different iterations’ of spending bill as Democrats seek consensus" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1560017851009395 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470540217228533761 Taliban puts its best foot forward for interview. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-united-states-only-on-ap-kabul-taliban-c0475a3370ea219aabb3ded311911cc1 He might be sincere, but does he really speak for anybody other than himself? Afghanistan is inherently tribal and sectarian, no matter who is nominally in charge. #PS1afghanistan == impress 12 time 2021-12-13 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470532096242319361 Stimulus funds made a difference - inflation instead of depression. Many people feel bad, but they'd have felt worse in a repeat of 2008. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/13/covid-didnt-increase-poverty-in-the-bay-area-new-report-says/ #PS1recovery == impress 13 time 2021-12-13 23:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470530000042401797 Beware function creep - half-baked covid technology will creep into other applications to serve other markets. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-europe-7d81971ca5eb93fd59a99d559c968a65 #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-12-13 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470529501889056771 The free market is solving supply chain issues... slowly. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-education-california-los-angeles-a07e9a4034d76f6d1256d363af45def6 #PS1inflation == impress 12 time 2021-12-13 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470265844659724291 How billionaires avoid taxes. Disinformation is important, to get people who would not be affected to fight for them for free. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/politics/taxing-the-rich.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1558591191152061 #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-12-13 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470262878565396482 Two primaries to watch in May 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/opinion/elections-republicans-2022.html #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-12-13 05:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470255458514395136 If the Supreme Court upholds nullification, John C Calhoun will be vindicated at last - states as well as individuals need pay no attention to laws they don't like. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/opinion/abortion-rights-america.html #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-12-13 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470253865387716609 The Trumpist Supreme Court seems to be willing to decide itself into irrelevance, at least for red states. Maybe that was the point all along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/11/supreme-court-radical-texas-abortion-ruling/ #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2021-12-13 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470252696133267460 Life on the Tucker Carlson Channel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/12/chris-wallace-leaves-fox-news-for-cnn/ #PS1journalism == impress 14 time 2021-12-13 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470251605723205635 Blind judges! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/12/term-limits-court-packing-for-supreme-court-bad-ideas/ The era of Federal judges chosen for legal acumen and impartiality is over, thanks to Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. Recent appointees know why they were appointed and what is expected of them. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-12-13 04:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470249613210755074 Lindsey Graham has chugged the Trump koolaid and recommends it to every Dixiecrat Republican. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/12/will-joe-manchin-see-through-lindsey-grahams-desperate-scaremongering/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/12/lindsey-graham-debt-ceiling-mcconnell-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 95 time 2021-12-13 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470245670934040576 No need to move to Texas! You can enjoy Permian Basin air and politicians like Greg Abbott right here in Kern County, and no humidity! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/california-housing-bakersfield.html But like Austin, an influx of upward strivers might change the local culture of Bakersfield too. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2021-12-13 04:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470244020752302080 Social-media organized mash-and-grab crime has changed the conversation about crime and punishment. No more talk about defunding police. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/11/8722383/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/11/skelton-how-should-california-respond-to-smash-and-grab-thefts/ Social media transformed disinformation and insurrection, so why not theft? #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-12-13 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470242670169636864 Silicon Valley still booming despite Greg Abbott's kind invitation to relocate to Texas. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/11/while-most-bay-area-economies-floundered-in-the-first-year-of-the-pandemic-santa-clara-countys-soared/ #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-12-13 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470242186050613249 Legal strategy worthy of Trumpism - send random documents to counsel and then claim attorney-client privilege. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-30/judge-orders-google-to-hand-over-antiunion-campaign-documents-in #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-12-13 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470241564114915330 If the next generation of women follow tradition of not marrying below their station - birth rates might drop and increased immigration will be key to maintaining standards of living. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/dealbook/women-college-economy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1558553334489180 #PS1immigration == impress 6 time 2021-12-13 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470230716210286595 The process of how Dixiecrat thinking redefined freedom to mean ignore laws you don't like. It started with housing and now applies to firearms and vax - but not abortion. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/12/10/how-a-california-ballot-measure-on-housing-changed-conservative-politics/ #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-12-13 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470229597266403331 Kavanaugh said that the Texas abortion approach could be used for firearms control. Newsom has accepted the challenge. GOP is opposed - logical consistency was never their goal. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/12/legal-experts-respond-to-newsom-modeling-assault-weapon-law-on-texas-abortion-bill/ #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-12-13 03:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470207756460171264 How gentrification works. https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/article/mattsons-continue-sonoma-valley-buying-spree/ It used to be called urban renewal. Doesn't every community want more billionaires calling the shots? #PS1economics == impress 24 time 2021-12-13 01:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 624 epoch Lifetime ID 1559123217765525 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/13/2021 16:12" title "Mattsons continue their buying spree, now almost 50 properties in Sonoma" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1559123217765525 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470159239431680000 Nothing new about vax hesitancy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/12/first-vaccine-mandate-massachusetts-waterhouse/ But then, as now, most people were eager to get vaccinated. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-12-12 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470157067428057089 Some unions are beginning to flex some muscle. Not all are successful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/worker-revolt-comes-dollar-general-connecticut/?itid=hp-top-table-main #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-12-12 22:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470153385563226115 Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran - Trump should be glad he's not president! https://apnews.com/article/iran-space-launches-nuclear-deal-72a010e26d3ff0395fd09b7c1b3e51d5 #PS1foreign == impress 33 time 2021-12-12 22:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470128303105183744 My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived Time to change the way VP's are chosen. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#insignificant As it is, they get no respect. https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2021/dec/10/harris-has-it-easy-compared-with-quayle/ #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-12-12 20:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470125478304313344 Tort wars - is justice on either side? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/12/californias-tort-wars-heating-up-again/ Trial lawyers are a potent lobby. So are business interests. #PS1capolitics == impress 14 time 2021-12-12 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470121532986777613 Kevin McCarthy is doing his best to lead the country into violence and subsequent oppression. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-03/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-kevin-mccarthy-congress And what will his reward be? The most fanatic in his caucus want to replace McCarthy with Trump. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/12/07/matt-gaetz-says-hes-talked-with-trump-about-making-him-speaker-of-the-house #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-12-12 20:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470119232721408002 There's big money in big lies! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/08/opinion-spinning-journalistic-fraud-into-ratings-gold/ Reactionary media stars try their best to prove that the masses are too stupid to be allowed to govern themselves - democracy must be guided - by the minority ruling class. #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-12-12 19:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469913457738883074 The fall of Kabul, stunning in its suddenness. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 19 time 2021-12-12 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469898511487422467 GOP taking control of election machinery in red states. Democrats not effectively resisting. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/politics/trust-in-elections-trump-democracy.html Election administration is no longer non-partisan. #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-12-12 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469887495634444295 How Trumpists terrorized an election worker. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/kanye-west-publicist-pressed-georgia-election-worker-confess-bogus-fraud-charges-2021-12-10/ Expect more in the future. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-12-12 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469886931072741378 Distracted driving should be a violation. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-games-video-games-a139b90962d90c5b8516da5cea459836 Enabling distracted driving should be a felony. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1557911411220039 #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-12-12 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469880933843025923 it is up to us, the people. No party or leader will save us here. No foreign savior will shake us out of our stupor https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/04/why-international-election-observers-would-give-wisconsin-failing-grade/ Dixiecrat Trumpists are proud, not ashamed, of their authoritarian aims. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-12-12 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469879985049518081 18 ways to lose a democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2021/january-6-next-coup-signs/ They are all tried and true, tested in formerly-democratic, now-authoritarian states. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-12-12 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469878407278186500 Does Manchin not know that GOP senators are devoted to protecting minority rule by all available means? Not know or not care? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/10/manchin-filibuster-protecting-our-democracy-act/ One would not have said the same about GOP in 1972 - because the Dixiecrats had not yet gained full control. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-12-12 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469877153646874625 What's the difference between 1972 and 2021? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/10/january-6-congress-line/ In 1972, majorities of both parties took seriously their oath to defend the Constitution. In 2021, one party has become a cult of personality actively working to overturn the Constitution. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-12 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469874741825572867 Bannon, Flynn, Stone - still inciting insurrection from the grass roots up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/10/michael-flynn-roger-stone-activists/ And making good money doing it! #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-12-12 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469872964287881221 Vigilantism or insurrection? Vigilantism is as American as cherry pie - especially in the South. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/10/january-6-vigilantes-insurrection/ The Dixiecrats lost control of the Democratic Party, but took over the GOP instead. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1557887957889051 #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-12-12 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469860859866337281 Can Trump snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Georgia - again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/georgia-republicans-faustian-bargain-with-trump-is-catching-up-with-them/ Nothing is as important as revenge! #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-12-12 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469859053845172226 Some people make a living by laying the groundwork for insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/phil-waldron-mark-meadows-powerpoint/2021/12/11/4ea67938-59df-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-12-12 02:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469857535028989952 More Trumpism in action - you don't have to obey laws, or subpoenas, you don't like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/11/navarro-defies-democrats-subpoena-coronavirus-response/ Will he plead the 5th too? #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-12-12 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469855374148657154 Trump an unreliable source of medical evaluations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/08/purple-heart-iran-missile-attack/ #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-12-12 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469854822912323584 Rand Paul is only in favor of Federal disaster relief for red states? https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-opposition-previous-disaster-relief-resurfaces-he-seeks-aid-kentucky-1658537 #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 52 retweets 1 time 2021-12-12 02:21 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469854178549764098 Masons - like those picture on our money - have an ideal of masculinity - https://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-ideals-of-freemason.html Nowadays Trumpists have a different ideal - If toxic masculinity is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/08/al-gore-was-manly-josh-hawley-not-so-much/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1557853021225878 #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-12-12 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469843048108490755 Crime gets old. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-business-health-lifestyle-538efc664e9da0d2f0831f3f3ed9a4d7 It eventually tempts support of authoritarians. #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-12-12 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469841529556455424 Social media posts are evidence! https://apnews.com/article/media-prisons-social-media-capitol-siege-sentencing-0a60a821ce19635b70681faf86e6526e #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-12 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469840642394103811 Border Patrol plays amateur detective. https://apnews.com/article/business-arts-and-entertainment-journalists-congress-992f41e92d9402299eaffe798048cd12 #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-12-12 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469830791571988481 H1B abuse in Silicon Valley? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/09/h-1b-visa-major-tech-employer-in-silicon-valley-committing-wage-theft-against-foreign-workers-report-alleges/ #PS1economics == impress 31 time 2021-12-12 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 782 epoch Lifetime ID 1558539984490515 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/12/2021 19:12" title "H-1B visa: Major tech employer in Silicon Valley committing ‘wage theft’ against foreign workers, report alleges" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1558539984490515 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469661217694224386 Is expanding the Supreme Court the only way to get it out of its current role of protecting minority rule? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/09/expand-supreme-court-laurence-tribe-nancy-gertner/ #PS1justice == impress 20 time 2021-12-11 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469660613953474561 Ask people about the economy and they look at gas prices and say it's terrible, especially GOP. Ask people and businesses how they are themselves doing, or just look at their economic behavior, and it's just great. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/opinion/economy-inflation-spending-jobs.html #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-12-11 13:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469659704120864771 How should Democrats preserve majority rule? 1) abolish filibuster for election reform 2) adopt an explicit class bias for working and middle classes - of all races and ethnicities - against the minority rule of a hereditary GOP nobility. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/opinion/trump-democrats-republicans.html #PS1politics == impress 21 time 2021-12-11 13:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469657248251072513 Don't blame progressive Democrats if GOP gains control of government for good in 2022. They're not holding up election reform for the sake of filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/democrats-progressives-moderates-elections.html #PS1biden == impress 30 time 2021-12-11 13:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469655174343905287 What if spiders spread covid? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/covid-omicron-psychology-fear.html #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-12-11 13:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469652945406869505 What makes money work? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/cash-crypto-trust-money.html For now, at least, take comfort from the most common global store of value is - American $100 bills. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-12-11 12:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469647462637793281 GenZ's need to watch Life of Brian again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html They should be careful about satire. As a British army veteran recalled once, Officers were instructed never to joke with enlisted men. They invariably take you seriously. #PS1other == impress 22 time 2021-12-11 12:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469645385681367041 Trump loyalty is a one-way street - and it's never enough. As his most loyal sycophants eventually discover. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/politics/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu/index.html #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-12-11 12:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469644651246194690 Side effect of covid - enlightenment about what's really important. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/public-resignation-quitting.html A side effect of poverty, though, is desperate desire to take any job, which will happen again eventually. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-12-11 12:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469530121149169665 It doesn't have to be true if it's what Trump wants to hear! No matter how many times it's been disproven. https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-donald-trump-georgia-presidential-elections-elections-5b520fef3ba06833fe8b216952f74a87 #PS1election == impress 20 time 2021-12-11 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469527745709293570 Six more rally planners subpoena'd. https://apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-presidential-elections-capitol-siege-election-2020-8602f4beb59e780359eba9132954d696 #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-12-11 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469527191276773380 Call out the National Guard! To care for the unvaccinated covid patients, leaving the regular staff to deal with regular patients. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-new-york-michigan-f80c396cc06d3b072c49e5fa57f5ab36 Regular staff are quitting in droves for higher pay as traveling nurses. #PS1virus == impress 24 time 2021-12-11 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469525861665628164 Internet on fire - again. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-software-apple-inc-aed3cc628fc602079b100757974c8f01 Expect more of the same. #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-12-11 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469524881788133376 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-social-media-media-c260faa27b6e0abe749bd50957fc413d #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-12-11 04:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 436 epoch Lifetime ID 1557722134572300 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/11/2021 12:12" title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1557722134572300 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469355522197393408 Is selling advertising more profitable than selling merchandise? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/08/amazon-search-results-ftc-complaint/ All sorts of internet companies think so. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2021-12-10 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469352636927266816 The social media business model is inherently anti-social. And pro-propagandist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/10/twitter-turmoil-spaces/ #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-12-10 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469347633533620226 GOP has correctly identified the most persecuted group in America - old rich white straight male rural evangelical Christians! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/09/supreme-court-crusade/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556952994649214 #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-12-10 16:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469343833108332546 Why are drug prices increasing so rapidly in the US? Because the price of a Senate campaign is increasing so rapidly, and somebody has to pay for it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/10/house-democrats-find-three-year-investigation-that-drug-prices-are-unsustainable-unjustifiable-unfair/ Unlimited dark campaign money is everywhere you turn! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556945407983306 #PS1health == impress 10 time 2021-12-10 16:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469341730495365120 Too many uncomfortable facts turn people toward superstition. It's nice to have a simple theory of everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/10/omicron-misinformation/ And plenty of foreign and domestic actors have an interest in undermining the rational Enlightenment basis of American democracy. #PS1media == impress 5 time 2021-12-10 16:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469339268107563010 Covid origins - science might never overcome the politics to find a definitive answer, but the search is helpful preparing for future viruses. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-covid-19-083bd75a801f9824e0b9ad7316062a5c #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-12-10 16:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469319009560498177 Even if it doesn't kill, the virus can destroy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/09/long-covid-work-unemployed/ The unvaccinated are the breeding grounds for new variants that will each kill or destroy more people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/opinion/unvaccinated-people-anti-vaxxers.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556890011322179 #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-12-10 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469313685092909056 Trump and Putin - two peas in a pod. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/09/putin-trump-ukraine-russia-invasion/ Or so Trump thinks. Putin thinks Trump is a useful idiot. #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2021-12-10 14:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469119872529436677 Think Pandora Papers had nothing to do with you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Papers Think again if you are trying to buy a house but losing to above-market all-cash offers from foreign investors! The Biden administration is taking a closer look. https://apnews.com/article/politics-business-0881a307f2e672859cd9c31d764ad7ff #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-12-10 01:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469118390107209728 Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-new-york-bitcoin-craig-wright-c822c8fca349b7b779b23aa2b6e9db32 #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-12-10 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469117011179433984 Crypto currencies are not as stable as T-Bills! https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-plunges-over-20-another-063422558.html #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2021-12-10 01:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469115967896637441 “We are not going to assemble iPhones in the US” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/business/economy/supply-chain-inflation.html Reshoring is more complicated than offshoring because it doesn't pay for itself. #PS1inflation == impress 3 time 2021-12-10 01:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469115047020404738 Reshipping work-at-home scams - you lose money AND might be criminally liable. https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2021/12/01/champagne-buckets-ski-doo-part-reshipping-scam-hit-detroiter/8793353002/ #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-12-10 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469098234601619458 New Georgia law protects GOP from black Democrats. It's 1880 all over again, with Republicans and Democrats switching roles. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-republicans-purge-black-democrats-county-election-boards-2021-12-09/ #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2021-12-10 00:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469097728428834817 Redistricting wars could be minimized by ranked-choice voting and multimember districts. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Instead - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/02/creating-disharmony-or-suppressing-voters-battle-over-san-jose-redistricting-maps-escalates/ #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-12-10 00:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469095454285565957 President Trump’s duty to defend the Constitution continues, and he will keep fighting for every American and every future Administration translation - Trump will keep fighting for Trump and every future Trump Administration https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-de54f9ad6c6123dbe85cf86d31b45df1 #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-10 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 494 epoch Lifetime ID 1556471158030731 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/09/2021 16:12" title "Court rejects Trump's efforts to keep records from 1/6 panel | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556471158030731 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468952870837899264 Is Pence a lost cause? Too Trumpy for anti-Trumpists, not Trumpy enough for Trumpists, Pence is cultivating donors anyway - in New Hampshire! Only one reason for a national politician to go to New Hampshire! https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-new-hampshire-election-midterms-trump-5177af3b3090defc022368d77d1ea0c5 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556211494723364 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2021-12-09 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468949908661043202 Pleading the fifth! Everybody who joins Roger Stone and Alex Jones is pretty much admitting they're morally guilty if not legally convicted. True Trumpists will wear that as a badge of honor! https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jan-6-investigators-challenge-trump-093025942.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-09 14:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468817555125006336 Who funds insurrection? Sweet rich grandmas who get taken in by Alex Jones! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/publix-heiress-capitol-insurrection-fancelli/2021/12/08/5144fe1c-5219-11ec-8ad5-b5c50c1fb4d9_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-12-09 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468801973994459138 Expensive drug will increase every medicare recipients cost by $11/month. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-business-prescription-drug-costs-prescription-drugs-e2eb18059c54ec2091b7486698af84f4 #PS1health == impress 5 time 2021-12-09 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468800993575854081 The inevitable result of centralization - back to mainframe/terminal computing, except it's called the cloud now. The internet was designed to be a network of peers to be robust against such failures. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-amazoncom-inc-web-services-cloud-computing-a3a668b1b42d3ee560ed4b1d0c5a2fb4 #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2021-12-09 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468798995950542848 Manchin sides with GOP in supporting parliamentarian cuts to BBB. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-business-environment-joe-manchin-congress-714cd484d2c9511d512a7e834482a7e0 #PS1biden == engage 3 engage-rate 10% impress 31 time 2021-12-09 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468798136634122240 Now Trumpists want to sue Congress for investigating insurrection. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-capitol-siege-subpoenas-donald-trump-bennie-thompson-84f28fc650d99b9ea45d1e5c2dc44c3c #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-12-09 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468795354736783361 Manchin and Tester join GOP against vax mandate. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/senate-resolution-opposing-biden-vaccine-mandate/index.html They uphold the GOP right to infect other people. #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 201 replies 1 time 2021-12-09 04:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 251 epoch Lifetime ID 1556470804697433 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/09/2021 16:12" title "Senate votes to overturn Biden vaccine mandate for businesses" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556470804697433 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468593631191715842 Why does GOP support right-to-life, right-to-shoot, anti-vax? There's no moral logical consistency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/how-is-gops-coronavirus-recklessness-compatible-with-being-pro-life/ The answer is that there is POLITICAL logical consistency - essential to GOP minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1555545634789950 #PS1theory == impress 20 time 2021-12-08 14:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468585215165562883 The best idea in the 2017 billionaire tax relief was a child credit. Marco Rubio, of all people, demanded that this Democratic idea be included. Biden wants to extend it, but is even Rubio still behind it? Not likely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/07/yes-2017-tax-cuts-helped-working-class-americans-conservatives-should-be-honest-about-how/ #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-12-08 14:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468584440553033728 How much would it cost to conquer Ukraine? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/07/ukrainian-border-putin-stands-edge-precipice/ #PS1ukraine == impress 19 time 2021-12-08 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468583292324569095 Trump says GOP shouldn't pay its past indebtedness. Many GOP legislators agree. But McConnell says OK as long as Democrats specify the amount of past GOP indebtedness to cover. https://apnews.com/article/business-janet-yellen-congress-2044ae1969a650b0400916dfca758f1d #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-12-08 14:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468440660512428033 Democratization of technology - groups you arm might not accept your command. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/iran-drones-iraq-militias/2021/12/06/5685e772-5469-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html If every street gang all over the world learns to use small drones - what would they have to lose? #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-12-08 04:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 187 epoch Lifetime ID 1555891198088727 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/08/2021 19:12" title "In militants’ hands, drones emerge as a deadly new wild card in the Middle East" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1555891198088727 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468265231847542787 Choose words carefully but focus on the substance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/opinion/hispanic-voters-messaging.html #PS1politics == impress 5 time 2021-12-07 17:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468262976465424386 Ever wonder what it was like in the California or Alaska gold rushes? You can relive that experience. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/world/congo-cobalt-investor-hotel.html But watch your back. These are not Sunday School teachers. #PS1foreign == impress 6 time 2021-12-07 16:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468258210645561352 Meadows changes his mind to protect Trump; Short agrees to testify. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-mark-meadows-c3968697e8ba30f28df07e7ea895a79f We'll see which chief of staff history recalls as a true patriot. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-5fef7f0730fd1b0fabd2fc1e4914d219 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-12-07 16:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468031587031797760 Will 10 traditional conservative GOP senators step forward to undermine permanent minority rule? Not likely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/electoral-count-act-trump-benjamin-ginsberg/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554516658226181 #PS1democracy == engage 3 engage-rate 33% impress 9 time 2021-12-07 01:36 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468026176794812418 Trump owns the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP, to the chagrin of his would-be successors, who have to pretend to love him, and the even greater chagrin of traditional conservatives, who now have no home . https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/06/trump-comments-undermining-democracy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554508094893704 #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-12-07 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468017610360963074 Clark and Eastman join a distinguished honor roll. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/06/jeffrey-clark-john-eastman-join-some-rare-company-pleading-fifth-jan-6-committee/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 10 time 2021-12-07 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468016304795754498 How does a superspreader happen? The president sets the example for a nation - https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/04/covid-marin-county-parents-sent-child-to-school-with-covid/ It's easy when you're a snake oil salesman and a congenital liar. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-positive/2021/12/05/b1a55fda-544f-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2021-12-07 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468012699795673092 No mystery at all. Trump's enablers that DO know better are far more morally culpable than Trump's followers that DON'T know any better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/how-can-people-who-have-seen-worst-trump-still-think-best-him/ But pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it, so anybody who got close is stuck for life. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2021-12-07 00:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468011540867547138 Sherman left more standing than this primary will Are there enough traditional conservatives left in the Georgia GOP to defy Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/republicans-must-reject-david-perdues-senate-primary-bid-georgia/ Seems doubtful. Trump hates disloyalty. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2021-12-07 00:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468009945941495810 Trumpism thriving in France. https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-elections-paris-campaigns-4e5c33b9feccc477e53b62dca0dff4a8 #PS1foreign == impress 6 time 2021-12-07 00:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468009087254228995 Russians still at it! https://apnews.com/article/technology-russia-europe-hacking-espionage-5bd6870ed499856534187827c5506c42 #PS1russian == impress 3 time 2021-12-07 00:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 336 epoch Lifetime ID 1555890861422094 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/08/2021 19:12" title "Report says Russian hackers haven't eased spying efforts | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1555890861422094 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468005529544892419 Going to the Supreme Court! Gerrymandering is a pillar of minority rule. The Supreme Court justices know they are there to protect minority rule. If they do so, California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal elections. https://apnews.com/article/texas-lawsuits-dallas-race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-9e120f7578628a5fb0ed6a65bc2b2872 #PS1democracy == impress 23 time 2021-12-06 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467995234084687876 Good news for Congress! Bad news for Trump Media! https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/devin-nunes-retiring/index.html GOP has a deep bench of idiots qualified to replace Nunes in Congress. Let's make sure the worst is nominated in the primary and defeated in the general! #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 19 retweets 1 time 2021-12-06 23:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467892941993627648 The Trumpiest kind of Trumpist! Take other people's money and then divert it. No audited financials, no records, no paper trail. But she FAILED to overturn the election, and Trump likes WINNERS! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/sidney-powell-defending-republic-donations/2021/12/06/61bdb004-53ef-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554258821585298 #PS1insurrection == impress 26 time 2021-12-06 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467771235517927424 What things a president says are part of his job? How can comments about civil litigation over actions taken long before his presidency be part of his job? https://apnews.com/article/trump-defamation-lawsuit-e-jean-carroll-7943f39877672e3ec472f5bf902676a3 #PS1justice == impress 27 time 2021-12-06 08:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467770413241356288 Trump's unclear on the concept! Why ELSE would anybody go to work for Trump, if not to be able to write a tell-all book that they can sell to compensate for the damage to their personal integrity caused by working for Trump? https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-furious-with-marks-meadows-for-revealing-covid-status-before-debate-20211203-6snkpwgqmvavtgwvxuoysgylie-story.html #PS1trump == impress 18 time 2021-12-06 08:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467766717141041155 The new GOP - government as reality-TV entertainment! The more controversy and publicity the better - more time on Fox, more grass-roots funds raised. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-lauren-boebert-congress-d570aa1ca74c727f59e29abc42d7e6dc More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554007131610467 #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-12-06 08:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 270 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1554524504892063 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/06/2021 17:12" title "Turning outrage into power: How far right is changing GOP | AP News" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554524504892063 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467538510185861125 Manliness - another GOP culture war issue for which they don't actually intend to do anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/opinion/josh-hawley-republican-manliness.html #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-12-05 16:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467531488564420612 Maybe it's time to be explicit about class warfare - and who the real secret ruling elites are. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/05/five-themes-democrats-can-focus-to-boost-their-standing/ #PS1politics == impress 20 time 2021-12-05 16:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467493580759609347 Another dream of fast internet riches through social media. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-business-media-social-media-51cb0cf43864875390f2cec958273e2a Other people's money! #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-12-05 13:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 78 epoch Lifetime ID 1553986094945904 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/05/2021 23:12" title "Trump media partner says it has lined up $1B in capital | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1553986094945904 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466998727600586753 To the victor belong the spoils - Taliban upholds ancient Afghan traditions. And convinces the people that they are no different from their predecessors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/world/asia/afghanistan-land-ownership-taliban.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 20 time 2021-12-04 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466997298366345219 Who are the unvaccinated? The people who don't trust government and other institutions. And the people whose lives involve much greater risks than covid. There is no sense of working together for the common good. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/vaccine-hesitancy-covid.html https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552661575078356 #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 16 time 2021-12-04 05:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466993516479868933 Fifty years later, fulfilling the dreams of Strom Thurmond, unapologetically, in plain sight. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/trump-bannon-2024.html #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-12-04 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466991894362157057 How expectations about the future affect labor market behavior today. Is the Great Resignation just a sign of optimism? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/economy-biden-november-jobs-report.html #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-12-04 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466990262874370052 Nobody says GOP candidates need to talk more to urban residents. They don't care because they don't need them to win! But Democratic candidates have to disproportionately cater to rural voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/democrats-rural-america-midterms.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552650961746084 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-12-04 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466980760888307717 Time to take a stand between fact and fiction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/biden-media-coverage-worse-trump-favorable/ Between democracy and dictatorship. #PS1journalism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-12-04 04:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466979880235528194 What Manchin and Sanders are missing - nothing that they can do or prevent will be as bad as GOP control of Congress in 2022 and the White House in 2024. If GOP wins they don't intend to lose again. Is filibuster more important than that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/where-will-democratic-infighting-lead-historys-answer-is-clear/ #PS1biden == impress 17 time 2021-12-04 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466977660177772547 Blame the boomers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/why-are-labor-markets-so-sluggish-look-older-workers/ Why would an older person want to go back to work in order to be infected by careless young unvaccinated maskless Trumpists? #PS1inflation == impress 9 time 2021-12-04 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466976660750618624 But Dr Oz is a dedicated Trumpist! Of course, but how does that distinguish him from the other 11 GOP candidates? He's figuring he can buy the election? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/what-dr-ozs-senate-campaign-is-missing/ #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-12-04 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466973469745180673 Putin sets up a credible threat to invade Ukraine. Who knows if it's real or a bluff? He certainly thinks Biden is too weak politically to respond meaningfully. For that Putin can thank his social media disinformation purveyors. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-9ef2a191af25e2920a0a1c75ccbe4c13 #PS1ukraine == impress 42 time 2021-12-04 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466971146264322051 The Supreme Court appears about to fulfill the expectations of Leonard Leo, Trump, and McConnell, with regard to abortion. Can firearms restrictions be next? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/12/california-gun-law-headed-to-supreme-court/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552617625082751 #PS1firearms == impress 19 time 2021-12-04 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466968746933686281 Why are flash-mob robberies spreading like covid? Because nobody needs to obey laws they don't like - or even customs - just ask Trump. Americans value their freedoms and despise the associated responsibilities. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article256234457.html #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-12-04 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466967571584802822 Hazards of the homemade gun business. Apparently it's easy to get everything you need to make an assault weapon. The NRA likes it that way! https://apnews.com/article/arrests-georgia-robbery-db26ae0b94e58c806ccd9be0c2d68522 #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-12-04 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466946865862037506 Not idle threats - not idle punishment. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/guy-reffitt-targetting-pelosi-mcconnell-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-12-04 01:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466946128490819584 “medical condition that precludes his participation in tomorrow’s meeting.” phlebitis perhaps? https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/640499.html Clark gets a postponement. https://dev-lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_1583e0cd0f48430b195994c7f6b436a4 https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/03/jeffrey-clarks-deposition-postponed-until-dec-16/ #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-12-04 01:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466937306787377153 Manchin refuses to commit to anything, to GOP delight. GOP will be able to say either that Biden has passed an expensive bill or that he failed to deliver on his campaign promises. And they'll have Democrats joining them either way. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-congress-59c23f1893aafb21a24fc2d805c1dc87 #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-12-04 01:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466932349514379266 Unclear on the concept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/shutdown-looms-donna-edwards/ Unending drama and last-minute rescues are essentials of reality-TV. Voters keep electing reality-TV drama queens and kings. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552552991755881 #PS1politics == impress 10 time 2021-12-04 00:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466926821094555648 Bradley talked about the tax reform law he’d written and his plan to rid politics of corrosive corporate money - two issues in which most voters have no knowledge and no interest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/bill-bradley-reticent-politician-takes-stage-reminds-what-we-lose-by-choosing-celebrities/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552542478423599 #PS1politics == impress 8 time 2021-12-04 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466922794843717635 Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, and the rest are sure THEY are the embodiment of the Trump base; the sooner the weak sisters are removed, the better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/03/gops-vaccine-shutdown-gambit-what-it-says-about-whos-charge/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shes-gop-base-not-fringe-well-see-2022/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-kevin-mccarthy/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552537591757421 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-12-04 00:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 715 epoch Lifetime ID 1552669678410879 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/03/2021 21:12" title "Marjorie Taylor Greene lays out demands for GOP House speaker vote if Republicans retake majority in 2022" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552669678410879 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466910080905875457 Eastman joins Clark in pleading the fifth. But Congress can grant immunity to force testimony. But pleading the fifth confirms that there are big fish to catch on this expedition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/03/clark-eastman-fifth-amendment/ #PS1insurrection == impress 34 time 2021-12-03 23:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466908754788585472 How things went bad between Trump and intelligence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/how-presidents-look-cia-officers-who-brief-them/ #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-12-03 23:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466907810512338946 Ingraham and Cruz drop the fig leaves - if this court with six justices cannot do the right thing here, then Republicans should blow it up” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/supreme-court-conservatives-lied/ So much for the rule of law! It was really all about protecting minority rule all along. #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-12-03 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466905336296574977 How will the NRA oppose safe storage of firearms? They'll find a way - by reminding their legislators who funds their campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/safe-storage-gun-laws-ethan-crumbley-parents/2021/12/03/3f938ea0-5394-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html #PS1firearms == impress 14 time 2021-12-03 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466903651650134016 NSO Pegasus used on US diplomats. By whom? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/03/israel-nso-pegasus-hack-us-diplomats/ #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-12-03 22:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466902603468402688 Republicans have chosen to be on the side of the virus GOP figure the worse the virus over the next year, the better their chances in the 2022 election. Same as inflation - so they try to make both as bad as possible - by opposing Biden. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-government-spending-d763bcf66f6640dc36ceb42b6e6c314b #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466899308041490432 Beating the raps? All in a day's work! But Trump can be re-elected in 2024 even if broke and in jail. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-lawsuits-georgia-capitol-siege-db516ff2c9558fc67b2fe21f17c7708f Is it just a fishing expedition if the weight of the catch breaks the nets? More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552501415094372 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-12-03 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466895067260485635 Republican Senate primary could be nasty! So many PA inhabitants, so little time. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-senate-elections-mehmet-oz-congress-8ef5f11efa328d7774e6a1aff691cb98 Maybe they'll spend all their millions on the primary and the survivor won't have any left when he faces a competent and experienced actual PA resident Democrat. #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-12-03 22:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466890768157605888 That was the week than wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-kyle-rittenhouse-ghislaine-maxwell-sports-entertainment-7ffe13c23d14043f69beb77f88309809 #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 22:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466631937905213443 Most school districts have a long list of critical issues not being addressed. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/us/central-bucks-school-board-politics-pennsylvania.html Trumpists try to insure that they don't have time or energy or money to address any of them. #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466627331003326468 One reason there are so many cute animal videos on social media - many are there to lure people to disinformation sites like Falun Gong's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/technology/misinformation-cute-cats-online.html #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-12-03 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466626060968095751 OPEC planning a small increase in production. That should impede further price increases at the gas pump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/business/oil-opec-omicron-prices.html #PS1inflation == impress 22 time 2021-12-03 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466623562857414660 Who knew that we would look back to W as a moral leader? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/29/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-worst-humankind/ Who knew that his GOP successors would be such moral lepers? #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-12-03 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466619980280074241 Trying to define a get-rich-quick business model for Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/30/twitters-challenge-after-dorsey-misery-may-love-company-its-tough-monetize/ #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466617968410783750 Hertz customers still seem to be recovering from Hertz bankruptcy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/01/hertz-customer-kate-klonick-rental-car/ There are other rental car companies that didn't go bankrupt. #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466616832119373825 Trump's plans to become president for life. No more lost elections! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/how-trump-backed-secretary-state-candidates-would-change-elections-america/ #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466615626718273541 Mike Lindell is a complete success at disputing elections - his pillow sales on Fox are probably way up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/mike-lindell-is-bringing-an-imaginary-knife-gun-fight/ #PS1insurrection == engage 6 engage-rate 6% impress 93 replies 1 time 2021-12-03 03:49 +0000 urlclicks 5 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466614180388085771 Trump doesn't scare every Republican - just most of them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/young-trump-infrastructure/2021/12/02/c6863870-52dd-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-12-03 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466612955395477505 Democratic senators take another look at restructuring Supreme Court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-overhaul-supreme-court/2021/12/02/efee5458-5374-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html The justices have talked the senators into looking. Going beyond looking is not possible without ending filibuster. #PS1justice == impress 18 time 2021-12-03 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466611672349511680 More on the barely-averted government shutdown - expect more of the same, from the same attention-seeking clowns. There's no downside for the party out of power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-shutdown/2021/12/02/8bae48e8-53ad-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html The upside is that more Democrats are coming to terms with ending filibuster. #PS1politics == impress 24 time 2021-12-03 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466610104829022210 Wonder what he did? Wonder who's been paying for it, aside from Kochs? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/01/tim-phillips-americans-for-prosperity/ #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-12-03 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466605097123680258 249 people interviewed so far. But now something new! Clark’s lawyer now says he wants to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination We knew that was coming sooner or later. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-elections-capitol-siege-36b68bd9e0c701fea8e6b11f00292604 What crimes has he committed? #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-12-03 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466603458270695425 What's $175,000 compared to the exposure on Fox? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-michigan-detroit-election-2020-4fd2ba9b84e9d9a6bcddd51872ba3f97 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-12-03 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466602818555445252 Who voted to shut down the government tomorrow? 28 GOP senators 212 GOP representatives https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-congress-aa30e5922cb6650e9235b0a66813b2f4 They'll all try to get on Fox. These stupid showdowns serve no good public purpose, and are strictly for show and media exposure. #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 11% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-12-03 02:58 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466600137631809537 Water was the first really big political issue in California and probably will be the last. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/groundwater-management-drought-california-agriculture/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551930908484756 #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 retweets 1 time 2021-12-03 02:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466598194054270981 Ideas for fixing supply chain inflation. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/12/02/opinion-how-to-rescue-covid-christmas-from-the-supply-chain-grinch/ Some are easy to implement. #PS1inflation == impress 18 time 2021-12-03 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466597258766422016 Sacklers and oxycontin. American firearms manufacturers and Mexican cartels. There's really no difference. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-26/mexico-lawsuit-gunmakers-liability-violence But the NRA will defend the manufacturers - who fund the NRA. #PS1firearms == impress 31 time 2021-12-03 02:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466596492982972417 Get vaccinated! https://www.cartoonistgroup.com/cartoon/Jack+Ohman%27s+Editorial+Cartoons/2021-12-01/192048 Lose-lose for responsible governance. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-12-03 02:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466595715853918209 Another traditional conservative gives up - no future in Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-health-massachusetts-election-2020-76e8d40ead284b4907a85cc0a07c739e #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-12-03 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466594900284100610 Chinese disinformation on Facebook. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-health-business-california-07d1da2e760bdbf4cfca38fd1e58411e Numerous Chinese entities were involved - unlikely without government approval. #PS1china == impress 17 time 2021-12-03 02:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 964 epoch Lifetime ID 1552548805089633 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/03/2021 16:12" title "Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552548805089633 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466507165787561988 Wherever Republicans are in charge, they are fully committed to erecting one-party-rule systems https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/we-may-have-already-missed-our-last-best-chance-bolster-american-democracy/ That's just their Dixiecrat heritage. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551771975167316 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-12-02 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466498244372881408 Negligent parents should be criminally liable and civilly liable for damages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oxford-school-shooting-suspect-parents/2021/12/01/9bc30a2c-52e3-11ec-8ad5-b5c50c1fb4d9_story.html #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-12-02 20:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466497061570764802 Trump's hotel lost money but he still did pretty well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/02/trump-profit-hotel-sale/ #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-12-02 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466493183836098564 GOP in a nutshell - they’d rather the bills at your kitchen table be higher so the tax bills of [corporate and wealthy donors] can be lower https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/those-supply-chains-are-straightening-out-so-is-bidens-rhetoric/ Gradual improvement in supply chains is not likely to be noticed, though. #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-12-02 19:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466492256035082243 What hell is like - millions of fans and no friends https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/02/twitch-loltyler1-tyler-steinkamp/ Nobody sends you to hell, you run in trying to get past everybody else trying to get in. Your descendants will imagine that all their inherited wealth was somehow productively earned. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2021-12-02 19:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466466985999544327 What's so hard to understand about pro-guns and anti-abortion? Both are single-issue constituencies that will reliably vote GOP, disregarding all other issues, if they get their way on their single issue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/supreme-courts-pro-gun-pro-life-problem/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551709968506850 #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-12-02 17:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466463132574965768 Overturning Roe v Wade was Trump's public promise to his voters. Installing reactionary judges who would ALSO protect minority rule was his more important private promise to his donors. His judges know that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/supreme-court-faces-an-existential-crisis-legitimacy/ #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 26 time 2021-12-02 17:43 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466461761658261505 Trump's lasting contribution to America - you don't have to obey laws you don't like, especially if you are rich enough to afford good lawyers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/trump-tested-positive-covid-debate-melania-family/ #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-12-02 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466460938882543618 We are now learning the hard way what 40 years of unbridled consolidation and lax merger enforcement mean https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/29/ftc-supply-chain-inquiry/ Of course! Deregulation is a pillar of minority rule - a few big wealthy powerful players is better than a bunch of little ones! #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-12-02 17:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466459949744091141 GOP doesn't want legal immigration and doesn't want to support families. Who do they think is going to do the work? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/enhanced-child-tax-credit-is-smart-investment-senate-should-extend-it/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551697371841443 #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-12-02 17:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466456803500179456 Every redistricting map works to somebody's advantage and somebody else's disadvantage. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/02/creating-disharmony-or-suppressing-voters-battle-over-san-jose-redistricting-maps-escalates/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551690115175502 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-12-02 17:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466454674903502853 Still no slowdown in Silicon Valley. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/02/even-less-affordable-bay-area-home-prices-keep-soaring/ Pandemic aggravated housing wealth gap. https://mercurynews.com/2021/11/30/bubble-watch-pandemic-made-housings-rich-only-richer/ Location, location, location. #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-12-02 17:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466433000380510223 GOP has offers criticism but no solutions - https://washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/14/inflation-economy-biden-prices/ Suggestions: 1) Deregulate! Allow 12-year-olds to drive 18-wheelers for $15/hour. They can use guns, why not trucks? ... 6) Billionaire tax relief! More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551638471847333 #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2021-12-02 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466425892108845056 GOP senators would rather shut down the government in the face of omicron, Russia, China, Iran - than accept vaccination mandates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/02/government-funding-shutdown-vaccine/ But it plays well with the Trumpist base! #PS1politics == impress 42 time 2021-12-02 15:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466412369525952514 If you've got the bug, who cares about other people? Even if you don't have the bug, it's still All About ME. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-health-campaigns-0f7315791a3ead1919842c894bedb68f #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-12-02 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466407218375319554 Foreign powers take advantage of a divided American government and population that can't even pay its bills or protect itself from disease. https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-seoul-south-korea-lloyd-austin-43cd78f6ba607300e11c7e5bc0962a3c https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-iran-dubai-iran-nuclear-dd40e4a610c2f35aff25353bbcf3a91c https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-ukraine-moscow-aae934e3b73e428da957e9b1b6ddc4f1 #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-12-02 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466402910158290954 What are they planning to do with stolen military explosives? https://apnews.com/article/US-military-explosives-stolen-discovered-in-homes-9e72a922bfe34fa5d13e642bd12cdc35 #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-12-02 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466263213398392837 Who gets to decide how local governments implement state, national, or global priorities? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-housing-crisis-political-bonta-initiative/ State governments are not a federation of local governments! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551330225211491 #PS1capolitics == impress 13 time 2021-12-02 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466260915343400961 Vigilantes have a long tradition in the South - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(judge) And the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is now the Trumpist Dixiecrat Vigilante GOP. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2601953 The rule of law takes too long for cults of personality. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-12-02 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466259835381424132 Most chips in American products are made in Taiwan - which might be conquered by PRC at any time. That's a national security issue. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/01/opinion-facing-chip-shortage-u-s-must-train-semiconductor-workforce/ #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-12-02 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466258973196120069 Don't cheat if you're incompetent. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/us/ppp-funds-miami-lamborghini-trnd/index.html #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-12-02 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466258580101730305 Sierra Nevada means snowy mountain range. Maybe not much longer - and the entire arid West could endure major downsizing. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sierra-nevada-snowpack-could-largely-vanish-by-2040s-as-climate-warms-scie/ #PS1climate == impress 23 time 2021-12-02 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466257484192960515 A message from the loriginal Republican Party to the Dixiecrats owning it now - We can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/second-annual-message-9 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551320938545753 #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-12-02 04:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 784 epoch Lifetime ID 1551757231835457 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/02/2021 11:12" title "Second Annual Message | The American Presidency Project" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551757231835457 ========== Tweets for 2021-12-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466134970280202242 You're not supposed to lie in court. Judges can make it unprofitable. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/column-socking-trumps-enablers-where-130002354.html Lying in court is just another face of insurrection against our constitutional government. #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-12-01 19:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466126332635484163 The price of doing something, or even trying, is generating opposition. And if you don't, you'll get opposed for doing nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/biden-infrastructure-stimulus-bill.html The Reagan-Biden analogy - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/opinion/biden-reagan-approval.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551105318567315 #PS1politics == impress 19 time 2021-12-01 19:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466122822569259012 Waves of crime lead to waves of tough anti-crime candidates. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/crime-rates-campaign-political-election-2022/ But the example was set and is set by Trump - you don't have to obey laws you don't like. Especially if you can afford good lawyers. But it's put an end to defund the police. #PS1justice == impress 18 time 2021-12-01 19:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465945279434158083 Traditional Taliban policing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/30/taliban-killings-security/ The best that can be said is that IS would be worse. #PS1afghanistan == impress 22 time 2021-12-01 07:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465943922656432128 Don't like polarization? Don't vote GOP - it's an essential part of the their strategy for protecting minority rule. The decline in competitive districts leads to more polarization and less compromise https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/30/ahead-2022-gop-advantage-grows/ #PS1gop == impress 25 time 2021-12-01 07:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465941039429001218 Ukraine - who's bluffing? https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-moscow-cd558699728e9ae935eaadf940efeb18 #PS1ukraine == impress 31 time 2021-12-01 07:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465940173217153027 Much of their fortunes are held in offshore trusts that could be hard to access in U.S. lawsuits. How much more do you need to know? https://apnews.com/article/business-health-lawsuits-epidemics-opioids-e6049c4d70381c84bfd0d11d5534a6d0 #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-12-01 07:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465939079082614788 Space junk - the final barrier to the final frontier. https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-science-business-europe-russia-71c3b1cc374a5541a128cd149a90416f #PS1technology == impress 23 time 2021-12-01 07:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465937592990400515 A perfect Trumpist candidate for Pennsylvania - not even a resident, no political experience, as much a quack as a doctor, rich but a self-serving opportunist always on the make - and a dual citizen of Turkey! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-entertainment-pennsylvania-celebrity-senate-elections-0cb009784b4c8a6f2bb1c81a1aa9ce70 #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-12-01 06:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465935530554638339 Chipping away at the secrets https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-russia-elections-europe-campaigns-bece73eec2f720d55a7e9e074aebc181 Should Don Jr have been prosecuted? #PS1trump == impress 21 time 2021-12-01 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465933848781283335 Israelis now regret encouraging Trump. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-middle-east-iran-jerusalem-israel-02d0a0480a163f56af0852cf44cf137f It's a regret all Trump encouragers eventually feel. #PS1mideast == impress 20 time 2021-12-01 06:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 357 epoch Lifetime ID 1551307945213719 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/01/2021 19:12" title "EXPLAINER: Can world powers curb Iran in new nuclear talks? | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551307945213719 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465689261022142474 Afghanistan collapses as aid groups struggle to support the people without supporting the Taliban. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/afghanistan-humanitarian-disaster-aid/2021/11/27/5d2f859a-4ee4-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html Taliban are rural terrorists, not urban economists or engineers. Picture the Jan 6 insurrectionists trying to manage Silicon Valley. #PS1afghanistan == impress 17 time 2021-11-30 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465686376112816128 Sovereign citizens need to shut up in court. https://apnews.com/article/florida-united-states-capitol-siege-michael-jackson-14dde4d4b90f9c64b022d0b4ec77ce9b Though it's good for the rest of us to know who promises to ignore any and all laws. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-11-30 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465550401512488968 Want Trump on your Christmas cards? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/29/re-live-melania-trumps-white-house-christmas-at-trump-charity-fundraiser/ At least some of the money goes to unnamed charities. Other people's money, same as always. No audited financials, same as always. #PS1trump == impress 30 time 2021-11-30 05:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465514496328228866 Most of the developed world has realized that it needs immigrants to maintain standards of living because children are too expensive. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/world/asia/immigration-pandemic-labor-shortages.html Not Trumpists though! No on immigration and no on subsidizing children! #PS1immigration == impress 16 time 2021-11-30 02:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465513494778814464 Does the PRC have a new plan for internet governance? Or is it just Lu Heng? https://apnews.com/article/technology-africa-china-uganda-pornography-89cf353a0bf0ed1ba135a6c694b382b7 #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2021-11-30 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465511172015153154 unfavorable economic conditions next year a gold mine for GOP https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/29/florida-iowa-kansas-tennessee-unemployment-benefits-fired-covid-vaccine-requirements/ Of course! That's why the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is doing their utmost to support the virus and destroy the economy! If they succeed or if they fail, they blame Biden. Win-Win! #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-11-30 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465508496183422979 Having election deniers run elections is like having arsonists take over the fire department Of course! That's the whole idea! Loyal Trumpists will never lose another election! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-allies-election-oversight/2021/11/28/3933b3ce-4227-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1550008325343681 #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-11-30 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465488544856637448 Not really sorry - it polled well with the base, with donors, with Fox. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-religion-middle-east-lauren-boebert-72ccb363efd9ef64a5cd8da2f2eb7bd6 #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-11-30 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465488088394653698 Jeffrey Clark to follow Bannon. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-joe-biden-capitol-siege-mark-meadows-cc6df1ed62e65dbee680206527653553 Looks like Meadows is next. #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-11-30 01:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 315 epoch Lifetime ID 1550734038604443 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/30/2021 22:11" reach 7 title "EXPLAINER: Can world powers curb Iran in new nuclear talks? | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1550734038604443 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465317444612808708 Inflation seems to be a global problem. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-business-poland-f559465c6a822d12b2dd513f122d5a31 It can't all be Biden's fault! #PS1inflation == impress 19 time 2021-11-29 13:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465316249487884296 Need more disinformation? Learn Spanish! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-entertainment-health-lifestyle-334d779a4ec41aa0eef9ea80636f9595 The social media companies seem to be unable or unwilling to do much. Other languages are probably worse. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-11-29 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465184193344720896 Why regional federalism is becoming more appealing https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html voters want to hand over Congress to a party that largely treats the Jan. 6 insurrectionists as heroes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/opinion/american-democracy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549446195399894 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-11-29 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465173135569739781 Tired of Silicon Valley real estate prices? Austin is going the same way - making room by moving out poor people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/us/austin-texas-unaffordable-city.html There's still plenty of Texas where houses are cheap - urban amenities scarce - and politicians ridiculous. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465171096328495104 John Deere workers win better compensation and benefits, taking advantage of current economic conditions. https://www.arcamax.com/business/businessnews/s-2588950?fs #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-11-29 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465169656809877512 Manchin - and major political donors - don't like Federal family leave, but small business does. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-16/small-u-s-businesses-actually-want-federal-paid-family-leave #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-11-29 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465166121003192321 Will a four-day workweek become the new normal? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/dealbook/four-day-workweek.html Do organizations have the discipline to shorten or eliminate useless meetings? #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-11-29 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465163482295259139 They are still here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/native-american-heritage-month-were-still-here/ Proud to have survived against all the odds, and hoping for better futures. #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-11-29 03:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465144769751834627 Not everybody in Silicon Valley is hurting for a place to live! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/28/record-second-home-purchases-fueled-by-bay-area-wealth/ #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-11-29 02:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465143234582093827 Don't gloat over the deaths of ordinary people. Save your scorn for the politicians and media personalities who know better but disseminate lies for personal gain. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/style/anti-vaccine-deaths-social-media.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549382178739629 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 02:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465132314220908544 In the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP, there are lawmakers, strategist and donors who are very comfortable having no agenda whatsoever. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/opinion/republicans-trump.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549364762074704 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-11-29 01:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465124020328697859 Josephine Baker to the Pantheon. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-france-paris-race-and-ethnicity-europe-b1933ec947e872553166ce9ef418bad6 Did you know she spied against the Nazis? #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465119777471418372 Fauci tries to blast Cruz and Paul with facts. But they don't care - they are fact-proof and logic-proof. Cruz' only ambition in life is to replace Trump as Dixiecrat demagogue-in-chief. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-science-health-80ad119f24f6e7d2e1342429403fde70 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 430 epoch Lifetime ID 1550013922009788 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/29/2021 18:11" reach 4 title "Fauci fires back at Cruz over COVID claims about Chinese lab | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1550013922009788 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464866684611661830 Supply chain myths https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/supply-chain-myths/2021/11/24/f439dbec-4ca1-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html Caused by covid colliding with offshored manufacturing and just-in-time logistics, all of these factors are going to take years to unwind. Bad news for Biden and Democrats, though GOP has no better ideas. #PS1economics == engage 2 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 26 likes 1 time 2021-11-28 08:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464862231334567939 Sounds like Christie will run against Trump in the 2024 primaries if he can line up enough donors. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-jersey-campaigns-barack-obama-election-2020-da8c2189595f06eb8023166efa5dfb01 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548873785457135 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 likes 1 time 2021-11-28 07:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-11-28 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 93 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1549352338742613 impress 9 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/28/2021 17:11" reach 8 title "Chris Christie aims to shape future for GOP and for himself | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549352338742613 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464604161304006658 1619 was indeed a pivotal year in Virginia - and could be considered the starting point of southern American culture and politics, though not of northern American culture and politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/19/1619-project-book-history/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548387712172409 #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-11-27 14:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464599314567548933 A seasonal labor shortage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/santa-shortage-alternatives/2021/11/25/1f117c96-489f-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html Who wants to risk omicron for hours every day? #PS1economics == impress 30 time 2021-11-27 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464598553846710277 Biden makes little progress on immigration. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-2ff11057644a05256a032680e5ef9a11 Nobody else did. GOP wants to keep it a hot issue for elections, rather than solve it. Solving it would deprive donors of cheap exploitable illegal immigrant labor. Like Trump used. #PS1immigration == impress 18 time 2021-11-27 14:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464450404746285059 The conductivity of your bedrock has something to do with EMP survivability. https://spectrum.ieee.org/one-atmospheric-nuclear-explosion-could-take-out-the-power-grid Your ability to survive without any electronic devices is also important. #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 16 time 2021-11-27 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464445412920598530 covid might have come from bats after all! https://www.yahoo.com/now/scientists-uncover-coronavirus-related-sars-180400381.html #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-11-27 04:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464444014157959176 The end of real family farming. https://news.yahoo.com/once-were-gone-were-not-125900469.html It's just too hard for the return. Note that when GOP politicians speak of family farms they really mean incorporated agribusinesses - big enough to be major political donors. #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-11-27 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464442303922114560 Subminimum wage - a Florida GOP idea. https://news.yahoo.com/florida-lawmakers-consider-subminimum-wage-013500028.html “The goal here is to get people trained and then moved up to the minimum wage and beyond.” Good - otherwise it sounds like another plot to get $4.25/hour employees and then fire and replace them. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-11-27 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464440177154084868 Part of the supply chain crisis is Made in China. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-s-seven-week-port-quarantine-snarls-supply-chains-further-1.1686888 #PS1inflation == impress 13 time 2021-11-27 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464405713355042817 The sixties aren't over! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/travel/psychedelic-retreat-ayahuasca.html Not while there's big money to be made. #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 25 time 2021-11-27 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464404076238557189 Trumpism in action - turning contacts from public service into profit later. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/us/politics/kushner-investment-middle-east.html Why would anybody get involved in government for nothing in return? Draining the swamp just meant getting rid pf Democrats in government who got in the way. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-11-27 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464402345014423558 A Madisonian view of contemporary politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/opinion/democrats-aoc-build-back-better.html Madison had no concept of long-term NATIONAL faction in the internet age; it wasn't conceivable in his day - before even the telegraph. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548013658876481 #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-11-27 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464397359601750016 If natural beauty, low humidity, politics, and being in the center of technology weren't important to you, maybe you'd prefer Texas. It has its points. But the more outsiders move there, the more outside it will get. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/opinion/move-to-texas.html #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-11-27 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464389792691470341 It's an old story - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit Underfunded defined-benefit pensions - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/26/borenstein-calpers-gambles-with-taxpayers-money-once-again/ Bad timing for that decision! The market was down 2-3% today. #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-11-27 00:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464383790134878212 Trumpism in action - The Senate has become a less efficient version of the House, where members vote along party lines rather than conscience https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/26/voting-rights-democratic-senators-need-face-reality/ It's all about the millions - not the millions of voters but the millions of dollars. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-11-27 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 529 epoch Lifetime ID 1548112385533275 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/26/2021 20:11" reach 5 title "Opinion | On voting rights, Democratic senators need to face reality" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548112385533275 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464381387239157764 predatory political fringe threatens to metabolize the demoralized middle Sound familiar? To see what happens , just go south. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/latin-america-braces-booster-shot-toxic-political-polarization/ How long until a dictator in every country again? These democracies had been making such good progress . #PS1foreign == impress 9 time 2021-11-26 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464379443057606658 Make your iphone more private. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/26/ios-privacy-settings/ #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-11-26 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464378482671042564 Is Putin up to something in Ukraine or not? https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-kyiv-1c220a99b851ba48be6eb8a69fe84158 #PS1ukraine == impress 32 time 2021-11-26 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464376569552523267 It's hard to think of another composer so inventive in musical theatre. The work particularly relevant to Political Scrapbook, of course, is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins_(musical) It's the end of an era! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-theater-frank-sinatra-a4ef685dd49259648991ebfbcef8bbbd More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547942158883631 #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-11-26 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464368010387279872 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-ghislaine-maxwell-business-health-social-media-7693d04d8439d626f0e8955bb10877f1 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-11-26 22:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464365574369075207 Yesterday, covid virus seemed so far away... https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/south-africa-detects-new-covid-19-variant-small-numbers-2021-11-25/ Now it looks as though it's here to stay https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-travel-europe-116ef818ac4a8e7bc23bb28d6511ecad https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-asia-stock-markets-7aa5c5acef16621e72d33212e77924f2 https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-new-variant-southern-africa-33fa0983af6c9f961a186f4f4bb1147d Omicron is not the end of the Greek alphabet! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547926138885233 #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-11-26 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464127615610941443 A large segment of Americans is not particularly interested in the future Trump sets the example - why worry about precedents set in the past or precedents set for the future? Après moi, le déluge! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/25/fertility-rates-keep-falling-there-are-no-easy-solutions-fix-it/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547447262266454 #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-11-26 07:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464123346681876485 China undertakes active measures to exclude foreign competitors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-business-foreign-companies/2021/11/25/f0ff625a-4056-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html #PS1china == impress 18 time 2021-11-26 06:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464122470261145600 Context is important to understanding the whole story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/22/most-pernicious-anti-vaccine-talking-point/ If you don't want people to understand the whole story, omit the context. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-11-26 06:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464120983938207746 The horror! Bennett is lying and it is disgusting that he’d attempt to raise money off these falsehoods https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-national-committee-dismisses-call-for-ronna-mcdaniel-to-resign-as-chairwoman-over-outreach-to-lgbtq-voters/2021/11/23/a4ef6f4e-4c96-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html A Republican attempting to raise money off falsehoods? Where would he ever get such an idea? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547437308934116 #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-11-26 06:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464118064060850180 China contests with US and Australia for control of western Pacific. https://apnews.com/article/china-new-zealand-environment-pacific-ocean-marshall-islands-ec40aeea0cd5da4a17d6f3012e5874ff https://apnews.com/article/china-new-zealand-environment-pacific-ocean-marshall-islands-ec40aeea0cd5da4a17d6f3012e5874ff #PS1china == impress 18 time 2021-11-26 06:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 332 epoch Lifetime ID 1547634755581038 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/26/2021 05:11" reach 9 title "Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547634755581038 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464002476588212227 New variants keep cropping up among the unvaccinated. Which one will win the jackpot? https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/south-africa-detects-new-covid-19-variant-small-numbers-2021-11-25/ #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-11-25 22:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464001578205999120 What bipartisan support for voting rights? Voting rights are a direct attack on minority rule! Bipartisanship is just a handy excuse for inaction, like saying filibuster promotes compromise, despite all historical evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sinema-filibuster-voting-rights/2021/11/19/6be2b338-4966-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 22:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463996307010297856 Another way for GOP to undermine Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/with-hundreds-nominees-confirm-senate-doesnt-deserve-thanksgiving-break/ Rules designed for a Senate with 30 members aren't working now. #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 15% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 22:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463993353997979650 The science of gerrymandering. Consultants get big bucks for this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/23/gerrymandering-redistricting-competitive-house-districts/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547120588965788 #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-11-25 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463990607806812161 What's happening to the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan? Exactly what happened to the Americans in western Afghanistan - winning the battles and losing the war. And they have the same kinds of overly-optimistic spokesmen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/22/taliban-isis-afghanistan/ #PS1afghanistan == impress 27 time 2021-11-25 21:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463988742033588250 The FBI dropped the ball. An ill-timed software transition might have been butter on their fingers. But software transitions are always ill-timed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-jan6-committee-law-enforcement/2021/11/23/6e14af3a-4ba0-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463981972481474560 It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party now. They'll purge the last traditional conservatives from the GOP in no time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/wyoming-republicans-disavow-liz-cheney/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547212055623308 #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-11-25 21:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463980547877707776 Persuadable voters are persuaded more by simple theories than complicated facts. So most politicians pander to them. That much is bipartisan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/25/inflation-cause-democrats-amplify-nonsense-corporate-greed/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547209872290193 #PS1inflation == impress 14 time 2021-11-25 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463970071957565440 When Norman Rockwell grew up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/24/why-norman-rockwell-left-thanksgiving-americana-behind/ #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 12 time 2021-11-25 20:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463934557925740547 Now hoarding and warehouses full of inventory seems smarter than just-in-time logistics. https://bnnbloomberg.ca/people-are-hoarding-food-shortages-are-the-next-supply-chain-crunch-1.1668387 More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1530403440637503 #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 20 time 2021-11-25 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463929280925093889 Better to do redistricting completely differently - automatically drawn districts, with ranked-choice voting and multimember districts. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-michigan-detroit-legislature-voting-rights-17e13485181cead5b1c1da5759fcd35b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547120588965788 #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 23 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 17:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463926371546107904 Trumpism at its finest - performing for Fox instead of the nation. The Congressional Gold Medal - Churchill, the Dalai Lama, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa... and Kyle Rittenhouse? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-rittenhouse-congressional-gold-medal/2021/11/24/c09980d2-4d49-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547114978966349 #PS1trumpism == impress 32 time 2021-11-25 17:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463918112588242949 The democratization of advanced weaponry eliminates any remaining distinction between organized crime and terrorism. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ https://apnews.com/article/africa-somalia-mogadishu-al-qaida-al-shabab-91ae010f4484ed24dd67e301b716f944 https://apnews.com/article/business-mexico-army-gangs-f63d6aac1d8057c8024ae7688c465696 Parts of Mexico are as failed state as Somalia. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 17:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463892558417838085 Is Russia behind Havana Syndrome? Technically they seem most likely suspects, but there's no proof. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/cia-havana-syndrome-russians-warning/2021/11/24/6d5a6e26-4d40-11ec-94ad-bd85017d58dc_story.html #PS1russian == impress 21 time 2021-11-25 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463749258100625413 The way to beat inflation is to have a severe recession. It worked for Reagan 40 years ago! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-business-richard-nixon-ae06d5cccf066239f9aa7f06491c7698 But usually a recession is blamed on the president, worse than inflation. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-11-25 05:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463747517938495491 BBB needs 50 Democratic votes to pass the Senate. It only needs one Democratic vote to kill it and the Biden agenda for good. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-business-health-3fc94b563232ae0e64ca9ff6dcb3c4cf #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 32 time 2021-11-25 05:52 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463743771548422147 Rittenhouse needs professional career management to make the most of fleeting fame. As a public figure now, endorsed by Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, he has no more privacy. https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-donald-trump-entertainment-tucker-carlson-mar-a-lago-a852da724d4e06438da0cef6d02fc8f3 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1546776122333568 #PS1firearms == impress 33 time 2021-11-25 05:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463741104759607301 Doing something about unruly passengers? They're just asserting their freedoms to make other people sick and uncomfortable! https://apnews.com/article/business-merrick-garland-c3b947f81b4281266f9f97eb279db3ba #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-11-25 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463737056027308036 Sounds like much of the alt-right doesn't understand about Rapid City and the British Virgin Islands. That's the difference between the foot soldiers and the nobility they protect. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-charlottesville-4a50a14dff0f862b3b09da09054a690d #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-11-25 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463719260501381122 Steve Scalise in 2017 and 2021 - what a difference four years make. https://msn.com/en-us/news/politics/martin-schram-a-must-see-video-for-house-gop-leaders/ar-AAQTqpM More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1546719442339236 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-11-25 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463713906606559239 More trouble ahead. The west coast longshoremen contract expires in 2022. The east coast contract expires in 2024. Right now, labor is in command. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-18/biden-had-better-get-the-ports-back-to-work Inflation by increased labor costs or inflation by decreased supply due to strikes? #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463711876689195011 Eternal vigilance is the price of minority rule! https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jack-ohman/article256046982.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-11-25 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463710029601669123 Will civil litigation slow down hacker enablers? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-software-apple-inc-spyware-578116c8bccca0b79d1d476e0b157b12 #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-11-25 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463709654547009537 Photo op for Biden. https://apnews.com/article/biden-oil-strategic-reserve-gas-prices-a7e0802b299cd627c7ffdeeb0e50bd2c Saudi Arabia and Russia are willing to cut production to maintain prices. GOP's predictable response was to deregulate oil production, though with no immediate impact on gas prices but long term impact on climate. #PS1biden == impress 98 time 2021-11-25 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463708425016143877 There wouldn't be legal pot in California without a local option. Some people want to repeal the local option. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/california-weed/article255936207.html Sure it's confusing - like local option liquor laws in Texas - but it's part of the whole deal. #PS1capolitics == impress 15 time 2021-11-25 03:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 85 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-25 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-11-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 848 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1547054302305750 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/25/2021 07:11" reach 10 title "As California prepares to raise marijuana tax, a cannabis entrepreneur calls for tax revolt" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547054302305750 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463524888346435584 How should California repay Federal funds borrowed to finance pandemic unemployment compensation? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-budget-surplus-spending-newsom/ #PS1capolitics == impress 15 time 2021-11-24 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463523307991433217 Forty years ago it was don't Californicate Oregon! and don't Oregonize Idaho! Now it's don't be California East. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/23/mathews-nation-keeps-californians-in-its-thoughts-this-thanksgiving/ How about flags that say Don't Trump on Me! #PS1capolitics == impress 18 time 2021-11-24 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463411419752271873 Will Oath Keepers and Proud Boys comply with subpoenas? https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-capitol-siege-election-2020-subpoenas-26b7a6d0fb7356bbf8089b5ce0c64df5 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-11-24 07:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463410673916907523 NoMeToo in China! https://apnews.com/article/sports-china-media-crime-social-media-75efe52e2caae9d5bee9c73e7e16b073 China's Communist Party must feel very insecure. #PS1china == impress 14 time 2021-11-24 07:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463409563449790467 White supremacists get to pay for the publicity from their day in court. https://apnews.com/article/violence-lawsuits-race-and-ethnicity-charlottesville-01d9437ec28ed71b4bae293d7e0d815d #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-11-24 07:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 73 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-11-24 ratio 2 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Tweets for 2021-11-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 121 audclicks 4 commentsimpress 1 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1546729382338242 impress 12 likeimpress 1 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/24/2021 20:11" reach 12 title "Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1546729382338242 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463130432191352836 Increasing political production. 50 million barrels is about five days of American production, less than one day of global production. It won't make much difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_production But politicians need to APPEAR to do something. https://apnews.com/article/biden-oil-strategic-reserve-gas-prices-a7e0802b299cd627c7ffdeeb0e50bd2c #PS1inflation == impress 11 time 2021-11-23 13:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463024271958044673 Maybe space junk accounts for the Fermi paradox! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/space-junk-satellite-tests/2021/11/19/d074acdc-487d-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html The weaponization of low earth orbit could also account for the seeming lack of advanced technology in the universe. #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-11-23 05:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463021430212202502 GOP has no clue about the kind of inflation we have now, nor qualms about tax cuts for the rich. That won't stop them from campaigning against Democrats for inflation and tax cuts for the rich. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/21/dismissing-inflation-while-cutting-taxes-wealthy-is-not-winning-strategy-democrats/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1545465589131288 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-11-23 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463012186599485440 Why we need immigration - too many people don't want or can't afford to have children - like most prosperous democracies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/21/americans-childless-pew-us-population/ GOP likes to complain about immigration but opposes Biden's efforts to make children less financially burdensome. #PS1immigration == impress 10 time 2021-11-23 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463010642663600128 Another poster boy for the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/22/our-foghorn-leghorn-republican-senator-little-resembles-his-former-democratic-self-louisiana-we-know-type/ Being an enthusiastic Trumpist is worse than getting a tattoo - it's a moral stain that can never be removed. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-11-23 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463008204904796165 By endorsing violence, parties are effectively saying that democracy doesn’t work https://newamerica.org/political-reform/statements/statement-in-support-of-the-freedom-to-vote-act/ https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/22/fox-news-contributors-quit-over-tucker-carlson-larger-truth/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/22/republicans-are-fomenting-violent-extremism-are-also-hostage-extremists/ #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-11-23 04:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463004952528240640 Biden administration continues a Trump mistake, reducing skilled labor. Immigrants are anti-inflationary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/22/legal-immigrant-workers-paperwork-renewal-backlog/ #PS1immigration == impress 10 time 2021-11-23 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463003755603922951 Frivolous lawsuits cost real money. Ethical attorneys don't file them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/they-need-to-take-responsibility-federal-judge-orders-hefty-fees-assessed-against-two-lawyers-who-filed-suit-challenging-2020-election/2021/11/22/b7ff5392-4be7-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html They shouldn't expect any help from Trump since they weren't successful. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-11-23 04:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463001869966401549 Methane fee? A good way to find out who depends on oil and gas campaign donations. https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-oil-and-gas-industry-joe-manchin-congress-96e33656808adf3cdc42acc942dc0f9c #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-11-23 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463000931973230597 A real Trumpist would have just hit back twice as hard! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-pennsylvania-senate-elections-sean-parnell-ada4ac14011ea3dab30ac563589c0a7c A real Trump endorsement evidently doesn't make a real Trumpist. #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-11-23 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462999634465361924 Alex Jones and Roger Stone - they likely know more than they'll admit. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-roger-stone-capitol-siege-subpoenas-alex-jones-eed9f4013bef0100117c4ec004d6828e #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-11-23 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462982059538874376 Traditional conservatives have no place in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP - and that means no place at Fox, either. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/business/jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-quit-fox-tucker-carlson.html If you can't worship at cult of personality, you're on your own! #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-11-23 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462979855578927106 What kind of inflation do you prefer? From product shortages due to lack of transport - or From rising transport costs? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/trucker-shortage-supply-chain.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1545407039137143 #PS1inflation == impress 10 time 2021-11-23 03:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 440 epoch Lifetime ID 1546152145729299 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/23/2021 23:11" reach 3 title "The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1546152145729299 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462805814767357961 What's a Trump property worth? Depends on who's asking! We expect him to lie and cheat - that's his divine imperial privilege - but his appraisers, accountants, and attorneys need to defend their professionalism in court, if they can. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-organization-investigation-property-values-vance-james/2021/11/19/78c15850-4706-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-11-22 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462665966693740546 Traditional conservatives still in GOP need to accept reality - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is a cult of personality. The violent lunatic fringe has Trump's Complete and Total Endorsement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-boebert-gosar-gaetz/2021/11/20/c77dc78a-47dd-11ec-973c-be864f938c72_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544805275863986 #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2021-11-22 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462657504232423425 Who really represents American business? https://apnews.com/article/prescription-drugs-cost-biden-bill-medicare-38de189cafbe588dbfcacdce4a46aee9 Seems to depend on how much money you get from big pharma. #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-11-22 05:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 120 epoch Lifetime ID 1545333982477782 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/22/2021 15:11" reach 7 title "Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle | AP News" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1545333982477782 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462561644492427266 Biden’s approval ratings are better than Donald Trump’s at the same time of his presidency https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-approval-democrats-484bd04fb1c8d921977db224c392c7f5 A lot can happen, good and bad. Democrats should be worrying about 2022, much closer at hand. #PS1biden == engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 43 time 2021-11-21 23:20 +0000 userclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462558965020061696 DeSantis believes in science - political science! How to get Trump's voters and donors to support his presidential ambitions. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccines-natural-immunity-285ae319be9c3ea42dd7bb8400ea4888 But even if you've gotten covid, you can still be re-infected and infect others. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544628589214988 #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-11-21 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462556271668723714 Who are the new Texans? https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/newest-texans-who-are-they/ And Arkansas is already recruiting Austin folks tired of rising real estate prices, and Illinois is recruiting those alarmed by the politics of Greg Abbott and his pals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544625345881979 #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-11-21 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462533275205844992 Fentanyl - the best argument yet for staying off illegal drugs. You don't know what's in them. Neither does the seller. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/nyregion/fentanyl-opioid-deaths.html #PS1health == impress 12 time 2021-11-21 21:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462531535362424835 An essential pillar of minority rule - diverting the masses with unimportant issues so they don't pay attention to what's important. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Calling names while the school burns down - https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article255937242.html with too much media enabling. #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-11-21 21:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462529894512947200 Is it possible to get public employee pension funding on a sound financial basis? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/20/borenstein-biden-like-obama-aims-to-weaken-california-pension-reform/ #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-11-21 21:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462527512622157826 Forget oil and Arabs. The future is cobalt and Congo and China. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/china-congo-cobalt.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/world/us-china-energy.html Everybody's getting into the act https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/hunter-biden-china-cobalt.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/china-congo-cobalt-explained.html #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-11-21 21:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462523792568119297 DeSantis and Abbott are running for president, not trying to solve supply chain problems. That's the last thing on their minds! How could they blame Biden if they solved his problems for him? https://www.ocregister.com/2021/11/16/letter-to-govs-abbott-and-desantis-your-barbs-wont-cure-shipping-backlogs/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544575362553644 #PS1inflation == impress 12 time 2021-11-21 20:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462517988309880834 Veterans and active-duty military are highly susceptible to scams. https://www.aarp.org/home-family/voices/veterans/info-2021/scams-report.html #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-11-21 20:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462503401812418560 White supremacist guards beating black inmates? Why would that be a problem in DeSantis' Florida? Best. State. Ever. https://apnews.com/article/prisons-florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-60b96681445509d89e6c0497405497d6 #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-11-21 19:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 351 epoch Lifetime ID 1544640905880423 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/21/2021 15:11" reach 3 title "White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544640905880423 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462052855884386305 Putin's real motives and tactical goals are unknown, except he wants to restore the Russian/Soviet empire - with Putin in charge. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-europe-russia-ukraine-3a9ce8d3fc7662ee9c37e28e0e3a82c6 #PS1ukraine == impress 23 time 2021-11-20 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461943413184417792 Saudi, and for a while Russian, oil production cuts led to rising gasoline prices all over the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/business/energy-environment/opec-plus-oil-prices.htmlHow Covid didn't help. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-18/skelton-rising-gas-prices-covid-19-pandemic #PS1inflation == impress 17 time 2021-11-20 06:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461941625899257862 The browser was going to be the universal operating system. Then smartphones happened. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/18/larry-magid-smartphones-are-often-cluttered-with-too-many-apps/ Instead of going to a website, you download an app. #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-11-20 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461936312466882562 Putin's plans to restore the Soviet Union as a world power. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/russia-putin-belarus-ukraine.html #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-11-20 05:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461933717102813190 Nothing in history is guaranteed. Small changes can have enormous unforeseen consequences. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/books/review/hitlers-american-gamble-brendan-simms-charlie-laderman.html #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-11-20 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461932403937533956 Putin is up to something, again, in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/russia-ukraine-biden-administration.html A cold winter and Europe dependent on Russian gas - Putin thinks will paralyze NATO response. #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-11-20 05:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461931257583976453 Of course the Dixiecrat GOP endorses terrorism. It's an old Southern tradition! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(judge) Why wait for the slow wheels of the legal system? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/opinion/kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-vigilantes.html #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-11-20 05:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461930258479804419 That was the speech that wasn't - true. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speech-fact-check.html The only truth Trumpists care about is the truth about how they FEEL. Who cares about objective reality? #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-11-20 05:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461928968018300935 these moments are rare when you can seize on something and make real change https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/democrats-economic-bill.html #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-11-20 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461854200871014407 Any leader that gets significant change enacted can expect to be punished in the next election by the people that didn't like the change. But history remembers the leaders that effected positive change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/biden-infrastructure-stimulus-bill.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543244716020042 #PS1politics == impress 14 time 2021-11-20 00:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461851257899929600 The real villains here are the enablers who know better but say nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/opinion/trump-gop-misogyny.html You expect Trumpish behavior from his admirers, but the whole GOP? Yes - anybody who isn't willing to pretend to be a Trump admirer will soon be expelled. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-11-20 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461850070580482051 Guns provoke crimes! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/kyle-rittenhouse-guns.html #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-11-20 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 384 epoch Lifetime ID 1544173639260483 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/20/2021 22:11" reach 9 title "Opinion | The Truth About Kyle Rittenhouse’s Gun" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544173639260483 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461844529850425344 The goal of preserving minority rule gets a new jolt of energy from young people. Not even close to a majority, but violent enough to cause trouble. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/scary-future-american-right-national-conservatism-conference/620746/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543229876021526 #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-11-19 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461838089215627266 Traditional conservative George Will identifies Josh Hawley as a progressive, sort of a Theodore Roosevelt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/19/progressives-have-republican-soulmate-senate-his-name-is-josh-hawley/ It's meant as an insult, but Hawley's main ideology is self-serving opportunism. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543218982689282 #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-11-19 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461835704552472577 GOP will say anything whether true or not. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/19/build-back-better-passes-dumb-gop-attack/ Having a SALT tax cap was a bad idea. Raising it was a bad idea. But for GOP to claim to be for middle-income taxpayers is a very bad joke. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543213316023182 #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-11-19 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461832894595276805 The real turning point was the election of Barack Obama in 2008 Nixon's Southern Strategy in action - if you can't win elections, you have to quit having elections that you could lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/19/roots-of-republican-war-on-democracy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543208069357040 #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-11-19 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461828427518906372 An organized effort to hack election networks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/attempted-breach-ohio-election/2021/11/19/12417a4c-488c-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html The FBI is on it. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-11-19 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461826844114636801 Russian interference is as big a winner for United Russia Party as for GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/maria-butina-russia-duma.html #PS1russian == impress 9 time 2021-11-19 22:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461825418818818048 Wisconsin GOP willing to take any steps necessary to insure they never lose another election. They might as well just announce the results and not bother with an election. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/wisconsin-republicans-decertify-election.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-11-19 22:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461819579659788289 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-business-health-ap-fact-check-baa0c6b226654d0ce2e78e80f85f12cb #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-11-19 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461712075340668941 It was a straight party line vote, except for Democrat Jared Golden of Maine, who didn't like raising the SALT cap. McCarthy's rant might have fortified some wobbly Democrats to vote for the bill. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-health-lifestyle-bff841da156cb12cd47a564f9e0267eb More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542979322713248 #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-11-19 15:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461705796211773441 “If you took the worst orator in the world Gave him the worst speech in the world And made him read it for the longest time in the world https://apnews.com/article/immigration-donald-trump-joe-biden-kevin-mccarthy-congress-4e62762dee96af071d139ac9d4624b01 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-mccarthy-reconciliation/2021/11/19/3a07263c-48e9-11ec-b05d-3cb9d96eb495_story.html More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542917046052809 #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-11-19 14:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461703495086600193 Why is covid worse in US and Europe than in Africa or Afghanistan? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-united-nations-fcf28a83c9352a67e50aa2172eb01a2f #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-11-19 14:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461687735744286723 Republicans said the latest legislation would give tax breaks to some wealthy taxpayers https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-health-lifestyle-bff841da156cb12cd47a564f9e0267eb Translation is required here - some wealthy taxpayers means major Democratic donors. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542917046052809 #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-11-19 13:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461566394638614530 McCarthy punished Democrats by ranting for hours tonight. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/18/house-reconciliation-budget-biden/ IRS would add thousands of officials to audit Americans. Translation - coming from a GOP leader, Americans means major GOP donors - some of whom probably aren't even Americans. #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-11-19 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461550424545054722 Lots of truck drivers quit over lousy pay and working conditions. The ones that are left are trying to organize. It's not easy. Nobody is on their side. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/supply-chain-trucks-south-carolina-ports.html But almost every imported item you buy was in a container on a truck. #PS1recovery == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-11-19 04:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461545781035368453 A reactionary judiciary reacts - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/abortion-covid19-supreme-court.html Leo's and McConnell's dreams realized. #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-11-19 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461543758449700865 What's in BBB and how much it costs and when it expires https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/18/upshot/whats-in-democrats-reconciliation-bill.html The House was going to vote Thursday night but it's only got a couple hours until Friday morning. The almost-total lunar eclipse is in five hours - something to watch when they get bored. #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 147 time 2021-11-19 03:56 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461541913199190016 Ohio shows how it's done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ohio-redistricting-gerrymander/2021/11/18/b0dc3bfe-37ef-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html Democrats are fools to unilaterally disarm in states that have adopted fair redistricting for Federal elections. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-11-19 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461529266856681476 How will independent commission redistricting work out in California? There could be as many as 10 competitive Congressional districts in 2022. That's a lot more than Texas or Ohio. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/18/barabak-deep-blue-california-has-become-a-congressional-battleground/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542643042746876 #PS1democracy == impress 35 time 2021-11-19 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461527541672341507 California might issue tax rebate checks. https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/11/california-stimulus-checks/ Or might not. It's a complicated law. And as always, harder times ahead will arrive sooner or later. #PS1capolitics == impress 18 time 2021-11-19 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461509759547285511 What can you learn from DNS logs? What can you learn about FBI investigation methods by looking at DNS logs they searched? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/alfa-bank-trump-russia-sussman/2021/11/18/b10e498c-4726-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html There are Russians who'd like to know. #PS1russian == impress 10 time 2021-11-19 01:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461508294774702081 led to confusion and inefficiency https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/17/blm-gao-report-headquarters/ That was the whole point! Get rid of the pros and replace them with Trumpist loyal amateurs who would do the bidding of the GOP donors. Competence never substitutes for loyalty in Trumpism. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-11-19 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461507324158246912 Liz Cheney MIGHT be re-elected as an independent, but most likely she would just cement a Trumpist victory. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html Likewise for other remaining traditional GOP conservatives . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/liz-cheney-should-consider-alternatives-gop/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542604922750688 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2021-11-19 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461499103846621186 CBO estimate is close enough to even, considering its inherent uncertainties. Will that be enough to pass BBB in the House tonight? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/why-dems-shouldnt-listen-to-the-cbo/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-11-19 00:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461493938481631234 Congress investigates DeSantis' role in suppressing academic freedom - to unwholesome a precedent to go unchallenged. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/desantis-university-florida-congressional-democrats/ It would be surprising if the university and DeSantis comply. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-11-19 00:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461492780841066497 The Steele dossier was a dead end. But it didn't affect anybody's conclusions - https://www.lawfareblog.com/collusion-reading-diary-what-did-senate-intelligence-committee-find https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/even-if-steele-dossier-is-discredited-theres-plenty-evidence-trumps-collusion-with-russia/ Russian interference, and Trumpist collaboration, were real and intentional and might well continue in a second Trump administration. #PS1russian == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2021-11-19 00:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461490432949374977 They speak in code now - but not much longer. What current Trumpist legislator has emphatically disavowed support from Nazis and white supremacists? They need their votes! And their donors don't mind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/18/charlottesville-jury-slang-white-supremacists/ #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-11-19 00:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461489751798681600 Redistricting could be rational - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Soon a majority of states won't need to have elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/republicans-making-elections-irrelevant/ States with fair redistricting laws should suspend them for Federal elections until all states have such laws. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-11-19 00:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461487852324147204 Preston Brooks lives! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks as Trump and McCarthy endorse political violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gosar-house-censure-republicans/2021/11/18/cb6c1396-4888-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html Nobody is surprised. #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-11-19 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1051 epoch Lifetime ID 1543393182671862 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/19/2021 20:11" reach 6 title "Trump endorses Gosar as Republicans rally around the lawmaker who posted an altered anime video with himself killing a colleague" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543393182671862 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461484021796376578 Iranian hackers have been busy - trying to corrupt the election https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-elections-campaigns-presidential-elections-45741b886657016d25ab844664da40ba trying to slip into numerous organizations' internal networks with aggressive social engineering https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509689/Alert-over-spate-of-Iran-linked-BitLocker-attacks #PS1ransomware == impress 21 time 2021-11-18 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461339001701343237 People don't know much about economics, and politicians and media aren't quick to educate them! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/gas-prices-economy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542269916117522 #PS1inflation == impress 25 time 2021-11-18 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461338536884404230 Traditional demand-side inflation might be addressed by traditional means - higher taxes and higher interest rates - https://nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/biden-inflation-spending-manchin.html GOP doesn't want to fix inflation - it improves their prospects in 2022. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542269916117522 #PS1inflation == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 time 2021-11-18 14:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461209857705472002 You've probably forgotten about the Balkans. Expect to be reminded! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion/bosnia-dodik-dayton-accords.html Almost everybody has an interest in stirring up trouble there. #PS1foreign == impress 31 time 2021-11-18 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461199036623437825 Elon Musk has the salesman morals and showmanship of Trump but he's smarter. That makes him more dangerous. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/16/elon-musk-stock-tesla-taxes-twitter/ #PS1other == impress 25 time 2021-11-18 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461196179127951361 GOP doesn't want IRS to go after its donors. But that's where the evaded tax revenue is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/cbo-build-back-better-irs-revenue-too-low/ #PS1tax == impress 20 time 2021-11-18 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461195127293022209 Gosar has always been an idiot and might not know any better. McCarthy knows better but does the wrong thing anyway out of loyalty to Trump and his own political future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/paul-gosar-censure-kevin-mccarthy-killing-democracy/ #PS1insurrection == impress 32 time 2021-11-18 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461190893701001221 Sometimes the National Guard reports to the governor and sometimes to the President. GOP governors can't resist the temptation to interfere in military readiness for political advantage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/11/17/vaccine-mandate-oklahoma-national-guard/ #PS1gop == impress 27 time 2021-11-18 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461172027977461761 Defunding the police is a dead issue. No city is doing it now. https://apnews.com/article/business-police-oregon-george-floyd-race-and-ethnicity-7f6bc5b96ebb4dfb69eb910a2e9e9e56 But that won't keep the GOP from campaigning against it. #PS1justice == impress 23 time 2021-11-18 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461170648974184451 How to make a living peddling racism. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-entertainment-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-5b57b4178fec39f30f3caad77b93c087 You just call it patriotism. And stay unswervingly loyal to Trump, to tap into the money river from his base. #PS1trumpism == impress 26 time 2021-11-18 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461153002996203521 Court-ordered oil and gas lease auction goes forward - as if there were no climate crisis. https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-science-business-environment-and-nature-cc0deca6a28aab21cd4e0aa35ea7b6af #PS1climate == impress 21 time 2021-11-18 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461151953673601027 Preston Brooks would be so proud - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks When legislators espouse violence against each other, GOP legislators look the other way. Except only two, apt to be expelled from GOP soon. https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-marjorie-taylor-greene-censures-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-854fd412b7a1049c8fb9a83fe2c56b8f More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1541940716150442 #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-11-18 01:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461149015253274627 Hearing aids or drugs to fight dementia? https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/17/opinion-to-stem-dementia-cover-hearing-aids-not-a-questionable-alzheimers-drug/ A Medicare benefit for hearing aids has been in and out of BBB. #PS1health == impress 32 time 2021-11-18 01:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461147536769511431 The Democratic messaging problem - too much fairness. You'd never see that on Fox, much less Newsmax or OAN. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/jackie-calmes-yes-democrats-have-a-messaging-problem-the-bigger-problem-is-who-has-the/article_f2e5a449-f9be-5674-890d-d9688545ee88.html Mainstream media are journalists; reactionary media are propagandists. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-11-18 01:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461145861526679554 Coffee, tea, or stroke? https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/16/health/coffee-and-tea-benefits-stroke-dementia-wellness/index.html #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-11-18 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461144964037967872 Water is the real third rail of California politics - worse than Prop 13. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/16/proposed-california-ballot-measure-would-fast-track-construction-of-dams-desalination-plants-and-other-water-projects/ Maybe farmers shouldn't be growing rice and cotton in a desert. It will be interesting to see if the proponents have to hire signature gatherers. #PS1capolitics == impress 21 time 2021-11-18 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461142871642284032 Inflation can't be that bad - consumer spending is rising faster than inflation. https://apnews.com/article/business-economy-prices-retail-sales-85c933a1ca63498c68111af4b59a006b #PS1inflation == impress 18 time 2021-11-18 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461139001713168387 SALT deductions and California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-15/skelton-salt-cap-congress-california Increasing the SALT deduction cap is the biggest giveaway in BBB. It may be necessary to get BBB passed, but adding complexity to tax law seldom makes it better. #PS1tax == engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 42 time 2021-11-18 01:07 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461137487900798977 California redistricting commissions was a good idea - https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/californias-messier-but-fairer-redistricting-process/ but timing was wrong - nobody foresaw Trumpism's unabashed partisanship. California should suspend redistricting commissions for Federal elections until Texas enacts a comparable law. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2021-11-18 01:01 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461132899059523589 Tired of cancelled flights? https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/11/15/southwest-airlines-dangles-perks-to-keep-employees-working-during-holidays/ Expect to pay more for reliable service. Flight attendants, like restaurant servers, are tired of fighting unruly passengers without combat pay. #PS1inflation == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 retweets 1 time 2021-11-18 00:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461127594674294788 41 months for most recognizable insurrectionist https://apnews.com/article/prisons-arizona-capitol-siege-5c9ebf384bf936403d42e1a453c89153 He got his 15 minutes of fame, and he got off light. Trump might pardon him some day, but probably not, since he expressed repentance. #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-11-18 00:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 731 epoch Lifetime ID 1542588556085658 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/18/2021 17:11" reach 6 title "Jan. 6 rioter who carried spear, wore horns, draws 41 months" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542588556085658 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460983044861423617 Justice delayed is justice denied! But you never have to face justice if you can afford enough lawyers to run down the clock forever. This is a legal system in which being able to afford a lawyer is very often the side that prevails” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-january-6-strategy/2021/11/16/c17cbe1e-4624-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-11-17 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460981189959819265 Inflation increasing and all Biden wants to do is talk about climate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/17/holiday-pies-climate-change/ But GOP has the fix - to this and every problem - lower taxes, deregulate, bust unions, reduce social safety net spending! That's what they always can all agree on. #PS1climate == impress 14 time 2021-11-17 14:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460872359649308674 Time slips - our next mass psychosis? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/magazine/time-slips-time-travel.html You can't travel back in time. You can imagine doing so, as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, and nobody else does either. But what if this idea spreads in the QAnon world? #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2021-11-17 07:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460870746452873218 Ever wonder why EVERY restaurant has a Help Wanted sign and so many workers seem to have been hired yesterday? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/16/service-industry-jobs-rude-customers/ If you want better, faster service, you're going to have to pay for it. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-11-17 07:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460869535880253441 God bless and keep Fox - far away from US! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/16/turkey-fox-tv-free-speech-democracy/ Everything is relative. #PS1journalism == impress 11 time 2021-11-17 07:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460868333037776899 Democratic legislators also feel the heat from major donors who don't like to pay taxes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/16/second-biggest-program-democrats-budget-gives-billions-rich/ These variable SALT caps are pure political sausage making. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1541364242874756 #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-11-17 07:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460864817267310592 In his best teacher made me say it voice, Gosar pretends he never meant to incite violence. Nobody believes him, but most GOP will vote against censure anyway - anything to spite Democrats! https://apnews.com/article/paul-gosar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-censure-8716db0ab41618be4d6a2d2e6b02340f #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-11-17 06:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460863725208883206 Time to get back to the game of brinkmanship. Some of the GOP are willing to bankrupt the government in order to get on Fox. Others are just pretending. https://apnews.com/article/business-janet-yellen-congress-f0d9e9e5239f5e1ca80051f221e603d7 #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-11-17 06:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 346 epoch Lifetime ID 1541902809487566 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/17/2021 16:11" reach 6 title "Yellen extends to Dec. 15 date for potential debt default" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1541902809487566 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460614204604305408 Nobody puts much faith in a Taliban promise. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-islamic-state-group-taliban-kabul-race-and-ethnicity-8c81cda1748fe0fc92224317a7adf92b But IS is worse. Nobody doubts their promise that they will kill everybody they don't like. #PS1afghanistan == impress 21 time 2021-11-16 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460595782852087812 It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party now. Congratulations to Nixon and Strom Thurmond for conceiving a strategy for taking Southern rural aristocrat values national. They'll purge the last traditional conservatives in no time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/wyoming-republicans-disavow-liz-cheney/ #PS1notopic == impress 18 time 2021-11-16 13:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460461106191761422 Stop making ammunition for Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion.html #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-11-16 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460459738987065347 More on Russian space test https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-satellie-weapon/2021/11/15/0695621c-4648-11ec-973c-be864f938c72_story.html #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-11-16 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460427824746037249 Tubbs was the innovative mayor of Stockton and was one of the first to experiment with universal income. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stockton-ca-gave-residents-a-guaranteed-income-heres-what-happened Michael Tubbs and Oprah tomorrow - https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/roots #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 33 time 2021-11-16 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460422768546041856 “When you underfund the I.R.S., it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats” But those tax cheats are major donors to all GOP senators and not a few Democrats! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/biden-social-policy-bill-irs.html So something will have to be cut from BBB to subsidize those tax cheats. #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-11-16 01:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460421365559791619 Party Monday, back to work on Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/biden-approval-rating-infrastructure-bill.html For those many Democratic legislators facing likely defeat in 2022, perhaps it's better to accomplish big memorable things in the short time they have, than cower in foxholes and be forgotten. #PS1biden == impress 16 time 2021-11-16 01:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460419185910030337 When inflation is externally driven, there is not much anybody can do except let market forces take their course. But there's nothing to be done but wait is poison for a politician in a democracy, no matter how true it is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/inflation-biden-gop-delusion/ #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-11-16 01:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460418116379312135 Modi and Trump are great pals - they like the same kinds of entertainment! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/why-an-indian-films-success-box-office-should-worry-us-all/ #PS1foreign == impress 27 time 2021-11-16 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460416011832684548 A Trump lie that the Biden administration chose to propagate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/15/trump-era-politicization-pandemic-that-still-benefits-joe-biden/ #PS1immigration == impress 16 time 2021-11-16 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460407637082656771 Get ready for Trump again with regional federalism https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Expect a worse second term. He won't be more competent, but his donors will encourage more competent helpers. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/trump-winning-2024-real-election-nightmare/620368/ Being broke or in jail are no barriers. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-11-16 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460402617704538112 Something new in antitrust law - considering effects on workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/opinion/antitrust-penguin-biden.html But the real point is that concentrated power is bad and needs to be periodically redistributed - as surely for economic power as political. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-11-16 00:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460399576175632386 Is it time now for something completely different? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting The redistricting derby is underway. GOP expects to regain control of the House by redistricting, without needing to attract a single new voter. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/republicans-2022-redistricting-maps.html #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-11-16 00:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 463 epoch Lifetime ID 1540590199618827 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/15/2021 18:11" reach 5 title "Republicans Gain Heavy House Edge in 2022 as Gerrymandered Maps Emerge" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1540590199618827 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460396056609501193 The serious case for taking inflation seriously. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/inflation-its-past-time-team-transitory-stand-down/ Deficit Federal spending is not the main problem, and enacting BBB will do more good than harm. The Fed can raise interest rates to curb speculative excess. #PS1recovery == impress 13 time 2021-11-15 23:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460388492995805188 Violence is as American as cherry pie! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/trump-supporters-political-violence-deadly/ and as American as Donald Trump! #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-11-15 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460386236879695876 How big a threat is Iran? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/iran-talks-israel-vienna-fear/ #PS1mideast == impress 10 time 2021-11-15 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460384727634903041 Another Trumpist victory! When it comes to fake, nobody beats Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/arizona-audit-republicans-monmouth-poll/ And when it comes to gullible, nobody beats his voters. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-11-15 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460384010757021700 How should you donate to campaigns? Usually to close races where a little money could make a difference. These are not necessarily the best known. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/beto-orourke-doesnt-need-your-money/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1540516559626191 #PS1election == impress 9 time 2021-11-15 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460380544005378049 Trump could never do infrastructure because he didn't know how to work with Congress - and because the GOP is even less united than the Democrats, once they leave their home turf of tax cuts, deregulation, and reactionary judiciary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-poised-to-sign-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-fulfilling-campaign-promise-and-notching-achievement-that-eluded-trump/2021/11/15/1b69f9a6-4638-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 11 time 2021-11-15 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460378967894990854 Major manufacturers don't look to politicians for help. They're retreating from just-in-time back to just-in-case. A well-stocked warehouse used to be viewed as extra cost. Now it's an essential firewall against surprises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/15/supply-chains-companies-strategy/ #PS1recovery == impress 8 time 2021-11-15 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460374534901547008 the just-in-time operating model may not be the right operating model Just-in-time optimizes the steady state by driving out cost. Once the state becomes unsteady, though... https://apnews.com/article/business-global-trade-e9b91af9bce8e32a7df2d5b4f75a30ee #PS1recovery == impress 8 time 2021-11-15 22:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460373359309443079 Space junk is an increasing barrier to outer space. https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-science-business-697f5aa719331ab6e74102ebb06b52d8 #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-11-15 22:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460372075948896259 Too bad - even if Trump were president he couldn't save Alex Jones from civil lawsuits. https://apnews.com/article/business-alex-jones-school-shootings-lawsuits-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-154bd79946433d0b8db18dfb34906cf1 His whole business is selling lies and quack supplements. Why should this be different? #PS1justice == impress 39 time 2021-11-15 22:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460364443292880899 Supply chain problems likely to persist - https://www.thereporter.com/2021/11/09/holiday-season-2021-when-should-you-mail-packages-amid-shortages-and-delays/ Blame offshore outsourcing, just-in-time, covid, consumers, truck drivers ... - or blame those dang retrograde planets! https://www.elsaelsa.com/astrology/mercury-retrograde-effects-on-the-supply-chain/ More credible than the typical GOP response! #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-11-15 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460276835720204298 Unclear on the personality cult concept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/15/trump-aide-taylor-swift-white-house-warning-fired/ “I’m allowed to listen to whatever music I want” - NO! TRUMP is allowed to listen to whatever music he wants. YOU are allowed to listen to whatever music HE wants. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1540324219645425 #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-11-15 16:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460274766162522112 Trump considered and continues to consider all parts of the Federal government to be his personal political servants, and woe to those who display any other loyalty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/newly-disclosed-memo-reveals-trumps-plot-turn-military-into-his-personal-goon-squad/ So far his many would-be successors have not indicated any different view. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-11-15 15:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460273475013136388 Bannon starts to face the music - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/steve-bannon-surrenders-contempt-congress/2021/11/15/7d797918-4620-11ec-b05d-3cb9d96eb495_story.html But he's totally unrepentant - We’re taking down the Biden regime. The big picture - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/bannons-indictment-should-quiet-doj-critics/ #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-11-15 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460258876381536261 the United States became less future-oriented, less concerned with future generations, beginning around 1970 coinciding with the advent of the Southern Strategy that led to the takeover by the Dixiecrats. https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-business-congress-economy-b5b8cca843133de060778f049861b144 #PS1infrastructure == impress 8 time 2021-11-15 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460086446677639168 Beneficiaries of rewritten history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/young-taliban-afghanistan-fighters/2021/11/12/94c31236-3cad-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html GOP would be proud to have such success in schools. But what will they do next? Taliban no longer want continuous revolution, but that's all these boys know. #PS1afghanistan == impress 14 time 2021-11-15 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460084629348634624 Aging Democratic legislators decide they've had enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/democrats-2022-retirements-congress/2021/11/11/aed573de-4172-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html Being stuck in a minority with a bunch of Trumpists doesn't have much appeal. #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-11-15 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460082757451747334 So much for the law and order GOP. No respect for law, no respect for constitutional order. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/14/bannon-indictment-republicans-payback/ It's no idle threat - they pursued Benghazi, and Clinton emails, for years without turning up anything except more chances to get on Fox. #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-11-15 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460081176912093188 Can the GOP blow its big chance - again? With Trump in command, anything is possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-senate-candidates/2021/11/13/cbc574ee-43cf-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html He'll do anything to exact revenge on the disloyal in the primaries, even if it cost general elections. “When you do that you end up with witches.” #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-11-15 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460063175353589766 Trump has forced us to re-evaluate Warren Harding who was not the worst president after all, who initiated the first global disarmament treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty stunned white supremacists in Birmingham https://getpocket.com/explore/item/this-presidential-speech-on-race-shocked-the-nation-in-1921 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539917956352718 #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-11-15 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460050319988064260 Why nuclear power is not an attractive solution to global warming https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/politics/tribal-lands-flooding-nuclear-waste.html Everybody wants the clean energy, and nobody wants the dirty waste, so the least powerful are saddled with the risks of other people's power. #PS1climate == impress 14 time 2021-11-15 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460048278230159370 New laws? They might as well give up and say you can shoot anybody anytime. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/rittenhouse-arbery-self-defense.html Just like the old South and the western frontier. If the victim's clan exacts revenge on somebody, that's their right too. Who needs cops, courts, lawyers? #PS1firearms == impress 16 time 2021-11-15 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460046383365251079 Military fails to investigate probable war crimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-11-15 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460044558696255491 Some of the rioters had big plans indeed! https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/was-the-us-capitol-attack-planned-a-north-texas-case-adds-to-intrigue/article_4ef403f5-0816-5557-a90e-9245ee6a438a.html And bragged about them! #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-11-15 00:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460042007867387905 The free market at work - slowly! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/technology/computer-chip-shortage.html The market for commodity microcontrollers has passed from a buyer's market to a seller's. Now manufacturers are increasing capacity. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539882853022895 #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-11-15 00:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460037640661598208 Whoops - maybe real estate is NOT a road to instant riches! https://711web.com/is-the-fickle-zillow-fiasco-at-home-a-warning/ “Buy high, sell high is a suspicious concept Bubbly suspicious. #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-11-15 00:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 954 epoch Lifetime ID 1539904049687442 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/14/2021 17:11" reach 6 title "Is the fickle Zillow fiasco at home a warning? – 711Web" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539904049687442 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460015022055194626 DeSantis calls another special session - to defend your right to infect strangers, and to boost his 2024 presidential credentials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/14/desantis-brings-back-florida-lawmakers-crack-down-pandemic-mandates/ #PS1virus == impress 1 time 2021-11-14 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460014066353668097 Planned obsolescence - good for the companies and for some consumers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/13/3g-service-ending-fcc/ But old people and poor people don't buy much telecommunications or make large political donations, so who cares? #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2021-11-14 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460009023365804037 Inflation in Europe and the US - more similar than different. GOP will blame Biden anyway. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/inflation-us-europe-covid.html #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-11-14 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460008126560669700 Every issue is global now. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Are nation-states becoming obsolete? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/biden-foreign-policy.html #PS1foreign == impress 2 time 2021-11-14 22:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460006504434524163 What does The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government mean? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/gerrymandering-guarantee-clause.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539831496361364 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2021-11-14 22:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460003151499513856 Tired of Silicon Valley real estate? Don't expect it to be much better in Austin. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/magazine/real-estate-pandemic.html Too many tax incentives for investors make it hard to buy a house to live in. The investors are major political donors, so don't expect that to change. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-11-14 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459997070870286337 True crime story of a murderer - Eddie Gallagher. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/books/eddie-gallagher-alpha-excerpt.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-11-14 21:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459992109293850630 Democratization of technology. The NRA is thrilled, since soon it will no longer even be POSSIBLE to infringe the right of the people to keep and bear arms. And use them! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/ghost-guns-homemade-firearms.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539810379696809 #PS1firearms == impress 1 time 2021-11-14 21:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459975204176744450 How the NRA decided to respond to Columbine - hit back twice as hard. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1049054141/a-secret-tape-made-after-columbine-shows-the-nras-evolution-on-school-shootings #PS1firearms == impress 4 time 2021-11-14 20:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459969764537765889 Stop the Steal is about to get much worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/vote-fraud-trump-gop/2021/11/11/554478a2-4270-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html There's no Republican unity, and it's going to show during caucus and primary season. Trump has set the example - forcefully contest any election you don't win! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539770366367477 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2021-11-14 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459966717963034629 To succeed in politics, you need to make your opponent respond to you https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/14/why-do-democrats-let-republicans-set-terms-debate/ Democrats need to call out Trumpist Dixiecrat minority rule relentlessly, the way GOP talks about critical race theory, until it's part of the common vocabulary. #PS1politics == impress 4 time 2021-11-14 19:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459964738763329537 There isn't any fast easy solution to inflation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/14/inflation-economy-biden-prices/ So the GOP will use it to win control of Congress and the White House - making sure that Biden enacts as few fixes as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/14/post-abc-poll-biden/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539760736368440 #PS1recovery == impress 4 time 2021-11-14 19:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459960043198038016 Another strong leader role model for Trump https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-moscow-latvia-lithuania-513f4212d26474f0d474152f28868fc4 He's as backward-looking as Trump! #PS1foreign == impress 5 time 2021-11-14 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459959042823000064 Mayor Pete goes national. https://apnews.com/article/pete-buttigieg-infrasctructure-transportation-cd69c9f2942df561ae0dc1a69ed0c8b7 How many GOP legislators have ever changed a diaper? Or had their neighborhoods divided by a new freeway? #PS1infrastructure == impress 14 time 2021-11-14 18:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459957657893105666 Criminals in cells, criminals outside cells. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-personnel-health-arrests-5be574b4103a2f5420e0d9da2daf5c9c Instead of staff influencing inmates, it's the opposite. #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2021-11-14 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459955850739470338 Let's see which legislators REALLY support a strong military - and a willing to pay for it. https://apnews.com/article/hunger-in-america-military-food-insecurity-142728bcb5479fd2de73750e11dbd458 It's MUCH cheaper to retain a trained experienced soldier than to recruit a train a new one. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-11-14 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459954591756210176 Cancelled by Trump, restored by Biden. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-jill-biden-united-states-native-americans-75917706baecf776b7f2412845819d85 Natives must not donate much to Trump or GOP. #PS1other == impress 7 time 2021-11-14 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459952683264012290 What strong leaders do! https://apnews.com/article/business-mao-zedong-xi-jinping-china-492f45c5d638ec642a63f674790915db Trump can't wait to issue an official history of Trump when he's re-elected in 2024. Of course he'll have to find somebody to ghost-write it for him. Trump praised Xi until he needed to blame him for the pandemic. #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-11-14 18:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459951248505913347 Public employee pension law reform - not promising more than you can pay - is essential https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit but has some unexpected side effects - pension law reform blocks Biden transit money. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article255720896.html #PS1biden == impress 1 time 2021-11-14 18:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459948386988134401 Remember the great step forward fromn 026 to 029? Remember your 33 KSR fondly? Then remember Steve Jobs raving about fractional horsepower compute engines and a new industrial revolution? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/11/computing-has-gone-full-circle/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539731146371399 #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2021-11-14 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459944374733709321 Unclear on the concept! Cornyn can't understand why Biden intends to enact a campaign promise. GOP always enact the opposite of their campaign promises! More union jobs - no - more right-to-work laws! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-business-congress-electric-vehicles-577b0b441c6650af252f37bff7fea7ba But Manchin gets the last say - NO. #PS1biden == impress 1 time 2021-11-14 18:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459942204445626370 External FBI mail server hacked https://www.engadget.com/fbi-email-server-hack-221052368.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/14/fbi-hack-email-cyberattack/ Why is this so easy? #PS1technology == engage 3 engage-rate 17% impress 18 likes 1 retweets 2 time 2021-11-14 17:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459775064149164032 1619 project in book forms, for adults and kids. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-race-and-ethnicity-austin-texas-b830189aaf391f1ab5afb2d7dc450962 The hereditary nobility is terrified that their methods of pitting the masses against themselves might be exposed to... the masses. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-11-14 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459773843187191808 Preserving right to choose for poor women. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-abortion-texas-covid-19-pandemic-health-13c2fbe3f1de416d88a5ef6d1ca3406e Careful! Texas bounty hunters will jump on any clues. Of course, RICH women from major GOP donor families can afford to go out of state or out of country to safely end their unwanted pregnancies. #PS1health == impress 14 time 2021-11-14 06:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459772488431198208 Thinking like the GOP - if you have the donors, you can get the voters. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-arizona-congress-campaigns-a4dea683b0fabda460e3d6993a46ec8b #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-11-14 06:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 888 epoch Lifetime ID 1539724239705423 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/14/2021 10:11" reach 4 title "Sinema's shift: 'Prada socialist' to corporate donor magnet" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539724239705423 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459534646392209418 What's going to happen in Congress next week? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-nancy-pelosi-80f7a76da9ca0b42fc1dcdc4cf7dd023 Even with a scorecard, you can't tell the real issues from the bargaining chips. #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-11-13 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459532754782023684 BBB tries to preserve local journalism. Most GOP are opposed. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-newspapers-television-604ecdbc81b21c3876ef08d25ebccac4 #PS1journalism == impress 10 time 2021-11-13 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459530524830011398 Where do feelings about the economy and the future come from? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/economy-inflation-supply-chain.html Objective reality is only part of it; media propaganda is also important. That matters because swing voters are mostly persuaded by how they feel about the economy. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-11-13 14:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459421371658768385 Can anybody save the Democratic Congressional majority? https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-11-13/inside-dnc-chairs-challenging-bid-to-avert-midterm-defeat #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-11-13 07:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459418966237933572 Trump thought the virus would go away if everybody ignored it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/12/messonnier-birx-coronavirus-response-interference/ #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-11-13 07:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459418034989379587 Undoing the Steele dossier story https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/media-washington-post-steele-dossier/2021/11/12/f7c9b770-43d5-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html #PS1journalism == impress 17 time 2021-11-13 07:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459393244593229825 Psychology of regret as a factor in vaccine hesitance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/11/vaccine-hesitancy-psychology-regret/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-11-13 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459390962266824704 Who needs math if you're going to be superstitious anyway? Or if you believe made-up statistics anyway? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/math-covid-vaccinations-jeremy-mcanulty/2021/11/12/bfe89018-417f-11ec-a3aa-0255edc02eb7_story.html #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-11-13 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459387600850939907 Are more people returning to single incomes during child-raising years? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/12/are-americans-starting-embrace-one-earner-households-again/ If so that's inflationary - and requires more immigration. Where does the pro-family GOP stand on this? Blame Biden and force people to go back to work! #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-11-13 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459384913010909185 The definition of a cult https://apnews.com/article/business-paraguay-europe-argentina-uruguay-43b48ed43c2f7ddebf05ec6203b12d8d #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-11-13 04:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459383940976820227 Did some Democrats say Medicare should NOT negotiate drug prices? https://apnews.com/article/medicare-health-care-costs-medication-alzheimers-disease-health-27a6250da20a6ba6af4820525c64afc4 Only the ones dependent on campaign contributions from big pharma. #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-11-13 04:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459383058574942213 It's not the fault of Biden or Democrats - the same thing is happening in Canada and UK. https://apnews.com/article/business-f155e50d450936fbf666bef07185b0b5 #PS1recovery == impress 15 time 2021-11-13 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459382245316186116 It's about time - and what more fitting starting point? https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-congress-mark-meadows-subpoenas-70fcf59323df874b4a0def1f4c1222cc #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-11-13 04:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 337 epoch Lifetime ID 1539292969748550 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/13/2021 22:11" reach 3 title "Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539292969748550 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459246878525038592 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-social-media-ap-fact-check-e10e6f1eba29d3363327b4ffc4577839 #PS1media == impress 30 time 2021-11-12 19:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459187299321741320 How the European fractured state system led to the Enlightenment and the United States. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-europe-became-so-rich That's what Trumpism is trying to undo. #PS1theory == impress 13 time 2021-11-12 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459184968693731331 Pew political typology https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/ #PS1theory == impress 15 time 2021-11-12 15:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459184381889703938 Big business is bad for small business, even if they do nothing illegal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/07/small-business-supply-chain-pandemic/ #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-11-12 15:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459183129957072896 How does BBB compare to past efforts? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/07/biden-infrastructure-build-back-better-analysis/ The political problem is the payoff is gradual and deferred, though substantial over the long term. #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-11-12 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459181484795854850 How should Democrats respond to culture war attacks? https://shieldpac.org/about https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/democrats-cannot-simply-ignore-gops-culture-war-attacks/ #PS1election == impress 8 time 2021-11-12 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459180164307243008 Biden can't find a way to solve immigration issues either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-border-divisions/2021/11/07/e87c8630-3b24-11ec-a67c-d7c2182dac83_story.html Years of failed efforts under several presidents suggest there is no good solution. Doing nothing is less harmful politically than doing anything. #PS1immigration == impress 9 time 2021-11-12 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459177525783904260 Protect democracy? How does that protect minority rule and unlimited dark campaign money? https://www.flipsnack.com/protectdemocracy/on-democracy-and-authoritarianism-american-affairs/full-view.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/sobering-new-report-shows-how-much-work-is-needed-protect-democracy/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2021-11-12 15:13 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459175800050094082 What's Manchin's bottom line? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/manchin-found-excuse-to-destroy-bidens-agenda/ Or is the question what is his donors' bottom line? #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-11-12 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459173180749148167 People came to America to escape their past and start over. Is it still possible? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/loose-change-korey-rowe-911-truth-conspiracy/ Should it be possible? Now all your mistakes are in the cloud forever - available to anybody with the financial or technical clout to get them. #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-11-12 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459169568836907013 Common sense to hang Mike Pence? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-hang-mike-pence/2021/11/12/64a17142-43b0-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html Loyalty is a one-way street in Trumpism! And broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction! #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-11-12 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459165006910537730 You can't tell the players without a scorecard. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-ea5218b06255349e05f67e1b47a45a31 #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-11-12 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459163894518214656 Trump punishes traditional conservatism and bipartisanship! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-congress-lisa-murkowski-alaska-impeachments-824082f54f29c5a81739ab89eae504eb Nothing else matters if you are not personally loyal to Trump! #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-11-12 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459032030012870662 GOP loves to complain, then do nothing, then attack Democrats for trying to do something. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/josh-hawley-broken-american-manhood/ It's all part of the culture wars to keep men - and women - from focusing on the real roots of their problems. #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-11-12 05:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459031056565215234 More money for the IRS so they can audit more major GOP donors? Forget it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/irs-commissioner-we-desperately-need-resources-so-agency-can-serve-you-our-country/ IRS should stick to harassing poor people. #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-11-12 05:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459029247352205313 Billionaires don't have to obey rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/08/musk-grimes-baby-name/ They can afford more lawyers. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-11-12 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459028525118230529 The new slave drivers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/11/lawyer-facial-recognition-monitoring/ #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-11-12 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459027022919831555 Vaccinating every human being might not be the end of covid. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/us-covid-wildlife-virus #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-11-12 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459009537482969091 GOP wants to torpedo bipartisan infrastructure bill, so Democrats have to sell it themselves. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-congress-transportation-health-1787854f69826c41230d907de3b8134a #PS1infrastructure == impress 10 time 2021-11-12 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459008970937405442 Everything's political for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-lifestyle-ted-cruz-48306bb6b213c486b4d025d4af2acde9 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-11-12 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459008680347717636 Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP plots revenge on bipartisans. https://apnews.com/article/congress-infrastructure-republicans-death-threats-2e40d5c82f90813ee827276dda5327a8 #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-11-12 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459007952635846661 It's going to be another long anxious winter for the unvaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-colorado-united-states-michigan-public-health-f2d9ccb4092fd4651d055dbf7083f259 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-11-12 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459007618068803588 No more black pastors? https://apnews.com/article/al-sharpton-racial-injustice-georgia-brunswick-crime-d79f3ef1a8cc16ce74adc38f9e6ec0ec Must be OK, Trump would say the same thing. #PS1justice == impress 23 time 2021-11-12 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459007162475106307 Political violence - nobody says no - least of all Trump. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-paul-gosar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fred-upton-violence-d3279a57a4b4815252c10a658e3a7f53 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 likes 1 time 2021-11-12 03:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 603 epoch Lifetime ID 1538525516491962 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/12/2021 19:11" reach 8 title "GOP leaders say little to condemn violent political rhetoric" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1538525516491962 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458867580706250754 Long covid research. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/07/long-covid-fatigue-research/ #PS1virus == impress 3 time 2021-11-11 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458865509932290062 Trumpists may ignore any law they don't like! Trump says so. And he might well be president again in 2025. The big money says so https://politico.com/news/2021/11/08/gop-lobbyists-corporate-america-520026 They will delay court cases until he's president and can pardon all the criminals. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/trump-court-ruling-democracy-january-6/ #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 18% expands 1 impress 11 time 2021-11-11 18:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458865353941929991 What happens when fewer and fewer legislators have experienced the camaraderie of service and the horrors of war? https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/fewer-americans-serving-military-takes-toll-our-democracy/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2021-11-11 18:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458854706642505729 The real crisis facing America - savage criticism of the job-creating billionaire class! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/elon-musk-once-again-proves-need-billionaire-tax/ Polls show almost all voters favor increasing taxes on the job-creating billionaire class! That would ruin America! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1537554293255751 #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2021-11-11 17:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458849345583783945 It's not just white appeasement. Reaching the relatively few persuadable swing voters requires a certain amount of appeasement on several fronts - but also an aggressive campaign against minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/white-appeasement-politics-democrats/ #PS1election == impress 9 time 2021-11-11 17:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458845531657019408 Book burning coming back into fashion. All the Nazis are pleased. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/10/i-think-we-should-throw-those-books-fire-movement-builds-right-target-books/ #PS1other == impress 3 time 2021-11-11 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458844933398274053 The way prosecutors go after organized crime is to start at the bottom and put the squeeze on the foot soldiers to get evidence for the next level. Repeat until you reach the top. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/tough-sentences-jan-6-rioters-should-freak-trump-out/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2021-11-11 17:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458844212858789888 Is the future of GOP in the past or the future? In this corner - fighting for the future - the challenger Christie. In this corner - fighting for the past - the defending champion Trump. May they both land knockout blows and never get up! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/christie-takes-a-jab-at-trump-for-losing-last-years-election/2021/11/11/8a37297a-42f1-11ec-a3aa-0255edc02eb7_story.html #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2021-11-11 17:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458843359678636045 What happens when the local press dies or turns into sponsored content? Local politicians can get away with anything! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/durr-media-blackout/2021/11/09/5e5714f8-400a-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html The internet nationalized journalism and has just about eliminated local journalism. #PS1journalism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2021-11-11 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458836483167559695 Immigrants get to become frozen pawns in the game of sanctions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belarus-threaten-europe-gas/2021/11/11/970c725c-42df-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 2 time 2021-11-11 16:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458835591299141635 Nobody needs billionaires who have more money than they can spend wisely. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-08/elon-musk-proves-why-a-billionaires-tax-is-needed #PS1tax == impress 2 time 2021-11-11 16:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458834846772387841 How Democrats might take the offensive in culture wars. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/democrats-losing-culture-war-education-20211107.html It's all about the GOP's real agenda of defending minority rule. But it's a complicated argument while GOP lies are simple to understand for any voter. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-11-11 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458811049876987904 Inflation is being driven by external factors beyond Biden's control. Government spending is not driving it. But reducing government spending and lowering taxes always sound good to major donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/10/inflation-white-house-manchin/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1537459353265245 #PS1recovery == impress 2 time 2021-11-11 14:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458807868665184259 Democratic senators also need millions of dollars to run for re-election! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/11/billionaire-tax-democrats-wyden/ And major donors don't like tax increases. Some things really are bipartisan. The tax code is where legislators give donors return on investment. #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2021-11-11 14:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458804292165378049 41 months for assault https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-sentence-scott-fairlamb-8fef3ecc6888ace1b9f949f21b625363 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2021-11-11 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458669323694710789 Gerrymandering at work. With so much at stake, no wonder that consultants who can draw maps to order are in such demand. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-46ceaf3fb90a4ce3b2fc026c7c18e747 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1537170346627479 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2021-11-11 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458665971049140226 Afghan refugees end up in - Iran - probably on their way to Europe since Iran has its own problems. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-middle-east-taliban-tehran-europe-b713519bab3c2fd37702113e9ce08bb6 #PS1afghanistan == impress 10 time 2021-11-11 05:20 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 592 epoch Lifetime ID 1538525123158668 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/12/2021 19:11" reach 9 title "Aid official: Thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing to Iran" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1538525123158668 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458222503621390337 Subdivisions in American politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/democrat-republican-voters-survey Stressed Sideliners can decide the future of the country. But that are the least informed about and active in politics. #PS1theory == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458220544298348544 No easy fix - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/09/biden-supply-chain-ports/ Where are they going to find more truck drivers to deliver all the cargo containers they'll pile up? #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458219656095809536 Sounds like domestic terrorism to most people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/death-threats-online-abuse-police-protection-school-board-members-face-dark-new-reality/2021/11/09/db007706-37fe-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html Follow the money to find the motivation! #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2021-11-09 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458213401352491008 Ransomware kingpins will probably watch their steps more from now on. https://apnews.com/article/technology-crime-arrests-hacking-cybercrime-ab4fe21487943f21bdae6dc769ece60a #PS1ransomware == impress 8 time 2021-11-09 23:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458211736138379275 Violence is as Trumpist as apple pie! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arizona-kevin-mccarthy-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cortez-2d3c043a97b49e3e0c5192c5454fe2d6 The key is to get other people to take the risk for your benefit. Same as using other people's money. #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-11-09 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458210117816512523 The last conglomerate? Good riddance! https://apnews.com/article/business-0efa0e45cba17ec5e51011b83bdd52f1 May it soon be joined by leveraged buyouts and similar scams. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458208930283147267 What's faulty about fitting the science to support the donors' goals? https://apnews.com/article/science-business-california-forests-oregon-48c1dc3a59bda47c178437d6b1e538bd #PS1deregulation == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458207012458622977 When the saints come marching in, and decline to testify, citing divine right of imperial privilege. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-campaigns-effb7335026cfc38fdd8ad6e2ed60ad0 https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-stephen-miller-capitol-siege-cd795b70e428f2306e73ac23a7abe02e #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457978295530582016 and who paid for it all We all know Trump believes in using other people's money. Which other people? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-elections-subpoenas-michael-flynn-08e816bf6f04e62fd71638755b392ed4 #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 07:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457946518040711174 Return of the Barbary Pirates To fight international hostage-taking, the US needs to close Guantanamo https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Americans working abroad must realize that their high salary is partial compensation for their high risk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/hostage-taking-americans-foreign-governments/ #PS1foreign == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457942688557264897 woke is like critical race theory https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/wake-up-these-woke-distortions/ Whatever it originally meant to its original audience, now it's a convenient label for anybody to the left of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. They couldn't care less what it originally meant. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457937995592466434 and who paid for it all We all know Trump believe in using other people's money. Which other people? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-elections-subpoenas-michael-flynn-08e816bf6f04e62fd71638755b392ed4 #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 05:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 361 epoch Lifetime ID 1536822429995604 impress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/10/2021 08:11" reach 1 title "Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more Trump associates in probe" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1536822429995604 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458476721053655043 Europe warming to Taiwan, to displeasure of PRC. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/world/asia/taiwan-europe-china.html #PS1china == impress 10 time 2021-11-10 16:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458474932560535557 Right-wing Leninism - active defense of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/opinion/republicans-democrats-crt.html But you'll never win or level the playing field by playing by their rules or using their methods - the great insight of moral leaders from Jesus to Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-11-10 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458462063697616896 More and more hatred, more and more guns, more and more violence - how does it end? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-08/skelton-uc-davis-guns-study-political-violence Usually with a dictator promising to end violence - and then recruiting the violent armed criminals to serve as his secret police. #PS1firearms == impress 4 time 2021-11-10 15:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458459287441731586 Sound like a bubble to you? https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/robinhood-security-breach-exposes-data-on-millions-of-customers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/technology/nft-nyc-metaverse.html The internet makes it easier to lose more of your money faster! #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2021-11-10 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458455604419170307 You think the chip shortage is bad and auto prices are high now - think about a Taiwan war! https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-11-03/taiwan-china-us-tensions-semiconductor-chip-supply-3482114.html Xi hopes to occupy Taiwan without firing a shot but he domestic pressure might push. So there's a global effort to build strategic chips elsewhere. #PS1china == impress 28 time 2021-11-10 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458453866559672320 Vaccine news Better measurements of ongoing immunity coming https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/08/is-your-covid-19-vaccine-working-the-future-of-antibody-testing-so-far/ Unvaccinated pregnant women at higher risk https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/08/why-only-one-third-of-pregnant-women-are-vaccinated-against-covid-19-and-what-they-should-know/ #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-11-10 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458438143112146949 What does the rest of the world owe to nations sinking beneath the sea? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/09/cop26-tuvalu-underwater/ #PS1climate == impress 4 time 2021-11-10 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458435839432613891 A downside of public trials that the Founders never imagined. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/10/charlottesville-trial-white-supremacists-courtroom/ #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-11-10 14:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458309019471253506 “There is nothing more expensive than something free” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/09/we-can-fix-facebook-its-going-cost-us/ #PS1media == impress 5 time 2021-11-10 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458308128680808456 Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP show their true colors - turning on each other, far worse than Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-infrastructure-biden/2021/11/09/cc0c4c9e-4167-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html Who said GOP doesn't belong to Trump? #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-11-10 05:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458302541255495682 Major donors had conscience pangs after Jan 6 but have gotten over them. Many donate to both sides anyway, to maintain access. They donate through PACs, to avoid publicity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-fundraising-insurrection-january6-nrsc/2021/11/09/1e260f2a-3753-11ec-9a5d-93a89c74e76d_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1536490616695452 #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-11-10 05:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458299077708300291 Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-kayleigh-mcenany-mark-meadows-capitol-siege-0a47eb4f90e17310d6a574e6762d83a4 #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-11-10 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458281754100260872 Wage increases not beating inflation! https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-17/inflation-has-turned-15-an-hour-wages-into-a-setback #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2021-11-10 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458281053303414794 CEO pay and performance https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/motley-food/article_70f356a7-0789-52b2-a7ae-6377465e6cf0.html Worse performance - better pay! #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2021-11-10 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458280005583007744 How cult of personality immortalizes itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/world/asia/china-xi-jinping.html #PS1china == impress 3 time 2021-11-10 03:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458278647123484672 Congressional Black Caucus saved the day. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/politics/infrastructure-black-caucus-vote.html #PS1biden == impress 3 time 2021-11-10 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458257248866603008 Christie and Sununu try to talk sense to the Republican Jewish Coalition - focus on the future, not the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/us/politics/republican-party-trump.html Cruz got a much better response by praising Trump. But Cruz twice declined to say whether Trump should be the candidate in 2024. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-11-10 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458255553814155267 If rural America wants to defend minority rule by embracing fantasy culture wars - they are indeed lost to the factual Democratic Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/rural-vote-democrats-virginia.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-11-10 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458253694772731905 1619 was a pivotal year - and America is still pivoting. a republic founded on an irresolvable contradiction — freedom and slavery — was always going to wind up in an irresolvable argument over how to tell its story https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/magazine/1619-project-us-history.html Now in a book. #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-11-10 02:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458242869060243459 Want a normal economy? Get everybody vaccinated. Previous recession recoveries provide no model for this one. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/opinion/covid-recession.html Long term, the economic lessons of covid are likely to be forgotten. Back to driving out cost with JIT logistics! #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-11-10 01:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458241620361367553 the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is constitutionally incapable of investing in America’s future https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/opinion/infrastructure-bill-biden.html Trump couldn't draft an infrastructure bill, but Biden got one passed - with a little GOP help, which was denounced by most of the GOP. #PS1infrastructure == impress 14 time 2021-11-10 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458239828462505985 Switching from coal to natural gas helps a little, but not enough. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/climate-emissions-developing-countries.html #PS1climate == impress 9 time 2021-11-10 01:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458239250189615104 The economic structure underlying racism https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/structural-racism.html There's nothing new about these ideas. What's new is a redoubled and unapologetic push to deny them. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-11-10 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458233802539499521 Minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Time for Democrats to call out that Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP scam for what it is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/06/democrats-avoided-defeating-themselves-now-they-must-defeat-plutocratic-populists/ #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-11-10 00:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458231761091973124 How can local journalism be saved from the free internet? https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/11/07/media-newspapers-print-ipad-little-rock/ #PS1journalism == impress 13 time 2021-11-10 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458231405599625217 Measuring Biden with Trump's yardstick. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/biden-economy-is-doing-pretty-well-by-measures-trump-used-evaluate-his-own/ #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-11-10 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458230430524608517 Don't threaten just the legislator, but his staff and family too! That's what Nazis and Communists would do - learn from the experts! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-rep-fred-upton-receives-death-threats-after-voting-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/2021/11/09/78fe5ac8-4195-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-11-10 00:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458229539352444931 Youngkin wouldn't let a dropout with no financial experience run his hedge fund. But he feels qualified to govern. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/glenn-youngkin-won-pragmatic-conservative-how-will-he-change-virginia-policy/ He'll find every move is under intense scrutiny by ambitious pols eager to pounce on any misstep - and that's just the GOP! #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-11-10 00:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458227038737731585 There's more money in simple disinformation than complicated information. Compare Fox and PBS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/09/maga-denialism-covid-19-is-killing-its-adherents/ And there's the money comes from those with an interest in dividing the masses against themselves, and in weakening American social cohesion. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-11-10 00:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458225373745860610 It's easy to get swept up in a mob - especially if you believe the president is with you and for you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/09/rioters-charges-arrests-jan-6-insurrection/ Surprise! Trump is not there for those who fail in their mission. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-11-10 00:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458223429048422400 Trumpists don't have to obey any laws they don't like, due to divine right of imperial privilege. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/year-later-an-obviously-illegal-campaign-stunt-is-determined-have-been-illegal/ https://apnews.com/article/presidential-elections-election-2020-elections-778951007a888c1f2af6babbb198634b #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-11-10 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 976 epoch Lifetime ID 1536821226662391 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/10/2021 08:11" reach 4 title "Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1536821226662391 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458222503621390337 Subdivisions in American politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/democrat-republican-voters-survey Stressed Sideliners can decide the future of the country. But that are the least informed about and active in politics. #PS1theory == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458220544298348544 No easy fix - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/09/biden-supply-chain-ports/ Where are they going to find more truck drivers to deliver all the cargo containers they'll pile up? #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458219656095809536 Sounds like domestic terrorism to most people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/death-threats-online-abuse-police-protection-school-board-members-face-dark-new-reality/2021/11/09/db007706-37fe-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html Follow the money to find the motivation! #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2021-11-09 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458213401352491008 Ransomware kingpins will probably watch their steps more from now on. https://apnews.com/article/technology-crime-arrests-hacking-cybercrime-ab4fe21487943f21bdae6dc769ece60a #PS1ransomware == impress 8 time 2021-11-09 23:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458211736138379275 Violence is as Trumpist as apple pie! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arizona-kevin-mccarthy-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cortez-2d3c043a97b49e3e0c5192c5454fe2d6 The key is to get other people to take the risk for your benefit. Same as using other people's money. #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-11-09 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458210117816512523 The last conglomerate? Good riddance! https://apnews.com/article/business-0efa0e45cba17ec5e51011b83bdd52f1 May it soon be joined by leveraged buyouts and similar scams. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458208930283147267 What's faulty about fitting the science to support the donors' goals? https://apnews.com/article/science-business-california-forests-oregon-48c1dc3a59bda47c178437d6b1e538bd #PS1deregulation == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458207012458622977 When the saints come marching in, and decline to testify, citing divine right of imperial privilege. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-campaigns-effb7335026cfc38fdd8ad6e2ed60ad0 https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-stephen-miller-capitol-siege-cd795b70e428f2306e73ac23a7abe02e #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457978295530582016 "and who paid for it all" We all know Trump believes in using other people's money. Which other people? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-elections-subpoenas-michael-flynn-08e816bf6f04e62fd71638755b392ed4 #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 07:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457946518040711174 Return of the Barbary Pirates To fight international hostage-taking, the US needs to close Guantanamo https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Americans working abroad must realize that their high salary is partial compensation for their high risk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/hostage-taking-americans-foreign-governments/ #PS1foreign == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457942688557264897 "woke" is like "critical race theory" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/wake-up-these-woke-distortions/ Whatever it originally meant to its original audience, now it's a convenient label for anybody to the left of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. They couldn't care less what it originally meant. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2021-11-09 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457937995592466434 "and who paid for it all" We all know Trump believe in using other people's money. Which other people? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-elections-subpoenas-michael-flynn-08e816bf6f04e62fd71638755b392ed4 #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2021-11-09 05:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-09 topic tweets wordrate 5 words 361 ID 1536398540037993 impress 2 likeuimpress 2 likeuusers 2 oimpress 2 oreach 2 posted "11/09/2021 05:45:52 PM" reach 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1536398540037993 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457806833335209986 Great news for Trumpists in trouble with the law! You're welcome in Belarus! https://washingtonpost.com/world/europe/capitol-rioter-asylum-belarus/2021/11/08/fbc4eb14-4093-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html And if you're a Trumpist, you're going to eventually get in trouble either with the law or with Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1535608463450334 #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-11-08 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457748816367550465 Idealistic legislators soon get pulled into the mechanics of staying in Congress - dialing for dollars. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/08/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment-insurrection-senate/ Who's in charge of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP - Donald Trump or McConnell's donors? More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1535502003460980 #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-11-08 16:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457730327103737857 Planning for war, practicing just in case, or just bluffing? https://apnews.com/article/business-china-united-states-beijing-navy-da8da0eb9a4a6d9e53671d25837cae11 Xi might not want war, but might be pushed by popular opinion. #PS1china == impress 11 time 2021-11-08 15:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457728865862709252 Remember medicaid expansion https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/ Will the states with Trumpist governors and legislatures try to block or delay infrastructure improvements just to make sure their residents don't see any benefit from Biden? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-barack-obama-economy-94c4b2349356f5aa8a776e11720b6f61 #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-11-08 15:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457568506648563713 Trump couldn't accomplish the positive parts of his campaign promises because the donors weren't interested or he was afraid he might lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-trump-infrastructure-afghanistan/2021/11/07/7c7a5534-3f34-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html So Biden did it instead. #PS1biden == impress 14 time 2021-11-08 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457566666808709121 A positive take on Biden's year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/07/imagine-if-virginia-governors-election-had-been-held-week-later/ Gloom and doom does get higher media ratings than incremental progress. #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-11-08 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457554388008927238 What's a Democrat? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-biden-virginia-new-jersey-infrastructure/2021/11/07/d5811f7e-3e43-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html Thanks to Trump, the answer is easy. Democrats are the fact-based party; the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is the fantasy-based party. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1535152776829236 #PS1politics == impress 15 time 2021-11-08 03:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 256 epoch Lifetime ID 1535883746756139 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/08/2021 23:11" reach 3 title "Democrats search for political identity amid dismal election results and legislative triumph" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1535883746756139 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457398489344712706 How to fight back against GOP minority rule https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/07/distinguished-pols-week-how-respond-gop-lies/ #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-11-07 17:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457397147507200000 The defenders of the hereditary nobility https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html lead the way back to medieval superstition among the peasants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/07/were-losing-ground-against-diseases-weve-already-defeated/ And quack cures are more profitable because you don't have to waste money testing for safety and effectiveness. #PS1health == impress 24 time 2021-11-07 17:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457353902488055813 Taliban decide maybe vaccination not such a bad idea. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-health-pakistan-public-health-taliban-7b2152ba4a133d2bbe27a821dcfaf349 That leaves Pakistan as the other remaining polio hotspot. #PS1health == impress 21 time 2021-11-07 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457351957450874881 GOP hopes to win governor's races in swing states - so they can throw out any election results they don't like. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-election-2020-marquette-8240218cd0d94151c29d8632b8787f72 #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-11-07 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457348267453280257 Virus on the rise again among the unvaccinated and uninfected https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/06/californias-covid-19-case-rate-now-twice-floridas-whats-up-with-that/ Maybe due to winter weather leading people indoors. #PS1virus == impress 19 time 2021-11-07 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457234234486054914 Ranked choice voting - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential saved the GOP in Virginia - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-ranked-choice-voting-saved-the-virginia-gop-from-itself/2021/11/05/6d1aa738-3dc2-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html and should be used everywhere; it can minimize the influence of extreme candidates and factions in the Democratic party too. #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-11-07 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457232553354547202 Historically, most farmers and ranchers voted Republican. The difference is that now they ALL do. Can the Democrats respond effectively when voters vote against their own interest? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sundaytake-democrats-losing-rural/2021/11/06/3f316194-3f0d-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html #PS1politics == engage 2 engage-rate 12% impress 17 likes 1 time 2021-11-07 06:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457219211277656068 Bipartisanship is dead! https://www.newsweek.com/must-eliminated-trump-republicans-vow-oust-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-1646725 Pure Trumpists plan to purge the GOP representatives who voted for the infrastructure bill, even though it was drafted by a bipartisan Senate committee. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1534529336891580 #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-11-07 05:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457215876613107712 Democratization of technology! https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Coming soon to a presidential palace near you! https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-fires-iraq-baghdad-embassies-4069e75a45ee9b4eaa5e93648fa15211 #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-11-07 05:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 290 epoch Lifetime ID 1534977786846735 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/07/2021 12:11" reach 11 title "Iraqi prime minister survives assassination bid with drones" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1534977786846735 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456980444495314953 Community vaccination successes. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/05/mathews-vaccination-victories-in-californias-vegetable-valleys/ #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-11-06 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456979117417504777 How the hereditary nobility perpetuates itself by avoiding taxation. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion-repealing-death-tax-will-help-family-businesses-stay-afloat/ They talk about small businesses but the campaign money comes from higher up. You can tell when they say death tax to mean estate tax. #PS1tax == impress 21 time 2021-11-06 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456978087120232454 Why are there so many spending laws passed to expire after a year or two? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/democrats-spending-bill-budget-tricks.html It's a bipartisan way of increasing spending under reconciliation, hoping future Congresses will extend them. So it's ultimately about getting around filibuster. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-11-06 13:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456842151552159745 Hazards of comparing the new PRC to the old Soviet Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/opinion/biden-china-cold-war.html #PS1china == impress 25 time 2021-11-06 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456841009908764672 Implications of wardrobe. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion/the-politics-of-a-sleeveless-silhouette.html #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-11-06 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456839328756219906 GOP defends violent threats against school board members. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/school-board-threats.html As always, they say it's a states rights issue that the Federal government shouldn't be involved in, even if the states won't act. We've seen this movie before. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-11-06 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456837954681200645 What happens when status quo bias is disrupted by external shocks? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion/great-resignation-quit-job.html #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-11-06 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456832115568381963 Election fraud begins at home - in the GOP governor-elect's home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-son-vote-election/2021/11/05/f5eb7ce0-3e62-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-11-06 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456830945118470148 It's still legal to kill anybody you don't like in most states, as long as there aren't any witnesses willing to dispute your story. Or surveillance video. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/05/ahmaud-arbery-citizens-arrest-vigilante/ #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-11-06 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456828993777258506 The House Democrats finally passed an infrastructure bill that had already passed the Senate months ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/05/house-infrastructure-reconciliation-vote/ They all recognized that they had better do SOMEthing while they still could. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533792573631923 #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 49 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-11-06 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456820870450614272 University of Florida reverses due to bad publicity. But would they do it again? https://apnews.com/article/elections-education-florida-voting-voting-rights-cc0aa16e9a5b3fb78e979b81db4c9a6b #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-11-06 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456820165375451174 Willing to appear but not to talk. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-elections-capitol-siege-judiciary-0e0ecd9c92c5749a1b1b5736a9bafc97 Trumpists will need to do better than that to avoid prosecution for contempt. They're in a tough place because Trump might be re-elected in 2024 and his vengeance knows no bounds. #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-11-06 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456817357989367818 Democrats defer catastrophe for ten days. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-joe-biden-business-health-environment-87d4c106c2a57e2c88525ef9db59e776 Will the CBO analysis really make any difference? Is lacking that what they are really objecting to? #PS1biden == impress 23 time 2021-11-06 02:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 409 epoch Lifetime ID 1534538853557295 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/06/2021 22:11" reach 14 title "Dems end deadlock, House hands Biden infrastructure win" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1534538853557295 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456716242539016193 Is this the end of the Biden domestic agenda? https://apnews.com/article/immigration-joe-biden-business-health-environment-87d4c106c2a57e2c88525ef9db59e776 It's hard to imagine any new information changing recalcitrants' minds next week. The CBO estimate is also unlikely to change any minds. It's a big victory now for GOP and a bigger one in 2022. #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 62 time 2021-11-05 20:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456694954474967043 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-soccer-sports-business-health-bde890db6b8e40bb2e26ece0c468000c Never a dull week in the media propaganda business! #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 18:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456681784838529029 Kissinger in the Middle East - solving problems and creating them. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/books/review/master-of-the-game-martin-indyk.html #PS1mideast == impress 14 time 2021-11-05 17:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456680727324463107 The GOP's KGB has been at work! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/project-veritas-investigation-ashley-biden-diary.html But the FBI is finally getting on the case. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-11-05 17:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456679865759911939 Waving the bloody shirt of rebellion - whether in 1861 or 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion/democrats-bloody-shirt-jan-6.html If sinners won't repent, then you have to keep reminding the righteous of the sins that the sinners won't repent. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-11-05 17:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456677237822947328 He's got Koch money but still he asks for more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/05/new-jersey-governor-ciattarelli-republicans-fraud-lies/ Even lost elections are GOP fund-raising opportunities! But they don't intend to lose any more elections, no matter how the votes come out. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-11-05 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456649004700164113 A practical plan for climate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/climate-we-need-run-fast-not-run-scared/ Practical in the technical sense, but is the political will there? The status quo benefits so many powerful interests that don't look beyond their lifetimes. #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456647329251880965 Persuadable swing voters mostly don't follow politics or economics closely. They couldn't tell you what BBB contained even if it weren't constantly shifting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/05/virginia-results-build-back-better/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533450146999499 #PS1biden == impress 8 time 2021-11-05 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456614393794347015 How to build a cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-xi-jinping-history/2021/11/05/387835c8-388f-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html #PS1china == impress 12 time 2021-11-05 13:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456605555418562567 Far more addictive than opioids! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/05/pharmaceutical-industry-drug-price-lobbying/ Money is the mother's milk of politics, especially dark money. Every legislator knows what it costs to oppose the drug industry, and what it gains by serving it. #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 12:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456602826289737729 Can the Democrats get their act together in the House? Somebody will always find something else to complain about and stall about. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-business-health-da0c5847fe7f3a846ca076c214bb0c79 Then they have to get it through the Senate, and then a conference committee to reconcile differences. #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-11-05 12:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456601150887661571 Remember when people thought that the corner was turned on racism when Obama was elected? https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-elections-education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-fc8501fa2b0ef655933f4cce27bf4c9a Instead we got the Tea Party. Racism is too potent a tool for the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP to abstain from using it to protect minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-11-05 12:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456479820838178822 Like other advanced economies, America has become inextricably dependent on foreign-born workers to perform essential tasks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/us-immigration-politics.html So GOP donors want to keep immigration illegal but possible - to obtain cheap exploitable labor. #PS1immigration == impress 18 time 2021-11-05 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456474718161149953 Political considerations at the Supreme Court over abortion. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/roe-v-wade-texas-abortion-sb8.html They know what they were nominated and confirmed to do. But they want to go about it carefully. #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-11-05 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456473465020510214 concession is not just a symbolic gesture. It is the sine qua non of representative democracy - the loser’s acceptance of the legitimacy of the opponent https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virgina-election-mcauliffe-democrats-concede.html But the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is not going to concede to anybody. #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-11-05 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456470257170718723 Will Democrats with cold feet scuttle BBB and the Biden administration - and be defeated in 2022 anyway? They'd deserve it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/house-democrats-biden.html #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456463458447159301 44 months would be getting off light. Only a white man could hope for that little. https://apnews.com/article/new-jersey-capitol-siege-sentencing-077f838a75c75496ee2ee059811a1066 #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-11-05 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456462768496775170 Latino voters made the difference in Virginia. They don't like crime or socialism. How should Democrats address them? https://entertainment--news.com/2021/11/04/barabak-democrats-cant-afford-to-take-latino-vote-for-granted/ #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456461488151941131 Want to end pandemic restrictions? Get everybody in the whole world vaccinated. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/g-20-pope-francis-biden-pandemic-putin-bolsenaro-xi-jinping-20211102.html #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-11-05 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456460762717691912 How do you just vote NO on legalized gambling? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/california-sports-betting-ballot-measures/ They'll have to hire paid signature gatherers because nobody would sign on otherwise. #PS1capolitics == impress 7 time 2021-11-05 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456460347234156545 Trying to escape by pivoting to something new? Doesn't usually work. Emulating Elon Musk might not be the best plan either. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-03/mark-zuckerberg-takes-a-page-from-elon-musk-s-book-with-the-metaverse #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-11-05 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456458598276427781 How bad is the economy? Depends on who you count. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/04/new-study-finds-millions-of-workers-are-functionally-unemployed/ #PS1capolitics == impress 6 time 2021-11-05 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456458156066828290 Limits on hackers for hire. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-united-states-spyware-e15abad12084154b873765b420ae5f05 #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-11-05 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456457788113096706 Smartmatic sues Newsmax and OAN for defamation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/media/smartmatic-newsmax-oan.html They've already sued Fox. Dominion has also sued them all, as well as individuals. Is just reporting what prominent people say an adequate defense if you know what they say is false? #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-11-05 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456443169025839106 Democrats' path forward must include confornting race as an issue that the ruling class uses to divide the masses. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html GOP has been doing that since Nixon completed the conversion of Lincoln GOP into Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/opinion/democrats-republicans-virginia-race.html #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-11-05 02:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456440962079596550 nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.' https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/memo-democrats-be-loud-be-proud/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/opinion/democrats-election-congress-vaccines.html Better to fail attempting something great than fail attempting something little. Obamacare proved that GOP can't undo a popular program once enacted. #PS1biden == impress 5 time 2021-11-05 01:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456439817043001347 A contrarian point of view on urbanization and social inequality. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/opinion/graeber-wengrow-dawn-of-everything-history.html #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-11-05 01:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456437231430684674 How can we avoid the metaverse? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/style/meta-facebook.html The one thing we can be sure of is it will be intended to be immensely profitable - for somebody else. And it might well be immensely profitable - for somebody completely different from its founders. #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-11-05 01:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456434845324742656 Henry Olsen doesn't get that the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP exists to protect and extend minority rule. Donors will make sure that none of Olsen's ideas get any GOP support in Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/here-are-some-proposals-that-republicans-can-embrace-tax-rich/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533022437042270 #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-11-05 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456433093628375042 nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.' https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/memo-democrats-be-loud-be-proud/ The case for boldness against timidity. Better to fail attempting something great than fail attempting something little. #PS1biden == impress 2 time 2021-11-05 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456431872787894282 Judge overrules Trump bluster about former executive privilege. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-records-hearing-jan-6-committee/2021/11/04/4884a830-3d7f-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-11-05 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456430391254937602 FBI criminal prosecution for worst violent flight behaviors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/11/04/faa-refers-unruly-passengers-fbi/ Flight attendants cheer! But the passengers were only following Trump's example and ignoring laws they don't like. But can they afford the same lawyers as Trump? #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-11-05 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456429369497321473 Convicted of being a poster-child dumb blonde. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-crime-texas-prisons-social-media-0f9e470c9871a2f5f1440df76ee23671 #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-11-05 01:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456429048335257602 NY prosecutors continue to look into Trump's deceptive real estate valuations. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-new-york-manhattan-cyrus-vance-jr-282f483ecf8ccfb47f4526a36f52d2c2 #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-11-05 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456427481607540736 What's the GOP doing to make it easier for women to re-enter the workforce? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-careers-075d3b0ab89baffc5e2b9a80e11dcf34 Voting against any Democratic proposal to make it easier for women to re-enter the workforce! What did you expect? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531774793833701 #PS1recovery == impress 5 time 2021-11-05 01:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1192 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1533781266966387 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/05/2021 20:11" reach 6 title "Reeling Democrats see threat to House and Senate control as Republicans crack their 2020 coalition" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533781266966387 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456320870964596750 More fallout from the Steele dossier https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-arrests-john-durham-9d2344081036235309346ad95b14a8bc It's best not to lie to the FBI. #PS1russian == impress 20 time 2021-11-04 18:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456283535375933449 Just as Juan Peron was more useful to Peronistas when dead, or at least in exile, than alive, so Trump is more useful to Trumpists dead, or at least quiet. than alive and noisy. But how much longer can he contain himself? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/trump-youngkin-virginia.html #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-11-04 15:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456281481353961474 Low Democratic turnout in NY had its usual effect. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/ny-ballot-measures.html https://nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/republican-election-results-new-york.html Voters need to understand that nothing changes unless they vote in every election on every candidate and issue. #PS1election == impress 22 time 2021-11-04 15:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456259578744561664 Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat There is an endless supply of the gullible who can be talked into doing the dangerous work for the benefit of others. https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-pakistan-media-social-media-ee6744ea3fa9c7adc5cf15ed058a75f5 #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-11-04 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456255485141680134 More issues less Trump??? Not while he's still alive! His #1 priority is revenge on disloyal Republicans. He's the Democrats' secret weapon. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-joe-biden-business-new-jersey-a3ba46211afd0c8be332982c52538d95 #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-11-04 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456254256026030086 Democrat should stand for doer, not delay, dithering, do nothing, division No need to imitate the GOP's mastery of delay, dithering, do nothing, division. https://apnews.com/article/elections-senate-elections-barack-obama-virginia-election-2020-74dc88bf945d78882e84139f47beec7f #PS1biden == impress 17 time 2021-11-04 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456247919061786631 The resurrection of nuclear energy https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-environment-accidents-b334c5cddc50c620d53674a5b32518dd No greenhouse gases, but can you name even one American state willing to have uranium mining, ore processing, power generation, and waste disposal within its boundaries? #PS1climate == impress 20 time 2021-11-04 13:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456127239871889408 Constitutional sheriffs - another movement to thwart the Constitution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/constitutional-sheriffs-elections-trump-pandemic/2021/11/01/4c14c764-368b-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html What the Constitution means is decided by the Supreme Court, not sheriffs. They swear to uphold the Constitution. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-11-04 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456125565296021504 Where does climate disinformation agitprop come from? The usual suspects - Breitbart, Russia Today, oil companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/02/facebook-climate-change-misinformation-breitbart/ #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-11-04 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456120604579352580 What's the Democratic response to GOP's parental say in education ploy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/parent-control-schools-republican-virginia/2021/11/03/313e8a68-3cc3-11ec-a493-51b0252dea0c_story.html #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-11-04 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456117659280363529 What, exactly, will Youngkin about campaign promises? Almost all of them require getting the legislature to act. Issues important to single-issue GOP voters will get him into trouble either with the Trump base or the persuadables. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-virginia-trump/2021/11/03/b66bf55e-3cb9-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2021-11-04 04:34 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456114503926497284 Mixed results for reactionary attacks on school boards. Nevertheless, the GOP will likely take them national, based on success in Virginia. https://apnews.com/article/election-day-school-boards-1e1f556e51de3f25c6f6eedb6f7a0ebe #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-11-04 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456111882763341828 Do insurrectionists who are veterans deserve harsher or more lenient treatment? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-veterans-e98fcc0785fc80c40aaa8855dd12da92 #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-11-04 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456110969688518659 PRC actively raising the cost of US defense of Taiwan. https://apnews.com/article/china-united-states-beijing-nuclear-weapons-congress-5a8c5ceb9d248810b9dd513894f195f8 #PS1china == impress 22 time 2021-11-04 04:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 472 epoch Lifetime ID 1533039263707254 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/04/2021 19:11" reach 7 title "Pentagon: Chinese nuke force growing faster than predicted" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533039263707254 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455897528583409671 How the Frankenbill sausage gets made https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-10-31/party-of-ideas-produces-a-frankenbill-it-just-might-work GOP is desperate to kill it before it's passed and its parts become popular. #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-11-03 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455894342095151104 Good news for GOP! https://apnews.com/article/business-economy-prices-inflation-d98e33f5f024e5109486b70662196ed7 GOP has no idea to cure supply-chain issues or mideast oil cutbacks. But they can offer plenty of criticism until they gain control of Congress, then they'll change the subject until the economy improves on its own. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-11-03 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455787520856182788 Keys to GOP in 2022 and 2024 - https://apnews.com/article/virginia-election-ap-votecast-survey-75520c5c9a245bee384526abc138a61a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531774793833701 #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-11-03 06:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455785523864223745 Read some history of state-encouraged private oppression of minorities - every minority except the ruling class of oppressors. https://washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/01/texas-abortion-law-history-rights-suppressed/ Greg Abbott proudly follows the historic river of Texas suppression. #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-11-03 06:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455783473323540485 Expect to hear a lot more about critical race theory from GOP candidates at every level. They define critical race theory as telling the truth about American racial history. https://apnews.com/article/election-day-school-boards-1e1f556e51de3f25c6f6eedb6f7a0ebe More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531774793833701 #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-11-03 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455774429611368453 Preliminary election analysis https://apnews.com/article/election-2021-virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-mcaulife-6cdbf77acf9a966e216ab2a297601baa https://apnews.com/article/election-night-takeaways-354cfaf5a23602a583c65288d9a8de9d https://apnews.com/article/election-2021-analysis-virginia-governor-youngkin-c78b860c08a2e7dfa4eba24cd1dc384e https://apnews.com/article/virginia-election-ap-votecast-survey-75520c5c9a245bee384526abc138a61a https://apnews.com/article/election-day-school-boards-1e1f556e51de3f25c6f6eedb6f7a0ebe Running against critical race theory seems to be a winner. #PS1election == impress 1 time 2021-11-03 05:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 202 epoch Lifetime ID 1532371657107348 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/03/2021 20:11" reach 6 title "Education fight a winning message in Va., but not everywhere" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1532371657107348 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455372702840082434 Sure social media don't help people understand different viewpoints, and the business model depends on provoking conflict, but the internet itself seems to be incapable of understanding differences. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/facebook-social-media-problems.html This was obvious on USENET 35 years ago. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-11-02 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455370279291551750 Nobody has a right to infect other people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/vaccine-mandates-biden-republicans.html #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-11-02 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455369524811862020 Is there a detour to gun safety around a reactionary Supreme Court? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/supreme-court-gun-control.html Between their single-issue voters and their donors, the GOP won't allow improving ATF technology any more than improving IRS enforcement. #PS1firearms == impress 17 time 2021-11-02 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455367901872103425 Democracies aren't good at dealing with exponential growth until it's too late. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#exponentials Dictatorships aren't much better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/cop26-glasgow-climate-summit-ugly-start/ After all, unborn generations will not vote in the NEXT election. #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-11-02 02:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455366816415436801 More on games in DC! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/joe-manchins-throws-bomb-progressives-accidentally-hits-centrists/ #PS1biden == impress 8 time 2021-11-02 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455366116524511236 Fahrenheit 451 is what happens when politicians decide they are literary critics, at least when they are on Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/why-books-have-become-battlefield-texas/ #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-11-02 02:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455364957462163459 The drug companies vs AARP - who's going to win? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/01/reconciliaton-medicare-prescription-price-negotiation/ Manchin needs more time to review the legislation - with his donors. #PS1biden == impress 21 time 2021-11-02 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455363591289274373 There are always Quislings and Petains to collaborate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-afghanistan-hazaras/2021/11/01/096c9690-3775-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 9 time 2021-11-02 02:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455361285986471943 It’s time our elected leaders in Washington stop playing games Almost everybody would agree with Manchin on that. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-54560074b59da74436ed6d0bd8a29b3c So let him show some leadership and be the first to stop playing games. If he's going to vote no regardless, he should say so. #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 20 time 2021-11-02 02:29 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455359652137357315 Can fact overcome fantasy in Nov 2 elections? Election officials are doing what they can against an organized campaign of agitprop disinformation. https://apnews.com/article/elections-colorado-voting-presidential-elections-election-2020-c1c8271524e438367134557b0662dd15 Will the losers reject the results no matter what the facts? #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-11-02 02:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455358634259410948 Facebook beat Wall Street earnings estimates and declared a $50 billion stock buyback to reward investors https://www.investopedia.com/facebook-q3-fy2021-earnings-report-recap-5207097 but failed at ethics on anti-vax https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-covid-vaccine-misinformation-c8bbc569be7cc2ca583dadb4236a0613 in India https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-media-religion-9255fdedb5e238bd3ec74781f50d35f4 #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-11-02 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455355610644373514 Don't think you're likely to consistently do better picking stocks than professional money managers. Passive index stock funds outperform actively managed funds on average. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/jill-on-money-indexing-is-standing-the-test-of-time/ar-AAQ1Oiq More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531012033909977 #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-11-02 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455340615424638976 Some history of state-encouraged private oppression of minorities. Every minority except the ruling class of oppressors. https://washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/01/texas-abortion-law-history-rights-suppressed/ Greg Abbott proudly follow the historic river of Texas suppression. #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2021-11-02 01:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 437 epoch Lifetime ID 1531780547166459 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/02/2021 23:11" reach 4 title "Perspective | What Texas’s abortion law has in common with the Fugitive Slave Act" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531780547166459 ========== Tweets for 2021-11-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455257008899117056 The triumph of Trumpism in - Afghanistan! You don't need any expertise or experience if you are loyal enough! https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-middle-east-health-kabul-fa7a556f60fe6eee85328acffb2f728a #PS1afghanistan == impress 24 time 2021-11-01 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455224366145232899 Congress to investigate University of Florida suppression of academic freedom? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/university-of-florida-desantis-voting-law/ It's clearly in the University's interest to promote DeSantis presidential campaign! #PS1 == impress 24 time 2021-11-01 17:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455223251571929090 The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP in a nutshell - they only know how to preserve the status quo by opposing everything. They wouldn't fix any problems even if they knew how. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/31/rick-scotts-phony-problem-solving/ Their donors are satisfied, and what's the problem? #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-11-01 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455221844231917568 Some hoping to advance by encouraging other people's violence are rousing up the brown shirts everywhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/01/anti-vaccine-staten-island-protest-burn-threat/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/partisan-attacks-drove-me-out-my-job-texas-elections-official/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/01/4-10-who-say-election-was-stolen-trump-say-violence-might-be-needed-save-america/ GOP leaders not sufficiently supportive are getting the same threats. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-11-01 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455019177282969603 You shouldn't enroll in AP literature unless you want to study AP literature at a college level. https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/leonard-pitts-jr-americas-nightmare-2/ Don't sign up for AP classes if you're not ready for college. But GOP candidates need to talk about SOMEthing other than Trump if they want to win. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-11-01 03:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455012714749706241 Now hoarding and warehouses full of inventory seems smarter than just-in-time logistics. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/people-are-hoarding-food-shortages-are-the-next-supply-chain-crunch-1.1668387 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1530403440637503 #SP1economics #PS1notopic == impress 11 time 2021-11-01 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455011246210629636 GOP blames Biden for supply chain inflation - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/business/economy/biden-inflation.html But - surprise! - England is suffering exactly the same problems under Trump pal Boris Johnson, because of Trump-endorsed Brexit. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/britain-budget-sunak.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1530403440637503 #PS1recovery == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2021-11-01 03:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455007657643761673 The super rich don't like any publicity. All publicity is bad publicity for them. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/29/into-the-realm-of-the-super-rich-oakland-author-reports-from-the-gilded-edge/ They know perfectly well that accidents and luck have a lot to do with who gets rich and who doesn't. The best luck is to be born rich. #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-11-01 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455005073587650564 Stock buybacks in the oil patch - putting rising oil prices to profitable use! https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/chevron-crushes-estimates-as-gas-refining-spur-cash-flow-record Taxes on stock buybacks might be part of BBB, or might not. #PS1tax == impress 17 time 2021-11-01 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455004169656410124 Guantanamo https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo a stain on the moral fiber of America https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/politics/guantanamo-torture-letter.html #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-11-01 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454982963414765568 Is it really up to black women voter turnout? If the election is close enough, it is! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/30/can-black-voters-save-the-republic-again/ #PS1election == engage 3 engage-rate 5% impress 56 replies 1 time 2021-11-01 01:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454982157538000900 GOP wants to change the subject, but Trump is THE subject, and he will do everything he can to make sure he remains THE subject as long as he lives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/31/sorry-glenn-youngkin-trump-is-biggest-issue-virginia-every-other-state/ #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-11-01 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454981125281964033 After workers endured 40 years of union-busting, covid provided leverage to revive the labor movement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/31/faq-striketober/ #PS1economics == engage 3 engage-rate 27% impress 11 likes 1 time 2021-11-01 01:18 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454979451016527877 Romney boldly steps up to declare himself part of the problem, not part of the solution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/31/mitt-romney-filibuster-senate-democratic-institution/ He knows perfectly well that filibuster is a tool for obstruction, not for compromise. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-11-01 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454977221987164161 Slow progress on Trump's tariffs. https://apnews.com/article/g-20-summit-joe-biden-business-national-security-katherine-tai-a9ca8a72bb5bc8a5c859ed0067ebf199 They didn't increase American jobs, but they sure increased American prices. #PS1trade == impress 12 time 2021-11-01 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454976778963853313 US can't afford to subsidize American children. https://apnews.com/article/health-west-virginia-charleston-joe-manchin-e943df5b39ee385b62e5838e8125a50a It's so much cheaper to solve labor problems by exploiting illegal immigrants. #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-11-01 01:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-11-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-11-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 578 epoch Lifetime ID 1531008313910349 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/01/2021 18:11" reach 8 title "Paid leave's demise tough on backers in Manchin's home state" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1531008313910349 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454930193705930752 Insurrection! Introduction from editor https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/31/about-jan-6-insurrection-investigation/ Details - before during after https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/warnings-jan-6-insurrection/ Summary https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/#key-findings More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1530276347316879 #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-10-31 21:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454695282063544324 GOP might gain control of Congress in 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/30/biden-team-struggles-promote-economic-message-inflation-persists/ Persuadable swing voters will make up their minds based on current supply chain and inflation EFFECTS rather than long-term CAUSES. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1529855780692269 #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-10-31 06:22 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454688716467752966 wikipedia - how the internet was originally supposed to work before the big bucks media and government realized the internet could be a profitable medium of entertainment-propaganda and personal surveillance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-john-eastman-editing/2021/10/28/f2d61bea-35fd-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html #PS1media == impress 23 time 2021-10-31 05:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454686745480495106 Putin is threatening Ukraine again. They want to make it clear that everything is prepared for a lightning invasion of Ukraine at any time. Will they? The geopolitical purpose may be served just by the implicit threat. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-troop-movements-near-ukraine-border-prompt-concern-in-us-europe/2021/10/30/c122e57c-3983-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-10-31 05:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454685115603320835 Trump has been running for 2024 since January. He even admitted that he wouldn't admit it yet because of campaign finance laws. But he has found workarounds for all those. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fundraising/2021/10/29/5b5a2e64-31b1-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html He's the leading political fundraiser in the country. #PS1trump == impress 33 time 2021-10-31 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454683083127414789 New York is a blue state - but it has a bunch of Trumpists in its public employee ranks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/30/vaccine-mandate-new-york-city-firefighters/ Seems they aren't THAT dedicated to serving the public. Some of them won't be serving the public for long. #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-10-31 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454680936830758913 Outsourcing critical business and military infrastructure to outer space does have its drawbacks. https://apnews.com/article/science-lifestyle-aurora-fourth-of-july-sun-9e5c3a010652635f22c3f0b59dce7545 But if you see a good aurora, enjoy it. #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-10-31 05:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 287 epoch Lifetime ID 1530338463977334 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/31/2021 17:10" reach 10 title "To star gazers: Fireworks show called Northern Lights coming" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1530338463977334 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454445521507012609 Two more tests of the Supreme Court's willingness to follow the Trump line. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-epa-greenhouse-gas/2021/10/29/33d2740e-38f6-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-10-30 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454443766203387907 In Florida everybody is free to infect everybody else, but faculty are not free to testify about voter suppression legislation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/30/florida-voting-rights-desantis-lawsuit/ #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-10-30 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454441585333051393 Once a Republican says something bad about Trump, it's hard to recover, especially if it was true. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-charlotte-north-carolina-senate-elections-election-2020-d4abd8175e44e7e33487994e5b2ca20d #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-10-30 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454440461372772361 A lucky break for Trump - but not for Brandon. https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160 #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-10-30 13:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454439396761956354 Trump doesn't want anybody to know who he was talking to, when, or what about. He must be afraid it will prove something. His plan is to tie things up in court until he's re-elected. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lawsuits-united-states-capitol-siege-4e55ed79b42043fbdef1628d684e1495 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-10-30 13:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454312867465875456 Trump can cripple an agency faster than Biden can restore it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/29/bureau-land-management-grand-junction/ The Trump reorg was a success in benefiting his donors. #PS1deregulation == impress 22 time 2021-10-30 05:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454310812986707969 66 former legislators file brief against Trump claims of executive privilege. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-congress-members-file-brief-opposing-trumps-attempt-to-shield-jan-6-records/2021/10/29/07dc57e0-38d6-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-10-30 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454310344281583619 Better weapons don't necessarily make you safer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-nuclear-weapons-electronic-sensors-accuracy/2021/10/28/79533ff0-34cc-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html Deterrence is psychological as well as technical. #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-10-30 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454309078067408900 GOP has a simple strategy for 2022 and 2024 - oppose everything in Congress and blame everything on Biden, even the stuff that Trump did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/lets-go-brandon-republican-build-back-better-response/ They have an even lower opinion of their voters than Democrats do. So what - they defend the ruling class! #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2021-10-30 04:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454307469056884740 The Trumpist Dixiecrat Republicans can proudly claim to be the spiritual descendants of Preston Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks#Sumner_assault and Earl Landgrebe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Landgrebe#Watergate They'd rather fight than fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/republicans-insurrection-dont-confuse-them-with-facts/ #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-10-30 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454305008044822529 A guy was proselytizing for the LaRouche PAC outside a post office today, with posters saying Trump can't do it by himself! LaRouche was a perpetual presidential candidate and he still has a PAC! https://www.larouchepac.com/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1529184900759357 #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 17 time 2021-10-30 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454300463055003651 Pence's counsel were having none of it - https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pence-jacob-trump-op-ed/2021/10/29/d9f324ac-392b-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html when Trumpists tried to blame Pence for the riot! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/eastman-pence-email-riot-trump/2021/10/29/59373016-38c1-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html It's the Trump way! Pence should have known that by now. #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-10-30 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454297260989161481 Biden chooses to expand Medicaid, knowing that GOP will kill it if they can. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-seniors-medicaid-nursing-homes-da7a976587393d1522d74b602964132d #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-10-30 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454296775670464520 Supreme Court does not block vaccination requirement. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-health-maine-6f246ae1c1dd501e40ceb470f0cc2366 #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-10-30 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454295428120203268 Intelligence agencies can't tell about covid. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-science-health-china-2fe4518ac7aef9b54ea4329385d121c4 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-10-30 03:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 458 epoch Lifetime ID 1529832600694587 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/30/2021 22:10" reach 5 title "US intel doesn't expect to determine origins of COVID-19" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1529832600694587 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454164845956268032 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-media-religion-9b66d10902eba09336268d9bc5d1943a #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-10-29 19:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454151040014508035 Why it's so easy to be pessimistic about climate change. https://nytimes.com/2021/10/13/business/china-electricity-shortage.html Politicians would rather revert to coal than deal with climate change. #PS1climate == impress 13 time 2021-10-29 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454146982008684548 The Constitution was designed to prevent too much popular democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/28/founders-constructed-our-government-foster-inaction/ The intent was that nothing could happen without approval of the landed gentry. They didn't anticipate the two-party system, but it fit right in. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 15 time 2021-10-29 18:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454145227833237504 Maybe success is at hand - but strait is the gate, and narrow is the way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/biden-framework-reconciliation-pathway/ #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-10-29 17:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454144153428758529 It's not just a pandemic, it's a profit opportunity! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/29/house-committee-covid-misinformation/ Every Trumpist is a potential customer! #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-10-29 17:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454143671180222470 the pharmaceutical industry has been regulating Congress https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/29/biden-medicare-drug-negotiation/ It costs millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Somebody has to pay for that, and somebody has to expect a return on investment. Democrats can try again in 30 more years. #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-10-29 17:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454140260372258819 Politics trumps community spirit. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-west-virginia-8049bb8c60c6571a908f0ea72c716464 WV, where else. #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-10-29 17:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454137930109243395 Kinzinger gerrymandered out of office. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/politics/adam-kinzinger-illinois-election.html There are plenty of worse Republicans that we'd be better off losing than Kinzinger, but most of them are gerrymandered into invulnerability. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-10-29 17:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454136911677648897 Trump supporters understand there really is no time for internal squabbling or hurt feelings Really? Trump hardly has time for anything BUT his hurt feelings and desire for revenge. And so his base. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/politics/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governors-race.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528858134125367 #PS1trumpism == impress 20 time 2021-10-29 17:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454130752761651209 What do the people of Taiwan want? Ideally, independence. Practically, the status quo. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/taiwan-china-biden.html Xi and Biden - and the Taiwanese - all want to achieve their aims without starting a world war. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528844204126760 #PS1china == impress 51 time 2021-10-29 16:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454127497184829442 Can the Constitution still be changed in any fundamental way? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#amendments For whom was the Constitution made, anyway? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/democracy-madison-robert-dahl.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528837520794095 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-10-29 16:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454122702936051717 How will the Supreme Court handle abortion? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-abortion.html Barrett will finally have to show her hand. #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-10-29 16:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454117829087617027 Will Trump champion family leave in 2024? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/joe-manchin-just-handed-trump-potent-issue-2024/ It's a good campaign issue, but even if he did, once in office he'd leave it to Mitch, and Mitch knows what the donors want. But Trump is more likely to obsess on revenge on the disloyal. #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-10-29 16:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454116171800735749 What does the Second Amendment mean? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment The Supreme Court is going to have to decide https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/now-supreme-court-will-decide-what-it-means-bear-arms/ knowing no matter what they decide, they'll be under fire from all sides. #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-10-29 16:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454094287746961417 Covid provoked a reset of the relation of labor to capital. https://apnews.com/article/business-wages-salaries-increase-8ce98ea3bcc14c4810eb5a1111e1df49 Income inequality had been increasing since Reagan. Inflationary impact depends on whether higher labor costs are passed to consumers or absorbed by shareholders. #PS1recovery == impress 12 time 2021-10-29 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454080882734559251 Arpaio has no regrets and would do it all the same way again! https://apnews.com/article/immigration-business-arizona-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-fa5aab2f85ca6d7b22b2a028759eb44a No wonder Trump likes him enough to pardon him! #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-10-29 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454079777518735360 Democrats gerrymander House seats in Illinois. https://apnews.com/article/elections-race-and-ethnicity-philanthropy-barack-obama-state-governments-73d75629c440a971c65e9016476ed869 They should suspend fair redistricting for Federal House seats until, say, Florida adopts fair redistricting too. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528160274195153 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 time 2021-10-29 13:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453943118223462402 What's in BBB for taxation TODAY. It might be different again tomorrow. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/us/politics/biden-tax-plan-increases.html #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-10-29 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453942297763012616 It's not mostly crazies or cowards. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/opinion/republicans-vaccines.html It's worse - ambitious politicians who CHOOSE to protect their funding and careers by defending minority rule more unflinchingly than ever. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528420390835808 #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-10-29 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453939482722385920 Humane wars forever? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/books/review/humane-samuel-moyn.html Not likely - sooner or later a small war will escalate into a major one that might end civilization. #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-10-29 04:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453937666207088649 Nine years for plotting insurrection - in Richmond. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/base-white-supremacist-case-sentencing/2021/10/28/2dc41a60-3746-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-10-29 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453936620252528645 Should the punishment fit the crime? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-howell-capitol-riot-case/2021/10/28/8f6da2c2-3809-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html The prosecution of hundreds of defendants is an enormous task for an unprepared DOJ. So does it make sense to let the minor offenders off quickly in order to focus resources on the leaders? #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-10-29 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453935337558798343 Directed energy weapons - another aspect of democratized weapons technology. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/dealing-with-havana-syndrome-is-policymakers-nightmare/ The weapons probably are or will be soon available to anybody with the money. #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2021-10-29 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453934266560040962 How close are we to WW III between China and US? Probably not at all. Both have too much to lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/its-not-sputnik-moment-we-should-not-feed-cold-war-paranoia/ The problem with democratizing technology of mass destruction is minor states and terrorists that feel they have nothing to lose. #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-10-29 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453932706962706442 Major donors invest in Democratic senators as well as Republican. Often, probably, in both, to make sure their calls get returned no matter who wins the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/tax-hikes-build-back-better-plan-democrats/ #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-29 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453931809859727370 Trumpism in the air. Why obey laws you don't like? Better to hit back twice as hard. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/10/28/american-airlines-flight-attendant-attack/ But it helps if you can afford expensive lawyers to defend you, or if you can get on Fox. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-10-29 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453930857215922176 How many military members are willing to be kicked out rather than have two more shots? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/10/28/vaccine-mandate-air-force/ They already had a bunch of shots when they first joined up. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-29 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453928922932858880 GOP using covid restrictions to replace local officials with Trumpist hacks. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-elections-alaska-pandemics-kansas-ccff6c03533ece7c73b7aa93b5a987e1 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-10-29 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453927969160720388 Elon Musk and other billionaires sound off. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-business-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-health-care-reform-088929b9bc60f52d00627f2bc44a8ff1 They want to make sure that the senators they've invested in understand what's expected - to preserve the hereditary nobility. #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-10-29 03:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1004 epoch Lifetime ID 1529162417428272 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/29/2021 20:10" reach 4 title "'Stupid' and 'insane': Some billionaires vent over tax plan" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1529162417428272 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453800125633945600 we need Alec Baldwin tweets https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/opinion/jd-vance-trump-hypocrisy.html Look what political ambition has revealed about J D Vance! How pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it! #PS1trumpism == impress 38 time 2021-10-28 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453795873360547841 No Nazi or Klansman has ever denounced Ted Cruz! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/28/ted-cruz-nazi-salute-senate-hearing/ He's counting on their support in his effort to succeed Trump. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-10-28 18:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453794875665616898 Redistricting House seats should be accomplished by automatic algorithms. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Independent commissions are not the answer to redistricting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/colorado-redistricting-democrats/ They end up in court anyway. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528160274195153 #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-10-28 18:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453790926858424338 Constitutionality of a wealth tax. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/26/wealth-tax-constitution-supreme-court/ The GOP justices know they were put there precisely to protect the ruling class from attacks like this. So it would have been a long shot. So the BBB framework seems to have moved to an income surtax. #PS1tax == impress 19 time 2021-10-28 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453789280837332995 It's what the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP does best - not governing, but opposing governing, all to get more exposure on Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/republicans-have-mastered-politics-of-opposition/ When they get back in power, they'll resume their donors' agenda - tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judiciary. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-10-28 18:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453787791494549528 So just where does the racism mix with the second amendment? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/27/gun-rights-anti-racism-bruen-conservative-hypocrisy/ #PS1firearms == impress 10 time 2021-10-28 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453777236432080902 She never said we should move on from Benghazi. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-10-23/condoleezza-rice-january-6-view-insurrection #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-10-28 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453774950758686745 Now the Russians are going after the NRA! That's no way to treat your friends. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-russia-united-states-8e2e6ead27e80e79482caf54111b4c3d #PS1ransomware == impress 11 time 2021-10-28 17:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453774385504919574 Labor is expendable; there's plenty more where it came from. How much do they donate to the GOP anyway? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-pandemics-congress-72e766be17083ad819ea3ac26cb7fb76 #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-10-28 17:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453728020292784132 What's in BBB? https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/politics/president-joe-biden-economic-agenda But will it pass? Has Biden figured out exactly what's possible? #PS1biden == impress 14 time 2021-10-28 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453726793479847944 He must feel right at home in Texas. https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_feba83422667e5ea897f85e92cff5fcf Especially if he's rich enough he wouldn't need a working wife and could afford a nanny. His advice seems irrelevant to most people in Silicon Valley. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-10-28 14:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453712822303559684 Wealth tax issues https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/briefing/wealth-tax-spending-bill-manchin.html It wouldn't be part of BBB except Manchin and Sinema vetoed everything else. #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-10-28 13:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453587350466883584 The Trumpists' ultimate goal - replace honest election officials with ones as corrupt as third-world bureaucrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/this-is-how-anti-democratic-right-wins/ It's an old playbook from the 1880's South. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/politics/secretaries-of-state-personal-threats-trump-election-lies/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-10-28 05:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453583415261876224 We knew the GOP was against taxing the rich. What was more surprising was how many Democrats are also against the idea when push comes to shove. Though many are shy about it in public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/taxes-democrats-plan-looks-lot-like-trump-plan/ #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-28 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453552370823012356 Alaska was doing well. Then came a summer of disconnection from reality. Then reality reconnected twice as hard. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/27/alaska-did-well-early-pandemic-then-misinformation-distrust-kicked/ #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-10-28 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453549628637343744 Re-evaluating childcare as a business means parents have to re-evaluate working for somebody else vs caring for their own children. Thus you see many help wanted signs. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-pandemics-economy-seattle-17db11434b2bb82a3d7fb3fc82003514 GOP proposes to protect families by reducing government aid. #PS1recovery == impress 7 time 2021-10-28 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453542385355419653 The historical truth is what GOP calls critical race theory. It doesn't sit well with the Trump base, and they hope to excite persuadable swing voters as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/opinion/glenn-youngkin-toni-morrison.html #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-10-28 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453538053557927937 Confronting the past - this is what the GOP means by critical race theory. The GOP wants to keep it buried. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/hastings-college-law-native-massacre.html #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-10-28 01:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453535809689165824 Is this how it ends? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ With democratization of weapons of mass destruction for which there is no defense? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/politics/china-hypersonic-missile.html #PS1china == impress 8 time 2021-10-28 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453521338841268226 Another possible covid treatment. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/27/cheap-antidepressant-shows-covid-treatment-promise/ Existing drugs have the advantage that safety is already known. Covid effectiveness has to be tested in clinical trials to determine therapeutic dosage and interactions with other covid drugs. #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-10-28 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453518359589392385 There are two possible paths to winning close elections - maximizing base turnout and persuading swing voters. The ideal is to do both, but that is seldom possible, because those groups decide differently. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/campaigning-middle-out-wont-save-democrats/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1527531077591406 #PS1politics == impress 7 time 2021-10-28 00:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 715 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1528384297506084 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/28/2021 20:10" reach 4 title "Opinion | Campaigning ‘from the middle out’ won’t save Democrats" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528384297506084 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453511483543855106 The red state paradox - they can't stand government aid, and they can't survive without it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/manchin-warns-that-bidens-agenda-would-create-an-entitlement-society-his-state-leads-way/ Entitlements is also GOP code for social security and medicare, which GOP oppose and would like to save by privatizing - like the post office. #PS1biden == impress 21 time 2021-10-27 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453510486226395137 It's much easier to game a wealth tax than an income tax. Is that why Sinema favors a wealth tax? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/tesla-elon-musk-billionaire-tax-complications/ #PS1tax == impress 30 time 2021-10-27 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453508049059020804 What's the difference between espionage and journalism? A court has decided. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/27/james-okeefe-political-spying-project-veritas/ #PS1journalism == impress 21 time 2021-10-27 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453506911249186822 It's all grist for the milling into culture war distractions to keep GOP voters from thinking about the real GOP platform - preserving minority rule of GOP major donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/27/safe-spaces-trigger-warnings/ #PS1minority == impress 20 time 2021-10-27 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453505878980628482 How the Senate GOP continues Trump's deregulation program - even in the Biden administration! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/27/cpsc-vote-clash/ Rough and tumble, no holds barred, nothing to lose - because GOP doesn't intend to lose any more elections. #PS1deregulation == impress 24 time 2021-10-27 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453504616277032967 Use the guns any time, any place you want! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/27/when-do-we-get-use-guns-ongoing-danger-false-fraud-claims/ But don't count on Trump or anybody else bailing you out afterward. There is an endless supply of gullible people - what's one more or less? As about 600 are currently learning. #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-10-27 23:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453496526915862530 Trump stands by his man in Brazil. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-crime-caribbean-health-brazil-80823c6b0d77567d5912373f9d756cbe They are cut from the same cloth. #PS1trumpism == impress 24 time 2021-10-27 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453493978381176836 Mission creep - right over the edge of the cliff. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-joe-biden-taliban-european-union-8b14058e29dbb4e0e5c4fa71b751ebe8 Let it be a lesson, though the same lesson has been offered repeatedly and always fails to stick. #PS1afghanistan == impress 18 time 2021-10-27 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453490738478469121 Is there an agreement possible or is it just wishful thinking? Were Manchin and Sinema ever going to vote FOR anything or were they just delaying tactics? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-319a4fe155a72dce4f71bc617547e3fe #PS1biden == impress 23 time 2021-10-27 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453486969577611264 California high speed rail - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/27/opinion-bay-area-needs-high-speed-rail-its-time-to-finish-it/ If it's ever finished, people will wonder why we didn't do it sooner. If it's never finished, people will wonder why we even tried. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1527478114263369 #PS1capolitics == impress 26 time 2021-10-27 22:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453484754595037189 Senate finally confirms a few ambassadors https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-new-zealand-turkey-biden-cabinet-europe-dd868b9b8a9d3747e125d3e93d0d1eb9 But Ted Cruz blocks the rest https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-ambassadors-cruz/2021/10/27/c196b770-359d-11ec-9a5d-93a89c74e76d_story.html For a Trumpist he tries awfully hard to be tough on Russia, in a way that mainly impinges on allies like Germany. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-10-27 22:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453481767789158409 Pathetic - Trump is still fighting the election by writing angry letters to the editor. But he doesn't know any better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/27/14-things-you-need-know-about-trumps-letter-wall-street-journal/ Ultra-pathetic - the Wall Street Journal published the letter without comment. Don't they know any better? #PS1journalism == impress 36 time 2021-10-27 22:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453479662064070656 A majority of American voters support taking steps to reduce global warming. https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-science-environment-and-nature-only-on-ap-1e48e3315d2e0b618ccaa4a8d466e057 But a majority of major GOP campaign donors do not, so expect no bipartisanship here. #PS1climate == impress 19 time 2021-10-27 21:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453477963928801283 California water projects being paid for with budget surplus. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-25/skelton-water-projects-drought-california-billions Even though long-term capital improvements like these would normally be funded with bonds. #PS1capolitics == impress 17 time 2021-10-27 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453477009779085315 US is way behind on parental leave https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/upshot/paid-leave-democrats.html but Manchin and Sinema say no. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/27/biden-democrats-spending-deal/ #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-10-27 21:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453475302445776897 Covid panic overcomes the system of scholarly refereeing. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/ivermectin-research-problems/620473/ #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-10-27 21:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453375879321579526 Corruption is still pretty easy. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/california-sees-wave-of-political-corruption/ Just check abscam shrimpgate or shrimp boy. Term limits don't seem to help - they enable another malady, having donors draft legislation. #PS1capolitics == impress 20 time 2021-10-27 14:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453372488138719235 Another source of inflation - GOP immigration policies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/business/economy/foreign-workers-shortage-hiring.html Reducing immigration reduces labor supply increases demand for labor increases wages increases prices. You'd think the former free market party would get that. #PS1immigration == impress 37 time 2021-10-27 14:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453354661566554112 Another bank warns about post office delays - USPS announced revised service standards resulting in an increased delivery window.This could impact mail sent to and from Capital One It's an opportunity to push paperless billing, saving lots of money - for banks. #PS1economics == impress 57 time 2021-10-27 13:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 698 epoch Lifetime ID 1527562494254931 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/27/2021 18:10" reach 8 title "politicalscrapbooknet on Twitter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1527562494254931 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452994553124904964 Lots of short-term programs might be good for short-term politics. But they aren't going to cause any fundamental change. But long-term programs that can't get passed don't change anything either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/democrats-risky-strategies-show-they-never-learned-their-lessons-obamacare/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 likes 1 time 2021-10-26 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452993598950023168 Paid leave - another unexpected issue in Virginia? And maybe elsewhere? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/virginia-governor-mcauliffe-paid-leave/ #PS1economics == impress 35 time 2021-10-26 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452849873137532935 Announcement from Bank of America - Postal Service began changing first-class mail delivery time frames in October. This change may result in mailed statements and payments you mail taking longer to arrive. Thank DeJoy! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1526121104399070 #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 41 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-10-26 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452846648036454407 Silicon Valley is for followers. Ohio is for leaders. It's propaganda from https://www.jobsohio.com/ohio-for-leaders/ It's hard to think of a single technology area in which Ohio is a leader or attracts leaders. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1526113957733118 #PS1other == impress 33 time 2021-10-26 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452825519523647489 How the ruling class strikes back at dissent https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/us/vaccine-fired-church.html His employer knew where the money came from. #PS1minority == impress 33 time 2021-10-26 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452824018214481922 How the hereditary nobility intends to suppress democracy once and for all - https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/25/god-trump-closed-door-world-council-national-policy/ It's not really about conservatism, or religion, or the ideals of America's founders, but about preserving power by all means. And their donors approve. #PS1minority == impress 31 time 2021-10-26 02:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452806740546777093 Giant global journalism co-ops to investigate giant global issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/facebook-leak-consortium/2021/10/25/8125341e-3593-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html #PS1journalism == impress 35 time 2021-10-26 01:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452801197845278720 Job #1 to protect a hereditary nobility - preserve “inheritance or transmission in their entirety of fortunes swollen beyond all healthy limits”. The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP accepts the challenge - that's who their donors are! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/opinion/democrats-child-benefit-tax.html #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 likes 1 time 2021-10-26 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452798834992500736 QAnon's just following Trump's example. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/25/los-gatos-who-is-this-far-right-group-thats-been-disrupting-council-meetings-for-months/ Undermining democratic government by any available means. #PS1qanon == impress 56 time 2021-10-26 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452796014717374469 How alarming - workers organizing the way their employers do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/liz-shuler-afl-cio-striketober-workers-healthy-labor-movement/ #PS1economics == impress 34 time 2021-10-26 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452791022216310790 What little election fraud the GOP claimed to have found seems to have been from their own voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/25/trump-team-fox-news-alleged-dead-voters-most-cases-were-either-debunked-or-actually-involved-republicans/ Fox will go on reporting the lies, because they believe in their hearts - that it's good for their ratings. #PS1media == impress 32 time 2021-10-26 00:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452788227429920772 The Trumpist disinformation machine hits new heights https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/fauci-puppy-experiments-conspiracy-republicans/ #PS1trumpism == impress 30 time 2021-10-26 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 407 epoch Lifetime ID 1526924770985370 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/26/2021 22:10" reach 11 title "Opinion | Why is Anthony Fauci trying to kill my puppy?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1526924770985370 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452787046750117889 Think about those around you That's not good Trumpist thinking! It's all about #1! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/25/neil-cavuto-vaccine-plea/ #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-10-25 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452786360905912322 Universal Basic Income catches on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/25/chicago-poised-create-one-nations-largest-guaranteed-basic-income-programs/ Alaska has had it for 40 years. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-10-25 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452785295238127616 Montana's gone Trumpist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/montana-extreme-trump/2021/10/22/0f82afbc-0037-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html Even if they are actually a minority, Trumpists achieve their aim by turning every issue into a political contest. #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-10-25 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452780669138989058 Facts don't matter; GOP sees school board elections as a route to control of Congress, even though Congress has little to do with public school curricula. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-elections-education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-f3e0a8198edae71980f942f2eb5ea172 Culture wars are the ammunition the ruling class gives the masses to shoot themselves. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-10-25 23:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452778943493271554 Russians are still at it. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-russia-1e65777560b39e35209e11dbccfcab1f #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-10-25 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452778329539366919 The new French Trumpist https://apnews.com/article/immigration-france-paris-europe-migration-a681f51a334fe7e2ccc680d2b52ab4b3 #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-10-25 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452777363289165825 Abbott promises race was not a factor. https://apnews.com/article/elections-texas-voting-race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-e9521a6eb4d93ac4a874fc7f27e834e3 But how much is a Trumpist's promise worth? #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-10-25 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452776844592181249 How the billionaire wealth tax might work - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-personal-taxes-bb51ab8b987c32e00c743a05d428079c It makes the tax code more complicated, always a bad sign. An increase in tax rates would have been simpler, but Sinema said no. #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-10-25 23:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452774325220626434 Facebook Papers https://apnews.com/article/what-are-the-facebook-papers-10e59530a699db5345ac3931509778b2 #PS1media == impress 7 time 2021-10-25 23:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452773778417537025 What Facebook really doesn't want to recognize is that negative content provides the profits for social media. Remember it started out as a platform for males to compare female classmates on looks. https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-whistleblower-misinfo-trafficking-64f11ccae637cdfb7a89e049c5095dca More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525982281079619 #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-10-25 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452625144262762499 How's your GRAT? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726717967672725 If you have billions of dollars that you don't want to pay tax on, here's how they work - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/how-billionaires-pass-wealth-to-heirs-tax-free-2021/ The GOP and a few Democrats stoutly defend these arrangements - that pleases their donors mightily. #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-10-25 13:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452622452551340033 The big steal - https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/03/26/no-more-pretending-republicans-admit-vote-restrictions-are-all-about-winning/ is the big lie - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/153536-the-victor-will-never-be-asked-if-he-told-the “The victor will never be asked if he told the truth” The GOP plans to be the victor from now on, so why bother telling the truth? Trump leads the way. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-10-25 13:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452475566188232704 California drought defies easy solutions https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/23/skelton-state-is-trying-to-address-drought-its-a-tough-nut-to-crack/ Too many people, too much pumping, no safe dam sites left. Desalinisation? Water is the defining issue of California politics, as it has been since 1849. #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 88 time 2021-10-25 03:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452473641136898050 Is compromise a dirty word? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/us/politics/biden-polls-spending-bill.html What if there is no solution to the problem of keeping persuadables away from GOP and keeping the base motivated? The GOP solution is never compromise for the base, but lie about it to the persuadables. #PS1biden == impress 8 time 2021-10-25 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452472188737441793 Does anybody really understand economics? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle Maybe not. There's too much mass psychology involved. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/upshot/inflation-economy-analysis.html #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-10-25 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452471032657317889 What would happen if Stephen Miller had his way and stopped all legal immigration and evicted all illegal immigrants? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/world/europe/uk-christmas-turkey-shortage.html You think we have supply-chain-induced inflation now? Just wait! #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 retweets 1 time 2021-10-25 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452465972984483840 No bail for insurrection leader. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-alabama-alaska-capitol-siege-district-of-columbia-974768bd72106b2aeb6e135a0cc7ee61 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2021-10-25 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452464739607404545 Even leakers need a business plan if they want maximum effect. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/business/media/facebook-leak-frances-haugen.html #PS1journalism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-10-25 02:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452462973503500294 Amazon outsourced all the HR parts that it didn't want to bother with. The theory must have been that HR is not a core competency because no customer chooses a supplier based on its HR practices. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/technology/amazon-employee-leave-errors.html Fits GOP ideas about capital vs labor. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-10-25 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452457195208015872 Supply-chain-induced inflation was caused by the inevitable collision of just-in-time logistics with unforeseen covid. There's no quick fix. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/why-supply-chain-crunch-will-continue-into-2022/ Undeterred by facts, GOP will blame Biden anyway. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525403934470787 #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-10-25 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452453993234395139 Repealing filibuster is the Burkean thing to do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/24/true-conservatives-should-support-filibuster-reform/ But the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP honors Burke (and conservatism) only in word, not deed. resistance to reform represents not true conservatism, but an incitement to the wildest radicalism #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-10-25 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452452628407848961 Will public education be the big GOP issue in 2022? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/24/republicans-are-testing-messages-reverse-their-suburban-slide-education-is-winner/ It's perfect for GOP candidates. They can campaign on it, secure in the knowledge that it's primarily a local rather than Federal issue and they won't actually have to do anything about it. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-10-25 01:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452449281328046084 The most genuine kind of Trumpist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/24/youngkin-rally-trump-virginia-governor/ Lies about everything. #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2021-10-25 01:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452444222682927104 Democrats must show SOME accomplishments to persuadable voters who vote their pocketbooks. https://nytimes.com/2021/10/24/opinion/biden-voting-filibuster.html To keep control and prevent GOP from undoing everything, Biden must pass a version of BBB before anything else. More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525286254482555 #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-10-25 01:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 818 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1526017081076139 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/25/2021 17:10" reach 4 title "Opinion | Biden, Tepid in the Face of Catastrophe" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1526017081076139 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452396683048853514 The solution to labor shortages is out there... pay more! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/garbage-delays-labor-jacksonville-florida.html It's hard for GOP to swallow a free market for labor as well as capital. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-10-24 22:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452378515488206848 Honor great men and women for the extraordinary good they did, while acknowledging the evil, even if it was not considered noteworthy at the time. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/556364348041422 Jefferson, for instance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/opinion/thomas-jefferson-statue-new-york.html #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-10-24 20:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452337204324409352 Florida health chief doesn't bother with masks. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-florida-b79b9e4308b9ce0b4335cdfa69436b1b Thus a fully qualified Trumpist to work for DeSantis. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-10-24 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452323912826724360 The Dixiecrat GOP believes taxes are for poor people, to finance legislative benefits for major donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/opinion/republicans-tax-evasion.html That's a fundamental tenet of minority rule. Who ever heard of a hereditary nobility that paid taxes? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525158921161955 #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-24 17:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452319699572871168 If poor people wanted more influence, they should donate more to Senatorial campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/24/west-virginia-manchin-child-tax-credit/ Sure they might have to rob a bank to donate enough to be noticed, but that's how you get Congress to work for you instead of against you. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-10-24 17:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452317742615474176 Will SD legislators put a crimp in Noem's presidential aspirations? https://apnews.com/article/business-kristi-noem-legislature-south-dakota-2ba452b0c3ffa389e7bec413b1b79337 Using your office to benefit your self and family is a cardinal principle of Trumpism. Why else run? #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2021-10-24 16:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452302861841453072 THE THING - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/the-thing-movie-horror.html The embodiment of Trumpism. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-10-24 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452301738401222668 Following the leader - the only truth that matters is what you FEEL. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/montana-misinformation-national-heritage.html Trump has set the example and demonstrated that a very sizeable minority of Americans don't believe in any of the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-10-24 15:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452299487351869456 Somalia - another expensive endless war not worth fighting? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/world/africa/al-shabab-somalia-us-cia.html Is propping up a corrupt government the best use of our money? #PS1mideast == impress 25 time 2021-10-24 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452293176077783052 Limit sentences to 20 years? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/sunday/illinois-parole-mass-incarceration.html #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-10-24 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452289702464270338 How will China's demographic and economic crises be resolved? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/opinion/china-bubble-economy.html By an external adventure that rallies the masses yet poses no threat to the ruling class? #PS1china == impress 20 time 2021-10-24 15:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452288459553521683 The tragedy of Colin Powell. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/colin-powell-legacy.html And the futility of being the only adult in the room - a lesson reinforced by the Trump experience. #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-10-24 14:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452270840758865924 Ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts are the best way to insure representation of sizeable minorities. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential Existing redistricting rules ARE too complicated. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-redistricting-2621e98606b1a5f62fdca10ed68a4a80 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525043827840131 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-10-24 13:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452265562025889794 Monetizing the surveillance state https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/22/crime-suburbs-license-plate-readers/ Fake cameras and signs would probably work equally well. #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-10-24 13:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452260316113473542 GOP concerns about vote fraud confirmed! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/nevada-republican-who-claimed-someone-voted-his-dead-wife-is-charged-with-voter-fraud/ Looks like the quickest path to cleaner elections is to ignore GOP votes! #PS1election == impress 6 time 2021-10-24 13:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452257662456958980 As Virginia goes, so goes the nation? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/23/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-race-fail-character-test/ The Trumpists are earning their place in history - as the enablers that, knowing better, stood by or actively helped undermine American democracy and Constitution. #PS1election == impress 6 time 2021-10-24 12:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452137384422764546 Voting rights is the #1 issue long term. Nothing matters more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/no-issue-is-more-important-than-voting-rights/ But that doesn't engage the persuadable voters who don't see how it improves their economic prospects now. Is it worth losing control of Congress to address such matters? #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-10-24 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452121481803022337 How the insurrectionists plotted at the Wilard Hotel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/willard-trump-eastman-giuliani-bannon/2021/10/23/c45bd2d4-3281-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-10-24 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452113694092005380 Sinema is at a dead end? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/20/manchin-sinema-political-visions-compared/ Perhaps within the Democratic Party. Manchin is the best that can be done in WV, but AZ has clearer prospects than Sinema. #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-10-24 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452112151926095878 Is Sinema really negotiating in good faith? Will she really vote for a BBB bill compromised to get her support? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sinema-negotiations-reconciliation/2021/10/23/2341a062-3359-11ec-93e2-dba2c2c11851_story.html And above all, would she support modifying filibuster if bipartisanship is nowhere to be found? #PS1biden == impress 10 time 2021-10-24 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452110051737362439 How the brown shirts - with major GOP donor money - harass school boards. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/20/jennifer-jenkins-brevard-school-board-masks-threats/ What they can't accomplish in elections, they intend to accomplish by threats and actual violence. #PS1trumpism == impress 24 time 2021-10-24 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452108819450908676 Needs-testing for entitlements. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/work-requirements-dont-curb-entitlement-they-just-make-families-lives-harder/2021/10/22/f9748c8e-31ed-11ec-93e2-dba2c2c11851_story.html #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-10-24 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452105808947257346 Taliban are confident about ISIS. But Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, and right now the Taliban is the empire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/23/afghanistan-isis-pakistan-intelligence/ #PS1afghanistan == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-10-24 02:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452100534006022146 Can counties secede and join another state? https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/west-virginia-jim-justice-maryland-counties/index.html Not likely - the Federal Constitution provides that changes of state boundaries have to be approved by both states and the Federal Congress. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1524712714539909 #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-10-24 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452095111651729410 Workers want to have a life - a novel concept to some employers. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-new-york-306596169aed48d6d7bebe351ce51ad0 That's one of the reasons for the Great Resignation. Workers should exploit what freedoms they can. Party's over when GOP takes over. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2021-10-24 02:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452078504942526468 The 2022 elections will turn on economy/inflation/jobs since independent swing voters in swing states usually vote their pocketbooks since they don't see how long-term proposals will affect them this year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-midterm-independents/2021/10/23/4271ad96-335f-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1524677161210131 #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-10-24 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452075066557042692 Trump gave everybody permission to be their own worst selves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vulgar-signs-chants/2021/10/22/6071836e-3122-11ec-a880-a9d8c009a0b1_story.html Such power from the bully pulpit. You don't have to obey the laws you don't like, so why bother being polite? Next step - just shoot anybody you don't like. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-10-24 00:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 941 epoch Lifetime ID 1525391641138683 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/24/2021 18:10" reach 3 title "Biden’s critics hurl increasingly vulgar taunts" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525391641138683 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451905716243996673 GOP used to believe in child tax credits. Now they think they just encourage laziness. Unlike the inherited wealth of their major donors. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-lifestyle-colorado-michael-bennet-23fe6fc6c742eea078134a367be7544a #PS1biden == impress 51 time 2021-10-23 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451890558666895366 Of course, the real goal is to suppress voting and create distrust in election results. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-california-voting-pennsylvania-elections-3c4bb63da9313676f522807a6f2a2993 They wouldn't have a chance in California except there will be an enormous amount of Trumpist money for agitprop media. #PS1democracy == impress 75 time 2021-10-23 12:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451884284172648458 How cults cultivate superstition - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/10/22/wellness-vaccine-misinformation-social-media/ all the better to sell you quack remedies that, needless to say, have not had safety or effectiveness established by double-blind studies. #PS1virus == impress 47 time 2021-10-23 12:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451883760685764608 Where is the Great Resignation greatest? In red states, of course, which tend to be anti-labor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/22/states-labor-quitting-turnvoer-jolts/ #PS1recovery == impress 51 time 2021-10-23 12:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451774506205208583 Trump doesn't like McCarthy but puts up with him. He never forgets or forgives, so he will replace McCarthy if he can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/kevin-mccarthy-trump/ Trumpists believe a new Republican Party is emerging and many doubt McCarthy is reliable. But he knows the donors. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 130 time 2021-10-23 04:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451769988847575046 Biden comes around on reducing filibuster. Who's next? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-jen-psaki-voting-rights-filibusters-2754b418c97b88d8d8e2205ab2b83941 #PS1democracy == impress 67 time 2021-10-23 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451769413573636098 Data centers need to clean up their water usage as well as electricity usage. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-environment-and-nature-oregon-united-states-2385c62f1a87030d344261ef9c76ccda #PS1technology == impress 48 time 2021-10-23 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451767662149656579 Known by the company you keep! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-new-york-manhattan-crime-304fc885886af8a77bdb7a90111377e1 #PS1trumpism == impress 47 time 2021-10-23 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451767144828456962 Facebook had its own insurrection. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-business-social-media-media-87cc5087fc653539811ee87ed79464f5 #PS1media == impress 44 time 2021-10-23 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451763978196029443 A magnitude 7 on the Hayward Fault would make much of the East Bay unlivable for months to years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-21/california-earthquake-could-cut-off-communications-for-weeks Don't let your gas tank get less than half full, and have a go bag packed. #PS1other == impress 56 time 2021-10-23 04:14 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 311 epoch Lifetime ID 1524668591210988 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/23/2021 17:10" reach 11 title "Major California earthquake would knock out cell service, communications, study finds" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1524668591210988 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451611478931296256 Why regional federalism might be in our future - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Looks like the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is only interested in one thing - preserving minority rule at any cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-threats-jan-6-committee/ #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-10-22 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451608919801950209 Confirming what everybody already knew - social media that maximizes engagement is a much bigger benefit for conservative fantasy content than liberal factual content. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/22/twitter-algorithm-right-leaning/ That's also why Fox has much better ratings than NPR. #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-10-22 17:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451607717898948609 The GOP could re-legalize slavery - an employment draft like the military draft. Then they could avoid making jobs attractive. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-indiana-d3acd668eaf6343aada03cd660055bbc Turns out GOP family values do not include parents staying home to take care of children. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-10-22 17:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451605390836178947 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-social-media-0a7d0b5708363bf15e60ba4ad832bfb8 #PS1media == impress 20 time 2021-10-22 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451599906511065091 Perfecting an internet for state security - converting what was a confederation of independent printing presses into channels for propaganda and surveillance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/russia-internet-censorship-putin.html The technology will be profitably sold to other governments with similar goals. #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-10-22 17:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451593580544290823 Why everything is scarce and expensive - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/business/shortages-supply-chain.html It's the revenge of the virus and just-in-time logistics. The system would fix itself eventually if there were no further shocks, but there will be, sooner or later. As usual, GOP blames Biden. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-10-22 16:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451589141540442116 Dan Patrick rewards vote fraud conviction! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/22/dan-patrick-reward-poll-watcher/ The convicted was a GOP voter of course - anybody remember NC-09 in 2018? #PS1election == impress 19 time 2021-10-22 16:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451588342752026627 George Soros-backed allies, these allies that are in the progressive movement. They’ve inserted political operatives into our school system Let there be no further doubt that Glenn Youngkin is a 100% all-on-board Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/10/21/soros-youngkin-antisemitism-school-board-crt-racism-mcauliffe/ #PS1trumpism == impress 23 time 2021-10-22 16:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451587436530655238 Ambition must be made to counteract ambition Madison tried to embed that in the Constitution, but it was repealed by Trump - by executive order - I have the right to do whatever I want as president https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/dont-let-trumps-privilege-claim-thwart-jan-6-investigation/ Will his Supreme Court agree? #PS1democracy == impress 29 time 2021-10-22 16:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451583504190377990 Old guys should stick to a script that has been PRE-fact-checked. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-united-states-ap-fact-check-5b36bdc35dbb9aac490b2e2421eea3fd #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-10-22 16:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451564687301046279 California public school finance - is the money being spent optimally? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/10/big-changes-california-schools-enrollment-funding/ #PS1capolitics == impress 18 time 2021-10-22 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451564188459888647 No surprise that Trump was deceitful, corrupt, and ignorant, nor that many of his supporters joyfully got violent. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article255125302.html The disappointing surprise was that so many legislators rushed to defend them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1523721877972326 #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-10-22 15:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451558563227201537 Corporate-driven capitation health care - a path to better health care at less cost? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/21/opinion-american-health-care-climbing-from-worlds-worst-to-first/ #PS1health == impress 16 time 2021-10-22 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451557880780390409 On their deathbed, nobody wishes they spent more time at the office. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/21/opinion-an-oncologist-relays-what-patients-taught-him-about-what-matters-most-at-the-end/ Maybe that's what covid taught all those participating in the Great Resignation. #PS1health == impress 20 time 2021-10-22 14:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451556837929545728 The Halloween costume we've been looking for! https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2021/10/20 #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-10-22 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451556253088378884 Facebook does not comment on rumor or speculation It only spreads them on its global platforms. But now it's looking for new worlds to conquer. Just in case social media get regulated into unprofitability? https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/tech/facebook-name-change/index.html #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-10-22 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451376995288289284 If you're a Trumpist, it's what you FEEL that matters. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/21/politics/jim-banks-liz-cheney-jan-6-committee/index.html Facts are irrelevant! #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-10-22 02:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451376412883968004 Desperate as we are to hire more police officers, don't take just anybody who comes along. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/21/san-jose-civilian-officer-charged-with-weapons-crimes-after-investigation-into-cop-threats-on-alt-right-social-media/ #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-10-22 02:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451375654629306375 Bringing the big guns to bear on Gaetz. It's hard to imagine a more fitting target. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department.html If you're not rich like Trump or Epstein, it's harder to get away with crimes like theirs. #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-10-22 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451346904621535233 We knew that climate change was a military and political risk. It's also a financial risk. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/climate-change-us-financial-system.html #PS1climate == impress 21 time 2021-10-22 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451346052171272219 If Biden can't get corporate Democrats to tax the wealthy and corporations, he should just finance Build Back Better with debt, since it's an investment in the future. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/opinion/corporate-taxes-deficit-spending.html #PS1biden == impress 32 time 2021-10-22 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451345164996280323 The black death increased the power of labor and led to the rise of the middle class. Is something similar happening now? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/opinion/covid-work-strikes-quit-resignation.html Relative incomes of workers increased for a generation after the depression, then declined with Reaganism. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-10-22 00:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451343446648655873 It's all about other people's money - for everybody involved. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/business/media/trump-spac-social-media-venture.html The RNC is already trying to monetize it. Trump didn't even tell his closest advisors - must not trust them much. #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-10-22 00:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 798 epoch Lifetime ID 1524090997935414 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/22/2021 21:10" reach 4 title "Trump Takes Advantage of Wall Street Fad to Bankroll New Venture" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1524090997935414 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451337096795361301 What's the energy transition strategy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/were-headed-global-energy-crisis-what-we-need-is-transition-strategy/ Nuclear offers less pollution and global warming... but name one state that is willing to have a uranium fuel plant, nuclear power plant, and a radioactive waste disposal site within its boundaries. #PS1climate == impress 53 time 2021-10-21 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451335418922745861 GOP defends minority rule best by defending its major donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/gop-rebrands-itself-party-tax-cheats/ They don't believe that banks should report on the wealthy the same way they do W-2 earners. #PS1tax == impress 49 time 2021-10-21 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451307629121191945 Job #1 for Trumpists - revenge on the disloyal. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/liz-cheney-kevin-mccarthy.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-10-21 22:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451305118301708289 There won't be any more questionable election outcomes in Texas! Greg Abbott is making sure of that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-texas-elections-abbott/2021/10/21/d636a1d4-3293-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html #PS1election == impress 34 time 2021-10-21 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451303720013086748 By a vote of 202-9, GOP Representatives think you should ignore any Congressional subpoena you don't like. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-congress-f1807d868003e4e93ca9bf59d7821e90 #PS1justice == impress 34 time 2021-10-21 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451278462421921797 Investors jump on the Trump SPAC. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-business-media-social-media-bcd42b4a669557cbc074ba4aac53ca59 #PS1trump == impress 35 time 2021-10-21 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451254126877151252 There are still a few bugs to work out! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/21/trump-truth-social-fake-accounts/ But mostly Trump is unclear on the concept - Trumpists don't want to talk only to each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/trump-social-media-political/ But like other fantasy-based media, it's mainly a platform for selling stuff. #PS1media == impress 33 time 2021-10-21 18:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451251553562595334 AZ is not WV. There are limits to what a Democrat can get away with. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/sinema-veterans-resign.html #PS1politics == impress 27 time 2021-10-21 18:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451245348895133696 As usual, control of Congress in2022 will be largely up to persuadable voters, who just vote their pocketbooks. So the primary GOP strategy is to wreck the economy as much as possible. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-elections-house-elections-congress-5ac0ececeadbb46895e67b48db5bbcf7 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1523147321363115 #PS1politics == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 17:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451221548824600586 Too much information would make life difficult for major GOP donors who don't bother paying taxes. So GOP legislators are opposed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/democrats-want-crack-down-tax-cheats-republicans-balk/ #PS1tax == impress 29 time 2021-10-21 16:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451220873705246725 Is there a magic path to appeal to the Trump base AND persuadable swing voters? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-election-republican-strategy-trump/ The best way is to sabotage the economy, which is job #1 for the GOP in Congress. #PS1gop == impress 31 time 2021-10-21 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451219767340134404 The best way to protect a political career is to protect your major donors from tax increases. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/sinema-tax-hikes-reconciliation-1-percent/ GOP have practiced that religiously for years, but they have plenty of Democratic company. #PS1tax == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 16:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451218773126443013 It's close enough - the overall impression is correct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/21/bidens-favorite-stat-that-55-major-corporations-paid-no-federal-income-tax/ #PS1tax == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 16:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451218132165488646 Facial hair can make a difference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/10/20/capitol-riot-timothy-hale-cusanelli/ Think carefully about the signals you send! #PS1insurrection == impress 38 time 2021-10-21 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451216625256964101 Has this scenario played out in other places? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Mitigating climate-related disasters may call for solutions that some countries cannot afford and political will that some leaders cannot muster https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-pentagon-climate-change-warnings/2021/10/21/ea3a2c84-31d3-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html #PS1climate == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451183786461302787 Time to move on! We should have moved on from 9/11, the MLK assassination, the JFK assassination, the Lincoln assassination, without wasting time and energy figuring out who did what and why? Moved on to the price of gasoline? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/21/condoleezza-rice-the-view-capitol-riot/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2021-10-21 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451180392086605831 No progress in 40 years of conflict. Another Kashmir? https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-united-nations-algeria-morocco-507429fe13915902668f589179ce0c67 At least Morocco and Algeria aren't nuclear. #PS1foreign == impress 57 time 2021-10-21 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451178516003766274 Trump launches social media platform! https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-donald-trump-launches-new-social-media-platform-2021-10-21/ a platform for everyone to express their feelings Facts might be in short supply, and the main goal is likely - what else - raising money for Trump! Will it be as popular as Trump's short-lived website? #PS1trump == impress 32 time 2021-10-21 13:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451024941441114112 How corporations reorganize to avoid liability. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/business/chemours-dupont-pfas-genx-chemicals.html #PS1economics == impress 33 time 2021-10-21 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451006261751779329 Manchin vs West Virginia https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/opinion/joe-manchin-biden-climate-child-care.html Is he dedicated to his donors or just living in the past? #PS1biden == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450990397568606208 In-n-Out decides to be part of the problem, not part of the solution. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/20/contra-costa-county-fines-in-n-out-for-not-checking-covid-vaccination-status/ After all, nobody has to pay attention to laws they don't like. Just ask Trump! #PS1virus == impress 50 time 2021-10-21 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450989074638987264 A novel Senate strategy for blocking nominations - just don't show up to vote. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/19/cowardice-senate-republicans-blocking-qualified-muslims-confirmation/ #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-10-21 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450986993735720964 Vaccine mandates work! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/sticks-work-better-than-carrots-increase-covid-vaccinations-so-use-more-sticks/ #PS1virus == impress 29 time 2021-10-21 00:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450982188229357568 Living trusts - stepped-up basis. Learn about these before buying real estate with another person. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/20/dont-put-your-kids-title-your-home-theres-better-way-them-inherit-property/ #PS1tax == impress 43 time 2021-10-21 00:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450980890352316420 Who's a RINO? Trump and all his enablers are in the Dixiecrat tradition of Strom Thurmond, not the Republican tradition of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, or Eisenhower. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/escaped-zebras-maryland-trump-rinos/ #PS1gop == impress 39 time 2021-10-21 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450978471505657861 New tax ideas for financing Build Back Better. Will Sinema and Manchin support any of them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/20/white-house-tax-plan/ Making the tax code more complicated rather than less is usually the wrong answer, even though it has a bipartisan tradition. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 time 2021-10-21 00:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450977178707902465 Jim Jordan can't remember much about Jan 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jordan-trump-calls-capitol-attack/2021/10/20/1a570d0e-31c7-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 29 time 2021-10-21 00:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 851 epoch Lifetime ID 1523315888012925 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/21/2021 17:10" reach 11 title "Rep. Jim Jordan tells House panel he can’t recall how many times he spoke with Trump on Jan. 6" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1523315888012925 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450974145601171457 Teachers wearing out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/18/teachers-resign-pandemic/ There are so many easier ways to earn a better living. Children just aren't a priority with most voters. #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2021-10-20 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450973463489892359 Yet another Trump investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-westchester-golf-criminal-investigation/2021/10/20/b19358c4-31b5-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-10-20 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450971079875252225 Is there a price to be paid for contempt of Congress? We should know in a few years. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-congress-82628f5b0bbd711ddcf3ebbf50f79dac #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-10-20 23:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450969413658701828 When it comes to preserving minority rule, there is no bipartisanship. Not even one GOP Senate vote for voting rights. They're protecting states rights same as the segregationists did before and the slaveholders did before that. https://apnews.com/article/elections-voting-senate-elections-bills-angus-king-97683c9f9c5987167359661413aaf5fa #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-10-20 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450714808576208897 https://political-scrapbook.net/ https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/over-1-million-sites-affected-by-redux-framework-vulnerabilities/ #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-10-20 06:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450712746186592259 The Taliban have no idea how to run a modern urban society. Their acquaintance with modern technology has advanced from AK47's to cell phones. They can't even suppress an insurgency just like their own, except worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-policing-isis-afghanistan/2021/10/18/7e3dce46-26a7-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html #PS1afghanistan == engage 2 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 23 likes 1 time 2021-10-20 06:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450710129112797191 Trump's brown shirts are keeping in shape for the next time all hell is going to break loose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/iowa-democrats-trump-threats/2021/10/19/98a6e034-30e7-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html His GOP enablers are proud to stand next to him - and thus endorse his tactics. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-10-20 06:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450707286469459968 The winners in all of this are the exchanges and the asset managers and the custodians Three out of four ain't bad! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-bitcoin-f6d7ba724bf156fd5d603661c99fd5c2 #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-10-20 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450705891125121026 Deripaska - a name well known to Putin, Manafort, and Mueller, and probably Trump. Just the kind of billionaire to have a trust in the British Virgin Islands. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-russia-elections-presidential-elections-paul-manafort-90c01dfee5c36ebd75a38e20640e6b38 #PS1russian == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2021-10-20 06:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450704939106271233 Why GOP is so eager to keep dark campaign contributions dark. https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-nebraska-indictments-omaha-campaign-contributions-015e1a7c565c3287117144830dc5bb6d How many other foreign investors were less clumsy and managed to buy access to legislators? Laundered through intermediaries, of course. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-10-20 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450703456025526272 Kashmir - the eternal thorn in the side of India, Pakistan - and Afghanistan. https://apnews.com/article/science-religion-india-shootings-kashmir-dd3779ecc2b66918125628cba564adb1 #PS1foreign == impress 18 time 2021-10-20 06:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 375 epoch Lifetime ID 1522638008080713 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/20/2021 17:10" reach 7 title "Wave of killings triggers memories of dark past in Kashmir" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1522638008080713 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450295507180408834 Means testing is a pretty good way to keep the deserving off the assistance rolls, as well as the undeserving. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/manchins-work-requirement-child-benefits-would-throw-grandparent-led-families-under-bus/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2021-10-19 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450270208183062532 Negotiating drug prices made sense to Trump, who did nothing about it. It made sense to Biden, who made it part of Build Back Better. But it makes no sense to legislators addicted to drug money to finance their campaigns. End of story. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-congress-health-care-reform-medicare-756e3255a1cb4ab8c813151aec19b60c #PS1health == impress 29 time 2021-10-19 01:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450253509606051840 As predicted - on the whole, hedge funds made money on Gamestop in January. Made it off individual investors. https://apnews.com/article/business-bf7f6f6155a9ebf107430806d806330a It's very hard to compete with bargain-price trade execution. #PS1economics == impress 31 time 2021-10-19 00:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450251752570114051 Is Manchin enjoying his moment in the sun? https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-joe-biden-business-environment-environment-and-nature-56846c16c1f4c7e989556161f05fcf2e If there are 52 or 49 Democratic senators in the next Congress, nobody will care what Manchin wants. #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 replies 1 time 2021-10-19 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-10-19 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 170 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1522086214802559 impress 8 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/19/2021 22:10" reach 7 title "Biden's dilemma: Satisfying Manchin risks losing other Dems" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1522086214802559 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450219200060948481 the real tax scandal is what’s legal Designed that way to protect the hereditary nobility that funds political campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/rich-winning-taxes/ Money is the mother's milk of politics - Jesse Unruh. #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-18 21:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450217981405896705 all the pandering and outrage was its own reward That's how minority rule works. Get the voters with culture wars and then focus on what the donors want - tax cuts and deregulation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/youngkin-critical-race-theory-phony/ #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-10-18 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450216340388663301 He might have been the first black president. Then the Tea Party and Trumpism would have started 12 years earlier, laying to rest any mistaken notions that racism was in the past. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/colin-powell-first-black-responsibility-eugene-robinson/ #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-10-18 21:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450214996273602561 Nobody who was qualified to be president would want it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/10/18/president-run-colin-powell-1996/ #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-10-18 21:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450212789679636482 Trump deposed after a four year holiday. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-lawsuits-new-york-city-campaigns-cd8c630845c03cecc4862f48bc72ffa8 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-10-18 21:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450212206469992448 Trump keeps trying to find a sympathetic judge. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lawsuits-734dc2a47d3875cc844456073e93cedc This one just seems to be a delaying tactic. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-10-18 21:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450108848715427841 The woes of blue cities in red states. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/opinion/parler-nashville.html They attract the monetizers of Trumpism with the best of both worlds - combining no income taxes and Trumpist state politicians with an intellectually and artistically stimulating and vibrant economy. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-10-18 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450106211202785289 Ride sharing comes back to earth. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/opinion/uber-lyft.html #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-10-18 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450103684960964616 The superstitious peasants are driving out the public health departments. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/coronavirus-public-health.html The ruling class is pleased that its culture wars keep the peasants attacking doctors and nurses instead of the ruling class. So are the peddlers of animal dewormer. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-18 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450099643962978304 John Eastman has big plans. Much bigger than just Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/john-eastman-plans-2020-election/ But he might be disbarred first. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-10-18 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450098549576777728 That was the economics that wasn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/urban-myths-about-economics-have-taken-root-cost-is-high/ The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to scholars who tried to put statistical economics comparative studies on more solid ground. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-10-18 13:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450075326160117763 Will Pakistan come to regret sheltering the Afghan Taliban? The Afghans are now sheltering the Pakistani Taliban. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-religion-pakistan-islamabad-taliban-3d002d01a1fee6f7f868ae9cd3f243a8 #PS1afghanistan == impress 15 time 2021-10-18 12:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449922724495708169 Defund the police? Only in GOP propaganda. Name one major city that is not desperately trying to hire more officers! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/16/oakland-homicides-surpass-2020-totals-leaving-victims-families-in-stunned-grief/ #PS1justice == impress 25 time 2021-10-18 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449921815040593921 The horror of elderly dementia. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/17/covid-forced-bay-area-families-to-make-agonizing-elder-care-decisions-is-there-a-fix/ And this is in wealthy Silicon Valley, which of course means it's even worse if you're not wealthy. #PS1health == impress 24 time 2021-10-18 02:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449919896884711425 It takes millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Where does the money come from? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-campaign-financing.html It's all about buying access, meaning the elected candidate will return your calls. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520676641610183 #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-10-18 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449897426488229888 Term limits for Supreme Court justices? Yes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/what-supreme-court-commission-does-does-not-do/ No - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/supreme-court-term-limits-wouldnt-solve-anything/ The court is already politicized, so give each president a chance to politicize the court. The GOP has studied Eastern European methods and is eager to adopt them. #PS1justice == impress 25 time 2021-10-18 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449896321830166533 We should shut down domestic tax havens - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/states-must-stop-letting-ultrawealthy-dodge-taxes-law/ But the beneficiaries know where to send donations so nothing happens. GOP legislators are particularly receptive. The Trumpist rank and file will oppose regulation if the Democrats are for it. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-10-18 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449894949244182529 Can we avoid regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Since we can't fix minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html It's an uphill climb - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/our-system-is-biased-against-reform-get-used-it-democrats/ #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-10-18 00:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 628 epoch Lifetime ID 1520691331608714 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/17/2021 19:10" reach 14 title "Opinion | Our system is biased against reform. Get used to it, Democrats." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520691331608714 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449879492302802946 Economists support carbon tax - but not GOP senators, who are opposed to any tax. So that's no solution to the Manchin problem, since he won't touch filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/climate/democrats-carbon-tax-climate.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520618031616044 #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 11 time 2021-10-17 23:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449875681920253954 Trump will run for president in 2024 - against GOP who weren't 100% loyal. That goes over well with his base, and nobody else, but his base are the ones who energize him by attending his campaign rallies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-republicans.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520609984950182 #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-10-17 23:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449870619512696833 Why Biden can't do much about global warming - West Virginians would rather replace their houses every few years than stop the coal train. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/climate/manchin-west-virginia-flooding.html Are the few with flood insurance subsidized by the rest of the country? #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-10-17 22:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449866387514486790 Plan on permanent inflation or plan on transient inflation? Which is worse if we're wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/us-economy-inflation.html #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-10-17 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449864103753748480 If Democrats lose this chance and the GOP normalizes election decisions by state legislatures, infrastructure won't matter any more. Regional federalism next? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Voting rights are more important than infrastructure. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/opinion/voting-rights-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-10-17 22:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449862227654111232 What happens to the foot soldiers? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/16/us/capitol-riot.html They take the risks for the benefit of the leaders that they want to put in power. The leaders inspire and lead from a safe distance. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080 #PS1theory == impress 9 time 2021-10-17 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449852411292512259 What happens after the revolution? Political power attracts ideologically flexible people interested foremost in power and the trappings of power. Eventually they take over for their own benefit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-insiders-view-of-chinas-communist-party-corruption-and-capitalist-excess/2021/10/13/679696c4-1189-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520574338287080 #PS1theory == impress 11 time 2021-10-17 21:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449847433056309250 When labor is scarce, strikes work better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/17/strikes-great-resignation/ #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-10-17 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449741860142915589 Bannon certainly has staying power. Maybe he'll have staying power in jail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/16/steve-bannons-defiance-jan-6-committee-is-just-his-latest-con/ Maybe he'd volunteer to work on a forest fire crew raking forests. #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 15% expands 2 impress 13 time 2021-10-17 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449740059129704448 Texas GOP shows how it's done! https://apnews.com/article/austin-texas-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-elections-4a40e921b8cec9449e24ed5adc637d87 They've been protecting minority rule for generations. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-10-17 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449735876452315153 How much is a Trump endorsement worth? A lot to Democrats if it divides the GOP and they spend all their money on the primary. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pennsylvania-senate-elections-sean-parnell-congress-785d01549c87af7af666090cb060df3e #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-10-17 13:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449734416553562117 Among the latest victims of the insurrection - Federal judges who have to deal with incompetent defendants insisting on defending themselves. Try this at home. Not in court. It never works. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-capitol-siege-0814e7d8cfc5ab1e6c413da08c157268 #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-10-17 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449628074685788166 Fire camp is better than prison! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/prison-firefighter-california-exploit/2021/10/15/3310eccc-2c61-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html And we need fire fighters. #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-10-17 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449626639973765128 Looks like Manchin is determined to protect coal. Biden's programs won't go anywhere until he can get Manchin on board. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/16/white-house-climate-manchin/ #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-10-17 06:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449625176434298882 How many legislators will retire, either for personal reasons or battle fatigue? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-retirements-majority/2021/10/16/2f409710-2dd2-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-10-17 06:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449624111303434241 What could get Congress to act on voting rights? Bipartisanship is a dead end - no GOP senator will vote to reduce minority rule. It's going to take a modification of filibuster - and Biden has to persuade ALL 50 Democratic senators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-democracy-eroding/2021/10/15/2ca8181c-2c55-11ec-92bd-d2ffe8570c7d_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-10-17 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449621174921535491 How the ruling class funds insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/publix-heiress-capitol-riot-wren/2021/10/16/34b7d55a-2481-11ec-a6ad-9ee7deda7f34_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-10-17 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449619264168620038 Lawyers used to sue doctors for malpractice. Now they sue them for NOT malpractice. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-new-york-lawsuits-7ab397f269d1fb9083bb782f9bfc2317 Where were these lawyers when thalidomide was being suppressed? #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-17 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449618100517699586 There's a reason China banned cryptocurrency. In the fight against air pollution and climate change, crypto mining is not in the public interest. https://apnews.com/article/bitcoin-mining-new-york-power-plant-climate-change-516dbd319394a6a30f83d94947abad20 #PS1climate == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 replies 1 time 2021-10-17 06:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449616826502025217 There's a name for systems in which your rights supersede the rights of others. Anarchy, if superior rights are decided by superior might. Feudalism, if superior rights are decided by superior caste. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-legislature-new-hampshire-misinformation-f2545555283926ca3baea10a9476fac2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520078328336681 #PS1theory == impress 12 time 2021-10-17 06:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 689 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1520628571614990 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/17/2021 16:10" reach 8 title "In New Hampshire, vaccine fights and misinformation roil GOP" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520628571614990 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449183705390485513 Biden says prosecute! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-security/biden-says-those-who-refuse-to-testify-in-jan-6-probe-should-be-prosecuted-idUSKBN2H52BM Bannon has no claim whatever on executive privilege. #PS1insurrection == engage 3 engage-rate 12% impress 26 likes 1 time 2021-10-16 01:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449183017604288512 At least we have SOME idea what Manchin wants - https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/politics/clean-electricity-program-cut-budget-bill-climate/ Unlike Sinema. #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-10-16 01:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-16 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 60 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1520073218337192 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/16/2021 22:10" reach 8 sharesimpress 1 title "Democrats' cornerstone climate policy will likely be cut from sweeping economic package" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520073218337192 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449160084106330113 Off to Paris! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/15/what-does-sinema-want-biden-agenda/ #PS1politics == impress 2 time 2021-10-15 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449155058134749187 The good, bad, and ugly on the governor's desk - Newsom signed some and not others. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-14/skelton-newsom-california-legislature-bills-2021 There were hundreds more. #PS1capolitics == impress 23 time 2021-10-15 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449154271891496960 Raking and thinning aren't nearly as efficient as fortifying houses against wildfires. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/15/opinion-californias-wildfire-dilemma-put-houses-or-forest-first/ The houses are the problem, not the forest. #PS1climate == impress 24 time 2021-10-15 23:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449152533570588673 Since Facebook is for old people, the Z's moved to TikTok. Now the question is, how can they sell more ads and generate more commerce while still maintaining the veneer of authenticity? https://apnews.com/article/business-d03b6021d7a8e64f9a2978e6d2b8fde6 #PS1media == impress 23 time 2021-10-15 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449149391227396099 Fake online reviews are actually illegal! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-media-social-media-federal-trade-commission-66952342602efdac6c24fbc5cdf3fa3d FTC could nip a budding industry in the bud. They'd better become major GOP donors quickly. #PS1media == impress 27 time 2021-10-15 23:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449148816804904960 The shipping bottleneck is not eternally insolvable. Oakland fixed it by hiring more longshoremen. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/14/oakland-port-avoid-cargo-bottleneck-hire-dockworker-economy-jobs/ LA and Long Beach are planning on being open 24x7 until the backlog is processed. #PS1trade == impress 36 time 2021-10-15 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449141265342222342 Will any more GOP leaders reject Trumpism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/mcconnell-cant-avoid-it-he-must-directly-refute-trumps-election-fraud-claims/ Not unless Trump starts to slip in popularity. Then the GOP rats will jump the Trump ship faster than Afghan warlords change sides! But none of them will take the risk as long as it's a risk. #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-10-15 22:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449139655400574985 The relative value of labor to capital changed after the black death and the middle class was born. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_the_Black_Death Where might the Great Resignation lead? The major GOP donors don't want to find out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/15/great-resignation-better-economy/ #PS1recovery == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-10-15 22:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449137728050716676 We didn't defeat the business cycle after all. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle People can believe inflation into existence - just like recession. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/15/us-economy-inflation-uncomfortable/ Thus transitory covid demand-supply imbalance can lead to long-term inflationary psychology. #PS1economics == impress 23 time 2021-10-15 22:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449134964503576580 If Kevin McCarthy were ever to become speaker, essentially Donald Trump would be speaker https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-elections-capitol-siege-europe-828d1b08e9da35a7fe6d22a50b287d5d #PS1insurrection == impress 28 time 2021-10-15 22:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449132807465299971 More culture warriors to defend minority rule! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/moms-for-liberty-parents-rights/2021/10/14/bf3d9ccc-286a-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-10-15 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449130108048924673 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-ap-fact-check-media-569714f738fb7d857e93e2594777d596 #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-10-15 21:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449067482216493064 Capitol cop tried to protect insurrectionist. https://apnews.com/article/riots-capitol-siege-indictments-obstruction-of-justice-36f12a272f9b955e6524aa1d8e55776e #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-10-15 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449055721186758656 The bogus Eastman theory lives on. Time to drive a stake through it. Would any GOP senators vote for that? Would Manchin and Sinema allow a bypass of filibuster? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/15/eastman-memo-jan-6-trump-pence/ #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-10-15 16:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449054556482985991 Voters claim they want a smaller government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/new-problem-democrats-americans-suddenly-want-smaller-government-after-all/ The best argument for a larger government would be to promptly pass a Biden bill that does a few popular things well, that will have palpable impact within a year. #PS1biden == impress 26 time 2021-10-15 16:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449052617422753803 There's always two sides - fact and fantasy. The fantasy belongs in the fiction section - it's not historically equivalent to fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/10/15/holocaust-texas-school-books-opposing/ But confusing fact and fantasy is a pillar of minority rule - just ask Greg Abbott. #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-10-15 16:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449019978473111558 A universal income in lieu of dozens of mean-tested programs and associated bureaucracies might be more effective. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html Means testing is a way to prevent broad popularity of programs and make it easier to kill them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/means-testing-is-bad-policy-bad-politics-keep-it-out-build-back-better-act/ #PS1economics == impress 22 time 2021-10-15 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449001294824280073 Clarence Thomas, the most reactionary justice since the 1930's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/clarence-thomas-supreme-court.html He was a minority of one, until Trump came along. #PS1justice == impress 25 time 2021-10-15 13:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449000123623608325 Reaching the unvaccinated. Mandates for the perpetually undecided. Tranquilizers for the needle-phobic. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/covid-vaccines-unvaccinated.html There are several disjoint subgroups among the unvaccinated. #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-10-15 13:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448997310273241089 A positive view of Kyrsten Sinema. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/kyrsten-sinema-democratic-party-senate.html But by protecting minority rule by defending filibuster even against voting rights, where there is no bipartisan ground, she might as well be a Trumpist. Filibuster discourages bipartisanship. #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-10-15 13:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448864895676469255 Term limits would be good for the Federal judiciary. 18 years is ideal for the Supreme Court - on average, each Congress would have one vacancy to fill. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/us/politics/supreme-court-expansion-term-limits.html However, if a constitutional amendment were required, the GOP would block it. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 32 time 2021-10-15 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448863523862286336 Humiliation as a dynamic of American history - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/america-immigration-history.html the recurring tale of people conquering humiliation through creative action #PS1other == impress 23 time 2021-10-15 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448857027862675460 Homeowners associations in LA - a model for progressives everywhere! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/california-housing-renters.html Get up, suit up, show up, at every boring little meeting. #PS1politics == impress 42 time 2021-10-15 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448854822627647490 Why people don't want lousy jobs any more. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/workers-quitting-wages.html The pandemic focused their thinking. Life is too short for lousy jobs. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-10-15 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448849465062805504 It doesn’t matter who we elect, it’s all the same https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/12/more-women-are-tuning-out-politics-danger-sign-democrats-virginia-beyond/ Congratulations McConnell and McCarthy! You've convinced Democratic voters that democracy is a waste of time, especially mid-term elections. Putin and Xi couldn't be prouder. #PS1election == impress 25 time 2021-10-15 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448848445041614855 Where inflation is hitting hardest - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/14/inflation-prices-supply-chain/ Can we rein it in before inflationary psychology sets in for a decade or more? #PS1economics == impress 26 time 2021-10-15 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448847179041239043 For former GOP who didn't get the memo - GOP is a subsidiary of the Trump Organization. NOT vice versa. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-fraud-claims/2021/10/14/f37887fe-2cfc-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html If you don't like it, you can join the politically homeless under an overpass. For all the wannabes - Trump WILL run in 2024. #PS1trump == impress 24 time 2021-10-15 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448844395080339461 Missouri blames the messenger. https://apnews.com/article/technology-education-hacking-missouri-newspapers-6f730cb3ac61ad4cf120e7702a789d6b #PS1technology == impress 20 time 2021-10-15 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448842798774439937 Undoing some Trump damage. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-lawsuits-james-comey-jeff-sessions-2be69b9a619dcbeb64469edd485b1a1b #PS1justice == impress 20 time 2021-10-15 02:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 780 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2021-10-15 ratio 3 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 975 engaged 8 epoch Lifetime ID 1519176481760199 impress 32 likeimpress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/15/2021 17:10" reach 30 sharesimpress 1 title "US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1519176481760199 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448743313020907542 Is Biden competent? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-party.html GOP will blame Biden for everything, and Democrats won't. Persuadable voters in swing states will vote their pocketbooks, which is why the GOP is keen to prevent further economic recovery. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1518315738512940 #PS1biden == impress 16 time 2021-10-14 20:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448738004827205642 Looks like she had a mild case - but who else did she infect? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/alaska-lora-reinbold-covid-gop/ #PS1virus == impress 25 time 2021-10-14 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448736226597498883 At least he didn't have to show up in court! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-courts-deposition-protest/2021/10/14/805e876c-2d12-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-10-14 19:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448658019051474945 Is it possible to avoid both the hazards of globalization AND the hazards of industrial policy? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/supply-chain-america.html Possible perhaps, but is there the political will to make it probable? #PS1trade == engage 4 engage-rate 9% expands 2 impress 44 retweets 1 time 2021-10-14 14:32 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448651068003344387 As always, only the best on the Trump team! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/wisconsin-election-review-gableman-errors/ They are succeeding beyond their dreams in undermining confidence in American democracy! #PS1election == impress 18 time 2021-10-14 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448632176837226500 DO NOT PRESS 1 or 2 Don't answer! Or if you do, just hang up. https://nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/spam-call-blocking.html Texts? Delete before reading. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-10-14 12:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448473895980261383 DO NOT PRESS 1 or 2 Don't answer, or just hang up. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/spam-call-blocking.html Texts? Delete before reading. #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2021-10-14 02:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448471252163710981 Fired for election fraud and breach of duty; FBI investigating. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/tina-peters-mesa-colorado-elections/2021/10/13/c60b842a-2c65-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html The Trumpists will call her a patriot. #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-10-14 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448461682729050117 What happens when banks fear losing their largest depositors and legislators fear losing their largest donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/business/irs-bank-accounts.html They PRETEND it's about little people and get the voters excited enough to complain. That's how minority rule works. #PS1tax == impress 16 time 2021-10-14 01:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448457026246348807 There's no permanent gap between GOP legislators and their major donors. Corporations that had reservations about Jan 6 seem to have gotten over it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/opinion/republicans-corporations-extremism.html Greg Abbott's anti-vax laws will be enforced against small businesses but not big contributors. #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-10-14 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448441933680898048 Why it's so easy to be pessimistic about climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/business/china-electricity-shortage.html Politicians would rather revert to coal than deal with climate change. #PS1cllmate == impress 16 time 2021-10-14 00:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448439706375524356 Single party control is often unsuccessful. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/opinion/democrats-control-congress.html because both parties contain elements going in different directions. Failure to act is more a problem for Democrats than GOP, which is happier doing nothing than supporting Democrats. #PS1theory == impress 13 time 2021-10-14 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 417 epoch Lifetime ID 1518511548493359 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/14/2021 20:10" reach 4 title "Opinion | There’s a Curse in Washington, and the Party in Control Can’t Seem to Shake It" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1518511548493359 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448436398382469126 One way to reduce inflation might have been to export more covid vaccines to countries that do a lot of manufacturing for us, so their factories would not have closed so much due to covid. But there are many other choke points as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/us/politics/biden-port-los-angeles-supply-chain.html #PS1recovery == impress 27 time 2021-10-13 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448429337871405057 Czech blow against corrupt pseudo-populist Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/world/europe/czech-populism-strongmen.html Will it work in Hungary and Poland? #PS1foreign == impress 20 time 2021-10-13 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448427490569908228 Trump used to want a big military parade. If he is re-elected he might study Kim to up his game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/13/north-korea-shirtless-soldiers-video/ That's a REAL cult of personality! #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-10-13 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448422764319105026 Trumpist insurrection is a model for the whole world! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/rome-riots-jan-6-capitol-siege-playbook/ #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-10-13 22:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448421453808877570 Abbott faces 7 primary opponents on his right. He's not crazy enough for Texas! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/greg-abbott-republican-fringe/ But he has Trump's endorsement, for now. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-10-13 22:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448418025498021888 If you want something from Trump, like a pardon, the past does not matter. You have to offer him something for the future. Such as a promise of silence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/trump-bannon-jan-6-committee-subpoenas/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1517647281913119 #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-10-13 22:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448382808259395584 For once, Nobel prize research with immediate applications to ordinary life. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/opinion/nobel-prize-economics.html Sometimes you can do fairly well controlled experiments in economics. But that won't bother GOP legislators. They already know what they are paid to believe. #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-10-13 20:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448380433058516992 What a concept - attack the root cause instead of the effect! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-donald-trump-business-health-547026462efb3bafa7846321228874d4 Don't worry - when GOP regains power, they'll make sure that DHS, like IRS, will only be able to oppress the powerless, instead of major campaign donors. #PS1immigration == impress 14 time 2021-10-13 20:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448373121443004418 Of course Trump will run again. His flunkies will tell him he's sure to win, because that's what he wants to hear. He craves campaign rallies like a junkie craves crack. He's desperate for revenge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/trump-will-run-in-2024/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1517570438587470 #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-10-13 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448341403973537794 Maybe we should keep Columbus Day. Look how much Italy is like America. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-europe-italy-rome-violence-2f61aafb5a9c219f5856c3ea4b3273aa And to think people made fun of Berlusconi. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 likes 1 time 2021-10-13 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448340500793081859 No politician wants to tackle Social Security's long-term problem - raise taxes or reduce benefits. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit People live too long and there aren't enough young people to pay for it. But they get an inflation offset - https://apnews.com/article/social-security-cola-increase-4f2cd7b763371b91923227be883e367e #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-10-13 17:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448293043212152834 Breaking the code - It will cost you means It will cost us means paid for by undisclosed donors Campaign business as usual for GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-senate-ads/2021/10/12/b2ef0076-2b82-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html #PS1election == impress 9 time 2021-10-13 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448291509720084482 The preferred transition path is - retire, say what you really think, get into politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/marine-scheller-to-plead-guilty/2021/10/12/ccf1be18-2b74-11ec-92bd-d2ffe8570c7d_story.html Do things in the wrong order and you can expect big trouble. But maybe some people will help you if you're politically convenient for them. #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-10-13 14:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448278545004830723 Another reason GOP senators find it easy to support burning hydrocarbons. Some of their major donors do, and senate campaigns cost millions of dollars. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/climate/private-equity-funds-oil-gas-fossil-fuels.html #PS1climate == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-10-13 13:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448172221441064962 Congratulations Fox on your anniversary - they'll see you in court about what you've been doing the last 25 years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/09/fox-news-25th-anniversary-big-lie/ If Smartmatic and Dominion prevail, others might jump in. #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-10-13 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448167893988823044 How far will Evergrande infect? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-evergrande-debt-property/2021/10/12/403d48ca-2b1a-11ec-b17d-985c186de338_story.html #PS1china == engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 58 time 2021-10-13 06:05 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448166623844528128 Hillary's novel about Eric the Dumb. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/hillary-clinton-louise-penny-state-of-terror/2021/10/08/9d585a9e-2841-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-10-13 06:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448165688703533060 It doesn’t matter who we elect, it’s all the same https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/12/more-women-are-tuning-out-politics-danger-sign-democrats-virginia-beyond/ Congratulations McConnell and McCarthy! You've convinced Democratic voters that democracy is a waste of time, especially mid-term elections. Putin and Xi couldn't be prouder. #PSelection #PS1notopic == impress 10 time 2021-10-13 05:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448164023342567424 It's more important to pass something promptly than something else later. Sooner is better than later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/12/build-back-better-biden-bleeds-out/ #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-10-13 05:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 693 epoch Lifetime ID 1517778635233317 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/13/2021 20:10" reach 3 title "Opinion | As Democrats dither, Biden bleeds out" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1517778635233317 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447917545340628999 Now the Taliban is the target of a violent insurgency. Can they handle it better than the previous government? https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-islamic-state-group-united-states-middle-east-fbfab79028913b255cd94af3fdcff366 #PS1afghanistan == impress 37 time 2021-10-12 13:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447787426714251265 The Pandora Papers https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/central-romana-tax-haven-south-dakota/ https://apnews.com/article/business-london-europe-media-f91432c785e4e06a8fb2c7370d4ca63d show how the west has enabled corruption and oppression in Russia - and many other places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/why-west-has-itself-blame-russian-corruption/ #PS1tax == impress 42 time 2021-10-12 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447786045244805130 Nothing's certain but the game isn't over yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/take-democrats-are-doomed-narrative-with-grain-salt/ The Democrats might yet snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Or vice versa. The GOP, lacking any positive program of its own, is doing all it can to thwart the Democrats. #PS1biden == impress 39 time 2021-10-12 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447782877295308804 If Trump or a Trumpist is elected in 2024, executive privilege will be gone for good along with all the other norms of democratic fair play. There's nothing to be gained by shielding him now. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-us-supreme-court-congress-capitol-siege-13803c23a094992233df3b6880d2808b #PS1insurrection == impress 43 time 2021-10-12 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447781803771588610 Greg Abbott spares no effort to preserve the right of Texans to infect other Texans. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-greg-abbott-texas-health-1180a8d70d4274765e137ccac9ce97b2 It's too bad for the infected but might boost his presidential ambitions. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 46 time 2021-10-12 04:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447779655839215618 Trump has once again convinced some number of traditional conservatives to vote for Democrats - https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/im-no-democrat-im-voting-exclusively-democrats-save-our-democracy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/trump-nightmare-looms-again/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516471042030743 #PS1democracy == impress 36 time 2021-10-12 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447775373748441089 There's a rolling coup being attempted - https://www.newsweek.com/msnbc-host-mehdi-hasan-rolling-coup-overturn-2020-election-1637471 Will the media call it what it is? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/media-are-finally-waking-up-rolling-coup-they-must-take-side-democracy/ #PS1journalism == impress 32 time 2021-10-12 04:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 248 epoch Lifetime ID 1516491518695362 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/11/2021 22:10" reach 5 title "Opinion | The media are finally waking up to the ‘rolling coup.’ They must take the side of democracy." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516491518695362 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447673843464617988 The dark sides of online retailing - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/free-returns-online-shopping/620169/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/11/warehouse-jobs-holidays-seasonal-hiring/ #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2021-10-11 21:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447649906454265858 Meaningful legislation is inherently difficult and controversial, which mobilizes your opponents against you without doing enough to inspire your supporters https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/trump-solve-biden-political-dilemma/ The 2022 election will probably be decided by the economy; no help from GOP. #PS1biden == impress 7 time 2021-10-11 19:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447647950386053120 Trumpists don't REALLY want to reign in global elites. Where would their campaign finance come from if they did? Tax havens = campaign contributions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/biden-global-minimum-tax-trumpism/ Saying one thing and doing the opposite is built in to minority rule. #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2021-10-11 19:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447640731334496257 In Silicon Valley, virus increased wealth and income inequality, as well as health inequality. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/11/covid-widened-the-chasm-between-bay-area-haves-and-have-nots/ #PS1virus == impress 4 time 2021-10-11 19:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447623485677654018 American officials should not accept foreign gifts ever. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/us/politics/trump-gifts.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-10-11 18:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447620255308599297 Competitiveness - code for low taxes, weak regulation and lax enforcement. Before Sioux Falls and the British Virgin Islands, there was London. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/opinion/pandora-papers-britain-london.html #PS1tax == impress 7 time 2021-10-11 17:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447618574437076996 Another attempt by never-Trumpist traditional conservatives to define themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/opinion/2022-house-senate-trump.html Is there a significant voter base and donor base for traditional conservative values? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516162935394887 #PS1politics == impress 5 time 2021-10-11 17:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447608770373185541 An excellent way to reduce taxes! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/florida-teachers-covid-quitting-desantis/ Get all the teachers to quit! DeSantis is on it! Major GOP donors send their kids to private schools, so they don't care. #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-10-11 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447596625933729793 Money is the mother's milk of politics The moderates Manchin and Sinema have an immoderate attachment to their major donors. Just like GOP senators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/dont-blame-moderates-reconciliation-fight/ #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-10-11 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447585066964570115 The mid-term elections usually go badly for the president's party, because its supporters are sad that so little progress has been made, and its opposition is angry because so much progress has been made. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-falling-poll-numbers-georgia/2021/10/10/3606c99e-2002-11ec-8200-5e3fd4c49f5e_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516086265402554 #PS1election == impress 17 time 2021-10-11 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447580768050376704 China is not very forthcoming on virus origins. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-covid-bats-caves-hubei/2021/10/10/082eb8b6-1c32-11ec-bea8-308ea134594f_story.html #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 20 time 2021-10-11 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447560785111117825 Beware the plain quiet woman sitting and listening - and taking notes. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-fiona-hill-vladimir-putin-russia-europe-f582f211aa82b69092954b7db94bbf4f Putin is the man Trump always wanted to be, but he just couldn't measure up. #PS1russian == impress 117 time 2021-10-11 13:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447558967513665546 There are plenty of Italian-Americans who came to America and contributed to America. Honor one of them instead of Columbus. And why not have a rotating holiday that honors a different immigrant-American every year? https://apnews.com/article/columbus-indigenous-peoples-day-b00777738e9d0ae411e9b6acad223371 #PS1other == engage 3 engage-rate 2% impress 132 likes 2 time 2021-10-11 13:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447555317017939972 Fall will test GOP in Congress https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-filibusters-27ee5558714da1347b68d58952cc137b Can they save the filibuster, avoid being blamed for shutting down the government, and still prevent Democrats from passing any popular legislation? It would be a lost cause unless Democrats keep infighting. #PS1politics == impress 18 time 2021-10-11 13:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447552910410223619 Surprise! Neither minimum wage nor immigration cause unemployment. https://apnews.com/article/nobel-prizes-business-europe-3cbc672f994ae6f4f486a68b52c2bb32 GOP politicians will keep saying the opposite anyway, because that's what they do. #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-10-11 13:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447551997381517312 Did he repent not getting vaccinated while he was on the ventilator? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-wisconsin-legislature-health-ca51df32a129fc88ea67966d03285f05 #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-10-11 13:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447424380275884042 Has China peaked and started on the way down? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/china-rise-vs-authoritarian-decline/ If so, it's more dangerous as it seeks distractions - perhaps a war with Taiwan. #PS1china == impress 74 time 2021-10-11 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447411422506336256 The search for objective truth in a world that is constantly changing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/business/journalists-objectivity.html Nobody is ever right all the time, for all time. #PS1journalism == impress 23 time 2021-10-11 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447409570196779011 Anything that makes having children less of an economic catastrophe is a good idea in mature western democracies. But more means-testing bureaucrats is the wrong answer! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/opinion/family-policy-manchin.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515747158769798 #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-10-11 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447405243369590787 Unclear on the concept! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/opinion/opportunity-zones-tax-loopholes.html Opportunity zones were never intended to help the residents of opportunity zones. They were intended to help major GOP donors. How else could they have gotten in the GOP billionaire tax relief bill? #PS1tax == impress 30 time 2021-10-11 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447403508135723009 Did you notice when Powerade went from 32oz to 28oz? https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/eta5ps/powerade_is_using_shrinkflation_by_replacing/ Other forms of inflation are subtler - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/upshot/shadow-inflation-analysis.html Restaurant and hotel service is not what it used to be. Phone tree hell has replaced customer service people. #PS1economics == impress 23 time 2021-10-11 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447396257786331137 The shipping crisis is not getting better. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/business/supply-chain-crisis-savannah-port.html Who's to blame? All those MBA's who 30 years ago were touting offshore manufacturing and just-in-time logistics. They were right - it was cheaper - as long as absolutely nothing went wrong. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-10-11 02:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447393387624075265 Scalise reminds us of the cost of failing to pass the Biden agenda - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/steve-scalise-election-stolen-2020/ Congressional Democrats need to quickly get to a realistic assessment of what's possible and enact it. GOP will vote against anyway. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515714298773084 #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-10-11 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447390598030258182 The essence of the Biden agenda is 1) enhance economic democracy and opportunity 2) enhance political democracy and opportunity These enhancements complement and reinforce each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/biden-approval-decline-complicated-dionne-analysis/ The essence of GOP minority rule is to reduce both. #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-10-11 02:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447364515704627328 Why would anybody want to have anything to do with these guys? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-07/crypto-mystery-where-s-the-69-billion-backing-the-stablecoin-tether Don't invest in something you don't understand - very ancient wisdom. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-10-11 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447353564687306753 Presidential nominations should be automatically confirmed unless the Senate acts in 90 days. How much time do they need? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/america-is-shorthanded-foreign-affairs-thanks-ted-cruz/ Of course the real question is how much Fox time Ted Cruz needs. #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-10-11 00:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447351433032912902 Big corporations would donate to nazis AND communists if they thought it necessary to preserve access to legislators. It's just business as the Godfather would say. That's one reason they like dark money - less embarrassing. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-business-texas-laws-abortion-7ed4b1afdacdcec91a2071448f7d8144 #PS1health == impress 17 time 2021-10-11 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 99 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-10-11 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 993 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1516112412066606 impress 10 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/11/2021 09:10" reach 9 title "Texas abortion law foes target lawmakers' corporate donors" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516112412066606 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447349354843443206 Xinjiang as historical tourist attraction. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9 #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-10-10 23:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447347322984095746 Scalise will do ANYTHING, even saying idiotic things himself, to keep from being primaried by some Trump-endorsed idiot. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-business-health-c1645564f5ced76356e8423b5e12f103 He's thus in the vanguard of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2021-10-10 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447346327092793348 A quid pro quo with Taliban? https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-taliban-islamic-state-group-united-states-0f386a9d22bafa86601c8a6251b02bc6 The Taliban is not going to be recognized as legitimate until it has free contested elections - but their position is that democracy is incompatible with Islam. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515629175448263 #PS1afghanistan == impress 5 time 2021-10-10 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447333011825967105 Prevent another Trump coup? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/09/without-these-changes-us-democracy-will-remain-vulnerable-trump-other-bad-actors/ Republicans who still respect the Constitution should be willing to join in this effort Only if they want to get primaried by some idiot endorsed by Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515606708783843 #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-10-10 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447331042705096708 How states with loose trust laws rip off other states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/07/tax-shelters-states-pandora/ No taxes ever! They are certainly supporting minority rule by a hereditary nobility. #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-10-10 22:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447329591043842050 Where would corrupt wealthy foreigners be without South Dakota trusts? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/central-romana-tax-haven-south-dakota/ It's a major growth industry in SD. #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-10 22:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447326994283188231 Why people are desperate to leave Haiti. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/09/haiti-kidnapping/ Is their only hope that the Taliban take over and hang accused kidnappers from streetlight poles? #PS1foreign == impress 11 time 2021-10-10 22:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447325522938130433 Can the Democrats agree on what is possible, and then enact it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/09/biden-faces-shrinking-timetable-salvage-his-agenda/ If nothing passes, even less cooperative GOP will be in Democratic seats soon, even Manchin and Sinema's. All the GOP needs is for Democrats to pass nothing. #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 replies 1 time 2021-10-10 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447322565937037316 Global energy politics https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/09/energy-crisis-global/ In a democracy, it's more important to save your seat this year than to make sure that there's anything saved for your grandchildren. #PS1climate == impress 10 time 2021-10-10 22:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447319543236284418 So by any means possible, GOP creates a do-nothing Congress that, by doing nothing, will defend minority rule. Redistrict creatively to create as many safe seats as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/redistricting-partisanship-fighting/2021/10/08/e765d50c-2522-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515580808786433 #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-10-10 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447315149543510018 Trump's coup was defeated by a very few GOP officials. Most of them will be ousted from office before the next election and replaced with more compliant coup enablers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/08/hollowness-it-didnt-work-defense-trumps-attempt-retain-power/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515572695453911 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-10-10 21:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447310936352583684 Can't tell the players without a scorecard! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/10/democrats-republicans-biden-budget-fights/ And can't always tell WHY X wants Y, because X is often not fully forthcoming about motivations - because the motivations involving campaign donations don't sound or look good in broad daylight. #PS1politics == impress 9 time 2021-10-10 21:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447309140569690114 Restaurant business is starving for workers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/08/restaurant-job-growth-slows/ because the customers make the job too unpleasantly stressful. Even pay raises and signing bonuses don't compensate. #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2021-10-10 21:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447307922321514497 As Wisconsin goes, so goes the country? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/08/wisconsin-polarization-democrats-republicans/ #PS1politics == impress 8 time 2021-10-10 21:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447301077913665536 You can't blame the lunatic fringe for being the lunatic fringe. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254836147.html But you can blame people who know better but encourage and defend the lunatic fringe in order to protect minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515545998789914 #PS1minority == impress 9 time 2021-10-10 20:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447295670440792066 Bipartisan agreement that SOMEthing should be done about big tech. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/technology/facebook-big-tobacco-regulation.html No bipartisan agreement whatever about exactly WHAT should be done. The big tech lobby puts big pharma and big tobacco to shame. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515536698790844 #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2021-10-10 20:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447271067479724033 Why do we put up with a do-nothing Congress? Because the GOP donors like it that way! How did we resolve the debt ceiling for 3 months? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/congress-crisis.html By scaring McConnell about losing the filibuster! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515484585462722 #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-10-10 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447267477138722817 Delta economy depresses office space in some places https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-unemployment-health-bf233e99f16690a3e37cf102021b956a But not Silicon Valley https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/08/covid-real-estate-silicon-valley-office-rent-record-heights-tech/ Housing prices continue to rise too - amazing since everybody is moving to Texas, according to Greg Abbott. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-10-10 18:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447266187520327683 Do Tesla and Texas REALLY want each other? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/business/tesla-texas-headquarters.html Musk is driving toward an electric future with himself in command, while Abbott is driving toward a hydrocarbon past with himself in command. But they agree on low taxes. #PS1climate == impress 13 time 2021-10-10 18:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447217337745108994 How ATT funds Trumpist agitprop on OAN - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/one-america-news-herring-trump-reuters/2021/10/08/b439a2f8-283d-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html Trump likes OAN better than Fox because its support never varies no matter what the facts. Unlike Fox, OAN doesn't separate reporting and opinion. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/ #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-10-10 15:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447083744989364224 What, exactly, is the public interest in Dominion's financial records? And how can they contain trade secrets? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/09/prominent-voting-hardware-company-seeks-to-block-docs-from-release-in-santa-clara-county-court/ #PS1election == impress 8 time 2021-10-10 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447080585109774339 Taliban think they can handle Islamic State on their own. They have not been successful before. https://apnews.com/article/business-taliban-islamabad-middle-east-islamic-state-group-4d419bb70259f93f7165169889d05ff1 As for the Afghan currency reserves, the west should use those to pay resettlement costs of Afghan refugees. #PS1afghanistan == impress 22 time 2021-10-10 06:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447079285039058946 Why so few jobs were filled in September. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-united-states-health-economy-c9189de30b0cf807689e83f5e56d218d #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-10-10 05:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447078116837376002 Reactionaries training to take over school boards to protect minority rule, though they probably don't all understand the big picture. Culture wars are an essential diversionary tactic of minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-ohio-school-boards-racial-injustice-election-2020-a27a6ea4b7d4acc07173ebf7fa494257 #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2021-10-10 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447076926414225415 Another traditional conservative pushed out of the GOP by Trumpism. https://apnews.com/article/joy-hofmeister-oklahoma-teacher-pay-education-6ee002e07ac9ac89b664f51e437b04b6 #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2021-10-10 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447076498427432963 He didn't get vaccinated, and he got covid and gave it to his wife, who was vaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-allen-west-texas-pneumonia-health-03839ff2547c8895fb0e4f155705322a Trump got over it, so will West too? #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-10-10 05:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 953 epoch Lifetime ID 1515622202115627 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/10/2021 16:10" reach 7 title "Allen West, Texas GOP gubernatorial hopeful, has COVID-19" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515622202115627 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446837672429768714 Strategic ambiguity on the PRC side, too. https://apnews.com/article/xi-jinping-taipei-beijing-taiwan-china-61f510599558249f9afa839052c4000a Will he or won't he use force on Taiwan? #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-10-09 13:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446836868755062790 Will secret offshore and onshore tax havens reduce charitable giving? https://apnews.com/article/business-philanthropy-b8acb10f529ac2dbaff7631021d823c9 Yes, to the extent that donors give to reduce taxes and tax havens allow them to avoid taxes entirely. #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-10-09 13:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446834746592415751 I really don’t think he’s that stupid https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-pandemics-congress-7466507d8f33fbc94a4c5bf0f329f6a2 He's not stupid, he's just traded his medical smarts for Trumpist political smarts - and in Kansas, that's smart. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-09 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446818891716382725 Who's the entitled class? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/joe-manchin-biden.html The Pandora Papers show it's the ultrarich, not the masses. What do Manchin and Sinema want to do about those entitlements? And the other entitled class is legislators supported by unlimited dark campaign money. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-10-09 12:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446817090732630017 Will reputational damage do what tax laws can't? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/pandora-papers-leak.html Some rich people care, but most don't seem to. #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-09 12:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446815678728601603 Body image anxiety isn't new, but social media amplifies it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/instagram-teen-girls-mental-health.html Just like it amplifies everything. #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-10-09 12:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446709158225399815 11 GOP senators who can behave responsibly. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/republican-debt-ceiling-filibuster-list/index.html History suggests they usually won't, however. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-10-09 05:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446707793419927556 The Constitution stacks the deck for rural states run by GOP. https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ What's the best way for Democrats to overcome that? What do persuadable voters in swing states really care about? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/democrats-david-shor-education-polarization.html #PS1politics == impress 13 time 2021-10-09 05:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446700622921666561 Banks don't want any more reporting requirements. That might inconvenience their biggest tax-averse customers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/banking-industry-is-throwing-stones-key-biden-nominee-it-lives-glass-house/ #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-10-09 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446699761155788800 Why Trump wants to sell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/08/trump-hotel-millions-foreign-governments/ With personal legal expenses coming he can't afford to subsidize it any longer. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 time 2021-10-09 04:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446698817420611585 The Secret Service is not a place you'd like to work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/08/secret-service-overwork-morale-underfunded-report/ #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-10-09 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446697893537058825 Trump endorses unknowns so they owe everything to him. If they win. It's a great test of personality cult. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/here-are-trumps-most-important-endorsements-ranked/ They are running against Republicans who are perfectly acceptable to the GOP base, except they have crossed Trump. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2021-10-09 04:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446692146833072130 Why children have to be vaccinated against childhood diseases, to protect themselves and to protect adults, and to minimize incubation of more virulent strains. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/mandatory-vaccination-kids-is-not-great-option-its-best-one-we-have/ #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-09 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446690929864110083 Will Congress do anything about the Electoral Count Act? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/trump-jan-6-committee-electoral-count-act/ Not likely. That would require 10 GOP senators with enough character to help, or 2 Democratic senators with enough character to end filibuster on election reforms. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-10-09 04:16 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446689488952905736 Everybody knew Trump would lie, cheat, and steal. No surprise there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/adam-schiff-midnight/ The shock was that so many people we thought were better than that - were, are, and will be happy to enable Trump's crimes. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 32 time 2021-10-09 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446686102643826688 Don't leave voice mail when you are drunk. https://apnews.com/article/congress-lisa-murkowski-alaska-fairbanks-texas-1bd7e14ed742b674906be74fc1589e80 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-10-09 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446672971955802112 We're learning about social media as we go along. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/technology/facebook-scandals.html What we're learning is that all new technology has good and bad uses, and there are people and organizations devoted to finding and exploiting the bad uses. #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-10-09 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446671102474797056 At last a law requiring cancellations to be as easy as signing up! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/07/larry-magid-new-law-will-make-it-easier-to-cancel-online-subscriptions/ Making it as hard as possible to cancel seems to be part of the business model pioneered by cable tv and cell phone companies, and now standard throughout the internet. #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-10-09 02:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 642 epoch Lifetime ID 1515026205508560 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/09/2021 22:10" reach 2 title "Larry Magid: New law will make it easier to cancel online subscriptions" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515026205508560 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446569881994887168 Surprise! Biden won't protect Trump! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-congress-capitol-siege-subpoenas-375f0349971f87d30ffd24fe5b8bbdf0 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-10-08 20:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446568592149925888 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-social-media-b0c5633662b18765458d7abfe9203708 #PS1media == impress 20 time 2021-10-08 20:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446508410258612228 Americans agree there's lots of disinformation https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-misinformation-fbe9d09024d7b92e1600e411d5f931dd But there's a lot of money to be made in disinformation, as these chiropractors demonstrate - https://apnews.com/article/anti-virus-chiropractors-rising-force-misinformation-02b347767b45cab1d6d532be03c57529 #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-10-08 16:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446506604531093506 What is worse than the Taliban? https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-prayer-religion-2b9d9863da38661ba6fa186a72ac5352 #PS1afghanistan == impress 20 time 2021-10-08 16:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446318164019531778 No separation of church and state under Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/religious-conservative-michael-farris-lawsuit-2020-election.html Eventually it's not that different from the Taliban. #PS1trumpism == impress 32 time 2021-10-08 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446316970094125056 Only the best people showed up on Jan 6! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/proud-boys-capitol-riot.html But the best people don't necessarily make the best witnesses. That makes it harder for them to cut a plea deal. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-10-08 03:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446310745117847553 Immigration has always been a big deal for bigots. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/asian-americans-1965-immigration-act.html But immigration is necessary to sustain the standard of living in an aging society. #PS1immigration == impress 26 time 2021-10-08 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446307093540007941 We build theories about the world to help us get through the day. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/essentialism-stereotypes-bias.html Unfortunately it's easy to mistake our theories for the objective reality, which is much too complicated to comprehend, which is why we had to theorize it. #PS1other == impress 22 time 2021-10-08 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446305533821026305 There are some reasons to hope for a better future in 6-9 months. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/recovery-covid-economy.html But climate change and know-nothing-ism aren't going away. #PS1economics == impress 24 time 2021-10-08 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446304401019183112 Texas is the national laboratory for maintaining minority rule. GOP hopes that if they can do it there, they can do it anywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/texas-politics-greg-abbott.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-10-08 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446302065769074688 The debt ceiling - a guide for the perplexed. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/politics/us-debt-ceiling.html #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-10-08 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446300379155615751 You can't expect a busy man like Trump to worry about little details, even if he's no longer busy on social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/07/james-rosemond-trump-clemency/ Maybe Trump meant it, maybe not, but he might have to testify in court to prove it, and he won't do that. #PS1justice == impress 17 time 2021-10-08 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446298372730540036 All the twisted thinking behind the debt ceiling postponement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/default-senate-deal/2021/10/07/222f9008-2779-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html McConnell knew what he was doing, and so did Schumer. They both think they are better off. Those who speak, do not know; those that know, do not speak. For now. #PS1economics == impress 27 time 2021-10-08 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446296606744014855 Trump never forgets and never forgives https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-trump-debt-limit-republicans/2021/10/07/00f07f4e-2777-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html But Trump never has a better idea, which is why he's out and McConnell is still in. And McConnell probably will still be calling the shots longer than Trump. #PS1trump == impress 24 time 2021-10-08 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446267583145996289 How dumb can a nation act? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/reconciliation-vaccines-election-america-dumb/ Can the GOP act so dumb that business starts to fund Democrats? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/republicans-are-losing-support-business-community-democrats-should-take-advantage/ Yes, it's already happening. Especially on covid and immigration, the GOP is anti-business and anti-growth. #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-10-08 00:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446265462430470149 More on Trump's executive privilege claims https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/trump-jan-6-committees-subpoena-515593 He doesn't want the truth to get out. #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-10-08 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 527 epoch Lifetime ID 1514187048925809 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/08/2021 19:10" reach 5 title "Trump tells 4 former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1514187048925809 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446263563056599041 Hacking for fun - or fame - or fortune? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/07/twitch-epik-hack-hacktivist/ #PS1technology == impress 24 time 2021-10-07 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446218532853727254 Covid hoaxes can land you in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/christopher-charles-perez-covid-licking.html Unless you're rich and powerful. #PS1justice == impress 23 time 2021-10-07 20:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446217881843220517 The myth that better communication media bring people together. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254783607.html It wasn't true for printed newspapers - and it's not true for social media. For that matter, it wasn't true for shouting. It's easier to shout war chants than lullabies. #PS1media == impress 25 time 2021-10-07 20:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446210962671878148 Who's paying? https://mercurynews.com/2020/10/09/deep-pockets-who-is-behind-the-big-spending-in-californias-elections-this-year/ And that doesn't even count who's behind the dark money. #PS1capolitics == impress 21 time 2021-10-07 20:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446210444608225301 Trump's role models! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronivirus-kim/2020/10/10/d355df9e-0b0b-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 24 time 2021-10-07 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446209510134071309 Who'd like to walk in Trump's footsteps - if they can figure out how to invisibly sideline him and steal his base and donors? https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/18/2024-race-begins-republicans-nov-4/ They hope the Senate GOP will continue to undermine the economy so they can blame it on Biden in 2022 and 2024. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 31 time 2021-10-07 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446203267222949888 Fear, outrage, and fantasy sell way better than optimism and rationality. The tabloids, cable TV, and social media built their business models on stirring emotions rather than intellect. Facts were never necessary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/fear-sells-dark-times-america-needs-courage/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 27 time 2021-10-07 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446200874674503682 Most voters and most Democratic legislators favor increased taxation on the rich, and increased enforcement of tax laws. But when Congress is almost evenly split, it only takes a few to say no. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/briefing/corporate-democrats-taxing-the-rich.html So nothing happens. #PS1tax == impress 26 time 2021-10-07 19:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446198151266770946 It's been bad enough already https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-judiciary-presidential-elections-elections-2fec942d0c09bc31858190afbb5d8e42 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/politics/trump-election-fraud-report.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/stunning-new-report-reveals-trumps-threat-democracy-republicans-shrug/ So Trump will try to prevent any more truth from getting out. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-congress-subpoenas-capitol-siege-4eb9ffd1e94550219f5acab9e3d3b162 #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-10-07 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446196645218054145 How white blue-collar workers shifted from leftists to reactionaries, and ending up serving the purposes of the minority rulers that abused them. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/globalization-work-trump-social-justice.html #PS1economics == impress 31 time 2021-10-07 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446175587756752897 Traditional conservatives need to realize that the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party has left them behind and they have no place to go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/advice-gop-trump-critics-democracy-lovers-leave-party/ There never were that many traditional conservative voters after all. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1513257462352101 #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-10-07 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446172209341341708 Are Wyoming and Cheney split for good? https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/07/wyoming-voters-liz-cheney/ The Trumpists would be in a better position in the primary if they adopted ranked-choice voting. As it is, too many anti-Cheney candidates might mean Cheney is nominated. #PS1trumpism == impress 32 time 2021-10-07 17:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446167579412733957 If you want people to work more so we depend less on immigration, you better make children more affordable. That's a big part of the Biden bill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/sanders-manchin-reconciliation-democrats/ But conservatives and especially their donors don't want to pay for middle class children. #PS1biden == impress 37 time 2021-10-07 17:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446166727457316868 Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It's clear that the red states want a different federal government than the blue states, but the red states want the blue states to pay for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/maga-politics-broken-federalism-state-national-power/ #PS1theory == impress 34 time 2021-10-07 17:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446162057208811520 QR codes and privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/07/are-qr-codes-safe/ #PS1technology == impress 29 time 2021-10-07 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446145256932593675 Does the 14th Amendment solve the budget ceiling crisis? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/biden-debt-ceiling.html It would end up in court, so who can tell. Better for the Democrats to bite the bullet and use filibuster to eliminated the budget ceiling permanently. #PS1economics == impress 31 time 2021-10-07 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446131386839027720 Could the yuan displace the dollar in international finance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/how-trump-made-chinas-currency-great-again/ That's where the GOP is headed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/07/world-is-questioning-washingtons-competence-fearing-prospect-us-default/ The world is right to question the competence of Congress. #PS1economics == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 32 likes 1 time 2021-10-07 15:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446128888698978314 The insurrection against the Constitution did indeed start with Trump - and continues to this day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/durbin-report-trump-pressure-justice/2021/10/07/b51712d4-2769-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/07/3-takeaways-senate-report-trumps-brazen-efforts-overturn-2020-election/ #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-10-07 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446117480468869128 The changing dynamics of state hacking. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-china-europe-united-states-e13548edf082992a735a0af1da39b6c8 #PS1russian == impress 43 time 2021-10-07 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446114722839818243 The Taliban is against drug addiction in Afghanistan - but exporting drugs is a major source of foreign exchange. https://apnews.com/article/business-only-on-ap-taliban-kabul-afghanistan-312374ad26aa5741394b2308bfd99487 #PS1afghanistan == impress 42 time 2021-10-07 14:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445954364544147462 Federal help for ranked-choice voting! The Voter Choice Act would make it easier for communities to embrace ranked choice voting across the country. https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/2/bennet-king-phillips-introduce-bill-to-promote-ranked-choice-voting https://www.fairvote.org/rcv More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1512829612394886 #PS1democracy == impress 23 time 2021-10-07 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445943590518067202 Putin must think that Trump is still president. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/politics/nato-expels-members-russian-mission/index.html #PS1foreign == impress 30 time 2021-10-07 02:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445933105747935234 McConnell has talked Biden out of the filibuster. What about Manchin and Sinema? Depends on their donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/thanks-mcconnell-even-biden-is-losing-faith-filibuster/ Most of the major donors that support Manchin and Sinema probably support their GOP opponents too. Donors just want access. #PS1democracy == impress 43 time 2021-10-07 02:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 783 epoch Lifetime ID 1513262379018276 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/07/2021 11:10" reach 11 title "Opinion | Thanks to McConnell, even Biden is losing faith in the filibuster" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1513262379018276 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445901359677538313 Nothing's changed in a year. Issues aren't the issues. Attitude is the issue. they want somebody, above all, that's going to fight the Democrats. They actually don't really care often what you're fighting about https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/magazine/trump-influence-gop.html #PS1theory == impress 31 time 2021-10-06 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445900313211244547 If this guy had been right again his fortune would have been made. https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-polls-trafalgar-group.html But of 1000 monkeys randomly typing, one might get it right once. Two in a row is more interesting. Close but no cigar. He was right about many Congressional races. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 41 time 2021-10-06 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445899127859023877 If Libertarian voters' second choice were Trump, then the Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen cost Trump the election in AZ, GA, WI, PA. Just as the Greens cost Gore the election in 2000 and Clinton in 2016. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 34 time 2021-10-06 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445897939822395396 So ten months later how many have been disbarred? Lawyers are also officers of the court. If they seek to undermine the legal system, shouldn't they be disbarred? And sooner than a month before they die, like Roy Cohn? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/01/dc-bar-presidents-lawyers-trump-election/ #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 41 time 2021-10-06 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445896826335346689 In December, Cornyn, Thune, and Braun said game over. After the insurrection, do they still think that? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-ffd40e9fb35a9a77bddecd2029193e14 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 41 time 2021-10-06 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445895753411432458 Republicans don't have to pass anything to preserve minority rule. They please their donors just by blocking progress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/24/bipartisanship-ends-where-joe-bidens-agenda-begins/ #PS1gop == impress 28 time 2021-10-06 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445891704033198087 Texas GOP terrorizes even GOP elections officials. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/01/texas-election-official-hood/ Why would anybody want to move to Texas? #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 38 time 2021-10-06 23:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445886430983561221 What does McConnell want? To wreck the economy on Biden's watch, to get GOP control of the Senate in 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/politics/mcconnell-debt-ceiling.html #PS1gop == impress 31 time 2021-10-06 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445885134423527432 Which way is the future? The Texas GOP and the new arrivals have diametrically opposed ideas. Who's going to win? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/opinion/texas-census-united-states.html #PS1other == impress 23 time 2021-10-06 22:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445883029692420103 The Chinese Wild West is over. From now on the Party will control all large enterprises. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/business/china-businesses.html #PS1china == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 42 time 2021-10-06 22:45 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445879173852004355 What do you tell terminal patients in denial? There are lots of them these days. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/opinion/doctor-patient-death-truth.html #PS1health == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 35 time 2021-10-06 22:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445875929427767307 The Taliban's only way to finance their power without becoming a client state of a foreign power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/afghanistan-drugs-could-become-bigger-danger-than-terrorism/ #PS1afghanistan == impress 33 time 2021-10-06 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445874982647595010 The Ministry of Truth for minority rule in general and Trumpism in particular. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/stephanie-grisham-fox-state-news/ #PS1media == impress 30 time 2021-10-06 22:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445874201114537986 Three strikes against rural hospitals in Trump country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/05/hospitals-delta-variant-surge-budgets/ #PS1virus == impress 31 time 2021-10-06 22:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445873099748962306 Haley as well as Pence are trying to define themselves as Trumpists but not Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/pence-haley-trump-vortex/ It's wasted effort. Trump will certainly run and there won't be any major donor money left for anybody else. #PS1trumpism == impress 37 time 2021-10-06 22:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445871933883510795 Can anybody get elected to the Senate who is not a Trumpist and not a Democrat? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/how-you-beat-trump-loyaltist-utah/ Probably not - where's he going to get the major donors he'll need? True, Utah is a little different from the rest of Trump country - but different enough? #PS1gop == impress 43 time 2021-10-06 22:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445870865220964354 Can you consistently tell fact from fantasy? Most Americans can't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/conspiracy-theory-quiz/ #PS1qanon == impress 42 time 2021-10-06 21:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445868964068806665 And why shouldn't a Trump cabinet member charter a private jet whenever he wants? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/06/tom-price-hhs-charter-jets/ It's not as if he had to pay for it himself. #PS1trumpism == impress 45 time 2021-10-06 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445867081019232261 Lobbying paid off for Yellow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/06/yrc-pandemic-loan-emails/ As usual for the Trump administration. #PS1recovery == impress 44 time 2021-10-06 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445866023383568388 Desperately seeking approval! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-forbes-rich-list-removed-history/2021/10/06/4dbdfdc8-26a1-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html But the respectable old money in Manhattan doesn't think much of the nouveau riche, especially from the outer boroughs - the dirt on new money has not yet been bleached away by time and charitable works. #PS1trump == impress 37 time 2021-10-06 21:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445855782390558730 There's no penalty for being an irresponsible opposition party. The voters will blame the party in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/why-republicans-think-they-can-get-away-with-setting-fire-economy/ Just like there's no penalty for lying in politics. Democracy isn't automatic; it relies on the character of the participants. #PS1gop == impress 40 time 2021-10-06 20:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445854447893057542 Stop the Steal is not just about Trump, except in his own mind. It's the foundation of the GOP's strategy to maintain minority rule going forward, regardless of who their candidates might be. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/trump-2024-republican-governors/ #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 59 time 2021-10-06 20:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445853280689549314 Pence still thinks he has presidential prospects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-weighing-2024-run-pence-tests-whether-there-is-political-life-after-trump/2021/10/06/523a1df2-2217-11ec-9309-b743b79abc59_story.html But Trumpists hate him - and so do the anti-Trumpists. And Trump will run - count on it. How many major donors will bet on Pence? #PS1gop == impress 50 time 2021-10-06 20:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445849950990987267 $171 million so far this year says Medicare won't be able to negotiate drug prices. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-congress-health-care-reform-medicare-756e3255a1cb4ab8c813151aec19b60c $171 million buys a lot of Senate votes. #PS1health == impress 40 time 2021-10-06 20:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445847215746863107 A Republican caucusing with Democrats https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-10-04/kyrsten-sinema-shaking-up-democrats-gop-arizona Perhaps - seeing demographic change - she wants to retain bipartisan support of suburban women and retain GOP major donors. #PS1politics == impress 46 time 2021-10-06 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445755333545136128 The modern way to loot culture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/met-museum-cambodian-antiquities-latchford/ #PS1tax == engage 6 engage-rate 14% expands 6 impress 43 time 2021-10-06 14:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445750904678801408 The modern way to do bribes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/billionaires-offshore-accounts/ #PS1tax == impress 40 time 2021-10-06 14:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445745187154632711 Pandora Papers confirm worst suspicions. https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-lebanon-najib-mikati-europe-10d4cb891e514c538b67e3607c4feda7 #PS1tax == impress 43 time 2021-10-06 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445641750479982598 The Scopes monkey trial took place in rural Tennessee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial There hasn't been much progress since. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/10/04/kids-covid-cases-tennessee/ #PS1virus == impress 36 time 2021-10-06 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445636980977532930 Why the Taliban was so successful in rural areas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghanistan-village-us-taliban/2021/10/04/e531303c-214a-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 47 time 2021-10-06 06:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445632039156285440 A filibuster change to pass a debt ceiling increase? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-filibusters-daf3d1c1e78a764b01af043ac2617cc6 Then call out the Democratic senators who fail to support it. #PS1economics == impress 44 time 2021-10-06 06:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445631039318093835 A trillion dollar coin to solve the debt ceiling crisis? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-congress-85d495defe92b42915c19f3fc2d0176d Better to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling altogether - and call out the GOP senators who vote for default. Then pass it anyway by overriding the filibuster on this one issue. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 time 2021-10-06 06:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1083 epoch Lifetime ID 1512671195744061 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/06/2021 14:10" reach 2 title "Token of all tokens: Could a $1T coin fix the debt limit?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1512671195744061 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445384428373659651 The threat in 2024 is not so much Trump - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/opinion/trump-2024.html as which, among his abler, bolder, and thus more dangerous would-be successors, will get the benefit of Trump's subversion of the rule of law. They're all quietly courting major donors now. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-10-05 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445379054014582786 Can a woman protect minority rule by keeping both the Trump base and major GOP donors in line, while stealthily running against Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/05/kristi-noem/ But how much did she help SD to become a global tax haven, and covid haven, and for what rewards? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-10-05 13:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445376694383116292 In London as in Pierre, money talks, and there are plenty of legislators ready to listen. https://apnews.com/article/business-london-europe-media-f91432c785e4e06a8fb2c7370d4ca63d #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-10-05 13:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445375296618713088 QAnon fantasists are turning criminal, world wide. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-europe-kidnapping-health-79761187c5d2767a8a27072a0e2d81ef #PS1qanon == impress 14 time 2021-10-05 13:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445234604256882693 Feds planning response to school board violent threats. https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-school-boards-violence-daaff3f659981354b7a9a536db5cf2e2 #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-10-05 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445214204047159297 Let Sinema and Machin coddle their major donors as we try to find out what they WILL vote for. Manchin is as liberal as we can hope for from WV, but the Democratic Party can do better in AZ next time. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/sinema-kyrsten.html #PS1politics == impress 16 time 2021-10-05 02:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445210702650568709 You can get fake versions of anything on the internet. But how can you tell which is which? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/04/online-shopping/ There may yet be a place for in-person bricks-and-mortar retail stores. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-10-05 02:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445193468582662145 Four diverse groups of British immigrants formed four distinctive strands of American culture - the differences have pervaded American culture and politics for 400 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/books/review/joe-klein-explains-how-the-history-of-four-centuries-ago-still-shapes-american-culture-and-politics.html #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-10-05 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445191836096552961 To repeat - it's children and climate. The rest can wait a while longer. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/budget-deficits-climate-child-poverty.html #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-10-05 00:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445190867459788801 Change comes to German politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/cdu-germany-elections.html Can another party maintain stability as well as the CDU? It's like the former conservative Republican Party, replaced by a cult of personality and with no clear home for its former members. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 14 time 2021-10-05 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445189211557040130 Why Congress tends toward doing nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/us/politics/biden-lobbying-congress.html Money is the mother's milk of politics and unlimited dark money colors every legislator's thinking - about the primary or the general election or both. #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-10-05 00:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445187350737215492 Has Facebook peaked? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/technology/facebook-files.html Is it destined to become the preferred platform of the AARP, at least when it's having a good day? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 18 time 2021-10-05 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445184462317240322 Advice to Biden and Democrats in Congress - do a few things well - invest in the future, not the past. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/if-democrats-must-scale-down-their-ambitions-they-should-prioritize-investments-young-future/ Children and climate. GOP is glad to vote against climate, so make them vote against families and campaign on that. #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-10-05 00:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445182755495559175 Many businesses learned today what happens when your platform goes down. It's good to have a Plan B. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1 #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-10-05 00:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445179432801472513 We all knew that rich criminals don't pay taxes, and lots of other rich people don't bother too. https://apnews.com/article/leaked-pandora-records-show-how-powerful-shield-assets-b31daac39800f6a6423e24465df45ffc Now it's much clearer how they do it. GOP donors are dead set against disclosure requirements in the Biden BBB bill. No surprise. #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-10-05 00:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 578 epoch Lifetime ID 1512212302456617 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/05/2021 22:10" reach 6 title "'Pandora Papers' bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1512212302456617 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445152024731942914 Trump can be deposed, even though he is still president in his own mind. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-says-trump-can-be-deposed-former-apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-2021-10-04/ He's got a lot to be deposed about. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-10-04 22:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445150387036590094 After 40 years, a Dixiecrat court to match a Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/victory-rights-40-year-quest-remake-american-law-is-hand/ Strom Thurmond would be so proud. The Federalist Society will have to be proud on his behalf. #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-10-04 22:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445134210994368518 Need employees? Make it pleasant enough to work for you. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/04/how-some-bay-area-businesses-are-trying-to-entice-workers-to-return/ Just as after the Black Death, the relationship of labor and capital has changed. #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-10-04 21:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445132141084381187 Danger! Legislators are beginning to ask intelligent questions about social media. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-media-ohio-congress-02c339d34cf38e8ed4d697472926feaa #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-10-04 21:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445131403302035462 Who can sue whom, and where, for social media comments? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/technology/facebook-australia-comments.html Be careful, the law is evolving rapidly. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-10-04 20:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445130748235636736 Companies are rethinking offshoring and just-in-time logistics. Those approaches were cheaper - until they didn't work at all. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-hurricanes-46bce9cc36dab2b330309dae0354cf53 If the pandemic economic recovery had been slower, the chances of shortages and inflation might have been lower. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-10-04 20:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445129267390529540 Debt ceiling history and future. https://usanewssite.com/culture/jill-on-money-debt-ceiling-fight-risks-fiscal-defcon-1/ There's still a sufficient majority to prevent default. But the GOP is recruiting Foxy Trumpist morons and crazies to Congress who would vote for default, just because the Democrats said not to. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-10-04 20:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445123413396258824 How close did Pence come to insurrection? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/pence-eastman-memo-jan-6-role/ And who in the world is funding his presidential ambitions, and why? #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-10-04 20:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445122641862357003 How the defenders of the ruling class donors dumb themselves down in public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/gop-proud-of-its-own-stupidity/ But the pretend dummies are being replaced by real dummies who see nothing wrong with insurrection, corruption, shutting down the government, or defaulting on the debt. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-10-04 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445121169003204622 Desperately seeking death panels! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/welcome-death-panels-build-back-better-edition/ Don't worry. If the GOP can't dig it up, they can make it up. Then use all that dark campaign money to repeat it over and over. That's how minority rule protects itself from democracy. #PS1minority == engage 2 engage-rate 20% impress 10 time 2021-10-04 20:18 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445119796849229832 At least we got some of them out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/30/cia-afghanistan-allies/ #PS1afghanistan == impress 11 time 2021-10-04 20:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445118952007364616 If you play a good hand poorly, you still lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/30/us-economy-soars-while-american-politics-craters/ #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-10-04 20:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445117904794439684 Are the Democrats trying to do too much at once? Most voters could not accurately describe the scope of Biden's bill. Picking just one or two things that GOP legislators would hate to vote against might be more fruitful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/30/democratic-strategy-agenda-infrastructure-social-spending/ #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-10-04 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445116735082749959 Looks like Democrats have lost Florida to the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/facing-historic-challenge-florida-democrats-stumble-against-desantis/2021/09/30/bb2cdc76-1d32-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html It doesn't take much. Anti-Castro Cubans can make the winning difference in statewide elections. #PS1politics == impress 10 time 2021-10-04 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445115895303397381 More on Darien Gap https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-panama-united-states-358e8ef8d1696c56ecf153c7fc9d709f #PS1immigration == impress 11 time 2021-10-04 19:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445103351880773638 How South Dakota caters to rich foreign criminals - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/booming-us-tax-haven-industry/ #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-10-04 19:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445101319430176781 How Belize caters to rich American criminals - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/us-offshore-accounts-belize-enforcement/ #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-10-04 18:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445096198164017162 Of course he's going to run! Even if he's broke and in jail. He loves campaign rallies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-2024-campaign-candidacy/2021/10/03/73af3b12-21f8-11ec-b3d6-8cdebe60d3e2_story.html And he loves keeping his many would-be successors off balance by forcing them to say they won't run if he runs - so donors are waiting and seeing. #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-10-04 18:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445092861419024388 No need to check the politicalscrapbook Facebook page. You can't. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1 #PS1media == engage 6 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 178 time 2021-10-04 18:26 +0000 urlclicks 5 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445092257888043014 The stories doctors have to listen to over and over. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-misinformation-health-433991ea434e12ccfdf97b5db415310d At least the patients quit repeating myths when they get to the morgue. #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-10-04 18:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445039975041409025 In Wyoming, librarians can be prosecuted for placing books in the wrong section. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-business-wyoming-nonfiction-22b0a682cb5ba95de8eb3975d101228c The prosecution can call the Taliban as expert witnesses. They don't need libraries either. #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-10-04 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445038396863176707 Starting with the Reagan era, income and wealth inequality has grown so great that it threatens American democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/robert-kagan-constitutional-crisis/ That's why the common man deserves $3.5 trillion - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/opinion/federal-spending-democrats.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1511317445879436 #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-10-04 14:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445033826602795014 Modern America took shape under which president? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/02/opinion-1619-or-1776-nope-we-need-an-1848-project/ James K Polk! #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-10-04 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445033147020701700 Domestic terrorists threaten California school boards https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/02/opinion-attacks-on-school-boards-are-a-threat-to-democracy/ #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-10-04 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445032275339448335 Haitian hike of horrors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/world/americas/haitian-migrants-mexican-border.html #PS1immigration == impress 8 time 2021-10-04 14:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445030358534164480 California magnifies the demographic trends of all advanced economies - children too expensive to raise and too poor to stay. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/27/where-are-all-of-californias-youth/ There are plenty of wealthy immigrants for Silicon Valley. And poorer immigrants for the Central Valley. #PS1immigration == impress 9 time 2021-10-04 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444870178987147265 The end of tipping? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/dining/restaurant-wages.html Food service employers are considering the radical idea of paying a living wage to ALL their employees. Better to raise prices accordingly and enforce a NO TIPPING policy in order to pay every worker fairly. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-10-04 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444868081470173188 China's era of Wild West capitalism might be drawing to a close. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/business/china-evergrande-economy.html Leverage has its risks, financially and politically. #PS1china == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 28 time 2021-10-04 03:32 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444854677401583617 The social media business model works most profitably by heightening emotional involvement in a positive feedback loop, to increase screen time and thus exposure to advertising. It's hard to see how to change that in a free market. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-business-misinformation-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-10-04 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444835558111412231 More on Ozy's attempt to fake it until you make it https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/business/media/ozy-media-investors.html #PS1media == impress 30 time 2021-10-04 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444833037032701953 Senator Cinema https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/opinion/kyrsten-sinema-congress.html Is she as devoted to preserving minority rule as the GOP? Maybe she should run as one. #PS1politics == impress 19 time 2021-10-04 01:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 999 epoch Lifetime ID 1511386335872547 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/04/2021 17:10" reach 9 title "Opinion | Sinema Stars in Her Own Film" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1511386335872547 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444775904769544195 Don't expect bipartisanship on fair elections. Almost all Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican legislators have signed on to voter suppression to protect minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/opinion/jan-6-trump-eastman-election.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510841205927060 #PS1democracy == impress 35 time 2021-10-03 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444769547932733440 Funny money funnies 3 - wrong answers from Eric Cantor! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/old-debt-ceiling-fights-had-a-purpose-this-one-doesnt/2021/10/01/847a3b74-2237-11ec-9309-b743b79abc59_story.html The debt ceiling fights haven't changed. The difference is we have more reality-deprived legislators willing to actually default on the debt. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510829965928184 #PS1economics == impress 58 time 2021-10-03 21:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444765737201987590 Who knew that South Dakota was in the same league as Florida or Belize? Or Tony Blair as King Abdullah? https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-religion-media-jordan-67b2674fc44fa543df49dfc8f52e29cd Now we see why the GOP major donors, and their senators, are so desperate to keep the IRS emasculated and focused on EITC small potatoes. #PS1tax == engage 5 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 190 likes 1 retweets 2 time 2021-10-03 20:46 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444764142888386562 Xi obviously wants to conquer Taiwan during his rule. But will he risk war? https://apnews.com/article/china-united-states-taiwan-a3afef4fa39ee74f8d902d98cfc74dad Will the US risk war to defend Taiwan? #PS1china == impress 89 time 2021-10-03 20:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444763102071779329 Funny money funnies 2 - the trillion dollar platinum coin https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/01/mint-coin-debt-ceiling/ Instant solution to the debt limit crisis. Do it, and then repeal the debt limit entirely when the absurdity has fully sunk in. #PS1economics == engage 3 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 69 time 2021-10-03 20:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444762695580798978 Funny money funnies 1 - regulating stablecoins https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/02/stablecoins-crypto-regulation/ Right now they don't have to have any inherent value at all. It's a first step toward regulating cryptocurrencies to take all the criminal fun out of them. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 57 time 2021-10-03 20:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444760197612781571 Fake it until you make it! https://apnews.com/article/business-media-795759da5d8412c78143938c647eabe8 Unless you make it to the top of the business crime page, like Theranos. #PS1media == impress 41 time 2021-10-03 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444759215382228995 Trumpists don't have to comply with court orders - Trump doesn't so why should they? https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-shootings-austin-texas-education-7f41616ffbe55514c1370c19ce77558b Of course, if somehow they end up in trouble, they can expect no help from Trump. Other people's money, other people's jail time. #PS1media == impress 42 time 2021-10-03 20:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444758632323641352 Arizona investigators just made up the numbers. But that's OK - it's what we expect from Trumpists. It's what you feel that matters - not slippery facts that can be proved or disproved. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/arizona-election-review.html Other GOP states are following suit. #PS1election == impress 34 time 2021-10-03 20:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444757534405902337 When phasing out coal, natural gas becomes more valuable. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/business/natural-gas-prices.html Turns out that affects chemical and fertilizer prices - and thus food prices. Oil (and gasoline) are going up too. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 time 2021-10-03 20:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444756515575906305 Neiman Marcus - luxury goods without luxury data protection! https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2021/10/01/neiman-marcus-tells-46-million-customers-that-credit-card-and-gift-card-data-breached/ Nobody noticed for 18 months. #PS1technology == impress 33 time 2021-10-03 20:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444753059582672898 An effective antidote to fear of vaccination - fear of firing. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-3d41206ae1418ea81f2c47040dbd523f Years from now getting fired for refusing to vaccinate against covid might not be something you'd want on your resume. #PS1virus == impress 34 time 2021-10-03 19:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444752271237992448 Another Trumpist deregulation success! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-california-106808694cb797a59db366df54e85692 The stem cell companies and the doctors made money! Many of them might have become big campaign donors. #PS1health == impress 33 time 2021-10-03 19:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444543530693627909 Biden bill in perspective. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/02/joe-biden-new-deal-infrastructure/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 53 time 2021-10-03 06:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444470616447328259 You never can be part of the Trump family. Because ultimately, it has only one member. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/01/stephanie-grisham-memoir/ #PS1trump == impress 53 time 2021-10-03 01:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444469205567348736 Why service is so slow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/30/during-great-resignation-workers-refuse-accept-unacceptable/ People aren't willing to work crappy jobs and endure abuse by employers and customers. covid unemployment relief really had little to do with it. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2021-10-03 01:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444467642589323275 What a pile of political... fertilizer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/01/white-house-debt-ceiling/ Congress should abolish the debt ceiling once and for all, and pass a permanent continuing resolution to end this foolishness. By breaking filibuster if need be. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 time 2021-10-03 01:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444465950615498754 Trump looms over Virginia governor's race. GOP wants to focus on Biden to avoid Trump toxicity in suburbs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/02/virginia-governors-race-toss-up/ #PS1trumpism == impress 95 time 2021-10-03 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444464547583062019 Minority rule worked fine in feudal times with the masses knowing only what they heard in church. The antebellum rural South was not much different, or even in 1965. Reactionaries would be happy to return to those simpler times. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/29/school-board-meetings-used-be-boring-why-have-they-become-war-zones/ #PS1minority == impress 45 time 2021-10-03 00:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 75 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-03 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-10-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 749 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1510661752611672 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/03/2021 08:10" reach 12 title "Perspective | School board meetings used to be boring. Why have they become war zones?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510661752611672 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444335286234664965 What can we do about do-nothing Congress? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html The drama club on Capitol Hill sees that there is more drama in doing nothing - and then complaining on Fox about executive overreach and judicial legislation. https://apnews.com/article/congress-9cf47f7e54f9c45f371a366fdfae8295 #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-10-02 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444329164803170309 There's at least 70,000 more unvaccinated people that won't be infecting anybody else. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-pandemics-public-health-80209c66802902e42adfbe075ff5272b #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-10-02 15:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444328145843220488 Minority rule in action. https://apnews.com/article/iowa-philanthropy-evan-feinberg-f2680a1c7c1f84c8f69d63eaa631908a The SAY they oppose school censorship, but they FUND the groups leading the charge, because those groups also support minority rule tax cuts, deregulation, and reactionary judiciary. #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-10-02 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444326729607090178 Trump said not to let the virus dominate you, so he didn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-texas-arrests-houston-16cc58f0f6e8b47edfe5efd3f74b7d4a He shouldn't count on Trump paying his bail. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-10-02 15:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444325666795646982 Trump said fight like hell or you won't have a country. So this guy did. https://apnews.com/article/fires-austin-texas-arrests-arson-3ed1a441166bb0367d44b41227ebe227 But he best not count on Trump paying his bail. Trump needs to save up for his days in court. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-10-02 15:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444157217171673090 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-social-media-ap-fact-check-737ba5005d897d31ff5185574c9bf69d #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-10-02 04:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 198 epoch Lifetime ID 1510382882639559 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/02/2021 22:10" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510382882639559 ========== Tweets for 2021-10-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443961541938737153 Cloak and dagger for internet addresses - IPv4 addresses are a valuable commodity. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-africa-china-uganda-5462f03bbd75bf9724a26623295fbf0e #PS1technology == impress 21 time 2021-10-01 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443958771147935744 A second line of defense after vaccination? https://apnews.com/article/merck-says-experimental-covid-pill-cuts-worst-effects-a9a2245fdcee324f6bbd776a0fffcc60 #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-10-01 15:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443942020662247442 McCarthy's comments require translation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-ap-fact-check-personal-taxes-congress-ae7ad0e5a1cb575b73933674b5ae74d9 When he says taxes on middle class will go up, he means that GOP major corporate donors will attempt to offset tax increases with lower wages or increase prices. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1509249556086225 #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-10-01 14:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-10-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-10-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 87 epoch Lifetime ID 1510382559306258 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/02/2021 22:10" reach 2 title "AP FACT CHECK: GOP claim of broken Biden pledge not so clear" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510382559306258 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443662512281423902 Right and wrong ways to fix California recall. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-09-28/expert-warnings-california-recall-election-reform Easiest fix: allow incumbent to run, use ranked choice voting, make paid signature gatherers wear scarlet letters. #PS1capolitics == impress 14 time 2021-09-30 19:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443661788340359170 “The absence of pragmatism among Democrats is as troubling as the absence of principle among Republicans.” But supply chain problems for courage are bipartisan. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/opinion/liz-cheney-democrats-democracy.html #PS1politics == impress 7 time 2021-09-30 19:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443653448830881818 Politics is the art of the possible. https://apnews.com/article/democrats-divided-progressives-centrists-say-trust-gone-a3d66f83ddac9b18e607f46429dbc408 Political leadership is the art of intuiting what is possible. Progressives and moderates need to make some small concessions so they each can claim victory. Otherwise they each can claim defeat in 2022. #PS1biden == impress 7 time 2021-09-30 19:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443622492937986071 School boards plea for help against domestic terrorism. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-education-school-boards-940da42fac771366929fc2150c8acf4d Especially in states where the GOP governor and legislature encourage insurrection. #PS1insurrection == impress 28 time 2021-09-30 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443570882459226113 More from the Grisham tell-all from the press secretary who never held a press conference. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-entertainment-europe-arts-and-entertainment-royalty-25b7dbdaaafd46a5e95df14c7d2f3b39 #PS1trump == impress 26 time 2021-09-30 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443436396513882113 There won't be any comprehensive immigration reform. GOP donors prefer the present chaos to provide a steady stream of cheap exploitable labor - just like Trump had. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-mexico-ed8dd5c1dd434f9132c4809791e36370 #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 87 time 2021-09-30 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443434000857513986 Casting a wide net. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-bennie-thompson-80ec35af0b8655b8c0a2e46675577a83 How many will voluntarily testify? #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-09-30 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443432489679081472 Cold war with China? https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/sep/29/us-china-face-off-looks-a-lot-like-the-cold-war/ The main danger is that it might become a hot war over Taiwan. #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 48 time 2021-09-30 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443422923205734407 youtube tries to stop the tsunami of superstition. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-misinformation-public-health-d68aa3f6f6bc44e36c77c33cff4a450a But its business model, like most social media, gets a lot more revenue from misinformation than information. #PS1media == impress 38 time 2021-09-30 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443418781108228100 Poverty isn't what it used to be. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-24/federal-poverty-level-us-families It's worse. #PS1economics == impress 25 time 2021-09-30 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443418359656173569 Moderate Democrats in Congress are so afraid of Trumpism that they vote like GOP. That's good for short-term survival, perhaps, but not for their historical legacy. The 2021 GOP is not the 1991 GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opinion/biden-centrist-democrats.html #PS1biden == impress 28 time 2021-09-30 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443417636449112065 Trump loses another NDA case. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/us/politics/trump-omarosa-nda-suit.html Prominent personalities should not expect NDA's to protect them. #PS1trump == impress 31 time 2021-09-30 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443416255382241281 Wells Fargo, PGE, ... Some companies can't do the right thing to save their lives. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-reaches-37-3-174614603.html #PS1economics == impress 33 time 2021-09-30 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443394445160828931 No recovery likely for urban jobs dependent on knowledge workers. Most of the latter are probably permanently work-at-home. https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2021/09/03/work-from-home-urban-job-outlook.html #PS1recovery == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 31 time 2021-09-30 01:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443393424590192645 Next step - only government-run social media. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-business-health-games-ba88276e6f9089a3b9bc65fc19cc0880 #PS1media == impress 23 time 2021-09-30 01:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443389488466513921 God will take care of me! The punchline - They all died, so in heaven the mother asked God Why didn't you take care of us? God answered, My servants on earth told you to mask and get vaccinated. What more did you expect? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1508238542853993 #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-09-30 01:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 511 epoch Lifetime ID 1508560072821840 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/30/2021 06:09" reach 9 title "Doctors: Pandemic has dire effects on Idaho kids, babies" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1508560072821840 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443285392891936770 The guilty pleas keep rolling in. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arrests-riots-capitol-siege-oklahoma-f5402e26e7565ee1478484f91dba4431 https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-missouri-springfield-36282ab513a190eed7160e169e0d9191 They don't want to find out what happens if they go to trial. 600 more to go. #PS1insurrection == impress 53 time 2021-09-29 18:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443284836685279232 Capitol police chief prepares for the worst in order to avoid it. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-chief-tom-manger-the-ap-interview-7d957f74410074dab59b62bb3c389a25 #PS1insurrection == impress 41 time 2021-09-29 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443282612932411392 Multi-level-marketing and social media were made for each other. And for LDS stay-at-home wives. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/09/lularich-parents-parttime-work-american-economy/620211/ #PS1media == impress 48 time 2021-09-29 18:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443267098956861440 Another Trump administration tell-all. https://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/stephanie-grisham-book/2021/09/27/6589e23c-1cf1-11ec-8380-5fbadbc43ef8_story.html The market is saturated though. Everybody's already made up their mind. She might as well run for governor of Arkansas. #PS1trump == impress 58 time 2021-09-29 17:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443064403356618754 What happened the last time the crazies take over a major party? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/opinion/trump-2024-election.html #PS1gop == impress 61 time 2021-09-29 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443060063946493958 DeSantis is not really interested in preventing abortions. Only in punishing poor women and having an issue to excite the Trump base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/ron-desantis-florida-gop-pro-life-hypocrisy/ #PS1gop == impress 59 time 2021-09-29 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443059088041013249 Afghanistan - blame everybody except Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/mark-milley-senate-hawley-blackburn/ without providing an explicit credible version of what they'd have done differently. #PS1afghanistan == impress 59 time 2021-09-29 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443058187628728320 Change MIGHT be coming to the LDS - very slowly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/09/27/rise-liberal-latter-day-saints/ #PS1other == impress 52 time 2021-09-29 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443054058219077636 Making the case for regional federalism https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html If the economy goes bad in 2024, as the GOP is arranging, Trump will be president again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-hints-at-2024-comeback-democracy-advocates-fear-a-worst-case-scenario-for-the-country/2021/09/28/ee357558-1a47-11ec-914a-99d701398e5a_story.html GOP doesn't intend to lose any more elections ever. #PS1democracy == impress 60 time 2021-09-29 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443049360120422401 Democrats should abolish the debt ceiling forever, using a special filibuster suppressor if necessary. GOP needs to accept the propaganda that they propagate, that filibuster is a tool for compromise, not for obstruction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/mcconnell-debt-limit-democrats-reconciliation/ #PS1democracy == impress 63 time 2021-09-29 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443048094581493762 Is the GOP handing Democrats a handy tool for 2022? Maybe, but it all depends on the economy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/republicans-trail-destruction-may-haunt-them/ It didn't play well in California. But what about SD and WV? #PS1gop == impress 56 time 2021-09-29 03:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 33 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-29 ratio 15 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 334 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1508038136207367 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/29/2021 10:09" reach 15 sharesimpress 1 title "Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1508038136207367 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442867539957018634 Easy targets for criticism from sidewalk superintendents that would never qualify for such difficult jobs and never have to say exactly what they would have done instead. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-china-arts-and-entertainment-army-74ad214fdfbf0f8422a762e8f6657862 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-bombings-kabul-taliban-terrorism-d1c939fc224a988dc6117ae4a70840e6 But that's who gets elected to Congress. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-09-28 15:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442864346082648073 The coin of the terrorist realms - a gift of the internet! https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-europe-f7f754fc2c68b0eb0d712239323f26c3 Social media was made for indoctrination and recruitment, and cryptocurrency for funding. Nobody knows where most of the money comes from. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-09-28 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442861301143724036 Too big to ever finish! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-trials-arrests-health-united-states-3f40cb01b0415c6cd453b214711ab4ea Prosecution will have to pick a few of the most egregious offenders to take to trial, and do it soon enough to encourage others to plea bargain. #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2021-09-28 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442857393428176897 A positive view of Biden's first year - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/27/no-matter-what-happens-congress-biden-administration-has-done-big-things/ Compare the previous four years - Tax cuts and deregulation for billionaires Reactionary judiciary Retreat on climate change Attempts to overthrow constitution Trump promises more of the same. #PS1biden == impress 4 time 2021-09-28 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442855389859500038 If the economy goes south at the wrong time, Trump will be re-elected in 2024. GOP is making sure of that. What's the proper response? Regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Or non-violence? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/27/future-political-violence-feels-inevitable-violent-reaction-need-not-be/ Who can fill Dr King's shoes? #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2021-09-28 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442664286107561989 What does criticizing Biden have to do with Arkansas politics? https://apnews.com/article/business-arkansas-race-and-ethnicity-election-2020-little-rock-510eba764a340c9d316969aca9f494b7 It's more entertaining than improbable claims about what she would accomplish if elected, aside from being on Fox a lot. #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2021-09-28 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442662254307000323 Weaponizing the recall - why California recall process needs amendment. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-09-23/california-developer-pushes-sonoma-da-recall-attempt #PS1capolitics == impress 10 time 2021-09-28 01:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442660843032702980 Was the recall election worthwhile? Two points of view in favor - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-23/column-how-latino-voters-in-the-recall-election-set-up-a-winning-model-for-the-midterms https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/25/mathews-why-californias-276-million-recall-election-was-a-bargain/ #PS1capolitics == impress 5 time 2021-09-28 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442653348776198146 Is California a good place to start a business? Depends on who you ask. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/25/california-tops-nation-in-economic-division/ California wins for information technology. Everybody agrees Wyoming and West Virginia are better for coal and fracking. #PS1capolitics == impress 9 time 2021-09-28 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442652363567734788 Homeowners in high-risk areas - like California, Florida, or Texas - can expect higher home insurance premiums, if they can get it at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/your-money/extreme-weather-homeowner-insurance.html #PS1climate == impress 7 time 2021-09-28 00:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442651948176457738 Biden's first term is like FDR's second - so far. But the Dixiecrats who opposed FDR are GOP now. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-22/fdr-needed-two-global-crises-to-reshape-the-economy-will-biden #PS1biden == impress 5 time 2021-09-28 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442650369163595778 You really want to do something about global warming? Enact a carbon tax. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/27/carbon-tax-biden-reconciliation/ But few politicians are willing to sacrifice their careers to do the right thing if it's unpopular. All their donors would switch their support to primary opponents. #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-09-28 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442642914861936642 American life expectancy has dropped 1.5 years for white people - worse for black people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/us/american-life-expectancy-report.html #PS1health == impress 37 time 2021-09-28 00:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442642137934303232 The old Union can't be restored. A new Union must be created. https://www.leaderherald.com/opinion/editorials/2021/07/the-old-union-cant-be-restored/ #PS1democracy == impress 29 time 2021-09-28 00:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442641235475243011 Prophecy fulfilled! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/us/politics/afghanistan-taliban.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 30 time 2021-09-28 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 505 epoch Lifetime ID 1506882436322937 impress 18 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/27/2021 17:09" reach 15 title "U.S. military official says a ‘complete Taliban takeover’ is possible in Afghanistan." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1506882436322937 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442638433025814528 Don't sign up for Trumpism unless you can make bail! https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-biden-inauguration-802fae34c30b8bb72af09a38727f348d Everybody knows it's all about self-serving opportunism, but be sure to deny it and above all don't get caught. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2021-09-27 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442636522960744457 Two sides of racism in America. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/opinion/how-racist-is-america.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-09-27 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442635610078941188 What are the economics of developing new super-antibiotics to fight new super-bugs? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/24/opinion-the-superbug-crisis-is-already-here/ Not very favorable. #PS1health == impress 3 time 2021-09-27 23:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442634431164928003 How to get rich on social media. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html Invent a fake illness or condition and then sell fake goods pretending to prevent or cure it. There's a sucker born every minute. #PS1media == impress 2 time 2021-09-27 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442632675760566273 Disinformation for hire. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html What do you want us to say and where should we say it? #PS1media == impress 2 time 2021-09-27 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442629478941818884 Family values - another culture war tactic, used to keep voters from looking at the men behind the curtain. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/opinion/child-tax-credit-family-values.html #PS1minority == impress 2 time 2021-09-27 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442519528190005250 Trump administration coronavirus bailout a huge success! Most of the money went where it was most needed, of course - to campaign donors. https://washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/coronavirus-bailout-spending/ Of course, as is customary under minority rule, they TALKED as if the money were going to workers. #PS1recovery == impress 7 time 2021-09-27 16:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442488873297211407 Trump's greatest legacy - undermining the American political system. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/24/arizonas-election-audit-comes-up-empty-that-wont-stop-lying/ It's what you'd expect from Trump. It's the rest of the Trumpist legislators that are so underperforming our already low expectations of their character. #PS1election == impress 9 time 2021-09-27 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442487492863660045 Encouraged by the publicity and not discouraged by the lack of actual fraud, Trump pushes on elsewhere to the same end. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020-ballot-reviews-trump/2021/09/24/ab054aac-1d4d-11ec-8380-5fbadbc43ef8_story.html #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-09-27 13:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442486258878410761 Detailed results of Maricopa County circus - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/24/rebutting-trumps-claims-about-fraud-arizona-point-by-point/ In other words, a big triumph for Trump. His minions found no fraud, but generated enough publicity to confuse the voters - which was the entire point. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 14 time 2021-09-27 13:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 345 epoch Lifetime ID 1506579039686610 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/27/2021 07:09" reach 7 title "Analysis | Rebutting Trump’s claims about fraud in Arizona, point by point" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1506579039686610 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442184467989155840 Trump abandoned US global leadership in politics, trade, and military power. So why shouldn't the Trumpist GOP abandon American leadership in stable currency and finance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/25/mitch-mcconnell-republicans-stop-playing-games-debt-ceiling/ McConnell might think he's bluffing, but his pals aren't. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 14 time 2021-09-26 17:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442183188634214400 Georgia prison time might broaden Trump's outlook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/24/trump-georgia-election-law/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 17 time 2021-09-26 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442181996692721671 Trump lives for the adulation of his campaign rallies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/26/trumps-fatal-obsession-with-his-base/ So he'll say anything and do anything to excite his base to attend. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-09-26 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442180706231226371 Taxing the rich is popular with voters. Trump campaigned on it in 2015, but true to GOP form, he reduced taxes on the rich once elected. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ His GOP rivals are the same. And too many Democrats go along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/26/taxing-rich-is-super-popular-democrats-should-talk-more-about-it/ #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-09-26 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442179599052402697 Sometimes you can get your data deleted. But it's an attack on companies' business models, so expect resistance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/26/ask-company-delete-personal-data/ #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2021-09-26 17:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442176650519609355 Trump's man Lindell has been busy corrupting local election officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/an-elections-supervisor-embraced-conspiracy-theories-officials-say-she-has-become-an-insider-threat/2021/09/26/ee60812e-1a17-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html #PS1election == engage 2 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 19 time 2021-09-26 17:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442148717771907078 Charles Mills https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/opinion/charles-w-mills-dead.html Feudalism didn't start out racist - it was an adaptation to frontier conditions in the New World, where white indentured servants lacked social visibility in the words of Louis Lomax. #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-09-26 15:27 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442147195956785156 How America created a feudal hereditary nobility. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/biden-tax-loophole.html GOP leads the way, but plenty of Democratic legislators follow. Rich people are the ones who can donate to campaigns! Unlimited dark campaign money talks. #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2021-09-26 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442145564368379914 https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ A continually rising standard of living requires a continually rising supply of labor. But all the mature democracies are getting older because children are too expensive and they don't want immigration. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/china-evergrande-japan.html #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-09-26 15:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442135531391913985 How the Afghan military collapsed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/25/afghanistan-security-forces/ #PS1afghanistan == impress 8 time 2021-09-26 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442133426878877696 The international reach of Trumpism's war against the Enlightenment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/25/german-election-far-right-trump/ Culture wars are a convenient facade for expanding minority rule. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-09-26 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442131132632297485 They can't bury them fast enough in Idaho. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/25/idaho-funeral-homes-coronavirus/ #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-09-26 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442128191364087813 What would happen in America with female-majority legislatures? https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-elections-environment-and-nature-iceland-f9e66907b6e25560a508de0f4b118ddd Probably not much different unless the primary system were also made less hospitable to extremists - by enacting ranked-choice voting and eliminating sore loser laws. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-09-26 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442123059410833420 Kick the can down the road. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/25/danger-isnt-that-chinas-evergrande-will-collapse-its-that-it-wont/ It works for democracies, it works for dictatorships - avoid dealing with problems in the hope that they will be somebody else's problem by the time they can't be avoided any longer. #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-09-26 13:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442121795130191879 The great tax cut myth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/28/i-helped-create-the-gop-tax-myth-trump-is-wrong-tax-cuts-dont-equal-growth/ GOP is right - tax cuts do produce economic growth - the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer. So in the usual GOP style, they tell the voters the exact opposite in public - but the donors know better. #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-09-26 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442120799377256454 The great debt limit scam. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/debt-limit-ceiling-reconciliation-gop-biden/2021/09/24/e0dd1ce8-1c87-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html GOP loves to raise issues that voters don't understand, and then take every step to make sure they keep not understanding. Just look at the tax code. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-09-26 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441962997446967300 Trump is trying hard to consolidate his control over GOP. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-georgia-atlanta-election-2020-general-elections-16ae7dc0448e7e03a5a735513e3a47b0 No matter who Trump endorses, it's always all about Trump all the time. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-09-26 03:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 612 epoch Lifetime ID 1506340179710496 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/26/2021 23:09" reach 8 title "Georgia rally marks debut of GOP primary 'Trump ticket'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1506340179710496 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441762671439712256 It all comes back to Kashmir. https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-islamabad-national-security-kabul-5e852add2a0b83a8c3c42462c89f2ff0 Pakistan will end up in the Chinese sphere as they both are skirmishing with India. Pakistan might take Afghanistan along with it. #PS1mideast == engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 67 time 2021-09-25 13:53 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441759082168217605 Standardization is political and economic. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/business/european-union-apple-charging-port.html Consumer preferences are usually last. #PS1technology == impress 34 time 2021-09-25 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441752629642608650 Trump donors showed more repentance than Trump clergy. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-impeachments-pat-toomey-62a3ebd48158760ee233a474a5d4c10b But they got over it soon enough. #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 48 time 2021-09-25 13:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441751981190643726 The Republican strategy to regain power - obstruct, suppress, go crazier. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/republicans-have-strategy-take-back-power-heres-why-it-could-fail/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 44 time 2021-09-25 13:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441751447855534086 Reparations for black people? That's a hard sell. https://apnews.com/article/biden-study-reparations-congress-e3c045ece4d0e0eae393a18a09a4a37e How about reparations for POOR people? That benefits everybody ripped off by the ruling class. Such as a guaranteed annual income for everybody who votes? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 44 time 2021-09-25 13:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441750904391094294 A moment of unease for the ruling class. https://apnews.com/article/health-technology-financial-markets-business-asia-156d6987fe7508599c20abfeebb63802 Tax long-term capital gains like ordinary income? Horrors! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 42 time 2021-09-25 13:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441746227087904769 What's really radical about Biden's programs? Taxing the rich! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-democrats-break-the-gops-deficit-doom-loop/2021/05/05/60e13e4a-add6-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html Although no nearly as much as they were taxed in the period 1940-1970. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 42 time 2021-09-25 12:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441745651046371336 Governments protecting ransomware criminals have noted with glee their success. https://apnews.com/article/europe-hacking-government-and-politics-technology-business-333e47df702f755f8922274389b7e920 So now perhaps they are collecting or planning to collect a percentage for protection! #PS1ransomware == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 42 time 2021-09-25 12:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441745039621722117 A pundit repents. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/opinion/frank-bruni-final-times-column.html That's a rare enough event to be worth noting. #PS1journalism == engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 47 time 2021-09-25 12:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441744527539064844 Without ambitious infrastructure and families plans, the economy is set for a bumpy landing after the boom of 2021 and 2022, one that will likely come just as the 2024 presidential campaigns are shifting into gear GOP is counting on it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/12/coronavirus-spending-economy/ #PS1recovery == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 39 time 2021-09-25 12:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441741184582311942 Regional federalism? https://political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Or secession? https://mercurynews.com/2021/08/06/opinion-imagining-a-realistic-calexit-scenario/ How long will the coastal majority pay to be abused by a rural minority? #PS1minority == impress 43 time 2021-09-25 12:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441626583769309185 GOP has always used socialism to describe any proposal that its donors don't like, no matter what its voters prefer. That's to keep the voters voting as the donors want. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-02/gop-brands-everything-as-socialism #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 48 time 2021-09-25 04:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441624338772348936 When freedom is code for privilege. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/opinion/Covid-Florida-vaccines.html Some white men have been frightened into thinking they're losing privilege, so they accept the code and support minority rule. #PS1virus == impress 39 time 2021-09-25 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441621677561901056 The progressive reforms - initiative, referendum, and recall - were intended to restore democracy to oppose special interests. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#recall But now it's apparent that these have become preferred tools of special interests - https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/08/california-direct-democracy-recall-initiatives-referendum/ #PS1democracy == impress 41 time 2021-09-25 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441588301077442561 Space travel is probably mostly limited to low earth orbit until they come up with a solution for radiation. https://nasa.gov/hrp/5-hazards-of-human-spaceflight Amazonification of space is in progress anyway! https://nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/the-amazonification-of-space.html #PS1technology == impress 39 time 2021-09-25 02:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441585730606694400 What information about YOU is for sale somewhere on the internet? https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-business-religion-data-privacy-97334ed1aca5bd363263c92f6de2caa2 #PS1technology == impress 36 time 2021-09-25 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441569592510337027 Old wells keeping leaking poisons. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-environment-and-nature-coronavirus-pandemic-6c9acfd67f2cb490f11b701df208a724 Nobody's responsible for most of them. Biden was hoping to start tackling the problem with his infrastructure bill. #PS1infrastructure == impress 42 time 2021-09-25 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441568321468391427 Is FTC going to support right to repair? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-9f84a8b72bb6dd408cb642414cd28f5d #PS1economics == impress 44 time 2021-09-25 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441566456420847616 Parts of rural Trump country are depopulating. Most GOP voters want to end immigration, but many GOP donors need it to continue to keep their businesses alive. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-farm-ranch-labor-business-83107b136c2c92b6c4b7830b12f5bd96 #PS1immigration == impress 45 time 2021-09-25 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441563878693826565 Taliban used social media to win the war. Will they tolerate it used against them? They could ask experienced foreign powers for help in censoring their internet. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/technology/afghanistan-taliban-social-media.html #PS1afghanistan == impress 44 time 2021-09-25 00:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441560822505873408 Did anybody really think all those red states would allow a water pipeline to California? https://newswest.org/skelton-a-pipeline-to-the-mississippi-silly-as-the-recall/ As far as Oregon and Washington are concerned, they've shot down the idea of California raiding their water repeatedly. #PS1capolitics == impress 40 time 2021-09-25 00:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 728 epoch Lifetime ID 1505125319831982 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/25/2021 05:09" reach 6 title "Skelton: A pipeline to the Mississippi? Silly as the recall - News West" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1505125319831982 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441545938753908739 America's not polarized? Michael Hiltzik claims that there is no polarization in America, pointing to large national majorities for many Democratic priorities. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-09-22/america-not-facing-a-civil-war-just-a-loudmouthed-extremism But America rules by minority, not majority. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504782886532892 #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-09-24 23:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441536282421727237 Premeditated insurrection - an inside job. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/jan-6-eastman-memo.html #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-09-24 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441534800049827840 It's hard to maintain your popularity if everybody can see that you're making the pandemic worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/ron-desantis-florida.html But there's a way out if you can get enough donors to pay for enough broadcasting of enough lies. That's how minority rule works! #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-09-24 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441532623893848066 More of the week that wasn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/24/how-tucker-carlson-twisted-2015-clip-biden-into-conspiracy-theory/ It's what you expect from Fox. #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-09-24 22:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441530616151887877 The TPP is the big prize that Trump threw away. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/contain-china-joining-pacific-trade-pact-might-be-more-effective-than-new-submarines/ But then he never was sure if he was for or against Xi. Trump admires strong leaders. #PS1china == impress 21 time 2021-09-24 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441529404803276800 There's bipartisan support for military spending, but not domestic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/24/meltdown-among-democrats-shows-our-budget-debates-are-insane/ That's because the big donors get a net benefit from military spending, but not domestic. #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-09-24 22:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441528505007677443 What's in Biden's big bill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/24/great-good-bad-unknown-reconciliation-bill/ #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-09-24 22:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441527458868596740 Trump's winning scorecard on election fraud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/24/trump-backed-audits-that-keep-debunking-trump-ranked/ But it's what he BELIEVES that's important! #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-09-24 22:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441526086626517003 The fact that there was an audit proves the election was stolen! Ask any Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-ballot-review-draft-report/2021/09/24/7c19ac08-1562-11ec-b976-f4a43b740aeb_story.html Just because the GOP ordered and paid for the audit with dark money can't be relevant! #PS1election == impress 17 time 2021-09-24 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441524099071631360 Hungary - a beacon of hope for budding reactionary dictators everywhere. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-united-nations-general-assembly-coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-d19fb1eb2772478da1206fb5d982b6c7 #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-09-24 22:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441519976825823236 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-courts-media-ad4686a400228dca7ebd50e87f7a9368 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2021-09-24 21:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441419313223663626 Privacy settings to reset right now! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2021/privacy-settings-guide/ #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-09-24 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441414060671569923 Another benefit of the pandemic - employers perfecting mandatory spy software. Governments next? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/24/remote-work-from-home-surveillance/ And they wonder why some people don't want to rejoin the workforce. #PS1technology == impress 14 time 2021-09-24 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441406886939541511 Where does your calamari come from? https://apnews.com/article/china-oceans-overfishing-squid-294ff1e489589b2510cc806ec898c78f #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-09-24 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441402292171776004 Bush vs Trump - who has more pull in Wyoming? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-capitol-siege-george-w-bush-house-elections-dec5439f1a9726618ba88c40322045f6 #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-09-24 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441401523720777730 Who's going to make all those electric vehicles? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/business/economy/electric-vehicles-jobs.html If they're going to be made in the USA by union labor, some government intervention will be required. #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-09-24 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441270967439802370 Redistricting - the real power game. The human element should be removed https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but that's not going to happen! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/opinion/redistricting-gerrymandering-democrats-republicans.html #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-09-24 05:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441268678067036163 Afghanistan's economy is collapsing as fast as its government did. But there's no way to help the Afghan people without propping up the Taliban government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-taliban-economic-assistance/2021/09/23/237cda86-1c90-11ec-914a-99d701398e5a_story.html The most likely outcome is as a client state of some foreign power. #PS1afghanistan == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-09-24 05:10 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441265684709711882 America's founders counted on republican virtue - devotion to principle above personal or partisan advantage - to limit demagoguery. But now there is no republican virtue left - only Trumpism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/23/robert-kagan-constitutional-crisis/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504208579923656 #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-09-24 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441253771653177347 It's true that voters don't care. But major donors care - especially GOP, but also Democratic - because they figure they'll be paying for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-is-hurtling-toward-a-debt-showdown-despite-the-publics-waning-interest-in-the-governments-red-ink/2021/09/23/9719fdc6-1bc7-11ec-8380-5fbadbc43ef8_story.html Democrats should just repeal the debt limit altogether and be done with it. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-09-24 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441252153981505544 The kind of people that guided Trump through the covid crisis and into the stolen election mythology. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/23/trump-election-challenge-covid-response/ #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-09-24 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441250257459814402 Same old Taliban will rule the same old way. https://apnews.com/article/religion-afghanistan-kabul-taliban-22f5107f1dbd19c8605b5b5435a9de54 #PS1afghanistan == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-09-24 03:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441249715270553610 What will be their strategy to avoid testifying? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-capitol-siege-subpoenas-mark-meadows-be38e7464ffaa293e4adf1815d25bfed #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-09-24 03:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 669 epoch Lifetime ID 1504796666531514 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/24/2021 16:09" reach 9 title "House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504796666531514 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441152949732851726 A flat tax on income is the simplest route to tax equity - https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Biden proposes some steps https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/politics/biden-wealthy-tax-rates.html but even Democrats in Congress are reluctant to tackle capital gains tax rates or stepped-up basis. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504018123276035 #PS1tax == impress 25 time 2021-09-23 21:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441124710998183945 The filibuster, like all supermajority rules, is for blocking progress, not for engendering compromise. The GOP is fulfilling its uncompromising Dixiecrat heritage on filibuster. Will the Democrats do anything about it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/gop-renounces-democratic-governance-rationale-keep-filibuster-is-evaporating/ #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441121891163328512 It's not a crisis. It's the new normal. Emergency thinking won't work for long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/21/west-drought-disaster-permanent/ #PS1climate == impress 9 time 2021-09-23 19:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441118309957529615 Getting ready for a great game of chicken. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/23/shutdown-congress-budget-debt-ceiling/ #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 19:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441062805545705486 Trumpism Triumphs in Texas! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/win-white-power-school-board-meeting-grapevine-tex/ Where public schools are for indoctrination, not education, to better preserve minority rule. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-09-23 15:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441061829602516999 Don't expect GOP to dislodge any of its pillars of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/new-gop-philosophy-an-ounce-cure-is-worth-pound-prevention/ Single-issue voters and donors - guns, abortion, anti-vax, anti-max, oil and gas deregulators - all provide the reliable votes to keep the GOP ruling donor class in power. #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-09-23 15:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441060420572250128 GOP loves the idea of wrecking the train and then blaming Democrats. It's often worked before! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/this-is-what-broken-system-looks-like/ Unlike the Democrats, the GOP finds that a do-nothing Congress is fine with their donors. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 15:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441056054180073482 Preparing to keep the peace or fight a war? https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-joe-biden-australia-beijing-europe-3fcbf65b68f005316bc92c34a297fabe If Xi wants to conquer Taiwan in his lifetime, it might be war. #PS1china == impress 11 time 2021-09-23 15:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441055047786250242 All of Afghanistan's neighbors have their own varying agendas for Afghanistan. None of them coincide with US interests. https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-united-nations-taliban-shah-mehmood-qureshi-258c17303271aa440cf60f5a9444e143 #PS1afghanistan == impress 21 time 2021-09-23 15:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441046793098129416 Trump wins by stirring up his base and donor$ even if he always loses in court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-media-lawsuit-times-mary-trump/2021/09/22/98388a28-1bb9-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html Any publicity is better than no publicity. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441043734854995975 Forever wars keep going on forever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-wars-afghanistan-iraq-syria/2021/09/22/cc090ff0-1b08-11ec-914a-99d701398e5a_story.html Congress is incaptable of taking action to change things. #PS1mideast == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 14:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441028678603796484 The great dress rehearsal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/this-historical-reference-should-alarm-all-americans/ Trump wasn't bold enough to make the most of the opportunity. His would-be successors won't be so timid, as they plot to sideline him and gain his base, all while pretending the opposite. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 13:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440861270823948288 The day the music died. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-middle-east-music-arts-and-entertainment-afghanistan-a2ac1095df0568387d6cee15eb82a3b5 #PS1afghanistan == impress 8 time 2021-09-23 02:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440860064722538500 Get rid of the debt limit! It's a stupid prop for stupid politicians. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-explained-8c9cbcd3d0c4a8fe989a0110f5159f7c While they're at it, enact a permanent continuing resolution that sustains government agency funding at the previous level until Congress enacts to appropriate. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-09-23 02:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440857997870186496 The rebirth of a dollar down and a dollar a week - for the rest of your life. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/your-money/buy-now-pay-later-afterpay-affirm-amazon-square.html #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-09-23 01:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440855888961495055 Trump lawyer laid out six step plan for Pence to subvert the constitution. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/politics/trump-pence-election-memo/index.html Fortunately, he didn't do it. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-09-23 01:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440855417408548866 First steps against ransomware - where they are most vulnerable. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/politics/treasury-department-combating-ransomware-cryptocurrency.html #PS1ransomware == impress 12 time 2021-09-23 01:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 548 epoch Lifetime ID 1504171983260649 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/23/2021 20:09" reach 7 title "The Biden administration is combating ransomware with a crackdown on cryptocurrency payments." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504171983260649 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440677527190589446 China wants to take over the TPP trade deal that Trump rejected. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/opinion/china-biden-australia-tpp.html #PS1china == impress 40 time 2021-09-22 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440673764824416268 So what if it was all a big lie? The Trump base doesn't care! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/politics/trump-dominion-voting.html GOP legislators who know better but go along for the ride are the greatest villains here. #PS1election == impress 24 time 2021-09-22 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440571417523724292 All the complicated details of beating covid globally - are not being attended to. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/opinion/sunday/covid-vaccine-world.html #PS1virus == impress 24 time 2021-09-22 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440568651506094092 Facebook strikes back against unfavorable news. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-project-amplify.html It's what big organizations due to protect themselves. #PS1media == impress 23 time 2021-09-22 06:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440565593464209411 Hackers got to hack! OK with Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/21/new-cooperative-hack-ransomware/ #PS1ransomware == impress 20 time 2021-09-22 06:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440564510494892037 Is it worthwhile to try to retain Pakistan as an ally? It seems to be closer to China, since China and India are at odds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/21/us-pakistan-quad-biden-isi-afghanistan-taliban-end-reliance/ It always seems to boil down to Kashmir, where neither India nor Pakistan have behaved honorably. #PS1mideast == impress 39 time 2021-09-22 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440562836648828928 Any voter who will put up with Trumpism will put up with defaulting on the debt. GOP has realized that there's no political penalty from their base for default. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/21/debt-limit-republicans-default-mcconnell-cruz/ The question is what the persuadables who decide close elections will think. #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-09-22 06:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440560016121942018 A hack worthy of its target. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/21/epik-far-right-hack-anonymous/ #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-09-22 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440557210052927495 Note that Trump doesn't claim that any of the confidential information is untrue or not in the public interest to know. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-courts-lawsuits-business-newspapers-da4689bcce1e58c15fc909377fa3a450 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 replies 1 time 2021-09-22 06:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 278 epoch Lifetime ID 1503349016676279 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2021 16:09" reach 11 title "Trump sues niece, NY Times over records behind '18 tax story" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1503349016676279 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440312256772796422 It's time that the unwritten rules were written down, since not everybody knows about or cares about unwritten rules. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/politics/trump-democrats.html #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-09-21 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440310955846496256 Is there no objective reality? Only partisan advantage? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/opinion/covid-politics.html #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-09-21 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440308621720522762 The search for the mythical fountain of bipartisanship. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/opinion/biden-democrats.html Even if they vote with the GOP 50% of the time, moderate Democrats will be attacked just for being Democrats. Midterm results will mostly depend on the economy - so focus on that. #PS1election == impress 22 time 2021-09-21 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440108162464378885 Pseudo-religiosity - a handy tool for dictators everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/opinion/autocracy-religion-liberalism.html There are plenty of religiosity leaders who want to get political power and will collaborate. #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-09-21 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440106890545950720 If you want to live in a natural environment, fire insurance is going to be naturally expensive. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/09/california-wildfires-ignite-an-insurance-crisis/ California is naturally designed to burn. Global warming makes it worse. #PS1climate == impress 19 time 2021-09-21 00:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440103945708343296 Public health mandates are an American tradition. So is superstition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/vaccine-mandates-history.html #PS1health == impress 9 time 2021-09-21 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 188 epoch Lifetime ID 1503054920039022 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2021 06:09" reach 8 title "Vaccination Mandates Are an American Tradition. So Is the Backlash." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1503054920039022 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440098813272752130 Another way to make money selling superstition to the gullible. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/trump-election-prophecy-charisma-media.html Known by the company they keep - Flynn and Stone. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-09-20 23:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440096593139548162 Target ransomware individuals, infrastructure, and money. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/opinion/ransomware-biden-russia.html They haven't gone away. #PS1ransomware == impress 15 time 2021-09-20 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440095561424597000 The war on coal was lost long ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/opinion/joe-manchin-coal-climate-biden.html Even if it weren't lost in the Reagan administration, to automation, it would be lost now, to fracking - a cheaper cleaner form of energy, although one that has to stop to make progress on climate change. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 23:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440094308317626374 Rented cars lately? You'll have learned a lot about supply and demand. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/upshot/car-rental-prices-economy.html #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-09-20 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440092993424293894 A do-nothing Congress is essential for a do-nothing government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/how-josh-hawley-ted-cruz-an-irrational-system-make-us-more-vulnerable-next-911/ If we'd had this Congress in 1941, they'd still be debating today about what to do about Pearl Harbor. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-09-20 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440091848500862978 Trump and Trumpists never lose an election except by fraud! Trump says so himself, and he wouldn't say it if he didn't believe it was true! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/republicans-new-civic-religion-election-denial/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440090639627001858 Lesson learned - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is only interested in creating crises, for political theatre, and to get on Fox - not in preventing or resolving crises, for good government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/once-again-democrats-must-be-grown-ups-keep-republicans-causing-global-catastrophe/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440087533803565057 It would be news if there were only one corrupt person in the Trump Organization. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-new-york-manhattan-indictments-2c0d60c573d288f1fb7731f5d5e170fb But several other pending indictments - that's what you'd expect. More if Weisselberg is induced to talk. Trump says cheating on taxes is standard practice. #PS1trump == impress 55 time 2021-09-20 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440036232898048012 Afghanistan reverts to form - https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-afghanistan-dubai-united-arab-emirates-taliban-6df3070c89439104fdb1aad0a1400bc6 factions fighting in shifting alliances with no definite resolution likely. #PS1afghanistan == impress 20 time 2021-09-20 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440034815470755846 Nothing lasts forever - https://apnews.com/article/business-asia-tokyo-hong-kong-shanghai-b52fc25ad8c51f726bd2fb3f75de6fa9 Thanks to a global economy, Chinese real estate speculators might push the value of your retirement plans down even if your plans don't invest in Chinese real estate. #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-09-20 19:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439989321025482756 What happens when conservative voters discover that conservative leaders don't have any real principles except gaining and keeping power? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/jennifer-rubin-republican-trump-resistance/ Every conservative voter who doesn't support minority rule needs to wake up. #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 16:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439987242458517508 Who's going to call whose bluff? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/20/white-house-debt-ceiling/ If Democrats are going to act on their own, they might as well repeal the debt ceiling entirely. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-09-20 16:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439985584185901056 Graham and Lee could see that Giuliani and Trump were full of baloney, but they managed to get over it easily enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/20/peril-woodward-costa-graham-lee-fraud/ Maybe they decided they like baloney after all. #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-09-20 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439983680944939009 There's good money in lies and conspiracies! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/09/20/vaccine-lawsuits-thomas-renz-covid/ Very little experience needed! Just tell the gullible what they want to hear and count the money coming in. Let Trump be your model! #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-09-20 16:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439979549119315972 Other Islamic Arab states have found ways forward to join the modern world. What about Saudi Arabia? https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-united-states-dubai-middle-east-e45792b7a1db1d9dd16a71c147a29f5b bin Laden's ultimate aim was to rid his own country, Saudi Arabia, of western influence. He was more successful influencing the west. #PS1mideast == impress 16 time 2021-09-20 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439978324286083081 Can we avoid war with China? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/opinion/china-us-xi-biden.html #PS1china == impress 17 time 2021-09-20 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439798733420466178 Milley had to act because the civilians that should have - wouldn't. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254285428.html They were too worried about their future political careers. So Milley jeopardized his. #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-09-20 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439765435801485312 Can Manchin find 10 GOP senators to vote for his voting rights bill? Does he think it that they will give up minority rule without a fight? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/opinion/sunday/manchin-vote-voting-bill.html The real question is what he's willing to do about filibuster when he can't find 10. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-09-20 01:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439749474008514560 When should the cops be able to impound your car? And how long can they keep it - at $50/day? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/16/chp-sidesteps-feds-to-continue-30-day-tows/ #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-09-20 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439743798494384128 Trying to do something about foreign tax havens https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/house-bill-global-tax.html But what if the tax havens won't cooperate? No problem - just make American foreign corporate tax law more complicated so there are MORE opportunities rather than less. #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2021-09-20 00:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 754 epoch Lifetime ID 1501993160145198 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/20/2021 18:09" reach 13 title "House Bill Raises Chance for Global Pact to Curb Corporate Tax Havens" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1501993160145198 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439739384589283329 How to get to a million dollar salary as a corporate tax accountant - spend a couple of years at Treasury. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/accounting-firms-tax-loopholes-government.html Is such a revolving door open to you? It's consistent with letting polluters run the EPA. #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-09-19 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439735150489726980 this virus is not just attacking Republicans in red states https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/19/tate-reeves-mississippi-covid-deaths/ But the virus is winning attacking unvaccinated unmasked Republicans in red states. #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-09-19 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439701085329920000 GOP touts family values and work ethic but acts as if poor people deserve to be even poorer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/19/childcare-workers-quit/ For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. #PS1economics == engage 2 engage-rate 22% impress 9 likes 1 time 2021-09-19 21:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439698586208374785 Bipartisan redistricting is scarce with elected officials. Better if automatic - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Are citizen redistricting commissions an idea whose time has come and gone? https://apnews.com/article/elections-ohio-virginia-redistricting-voting-districts-b27ebd5a7dd99ad613ac896ed16ffcde Gerrymandering is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-09-19 21:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439696252384382977 Another weak government supported by the US at great cost and losing ground to insurgents. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/18/somalia-political-crisis-shabab/ #PS1mideast == impress 7 time 2021-09-19 21:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439666222920916994 What if they gave an insurrection and nobody came? https://apnews.com/article/prisons-violence-capitol-siege-law-enforcement-agencies-us-national-guard-4dd5188eeb846965b88073f549982974 Obviously Matt Braynard is a poor substitute for the real Donald Trump, and the would-be Trump successors decided discretion was the better part of valor. What if it were an FBI trap? #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 28 time 2021-09-19 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439663990062211073 Would somebody please tell the California GOP that they have lost the suburbs? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/17/look-at-how-dramatically-california-changed-and-where-in-the-18-years-since-the-last-recall/ When Orange County went blue, the end was nigh. Trump might be a feature in Wyoming and Alabama, but he's a bug here. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1501168710227643 #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2021-09-19 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439617031511240706 Co-opting the revolution - for reality TV? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254237238.html This will certainly have the minority rulers shaking in their boots - from laughing all the way to the bank. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-09-19 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439607544524115974 Fudging the numbers to get more money out of China? https://apnews.com/article/business-china-world-bank-f8d10d4b1b93dc84329aec87f9ff2a56 #PS1trade == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-09-19 15:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439606800739753987 Maybe it wasn't the pandemic unemployment boost after all. https://www.reuters.com/business/amid-covid-surge-states-that-cut-benefits-still-see-no-hiring-boost-2021-09-17/ How about trying higher wages, a safe (vaxxed and masked) working environment, and free child care? Disinterest in employment correlates with surging covid and with GOP leadership! #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-09-19 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439593201879302144 Don't you wish you could do this with YOUR IRA? https://www.propublica.org/article/lord-of-the-roths-how-tech-mogul-peter-thiel-turned-a-retirement-account-for-the-middle-class-into-a-5-billion-dollar-tax-free-piggy-bank #PS1tax == impress 10 time 2021-09-19 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439465140106055682 Neither GOP nor Democrats want to publicize their mistakes about Afghanistan. An independent commission will be required to obtain a credible analysis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/afghanistan-general-austin-miller-testimony/2021/09/17/cb14c90e-1711-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1500775853600262 #PS1afghanistan == impress 16 time 2021-09-19 05:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 476 epoch Lifetime ID 1501363320208182 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/19/2021 19:09" reach 8 title "General’s classified testimony underscores political split over Afghanistan exit" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1501363320208182 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439225144078000140 It's doesn't bother McConnell to be called a hypocrite. His donors love him just the way he is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-debt-limit-default/2021/09/17/01fe4caa-1704-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-09-18 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439095726668009474 Steps to put a crimp in the ransomware hose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/17/biden-sanctions-ransomware-crypto/ #PS1ransomware == impress 22 time 2021-09-18 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439094951615160320 Insurrectionists whine about harsh treatment. In reality they are getting off lightly compared to most Federal defendants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/j6-rally-capitol-riot-defendants/2021/09/17/b433ecb6-1657-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-09-18 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439065319562117120 Vindman on what Milley should have done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/alexander-vindman-general-milley-resign/2021/09/17/79fe52d8-17b1-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-09-18 03:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439064393145196545 What do you know about the Redeemers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeemers Fortunately, you don't need to study history, because they are still with us - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/insurrectionists-their-defenders-are-an-old-american-story/ #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-09-18 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439055260853493767 Some men would rather vote against authority even if it's against their own objective interests. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/opinion/democrats-black-latino-men.html Rejecting the authority of teachers, pastors, wives, ... It affects a certain percentage of men of all races. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1500014810343033 #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-09-18 02:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 174 epoch Lifetime ID 1500759690268545 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/18/2021 22:09" reach 3 title "Opinion | Democrats Continue to Struggle With Men of Color" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1500759690268545 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438995927411298306 Not much came out of the Russia investigation. But even less out of the investigation into the investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/after-two-years-this-is-best-trumps-chosen-investigator-can-do/ #PS1russian == impress 25 time 2021-09-17 22:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438994842030264321 The insurrection was the biggest voter disenfranchisement effort in recent American history https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/tim-kaine-jan-6-attack-protect-voting-rights/ But will the Senate Act? 50 GOP senators say no, even to bipartisan compromise. 2 Democratic senators hold the keys. #PS1democracy == impress 24 time 2021-09-17 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438993606627368962 Regional federalism is looking better and better. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Thank GOP for that! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/crisis-will-get-worse-before-it-gets-better-are-democrats-prepared/ #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-09-17 22:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438983855260635138 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-joe-biden-california-recall-music-arts-and-entertainment-67dde2240ff5a3095e142608a7ef4709 #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438979822227574786 It wasn't just day traders that lost money on Roaring Kitty. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/business/roaring-kitty-gamestop-massmutual-settlement.html #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-09-17 21:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438979066237882370 Who pays for the internet, and how? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/technology/digital-privacy.html So what business model is going to work now without causing privacy and security and anti-trust issues? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1499895963688251 #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 21:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438944193519312898 Stolen election? It's not a statement of fact. It's a statement of belief. After all, Trump always tells the truth about what he feels and what he believes. What else matters? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-claims.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1499812140363300 #PS1other == impress 26 time 2021-09-17 19:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438917101532499968 Does a tweet constitute republication? It does if you're Devin Nunes and three reactionary Republican judges faithfully carrying out their duty to protect minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/scary-court-victory-devin-nunes/ #PS1journalism == impress 23 time 2021-09-17 17:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438915742804496390 There is a Great Replacement going on! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/dan-patrick-great-replacement-theory/ It's the Great Replacement of representative democracy with unapologetic upfront feudal minority rule - by the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1499772860367228 #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438911365477920770 Is Biden too Trumpy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/is-biden-normalizing-trumps-foreign-policy/ Of is it just that Biden's focused on his domestic agenda and can't afford any more hot issues just now. What will he say about climate? #PS1foreign == impress 19 time 2021-09-17 17:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438909917570560006 GOP is counting on Democrats to be financially responsible. But GOP will blame Democrats no matter what happens. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-mitch-mcconnell-medicaid-0e9ebf342d80eed4643b732ce1a4f0e2 Presumably the major GOP donors will tell their senators when to stop playing games that threaten their economic power. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 16:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438908379397640196 Act Two of Insurrection or FBI Trap? Either way, lots of aimless low-information individuals might show up and improvise. Whose hints should they take? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-prisons-capitol-siege-12b13804484d90c3ea780cf39635b9ef #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-09-17 16:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438906070789812237 A true Trumpist - other people's money, other people's time in jail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rhodes-oath-keepers-capitol-riot/2021/09/16/a6a872c0-10b6-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438903475669114884 Ordering the Secret Service to pay you for your room and board and theirs! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-secret-service-children-cost-mnuchin/2021/09/16/b9aa6348-156a-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html It's great to be rich and have other people pay your way! #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-09-17 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438875668398305290 How to build monopolies without interference. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-15/tech-giants-used-loopholes-to-duck-merger-reviews-ftc-says #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438860811238133762 Idaho legislature wants to reconvene to protect their right to infect people? Better act fast before they infect themselves! No hospital beds left for them in Idaho. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-laws-legislature-brad-little-e095a39ae527602524b73635818fc6f6 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-09-17 13:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438859760267264008 Golden Calf entrepreneur plans a fund-raiser on Saturday. If attendees get a little rowdy, so much the better. The usual GOP suspects in Congress are keeping a safe distance. Capitol Police are taking no chances. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-campaigns-capitol-siege-51f4727ad3e1f16dbab612e310e91bb8 #PS1insurrection == impress 22 time 2021-09-17 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438733410139205634 Want good schools in Silicon Valley? Better pay teachers like technologists. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/13/bay-area-housing-prices-fall-hard-on-school-teachers/ Or tell teachers they must marry a prosperous technologist if they ever want to own a home. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438731565006143493 Big organizations seem to have difficulties correcting problems that make them look bad - until the press notices. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/technology/google-temporary-workers-labor-laws-pay.html That's why we have a free press - and whistleblower laws. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-09-17 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438729692853403651 What happens when you let private contractors fight wars? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-business-afghanistan-taliban-3f66d407542879a95b26608eee08a07e #PS1mideast == impress 15 time 2021-09-17 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438713209821691907 What's the problem with gun control? The same as the problem with taxing the rich. Unlimited dark campaign money maintains the status quo for minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/opinion/gun-control-safety-laws.html #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-09-17 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438712253507719169 Considered point by point, voters support Biden's plans. But GOP donors do not since they know they will have to pay for them. So its prospects are doubtful. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/opinion/biden-manchin-infrastructure-trillions.html Senators can't say they're opposed for fear of losing campaign funding. #PS1politics == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438710782913507329 How Putin holds power - with some improvements in standard of living and fear of change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/world/europe/russia-election-vote-putin.html After all, the next guy could be worse! #PS1foreign == impress 21 time 2021-09-17 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438706949567049729 GOP will never vote for national default - unless the Democrats MAKE them. Then, of course, GOP will vote for default. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/mitch-mcconnells-debt-limit-game-playing-is-lunacy-we-should-say-so/ GOP COULD offer a clean debt ceiling bill to avoid default. But they won't do that either. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-09-17 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438705845328510980 How Idaho deals with overflowing hospitals and triage - choosing an anti-vaxxer to defend your right to make other people sick. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/16/idaho-covid-gop-ryan-cole/ #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 03:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438699579281526786 How Trump and Trumpism have boosted voter turnout. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/this-is-golden-age-high-voter-turnout/ McConnell would rather they hadn't. #PS1election == impress 17 time 2021-09-17 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438698532320407553 Can the Democrats keep running AGAINST Trump, Trumpism, and anti-vax and anti-mask? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-recall-strategy/2021/09/15/22115ef4-1634-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html GOP will continue to run FOR Trump, Trumpism, anti-vax and anti-mask. #PS1election == impress 15 time 2021-09-17 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438696892947337227 Capitalism at work - profits come first and last. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/16/facebook-files-internal-research-harms/ #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-09-17 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438695644290433028 If you're proud of your reputation as a dirty trickster - and have a tattoo of Nixon - your past might catch up with you at odd times. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/09/16/roger-stone-capitol-riot-lawsuit/ #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-09-17 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438694053936173059 Tax the rich? Even the Democrats are having second thoughts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/despite-aocs-infamous-dress-democrats-are-getting-cold-feet-actually-taxing-rich/ Wanna bet it's not about economic effects, but campaign contributions? Lots of Democratic legislators depend on wealthy donors. But even Democratic donors expect return on investment. #PS1tax == impress 16 time 2021-09-17 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438692147008446465 Tax the rich??? Call out the militia! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/16/trump-biden-budget-plan/ Billionaires need tax relief, not tax increases! #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-09-17 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438690165271064577 Is there a way to help the Afghan people without helping the Taliban? No. Is there a way to punish the Taliban without punishing the Afghan people? No. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-afghanistan-coronavirus-pandemic-middle-east-2af7c7c8c2022c7a7cdf17b0697e5784 It's a familiar quandary with authoritarian governments of distressed nations. #PS1mideast == impress 22 time 2021-09-17 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438688734736572423 Biden succumbs to temptation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-business-ap-fact-check-economy-a6e9ac519af373be3877cd0c90e278fe #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-09-17 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438687931699380224 No good deed goes unpunished in the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-ohio-impeachments-trump-impeachment-a67b287348d8e4dae2546f5789b07ba6 If you're not a Trumpist and not a Democrat, there's no place left to stand. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-09-17 02:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1114 epoch Lifetime ID 1500000970344417 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/17/2021 18:09" reach 11 title "House Republican who voted to impeach Trump won't run again" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1500000970344417 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438533781716037636 GOP funds another fake election investigation. https://apnews.com/article/elections-wisconsin-voting-presidential-elections-election-2020-a30b152f4c7c548b11af00dcb116e3ee They know they won't find anything, but the purpose is to sow doubt about future elections, so the GOP legislature can intervene to decide them, all to protect minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-09-16 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438504940306010126 The Taliban is good at fighting - but what about governing? They succeeded in smashing a puppet government of foreign powers - but how can they govern without financial help from new foreign powers? https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-afghanistan-kabul-taliban-abdul-ghani-baradar-56455c9c2e145c3e5bf57d697d968834 #PS1mideast == impress 20 time 2021-09-16 14:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438350526203056132 No room for conservatives in the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/opinion/trump-republicans-coup.html It's not ideology, it's power. there isn’t really any middle ground on overthrowing the government You're either in or out. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-09-16 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438348281289924613 Lee wasn't the worst. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/09/10/robert-e-lee-slavery/ But he hardly merits any statues. #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-09-16 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438346966832799749 Voters support increasing taxes on rich and corporations. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-tax-reform-economy-2b5295280d2ee72f6b3b722cebc41c84 But campaign donors do not. End of story. a package of this size collapses under its own weight meaning weight of lobbyists for donors. #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-09-16 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438345114707894277 So maybe Pence wasn't really all that concerned about protecting constitutional government - he just lacked the imagination to figure out a method for a coup. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/woodward-costa-pence-jan-6-committee/ He still thinks he's presidential material. But what did he know and when? #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-09-16 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438339724498784257 How minority rule works - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-15/peter-thiel-gamed-silicon-valley-tech-trump-taxes-and-politics It's all about getting the money and keeping the money, except for investments in helpful politicians. #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-09-16 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438335592928989184 Trump has helped fade bad memories of W. But we shouldn't forget what he did - his was the high-CARB diet: Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, Bush. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/opinion/george-w-bush-911-speech.html #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-09-16 02:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438332055889141761 Who's desperate for power in California? Democrats? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/09/california-recall-system-change-reform-newsom/ Democrats already have power in California. They'll certainly keep it as long as Trump runs GOP. GOP? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/californias-recall-election-confirmed-everything-that-is-wrong-with-todays-republican-party/ Taxpayers spent $300 million on a GOP publicity stunt. #PS1capolitics == impress 19 time 2021-09-16 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438296390686236672 The main election fraud is the constant claim that there is a lot of election fraud. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/california-recall-trump-lying-fraud/ It's nice that Elder asked his supporters to be gracious losers, but Trumpism is about ungracious winning and ungracious losing. #PS1election == impress 18 time 2021-09-16 00:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 39 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-16 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-09-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 391 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1499215980422916 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/16/2021 16:09" reach 7 title "Opinion | California’s recall election makes it abundantly clear: Trump is lying about election fraud" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1499215980422916 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438258418893000707 Of course the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party is a personality cult. That's what the major donors decided they really wanted as the best defense strategy for minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/post-trump-republican-party-dan-crenshaw/2021/09/13/cca47a78-14c6-11ec-b976-f4a43b740aeb_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1498496327161548 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-09-15 21:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438157554983391236 So what have all these GOP politicians go to say about Trump's sharing secrets with Putin? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-top-general-secretly-called-china-twice-trump-term-ended-report-2021-09-14/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 25 time 2021-09-15 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438157086710398979 Nobody knew what Trump might do. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-top-general-secretly-called-china-twice-trump-term-ended-report-2021-09-14/ It might be that deferring the impeachment trial until after Biden's inauguration was a good move on McConnell's part to keep Trump on good behavior. Made it easier to vote against impeachment too. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 29 time 2021-09-15 15:05 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438148783619993600 No GOP senator is not going to vote for weakening minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/democrats-need-take-no-gop-answer-democracy/ Manchin needs to decide whether he's with them or against them. #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-09-15 14:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438147952745213954 Who cares if it's true? You can't defend minority rule by telling the truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/risch-blinken-hearing-questions-republican-lie/ #PS1minority == impress 22 time 2021-09-15 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438147196348551170 The modern McConnell Supreme Court and Federal judiciary understands that it came from the Federalist Society with the charter to defend minority rule. Any which way they can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/amy-coney-barrett-is-wrong-hackery-isnt-political-its-judicial/ #PS1justice == impress 20 time 2021-09-15 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438137501659529218 A golden issue for Trumpists - criticize Biden for carrying out Trump's withdrawal, for abandoning American allies in Afghanistan, for allowing Afghan allies into America. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-afghanistan-immigration-taliban-ac6dbd381ff5e6e64f921e1e64f53444 And a character test for the few remaining GOP who aren't Trumpists. #PS1trumpism == impress 34 time 2021-09-15 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438134018118066183 As usual, GOP claims any election they lose is fraudulent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/15/trump-elder-california-recall-fraud-newsom/ Thus they attack faith in democratic processes and build support for deciding elections by GOP legislators rather than voters. #PS1capolitics == impress 25 time 2021-09-15 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438131608461066252 Once again, California GOP shows why they are #3 behind No Party Preference. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/14/california-recall-candidates-make-final-election-day-push-in-hours-before-polls-close/ #PS1capolitics == impress 28 time 2021-09-15 13:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 33 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-15 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 328 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1498559017155279 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/15/2021 17:09" reach 10 sharesimpress 1 title "Newsom beats back GOP-led recall that threatened California Democrats’ agenda" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1498559017155279 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436546140590149634 The Supreme Court is what it was made to be by the Senate and the Federalist Society - a partisan reactionary body in support of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/breyers-airbrushed-portrayal-judicial-process/ #PS1justice == engage 10 engage-rate 29% expands 2 impress 34 likes 3 retweets 3 time 2021-09-11 04:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436545100792750081 war is interested in you https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/20-years-later-americans-kid-themselves-if-they-think-war-born-911-is-over/ #PS1mideast == impress 4 time 2021-09-11 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436544254965284865 Trump is remarkably ignorant about the reality of the Civil War - knowledgeable only about the myth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/robert-e-lee-statue-richmond-trump-history/ The South had no chance in a war of attrition as an agrarian economy dependent on foreign trade. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1495330284144819 #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-09-11 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436540860435361799 One of the oddest stories of an odd year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/10/pentagon-internet-protocol-addresses-trump/ Is there a good explanation waiting to be made public? #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-09-11 04:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 143 epoch Lifetime ID 1498558757155305 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/15/2021 17:09" reach 7 title "A secretive Pentagon program that started on Trump’s last day in office just ended. The mystery has not." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1498558757155305 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436396507616329736 More Not Real News https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/08/false-meme-nobel-laureate-did-not-say-ivermectin-cures-covid-19/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/09/larry-elders-false-misleading-claims-california-recall-race/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2021-09-10 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436375907925585921 bin Laden was better at predicting the future, and making it happen, than any US president, secretary of state, or secretary of defense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/i-met-osama-bin-laden-three-times-im-sorry-say-his-story-isnt-over/ But bin Laden had plenty of unaware American helpers. #PS1mideast == impress 25 time 2021-09-10 17:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436373895347523584 GOP will no longer accept election losses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/dangerous-trend-among-gop-candidates-shows-trump-threat-is-here-stay/ If they lose, the election was stolen and they should win anyway. Putin, Xi, and Kim never lose elections. #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-09-10 16:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436372533326991368 Are Al-Qaeda and Islamic State going to fight it out in Europe? https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-states-western-europe-madrid-terrorism-5756d66287def630882b123bdaf86123 #PS1mideast == impress 8 time 2021-09-10 16:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436351095299739648 The internet might be going down - but nobody can say when or for how long. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/10/growing-risk-of-once-in-a-century-solar-superstorm-that-could-knock-out-internet-study-says/ #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2021-09-10 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436336819394646018 the most important thing we lost was ourselves https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254058668.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2021-09-10 14:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436335207498481666 GOP favors a balanced budget - balanced on the backs of the poor, not on the backs of GOP major donors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html GOP senators know who paid for their campaigns and what they expect in return for the investment. No GOP votes for IRS enforcement. #PS1tax == impress 5 time 2021-09-10 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436185203781738498 Nothing is more important in a time of war than cutting taxes That's all you need to know about the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/opinion/foreign-terrorists-domestic-extremists.html #PS1gop == impress 35 time 2021-09-10 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436184543195590660 Another view of bin Laden's victory. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/opinion/the-ways-bin-laden-won.html It didn't come about the way he expected, but it came about greater than he expected. #PS1mideast == engage 4 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 51 time 2021-09-10 04:27 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436183420397187109 More good ideas that Republicans supported until they became Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/schiff-trump-executive-branch-reform/ #PS1democracy == impress 31 time 2021-09-10 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436182028102168615 Why do some Democratic senators feel compelled to join the GOP's war on government? Fear of the gun lobby is one reason. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/with-democratic-help-republicans-notch-victory-their-war-government/ #PS1firearms == impress 35 time 2021-09-10 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436180341924851734 Covid might be Biden's best issue - GOP incompetence and demagoguery is delaying the economic recovery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/dccc-memo-republicans-exploit-covid/ Biden's speech today might be the first salvo. GOP leaders predictably vowed to fight back for your right to infect others. #PS1virus == impress 30 time 2021-09-10 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436178311260958721 The democratization of technology - https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ has multiplied the threat from foreign and domestic enemies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/christopher-wray-fbi-director-911-lessons-combat-threats/ #PS1technology == impress 35 time 2021-09-10 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436176356354584582 Made-up facts, made-up statistics - but that's plenty good enough for Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/elections-media-arizona-ap-fact-check-phoenix-96f95a57cd361006d3398b0902a3e0d8 #PS1election == impress 33 time 2021-09-10 03:55 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 428 epoch Lifetime ID 1494845757526605 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/10/2021 05:09" reach 8 title "FACT FOCUS: AZ canvass report draws nonsensical conclusions" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1494845757526605 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436045965367005191 Thanks to the democratization of technology, https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ every little faction will be able to conduct remote war, and won't be worried about civilian casualties - and most likely will be hoping for as many as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/biden-is-embracing-redefinition-war-not-an-alternative-war/ #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-09-09 19:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436015046920839179 Elite impunity, a feature not only of the war on terror but American history, trumped commitments to democratic preservation https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/opinion/how-sept-11-gave-us-jan-6.html Nothing much changed since the days of Aaron Burr. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-09-09 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436013808221233191 You'd think a self-described billionaire wouldn't need to ask for money. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/opinion/trump-campaign-emails.html Perhaps he anticipates some major legal bills and unfavorable tax audits. In any case, Other People's Money is a prime tenet of Trumpism. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-09-09 17:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436010717115654179 The Taliban is not a monolithic bloc. We can expect plenty of cognitive dissonance - https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-afghanistan-qatar-kabul-taliban-171fa64b4ed5514b44834257b4d5d457 https://apnews.com/article/business-afghanistan-taliban-803457fb69e6092967f5e9538cef53b0 as different factions exercise control in different times and places. #PS1mideast == impress 16 time 2021-09-09 16:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436008490552549376 More on the toxic fallout of 9/11 - https://apnews.com/article/911-conspiracy-qanon-7d288d0678f5cc7425412931b0212009 bin Laden's greatest victory. He couldn't defeat America himself but he could get it to defeat itself. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-09-09 16:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435784087986323459 Nobody wants homeless people in their backyard. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/08/apple-homeless-camp-neighbors-push-back-against-new-rv-park/ Take a look at the trash in most homeless camps, and you'll see why. #PS1capolitics == impress 15 time 2021-09-09 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435783345602916353 Fair enough. In Texas, GOP candidates warn that a vote for Democrats would turn Texas into California. Kamala Harris returns the favor - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/08/recall-election-vice-president-kamala-harris-campaigns-for-newsom-in-east-bay/ Every Californian who would prefer to live under Greg Abbott left long ago. #PS1capolitics == impress 23 time 2021-09-09 01:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435782050645118981 Is vaccine hesitancy killing the economic recovery? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/opinion/covid-relief-economy.html If so, GOP leaders are overjoyed; their one consistent goal has been to deny Biden any victory. Thus mass hysteria serves minority rule. #PS1recovery == impress 21 time 2021-09-09 01:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435777598055858181 There are about six political parties hidden within America's but they can be liberated without a constitutional amendment. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/08/opinion/republicans-democrats-parties.html politicalscrapbooknet comes out in American Labor Party. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493833310961183 #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-09-09 01:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435763769393614848 Is Biden suddenly unpopular because of his actions or inactions https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/opinion/biden-failed-afghanistan.html or because we have a distorted historical view of how American politics works based on the 1950's? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/opinion/biden-job-approval-rating.html #PS1politics == impress 13 time 2021-09-09 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435759602482565120 Like Biden, the victorious Taliban is having a tough autumn. They only know one way to deal with problems and criticism - a beating first and then murder. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/world/asia/taliban-protests-pakistan.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493804647630716 #PS1mideast == impress 21 time 2021-09-09 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435755288221474816 Unfounded optimism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/08/right-has-lost-debate-over-confederacy/ Some of the statues are coming down. But the forces that put them up in the first place are stronger than ever. Minority rule demands a mythology to mobilize the masses against themselves. #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-09-09 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 484 epoch Lifetime ID 1494562704221577 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/09/2021 20:09" reach 9 title "Opinion | The right has lost the debate over the Confederacy" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1494562704221577 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435753089097605121 Osama bin Laden's great 9/11 victory! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/911-conspiracy-theories/ He stressed vulnerable Americans so much that the country is now divided into parties based on fact vs fantasy. This is exactly the future bin Laden wanted to create. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493794954298352 #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-09-08 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435744126834655235 Positive steps to defend competent non-partisan election officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/07/bauer-ginsberg-election-official-legal-defense-network/ But competent and non-partisan work against minority rule, so they have a hard row to hoe. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-09-08 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435743358878507010 Larry Elder is the Democrats' preferred opponent. You don't have to caricature his views. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/larry-elder-california-recall/2021/09/07/42ea677c-0cdb-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html Faulconer is the only GOP candidate with any political leadership credentials. But no support - competence is suspect in the Trumpist GOP. #PS1capolitics == engage 2 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 30 replies 1 time 2021-09-08 23:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435740475336495109 Trump's job #1 - revenge! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cheney-hageman-primary/2021/09/08/8723142e-069c-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html The country can go to hell in a handbasket as long as his enemies go down with it! But Cheney is mistaken in thinking that there is a GOP somewhere other than the Dixiecrat Trumpist cult of personality GOP. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 15 time 2021-09-08 23:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435739271504154627 Too many moving pieces? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/08/democrats-september-debt-ceiling-reconciliation/ Too many divergent opinions? It will be a miracle if the Democrats can agree on something to pass in the House. #PS1politics == impress 12 time 2021-09-08 22:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435735799987798020 French medical professionals say state does nothing about terrorist threats. https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-health-paris-coronavirus-pandemic-f8f6aafa3d066466b4cbda038fb1bd6a #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-09-08 22:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435613203199762439 Fake students, fake financial aid - there's an app for that! https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat-higher-education/2021/09/california-community-colleges-financial-aid-scam/ #PS1technology == impress 14 time 2021-09-08 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435491145333678088 Another chance for another riot! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/09/02/justice-j6-rally-capitol-riot/ They say it will be peaceful. Just like they say Jan 6 insurrectionists were mostly peaceful. The police aren't taking any chances. They should put the fence back up. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-09-08 06:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435489848618459140 Kevin McCarthy as OJ Simpson! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/07/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-investigation-culprits-interview/ He's out to find the Democrats responsible for Jan 6 no matter how long it takes, no matter that he hasn't even started looking! #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-09-08 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435488776688525314 The rise and fall and resurrection of Politico. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/07/politico-rise-shifted-political-journalism-off-course/ How the urgent and unimportant drive out the non-urgent but important in our lives. #PS1journalism == impress 24 time 2021-09-08 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435486212869869571 It's the price they pay for your freedom! https://apnews.com/article/business-health-public-health-coronavirus-pandemic-idaho-db21f9a14254996144e78aafb1518259 Anybody who gets covid due to your freedom should be happy to be a martyr for your cause! Just hope it's nobody you like. And if YOU get covid, you'll be proud to be a martyr, right? #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-09-08 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435484347499380747 Texas GOP vows to defend minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html by declaring war on democracy! https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-health-texas-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-5172cd92d50e2ed37c9acf9016ebe640 And of course, Greg Abbott dreams of taking it nationally! #PS1minority == impress 9 time 2021-09-08 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435483589236310017 How well did it work last time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_revolution_theory No matter, it's what you get with cult of personality! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution Continuous cultural revolution again! https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-asia-beijing-xi-jinping-1a03a0ad19397face74b2e2dd2130d33 #PS1china == impress 12 time 2021-09-08 06:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 50 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-08 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-09-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 498 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1493813917629789 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/08/2021 17:09" reach 10 title "China chases 'rejuvenation' with control of tycoons, society" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493813917629789 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435237623694381056 GOP pretends concern about illegitimate votes, but their real concern is legitimate votes. The more legitimate votes allowed, the harder it is to maintain minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-national-divide/2021/09/05/24165092-0b4e-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492784777732703 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-09-07 13:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435233205263618050 Americans are concerned about government surveillance - https://apnews.com/article/technology-afghanistan-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-government-surveillance-d365f3a818bb9d096e8e3b5713f9f856 For if you build it, they will come - and hack it. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-taliban-c007f85fb1b573c43a4391b947a5dcd4 #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-09-07 13:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 76 epoch Lifetime ID 1493278191016695 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2021 22:09" reach 7 title "US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493278191016695 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435022303696351233 Union-busting is a fundamental goal of minority rule. Workers fight back - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/opinion/labor-day-union.html Profound labor shortages throughout the post-covid economy are returning some power to the workers. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492392801105234 #PS1economics == impress 40 time 2021-09-06 23:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435018262773784578 Think you're safer from the crazies because you don't live in the South? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/opinion/south-republicans-vaccines-climate-change.html Don't count on it. The crazies are everywhere, determined to uphold minority rule by any means possible. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/opinion/coronavirus-masks-school-board-meetings.html #PS1minority == impress 26 time 2021-09-06 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435014830797123585 Kevin McCarthy - a consummate adapter. In record time, he has adapted completely to Trumpism, encompassing violent insurrectionists in a major political party, hoping to lead it soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/02/kevin-mccarthy-embraces-trumpism-republican-demagogue/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492382454439602 #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-09-06 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435009546670383105 How Osama bin Laden remade America the way he wanted it! Instead of remaining United States, it shall end up separated states https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2021/911-books-american-values/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492372967773884 #PS1insurrection == impress 25 time 2021-09-06 22:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-06 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-09-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 153 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1492402674437580 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/06/2021 16:09" reach 8 title "9/11 was a test. The books of the last two decades show how America failed." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492402674437580 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434498146877337602 Texas gun culture - it's not what the Texas people want. But it's what the GOP voter base wants, and the GOP major donors are happy to go along to keep the single-issue gun constituency in the GOP voter base to support minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/03/texas-gun-culture-women/ #PS1firearms == impress 21 time 2021-09-05 12:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434493812110286853 How would it be reported today? https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-7ad26dae42c4eaf9588b019dc51de0e3 Not as well. #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-09-05 12:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434410582623457284 Americans were unwilling to go anywhere and pay any price, in the words of JF Kennedy. The Taliban were. So they won by waiting and wearing US out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-taliban-diplomacy-obama-trump-biden/2021/09/04/b11b6fca-0ce5-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html #PS1mideast == impress 24 time 2021-09-05 06:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434406323358081024 A roblem of user interface design - how to warn users without giving them a way to respond? https://apnews.com/article/technology-environment-and-nature-floods-12d4138915cabd7a08adcb682aced7ce In this case, for most people it meant don't walk or drive through deep or moving water, but for some it meant get to higher ground immediately. #PS1technology == impress 20 time 2021-09-05 06:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434404421601955845 Breaking new ground in DC! https://apnews.com/article/biden-cabinet-election-2020-f98d8490d71e02f53200ca8ce6adc0fd #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-09-05 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434402509448089600 How should redistricting be done? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Democrats mostly try to play fair at redistricting. GOP response? Double down on gerrymandering - they know they lose a fair fight. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-579984fa53d997956749eb3d3820276b #PS1democracy == impress 27 time 2021-09-05 06:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 217 epoch Lifetime ID 1491853274492520 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/05/2021 21:09" reach 9 title "Democrats see consequences from redistricting reform push" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1491853274492520 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434157290504929281 If your tenants can't pay you - find a way to get your donors to pay you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-tower-pac-rent-campaign-finance/2021/09/02/dfeae19e-0b2f-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-09-04 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434155296297938952 Forever wars followed by forever impeachments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/biden-republicans-impeachment/2021/08/21/90538f4c-01c9-11ec-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html It does get sort of pointless if senators will support their party's president no matter what he does. That's the power of cult of personality. #PS1impeachment == impress 16 time 2021-09-04 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434153922193625091 Sorry Mr Ryan! Trump is the Dixiecrat Republican Party is Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-mccarthy-ryan/2021/09/03/a0d7f194-0ce3-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html You'll have to find a conservative movement somewhere else than in a cult of personality. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2021-09-04 13:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 112 epoch Lifetime ID 1491242651220249 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/04/2021 22:09" reach 9 title "Analysis | Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan, divided over Trump, see different futures for the Republican Party" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1491242651220249 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433880398606450692 The vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored! If the judge tells you to stay off the internet, you'd best comply. https://apnews.com/article/technology-capitol-siege-a8b8a146f368d8105533e95f520b105d And if your mission fails, expect no help from Trump, no matter how inventive your outfit. https://apnews.com/article/arizona-capitol-siege-michael-pence-cf57fd6131987a3dba5382d1a8149749 #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-09-03 19:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433860353603956741 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-environment-and-nature-coronavirus-pandemic-bb00d5438a297b66e94efdcde4817443 #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-09-03 18:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 67 epoch Lifetime ID 1490422927968888 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/03/2021 17:09" reach 9 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1490422927968888 ========== Tweets for 2021-09-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433435848368787467 How climate change kills small towns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/climate/climate-towns-bankruptcy.html For those that were already dying, floods are the coup de grace. #PS1climate == impress 27 time 2021-09-02 14:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433433003716321292 Taliban political theory - Some of the principles of democracy are in contradiction with the principles of Islam. In a democracy, the people are sovereign. In Islam, God is sovereign. The Quran is sovereign. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-victory-governing.html And who interprets the Quran? #PS1mideast == impress 24 time 2021-09-02 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433415224346902529 Expect the telecoms companies to stall until they figure out who will control Congress next year. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-capitol-siege-dd924dfb82b0d6029d4d04156fd9936d #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-09-02 13:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433413562110656514 Another reason Afghanistan is insoluble. https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-cd1c1b8b9f35a74dfc959a9c61a560b4 Kashmir conflict affects who supports whom in Afghanistan. #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-09-02 12:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433280704461238280 Who says the GOP is inconsistent? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/politics/republicans-afghanistan-withdrawal-support.html They consistently blame Biden for everything, even for implementing Trump policies. They never say what they would have done differently. #PS1mideast == impress 10 time 2021-09-02 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433279300879339523 Central banks and covid. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/covid-pandemic-global-economy-politics.html #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-09-02 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433277095560421379 Vigilantes - a means to support minority rule without legal risk to the major minority rule donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/texas-abortion.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-09-02 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433276068543094790 How the anti-vaxxers became mainstream Republicans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/opinion/anti-vaccine-movement.html It was all about showing how they supported minority rule - via freedom to infect other people. The Dixiecrat Republicans had no problem with a new anti-Enlightenment single issue faction. #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2021-09-02 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433272882721787912 How the West lost the war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/31/afghanistan-combat-interpreter-baktash-ahadi-us-cultural-illiteracy/ #PS1mideast == impress 6 time 2021-09-02 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433259254673149957 Abbott and DeSantis want to be Trumpist presidents. What can be done to stop them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/01/four-ways-think-about-abbotts-desantiss-2022-prospects/ #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-09-02 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433258291073667072 Texas leads the way! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/01/texas-shows-us-what-post-democracy-america-would-look-like/ The way back to 1619. #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-09-02 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433255120666390537 The last thing GOP wants is for facts to emerge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/jan-6-riot-mccarthy-trump-telecom-companies/2021/09/01/cad1753c-0b1d-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html McCarthy doesn't do facts any more. If he ever did. #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2021-09-02 02:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433232391087087618 In Afghanistan, who is the greatest threat to Afghanistan? The Taliban. In Afghanistan, who is the greatest threat to America? IS. American and the Taliban need each other to destroy IS. But is that sufficient incentive? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-top-news-afghanistan-evacuations-kabul-c134d2abf8977b87d2965d9fe3e1565f #PS1mideast == impress 15 time 2021-09-02 00:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-09-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 383 epoch Lifetime ID 1489887804689067 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/02/2021 22:09" reach 8 title "politicalscrapbooknet on Twitter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1489887804689067 ========== 3 Tweets for 2021-09-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433058030732546058 Got covid AND worms? Plan a trip to the livestock supply store, and then to the ER, but first enter the correct number in your phone for the poison control center. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/health/covid-ivermectin-prescriptions.html If you don't trust big pharma shots, why would you trust its livestock drugs? #PS1virus == impress 50 time 2021-09-01 13:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432952553826762752 When push comes to shove - you find out what people REALLY believe. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-f42772097cf7557086f12b549e03b18a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1488458171498697 #PS1other == engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 59 time 2021-09-01 06:24 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432948863938142209 How do the elite beneficiaries of minority rule get ordinary people to vote on their behalf? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Astroturf! https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-3157002e9d011e5283f55886b1c7078a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1488452658165915 #PS1minority == impress 24 time 2021-09-01 06:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-09-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2021-09-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 120 epoch Lifetime ID 1489045024773345 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/01/2021 17:09" reach 5 title "Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1489045024773345 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432548197759553536 The last thing the GOP wants is the whole truth. Because they were part and parcel of it from the beginning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/27/mccarthy-gop-afghanistan-troop-deaths/ #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-08-31 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432547258000560133 The coming war over health care - part of the reconciliation bill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/27/coming-health-care-lobbying-frenzy-over-reconciliation-bill/ It takes millions of dollars to run for the Senate. That money comes from somewhere. #PS1health == impress 24 time 2021-08-31 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432534260716490753 The connection between snake oil and Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/opinion/covid-misinformation-supplements.html Anybody who is gullible enough to vote for minority rule is gullible enough to buy or believe anything as long as the intellectuals are against it. #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-08-31 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432531268499959808 The (almost forgotten) success of American mideast adventures - no more attacks on US soil since 2001. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/26/robert-kagan-afghanistan-americans-forget/ #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-08-31 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432527113450516480 Democrats were probably going to lose control of Congress no matter what. Afghanistan didn't change that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/30/democrats-calm-down-afghanistan-is-mess-its-not-end-biden-presidency/ Now the question is what they will do with the time they have left. #PS1politics == impress 16 time 2021-08-31 02:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432525361745575939 It all boils down to one question - will whoever ends up running the Taliban honor the commitment to actively excise foreign terrorists in order to gain foreign investment? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/30/afghanistan-forever-war-vs-quick-retreat-not-binary-choice/ Such clear-cut resolutions are hardly part of the Afghan tradition. #PS1mideast == impress 13 time 2021-08-31 02:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432523187317735428 We lost Afghanistan but not yet the war. The Taliban leadership has probably figured out that if they keep foreign terrorists out they will probably get vital economic help from the West. But can they keep all their adherents in line? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/30/michael-leiter-afghanistan-safety-terrorism-9-11/ #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-08-31 01:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 282 epoch Lifetime ID 1488442834833564 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/31/2021 22:08" reach 4 title "Opinion | Losing Afghanistan is bad. But we’re much safer from terrorism now than after 9/11." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1488442834833564 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432359540989652993 DeSantis gets advice on deworming for covid. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article253802048.html At least the victims will die worm-free. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-08-30 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432346237269798916 What a pain when the facts don't support your pleas for leniency. https://apnews.com/article/records-rebut-claims-jan-6-rioters-55adf4d46aff57b91af2fdd3345dace8 Every defendant thinks he's being treated unfairly compared to the others. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-08-30 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432230009293340677 Real leaders make hard choices that are often unpopular. That's why democratic leaders so often defer hard choices in case something miraculously changes. But their job is to tell voters what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/29/whos-blame-deaths-13-service-members-kabul-we-all-are/ #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-08-30 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432222184307523588 Violent Islamic fundamentalism has waxed and waned over the centuries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Has it entered another waning phase? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/terrorism-afghanistan-Islamicism.html Ordinary people get tired of continuous cultural revolution. #PS1foreign == impress 13 time 2021-08-30 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432217590227603464 The founders did not have everything figured out. But they launched a process of learning and improvement. Halting and incomplete as it is, it's the essence of the American experiment. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/opinion/america-history-founding-fathers.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-08-30 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432216274092756992 What happened in Florida might happen elsewhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/us/florida-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccines-variant.html #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-08-30 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432214805138444295 Is affordable housing an antidote to bitter ideological partisanship? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/California-housing-price-economy.html Not everybody wants to live in a Manhattan canyon - some prefer real canyons. #PS1capolitics == impress 11 time 2021-08-30 05:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432212997468917762 Time to fix California's recall elections. Make the vote ranked-choice and allow the incumbent to run. That will eliminate the appeal to the state's third-place GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/opinion/california-recall-election-newsom.html #PS1capolitics == impress 12 time 2021-08-30 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432211795163312128 Afghanistan is not a direct long-term threat to American credibility. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/opinion/afghanistan-withdrawal-history.html Trumpist isolationism is the long-term threat - to our allies but most of all to ourselves. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1487075594970288 #PS1mideast == impress 26 time 2021-08-30 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432209819604115461 Floridians are just cannon fodder in the campaign for President DeSantis. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/opinion/ron-desantis-covid-death.html #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-08-30 05:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 323 epoch Lifetime ID 1487647091579805 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/30/2021 18:08" reach 7 title "Opinion | Ron DeSantis, How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1487647091579805 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432062167516286979 You want more affordable housing in desirable areas? You'll have to pay for it, one way or another. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/28/wholl-pay-the-cost-of-affordable-california-housing/ Anything that makes housing less expensive reduces the value of your house, too. That's why it's not happening. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-08-29 19:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431993969278259211 Dewormer didn't help after all. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/caleb-wallace-anti-mask-freedom-005759054.html At least he's free from the virus AND virus restrictions now. #PS1virus == impress 19 time 2021-08-29 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431850654700498946 The last day of Kabul. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/28/taliban-takeover-kabul/ How easily it went down. But the war was lost before it started. #PS1mideast == engage 7 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 81 likes 1 time 2021-08-29 05:26 +0000 urlclicks 5 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431843778055139332 What kind of man becomes the front-runner to replace Newsom? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/27/california-recall-candidate-larry-elder-under-police-investigation-following-2015-domestic-violence-accusation-that-his-campaign-denies/ And what do the rest of the clowns say? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/27/now-clearly-the-gop-frontrunner-elder-takes-heat-from-newsom-and-gop-peer-faulconer/ #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-08-29 04:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431841547536924675 Life in the land of the free! Free from virus restrictions, that is. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-entertainment-music-health-coronavirus-pandemic-6446e345441fe62c74ec88de5bd9ae3d Not free from the virus, unfortunately. But don't blame Sturgis. The unvaccinnated unmasked are going to get delta eventually, or something worse to come. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 time 2021-08-29 04:50 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 198 epoch Lifetime ID 1487055314972316 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/29/2021 21:08" reach 9 title "How much impact could Sturgis rally have on COVID caseload?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1487055314972316 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431616902585991169 What could a Republican governor do in a year against a veto-proof Democratic legislature? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/28/california-recall-heres-what-a-republican-governor-accomplish-if-newsom-loses/ To avoid such a circus, special elections should be ranked-choice with the incumbent allowed to run. #PS1capolitics == engage 2 engage-rate 12% impress 17 time 2021-08-28 13:57 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431612161155948548 This is what happens when you lose a war https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-d7a5461707d1b3d4ad6c78090b42e816 You get the blame, even if the war were lost before it even started. Just ask the Soviets and British. #PS1mideast == impress 13 time 2021-08-28 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431610576883441672 GOP mission accomplished - undermine public confidence in election systems. https://apnews.com/article/technology-software-election-2020-1341028212960b9b4ed713620d764629 Next step - allow GOP legislatures to determine the results of elections. You do what you have to do to protect minority rule! #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-08-28 13:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431491342350241793 Lucky Trump! The Taliban have given him a ticket to re-election no matter what Biden does or doesn't do, since Trump doesn't have to fix it. That takes the heat off Trump, for his covid disaster. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-151d588fd9f4b33b0a71b9a1226e589b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1485700145107833 #PS1mideast == impress 28 time 2021-08-28 05:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431478078358757377 Lots of Taliban supporters in the Trumpist base. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/alt-right-taliban.html #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 19 time 2021-08-28 04:45 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431475535398330373 Bipartisan foreign policy? Not necessarily a good thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/opinion/afghanistan-us-withdrawal.html Too much foreign intervention has been taken on bipartisan faith. #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-08-28 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431473014361653254 We are stuck with the Taliban and they with us. For how long? Depends on Islamic State. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/us/politics/us-taliban-partnership.html #PS1mideast == impress 49 time 2021-08-28 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431462610310873094 Islamic State understands the power of cloud computing - you can't bomb AWS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/27/amazon-isis-app-cloud/ They probably understand the risk of cancellation and presumably are switching to Plan B. #PS1technology == engage 4 engage-rate 9% impress 45 likes 1 time 2021-08-28 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431461577182511104 Same old same old - the same old arguments from 1860 and 1960 are back in 2021. Same kinds of people, same arguments, same goal - preserve minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/27/house-debates-voting-rights-its-jim-crow-all-over-again/ #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-08-28 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431438240196689923 Can the Taliban govern? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kabul-bombing-taliban-challenges-security/2021/08/27/fd55735e-0736-11ec-b3c4-c462b1edcfc8_story.html Their opposition is much more diverse and their allies expect rewards. #PS1mideast == engage 4 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 44 time 2021-08-28 02:07 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 369 epoch Lifetime ID 1486368795040968 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/28/2021 22:08" reach 3 title "Kabul airport bombing underscores Taliban’s challenges in securing a volatile Afghanistan" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1486368795040968 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431301394959458305 That was the week that wasn't. Don't have any facts to support your argument? Just make some up! https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-159e27f31b4bae06755c578c4bdb1127 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-08-27 17:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431288107039485952 Your next big threat - ransomware. It's thriving like a Silicon Valley startup. https://apnews.com/article/europe-canada-health-coronavirus-technology-288c8979c10b648ba72a4b0fc34b02ac Just like https://political-scrapbook.net/ you could reduce your cross section of risk with SPARC Solaris servers - https://political-scrapbook.net/corpweb-power.gif #PS1ransomware == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 36 time 2021-08-27 16:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431285746539761664 Why are there endless budget crises? https://www.rollcall.com/2020/12/18/congress-to-take-up-two-day-cr-ahead-of-midnight-funding-deadline/ Passing a law right before a deadline insures that most members never have a chance to read it. But that's perfect if you need to carry a bill for a major donor. More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1318476708496845 #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 27 time 2021-08-27 16:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431279483957354501 Why everybot is trying to POST to boaform on https://political-scrapbook.net/ web servers - 209.141.50.63 - - [13/Jul/2021:13:52:08 -0700] POST /boaform/admin/formLogin HTTP/1.1 404 196 The flaw must still be widespread enough to search for. https://theregister.com/2020/04/16/fiber_routers_under_fire/ #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 30 time 2021-08-27 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431259200177336320 What happened to your local mall? https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-2-billion-mall-rats Was covid just the coup de grace? In any case, beware of investments you don't understand. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 34 time 2021-08-27 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431094914180210688 Worse than the Taliban! https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-afghanistan-islamic-state-group-fd3061845f328cbac4ec5eab066482a8 The Taliban is is only interested in purifying Afghanistan. The international Islamic State intends to purify the entire world. The US has joined the Taliban against IS in the past. Maybe again? #PS1mideast == impress 113 time 2021-08-27 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431093653242482688 When the political process fails, perhaps the civil process can produce justice. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-michael-pence-4cd64aab06e0f943ca8f83fd0b65037d #PS1insurrection == impress 42 time 2021-08-27 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431076393618591746 He always wanted to be famous https://washingtonpost.com/politics/tucker-carlson/2021/07/13/398fa720-dd9f-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html Next maybe he wants to be president - like Trump but worse. Fox and Murdochs support him 100%. He has great ratings, which increases advertising rates, and making money is #1. Who cares how he does it? #PS1media == impress 46 time 2021-08-27 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431076034133168133 Don't bother Trump with facts! The insurrectionists were supporting HIM, so of course he loves them. Not that he did anything for the ones that will be spending long terms in jail. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-shootings-ap-fact-check-michael-pence-6e88f0e1f3d8a63a608d933423eed176 #PS1insurrection == impress 46 time 2021-08-27 02:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431075673959919616 Profitable propagandists can re-orient faster than social media bureaucracies can regulate. https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-c17c288880f980c280e74545be740fde #PS1technology == impress 44 time 2021-08-27 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431075332996567043 Perils of bipartisanship https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/gop-gerrymandering-biden-agenda-stimulus/ Biden's got two years. Immediate relief is essential for the unemployed, SMALL business, and state and local government. Bargain away stimulus checks and minimum wage if that gets 10 GOP senators on board. #PS1recovery == impress 68 time 2021-08-27 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431074924156764161 How can the reactionary media do their job of rousing the rabble if they get sued for libel every time they repeat a lie? https://nytimes.com/2021/01/13/magazine/can-conservative-media-still-return-to-business-as-usual.html #PS1media == impress 43 time 2021-08-27 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431074530617802752 Public opinion polls aren't worth much if all they tell you is who is in the White House. https://washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/28/biden-trump-economy-confidence/ #PS1economics == impress 48 time 2021-08-27 02:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431073015001804802 The biggest change in Trump's administration - installation of a reactionary judiciary to defend minority rule. This was not really Trump's accomplishment - he was just the messenger between Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-elections-judiciary-d5807340e86d05fbc78ed50fb43c1c46 #PS1justice == impress 56 time 2021-08-27 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431070216390266883 Time for a change. https://political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html Three ways the popular vote can be ignored. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/05/think-constitution-lets-voters-pick-president-better-read-it-again/ #PS1democracy == impress 48 time 2021-08-27 01:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 568 epoch Lifetime ID 1485012495176598 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/26/2021 21:08" reach 8 title "Opinion | Think the Constitution lets voters pick the president? Better read it again." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1485012495176598 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430532396458283009 Nine years for a real kidnap plot - thanks to a cooperative attitude. Now what about non-cooperating co-defendants? https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-c502551bd6fa4af0a8706d0b9653e653 #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-08-25 14:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430531203040382997 What is a politician's job? Tell you what you want to hear or tell you what you need to hear? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/24/why-jd-vance-may-be-just-kind-phony-gop-voters-are-looking/ Perhaps it's the difference between a politician and a statesman. How many living people would you call statesmen? #PS1theory == impress 35 time 2021-08-25 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430529995697389580 Politics for the noisy minority or the silent majority? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/24/ron-desantis-anti-mask-mania-is-deeply-unpopular-democrats-must-jump-that/ #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-08-25 13:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 97 epoch Lifetime ID 1485012221843292 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/26/2021 21:08" reach 5 title "Opinion | Ron DeSantis’s anti-mask mania is deeply unpopular. Democrats must jump on that." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1485012221843292 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430174471659442179 That was the week that wasn't - a big week for doctored photos. https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-business-migration-ap-fact-check-cc8d608b6121c3ae15a7af36825a250d #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-08-24 14:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 27 epoch Lifetime ID 1485011861843328 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/26/2021 21:08" reach 4 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1485011861843328 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428745837039951874 The commercial basis of Trumpist media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/19/sean-hannity-mypillow-afghanistan-radio-show/ #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-08-20 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428725028695146498 A catastrophic endgame might have been more or less inevitable in Afghanistan. In its bitter internal feuds, losing is often fatal. https://apnews.com/article/europe-race-and-ethnicity-taliban-e51255ff3d954e8f95bea4dc1c209b32 Switching to the winning side is accepted practice, as the tide turns. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1480548662289648 #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-08-20 14:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-26 ratio 4 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 70 audclicks 1 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1485009505176897 impress 4 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/26/2021 21:08" reach 4 title "Biden to address chaotic Kabul evacuation amid criticism" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1485009505176897 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428350360855277574 Jimmy Carter accomplished a lot that Republicans have gone to great lengths to undo. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-middle-east-jimmy-carter-18eab7024282910f6aab29026a1e04e2 But he was undone by the Iranians who wanted to punish him for letting the Shah die in peace, and so waited for Reagan to release the hostages. #PS1other == impress 59 time 2021-08-19 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428229262243287040 It's all about individual freedom! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/opinion/covid-vaccine-freedom.html Individuals have no responsibility to protect other people's freedom to be healthy. So they don't. That's what Trump would do! #PS1justice == impress 45 time 2021-08-19 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428226375215812609 Violent revolutions usually make things worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/opinion/afghanistan-biden-taliban.html It happened 30 years ago, and it might happen again. Now they THEY are the central government, the Taliban can't blame anybody else for what happens. #PS1mideast == impress 64 time 2021-08-19 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428223442629775367 Presidential pardons do not affect state crimes, or civil matters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/nyregion/ken-kurson-charged-trump-kushner.html #PS1justice == impress 52 time 2021-08-19 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428222399690862595 The Taliban funding model - tax trade. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/opinion/taliban-afghanistan-economy.html #PS1mideast == impress 60 time 2021-08-19 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428221485815001091 Taliban's winning strategy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/world/asia/taliban-victory-strategy-afghanistan.html #PS1mideast == impress 62 time 2021-08-19 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428210099235942400 Necessary steps to restore confidence in elections! https://apnews.com/article/elections-georgia-46c13960e11733e23b195e5aeca75d10 Republicans have no confidence in elections they lose! Whether by fair means or foul. #PS1democracy == impress 47 time 2021-08-19 04:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 208 epoch Lifetime ID 1479849225692925 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/19/2021 07:08" reach 5 title "Georgia inches toward possible takeover of Fulton elections" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1479849225692925 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427875972301299715 Ultimately, we were just tourists. The Taliban was there to stay. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/17/david-ignatius-afghanistan-government-20-years/ #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2021-08-18 06:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427870964084207623 Even governments that supported the Taliban are uneasy about the ease of the Taliban victory and what it means for the future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/16/afghanistan-neighbors-china-india-pakistan/ Almost every country in Asia has militant fundamentalist Islamic factions. #PS1mideast == impress 19 time 2021-08-18 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427868137509179393 Preaching the good news of vaccination might limit your career in some places. https://apnews.com/article/health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-7a03fed8e7548797487f2b7a20161e4e Typically, places with high infection rates. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-08-18 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427865615243509766 Prevention is cheaper than treatment https://apnews.com/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-coronavirus-positive-a6c98b7a9c59c2df38328100cd8c75b1 But should you discount the treatment price by the amount of campaign contributions you get? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-4d0d18b24e0dd41de2424e19b3ed994f #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-08-18 05:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427835914663854081 Slowly but surely. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/08/former-dea-agent-from-orange-county-indicted-on-capitol-riot-charges/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/15/actor-suspected-of-taking-part-in-capitol-riot-arrested-in-burbank/ Two more insurrectionists down from California. FBI has about 300 more to go. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-08-18 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427835311543885826 Peddle nonsense long enough and you start to believe it yourself. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/05/critics-pillow-magnates-latest-conspiracy-is-the-most-bizarre/ But it does undermine your credibility with everybody but the most credulous. Can you maintain a big business with a credulous customer base? #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-08-18 03:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 20 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-18 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 197 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1479528239058357 impress 12 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/18/2021 21:08" reach 9 title "Critics: Pillow magnate’s latest conspiracy is the most bizarre" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1479528239058357 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427737022387560456 The Friendship Bridge - a tombstone in the Graveyard of Empires. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/world/middleeast/afghanistan-taliban-soviet-friendship-bridge.html #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2021-08-17 21:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427678851727908865 What have Americans learned? Probably nothing. That's the greatest tragedy of Afghanistan. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-afghanistan-036874ebcb40acb404ac1a7f3db11f1a The hope is that elite ruling classes in other unstable countries will learn that US involvement is not forever. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1478521172492397 #PS1mideast == impress 34 time 2021-08-17 17:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 73 epoch Lifetime ID 1478713399139841 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/17/2021 17:08" reach 9 title "GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1478713399139841 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426789881951375363 Lindsey Graham - the consummate professional politician. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/us/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump.html He doesn't really believe in anything except getting and keeping power. So now he's a superspreader of Trumpism. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 50 time 2021-08-15 06:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426785048624177155 Time for a new approach to Congressional redistricting. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting The 2021-22 redistricting process is going to be the most bitterly political ever. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-census-2020-12b6ccead64357c443ea4b7c2eafc223 #PS1democracy == impress 30 time 2021-08-15 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426780387175403524 Ongoing tragedy in Florida. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-5e56dc3f817e3eaca1f48511c3be8549 It's not just old people. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-08-15 05:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-15 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 93 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1477516635926184 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/15/2021 22:08" reach 10 title "Virus claims more young victims as deaths climb yet again" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1477516635926184 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426544039935967242 Pediatric covid surge - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/13/children-hospitalizations-covid-delta/ Another tragedy that was avoidable and now is inevitable. #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-08-14 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426540926143320069 History repeats itself - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/13/afghanistan-withdrawal-vietnam-embassy-saigon/ but never exactly. Now nobody claims to have a secret plan that could have led to a different outcome. And once the Taliban take over - back to corruption and tribal infighting as usual. Such a tragedy. #PS1mideast == impress 28 time 2021-08-14 13:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 77 epoch Lifetime ID 1476870635990784 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/14/2021 22:08" reach 13 title "Opinion | We’ve always known this moment would come in Afghanistan" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1476870635990784 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426270995057315843 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-business-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-061a7e80b3d62597d9ec4ace6eaef2d5 #PS1media == impress 39 time 2021-08-13 19:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426219859482800133 We're up to lambda. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/13/the-lambda-covid-variant-is-in-california-5-things-to-know/ So far not much to worry about. But what about mu, nu, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, ... omega? Billions of unvaccinated people in the world to culture new variants. #PS1virus == impress 74 time 2021-08-13 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426218538952364032 The world is breathlessly awaiting the Friday the 13th news - https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reinstatement-day-latest-failure-predictions-hell-resume-presidency-oust-biden-1619152 but so far in vain. That hasn't prevented legions of false prophets from trying to make money selling the fantasy to the gullible quarter of GOP voters. #PS1trump == impress 41 time 2021-08-13 16:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426031963173916683 Some cops want to defund themselves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/if-cops-want-defund-themselves-let-them/ Have at it! Although most large police departments are way understaffed and desperate to hire qualified officers and trainees. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2021-08-13 04:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426030416851439616 Does the Democratic leadership know what it's doing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/democrats-achievements-biden-pelosi-schumer-infrastructure/ Sometimes experience counts. #PS1politics == impress 40 time 2021-08-13 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426029648115208196 Warren proposes wealth tax, tax on real corporate earnings, and increased IRS enforcement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/elizabeth-warren-tax-system-infrastructure/ These ideas are popular with GOP voters, but anathema to GOP donors. So they go to the Senate to die of neglect. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 likes 1 time 2021-08-13 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426028323856011266 Census and gerrymandering. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-house-elections-redistricting-cbad52d72fadac3a5688d6a0036818f4 #PS1democracy == impress 45 time 2021-08-13 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426022521753591808 Changing demographics spell trouble for minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-five-takeaways-f313d5d43eb90e4f1b5d69bd163597d0 That's why the GOP is in a panic to find ways to cement their power in place. #PS1minority == impress 45 time 2021-08-13 03:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 265 epoch Lifetime ID 1476169522727562 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/13/2021 22:08" reach 8 title "EXPLAINER: 5 takeaways from the release of 2020 census data" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1476169522727562 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425948761272905736 What kind of Catholic writes for the National Review? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/pope-francis-latin-mass.html Reactionary! #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-08-12 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425942660477452291 Nobody wants to be regulated - neither crypto speculators and criminals nor legislators want any light shown on their finances. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/senate-cryptocurrency.html #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-08-12 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425940033299644418 The Trump administration could do two things at once! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/sunday-review/census-redistricting-trump-immigrants.html In this case, corrupting the integrity of the Census Bureau while corrupting the Justice Dept. But the only integrity that matters is devotion to Trump's re-election. #PS1trump == impress 26 time 2021-08-12 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425937432025853952 Hot spots everywhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/vaccinated-counties-delta-hotspots/ We thought the storm had passed, but it was just the eye of the hurricane. We can only hope it has no more eyes. #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-08-12 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425934086703513606 A prophet is not without honor except in his own time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/12/philip-agre-ai-disappeared/ No technology is fully understood until its criminal applications are fully understood. #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-08-12 21:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425931417268101122 Insanity is contagious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/12/california-father-killed-children-qanon-illuminati/ Another pandemic. #PS1qanon == impress 10 time 2021-08-12 21:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425930501529825281 He must be sleeping on the wrong kind of pillow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/12/spectacular-implosion-mike-lindell/ He's known by the company he keeps. #PS1election == impress 22 time 2021-08-12 21:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425929445685170181 The GOP is so proud of its strategy to preserve minority rule! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/gop-strategy-retake-power-gerrymandering/ But as always, the midterms will hang on how the economy is perceived. With that in mind, the GOP is increasingly focused on wrecking it. #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-08-12 21:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425927472198021120 How insurrection works as an inside job. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rosen-senate-judiciary-testimony-trump/2021/08/12/4b500618-fabd-11eb-8a67-f14cd1d28e47_story.html #PS1election == impress 25 time 2021-08-12 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425714776638824449 The unlikely link between infrastructure and cryptocurrencies. https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-business-bills-cryptocurrency-92628a41124230448f65fdeb89ffad7d The value cryptocurrencies add to legitimate business is small. But the value to criminal enterprises - priceless! #PS1infrastructure == impress 7 time 2021-08-12 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425713869326929920 More disinformation, probably paid for by Russia, to unsettle the west. https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-2f2fe7911b4657ede152d5c21531d6b0 #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2021-08-12 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425713448566984706 Gerrymandering - a pillar of minority rule. Unfavorable demographics mean GOP must use every means, fair or foul, to preserve minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-census-2020-redistricting-house-elections-04f3d29cbc4441705922dbc40ba61961 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-08-12 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425712045375115268 No bipartisanship on minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-senate-elections-bills-d417ab8e6db2726eb79a8f2ce28baeca GOP senators saw political advantage in infrastructure. They see none in voting rights, so it's going to come down to whether all 50 Democrats can agree to do something about filibuster. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-08-12 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425710994068705280 Escape from ICU hell. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-0f32d1233c090f7d73350d474693354b #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-08-12 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425709742320615425 ICU hell. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-cac35f19d97b89111097d02d87a7ba5c #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-08-12 06:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425707882574540805 The war didn't end in Hiroshima. It ended in Manchuria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria Stalin promised to invade 90 days after Germany surrendered - a promise he kept. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-bomb-didn-t-beat-japan-stalin-did Everybody had their reasons for crediting nuclear weapons for the victory. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-08-12 06:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 464 epoch Lifetime ID 1476168742727640 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/13/2021 22:08" reach 4 title "The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1476168742727640 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425948761272905736 What kind of Catholic writes for the National Review? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/pope-francis-latin-mass.html Reactionary! #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-08-12 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425942660477452291 Nobody wants to be regulated - neither crypto speculators and criminals nor legislators want any light shown on their finances. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/opinion/senate-cryptocurrency.html #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2021-08-12 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425940033299644418 The Trump administration could do two things at once! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/sunday-review/census-redistricting-trump-immigrants.html In this case, corrupting the integrity of the Census Bureau while corrupting the Justice Dept. But the only integrity that matters is devotion to Trump's re-election. #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-08-12 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425937432025853952 Hot spots everywhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/vaccinated-counties-delta-hotspots/ We thought the storm had passed, but it was just the eye of the hurricane. We can only hope it has no more eyes. #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2021-08-12 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425934086703513606 A prophet is not without honor except in his own time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/08/12/philip-agre-ai-disappeared/ No technology is fully understood until its criminal applications are fully understood. #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2021-08-12 21:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425931417268101122 Insanity is contagious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/12/california-father-killed-children-qanon-illuminati/ Another pandemic. #PS1qanon == impress 3 time 2021-08-12 21:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425930501529825281 He must be sleeping on the wrong kind of pillow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/12/spectacular-implosion-mike-lindell/ He's known by the company he keeps. #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-08-12 21:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425929445685170181 The GOP is so proud of its strategy to preserve minority rule! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/gop-strategy-retake-power-gerrymandering/ But as always, the midterms will hang on how the economy is perceived. With that in mind, the GOP is increasingly focused on wrecking it. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2021-08-12 21:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425927472198021120 How insurrection works as an inside job. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rosen-senate-judiciary-testimony-trump/2021/08/12/4b500618-fabd-11eb-8a67-f14cd1d28e47_story.html #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-08-12 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425714776638824449 The unlikely link between infrastructure and cryptocurrencies. https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-business-bills-cryptocurrency-92628a41124230448f65fdeb89ffad7d The value cryptocurrencies add to legitimate business is small. But the value to criminal enterprises - priceless! #PS1infrastructure == impress 1 time 2021-08-12 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425713869326929920 More disinformation, probably paid for by Russia, to unsettle the west. https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-2f2fe7911b4657ede152d5c21531d6b0 #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2021-08-12 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425713448566984706 Gerrymandering - a pillar of minority rule. Unfavorable demographics mean GOP must use every means, fair or foul, to preserve minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-census-2020-redistricting-house-elections-04f3d29cbc4441705922dbc40ba61961 #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2021-08-12 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425712045375115268 No bipartisanship on minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-senate-elections-bills-d417ab8e6db2726eb79a8f2ce28baeca GOP senators saw political advantage in infrastructure. They see none in voting rights, so it's going to come down to whether all 50 Democrats can agree to do something about filibuster. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2021-08-12 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425710994068705280 Escape from ICU hell. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-0f32d1233c090f7d73350d474693354b #PS1virus == impress 1 time 2021-08-12 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425709742320615425 ICU hell. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-cac35f19d97b89111097d02d87a7ba5c #PS1virus == impress 4 time 2021-08-12 06:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425707882574540805 The war didn't end in Hiroshima. It ended in Manchuria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria Stalin promised to invade 90 days after Germany surrendered - a promise he kept. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-bomb-didn-t-beat-japan-stalin-did Everybody had their reasons for crediting nuclear weapons for the victory. #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-08-12 06:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 46 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-12 ratio 5 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 464 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1475399829471198 impress 6 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/12/2021 20:08" reach 5 title "The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1475399829471198 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425095700518510601 Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary Dixiecrat Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-right-wing-populism/ There doesn't seem to be a real conservative among them. #PS1foreign == impress 9 time 2021-08-10 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425089577908269056 Leadership and lies - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#leadership Just like Vietnam! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/08/10/afghanistan-papers-book-dick-cheney-attack/ It's just not possible for most leaders, military, civilian, or corporate, to admit error or defeat until it's obvious to everybody. #PS1mideast == impress 8 time 2021-08-10 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424919288377270276 So much for separation of powers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/biden-pelosi-congress-eviction-jan-6.html Nobody wants to exercise constitutional power to make decisions that are correct even though they are unpopular. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-08-10 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424917601415680004 If Ron DeSantis were to admit the deadliness of his Covid mistakes, his political ambitions would be over https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/climate-denial-covid-denial.html Climate, covid, capitol insurrection - Trumpists can never admit a mistake, so keep doubling down, hoping for a miracle. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-08-10 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424916330113769476 All those boomers - a financial burden for somebody. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/aging-nursing-home-medicare.html #PS1health == impress 8 time 2021-08-10 02:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424914709665382402 It's never too late to repent before God. The virus is less forgiving. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/09/dick-farrel-dies-covid19/ #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-08-10 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424913798398238725 A good question - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-costs-defendants-pay/2021/08/09/ff05f4b0-f923-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html That's probably all the money the defendants have left. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2021-08-10 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424899703364227081 Just 8 ICU beds left in Arkansas. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/us/arkansas-covid-icu-hospital-beds/index.html No wonder the governor is getting emphatic about vaccination, but it's too late to avoid some very sad times. #PS1virus == engage 3 engage-rate 1% hashclicks 2 impress 249 time 2021-08-10 01:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 255 epoch Lifetime ID 1474279419583239 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/11/2021 06:08" reach 7 title "Arkansas has just 8 ICU beds available as the state had its largest increase in hospitalizations | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1474279419583239 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424828758301675544 How many clowns can stuff themselves into a California recall ballot? 46, or your choice of write-in. Democrats will vote against the recall, but if it passes, they can vote for one of the clowns. https://mercurynews.com/2021/08/07/who-the-heck-is-kevin-paffrath-recall-might-make-him-governor/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1473108136367034 #PS1capolitics == impress 33 time 2021-08-09 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424778686000029697 It is a luxury to be irresponsible in a society where others will be responsible for you https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/08/opinion/anti-vaccine-america.html That's the wealthy Trumpist partnership proposition - you get the risk and I get the benefit. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-08-09 17:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424776724072460289 How they overcame vaccine hesitancy in Brazil - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/brazil-bolsonaro-vaccines.html mostly by ignoring Bolsonaro. #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-08-09 16:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424773097748504585 The Senate is designed to optimize doing nothing. https://apnews.com/article/business-tennessee-election-2020-campaign-2016-1ced7b032ff6a7646cd36e314a0e0aa2 It's a minority rule dream. Trump didn't know how to get a bill through Congress, and he resents Biden's success. Sometimes it helps to know what you're doing. #PS1infrastructure == impress 17 time 2021-08-09 16:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424748639461646336 Why delta is such bad news. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/delta-variant-most-prevalent/2021/08/08/d1017f0e-f558-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html The delta surge may be over soon, but is there worse to come? #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-08-09 15:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424746071083782146 Our next middle eastern war? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/05/iran-raisi-biden-administration-nuclear-deal/ Iran's ruling elite is convinced God is on their side and they will eventually wear out the west, as in Afghanistan, Syria, etc. which is why we hold our noses while holding hands with the Saudis etc. #PS1mideast == impress 33 time 2021-08-09 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424744290035507200 Once again the country is held hostage to the debt ceiling and the end of the fiscal year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/09/treasury-yellen-debt-ceiling/ It's ridiculous, but legislators love the chance to grandstand and play chicken with the national credit rating. #PS1politics == impress 20 time 2021-08-09 14:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424742934751039488 Utterly dysfunctional government - a pillar of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/08/us-government-is-designed-failure-new-study-shows-its-getting-steadily-worse/ #PS1politics == impress 14 time 2021-08-09 14:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424741891044626434 Close to catastrophe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/08/trumps-coup-attempt-grows-even-more-worrisome-new-details-emerge/ #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-08-09 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424741005392158723 Stemming the pandemic one congregation at a time. It's not just old people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/08/jacksonville-church-covid/ You need God on your side when you're up against DeSantis and his diabolical allies. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-08-09 14:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 349 epoch Lifetime ID 1473520179659163 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/10/2021 05:08" reach 2 title "Florida church reeling after six members die within 10 days amid spike in cases" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1473520179659163 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425095700518510601 Hungary and Orban - role models for the reactionary Dixiecrat Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-right-wing-populism/ There doesn't seem to be a real conservative among them. #PS1foreign == impress 19 time 2021-08-10 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425089577908269056 Leadership and lies - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#leadership Just like Vietnam! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/08/10/afghanistan-papers-book-dick-cheney-attack/ It's just not possible for most leaders, military, civilian, or corporate, to admit error or defeat until it's obvious to everybody. #PS1mideast == impress 17 time 2021-08-10 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424919288377270276 So much for separation of powers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/biden-pelosi-congress-eviction-jan-6.html Nobody wants to exercise constitutional power to make decisions that are correct even though they are unpopular. #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-08-10 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424917601415680004 If Ron DeSantis were to admit the deadliness of his Covid mistakes, his political ambitions would be over https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/climate-denial-covid-denial.html Climate, covid, capitol insurrection - Trumpists can never admit a mistake, so keep doubling down, hoping for a miracle. #PS1trumpism == impress 27 time 2021-08-10 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424916330113769476 All those boomers - a financial burden for somebody. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/aging-nursing-home-medicare.html #PS1health == impress 18 time 2021-08-10 02:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424914709665382402 It's never too late to repent before God. The virus is less forgiving. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/09/dick-farrel-dies-covid19/ #PS1virus == impress 19 time 2021-08-10 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424913798398238725 A good question - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-costs-defendants-pay/2021/08/09/ff05f4b0-f923-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html That's probably all the money the defendants have left. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-08-10 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424899703364227081 Just 8 ICU beds left in Arkansas. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/us/arkansas-covid-icu-hospital-beds/index.html No wonder the governor is getting emphatic about vaccination, but it's too late to avoid some very sad times. #PS1virus == engage 3 engage-rate 1% hashclicks 2 impress 260 time 2021-08-10 01:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== hideall 1 impact 51 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2021-08-09 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 255 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime hideallclicksusers 1 ID 1473108136367034 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/09/2021 13:08" reach 13 title "Who the heck is Kevin Paffrath? Recall could make him California governor" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1473108136367034 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424376832271347718 Buying influence in Washington. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/07/cryptocurrency-infrastructure-bill-lobby-bitcoin/ All large industries eventually realize that the best investment they can make is in senatorial campaigns. Look how that pays off. #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-08-08 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424362566889852931 Funding democracy is just another assault on minority rule. And the GOP isn't going to take it any more. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-d034c4c1f5a9fa3fb02aa9898493c708 #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-08-08 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424255648263327744 The average voter doesn't get exponential growth. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#exponentials Translation for that voter: by the time you realize you should have gotten vaccinated months ago, it will be too late. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-b0811d7287ef240ae619ba1e385e0a63 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1471988826478965 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-08-08 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424249880864694275 The perfect is ever the enemy of the good. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-infrastructure-midterms/2021/08/06/f8182028-f6d6-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html Keep a simple message - Biden and the Democrats have delivered on the things the GOP promised but will never deliver. #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-08-08 06:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424248473025540099 Governments at all levels have been disinvesting in mental health for decades https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-arrests-only-on-ap-81d7a75c445a73709ff31e12d99583ce Governor Reagan led the way by mainstreaming patients out of state mental hospitals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1471974883147026 #PS1health == impress 12 time 2021-08-08 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424244407797047296 Can't find the serious candidates among the joke candidates? Neither can the California GOP. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-california-coronavirus-pandemic-fd42319dc08f1f9dcd714b1bba9ba602 #PS1capolitics == impress 12 time 2021-08-08 05:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 61 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-08 ratio 4 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-08-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 204 audclicks 2 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1472655596412288 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/08/2021 22:08" reach 13 sharesimpress 1 title "California GOP nixes endorsement fight in Newsom recall" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1472655596412288 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423873116481064963 Hungary is a place where democracy is window dressing and the state exists to plunder the public https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/tucker-carlson-viktor-orban.html Reactionaries love to praise dictatorships for money. More at thttps://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1471226166555231 #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-08-07 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423869004989353990 No bipartisanship on the fundamental pillars of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html No on political democracy, on economic democracy, on judiciary that might support these. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/senate-mcconnell-democrats.html GOP senators know who paid for their campaigns and why. #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-08-07 04:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423862683040849922 Strategies for reaching SOME of the unvaccinated - the reachable ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/covid-delta-vaccines-unvaccinated.html #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-08-07 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423861070838468608 looks like a victory if one accepts the dysfunction of the Senate as a natural obstacle, not a self-imposed limit on effective and responsive governance https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/senate-infrastructure-bill-bipartisan.html Effective and responsive governance is the last thing minority rule needs. #PS1infrastructure == impress 19 time 2021-08-07 04:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423805342417256452 Hijacking the language - an important technique of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/06/we-cant-let-terrorists-rewrite-history-jan-6/ #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-08-07 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423799777334947843 So they're saying the delta variant is less dangerous than riding a bike?? https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-b729c1e92cb7e0f74c12343c483f9474 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-08-07 00:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423798676959338501 First two guilty pleas for assaulting police. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-9fe7a03f8cc2dd121e2f81cff4e90c47 A federal felony record? Obviously they didn't want to risk going to trial and getting worse. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-08-07 00:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423797677578330116 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-health-business-coronavirus-pandemic-0b47352c810ae1579ca5cd9e52963aa1 Who pays people to make this stuff up, and why? Or is it for social media fame and fortune, to sell stuff? Or is it some dark satanic impulse to do evil just to watch the gullibles react? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-08-07 00:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 291 epoch Lifetime ID 1471982206479627 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/07/2021 23:08" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1471982206479627 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423648030842974212 Who cares if what DeSantis says is true! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/desantiss-effort-blame-biden-covid-surge-florida/ What's true is that DeSantis wants to be president in 2024! That's the important thing. Minority rule is a lie from top to bottom, so why should DeSantis be different? #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-08-06 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423646938147155971 Lobbyists weigh in to block infrastructure bill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/crypto-bitcoin-infrastructure-senate/ Everybody is in favor of infrastructure, as long as somebody else has to pay for it. #PS1infrastructure == impress 14 time 2021-08-06 14:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-06 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-08-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 84 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1471212009889980 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/06/2021 21:08" reach 8 title "Cryptocurrency brawl bogs down infrastructure bill, as Yellen and White House fight changes" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1471212009889980 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423366247069061122 Debt ceiling politics - a big game of chicken. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/05/mitch-mcconnell-is-threatening-more-mayhem-democrats-plan-call-his-bluff/ But most voters don't bother trying to understand the many complicated hidden motives. #PS1politics == impress 26 time 2021-08-05 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423363494292836354 How might Trump be indicted? Let us count the ways, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/05/heres-roadmap-justice-department-follow-investigating-trump/ #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-08-05 19:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423361384977289216 Nobody's trying to find proof of anything - it's enough to create doubt about results that are certain beyond doubt. Then GOP state legislatures can just announce election results as they see fit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/road-stealing-2024-election-begins-with-simple-step/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1470243406653507 #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-08-05 19:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423275508251250703 Can't find employees? You could offer company child care - but how would you find people to run it? They need child care too. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/upshot/covid-child-care-schools.html #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-08-05 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423265738161213448 Insurrectionists' pleas fall on deaf ears. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-political-prisoners/2021/08/04/9b6adb84-f54d-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html But many are getting off pretty lightly. #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 replies 1 time 2021-08-05 12:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423263214037389314 Sudden severe economic recovery does more to encourage domestic manufacturing and discourage just-in-time supply chains than any intentional government policy. But people forget and repeat old mistakes eventually. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-global-trade-a8992e7141013f0164d04476d637f0c5 #PS1trade == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2021-08-05 12:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423141612515856385 Congress is supposed to declare wars. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/us/politics/republicans-war-powers.html But its pervasive partisan gridlock impotence has led to executive usurpation of war-making powers. #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-08-05 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423140115312877572 Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It's no longer possible to change the Constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/opinion/amend-constitution.html Basically because Senate campaigns are so expensive, major donors call the shots, and they won't give up their power. #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-08-05 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423133327934976001 Voting rights have almost always been completely partisan. There is no bipartisan appeal that will convince GOP donors to give up minority rule voluntarily. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/manchin-sinema-filibuster-voting-rights.html #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-08-05 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423131460513325061 GOP is already practicing rationalizations for their next coup attempt. With an abler, bolder candidate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/04/republican-denial-capitol-insurrection-preparing-way-for-future-dangers/ As they have been for years, knowing the demographics were going increasingly against them. #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-08-05 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423130334778912769 Trump's plan for insurrection - overthrow of the government by non-constitutional means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/04/newly-released-letter-tells-us-more-about-trumps-last-ditch-push-steal-election/ It's a good thing Trump wasn't more competent at coups. #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-08-05 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423074869248364547 Vietnam is no graveyard of empires but in the end the winningest strategy was just to leave. In Afghanistan the winningest strategy is the same. Both times, the US became associated with foreign imperialism and a puppet government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/03/dont-ask-if-we-should-leave-ask-why-we-didnt-win-afghanistan/ #PS1mideast == engage 4 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 44 likes 1 time 2021-08-05 00:14 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423073068356837383 We weren't all in the same fight together after all. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/icu-doctor-health-care-workers-unvaccinated-patients_n_6102ad2ae4b000b997df1f17 #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-08-05 00:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 452 epoch Lifetime ID 1470979039913277 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/06/2021 12:08" reach 2 title "I'm An ICU Doctor And I Cannot Believe The Things Unvaccinated Patients Are Telling Me" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1470979039913277 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423066209457635329 Are we going to be prepared for the next virus? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/04/bad-covid-19-has-been-future-pandemic-could-be-worse-unless-we-act-now/ When the current crisis is over people are no longer willing to be taxed to prepare for the next one. #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 50 likes 1 time 2021-08-04 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423065144502853632 If you''re rich you can always get more water and energy. Who cares how it affects everybody else? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/04/faster-dishwashers-no-more/ As if Donald Trump ever washed a dish in his life! #PS1deregulation == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 27 time 2021-08-04 23:35 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423064357743648773 Trump is never giving in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-fights-release-tax-returns/2021/08/04/4541df74-f524-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html Who can doubt that he has lots to hide? And almost every billionaire stands with him, for the same reason. #PS1tax == impress 23 time 2021-08-04 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422804987583729666 Why the California GOP comes in third behind no party preference https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/03/recall-election-conservative-radio-host-larry-elder-on-gavin-newsom-covid-and-whether-trump-lost-in-2020/ If he's going to suspend environmental laws and build lots of new housing - where's he going to get the water? It's hard to tell the GOP joke candidates from the rest. #PS1capolitics == impress 25 time 2021-08-04 06:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422803383543472132 Social media terrorists strike San Jose! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/03/covid-theyre-unmasked-seeking-social-media-showdowns-and-may-be-coming-to-a-bay-area-shop-near-you/ Why shouldn't minimum-wage retail workers risk their health to boost your social media reputation? #PS1virus == engage 9 engage-rate 3% expands 3 impress 332 likes 2 retweets 1 time 2021-08-04 06:15 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422799514893643778 Biden says get out of the way! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-coronavirus-pandemic-dceebc8654a9b3d2596127ed38df9bd2 DeSantis says no way! https://apnews.com/article/health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-f7a383de8065b5824344a6a79aa1eece All politicians are re-calibrating their positions in light of delta and whatever comes next. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-health-coronavirus-pandemic-ae53b5887b5f1ba83b05cf36373d0b2a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1469062716771576 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2021-08-04 06:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422794694015127557 Laws don't apply to rich white people - the Trump doctrine. What's news about that? https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-st-louis-20062ccc6593bd91757ad1ea4a190db5 #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-08-04 05:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-08-04 ratio 11 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 293 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1469608750050306 impress 13 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/04/2021 19:08" reach 11 title "Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1469608750050306 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422557118775824389 Intent? No longer in doubt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/most-damning-evidence-against-trump/ Wasn't it comforting to know that Trump ignored the massive intelligence capabilities of the Federal government in favor of internet conspiracists? #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-08-03 13:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422555962724999184 Future generations will marvel at how we permitted elected leaders to contribute to so much anguish https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/businesses-try-thwart-republicans-death-cult/ No marvel - they are just advancing their political careers by doing what their donors tell them. That's how minority rule works. #PS1minority == engage 4 engage-rate 15% expands 1 impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-08-03 13:52 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422553846937657344 If there's one thing a narcissist hates, it's no longer being the center of attention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/sarah-palin-once-cutting-edge-crazy-is-now-back-pack/ But what's she got that Greene hasn't got more of? #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-08-03 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422552577636552705 Wisconsin might be better than Ron Johnson - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-johnson-fbi/2021/08/02/5791b4aa-f25f-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html but it's not obvious. He gets his news from Tucker Carlson. #PS1trumpism == impress 29 time 2021-08-03 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422538377048379392 What goes around comes around. Vaccination wasn't 100% for Graham though it helped - https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-1ead5c0885acc7f3b2b648abc4c550f1 And delta has come home to Wuhan - https://apnews.com/article/health-china-coronavirus-pandemic-wuhan-8fa8edb073629c692ac51772e5e9d775 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1468583936819454 #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 18 time 2021-08-03 12:42 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422431407696007171 Maricopa rejects further travel to Neverland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maricopa-county-subpoena-senate/2021/08/02/a901f690-f3ce-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-08-03 05:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422418674825129989 Fix redistricting? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/voting-fix-that-cannot-wait-stopping-partisan-gerrymandering/ That would be a mortal wound to minority rule! Not going to happen without fixing filibuster first. #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-08-03 04:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 255 epoch Lifetime ID 1469065100104671 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/03/2021 23:08" reach 9 title "Opinion | The voting fix that cannot wait: Stopping partisan gerrymandering" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1469065100104671 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422216436525662213 strange to see Republicans oppose spending money even when it goes to their own constituents https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/gop-scamming-rural-trump-voters-continues-new-study-shows-latest/ Strange? Major GOP donors want lower taxes and hence less social safety net. They have wedge issue collaborators to cheaply distract GOP voters. #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-08-02 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422213132106092547 California's recall election system is nuts. There should just be a special election that anybody can run in, including the incumbent, decided by ranked-choice voting, so nut cases can't win by accident. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-california-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-db3a54763d961ece9b33c94fbe405e20 #PS1capolitics == impress 20 time 2021-08-02 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422212447285309442 Some men are only interested in one thing - https://apnews.com/article/trump-kingmaker-status-faces-test-ohio-e4a4ef84975c53f049678bf1167dcc36 revenge! Democrats should wish Trump success in getting the loosest nuts through the primaries and into the general election. Is that what the rest of GOP wants? #PS1election == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-08-02 15:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 146 epoch Lifetime ID 1468366023507912 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/02/2021 21:08" reach 11 title "Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1468366023507912 ========== Tweets for 2021-08-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421855178219692034 Trump still wants to be emperor - on other people's dime, of course, as always. GOP who don't want him running the show in 2022 and running for president in 2024 can just wander lost in the wilderness, as far as he's concerned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/31/trump-committees-fundraising-2021-fec/ #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-08-01 15:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421842699406110720 We are wearing out the National Guard. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-health-coronavirus-pandemic-d830cbc807797e4b3450965c586b253c Foreign deployments used to be uncommon. Not anymore - accompanied by traditional domestic duties as well. #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-08-01 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421840218986999814 What's next after delta? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/28/delta-is-bad-could-the-next-variant-be-worse/ Delta has reset us back several months politically and economically, but it hasn't obsoleted current vaccines. A future variant might, however, and it's likely if large numbers of unvaccinated people remain worldwide. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-08-01 14:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421720192858484737 Catholic social teaching - it confuses political liberals and conservatives, who each try to adopt what they like and ignore what they don't. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/catholic-church-politics.html #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 time 2021-08-01 06:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421716627108728838 Maybe the census isn't a reliable way to allocate Congressional seats and draw district boundaries. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-census-2020-8aa6f965ce534a5d9b3dff1e90e2207d Why not user voter turnout? That's known EXACTLY. And allocating representation based on voter turnout discourages voter suppression. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-08-01 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421715351901925378 Then it was toilet paper. https://apnews.com/article/sports-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-gun-politics-86e61939eb4ae1230e110ed6d7576b70 Now it's ammunition. #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 22 time 2021-08-01 06:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-08-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-08-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 251 epoch Lifetime ID 1468013550209826 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/02/2021 07:08" reach 15 title "Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1468013550209826 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421450079223775234 Russians keep on hacking. https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-russia-election-2020-2ddb92bfc4820025eb506f9170f72814 #PS1russian == impress 13 time 2021-07-31 12:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421339451851100165 Robocallers protected by Trump Supreme Court! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/opinion/the-robocall-rebellion.html #PS1technology == impress 20 time 2021-07-31 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421338515787313153 "Undermining public trust is a feature" of the modern Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/republicans-refuse-go-after-rich-tax-cheats-democrats-should/ The last thing they want to do is tax the patience or the wallets of their major donors. If they've got the donors they can convince the voters. #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-07-31 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421336895091462147 Reality is sinking into red state voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/30/vaccination-increases-states-delta-surges/ Will red state politicians follow? #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-07-31 05:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421334885050900482 Future presidential candidate deSantis chalks up another big win! https://apnews.com/article/health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-0ed4928ff9dcf54d8422269a2ef174ce #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-07-31 05:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421333950006382593 The virus might re-elect Trump if persuadable voters decide to blame Biden for necessary new restrictions. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-voting-rights-2f36a335360b9d6151783487a56e162a Of course, Trump could also catch it again if he's out campaigning in public. #PS1virus == engage 4 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 31 likes 1 time 2021-07-31 04:56 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 176 ID 1467110263633488 impress 4 likeuimpress 2 likeuusers 1 oimpress 4 oreach 2 posted "07/31/2021 11:20:19 PM" reach 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1467110263633488 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421195548120391684 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-ap-fact-check-philanthropy-ffee7d9e0107628d1a70b7d51d7fb9bb #PS1media == engage 7 engage-rate 2% expands 2 impress 340 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-07-30 19:46 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421163996346863616 The infrastructure bill might do a lot of good if it passes https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/infrastructure-bill-passed-senate-legislate/ and might lead to other better things if GOP senators can learn to tune out Trump while pretending not to. But there's still a long way to go - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/infrastructure-deal-will-do-lot-good-its-not-proof-healthy-democracy/ #PS1infrastructure == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2021-07-30 17:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421158984531148806 Some labor leaders are failing to lead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/unions-shouldnt-stand-way-vaccine-mandates/ #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-07-30 17:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421157321317568513 What breakthrough covid is like - confusing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/29/breakthrough-infection-covid/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-07-30 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421156098849996804 Anti-vaxxers evolve in variants too. The delta virus is worse, so the delta anti-vaxxers are worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/alabama-hospitals-delta-variant-vaccine-resistance/ #PS1virus == impress 24 time 2021-07-30 17:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421148526847815686 A dim bulb at the top attracts dim bulbs all the way down. The greatest danger of Trumpism is the abler, bolder successor to Trump - whoever that might be. Plenty of candidates are pretending not to be. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/its-good-thing-republican-election-stealers-are-so-incompetent/ #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2021-07-30 16:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421146877722955777 Trump knows corruption when he sees it! https://apnews.com/article/trump-urged-justice-department-to-declare-election-corrupt-0edf178869f33ddcf72d4c739bd18a5d Every morning in the mirror! So what if Barr couldn't find corruption. Declare it anyway! So, GOP senators, if this is not an impeachable offense, then what is? #PS1impeachment == impress 27 time 2021-07-30 16:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421116091208663040 Can Trump still call the shots? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/29/trump-diminished-power/ If he keeps backing losers, people will quit paying attention. Fox's attention has already started to drift. #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-07-30 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421114174550077442 Circumstances change - maybe he needs the money for his legal bills. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-donation-salary-white-house/2021/07/29/07723234-efd9-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-07-30 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421113150124875776 Get vaccinated - it's not perfect but it's your best bet to protect yourself. Mask up indoors - it's not perfect but it's your best bet to protect others. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/29/cdc-mask-guidance/ The delta variant is supercharged. A turbocharged variant could show up next. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-07-30 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421110824731480068 Maintaining a liberal democracy is like climbing a knife-edge ridge on a mountain, with precipitous drops on both sides. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/world-is-reminding-us-that-democracy-is-hard/ Democratic institutions take generations to build but can be quickly undone. #PS1theory == impress 24 time 2021-07-30 14:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420957292342636544 Ever hear of the Westfall Act? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Employees_Liability_Reform_and_Tort_Compensation_Act_of_1988 Trump and Brooks have. And may be hearing more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/will-trump-ever-be-held-accountable-justice-department-just-increased-odds/ #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-07-30 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420955537382854660 Trumpism in the air is getting out of hand. 30000' in the air is no place for civil disobedience. Trump and his cronies seem to be rich enough to avoid legal consequences for ignoring laws, but his followers are not. https://apnews.com/article/business-663d05a98fabfa56c41be8d6aa5f8b21 #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-07-30 03:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 457 ID 1466397220371459 impress 4 likeuimpress 1 likeuusers 1 oimpress 4 oreach 2 posted "07/30/2021 09:40:40 PM" reach 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1466397220371459 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420797911328165888 Protecting minority rule, just as in 1619 and 1880. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The new sacred lost cause is the same old sacred lost cause - a tool to recruit the masses to defend the economic and political power of the feudal ruling class. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/opinion/republicans-race-debate.html #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 likes 1 time 2021-07-29 17:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420796215512375298 There's about a sixth of the country that will never be talked into getting vaccinated. The chi, psi, and omega variants from the unvaccinated world might change minds. But a shot no longer helps when you're being ventilated. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/opinion/covid-vaccine-hesitancy.html #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-07-29 17:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420617705720188940 The metaverse? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/28/will-metaverse-connect-us-or-just-remind-us-how-far-apart-we-remain/ The internet was supposed to support real life, not supplant it. But it's really no different from what cable TV has become. #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-07-29 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420616621756796928 It's not easy working for Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-rosen-election-calls/2021/07/28/43106ab6-efd6-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html Especially when you're actually supposed to be working for the country. But l'état, c'est moi! #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-07-29 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420615206296645635 Who cares if it's true? Just keep repeating it to protect your careers and obtain your majority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/28/false-gop-claim-that-pelosi-turned-down-national-guard-before-jan-6-attack/ #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-07-29 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420612977493872643 All paid for by Trumpists - but not by Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-ballot-review-costs/2021/07/28/d9b093c6-f010-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-07-29 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420611317862264833 The virus keeps changing and so does the best practice. But your constitutional right to infect other people is safe! At least in Florida, Texas, and South Dakota! https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-4a04e568985b99b35da44653175d419a Why should you inconvenience yourself for the benefit of other people? #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-07-29 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420608062679764994 Before making any wild promises, Trump should have learned about the terms of Texas' admission to the Union. The Feds don't own any land, unlike CA/AZ/NM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas#Statehood What happens if you build a wall that nobody wants? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-22/trump-border-wall-builder-tommy-fisher-is-looking-for-a-buyer #PS1immigration == impress 13 time 2021-07-29 04:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 314 ID 1465562940454887 impress 11 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 8 oimpress 11 oreach 9 posted "07/29/2021 02:49:13 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1465562940454887 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420404664894320642 We're lucky Trump was so incompetent. The next Trumpist might be bolder and abler. The Trumpists will always have the problem of securing electoral wins with a minority of voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/opinion/jan-6-coup-general-milley.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-07-28 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420397110411730947 GOP legislators can defend insurrectionists in so many creative ways! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/28/jan-6-committee-manages-impress-educate/ But they get little sympathy for attacking the police, and then trying to escape by driving the wrong way down the street. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/27/jan-6-hearings-begin-republicans-side-with-terrorists/ #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-07-28 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420395028040470531 You're hardly a loyal Trumpist if you can't think of a dozen reasons not to remember or learn anything about Jan 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-republicans-trump/2021/07/27/79a29e38-eef4-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-07-28 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420389206363238401 Not exactly a Reagan Republican, but at least not an abject Trumpist, only a moderate Trumpist. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-health-texas-coronavirus-pandemic-house-elections-4cfb18cd70718446e37aed248aac82ff #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-07-28 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420388344601583616 Who's really tough on crime? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-police-reform-election-2020-campaign-2016-c335de7aa8dc6f1cacfc68e2884fcbc4 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2021-07-28 14:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420368773110894597 Turn off your phone every day. https://apnews.com/article/technology-government-and-politics-hacking-752db867fafbaba1f9cc34f7588944c5 #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-07-28 13:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420367561321975809 No repentance from insurrectionist or from customers. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-joe-biden-government-and-politics-arrests-coronavirus-pandemic-9d89bbfa350150ae0c07822412b013c3 #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-07-28 12:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420210464932327427 Everybody expects racism from racists. What surprised the Capitol police was the GOP legislators defending the racists from the police after the police defended the legislators from the racists. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-riots-race-and-ethnicity-capitol-siege-51e7098111e221b88e3b64d476f241c8 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1464301217247726 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-07-28 02:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 232 ID 1465058030505378 impress 4 likeuimpress 2 likeuusers 2 oimpress 4 oreach 3 posted "07/28/2021 09:10:14 PM" reach 3 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1465058030505378 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1419292845471453190 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-joe-biden-business-health-30001e521bdb82ce8551544b4b0d7886 #PS1media == impress 6 time 2021-07-25 13:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 20 ID 1465057437172104 impress 8 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 oimpress 8 oreach 8 posted "07/28/2021 09:09:21 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1465057437172104 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1418236787105796100 Red states won't vaccinate or mask or accept any more Federal aid - and their Congressional representatives will vote against it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/07/21/coronavirus-delta-stimulus/ Delta may bring hard times again to red state voters, but the major GOP donors will be OK, so what's the problem? #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-07-22 15:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1418233572574433281 It's still the same old story - holding the good credit of the United States hostage to their goal of cutting Social Security and Medicare - same old GOP. They don't care that the Democrats refrained when they were in the minority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/07/21/republicans-debt-ceiling/ #PS1politics == impress 8 time 2021-07-22 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1418223031101509632 Conclusions from Pegasus - no phone and no one is safe from spying. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/07/18/takeaways-nso-pegasus-project/ #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-07-22 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1418200757497565186 Biden leans too far into salesman mode. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-46a270ce0f681caa7e4143e2ae9a0211 We had enough of that from Trump. #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-07-22 13:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 153 ID 1465057013838813 impress 8 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 oimpress 8 oreach 8 posted "07/28/2021 09:08:27 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1465057013838813 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417825298737860611 "people find like-minded people in different social media channels and they think they're in greater numbers than they are" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-religion-government-and-politics-el-paso-texas-mass-shooting-election-2020-4f3eaae4604492fea044435f8d8351ea Trump's determined to push the national GOP over the cliff into the same irrelevance as the California GOP. #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-07-21 12:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417707328569106433 GOP legislators change their tune. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-republicans-urge-vaccinations-amid-delta-surge/2021/07/20/52a06e9c-e999-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html They must have decided that delta endangers their careers if too many of their supporters catch it. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-07-21 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417705787401457665 No matter what the Democrats do, there probably aren't 10 GOP senators willing to give Biden a win. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-business-coronavirus-pandemic-7c8454b6018332a678a2333cde0cf9dd Though if he can get it passed anyway, they'll all claim credit for projects funded in their states. #PS1infrastructure == impress 22 time 2021-07-21 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417704056852647938 He's a friend with Trump, so of course he goes where the money is, and he doesn't have to tell the FBI about that. Is that a crime or just another political witch hunt? https://apnews.com/article/barrack-trump-inaugural-uae-030e53361c4e6355baa7c463198a5b0b #PS1justice == impress 30 time 2021-07-21 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417703381494210562 You can thank Trump and Trumpists for knocking a boring year or two off your life expectancy. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fac0863b8c252d21d6f6a22a2e3eab86 #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-07-21 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417648716287135745 Dictators struggle to stifle a free press. In America, it's happening with no government effort - killed by an internet that morphed from a federation of non-profit free presses to a collection of one-sided media channels. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/media-newspapers-democracy.html #PS1journalism == impress 16 time 2021-07-21 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417647898016108544 Just in case one accidentally wins, Skelton asked the GOP recall candidates about issues - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/skelton-where-republicans-running-to-replace-newsom-stand-on-issues/ #PS1capolitics == impress 16 time 2021-07-21 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417646816623939585 Though they shouldn't get complacent, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes tsunamis are far down on the list of existential threats in South Dakota. The West Coast is not so lucky - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/if-massive-tsunami-comes-to-bay-area-walk-to-safety-experts-say/ Silicon Valley is safer than the Oregon coast. #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-07-21 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 308 ID 1460206524323862 impress 9 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 9 oreach 9 posted "07/21/2021 06:27:23 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1460206524323862 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417707328569106433 GOP legislators change their tune. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-republicans-urge-vaccinations-amid-delta-surge/2021/07/20/52a06e9c-e999-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html They must have decided that delta endangers their careers if too many of their supporters catch it. #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2021-07-21 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417705787401457665 No matter what the Democrats do, there probably aren't 10 GOP senators willing to give Biden a win. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-business-coronavirus-pandemic-7c8454b6018332a678a2333cde0cf9dd Though if he can get it passed anyway, they'll all claim credit for projects funded in their states. #PS1infrastructure == impress 2 time 2021-07-21 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417704056852647938 He's a friend with Trump, so of course he goes where the money is, and he doesn't have to tell the FBI about that. Is that a crime or just another political witch hunt? https://apnews.com/article/barrack-trump-inaugural-uae-030e53361c4e6355baa7c463198a5b0b #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-07-21 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417703381494210562 You can thank Trump and Trumpists for knocking a boring year or two off your life expectancy. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fac0863b8c252d21d6f6a22a2e3eab86 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-07-21 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417648716287135745 Dictators struggle to stifle a free press. In America, it's happening with no government effort - killed by an internet that morphed from a federation of non-profit free presses to a collection of one-sided media channels. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/media-newspapers-democracy.html #PS1journalism == impress 2 time 2021-07-21 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417647898016108544 Just in case one accidentally wins, Skelton asked the GOP recall candidates about issues - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/skelton-where-republicans-running-to-replace-newsom-stand-on-issues/ #PS1capolitics == impress 2 time 2021-07-21 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417646816623939585 Though they shouldn't get complacent, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes tsunamis are far down on the list of existential threats in South Dakota. The West Coast is not so lucky - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/20/if-massive-tsunami-comes-to-bay-area-walk-to-safety-experts-say/ Silicon Valley is safer than the Oregon coast. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-07-21 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 262 ID 1459842604360254 impress 4 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 oimpress 4 oreach 4 posted "07/21/2021 06:10:54 AM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1459842604360254 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417362556172193797 China outsourced its cyberwarfare - to maintain plausible deniability or to increase the number and intensity of attacks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/china-hacking-us.html #PS1china == impress 15 time 2021-07-20 05:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417361127944556544 Fringe cults thrive by capturing the lonely and aimless and giving them a place and a purpose. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opinion/trump-covid-extremism-loneliness.html #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-07-20 05:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417360001476091907 Trumpists thrive in a great tradition going back at least to Caligula! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opinion/republicans-donald-trump-misinformation.html #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-07-20 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417357733792083969 The IRS already knows about W-2 and 1099 income. It could prepare pro-forma returns for everybody that gets those. If the taxpayers have no other tax items, they could just sign and return; otherwise they can use it as a starting point. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opinion/intuit-turbotax-free-filing.html #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-07-20 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417310793519960099 In most times and places, the only way for most people to own a house is to inherit it. America's catching up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/18/idaho-housing-market/ When investors buy houses, rents go up and local renters are out of luck. So change the tax laws? GOP donors say no. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-07-20 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417305973237059598 NSO says they can't hack US phone numbers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/19/us-phone-numbers-nso/ Yet the have spent millions to gain influence here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/nso-business-us/ Is it any surprise that Flynn worked for them? #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-07-20 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417300903246254083 As expected, GOP will find a way to vote NO, no matter what the bill says, or else delay until after the next election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-infrastructure-deal-peril/2021/07/19/8e5478be-e8a1-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html Thus Trump could never get an infrastructure bill past the Senate GOP caucus, much less the whole Congress. #PS1infrastructure == impress 21 time 2021-07-20 01:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417297003692789772 Business is different in China. Profit is not the only goal; national security matters - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/china-microchips-tsinghua-unigroup.html Every major firm has to have a party secretary to coordinate with the Party - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/what-china-expects-from-businesses-total-surrender.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1458824131128768 #PS1china == impress 10 time 2021-07-20 01:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 311 ID 1459472421063939 impress 7 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 7 oreach 7 posted "07/20/2021 05:24:04 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1459472421063939 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417269859025526829 The exodus is to Tahoe (and Sonoma and Napa) - much more than Austin - or South Dakota. About a third of the Tahoe Basin is in Nevada, which doesn't tax rich people much. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/19/tahoe-real-estate-soars-even-as-pandemic-eases/ All this means local renters lose - they could try Austin, Nevada. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-07-19 23:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417267511783956494 Jim Banks and Jim Jordan nominated for insurrection committee. Who'd know more about insurrection than they? https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/politics/house-republicans-chosen-for-january-6-committee/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-07-19 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417264408271626262 Insurrectionists starting to feel the consequences. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-capitol-siege-sentencing-785d865e0be2bc912614821768cf95b5 #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-07-19 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417260887014973441 The politics and economics of covid booster shots. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/covid-vaccine-booster-shot.html #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-07-19 23:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417259953887223817 Who knew that ELECTED officials are Federal employees? When, exactly, are they on and off the clock? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/merrick-garland-mo-brooks-capitol-attack.html #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417258444109668354 Trump's greatest monument - tell-all books from insiders and outsiders - that he will never read. How many readers will read them all? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/us/politics/trump-books-excerpts.html Many insiders are probably holding their fire until Trump has been sidelined enough that they feel safe. #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-07-19 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417256824529592331 Maybe all those lawyers signed the election complaints by mistake, thinking they were bar bills for the drinks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/opinion/trump-lawyer-lin-wood-team-kraken.html #PS1election == impress 6 time 2021-07-19 22:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417255621729030152 Nothing else works half as well. https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/06/gettr-trump-social-network-hack-defaced/ Trump and Facebook were made for each other. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/sunday/zuckerberg-sandberg-facebook-trump.html #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-07-19 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417236051635015681 "Campaign funding from the national oligarchs is what sets legislative agendas across the red states. It clearly benefits the wealthy for taxes to be low or nonexistent and for poor people to be incurious and compliant." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opinion/tennessee-dolly-parton-covid-vaccine.html #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 21:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417133850015133696 About those exponentials - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#exponentials "fanned for partisan gain and right-wing media profit" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/us-is-backsliding-covid-19-republicans-seem-have-decided-thats-acceptable/ #PS1virus == impress 4 time 2021-07-19 14:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417132142765625350 So what if lots of people die prematurely? There's big money to be made in disinformation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/biden-is-right-purveyors-vaccine-disinformation-are-killing-people/ Minority rule is based on lies from top to bottom to fool the masses, so why should this be different? #PS1media == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 14:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417130801263616002 Are dignity and confidence enough? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/joe-biden-social-democratic-moment/ Or is that too much to expect, given the forces of minority rule arrayed against them? #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2021-07-19 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417129730478727171 Pegasus - your key to unlocking people's secrets. It seems to be very widely available and widely applied. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/19/india-nso-pegasus/ #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-07-19 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417129182857809932 Another reason to stay home! https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/07/18/airplane-fight-behavior-faa-arrests/ It's Trumpism for the people - you don't have to obey laws you don't like. It used to be you could avoid punishment by hiring a good lawyer - now you just need to join enough like minds to bog down enforcement. #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2021-07-19 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417126382107119620 So much for Apple security. Typical tech companies have one VP for security and 99 for time to market. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/apple-iphone-nso/ Avoid iMessage! #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-07-19 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417123252539850753 What's behind the polling failures in 2020? Many Trumpists won't participate in polls? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020-poll-errors/2021/07/18/8d6a9838-e7df-11eb-ba5d-55d3b5ffcaf1_story.html Bad polling led to over-investing in Democratic candidates that had no chance, and under-investing in close races. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1458464701164711 #PS1election == impress 6 time 2021-07-19 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417106338216247296 There are a few Trumpists even in wine country. He no doubt loves them - but not enough to help them. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/19/charges-cite-trump-unrest-in-alleged-plot-on-democrats-hq/ #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 12:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417100935483072514 Time to close Guantanamo. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Never tried - never convicted - he got 20 years anyway. https://apnews.com/article/guantanamo-detainee-transfer-biden-826566e2787963ad499ccdd016efb2da #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-07-19 12:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417099656882884611 China government behind Microsoft attack carried out by private hackers. https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-exchange-hack-biden-china-d533f5361cbc3374fdea58d3fb059f35 #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-07-19 12:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416988958152560644 More hopeful glimmers for Pennsylvania Democrats in 2022 - GOP primary candidates are out for each other's blood over who can be Trumpiest. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-elections-pennsylvania-campaigns-senate-elections-ce34efb5201d89392653002fafd49cf3 #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-07-19 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416987265536983041 "the state spent more in federal coronavirus funds on an ad campaign inviting tourists to visit than it did on public health advertising" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-health-michael-pence-south-dakota-8f89d45581d32c5c2f2fc23fc2f439e8 But can she sideline Trump, capture his voters and donors, and blame her rivals? That's the test for 2024. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-07-19 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416985169546792964 Spyware for sale, and maybe help using it. https://apnews.com/article/technology-middle-east-business-journalists-jamal-khashoggi-00a3fb4349b04504d3d7c481eae233d3 They don't even need you to click on anything. #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-07-19 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416982244841836550 Not as many joke candidates as last time! https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-government-and-politics-elections-california-c5eedc7f144b2e7baa5745b800e67709 But there are enough. #PS1capolitics == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416980744379850752 Rewriting the insurrection again. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-trump-misinformation-aa051fa751d718407638dbe308647a7a If GOP leaders don't show some moral integrity, it's indeed the end of Amerca's greatness. #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-07-19 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416979131934203905 No teeth for the IRS. GOP donors said no, as expected. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-government-and-politics-bills-4da016e1ab4d2331a0310391ecbc4d73 The inability to get the GOP to agree on funding killed "infrastructure week" four times during the Trump years. He liked to talk about it but had no idea how to get it passed. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-07-19 04:32 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416961972826894341 It could be worse! In France the lunatic fringe includes royalists! Though Trump might like to be emperor or at least president for life, and some of his fans would approve. https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-health-government-and-politics-france-d25494f4cf4ca6c6d1464188a89ece6f #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-07-19 03:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416960436507865099 We're reliving the 1870's. This is what the GOP is so exercised about - they want to protect their 19th-century rewrite of race relations and minority rule history. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/opinion/jim-crow-voter-suppression.html Appeasement will not bring peace in our time. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-07-19 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416958191850557443 Covid still more deadly than guns+cars+flu - especially in red states. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-16/how-many-covid-deaths-still-more-than-guns-car-crashes-and-flu #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-07-19 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416956047386845184 A glimmer of hope for Democrats in 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/us/politics/midterm-elections.html Trump is doing his best to recruit revenge candidates from the fringe for GOP primaries - making life easier for Democrats later. McConnell only funds potential winners. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-07-19 03:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416954271195549697 GOP doesn't matter much in California, and neither do its fantasy wedge issues. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/17/hey-californians-why-arent-you-at-war-over-critical-race-theory-transgender-athletes-and-voting/ So Gaetz and Greene might have better luck fundraising in, say, South Dakota, or Arkansas. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-mercury-news/20210718/281603833481440 or https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-17/third-venue-cancels-america-first-rally-anaheim-gaetz-greene #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-07-19 02:53 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416942342725013507 "Monster hunting has become a multimillion-dollar business - selling flags, hats, yard signs, shirts and other paraphernalia proudly proclaiming there's a monster under the bed. The hunt will continue as long as the money's good." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/16/is-that-election-fraud-lurking-under-bed/ #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-07-19 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416940092988420096 Some companies are too big to fail. Are some cases too big to ever bring to trial? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capital-riot-evidence-cost/2021/07/16/d5e81bdc-e404-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html It's a learning experience for everybody. #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-07-19 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416938342713757699 Trump said so! What more evidence would any reasonable person want? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanctions-hearing-2020-lawsuit/2021/07/16/90392266-e661-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html Don't law schools teach the difference between "hearsay" and "evidence" any more? #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-07-19 01:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416937107822551047 That was the election that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-arizona-government-and-politics-ap-fact-check-0e7fad7e5bdf02d953c6b90a474267cc It all took place in Trump's imagination. #PS1election == impress 6 time 2021-07-19 01:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1169 ID 1458831441128037 impress 11 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 11 oreach 11 posted "07/19/2021 06:52:49 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1458831441128037 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416905923054825477 Just like Vietnam - we ended up "turning the corner" so many times we ended up going nowhere in the graveyard of empires. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-us-withdrawal-biden-military-analysis-e6aea337670314041ce5a8837799bc73 #PS1mideast == impress 5 time 2021-07-18 23:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416904866132156422 The Trumpist Dixiecrat Republicans have been cultivating ignorance, superstition, and distrust of government for so long they can't dig out from it. Most don't even try. https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-governor-hutchinson-covid-vaccine-hesitancy-09cadd2e75ddd5a4c0758b2cb1b6cbfd #PS1virus == impress 1 time 2021-07-18 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416647206866612224 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-science-government-and-politics-health-451e3778c208d575e27f2e74ab2ae853 #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-07-18 06:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 87 ID 1458055304538984 impress 10 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 oimpress 10 oreach 10 posted "07/18/2021 04:43:18 PM" reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1458055304538984 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416390978403848192 Tucker Carlson is almost right! Elitists are using race as a cover to exploit the masses! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html But the elitists in question are the major donors of the GOP. https://time.com/6080432/tucker-carlson-profile/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1457102151300966 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-07-17 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416384560116289540 Of course Trump wouldn't do a coup! He'd hint indirectly about it until other people tried to do it for him - "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" And if they failed, he'd leave them to their sad fate. That's the Trump way. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-wouldnt-do-coup-with-milley-trump-says-top-us-general-2021-07-15/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 likes 1 time 2021-07-17 13:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416375217450934274 Commercial spyware business booming? https://apnews.com/article/technology-middle-east-canada-business-government-and-politics-09dcd0402e26cd9720676b3a4aace2be #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-07-17 12:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416258392176271363 There doesn't appear to be any significant voter fraud in 2020, but GOP will keep looking until they dig up or make up some. https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-arizona-election-2020-e6158cd1b0c6442716064e6791b4c6fc And even if they don't find any fraud, they'll still enact laws to prevent it. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 likes 1 time 2021-07-17 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416256290955792384 Biden can't do anything about it due to GOP opposition - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-las-vegas-mass-shooting-dbaa197b804a4f993a765e6a41425554 But they are setting up tents again in hospital parking lots in Florida and converting dormitories in Missouri - https://apnews.com/article/business-health-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-c053fae3d462705c39e3ffcd612d8a50 #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-07-17 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416254565771485187 There are reactionaries everywhere who think the modern world of the Enlightenment will just go away if they fight it hard enough. Maybe they'd like to bring back the Syllabus of Errors, too. https://apnews.com/article/latin-mass-pope-francis-restrictions-benedict-6f50b9bc219d423f99267fddcdf23cf6 #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-07-17 04:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 253 ID 1457564647921383 impress 8 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 8 oreach 8 posted "07/17/2021 11:20:56 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1457564647921383 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416112022660423682 How to make money off covid! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/14/napa-doctor-charged-in-fake-covid-19-vaccination-card-scheme/ In the Trumpist era, it's what you FEEL that's true! #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-07-16 19:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416085825498935296 And now for something completely different! The most entertaining computer arithmetic talk ever. https://arith2021.arithsymposium.org/session/session8video.html It's the video #2, Towards arithmetic-centered filter design The published paper is much more technical and detailed. #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-07-16 17:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416063523906408450 A smarter version of Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/16/elon-musk-trial-analysis/ Just another self-serving opportunistic narcissist. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-07-16 15:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416059970806710284 "a failed coup is practice for a successful coup" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/15/american-democracy-survived-its-reichstag-fire-jan-6-threat-has-not-subsided/ #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-07-16 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416058806618923010 "Brainwashing" described what North Koreans did to American GI POW's. But now, GOP leaders brainwash themselves, just like North Koreans and Chinese do. That's cult of personality at work! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/16/kevin-mccarthys-odd-trump-worship-fox-news-hints-gop-midterm-strategy/ #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-07-16 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415883047690375174 Another reason regressive sales taxes should be replaced by a flat tax on income. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Who should get sales tax receipts? A lot of locales have secret deals with companies like Amazon to rebate part of their sales taxes. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/07/online-sales-taxes-amazon-local-government/ #PS1tax == impress 16 time 2021-07-16 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415881741193998342 GOP can't get any traction against Biden. So they make up stuff about Harris instead. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-13/kamala-harris-target-republican-attack-ads-vice-president Good practice for a Democratic politician. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-07-16 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415863945278025729 "The process is the punishment" A model for Trumpists everywhere! https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-business-music-india-2458a729cff255c8a8f83d84101372d8 #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-07-16 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415843103429193728 Now we're talking in the language criminals understand? https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-europe-business-government-and-politics-cd21d84b5fd070421f871610b40e91d0 Who wouldn't turn in his competitors for $10 million? #PS1ransomware == impress 11 time 2021-07-16 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415842492725878784 Will guaranteed income work in California? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-california-4fea151e0425f8188337e44a02ab8177 #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-07-16 01:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 281 ID 1456866741324507 impress 11 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 11 oreach 11 posted "07/16/2021 09:51:17 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1456866741324507 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415672992646844427 An endless cycle? People get tired of chaos and corruption and accept dictatorship, often non-violently, then get tired of suppression and corruption and restore democracy, often violently. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-religion-government-and-politics-a127151d7208b79c02767b435355511d The "liberators" often have hidden motives. #PS1theory == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415548871397183490 Bad moon rising! https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/07/14/moon-wobble-climate-change-could-mean-double-whammy-flooding-2030s-nasa-warns/ Note that water damage contributed to the Florida condo collapse. Expect more of the same. #PS1climate == impress 34 time 2021-07-15 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415547709117714432 Another insurrectionist flips and cooperates for leniency. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/guilty-plea-senate-balcony-capitol-riot/2021/07/14/b5e060d4-e4d5-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415546861797076997 The worst ten weeks of a military career. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joint-chiefs-chairman-feared-potential-reichstag-moment-aimed-at-keeping-trump-in-power/2021/07/14/a326f5fe-e4ec-11eb-a41e-c8442c213fa8_story.html #PS1election == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 05:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415545277562245121 Trump was convinced he won even before the election, and nothing changed his mind. He always had lackeys telling him what he wanted to hear. And so it continues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/13/book-excerpt-i-alone-can-fix-it/ #PS1election == impress 15 time 2021-07-15 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415541517318426627 DeSantis campaigning for re-election - against Fauci. Souvenirs for $ale! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/13/desantis-fauci-florida/ $ouvenir$ for $ale! #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 05:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415540333702643712 "Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/14/did-donald-trump-lose-revealing-fox-news-interview-leads-challenging-question-its-host/ No Fox host is going to answer that question honestly - Fox might lose advertising dollars to Newsmax or One America. Indeed it's all about the money. #PS1media == impress 26 time 2021-07-15 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415538626675367937 "He always wanted to be famous" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tucker-carlson/2021/07/13/398fa720-dd9f-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html Next maybe he wants to be president - like Trump but worse. Fox and Murdochs support him 100%. He has great ratings, which increases advertising rates, and making money is #1. Who cares how he does it? #PS1medias == impress 13 time 2021-07-15 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415533565983412224 Now we're running out of jet fuel and fuel truck drivers. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-government-and-politics-fires-environment-and-nature-29b3eb2572c64109ecce45258a93f78c #PS1recovery == impress 6 time 2021-07-15 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415532705010225159 Don't bother Trump with facts! The insurrectionists were supporting HIM, so of course he loves them. Not that he did anything for the ones that will be spending long terms in jail. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-shootings-ap-fact-check-michael-pence-6e88f0e1f3d8a63a608d933423eed176 #PS1insurection == impress 12 time 2021-07-15 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415531030212079617 Ways that climate change is wreaking havoc in the arid West. https://apnews.com/article/science-environment-and-nature-climate-change-1ab13a82a8581f745aac18cab475e5d5 #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415527685313368065 Democracies have a problem dealing with exponential growth - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#exponentials They won't act until too late. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-us-cases-rising-03150d6404004711b80e9bd6ff0d410d #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-07-15 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415526699207249929 Corruption's never very far away from Trump. https://apnews.com/article/business-election-2020-campaign-2016-fa4c39b12cfda2c142408f4f48cf1eba It's just business as usual in Trump world. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415525343436238849 Inspiring speech, but GOP has its orders from its donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/us/politics/biden-voting-philadelphia.html Swing voters in swing states will vote their pocketbooks as usual in 2022. The GOP will do what it can to make them as miserable as possible. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-07-15 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415523410281521157 REvil - laid low or laying low? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-business-technology-government-and-politics-13fb7e2ee4b5dfa01daff3f266c7d603 #PS1ransomware == impress 17 time 2021-07-15 04:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 45 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-15 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-07-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 454 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1456182688059579 impress 10 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 10 oreach 10 posted "07/15/2021 08:46:36 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1456182688059579 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415337762501271563 Why everybody is trying to POST to boaform on https://www.political-scrapbook.net/ web servers - '209.141.50.63 - - [13/Jul/2021:13:52:08 -0700] "POST /boaform/admin/formLogin HTTP/1.1" 404 196' The flaw must still be widespread enough to search for. https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/16/fiber_routers_under_fire/ #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-07-14 15:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415323662513696773 What does California GOP do about Trump? https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-08/california-gop-on-trump-how-jenner-faulconer-chen-differ It doesn't matter for statewide offices; GOP comes in third after "no preference." But it will matter in swing House and state legislature districts. #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-07-14 14:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415318345738457088 Right out of the Cohn/Trump playbook - hit back twice as hard! https://apnews.com/article/business-09dfd1c03b59b1af55aa967d1c093482 #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-07-14 14:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 113 ID 1455419064802608 impress 16 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 12 oimpress 16 oreach 13 posted "07/14/2021 05:50:11 PM" reach 13 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1455419064802608 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414934916656103424 Insurers against ransomware attacks have themselves been successfully attacked. It's time to stop paying ransom. Let a few large companies go out of business as a lesson to the others to tighten up. https://apnews.com/article/kaseya-ransomware-attack-0705-4c2272cdd428ddfa1f3644d513566c06 #PS1technology == impress 27 time 2021-07-13 13:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414836092000374807 How much do you know about obscure presidents? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/opinion/presidents-presidency-history.html #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-07-13 06:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414831886103318533 The problem is not in the cities now - it's in the boonies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/upshot/covid-cities-predictions-wrong.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/opinion/covid-big-cities.html #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-07-13 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414828418227523587 Low interest rates and income inequality. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/12/opinion/covid-fed-qe-inequality.html Low interest rates seem to be good for everybody. But they are a lot better for a few than for many. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-07-13 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414822480229801986 Possible approaches to winning support for voting rights. But the bottom line is that most swing voters in swing states and districts vote their pocketbooks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/12/7-points-biden-needs-make-about-voting-rights/ That's why the GOP is doing whatever it can to derail Biden's economic program. #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-07-13 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414819202951643138 Here's a Sacred Lost Cause - trying to get Trumpists to act on climate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/conservative-coalition-fighting-global-warming/2021/07/08/a05633ba-cd2e-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html You're not going to get anywhere fast enough with consensus incrementalism. #PS1climate == impress 16 time 2021-07-13 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414817980207169539 "Without ambitious infrastructure and families plans, the economy is set for a bit of a bumpy landing after the boom of 2021 and 2022, one that will likely come just as the 2024 presidential campaigns are shifting into gear" GOP is counting on it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/12/coronavirus-spending-economy/ #PS1notopic == impress 17 time 2021-07-13 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414791171541389314 It was a joke then but it's not funny any more. The GOP will pay the price as Trump directs his energy toward revenge rather than winning in 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rnc-trump-stop-the-steal/2021/07/12/79e58a02-e320-11eb-934f-7e6c1927f261_story.html #PS1election == impress 20 time 2021-07-13 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414789818173693956 Careless summer camping portends a careless school year. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-michael-brown-7dd22f4efe101603c2c4caf531c980dc #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-07-13 03:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 312 ID 1454871591524022 impress 6 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 6 oreach 6 posted "07/13/2021 10:39:24 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1454871591524022 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414635765179424779 Powell and Wood had a "good-faith basis"? They knew it was nothing but a fraudulent attempt to exploit the court system for publicity and fund-raising. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-elections-michigan-e45f806062edd8a7ba81cefd8f3f2638 Though sitting through a trial might dissuade you, lawyers are not supposed to lie. #PS1election == impress 21 time 2021-07-12 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414631942872440839 In a world grappling with problems the human race is smart enough to create but too dumb to solve - https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Dictators offer a path out of chaos - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-africa-europe-government-and-politics-fea9b7509bb99a836edd62f32bb45ac3 But dictatorial succession is just more chaos. Can we do better than that? #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-07-12 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414608622466703365 Minority rule depends on dividing the masses against themselves. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html "Critical race theory" - which hardly any legislator can accurately define - is just this year's tool for division. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article252655298.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1453833874961127 #PS1minority == impress 20 time 2021-07-12 15:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414603070571311109 Unlimited deficit spending and irreconcilable partisan differences can catch up with you. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/world/middleeast/lebanon-economic-crisis.html #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-07-12 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414458333910626306 The Black Death reset the balance between capital (land) and labor and launched the middle class. Will covid have similar consequences? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/11/will-labor-markets-great-reset-change-things-workers-over-long-term/ #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-07-12 05:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414439732994404358 Time for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Change the Constitution? The GOP donors will insure that GOP legislators will oppose anything that weakens their minority rule. And that's the stuff that needs changing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/11/stacey-abrams-prods-our-constitutional-imagination/ #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-07-12 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414438373092073473 No more separation of church and state! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/11/mercy-culture-church/ America's founders knew what happens next - they'd seen established religions in Europe for centuries. Once churches get political power, they attract the wrong kinds of people - attracted to power. #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-07-12 04:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 56 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-12 ratio 3 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-07-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 280 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 ID 1454135311597650 impress 8 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 6 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 8 oreach 7 posted "07/12/2021 07:41:09 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1454135311597650 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414371729476972544 "It used to be you never challenged the incumbent governor within your party. That just makes you weaker as a party going into the general election" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-georgia-coronavirus-pandemic-f0ec099d019d6a30726f22ea6c8d56a1 New Trumpist rules - revenge first, no matter what. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-07-11 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414369628508155904 How would Trump behave if he were more intelligent? https://apnews.com/article/business-3cf631c55b15ec9f83b2306c7fb2e89d #PS1other == impress 27 time 2021-07-11 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414334436221480961 No point reciting facts to a Trumpist! Only feelings matter. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/08/memo-to-gov-noem-trash-california-after-south-dakota-grows-up/ Noem is only interested in capturing the feelings of as many Trumpist voters as possible for her presidential bid. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/politics/kristi-noem-south-dakota-republicans.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1453323981678783 #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-07-11 21:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414325085888946180 Trump's reinstatement fantasies could fuel more violence. Too bad for insurrectionists hoping to go free on bail. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/09/politics/justice-department-trump-warning/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 75 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-07-11 20:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414323854801915909 Surprise! Workplace impact of covid was highest on "essential" least-paid workers. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/10/exclusive-santa-clara-county-covid-data-reveals-more-than-250-workplace-outbreaks/ Any wonder many don't want to go back to work? #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-07-11 20:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414257429240373251 Trumpism infects local school boards. https://apnews.com/article/health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-school-boards-e41350b7d9e3662d279c2dad287f7009 Next they'll be for eliminating sex education, evolution, and the scientific method. They get campaign funding from billionaires - culture wars are way more fun than balancing school district budgets. #PS1trumpism == impress 26 time 2021-07-11 16:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414253586935025665 A tarpit to avoid. https://apnews.com/article/business-caribbean-haiti-election-2020-011ce271fe57211c29ffb0e5eef9c506 The last time the Marines landed, they gave up and left after 20 years without accomplishing anything permanent. Just like Afghanistan. Let armed intervention, if it happens at all, be led by the UN. #PS1foreign == impress 24 time 2021-07-11 16:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-11 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 262 ID 1453534721657709 impress 10 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 8 oimpress 10 oreach 9 posted "07/11/2021 09:55:59 PM" reach 9 sharesimpress 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1453534721657709 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413862534579331072 Is it possible to draft a voting rights bill that won't be vetoed by the McConnell Supreme Court? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-supreme-courts-courts-voting-race-and-ethnicity-4fc2deafafca64248dad4dfceaf7a05d #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-07-10 14:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413861270172798981 Coming soon to a red state near you - and then to you. https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-lifestyle-health-travel-79cac2e505903e6056685bb922a8eaab #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-07-10 14:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413859996719226883 Mitch McConnell's legacy - stalwart defender of minority rule by the rich and powerful. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/07/mitch-mcconnell-power-senate/619350/ When you get right down to it, he's just the latest in the line that includes Calhoun and Thurmond. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 likes 1 time 2021-07-10 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413844027011526656 Don't like the truth? Just deny it! https://apnews.com/article/europe-united-nations-massacres-d44b5a7a42c5dea226a7a881aa164981 That's what the GOP does. #PS1foreign == impress 18 time 2021-07-10 12:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413842120058621958 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-sports-middle-east-3990ee7b4345b5bb4aeb375330d95565 #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-07-10 12:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413733033505476612 GOP gets that concentration of power in government bureaucracies can be harmful. But they are blind to the same in corporate bureaucracies. That has to do with how they finance their election campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/09/competition-prices-antitrust-biden-order/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/09/biden-executive-order-promoting-competition/ #PS1economics == impress 24 time 2021-07-10 05:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413730057638486019 Funding for Capitol Police and National Guard - as much as needed or as little as possible? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/members-of-congress-demand-immediate-funding-for-capitol-police-but-face-headwinds-in-the-senate/2021/07/09/2702ef6a-e0f9-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html We wouldn't want them to be ready for the next time! #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2021-07-10 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413728008339279876 "how many votes have you got?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/theres-only-one-way-democrats-beat-back-gop-war-democracy/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2021-07-10 05:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413727211413114883 "how many votes have you got?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/what-it-will-take-defeat-gops-voter-suppression-schemes/ The recalcitrants can't be convinced by anything except losing an election. So let's do what we can to make that happen. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-07-10 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413721676597010434 "two dramatically different realities for the country" If the red states won't vaccinate - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html "some GOP officials are seeking to boost their own fortunes by feeding into doubts about the vaccination" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-michael-brown-c5c9260bc083e7e9cc0e415caa43879f #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-07-10 04:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 326 ID 1452859758391872 impress 10 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 oimpress 10 oreach 10 posted "07/10/2021 11:30:52 PM" reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1452859758391872 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413591950607876101 Trumpist to the core! Lies, cheats, and steals. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-campaign-2016-31d9ab971742b99c666c23143589ae56 #PS1foreign == impress 18 time 2021-07-09 20:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413591474902487041 What a concept - starting with those people that were there who are not under indictment and not running for re-election! May the truth come out! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-police-capitol-siege-013aa60f1905f0a8624aa6ef46fab568 #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-07-09 20:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413590163561713667 The most responsible GOP candidate in the California recall won't say whether he was/is/will be a Trumpist. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/09/skelton-gops-faulconer-tries-to-run-recall-campaign-as-a-policy-wonk/ "Faulconer would create more shelters across California and require homeless people to occupy them" That's another word for jail. #PS1capolitics == impress 15 time 2021-07-09 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413588792313737220 Fattening public employee pensions without paying for them. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/09/borenstein-california-pension-reforms-would-be-undermined-by-new-bill/ Several California cities have gone bankrupt because of pension obligations that they could never satisfy. Defined-benefit pensions are more responsibility than they can handle. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-07-09 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413559013174759425 Cooperation with other democracies increases our sovereignty. Big multinationals might lose some of their sovereignty, so they'll fight it with dark campaign money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/biden-global-minimum-tax-combat-trump/ #PS1tax == impress 16 time 2021-07-09 18:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413557580383723525 Celebrity candidates are good for entertainment, but not much else. We need more than that from legislators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/memo-celebrity-candidates-its-not-easy-you-think/ #PS1theory == impress 15 time 2021-07-09 17:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413556520189521923 We can't stabilize every country in the world. We have to focus where it matters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/us-foreign-policy-should-get-over-fear-of-instability/ #PS1foreign == impress 13 time 2021-07-09 17:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413509040139735047 The decline of Trumpist Christianity. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/opinion/religious-right-america.html Does the SBC think that the biggest threat to America today is the truth about why the SBC was formed in 1845? #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-07-09 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413505077139042307 "Many people feel they have permission to be aggressive toward journalists" Their president and prophet Donald Trump set the example and directed them to go and do likewise! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tv-news-crews-attacked/2021/07/08/effc078c-de9a-11eb-b507-697762d090dd_story.html "The Journalist Protection Act has gone nowhere in Congress" #PS1journalism == impress 19 time 2021-07-09 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413502661249298435 "the bad guys will come in and delete the backups or encrypt them" Maybe magnetic tape is still a better backup medium than the cloud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/09/how-ransomware-attack-works/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1451624131848768 #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-07-09 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413494185454227463 "If DeSantis threatens Trump's status as the undisputed leader of the party, many Republicans privately expect Trump to turn on the governor" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-b15cedaae710b234bee7c3d543b7d98c Trump's public waffling about 2024 is precisely to flush out and disable potential rivals. #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-07-09 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413492537830961154 QAnon is still around. https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-media-social-media-election-2020-c766a2cf2458b29eee939d6dbc266442 Is specific prophecies have proven false and its specific shibboleths lead to deplatforming, so it's much less specific and now encompasses any fantasy of the gullible that can be exploited by merchants of fear. #PS1qanon == impress 16 time 2021-07-09 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413359027321405441 Sounds like a call for regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Trump is determined to push the GOP off a cliff. The only question is whether he gets to push the rest of the country with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/republican-party-crisis.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-07-09 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413357325750919172 How Trump sabotaged the economic recovery - without even knowing it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/trump-trade-chips.html Global supply chain management is complicated but will reconfigure itself over time to avoid capricious uncertainty. #PS1trade == impress 18 time 2021-07-09 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413355211138027528 Trump's social media lawsuits are a fund-raising gimmick. But who decides which content is unsuitable for mass media? Not even media executives want that responsibility. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/legally-trumps-tech-lawsuit-is-a-joke-but-it-raises-a-serious-question/2021/07/08/33bc2dfa-e010-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html But they don't want their business model disrupted, either. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-07-09 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413353817635102723 It's not really about law and order. It's about protecting minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/fund-tax-police/ #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-07-09 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413352895018196994 "it's consuming real resources, doing a function that has no value" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/08/bitcoin-mining-texas-electricity/ What will they do in Rockdale when the bubble bursts? Bitcoin is too polluting for China. Texas? No problem! #PS1economics == impress 33 time 2021-07-09 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413350561915707392 A third dose might be advisable. https://apnews.com/article/europe-coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-34c3f2536747a7c08980d7359a8de70c #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-07-09 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413337052402225159 Since the Biden Recession didn't happen, the GOP is giving credit to their 2017 tax cut - even though no tax cut ever has boosted the economy out of recession. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/opinion/joe-biden-economy.html So what will they say if there is a recession later? #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-07-09 03:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413336024181182468 Unsuccessful recalls backfire in California. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-06/california-recall-history-feinstein-newsom #PS1capolitics == impress 11 time 2021-07-09 03:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413332950477803524 GOP TALKS about workers but Biden DOES something. GOP can't DO because its donors don't approve. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-government-and-politics-01080611dc8a8f92c4eec6c6bb412f86 #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-07-09 03:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 720 ID 1452021761809005 impress 9 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 9 oreach 9 posted "07/09/2021 09:50:17 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1452021761809005 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413279589808312322 Two cop-rioters stand to lose their jobs. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-police-riots-seattle-police-reform-276125259e85a4b837b9dd10d2114399 #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-07-08 23:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413278421287727104 Journalists caught in insurrection are still trying to recover. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avqqn/reporters-survived-capitol-riot-struggling What hurts most of all is the legislators who were there and consciously lie about what happened. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-07-08 23:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413171797810237440 Why there won't be a bipartisan infrastructure bill - GOP major donors are against increasing taxes or increasing IRS funding to collect more taxes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/07/irs-taxes-budget-conservatives/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1450999351911246 #PS1tax == impress 20 time 2021-07-08 16:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413164157650702340 There's more than one virus to worry about. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-weather-health-39121817e8472d182d15ed5facf0e076 #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2021-07-08 15:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413136405555937296 Maneuvering around Congress by executive order. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/06/bidens-plans-struggle-congress-his-back-door-actions-could-get-jump-reshaping-economy/ Like his predecessors, Biden has to figure out how to act when Congress won't even debate his proposals. #PS1biden == impress 17 time 2021-07-08 14:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413135151094136844 No glory for whistleblowers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/may-edwards-treasury-buzzfeed-fincen-whistleblower/2021/07/07/28f5c1f8-da05-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-07-08 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413013267761405954 Trump country is where the virus action is. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/06/these-parts-of-the-us-could-become-breeding-grounds-for-potentially-more-covid-19-variants-expert-says/ Plan your vacation accordingly. #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-07-08 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413010158066696195 Trump support is based on feelings, not on facts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/06/appalachian-covid-deniers-nurses-virginia/ It's a waste of time to explain facts to Trump supporters. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-07-08 05:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413002547409813504 Trump brings everybody down to his level eventually. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/jd-vance-is-trying-bend-himself-moment-that-isnt-really-his/ But they knew he was a snake when they picked him up. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-07-08 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412999880696467458 Why entrepreneurs jump into the conspiracy hole - there's money to be made! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/07/07/sean-turnbull-sgtreport-social-media/ Who cares if it's true or causes harm if they get their percentage of the gross! #PS1qanon == impress 13 time 2021-07-08 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412996915478732806 Democrats should take on tax reform - indeed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/democrats-corporate-tax-hikes-letter/ But how are they possibly going to get it through the Senate? Reconciliation won't work. GOP senators have their orders from their donors - no tax hikes for them. #PS1tax == impress 20 time 2021-07-08 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412994962061291526 The social media suit is just a fund-raising opportunity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/trumps-latest-ridiculous-lawsuit-shows-how-small-he-has-become/ But he'll take Fox time if offered. #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-07-08 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412992481004646403 Democratization of mass destruction goes forward. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Just wait until criminals get their hands on this technology! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/07/ai-weapons-us-military/ Your money or your life! #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-07-08 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412987849243123712 Kochs win at Supreme Court. The conservative justices know who put them there and why. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/07/koch-brothers-supreme-court-nonprofit-donors/ #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-07-08 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412987110500429824 At least two ways this story can end. Which shall it be? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/opinion/climate-change-congress.html #PS1climate == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2021-07-08 04:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412986786859548673 It's hard to make the case that women should go back to lousy jobs with lousy pay and benefits when they can't get affordable child care. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/06/mothers-struggle-to-return-to-work-as-california-reopens/ #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-07-08 04:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 471 ID 1451285715215943 impress 10 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 6 oimpress 10 oreach 7 posted "07/08/2021 08:06:31 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1451285715215943 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412871230240161793 Creating a new Myth of the Sacred Lost Cause. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/07/07/trump-says-no-reason-for-officer-to-have-shot-ashli-babbitt-as-he-again-downplays-jan-6-riot/?sh=47d8057f7f0c https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/trump-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-january-6-insurrection-riot.html Myth speaks to feelings, not facts; to what you felt happened, not what actually happened. With a good enough myth, you don't need reason, science, or history. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-07-07 20:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412862719942750209 Trump was a big supporter of farmers and ranchers! At least those that could afford major political donations and Mar-a-Lago. https://apnews.com/article/business-c899e1c834f1d7ba272d7c524c5a8e09 And the little guys - what were they ever going to do for Trump? Biden is helping but they'll vote GOP anyway. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-07-07 19:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412861618761830404 Not enough immigrants? How about teens? https://apnews.com/article/nj-state-wire-co-state-wire-health-coronavirus-pandemic-travel-2f02bf564e726f4c4f6916790bda7a2a #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-07-07 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412829986470318084 Two peas in a pod! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels Too bad Joseph Goebbels isn't available to be Trump's 2024 running mate. He even looks like somebody who would work for Trump! And he wouldn't spill the beans the way Trump tends to do. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/trump-disinformation-strategy/ #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-07-07 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412795966927695872 With his legal team - Giuliani and Powell? - Trump is sure to win - air time on Fox and more grass roots donations - to his legal defense fund! That's the whole point of the law - to get higher ratings on cable - and thus more donations! https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-business-government-and-politics-c7e26858dcb553f92d98706d12ad510c #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-07-07 15:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 222 ID 1450612931949888 impress 11 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 oimpress 11 oreach 10 posted "07/07/2021 08:19:13 PM" reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1450612931949888 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412408640804474881 Regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It's already happening. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-07-06 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412406411624071177 "The cicadas got louder before they died" We can only hope. Maybe the cicadas were just trying to get on Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-critical-race-theory-transgender-rights/2021/07/05/3dab01b8-d4eb-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-07-06 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412402685932806145 Predatory pricing to destroy competitors is not in the public interest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/06/facebook-bulletin-antitrust/ The root problem is organizations that have gotten so large and profitable that they can afford to destroy competitors that way. #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-07-06 13:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412390713644384257 Most persuadable swing voters don't attempt to discern and address root causes - they just vote their pocketbooks on election day. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-american-crossroads-galesburg-house-elections-il-state-wire-762490073a28e84336c3820de1847b1c #PS1theory == impress 7 time 2021-07-06 12:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412387031448113163 500 down, 300 to go. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-dc-wire-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-98baf0b213e507e5f3f6f32b78583cbd More participants might cooperate as they realize that nobody else is going to help them. #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-07-06 12:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412268549456863233 It's good to know that no matter how far out you are in the insurrection fantasy fringe, there is a congressman who will speak to you and for you. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/us/politics/paul-gosar-republicans-congress-extremism.html Kevin McCarthy has more important problems to worry about, like factual Liz Cheney. #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-07-06 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412262683844378625 The Show Me state can not only show more virus patients, it can also show more firearms! Constitutional? Who cares? The important thing is to get on Fox. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-brown-gun-politics-government-and-politics-cd94751d54f07763ba3efc15bc01f214 #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-07-06 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412259928836755456 Biden makes his mark on Putin, who says things he never said about Trump. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/putin-biden-geneva-summit-cyberwarfare-arms-navalny-20210617.html #PS1foreign == impress 11 time 2021-07-06 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412247632706084865 It's called the Show Me State - they show me what happens when I don't get vaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/mo-state-wire-michael-brown-coronavirus-pandemic-health-89fa995c59397228d8d56e1ab45890ab Arkansas is right behind. #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-07-06 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412244393638072321 There's more to Mexico than cartels and sombreros! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/03/opinion-rethinking-mexico-and-its-ties-to-silicon-valley/ And it's a lot closer than the Far East. #PS1foreign == impress 8 time 2021-07-06 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412239196299816971 The market cures supply chain problems - eventually. Complicated systems like cars take longer than raw commodities like lumber. So inflation will last longer. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/upshot/markets-work-but-untangling-global-supply-chains-takes-time.html #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-07-06 02:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412218555605536769 Strengthening democracy is not bipartisan when one party is dedicated to strengthening minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html "hold media organizations to ethical account, advance respect for shared facts" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/american-democracy-civic-healing-fighting-gop/ Sounds Democratic not GOP! #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-07-06 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412216022870855681 a nation dedicated to a proposition https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/american-history-debates/ #PS1other == impress 6 time 2021-07-06 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412214836054790181 Why were Jefferson's words about slavery removed from the Declaration of Independence? https://www.history.com/news/declaration-of-independence-deleted-anti-slavery-clause-jefferson Did black folks provoke the Revolution? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/02/fourth-july-african-americans-declaration/ Many southerners were unsure about leaving England until they feared losing slavery. #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2021-07-06 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412209668508684309 "condo and HOA developments are a huge experiment in privatization of local government functions" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/surfside-condo-climate-change-cost/2021/07/01/b6699a98-da76-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html Local governments are overwhelmed by long-term crises. Condo boards are worse. Nobody wants to pay now to protect future residents. #PS1climate == impress 6 time 2021-07-06 00:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412208050564321282 GOP doesn't really care that much about what happened long ago - but they are in a panic about the implications of a past that lives on in the present, to bolster minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/critical-race-theory-history/2021/07/02/e90bc94a-da75-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-07-06 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412204174553452555 Sovereign Citizenship - a myth that appeals to all sorts of people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/04/moorish-sovereignty-rise-of-the-moors/ If these Sovereign Citizens renounce their American citizenship, then they have no right to live in America. But that's the essence of Trumpism - you don't have to obey laws. #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-07-06 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412201852377042945 Written records of criminal acts considered harmful - to your defense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/prosecutors-say-spreadsheets-from-trump-organization-offer-a-road-map-for-its-indictment-where-the-investigation-goes-now-is-the-question/2021/07/03/f7df06f0-db81-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-07-06 00:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412200666538287108 Texas lieutenant governor jumps in to insure political correctness at the Alamo! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/05/texas-republicans-rush-guard-alamo-facts/ We can't have people unrewriting our rewritten history. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-07-06 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 627 ID 1450034562007725 impress 13 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 13 oreach 11 posted "07/06/2021 11:08:03 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1450034562007725 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412199311262158857 It's only fair - the Chinese Communists are turning China into a dogmatic minority-rule income-inequality feudal society, so why shouldn't the GOP return the sincere flattery by imitation? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/05/republicans-are-treating-history-like-china-does/ #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2021-07-05 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412196917526732800 The Big Steal is going on right in front of our eyes. Republicans are embracing a new Sacred Lost Cause Myth - Trump's election Big Lie - at all levels of government and don't intend to lose another election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-trump-2022-midterms-election-falsehoods/2021/07/04/3a43438c-d36f-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2021-07-05 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412191393905184768 Trumpists were relentless trying to overthrow the election results in Arizona. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-arizona-election-2020-government-and-politics-ea625760283abb4c0cd3971dde91e76d They still are. #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-07-05 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412190729032503300 Good times ahead for blue-collar workers - if there were any. https://apnews.com/article/economy-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-0f1b97e9b5953080edf1fbf0412a1d94 It's a bad time to be restricting immigration. #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-07-05 23:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412189284946219027 Frederick Douglass' greatest speech. Sweet and sour, respectful of the past, outraged at the present unworthy of that past, yet hopeful for a better future. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-best-fourth-of-july-speech-in-american-history He'd only have to change a few details to deliver it today. #PS1other == impress 7 time 2021-07-05 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412185597012189189 There is no past in the internet - only an ever-changing now. But there is an illusion of the past - and little help to determine whether the illusion is faithful. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/the-internet-is-a-collective-hallucination/619320/ #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-07-05 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412050618085101576 Not a good idea to act like you're in a red state when you're actually in a blue state. https://apnews.com/article/armed-standoff-wakefield-massachusetts-9ee61b69ca96bb5ce212f56651f0dd11 Dress and brandish like an insurrectionist and people might treat you like an insurrectionist. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-07-05 14:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412049591474679818 Thank goodness for cloud backup! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-business-electoral-college-media-efe0ea1092bc11c6d3f42ea4ef752d98 The FBI gives thanks every day. Who else might? #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-07-05 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411934074759913474 Dropouts from the Chinese rat race? Are hippies next? https://apnews.com/article/business-d2b9f71d73219b32d78709b0afb443ca But it turns out to just be the same old problem - east and west, then and now, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. What will the Communist Party do about income inequality? #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2021-07-05 06:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411931623566680070 Cyber insurance premiums are rising 20-30% per MONTH. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-4c2272cdd428ddfa1f3644d513566c06 The Kaseya attack is so big the attacker is having trouble managing the responses to all its ransom demands. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-government-and-politics-technology-business-fc0df4c42f8cd6148bf936ca24bb5cbe #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-07-05 06:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 388 ID 1449214008756447 impress 8 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 8 oreach 7 posted "07/05/2021 05:20:15 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1449214008756447 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411706021114900486 "business as usual - nothing changed" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-senate-elections-capitol-siege-election-2020-house-elections-62e7985e962e6852ef5041b32c63368c Jokes on you! It was just a PR stunt. Thanks, dark money! #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-07-04 15:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 32 ID 1448616148816233 impress 13 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 12 oimpress 13 oreach 13 posted "07/04/2021 07:32:00 PM" reach 13 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1448616148816233 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411323301629095938 They got Al Capone on tax evasion too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/trump-case-may-be-unusual-if-true-its-brazen-tax-fraud/ #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2021-07-03 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411322774203760645 No problem! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/02/trump-company-indictment-weisselberg/ You can still run for president again even if you are broke and in jail! You might have to forgo campaign rallies. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-07-03 13:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411318046598201344 It's all about getting appearances on Fox! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/paul-gosar-kevin-mccarthy-clown-show/ McCarthy won't get in the way - he's too busy looking forward to being Speaker. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-07-03 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411304062583074817 Happy Dependence Day Weekend! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/02/kaseya-ransomware-attack/ https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-3011c6037bda9ac11b1249a4beb13b06 All that computing in the cloud makes you very DEPENDENT on a host of software providers and makes it easier to attack hundreds of cloud customers at once. #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-07-03 12:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 127 ID 1448033882207793 impress 7 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 7 oreach 7 posted "07/03/2021 10:51:32 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1448033882207793 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411083706173779968 Foreigners are puzzled by American democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/us-democracy-erosion.html They need to realize that the GOP SAYS one thing loudly and does the opposite quietly, just like right-wing parties abroad intent on preserving minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2021-07-02 22:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411069111698821122 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-f034a70829f3b4c53a69b09465959825 If it's an entertaining story, who cares if it's true? Just be careful not to act upon it and become somebody else's entertainment. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-07-02 21:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410979081349255172 Oligarchy Day! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/oligarchy-day-supreme-court/ A stout defense of minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2021-07-02 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410791327420145671 Two more insurrectionists cut guilty plea deals. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article252473108.html https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-dc-wire-fl-state-wire-al-state-wire-capitol-siege-ce81cbf1efd3faa341b48579f144cd14 Reality slowly sinks in. And Trump was never going to do anything to help them. Not on the day of, not after the day. #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-07-02 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410777577552179204 Trump rehabiliation by historians? Not likely - except perhaps in the limited sense "Trump was not as bad as President Hawley or Cruz or Pompeo" or whoever his successor might turn out to be. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/trump-worst-presidents.html #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-07-02 01:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410775749674500100 Trumpism is the apotheosis of political correctness over technical competence. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/republicans-incompetence.html Stalin would be so proud. #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-07-02 01:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410773615914545152 All you need to know about Donald Trump - yet it's hardly news. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/prosecutors-indict-trump-organization-trump-indicts-himself/ #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-07-02 01:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410768203962195972 Of course, it's not REALLY about charities - it's about political contributions. That's why the Kochs are involved. https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-us-supreme-court-california-business-government-and-politics-9f5b3e830e0794b529ade9aeda6c4339 But the Supreme Court did its duty toward big political donors. #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-07-02 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410767056547377152 Private equity and hedge funds - "job creators" - in other countries! It's a good deal for the investors - who are in the political donor class. https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-3d9c44e6259ed72915de4e7188be5c8e #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-07-02 01:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410765466914541569 Republican politicians take every step to welcome the delta variant to America. No border wall for viruses! https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-science-e1379d34d3cdff0f522e0915b0f246fe #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-07-02 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410764249010380805 Brute force - just keep guessing passwords until you get in. That works often enough to keep the Russian security agencies in business. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-russia-health-coronavirus-pandemic-9dcfb8608fd80b76cda0e17d56ada736 #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-07-02 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410761676572430340 How can social media companies SEEM to do something responsible, yet not destory their business models? https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-misinformation-technology-37cee761758f1072f91e1a362f769f5e #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-07-02 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410760962777391106 Even the Cayman Islands! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-business-c9c7e0cd24f9f2fc226fc0038f2c7245 #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-07-02 00:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410759021670256641 No tears for Rumsfeld. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iraq-government-and-politics-79145696fdfd387c61fee7ff1ff7eabc There are other governments the US could overthrow - to be replaced by] worse, as in Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan and ... If self-serving opportunists can take over the US government, why not elsewhere else? #PS1foreign == impress 8 time 2021-07-02 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410756261352644608 Supreme Court does what it was appointed to do - reinforce minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-az-state-wire-us-supreme-court-voting-voting-rights-0db6d04b49eeec1d488739344686dd31 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-07-02 00:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 47 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-07-02 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-07-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 471 engaged 1 ID 1447346258943222 impress 9 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 8 likeusers 1 likeuusers 8 oimpress 9 oreach 9 posted "07/02/2021 09:36:02 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1447346258943222 ========== Tweets for 2021-07-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410738916450209797 Why is infrastructure so expensive in America? https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs-america There's a host of reasons, but one is - surprise! - rich people who can afford enough lawyers can stop almost anything. #PS1infrastructure == impress 13 time 2021-07-01 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410661665322856448 Circular firing squads used to be a Democratic Party thing. But now they seem to be a pillar of Trumpism - casting out the insufficiently abject. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-investigation-pelosi-cheney-1003b5fb59d82e61b6f30251b2ebe718 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-07-01 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410444837065617408 Worst presidents? Still Pierce, Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/30/presidential-rankings-2021-cspan-historians/ #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-07-01 03:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410441571124715525 The rich pay for multi-million dollar Senate campaigns. So of course they get veto power over tax laws. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/bezos-musk-buffett-dont-pay-any-taxes-20210627.html It's not cowardice, it's quid pro quo. #PS1tax == impress 13 time 2021-07-01 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410418109404508162 Sanders holding the progressives behind Biden's agenda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/30/biden-wins-substance-so-mcconnell-clings-process/ #PS1infrastructure == impress 15 time 2021-07-01 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410403872271605760 Loyalty to an abuser is always a one-way street. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/30/trump-is-making-republican-leaders-look-downright-pathetic/ The abused learn to expect nothing but abuse in return. And so come to embrace the abuse as a sign that the abuser cares about them. #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-07-01 01:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 19 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-07-01 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-07-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 189 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1446551789022669 impress 11 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 11 oreach 10 posted "07/01/2021 05:07:10 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1446551789022669 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410243933481865225 West Virginia politics affects everybody! One way to advance Biden's agenda would be to put a tax on fracked gas so thermal coal is competitive again. But that's too high a price to pay - as the Pacific Northwest discovered this week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/joe-manchin-is-trying-outrun-realignment/ #PS1politics == impress 32 time 2021-06-30 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410230959081889792 Facts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9981 Royall, Secretary of the Army, was forced into retirement for refusing to desegregate the army after President Truman's Order Trumpist fantasy - a colorblind culture in the U.S. military for 200 years https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/what-us-military-can-teach-us-about-critical-race-facts/ #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-06-30 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410226464734121986 Another ambitious Trumpist who will do and say whatever it takes. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-pence-immigration-government-and-politics-ceab90764df0878a3a7293299d787ad1 More dangerous than most because he's interested in more than counting Fox appearances. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-06-30 13:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410097728680460288 The real purpose of these NDAs appears to be preventing public input https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/opinion/nda-amazon-google-facebook.html Global megacorporations love pushing local governments around. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-30 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410096901257498625 It's never enough. You can't tell the truth AND support Trump. You have to repeat his lies and actively promote them even if he changes them. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/us/politics/trump-wisconsin-republicans.html #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-06-30 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410095105478778880 Memory laws - Stalin would be so proud of the modern Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html All you have to do to make the past go away is say it didn't happen! So it won't be compared to the present. #PS1minority == impress 15 time 2021-06-30 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410090048897183744 Who do the cops say support funding police? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/even-squad-is-more-pro-police-than-these-republicans/ But GOP legislators lie so much they no longer feel any qualms about it. That's what you have to do to protect the minority rule of your donors. #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-06-30 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410089086933553159 the unbearable present is only a preview of the extreme climate to come https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/heat-wave-pacific-northwest-climate-anxiety-coping/ You can thank your GOP legislators who deny anthropogenic climate change as a matter of political principle. #PS1climate == impress 10 time 2021-06-30 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410087865535451136 Who's in favor of honoring Confederate leaders? Lots of GOP legislators! https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-confederates-statues-house/2021/06/29/304f7960-d8db-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html Why not? They have so much in common! #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-06-30 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410084488483201025 It couldn't be a mistake by Dear Leader so somebody else has to pay. https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-health-637c7d5ac552cf16786480fa538d8377 Maybe he got sick, like Trump. #PS1virus == impress 19 time 2021-06-30 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410081791159930882 The vaccine works. Just not as well as anti-vax propagandists. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187 #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-06-30 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410080574794964996 GOP is right - it will be a partisan investigation into GOP partisan support of violent overthrow of constitution for partisan political purposes. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-bills-government-and-politics-68f90cb992a1cff1ff3f96009e44050e #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-06-30 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410079402763841536 How do you spell political stunt? No Em! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-sd-state-wire-south-dakota-texas-c9461c65234434f91f749a92608d2287 #PS1immigration == impress 13 time 2021-06-30 03:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 451 epoch Lifetime ID 1445974375747077 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/30/2021 20:06" title "GOP donor funds South Dakota National Guard troops in Texas" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1445974375747077 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409881503803269127 Corporate law boom - global giants are outbidding the government for legal help, leaving the FTC and IRS short-handed and under-funded. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/technology/boom-times-for-lawyers-as-washington-pursues-big-tech.html Another reason why concentration of power is always bad. #PS1economics == impress 28 time 2021-06-29 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409879388993241104 It's still possible to retain and attract employees. All you have to do is offer them what they need. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/28/employee-burnout-corporate-america/ #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-06-29 14:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409877247662735376 There's no there there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/29/infrastructure-white-house-plan/ If infrastructure passes, it will mostly be deficit spending. The supposed revenue sources are mostly imaginary. The GOP won't vote for any IRS funding to go after GOP donors. #PS1infrastructure == impress 11 time 2021-06-29 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409875625712795648 new influencers like Hall are also profiting off their activism Of course! They are Trumpists, always looking out for #1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/29/social-media-california-right-trump/ They've stumbled onto a mass movement of the gullible to exploit. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-06-29 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409854940781027333 Is Kamala Harris in a trap? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/opinion/kamala-harris-joe-biden.html Immigration is a guaranteed-to-fail assignment. #PS1immigration == impress 26 time 2021-06-29 12:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409852374324183045 Trying to wrap up GOP donors early! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-pence-election-2020-campaign-2016-government-and-politics-6c670a583ea8be1b46196ec75134623c But Trump is keeping everybody guessing and off balance, to find out who's ambitious enough to betray him, so he can sideline them. Meanwhile each of them hopes one of the others will sideline Trump. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-06-29 12:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409734825846534145 Trumpist GOP last line of defense of Constitution? Seems they were first line of offense on Jan 6, and doubled down since. https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210625/news/306259994 It's hard to see any useful role for Pence in American politics. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-06-29 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409733611654320129 An excellent investment in healthier children - but will the GOP agree? https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article252348723.html #PS1health == impress 11 time 2021-06-29 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409728464635142156 Arizona taxpayers pay for for Trump audit circus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-maricopa-2020-audit-review/2021/06/28/98da5e64-d863-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html #PS1election == impress 95 time 2021-06-29 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409719369920180228 Will tax return disclosure reduce the number of joke candidates and shady characters? We can only hope. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/26/running-for-governor-in-californias-recall-plan-on-coughing-up-5-years-of-tax-returns/ #PS1politics == impress 15 time 2021-06-29 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409718156604502016 If Trump and Trumpists don't bother to obey the law, why should anybody else? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/28/perfect-storm-for-fire-danger-as-fourth-of-july-approaches-fireworks-use-explodes/ #PS1justice == impress 26 time 2021-06-29 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409714665890873349 Making the world safe for ignorance - again. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article252373898.html An ignorant peasantry is easier to control. #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-06-29 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409706113298092034 Of course the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party is based on ignorance; it's the legacy of the feudal Southern aristocrats who saw no need to educate poor whites much or black people at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opinion/tucker-carlson-general-milley-republicans.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1444592139218634 #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-06-29 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409698619087679503 Critical Race Theory means whatever you want it to mean, and so means nothing at all, thanks to Trumpists everywhere, for whom there is no objective reality of anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opinion/critical-race-theory.html #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-06-29 02:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409697560348958731 George Washington mandated vaccination. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opinion/covid-vaccine-mandate.html #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-06-29 02:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409695380552355845 What a concept - reinforce police and attack the root causes of crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/biden-crime-plan-transcends-partisan-ideologies/ But since it's Biden's, the GOP will oppose it and talk about the squad rather than how lawlessness at the top of the GOP filtered down to the masses on Jan 6. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2021-06-29 02:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409693208213221379 Between 1619 and 2021, there's not 402 years worth of difference - and that's the truth that the GOP is desperate to suppress, in order to sustain its minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/cold-truth-about-republicans-hot-air-over-critical-race-theory/ #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-06-29 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409692130293948418 We won't know if there ever really was a deal until there's a bill passed and on Biden's desk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/three-things-that-could-still-blow-up-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/ And McConnell and others intend to block any Biden initiatives no matter what. #PS1infrastructure == impress 13 time 2021-06-29 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409691046443843587 The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers Maybe we should think twice before we do that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/george-conway-trump-barr-lawyers/ Trump kept trying to overthrow our constitutional government by unconstitutional means. Lawyers and judges helped stop him. #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-06-29 01:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409676096933556238 House moves toward select committee. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-bills-government-and-politics-edf2c763ab9d108085e5dd3f83fa5d1d GOP House members who want to be on that committee better think carefully before they vote. #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-06-29 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409672488573833218 Every man for himself in the Trump administration! Say whatever it takes to get you through another day, true or not. Anybody in the Trump administration is permanently stained, as future historians will record. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/barr-trump-election-fraud-atlantic/ #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-06-29 00:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409670841533558792 Sometimes Fox interviewers hit the mark! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/democrats-hold-gop-accountable-refusing-defend-law-or-order/ Proving that Trumpists are lying hypocrites, but so what? Everybody knew that already. That's why their base loves them so much, because it gives them permission to do the same. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-06-29 00:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 776 epoch Lifetime ID 1445345312476650 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/29/2021 22:06" title "Opinion | The GOP should be held accountable for deserting law and order" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1445345312476650 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409356579229470722 Around 1960 a TV show, John Gunther's High Road, made his name familiar to some boomers. But he had a remarkable career before, and many of his insights still stand. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/books/review/inside-usa-john-gunther.html #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-06-28 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409349643935248386 Surprise - you can find workers if you offer enough pay! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/business/economy/jobs-workers-unemployment-benefits.html Red-state Trumpist small business owners seem to have missed the economics class where they'd have learned that reducing illegal immigration makes domestic workers more expensive. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2021-06-28 03:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409347626726658050 Minority rule is not ancient history, but what's being fortified TODAY - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html and likewise the conflict over Critical Race Theory is not really about history and the Founding Fathers, but what's going on TODAY. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/critical-race-theory-schools-history.html #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2021-06-28 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409346227955634179 Delta might not be that much worse than other variants. Unless we act to make it so. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/opinion/covid-vaccine-variants.html #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-06-28 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409344912210812928 Jo Jorgensen helped - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html But Biden mostly won because of Democratic solidarity among its moderate and left wings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/biden-primaries-luck-party-presidency/2021/06/23/04de0dce-c309-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html #PS1election == impress 8 time 2021-06-28 02:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409338680959856643 France tiring of Trumpism? https://apnews.com/article/europe-immigration-elections-migration-government-and-politics-ff993d4af2c5fe7a7d8222a4165d0d18 #PS1foreign == impress 9 time 2021-06-28 02:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-06-28 ratio 0 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 204 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1444597342551447 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/28/2021 20:06" sharesimpress 1 title "French far right beaten in regional elections" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1444597342551447 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409180440846475264 Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible Narcissistic corruption and deceit eventually filters down from the top to all levels of society. Whether Putin in Russia or Trump in America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/moscow-fake-vaccine-coronavirus/2021/06/26/0881e1e4-cf98-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-06-27 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409176864535416832 The midterms are very simple. If they are about Trump, we lose https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-endorsements-republicans/2021/06/26/86228924-d465-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html But it's ALL about Trump, all the time - better to lose Congress than let the disloyal go unpunished. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-06-27 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409173707944206342 Trump never changes, even after a near-death experience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/24/nightmare-scenario-book-excerpt/ What's most appalling is the entire GOP is still his willing personal slave. #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-06-27 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409171084318892034 After your 15 minutes of fame comes? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mike-gravel-dead/2021/06/27/a496d870-13b4-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html I realized that a lot of people Id regarded as friends were only people whod wanted to be around me when I had power Z is for Zero, that's how it all ends, No office, no power, no money, no friends. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-06-27 15:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409162340172324866 Looking for the persuadable middle, just as in politics. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-0ff389cdb6ac2e81e70ab9f486ba2b32 What most people don't understand is that you vaccinate and mask to protect other people in case you are an asymptomatic carrier - not uncommon among young healthy people. #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-06-27 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409046308774572032 Pillars of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The most consistent threat to our democracy has always been the drive of some leaders to restrict its blessings to a select few https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/trump-republican-party.html #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-06-27 07:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409043541238501376 Some people cultivate the skills to change minds and change lives. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/racism-politics-daryl-davis.html #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-06-27 06:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409042162855997442 Elder abuse in campaign finance - raised to a high art by both Republicans and Democrats - hoping the seniors are too befuddled to contest fraudulent charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/politics/recurring-donations-seniors.html But Trump takes the crown for worst. #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-06-27 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409038524788006913 Where is Theodore Roosevelt when we need him? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/25/ftc-antitrust-monopoly-silicon-valley/ All kinds of concentrations of power are anti-democratic and tend to institutionalize themselves. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-27 06:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409036032138387459 Immigration is a losing issue - GOP will hammer Democrats relentlessly, while protecting GOP donors by making sure that nothing ever really changes - so the supply of cheap exploitable illegal labor never dries up. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-2c5747617f9c60b2b3be4ce99895a0b8 #PS1immigration == impress 12 time 2021-06-27 06:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409034663469883394 McCarthy dodges a bullet! He was in the same room with police officers injured in the Trumpist insurrection - yet managed to say nothing that would bother Trump! What a statesman! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-eaf81f939f397b9977f4d006b66561b7 #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-06-27 06:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409033653074628612 It's all about Trump all the time! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-fl-state-wire-ohio-campaign-2016-trump-impeachment-939c98aadd22d09056e9ce5a7c79064f Nothing's changed since 2015. He'd much rather campaign than govern. He could never even sell the GOP on an infrastructure bill. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-06-27 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409032142634377216 we have to get those two groups to vote for the same person without realizing it That's part of the challenge of minority rule - deceiving the voters. https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-georgia-campaign-2016-election-2020-senate-elections-1d033027c42e44b0baeb37cfe98a00f7 Which are the worst GOP candidates - athletes, lawyers, or billionaires? #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-06-27 06:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 523 epoch Lifetime ID 1443691802642001 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/27/2021 11:06" title "In Georgia, Herschel Walker puts GOP in a holding pattern" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1443691802642001 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408780766201274370 America is back - back in the race - but falling behind. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/opinion/america-security-competitiveness.html It's another victory for the feudal Southern Strategy of minority rule - make the rich richer let the poor shift for themselves. How well did that work for the South? #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 retweets 1 time 2021-06-26 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408779057894809601 Brazil on track to surpass US! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-health-08130d56910c5937ec57c45bfea3959c That's the benefit of retaining unchecked Trumpists in power. #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-06-26 13:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408777606535671808 Teamsters vs Amazon! https://apnews.com/article/wa-state-wire-technology-business-27b00770b2189ddbd8ddcb64e5bad96c Neither have ever been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-06-26 13:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408647722001854470 Trumpist goal #1 - revenge! Trumpist technique #1 - mass rallies! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-fl-state-wire-ohio-campaign-2016-trump-impeachment-939c98aadd22d09056e9ce5a7c79064f Trump can count on Democratic support to feeble Trumpist candidates to knock out credible legislators in the GOP primaries and help preserve Democratic majorities. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-06-26 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408646056351453185 Maybe there wasn't a bipartisan deal after all! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-government-and-politics-7f9226bb825fcf72f2fe5056d1e20ac4 In Silicon Valley this is called the Friday afternoon bug and somebody has to work on the weekend! #PS1infrastructure == impress 17 time 2021-06-26 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408641466537103362 Herd immunity may be in reach in Silicon Valley. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/25/covid-herd-immunity-within-reach-in-bay-area-here-is-why/ #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-06-26 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408640326311370758 Pence still can't decide if he's a Trumpist or not. So it's hard to imagine who might vote for him. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-pence-constitutions-government-and-politics-a8e29ab2c6bc5a5fecd9e4236eb8f3c3 Trumpists BY DEFINITION agree with Trump on everything, even if they have to change overnight. #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-06-26 04:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 255 epoch Lifetime ID 1443515549326293 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/27/2021 06:06" title "Pence 'proud' of his role certifying 2020 election results" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1443515549326293 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408514884522835969 Announcing a deal that might not amount to anything. https://apnews.com/article/biden-senate-infrastructure-deal-731487d7540cdf7e48c27124c43cc2d1 Althought Biden conceded on most points, there might not be 10 GOP votes in the Senate, because McConnell opposes the next, linked part of the deal that involves reconciliation. #PS1infrastructure == impress 34 time 2021-06-25 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408513447076065280 You can't hire Rudy to represent you in court any more! https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-new-york-law-license-suspended-c67f4504a22f8642d6096f29e3a5c51e But he's still available for covert foreign operations and domestic propaganda campaigns. #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-06-25 19:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408512729535574018 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-race-and-ethnicity-immigration-religion-lifestyle-24410d9a43113b4e9fb9e96cbe43f226 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-06-25 19:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 105 epoch Lifetime ID 1442647206079794 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/25/2021 22:06" title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1442647206079794 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406615394694033419 Come to church, bring money, and we'll take care of it - Louis Lomax, 1965. The SBC was founded to protect an elite threatened by abolitionism. So it's a natural fit now with the modern Dixiecrat GOP. Why not incorporate QAnon as well? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/opinion/southern-baptist-convention-christianity.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-06-20 14:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406612164245278725 Another of Trump's greatest legacies - eroding the integrity of the Dept of Justice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/16/merrick-garland-apple-schiff-justice/ #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-06-20 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406606712774094849 The Trumpiest kind of Trumpists! No wonder Trump believed them. If you want so much to believe, it must be true! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/italygate-michele-edwards-meadows-trump/2021/06/19/2f6314d2-d05f-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-06-20 13:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 110 epoch Lifetime ID 1442389552772226 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/25/2021 12:06" title "‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory was pushed by two firms led by woman who also falsely claimed $30 million mansion was hers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1442389552772226 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406258521545404417 More of the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-hacking-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-46cb7e237e79145f39e38828cb5e797d #PS1media == impress 4 time 2021-06-19 14:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406257785055059972 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-house-elections-election-2020-campaign-2016-909592b6c8a48859135d40c3bbb1e816 #PS1media == impress 6 time 2021-06-19 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406235410087366658 Another of Trump's lasting contributions - making the US government work like a banana republic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/17/biden-american-diplomacy-vs-american-reality/ It will take a lot longer to fix the damage than it took to create it. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-06-19 13:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406229983522029572 That was the news that wasn't - NYT version https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions #PS1media == impress 6 time 2021-06-19 12:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 93 epoch Lifetime ID 1442389262772255 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/25/2021 12:06" title "Tracking Viral Misinformation" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1442389262772255 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405758714615795726 It takes millions of dollars to keep the fantasy echo chamber going, but Mike Lindell is there to pay for it. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-wi-state-wire-elections-government-and-politics-531fdbf8fc31edcfdc756e31bded9bc4 #PS1election == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 31 time 2021-06-18 05:26 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405723757038112772 Greg Abbott can do what Trump couldn't? Convince private landowners to divide their property with a wall? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/texas-border-wall-abbott.html He has one advantage - there iisn't much Federal land in Texas, because it was an independent republic when it joined the US. #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 23 time 2021-06-18 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405722464735285250 Does it make sense to intervene in ancient conflicts? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/ethiopia-tigray-crisis.html There is nothing you can do that is not taking sides. But sometimes you have to take sides in a holocaust. #PS1foreign == impress 17 time 2021-06-18 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405721402997567492 Capitol insurrection? Major corporate and private donors have gotten over that! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/capitol-attack-political-donations.html After all, GOP might control Congress in 2023, so donors have to maintain their good standing! They soon got over their infection of ethical responsibility! #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-06-18 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405719835552620545 ubiquity of loss is a powerful theme for preserving minority rule - everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/trump-global-populism.html #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-06-18 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405718141825474562 A pundit repents. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/opinion/frank-bruni-final-times-column.html That's a rare enough event to be worth noting. #PS1journalism == impress 17 time 2021-06-18 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405715247311192065 America is in crisis Indeed it is - our main crisis is we're not the majority An honest Republican! Who'd have thought? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/house-republicans-outrage.html The Republicans need to seed a sense of instability, overreach and fear More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1437109789966869 #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-06-18 02:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405708918303559682 No doubt the moderate GOP senators will help draft a bipartisan bill... and then vote against it with their GOP colleagues to maintain party unity. Though GOP donors like public-private partnerships. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/democrats-infrastructure-deal-congress.html We've seen this movie. #PS1infrastructure == impress 19 time 2021-06-18 02:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405707435805790209 there was no conceivable Democratic bill he could support https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/joe-manchin-democrats-voting-rights.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-manchin-abrams/2021/06/17/986b984c-cf82-11eb-8014 #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-06-18 02:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405706033838792714 Who voted against Juneteenth? The usual suspects, plus a few you haven't heard of. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/republicans-against-juneteenth.html But apparently Greene and Gaetz decided to hold their fire for once. #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 26 time 2021-06-18 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405692375020707840 GOP is all in for fantasy and against fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/17/andrew-clyde-snub-dc-police-officer-jan-6/ It's the only way they can defend minority rule. #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-06-18 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405691311525535746 It's about time! If Congress has to agree to declare war, we'll never declare another war again, except against the other party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/aumf-repeal-congress/2021/06/17/1bd1ec70-cf76-11eb-a7f1-52b8870bef7c_story.html But most wars historically have been motivated by domestic political considerations more than external threats. #PS1politics == impress 17 time 2021-06-18 00:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405686741898387457 Where in the world can a poor miner billionaire go to burn coal and oil? No problem - Kentucky, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas are all eager to help! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bitcoin-mining-china-crypto-america/2021/06/17/0a39c3a8-c903-11eb-8708-64991f2acf28_story.html Billionaires don't believe in climate change if it affects their bottom line. #PS1technology == impress 23 time 2021-06-18 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405683002542198788 Global connectedness means global problems! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-b372a6796f95a3f51fbbb2bc8f6b40bf #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-06-18 00:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405679635044528132 As expected by everybody except Manchin - the GOP is not interested in bipartisanship. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-voting-bills-a9c2f6facbda15c61ee7cc6709bf60a4 Like Slavery and Segregation, Suppression of voting come under States rights and the defenders of minority rule want no Federal role. #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-06-18 00:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 165 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-06-18 ratio 0 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-06-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 551 audclicks 1 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1437518636592651 impress 1 likeimpress 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/18/2021 10:06" reach 1 sharesimpress 1 title "Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1437518636592651 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405615759141654529 FACT-finding commissions? Don't expect any GOP support for that. Now fantasy-finding commissions - that's something they could get behind! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-health-213f6931e5414f40af1037697c25559b The only truth that matters is the truth about what you feel! Even if it's a fantasy. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-06-17 19:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405601342089924612 Looks like a chance to prove that GOP will even vote down Manchin's voting rights bill. Maybe that will convince him to eliminate filibuster. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wv-state-wire-bills-voting-voting-rights-bc24ba5e44e1c52516fead3ea498d63f However, if it does pass, that wouldn't be a bad thing, though more work remains to be done. #PS1democracy == impress 23 time 2021-06-17 19:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405321746467590146 Russians, Republicans - they've finally come to see that they are not enemies but are united in preserving minority rule by any available means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/16/republicans-parroted-putins-propaganda-now-putin-parrots-republican-propaganda/ #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-06-17 00:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405318774681571330 Dana Rohrabacher was right where you'd expect him to be - patrioticly supporting Putin by rioting at the Capitol. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-capitol-siege-riots-0f465ba4590fec2be7e186dd6d30d5fa #PS1insurrection == impress 32 time 2021-06-17 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405317809916186627 Forced assimilation of minorities by destroying their culture - should be familiar to Native Americans. https://apnews.com/article/dalai-lama-tibet-china-europe-business-ee607f3daa747b03414c972541251306 #PS1china == impress 21 time 2021-06-17 00:14 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 200 epoch Lifetime ID 1437101773301004 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/17/2021 19:06" title "China offers glimpse of Tibetan life without the Dalai Lama" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1437101773301004 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404996702616965126 Lots of plausible deniability and no deterrence for cyberweapon attacks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/world/europe/biden-putin-cyberweapons.html #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-06-16 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404995196496973825 The FBI is only half done. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/politics/capitol-riot-inquiry-fbi-congress.html #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-06-16 02:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404990584096321536 Iran's ruling clerics cultivate and celebrate conflict with America and Israel as an essential tool for locking themselves in power https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/opinion/iran-biden-nuclear-deal.html Minority rule works the same way everywhere. #PS1mideast == impress 22 time 2021-06-16 02:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404966346689892355 Sure enough, 21 House Republicans vote against a medal for the police who defended them on Jan 6. So much for law and order GOP! https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/congressional-gold-medal-house-vote/index.html Maybe if the medal were for police who joined the insurrection, these 21 would be first on board. #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-06-16 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404955254479671301 Know what a SPAC is? It's a good deal for somebody - but probably not you! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/business/lordstown-motors-steve-burns-julio-rodriguez.html #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-06-16 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 152 epoch Lifetime ID 1436463453364836 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/16/2021 19:06" title "Lordstown, Truck Maker That Can’t Afford to Make Trucks, Is on the Brink" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1436463453364836 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404947471051104259 Amazon has been an algorithmic employer - debugging the algorithms on live employees, engendering an amazing employee turnover. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/politics/amazon-warehouse-workers.html #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2021-06-15 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404946101707235329 People that didn't even know they had covid might develop long-term conditions. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/health/covid-19-patients.html #PS1virus == impress 4 time 2021-06-15 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404942098126622722 Biden and Putin both seem to be using the summit mostly to fortify their political positions at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-biden-summit-geneva/2021/06/15/52b17694-cd22-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 12 time 2021-06-15 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404941068282388485 Chinese keep busy while Russians hog the spotlight. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-hacking-technology-business-7350235e07d46ba5afc1238b553ea4b9 #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2021-06-15 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404931017912160260 It didn't work, except as a dress rehearsal for next time. https://apnews.com/article/emails-show-trump-pressured-justice-department-election-2020-4f35f18009e8c88b3cddcdc3f4bdd54f #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-06-15 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404929899370999808 Armed forces don't like to admit loose inventory procedures. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-gun-politics-crime-6caba27108d05a8b7c1860959d1ae130 #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-06-15 22:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404668309677633540 A kind word for the new, unlikely Israeli governing coalition. It might not work, but at least they were all willing to try. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/israel-government-coalition.html #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-06-15 05:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404661282553307137 Everybody's got a bipartisan infrastructure plan. But nobody has 60 Senate votes for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/14/congress-white-house-infrastructure/ #PS1infrastructure == impress 13 time 2021-06-15 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404659552306434048 Not much repentance after all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-face-masks-to-holocaust-but-stands-by-comparison-of-democrats-to-nazi-party/2021/06/14/552869f8-cd6a-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html She still compares Democrats to Nazis. But Trumpism is National Socialism reincarnate - but after he came to power, Trump forgot all about socialism, just as Hitler did, to insure support from the ruling class. #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-06-15 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404658277393199104 Yes you can still get the virus even if you are vaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-germany-europe-g-7-summit-coronavirus-pandemic-4f651d5bd7a83606a4de0c321b8a037a #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-06-15 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404657144293588993 Sincere repentance is the first step toward sincere forgiveness. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-ga-state-wire-health-coronavirus-pandemic-387c47e4f784a0943446cc32bd8d1e7b We'll see if this repentance brings forth sincere fruits of the spirit. Roy Cohn never repented anything! #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-06-15 04:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 295 epoch Lifetime ID 1435817546762760 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/15/2021 17:06" title "Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing safety masks, Holocaust" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1435817546762760 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404570816545656832 Pandemic is not over - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/14/covid-cases-vaccination-rates/ Especially for poor people - https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-california-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-health-341950a902affc651dc268dba6d83264 Being cautious did not hinder economic recovery - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/13/californias-stricter-covid-rules-did-not-hurt-the-economy-report/ #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2021-06-14 22:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404549724548390914 FBI getting more anxious about QAnon. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-joe-biden-violence-religion-33093d606470be4bc0cd8df6a474a097 The movement seems to have swept up all the aimless violent crazies. #PS1qanon == impress 9 time 2021-06-14 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404299766423449603 Political democracy rejects concentration of political power in one person. Economic democracy rejects concentration of economic power in one person. Why? The harm of one bad powerful actor outweighs all the good of other powerful actors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/warren-buffett-billionaire-taxes.html #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-06-14 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404297560756350979 Americas high rate of poverty is a policy choice, and there are reasons we choose it over and over again Not just rich people want poverty institutionalized. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/stimulus-unemployment-republicans-poverty.html #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2021-06-14 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404295865389383680 a wandering outrage in search of a problem https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/critical-race-theory.html Stirring up conflict among the masses is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 9 time 2021-06-14 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404294695694393348 The US is a tax haven! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/us-corporate-tax-rate-biden.html The GOP and quite a few Democratic legislators are funded by anonymous corporate donors. They're not going to tax these job creators - because the jobs the donors create are the legislator's own. #PS1tax == impress 10 time 2021-06-14 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404291603976527872 Limitarianism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/12/is-it-time-limit-personal-wealth/ In order to maintain equality of opportunity it's necessary to limit the liberty of the extremely wealthy. A good start would be to eliminate unlimited dark money in politics. #PS1theory == impress 9 time 2021-06-14 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404290408826368000 GOP making a case for regional federalism! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html They don't want to lose any more elections, so make those elections less important for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-gnawing-at-the-foundations-of-americas-free-and-fair-elections/2021/06/13/3f40ffa0-cacd-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2021-06-14 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404288465408299010 What do you call somebody who votes with Trump 99 percent of the time? A traitor! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rice-trump-impeach-election/2021/06/13/88b9d8b4-ca05-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html Revenge is Trump's Job #1. Roy Cohn would be so proud. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-06-14 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404269167155372036 Putin is counting on Trumpism keeping America divided and impotent so he can do what he wants. It's up to Biden to convince him otherwise, but 50 Trumpist GOP senators are in the way. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/biden-putin-summit-trump-helsinki-ukraine-belarus-navalny-20210610.html #PS1russian == impress 6 time 2021-06-14 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404264781012377605 Trump didn't trust his translators either! Foreign leaders who could speak English had an advantage. Every other president wanted his words recorded accurately. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-joe-biden-only-on-ap-europe-317bb31f5eab12eeb6d0bd03d2e9852b #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2021-06-14 02:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404233465629876224 Can international norms affect national behavior? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-us-un-cyber-norms/2021/06/12/9b608cd4-866b-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 8 time 2021-06-14 00:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404231083684556805 The evolution of In the Heights - to meet the moment of the moment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/11/in-the-heights-immigration/ #PS1immigration == impress 15 time 2021-06-14 00:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404229265940389889 It wasn't over for these people. Some didn't get vaccine, some couldn't, some did. But we got from 500,000 to 600,000. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ America is still #1 - by a large margin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/11/600000-covid-deaths-us/ Wear your mask to protect others. And yourself. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-06-14 00:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 485 epoch Lifetime ID 1435283976816117 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/14/2021 21:06" title "600,000 dead: With normal life in reach, covid’s late-stage victims lament what could have been" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1435283976816117 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404225882055528452 What the GOP really thinks about crime - buy more guns! Even when the shooting is on Sixth St, hardly a rifle shot away from the Texas state capitol. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/3-overnight-shootings-in-austin-1-day-after-6th-street-mass-shooting/ Defunding police unlikely. Likewise disarming the public. Fire away! #PS1firearms == impress 31 time 2021-06-13 23:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404223789760598020 6 of the 8 states with increasing infection rates have GOP governors, https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-states-trend-declining-infection-8df5fe34e1c4c6e475da4010438a250f who tout the economic recovery their Federal legislators voted against - https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-joe-biden-economy-coronavirus-pandemic-21da440bdd8b91df73b7392c3a216719 though their no-lockdown immunity was obtained by infection and death. #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-06-13 23:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404221244942077955 GOP plans to run against crime and defunding police, even though crime is rising everywhere and almost all Democrats are opposed to defunding police. https://apnews.com/article/politics-republicans-democrats-police-defund-crime-murder-a3f94cba375d526040763350c9acbc28 #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-06-13 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404219655435128836 Trumpism's greatest triumph might be going on right now at the local election official level - partisanship is driving out competence through fatigue and threats of jail and violence wherever GOP is in control. https://apnews.com/article/election-officials-retire-trump-2020-threats-misinformation-3b810d8b3b3adee2ca409689788b863f #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-06-13 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404178327208742914 Trump didn't trust anybody! https://apnews.com/article/don-mcgahn-subpoena-trump-apple-russia-probe-leaks-justice-1252749aa9ad526cc01d633949bd9b5a #PS1impeachment == impress 14 time 2021-06-13 20:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403972919412150281 The Baptists split over slavery before the Civil War. Now the descendants of the pro-slavery Baptists might split into Trumpist and non-Trumpist branches. They don't call it that, but that's what they mean. Splitting's what Protestants do. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/us/southern-baptists-conservatives.html #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-06-13 07:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403970365173338123 Conglomerates excel at a few things - executive compensation - and destroying shareholder value and workers' jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/att-warner-bros-discovery.html Has ATT discovered that being a regulated telephone company is not such a bad business after all? #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-06-13 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403968495751110656 China has taught us to be more careful about globalization. Will we remember the lesson? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/economic-nationalism-biden-trump-trade.html #PS1trade == impress 17 time 2021-06-13 06:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403967214886158341 Five myths about ransomware. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-ransomware/2021/06/10/b1e00344-c8b1-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-06-13 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403966159603462148 Hazards of contacting aliens. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/ufo-report-aliens-seti/2021/06/09/1402f6a8-c899-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html Earthly experience of cultures contacting is that it turns out very badly for the less technologically advanced. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-06-13 06:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403963786386571270 Trump is the most influential American president since FDR. He convinced the Europeans that America is an unreliable ally. They are afraid the next abler bolder Trumpist will be even worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shadow-g7/2021/06/12/9b1166e4-c9ec-11eb-93fa-9053a95eb9f2_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 16 time 2021-06-13 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403962032785739777 No GOP coup in 2024? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/opinion/trump-2024.html What about 2028? The important thing is that GOP officials are normalizing unconstitutional means of gaining power. Trump might be too incompetent to fully benefit, but what about his abler bolder successor? #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-06-13 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403960070606524419 What happens to a disappointed narcissist? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/sunday/donald-trump.html #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-06-13 06:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403958855814451200 Another argument for flat tax! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Know what carried interest is? You should! Every senator does. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/business/private-equity-taxes.html And nobody's going to do anything about it on McConnell's watch! #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-06-13 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403955877116223489 Time for one flat tax? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Taxes still optional for rich. My intention as the author of the 2017 tax reform was not that multibillionaires ought to pay no taxes But that WAS the intention of your campaign donors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/billionaires-taxes.html #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-06-13 06:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 528 epoch Lifetime ID 1434576653553516 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/13/2021 18:06" title "Opinion | Fat Cats on a Hot Tin Roof" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1434576653553516 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403696226621480970 GOP legislators want to talk about possible future inflation but voters and the right-wing media don't care. Legislators talked about fantasy issues for so long that their voter base and media think they are the only real thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-biden-culture-wars/2021/06/11/da382114-cac3-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-06-12 12:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403573975465160706 Consolidation of industries is inherently risky for everybody else. But consolidated industrial giants have a lot more political clout with legislators. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-09/jbs-cyberattack-shows-vulnerability-of-world-food-supplies #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-06-12 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403562503993323523 How Manchin fits into WV politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/politics/joe-manchin-west-virginia.html Any plausible alternative is worse. #PS1politics == impress 12 time 2021-06-12 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403551573364461574 Nobody wants to talk about their Ukraine testimony. Worried about perjury? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/11/new-questions-about-key-gop-impeachment-witness-trump/ #PS1ukraine == impress 29 time 2021-06-12 03:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403504195756445697 Cruising into the unexpected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/06/10/cruise-covid-celebrity-vaccine/ It's not over! #PS1virus == impress 39 time 2021-06-12 00:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403503337333399560 That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-canada-technology-gun-politics-religion-a7dd90823ca346534f1087ba0b1071b1 #PS1media == impress 34 time 2021-06-12 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 153 epoch Lifetime ID 1433276747016840 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/11/2021 22:06" title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1433276747016840 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403476618656423938 Trumpism in the air! https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/06/11/flights-mask-incidents-faa-fines/ What You Feel is the only truth that matters! Only suckers follow somebody else's rules! #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-06-11 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403414900391628802 Another investigation. Will Barr agree to testify under oath? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-ca-state-wire-europe-business-76af370a04c6d80613c9e9ba1e54c8c6 #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-06-11 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403364590860210177 How the GOP plans to win in 2022 and 2024 - by talking about defund the police and critical race theory - neither of which they can define, but they can run against anyway, to avoid talking about the virus and economic recovery. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/republicans-democrats-midterm-election.html #PS1gop == impress 36 time 2021-06-11 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403349012409819141 The Pentagon Papers didn't change a thing? They only confirmed what everybody already knew - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-daniel-ellsberg.html Every administration since made the same mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/pentagon-papers-vietnam-afghanistan.html National security is often just administration security. #PS1theory == impress 34 time 2021-06-11 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403334202825740289 A Potemkin bitcoin economy. https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-el-salvador-bitcoin-lifestyle-technology-d30c52b39e16ef49e4b6342fdc885c92 #PS1technology == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 12:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403332598575685637 The future of Afghanistan. https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-shootings-05612533bbcbfa2d836d46d84b82ee92 But it's hard to see how things would be any different if the US waited another 20 years before withdrawing. #PS1mideast == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 12:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403330527168401420 Who wants to be a cop these days? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-george-floyd-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-coronavirus-pandemic-d434cc8023875ddb996abb7df0a7bc44 #PS1justice == impress 26 time 2021-06-11 12:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403206032998879232 Why the GOP will never sign off on Biden's infrastructure plans. They wouldn't even sign off on Trump's! Because there's nothing in it for the major GOP donors, so why bother? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opinion/why-wont-republicans-rebuild-america.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403204800003510275 Ideas for taxing wealthy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/mad-about-how-little-rich-people-pay-taxes-heres-how-get-them-pony-up/ But eliminating reduced rates on capital gains, eliminating depreciation on real estate, eliminating stepped-up basis of assets at death, and enacting the minimum tax on global corporations would go a long way. #PS1tax == impress 36 time 2021-06-11 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403202671582978049 Ever hear of male privilege? They never have to think about this. At least if they are white. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/im-woman-who-runs-rural-roads-fear-is-always-there/ #PS1other == impress 27 time 2021-06-11 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403201901231964164 Three percenters make the FBI list. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/three-percenters-charged-conspiracy-capitol-riot/2021/06/10/f84091e6-c9ec-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-06-11 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403200644173897730 Florida Board of Education say they intend to serve students with facts rather than trying to indoctrinate them with ideology and so in the traditional minority-rule way, they actually intend to serve students with ideology rather than facts. https://apnews.com/article/florida-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-education-74d0af6c52c0009ec3fa3ee9955b0a8d #PS1other == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403198816736538624 You'd have to be Republican to understand! the package would not include tax increases... the package does propose that the gas tax be indexed to rise at the rate of inflation Meaning no tax increases on major GOP donors? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-joe-biden-4f93bdf711564f724282b323eb7f9b30 #PS1infrastructure == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403196260631252994 Trump was snooping in all sorts of places! https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-donald-trump-5b6f6bf0daf8bccf106a90d2ff52686c He didn't like leakage of embarrassing facts. #PS1impeachment == impress 29 time 2021-06-11 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403172689418735617 More immediate side effects of the virus https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-diabetes-science-heart-disease-health-213fe132f33c9428ea39274ffb96aa01 #PS1virus == impress 26 time 2021-06-11 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403171966421331971 Alabama legalizes yoga in schools! https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/os-ne-yoga-no-longer-banned-in-alabama-public-schools-20210521-jnp5pievajdt7f2u2h3u3oucfm-story.html #PS1other == impress 28 time 2021-06-11 02:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 481 epoch Lifetime ID 1433108023700379 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/11/2021 15:06" title "Yoga no longer banned in Alabama public schools" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1433108023700379 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403133487725498370 Anti-vaxxers will even travel to MARIN COUNTY to shout down reason. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/10/marin-congressman-huffman-heckled-by-anti-vaccine-protesters/ The SONOMA COUNTY GOP told them to! Trumpism in action - bringing AR15's next time? If you're not from the Bay Area, you might not know how ALL-CAPS CRAZY this is. #PS1gop == impress 40 time 2021-06-10 23:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403130556511096833 Does a positive test mean you are infectious? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/10/can-you-spread-covid-if-youre-vaccinated-have-no-symptoms-and-test-positive/ Nobody's sure. #PS1virus == impress 29 time 2021-06-10 23:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403127969657155584 Remember the Pentagon Papers? Sometimes patriotic and lawful are not the same thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opinion/fincen-buzzfeed-edwards-prison.html #PS1justice == impress 26 time 2021-06-10 23:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403126490728779780 This should be a good campaign. The main advantage Marco Rubio could claim is that he is a white man who'll get as much dark campaign money as he needs. This 2022 Senate race might be a preview of the 2024 presidential election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/val-demings-can-show-democrats-how-it-is-done/ #PS1election == impress 28 time 2021-06-10 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403125049087856640 The persuadable voters that decide swing elections moves left gradually - as they have for almost a century. The progressive voices cry in the wilderness but don't see all their dreams fulfilled, but slow progress happens anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/moderate-democrats-are-winning-elections-progressives-are-winning-war/ #PS1politics == impress 20 time 2021-06-10 23:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403123164859699204 Paying more gets you more and better applicants! Who would have thought that capitalism applies to labor, too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/10/worker-shortage-raising-wages/ #PS1recovery == impress 23 time 2021-06-10 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403121228332761093 Act on infrastructure and move on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-split-biden-infrastructure/2021/06/10/f1f95a8e-c91f-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html An unforeseen special election could put McConnell back in charge. The Democrats must do what they can with reconciliation and get the GOP to vote on record on the rest. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1432450660432782 #PS1democracy == impress 35 time 2021-06-10 22:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403107744387764224 Manchin is as far left as WV gets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/09/manchin-filibuster-bonus-senate-seat/ Be glad to complain about him instead of any plausible Republican replacement. #PS1politics == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 21:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403083364366651392 Deposed Trumpist personality cultists all sound alike! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-israel-middle-east-government-and-politics-9785d2410bf55bce06b893b19b3e6234 #PS1mideast == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 20:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403067018966814724 Trump will run again, and the major GOP donors approve. From their point of view, Trump is less dangerous than his abler and bolder would-be successors, who might attempt the wrong revolutionary changes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opinion/republican-party-2022.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1432348923776289 #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-06-10 19:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403059554443616258 Over the past 25 years, I.R.S. resources have been steadily cut No accident! That must be what major GOP donors prefer. That's not changing in any kind of bipartisan way. So with filibuster intact, it's not changing at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opinion/politics/irs-tax-evasion-geithner-lew-paulson-summers-rubin.html #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2021-06-10 18:40 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403049575246483458 How much social science belongs in the Journal of Irreproducible Results? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Irreproducible_Results Complex problems are rarely completely solved by simple solutions, though sometimes they help. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opinion/psychology-ted-talk.html #PS1other == impress 28 time 2021-06-10 18:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403044153357791249 It's all about the persuadable middle. In 2022 the far right will be out in force to support Trump's candidates. The far left better not support Trump by staying home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcauliffe-virginia-new-jersey-democratic-primaries/2021/06/09/d3f37e56-c943-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html #PS1politics == impress 23 time 2021-06-10 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403038161542914048 What does it take to avoid a filibuster? Propose a bill that Republican donors like and then claim no credit for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/09/believe-it-or-not-senate-actually-passed-very-ambitious-bill/ #PS1politics == impress 20 time 2021-06-10 17:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403036890580754435 Another delayed complication of the virus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/10/childhood-vaccination-falloff-increased-risk-disease-outbreaks/ #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-06-10 17:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403018789050978304 Population control and the standard of living. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ You can't adjust one without adjusting the other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/china-family-planning-population-crisis/ #PS1china == impress 21 time 2021-06-10 15:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403016870588944387 Trumpism in action - it's true if you BELIEVE it's true. Good enough for Ohio legislators! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/09/sherri-tenpenny-magnetized-vaccine-ohio/ Were you wondering what was up with all those people you see walking around with forks and spoons stuck to them? #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-06-10 15:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402852572222820357 Trumpists do it the Trump way! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/09/joshua-hall-trump-imposter-fraud/ It's true if you FEEL it's true! #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402850058354135044 Some folks just can't seem to stay out of trouble. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-us-supreme-court-texas-election-2020-071cd81a1447f17bfd115edffc4ff456 No surprise that so many of them gravitate toward Trump, a kindred spirit. #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402788908123885569 Taxes remain optional for rich people. They all think it's justified. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/08/wealthy-irs-taxes/ #PS1tax == impress 24 time 2021-06-10 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402787510191751173 Restoring history by removing the rewrites. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/not-far-tulsa-quieter-consequential-correction-historical-record/ #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 00:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402786626095378437 GOP says NO to paycheck fairness. Presumably echoing their major donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/09/gender-pay-gap-minimum-wage/ #PS1politics == impress 23 time 2021-06-10 00:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402783362759086080 Odd justice system! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bureau-of-prisons-bank-system/2021/06/08/2aff9766-c3d1-11eb-8c18-fd53a628b992_story.html #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-06-10 00:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 721 epoch Lifetime ID 1432543913756790 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/10/2021 19:06" title "Federal prisoners hold $100 million in government-run accounts, shielded from some criminal scrutiny and debt collection" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1432543913756790 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402777165410623488 Expect more ransomwear attacks, unless the FBI knows how to routinely get the money back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/09/jbs-11-million-ransom/ #PS1russian == impress 26 time 2021-06-09 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402776095791878145 Trump is keeping a lot of his followers in jail. They better remember that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-election-claims-capitol-breach-defendants/2021/06/08/036f57ee-bf22-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-06-09 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402520268644384770 Prostitution diminishes both parties, especially when they are Church and State. Political power attracts the wrong kind of people to religious leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/decline-fall-southern-baptist-convention/ #PS1other == impress 29 time 2021-06-09 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402519117198815232 In the great Alabama tradition of Roy Moore! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/attack-capitol-sure-stay-out-my-garage/ #PS1gop == impress 27 time 2021-06-09 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402517769489248259 Maybe you need to keep critical data local, and just use the cloud for backup. However that was not the Fastly problem. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-17a6b1f238588758aabc53597f8b22af #PS1technology == impress 46 time 2021-06-09 06:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 131 epoch Lifetime ID 1431845033826678 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/09/2021 19:06" title "EXPLAINER: Just how vulnerable is the internet?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1431845033826678 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402260132197638144 Why the global minimum tax agreement is so important. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/opinion/yellens-new-alliance-against-leprechauns.html The real challenge is in getting legislation passed to implement it. It's dead on arrival in the US Senate now that GOP is free of fear of filibuster. #PS1tax == impress 35 time 2021-06-08 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402243578072498178 Wonder what other encrypted apps aren't? https://apnews.com/article/europe-technology-a6ac691e26be2efc6e2f4a6974117536 #PS1technology == impress 28 time 2021-06-08 12:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402242557937999878 What if everybody's data is in the cloud - and it just floats away? https://apnews.com/article/internet-outage-down-fastly-7c607c931faba19584975da74c8fa633 #PS1technology == impress 29 time 2021-06-08 12:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402135338059923462 As long as you have consensus on the right, standing together in lockstep, you're not going to have a bipartisan break So much for Manchin's fantasies about HR4! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-voting-government-and-politics-365b422b2155aa21755d742cd801317c #PS1democracy == impress 37 time 2021-06-08 05:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402117387785150466 Even fully vaccinated people need to mask up around some other fully vaccinated people. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/07/breakthrough-covid-death-fully-vaccinated-napa-woman-dies-from-virus/ #PS1virus == impress 38 time 2021-06-08 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402106159109005313 Is Benitez just a loose cannon? Or a harbinger of a future Supreme Court ruling? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/will-newly-conservative-supreme-court-strengthen-second-amendment/ #PS1firearms == impress 38 time 2021-06-08 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402105170226417668 Suffer little children to be gone from me. Know ye not that the undocumented shall not inherit the kingdom of Texas? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/no-room-inn-texas/ #PS1immigration == impress 28 time 2021-06-08 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402101509404323862 The economy is paying the price for just-in-time purchasing and just-in-time hiring - transient phenomena throw it for a loop - temporarily. It will straighten itself out over time - just as nobody is hoarding toilet paper any more. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-business-94b3c6313cfed5c66d0729729b62b414 #PS1recovery == impress 30 time 2021-06-08 03:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-09 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 251 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1431451443866037 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/09/2021 05:06" sharesimpress 1 title "US economy: Plenty of growth, not enough workers or supplies" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1431451443866037 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402051836975091712 The purpose of GOP audits is to undermine democracy, not reinforce it. They want to keep the lie in the public eye and ear until enough people believe it due to repetition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/arizona-recount-audit-republicans.html #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-06-07 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402047807347847169 Birthrates decline and populations age wherever women get the knowledge and means to control family size. That's infuriated ambitious dictators for decades. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/please-hold-panic-about-world-population-decline-its-non-problem/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1430453193965862 #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-06-07 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402043600456744961 Want to connect with your neighbors? No problem, you need to do nothing. Don't want to connect? Then you have to act. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/07/amazon-sidewalk-network/ #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-06-07 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402042122467909634 GOP legislators always respond to the will of The People. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/whats-matter-with-texas-legislators/ You understand that The People are the major GOP donors and the single-issue voter blocs they rely on. Once you have those, nobody else matters. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-06-07 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402039658951806980 Keep producing the right kinds of soldiers! Hitler imposed a bachelor tax to get Aryan birth rates up. Maybe Xi will too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/07/china-three-child-feminism/ #PS1china == impress 13 time 2021-06-07 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402037390928089089 2020 is just a dress rehearsal. GOP doesn't plan to lose any more elections, no matter what the vote. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/politics/republican-election-fraud-claims.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/republican-loyalty-trump-isnt-just-about-big-lie-its-much-worse/ The worst is giving blanket authority to state legislatures to disregard any election outcome they don't like. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-06-07 22:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402034793768833024 Everything's coming up Milhouse for McConnell! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/mitch-mcconnells-plan-is-coming-together-perfectly/ Bipartisanship is for two parties that both want to accomplish something. Now GOP is fine with just blocking and tackling, so no need to compromise. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-06-07 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402033355277824001 Trump can be re-elected in 2024 - the GOP is doing everything it can to make sure that happens, no matter what the actual vote. If not Trump, somebody worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/too-many-people-are-still-underestimating-trump/ Somebody not as bad as Trump? They're left on the dock after the GOP sailed. #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-06-07 22:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402031681058447360 Surprise! Many GOP governors have a personal financial interest in depressing wages by ending unemployment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/07/gop-pandemic-unemployment-aid/ #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-06-07 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402029942259412995 backed by private fundraising campaigns whose donors are unknown But you could have guessed that they'd want to keep the money very dark. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pennsylvania-2020-ballot-audits/2021/06/06/4e456952-bfe0-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-06-07 22:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401995704222904320 Why taxing global corporations is such a big deal! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/media/viacom-cbs-tax-scheme.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/business/dealbook/viacomcbs-tax-shelters.html Even if it's legal, it would require enormous resources at taxing authorities to verify that. The GOP's job is to make sure the IRS lacks those resources. #PS1tax == impress 19 time 2021-06-07 20:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401994360665694208 Just-in-time logistics optimizes the normal steady state. It has no penalty function for failures during abnormal circumstances, which are becoming increasingly normal and global. So the whole system falls apart at once. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/coronavirus-global-shortages.html #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-07 20:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401991514356473856 US recovered ransom? That might change the equation. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-8e7f5b297012333480d5e9153f40bd52 #PS1russian == impress 13 time 2021-06-07 19:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401946334546989058 Not Mr Popular! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/time-call-manchins-bluff/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/how-joe-manchins-awful-new-stance-could-blow-up-his-face/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/06/joe-manchins-mighty-delusions/ Time for him to come up with a version of ANY of Biden's priorities that can get 10 GOP votes. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-06-07 16:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401917501894582281 In line with his other failures! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/02/trump-blog-dead/ He'll blame somebody else and promise the next great thing real soon now. He seems to do better in person, with feelers rather than thinkers. #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-06-07 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401915899301580801 National security or national pork? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/politics/senate-china-semiconductors.html If it's bipartisan, there's probably a lot of pork to bind it together and overcome traditional conservative opposition to industrial policy. #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-06-07 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401911757572952067 The last Trumpist in the Biden administration. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-business-c89012efd497def7e2a896e9dfb3f552 #PS1deregulation == impress 10 time 2021-06-07 14:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401898340824977409 GOP has achieved its goal of paralyzing government. Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html GOP wants to start the 2022 campaign now. All the Democrats can do is force them to take a bunch of votes on the record. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-government-and-politics-bd9b5c85f32e2b094387c81098319a53 #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-06-07 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401782794599030784 Netanyahu proves he's a Trumpist to the end - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-trump-capitol-mob-siege/2021/06/06/40a1d10e-c68a-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html His rule was a personality cult after all. #PS1mideast == impress 17 time 2021-06-07 06:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401780456379453441 Work won't love you back! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/opinion/Naomi-Osaka-ambition-women.html How much do you owe to those who would profit from your labor? #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-07 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401779430087856131 Is the ACLU getting off track on free speech? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/aclu-free-speech.html #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-06-07 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401776602686525449 It's a shortage of jobs, not a shortage of workers Cutting unemployment benefits will reduce spending and reduce demand further, increasing unemployment. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/opinion/jobs-report-wages-unemployment-covid.html #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-06-07 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401773657471426562 Things the Democrats need to talk about in 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/democrats-2020-election.html But will it matter? The Republicans are gearing up to never lose another close election, by legislative fiat if necessary. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-06-07 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401768335147081731 Great news for the Dixiecrat-Republican Party! Manchin says he won't vote for anything without bipartisan support. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/06/manchin-voting-rights-op-ed/ So Republicans can vote against any and all Biden initiatives with impunity. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429951714016010 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-06-07 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401764380073627654 Trumpists often have no clue about or interest in the actual work of government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/06/tito-ortizs-huntington-beach-maga-kickback-comes-an-end/ They just want to make a scene, hold rallies, and increase their ratings. #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-06-07 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401754565435813892 GOP donors seem to have decided that reality-TV personality cults create enough distraction and diversion that it's easy to quietly enact the legislation they want. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/06/gop-superspreaders-trumps-contagion/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429930460684802 #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-06-07 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401745434180087808 Funny business in the apps stores. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/06/apple-app-store-scams-fraud/ Be cautious about sending money to anybody! #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-06-07 03:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 925 epoch Lifetime ID 1430558663955315 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/07/2021 19:06" title "Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1430558663955315 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401646302530707457 The GOP's embrace of Trump's self-serving priorities has consumed the party's commitment to fiscal discipline, free markets and the rule of law. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-campaign-2016-senate-elections-government-and-politics-861ce4d1c92c8026c5312a9ea922cf22 Give Trump credit for revealing that the only real GOP commitment is to preserving minority rule! #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-06-06 21:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401644297938620424 Failure to act now will deepen disunity and dysfunction. Does he want regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html What voting reforms does Manchin think 10 GOP senators will support? Or even 1? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-bills-elections-government-and-politics-3eb2968199c9ceccd537c01c4cfdfb0f #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-06-06 20:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401641954815844352 25 Grizzly Scouts wanted to start a war. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/06/militia-plotted-war-against-ca-cops-impersonating-antifa-taking-up-arms-if-trump-invoked-insurrection-act-feds-say/ New tactics include pretending attackers are lone wolves, to protect the organization. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-06-06 20:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401638754721304577 More covid winners - white teenagers seeking jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/business/economy/pandemic-jobs-teenagers.html Just goes to show all it takes is money. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-06-06 20:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401638254932217857 Should government use lotteries as a lure to influence behavior? https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/-1-million-lotteries-should-play-a-bigger-role-in-public-policy #PS1theory == impress 11 time 2021-06-06 20:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401637791805566977 No more malls! And other approaches to California's housing crisis. https://www.ocregister.com/2021/06/06/my-housing-fix-ban-new-retail-development/ #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-06 20:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401572741220765696 The future of routine work? If you're not cheaper than a robot, a robot will figure out you're expendable. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/business/online-groceries-pickers-instacart.html #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-06-06 16:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401570870619901953 The plague led to a golden age of worker power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_the_Black_Death And so with covid - employers have to ATTRACT employees. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/upshot/jobs-rising-wages.html The GOP response? End immigration and prevent child care for poor workers! That empowers workers. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-06 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401567761076084737 The GOP pretends to be FOR families, but they are really FOR lower taxes on the rich and FOR more workers desperate enough to take any job at any wage. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/opinion/sunday/child-care-pre-K-republicans.html But SAYING you are for something and DOING the opposite is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-06-06 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401548243532619777 If the Democrats won't get right-to-vote laws passed, they better plan on regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Approaches that probably won't stop Trumpism - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/opinion/sunday/trump-2024.html His successors will be even worse. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429584804052701 #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-06-06 14:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401441162313945090 The GOP is in a bad way if it feels mortally threatened by the VICE president! Democrats never worried that much about Pence. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/opinion/sunday/kamala-harris-vp.html #PS1politics == impress 13 time 2021-06-06 07:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401437266065584133 Pearl Harbor, 9/11, covid, commercialized ransomware-as-a service. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/business/leon-panetta-cyber-attacks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/politics/ransomware-cyberattacks-sept-11-fbi.html #PS1technology == impress 22 time 2021-06-06 07:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401435006728163331 How the pandemic was 10X worse than it needed to be. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/04/plague-year/ #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-06-06 07:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401433498305527811 How Mark Meadows went to bat for Trump against Jeffrey Rosen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mark-meadows-jeffrey-rosen-election-fraud/2021/06/05/ee4f0e34-c635-11eb-8c18-fd53a628b992_story.html Rosen maintained his credibility. Not Meadows, if he had any left at that point. But Trumpists don't care. The only truth that matters is the truth about how Trump feels. #PS1election == impress 26 time 2021-06-06 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401432035567099907 Pure Trump - and thus pure GOP - blame others for his mistakes, take credit for the accomplishments of others. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fauci-wuhan-lan-leak/2021/06/05/8469f022-c55b-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-06-06 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401430257022869517 Trump calls for Republicans who stand for our values! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-73db85858ce62089f225d516144bdad2 The only Trump value is unflinching loyalty to Trump, so that's what he means. The 2020 Republican platform said so. #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-06-06 06:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401427977477390336 Democrats thank Donald Trump! For doing his best to insure Republican defeat in 2022 as he pursues his vendettas. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-b0d037e6179d7205acefbd56ee70e2dc #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-06-06 06:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401426276284391427 The reincarnation of Father Coughlin! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin https://apnews.com/article/wi-state-wire-wisconsin-health-coronavirus-pandemic-religion-dfe5a2f33612e1f527143d8c5008bb06 #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-06-06 06:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 574 epoch Lifetime ID 1429981727346342 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/06/2021 23:06" title "Wisconsin priest digs in to refuse bishop's demand to resign" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429981727346342 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401176718740647936 Panetta saw it all coming. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/business/leon-panetta-cyber-attacks.html Cyber Pearl Harbor no longer sounds like hyperbole. It will force national indoctrination on safe computing practices in the spirit of lose lips sink ships 80 years ago. #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-06-05 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401174942041874435 Defending your right to go for the gold! https://apnews.com/article/california-gun-politics-government-and-politics-3d72caa3b52667b2a450cae41a087468 Who's going to be next to set a world's record for slaughter? #PS1firearms == impress 16 time 2021-06-05 13:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401173465508376582 GOP doesn't have time to investigate Trump but has plenty of time to investigate Fauci. https://apnews.com/article/ap-radio-advisory-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-48194557d9af1a41bae9ef1495e9d37c They won't convince anybody new but they'll keep their base aroused. #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-06-05 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401171840005857283 Finally an agreement to end tax havens among major democracies. https://apnews.com/article/europe-tax-reform-technology-government-and-politics-business-12736e0426f0898a1a3bc187e3c4dfc1 But will the GOP in the Senate go along? Not likely - it affects their donors. #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-06-05 13:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401167899650236417 Another case of democratization of technology - to attack is cheap, to defend prohibitively expensive. https://apnews.com/article/europe-hacking-health-coronavirus-pandemic-technology-5d69e46750abd3b40fc9adf395869c7d Prevention will require retaliation against state sponsors. #PS1russian == impress 17 time 2021-06-05 13:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401041642153414666 The oldest excuse in politics - everybody's doing it! 1873 - https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory2os2xmaster/chapter/political-corruption-in-postbellum-america/ 2018 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/magazine/americans-think-corruption-is-everywhere-is-that-why-we-vote-for-it.html And Trump signed up 100%. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/04/635294139/for-president-trump-life-is-just-not-fair-and-what-that-means-for-the-rest-of-us More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428710620806786 #PS1theory == impress 19 time 2021-06-05 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401034418609803266 The oldest story in the Bible might be that of Job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job And the oldest religion is that of Job's friends - from which the rich and powerful conclude that there's no point in their helping the poor and powerless. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428694354141746 #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-06-05 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401022611170074628 Time was not the Democrats' friend in 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/politics/biden-infrastructure-republicans-obama-healthcare.html It's not in 2021, either. #PS1infrastructure == impress 14 time 2021-06-05 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401020755769401344 This month will be one to remember! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/democrats-filibuster-senate.html Every senator goes on the record for or against bipartisanship. For or against democracy. For or against filibuster. #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-06-05 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401015263479300098 Turning up the heat on the Trump organization. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/nyregion/trump-organization-investigation-allen-weisselberg.html Organized crime investigations start by squeezing at the bottom and working up from there. #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-06-05 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401013370573053956 Trump showers love on anybody who tells him what he wants to hear. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/04/trump-called-arizona-senate-president-thank-her-pushing-prove-any-fraud-audit-emails-show/ That's how we know he will run again in 2024. He desperately wants to be told that he will win, and there will be flunkies desperate to tell him what he wants to hear. #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-06-05 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400984745463345154 A way forward on voting rights? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/04/force-republicans-filibuster-democracy-again-again/ Make the GOP vote on the record for every provision of the voting rights bills, and see what kind of bipartisanship they can display. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-06-05 01:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400968249869799426 Why does populism always go bad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism Populist politicians start out by mobilizing the people against the elites. Their appeal is emotional rather than rational. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/populist-right-is-still-robust-we-cant-afford-complacency-left/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428583017486213 #PS1theory == impress 18 time 2021-06-05 00:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 473 epoch Lifetime ID 1429394647405050 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/06/2021 00:06" title "Opinion | The populist right is still robust. The left should not be complacent." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429394647405050 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400959688225615874 What kind of economy does the GOP want? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/04/new-jobs-numbers-raise-question-what-kind-economy-do-we-want/ Their major donors want a feudal one, with a small hereditary nobility and vast numbers of poverty-stricken serfs, deceived by propaganda into attacking each other instead of the nobility. #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2021-06-04 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400956500500115458 In Trumpworld, you can just make things up if you believe them enough! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/04/mike-lindells-fraud-allegations-are-even-more-ridiculous-than-you-might-think/ It only takes one con man to deceive a whole village of idiots. #PS1election == impress 7 time 2021-06-04 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400953046465581058 Can we teach the entire country not to bite on phishing attacks? Probably not. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/04/white-house-fbi-ransomware-attacks/ America and its allies must prohibit ransom payments and respond forcefully to perpetrators. Until then Putin is laughing all the way to the bank. #PS1russian == impress 10 time 2021-06-04 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400915164568834053 That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-canada-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-ap-fact-check-88f5248358d6b74af94fe22e571d0079 #PS1media == impress 20 time 2021-06-04 20:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400861478215831556 Real estate bargains galore! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-travel-lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-058b4d28eaac591fc266fdd5332e71ce Trump should have built in Silicon Valley, where prices hardly ever go down. #PS1trump == impress 24 time 2021-06-04 17:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400820466034479104 This is the political environment Flynn held up https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/michael-flynn-qanon-myanmar-coup-in-america-1176380/ as a model for America - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/myanmar-ethnic-armed-groups.html #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-06-04 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400818285663248390 The message from GOP legislatures to election officials is clear - retire, get the right result, or go to jail. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/republican-state-laws-election-officials.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-06-04 14:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400815009643450371 Are they arguing for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Are they waiting for the GOP to bipartisanly agree not to inflict any more partisan damage to democracy - as soon as the GOP has done all the damage it can think of? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/sinema-manchin-senate.html #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-06-04 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400795165011312647 Will he talk now? https://apnews.com/article/don-mcgahn-house-judiciary-trump-12a2bfe94d640395fdbc6f1e414cd621 Or is he saving it all for a tell-all book? That's the business plan of most Trump appointees whose careers were compromised by Trumpism. #PS1impeachment == impress 21 time 2021-06-04 12:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400793588896657419 Desperately seeking non-Trumpist Republicans! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-philanthropy-bc0ffa18063bf6889790e8a25b30980e Sorry Pence, you aren't Trumpy enough for Trumpists and too Trumpy for everybody else. Trump will never forgive your failure on Jan 6. Everybody else will never forgive all your other failures. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-06-04 12:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400673807564746752 If Democrats let GOP consolidate power, the only way out will be regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Democrats need to win voters who are right of center; Republicans do not need to win voters who are left of center. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/obama-biden-democrats.html #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-06-04 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400670604118822912 You can't get all the way to Nordic Nirvana just by taxing the rich. Income tax rates are very high in Europe on everybody, as are value-added taxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/biden-taxation-rich.html But a middle class tax increase is not in the cards with a shaky 51-50 majority. #PS1tax == impress 19 time 2021-06-04 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400651633445376007 Biden tackles corruption! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/bidens-trying-crack-down-international-corruption-lets-hope-it-works-this-time/ But will it do any good? What if these corrupt politicians and their US enablers are major GOP donors? We'll never know, and the GOP will find a way to avoid inconveniencing them. #PS1biden == impress 20 time 2021-06-04 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400648195596709890 Time to undo tariffs on our allies! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/one-trumps-dumbest-economic-policies-remains-place-time-biden-scrap-it/ Let's keep them allied! #PS1trade == impress 18 time 2021-06-04 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400641224390832128 Wolf warriors of lovable. You can't have both. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/03/china-wolf-warrior-reset/ You know what Trump would have chosen. #PS1china == impress 13 time 2021-06-04 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400639929772773378 It's hard to put a lot of faith in a state ruled by cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-bats-china-wuhan/2021/06/02/772ef984-beb2-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/03/bahrain-seychelles-sinopharm-vaccine/ #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-06-04 02:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400616824237027331 Smugglers wielding demolition tools and power saws have been cutting through at particularly high rates https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/summer-migrant-deaths-southern-border/2021/06/03/a03d7bb8-c3a6-11eb-8c34-f8095f2dc445_story.html The Great Wall of China didn't work that well either, but it's a great tourist attraction now. #PS1immigration == impress 19 time 2021-06-04 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400613927315148802 Penny stocks - if you heard about it from your friends, it's already too late. https://apnews.com/article/amc-stock-price-38c002049cdc6756581583fcfd643861 There's nothing supporting the stock price except hot air. #PS1economics == impress 27 time 2021-06-04 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400612932489150469 Probably going nowhere. https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-business-government-and-politics-767504f2366617e89a35375a0786e59a Taxes of job creator corporations and wealthy individuals are off the GOP table, even if Capito is willing. If they aren't for protecting billionaire tax relief, what is the GOP for? #PS1tax == impress 20 time 2021-06-04 00:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400611358719168515 The GOP will exploit every rural bias the constitution gives them https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ to preserve and strengthen minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The GOP is determined not to lose any more elections - doing whatever it takes. https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-campaign-2016-election-2020-5af20be3c4533a8a34763e82341eaca1 #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-06-04 00:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 73 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-06-04 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 726 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1428592004151981 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/04/2021 17:06" title "Trump's grip on GOP sparks fears about democratic process" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1428592004151981 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400483631886307331 Can the Senate be saved? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/joe-manchin-filibuster.html But repentance IS possible, though rare. https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/12/byrd.access/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-06-03 16:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400480628068343813 Like everybody else, some of Vollmer's ideas were better than others. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/august-vollmer-abolish-police.html Like most people, he should be remembered mostly for his better ideas. The high point in the Berkeley Hills is named Vollmer Peak. #PS1justice == impress 17 time 2021-06-03 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400464267711639560 The Golden Rule - he who has the gold, makes the rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/one-of-the-voices-objecting-to-nikole-hannah-joness-hiring-at-unc-a-newspaper-baron--and-major-donor/2021/06/02/b4abf72c-c2f3-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-06-03 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400463208343695360 None so deaf as those that don't want to hear! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/03/ohio-barnard-kempter-mic-memorial-day/ #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-06-03 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400461764962054153 Since he wants to succeed Trump, he'll have to out-lie Trump. Shouldn't be hard, since Carlson is smarter and bolder. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/02/tucker-carlson-data-wizard/ But like all the would-be Trump successors, he has to pretend he's not one. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-06-03 14:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400460493756657671 Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/slavery-us-germany-holocaust-reckoning/ #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-06-03 14:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400454805856788481 If you can teach people how to study how power worked 100 years ago, you are also teaching them how to study how power works today https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/03/sherman-riot-texas-lynching-marker/ Can't allow threats to minority rule! Just rewrite history - worked for Stalin, works for Xi. #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-06-03 14:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400450993028882446 China's model exported to the world - do what you're told or else! https://apnews.com/article/china-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-business-health-06be676e04bbd672120ebabc9e6e9561 https://apnews.com/article/china-government-and-politics-921c300e9057ea339d356c867bb9899f https://apnews.com/article/only-on-ap-middle-east-europe-government-and-politics-76acafd6547fb7cc9ef03c0dd0156eab #PS1china == impress 15 time 2021-06-03 13:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400439905713487879 What's worse than the Bush you know? https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-george-p-bush-donald-trump-texas-business-e6ec707f5fe306aa89a96ddf473294d2 The Bush you don't know who supports Trump. Only in Texas! #PS1gop == impress 33 time 2021-06-03 13:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400438051235536903 Trump will run in 2024 - https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-campaign-2016-election-2020-government-and-politics-7306533132e2fa9aa0e9b5da60db9420 but he pretends to waffle to make fund-raising difficult for his many would-be replacements. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-06-03 13:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400297209174786050 Stanford Federalist Society tries to strike against satire, but loses. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/02/stanford-clears-student-after-satirical-mocking-of-federalist-society/ The national Federalist Society has been the prime source for the stream of reactionary GOP judicial nominees. #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 35 time 2021-06-03 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400293135532453888 the U.S. economy before the pandemic was incredibly dependent on an abundance of low-wage, low-hours jobs https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opinion/labor-shortage-jobs-biden-covid.html Who wants another low-wage, low-benefit, dangerous, dirty job? #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-06-03 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400291734018351108 The Americanization of French politics. Why not - it's a global pandemic! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/opinion/france-cnews-americanization.html It's an easy solution to the problem of protecting minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 28 time 2021-06-03 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400289155364442122 The GOP is determined not to lose another election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/republican-plot-steal-2024-election/ What are the Democrats going to do about it? #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-06-03 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400287948516380674 Schlars of democratic decline warn - the time to act is NOW. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/frantic-warning-100-leading-experts-our-democracy-is-grave-danger/ #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-06-03 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400283724642590722 As a reactionary, Trump looks to the past, not the future - he wants revenge on every GOP official who failed him. Only then will he think about Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-2020-election-audits/2021/06/02/95fd3004-c2ec-11eb-8c34-f8095f2dc445_story.html Democrats should donate to the primary campaigns of Trump's avengers. #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-06-03 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400279086279188481 Republicans don't intend to lose another election. Are the Democrats going to protect democracy while they still have the means to do so? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/manchin-voting-rights/2021/06/02/103db892-c320-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-06-03 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400246491730513920 The evil men do lives after them. https://apnews.com/article/bernie-madoff-fraud-investigation-295bbd961885caca88c5c7c76b7df297 #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-06-03 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400244703161774081 A school for scoundrels https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-2020-elections-election-recounts-0f822ded24fb3cdbb9894c175dfffa91 #PS1election == impress 14 time 2021-06-03 00:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 112 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-06-03 ratio 0 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 560 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1427967420881106 likeimpress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/03/2021 19:06" title "Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1427967420881106 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400217839462584321 Anybody will see things that aren't there if they are tired enough. That probably explains most UFO's. But not all - there are likely lots of rare earthly phenomena that we don't understand. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ufos-bipartisan/2021/05/31/096df812-be69-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html No need to invent extra-terrestrials. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-06-02 22:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 52 epoch Lifetime ID 1427341147610400 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/02/2021 19:06" title "Close encounters: Democrats and Republicans unified in taking UFOs seriously" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1427341147610400 ========== Tweets for 2021-06-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399594708553244674 How minority rule works in cowboy country. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/us/guernsey-wyoming-police-chief.html The police are there to serve and protect the ruling class, not the public. #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-06-01 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399592922505306114 What's behind different state unemployment systems? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opinion/montana-unemployment-republicans-racism.html Surely not racism! #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-06-01 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399590550550945792 Why so few people want to work in a restaurant - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/those-300-pandemic-checks-arent-only-reason-restaurant-employees-might-not-want-go-back-work/ Lousy work, lousy conditions, lousy pay, lousy benefits. But employers don't want to do anything to make the jobs more attractive. #PS1recovery == impress 15 time 2021-06-01 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399589273918005248 Can advanced economies agree on taxing global corporations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/31/global-minimum-corporate-tax-biden-g7/ #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-06-01 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399587778443104256 Racial hatred is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Not just in Tulsa. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/it-was-much-more-than-tulsa/ #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-06-01 04:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-06-02 ratio 0 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-06-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 132 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1427141417630373 likeimpress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/02/2021 11:06" title "Opinion | It was much more than Tulsa" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1427141417630373 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399449949922725890 It's not easy being green. So many ways to go bad. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html #PS1climate == impress 13 time 2021-05-31 19:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399449154917523458 Michael Flynn is not getting any saner. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/politics/michael-flynn-qanon/index.html No wonder Trump pardoned him! Trump might want Flynn around for his next coup attempt. Bad enough if he really believes this stuff. So much worse if he doesn't but repeats it anyway. #PS1qanon == impress 13 time 2021-05-31 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399446720841322497 Too many Americans are no longer willing to act for the larger good. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/opinion/memorial-day-covid-national-service.html And why should they? Their leader says they'd be losers and suckers. He certainly never wasted any time on behalf of anybody else. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-05-31 19:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399444950903754753 No party for young people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opinion/elise-stefanik-trump-republicans.html To be a Trumpist you have to embrace the past - at least until somebody manages to sideline Trump. #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-05-31 19:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399431972175310853 Netanyahu supporters slammed right-wing parties planning to join the broad-based coalition, picketed their homes and in some cases issued threats. They're righting like hell - very Trumpist, as befits Netanyahu. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/opposition-parties-could-oust-netanyahu/2021/05/31/6974eecc-be56-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html #PS1mideast == impress 13 time 2021-05-31 18:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399430272672690179 When violence hijacks non-violence... the public loses interest in defunding police. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anarchists-and-an-increase-in-crime-hijack-portlands-social-justice-movement/2021/05/28/d49ee1b6-bf1a-11eb-a55f-4871b8ac676f_story.html #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-05-31 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399428103349301252 Is covid depression increasing violence? How about national leadership that tells people to fight like hell? How about record-breaking gun sales to new owners? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/30/summer-crime-spike/ There's a lot less talk about defunding police now. #PS1firearms == impress 24 time 2021-05-31 18:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399421274070282241 Open primaries to fight poisonous partisanship! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/want-help-resolve-american-political-dysfunction-allow-open-primary-elections/ Or better yet repeal sore-loser laws and use ranked-choice voting. That will improve general election chances for candidates with broad appeal. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425853607759154 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-05-31 17:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399415706693767174 Lots of sneaky amendments after midnight? You'd think it was a tax bill! https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-texas-government-and-politics-92d26e25c9db88a32e0fda890773b908 #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-05-31 17:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399414845506670594 Welcome to the advanced economies club! https://apnews.com/article/china-bd12b9c524853f33cca8db3a6930b936 Government can increase immigration, and pay for medical/dental care, child care, and education - but it still might not be enough. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425840594427122 #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-05-31 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399214033723482115 Firearms flood. Your firearms won't protect you from the bad guys - they always get the first shot. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/gun-purchases-ownership-pandemic.html #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-05-31 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399191413498081281 Where the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party never loses - harrassing honest election officials in order to replace them with obedient political hacks - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iowa-local-elections-voting-rights-elections-8ae7926dcd07f4dba7ede49d6fc894d9o suppressing votes - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-texas-voting-government-and-politics-12a00992b079678e0804c7bf1c696b2f More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425310224480159 #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-05-31 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399182367135199237 More democratization of technology. We have drones, they have drones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-militia-drones-threat/2021/05/28/864e44d0-bc8f-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-05-31 01:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399179085050302465 GOP uses critical race theory for any attempt to talk about slavery and segregation - because those eras rhyme with voter suppression now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/ Same kinds of politicians, same excuses, same hidden real agenda. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425433437801171 #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-05-31 01:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399162780243021825 More than a couple of Democrats want to keep the filibuster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-filibuster-commission-voting-rights/2021/05/28/0776b6a6-bf00-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html But the Republicans are playing for keeps now. They've made it clear than they don't intend to lose any more elections. The Biden administration is done in January 2023. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-05-31 00:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399156209140133888 Unclear on the concept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/30/id-be-republican-if-it-werent-republicans-so-might-many-other-african-americans/ The GOP is not interested in a few black voters who might go back to the Democrats at any time if they don't like GOP actions. In contrast, the GOP knows they have all the racists forever, no matter what. #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2021-05-31 00:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-06-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 585 epoch Lifetime ID 1426294484381733 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/01/2021 04:06" title "Opinion | I’d be a Republican if it weren’t for the Republicans. So might many other African Americans." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1426294484381733 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399120539327766528 A perfect storm - election lies and racist lies. Trump should be pleased by the synergy! https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/05/29/barabak-on-californias-central-coast-anti-asian-bias-and-the-big-lie/ Note to outside agitators - if you're going to call in to public local government meetings, learn how to pronounce the names. #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-05-30 21:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399118878458871808 The essential foreign trade problem - imported goods are cheaper but subject to disappearing when needed most. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/health/us-china-mask-production.html Depending on a strategic rival for any essential product or component is risky business. #PS1trade == impress 15 time 2021-05-30 21:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399117688966766595 Maybe they will figure it out. https://apnews.com/article/hi-state-wire-d52f7cf7fb0798ae695c6f76b29e424e But a defensive system for a big expensive target has to be 100% effective, while an offensive system can be 10% effective if each weapon costs one tenth as much. It's the democratization of technology. #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2021-05-30 21:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399116323880202240 Nothing ever changes! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/29/the-san-francisco-mass-shooting-that-changed-everything-and-nothing/ There's just too much dark campaign money and single-issue voters for GOP legislators to resist. #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-05-30 21:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399109995728232450 A role model for Trump? Not this one admired by Lincoln - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Ju%C3%A1rez but this one, admired by himself - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna He was president so many times historians can't agree on how many! And equally flexible ideologically. #PS1trump == impress 20 time 2021-05-30 21:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399106412907696128 DeSantis hopes to displace Trump in 2024. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-florida-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-b7188ef226e7d6cdd37b31360ec35c97 But Trump will run in 2024 even if he is bankrupt and in jail. So for now he's giving would-be rivals and their donors a chance to show their hands. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425318547812660 #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-05-30 20:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399096370942726147 students could be given a whitewashed version of the nation's history Of course! That's the whole point. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-business-education-government-and-politics-905c354a805cec1785160cf21f04c7ec Study of past racist practices might shed an unwelcome light on present racist practices, so the GOP is opposed. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-05-30 20:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399094177472737282 Where the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party never loses - harrassing honest election officials in order to replace them with obedient political hacks - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iowa-local-elections-voting-rights-elections-8ae7926dcd07f4dba7ede49d6fc894d9o suppressing votes - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-texas-voting-government-and-politics-12a00992b079678e0804c7bf1c696b2f More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425310224480159 #PS1 democracy == impress 2 time 2021-05-30 20:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398897068941266944 Tough love for the DNC. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/politics/democratic-national-committee-hack.html #PS1russian == impress 17 time 2021-05-30 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398895997078573057 The dollar rules because - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/us-dollars-currency.html we have lots of $100 bills in circulation all over the world. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-05-30 06:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398894563142496256 The other cost of covid! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/opinion/sunday/covid-impact-us.html As usual, the GOP doesn't even want to talk about solving the problem, except by building more prisons. #PS1health == impress 15 time 2021-05-30 06:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398892321639309317 What's the difference between a government tolerating crime and one committing it? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/world/europe/ransomware-russia-darkside.html Being in Russia, one has to think that the ransom service operators have to pay protection to somebody. #PS1russian == impress 17 time 2021-05-30 06:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 454 epoch Lifetime ID 1425436214467560 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/30/2021 18:05" title "Secret Chats Show How Cybergang Became a Ransomware Powerhouse" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425436214467560 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398635426290667532 It's not over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/29/vietnam-hybrid-variant-covid-virus/ We hope existing vaccines are effective for this one, and the next one too. #PS1virus == impress 25 time 2021-05-29 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398633678087983108 The reason he was there is because he was a dumbass and believed what he heard on Fox News https://apnews.com/article/dc-wire-donald-trump-health-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-b7e929bb8d49b77d0922eae7ad3794b7 And who fed the disinformation propaganda to Fox News? And why didn't Fox News verify it before repeating it as fact? #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-05-29 13:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-05-30 ratio 0 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 80 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1424950654516116 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/30/2021 00:05" sharesimpress 1 title "Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1424950654516116 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398391801166192641 Plenty of ignorant politicians in Minnesota, too, that sign things without reading them. https://www.twincities.com/2021/05/27/mn-republican-governor-candidate-scott-jensen-goes-to-court-to-stop-youth-covid-vaccinations/ #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-05-28 21:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398378863802019840 Even if we never even reach herd immunity or figure out exactly what level it works, it still helps to immunize as many people as possible. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/herd-immunity-covid-us.html #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-05-28 20:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398374702171648001 Pay teachers more if you want to compete with China and the rest of the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/teacher-pay-covid.html #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-05-28 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398373040090611715 The next wave might be the worst. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/covid-vaccine-variants.html Let's not leave huge unimmunized populations for the virus to mutate in. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 20:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398370135652532227 Groucho saw it all coming! https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/how-mitch-mcconnell-and-the-gop-perfected-the-politics-of-no/article_2b1befb8-aecd-52e8-a90c-3debe4d75657.html Just say NO! #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 20:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398357412654944256 Fox News noticed cult of personality outrage got much higher ratings than journalism, and so much higher ad revenues. So out with journalism and in with personalities. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/business/media/trump-fox-news.html But with Trump, it's never enough. He never forgets disloyalty. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-05-28 19:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398354751155171328 Tracked with technology? Evade with technology! https://apnews.com/article/europe-technology-business-1cd3714c9ce906b8fc931ebb95cb9e26 #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-05-28 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398353669595172865 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-michael-pence-canada-technology-lifestyle-3184d9719c1bbd9d3875af05c031b493 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-05-28 19:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398339605687160838 No doubt Trump will say that Paul Ryan caused Trump's election loss. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paul-ryan-trump-republicans-fox/2021/05/27/f9d41b7a-bf0d-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-05-28 18:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398336458654552070 The most susceptible to the virus are most susceptible to disinformation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-california-farmworkers/ #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 17:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398333141769617409 Time for a Select Committee or Presidential Commission? The Democratic Party is now literally the party of democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/28/lisa-murkowski-shaming-mitch-mcconnell/ You can't shame the shameless #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-05-28 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398331436093034499 Xi shows Trump how to fail at becoming the dominant world power, by getting carried away by cult of personality. But Trump knew it all already. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/xis-china-cant-seem-stop-scoring-own-goals/ We don't think much of Modi but we will accept him as an ally against Xi. #PS1china == impress 16 time 2021-05-28 17:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398329169973415940 Nobody let a lousy virus impede the increase in wealth inequality! https://apnews.com/article/ceo-pay-rises-again-b1d87eb36ac921a159268a6b830fc308 #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-05-28 17:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398328408212344832 2020's like 1920's? Perhaps in some ways - https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-migration-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-business-361a9bf86ea3175194957b7550bb6051 History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes Note that the Dust Bowl right after the 20's was caused by a warming climate - which then reversed somewhat. #PS1economics == impress 31 time 2021-05-28 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398319430816260096 Suicidal random mass killings - it's the price you have to pay to protect YOUR sacred constitutional right to carry out suicidal random mass killings. Just ask the NRA! https://apnews.com/article/california-shootings-92e031cf436e1b051bde08a3d2af1503 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423917017952813 #PS1firearms == impress 25 time 2021-05-28 16:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398317119859658753 GOP bipartisanship in action! One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/mcconnell-says-he-s-100-percent-focused-stopping-biden-s-n1266443 china https://apnews.com/article/china-science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bills-99579596114673248a3a02e78f922cef insurrection https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-4798a8617bacf27bbb576a4b805b85d9 #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 16:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398283761188368385 Are you on any mailing lists run by Constant Contact? https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-solarwinds-spear-phishing-7abd240b9d3a25bedecf6441ca6dc74f #PS1russian == impress 20 time 2021-05-28 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398109528558739458 Bolsonaro - Trumpism unrestrained! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/opinion/brazil-covid-inquiry-bolsonaro.html #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398108721826340874 QAnon - as popular as evangelical Christianity? At least for Newsmax and OAN fans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/us/politics/qanon-republicans-trump.html #PS1qanon == impress 16 time 2021-05-28 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398107719865802755 If you need to feed garbage to Trump - Giuliani is the disinformation superpipeline! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/nyregion/trump-ukraine-rudy-giuliani-2020-presidential-election.html #PS1ukraine == impress 24 time 2021-05-28 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398105988331311107 we gave allegiance to one political figure and weren't loyal enough to our principles https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-government-and-politics-569cdd527b1525a490f8a4d43937b3a3 Where's Ryan been? The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party is 100% loyal to its one principle/principal - Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423524401325408 #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-05-28 02:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398084259542224897 Two points of view about the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party - Losing everywhere? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/whatever-republicans-are-doing-it-isnt-working/ Or laying the groundwork to never lose again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/republicans-are-not-disarray-theyre-united-their-attack-democracy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423489221328926 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-05-28 01:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398079634541998080 Barr did more for Trump than he ever should have. But with Trump, it is never enough, and he forced out Barr for disloyalty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/how-william-barr-served-trumps-legal-heat-shield/ Trump enablers should ponder how it all ends. #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-05-28 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398076646603694084 America's Enlightenment ideals are exactly what the modern Dixiecrat-Republican party wants to undo. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html But we must remain woke to the transformational power of American ideals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/american-history-we-should-all-be-woke/ #PS1theory == impress 16 time 2021-05-28 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398074567856250881 The democratization of technology! https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ It gives the advantage to small organizations on the offense with nothing to lose. Attack is fantastically cheap and defense is fantastically expensive - perfect terror. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/warfare-future-is-now/ #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-05-28 00:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398073184360886272 Bipartisanship works when you have two parties work from a common basis of the same facts. But when one party is based on fantasy and the other on facts, there is no common basis to work from. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/bipartisanship-is-overrated-especially-with-these-republicans/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423469797997535 #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-05-28 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398070860469080064 Democrats better act fast while they can. Or else start planning for regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party is not going to leave anything up to chance or up to the voters in 2022 and 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/election-deniers-are-running-for-a-key-role-in-swing-states-it-could-lead-to-a-scary-2024/2021/05/27/ab22809a-be61-11eb-83e3-0ca705a96ba4_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-05-28 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398068894749716482 Strom Thurmond, founder of the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party and champion filibusterer against civil rights! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-filibusters-gun-politics-government-and-politics-93c53b3aa8d2b91d3c2d5884f3cdf139 His legacy lives on! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-05-28 00:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 848 epoch Lifetime ID 1424209711256877 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/28/2021 21:05" title "End Minority Rule" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1424209711256877 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398005995708633090 Crises used to unite Americans - then the ruling class discovered that disunity better served its interests. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251676113.html #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-05-27 19:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397961998197936130 Jan 6 commission/filibuster votes today or tomorrow? Only three GOP senators are definitely in favor of Jan 6 commission. Which means it's really going to be about filibuster. Where GOP senators stand - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423266954684486 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2021-05-27 17:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397909790328717324 Can Collins and Murkowski find amendments to get 8 more GOP votes for a Jan 6 commission? Will Manchin and Sinema agree to override filibuster for at least this bill? https://apnews.com/article/gop-set-to-block-january-6-panel-e1e3552f69c0d958240a613a615a9f47 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423158221362026 #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-05-27 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397749393474789377 Trump normalized violence against people you don't like. His abler and bolder successor might not have any Jewish in-laws. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/anti-semitism-attacks-violence.html Trump was never pro-Israel. He was pro-Netanyahu because he was such a kindred opportunist who was pro-Trump. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-05-27 02:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397728074196652035 Manchin and Sinema assure the GOP that they don't need to compromise at all, because filibuster is safe. If the Democrats proposed something GOP liked, they still might not vote for it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/politics/filibuster-senate-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 25 time 2021-05-27 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397725106332332032 Isolationism doesn't work. Pay a little now rather than a lot more later makes sense to everybody except politicians, who get no reward for avoiding problems. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/opinion/biden-covid-vaccine-world.html #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-05-27 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397721245890740224 Musk doesn't like regulation? People like Musk are why we NEED regulation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/26/elon-musk-tweets-crypto-markets/ #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-05-27 01:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397720303539683328 Getting to the heart of the matter - how can Trump's would-be successors sideline him without getting caught or admitting it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/26/trump-biden-mccarthy-greene/ He doesn't lightly share the limelight, or the campaign contributions. And revenge for disloyalty is job #1. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-05-27 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397715223784529924 Big money in anti-vax litigation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/26/vaccine-mandate-litigation-siri-glimstad-ican/ #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 time 2021-05-27 00:44 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397708854440300548 The biggest monument of all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/26/georgia-stone-mountain-park-confederate/ They should carve Thurmond, Gingrich, and Trump in there with Davis, Lee, and Jackson, and then blast them all away for good. Let the dust be Gone with the Wind! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1419501368394378 #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-05-27 00:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 383 epoch Lifetime ID 1423477461330102 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/27/2021 17:05" title "w.political-scrapbook.n" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423477461330102 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397659216651853825 Manchin can't take the fallout. He's as far left as WV can possibly go, but his insistence that he won't change filibuster gives the GOP clearance to resist everything, especially voting rights. Enabling Trumpism is his legacy. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/january-6-commission-latest/index.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-05-26 21:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397653108050726912 Economic recovery means rising prices! Domestic leisure air travel recovers and fares rise. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/business/plane-ticket-airlines-airfare/index.html Atlanta employers are discovering - creeping communism! - workers are costing more too. https://www.ajc.com/ajcjobs/labor-shortages-end-when-wages-rise-say-some-local-businesses/ZJGBDTEXOBFSXEH6WLCZCU6DNA/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422723108072204 #PS1recovery == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 20:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397632553616478211 Unclear on the concept! The purpose is not to give the election a clean bill of health, it's to undermine its credibility - a dress rehearsal for 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/26/brad-raffensperger-ga-recount-nyt/ As with Benghazi, they'll keep recounting until they get the result they want. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 19:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397626080781955074 Tell the truth? That doesn't work for minority rule - it would come out like https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376797479331434 So the ruling class will have their politicians continue to make things up! https://apnews.com/article/michigan-health-coronavirus-pandemic-campaign-2016-democracy-5c3d6ef31272b42360f78949776a6cf7 #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-05-26 18:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397597027341541377 A perfect model for Trumpism - the emperor-for-life gets to decide who gets to run for office. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-donald-trump-middle-east-iran-elections-e1636938e8bc11b30650c90c0bb7764e #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 16:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397596604220076032 Of course racial antipathy is on the rise - dividing the masses against each other is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Who's next? Trump's abler and bolder successor probably won't have Jewish inlaws. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-el-paso-texas-mass-shooting-racial-injustice-health-coronavirus-pandemic-5e97feb8c498cbf80718a62d164f8285 #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-05-26 16:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397595566079574019 Genuine Trumpism in action - blame Biden for things that happened when Trump was president. Nobody can take credit for the rapid economic recovery AND disown the corresponding inflation. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prices-084a908ac2850e8690a822d6c7f56301 #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-05-26 16:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397586934738821122 No ten GOP senators favor voting rights. It will take Democratic unity and disabling the filibuster. To fail to act now is to permanently cede power to the Dixiecrat-Republican Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-for-the-people/2021/05/16/bb65909a-b458-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422595264751655 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-05-26 16:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397582348951056393 You have to be flexible to survive in the Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/18/clyde-tourist-capitol-riot-photos/ #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-05-26 15:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397420141172776964 Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html How corn country and sagebrush country have become Dixiecrat-Republican country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/republicans-prairie-states-are-busy-harvesting-their-gains/ #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-05-26 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397417929763790852 Ranked-choice voting is a big improvement - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/ranked-choice-voting-is-already-changing-politics-better/ but it doesn't favor cult of personality, so expect GOP and hardcore Democratic kingmakers to oppose it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-05-26 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397416609405304834 An argument for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html the GOP focuses its efforts on state legislatures. If it controls those, it controls Federal elections AND local governments. All to the benefit of GOP donors' minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/conservatives-have-one-remaining-redoubt-power-theyre-going-use-it/ #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-05-26 04:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397414968711028738 Everybody thinks their taxes are too high - because that's what politicians keep telling them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/americans-just-got-tax-cut-most-them-dont-realize-it/ #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-05-26 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397407563436630017 GOP preparing the way for 2022 and 2024! It's not about water for voters standing in line. It's about nullifying elections that don't turn out the way they like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/voter-suppression-is-bad-but-this-tactic-is-even-worse/2021/05/16/97031c6a-b4f1-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422268608117654 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-05-26 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397396664529285120 Kevin McCarthy has got all his moves down pat. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-trump-republicans.html He won't make the Pence mistake of recalling his constitutional duties at an inconvenient moment - and thus forever forfeiting any place of power in Trumpism. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397395360021024768 the fundamental problem lies less with the crazies than with the careerists; not with the madness of Marjorie Taylor Greene, but with the spinelessness of Kevin McCarthy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/opinion/republicans-donald-trump-loyalty.html Those who know better commit the greater sin. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-05-26 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397392785070641152 Here's part of the swamp that might well be drained. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/05/24/commerce-department-monitoring-itms/ #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-05-26 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397390703093714950 No doubt GOP voters would support GOP legislators if they understood all about GOP major donors. If not, to heck with them! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/24/florida-republicans-are-trampling-wishes-locals-rush-consolidate-power/ Donors will get you through times of no voters better than voters will get you through times of no donors. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397386922830430208 Can a president or ex-president EVER be guilty of ANYthing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/why-is-justice-department-withholding-most-its-trump-memo/ #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397385828180004865 It's a waste of time to seek bipartisanship on infrastructure. GOP will only vote on proposals paid by users, never for increasing taxes on their donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/25/white-house-republicans-infrastructure-talks/ #PS1infrastructure == impress 16 time 2021-05-26 02:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397384041452560388 Racism polls extremely well with the Trump base. Expect more of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/25/republicans-spent-anniversary-george-floyds-murder-trying-vote-down-black-woman/ #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-05-26 02:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397383226910412804 Stalin would be so proud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/25/belarus-confession-video-forced/ #PS1foreign == impress 16 time 2021-05-26 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397382556421554180 Where did covid come from? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-how-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-suddenly-became-credible/ It's a tangled tale, with lots of CYA and misdirection. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-05-26 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397360503010123776 The purest expression of Trumpism! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-health-0a36ebacea5bdaaf92204b9b79ebf0d6 She says what Trump feels and is afraid to say. McConnell and McCarthy pretend to be shocked, just as they were on Jan 7, but Trump will tell them to get over it. #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-05-26 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397359678200291330 Spreading doubt, not restoring confidence, is the whole point - so nobody ever trusts an election again. Just like Belarus, Iran, or N Korea. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-2020-election-recounts-government-and-politics-4d5038b2bea05d2132cb4ada43516f67 #PS1democracy == impress 32 time 2021-05-26 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397357447161868289 The real meaning of Confederate flag waving in the US Capitol. https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-100-years-later-3bc13e842c31054a90b6d1c81db9d70c #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-05-26 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397355277213519874 Stalin is gone but Lukashenko is still here! https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-business-187dbc95a9a0f70c58ee610c67ff372d He still calls the secret police KGB. Even Putin moved on from that. #PS1foreign == impress 24 time 2021-05-26 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397353987477688322 what led up to the attack on the Capitol, ... a very thorough evaluation https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-legislation-government-and-politics-ecb9a4f15742dc5718a244c4e07097ba Forget it! A thorough evaluation is the last thing GOP senators want. #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-05-26 00:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397352849642725376 What might the grand jury find? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trump-investigations-business-government-and-politics-80592eae7ba9ca508a3161e085a0fec6 Where there's smoke, there's fire. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2021-05-26 00:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 975 epoch Lifetime ID 1422882681389580 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/26/2021 20:05" title "New grand jury seated for next stage of Trump investigation" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422882681389580 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397302654817079297 You can't keep draining the aquifer forever. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-24/skelton-water-drought-newsom-budget-california Especially if the climate is tending drier. #PS1climate == impress 12 time 2021-05-25 21:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397301796540846084 WHAT is the power of our example? https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-world-america-shackelford-20210519-p7twh7swkjdtdc4keg57uyoi2u-story.html Putin has a different idea. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-05-25 21:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397301202589687810 Elon Musk's bitcoin hustle. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/25/opinion-california-air-board-should-force-tesla-divestment-of-bitcoin/ #PS1climate == impress 27 time 2021-05-25 21:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397300157780172800 Sondland should have known better than to trust a Trumpist. Even in writing and with witnesses they would deny it. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-europe-impeachments-trump-impeachment-06e4d35b27cddf0eb4e4debc0b595d8d #PS1ukraine == impress 12 time 2021-05-25 21:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397052287923621894 Did the Democrats advertise on the wrong media, and too late in the campaign? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-2020-autopsy-midterms/2021/05/18/6114af82-b80d-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html Bad polling led them to spend money on races that were really out of reach. #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-05-25 04:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397048723067211780 We knew the GOP would oppose tax increases on the rich. Now it looks like some Democrats will too. They must be hearing from their donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/11/biden-taxes-democrats/ And it only takes a few to kill legislation in the Senate. #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-05-25 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397041083868008450 Justice is different at the high end and the low end. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/free-reality-winner-documentary/2021/05/11/9c803766-b25a-11eb-9059-d8176b9e3798_story.html #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-05-25 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397040211176038402 Global just-in-time manufacturing leaves no slack for problems. Everybody downstream has to stop production. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/manufacturing-supply-chain-crisis/ #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-05-25 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397020618260828162 How Dixiecrat-Republican Potemkin democracy works - if the voters vote wrong, just ignore them. https://apnews.com/article/mo-state-wire-michael-brown-medicaid-business-health-19125d5b1d59ab6a9cb29ff48769a4e9 #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-05-25 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397019397647003649 Proud Boys help Nevada GOP purge honest officials. https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-donald-trump-censures-government-and-politics-1a554f065edf11dcdf841566cff45b44 #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-05-25 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396985352498278401 The Soviet Union collapsed - into Russia and its sphere of influence. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-soviet-union-is-gone-but-it-s-still-collapsing Perhaps the driving factor was Russians' fear of becoming a minority in their own country. They still have lots of foreign workers from Central Asia. #PS1foreign == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 38 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-05-25 00:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396980189930786821 Under feudalism, there's no need for public service workers. Government is lean and mean! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-government-and-politics-5026fccc5a2240c4227a1ed044f710d1 #PS1theory == impress 12 time 2021-05-25 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 342 epoch Lifetime ID 1422219611455887 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/25/2021 19:05" title "Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422219611455887 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396974884954152961 Perfectly designed to undermine confidence, not restore it. Exactly what was intended. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/19/gop-arizona-election-audit/ #PS1election == impress 3 time 2021-05-24 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396967733590302725 Acting so as to be above suspicion seems to be too high a bar for legislators. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-government-and-politics-388628625536887fefa47b9bbca629eb #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2021-05-24 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396966460300300290 Seems like the solution has to be better pay and working conditions! https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prisons-government-and-politics-88fff925b1901a36a10581c28d826916 #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-05-24 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396956523255844868 Earmarks - democracy in action or bribery in action? Representatives need to be able to show their donors and voters what they are doing for them. https://apnews.com/article/health-government-and-politics-a9783ac73ba1f92d0585c880d15f64f8 Necessary grease for the wheels of legislation? #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-05-24 22:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396953134350573569 Stalin Jr acts - Putin his model. https://apnews.com/article/europe-belarus-media-business-government-and-politics-934283a5f4763a421391d8a55a89ad55 https://apnews.com/article/belarus-europe-edcf633281e3e9a55b2d994b96eb029b #PS1foreign == impress 6 time 2021-05-24 22:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396937234662629376 Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Trump made straight a highway in the wilderness - from democracy to autocracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/opinion/republicans-politics-trump.html It's his abler, bolder successor - yet to be determined - that will drive America down that highway. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-05-24 21:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396935304460660739 The unexpected answer to California's recall - Gray Davis! https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/recall-gavin-newsom-gray-davis #PS1capolitics == impress 9 time 2021-05-24 21:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396932479504699392 Who cares if it's true, or who it hurts, if it gets YOU fortune or fame? https://apnews.com/article/science-entertainment-coronavirus-pandemic-health-8c8345f474db874b1d27806e8d1f5ca1 They learned that from Trump! #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-05-24 20:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396929849189572608 GOP legislators are doing the job their donors pay them to do - protect minority rule. That's GOP ethics in action! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html What does truth or the common good have to do with it? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/15/opinion-34/ #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-05-24 20:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396926381666168837 Some states move to expand voting https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-voting-voting-rights-health-3f46e438bf9368d9b3535824e8c6c911 But others threaten election officials with fines and jail time https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-laws-elections-voting-health-4cb9244c381f1031c9ce20610c79a931 And it sounds a lot like get the result we want or else! Stalin would be proud. #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-05-24 20:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396882703367032836 Tired of rural bias in taxation and representation? https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Time to expand the House of Representatives! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/19/opinion-congress-and-california-need-more-representatives/ #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-05-24 17:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396869868423585794 Deterring a very cold war. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/russia-us-arctic-military.html #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-05-24 16:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396868807629500418 Supreme Court vs California https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/California-vs-The-Supreme-Court-16195219.php #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2021-05-24 16:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396867590211792896 Projecting the stock market, stock sales, and subsequent capital gains tax revenues is pretty difficult. Politicians don't have an encouraging track record. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/05/california-budget-surplus-revenue-taxes-estimates/ #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-05-24 16:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396866690554556417 The way to stop the China Virus is by taking the TRUMP VACCINE!!!! https://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/columns/column-by-steven-p-grossman-the-vaccine-effort-needs-trump/article_0f9bb6b8-8159-5b89-bec5-b3aca1da7601.html #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-05-24 16:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396861534433779715 50 years ago it was the sheiks of Araby. Now it's the crooks of Muscovy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/business/energy-environment/colonial-pipeline-security-weather.html And the energy industry's own reluctance to deal with the climate change that it's done so much to cause. #PS1climate == impress 7 time 2021-05-24 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396860006977335299 Uneven recovery - https://pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/columnists/covid-relief-hasnt-reached-everyone-who-needs-it-by-noah-smith/article_81ef5892-d791-57f2-a8d6-c6d68428906b.html What about state unemployment systems that completely bogged down? What about the impending unpaid rent crisis - how is the suffering going to be shared? #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2021-05-24 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396858466975711234 Average wages went up - along with home prices - because more minimum-wage essential workers were laid off than work-from-home professionals. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/22/18-wage-gain-hides-californias-lumpy-economic-rebound/ #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2021-05-24 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396857673593679878 Everybody is running out of everything! The economic recovery is TOO robust. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/inflation-rate-2021-and-shortages-companies-panic-buying-as-supplies-run-short #PS1recovery == impress 9 time 2021-05-24 15:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396687494108778498 No deal on infrastructure! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-government-and-politics-8277ba4582824133eb31690d0f48f0c7 GOP has its orders from its donors and favors taxing the middle class and poor to benefit the rich; the Democrats the opposite. Neither is budging. #PS1infrastructure == impress 13 time 2021-05-24 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396672550797672448 Forget the insurrection! The important thing is to regain control of Congress! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-campaign-2016-capitol-siege-election-2020-2ae07018410ef256f2c89ea20cf180ad Unfortunately, for Trump the important thing is revenge on those he feels betrayed him, and nowadays being GOP means believing and doing whatever Trump says. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-05-24 03:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 626 epoch Lifetime ID 1421523751525473 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/24/2021 17:05" title "Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1421523751525473 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396494924904747012 Homelessness - a GOP triumph! Reagan's mainstreaming of mental patients made them a county problem rather than a state one, and Jarvis' Prop 13 made sure the counties and other local governments had no money to match their new problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/20/california-homeless-addiction-drugs/ #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-05-23 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396483698388738050 You can't embrace both rationality and Trumpism! Trump will make sure of that. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-virginia-elections-election-2020-campaign-2016-c87bf923a4ea7d04e8eb49ad683964b7 The main GOP game plan is to suppress Democrats, not convert them to GOP. Ranked-choice voting and no sore-loser laws would help moderate candidates. #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-05-23 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396481572329562114 Why don't they just re-institute poll taxes, literacy tests, great-great-grandfather clauses, and property ownership requirements like the good old days? The Supreme Court probably won't stand in the way now. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-5138bd1ddd074feab7f70700bb196421 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-05-23 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396479813905383428 Reduce income inequality by raising wages and reducing profits? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-pandemic-inflation-business-f12ad357da32e88281d1e132d6899165 NEVER! say GOP donors, and GOP legislators echo, saying GOP voters would agree if they understood trickle-down economics. Biden thinks GOP voters are smarter than that! #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-05-23 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396477913755635717 No Native American contribution to American politics? https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/democracy-and-iroquois-constitution Ignorant racists belong on Fox, Newsmax, or OAN, not CNN. https://apnews.com/article/rick-santorum-arts-and-entertainment-ac0286f31d77ca62ba02958b2945d58e But Santorum's remarks always poll well with the Trump voter base. #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-05-23 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396476659105034241 Life in a deep red paradise. https://apnews.com/article/al-state-wire-west-virginia-lifestyle-census-2020-business-9b94594a74d6b7ab1bee153a425981d9 One major error - the death blow to king coal was cheaper fracked natural gas, not renewable energy. WV has a lot of natural gas resources. #PS1economics == impress 18 time 2021-05-23 14:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396471927795961859 What happens when people rely on amateur doctors or self-prescribe? https://apnews.com/article/india-coronavirus-pandemic-health-5447485032eefd60c6b49d994d2f1e23 #PS1health == impress 19 time 2021-05-23 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396471023667580935 Still no answers on radio-frequency energy attacks. https://apnews.com/article/health-government-and-politics-51ebd4f82664aacc5394c1863cd6a5f2 #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-05-23 14:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396468737482530817 The mob made them do it! https://apnews.com/article/dc-wire-michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-6434e5ba1e5d762be91dc971706dd0b9 Of course! That's why Trump stirred up the mob, so they would do things together, that they'd never do alone! But it's no excuse. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-05-23 14:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 34 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-05-23 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 335 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1420976471580201 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/23/2021 20:05" title "The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1420976471580201 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396104342088814593 Cruz in the lead to steal Trump's base! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/22/ted-cruz-new-gop-troller-chief/ How long before Trump pushes back on lyin' Ted Cruz? He doesn't like competition. #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-05-22 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396103147618148357 A true Trumpist to oppose Cheney! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/21/romeo-juliet-anthony-bouchard-wyoming/ Just the kind of candidate the Dixiecrat-Republicans need! He can expect donations from Democrats for his primary campaign. #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-05-22 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396102058860695557 A successful blog! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/21/trump-online-traffic-plunge/ At least if you define successful as more popular than political scrapbook. What's interesting is not what Trump says, but which of his would-be successors figures out how to stealthily steal his voters and donors. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-05-22 13:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396098868916330506 Difficulty finding workers? Try flexibility - the most popular benefit. https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/bank-bosses-want-a-return-to-office-underlings-aren-t-so-sure-20210505-p57oyt Traditional executives have trouble thinking that way. But having experienced life without rush hour commuting, many workers say no thanks to tradition. #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-05-22 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396097494770065408 It's cheaper to break the law than observe it. https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/ripping-off-workers-with-no-consequences/ The chances of getting caught or paying significant penalties are slight. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-05-22 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396096328938049545 Boom times again in Silicon Valley! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/technology/semiconductor-chip-innovation-boom.html #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-05-22 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396082754161311746 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-africa-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-688193443d100bd64f5a3d2b9bbb0499 #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-05-22 12:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 216 epoch Lifetime ID 1420575321620316 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/23/2021 08:05" title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1420575321620316 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395890264644808706 Ever wonder why your own web pages don't look very good when you link them on Facebook or Twitter? Read up on what's needed to avoid a very boring link. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/social-ads.html#technical It's for people that like to configure their own web servers. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 8 time 2021-05-21 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395868863313502208 Why put a WINNER like Trump on Mt Rushmore with all those LOSERS? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/img/rushmore-trump.jpg Put Trump up where he belongs - on Stone Mountain - he's a Southerner now! New York got too hot for him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain#Confederate_Memorial More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1419501368394378 #PS1trumpism == impress 29 time 2021-05-21 22:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395607950194999300 How did rich Southern slaveowners convince poor whites to fight for slavery? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/06/confederate-lost-cause-myth/618711 The Lost Cause myth after the war pretended that it was about white freedom - feelings instead of facts. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1419006595110522 #PS1minority == impress 28 time 2021-05-21 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395587635268120582 No Jan 6 commission -the truth makes the GOP and minority rule look bad. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/politics/capitol-riot-commission.html They made the same excuses for the same reasons about the 9/11 commission, but Bush never publicly threatened to primary anybody who voted for it, and it passed. #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-05-21 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395584164439609349 Oppose Trump and expect trouble from his brownshirts. GOP legislators will be cheering them on... from a safe bunker. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/trump-republicans-violent-threats-election-2024/ #PS1trumpism == impress 24 time 2021-05-21 03:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395583082141392898 Holding children for hostages - that's what dictators do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/mbss-lawsuit-against-saudi-spy-threatens-spill-secrets-us-should-intervene/ #PS1mideast == impress 21 time 2021-05-21 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395575453751017484 tax hikes on corporations or the wealthiest Americans are nonstarters https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-6cbf6ae4cb2f23783f515d5991adb692 The GOP purpose of government is to funnel money upward to the donors, not downward to the voters. That's why Trump's infrastructure plans were just talk. #PS1infrastructure == impress 24 time 2021-05-21 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395574167907442689 political leanings, religious beliefs, and education and income levels https://apnews.com/article/vt-state-wire-coronavirus-pandemic-health-bfa2dd39d1117a729542cf094504ca56 They don't care if they make other people sick as long as they don't get sick. #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-05-21 02:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395572560784334855 What a Trumpist internet looks like! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/business/china-internet-alibaba-tencent.html Players fall over themselves trying to please the government and get it to knock off their competitors. They are regulated ideologically but deregulated economically. #PS1technology == impress 21 time 2021-05-21 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395571858162913282 Cheap hearing aids - a technology that deregulation might help. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/technology/hearing-aids.html The traditional hearing aid industry isn't enthused. #PS1health == impress 23 time 2021-05-21 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395570625784152075 Hackers got in long ago and took their time. https://apnews.com/article/hacking-business-technology-government-and-politics-b221968496ed498457ab56aae7970c90 Just like a long-term government espionage project rather than a quick criminal job. #PS1technology == impress 28 time 2021-05-21 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395569928200015872 Poultry workers scarce - GOP blames covid relief. https://www.ajc.com/news/ga-poultry-producers-scratch-for-workers-amid-rising-demand-prices/AOBN7F6ZRZC2PPBDWDYUOECSY4/ But maybe it's because some time off convinced many workers the low pay was not worth the danger, disease, and killer pace? Producers might consider raising pay since prices are going up. #PS1recovery == impress 21 time 2021-05-21 02:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 470 epoch Lifetime ID 1419549548389560 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/21/2021 17:05" title "Ga. poultry producers scratch for workers amid rising demand, prices" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1419549548389560 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395511189765910528 Many people who struggle with mental illness won't seek or can't find help. And it's usually worse for minorities. https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/mental-health-issues-facing-the-black-community Then when somebody having a bad day meets a cop having a bad day - it ends in tragedy far too often. #PS1health == engage 2 engage-rate 12% expands 1 impress 17 time 2021-05-20 22:46 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395501203354652674 How many people we let in determines our standard of living. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Zero population growth means an aging population. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opinion/we-need-lots-more-americans-the-world-is-ready-to-provide-them.html #PS1immigration == impress 16 time 2021-05-20 22:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395485719360000000 The radicalization of the Republican Party has outpaced what observers imagined https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/american-democracy-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-think/ The Dixiecrat-Republican Party has a plan to move fast and break things - depending on voter suppression and rural bias. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1418803215130860 #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-05-20 21:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395471302182412290 GOP clueless? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/republicans-clueless/ No, they gave up on convincing new voters; they will suppress as many votes as possible and rely on rural bias to get the 2024 election into the House. Go fast and break things is their motto at the state level. #PS1election == impress 17 time 2021-05-20 20:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395468876146569217 It's not about Trump and 2020. It's most of all about Trump's successor and 2024. Giving the GOP a pass on Jan 6 - normalizing explicit calls from the president and legislators for violent insurrection - guarantees worse to come. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/republicans-offer-vile-new-excuse-opposing-jan-6-commission/ #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-05-20 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395467621609271298 What happens when the GOP blocks the bipartisan Jan 6 commission? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/19/why-republican-opposition-jan-6-commission-could-be-blessing-disguise/ A Select Committee might be plan B. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2021-05-20 19:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395466014360363011 Treasury officials efforts are aimed at reversing the decline in scrutiny of particularly high-income taxpayers and businesses https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/20/biden-tax-compliance-treasury/ Forget that! The LAST thing major GOP donors want is more scrutiny of their incomes and businesses. #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-05-20 19:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395390712481390598 Good news/bad news for Johnson and Johnson. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/20/the-fall-from-grace-for-johnson-johnsons-covid-19-vaccine/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-05-20 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395376019888955392 the fire always breaks out just when it's most convenient for the prime minister https://apnews.com/article/hamas-middle-east-israel-748a13f933111e2341fcf1d01f86bdb7 Whether he's leading or following, he always looks out for #1 - no wonder he gets along so well with Trump. #PS1mideast == impress 15 time 2021-05-20 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395374717691826178 The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party - it's not how many laws you pass, but how often you appear on Fox! Those are the only ratings that matter in the reality-TV party. https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-health-government-and-politics-96cc0798ea87065705563caa67c85ade Symbol is substance; gilt is as good as gold. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-05-20 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395254401149722625 It might be time for regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The GOP plan to win control in 2025 - fear, uncertainty, and doubt - and the election decided in the House - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/opinion/cheney-2024-election.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/jan-6-capitol-attack.html #PS1election == impress 18 time 2021-05-20 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395248006526427138 It was not just Stalin who loved to rewrite history. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/capitol-riot-tulsa-massacre.html #PS1theory == impress 17 time 2021-05-20 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395246889683935234 Netanyahu sees the war as a convenient means to save himself politically and legally. And aligning himself so thoroughly with Trump does not embellish his character. Trump pretended that his support of Netanyahu was support for Israel. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/israel-democrats-united-states.html #PS1mideast == impress 25 time 2021-05-20 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395236796947042309 Details about Trump investigations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/19/trump-organization-investigation-ny-explained/ #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-05-20 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395234411189178369 Trump is the winner AGAIN! He converted McCarthy and McConnell from enemies to faithful stooges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/19/when-next-attack-comes-blood-will-be-gops-hands/ #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-05-20 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395233391176425472 Donald Trump is the WINNER! Trump has done what Hitler and Stalin couldn't do - undermine Americans' faith in their elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-false-claims-fallout/2021/05/19/87aeacc4-b7f9-11eb-a6b1-81296da0339b_story.html And he'll keep undermining it until he wins. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 21 time 2021-05-20 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395228741211594752 The only way to stop the attacks is to stop paying ransom! https://apnews.com/article/hacking-technology-business-ed1556556c7af6220e6990978ab4f745 But like the earlier Barbary Pirates, these pirates can only operate within the protection of a state. Countermeasure also need to be brought against the sponsoring states. #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-05-20 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395227681789079558 Profitable propagandists can re-orient faster than social media bureaucracies can regulate. https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-c17c288880f980c280e74545be740fde #PS1tehnology == impress 14 time 2021-05-20 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395223686362263552 McCarthy won't take yes for an answer Because Trump says no! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-f4a96296f56e1896220050618d59ea74 GOP wants the 2022 election to be about safe streets, not safe Capitol! #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-05-20 03:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 703 epoch Lifetime ID 1418967121781136 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/20/2021 20:05" title "House backs commission on Jan. 6 riot over GOP objections" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1418967121781136 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1394285051764903936 Ignorance is indeed a pillar of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/critical-race-theory-texas-gop/2021/05/14/3ac33140-b4f3-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html How else could Southern aristocrats get poor whites to fight for slavery and against their own interests? #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-05-17 13:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 39 epoch Lifetime ID 1418314531846395 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/19/2021 21:05" title "Opinion | Ignorance is the bread and butter of conservative politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1418314531846395 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393933932312236037 Some GOP legislators want to look forward, not back, but Trump says everybody keep looking back, so they do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccarthy-stefanik-cheney-trump/2021/05/15/c0cc23aa-b4b7-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2021-05-16 14:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393932690848579585 Teach civics to students? Primary sources and assessing reliability? Sounds like they are trying to undermine minority rule! GOP is against it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/15/civics-law-legislation-class-race/ #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-05-16 14:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393932339898503174 It's not Democrats vs GOP any more - it's facts vs fantasy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-purging-of-liz-cheney-is-about-much-more-than-the-future-of-the-gop/2021/05/15/28808f1c-b4cd-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html All to protect minority rule from democracy. #PS1minority == impress 9 time 2021-05-16 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393928708130443273 The big business of ransomware. Facilitated by crypto-currencies. Protected by host governments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/15/ransomware-colonial-darkside-cyber-security/ #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-05-16 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393924392246075392 That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/auto-racing-middle-east-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-87296e3066a9b8b6dd18c3d5321b7101 #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-05-16 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393922515769053187 Beghazi, Clinton emails, and the Arizona election. Three immortal myths that the GOP will keep investigating as long as the media pay attention, no matter how little they find. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-recounts-elections-election-2020-316be3604cae983781e413d41253656d Now they want the passwords to the ROUTERS. #PS1media == impress 37 time 2021-05-16 13:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 180 epoch Lifetime ID 1418314158513099 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/19/2021 21:05" title "Republican Arizona election official says Trump unhinged" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1418314158513099 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393200029989408774 Everybody should welcome Cheney aligning with fact over fantasy about the 2020 election, but the big lie is fundamental to minority rule - that she still supports. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Cheney hasn't gotten to the logical conclusion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/14/liz-cheney-doesnt-go-far-enough/ #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-05-14 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393196735703379973 Fact vs fantasy instead of Democrats vs GOP. Big money in lies! An international phenomenon. https://apnews.com/article/politics-michael-pence-donald-trump-election-2020-capitol-siege-549829098c84b9b8de3012673a104a4c More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1414238215587360 #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-05-14 13:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-05-19 ratio 0 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 74 BAD 1 commentsimpress 1 engaged 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1418313771846471 likeimpress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/19/2021 21:05" title "What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1418313771846471 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392929143637962755 Why don't they all go back to their home country? https://www.businessinsider.com/newsmax-israel-home-country-clip-host-pulled-off-air-2021-5 If you're not sure whether that applies to you, just ask any full-blooded enrolled member of a recognized Native American nation. #PS1media == impress 29 time 2021-05-13 19:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392927652755820545 Foxitis? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251331528.html Trying to make up an excuse for violent insurrection. Blame anybody else - that's the Trumpist way! Fox bears blame too - but it's no excuse. But in terms of civil liability, Fox has deeper pockets than individual insurrectionists. #PS1media == impress 26 time 2021-05-13 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392926317834768387 An unstable tipping point that could easily tip into a war nobody wants. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/opinion/jerusalem-rockets-israel.html WWI started the same way. #PS1mideast == impress 28 time 2021-05-13 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392924788356653056 Stalin would have been glad to have these guys on his history re-writing team. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-government-and-politics-a58c37305c9b4c9dcb04cd4fa2443a83 #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-05-13 19:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392661092405415936 Dalit laborers exploited across the sea in New Jersey. https://thewire.in/caste/dalit-workers-allege-shocking-violations-in-building-hindu-temple-in-new-jersey Why not? Trump exploited illegal immigrant laborers at his resorts until he was caught - then he fired them. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 likes 1 time 2021-05-13 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392659553938903043 You can't expect to maintain minority rule by being fair. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html California did the right thing a decade ago and decided to draw districts fairly. And the GOP response in other states? Double down on unfairness! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/opinion-future-of-the-house-is-at-stake-and-californias-hands-are-tied/ #PS1democracy == impress 25 time 2021-05-13 01:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392658201707892738 Has McCarthy changed? Or did he just quit pretending. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/barabak-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-kevin-mccarthy/ #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-05-13 01:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 249 epoch Lifetime ID 1414285332249315 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/14/2021 07:05" title "Barabak: The agony and ecstasy of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1414285332249315 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392489436370243590 House Republicans show the courage of their convictions once again - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-liz-cheney-house-elections-election-2020-government-and-politics-db885d0a6b28f12d733da54dbae617fa by voting in secret, by voice, off the record. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-05-12 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392349859764600837 Difference between Cheney and Manchin. She won't back down from something she truly believes. Manchin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/manchins-choice-abet-jim-crow-find-10-republicans-or-reform-filibuster/ There is no path to 60 votes. It's either end filibuster or allow the GOP to preserve minority rule for another generation. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-05-12 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392348642745356292 Most GOP voters already know that the Big Lie is objectively false. They don't care about any truth except their feelings. That's just one of Trump's crimes. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html That doesn't stop wishful thinking on the right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/how-liz-cheney-can-combat-donald-trumps-lies/ #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-12 05:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392346914314592257 Jeff Flake didn't know the half of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/jeff-flake-liz-cheney-republican-party/ #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-05-12 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392346178662981633 Why are endangered Democrats against taxing the rich? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/why-do-some-deluded-democrats-think-raising-taxes-rich-is-bad-idea/ They know it's popular with the voters. But it's death to the donors. They don't think they can win if their donors oppose them. You don't get into Congress or stay in without donors. #PS1tax == impress 6 time 2021-05-12 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392344835621679109 Trump was right! Jeb Bush is completely unqualified for public office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/republicans-worse-state-level/ As are the other former GOP leaders denying reality. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-05-12 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392343721878843392 the next iteration towards crazy - happens tomorrow. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Actually it's not crazy. It's a rational attempt to defend minority rule against demographics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/kevin-mccarthy-hits-bottom-barrel/ #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2021-05-12 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392342253348163589 Punishing the unemployed is what Republicans do - and uniformly oppose Biden's proposals to target revenue sheltered overseas by multinational corporations and tax investment income more equivalently to labor income https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/jim-banks-gop-spin-liz-cheney/ #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-05-12 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392340701686296576 Cruz makes it clear - Democrats better repeal filibuster and pass voting rights while they can, or resign themselves to GOP minority rule- who'll stop at nothing to preserve power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/ted-cruz-just-sent-very-important-message-joe-manchin/ There is no bipartisanship to be found on this issue. #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-05-12 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392339118399492098 Good news for moral lepers everywhere! You can go to Yale Law without compromising your ambitions and non-values! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/senator-josh-hawley/ Many of the people who populate these movements are not right-wing pro-assault weapons freaks More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1412699645741217 #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-05-12 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392332404971380737 Not just pipelines! Going after law enforcement, too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/ransomware-attack-dc-police/2021/05/11/e1cb8600-b295-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html These gangs operate as the Russian government looks the other way. The only solution is 1) pay no ransom 2) pressure Putin 3) teach everybody how to avoid getting in trouble. #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-05-12 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392329795157991424 No Facebook or Twitter allowed in China - but its diplomats used them extensively to propagandize abroad. https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-china-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-62b13895aa6665ae4d887dcc8d196dfc #PS1china == impress 7 time 2021-05-12 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392325326902943744 We hope there's a pathway there - Manchin https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-bills-voter-registration-business-voting-86a9fd9365cf954eae7669d6ab35f589 There's no pathway there. Unlimited dark money, gerrymandering, and voter suppression are critical pillars of minority rule. Lose those, and McConnell loses his donors and his job. #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2021-05-12 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392317609006145536 Many lawmakers are receiving threats and worry for their safety after the U.S. Capitol was breached on Jan. 6 by supporters of Donald Trump who wanted to overturn the election https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-police-government-and-politics-810cfd679c125cd31b18ed91f95e1678 The rioters will be back, with Trump's encouragement. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-05-12 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392316734401441794 It's good to know the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party has a sense of history - inherited from its slavery-rights and segregation-rights ancestors - our democracy is not in crisis - revised since Jan 7. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-voting-rights-bills-voter-registration-3dbcf3e5d04e6c7aa7c9ff629e9d1cb3 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1412665995744582 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2021-05-12 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392312593792987136 Cheney makes her last stand. It will cost her career, but conserve her honor and integrity. That's more than her opponents can claim. https://apnews.com/article/liz-cheney-donald-trump-democracy-government-and-politics-e9b924475dd68695f8aa6934d4b570ec Democrats should remember that, despite their differences, she is on the side of facts over fantasy. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-05-12 02:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 646 epoch Lifetime ID 1414284915582690 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/14/2021 07:05" title "Liz Cheney says Trump and GOP backers threaten democracy" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1414284915582690 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392265930923659271 Welcome to the club of prosperous industrialized nations, where nobody can afford children. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Welcome to the quandary of what to do next. https://apnews.com/article/china-business-432f0128432ef1171888476c7967f7a5 There are lots of people in the world - in poor countries. #PS1china == impress 3 time 2021-05-11 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392237196158009344 Demographics implied this would happen. Trump accelerated and tore off the fig leaves of Dixiecrat-Republican minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html It's not just the GOP - it's the future of the American experiment at stake. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-09/liz-cheney-and-donald-trump-two-scorpions-in-a-bottle-so-far-trump-is-winning #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2021-05-11 21:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392235202429165569 The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Like a scene from Borat, but minority rule is deadly serious. https://ajc.com/news/luckovich-blog/511-mike-luckovich-cant-lose/QPSY5WFRSJEBRFPRHRDOGQYCHE/ #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2021-05-11 21:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391938680554594304 The trouble in India is not patents, but politicians - who declared victory before the battle was over. The enemy had not yet begun to fight. Sound familiar? https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/india-modi-covid-19-vaccine-patent-waiver-biden-20210506.html #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-05-11 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391937873511817217 Republicans are determined to keep digging the hole deeper until they find the bones of the Whigs - whose internal contradictions created the original Republican Party. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251240779.html The Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party owes more to Thurmond and Gingrich. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-05-11 02:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391934106829660160 Maybe in 30 years it won't be dark at night any more! Satellites everywhere, probably shooting at each other by then. https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-spacex-business-technology-science-9c2a06a4868408043ccb472372a0d8dd Democratization of technology always has surprising consequences. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-05-11 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391932844402900992 Why almost everybody should get vaccinated. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/08/how-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-puts-others-at-risk/ It's not all about you! It's everybody else. If enough people all around the world decline vaccination, then surprising new variants might come along and it might be about YOU after all. #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2021-05-11 01:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391930967158247427 Arizona auditors defer knocking on doors, until they think they can get away with voter intimidation. https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/auditors-halt-plans-knock-arizona-voters-doors-amid-justice-department-scrutiny-2021-05-10/ It's all part and parcel of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2021-05-11 01:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391930311768887300 Gaetz and Greene to replace Trump? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-government-and-politics-2637f0544c523bff204d2b48c9d702af They are qualified in all the right ways! Short on facts, long on legal problems. But careful about being too successful - Trump doesn't like being upstaged. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-05-11 01:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391923672307228672 Details of Biden tax proposals to pay for American Families Plan. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/10/jill-on-money-unpacking-the-tax-nuances-of-president-joe-bidens-american-families-plan/ #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2021-05-11 01:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391911507823263744 Progressives get their turn at the bat. If they hit a home run - they might be good for a generation. But the tide always changes. No need for anybody to get apocalyptic. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-26/biden-s-progressive-agenda-isn-t-the-apocalypse-it-s-a-cycle #PS1theory == impress 12 time 2021-05-11 00:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 423 epoch Lifetime ID 1412717415739440 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2021 22:05" title "Biden's Progressive Economic Policy Isn't the Apocalypse" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1412717415739440 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391750020337078282 What a brilliant diversionary tactic! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-hampshire-campaign-2016-election-2020-house-elections-e50dfae66446197767bd255882d19439 Get the voters fired-up all the time about election recounts, and voters won't have time to think about what the legislators did, are doing, or will do while voters aren't looking. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-05-10 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391747825608785923 Neutralizing language - is this a step toward real progress or a diversion in lieu of real progress? https://apnews.com/article/europe-language-government-and-politics-education-f2c74258ab6c474334d84f0d7b0fc207 #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-05-10 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391636977657647104 Sounds like the main problem is that companies need to pay better! https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-82aa4f9fddcea22918d010c55b5e55b3 #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-05-10 06:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391635597459034118 Russia's sacrifice in wartime was immense, so Putin merged the best Fascist and Communist practices to preserve his power. https://apnews.com/article/europe-government-and-politics-24387d1bd5aa5a7a90896529ef6a0cfa #PS1russian == impress 21 time 2021-05-10 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391634449184354308 Racism in Hawaii, too. https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-micronesia-police-shootings-race-and-ethnicity-74305f44d1efed56f96de57daebf5fd9 #PS1politics == impress 17 time 2021-05-10 06:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391632118782914563 Governments protecting ransomware criminals have noted with glee their success. https://apnews.com/article/europe-hacking-government-and-politics-technology-business-333e47df702f755f8922274389b7e920 So now perhaps they are collecting or planning to collect a percentage for protection! #PS1notopic == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 24 time 2021-05-10 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391630663728603136 Insurrectionists build their own mythologies since Trump didn't and won't help them. https://apnews.com/article/dc-wire-donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-government-and-politics-a57a3126a5a0b1dc508f73143adf611a #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-05-10 05:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 199 epoch Lifetime ID 1411932472484601 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/10/2021 18:05" title "Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1411932472484601 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391393117035667467 Ransomware attacks on America and its allies are the new hot business opportunity. How long before the hackers do an IPO on a stock exchange? https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-business-c6ef4314af911fb58b8445d2b121e82d https://apnews.com/article/ransomware-gangs-hacking-police-cybercrime-pipeline-3a38c27c4fafe0c39461fb71bf91a42a #PS1technology == engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 45 likes 2 replies 1 time 2021-05-09 14:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391391595597991939 This day is this personality cult fulfilled in your ears! https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-0c07947f9fd2b9911b3006f0fc128ffd https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-1d5f980f186ddcf1680fbc720a9fc70a Donors can get you through times of no votes better than votes can get you through times of no donors! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations Fits the Trumpist GOP! #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-05-09 13:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391387473952088067 Trumpism drops the fig leaves! https://twitter.com/DLCC/status/1390346978920484874 You could tell it was lurking under the surface of the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party. Trumpism has brought it right out where everybody can see it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-05-09 13:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391382131633319941 That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/sports-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-health-lifestyle-4db4294d317b01bcfe1c384cbd0363f4 It's about time to recycle the joke about the president wanting to lay off the thousands of cattle guards in the Western US. It's come up in every administration since at least Eisenhower. #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-05-09 13:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391379610353475587 After an initial bump after the riot - Oath Keepers might be struggling to attract new recruits eager to get Federal felony convictions. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/finances-membership-for-oath-keepers No surprise that finances and membership are all secret. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-05-09 13:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391376759514296327 Assembly-line insurrection leads to assembly-line justice. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/politics/capitol-riot-investigation-plea-deals.html No matter which package defendants are offered, a Federal felony conviction will complicate the rest of their lives. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-05-09 12:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 251 epoch Lifetime ID 1411361625875019 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/09/2021 23:05" title "Justice Dept. Starts to Seek Plea Deals in Capitol Riot Cases" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1411361625875019 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390890303901470723 Time to ratify the Law of the Sea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/07/south-china-sea-conflict-danger/ #PS1china == impress 22 time 2021-05-08 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390832977475559425 GOP leaders are trying in vain to get Trump to focus on the GOP instead of himself. He doesn't care if the GOP controls Congress if he's not president. It's more important to him to exact revenge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republicans-retribution/2021/05/07/daf0cd4e-ae7c-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1409860802691768 #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-05-08 00:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 70 epoch Lifetime ID 1410649072612941 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/08/2021 22:05" title "Trump’s out-of-power agenda: Retribution against foes, commanding the spotlight and total domination of GOP" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1410649072612941 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390817329890533376 Another way to use technology to break the system. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-technology-business-9f10b43b6aacbc750dfc010ceaedaca7 Hardly any real consumers support giving internet and cell companies any more power. #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2021-05-07 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390801797829193729 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees! for ye make one proselyte, and make him twofold more the child of hell than you. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-463d871700b3825998fcdeb6b3da38b4 Applies to legislators and media stars, too! It's bad enough to be ignorant, but to know better and repeat lies anyway? #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 21 time 2021-05-07 22:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390682151595634689 53 percent of conservatives still say being a Christian is important to being an American https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/07/no-wonder-nativists-are-panic/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1409597339384781 #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-05-07 14:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390674856270729217 A prophet is not without honor - except in politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/07/cdc-official-resigns/ #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-05-07 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390673306613784579 The virus infecting the whole world - the virus of politicians misleading their countries into death and disaster, in vain hope of escaping blame. The infection rate of leaders is very high, either blame for shutdown or blame for death. https://apnews.com/article/india-europe-africa-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-f222499863823018b94ef400c15d2047 #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-05-07 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390671161298612225 the job of the Republican leader is to become speaker of the House #1 job is not to to defend the Constitution? https://apnews.com/article/trump-cheney-mccarthy-republicans-84cb83aeab7833218537a174e2c2d437 McCarthy wants a big tent to win the House - Confederate flags and Camp Auschwitz shirts are welcome, but Trump critics are not. #PS1gop == impress 29 time 2021-05-07 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390505767761965063 Are you sick of DeSantis's winning yet? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ron-desantis-wants-to-deny-800000-floridians-representation-for-nine-months/2021/05/06/b07c2f74-adcb-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html Anything to hinder the Democrats! It seems he forgot to rein in executive over-reach in his big voter integrity bill that he signed on Fox. #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-05-07 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390504369511034882 Birthrates decline in prosperous democracies. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Only two choices to maintain our standard of living - more government subsidies to ease the cost of children - or more immigration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/06/baby-bust-wont-end-without-government-action/ GOP opposes both. #PS1immigration == impress 24 time 2021-05-07 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390502566774022147 If Giuliani has anything to offer prosecutors to save himself, it would have to be Trump, the only bigger fish left https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/06/george-conway-giuliani-raid-trump-fear/ #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 34 time 2021-05-07 03:03 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390476628447268864 Spot inflation in commodity prices and spot shortages of labor willing to work for low pay are part of normal recovery from a recession. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/us-inflation-federal-reserve.html Republicans are hoping to find a way to convince all workers that they are miserable under Biden. #PS1economics == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 36 time 2021-05-07 01:20 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390475453274628102 America won WWII. Would that have happened without the New Deal before it? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/herd-immunity-us.html America could not defeat Hitler today. Half the country would support him and half oppose. Just as in most of the countries that he conquered. #PS1theory == impress 21 time 2021-05-07 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390470683021381634 Say what you want about DeSantis - he certainly understands Trumpist media. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-voting-government-and-politics-2d3177bdf6c823d54fc6cbf049ba7da9 The medium is the message - the only message. #PS1media == impress 25 time 2021-05-07 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390469740385079297 Unity behind a big lie! Is that really a viable long-term strategy? https://apnews.com/article/wy-state-wire-donald-trump-elections-government-and-politics-55e1f5345ff41dfdbac57932550a13c2 The heretics need to unite elsewhere. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-05-07 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390468989311090688 Once Trump speaks, most rank-and-file members agree with whatever he is saying. https://apnews.com/article/wy-state-wire-donald-trump-elections-government-and-politics-55e1f5345ff41dfdbac57932550a13c2 Even if it's wrong. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-electoral-college-elections-health-2d9bd47a8bd3561682ac46c6b3873a10 And they are going after the heretics that won't endorse the false dogma https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-liz-cheney-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-7ab83561d3c708f2786bf0f545eb782f #PS1gop == impress 28 time 2021-05-07 00:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390467746069053441 The facts about the BIG LIE. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-electoral-college-elections-health-2d9bd47a8bd3561682ac46c6b3873a10 Trump is just the BIG LIAR. And his supporters go along with WHATEVER he says... just as they do in North Korea. #PS1trump == impress 28 time 2021-05-07 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 119 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-05-07 ratio 0 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 594 engaged 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1409973689347146 likeimpress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/07/2021 21:05" title "AP FACT CHECK: Yes, Trump lost election despite what he says" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1409973689347146 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390374199215067137 Why has Silicon Valley escaped B.1.1.7? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/06/the-mystery-of-how-the-bay-area-has-dodged-most-contagious-covid-19-strain-so-far/ Was it the mask compliance, the high vaccination rate, or both? Anyway it's not over until it's over - https://apnews.com/article/iowa-india-science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-1420c4b3585b996607e95bd99da5ce68 B.1.617 is on its way. #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-05-06 18:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390369626500911104 The noisy silence of the Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/facebook-josh-hawley-trump.html They're confusing free speech with free reach. Nobody has a RIGHT to commandeer private platforms and get global distribution. But access is usually for sale. #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-05-06 18:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390365478107762688 Laying the groundwork for a Trumpist future where undesirable election results can just be ignored. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-ouster-gop-leadership-future-stolen-election/ #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-05-06 17:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390364356005699585 Perfectly qualified to represent Trump and Trumpism! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/06/elise-stefanik-perfect-gop-leader-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-05-06 17:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390363407463813120 Ranked-choice-voting would help Wyoming voters obtain stable outcomes. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv Right now, running for office in Wyoming is a crap shoot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/trump-vs-cheney-fight-here-wyoming-is-battle-soul-republican-party/ #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-06 17:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390361911695331330 Insurrectionists ashamed of their own words? Trump isn't ashamed of his words or actions! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/06/rep-zoe-lofgren-embarrassed-republicans-with-their-own-words-now-they-seek-silence-her/ Isn't there some kind of law against remembering and reporting a politician's words? #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-05-06 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390360585477378048 How to lose money in the Trumpist media world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ruddy-newsmax-trump/2021/05/05/32b09714-9d32-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html Print lies about people and organizations that can afford to hire good lawyers. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-05-06 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390360298880520193 How you can try to make money in the Trumpist media world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ruddy-newsmax-trump/2021/05/05/32b09714-9d32-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html Sell sell sell! #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-05-06 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390355478069190659 Vote against it, then hope it passes so you can take credit for it! https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-government-and-politics-d0b1f48aa32baf6b47880faf15d5dea3 Standard GOP. #PS1recovery == impress 9 time 2021-05-06 17:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390354459335675908 Why the US finally abandoned the Mideast. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-china-business-government-and-politics-24f774a952eaabcb38d2b25380b61a62 China intends to project power globally in a way that Russia never could. #PS1china == impress 11 time 2021-05-06 17:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390351591094423552 What's better than a single-issue voter? A two-issue voter! Anti-abortion and pro-guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/politics/hispanic-republicans-texas.html #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-05-06 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390342032103645189 The highest return on investment in America today isn't in private equity but in early childhood initiatives for disadvantaged kids of all races. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/sunday/biden-fdr-americans.html #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-05-06 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390338648512483328 Using vaccine as a political virus. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/world/europe/russia-slovakia-europe-coronavirus-sputnik-vaccine.html #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-05-06 16:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390337058992918533 Michael Flynn? Roger Stone? Non-disclosure agreements for a school? A lavish lifestyle for the boss? It all fits together perfectly Trumpily. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/miami-centner-academy-coronavirus-vaccine.html #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-05-06 16:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390335154879533057 GOP minority-rule trickle-down economics destroyed middle-class confidence. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/business/economy/middle-class-biden-economy.html GOP pseudo-populists like to talk about empowering the middle class, but then their donors remind them - talk about whatever you want but vote as instructed. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-05-06 15:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390305118722035716 The NRA is working hard to make sure the ATF can't! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/politics/atf-nra-guns.html #PS1firearms == impress 10 time 2021-05-06 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390300613192290310 Inflation is happening for many commodities. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/economy/commodity-shortages-inflation.html #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-05-06 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390299090475311107 Democrats get dark money too! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/hansjorg-wyss-money-democrats.html #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2021-05-06 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390175742361686016 The anti-Trumpist Republicans in Congress are not heroes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/liz-cheney-republicans.html and their days are numbered. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik.html The rest of the GOP has painted itself into a corner - disgrace now as an anti-Trumpist, or disgrace forever as a Trumpist. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-05-06 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390173127074664453 Biden's not shy about taxing the rich. But he'll have to do it without GOP cooperation. Their voters love it but the donors say no. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/business/biden-tax-increases-wealthy.html #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-05-06 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390171584405512194 What should be done about Taiwan? Removing strategic ambiguity might be dangerous. Actually getting into a shooting war could easily become catastrophic. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/biden-taiwan-china.html #PS1china == impress 13 time 2021-05-06 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390161367403929600 What Trump would not be able to get from his own platform - access to casual donors that can be reached by targeted advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/trump-facebook-fundraising.html #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-05-06 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390156612191461376 What's really radical about Biden's programs? Taxing the rich! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-democrats-break-the-gops-deficit-doom-loop/2021/05/05/60e13e4a-add6-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html Although no nearly as much as they were taxed in the period 1940-1970. #PS1notopic == impress 19 time 2021-05-06 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390153593110503432 Trump hasn't changed his behavior so why should social media change theirs? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-facebook-social-media-republicans/2021/05/05/919cb430-adb1-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-05-06 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390153205992984579 A fast and easy way to track people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/05/apple-airtags-stalking/ #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2021-05-06 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390151540216717313 Who is leaving California for better opportunities? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/05/skelton-californias-population-growth-has-slowed-blame-exorbitant-housing-costs/ It's not rich people - they can afford the taxes and cost of living. It's mostly minimal-wage essential workers and retirees who can't afford the cost of living. #PS1capolitics == impress 12 time 2021-05-06 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390150101058744323 Homelessness is Silicon Valley problem #1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/04/bay-area-residents-are-fed-up-with-the-homelessness-crisis/ Exacerbated by the pandemic job loss and housing loss. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-05-06 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390147807395213313 It's hard to find workers if you don't pay them a living wage and benefits. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/04/bay-area-restaurant-hiring-crisis-ive-never-seen-anything-like-this/ To do so means increasing prices so that those who enjoy and can afford dining out share a little wealth with those essential workers who make it possible. #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-05-06 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390142807214485509 Feds getting interested in Arizona recount, especially since Trump already announced the intended result. https://apnews.com/article/arizona-election-recounts-election-2020-government-and-politics-ef60fc349bed3296c44fa158210da3e6 #PS1election == engage 4 engage-rate 11% impress 38 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-05-06 03:14 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390117952372936704 It's hard work to get the election results that your anonymous donors are paying for! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-recount-observers/2021/05/05/b807c990-adc3-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html #PS1election == impress 39 time 2021-05-06 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390114862831783940 Xi intends to prove that dictatorship produces more prosperous populations than democracy. Why is the GOP trying so hard to prove his point? https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/biden-speech-congress-china-competition-infrastructure-research-education-20210429.html #PS1infrastructure == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 24 time 2021-05-06 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390113390618578944 CalPERS thinks it can get better investment results in secret. Better for who? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/05/california-pension-calpers-corruption-legislation/ #PS1capolitics == impress 23 time 2021-05-06 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390111086737641475 How economic recovery can lead to inflation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-03/traders-are-bidding-up-lumber-with-exchange-limit-removed Hope it's temporary until supply and demand get back in balance! #PS1economics == impress 22 time 2021-05-06 01:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390109285972013057 Liz Cheney weighs in - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-republican-party-turning-point/ And the Post editorial board - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/liz-cheney-told-the-truth-republicans-must-decide-whether-they-value-trump-over-it/2021/05/05/7449c0cc-adc9-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html GOP members can oppose Trump and end their careers. Or support Trump and leave an ignominious legacy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-05-06 01:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1001 epoch Lifetime ID 1408690929475422 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/05/2021 21:05" title "Liz Cheney clings to GOP post as Trump endorses replacement" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408690929475422 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390015067379310593 The party does not have room for both. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-39442b6fc9e6eafb24ba1c55e8ec9797 What are the dozen or so Republicans in Congress, who won't kneel before Trump's lies, going to do instead? Become Independents caucusing with the Democrats. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-05-05 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390002686284632066 Racism is embedded in the Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It will remain embedded as long as the racist elements of its coalition remain essential components - in most places the GOP can't win without them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1407156632962185 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-05-05 17:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-05-05 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 95 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1408523759492139 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/05/2021 14:05" title "GOP's Sen. Scott suggests Dems use race as political weapon" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408523759492139 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389605148947845126 Traditional Republicans have lost the GOP. https://apnews.com/article/campaign-2016-election-2020-government-and-politics-3e0aaf0b8a5dfc825dc0ae1f3d30d4dc Wafflers can't have one foot on the train and one foot in the station.Get on board with Trump or get off the train.Trump is not as interested in winning control of Congress as in punishing the disloyal. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-05-04 15:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389601782225985539 It's cheaper to break the law! https://apnews.com/article/how-companies-rip-off-poor-employees-6c5364b4f9c69d9bc1b0093519935a5a And in the Trump administration, enforcement halted entirely. No wonder employers like illegal workers so much - they don't dare complain. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-05-04 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389599944525316096 What about Trump and McCarthy's ability to do their job - to defend the Constitution of the United States? https://apnews.com/article/politics-election-2020-government-and-politics-4b57608e163597af9d5f33fa2dbecec1 Abandon hope, ye traditional GOP who remain in there. #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-05-04 15:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 130 epoch Lifetime ID 1408523506158831 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/05/2021 14:05" title "Cheney could be 'toast' in fight with Trump over GOP future" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408523506158831 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389322213002674176 Stock prices mostly reflect earnings growth, not tax policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/tax-increase-stock-market.html That doesn't keep GOP legislators from repeating their doleful mantra about taxing job creators. They don't need to align with facts, just with their donors. #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-05-03 20:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389320819499683847 Herd immunity might never be reached. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html But you should still do your part and get vaccinated. #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-05-03 20:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389314831824654337 Oppose compulsory government day care! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lefty-social-engineering-gop-launches-cultural-attack-on-bidens-plan-for-day-care-education-and-employee-leave/2021/04/30/38983b6e-a9bc-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html Nobody's proposing that but GOP is against it anyway. Instead vague proposals for welfare payments to families with children. No details since they know it will never pass their caucus, much less Congress. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2021-05-03 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389310574828216321 Attacking sacred GOP religious beliefs! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/republicans-tax-convictions-are-not-rooted-fact/ GOP legislators don't need to check facts or history to determine the value of corporate tax cuts. Their donors tell them what to believe, and they obey. That's what the donors bought them for. #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2021-05-03 20:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389308099220054017 Cheney and Trump - GOP ain't big enough for the both of us! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cheney-trump-election-mccarthy/2021/05/03/41ca672c-ac21-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html But it's worse than that - this COUNTRY ain't big enough for both facts and lies. But all Trump cares about is purging the GOP by 2022 and getting re-elected in 2024. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2021-05-03 19:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389272114876743680 The price of a national spotlight was that Tim Scott had to say that America is not a racist country - https://apnews.com/article/scott-republican-response-Biden-8f8b4a3adab6329447e778684a8bd508 An odd stance for a politician mainly known for championing police reform. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1407156632962185 #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-05-03 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389252551791431685 Another reason Florida is the BEST. STATE. EVER. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-republicans-mail-voting/2021/05/02/4c133920-a9bf-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html The main law that we pass when we pass election bills in Florida is the law of unintended consequences Florida and Trump were made for each other. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-05-03 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389250184324947968 Strange definitions of confidence and integrity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/voter-suppression-bill-florida-gop/ The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican GOP is actively undermining confidence in elections and impugning those who maintain integrity. #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2021-05-03 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389248750233604099 Strange definition of negotiation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/02/is-white-house-wise-gops-infrastructure-ruse/ But redefining words and ideas is part and parcel of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party. #PS1infrastructure == impress 4 time 2021-05-03 16:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389209279182245891 Voters favor it, but very big donors oppose it. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-government-and-politics-60bea362fb02501c933e913375f920b7 #PS1health == impress 5 time 2021-05-03 13:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389207537514270722 Internet technology companies go up... and then they go down. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-1e2e958195af5920ac5183c3794d93ee #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-05-03 13:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389206970666606606 Don't GOP voters understand that GOP major donors want fewer government entitlement programs, not more? https://apnews.com/article/politics-coronavirus-business-lifestyle-health-a0d07554de5c05f4a416196a97e13402 #PS1health == impress 7 time 2021-05-03 13:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389084532297453570 The worthiest successor to Trump! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/sunday/tucker-carlson-trump.html Just as evil but more dangerous because more intelligent and self-aware. How can he knock Trump out of the running while appearing to defend him from all the other guys trying to knock him out? #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2021-05-03 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389075324483239938 Does anybody believe that Trump and his minions will stop attacking Dominion just because Newsmax and American Thinker apologized for just making this stuff up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/01/newsmax-apologizes-dominion-employee-falsely-alleging-he-manipulated-vote-against-trump/ #PS1media == impress 7 time 2021-05-03 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389071675988140032 The case for restoring earmarks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-you-want-a-functional-congress-you-should-welcome-the-return-of-earmarks/2021/04/30/b1775eb4-a91e-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html They seem to be essential, like free-flowing money and booze, to enact legislation in a diverse democracy, even though everybody knows it's wrong. #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-05-03 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389054306989400064 blame lies in Modi's governance style, where top ministers are chosen for loyalty rather than expertise, where secrecy and image management is privileged over transparency Sound familiar? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/world/asia/india-covid19-modi.html #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-05-03 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389053721653354499 Initiative/referendum/recall were Progressive initiatives around 1912. https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-government-and-politics-c5f58025b7744389905b1527cbab7d4a Now GOP legislators ignore their state's constitutions and reject any initiatives they don't like. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative Trumpist minority rule in action. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-05-03 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389052842313338882 Democrats have it backwards. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/business/salt-tax-cap-repeal.html Better to eliminate ALL state and local tax deductions in ALL states and let the GOP explain why they're against balancing the budget. But to GOP donors this is small potatoes compared to capital gains rates. #PS1tax == impress 7 time 2021-05-03 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389051786485374978 What's $400 million? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/01/hey-california-taxpayers-guess-how-much-the-newsom-recall-election-is-going-to-cost-you/ Trumpists never mind spending other people's money. In this case, they get publicity heading toward 2024, and if there's some kind of catastrophic event or scandal, one of them might even win. #PS1capolitics == impress 7 time 2021-05-03 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389034092339949570 Why the GOP is obsessed with hamburgers and Kamala's book - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/02/hey-what-happened-border-crisis/ The border crisis is getting managed. It must strike the modern GOP as odd that crises can be managed instead of magnified. Magnified crises are a pillar of minority rule. #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2021-05-03 01:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389029261059575810 Run the country by amateurs? Run the country by empty chairs? Too many jobs are saddled with Senate confirmation, and too many others are political appointees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/44-down-only-1156-confirmations-to-go/2021/04/30/de35a050-a9e1-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-05-03 01:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389028173824749570 Forget it and move on? Cover politicians that brazenly lied about the election to foment violent insurrection? Not at this station. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/the-politicians-who-tried-to-overturn-an-election--and-the-local-news-team-that-wont-let-anyone-forget-it/2021/05/01/cc8764f6-a91e-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html The insurrectionists aren't getting off the hook. Neither should the fomenters. #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-05-03 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389024525644300288 GOP rank and file believe Trump won the election. GOP leaders say the same, regardless of what they believe. Trump wants to purge all the opposition out of the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html Only the major GOP donors can do anything about this - do they even want to? #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-05-03 01:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389020487611678724 Delusional Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-of-the-united-states-wyoming-business-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-861109e37c5cf8f08edabc71df6fd4a9 Thermal coal is not coming back. It's cheaper to burn natural gas produced by other Trumpists. But cheaper yet, in the not very much longer run, to not burn anything containing carbon. #PS1climate == impress 10 time 2021-05-03 00:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 944 epoch Lifetime ID 1408523009492214 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/05/2021 14:05" title "Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408523009492214 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388879818767298565 McConnell and GOP don't like to be reminded about slavery. It reminds them too much of their voter suppression efforts. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-1619-project.html #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 49 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-05-02 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388750651182571521 Trumpist helped Oregonians rehearse for Capitol riot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/01/oregon-capitol-riot-republican-nearman/ #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-05-02 07:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388749388424519683 Utah is growing through large Mormon families, and Idaho by migration from more liberal climes, but both face rising house prices and cost of living. https://apnews.com/article/idaho-utah-business-health-coronavirus-c4a69fef0fa80e83eaf302bae9298e3b Create a desirable place to live, and people will move there - bringing new ideas. #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-05-02 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388747659175895041 Did slaves sold to Indian tribes become members of those tribes? https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-82d8c7b62bb548055263487c9cab5cb1 Is this a case of racism or native self-determination? #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-05-02 06:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388745987716378625 Are we a party of principle or a party of a person? You have to ask? Only 798-711 in Romney's home state? https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-impeachments-government-and-politics-d8de662875265ffb6069d3684cd82c83 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406159289728586 #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-05-02 06:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388745077271396353 My hope is that we rally around principles and ideas and policies, not a specific person. Did you read the 2020 GOP platform? Cult of personality is not about principles, ideas, and policies. https://apnews.com/article/paul-ryan-michael-pence-election-2020-government-and-politics-a26bbff0f5feceec0a57cb167ef1f985 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406159289728586 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-05-02 06:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 213 epoch Lifetime ID 1406725106338671 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/02/2021 17:05" title "Paul Ryan: Trump debate will fade as new candidates emerge" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406725106338671 ========== Tweets for 2021-05-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388489093013676038 GOP doctors try to convince skeptics. It's not all about YOU - it's about everybody else too. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-coronavirus-health-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-e743c90279187e953f37f9c428ae925a #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-05-01 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388487158697103362 Insurrection overwhelms courts. https://apnews.com/article/politics-prisons-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-6a8c5849a733bb20d02633d2a74636c5 #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-05-01 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388485822953922564 Florida weed politics - DeSantis, Stone, and Trump aren't far away. https://apnews.com/article/health-business-government-and-politics-48a3df69635f27dcba31e2339c066a91 A perfect example of what GOP used to call the evils of government regulation. #PS1politics == impress 18 time 2021-05-01 13:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388356748705034241 it's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/opinion/tax-cuts-rich.html The Democratic idea - legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class above - WJ Bryan #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-05-01 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388353096435208194 Dark patterns - how cell phone companies, cable companies, Amazon Prime, and even Trump's campaign fund make it as easy as possible to start sending money and as hard as possible to stop. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/opinion/dark-pattern-internet-ecommerce-regulation.html Heads I win, tails you lose. #PS1technology == impress 14 time 2021-05-01 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388300303728971779 Nothing new about voter suppression! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/29/voter-turnout-is-low-purpose-it-has-been-more-than-century/ While the South was suppressing black votes, the North was suppressing working-class votes. Certainly old rich white male landowners are wise enough to make decisions for the benefit of all. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-05-01 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388292249285545990 Unity is impossible. The culture war has become more hostile. The differences are now so deep that one side's going to win eventually. Thanks Newt for your positive, pro-America attitude! No need for ANYbody to negotiate with you! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-new-normal-100-days/2021/04/25/b44f7a94-a208-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-05-01 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388287267471429637 Wherever there's corruption - can Roger Stone be far away? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/30/matt-gaetz-scandal-takes-strange-new-turn/ #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-05-01 00:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388285512285229057 offering open ears and warm friendship to people who are talking online about being lonely, depressed or chronically ill https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/30/extremists-recruiting-culture-community/ It's a business too - some leaders are really focused on the benefits they get from purchases by members. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-05-01 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-05-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-05-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 339 epoch Lifetime ID 1406172853060563 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/02/2021 00:05" title "From memes to race war: How extremists use popular culture to lure recruits" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406172853060563 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388281426466918406 The question is which approach gets the most people vaccinated the soonest, to prevent more variants threatening the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/30/biden-administration-debates-waiving-vaccine-patents/ In a real war, you wouldn't hesitate to enable allies. And we might need India in our next war. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-04-30 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388275682304696320 What can Biden get through Congress? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-legislation-voting-rights-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-5c2d74263653ce5968c9e4c34f33e279 Without getting rid of filibuster, not much. Will Manchin sink the Biden administration to save his seat? Or will he go along with as much as he thinks he can? Is there a difference? #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-04-30 23:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388273842410328064 It would be rare for prosecutors to give up detailed information to a potential criminal defendant before charges are filed, or to rely on that person to voluntarily produce electronic files thought to contain incriminating evidence. https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-europe-6e1a8d19abcfd71b9a5e5643dfe22253 #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2021-04-30 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388272894547955712 a positive agenda to the American people, grounded in our highest ideals https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-health-coronavirus-campaign-2016-election-2020-f45ebb649f61a2cc878297539d9ae49c Which ideals are those? Slavery, segregation, suppressing voters, to support minority rule? Tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judges, to support billionaires? #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2021-04-30 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388271640006459395 Of course they ignored the law. They're Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/business-b6d67b170c946bef0db47de550c752ab #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2021-04-30 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388271043228233730 the end of the tax haven as we have come to know it https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-government-and-politics-business-dcd7a48bcf82a8d5a734d9ea7a7dc4c4 Not likely. No GOP senator will vote against his donors, Manchin will protect filibuster, and corporate lawyers and accountants will out-maneuver an underfunded IRS #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-04-30 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388269585187500032 There's no such thing as an anti-Trump Republican https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-adam-kinzinger-elections-illinois-political-organizations-4a8ca7b3e66818622c146c7b65f04aaf Kinzinger, Bush, and other traditional Republicans who don't like the outrage-fantasy reality-TV Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party need to find a new party. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-04-30 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388267502627549184 This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-coronavirus-vaccine-immigration-entertainment-george-floyd-01bd4ae90ba585bc217b1dc1c138e02e #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-04-30 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388264950330654720 DC statehood - let the people decide? https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-28d6130991528d96986e4926099d6b01 Manchin needs to review some more of the Constitution. The people don't decide constitutional amendments, the gerrymandered rural-biased state legislatures do. Not the same. https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-04-30 22:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388146400836284423 Trump isn't the only wishful thinker. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-government-and-politics-b641c552e92bf0a7a207aea83360b829 substance and policy - the party of responsible, conservative leadership. On those we've got real unity. That's not the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party! Its real unity is cult of personality. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-04-30 15:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388143222627594252 Vaccine passports as a nudge toward herd immunity. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/29/opinion-vaccine-passports-are-the-key-to-achieving-herd-immunity/ #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-04-30 14:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388140521982287874 How pro sports teams get local government subsidies. Heads I win, tails you lose. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/29/borenstein-billion-dollar-oakland-as-team-wants-taxpayer-ballpark-subsidy/ #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-04-30 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388138926179635203 https://mobile.cartoonistgroup.com/cartoon/Signe+Wilkinson%27s+Editorial+Cartoons/2021-04-28/188749 New people bring new money - and new ideas. #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2021-04-30 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388135266800394243 Moving to Austin? https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-austin-texas-housing-tesla-spacex-boring-job-postings-2021-4 Expect higher home prices and jammed freeways. But it will never be like the Bay Area - Austin will still need air conditioning in the winter. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/27/nearly-a-quarter-of-times-100-most-influential-companies-are-in-the-bay-area/ #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-04-30 14:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 481 epoch Lifetime ID 1405345356476646 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/30/2021 17:04" title "Nearly a quarter of Time’s 100 most influential companies are in the Bay Area" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1405345356476646 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387901774896320515 Your next big threat - ransomware. It's thriving like a Silicon Valley startup. https://apnews.com/article/europe-canada-health-coronavirus-technology-288c8979c10b648ba72a4b0fc34b02ac You could reduce your cross section of risk with SPARC Solaris servers - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/corpweb-power.gif like https://www.political-scrapbook.net/ #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-04-29 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387895631616765959 Another country succumbs to Trumpist health leadership. https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-brazil-coronavirus-health-88d7ef48e1dff1d23f18b05e8d548ad1 #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-04-29 22:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387882402513448969 So long as the voters do not catch on https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/29/republicans-are-raising-self-sabotage-an-art-form/ A lot of the voters have not caught on after 400 years of minority rule, so why would they catch on now? The GOP donors' greatest fear is that the Democrats will pass laws that GOP voters like. #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2021-04-29 21:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387593523302584323 California recall fix is simple - logically. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/28/cailfornia-recall-election-reform-newsom/ When the recall petition threshold is reache, just have one ranked-choice election for governor. The incumbent can run again. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used #PS1capolitics == impress 15 time 2021-04-29 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387592272699531264 The ruling class goes all-out to protect its dark money donations - by pretending it's the Democrats who are the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-rights-judicial-movement-perfected-dark-money-it-takes-chutzpah-for-them-to-decry-it-now/2021/04/09/4dfd3a44-9950-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html Unlimited dark money is a pillar of the right, not the left. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-04-29 02:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387587627025506306 Biden hopes to tax capital gains and carried interest and reduce high-income tax cheating. https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-business-51d52c89505becbd62c6a03469d5a9bc Expect no help from GOP who must protect their big dark money donors. #PS1tax == impress 21 time 2021-04-29 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387575224007151616 Why California has the lowest infection rate - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/28/california-has-lowest-covid-rate-in-america-heres-why/ Florida's is 5X higher. What could go wrong? The double mutant variant from India might be resistant to current vaccines. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 51 time 2021-04-29 01:11 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387573788477251585 Long past time to close Guantanamo. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/Guantanamo-Afghanistan-Biden.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice == impress 20 time 2021-04-29 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387572773136912387 More wishful thinking about GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/republican-party-joe-biden.html Policy is pass in the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It's all about individual brand and theatre to get the most Fox appearances and the most donor support for an eventual run for president. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-04-29 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387568779886960644 Wishful thinking about GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/republican-party.html But group policy making is pass in the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It's all about individual brand and theatre to get the most Fox appearances and the most donor support for an eventual run for president. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 15 time 2021-04-29 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387557985463857158 Nothing new about fake news about vaccines. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/vaccine-hesitancy-smallpox.html And nothing new about most people EVENTUALLY ignoring the fake news. And in the meantime, nothing new about a few people profiting from fake news. #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-04-29 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 425 epoch Lifetime ID 1404609099883605 impress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/29/2021 16:04" reach 1 title "Opinion | Vaccine Hesitancy Is as Old as Vaccines. I Take Comfort in That." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1404609099883605 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387556547027345408 Why bipartisanship doesn't work any more - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/joe-biden-bipartisanship.html It's because there are no more bipartisans! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html By they way, Dixiecrat-Republicanism was already proposed in 1951! #PS1politics == impress 9 time 2021-04-28 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387554428182351872 Full steam ahead to benefit major donors who run cruise lines! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/desantis-cruise-lines-covid.html #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-04-28 23:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387553071492788224 For lasting change, destroy the business model that feeds on evil. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/malinowski-eshoo-congress-social-media-section-230/ #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-04-28 23:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387552133432496133 NRA led by a sure shot! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/27/nra-wayne-lapierre-elephant-video/ It's a benefit to poor Africans to have rich Americans come to shoot their elephants at close range? And miss? Any hunter who wants to tackle a primitive elephant should use the same weapons primitive men used. #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-04-28 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387543725354545152 Indicated Capitol rioters compete to come up with the lamest excuses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nancy-pelosi-capitol-riot-note-richard-barnett/2021/04/27/727ef956-a6bc-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-04-28 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387541213964693504 Stopping the leaks of Trump methane. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/28/methane-congressional-review-act/ #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-04-28 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387539519746973698 Minority rule has always been based on big lies to deceive the masses. The only thing new is that the fig leaves have been dropped and media don't even pretend to find the truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/28/american-right-is-becoming-completely-untethered-reality/ #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-04-28 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387537361148407809 Maybe he can stay away from drugs and alcohol for the next ten years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-supporter-brendan-hunt-convicted-death-threat-democrats/2021/04/28/9a239624-a838-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-04-28 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387535072090148864 Tone down the Oscar-winning performances https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-impeachments-barack-obama-4c79ff8d59f8ce19f9dae6b550223bf0 Good luck with that! That remark targeted legislators that ran and were elected to perform, not legislate. #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-04-28 22:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387532516152602626 The census doesn't change the electoral outcome. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-electoral-college-election-2020-government-and-politics-1d094c343998d5a01ccbda6b265caf61 Blue voters moving to red states make those states bluer. The Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party depends on finding more single-issue voters and voters who don't care about policy. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-04-28 22:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387528115597963265 All those high-tech companies fleeing Silicon Valley for a Texas paradise! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/26/real-estate-silicon-valley-shopping-spree-tops-1-billion-in-four-weeks-with-san-jose-deal/ are just making room for more dynamic companies to move in. #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-04-28 22:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387527121824665603 Giuliani might be sweating hair dye again. Maybe Trump too. https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-trump-investigation-warrant-7a413e1bbb819cb52cd402d64a982185 #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-04-28 22:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387510092522614786 Feds have charged 400 Capitol rioters and are looking for more. The estimated number of illegal entrants is around 800. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/capitol-riot-400-charged-justice-department/index.html As more identified rioters cut plea bargains, more unidentified rioters might become identified. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-04-28 20:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387507533053497346 Can CA GOP campaign on policy without mentioning Trump? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-26/skelton-what-the-california-gop-can-gain-from-recall-newsom Seems doubtful - nowadays the GOP party and policy IS Trump. #PS1capolitics == impress 12 time 2021-04-28 20:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387504855254650881 Will Trump try to lead his followers to the vaccine? https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/health/trump-psa-covid-vaccine/index.html Will they follow even if he leads? He's made them all so skeptical. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-04-28 20:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387491495557533698 Biden's hoping to audit high-income taxpayers and corporations to pay for his proposals. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/biden-american-families-plan.html Forget it! Unless Manchin gives up on the filibuster, GOP senators will defend their major donors with all they've got to make sure nothing changes. #PS1tax == engage 3 engage-rate 13% impress 23 time 2021-04-28 19:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387490625193340929 Farmers didn't like turbulence and upset? https://apnews.com/article/health-financial-markets-business-global-trade-coronavirus-69e127e6a9966caba941aa446c3669e7 They knew who Trump was when they picked him up - and voted for him. Turbulence and upset is his standard operating procedure. But agribusinesses big enough to be major donors did OK. #PS1economics == impress 25 time 2021-04-28 19:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387433042466148363 GOP shoots its foot again. https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-census-2020-government-and-politics-7561654cb3f63fc0834da91b10393f6c The census is necessary but not a reliable basis for allocating Congressional representation. A reliable basis would be voter participation in the last Federal election. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1403737336637448 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-04-28 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387409152679452677 Why does the Trumpist media bother posting corrections? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-new-york-climate-climate-change-media-529b0cb6d7393c225c8b9baf040c1904 Nobody reads or tweets the corrections. Nobody believes anything they publish, except people who believe everything they publish - except corrections published after the damage is done. #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-04-28 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387407566263652355 A good-faith actor in the GOP? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-tim-scott-racial-injustice-south-carolina-d72e6968bd07d9f20c54b4f6d0d29ac9 How long can he keep swimming upstream against that current? #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-04-28 14:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387306270663876610 India was doing well until it loosened up for mass political rallies and religious festivals. Sound familiar? https://apnews.com/article/health-india-coronavirus-4b105300bbf93c97cc844ef9b44a462c It's now got a double mutant. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/world/asia/India-delhi-covid-cases.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1403481616663020 #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-04-28 07:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387302108592963584 What about March 2034? The governments of China, Russia, and Iran are threatened by democracy and need to distract their populations from the failure of their domestic policies. The US is an easy target - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/china-us-2034.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1403474109997104 #PS1china == impress 28 time 2021-04-28 07:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387292064212131843 It's all about the ratings! Who cares if it's true? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/2021/04/27/aa7c0844-a752-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html Carlson has made noises about running for president. He's highly qualified as a Trumpist. #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-04-28 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387289812596445186 Who cares whether it was true? Nobody reads Trumpist tabloids to find out the facts. https://news.yahoo.com/york-post-reporter-resigns-saying-234020679.html #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-04-28 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387286489810104325 By their fruits shall ye know them! They knew he was a Trumpist when they picked him up, so why be surprised if the commandments he lived by turned out to include lie deny it all hit back twice as hard https://apnews.com/article/jerry-falwell-lawsuits-virginia-lynchburg-3b9c8e0c3bf525c79fbd54dc95889c86 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402731263404722 #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-04-28 06:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 871 epoch Lifetime ID 1404049179939597 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/28/2021 20:04" title "Rural Ambulance Crews Have Run Out of Money and Volunteers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1404049179939597 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387036273919987717 First rioter guilty plea - he decides to cooperate. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-courts-0f41a0e86a6e3e1e4be41f432a71111e #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-04-27 13:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387034752943681536 Manafort and Kilimnik - the untold story continues to unfold. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-paul-manafort-russia-campaigns-konstantin-kilimnik-d2fdefdb37077e28eba135e21fce6ebf #PS1russian == impress 16 time 2021-04-27 13:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387022644445212675 Low interest rates benefit asset holders, especially those using leverage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/26/federal-reserve-interest-rates-inequality/ But that might be unavoidable - wealth inequality has to be tackled by other means. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-04-27 12:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386896636849266688 Ransomware attacks Silicon Valley disabled. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/26/a-hot-mess-vta-ransomware-attack-strands-riders-with-disabilities/ #PS1technology == impress 36 time 2021-04-27 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386894624707387392 Bernie Madoff, Mr Richfield, affinity fraud, and Dixiecrat-Republican minority rule - it's all one neat package. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/biden-climate-republicans-meat.html https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402057886805393 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-04-27 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386892212726685697 Infrastructure is the public works foundation on which private works are built. No foundation, no building. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/infrastructure-definition-history.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 19 time 2021-04-27 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386890174932480008 It's unfair to credit Newt Gingrich with founding the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/mark-mccloskey-senate.html That credit belongs to Strom Thurmond, who REALLY knew how to obstruct progress. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-04-27 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386888229622730754 Poor little Marco has forgotten who pays for his campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/marco-rubio-woke-corporations-republicans.html That's OK, they don't care what he SAYS, only what he DOES. Tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judiciary to support them! #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-04-27 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386864643621097473 Not much of an explanation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/26/questions-answers-pentagon-internet-protocol-addresses/ Does ANYBODY in Congress know what's going on? #PS1technology == impress 20 time 2021-04-27 02:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386863542393917440 Trump normalized constant bald-faced lying. Many followed his example. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/technology/alt-right-youtube-algorithm.html It doesn't matter if it's true as long as it's outrageous! And now even Republicans formerly considered conservative have embraced the vice, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-burger-falsehood/2021/04/26/9afca0be-a6a2-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-04-27 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386860898208256000 Fake bipartisanship. Budget cuts and tax cuts - just what you'd expect from GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/republicans-make-biden-an-infrastructure-offer-he-has-refuse/ And lies about it - also what you'd expect. #PS1infrastructure == impress 18 time 2021-04-27 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386859831257034758 DeSantis burnishes his fascist credentials as he maneuvers for 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/floridas-new-anti-riot-law-is-vague-draconian/ #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-04-27 01:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386858883251982336 Universal basic income - it's not easy being a pioneer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/guaranteed-income-ubi-stockton-congress-aid/ But the idea is catching on. Why not think big? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html The pandemic showed that to be politically feasible with voters, it has to be available to everybody. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-04-27 01:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386847610737098757 Ransomware attacks individuals, too. Best defense is the same as any other computer problem - back up early and often and securely. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/15/tips-for-preventing-ransomware/ #PS1technology == impress 35 time 2021-04-27 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386844796602388480 Russian ransomware attacks protected by the state. https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-general-news-government-and-politics-c9dab7eb3841be45dff2d93ed3102999 #PS1technology == impress 39 time 2021-04-27 00:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 425 epoch Lifetime ID 1403483816662800 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/28/2021 00:04" title "How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1403483816662800 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386829304726646784 Manchin explains infrastructure in WV - https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-business-environment-and-nature-1ee4ba04f4f49246b19d1e025bec3586 It don't mean a thing if it don't got that swing for coal mines and coal miners. #PS1infrastructure == impress 11 time 2021-04-26 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386826510556749828 China hacks Pulse Secure VPN https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-hacks-pulse-secure-espionage/ It seems to be getting easier! #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 retweets 1 time 2021-04-26 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386820854428827649 Infrastructure is? the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities, which allows a people to choose their own way - Ronald Reagan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/infrastructure-biden.html But this time, Joe Manchin says what it is. #PS1infrastructure == impress 25 time 2021-04-26 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386814314724478976 60 years ago, writing about 90 years earlier - Southern Bourbons raised the flag of white supremacy and aroused the poor-white agrarians against the Negro; Bourbons and agrarians then combined in the name of white solidarity. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/tom-wicker-racism.html No change! #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-04-26 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386810025599922176 The hardest sales pitch! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/biden-address-congress-defense-of-democracy/ The most pressing need in the country is a return to the Enlightenment ideals of its founders - not their practices which often fell short of their ideals. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402681670076348 #PS1theory == impress 21 time 2021-04-26 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386803495458656260 Census looks like good news for GOP until you look at details. https://apnews.com/article/census-congressional-districts-7dd29f02c7d68038920c7e1a23f842a1 GOP will become a minority in most red states, as they already are in some. They've got all their big guns set up to gerrymander control against the immigrants from blue states. #PS1politics == impress 28 time 2021-04-26 22:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386799208338923521 First in time, first in right - first in trouble. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/board_info/water_rights_process.html California water history is violent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_water_wars More to come? Declining water supplies in a warming environment will end California's growth. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/04/california-drought-water-supply-groundwater/ #PS1capolitics == impress 22 time 2021-04-26 21:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386796164188573697 What lessons will we have forgotten in time for the next pandemic? https://www.ocregister.com/2021/04/25/will-lessons-learned-from-this-pandemic-soften-the-blow-during-the-next-one/ The most important one - don't expect much in a crisis from politicians who put their career above the public good. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#leadership #PS1politics == impress 22 time 2021-04-26 21:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386793095405064192 Income inequality is real! Some CEO's of laying-off, money-losing companies get only $50 million, while others are getting $100 million! Unfair! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/business/ceos-pandemic-compensation.html No doubt the folks in food lines are looking forward to the day they get $50 million. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-04-26 21:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386790009055813632 Modi, like Trump, tried to fight the virus without crushing the economy, but seems to have failed at both... like Michigan. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/business/economy/india-covid19-middle-class.html #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 30 time 2021-04-26 21:11 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386785130878930945 Hoover, Carter, Trump making straight a highway in the wilderness for the one to follow? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-20/trump-blazed-a-trail-that-clears-the-way-for-biden Certainly China's success integrating industrial, military, and foreign policy inspires rethinking around the world. #PS1economics == impress 25 time 2021-04-26 20:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386780334176436226 The pandemic has not been as bad for small business, IN GENERAL, as expected. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-business-failures-idCAKBN2C32FN But the toll varies greatly among segments - barbershops suffered but outdoor recreation equipment companies prospered. #PS1recovery == impress 15 time 2021-04-26 20:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386775096749027332 A Gordian knot - Chinese solar technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/business/economy/china-biden-solar-panels.html Trump thought US should be self-sufficient in strategic materials - but he thought coal and steel were still strategic. An Operation Warp Speed for US solar power materials might help. #PS1climate == engage 4 engage-rate 9% impress 46 likes 1 replies 1 retweets 1 time 2021-04-26 20:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386771468164366336 GOP across nation endorse Newsom recall - EXCEPT California's own GOP House reps. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article250793854.html Something dumb said now might haunt their own tight re-elections next year! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402622580082257 #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-04-26 19:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386692232623759363 Not a serious proposal! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/26/republicans-budget-spending-infrastructure/ Let the GOP draft a bill that shows exactly which taxes they are going to increase - especially the user fees, which previous appropriations they are going to revoke, and what those funds will pay for. #PS1infrastructure == impress 17 time 2021-04-26 14:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386689618087534596 Technology disrupts another traditional business. https://apnews.com/article/technology-north-carolina-business-cb6b4a4883eb315d03f42540828a5121 Property lines will eventually be recorded as GPS tracks anyway. #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2021-04-26 14:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386688142363660292 Why not improve wages and working conditions to where Americans will take the jobs, and increase prices tourists pay? https://apnews.com/article/travel-pandemics-jamaica-boston-coronavirus-pandemic-11627ee5df0e9d2477ce13b2c3ed4546 #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-04-26 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386559340811735045 Microbe lives matter! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/covid-germs-health.html #PS1health == impress 17 time 2021-04-26 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386557237976473601 What's the problem? It's good enough for Trump! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177 So it's good enough for Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/miracle-bleach-cure-covid-19.html But maybe they shouldn't count on a pardon if Trump is re-elected. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-04-26 05:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386551839055781888 A test of character - FAILED with flaming colors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/politics/mccarthy-trump.html It's bad enough to be stupid and ignorant and repeat lies. How much worse to KNOW BETTER but behave the same, all for political ambition. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402227216788460 #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-04-26 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386545197090103299 Racism? Nobody looks after black folks better than vote-Suppressing Dixiecrat-Republicans, just like their forebears the Segregationist Dixiecrats, and their forebears the Slavery Dixiecrats. https://apnews.com/article/politics-death-of-daunte-wright-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-george-floyd-98504669d2baac0f061ca920a52d6ab2 #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-04-26 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386541005558587395 Sounds just like a Trump rally! https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/09/night-thousands-nazis-packed-madison-square-garden-rally-violence-erupted/ #PS1other == impress 26 time 2021-04-26 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386483953482158081 The Feds are trying to do something about ransomware. But it's hard when the criminals are foreign and protected by foreign governments. https://apnews.com/article/technology-hacking-business-45977e01475a23513051ac549026fffb Ultimately it depends on ordinary people using computers more carefully - a hard task. #PS1technology == impress 23 time 2021-04-26 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386478851564310528 Do you really want to be famous? https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/04/19/girl-kent-state-photo-lifelong-burden-being-national-symbol/ #PS1other == impress 26 time 2021-04-26 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386470363257729027 Wyoming is losing its ambulance services. Will it still qualify to be a state? DC has ambulance services. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/rural-ambulance-coronavirus.html But Wyoming taxes are low, and that's the main thing! The ruling class can always be flown to the hospital in their private jets. #PS1health == impress 17 time 2021-04-26 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 945 epoch Lifetime ID 1402731263404722 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/26/2021 17:04" title "Rural Ambulance Crews Have Run Out of Money and Volunteers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402731263404722 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386467868074643458 McCarthy rewrites history! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/25/mccarthy-defends-trump-january-6-insurrection/ He's done one better than the old Soviet rewrite-historians - he's rewriting his OWN history. Presumably until it's acceptable to Trump. Now the insurrectionists include those who deny there was one. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2021-04-25 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386461293586960387 What are conservatives trying to conserve? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opinion/sunday/republicans-conservatism.html Conserving minority rule and cult of personality? Neither fit conservatism as preserving the good things of the past. Nowadays conservatives are just reactionaries. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1theory == impress 12 time 2021-04-25 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386459276525195266 Skipping your second shot? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/covid-vaccines-second-doses.html Maybe one shot is almost as effective. But it's an unsupported configuration. Don't take chances, especially in Michigan. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-04-25 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386457606705664013 The newest strains get young people, too. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/michigan-covid-younger-people-hospitalized.html #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-04-25 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386455919362334723 This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-israel-media-arthritis-social-media-1261d8c91eb855754edb14fb36afe8bf Looks like too many Michiganders believed these fables. #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-04-25 23:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386454199039266817 Michiganders should be happy they're not in India. https://apnews.com/article/health-india-religion-coronavirus-c644fc9eb09beb04e16d0215a6693886 Modi's Trumpist-style government botched it so badly that even archenemy Pakistan offered to send oxygen and equipment. The response was to suppress negative stories about the government. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 30 time 2021-04-25 22:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386453145572626433 Michiganders fought hard for their rights to get sick and make other people sick, and now they lead the nation. https://apnews.com/article/health-michigan-coronavirus-a9cdf0590d94786b198c22b7b4e4b9d7 At least they're not running out of oxygen, unlike India. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-04-25 22:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386451958484160513 GOP will keep recounting until it gets the result it wants! https://apnews.com/article/elections-election-2020-business-government-and-politics-arizona-a56ee7c8214ecc876424ee3428e3ab72 Won't say who's paying, of course. #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-04-25 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386446083765673984 The Dinosaurs TV series explains minority rule. In Episode 1, worker Sinclair asks boss Richfield for a raise - and gets fired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eskYvfJzf8 Episode 3 has the lie that keep workers in line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm6-ZWXHWpU More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402057886805393 #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2021-04-25 22:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386354779031445504 True Texas Project and Ted Cruz - two more reasons to stay away from Texas! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/ted-cruz-maintains-ties-to-right-wing-group-despite-its-extremist-messaging/2021/04/23/64387376-8e58-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.html To grow the GOP, we can't be using rhetoric that most people find offensive Unclear on the concept! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1401897140154801 #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-04-25 16:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386333095222153218 It's too expensive to engineer security into products and delays time to market and reduces competitive advantage! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-b1139dc8bd2ec3179f1075d6ef77c7fb It's better for the bottom line to let the consumer figure it out. Or not. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/22/larry-magid-my-new-air-fryer-is-a-security-risk/ #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-04-25 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386318496347295744 A perfect Dixiecrat-Republican Trumpist! He fires up the racist base and then says he's not a racist. And he's not even from the South! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-race-and-ethnicity-senate-elections-wisconsin-5a6bfac4f1e9ea86944561b933a97bcf But minority rule is built on lies from top to bottom. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-04-25 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386200028448919560 Even without climate change, California population growth had to end. https://apnews.com/article/california-census-2020-government-and-politics-5d518db43b3d53cb9241789628c88521 There just isn't water to support many more people AND agriculture AND fisheries... #PS1capolitics == impress 13 time 2021-04-25 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386198221706317832 More on the DOD IPv4 mystery! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949 #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-04-25 05:59 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 496 epoch Lifetime ID 1402104303467418 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/25/2021 17:04" title "The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402104303467418 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385994042584928259 Ruling class tax jitters! https://www.reuters.com/business/bitcoin-sinks-below-50000-cryptos-stumble-over-biden-tax-plans-2021-04-23/ But capital gains tax rates really don't affect markets much - https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-stocks-taxes/investors-doubt-u-s-capital-gains-tax-plan-alone-can-derail-market-rally-idUSL1N2MG1QB And investors that market timed in 2013 probably lost money compared to buy and hold. But GOP senators have their orders. #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-04-24 16:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385984890093510667 Monopsony is getting bipartisan interest. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opinion/joan-robinson-economy-monopoly-labor.html Monopsony depresses workers' wages and increases income and wealthy inequality. Thanks Ludwig von Mises and Milton Friedman! #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-04-24 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385982967831355393 GOP will go all out to protect voter suppression. Can ethics legislation get by on its own? That would still require 10 GOP senators on board. Or else eliminating filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/us/politics/trump-ethics-voting-rights.html Undoing Trumpist corruption might take decades. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-04-24 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385981025537249282 Texas GOP redefines equal protection to mean equal protection of GOP victories in both rural and urban areas. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/us/politics/texas-republicans-voting.html That's not very attractive to relocating technologists. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-04-24 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385979315972575235 The GOP is just getting started https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/republicans-voting-us-elections.html Anything to insure integrity - meaning GOP victories to protect integrity of minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-04-24 15:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385977088813924359 It's not just India. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/us/coronavirus-puerto-rico.html It can happen anywhere - like Michigan - where the government or the people decide to stop taking precautions. #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-04-24 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385974507962204171 It's not over until it's over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/23/getting-covid-after-vaccine/ The best vaccines are only 95% effective. That means 5% of the vaccinated are still at risk of a severe case leading to hospitalization. Vaccination does not mean immunity or prevent infecting others. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-04-24 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385972738146258946 Vain hopes on immigration reform. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/23/can-two-former-presidents-unravel-immigration-knot/ It would be great if Bush and Clinton could agree on a comprehensive plan on immigration. But major GOP donors depend on cheap exploitable illegal labor and will fight any threat to it. #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 4% hashclicks 1 impress 26 time 2021-04-24 15:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385971543365218308 IPv4 addresses are a very valuable commodity. Why did the Pentagon outsource them to an unknown organization in the last minutes of the Trump administration? Congress should investigate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/24/pentagon-internet-address-mystery/ Somehow IPv6 hasn't caught on much. #PS1technology == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 31 replies 1 time 2021-04-24 14:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385969981305724931 Four years of Trump will take a generation to undo. Does the nation - or the world - have that much time left? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/defining-moments-trump-presidency/ The attack on objective reality is the most insidious and dangerous of all. #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-04-24 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385968523424403463 GOP to get back to being the ideas and the substance and the policy of conservatism ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/cheney-trump-mccarthy-orlando/2021/04/23/0b41df94-a3a4-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html Sorry, Trump has driven out GOP voters interested in ideas, substance, policy, or conservatism. It's not Trump vs Cheney, but policy vs personality. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-04-24 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385964198170009606 Another perfect Trumpist! https://apnews.com/article/politics-entertainment-health-talk-radio-government-and-politics-323d9ae666dc438bcd52c6ba0a5207a7 He won't bore anybody with objective truth about reality, but about the only the truth that matters, the truth about how he feels! #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-04-24 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385963208784048138 A perfect Trumpist candidate! https://apnews.com/article/caitlyn-jenner-california-governor-288b8ed19b68632bb2d2352f3d8a6366 No political or government experience, no qualifications except reality-TV and a big social media following. Full loyalty to Trump, and her campaign run by Brad Parscale! #PS1capolitics == impress 14 time 2021-04-24 14:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 541 epoch Lifetime ID 1401630006848181 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/24/2021 23:04" title "Caitlyn Jenner adds celebrity to run for California governor" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1401630006848181 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385401348603056131 The ruling class, through its media, has convinced large numbers of GOP voters that they are in apocalyptic times - much like Germany in the 1920's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/trump-gop.html Is this all a means enable a Trumpist dictator - bolder and smarter than Trump? #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-04-23 01:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385399278881755142 What next for coal? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/coal-mine-workers-climate.html #PS1climate == impress 12 time 2021-04-23 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385398188807311361 Risk vs reward in policy-making. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/our-policymakers-are-still-obsessing-over-risks-but-forgetting-about-rewards/2021/04/22/9ae72c7a-a39b-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html You will lose your job if you guess wrong. You might keep your job if you guess right. #PS1theory == impress 14 time 2021-04-23 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385397217268166665 The cost of sunset provisions. Every renewal allows the opposition to demand an additional concession. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-has-an-opportunity-to-ensure-an-fdr-like-legacy-and-he-might-blow-it/2021/04/22/3a20e842-a399-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html #PS1politics == impress 14 time 2021-04-23 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385395884553228289 The Biden depression - you can find it near the Reagan depression. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/22/trump-biden-economy-depression/ It's hard to campaign against a booming economy.. #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-04-23 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385389759531405315 Trump gave Netanyahu the go-ahead to de-facto annex the West Bank and eliminate forever the possibility of a two-state solution. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-israel-iran-nuclear-west-bank-afda64d2a213cb8de2ce72e46fe3385f After all, Trump got lots of campaign donations from American Jews and none from Palestinians. #PS1mideast == impress 11 time 2021-04-23 00:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385387419889901574 How to be a social media big shot and slave driver. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/style/jake-paul-team-10.html Child labor laws have not caught up to the social media influencer industry. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-04-23 00:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 230 epoch Lifetime ID 1400499220294593 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/23/2021 10:04" title "Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1400499220294593 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385382170605232131 The magic of minority rule! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/opinion/trump-republicans.html It's all about diverting attention - from what's important - to what isn't. Pay no attention to the major donor behind the curtain! Trump is a master attention diverter. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399839853693863 #PS1trumpism == impress 23 time 2021-04-22 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385376195387150340 Technology companies welcome to move to Texas! AS LONG AS they share our values and don't try to dictate public policy - meaning GOP values and policy about racist voter suppression, energy deregulation, and climate change! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-voting-restrictions-gop-corporations/2021/04/21/a2746b8c-a1e4-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-04-22 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385372188774043648 How Trump turned Puerto Rico Democratic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/ Conservative voters might have meant that Puerto Rico would vote Republican. No chance of that now. Trump wanted the money to go to states that voted for him. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399823700362145 #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-04-22 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385366829397250051 Using lies about unfair elections to make future elections unfairer! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republican-voter-suppression-could-backfire/ Another instance of the fundamental GOP question - is it all about Trump or all about preserving ruling class minority rule? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399739950370520 #PS1democracy == impress 26 time 2021-04-22 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385365453757837315 It's time to get rid of the debt ceiling once and for all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republicans-are-plotting-use-economic-blackmail-heres-how-democrats-can-stop-them/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/21/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling/ And make continuing resolutions automatic. https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ GOP doesn't care about deficits, it just wants to reduce entitlements. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-04-22 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385362060981071875 Texas deregulated energy prices in Minnesota, too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/minnesota-texas-freeze-centerpoint-energy/ #PS1deregulation == impress 21 time 2021-04-22 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385359781334900738 One way to boost your standing in TrumpWorld! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ohio-government-and-politics-ce4c53aff66aabb3c83435dba0c01314 #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-04-22 22:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385357813451423748 Will the GOP allow the post office to be fixed? https://apnews.com/article/postal-service-joe-biden-confirmation-hearings-government-and-politics-louis-dejoy-70acb88f776acdf0f87c0fe19238b78a #PS1deregulation == impress 20 time 2021-04-22 22:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385356977191014404 A moment of unease for the ruling class. https://apnews.com/article/health-technology-financial-markets-business-asia-156d6987fe7508599c20abfeebb63802 Tax long-term capital gains like ordinary income? Horrors! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1notopic == impress 25 time 2021-04-22 22:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385354141237604353 Republicans are grasping at straws to disguise their racist and political motivations - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-anti-constitutional-dc-statehood-pretense/2021/04/20/a1cafd72-a1fd-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html But DC statehood advances. https://apnews.com/article/dc-statehood-congress-9edf21fe93e813808f1488ceb0b7900b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399781553699693 #PS1democracy == impress 24 time 2021-04-22 22:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385349421316009992 Republican counter-proposal - it's all about who benefits and who pays. https://apnews.com/article/politics-technology-business-government-and-politics-a50c67d13802026231ee29467efc8abe #PS1infrastructure == impress 21 time 2021-04-22 21:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385332767081177090 How will the ruling class maintain its minority rule? Trump and McConnell can't put their differences aside. It's between Trump's goal of personality cult and the ruling class goal of maintaining power. https://apnews.com/article/gop-leaders-diverge-trump-3eb9635a76bdb26613030eb3772dd23c More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399739950370520 #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-04-22 20:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385317898307063808 The new media-centric GOP has no use for ideology - just fantasy outrage reality-TV antics and personality cult. https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-f99f90d003a5a3ce3fe087b798208043 That's fine with the ruling class - conservative ideology wasn't working any more to distract the masses. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 25 time 2021-04-22 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385317187812958209 The big lies about stolen election and voter confidence are beginning to make some GOP legislators nervous. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republicans-chris-carr-running-from-big-lie/ But they'll have to choose - get all the way on board or get off the train. Most of the GOP has embraced Trumpist outrage fantasy. #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2021-04-22 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385316288583528449 Ultra-extremists normalize extremism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/20/what-anglo-saxon-traditions-controversy-says-about-our-current-moment/ It's how the GOP got from conservative to reactionary to personality cult. #PS1gop == impress 25 time 2021-04-22 19:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385105938068119553 Dark money is one of the pillars of minority rule. Legislators like to keep their donors secret. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/man-who-waited-50-years-moment/618541/ There isn't any progress possible on political or economic democracy as long as legislators are for sale. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399334387077743 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 27 time 2021-04-22 05:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 557 epoch Lifetime ID 1399929060351609 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/22/2021 20:04" title "The Man Who Waited 50 Years for This Moment" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399929060351609 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382537745558511619 Nothing new about fake news. It's not caused by technology, though accelerated by it. It's caused by people exercising their free will - to do evil - often telling themselves they are doing the right thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/technologies-give-velocity-to-stupidity-but-they-dont-make-people-stupid/2021/04/13/bf857f10-9c74-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-04-15 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382536327988584456 GPS is rather important - built into modern ways of doing things, like driving. Maybe it shouldn't be messed with. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/14/gps-is-endangered-by-misguided-fcc-decision-made-during-trump-administration/ #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2021-04-15 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382490782729261058 The inmates are running the asylum. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-will-keep-up-the-craziness-until-they-pay-a-real-price/2021/04/14/8180f684-9d5c-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2021-04-15 00:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 94 epoch Lifetime ID 1399322297078952 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/21/2021 22:04" title "Opinion | Republicans will keep up the craziness until they pay a real price" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399322297078952 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382469803147812869 Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley are opposed to debating a bill against racism. Is anybody surprised? Their position polls well with Trumpists. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-filibusters-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-hate-crimes-460b93649ee991260a2872180969cbf4 #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2021-04-14 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382468460404375554 A preview of the future! https://apnews.com/article/fish-droughts-lakes-oregon-environment-c113d9a6a963cf461fab15441b3b2628 Long ago the Feds promised Klamath water to everybody who wanted it. Now there's not enough for everybody. Expect these conflicts as climate change advances. When international we can expect water wars. #PS1climate == impress 2 time 2021-04-14 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382333188169625600 Pandemics in medicine and media spread alike! https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/when-contagion-rules #PS1media == impress 4 time 2021-04-14 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382204480683331584 Plenty of GOP House members would filibuster this if they could. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-filibusters-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-hate-crimes-460b93649ee991260a2872180969cbf4 But what about GOP senators? Would they dare? And kill the filibuster for good? #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-04-14 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382160398065967106 The graveyard of empires wins again. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-afghanistan-taliban-d2c54073ce67f3b162c77b4f9f2f0ddd As everybody else has discovered, you either get out of Afghanistan or you stay there forever. Eventually they all decide ito cut their losses. The tragedy is for the ordinary Afghans left behind. #PS1mideast == impress 8 time 2021-04-14 02:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382124732070252544 Obsolete! https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-alabama-florida-census-2020-us-news-3407a2d05be23972741294bc05838801 There's no good reason to use census data for Federal redistricting - inexact and not very private. Why not use voter participation instead - something known EXACTLY and fairly quickly. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1394152217595960 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2021-04-14 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 221 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1399321630412352 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/21/2021 22:04" title "16 states back Alabama's challenge to Census privacy tool" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399321630412352 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381803988358598663 For all their faults, unions helped make the American middle class great. The decline of the middle class has tracked the decline of organized labor since Reaganization. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/opinion/us-unions-amazon.html Nothing the GOP SAYS will undo what they have DONE to labor. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-04-13 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381802006646456320 Dutch tulip bulbs anybody? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania It might be happening now. It's been 20 years since the internet bubble popped. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/opinion/biden-economy-culture.html Ultimately market excesses correct themselves. Don't buy at the top just because your friends do. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-04-13 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381799200149544963 Corporations in a bind - they are for voting rights and infrastructure but against corporate tax increases. Who do they $upport? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/12/corporate-tax-voting-rights-business/ #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-04-13 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381778298326282240 The GOP donors have spoken. No matter what GOP voters might want, no GOP legislator will vote for taxing corporations or on the rich - on their donors - the job creators in GOP-ese. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/12/biden-infrastructure-congress/ But infrastructure creates jobs too. #PS1infrastructure == impress 27 time 2021-04-13 01:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381776173043097602 GOP wants no part of it, except that part that funds their state. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-6b5adef4ce58bc768d94f525810bf775 #PS1infrastructure == impress 18 time 2021-04-13 01:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381774997899800578 Why corporations are distancing themselves from racist voter suppression - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-corporate-america-is-declaring-independence-from-the-gop/2021/04/11/a472bf90-9af2-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html and what Republicans could do if they REALLY didn't want corporations in politics - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/republicans-fake-war-against-woke-capital.html but the bottom line is, GOP still depends on dark money. #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-04-13 01:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381770630048047108 Republicans oppose Biden's infrastructure plan - but they still want to make sure it includes their favorite projects. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/us/politics/biden-infrastructure-congress.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 20 time 2021-04-13 00:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 266 epoch Lifetime ID 1394131247598057 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/13/2021 16:04" title "Biden’s Infrastructure Push Spurs a Flurry of Lobbying in Congress" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1394131247598057 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381754545575890945 Mitchell believed that Negro registration benefits the Republicans because it drives the Southern whites out of the Democratic Party. A reporter asked What of the party of Lincoln?' The answer - It has put on a Confederate uniform.' https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/opinion/tucker-carlson-white-replacement.html #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2021-04-12 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381745045187960833 The scope of domestic terrorism. It waxes and wanes over the decades, but lately it's been waxing quickly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/domestic-terrorism-data/ #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-04-12 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381742294794002438 Supreme Court gets another chance to rule on civil forfeiture abuse. https://apnews.com/article/truck-seized-over-5-bullets-gerardo-serrano-border-crossing-f550e0e8b5321b2431e4332b3e382f6c It's about time. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#forfeiture It's been illegal in California for decades, following investigative reporting by the Mercury. #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2021-04-12 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381739368453304321 Tucker Carlson is a Fox ratings superstar! Why would they ever want him to change a thing? https://apnews.com/article/tucker-carlson-fires-voting-rights-lachlan-murdoch-3335e381dcb81f4c841bf00fe8994c42 Unless of course the public started punishing the advertisers and hurting the bottom line. #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-04-12 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381640627075522565 Cornyn misses Trump already. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/04/12/cornyn-echoing-right-wing-pundits-questions-if-biden-really-in-charge/?sh=7cb6648c343e But when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. But Republicans don't dare talk about the issues. #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-04-12 16:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381609351161335812 There's no time to lose! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-study/south-african-variant-can-break-through-pfizer-vaccine-israeli-study-says-idUSKBN2BX0JZ But it's all about me! To heck with everybody else! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/11/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-fades-but-stubborn-resistance-remains-among-conservatives/ Blacks and Hispanics are getting with the program, but not many Trumpists and evangelicals. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-04-12 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381602381318606853 Like Trump, like Xi - Putin concealed the virus reality for political purposes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/world/europe/covid-russia-death.html But official deceit is a Russian government tradition. #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-04-12 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381590015491198978 Building support for infrastructure. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-6b5adef4ce58bc768d94f525810bf775 But Republican legislators' job #1 is preserving the past by defending their donors from tax increases, not building for the future. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 16 time 2021-04-12 12:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381588421655687174 Republicans for safe and sane government? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-top-news-raleigh-north-carolina-7858050374c244239578f00745ba4450 There aren't enough to win anything on their own, but they might make a difference in close races. Not necessarily a good difference if they run for a third party and enable the GOP nut wing. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-04-12 12:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381462532074786820 The red states keep on their merry way. https://apnews.com/article/mlb-arkansas-legislature-legislation-asa-hutchinson-92740d28be22459fc494072b9303f055 Maybe it's time for the blue states to quit subsidizing them. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-04-12 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381460378010361859 Ineffective, but good enough to export to the third world. https://apnews.com/article/beijing-immunizations-chengdu-coronavirus-pandemic-china-675bcb6b5710c7329823148ffbff6ef9 Why are they admitting this? #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-04-12 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381456390720380934 John Boehner tried to talk sense and responsibility into Roger Ailes and the Murdochs. Too late for Ailes, and the Murdochs didn't care as long as Fox was a money machine. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/02/john-boehner-book-memoir-excerpt-478506 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1392919547719227 #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-04-12 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381439876655017991 A pandemic side effect the government can't help fix - working from home with zoom is much cheaper for employers. Hospitality businesses that depended on workers traveling across town or across the country are in trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/business/economy/office-buildings-remote-work.html #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-04-12 02:51 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 480 epoch Lifetime ID 1393503307660851 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/12/2021 17:04" title "After Pandemic, Shrinking Need for Office Space Could Crush Landlords" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1393503307660851 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381293257565478912 What's the Chamber of Commerce to do? https://apnews.com/article/business-legislature-voting-elections-bebf2e47ba46a28d4905906265e54fe7 Lots of the executives of their corporate members are fine with maintaining minority rule by any means available, but lots of the consumers those corporations depend on are not. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-04-11 17:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381291008210530304 Slow learners! The Idaho legislature seems unable to deal effectively with insurrectionists. $600 bail for the second offense? https://apnews.com/article/boise-ammon-bundy-arrests-us-news-idaho-9435f1e210772b4e9c4af4832f0f0c4b #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-04-11 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381266074679701507 Be careful what you brag about on social media. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/09/four-alleged-boogaloo-followers-charged-with-obstructing-federal-probe-into-bay-area-police-killings/ So much for backing the badge. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-04-11 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381134764799758337 Emergency powers are for emergencies. After a while an emergency becomes the norm. And normal government should resume. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-term-limits-state-legislature-113b9847aab2df17975d59da92ebf07c How long can an emergency last? Most state legislatures have trouble acting in less than 90 days. #PS1democracy == impress 26 time 2021-04-11 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381128857390964741 Trump delivers true to form - throws out his speech prepared by somebody else https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-381bf69568bc0bd416e9dbb45aad1af7 and says what he REALLY feels - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mcconnell-election/2021/04/11/297a82da-9879-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html GOP's only role is to support the cult of Trump personality. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1392272977783884 #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-04-11 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381124826031550466 Of course Trump was no help - he hoped the rioters would succeed. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-army-racial-injustice-riots-only-on-ap-480e95d9d075a0a946e837c3156cdcb9 He only told them to go home when it was clear that they had failed. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-04-11 05:59 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-04-11 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 225 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1392825197728662 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/11/2021 16:04" title "‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1392825197728662 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380879142204268546 Is Trump fading or consolidating? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-television-media-social-media-mar-a-lago-15475effad776332890300bcb2b35bde He thrives on reality-TV ratings, so he might pretend to dither but at the last minute decide to run for president again - every four years, and complain that his repeated losses prove they were all stolen. #PS1trump == impress 18 time 2021-04-10 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380877336032075777 McConnell certainly knows where the filibuster came from and how it's been used. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-senate-elections-filibusters-voting-rights-407aa6edeae59bb88c52f02b511bdc2e But he also knows what his donors want and expect, so he has to block all progress on dark money and voter suppression. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-04-10 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380751895896023040 Why Trump cutting corporate tax rates didn't help Trump voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/trump-corporate-tax-reform.html #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-04-10 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380749778976301058 Reviving the American System - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_System_(economic_plan) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opinion/biden-economic-plan.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 17 time 2021-04-10 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380746601195429889 Slavery, Segregation, Suppression of voters - it's one continuous story of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-todays-uphill-struggle-to-combat-voter-suppression-remember-the-pearl/2021/04/09/87ec4e48-98b0-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-04-10 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380740520930988038 The slave power of the Southern aristocracy has been transmitted to the modern Dixiecrat-Trumpist Republican party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Power The rhetoric is slightly changed; the goal of preserving minority rule is exactly the same. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-04-10 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380691207035084804 Good work if you can get it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/allen-weisselberg-barry-weisselberg-trump-investigation/2021/04/09/476c1510-98bf-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html The way you get a mafioso kingpin is to start the squeeze at the bottom and work your way up. #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-04-10 01:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380689511953301508 Putin's planning to test Biden and the West over Ukraine. A violent crisis would also be useful to Putin for suppressing dissent at home https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-moscow-russia-vladimir-putin-crimea-58d0c23807b859fdc7ab7a79ddfcef17 #PS1ukraine == engage 5 engage-rate 7% expands 3 impress 76 time 2021-04-10 01:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380688562991951872 If you ever do something outrageous, it's good to know that there are lawyers willing to defend you - if you can afford them. Or get a rich donor to pay for them. Maybe trade for a future draft legislation pick. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-florida-crime-c64f9142f20f15701ea50d5de79f600b #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-04-10 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380687639620116481 Nullification! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_crisis The sons of John C Calhoun thrive in Idaho! https://apnews.com/article/legislature-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-courts-bills-94315d1a6151d0e58b1085cc62dd3f95 If Idaho passes this, most of the sagebrush country and the deep South will too. Might be time for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-04-10 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380686029976309760 Usually presidential commissions are appointed to bury a problem that the president doesn't want to deal with. Will that be true here? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-amy-coney-barrett-judiciary-8734750b75318ed429bf206e2a8af6d1 #PS1justice == impress 20 time 2021-04-10 00:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 397 epoch Lifetime ID 1392283131116202 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/10/2021 23:04" title "Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1392283131116202 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380564891530977285 Looks like Trump is planning a 2022 campaign based on revenge and a 2024 campaign based on immigration. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/politics/trump-republicans-issues.html Don't expect any GOP help on immigration reform - they need to keep the issue burning. #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 time 2021-04-09 16:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380561619898359808 Tough job market for Trump alumni! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/07/former-trump-cabinet-officials-corporate-seats/ Mike Pence seems to think he has something to offer to somebody. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-michael-pence-stephen-miller-84b3a12599aec7b8b668ba71fd63814f But he's either too close to Trump or not close enough, depending on your point of view. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-04-09 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380534807185137666 The essential quandary of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/05/republicans-scramble-reasons-oppose-biden-infrastructure-plan/ How do you get your voters to oppose something they like? Obamacare proved that if the GOP doesn't prevent something, they it can't repeal it. So oppose everything. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-04-09 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380533079719088129 Cults of personality always need implacable enemies that they must fight but never quite defeat. They make them up as necessary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-tearing-down-fauci-is-essential-to-the-maga-myth/2021/04/05/b3e87740-963c-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html Which side are you on - Trump or Fauci? Focus on personalities rather than fantasy vs facts. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-04-09 14:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380530180448395267 Trump officials worked day and night to invent alternative virus facts. They were fully qualified because they'd all read about email viruses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/09/cdc-covid-political-interference/ And they worked at warp speed, unlike the scientists who had to keep checking data and analyses. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-04-09 14:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380527972331913219 McConnell wants corporations to stay out of public politics. They should stick to private dark money politics instead. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-business-race-and-ethnicity-baseball-9535999a0dd7c0c6d949a891df896749 Taking no positions taking a position - for the status quo. No wonder the stalwarts of minority rule like that. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-04-09 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380524395462942727 How far will the US go to protect Taiwan? https://apnews.com/article/us-military-risk-china-move-against-taiwan-788c254952dc47de78745b8e2a5c3000 https://apnews.com/article/beijing-taiwan-china-08fd7c5e4002a6b295acb0282cb81d58 Starting a war is a traditional way of stifling internal dissent, though Xi is already pretty good at stifling by other means. #PS1china == impress 12 time 2021-04-09 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380521912376328197 Pluralism vs tribalism - is Israel a glimpse of America's future? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/opinion/us-israel-elections.html Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We all came from vicious tribalism - is that where we will return? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1theory == impress 14 time 2021-04-09 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380519639893995524 Biofuels vs climate controversy. https://grist.org/energy/biofuels-are-a-controversial-climate-solution-could-they-still-help-save-the-planet-negative-emissions-direct-air-capture/ What's not controversial is that biofuel subsidies are a pillar of the GOP in states like Iowa. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-climate-climate-change-biodiesel-b425b1d1cfc2977e62122cab67506500 But shouldn't croplands be growing food? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1climate == impress 17 time 2021-04-09 13:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380507342781829120 The end of civilization - tribal warfare with weapons of mass destruction? https://apnews.com/article/technology-environment-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-health-cbcafe70b4724a7605d56d40fa294027 https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-04-09 13:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380506420194369537 It's the Dixiecrat-Trumpist-Republican Party now! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-florida-abcfc4015aad9629568272cccdca3982 It's the Golden Rule - he who has the gold, makes the rules. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-04-09 13:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380505126150934528 Cohn taught Trump taught Gaetz et al - deny everything and hit back twice as hard. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-miami-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-crime-16046aff55900e97f59aec9aa5153df6 #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-04-09 12:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380503519308902403 No compromise on private gun sales! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-gun-politics-shootings-legislation-c15fee9f10a752480353fa435ea2d3d6 Single-issue firearms enthusiasts are a pillar of Republican minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-04-09 12:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380369300955881480 Might as well go for the whole package - no matter what, Republicans will vote no either because of deficits or taxes or, most likely, to build their case for 2022 that Biden did nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/opinion/biden-infrastructure.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 11 time 2021-04-09 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380368028303388673 Conspiracy theory without the theory! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/07/barabak-conspiracies-run-amok-did-you-hear-the-latest-big-lie/ Just make it up! Most people can't tell and don't care. #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-04-09 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380366814836760581 A possible way forward for some legislation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-filibusters-legislation-medicare-dbafad47575fd2f7e77eb6bc1f72e1d6 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-bills-legislation-filibusters-6cfc3598d02f516ed070de6cfb4359aa Everybody's wondering what the ruling by the Senate Parliamentarian will actually mean. #PS1biden == impress 8 time 2021-04-09 03:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380364860521771010 Lisa Krieger just won an award for science reporting. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/07/bay-area-news-group-science-reporter-wins-prestigious-award-for-covid-coverage/ Here's an example - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/06/cdc-update-weve-over-cleaning-to-stop-covid-19/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-04-09 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380363229654700032 Biden has less than two years to accomplish whatever he's going to - just as Trump and Obama did. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-04/column-biden-races-against-window-for-legislative-legacy #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-04-09 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380362769912897538 Who taught Europeans about vaccination? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/06/opinion-root-of-todays-covid-vaccine-came-from-enslaved-african-american/ #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-04-09 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380354646053511168 Who thinks American corporations should be able to hide their profits overseas? https://apnews.com/article/janet-yellen-minimum-global-corporate-income-tax-0a839a4705566a8b9f8bd5411bfe62d5 Aside from a few billionaires, of course. #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2021-04-09 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380321379984105472 Amazing disgrace! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/politics/trump-fund-raising.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/republicans-donations-trump-defector.html And not a hint of shame. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-04-09 00:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 702 epoch Lifetime ID 1391414797869702 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/09/2021 15:04" title "G.O.P. Group Warns of ‘Defector’ List if Donors Uncheck Recurring Box" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1391414797869702 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379658863750696961 How close was that election? 2000 election - 268 votes 1960 election - 11869 votes 1976 election - 16475 votes 2020 election - 32503 votes 2016 election - 77128 votes Some voters are more important than others. More at https://political-scrapbook.net/2021-close-elections.html #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-04-07 04:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 53 epoch Lifetime ID 1390049191339596 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/07/2021 16:04" title "litical-scrapbook.n" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1390049191339596 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379300718306201601 How close was that election? 2000 election - 268 votes 1960 election - 11869 votes 1976 election - 16475 votes 2020 election - 32503 votes 2004 election - 68534 votes 2016 election - 77128 votes Dome voters are more important than others. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2021-close-elections.html #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2021-04-06 05:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 56 epoch Lifetime ID 1389528224725026 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/06/2021 22:04" title "w.political-scrapbook.n" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1389528224725026 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379173735941296129 Q is probably the Watkins pair. But they know better than to admit it outright - think of the legal liability. Are they somehow immune to extradition from the Philippines? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/05/ron-watkins-qanon-hbo/ Now QAnon is all about merchandisers and influencers. #PS1qanon == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-04-05 20:46 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379159016580898817 What's worse than external chemical addiction to drugs and booze? Internal chemical addiction to adrenaline - fueling gambling, stock market speculation, sideshows, spectacle crimes - and enslavement to popularity ratings. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/sports/sports-betting-addiction.html #PS1health == impress 14 time 2021-04-05 19:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379041168198049792 Republican messaging taking hold? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-attacks-biden-infrastructure-debt/2021/04/04/321ad05a-93b7-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html Will they succeed in convincing ordinary GOP voters that welfare for billionaire GOP donors is good but welfare for ordinary GOP voters is bad? #PS1infrastructure == impress 15 time 2021-04-05 12:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379036910211895296 ATT? Comcast? Verizon? Philip Morris? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-elections-georgia-laws-1ef1f1981b82e8918cc4c8bda0fff1b0 State and local governments regulate many kinds of business, so large donors routinely donate to both sides in order to insure sympathetic access no matter who wins. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1388401058171076 #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-04-05 11:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378931436804206593 Who's really in charge at Fox? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/04/business/media/fox-news-viet-dinh.html #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-04-05 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378928497389789184 Pros and cons of vaccine passports. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/03/vaccine-passports-tough-questions-we-havent-confronted/ It's the fundamental problem of libertarianism - where do your liberties end and mine begin when they intersect? We have government to make these decisions, imperfect though they be. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-04-05 04:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 236 epoch Lifetime ID 1388758894801959 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/05/2021 17:04" title "Opinion | Vaccine passports and the tough questions we haven’t confronted" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1388758894801959 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378817121552003079 Nobody knows you when you're down and out - of money. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/business/bill-hwang-archegos.html Leverage greases the skids up AND down. Too bad. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-04-04 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378805303332904962 The grim future awaiting everybody dependent on business travel. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/nyregion/covid-life-families.html Many road warriors didn't realize how much they hated it until they had to think about resuming. #PS1recovery == impress 18 time 2021-04-04 20:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378803720335450112 Just what you'd expect from the Scammer-in-Chief. Now all the GOP candidates will do the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html GOP voters better be very careful - and just mail a check. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387992978211884 #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-04-04 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378795991961272321 Technology marches forward - ghost guns! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/opinion/sunday/gun-deaths-united-states.html #PS1firearms == impress 17 time 2021-04-04 19:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378781474573361153 Property taxes are assessed more strictly for poor people than rich. Surprised? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/opinion/sunday/property-taxes-housing-assessment-inequality.html Perhaps equitable property tax valuation is possible, but why use property taxes to fund general government and public education? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax == impress 17 time 2021-04-04 18:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378779125150670848 Dig it up or make it up! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/arizona-republicans-desperate-crusade-to-find-nonexistent-voter-fraud/2021/04/02/31507e7c-93f8-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html They found the perfect contractor - from Florida, of course. The honest thing would be to change the candidates and policies to win elections fair and square. The donors say no to that. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376797479331434 #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-04-04 18:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378777230449373189 The left learns what it's like to have some power and influence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-joe-biden-tamed-the-left--at-least-for-now/2021/04/03/1c23d4d2-93b6-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html One thing to learn is you can't get everything you want, any more than all the other players can. You have to fashion legislative majorities out of conflicting interests. #PS1theory == impress 19 time 2021-04-04 18:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378774740387553287 Domestic unrest? Provoke a foreign incident. A standard part of the dictator's playbook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/how-russias-military-activity-near-ukraine-is-poised-test-biden-administration/ #PS1foreign == impress 21 time 2021-04-04 18:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378773532566413314 Maybe the end of the world is NOT in our lifetime! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/01/civilization-collapse-rome-angkor-harappa/ But evolution of societies is often apocalyptic for the ruling class. And there is the Fermi paradox. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-04-04 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378769891033935874 It's a two-tier recovery here and abroad. But for the moment the USA is leading the world economic recovery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/04/us-economy-global-recovery/ #PS1recovery == impress 18 time 2021-04-04 18:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378765345461129218 Nobody knows you when you're down and out! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-trump-investigations-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-1219266dd4547d7cd094d11c9114cfb0 Especially down and dirty and out. But Greene is still OK with Gaetz. #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-04-04 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378764133273767939 PPSD - post-pandemic stress disorder. https://apnews.com/article/anxiety-fort-lauderdale-coronavirus-pandemic-vacations-caves-b4dd53c4e498116296388c5afa7872b7 #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-04-04 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378763164163080193 Don't take down all the Confederate statues. https://apnews.com/article/laws-slavery-texas-native-americans-0062fa106a270f7ae9001c7c3598e0f2 Remove all the generals that profited from slavery. But keep the statues of anonymous conscripted foot soldiers - identify them as additional victims of Southern feudal minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 19 time 2021-04-04 17:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378759305013256193 Schiff talks about the QAnon Caucus - https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2021/03/29/the-qanon-caucus Why not call it the Fantasy League? They don't distinguish fact from fiction! The DCCC highlights a QAnon Caucus - Greene Boebert Cawthorn Gaetz Gosar Biggs Brooks. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387908414887007 #PS1qanon == impress 41 time 2021-04-04 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378723676363743235 Do you think large employers might use H1B visas to get cheap exploitable foreign labor? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/01/h-1b-is-skilled-worker-visa-exploited-by-outsourcers/ Do you think they are all completely forthright about their motivations? #PS1immigration == impress 21 time 2021-04-04 14:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378720155627216896 Of course big companies pay taxes! They pay their taxes directly to legislative campaigns via PACs in the form of dark money investment donations. You can avoid taxes the same way - if you can afford it! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/business/economy/zero-corporate-tax.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387825931561922 #PS1tax == impress 20 time 2021-04-04 14:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378597812489740291 It's all about scoring the most points! And probable death is no deterrent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mass-shootings-contagious/2021/04/03/5d826b52-93b4-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html So profitable for the media to publicize. Take away the publicity, and take away the weapons! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387599611584554 #PS1firearms == impress 19 time 2021-04-04 06:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378592619433840642 Why dark money in politics has to stop! These Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-digital-influence/2021/04/03/391103a8-8c0e-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html are trying to convince voters that minority rule is not minority rule, pretending to be non-partisan but revealing none of their donors. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387591411585374 #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-04-04 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378588008245456902 Old news or new? https://apnews.com/article/business-media-social-media-fce118b1adfef8f6c51518f71465dd4b #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-04-04 05:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378586835048308740 A recent DCCC paper mailer features a QAnon Caucus - the usual suspects - Greene Boebert Cawthorn Gaetz Gosar Biggs Brooks. Evidently the factcheck https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/misleading-dccc-ads-link-republicans-to-qanon/ inspired a revision of the original message inspired by the GOP - https://apnews.com/article/gop-power-peace-far-right-5f4b9e7f7a4a20894905981817c47011 #PS1qanon == engage 2 engage-rate 8% expands 2 impress 24 time 2021-04-04 05:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 718 epoch Lifetime ID 1388108688200313 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/04/2021 17:04" title "GOP eyes path to power by making peace with the far right" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1388108688200313 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378342033681575938 If enough major corporate donors line up, will GOP senators have a change of heart on voting rights, in order to save the filibuster? https://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168 Or is the filibuster is going to be continuously under attack, so they might as well fight at every step? #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-04-03 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378339765741707265 How is the Capitol like the Golden Gate Bridge? It's become a place to die a meaningless death in hope of adding meaning to a meaningless life. It will never be possible to remove anti-suicide barriers from the bridge - or the Capitol. https://apnews.com/article/politics-coronavirus-pandemic-98239730a4af17a9f7677980aa218968 #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-04-03 13:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378338271663517702 Ransomware coming to a file near you. https://apnews.com/article/hacking-california-6d0f5e1644814e2a85822cfaba132674 Soon it may be the leading industry in some places. #PS1technology == impress 31 time 2021-04-03 13:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378337437231894535 This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-georgia-hip-hop-and-rap-media-social-media-2d7a1c697ce47d9606e2510aa8dc8649 #PS1media == impress 24 time 2021-04-03 13:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378195636487561222 The transcontinental railroad was a hard sell too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/of-course-infrastructure-pays-for-itself-it-leverages-the-greatest-resource-on-earth/2021/04/02/fe10a00e-93ee-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html #PS1infrastructure == impress 16 time 2021-04-03 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378193729312280579 Ways Democrats could sink Biden's infrastructure plans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-need-help-to-torpedo-bidens-infrastructure-bill-will-democrats-give-it-to-them/2021/04/02/d41dc434-9321-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html Republicans would be delighted. #PS1infrastructure == impress 19 time 2021-04-03 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378176318047612932 How China and Russia are using the UN to control the internet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-russia-and-china-are-attempting-to-rewrite-cyberworld-order/2021/03/30/16030226-9190-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html #PS1technology == impress 21 time 2021-04-03 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378170464179159043 Wanting to do the right thing in the worst way! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/31/navarro-pandemic-supply-contracts-trump/ #PS1virus == impress 27 time 2021-04-03 02:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378169132315643908 Republican cancel culture thriving in Georgia. Have a Pepsi and fly United! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/gop-war-on-voting-georgia-delta/ Don't expect many Silicon Valley firms to relocate to Atlanta! #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-04-03 02:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378167109780267011 Looks like a fourth wave breaking in Michigan. Do they have the political will to stop it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/michigan-covid-cases-spike/ #PS1virus == impress 31 time 2021-04-03 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378166314456342534 There aren't enough rich people to pay for ALL of Biden's plans. FDR provides a model. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/how-bidens-tax-pledge-undercuts-his-own-initiatives/ The middle class is willing to pay when the rich are paying their share. A combined UBI/flat tax structure would be fairer. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax == impress 26 time 2021-04-03 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378164527359922176 American exceptionalism has led to an exceptional, uniquely bad system for building infrastructure https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-bidens-new-deal-can-really-make-america-great-again/2021/04/01/667af1e0-9321-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html FDR's team was a lot better at getting things done. #PS1infrastructure == impress 24 time 2021-04-03 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378162067119611905 Pandemic sets women back a generation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/02/women-disadvantaged-pandemic-wef-report/ #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-04-03 01:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378161291819249667 Florida - Best. State. Ever! Reads like one of Duke's story lines in Doonesbury. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/matt-gaetz-investigation-robert-levinson/2021/03/31/ebe2a9ba-923e-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html Like Duke, Gaetz always has a plan B - in this case, a gig at Newsmax. #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-04-03 01:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378159383457136640 How the Republican billionaires consolidated their control of the GOP. They consolidated the right-wing media and told them what to say to keep their listeners engaged and enraged. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/02/what-scorching-john-boehner-book-excerpt-says-about-todays-gop/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386804761664039 #PS1minority == impress 24 time 2021-04-03 01:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378155840201322496 Voting rights - don't just pass the parts that Republicans don't mind! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/02/why-democrats-shouldnt-break-up-their-voting-rights-bill/ Scorched-earth politics with bogus rationales - sure signs that minority rule is fighting for its life against democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386772805000568 #PS1democracy == impress 21 time 2021-04-03 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378152561262292994 GOP major donors will do ANYTHING to protect unlimited dark money, no matter what GOP voters think. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century This is the civil rights battle of the 21st century for democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386772805000568 #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-04-03 01:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 536 epoch Lifetime ID 1387603034917545 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/03/2021 23:04" title "Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387603034917545 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378121143572328449 How the cops can track down anybody. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/02/capitol-siege-arrests-technology-fbi-privacy/ #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-04-02 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378117225626787842 A little late for remorse, but better late than never. https://apnews.com/article/some-capitol-riot-suspects-apologize-3bbabae61323f77b0af3102497c0ede9 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2021-04-02 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378112779148648448 obsessed with self-promotion https://apnews.com/article/prosecutors-possible-payments-for-sex-gaetz-investigation-b43b8340f9e81f6c6eebf95e956be962 A Trumpist through and through. #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-04-02 22:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378042480214433795 Why you can't get a good deal on a new car - or a used one. https://apnews.com/article/video-games-us-news-games-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-c4eec42c97364908d60a35fcc0e11ea5 The pandemic has put a spotlight on the downsides of globalization. #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-04-02 17:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378039216580390912 Green light for more media consolidation. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-uphold-fcc-ease-local-media-ownership-limits-6e1e98bf28ae5aba8bbca37a50841bb1 Consolidated media are easier to influence. #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-04-02 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378036568691118080 Labor lines up to support Biden infrastructure plan. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-climate-climate-change-mitch-mcconnell-8a0046d1e39f5b6c815dfb8f938ac383 Labor doesn't have a problem with restoring corporate tax rates to pre-Trump. #PS1infrastructure == impress 13 time 2021-04-02 17:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377982446092836865 Cease-fire in Kashmir? For how long? https://apnews.com/article/south-asia-pakistan-india-kashmir-asia-4a251b6e100daa987f0cedf4c2525c01 No solution is politically acceptable to all parties, so the cease-fire line will remain the de-facto solution. #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-04-02 13:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377980813048901638 Many GOP voters are receptive to Democratic voting proposals. https://apnews.com/article/voting-legislation-only-on-ap-voter-registration-bills-d4c6c40628aa4ddc56fbbd372d30dd04 But major GOP donors are dead set against anything that threatens their minority rule, and their senators are on message. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-04-02 13:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-04-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 213 epoch Lifetime ID 1386791194998729 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/02/2021 18:04" title "w.political-scrapbook.n" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386791194998729 ========== Tweets for 2021-04-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377635524630876168 Modular housing vs housing shortage vs construction unions https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/03/modular-housing-california-san-francisco-cost-unions/ #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-04-01 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377634716161994760 Boldly looking away from the New South back to the Old South. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/georgia-governor-brian-kemp-painting-slave-plantation-20210326.html the past is never dead. It's not even past #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2021-04-01 14:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377633119570862082 McConnell trying to be a role model for vaccination! https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/politics/mitch-mcconnell-covid-19-vaccine-republican-men/index.html He doesn't want the virus to dominate him! #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-04-01 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377632049545113609 California Republicans hope to recall governor Gavin Newsom by blaming him for virus lockdowns. Their proposed replacement is? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/31/opinion-the-real-reason-newsom-is-the-target-of-a-recall/ The GOP is now third place in California after no party preference. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1385849928426189 #PS1capolitics == impress 4 time 2021-04-01 14:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-04-02 ratio 0 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-04-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 119 BAD 1 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1386790754998773 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/02/2021 18:04" title "Gov. Newsom would survive recall vote — comfortably — if election were today, new poll finds" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386790754998773 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377270838802620417 Too much leverage matters! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-markets-blocktrades/nomura-credit-suisse-warn-on-losses-after-archegos-share-dump-idUSKBN2BK0OR https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-markets-blocktrades-creditsuisse/credit-suisse-in-firing-line-after-archegos-losses-idUSKBN2BM11L When over-leveraged debtors have to sell stock in a hurry, it can drive down prices and even the whole market, affecting even cash investors like YOU who thought they were not involved. #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-03-31 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377145606146125826 More on vaccine scores. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-next-front-in-the-pandemic-culture-wars-vaccine-passports/2021/03/30/1b5ea520-918d-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-03-31 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377143113639022592 Will America abandon its friends yet again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/30/special-immigrant-visa-backlogs-iraq-afghanistan/ #PS1immigration == impress 16 time 2021-03-31 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377142392797622280 GOP trying to make another culture war issue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vaccine-passports-desantis/2021/03/30/eeb41124-9171-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html Credit scores are regulated by government to be accurate. But you're not required to have one. And banks are not required to lend to you. Same deal with vaccine scores. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-03-31 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377137186554880005 Military dictatorships aren't so bad! https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-cabinets-health-coronavirus-pandemic-fdeb61a84563bca5ed9ddf9dd437a8c9 Trump probably envies Bolsonaro. #PS1foreign == impress 16 time 2021-03-31 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377136479508385792 What's more important to avoid, tax increases or bridges falling down? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-united-states-e6443ea6193eb2f38980c904983bcccf Ask any major GOP donor or any GOP senator! But they might consider public-private partnerships where public takes the risk and private takes the profit. #PS1infrastructure == impress 23 time 2021-03-31 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377129071709052928 Pence in 2024? Not if Trump is still in charge of GOP. https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-groundwork-2024-presidential-run-df46fb0af0c353a2f13d265bd041cffe What could convince Trump to forgive Pence for failing to perform on Jan 6? He doesn't appeal to Trumpists, nor to anti-Trumpists, so... #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-03-31 05:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 47 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-31 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 233 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 2 ID 1385468135131035 impress 21 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 15 oimpress 21 oreach 20 posted "03/31/2021 05:51:01 PM" reach 20 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1385468135131035 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376714760738152451 Can we use China's strengths against it? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/biden-china.html Cults of personality seldom survive more than one generation, though North Korea seems to be an exception. #PS1china == impress 14 time 2021-03-30 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376714150210981890 Partnership with China - you take the risk, they take the profit. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/world/americas/ecuador-china-dam.html #PS1china == impress 15 time 2021-03-30 01:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376709932821569536 Have major donors lost control of GOP? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/republicans-populism.html Unlikely - next time GOP controls Congress, it will be more billionaire tax relief, deregulation, reactionary courts - and stirring the culture wars to conceal the man behind the curtain. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-03-30 01:36 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 105 ID 1384984291846086 impress 11 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 11 oreach 8 posted "03/30/2021 11:20:20 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1384984291846086 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376678172834504706 Reviving antitrust. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/biden-fdr-antitrust-monopolies.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376818629329319 #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-03-29 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376675794743820289 The minority rule swamp is right in your state capitol. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/draining-the-swamp-should-start-in-state-capitals/2021/03/29/10c5a2ec-90bd-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-03-29 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376674477795254278 A perfect minority rule wedge. GOP hopes virus restrictions create a new bloc of single-issue voters. Maybe they will keep voting GOP and protecting minority rule, thinking they are protesting virus restrictions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-facing-a-sickness-deeper-than-the-coronavirus/2021/03/29/6addd488-90cd-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-03-29 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376640399876362240 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/opinion/sunday/evangelical-rick-joyner-family.html #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-03-29 21:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376634098744094721 Where was your vaccine actually manufactured? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/world/europe/sputnik-vaccine-russia.html Maybe not where you thought. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 20:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376630471635820548 Another investment mania. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/technology/fintech-startups-wall-street.html It's hard to justify more than minimum commodity margins in the financial sector - with stock prices accordingly. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-03-29 20:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376628813480620034 "a false and misplaced perception of victimization" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/politics/transgender-girls-sports.html Minority rule in action again - creating doubtful tiny victimizations to distract the masses from their actual massive victimization. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 29 time 2021-03-29 20:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376627109041332224 Like Trump - and Hitler and Stalin before - Xi and Putin accuse other countries of doing the same things they are doing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/world/asia/china-us-russia.html It's the "everybody does it so we are no worse" ethos. #PS1china == impress 19 time 2021-03-29 20:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376625283034279937 How minority rule works - divide the masses against each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/republicans-want-you-call-their-policies-racist-its-part-their-plan/ That way they won't notice which minority is really working against them. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-03-29 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376620379129585665 State income taxes on remote workers - full employment for accountants and attorneys! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/your-money/taxes/2020-taxes-work-from-home.html Much simpler to add a percentage to Federal tax and distribute it to states on the basis of population. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376608520947167232 Mazie Hirono talks about senators. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/29/magazine/mazie-hirono-interview.html She wonders how they can live with themselves - and answers the question - it's all about the money. Many GOP senators need the unlimited dark money to generate enough confusion to distract voters. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376606280027156489 They're hoping for fewer mistakes this time around. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/climate/biden-climate-stimulus.html But one of the maxims of Silicon Valley is if you never miss then you are never pushing the envelope very far. #PS1climate == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-03-29 18:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376604151384141824 Revive the Fairness Doctrine for ALL media. The Republicans got rid of it as part of Reagan deregulation, and now they want to re-impose it on social media they consider left-leaning. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/misinformation-television-radio.html #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-03-29 18:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376603099071086594 Everybody needs to be vaccinated - unvaccinated people of all ages will incubate new variants and spread existing variants, especially if they seem asymptomatic. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/covid-vaccines-kids.html #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2021-03-29 18:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376600103318822919 Arguments for regional minimum wages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-single-national-15-minimum-wage-makes-no-sense/2021/03/26/6201ca5e-8d6c-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Perhaps a uniform national minimum wage is a worthy goal, but low-standard-of-living states perhaps should be allowed to approach if over several years. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-03-29 18:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376598226514538497 Another NRA success story - preventing cities from protecting their citizens. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/american-cities-have-always-regulated-guns-now-most-cant/2021/03/25/c346597c-8ce7-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-03-29 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376597266383794182 "Races are won before they're run" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/everyone-is-against-gerrymandering-until-theyre-ones-with-power-do-it/ Why not just use algorithms and data that are published in advance so anybody can verify correctness? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Multi-member districts would help too. https://www.fairvote.org/a_strong_argument_for_multi_member_districts_ranked_choice_voting_in_georgia #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-03-29 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376572934161002497 Historical figures did good things and bad things. The bad does not cancel the good any more than the good cancels the bad. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/philip-johnson-moma-flexner-vollmer-racist/2021/03/26/a179e242-8cdc-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html Are we better off now for their lives, overall? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/556364348041422 #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-03-29 16:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376570140561575942 The urgent always drives out the important - as Covey Time Management students learn. In a democracy, it is very hard to address problems that might not arise immediately, or might not arise ever, no matter how catastrophic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/18/future-forecasting-strategic-planning/ #PS1theory == impress 14 time 2021-03-29 16:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376567529968001031 Six minutes for white people, 90 minutes for black people, and no passing out water in the Georgia heat! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/republicans-blunder-voting-rights/ Separate but unequal shall rise again! Thanks to reactionary court rulings. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-03-29 16:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376566499360395273 Republicans like to SAY they oppose taxing the rich because it "kills jobs". There isn't any evidence but it's what they have to say. What they MEAN is that their rich major donors are opposed to taxing the rich. But they can't say that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/biden-second-economic-package-republicans-myths/ #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 16:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376564998785277954 Priority for male blue-collar workers over female? Nothing new there. But it's essential to get any GOP votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/29/biden-infrastructure-taxes-spending-plan/ For funding, repealing the 2017 billionaire tax relief would be a good start. So would a flat tax - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 16:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376560684452900866 Mass shootings are caused by.... mass shootings! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/27/opinion-why-mass-shootings-stopped-in-2020-and-why-they-are-roaring-back/ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-23/why-mass-shootings-stopped-boulder-atlanta Remove the incentive! The incentive is competition for mass media coverage, scoring the most kills and the highest ratings. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-03-29 15:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376558953820119043 Bush was smarter than Trump. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-03-25/republicans-make-newsom-recall-a-national-fight In CA, GOP is third behind "no party preference". They've even alienated Arnold the Governator. Newsom would love to make the recall about the national GOP rather than about him. #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-03-29 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376540586329604097 "hard-working, decent American people who are really having it stuck to them" Sounds like something Trump would say, but Biden said it. The difference is Biden means it - "getting support from GOP voters". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-is-a-paradigm-shifter/2021/03/27/1658854c-8e76-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1383853671959148 #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376518306518081540 Hardly anybody left the Trump regime with honor and reputation intact. Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/29/trump-officials-tell-all-coronavirus-response/ #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-03-29 12:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376516271513079811 Scope of foreign hacking keeps getting worse. https://apnews.com/article/rob-portman-hacking-email-russia-8bcd4a4eb3be1f8f98244766bae70395 #PS1russian == impress 12 time 2021-03-29 12:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376514749903499274 The Swiss Laundry! https://apnews.com/article/miami-crime-asia-pacific-soccer-venezuela-25162da3fa76e8a0adf2f72e393ffa76 Antigua, Malta, and Hong Kong are involved too. Almost every private offshore account is worth investigating, but the IRS doesn't have the resources. #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-03-29 12:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376400016672055297 Republican donors are convinced that their protection by minority rule is doomed if everybody can vote. GOP politicians have acted on cue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/28/gop-is-panicked-voting-rights-will-democrats-follow-through/ #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-29 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376398595813875712 Will 10 GOP senators vote for even watered-down background checks on gun sales? Will even one introduce a bill that addresses the problem? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/28/senate-gun-background-checks/ If not, then there aren't 10 GOP votes for any Biden proposal. So end filibuster! #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-03-29 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376396646209097730 Bipartisan infrastructure? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/28/biden-budget-infrastructure/ GOP opposes infrastructure increasing debt or taxes. That leaves cutting entitlements - obamacare, medicaid, ... UNLESS it's private-public partnerships - public takes the risk, private takes the profit. #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-03-29 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376392576765292545 The world changed from 1996 to 2020. It took Trump to force Democrats to confront the changes. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-global-trade-coronavirus-pandemic-financial-markets-bill-clinton-1e3d4d7f770c139aad732e3cea695434 Democratic policies have changed to reflect the current realities. GOP, in contrast, has doubled down on protecting minority rule. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 retweets 1 time 2021-03-29 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376390327729152002 There was a moment for decisive action to make a difference - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/27/birx-tells-cnn-most-us-covid-deaths-could-have-been-mitigated-after-first-100000/ Are we at another moment to get it wrong again? https://apnews.com/article/europe-paris-coronavirus-pandemic-france-emmanuel-macron-f0cb190686641139ffb41e493afd3d2f https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-new-york-new-jersey-coronavirus-pandemic-us-news-0c5b93c8a3fc612c354bea6ec7fc20e7 What happens in NYC doesn't stay in NYC. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-29 04:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1210 ID 1384114891933026 impress 16 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 11 oimpress 16 oreach 12 posted "03/29/2021 04:59:29 PM" reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1384114891933026 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376193670769115142 America does have laws to support labor organizing. The Trump administration forgot about them. That's over. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/26/tesla-and-ceo-elon-musk-punished-by-feds-over-illegal-anti-union-actions-at-fremont-plant/ https://apnews.com/article/business-elon-musk-laws-b9721a6e826e9652c08b64042e0db479 #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-03-28 15:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376063281610153986 Virus dominates Bolsonoaro! https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-63e897b16e4767d436916616796b6e60 But he's fighting like hell as only a true Trumpist could! #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-03-28 06:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 53 ID 1383482041996311 impress 11 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 11 oreach 11 posted "03/28/2021 05:19:10 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1383482041996311 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375796268933373958 Preplanned or spontaneous? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-1c81065c39790d6bbafb4ffdc3d2dc1e It might make a difference in how long some rioters are in prison. #PS1insurrection == impress 25 time 2021-03-27 13:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375778688386490372 National coordinator of voter suppression. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-campaigns-8ea24e5b4c240aceec71fbfa703d0394 All to preserve minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-03-27 11:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375673407736442884 The motive that matters is what motivates GOP senators to vote against legislation that GOP voters support. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-motive-matters-in-mass-shootings-but-not-as-much-as-means/2021/03/26/16030cf0-8e50-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Seems likely that the motive is losing donor support and getting primaried out. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1firearms == impress 10 time 2021-03-27 04:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375671951792869378 Hazards of global supply chains. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/suez-canal-ship-blockage-ever-given/2021/03/26/357f8ae8-8da8-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.html #PS1trade == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2021-03-27 04:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375670869339426818 It's not fascism vs communism. It's fantasy vs fact, to protect minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/26/vivid-reminder-that-threat-american-democracy-remains/ Carlson and Kelly and Trump are spinning fables about fascism and communism to distract from the reality of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-03-27 04:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 150 ID 1383015318709650 impress 14 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 14 oreach 13 posted "03/28/2021 12:38:34 AM" reach 13 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1383015318709650 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375595341207138305 Joe Manchin is a Democrat in a red state. He's mastered the art of delivering for his constituents. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/26/secret-strategy-that-explains-how-joe-manchin-wields-his-power/ Sometimes when he seems like a Republican, Democrats should consider what real West Virginia Trumpists are like. #PS1politics == impress 6 time 2021-03-26 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375586193379794946 NRA is distracted at the moment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-political-clout/2021/03/26/943cb6ae-8d1d-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html #PS1firearms == impress 3 time 2021-03-26 23:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375584080859856901 The battle of our generation - because everything else depends on it. The politicians and donors know it - but can they convince the voters? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-georgia-voting-rights-elections-b5c6611e3233633dde10397eed56bbfb #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2021-03-26 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375572714044334080 A private platform is ideal for Trump. No dissenting opinions! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/25/larry-magid-a-trump-branded-social-network-is-a-bad-idea/ #PS1media == impress 5 time 2021-03-26 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375564126370492416 This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-shootings-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-4baa8fb5f982d6608034fd5530e4279a #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-03-26 21:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375442712191672323 The GOP quandary - how to run against Trump without appearing to run against Trump? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-des-moines-elections-iowa-mike-pompeo-dc85426cae010d9d050767144d523c9e There are plenty of would-be candidates trying to solve that puzzle. Maybe Trump is going to let them all declare themselves, then purge them for disloyalty. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-03-26 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375440500111470592 Pluralism isn't doing well in the graveyard of empires. The Taliban's offer - let us restore order with a ruthless theocratic dictatorship or else let violence grow unchecked - is getting harder to refuse. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-afghanistan-lloyd-austin-kabul-taliban-c497354cd76c2e0fc9dc21bb6d908794 #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 13 time 2021-03-26 13:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375436718350868486 Skip the primaries and have one ranked-choice election! https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used Wrong answer to wrong question! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-primary-elections-wyoming-elections-liz-cheney-8dff5987e3c7a3bbd7a567c33f6df009 #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-26 13:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375435510554894337 1.6 billion. Even the Murdochs will notice that. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-media-lawsuits-elections-912eea8e168f95d51dec02da78ac2760 #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-03-26 13:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375279763594432517 Have Republican legislators become so intent on reality-TV legislating that they've forgotten how to do the real thing? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/opinion/republicans-biden-stimulus.html Or are they stuck because Democratic proposals are so popular with GOP voters? #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-03-26 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375246451970777092 Poor people move out while rich people move up. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/25/covid-economy-falters-but-bay-area-luxury-home-sales-boom/ #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-03-26 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375243564326678533 Militias still thriving on social media. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/24/facebook-helping-spread-militia-content-report-alleges/ #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-03-26 00:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 34 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-26 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 341 engaged 1 ID 1382125672131948 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 5 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "03/26/2021 04:31:39 PM" reach 6 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1382125672131948 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375230102749859840 "Republicans have shown great interest in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse when it comes to food stamps and other programs used by the poor". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-shrink-deficits-or-fund-bidens-spending-plans-give-the-irs-more-money/2021/03/25/2959bcd8-8d90-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Of course! The poor don't vote for Republicans or donate to Republicans. #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2021-03-25 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375216727630307334 Children don't vote or donate to politicians. Politicians' children are usually pretty well cared for. Why would they care about anybody else's? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/opinion/biden-child-poverty.html #PS1other == impress 4 time 2021-03-25 22:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375214331512545284 Trump was bad for gun sales, until the pandemic and summer unrest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/ruger-gun-sales-increase-mass-shootings/ #PS1firearms == impress 7 time 2021-03-25 22:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375211609535078406 A Trumpist getting wobbly. https://apnews.com/article/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-pandemic-9eeadec9835665c5937ffac507a42b9a It looks like the virus might dominate him after all. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-25 22:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375209704494755841 The American Petroleum Institute backs carbon tax. https://apnews.com/article/oil-industry-backs-feds-price-carbon-emissions-724b59003e45755c145072d93f406f1e The big oil companies seem to be getting the message at last. #PS1climate == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 22:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375155846250815488 When cult of personality is unfettered - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/modi-cult-of-personality/2021/03/18/dc7ee180-8773-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html Trump is no doubt green with envy. But we need India's help to contain China. #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375151547458281474 Deepfakes have come to your phone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/25/deepfake-video-apps/ How will you abuse them? #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-03-25 18:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375148739141062659 How times change! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/romney-says-he-cares-about-racial-justice-nows-his-chance-to-vote-that-way/2021/03/19/e5aacd6a-8835-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html As recently as 2006, voting rights legislation was non-partisan. Now voter suppression is a pillar of GOP minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-25 18:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375142267485220864 Judicial support for libel suits against news media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/21/trumps-attacks-press-were-bad-what-this-federal-judge-did-was-worse/ Do 85-year old judges feel that they don't have enough time left to waste on judicial restraint? #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-03-25 17:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375132348392435714 Suppressing DC is just one element of Republican voter suppression to preserve minority rule. Might as well come right out and say it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/treating-fellow-citizens-as-landfill/2021/03/24/f4c16d34-8c1a-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-25 17:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375130480874455041 Of course black farmers got little relief from Trump - how many of them voted for him? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/vilsack-interview-usda-rescue-plan/ The relief was to reward Trump supporters, of course. #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-03-25 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375129651589226498 "McConnell said his primary concern for 2022 Republican candidates was whether they could beat Democrats". https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pro-trump-senate-candidates-create-early-2022-headaches-for-republican-leaders-amid-battle-over-partys-future/2021/03/24/226ecbf8-8cb8-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html Sorry Mitch - it's Trump's party now and his primary concern for 2022 is his candidates beating disloyal Republicans. Dems cheer! #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-03-25 16:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375123222044106753 Why isn't there a constitutional right to not get shot? Instead exercise your second amendment rights to kill as many people as possible! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-boulder-shootings-colorado-violence-6ba30f601233ed7aa3d49a3c76c026ed Sure you'll either be killed or spend your life in prison. So? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1381276238883558 #PS1firearms == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374912044680368128 Oakland tries basic income https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/no-strings-attached-under-pilot-for-guaranteed-income-600-oakland-families-will-get-500-per-month/ Following Stockton https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stockton-ca-gave-residents-a-guaranteed-income-heres-what-happened It has to be universal to get Republican voter support. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-03-25 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374910122107969538 How big a business is selling ads to fake people? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/facebook-accused-of-taking-money-for-ads-to-fake-people-after-disabling-1-3-billion-fake-accounts/ #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-25 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374888036962426883 "shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions" https://apnews.com/article/colorado-boulder-supermarket-shooting-ahmad-al-aliwi-alissa-e1dfa2b9ce49c0402db5345696ba1293 Rage and delusions? That's most of talk radio, Fox opinion, GOP politicians, and Capitol rioters! We can't go around disarming everybody who's raging and deluded, can we? #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-03-25 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374887061467975681 Thanks goodness for the second amendment! https://apnews.com/article/larry-harris-accused-hold-national-guard-transport-vaccines-37efcb72b5116357af1ef08fe5bb16a5 #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-03-25 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374884831973101570 Did Jesus really teach patriarchy? Not any more than he taught slavery. https://apnews.com/article/beth-moore-baptist-southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-sexual-abuse-3e665b36cb35f471598f3491ab10701a #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-03-25 00:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374880797291778049 "we would have a fairer tax system and collect more tax revenue without the need to raise (tax) rates if we resourced the IRS properly" https://equitablegrowth.org/tax-evasion-at-the-top-of-the-u-s-income-distribution-and-how-to-fight-it/ There isn't a single GOP major donor in favor of THAT idea! So no GOP senators. https://apnews.com/article/financial-markets-janet-yellen-us-news-economy-53545e9afe6a654b8199ead79adba1f1 #PS1tax == impress 17 time 2021-03-25 00:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374879395261734914 The future of social media? https://apnews.com/article/business-smartphones-china-2aa247f61e2b2cec81da48c20ef929de Big Brother watching you to make sure you're Han enough. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374877947723587587 You can't be "neutral". https://apnews.com/article/facebook-misinformation-policies-post-election-304ae0f61df2e3d7fd772574bbd11013 "Neutral" - failing to distinguish between fact and fantasy - favors fantasy. Social media need a new business model that rewards fact instead of fantasy. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374876751105417219 Return of the bald eagle! https://apnews.com/article/bald-eagle-population-soars-united-states-70982fdda4b8f12ce7736ea5df0b9122 A triumph of Federal regulation! If Trumpists had been in charge, the bald eagle would be one with the dodos. #PS1deregulation == impress 12 time 2021-03-25 00:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374876037817847809 This is the big one! The most important issue of the Biden administration. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-voting-rights-legislation-elections-5fde82aee5edbdabde43f48d7fc60e09 Are we going to do something about minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Or leave it to the states, as we did in 1877 - that took almost a century to undo. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-03-25 00:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 746 ID 1381485155529333 impress 19 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 16 oimpress 19 oreach 17 posted "03/25/2021 04:25:44 PM" reach 17 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1381485155529333 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374717970061037572 How much Federal leakage are you entitled to? https://apnews.com/article/truckee-lawsuits-nevada-deserts-reno-69704fa63bf1fcae913091fc1a598f95 Water politics is the once and future king of arid-West politics. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-03-24 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374708263162277899 What America needs is more unorganized militias! The Capitol attack would have succeeded if more unorganized militia members had been present! https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-carolina-gun-politics-laws-b24c74c587b75cb57ff78bb8f5ec8120 #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-03-24 13:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374564525295292416 Why Afghanistan seems destined to remain the Balkans of Asia! https://apnews.com/article/kabul-afghanistan-taliban-e8545f3c419a0a10a5df66b9cb9846f9 #PS1mideast == impress 9 time 2021-03-24 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374555057027309569 It's not JUST a flu. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/long-covid-emerges-in-more-than-one-quarter-of-healthy-people-with-modest-initial-illness/ Long-haul covid is still an little-understood threat. #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-03-24 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374554356637298689 Untethered? No problem. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/these-bay-area-cities-have-the-most-untethered-workers-in-the-country/ In Silicon Valley at least, there are plenty of people ready to move in to spaces vacated by the untethered diaspora. Prices of detached family homes in good school districts keep going up and up. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-03-24 02:51 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 150 ID 1380877205590128 impress 21 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 15 oimpress 21 oreach 16 posted "03/24/2021 06:33:31 PM" reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1380877205590128 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374504654201966598 Amazing the argument Republicans make, then agree that it's all about losing their minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/politics-race-and-ethnicity-muriel-bowser-district-of-columbia-2269e23ae0912ddb37af9e432b49b91d If they were really interested in retrocession to Maryland, they should have accomplished that during their majority. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1minority == impress 15 time 2021-03-23 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374503147440201731 For all their efforts, social media are not making much progress against violence. The business model is built to magnify sensationalism and extremism. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-violence-misinformation-a3dc1c9479e7677d6d34b4bae7dc9680 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-23 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374502184969138181 Dream on! https://apnews.com/article/boulder-shootings-colorado-violence-legislation-674b5d19ee0255612fba242e42f9772c There's too much dark money pouring in to Republican senators, and a few Democrats too. No progress on firearms until there's progress on dark money. No progress on dark money until there's progress on the filibuster. #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-03-23 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374500723405156352 GOP solution to gun violence? More guns for everybody, everywhere, all the time! https://apnews.com/article/legislature-shootings-legislation-gun-politics-state-legislature-5d0704dac53c8589de9b0177bbbe3901 Boldly fighting to protect your right to shoot as many people as you want anywhere you want anytime you want! #PS1firearms == impress 12 time 2021-03-23 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374393409662709760 Will the reactionary majority back employers or workers? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/us/unions-private-property-supreme-court.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/us/supreme-court-union-organizers-private-property.html Forget abortion and firearms - deregulation and union-busting are the big prizes the big GOP donors sought for backing Trump and McConnell. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-03-23 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374369045491814406 A cheap way to improve the lives of many working people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/buses-infrastructure.html But major political donors don't use public transit and don't like organized labor that operates it, so forget it! #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-03-23 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374230981129867265 Offering reservations for vaccine you won't have for months hasn't worked out well. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-florida-connecticut-459febd1a33bf8909bfaa88ce3f43159 #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-23 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374229258889949186 Another insoluble problem? https://apnews.com/article/iran-bashar-assad-middle-east-islamic-state-group-russia-8025c05507326d7e896b85802119f0f4 Bad to stay, bad to leave. Which is worse? #PS1mideast == impress 14 time 2021-03-23 05:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374227920873398275 Trump plots revenge! https://apnews.com/article/trump-endorses-jody-hice-over-brad-raffensperger-608dd41d3150870adf4e21095d1000c4 The first of many! #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-03-23 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374227328834826244 The difference between Miami Beach and New Orleans - reactive vs proactive. https://apnews.com/article/miami-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-restaurants-edd4a28c41892586bddb7616ba42ef78 #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-03-23 05:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 325 ID 1380343892310126 impress 13 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 10 oimpress 13 oreach 11 posted "03/23/2021 10:39:20 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1380343892310126 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373834666789146626 The ultimate quandary for Trumpists! Are they a law-and-order cult or a freedom-above-all cult? https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-pandemic-miami-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-4c4ac71405e13f063e38dde30ef260d3 Miami Beach police have arrested 1000. The FBI has only arrested about 300 for the Capitol riot. If you can ignore some laws, why not all? #PS1trumpism == impress 52 time 2021-03-22 03:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 54 ID 1379631762381339 impress 15 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 12 oimpress 15 oreach 14 posted "03/22/2021 10:35:54 PM" reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1379631762381339 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373754065654489088 Hardly any voters think about South Dakota's estate tax laws. The 1% wants it that way! Most GOP voters think they vote against the 1% elite, but they've got it backwards. That's how minority rule works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/we-need-rein-billionaires-start-with-south-dakota/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1378836679127514 #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-03-21 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373711286899339265 Don't bother the Arizona governor with cold boring facts! He's a Trumpist so he knows how he FEELS and that's what's important! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/21/hey-gov-ducey-fix-arizona-before-bashing-california/ Trumpists don't do facts or objective reality. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-03-21 19:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373639461506932738 Fusion of old and new techniques! Plain old bribery to gain access - but in modern new bitcoin! It's fitting - Elon Musk loves bitcoin! https://apnews.com/article/us-news-malware-nevada-reno-russia-56df6766883bc9d228c396a3a350e715 How closely aligned was this criminal operation with the Putin regime? #PS1russian == impress 7 time 2021-03-21 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373521216779161600 Spring breaking the laws. https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-pandemic-miami-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-4c4ac71405e13f063e38dde30ef260d3 What does Gov DeSantis think of all this? If you can ignore masking and social distancing, why not ignore any other laws you don't like? #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-03-21 06:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373517081077944324 Another speculative bubble on the horizon! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/style/amazon-brand-flippers.html #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2021-03-21 06:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373513586601914369 Now is the time for DC statehood! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dc-statehood/2021/03/20/e7c7efb6-88ca-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html Not to mention Puerto Rico! And how about regularizing the status of citizens of the other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-03-21 05:55 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 222 ID 1378908449120337 impress 10 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 10 oreach 8 posted "03/21/2021 05:51:26 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1378908449120337 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373268606440460288 Florida - Best. State. Ever. - part 2 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/florida-senate-race-fraud.html What would the GOP do without unlimited dark money? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-20 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373265427019624450 Florida - Best. State. Ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/a-reptilian-nightmare-florida-bans-nonnative-species-despite-industry-outcry/2021/03/19/bdc0db4a-8769-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html DeSantis isn't all bad! #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-03-20 13:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373263196534960131 Modern Republican scholarship. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pennsylvania-kentucky-new-brunswick-gary-cooper-96db4958d0caeb992347d9b83198084f #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2021-03-20 13:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373252024284762112 Republicans say that want to get back to normal, but that means getting back to pre-Trump attitudes and practices. They won't do that. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-top-news-coronavirus-pandemic-7153ffc196f746883f57d4d407d38cf0 Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1377869999224182 #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 15 time 2021-03-20 12:36 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373125209952186381 The modern Republican normal - it's all just reality-TV! They learned it all from Trump. It doesn't have to be real! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-gop.html #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-03-20 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373123610651422731 For a variety of bad reasons, many members of Congress refuse vaccination. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/congress-coronavirus-vaccine.html Yet they want to continue to act as usual. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-20 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373121027979366411 The history of "election integrity" in their own words! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-is-running-scared/2021/03/19/573165b2-8826-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html There was never any doubt what it means. Every Southerner knows, black or white. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-20 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373079217194242053 Ruling class declares war on the masses! https://apnews.com/article/legislature-voting-rights-ted-cruz-legislation-elections-6270306f67108ac16f4ee7b45a8afdb3 No more fig leaves. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-03-20 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373069670400487425 Universal Basic Income and Flat Tax UBI Highlights - a fixed monthly income for all American voters Flat Tax Highlights - a flat tax on all income and elimination of most other taxes Please see how these ideas can be combined - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2021-03-20 00:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 274 ID 1378428192501696 impress 9 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 9 oreach 8 posted "03/20/2021 11:28:25 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1378428192501696 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373033946175344640 The pandemic almost didn't happen. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/18/health/coronavirus-bad-luck-genetic-study-scn/index.html How many other close calls have there been? #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-03-19 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373032655151800321 Are there ten GOP senators willing to take action to save the filibuster? Is there EVEN ONE willing to introduce a bill on immigration, infrastructure, or voting rights that could serve as a credible starting point for negotiation? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/an-open-letter-save-voting-rights-pass-bills-keep-your-filibuster/ #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-03-19 22:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373026783105146880 It's not over! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-mar-a-lago-32a7a9694c1f738eef6af6d3fc6e5aa1 Wear your masks! https://apnews.com/article/legislature-coronavirus-pandemic-idaho-9cc12cf52aecb26dd4f884e752317d8c #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-03-19 21:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372976366686117890 Attacking the business model of social media! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/opinion/facebook-trump-ban.html Outrageous lies are so much more profitable than complicated truths. The engine is designed to maximize profit. #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-19 18:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372975271209435136 What are we doing to prevent the next pandemic? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/opinion/covid-pandemic.html Nothing! #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-03-19 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372974290614689793 Will long covid be an ongoing pubic health issue? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/opinion/long-covid.html Vaccination helps some long covid sufferers. https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210317/some-with-long-haul-covid-see-relief-after-vaccination #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372971529042980864 Bidding up value of startups? Bubbles always end badly - for somebody. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/technology/the-market-seems-crazy-start-ups-wrestle-with-flood-of-offers.html #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 18:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372969374299033600 Christian social justice - fully understood, a good model. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html Misunderstanding is fostered by persons "updating" the gospel to serve personal wealth and power. #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-03-19 17:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372966552790654981 Oil and gas regulators invested in oil and gas? Of course - it's Texas! Isn't it a requirement to have a conflict of interest? Would they want oil and gas regulated by somebody who doesn't have a stake in it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/19/texass-chief-energy-regulator-fiercely-defended-fossil-fuels-after-historic-blackouts-she-also-profits-oil-gas/ #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-03-19 17:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372964454413955075 An immigrant success story - in Germany. No Operation Warpspeed required - they had their own Project Lightspeed. https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-scientist-fight-cancer-d6fd143e9fd9b4bd50d0c1cb697b6dab #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2021-03-19 17:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372940689231671299 Is spending more on the defense budget the answer to China? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pentagon-is-using-china-as-an-excuse-for-huge-new-budgets/2021/03/18/848c8296-8824-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html All it takes is one hypersonic missile to sink an aircraft carrier. So build more large expensive targets? The future threat is swarms of cheap weapons. #PS1china == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372938880966561794 "It strains credulity to assume that racism is accidental in today's GOP" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/stop-giving-racists-benefit-doubt/ Of course it's not accidental - stirring up the masses against each other is a pillar of minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2021-03-19 15:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372937696679661569 A thoroughly modern Republican candidate ready for the fantasy league. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/jd-vance-senate-ohio/ #PS1immigration == impress 11 time 2021-03-19 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372936265797017601 Is the real story here that somebody broke in, or that it is SO EASY to break in - almost everywhere? https://apnews.com/article/business-washington-switzerland-hacking-identity-theft-b657992e12f42880283cfe2c96cfb3bc Gives you a lot of confidence in corporate and government bureaucracies keeping your confidential data confidential! #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2021-03-19 15:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372907452128133120 Time for politician suppression! https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249983124.html Can we make these the last days of minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-03-19 13:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372892175793463297 "HOP strategists were surprised how deeply "the stolen election" had taken hold with major donors" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/republicans-trump-voting-rights.html No surprise - major GOP donors, like GOP politicians, understand minority rule depends on voter suppression. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-03-19 12:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372889211502690309 Filibusters and reactionary judiciary - how 2021 is like 1875. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/opinion/raphael-warnock-voting-rights-resonstruction.html #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-03-19 12:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372770031386324992 Cases are creeping back up in some places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/16/covid-cases-rising-michigan-new-york-city/ Carelessness or new variants? #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372767469048270854 If they don't need the money they could just not take it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/state-republicans-have-found-their-first-fight-pick-with-biden/ #PS1tax == impress 7 time 2021-03-19 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372765678181117961 Why certain elderly judges and legislators need to retire while Democrats can choose their successors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/18/its-time-justice-breyer-senator-feinstein-retire/ #PS1biden == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372764695690575875 It's true - Republicans need the filibuster because Democratic proposals are too popular with voters to repeal once passed - e.g. Obamacare. So GOP's only hope is to prevent them from passing in the first place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/18/why-republicans-want-to-keep-filibuster/ #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2021-03-19 04:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372762850351976468 People who are too poor to pay doctors should just learn to treat themselves! https://apnews.com/article/us-news-henry-mcmaster-coronavirus-pandemic-medicaid-barack-obama-f7c83975db9e7cc4d6ff9dffd473cf26 #PS1health == impress 12 time 2021-03-19 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372701096091602949 Whatever Putin dreams up finds ready ears in the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/russias-disinformation-campaign-will-keep-rolling-as-long-as-republicans-are-gullible-enough/2021/03/18/b9a63030-881f-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html #PS1russian == impress 9 time 2021-03-19 00:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372700096589041664 Republican plan for dealing with deficits - cut taxes on the wealthy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-laying-a-trojan-horse-trap-on-infrastructure/2021/03/18/6f56cb80-8814-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html For Biden as with Trump, GOP senators won't vote for infrastructure if it increases the deficit OR if it increases taxes. That's why "infrastructuve week" was always a joke. #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-03-19 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 730 ID 1377551492589366 impress 6 likeuimpress 2 likeuusers 2 oimpress 6 oreach 4 posted "03/19/2021 04:45:34 PM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1377551492589366 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372683253983813635 "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So it was just a matter of time before Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Twitter, et al would be scrutinized. https://apnews.com/article/publishing-health-coronavirus-pandemic-book-publishing-airlines-383681c569b18262df1d95baf65484a4 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376818629329319 #PS1theory == impress 15 time 2021-03-18 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372671877336866816 Credo for a modern Republican politician - one that can be sworn to on a stack of holy books with a completely straight face! "I promise to faithfully defend and enhance the political and economic power of the ruling class." More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376797479331434 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-03-18 22:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372582564553060362 "politics of lies and bigotry that has become the GOPs calling card" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/18/two-intel-reports-upend-gop-propaganda/ "has become"? Nothing new! The Dixiecrats started to take over the GOP in the 60's, and became invasive and pervasive under Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376618142682701 #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-03-18 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372561732195938306 Filibuster has to go! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-the-filibuster/2021/03/17/b0ff4f16-8761-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/talking-filibuster-will-not-help-democrats-much-some-might-think/ There aren't 10 GOP senators willing to limit voter suppression, dark campaign money, firearms, illegal immigration or enact a living minimum wage More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376544776023371 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-03-18 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372551889011634176 War on covid? Many surrender without a shot! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/18/vaccine-hesitancy-visible-increased-supply/ #PS1virus == impress 23 time 2021-03-18 14:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372548904244285451 Full time employment for lawyers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-investigations-lawsuits/2021/03/17/1ca3806c-8379-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html They might need to build two new law schools, one to train Trump prosecutors and one to train Trump defenders. #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-03-18 14:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372546125966700544 Republicans favor Jan 6 commission, as long as it doesn't investigate anything that happened on Jan 6 or why. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-legislation-nancy-pelosi-00858ec59039cdc85f4d2072b6c1699a #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-03-18 13:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372407656653058048 Can America become a three-party country? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opinion/us-third-party-liberals.html The current system is set up for two parties - fantasy-based vs fact-based. Ranked choice voting https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential could make a third party feasible. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-03-18 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372406299288162307 Billing future generations for current consumption is wrong. But sharing the cost of capital improvements - infrastructure - for shared benefits makes sense. https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/raising-taxes-is-no-way-to-fund-an-infrastructure-bill You don't wait until you can pay all cash to buy a house. You get a loan. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-03-18 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372404435796721668 Repentance for Clinton mistakes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/opinion/democrats-bill-clinton.html Don' t expect the modern GOP to admit any mistakes, much less repent or learn from them; instead hit back twice as hard! #PS1politics == impress 16 time 2021-03-18 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372402678697889792 Five Lessons from the Virus https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/16/what-covid-19-has-taught-us-for-the-next-pandemic/ But will the leaders learn them? #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-03-18 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372371673073127424 Better gun control? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-gun-bills-background-checks-631ad363c97e5ff483f631713f92b1b8 Who cares what voters think! GOP donors say NO. How can an unarmed mob ever hope to capture the Capitol? Fire away! #PS1firearms == impress 17 time 2021-03-18 02:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372370537410797568 Voter education reduces number of rejected ballots! https://apnews.com/article/politics-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-atlanta-25b5218ee92dadf78be274211bef6c6b Republican legislators will have to pass laws against voter education. #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-03-18 02:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372350017260822529 "three groups NJEHA, Patriot Front and Nationalist Social Club were responsible for 92% of the activity" https://apnews.com/article/us-news-race-and-ethnicity-coronavirus-pandemic-1489c946446c36b0afe4e9fdb4f030c7 #PS1insurrection == impress 29 time 2021-03-18 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372349336940474370 Virus overcomes another skeptic? https://apnews.com/article/john-magufuli-dead-tanzania-president-1368d5d852ca2b8b35fe108c3abbc0a0 #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-03-18 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372348978923073536 We're not out of the woods yet. Observe the rules until everybody is vaccinated and the vaccines are known to be effective against the new variants. https://apnews.com/article/europe-coronavirus-surge-cautionary-tale-for-us-051e996d5b7e31711bb741e2f9ba724f #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-03-18 00:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372348152573947908 Time to get rid of supermajorities for routine business. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-legislation-filibusters-589b6743c1847e1604b7b15fb61d74f1 No need to honor Strom Thurmond any longer, even if he was the founder of the modern Republican Party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 19 time 2021-03-18 00:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372347121312034819 Bad policy. Some states will make bad tax decisions. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-janet-yellen-missouri-tigers-mens-basketball-laws-726254db3ed675ee361e1a9d367b7e8b It's a moral rather than legal injunction. Suppose the stimulus checks were accompanied by a prohibition against using the money to buy a car? How would you tell which dollars were used? #PS1tax == impress 15 time 2021-03-18 00:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 63 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-18 ratio 13 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-03-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 625 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1376942012650314 impress 15 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 15 oreach 13 posted "03/18/2021 06:41:08 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 13 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376942012650314 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372061196283645953 Scorched earth? And how is this different from what McConnell was planning anyway? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-legislation-filibusters-589b6743c1847e1604b7b15fb61d74f1 McConnell's mistaken if he hopes "bipartisan" means more vain Democratic attempts to get GOP senators to support legislation that GOP voters support. #PS1democracy == impress 24 time 2021-03-17 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372059856417349636 Surprise! Putin still at it. And the Iranians are trying their hand at disinformation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-iran-moscow-elections-c640ed02202c9d44f0ad186ebd0b3396 #PS1russian == impress 27 time 2021-03-17 05:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-03-17 ratio 6 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 72 engaged 1 ID 1376275086050340 impress 20 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 12 likeusers 1 likeuusers 12 oimpress 20 oreach 19 posted "03/17/2021 09:47:46 PM" reach 19 sharesimpress 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376275086050340 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371689286144159744 Greene ignorant? That's not news! https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/guam-national-guard-members-visit-marjorie-taylor-greenes-office/ The inhabited Federal territories are Puerto Rico, DC, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas. Their residents are American citizens or nationals. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2021-03-16 05:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371687704807706624 Just a few vaccine-hesitants fuel the majority of the messaging. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/14/facebook-vaccine-hesistancy-qanon/ QAnon is closely related, of course. #PS1media == impress 19 time 2021-03-16 05:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371685579264466944 Nobody expects any better from Ron Johnson, any more than they would from Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-ron-johnsons-of-the-republican-party-seem-proud-to-be-racist/2021/03/15/1ad4c514-85b0-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html The silence of the other 49 Republican senators is the real story here, as usual. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2021-03-16 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371674181528514568 The Old South is turning back the clock as fast as it can. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-voting-rights-texas-537f74c17884059881cb6e4076bfb504 "new residents are moving to these states based on policies Republicans have put in place" Dream on! It's mostly cheaper housing. New people with new money bring new ideas. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-16 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371671612123086849 Trump could lead against the virus. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-public-health-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-pandemic-infectious-diseases-8357f8e32949f2355e9e5928984b5677 But he's more interested in eliminating the virus of Republicans who didn't fully support him. #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-03-16 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371670569591005187 They don't need a shot! https://apnews.com/article/public-health-brazil-coronavirus-pandemic-sao-paulo-coronavirus-vaccine-6bdf391cb6168d95f50e9fc830e0749a Just shoot the virus! https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-arms-base-155641b58c95d6cd7c64bd5d1bd45ca5 They don't want it either! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pandemics-public-health-virginia-coronavirus-pandemic-a235f0ee5465b218464e57c8a63ca63d #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-03-16 03:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-17 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-03-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 223 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1375722182772297 impress 11 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 11 oreach 10 posted "03/17/2021 06:16:54 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1375722182772297 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371607874498043906 If we're lucky, covid will eventually be no worse than flu. That's bad enough - with outbreaks of new strains every few years. But life might be more normal for most people. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-declare-victory-covid-.html #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2021-03-15 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371597748797988865 An inspiring glimmer of hope in a dark world. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/pope-francis-ayatollah-sistani-christians-archbishop-warda-najaf-iraq-trump-20210311.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2021-03-15 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371591437318418433 No wonder Elon Musk moved to Texas! https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/366488 His leadership in action. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/13/hundreds-of-covid-cases-reported-at-teslas-fremont-factory-since-last-may/ #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-03-15 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371543585665867780 Once again Atlanta is the face of the New South. That must be why the Old South is so eager to suppress voting there. https://www.ajc.com/news/west-coast-heads-east-atlantas-black-talent-lures-tech-titans/TTOKO3AH6RGNLITODD2VVY6MJU/ #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-03-15 19:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371542312740818945 A lot like Trump except he's smarter - hence more dangerous when he goes into politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/technology/china-elon-musk-fans.html #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-03-15 19:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371501670690082823 300 charged, 250 sought, 250 more to identify - about 800 insurrectionists passed police barriers to trespass on the Capitol. https://apnews.com/article/george-tanios-julian-khater-charged-capitol-riot-f28484b486155d911cab41c90a8bed8d #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-03-15 16:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 171 ID 1374608329550349 impress 21 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 7 oimpress 21 oreach 18 posted "03/15/2021 05:14:17 PM" reach 18 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1374608329550349 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371159025178451969 What is going to be the relationship between NATO and China? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/chinas-rise-is-exactly-the-kind-of-threat-nato-exists-to-stop/2021/03/11/c3adfad6-8211-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html #PS1china == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 17:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371155635304157186 Wear and tear on roads is proportional to weight x mileage. If all vehicles were electric then how would roads be maintained? https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/interactive/2021/electric-mileage-tax/ An EXTRA tax on gasoline and diesel fuel would be a reasonable but unpopular way to encourage electric. #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 17:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371136554895253504 There was plenty of advance warning, but not much advance response. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/us/proud-boys-law-enforcement.html #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2021-03-14 16:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371134010424848385 Why Trump has more to fear from civil litigation than criminal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/civil-plaintiffs-can-get-more-from-trump-in-discovery-than-criminal-prosecutors-can/2021/03/12/83d15d20-82bd-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 16:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371132680616566787 Learning to teach, and be taught, within Zoom. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/zoom-classes-felt-like-teaching-into-a-void--until-i-told-my-students-why/2021/03/11/024afb2c-81e5-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html Feedback is a two-way street. #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 16:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371124252120780804 The difference used to be between liberal ideas and conservative ideas. Now it's the difference between reality league and fantasy league. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/14/heres-difference-between-democrats-republicans/ What hasn't changed? Protecting minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 15:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371122972136706050 So GOP men who listen to Fox News are the problem? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/12/republican-men-are-central-part-coronavirus-vaccine-resistance/ "Why is Tucker Carlson so hostile to a plan to distribute a vaccine that his colleagues were complaining that Biden didn't sufficiently credit to Trump?" It's all about ratings and ad$! #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 39 likes 1 time 2021-03-14 15:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371120789697691649 The secret to strengthening the safety net - make sure that EVERYBODY directly benefits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/14/joe-bidens-covid-19-relief-bill-is-an-extraordinary-achievement/ Now GOP politicians have to convince GOP voters that the recovery package is bad for them, without mentioning that big GOP donors don't like it. #PS1recovery == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 15:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371109228492910594 Necessary infrastructure for the next pandemic - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-distance-learning-coronavirus-pandemic-internet-access-94c57075af6a3d539abe78bbb7e934ce Too late for this pandemic. Universal broadband availability should be part of the infrastructure plan. #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2021-03-14 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371107995942232064 Does the working class really care about economics? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-race-and-ethnicity-pennsylvania-coronavirus-pandemic-3e783462865f0db28964bb5876e71dff Or are they willing to put up with any GOP oppression in order to save Dr Seuss? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2021-03-14 14:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370963311580225537 Soviet revisionism is back in style under Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/world/europe/russia-stalin-exile.html #PS1foreign == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370961831108341763 How the sausage gets made. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/politics/schumer-weingarten-stimulus-private-schools.html Whether it was a good idea or bad, it was added to the recovery bill very late in the game. #PS1recovery == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 04:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370959514179047427 Nurses are on the front lines of the disinformation war. https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-public-health-health-ebola-virus-misinformation-c65147b49e01e5b06d7cba5d29fc6323 #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370938864106278913 Justice Dept is beginning to negotiate plea bargains with some Capitol rioters. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/us-capitol-riot-investigation-plea-deal/index.html They are bringing in prosecutors and FBI investigators from other jurisdictions. #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370916455038865410 Anybody for Dutch tulip bulbs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania Buying in the hope of selling to a greater fool always ends badly for most of the buyers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/technology/crypto-art-NFTs-trading-cards-investment-manias.html #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2021-03-14 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370911504409628673 A perfect single-issue GOP voter - all she cares about is right to life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/disinformation-conspiracy-family/ Minority rule is based on such voters. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2021-03-14 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370906057241817089 Party like it's 1870! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/13/arizona-quality-votes-kavanagh/ #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2021-03-14 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370905323175698435 Poor people in trouble? Why don't they do like the rich people do - buy a congressman! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/america-growing-disparities/ #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2021-03-14 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370902180488605701 Republican and Democratic mayor sing from the same page. National GOP legislators are listening to their donors, not to mayors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mayors-decry-partisanship-over-covid-relief-saying-city-needs-are-real/2021/03/13/dd44660e-83fd-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html #PS1recovery == impress 6 time 2021-03-14 00:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 582 ID 1374608059550376 impress 9 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 9 oreach 8 posted "03/15/2021 05:13:47 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1374608059550376 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370763606485127170 Sounds like a law from Russia, China, N Korea, or Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/12/kentucky-insulting-police-bill/ #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370762589051887618 Making up stories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/vanita-gupta-tom-cotton/2021/03/12/8999eae2-8344-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html If Cotton actually had any evidence to support his assertion he could state so. But Trumpism is all about made-up stories. #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370744262518697998 Wandering in the wilderness! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/13/how-chamber-commerce-ceo-suzanne-clark-plans-navigate-polarized-washington/ The Chamber of Commerce joins 7 GOP senators and 10 GOP representatives searching in vain for a conservative party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative The legislators might classify themselves as independents for a while. #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 time 2021-03-13 14:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370741975247331333 Between metropolitan and rural - fertile ground for Democrats to grow. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-mankato-minnesota-coronavirus-pandemic-a9b8d4de6dcf0c5c5c46c9b2a3da6324 Lots of persuadable - independent - fact-based voters. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-13 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370740289560748036 Earmarks - a corrupt practice essential to bipartisanship. Can earmarks be revived in a way that is less corrupt yet still conducive to bipartisanship? https://apnews.com/article/politics-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-b05c97336ea4574bf99cc2bc9eeaf90c At its best, earmarks direct Federal dollars to where the local need is greatest. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370595687914598401 This week's mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-gun-politics-31eae925ce11d9af7dd13c34b43c09d2 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-13 04:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-13 topic tweets wordrate 3 words 193 ID 1373963536281495 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1373963536281495 impress 7 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 7 oreach 7 posted "03/14/2021 05:25:25 PM" reach 7 type Link ========== Tweets for 2021-03-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370763606485127170 Sounds like a law from Russia, China, N Korea, or Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/12/kentucky-insulting-police-bill/ #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370762589051887618 Making up stories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/vanita-gupta-tom-cotton/2021/03/12/8999eae2-8344-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html If Cotton actually had any evidence to support his assertion he could state so. But Trumpism is all about made-up stories. #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370744262518697998 Wandering in the wilderness! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/13/how-chamber-commerce-ceo-suzanne-clark-plans-navigate-polarized-washington/ The Chamber of Commerce joins 7 GOP senators and 10 GOP representatives searching in vain for a conservative party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative The legislators might classify themselves as independents for a while. #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 time 2021-03-13 14:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370741975247331333 Between metropolitan and rural - fertile ground for Democrats to grow. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-mankato-minnesota-coronavirus-pandemic-a9b8d4de6dcf0c5c5c46c9b2a3da6324 Lots of persuadable - independent - fact-based voters. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-13 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370740289560748036 Earmarks - a corrupt practice essential to bipartisanship. Can earmarks be revived in a way that is less corrupt yet still conducive to bipartisanship? https://apnews.com/article/politics-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-b05c97336ea4574bf99cc2bc9eeaf90c At its best, earmarks direct Federal dollars to where the local need is greatest. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-13 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370595687914598401 This week's mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-gun-politics-31eae925ce11d9af7dd13c34b43c09d2 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-13 04:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 193 ID 1373428656334983 impress 12 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 12 oreach 11 posted "03/13/2021 09:40:36 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1373428656334983 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370482085438230529 Get around filibuster without repealing it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/manchin-filibuster-voting-rights.html Democrats might never have the votes for outright repeal. But a shrinking majority rule - 60 votes the first day, 59 the second, etc - might work. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1372514413093074 #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-03-12 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370477032379883520 The virus killed small government. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/coronavirus-economy-government.html A global threat requires a coordinated global response. #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-03-12 20:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370474517777149952 Some Trump administration health care ideas worth retaining. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/biden-trump-health-care.html #PS1health == impress 14 time 2021-03-12 20:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370459877177356288 It's hard to get complicated software debugged when the requirements are constantly changing. Even so, the failure rate is remarkable. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/technology/faulty-software-snarls-vaccine-sign-ups.html #PS1technology == impress 15 time 2021-03-12 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370453418846789632 Identitarians - a German movement that resonates with some American white supremacists. https://www.dw.com/en/how-dangerous-is-the-identitarian-movement/a-49580233 #PS1foreign == impress 12 time 2021-03-12 19:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370452054703964161 AfD - leading the way for GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/germany-afd-covid.html Leading the way down the path of fantasy and conspiracy and irrelevance. #PS1foreign == impress 12 time 2021-03-12 19:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370451004534059009 The recession has been over for a while - for some people. It has been getting worse - for other people. The pandemic exacerbates income inequality. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/11/opinion/covid-inequality-race-gender.html #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-03-12 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370450032357376001 Pandemic is the biggest driver for social economic justice since the Great Depression. How long will the drive last? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/covid-eviction-prison-internet-policy.html #PS1recovery == impress 12 time 2021-03-12 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370446016613281793 The virus is still learning. What it is learning in Texas and Mississippi and Brazil is something we are all destined to learn the hard way. We hope that it's not too hard a lesson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/keep-your-mask-on-were-not-out-of-this-yet/2021/03/11/a4dae20e-827f-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-03-12 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370444761555820547 Why Republicans think the recession is over. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/12/musk-bezos-zuckerberg-gates-pandemic-profits/ Their major donors are doing fine, even major Democratic donors are doing fine, so everybody else - just get back to work! The existing minimum wage is plenty generous! #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-03-12 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370442306537418752 Not all the voter suppression bills are serious! Some are meant to prevent primary challenges by Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/voting-restrictions-republicans-states/ But enough will be enacted. It's easier to protect minority rule by voter suppression than by making GOP a majority party. #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-03-12 18:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370438685418610689 They'll take the money but they don't like the cost? Let them propose parts of the billionaire tax relief to repeal to balance the budget. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/stimulus-bill-republicans-democrats.html Their allies in the fantasy entertainment media will dutifully repeat any lies that they hear. #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-03-12 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370437005033705473 It's all about reinforcing minority rule - by voter suppression - by preserving the filibuster against HR1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/12/gop-strategy-crippling-biden-retaking-power-is-hiding-plain-sight/ All the other issues they talk about are secondary to this one. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-03-12 18:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370398708802617346 Republican governors make perfunctory complaints but they'll take the money. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-state-governments-coronavirus-pandemic-state-budgets-b5ead07aeab515f58540aa75971d5024 #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2021-03-12 15:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370369293582405641 Social media making little progress against harmful fantasists. https://apnews.com/article/media-misinformation-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-e796aaf1ce32d02e215d3b2021a33599 #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-03-12 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370367978118602757 Another pandemic side effect. https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-mental-health-epidemics-coronavirus-pandemic-paris-8392ceff77ac8e1e0f90a32214e7def1 #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-03-12 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370366891194150915 GOP donors' worst fear - new entitlements that are popular with GOP voters! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-access-to-health-care-health-coronavirus-pandemic-poverty-3bff45f1be9d5f7eb8cd7c14a51c6732 They've always wanted to abolish social security, medicare, and obamacare! So job #2 - after voter suppression - is expiring these recovery benefits on schedule. #PS1recovery == impress 13 time 2021-03-12 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370218475231191040 Hogwashing reality in America. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249815553.html "The pandemic has changed many things. But it has also given us a harsh gift, showing us what it means to live in an anti-fact nation." #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-12 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370187887417856002 Can bipartisanship work on child tax credits? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-child-tax-credit-is-a-conservative-dream-fulfilled-lets-help-make-it-permanent/2021/03/11/db349bd0-82a5-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html Or will Republicans continue to oppose any proposal from Democrats, even proposals with Republican roots? #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-03-12 01:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-12 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-03-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 618 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1372678769743305 impress 12 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 12 oreach 10 posted "03/12/2021 08:16:30 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1372678769743305 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370028546454745101 Biden was the old white man we needed at this moment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/joe-biden-is-kryptonite-republican-culture-war/ It's harder to get old white men GOP voters stirred up about an old white man. Now GOP politicians have to recruit Dr Seuss to defend their GOP billionaire donors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-03-11 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370026851222003721 9/11 or 3/11 what's the difference? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/11/covid-anniversary-sarah-palin-masked-singer-tom-hanks-nba/ Can you remember when YOU realized this virus was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime event? We hope just once-in-a-lifetime! #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-03-11 15:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370022140502712333 Rome burns while Nero fiddles. Where did he learn his style of pandemic leadership? https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-health-coronavirus-pandemic-jair-bolsonaro-04931a387c7fb128266235635a1422a1 #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-11 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369861245050888193 Don't like retiring GOP senators? What comes next might be worse! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/wave-republican-senate-retirements-is-bad-news-all-us/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/roy-blunt-wanted-compromise-cordiality-he-couldnt-survive-trump-gops-descent/ Trump is glad to be rid of them. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 retweets 1 time 2021-03-11 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369818589855838210 Just the facts please! https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-joe-biden-politics-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-71b80db13ee03ace2858228bbe52f099 #PS1virus == impress 21 time 2021-03-11 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369817975272841218 Same old story - blame the immigrants. https://apnews.com/article/public-health-mexico-health-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-74eba36e8cd2f842987c0e6e57bcfae1 #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-03-11 01:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 175 ID 1372046469806535 impress 9 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 9 oreach 7 posted "03/11/2021 08:01:49 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1372046469806535 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369786147505762307 The merchants of death are major GOP donors, so nothing ever happens to them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/biden-drug-war-weapons-cartels-mexico-violence/ #PS1firearms == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369781921274761217 Who were the 30 senators who voted against Garland? What could they have been thinking? https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-confirmed-us-attorney-general-47319bb0337f4d7344d0cffaead37374 #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 28 time 2021-03-10 22:47 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369738860461060107 FBI still looking for the pipe bomber. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/politics/pipe-bombs-rnc-dnc-capitol-riot/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-03-10 19:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369737664501407747 It's not just business travel that permanently changed. Covid accelerated the automation of many fairly routine jobs. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/10/a-10-year-acceleration-covid-speeds-up-bay-area-tech-boom-job-automation-in-some-sectors/ #PS1recovery == impress 20 time 2021-03-10 19:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369735143619915780 QAnon continues to metastasize globally. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/qanon-japan-germany-colombia-conspiracy-theories-disinformation/ #PS1qanon == impress 21 time 2021-03-10 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369734310144536579 When you don't have anything constructive to offer - throw sand in the gears for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/greene-adjourn-house-republicans/2021/03/10/e4a50854-80ec-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369732836832342016 Idaho House doesn't want you to feel safe at home. https://apnews.com/article/bills-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-idaho-2695d307ac51376b3d3b10d559ac275d #PS1unrest == impress 23 time 2021-03-10 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369727164321468418 For some reason major GOP donors and their senators have cut IRS enforcement capabilities for years. They want the IRS to enforce on little people - like GOP voters? But funding IRS to take on big cheats will more than pay for itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/opinion/deficits-taxes-biden-infrastructure.html #PS1tax == impress 31 time 2021-03-10 19:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369724353739325441 Why everybody whose livelihood depended on business travel and entertainment is in real trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/opinion/business-travel-videoconferencing.html Zoom's not great but it's good enough most of the time. #PS1technology == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 18:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369723363157966850 Set expectations you can meet or exceed! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-vaccine.html #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 18:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369719169692758017 "There's just something about the order of creation that means that God intends for the preaching voice to be a male voice" https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/03/09/beth-moore-lifeway-southern-baptist-split/ What else from a denomination founded to support slavery, then segregation, now minority rule by cult of personality? #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-03-10 18:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369716068491530245 Both the Senate and House will be very competitive in 2022. Most persuadable voters will vote their pocketbooks, which is good for Democrats unless the virus strikes back and drags down the economy again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/senate-seats-up-2022/ #PS1election == impress 62 time 2021-03-10 18:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369714856379641858 Infrastructure? China? Voting rights? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/10/president-bidens-second-big-bill-may-be-china-package-pushed-by-top-senate-democrat/ China is the only issue with a chance of getting any Republican support, since it appeals to voters AND donors. #PS1china == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 18:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369699906877722625 The question is not happens to Trumpists in the GOP. The GOP -IS- Trumpism now. The question is what happens to the GOP outliers that don't want to participate in a cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/trump-against-republicans-rinos/ Thus minority rule leads to rule by a minority of 1. #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-03-10 17:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369675677952176128 "There are those who believe - make the well-to-do prosperous. The Democratic idea - make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up." The different ideas persist - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/difference-between-trump-tax-cuts-biden-relief-bill-one-chart/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1371030243241491 #PS1recovery == impress 19 time 2021-03-10 15:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369668642611195904 How much credit should Biden take? or Joe Manchin? or Chuck Schumer? It's hard to believe that acting more like Trump is the right answer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-stimulus-sales-pitch/2021/03/09/71dad6d4-80f9-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html #PS1recovery == impress 40 time 2021-03-10 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369663304344367104 "Rejuvenation" - the excuse for retaining a Communist dictatorship and suppressing dissent and minorities. https://apnews.com/article/technology-legislature-coronavirus-pandemic-china-asia-pacific-562b40c73740d97f8ddd3099f08fa0a4 #PS1china == impress 22 time 2021-03-10 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369661962892677120 FBI building cases against insurrectionists. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-washington-elections-only-on-ap-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40 #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-03-10 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369659806626181123 Russia tries to control Twitter. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-media-social-media-suicides-russia-95d1b5b57f3e08819db56693930e473e #PS1media == impress 29 time 2021-03-10 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369656666162040839 Everything you do is recorded and readily available to hackers! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams Delivering on the promise of the fully-connected Internet of Things! #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-03-10 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369531842727006212 Three strikes and he's out. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/business/media/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit-dismissed.html Maybe he'll have better luck against the Post. #PS1journalism == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-03-10 06:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369473236581244933 Mail-in voting for Trumpists only! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/09/trump-requests-mail-in-ballot-in-florida/ #PS1democracy == impress 23 time 2021-03-10 02:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369472597616852993 Trump thinks his fundraising depends on small donors. But GOP senators depend on major donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/us/politics/trump-republican-fundraising.html Trump's strategy is to get all the small donor money and dole it out to GOP candidates so that HE becomes the major donor they cater to. #PS1gop == impress 44 time 2021-03-10 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369469698006388737 The main reason for paying for children is to slow the aging of the population. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/goodbye-clinton-welfare-reform-hello-child-tax-credit/2021/03/09/22628de2-80ed-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html Children are too expensive and immigration politically unpopular. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1other == impress 31 time 2021-03-10 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369468364259663878 Is going Trump full time a good thing - if you're not Trump? Ron Johnson seems determined to find out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-has-gotten-into-ron-johnson/2021/03/09/e98f11ca-8038-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2021-03-10 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369466887961124866 Passing the bill is the easy part - and that was tough enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/09/stimulus-checks-unemployment-implementation/ #PS1recovery == impress 25 time 2021-03-10 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369464307621060610 Judicial overreach or legislative overreach? https://apnews.com/article/push-to-oust-tennessee-judge-over-absentee-vote-44062e88bc5bfc9dc957ba70f164e365 And how about the idea to litigate Tennessee constitutional questions in rural areas rather than Nashville, the state capital? #PS1minority == impress 23 time 2021-03-10 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369463037187428358 When your voters are at cross-purposes with your donors - you try to talk about something else. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-meghan-markle-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-dr-seuss-2d2833016a4816eb42be3d7390ac1305 But everybody who voted against the recovery bill will hear about it for the next two years. #PS1gop == impress 27 time 2021-03-10 01:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369442288913575937 The Whigs disappeared as the original Republicans prospered. A century later, Dixiecrats took over the Republican name. Now the Republican name represents the Trump cult of personality, which seems to encompass a third of voters - no majority. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/opinion/republican-party-trump-split.html #PS1gop == impress 28 time 2021-03-10 00:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 896 ID 1371264889884693 impress 14 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 9 oimpress 14 oreach 10 posted "03/10/2021 04:28:05 PM" reach 10 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1371264889884693 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369437254322708491 How Schumer got the relief bill through his caucus. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/us/politics/chuck-schumer-senate-majority-leader.html #PS1politics == impress 24 time 2021-03-09 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369434226622427141 In the 1930's a southern high school Future Farmers chair tried evangelizing his neighbors about contour plowing to save what was left of the soil. One listened and said "contour plowing is not in the Bible and so I am not going to do it." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/white-evangelicals-are-wary-of-the-vaccine-it-shouldnt-come-as-a-surprise/2021/03/08/0caa1a38-8048-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html #PS1virus == impress 24 time 2021-03-09 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369431782056222721 Fox no longer pretending to be anything but an entertainment propaganda machine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/08/fox-news-lachlan-murdoch-msnbc/ #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-03-09 23:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369430053940043778 How much is it worth to defend Afghans who embraced out ideals? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/08/biden-keep-us-troops-in-afghanistan/ #PS1mideast == impress 20 time 2021-03-09 23:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369429599214534659 "Where We Go One, We Go All" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-virus-cases-global-threat/2021/03/08/3de3f488-7e82-11eb-8c5e-32e47b42b51b_story.html The QAnon motto could have been invented for leaders like Bolsonaro, whose irresponsibility is a threat to the whole world as Brazil churns out virulent new mutations. #PS1virus == impress 46 time 2021-03-09 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369416727063367684 All Trump all the time! Is this a winning platform for a whole party? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/roy-blunt-not-running-shows-gop-old-guard-disappear/ #PS1gop == impress 34 time 2021-03-09 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369370497142652934 Talking filibuster won't solve anything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/most-likely-filibuster-reform-its-limits/ Conservative Democrats need to accept that a simple majority is enough for ordinary business. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 28 time 2021-03-09 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369368629247156226 Republican Party hostage to Trump? No - the Republican Party IS Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/08/sen-lindsey-graham-describes-gop-hostage-trump/ Some Republicans might feel like hostages, but they can walk out the door any time. They CHOOSE to stay and be part of Trump. #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-03-09 19:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369367658416771082 The IRS doesn't communicate by email or text! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/cybersecurity-202-scammers-are-already-targeting-next-round-coronavirus-relief-checks/ #PS1recovery == impress 22 time 2021-03-09 19:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369366023334412288 Asymptomatic transmission - the new apocalyptic! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/09/coronavirus-spread-world/ The next one might be worse. #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-03-09 19:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369355835239927809 What happens if you open up too soon? https://apnews.com/article/chiari-hospital-overrun-virus-variant-italy-76d448b4471f1cf5bfdb8458ccb7b297 It will be worse if the vaccines aren't as effective against the new variants. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-03-09 18:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369353971974897664 Plant closings are hard on the middle-aged. https://apnews.com/article/general-motors-staff-2-years-after-ohio-plant-close-7c584fa4b8fc025b5c0d1cb100fc6188 But there is no future in internal combustion, and many other manufacturing occupations. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-03-09 18:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369352840414597120 Health insurance benefits in relief package. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-care-reform-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-medicaid-69773575cabcb7af79eadea3ecdb5c81 Republicans, as usual, don't like it, but don't have any alternative except repeal and forget about it. #PS1health == impress 18 time 2021-03-09 18:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369341169000321025 "Somehow the private equity guys always make out OK, it's everyone else who doesn't." https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-investment-coal-insight/how-private-equity-squeezes-cash-from-the-dying-u-s-coal-industry-idUSKBN2AU1YW Private equity kingpins know how to invest for access, which they use whenever tax or financial regulation comes up in Congress. #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-03-09 17:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369179492082585600 Even the anti-Trump turned out to be a lot like Trump! Cover up the problems as long as possible, then take the money and run. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/lincoln-project-weaver.html #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-03-09 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369175636921569292 "Americans are extremely supportive of new government infrastructure legislation" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/opinion/biden-economy-stagnation.html But major GOP donors are not, unless it's profitable for them and doesn't raise their taxes. That's why Trump's "infrastructure weeks" were a standing joke. #PS1gop == impress 36 time 2021-03-09 06:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369174316084916226 Gaetz and Carlson agree with McCarthy - no need to secure the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/opinion/qanon-capitol-security.html Especially since securing the Capitol encompasses securing it from rabble-rousers. #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-03-09 06:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369172562538754048 Most of us didn't miss the live audience until it was gone. Even if it's someone in a tree. https://genius.com/Stephen-sondheim-someone-in-a-tree-lyrics The live audience is part of the show too. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-knew-id-miss-theater-when-broadway-shuttered-i-didnt-know-id-miss-the-audiences/2021/03/08/2b57e980-803c-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-03-09 06:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369170559968243718 Republicans CAN'T come to their senses while Trump is in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-shouldnt-wait-for-republicans-to-come-to-their-senses/2021/03/08/5fac222a-8044-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-03-09 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369169719790600196 McCarthy thinks Capitol security is a waste of money? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-russel-honore/2021/03/08/bc5d2e56-8035-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html He thinks the next mob will distinguish Republicans from Democrats? #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-03-09 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369168154811797507 FBI rounds up two more. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-new-york-roger-stone-riots-b99cb89e867aa891dffbb3bf3afbd041 #PS1insurrection == impress 22 time 2021-03-09 06:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369167469953216512 Trump addresses misconceptions at RNC. They forgot they work for him now. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-db4b80536ac8571d2c0786e227822bf8 No GOP money for people who opposed Trump! #PS1gop == impress 34 time 2021-03-09 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369166607549829121 "when it was a vote on tax cuts for billionaires, Republicans voted yes, and when it was a check for you, they voted no" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-midterm-elections-poverty-6c36dbd2937ba9402294407edd4575bd Republican legislators are proud of that! In private with their major donors, of course. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1tax == impress 18 time 2021-03-09 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369165039937019905 Paxton likes to take attention off his legal problems by suing other people. Now it's his turn again. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557 #PS1media == impress 46 time 2021-03-09 05:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369164197582413833 Biden administration moves forward on offshore wind. https://apnews.com/article/oceans-wind-power-william-koch-4555944f245ad2cea4ed975a999cc2c2 #PS1climate == impress 24 time 2021-03-09 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369162427133161472 More good news for Democrats. https://apnews.com/article/senate-elections-michael-brown-todd-akin-rick-tyler-elections-755ac1dbd8c7dd6219af73f1b185d49a The more nut cases Trump endorses in primaries, the better for Democrats in the general election. Perhaps they should help Trump fund his favorites. #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-03-09 05:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 797 ID 1370776579933524 impress 8 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 3 oimpress 8 oreach 4 posted "03/09/2021 10:28:30 PM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1370776579933524 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368938232184930304 GOP voters don't want immigration but GOP donors don't want to subsidize children. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/opinion/romney-republicans-child-allowance.html But we need people to do the work! So most other wealthy democracies subsidize children. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1economics == impress 42 time 2021-03-08 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368936194499772416 Unfunded defined-benefit pensions strike again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/business/dealbook/bailout-pensions-stimulus.html Labor and management agreed on benefits that can't be paid by contributions within a sound investment strategy. We haven't heard the last of this issue. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit #PS1economics == impress 30 time 2021-03-08 14:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368934066146308099 Looks like we'll never get to herd immunity and the virus will never go away. Trump is missing in action in terms of leading his base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/07/republicans-covid-vaccine/ #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-03-08 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368931032687206402 Seven Deadly Springs https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-cyrus-vance-jr-subpoenas-manhattan-d6a128161e52d1cea94d4ffb54d14ef0 #PS1trump == impress 28 time 2021-03-08 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368929570301177859 What happens to those left behind? https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-afghanistan-islamic-state-group-kabul-taliban-e7a746817fb24f45e1ff702ca269ccc5 #PS1mideast == impress 28 time 2021-03-08 14:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368776575802478597 Guaranteed income encourages employment, not unemployment. https://apnews.com/article/stockton-health-coronavirus-pandemic-michael-tubbs-philanthropy-1227f2ab4a1bb7677a01b887ba91554f It's an idea whose time is coming. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1economics == impress 30 time 2021-03-08 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368748618153304067 The evolution of Hawley from conservative to Trumpist. Hawley internalized Trump's example and just assumed he would never have to pay a price for anything he did. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/josh-hawley.html #PS1trumpism == impress 40 time 2021-03-08 02:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368744932807086081 Russia and China are trying to figure out what they can get away with. They are going to push our government toward their model where the government controls and monitors all internet access. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/microsoft-solarwinds-hack-russia-china.html #PS1china == impress 28 time 2021-03-08 02:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-08 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-03-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 243 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1370131993331316 impress 10 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 10 oreach 9 posted "03/08/2021 10:43:00 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1370131993331316 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368705586259398658 Old men and little kids agree - here's some infrastructure we need! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/sunday/public-toilets-united-states.html #PS1other == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368704550752768000 How Emperor Titus managed disaster into prosperity. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/rome-pompeii-slaves-mobility.html #PS1recovery == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 23:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368700662880509959 More on how the swamp works https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/06/us/emergent-biosolutions-revolving-door.html #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368693840681463808 "The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Gold_speech Prophecy fulfilled again! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/business/biden-economy.html #PS1recovery == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 22:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368691208873156608 "no other way you can describe this other than racism" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/churches-black-voters-georgia.html #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 22:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368669855059046403 Using defamation suits to silence poor people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/06/georgia-capitol-riot-defamation-lawsuit/ #PS1justice == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 21:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368668930986844161 Manchin indicates flexibility about GOP obstruction. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-filibusters-voting-rights-legislation-887882486e9c22d9fa3b7484fa54cf1b #PS1biden == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 21:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368644751231094786 How the pandemic changed voters' thinking about government action - and inaction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/07/stimulus-politics/ #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-03-07 19:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368641232264523776 Don't burn your mask yet! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/07/scientists-underestimated-coronavirus-are-racing-keep-up-with-evolution/ #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 19:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368639490521112582 The essence of the new deal has always been to DO things that actually benefit the masses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-is-rolling-back-the-culture-war-the-country-should-thank-him/2021/03/05/600fea82-7dea-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html The essence of minority rule has always been to SAY things to make the voters angry at each other, then DO things that actually benefit the donors. #PS1minority == impress 22 time 2021-03-07 19:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368637889689444353 The #1 GOP objective is protecting minority rule - to protect billionaire tax cuts, deregulation, and reactionary judiciary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/07/wanted-voting-rights-campaign-chief/ Democrats' #1 objective has to be protecting majority rule - to protect all other Biden accomplishments. #PS1minority == impress 24 time 2021-03-07 19:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368636070204567559 The GOP is the party of reactionaries, not conservatives. Let the GOP voters whine about stopping and going back to a mythical golden age; the GOP donors are fine with just stopping and opposing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/07/i-get-indignation-where-are-ideas-republicans/ #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 18:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368634762651312128 Sounds like the renewable energy industry needs to unionize as quickly as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/07/biden-climate-change-unions-environment/ Everybody needs to understand - burning carbon has got to stop. #PS1climate == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 18:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368632820982194177 Trump is not part of the Republican Party; the Republican Party is part of Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/06/trump-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-gop-organizations-stop-fundraising-off-his-name/ He expects his party to follow orders - or else! #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368629157043703809 There's a reason Trump moved to Florida - it's red and getting redder. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-ron-desantis-florida-60debc6e6b0bcd285d3533a441c3bd69 #PS1gop == impress 76 time 2021-03-07 18:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368628139790790658 It's not legal to shoot Democrats in sagebrush country, so what's the next best thing? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wildlife-animals-lakes-billings-5eda7213f2cbec6c3d46897e74dddf80 It's a wonderful GOP recruitment tactic, funded by the major GOP donors. #PS1deregulation == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 18:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368624381119791106 If anybody can sue social media for anything, then platforms will either not allow anything objectionable, or else allow everything objectionable. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-legislature-media-lawsuits-social-media-848c0189ff498377fbfde3f6f5678397 You'd think free-market types would just say let 1000 platforms bloom. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 18:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368595503173099520 "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/republic meaning "power is held by the people and their elected representatives". So Biden protects voters if Congress won't. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-alabama-selma-voting-rights-elections-eec9cde9f9713183b6c8d1d7123cbbae #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 16:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368591395569635334 Yet another hack - frequent flyers. https://apnews.com/article/travel-hacking-airlines-singapore-dad3f4782d276ccaa2fbf01f097897cc #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-03-07 15:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368576216807079936 Promising more than they can deliver abroad, and progressing slowly at home. https://apnews.com/article/europe-global-trade-middle-east-diplomacy-moscow-e61ebd3c8fe746c60f5ecc1ec323c99a #PS1virus == impress 40 time 2021-03-07 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368574819390824448 Who's spreading all the propaganda in Spanish? Who pays for all the translations and gets them started in Latin American social media? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-media-misinformation-9696392bf389ba8ca3441d2314abcefa #PS1media == impress 28 time 2021-03-07 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368572026848378880 Yet another hack - this one from Eastern Europe. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-europe-eastern-europe-new-zealand-f318ba1ffc971eb17371456b015206a5 #PS1technology == impress 30 time 2021-03-07 14:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368471329477775363 Why the Federal government emergency medical stockpile wasn't ready for covid. But it sure was ready for anthrax! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/emergent-biosolutions-anthrax-coronavirus.html The swamp in action, under Democrats and Republicans alike! It's who you know, how you lobby, and how you buy access. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 07:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368466946623037440 What various groups thought about the recovery bill - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/06/upshot/covid-stimulus-industry-groups.html You'll notice unsurprising patterns. #PS1recovery == impress 26 time 2021-03-07 07:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368461911445045256 Nordic gods for you? Some Nazis had that idea. Now - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/a-small-town-congregation-sold-its-church-a-whites-only-group-moved-in/2021/03/06/ac5b65de-7e02-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-03-07 07:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368448856082378752 Chinese hackers have been busy. It's not easy keeping up with the Russians! But it seems to be easy to hack American institutions. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/technology/microsoft-hack-china.html #PS1technology == impress 28 time 2021-03-07 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368447308073897989 Virus varieties https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/06/covid-a-users-guide-to-the-coronavirus-variants-emerging-in-california-and-beyond/ #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-03-07 06:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 748 ID 1369342983410217 impress 4 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 2 oimpress 4 oreach 3 posted "03/07/2021 05:29:37 PM" reach 3 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1369342983410217 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368213801808498691 Is Ohio up for grabs? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/ohio-senate-race.html It depends a lot on progress against the virus and toward economic recovery. #PS1politics == impress 12 time 2021-03-06 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368212086040391686 Why everything takes longer and costs more! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/business/global-shipping.html #PS1trade == impress 7 time 2021-03-06 14:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368209026077446146 Republicans think it's all over because their donors are doing fine. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-bills-9bf4b2df69208b8ecade782370af65e3 But it's not over medically when reopening is too soon. https://apnews.com/article/europe-england-coronavirus-pandemic-france-milan-2b4e8c5092db92c38194884a4b8049e4 And it's not over economically for many businesses that depend on business travelers. #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-03-06 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368078457704353794 SOMEbody at the White House knew what was going to happen. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/politics/capitol-riot-trump.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-03-06 05:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368077511687499776 What happens when you hurriedly "simplify" a tax bill in secret dark of night. Maybe this was intended, maybe not, but it's not important to major donors so they didn't care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/05/home-office-tax-deduction/ #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-03-06 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368018501865066499 "democracy is working against Republicans â�� and so Republicans are working against democracy" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/republicans-arent-fighting-democrats-theyre-fighting-democracy/ Minority rule always depends on suppressing opposing votes. The GOP welcomed the Dixiecrats, and their traditions, 50 years ago. #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-03-06 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368016974152802306 GOP politicians are in a real bind. Their VOTERS favor most of the Biden recovery bill. Their DONORS are opposed. So what do they do? Talk about anything else! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-seuss-muppets-neanderthal/2021/03/05/9d4e92b6-7dd8-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html "Neanderthals" was too nice. "Potato Heads" would be more like it. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-03-06 01:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368009422048350210 Time to revoke the license to start and continue endless wars without Congressional approval. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-syria-middle-east-iraq-jen-psaki-a805b773aa73aa28c4363f3a8f011720 #PS1foreign == impress 11 time 2021-03-06 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368008767002972161 Where do you begin? https://apnews.com/article/giuliani-probe-awaits-merrick-garland-ag-confirmation-6ae5e84e151bf0550536dfbb1eac9d20 There's so much questionable behavior. Where does it end? #PS1ukraine == impress 10 time 2021-03-06 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368005509530329090 This week in mythology! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-technology-media-social-media-1d7e10820b3bfae5cebcceb249a84b5c #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-03-06 01:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 30 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-07 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-03-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 298 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1368894210121761 impress 14 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 14 oreach 12 posted "03/07/2021 12:02:38 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1368894210121761 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367983020649504775 China has advanced into the club of wealthy countries. Declining birth rate proves it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/chinas-looming-population-slide-could-make-it-an-even-more-dangerous-global-threat/ It's a problem that all wealthy countries face - children are too expensive. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1china == impress 10 time 2021-03-05 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367981725070979073 Require a majority vote for Federal office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/why-congress-should-require-its-members-be-elected-by-majority-votes/ There's lot of ways to do it. If you don't extremists and performers take over. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2021-03-05 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367980428464824320 Masks improve your odds. Indoor dining worsens them. https://apnews.com/article/rochelle-walensky-coronavirus-pandemic-fe2e65c19506b99ebdb8f1e0badc846b Everybody has heard that by now, but not everybody cares. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-03-05 23:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367949331362246656 Republicans believe government is ineffective and do everything in their power to make that become true - even when they are in power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/what-ron-johnsons-latest-stunt-tells-us-about-next-four-years/ #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-03-05 21:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367925786829750275 It's looking doubtful that much progress will be made while the filibuster is intact. Biden is coming around to that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-kill-the-filibuster/2021/03/05/09c0d774-7857-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html If the GOP's best shot is requiring that all bills be read out loud, there's no reason to expect improvement. #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-03-05 19:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367865552211865602 Minority rule never changes - ruling classes dividing the masses, racism, voter suppression, filibuster. The original GOP finally abandoned southern blacks to their sad fate. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/opinion/filibuster-voting-rights.html The modern GOP IS their sad fate. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 17 time 2021-03-05 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367862021836836870 Trying to survive in a state run by liars, crooks, and crazies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/living-texas-right-now-feels-like-an-exercise-survival/ #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-03-05 15:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367861293261131779 SAY one thing and DO the opposite! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/maga-has-never-been-about-economics/ It's how minority rule works. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-03-05 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367860454710669315 "a way for celebrities to monetize their reputations" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/spacs-are-a-booming-business-model-but-its-time-to-let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/2021/03/02/a4935642-7b6c-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html Would you make an unsecured loan to these guys? #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-03-05 15:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367859366175543298 Another suit against Trump etc. Trump spokesman responds by smearing the plaintiff rather than disputing the facts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/house-members-sue-trump-capitol-riot/2021/03/05/905b3a20-7cf5-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html After voting against impeachment, McConnell and Thune both said Trump could be subject to criminal and civil liability. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-03-05 15:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367857606245507073 It's not fair! Who knew the rioters were such snowflakes! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/04/capitol-riot-richard-barnett-pelosi/ You can't expect them to rot in jail with no vegetarian cuisine! Too bad Trump "forgot" to pardon them - but they failed in their mission, so what did they expect? #PS1insurrection == impress 26 time 2021-03-05 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367856529991467014 First Trump administration member found among rioters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/05/trump-federico-klein-capitol-riot/ The FBI has charged about 300 rioters, still has about 500 more to go. #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-03-05 15:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367855622322987019 Which Republican governor can have the fewest laws and the highest death rate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-mask-mandate-abbott/2021/03/04/ceec92bc-7d12-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html "If the government said you don't have to wear your seat belt, we wouldn't stop wearing seat belts" Why not no more seat belt laws in Texas and South Dakota! #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-03-05 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367646710885879808 "how long will it take the Republicans to figure out that driving out heretics rather than winning new converts is a losing strategy?" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/us/politics/republicans-workers-covid-bill.html Maybe forever. Under minority rule, the voters vote, and the donors receive the benefits. #PS1minority == impress 20 time 2021-03-05 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367638306268192768 Being fat is bad for your health. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/04/coronavirus-overweight-global-report/ #PS1health == impress 15 time 2021-03-05 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367637794277912579 Government is not always the problem! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-is-showing-the-world-that-us-government-can-work-again/2021/03/04/2cf54be2-7d27-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html Sometimes, anti-government Republican zealots are the problem. #PS1theory == impress 18 time 2021-03-05 00:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367635195306774528 "if the rules are fair, they will lose" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-rhetoric-on-hr-1-is-apocalyptic-are-they-that-afraid-of-democracy/2021/03/04/22410f0c-7d2b-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html Of course! Minority rule can't survive fair elections. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-03-05 00:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367634210559729668 Native Americans influence policy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/04/haaland-interior-secretary-committee/ They supported Murkowski at the last election, and she supported them now. #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-03-05 00:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367632681253531648 Republicans everywhere boldly fight to defend your right to shoot anybody, anywhere, anytime. https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-violence-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-crime-23dae04b23b592d1c27cdc58657fa1c8 John C Calhoun would be so proud! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_crisis #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-03-05 00:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 628 ID 1368031876874661 impress 11 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 8 oimpress 11 oreach 9 posted "03/05/2021 04:50:51 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1368031876874661 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367501555453280273 "dial down the conflict, dial up the policy" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/opinion/biden-american-rescue-plan.html #PS1biden == impress 20 time 2021-03-04 15:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367497928877748243 "Trump has a responsibility to tell them to stand down -- this threat is credible" https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/politics/march-4-capitol-threat-michael-mccaul-cnntv/index.html What are the odds that Trump would lift a finger to help the Biden administration? Or anybody else? Altruism and patriotic sacrifice are for suckers! #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-03-04 15:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367495494189129736 Blame somebody else for your failures! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/04/covid-trump-xi-josh-rogin/ How much alike were Trump and Xi! #PS1china == impress 12 time 2021-03-04 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367491355765854208 If you can't think of something meaningful, think about something meaningless! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/american-right-is-consumed-with-its-cultural-lost-cause/ Meaningless issues to distract the masses https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses are a pillar of minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-03-04 15:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367487618926202883 In a cult of personality, the only thing that matters is what you SAY about the Leader. Nobody cares as much about what you DO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cawthorn-trump-burr-republicans/2021/03/03/c34c5f88-7c3a-11eb-b0fc-83144c02d676_story.html #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-03-04 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367486403290886145 Why the House is not meeting today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/03/march-4-qanon-trump-inauguration/ After all the publicity and preparation there probably won't be any mass action, but who knows what inspired lone wolves might attempt? #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-03-04 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367485302093144065 Unclear on the concept! https://thehill.com/homenews/media/541573-qanon-shaman-i-consider-myself-a-lover-of-my-country Trump didn't have time to worry about expendable foot soldiers who failed once and were of no future use. There are plenty more where they came from. They'll all get new costumes to wear in their new homes. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-03-04 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367474252304113664 There's always hot air blowing among the violent crazies. Usually it doesn't amount to anything. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-police-law-enforcement-agencies-d51eb0e41299260a231648e5283e4349 Nobody believed that a sitting president would incite insurrection against his own government. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1367061116971737 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-03-04 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367470349781135361 Biden only has two years to act. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-democrats-no-republicans-1f84cadac63439f89efc1e0ea82de735 Let Republicans with constructive ideas for improvements make their cases and accept the reasonable ones. But don't enable their endless delay and obstruction tactics. The filibuster will have to go. #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-03-04 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367349000903348224 This is it - the biggest battle of the Biden administration. Does America support democracy or minority rule? It's going to require eliminating the filibuster to pass. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-elections-voting-pelosi-/2021/03/03/e434df58-7c22-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html https://apnews.com/article/bills-campaign-finance-voting-rights-legislation-elections-a74d9d8cce567d751021ed66cee2b85f More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366845393659976 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-03-04 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367302153044328449 Trump was waiting to see whether the insurrection succeeded before saying anything. Were his DOD appointees doing the same? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/capitol-police-begged-help-199-minutes-trumps-pentagon-stalled/ #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-03-04 02:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367278839760527362 Do Puerto Ricans support statehood? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/puerto-rico-statehood-bill-pedro-pierluisi/ Imperialist relics like "commonwealth" status have to go. Statehood or independence - they deserve it. Same for the other Federal territories. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-03-04 01:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367276006357172224 Every Republican senator would vote for the Biden recovery package in a minute if Biden promised to keep the filibuster https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-harder-for-joe-biden/2021/03/03/473c562a-7c5b-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html Republican eyes are on the real prize - derailing HR1 to protect minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366722990338883 #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2021-03-04 00:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367273161251688448 Omerta? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/weisselberg-investigation-vance/2021/03/03/84a9f3d6-7c25-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html The way you take down a mafia don is by starting at the bottom and working your way up, looking for somebody who can't take the pressure and will talk. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-03-04 00:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367264820840464386 Historic climate changes can be very sudden - in one human generation. How close are we to the next one? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html #PS1climate == impress 16 time 2021-03-04 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 554 ID 1367397160271466 impress 8 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 4 oimpress 8 oreach 5 posted "03/04/2021 05:42:08 PM" reach 5 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1367397160271466 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367261714794704898 How single-issue politics works. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/opinion/abortion-trump-heatbeat.html Politicians who vote the way they want on their single issue can then vote any way they like the rest of the time. Single-issue voters are a pillar of minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366701263674389 #PS1minority == impress 13 time 2021-03-03 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367257925689909249 Trump could do some good evangelizing for vaccination. He's nothing but a salesman. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/opinion/trump-vaccine-ambassador.html But would he do anything that might make somebody else look better? Not likely. But if the commission structure were right... #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-03-03 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367256865118113792 Trump is Trumpism, Trumpism Trump - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/opinion/trump-republican-party.html There is no there there, ideologically speaking, conservative or otherwise. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-03-03 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367254971045974017 Nothing lasts forever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/03/democrats-stimulus-spending-inflation/ But everybody is fighting the last war - the 2008/9 recession recovery, that was too slow and too long and abetted the rise of Trumpism. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-03-03 23:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367253003607019523 A perfect fit for Fox! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/big-lie-promoter-kayleigh-mcenany-lands-fox-news-naturally/ #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-03-03 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367252617450065923 It's now or never. If Democrats keep doing nothing, Republicans will keep doing more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/klobuchar-filibuster-reform-hr1/ Filibuster has to go! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-03-03 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367251661450747911 Bad arguments against HR1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/aclu-lawyers-hr1-flaws-nonprofits/ Anybody giving $10,000 or more is expecting something in return. That donor should at least be public, no matter what the cause. Better to restrict donations to smaller amounts. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-03-03 23:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367250006143471620 House decides not to meet on Thursday. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/03/house-cancels-thursday-session-police-warn-possible-plot-breach-capitol/6911228002/ Another victory for insurrectionists! The Senate hasn't changed its plans. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-03-03 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367248541723201543 Just chatter or an actual plan? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/march-4-conspiracies-intelligence-warning-violence/ #PS1insurrection == impress 33 time 2021-03-03 23:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367183940029607936 Not just lives wasted in the graveyard of empires. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-afghanistan-taliban-united-states-b07ccfc12ceb7abefab055fe7bd6cf53 Yet if we leave, al Qaeda and ISIS will be back in no time, making trouble inside and outside Afghanistan. #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-03-03 18:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367183344316731393 Folks in the boonies generally didn't want to mask up, but now they think they aren't getting their fair share of vaccine. Or too many city people are coming out to rural areas to get vaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/rural-areas-vaccine-distribution-b912b74c4f38bf2ff7abc99d1a9f4d22 #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-03-03 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367128148031143938 Trump always attracts the best and the brightest! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/03/ill-get-away-with-anything-13-not-so-greatest-hits-capitol-riot-arrest-records/ And leaves them to their sad fate when they are no longer useful to him. Especially if their mission fails. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-03-03 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367124904248705027 The United States has values - but also interests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/democracy-is-eroding-around-world-biden-has-his-work-cut-out-him/ As in WWII, sometimes we have to recruit the bad to oppose the worse. On the whole, though, there's more bad AND more worse - Trump gave them all permission. #PS1foreign == impress 12 time 2021-03-03 14:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367123465791148033 Term limits aren't the answer. Try ending unlimited dark money! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-talk-about-term-limits-for-the-senate/2021/03/02/9f080e48-7ba3-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html Donors like old politicians because they won't embrace new ideas like limiting dark money. Most would not shine in a debate against a younger challenger. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-03-03 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367121255216766976 More deregulation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/why-are-we-bailing-out-texass-reckless-covid-moves/ It's the Trumpist way - if you were completely wrong on one thing, be twice as wrong on the next thing! Never apologize, never look back, never even consider that you might be wrong and irresponsible! #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-03-03 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367006862126637059 How's the Supreme Court going to rule on voting rights? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/opinion/voting-rights-act-supreme-court.html Like Plessy v Ferguson - SAY everybody has an equal chance. Or like Brown v Board - DO what is needed so everybody has an equal chance. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366234363721079 #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-03-03 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367001788067442690 Sorry also-rans! There isn't a solution that doesn't eventually encompass you getting blamed and discarded. Just ask Pence. It's Trump's party, and he doesn't like competitors for attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/cpac-trump-tom-cotton-kristi-noem.html #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-03-03 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367000098731790336 Just like Vietnam! "We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn't know what we were doing." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-has-to-take-the-loss-in-afghanistan--and-add-it-to-george-w-bushs-record/2021/03/02/f544a300-7b82-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html Thanks, Charlie Wilson! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_(film) #PS1mideast == impress 23 time 2021-03-03 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366998727324442624 GOP sees organized armed insurrection against seats of government as equivalent to disorganized unarmed civil riots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/02/jan-6-came-white-supremacists-now-comes-whitewash/ The 9/11 commission chairs know how to keep the 1/6 commission on track - keep unretired politicians away! #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-03-03 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366996930774011905 "Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/voting-rights-battle/2021/03/02/3d213412-7af8-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html "a total transformation of the way we hold elections in America" A level field WOULD transform the way elections support minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-03-03 06:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366994840127299587 How to make money in political campaigns! Take it from desperate candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/klacik-gop-campaign-donations/2021/03/02/76300fde-7077-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-03-03 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366990512876515331 "There's got to be a willingness on the former president to look beyond his own self-interest" You knew Trump was a snake when you picked him up! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-orlando-elections-campaigns-e9143dc690d8d6b5c98aeccb33f0e425 All the money and power goes through Trump. GOP officials are just his expendable servants. #PS1trump == impress 21 time 2021-03-03 05:55 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 825 ID 1366724563672059 impress 9 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 9 oreach 8 posted "03/03/2021 04:51:19 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366724563672059 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366745362086551554 Infrastructure - easy to talk about, impossible to fund! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/business/infrastructure-biden-stimulus.html #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-03-02 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366623642415632387 No difference between Fox and CPAC! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-news-cpac-sponsorship/2021/03/01/ee85e8c8-7a04-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-03-02 05:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366621790827503618 Chinese vaccines - only choice for poor countries. https://apnews.com/article/technology-santiago-chile-diplomacy-coronavirus-pandemic-0382aefa52c75b834fbaf6d869808f51 #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-03-02 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366609315801358336 The biggest issue in American politics until 1860 was preserving the "balance" in the Senate between slave and free states. Rural bias still means DC and PR statehood requires eliminating the filibuster. https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/statehood-for-washington-d-c-and-puerto-rico-background-and-political-implications/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1365539157123933 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-03-02 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366583514431254528 "Too much choice creates space for predators" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/opinion/deregulation-health-care-electricity.html This is the folly of libertarianism - normal people can't investigate every aspect of their lives - they need government to weed out bad choices. Those who profit from bad choices disagree. #PS1theory == impress 25 time 2021-03-02 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366554301401686018 The crazies are going to get crazier - and harder to track. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/extremism-capitol-riot.html #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-03-02 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366552623319425029 Some politicians say economic relief measures would discourage people from working. Raising the minimum wage would encourage people to go back to work, especially by making child care more affordable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-senate-parliamentarians-ruling-on-the-minimum-wage-did-democrats-a-favor/2021/03/01/7d91c5fe-7abf-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html #PS1recovery == impress 23 time 2021-03-02 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366551556544364548 Trump's greatest legacy - normalizing racism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-now-just-the-party-of-white-grievance/2021/03/01/67679480-7ab9-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html No more need for Nazis or Klansmen to hide or apologize! They're welcome in Trumpism! #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-03-02 00:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366549304169558020 Does everybody WANT the people to understand how their government works? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/civics-social-studies-education-plan/2021/03/01/e245e34a-747f-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html Are they really going to talk about the mechanics of minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-03-02 00:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 268 ID 1366226483721867 impress 12 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 oimpress 12 oreach 12 posted "03/02/2021 10:44:07 PM" reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366226483721867 ========== Tweets for 2021-03-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366487252428222464 A perfect Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/is-there-anyone-more-pathetic-than-nikki-haley/ #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-03-01 20:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366486358529773568 An inflection point for sure! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/trumps-cpac-speech-may-be-high-water-mark-his-post-presidency/ But a point on the way down or on the way up? What happens to Trump is most of the GOP focuses on Biden rather than Trump's enemies? #PS1trump == impress 73 time 2021-03-01 20:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366485088578330624 Moderate Republicans say "here's a chance to be bipartisan!" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/vanita-gupta-biden-justice-department/2021/03/01/cec4c74c-79f1-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html Trumpists are having none of it. #PS1biden == impress 14 time 2021-03-01 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366450942523023360 No coherent message - no surprise! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/republicans-have-no-coherent-message-oppose-covid-relief/ GOP donors want one thing, GOP voters want the opposite, so talk about stolen election instead. The last thing GOP legislators want is for GOP voters to find out what GOP donors want. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-03-01 18:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366423638879080448 CPAC proved it - Democrats must maximize democracy while they have a chance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/trump-cpac-republicans.html Democrats are going to have to bite the bullet and eliminate filibuster before they can immunize democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1365229630488219 #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2021-03-01 16:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366413113377968129 What's more important than vaccination and economic recovery? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-voting-rights-legislation-elections-8ff401dd96dbd75adbb3b217c7089afe The pillars of democracy against minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Most voters don't care about pillars of minority rule that opposes everything they do care about. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-03-01 15:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366394464495824898 The Trumpist media had its story ready as soon as the riot started. Had it been planning to create alibis for the rioters? For confirmation - Trumpists quoted each other. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html But the rioters are telling a different story to the FBI. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-03-01 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366392028930580491 Trumpist disinformation before the riot and Trumpist disinformation after the riot. Some things never change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/republicans-riot-false-accounts/2021/02/28/9230e3b6-784c-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-03-01 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366390305834950657 A new nuclear arms race. https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-china-russia-united-states-f711665a7ebb3a58d6c5bb7ce899ff1d #PS1china == impress 13 time 2021-03-01 14:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366246546342252547 Where blacks and Jews made supreme sacrifices for ungrateful countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/world/europe/france-world-war-1.html #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-03-01 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366244396434251780 Chinese dispute resolution. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/china-india-hacking-electricity.html #PS1china == impress 16 time 2021-03-01 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366242666157985793 Sorry, irresponsible senators; irresponsible governors have much more GOP appeal. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/cpac-trump-kristi-noem.html #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-03-01 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366240798472249349 Trump voters "would pivot once Biden's agenda became clear". Ted Cruz nonsense! Trump voters aren't interested in policy - though many support many Democratic economic proposals. Trump wants them to focus on revenge within GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/trump-cpac-republicans.html #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-03-01 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366237754409897984 A damper on leveraged buyout job killers? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/opinion/business-economics/private-equity-reckoning.html If officers of the selling company don't make sound judgments - they could be financially responsible. That would put a much-needed crimp in the private equity hose. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-03-01 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366236421229404163 Stop the steal! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws#Origins_of_Jim_Crow_laws It's 1877 all over again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/opinion/voter-suppression-us.html #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-03-01 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366227156280307714 GOP needs to step up to bipartisan foreign policy. Projecting America's internal divisions into foreign policy only benefits Xi and Putin. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/chris-coons-china-biden-cancun-cruz-marco-rubio-20210225.html #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-03-01 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366224689186570241 Democrats quietly working to improve Obamacare. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/upshot/biden-health-plan-obamacare.html It's their first chance in years to make technical changes. #PS1health == impress 17 time 2021-03-01 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366189663434665984 Cultural tension between investigative journalism and technical entrepreneurship. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/clubhouse-illuminates-the-stark-cultural-divide-between-journalists-and-tech-people/2021/02/27/bce40190-7858-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1journalism == impress 16 time 2021-03-01 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366188777991852032 Progressives want a $15 minimum wage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/28/democrats-cant-back-down-minimum-wage/ But the votes aren't there. It will require repealing the filibuster and Manchin and Sinema are opposed. Even Republican voters are for $15, but the donors are opposed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/28/minimum-wage-backup-plan-biden-stimulus/ #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-03-01 00:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-03-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-03-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 569 ID 1365452997132549 impress 16 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 13 oimpress 16 oreach 15 posted "03/01/2021 05:03:35 PM" reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1365452997132549 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366165570823983113 Trump doesn't need a third party - he's already got one called the Republican Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cpac/2021/02/28/6a04140e-79e0-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 24 time 2021-02-28 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366160679170764800 Trump calls for Republican unity - achieved by purging all impure elements with non-Trumpist thoughts. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-donald-trump-florida-orlando-890c3b8d6b2ab4f9f29b0b36c03a304b Kinzinger and others are trying to set up support for impure elements. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/adam-kinzinger-super-pac-trump/2021/02/27/6202f346-792d-11eb-ae66-8b9e3c6918a1_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 22:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366157329373126656 At CPAC it's all Trump, all the time. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/cpac-trump-statue.html "an idol cast in the shape of a calf. These are your gods! Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry". No interest in "Republican" apart from "Trumpist". #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2021-02-28 22:44 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366155254186745862 You don't have a constitutional right to a lawyer in civil matters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/noncriminal-cases-right-to-lawyer-representation/ #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366153739879374849 The accelerated transformation of the Washington Post into a global institution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/marty-baron-jeff-bezos-trump-washington-post/2021/02/27/5d796a9c-7871-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html #PS1journalism == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366148970494324738 America is getting old, just like the other advanced democracies. Kids are too expensive. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/everyone-has-to-pay-when-america-gets-too-old It's either more immigration or a lower standard of living. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1immigration == impress 12 time 2021-02-28 22:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366108067104890881 How far will reactionary Supreme Court justices go to enable Republican suppression of Democratic voters? https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-arizona-discrimination-lawsuits-voting-rights-c9ab7a4b332667f2858936f5cc133748 They didn't buy Trump's election fraud myth, but maybe they'll help kill the Voting Rights Act once and for all. #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 19:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366106825372831746 Infrastructure is next? https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-coronavirus-relief-infrastructure-66f5f5a3de700941aa41f675157f8748 Republicans are happy to support it as long as it doesn't add to the budget or increase taxes. In other words, they were against it when Trump was president and they're against it now that Biden is president. #PS1economics == impress 25 time 2021-02-28 19:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366105803279622145 Trumpist legislators gladly spew Trumpist propaganda. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-ohio-misinformation-coronavirus-pandemic-0c19a98d7dd4f745cfa935d6602528aa They don't believe in objective external reality so their feelings are as valid as anybody else's. #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 19:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366102172337758209 Only half the states participate in data exchange. Some don't even admit the amount stolen. https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-health-coronavirus-pandemic-asia-pacific-ohio-b651def05a8a049637c4a1047f788631 #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-02-28 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365935726001418240 "The typical response by a losing party in a functioning democracy is to alter their platform to make it more appealing" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html Not Republicans - their platform is Trump - so their response is to eliminate all the Democratic votes they can. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-02-28 08:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365931348716703749 Generals are getting better at spinning coups as democracy. Credibility problems? Just lie bigger! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/25/myanmar-coup-overthrow-military-thailand/ #PS1foreign == impress 11 time 2021-02-28 07:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365929733687402497 It's already clear at CPAC - the Republican priority for 2022 will be to purge those who aren't enthusiastic Trumpists. They think that having a smaller party will enable them to regain control of Congress. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/politics/CPAC-republicans-pompeo.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-02-28 07:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365927054542204930 A true Trumpist - a unapologetic liar from top to bottom. He'll go far in the Trump Party! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/27/making-madison-cawthorn-how-falsehoods-helped-propel-career-new-pro-trump-star-far-right/ #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-02-28 07:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365923011946192896 The system worked as intended - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/27/texas-power-winners-losers/ The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. What did they expect? #PS1deregulation == impress 10 time 2021-02-28 07:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365920509011976198 Republican politicians and donors hope their 2009 playbook will work again. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-barack-obama-07fec15628ceee80cb702089287d3aa4 But back then they didn't have to worry about Trump, whose 2022 playbook is strictly revenge against Republicans. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-02-28 07:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365919192994648070 Democrats should call the GOP the Trump party. Because it is. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-ohio-elections-f39b9370f14fd698a76285b83a2ef4c6 #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-02-28 06:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 58 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-28 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 576 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1364822930528889 impress 17 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 17 oreach 16 posted "02/28/2021 04:26:14 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1364822930528889 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365686647585562628 Dan's Bake Sale - a preview of how Trump would treat his fans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/27/rush-limbaugh-dans-bake-sale-colorado/ #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 23 time 2021-02-27 15:34 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365685446487863301 Trump cements control of GOP as he plots his revenge in 2022 and comeback in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-gop/2021/02/27/890376f0-783d-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html #PS1trump == engage 6 engage-rate 17% expands 1 impress 36 likes 1 replies 1 time 2021-02-27 15:29 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365666123509768200 "Many who heeded his call will be spending substantial portions of their lives in prison. Meanwhile Trump resumes his life of luxury and privilege." https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-75b5963841a2263fe8d79b1d18ef552b Surprised? They failed to change the election and still expected a pardon from Trump? #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-02-27 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365526943840436226 It's not easy getting out of North Korea. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/asia/north-korea-trolley-russian-diplomats-intl-hnk/index.html But better sooner than later. #PS1foreign == impress 12 time 2021-02-27 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365525643484532739 The system worked the way it was designed, so they punished a provider that worked the way it was designed. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/26/griddy-loses-access-to-texas-power-grid-all-its-customers/ Maybe they should consider whether the design was flawed. #PS1deregulation == impress 13 time 2021-02-27 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365524265643114496 All in for Trump! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ted-cruz-elections-c5273f2cf5e1c478dd0d9b11b902bdf9 If you were a Republican and Trump is not your cup of tea, you need to find a new home. #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2021-02-27 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365472786903224320 It's easy to oppress DC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mike-lee-loves-federalism--just-not-for-dc/2021/02/26/2b012faa-77b3-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html It was even easier when the House District Committee was packed with rural Dixiecrats who couldn't be trusted with anything important, so they punished DC residents for being black. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-02-27 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365470505852051457 "Many thought Trump had turned his back on them after the insurrection" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/proud-boys/2021/02/25/fabdea30-73ad-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html They failed at their assigned task of preventing certification of Biden, so they are of no use to Trump now. Just expendable foot soldiers anyway. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2021-02-27 01:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 31 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-28 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 305 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1364343717243477 impress 16 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 16 oreach 14 posted "02/28/2021 12:15:15 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1364343717243477 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365444483584729091 GOP doesn't mind pork in red states! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/26/covid-stimulus-gop-ridicules-money-for-nancy-pelosis-subway/ If they're going to call it Pelosi's Subway, then let's call the Texas power crisis McCarthy's Folly! Makes as much sense. #PS1recovery == impress 15 time 2021-02-26 23:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365425518846251008 CPAC doesn't have to pay any attention to stupid hotel mask rules! https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/2021-cpac-covid-restrictions/index.html They're preserving their freedom to infect and be infected! #PS1gop == impress 82 time 2021-02-26 22:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365415575615270912 Insurrectionists are having a hard time coming up with good excuses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-defendants-regrets/2021/02/26/b3d06e3e-76b1-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html The Nrnberg defense - blame the Fhrer! - isn't getting them very far. #PS1insurrection == impress 30 time 2021-02-26 21:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365412599823654915 More tweets that never were. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-whole-foods-market-inc-amazoncom-inc-race-and-ethnicity-6ddd4725afe21bd56cbd65f99306e2d4 #PS1media == impress 29 time 2021-02-26 21:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365397808556072962 Once you realize the alternative is a Trumpist - you learn to get along with Joe Manchin. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-24/column-sen-joe-manchin-drives-democrats-crazy-heres-why-we-need-more-senators-like-him #PS1biden == impress 22 time 2021-02-26 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365395258691887106 The Golden Calf at CPAC https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/trump-gold-statue-cpac-2021/index.html The original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66TYd9nAMI Et Satan conduit le bal! #PS1trump == impress 46 time 2021-02-26 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365387137433042946 Progressive politics in Alabama? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/the-south-is-more-than-its-shading-on-an-electoral-map.html It's endured despite suppression. #PS1politics == impress 19 time 2021-02-26 19:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365373259819085826 Who's skipping CPAC? Pence, Haley https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/trump-cpac-2024-candidates.html Who's showing up to pledge loyalty to Trump, while somehow superseding him without anybody knowing it, while accusing the others of doing the same thing? DeSantis, Cruz, Hawley, Cotton, Scott, Pompeo, Noem #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2021-02-26 18:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365370735561109505 Republicans don't even bother making policy arguments or proposals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/gops-strategy-retaking-power-is-uglier-than-you-think/ Their path back to power is just reinforcing minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Thus Democrats must dump the filibuster if necessary to get DC and PR statehood. #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-02-26 18:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365368905502363648 GOP's finest skill - making up excuses! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-resolutions/2021/02/26/dfb3ba00-754f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html Everybody knows it's all about preserving minority rule against the threat of black people voting! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html What about the other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-02-26 18:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365324644048232451 Where have all the houses gone? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/upshot/where-have-all-the-houses-gone.html A recession for apartments and condos and a boom for single-family houses. #PS1economics == impress 25 time 2021-02-26 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365321965540532228 A founder of the modern GOP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tillman A Dixiecrat that proudly murdered black Republicans, but if he were reborn in our time he'd be a happy Trumpist. Political labels don't mean as much as political beliefs and actions. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 26 time 2021-02-26 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365320268072148992 No politicians on the Jan 6 Commission! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/republicans-real-beef-with-16-commission/ McConnell et al want to suppress evidence of the modern GOP's absolute dependence on the support of violent white supremacists. But that's all built into minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-02-26 15:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365318124644356096 What will young attendees learn from CPAC? Absolutely nothing conservative! Reactionary populist maybe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-nothing-conservative-about-cpac/2021/02/25/da969d0a-77a5-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html They'll learn how to reinforce minority rule, without even knowing it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 21 time 2021-02-26 15:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365300956695461893 Michigan leads the way - the GOP becoming the Patriot Militia Party. Will other states follow - or will the Patriot Militias take over the GOP and kick out everybody else? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-george-romney-michigan-lansing-d5e0b7626e0adaf07e6edf088e25e043 #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2021-02-26 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365299212557053956 Local and state Republicans are all on board the train to Fantasyland. Anybody who wants to remain anchored in reality better get off before getting thrown off. Trump is planning to turn it up higher on Sunday at CPAC. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-conspiracy-theories-media-0ef88e6f3b2b418ae07b214131d7f128 #PS1gop == impress 42 time 2021-02-26 13:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365145228554825735 Nothing new about the Capitol attack - it's a Southern tradition. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/22/us-white-supremacy-democracy-capitol-attack #PS1insurrection == impress 26 time 2021-02-26 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365123901555019777 Some Supreme Court justices appear eager to prevent state courts from regulating state elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/supreme-court-elections.html #PS1democracy == impress 23 time 2021-02-26 02:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365122474237566978 If you go to the hospital, you will see doctors from time to time but nurses all the time. If you are lucky. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/nursing-crisis-coronavirus.html There might not be enough nurses for you. Unless you're rich. We need to find more ways to create nurses. #PS1health == impress 19 time 2021-02-26 02:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365120376011845637 "Cooperation is humanity's superpower". But Republicans want nothing to do with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/texas-climate-change.html There isn't any way out except cooperation. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1climate == impress 20 time 2021-02-26 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365115723324878855 They didn't sound like antifa to him. They sounded like a southern lynch mob. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/capitol-riot-harry-dunn.html #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-02-26 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365113991735902208 Policies to reduce extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/elections-politics-extremists.html The usual - ranked choice voting, no sore loser laws, no gerrymandering safe seats, no unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-02-26 01:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365111844755578880 The fantasy media machine has expended so much energy on the stolen election - that it hasn't had time to persuade GOP voters that they are opposed to the Biden economic relief plan. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/covid-relief-republicans-biden.html #PS1recovery == impress 31 time 2021-02-26 01:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365110384764493827 Democrats define bipartisanship according to voters, not according to GOP senators and their donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-bipartisan.html A majority of GOP voters support a majority of Democratic economic proposals. #PS1theory == impress 22 time 2021-02-26 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365109042339667968 Save the minimum wage battle for another day. Don't let it block the rest of the relief package. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/federal-minimum-wage.html #PS1recovery == impress 21 time 2021-02-26 01:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365108478126137345 The end is in sight, but only if everybody follows the rules until everybody is vaccinated. We don't want to find out how bad the virus could get with unlimited mutations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/health/coronavirus-united-states.html #PS1virus == impress 22 time 2021-02-26 01:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365105925233676289 Sorry, GOP voters and state and local office holders. You don't get to call the shots in the US Senate. The unlimited dark money donors have decided for you. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/republicans-trump-biden-stimulus.html CPAC isn't about economic recovery - just old myths about election fraud. #PS1recovery == impress 20 time 2021-02-26 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365099973407174656 Indians in power are as great a threat to the land of sagebrush as black people in power are a threat to the land of cotton. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/25/senate-republicans-deb-haaland-nomination/ It's all a threat to minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 22 time 2021-02-26 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365096303898681346 Sounds like all Trump all day at CPAC. https://apnews.com/article/cpac-false-trump-claims-40eeace4eec6a286dc6e8fb50f0afd5b #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-02-26 00:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 198 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-02-26 ratio 11 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 988 engaged 2 ID 1363527427325106 impress 24 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 22 likeusers 2 likeuusers 20 oimpress 24 oreach 22 posted "02/26/2021 04:57:16 PM" reach 22 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1363527427325106 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364999535617974273 NASA will never get a man to Mars. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-put-a-man-on-the-moon-but-it-might-be-harder-to-do-the-same-on-mars/2021/02/25/5d85caba-76e3-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html If anybody makes the round trip, will it be on a private Western vehicle or a Chinese government one? The lack of a magnetosphere makes Mars a good place to leave quickly. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-bad-mars.html #PS1other == impress 30 time 2021-02-25 18:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364995694231134209 GOP senators can please their donors by just saying no. GOP governors have real problems they need to solve. Guess who Biden talks to? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-gop-governors/2021/02/24/93c57e76-76b7-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1biden == impress 28 time 2021-02-25 17:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364994108398309379 It was briefly legal to teach black children to read and write. Later Virginia legislators came to their senses and realized that literate blacks would read subversive literature like the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/bray-school-william-mary/2021/02/24/d7888cc8-76c8-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1minority == impress 28 time 2021-02-25 17:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364992485085257728 The Middle East - once you're in, it's hard to get out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/libya-civil-war-russia-turkey-fighter-planes/ Maybe Libya will be permanently divided, like Cyprus. A Turkish oil colony and a Russian oil colony. #PS1mideast == impress 27 time 2021-02-25 17:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364986675311509508 Keeping the kids out of school is not all bad. https://apnews.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-us-pandemic-2145d999319b53d8a32a829a324f398d #PS1virus == impress 25 time 2021-02-25 17:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364986269088972802 What will they turn up? They hired a Mafia specialist prosecutor. https://apnews.com/article/manhattan-prosecutor-trump-tax-records-87f675d7ae8e24fbf2e8f33c480869d6 #PS1tax == impress 27 time 2021-02-25 17:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364784456867803136 Bipartisanship implies a compromise over ends and means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/not-all-partisanship-is-bad/2021/02/24/c51410b2-76dc-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html It does not mean an impossible compromise between facts and lies. #PS1democracy == impress 32 time 2021-02-25 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364782740743184398 What are the terrible things holding up Senate nominations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/24/what-terrible-things-did-neera-tanden-tweet-truth/ Democratic female nominees' pale imitations of Republican male nominees! #PS1gop == impress 29 time 2021-02-25 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364781243984867335 Nobody was expecting smooth sailing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/many-of-bidens-nominees-of-color-run-into-turbulence-in-the-senate/2021/02/24/1af0832c-76b4-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html Opposition to women and minorities polls well with the Trump base. #PS1gop == impress 27 time 2021-02-25 03:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364778504550719488 Johnson and Johnson looking good - eventually. https://apnews.com/article/fda-j-and-j-vaccine-shot-prevent-covid-6928a9a08526d036a9f8197149c80f06 #PS1virus == impress 29 time 2021-02-25 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364777392095420417 Change at the post office? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-postal-service-louis-dejoy-268f35286ced9f8435d3e9e15386549b #PS1deregulation == impress 28 time 2021-02-25 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364776641013063682 Sounds familiar! "I havent seen a Republican yet thats found something in there that they agree with" because it's a Democratic bill! Not two months ago, Republicans were falling over themselves to support stimulus payments. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-minimum-wage-3b74b88930428254b5da3ae87be46004 #PS1recovery == engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 79 likes 1 time 2021-02-25 03:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 74 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-02-25 ratio 8 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 371 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 ID 1362964170714765 impress 18 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 15 likeusers 1 likeuusers 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "02/25/2021 07:20:31 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1362964170714765 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364603078079471617 Pandemic parenting - it's worse than you thought if you were looking in at it; not as bad as you thought if you were looking out from it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/opinion/covid-pandemic-mothers-parenting.html #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-02-24 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364582999233236996 CPAC has been pivotal for Trump. This time as well? Is "American Conservative Union" just another branch of Trumpism now? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/politics/trump-cpac.html #PS1trump == impress 20 time 2021-02-24 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364573846821507081 Trump owns the GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-would-like-trump-to-fade-away.html But he will probably fly it into the ground as he did with most of his businesses. McConnell is trying to minimize the damage to his caucus while Democrats hope Trump backs as many nut cases as possible in primaries. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-02-24 13:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364571280482070529 What happens when you spend too much time on the internet. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/anthony-warner-nashville-bombing.html #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-02-24 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364391488889647104 There's are reasons for zoom fatigue! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/23/new-stanford-research-why-zoom-meetings-can-wipe-you-out/ #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-02-24 01:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364388504789078016 Will anything change after this? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/opinion/texas-electricity-storm.html Not if the ruling class can help it! #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-02-24 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364386944013062148 Why Trump's anxious about his tax returns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/trump-tax-returns.html #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-02-24 01:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364384765219135490 In the end, there was nothing new to learn. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/opinion/gamestop-price-congress-robinhood.html All the lessons were 400 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-02-24 01:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364383407946358784 In memory of John Lewis, end the filibuster and pass the voting rights act! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/opinion/republican-voter-suppression.html There's enough minority rule built into the Constitution. https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ No need to legislate more. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-02-24 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364380124221636608 "privatizing the gains and socializing the losses" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/opinion/us-politics-texas-mars.html If everything is based on short-term profit, nothing is built to last - take the money and run! Heads I win, tails you lose. #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-02-24 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364377563137679362 Garland's greatest challenge - defending America from opportunistic populist politicians like Hawley and Cruz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/22/merrick-garland-lets-domestic-terrorists-know-theres-new-sheriff-town/ #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-02-24 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364372991191093251 Job-killing deregulation - Made in Texas by Texans! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-fearmonger-about-regulation-but-deregulation-is-what-left-texas-in-the-dark/2021/02/22/602444fa-7543-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-02-24 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364371013702537219 What Trump would be like if he were smarter - but had the same personality defects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/23/musk-tesla-texas/ Lack of focus and self-restraint on a grander scale! #PS1other == impress 14 time 2021-02-24 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364364966615162882 Johnson, Carlson, Scalise, Schlapp - all trying to rewrite history before the ink is even dry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/23/how-effort-deny-reality-jan-6-attack-is-evolving/ If the people don't believe a little lie, feed them a bigger lie. Minority rule is a lie from top to bottom. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-02-24 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 419 ID 1362360250775157 impress 15 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 13 oimpress 15 oreach 15 posted "02/24/2021 07:09:20 PM" reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1362360250775157 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364361390975188993 The QAnon disease - the sicker you are, the less you want to be cured. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/conspiracy-theories-qanon-family-members/ #PS1qanon == impress 13 time 2021-02-23 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364358777332322309 Deciphering Trump's financial shenanigans could keep numerous prosecutors busy for the rest of their lives! https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-donald-trump-tax-rercords-3aee14146906351ee9dd34aa7b6f4386 #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2021-02-23 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364356974259789828 If you don't like conservative Democrats from red states - you sure won't like the Republicans that are eager to replace them! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-kyrsten-sinema-joe-manchin-68804ef6a72102c1f015e44b6fb94287 #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 29% expands 2 impress 7 time 2021-02-23 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364355596506439681 It's good to get rid of out-of-state deregulators, but who's going to get rid of all those in-state deregulators in the Texas Capitol? The top of the iceberg isn't what sinks you. https://apnews.com/article/texas-grid-board-members-resign-ercot-5ec2a7f7772734a99d4a47ea2c4624a7 #PS1deregulation == impress 13 time 2021-02-23 23:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364354528204652545 The toughest job in government? https://apnews.com/article/bills-impeachments-bernie-sanders-electoral-college-minimum-wage-8893a3f95038cac51ba66066554bcd20 #PS1other == impress 8 time 2021-02-23 23:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364353408484876288 Their forefathers suppressed the black vote 150 years ago and 60 years ago and they're eager to uphold the same proud tradition! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-stacey-abrams-georgia-93f7d957172f59968571e7d45874a814 Where would the GOP be if everybody were allowed to vote? Minority rule is not based on a majority voting! #PS1minority == impress 10 time 2021-02-23 23:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364351663293702148 "We should mourn when closet racists and neo-Confederates feel more at home in our churches than do many of our people of color. Which is the important part of our name - Southern or Baptist?" https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-baptist-southern-baptist-convention-kentucky-louisville-3d117834c18621f0af125f192d4a194c The stresses in the GOP show up in church, too. #PS1other == impress 15 time 2021-02-23 23:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 50 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-23 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-02-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 250 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1361654930845689 impress 22 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 22 oreach 21 posted "02/23/2021 04:37:09 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 21 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1361654930845689 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363864862846197766 Benefits of zoom - the California Republican Party didn't self-destruct more! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/22/in-post-trump-convention-california-republicans-keep-calm-and-carry-online/ Or maybe it's already self-destructed as much as possible, ranking third behind "No Party Preference". #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-02-22 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363862931948015617 Presumably this process will be streamlined in the future! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/capitol-riot-security-delays.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-22 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363845572558397443 You want economic development AND things to stay the same? https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-michigan-coronavirus-pandemic-detroit-local-governments-ee408979013d5d7ea8f690d570131449 That's not going to work. You can't attract people with money to spend by waving guns at them. #PS1firearms == impress 18 time 2021-02-22 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363706733835608064 Highly irregular - in any administration except Trump's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/dan-gertler-sanctions.html #PS1foreign == impress 18 time 2021-02-22 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363704242519764992 Does he really intend to do anything? Or will his donors remind him that he's just another deregulator? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/where-is-greg-abbott-anger-grows-at-texas-governor/2021/02/21/86324e54-72d6-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html #PS1deregulation == impress 14 time 2021-02-22 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363702462046085122 Trump might be off the hook for now. His friends and enablers? Not so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/election-claims-legal-sanctions/2021/02/21/4b051646-71fe-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-02-22 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363648041597603841 In Russia, all data is on sale. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/business/media/probiv-investigative-reporting-russia.html #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2021-02-22 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363646421199556609 To make up for deregulated power, Texas deregulates plumbers! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/texas-plumber-frozen-pipes.html #PS1deregulation == impress 13 time 2021-02-22 00:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 39 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-22 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 197 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 ID 1361187717559077 impress 12 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 12 oreach 11 posted "02/22/2021 11:00:49 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 11 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1361187717559077 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363542675660529671 Campaign promises were made, expecting solid Democratic control of Congress and some bipartisan Republicans. Instead the Republicans almost got Congress and are purging bipartisans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/biden-agenda-democrats.html Democrats should avoid GOP-style circular firing squads. #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-02-21 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363540660159062022 Even the people whose only crime was trespassing were aiding and abetting the violent ones, who used the others for cover. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/21/us/capitol-riot-attack-militants.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-21 17:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363539047369428993 There are lots of ways to stem the river of firearms, but the donors don't even want them to come up for debate. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/international-world/guns-mexico.html Who are these dark money donors anyway? They also want no light shed on that. #PS1firearms == impress 13 time 2021-02-21 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363537812272730113 Declining fertility - implies increasing immigration? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/sunday/endocrine-disruptors-sperm.html #PS1immigration == impress 12 time 2021-02-21 17:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363535425353043973 Accelerating and interacting effects of climate change on infrastructure. To reduce the catastrophe is going to raise taxes but create lots of jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/climate/united-states-infrastructure-storms.html #PS1climate == impress 13 time 2021-02-21 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363532822615498760 "the high prices reflected the market performing as it was designed" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/texas-storm-electric-bills.html Greg Abbott now favors legislative intervention and regulation, at least until his donors talk him out of it. If you don't like unregulated free markets, don't GOP. #PS1deregulation == impress 22 time 2021-02-21 16:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363529544385273857 Minority rule exploits a crisis to pass laws and regulations to make it worse - and benefit donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/opinion/green-new-deal-texas-blackout.html Deregulation never does as much good for the masses as for the ruling classes. But if that's not what you want, why do you vote GOP? #PS1deregulation == impress 14 time 2021-02-21 16:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363512492509384705 The taming of the Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/sunday/trump-republicans.html He never cared about the GOP, America, or the world, except for what he could get out of them, and never penalized, he'll never change! And now the GOP is stuck with him, sometimes a buoy, sometimes a boat anchor. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-02-21 15:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363509961729343491 Clueless Cruz! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/20/ted-cruz-wants-be-populist-he-cant-get-it-right/ But if he can satisfy his donors, maybe he can stay in the game for a while longer. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-02-21 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363508890734788612 What's the essential difference between Trumpist terrorists and Islamic terrorists? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/capitol-riot-terrorism-islam-violence/2021/02/19/6d4b499a-7222-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Trick question - there's no essential difference, just minor details. They're not the poor oppressed, but educated and middle class who FEEL oppressed. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-21 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363507264640872450 Count me out too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump/2021/02/20/178afc0a-72ca-11eb-a4eb-44012a612cf9_story.html Count me out on any more Lindsey Graham unprincipled toadying to Trumpism and insurrection! He's got six more years in the Senate - too bad for South Carolina and America and the free world. #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-02-21 15:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363505445437018122 How much stimulus can the economy take without inflation? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/20/economy-growth-pandemic/ #PS1economics == impress 20 time 2021-02-21 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363502877847654404 No open season for running over protesters! No open season for protesting where pedestrians aren't allowed! https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-legislature-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-legislation-238201499e0d4a960ef49b92f25dbb31 We have plenty of applicable laws that should be enforced - we don't need new ones. #PS1unrest == impress 11 time 2021-02-21 14:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 500 ID 1360448570966325 impress 21 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 14 oimpress 21 oreach 19 posted "02/21/2021 05:03:09 PM" reach 19 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1360448570966325 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363152628083949571 Vocational training to fight insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-oklahoma-city-bombing/2021/02/19/a9e6adde-67f2-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-02-20 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363142515566604289 There wouldn't be any partisanship here, would there? https://apnews.com/article/alabama-huntsville-colorado-springs-air-force-denver-ecf801ebc0629a1fa2e9ca39ff70d22f #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-02-20 15:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363141561941254151 If the SBC has Trumpists, they don't need members like Carter or Clinton any more! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-baptist-southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-1b4bce88b58067f341e6e8eef259307f Can't allow "jeopardizing contributions to the SBC"! "Come to church, bring money, we'll take care of it" - how churches supported slavery, per Louis Lomax. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2021-02-20 15:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363121352014589953 Democrats focus on how they lost and how they can do better. Republicans focus on circular firing squads. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/politics/democrats-beat-trump-in-2020-now-theyre-asking-what-went-wrong.html Almost nobody correctly predicted Trump's loss and Trumpists' wins. #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-02-20 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363115873528020995 Morally culpable if not legally. They've been building up to insurrection their entire careers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html Insurrection by expendable foot soldiers. Like Trump, these leaders prefer to stay a safe distance away. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-02-20 13:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363012880283561986 It's not just Florida - Republicans everywhere want to suppress Democratic votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-voting-restrictions/2021/02/19/d1fab224-72ca-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Voter suppression is a necessary pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-02-20 06:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363011314516250624 Voting fraud? What a joke! It's all about suppressing Democratic votes. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ron-desantis-legislation-florida-elections-a9737fcc3eab5aedc572fbcc7c19b984 #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-02-20 06:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362945105682866179 The wheel keeps turning - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-capitol-arrests/us-charges-two-more-oath-keepers-with-conspiring-to-storm-capitol-idUSKBN2AJ238 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/capitol-riot-pennsylvania-cop/index.html Too bad Trump didn't pardon them while he could. Perhaps he had no further use for them since they're easily replaced. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-02-20 02:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362940524303249416 Soldiers of fortune and merchants of death. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/world/middleeast/erik-prince-libya-embargo.html And pals of Trump and Bannon, of course. #PS1mideast == impress 23 time 2021-02-20 01:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362938867318333441 Republican donors know best, but how can Republican politicians explain to Republican voters that they shouldn't like Biden's recovery bill? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/us/politics/republicans-stimulus-biden.html It doesn't help that Trump likes direct payments. Time for more big lies! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-02-20 01:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362935323714408448 Why McConnell and McCarthy embrace different tactics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mcconnell-and-mccarthy-are-playing-different-games-with-trump-they-might-both-win/2021/02/19/6a54866a-72dc-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-02-20 01:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 333 ID 1359825041028678 impress 15 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 12 oimpress 15 oreach 14 posted "02/20/2021 05:37:19 PM" reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1359825041028678 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362875497328242689 It wasn't just about Trump. It wasn't just about getting primaried. It was about America's standing in the world. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/lisa-murkowski-biden-democracy-rankings-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-20210216.html Xi will argue that if the American system can't work, the world might as well use HIS system. #PS1impeachment == impress 19 time 2021-02-19 21:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362860273116192769 Lindsey Graham thinks that encouraging donations to a bail fund is like encouraging insurrectionists to storm the US Capitol. So he'll vote to impeach Kamala Harris. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article249293135.html He's a Trumpist, so what do you expect? The Trump base likes it. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2021-02-19 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362855933215313920 People are moving from California to Texas for THIS? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/18/texas-greg-abbott-storm/ Texas government philosophy - if you have a big enough gun you don't need government! #PS1deregulation == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 16 time 2021-02-19 20:05 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362854729743699968 Bannon wants to impeach Biden for winning the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/19/steve-bannon-toomey-seat-trump/ Maybe that's why Trump let him out of jail. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2021-02-19 20:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362854257511211011 How GOP took over state capitols. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/republicans-now-enjoy-unmatched-power-states-it-was-40-year-effort/ They used organizing, gerrymandering, voter suppression, propaganda, and dark money, helped by the outrage-entertainment branch of the media. To recover, Democrats have to at least match their organizing. #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2021-02-19 19:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362794067839520770 Ted Cruz - a force for national unity! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/19/just-how-unpopular-is-ted-cruz/ The donors must like him! That's all you need under minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-02-19 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362793359853580292 There's a reason Republicans don't want to help solve problems. They need unsolved problems to blame on Democrats, since Republicans lack policies that they would dare tell their voters about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/republicans-biden-closed-schools-pandemic/ An unbeatable foe is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-02-19 15:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362791420222824448 "Republicans have gotten comfortable lying to their voters" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mainstream-republicans-have-tolerated-extremism-for-years-can-they-finally-control-it/2021/02/18/f3c2cd72-722c-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Of course! It's a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The GOP appeals to gullible voters who can be manipulated on issues that don't matter to the ruling class. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-02-19 15:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362789644417388545 Patriots expand your right to shoot anybody, anywhere, anytime, and thus get your 15 minutes of fame, even if posthumous. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-utah-coronavirus-pandemic-montana-gun-politics-9903608d536405dc2c9620cf3def7147 #PS1firearms == impress 11 time 2021-02-19 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362774444721143812 Indians want government to be more of a solution and less of a mirage or a threat. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/politics/native-americans-biden.html #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-02-19 14:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362772471556923392 Presidential primaries need to be organized differently - why not rotating groups in alphabetical order? 12 in March, 12 in April, 13 in May, 13 in June. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/opinion/nevada-caucus-primary-democrats.html #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-02-19 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362561417929363459 Texas-sized deregulation inspired by Enron. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texans-grid-outage-deregulation/ Power companies have incentives to lose capacity in a crisis because then the spot price of power skyrockets and they become vastly more profitable. #PS1deregulation == impress 20 time 2021-02-19 00:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 48 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-19 ratio 15 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 476 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1359278851083297 impress 16 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 16 oreach 15 posted "02/19/2021 10:01:31 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1359278851083297 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362505380048199683 Bad math in Texas power planning. And not just Texas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texas-power-grid-failure-weather/ When it gets colder or hotter than what equipment was designed for, it all tends to fail at once rather than randomly. #PS1climate == impress 15 time 2021-02-18 20:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362492817759559680 It won't be Ivanka vs Marco? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/ivanka-trump-florida-senate.html It wouldn't be that interesting since they're both Trumpists. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362491912268079106 Texas is cut off from California but California is not cut off from Texas! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/ Go ahead and move your corporate HQ from Silicon Valley to Austin - the less we hear from HQ the better. #PS1deregulation == impress 26 time 2021-02-18 19:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362490892183953408 Some New Yorkers descended into mob violence; other New Yorkers volunteered to help the survivors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/draft-riots-racism.html They all exercised their free will. #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2021-02-18 19:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362488759254589440 SIFT through the noise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/fake-news-media-attention.html #PS1media == impress 12 time 2021-02-18 19:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362481936850063360 The power of single-issue constituencies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/W-McCall-Calhoun-Jr-georgia-capitol-riot.html A pillar of minority rule is to find single-issue constituencies who can be kept in the fold at low cost to the main program. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 19:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362478293421748226 Democrats have to act while they can. Republicans are fine doing nothing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/democrats-are-taking-new-steps-go-big-they-can-go-even-bigger/ Even earmarks are looking better as a means for passing legislation. Would it have been better if the 13th amendment had failed for lack of Democrat votes? #PS1politics == impress 13 time 2021-02-18 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362475379236036613 "Trump is pretty much the second coming of Limbaugh" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/we-wouldnt-have-had-president-trump-without-rush-limbaugh/ Prepare ye the way of the Trump, make his paths crooked. #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-02-18 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362473650746626049 "Don't ever put people who don't believe in government in charge of government" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texas-republicans-abbott-power-shortages/ Distracting and diverting the masses is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-02-18 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362423686356107266 What Texas power outage? If you don't like it, leave! What better place to observe Lent than Cancun? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-airport-power-crisis-texas #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-02-18 15:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362423092211974147 What happens when the law demands a decision based on data that's not available yet? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/02/california-census-data-delay-redistricting/ Another Trump administration legacy. So why not redistrict based on voting results which are known EXACTLY and quickly? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-02-18 15:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362421706871111684 California state Senate GOP caucus elects a non-Trumpist leader! https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-15/skelton-scott-wilk-california-senate-republican-leader-shannon-grove-trump Is there a path forward from third choice behind "No Party Preference"? Not if Trump has anything to say! Fortunately he's obsessed with McConnell at the moment. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-02-18 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362419743248896000 The Ku Klux Klan Act - written as if for today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/18/ku-klux-klan-act-capitol-attack/ It was a highly effective use of Federal power to enforce the Constitution. But it all went away as part of the Corrupt Bargain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_bargain#Election_of_1876 #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-02-18 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362418130681663494 "McConnell doesn't care about being liked, he cares about winning. Trump cares about being liked; he cares much less about winning." https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-mcconnell-clash-threatens-to-settle-into-a-cold-war-as-gop-eyes-midterms/2021/02/17/3c156db6-7136-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html McConnell is the soul of self-restraint, Trump the opposite. Trump has the voters, McConnell the donors. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-02-18 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362414582606663680 Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Trump. Better Democrats control Congress than anti-Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-elections-mitch-mcconnell-6737e14155cf65b6fc68d7ae5c3ceb5f Democrats should fund both sides of bitter GOP primaries. Putin will! Will the new third party be Trumpists or anti-Trumpists? #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-02-18 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362411658845503502 Rush tells the truth! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-rush-limbaugh-media-talk-radio-dd9872d5f77b7a27c901811ee31322de "I'm trying to attract the largest audience I can so that I can charge advertisers confiscatory advertising rates." Lies are so much more profitable than truth, and the audiences are so much more gullible for advertisers. #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-02-18 14:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362409933178687488 Good luck! Immigration reform is like peace in Afghanistan. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-legislation-immigration-border-security-b80ff43f84438d487f274abb93b0447d Everybody tries and eventually gives up. #PS1immigration == impress 12 time 2021-02-18 14:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362409069324111874 You just lost a year. https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-robert-anderson-hispanics-united-states-f4caaf4555563d09e927f1798136a869 Even if you didn't die, you lost a year of doing what you like to do. Some of it could have been prevented. But you'll never get it back now. #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2021-02-18 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362393829370851329 What a clever idea for funding law enforcement - put poor debtors in prison labor camps and then keep most of the money they make! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/politics/debt-america.html But only poor people! Rich people can afford lawyers to protect themselves. #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-02-18 13:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362391514580574214 Don't worry about inflation until median incomes start rising. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/democrats-biden-inflation.html #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-02-18 13:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362389397761445894 A violent legacy of racism hidden no more - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/23andme-ancestry-race.html #PS1other == impress 9 time 2021-02-18 13:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362277695275470853 Personality cultists are working hard to drive everybody else out! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/politics/michigan-republicans-trump.html If their candidates lose elections in 2022 they'll just get more extreme, all the way to oblivion. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-02-18 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362265858064584707 Military tactics against the Trump administration. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/trump-biden-promotions-women-generals.html #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-02-18 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362260407910506497 A power crisis delivered by Enron put Grey Davis out of a job in California. Texas Democrats are hoping to repay the debt with Greg Abbott. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/texas-electric-grid-failure.html Deregulation can be hazardous to your career. #PS1deregulation == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362258464748105736 Alliances are a benefit, not a burden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/lloyd-austin-nato-biden-administration/2021/02/16/813113d6-7083-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 13 time 2021-02-18 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362256232959025162 "How do you encourage humanity and authenticity in an environment where you're rewarding engagement based on outrage and extremism?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/17/online-mobs-wallstreetbets-qanon/ If government won't govern for the public, then Wall Street will govern for profit. That's an improvement? #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362249065346424834 North Korean economy - based on exporting hackers and importing stolen cash. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/north-korea-hackers-banks-theft/2021/02/17/3dccf0dc-7129-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 13 time 2021-02-18 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362248381171519489 Speaking for the ruling class, one Texas politician has the guts to tell the truth about how they all feel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/17/texas-mayor-power-outages-colorado/ Major GOP donors aren't in trouble so what's the problem? Government is the problem, not the solution! #PS1minority == impress 22 time 2021-02-18 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362246973336653824 Mission Impossible! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/restoring-sanity-gop-will-take-years-heres-how-start/ Fanatics don't get better, they get worse. Republicans unhappy with Trumpism need to find a new party. Repealing sore-loser laws would help undermine extremists. But that won't happen. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362242069104783362 Previews of propaganda campaigns to come. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/insane-gop-lies-about-texas-offer-depressing-preview-coming-climate-debates/ But lots of hydrocarbon billionaires are major Republican donors. What they say goes. #PS1climate == impress 13 time 2021-02-18 03:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362240597654859776 If Democrats actually delivered on Trump's populist economic proposals, would it make a difference to the Trump base? Probably not. The stooges of the ruling classes would call the proposals socialism when they come from Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/mcconnell-trump-gop-infighting/ #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-02-18 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362238439458934789 Rush Limbaugh was a fountainhead of Trumpism. The ruling classes are indebted to them for distracting the masses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-living-in-the-world-rush-limbaugh-created/2021/02/17/99e48410-7170-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Saying what you WANT to hear is entertainment. Saying what you NEED to hear is leadership. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1media == impress 25 time 2021-02-18 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362235842303942661 The ageing of Western civilization comes to America. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/everyone-has-to-pay-when-america-gets-too-old Admit more immigrants of pay people to have children! Somebody has to do the work to support the elders. #PS1economics == impress 21 time 2021-02-18 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362214718698479617 Not just Texas! No politician likes to pay to prevent something that hasn't happened yet. None like to admit responsibility for failing to act in time when it does. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/dennis-mileti-death-pandemic-psychology/ #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2021-02-18 01:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362213252894056452 Everything is bigger in Texas - including deregulation and power failures and leadership failures! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-bury-the-myth-of-texas-exceptionalism/2021/02/17/1dadd114-715a-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Enron Texans taught California a lesson 20 years ago, but Texans evidently weren't paying attention. #PS1deregulation == impress 9 time 2021-02-18 01:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362212097493409794 As always, GOP VOTERS favor Democratic economics, as long as they don't know it's Democratic. GOP DONORS are the issue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-democrats-arent-fraidy-cats-anymore/2021/02/17/3f74a8f8-7156-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html But as McConnell etc. know, if you can get the donors, you can buy the voters. That's a pillar of minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-02-18 01:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362210371784777733 How to create a Texas-size problem! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/17/texas-power-winter-storm/ Don't build in any redundancy or prepare for worse than average conditions. #PS1economics == impress 23 time 2021-02-18 01:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362208742008180741 Covid bad? Try nuclear war over Taiwan. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lloyd-austin-china-russia-united-states-a527916527940705a0aa9fb7d1f36eaf Xi aims to restore China's rightful place among nations - just like Hitler in 1933. #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 time 2021-02-18 01:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362208020235579395 It doesn't have to be true if you feel it! https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-steve-daines-texas-f9e24976e9723021bec21f9a68afe927 Maybe Texas needs more nuclear power, if they are willing to store the waste - say in Jeff Davis County. First they could winterize their existing energy systems. https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-storms-6ec7596e027b94e52d1748032e9d9078 #PS1climate == impress 26 time 2021-02-18 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362206947341000704 Proud Girls? https://apnews.com/article/felicia-konold-proud-boys-recruited-her-2700c248e295f5862fe6fd273a9af2d9 No more Kinder Kche Kirche? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder,_K%C3%BCche,_Kirche #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-18 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362205646024630275 The essence of right-wing entertainment personalities - how to get rich telling lies and being nasty. https://apnews.com/article/rush-limbaugh-dead-51c40582a3e89930cd2568aba21a9eed It has nothing to do with conservatism. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-02-18 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362201809012412416 Reparations for black people? That's a hard sell. https://apnews.com/article/biden-study-reparations-congress-e3c045ece4d0e0eae393a18a09a4a37e How about reparations for POOR people? That benefits everybody ripped off by the ruling class. Such as a guaranteed annual income for everybody who votes? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html $PS1economics #PS1notopic == impress 31 time 2021-02-18 00:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1500 ID 1358447834499732 impress 18 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 13 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "02/18/2021 04:50:15 PM" reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1358447834499732 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362056046282371077 A Trumpist internet! https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-blogging-50170ca73ed1f25ae769723e86c4d169 Only approved government conspiracy theories may be posted, and only by approved government conspirators. With such a system here, no unfounded rumors about Trump losing the election would have circulated! #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-02-17 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362054552644554753 Trump's legacy. https://apnews.com/article/trump-plaza-casino-imploded-cfd6efef1e4d23dfce977ab88e48e9de Same as it ever was. #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-02-17 15:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361929484144795650 No Trumpism without Trump! Because Trumpism IS Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/there-is-no-trumpism-there-is-only-trump/2021/02/16/87a0ee1e-7095-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html Too bad for Hawley, Cruz, Don Jr, Pompeo, Pence, Tucker Carlson! But maybe good news for Sasse, Haley, and Hogan. #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-02-17 06:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 100 ID 1357833557894493 impress 19 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 14 oimpress 19 oreach 17 posted "02/17/2021 07:28:20 PM" reach 17 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1357833557894493 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361686391604740101 Permanent legislative standoff and impeachments and insurrection? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/politics/impeachment-election-results-congress.html That's what you get when you combine minority rule with cult of personality and media that will say anything for money and ratings. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 15 time 2021-02-16 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361684618693382149 Law enforcement struggles with its own insurrectionists. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/police-extremists-capitol-riot.html #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-02-16 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361677643439988742 When will it end? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/16/pizzagate-qanon-capitol-attack When the media instigators making money off gullible morons start losing money in court. Or start to believe that long prison terms are more than hypothetical. That might be why the Watkins's shut down Q for good. #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-02-16 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361674261421719553 The Graveyard of Empires wins again. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-top-news-afghanistan-troop-withdrawals-gangs-b1e229dcba7cf11e84d1c892c046ec3c As Charlie Wilson's War winds down into a black hole of horror. #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0400 expands 1 impress 25 time 2021-02-16 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361672648858591240 Sound like antifa? Not much! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-a5db204fa5b07ffca694a8d96323ae15 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-02-16 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361515592109289475 GOP donors oppose child tax credits. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/child-tax-credit.html Why pay for other people to get credits? What if it creates a disincentive to work for starvation wages? After covid, people are desperate to get back to work. A minimum wage of $15 removes disincentive. #PS1tax == impress 24 time 2021-02-16 03:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361474884916813825 What the Capitol Police experienced. https://www.propublica.org/article/i-dont-trust-the-people-above-me-riot-squad-cops-open-up-about-disastrous-response-to-capitol-insurrection #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-02-16 00:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 222 ID 1357297951281387 impress 5 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 oimpress 5 oreach 5 posted "02/16/2021 10:55:24 PM" reach 5 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1357297951281387 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361455212016246785 Economic sanctions often make things worse. They are inspiring others to invent alternatives to dollar financing - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-closest-allies-are-working-hard-to-find-ways-to-undermine-the-us-dollar/2019/06/13/c5c2cf80-8e1c-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html They seldom change behavior or regimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/us-sanctions.html #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-02-15 23:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361451750650114049 Another Trump in the Senate? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/us/politics/lara-trump-north-carolina.html #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-02-15 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361450396326137856 Plans to pack Pennsylvania! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/us/politics/judicial-gerrymandering-pennsylvania.html Another dimension of voter suppression. It's what the GOP is good at. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-02-15 23:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361448004461334535 A lesson from Charlie Wilson's War - Wilson describes minority rule - he faithfully served three single-issue constituencies (blacks, Jews, and anti-communists), and did as he liked the rest of the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_(film) More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1356482481362934 #PS1minority == impress 9 time 2021-02-15 22:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361441379780489218 2021 Afghanistan = 1975 Vietnam. The curtain is coming down with nothing to show for thousands of man-years and billions of dollars of American effort. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan.html It's the last act of Charlie Wilson's War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_(film) #PS1mideast == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 expands 1 impress 18 time 2021-02-15 22:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361438112568676353 Parler is back. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/technology/parler-back-online.html Gresham's Law applies to social media. On passively neutral platforms, bad content drives out good. Active neutrality is required to avoid that - using real people to moderate at great co$t. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-02-15 22:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361436022198837249 The Antonine Plague struck at the height of Rome's global power. BECAUSE it was a GLOBAL power. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/ancient-rome-covid.html Likewise the Black Death cut down the Mongol Empire at its global peak. BECAUSE it was a GLOBAL peak. #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-02-15 22:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361430732481073153 Nothing works out for Carter Page. The Russian intelligence conclusion - "I think he is an idiot" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-carter-page-got-tangled-up-in-the-russian-web/2018/06/07/3fd9676c-6a73-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html He signed up to be on Trump's foreign policy board - https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisers-221058 Defamation suits work both ways - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-carter-page-lawsuits-delaware-elections-d811f86697c2bb53b0132e0965754f57 #PS1russian == impress 15 time 2021-02-15 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361427285237145600 Govt-spec N95 masks for sale but nobody's buying. Buy American means derailing the free market for strategic goods. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/health/covid-masks-china-united-states.html #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-02-15 21:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361410723327344640 Machiavellian Mitch https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/15/mcconnell-should-know-you-cant-split-difference-between-law-mob/ A great reason for ending the filibuster. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-02-15 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361408557824962560 What Lincoln did in his spare time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/15/presidents-day-lincoln-science/ He didn't waste much time on golf. #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-02-15 20:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361407279568883713 Too much time alone, fearing for your life, nothing better to do than read exciting conspiracy theories that give you somebody to blame - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pandemics-spawn-extremism/2021/02/14/d4f7195c-6b1f-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html And you end up rioting at the Capitol, or being sorry that you missed the action. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-02-15 20:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361405040175423489 What's the problem? They uncovered plenty of fraud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/true-vote-lawsuit-fraud-eshelman/2021/02/15/a7017adc-6724-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html Just no electoral fraud by voters. Voters are smarter than some donors, it seems! #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361367893229768704 Nothing is true and everything is possible! https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-beijing-only-on-ap-epidemics-media-122b73e134b780919cc1808f3f6f16e8 https://apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theories-iran-only-on-ap-media-misinformation-bfca6d5b236a29d61c4dd38702495ffe The only truth that matters is the truth about how you feel! And how well it sells$. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 8 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 17:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361179747020017666 Too late to save the GOP from Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-republicans.html GOP minority rule IS Trumpism - it started before Trump with Thurmond and took off with Gingrich. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The question is what happens to the leftovers who don't want to be Trumpists? #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-02-15 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361174587057213443 Money talks at Fox! https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249129510.html From now on, they'll be careful to defame poor people. #PS1media == engage 3 engage-rate 0.2000 impress 15 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 04:44 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361169858323308545 McConnell tries to figure out how to regain his majority despite Trump's hopes to run loser fringe revenge candidates - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/now-begins-mcconnells-project-to-shrink-trumps-gop-influence/2021/02/14/ff7201de-6eed-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html McConnell has no mass appeal; he has to work through donors. #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 0.1250 expands 1 impress 24 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361160501355417607 Trump can count on Graham! Lindsey Graham has already signed up for 2022! https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-acquittal-2022/index.htm Graham was misquoted - https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-graham-says-he-is-done-with-trump-mob-final-straw/2101305 He said "count me out. Enough is enough" but really meant "you can count on me!" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355962541414928 #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-02-15 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361159346684534784 "The case for ending the filibuster is now overwhelming. There are not 10 Republican Senate votes to be had on anything that really matters." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-trumpism/2021/02/14/17037b70-6f02-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-02-15 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361155715960737803 A man with a plan! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-media-acquittals-impeachments-trump-impeachment-7ea6f630a730d8d9aa2a76f886cc158f 2022 - vengeance - Wreak vengeance by primary on all RINO's who opposed him! 2024 - restoration - Restore Trump in the White House and Trumpism in Congress by ANY means necessary. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355962541414928 #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-02-15 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361129043039428609 Let's have a 9/11 Commission if we can find any unbiased commissioners. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-senate-2f40ff76db32e24805e7b42b60b7c273 #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-15 01:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 230 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2021-02-15 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 766 engaged 3 ID 1356517141359468 impress 17 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 14 likeusers 3 likeuusers 13 oimpress 17 oreach 15 posted "02/15/2021 04:03:41 PM" reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1356517141359468 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361007260273573893 There was a version of the snake story as an American Indian teaching - an allegory about drug abuse. Trump pretended it was about immigrants. But Trump himself is the ultimate snake. And everybody knew it all along. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/opinion/trump-impeachment-snake-poem.html #PS1trump == impress 33 time 2021-02-14 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360987985299214346 Why don't news shows interview flat-earthers or moon-landing conspiracists? How is that different from interviewing Ron Johnson or Rand Paul? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/magazine/how-the-trump-era-broke-the-sunday-morning-news-show.html Two opinions about facts is not the same as one opinion about facts and one about fantasies. #PS1journalism == impress 23 time 2021-02-14 16:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360985658957787137 Roger Stone and Oath Keepers - a match made in ... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/14/us/roger-stone-capitol-riot.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-14 16:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360979678438170630 Witnesses or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-democrats-learned-of-managers-witness-decision-only-minutes-in-advance/2021/02/13/8e3e821e-6e2d-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html Ultimately it's a political act rather than a judicial one. #PS1impeachment == impress 14 time 2021-02-14 15:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360975690431041549 You can tignore Trump but you can't ignore Trumpism. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-impeachments-67fa8c1fca045aebfcb360d5cc820b3d It's been there all along because it's a pillar of minority rule. Like the cicadas, it has to emerge every generation and be driven back underground. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-02-14 15:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360973048778682369 There needs to be an easier way to get rid of a bad president. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-ap-top-news-impeachments-trump-impeachment-963015f42b0c6c9243c7daea2ef5f648 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-02-14 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360818522356506628 What happens when techno-nerds spend too much time talking to each other? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html By valuing equally all forms of thought, they elevate low-value thought and depress high-value though. #PS1media == impress 27 time 2021-02-14 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360810794384941058 Is the 9/11 Commission a feasible model? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/911-probe-capitol-attack/2021/02/13/99610bf8-6e37-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html Is it even conceivable that a diverse membership would ever agree on basic facts? #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-02-14 04:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360755480386105344 Possible paths to earlier herd immunity - single doses and half doses and J&J and Novavax. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/12/first-doses-vaccine-rules-fda/ #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 time 2021-02-14 00:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 310 ID 1355932531417929 impress 14 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 13 oimpress 14 oreach 14 posted "02/14/2021 05:54:19 PM" reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355932531417929 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360739281669558276 While the Democrats have a majority, slender as it is, they must tackle the roots of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/13/massive-gop-betrayal-our-democracy-requires-forceful-democratic-response/ Nothing will ever be fixed for long until minority rule is fixed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2021-02-13 23:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360720680971460608 NOW McConnell tells us how he really feels. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-0a14d2e41e376331580b98a992f7d856 Will he need a new political home too? It's hard to imagine where he expects to go with this. Does he really think he can reclaim the GOP from the Trump base? #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360719245533843457 "No politician in history has been treated more unfairly" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/17/donald-trump-presidency-media-coverage-russia-scandal It's TRUE! No other president has gotten off scot-free like Donald J Trump! Defying Congress? Lying? Riots? Trump normalized it all! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355173224827193 #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-02-13 22:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360718366537777153 "Globalization has made the elite who donate to politicians very wealthy. But it has left workers with poverty." https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/full-transcript-trump-job-plan-speech-224891 It's TRUE! The elites that donate to Trump and his enablers have made out like bandits! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355173224827193 #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-02-13 22:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360707581145010176 What Trump had to say for himself - https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/13/full-text-of-trumps-statement-on-impeachment-acquittal/ "another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country... our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to make America Great Again has only just begun" #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360702417256386561 43 Republican senators voted for insurrection! 7 voted for the Constitution. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-trials-impeachments-b245b52fd7d4a079ae199c954baba452 7 are going to need a new political home. 43 are safe from the Trump base - until Trump sets the next loyalty test. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355142498163599 #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 21:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360692888246517761 Evidence can't convince anybody who refuses to consider any evidence! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/impeachment-video-evidence-ignore/2021/02/12/9013eb2e-6cc0-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html Everybody's already made up their mind about everything! #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-02-13 20:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360689703133933573 "we therefore lack jurisdiction" A convenient excuse! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-0a14d2e41e376331580b98a992f7d856 "the Constitution lets presidents no longer in office be pursued for criminal misconduct" Does he mean that or is it just another way to dodge the bullet? #PS1impeachment == impress 13 time 2021-02-13 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360688486215426049 What it's like to work in a "business-friendly" state. https://apnews.com/article/amazon-workers-union-c8493c24dabe7609de8fec8716460737 #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-02-13 20:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360653021122764800 Trying to avoid culpability? An old playbook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-must-heed-the-lessons-of-birmingham-and-bring-the-guilty-to-justice/2021/02/12/6a0b6bc6-6d62-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-02-13 18:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360649891580530689 American-born Latinos and Asians are seeing themselves as GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/democrats-latino-hispanic-black-asian-american.html "a GOP coalition of secure minorities and anxious whites may be a match for a Democratic coalition of anxious minorities and secure whites" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355052401505942 #PS1theory == impress 28 time 2021-02-13 17:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360643318116356108 Racism has been setting back poor and middle class white people for two generations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/race-economy-inequality-civil-rights.html But RICH white people, the kind that donate to politicians, are doing better than ever! So what's the problem? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355040341507148 #PS1minority == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 17:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360629401147174921 You want witnesses? Here's some ideas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/08/7-witnesses-who-should-testify-trumps-impeachment-trial/ #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-02-13 16:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360593048174882819 The truth will come out eventually. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/12/no-one-knows-what-trump-knew-when-he-knew-it/ After all, most Trump administration staffers don't have much of an economic future aside from writing tell-all books. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 likes 1 time 2021-02-13 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360590561242042377 Another opportunity for genuine patriots. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-jaime-herrera-beutler-washington-impeachments-vancouver-1e43ec592aeb9fcd58a492999c682663 #PS1impeachment == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1538 impress 13 likes 1 time 2021-02-13 14:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360589022381232129 How many stayed up all night to reread Profiles in Courage? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-alaska-susan-collins-trials-6b233562f5fe9ff721664f20218ee5dc #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360588631866413058 How much sleep did McConnell get last night? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-0a14d2e41e376331580b98a992f7d856 Or had he already made up his mind a month ago? #PS1impeachment == impress 17 time 2021-02-13 13:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360464772420931585 Another 2024 GOP hopeful running AGAINST Trump. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-censures-omaha-ben-sasse-a9af5767d6c7e1b6cc8912a60aeda8af #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360423752123621379 Trump LOVES inciting violence. It's exciting to whip up a mob and see them go! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/sunday/trump-violence.html Especially from the safety of a secure bunker. Let the foot soldiers pay the price of 20 years in prison! There's plenty more where they came from. #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-02-13 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360421524889427973 Not a real trial! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impeachment-senators-distracted/2021/02/12/2ff7af66-6d54-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html More like a real farce. #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 02:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360420716181557249 Lindsey Graham had a clever idea to invalidate Democratic absentee votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lindsey-graham-georgia-investigation/2021/02/12/f12faa82-6d6b-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html Too clever by half. He better hope there's no recording of the call. #PS1election == impress 18 time 2021-02-13 02:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360419972565004293 What comes next - full time employment for Trump lawyers! Better get retainers in advance, in case he runs out of money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/12/once-impeachment-is-over-threat-trump-shifts-real-courtrooms/ He'll use the publicity to promote his 2024 campaign, even if he's broke or in jail. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-02-13 02:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360399125406121986 Why would Trump care what happened to McCarthy or Pence? They're just hired help as far as he's concerned, easily replaced. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/trump-mccarthy-shouting-match-details/index.html Trump's only regret was that the insurrection FAILED, making him a LOSER. #PS1insurrection == impress 24 time 2021-02-13 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360397671446368258 The first 2024 GOP hopeful to run AGAINST Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/politics/nikki-haley-trump.html What took her so long? Trump will always be the same as he's always been. #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-02-13 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360394830698868736 An infrastructure bill at last? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/12/bring-infrastructure-week/ To get Republican votes, the bill has to avoid any elements that annoy major Republican donors, such a tax increases on the wealthy. #PS1infrastructure == impress 17 time 2021-02-13 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360393172971524100 Of course he lies like a Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/12/tucker-carlson-conspiracies-fox-news-dangerous/ He establishing his qualifications to run in 2024. He's a propagandist, not a journalist. #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-02-13 00:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360386837420724224 This week's American Mythology. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-nhl-social-media-media-e9e1cf6ff1d7ea2a5aa2ffd52d7f737e #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360385453916966912 AT last perhaps we can cleanse this stain on the rule of law. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-prisons-taliban-jen-psaki-b751784fdb5c29de907057cc7833ec1f It's about time! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice == impress 15 time 2021-02-13 00:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 936 ID 1355216001489582 impress 7 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 7 oreach 7 posted "02/13/2021 04:19:32 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1355216001489582 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360335969258405889 So what if 461000 extra people died in 2018. How many of them were Trump donors? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/12/opinion-even-before-covid-trump-made-america-sicker/ Trump takes care of those who take care of him! If they're lucky. #PS1health == impress 16 time 2021-02-12 21:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360296917247295488 Don't blame Trump! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/trump-impeachment-media.html He's always been just the same as he's always been. He'll try to run in 2024 even if in jail, or broke, or disqualified. No politicians in the red states will dare to stand in his way. #PS1trump == impress 29 time 2021-02-12 18:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360294861505654787 Filibuster is a vital tool for minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-adam-jentleson.html Minority rule succeeds by blocking the majority. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 16 time 2021-02-12 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360293502202990595 It's not just Trumpist politicians and Trumpist media stars that need to be called to account. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/politics/trump-lawyers.html It's Trumpist lawyers too. #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-02-12 18:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360292118674087936 "Blue lives matter"? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/impeachment-videos-put-hypocrisy-blue-lives-matter-full-display/ Sorry, typographical error. Obviously they meant "Blue WHITE MAGA lives matter". Why could anybody have thought differently? #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-02-12 18:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360290555079528450 Trump derangement syndrome https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-derangement-syndrome-impeachment/2021/02/11/a6ffa7b6-6ca6-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html The logical response to Trump derangement of the Constitution. #PS1impeachment == impress 20 time 2021-02-12 18:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360287555602718724 The people who make big donations to politicians are doing fine, so what's the problem? https://apnews.com/article/technology-coronavirus-pandemic-only-on-ap-economy-02ce81649c9e6518d6bd2c6c96f5ead8 #PS1recovery == impress 17 time 2021-02-12 18:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360246285521985537 No wonder Trump and Kim got along so well! https://apnews.com/article/world-news-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-e5c1edf367462e06a22d3c73c63a500f They both like to blame other people for their mistakes. #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-02-12 15:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360079148652187653 Technology to the rescue? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/science-technology.html It will probably widen the gap between the red and the blue. #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-02-12 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360078233710911490 A missed opportunity to repent. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-republicans.html The trial should be over by Ash Wednesday. They can repent then. "Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return." After celebrating their part in Trump's acquittal on Mardi Gras. #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-02-12 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360076278892617735 What Trumpists REALLY think about police. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/capitol-riot-police-officer-injuries.html As always, the people on the bottom pay the price, and the people at the top get off scot-free. #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-02-12 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360068637940273157 Counting on Coach to run defense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/11/important-thing-about-mike-lee-impeachment-trial-dust-up/ Mike Lee was just an accidental bystander. #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-02-12 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360066742861459459 Impartial jurors? https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/gop-senators-trump-impeachment-lawyers/index.html Oaths? "I solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of - - , now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws" https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/1_1868ImpeachmentRules.pdf #PS1impeachment == impress 20 time 2021-02-12 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360064833966596102 Trump and Fox blasted agitprop about election fraud starting in April - and for Trump it was a continuation of claims made since 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/11/year-election-misinformation-trump-visualized/ The riot was the intended result. #PS1insurrection == impress 23 time 2021-02-12 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360061305625866240 As far as Trump is concerned, Pence is just another expendable lackey. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-tweet-pence-capitol/2021/02/11/cc7d9f7e-6c7f-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-02-12 03:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360023022682263552 Planning for heavy weapons. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-impeachments-7d2334edf7da4e2d50e4c6f1f386dec1 #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-02-12 00:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 49 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-12 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 492 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1354577758220073 impress 17 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 17 oreach 16 posted "02/12/2021 05:10:42 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1354577758220073 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360012430613442567 One third of American believe antifa caused the Capitol riot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/11/half-republicans-say-that-capitol-violence-was-mostly-antifas-fault/ No evidence, but that's how they feel, and it's feelings that count! #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2021-02-11 23:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359985701735989249 Becoming a swing state is a lot of work. There needs to be strategic vision at the top, attention to all the myriad details at the bottom, and ideological flexibility to be able to meet the needs of voters as they arise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/stacey-abrams-georgia-election.html #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-02-11 22:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359982064334905346 The Trump administration lied about everything else. Same for this. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-02-11 21:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359968511787823107 Undoing the invasion of the agency snatchers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/trump-impeachment.html #PS1deregulation == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 20:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359967622922530816 Democrats need to restore balance to the Federal judiciary. Start by getting enough judgeships that trials need not be scheduled five years in advance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/biden-senate-judges-courts.html #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 20:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359945299456716800 Trumpism is on trial - rule by cult of personality instead of rule by law - and its enablers and collaborators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/republicans-are-out-excuses/ Above all, GOP senators, who get to blacken their names to the shame of future generations. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353798748297974 #PS1impeachment == impress 8 time 2021-02-11 19:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359935837048197122 How a future Trump movie will go - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/fact-checking-lincoln-lincolns-mostly-realistic-his-advisers-arent/265073/ "Spielberg changed the names of many Democratic opponents of the 13th Amendment" because their descendants were so embarrassed. Thus GOP senators voting to exonerate Trump will shame their progeny. #PS1impeachment == impress 13 time 2021-02-11 18:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359931910063935490 Think your taxes are difficult? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/11/trump-faces-tax-questions/ #PS1tax == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 18:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359929520623505410 GOP senators are flexible! Graham condemns the rioters and exonerates their general! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/ Trump was right all along - the elites rig it so the masses pay. His base was wrong all along - he is part of the problem, not the solution. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-02-11 18:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359927220525957125 "for four years, the most powerful senior citizen in the world was making a fool of himself on the Internet" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/trump-is-banned-twitter-forever-hes-so-lucky/ Who needs to be so foolish? Media are "hooking users on the process of turning themselves into commodities" - do we owe them that? #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359924712470573056 Hardly anybody cared about Palin after Trump came along. Will anybody care about Trump as Greene steals the media spotlight? He doesn't like competition, but how can he stop the steal? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/for-donald-trump-sarah-palins-fall-shows-the-limits-of-media-obsession #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-02-11 17:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359921131415687168 Former Republican leaders discuss pros and cons of a new party - presumably conservative and factual, not reactionary and fantastic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/11/gop-meeting-new-party-trump/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353303558347493 #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2021-02-11 17:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359877419222487043 How a rally became a march. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/10/when-did-jan-6-rally-become-march-capitol/ Some had planned it well in advance. For others it was spur of the moment. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-11 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359874416931266564 Essentials of modern dictatorship - control of ALL the media. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-uganda-myanmar-army-media-2395b6db25272a95bdc6d1b2238e5e9e #PS1media == impress 7 time 2021-02-11 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359860734616768516 How big dark money flows in politics https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-b14be5f06588b8f1d78125d4141394cb #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-02-11 13:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359859020664766471 Maybe he can get a public defender by pleading poverty! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-impeachments-trump-impeachment-dddccaa09cfaf5aded0baa963c1f6ce1 Giuliani and Powell could hardly be worse than what he's got, and Trump would feel better. Better get them quick before they are disbarred. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2021-02-11 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359733464367394817 Conservatives want to conserve the best things from the past. Reactionaries want to recreate a golden age that never was. https://aeon.co/essays/nostalgia-exerts-a-strong-allure-and-extracts-a-steep-price It's good marketing for populists and fascists, to keep the people busy working towards the unreachable past. #PS1theory == impress 11 time 2021-02-11 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359727629922783232 Trump owns the GOP from the bottom up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-loyalty-trump/2021/02/10/f3f87e4c-6bc2-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html It's a waste of time to argue facts with fantasists. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-02-11 04:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359725164468965380 The nuclear knot gets more tangled. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/biden-nuclear-weapons-arms-control.html Does the Fermi paradox mean it's fatal? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_the_nature_of_intelligent_life_to_destroy_itself #PS1technology == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359717090307919874 The Other New Deal - putting private capital to work. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/opinion/new-deal-biden-capitalism-recession.html #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-02-11 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359715037879832576 Electoral reforms to end the two-party system. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/opinion/democracy-qanon.html These would institutionalize the far right and far left - but keep them out of the centrist parties. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359687891207606276 Talk radio as a game of brinkmanship https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/business/media/conservative-talk-radio-capitol-riots.html Push the envelope as far as you dare, then pull back to protect your employer from litigation. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-02-11 02:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359686024197120001 As usual, the foot soldiers get the blame and the generals get off free to plot another battle. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-needs-to-figure-out-how-to-manage-the-trump-endgame/2021/02/09/e67de0de-6b06-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html Biden's role could be to encourage leniency on the rioters who sincerely repent. But keep them on a long probation. #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-02-11 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359684335478034437 There is no remedy for sewage media - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/sadly-fox-news-cant-be-impeached/ Except civil suits for libel and defamation. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-02-11 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359682933473247234 Money problems can prime you for out of the box thinking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/10/capitol-insurrectionists-jenna-ryan-financial-problems/ Unfortunately money problems is not a good criminal defense. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-02-11 01:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359670959096012803 Time for a new caucus, if not a new party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/10/what-if-republicans-actually-listened/ Not GOP vs Democrats but fantasy vs fact, and noisy public performance vs quiet productive legislating. The factual GOP legislators could form their own caucus. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353303558347493 #PS1politics == impress 11 time 2021-02-11 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359660277831147526 Will we ever catch up to South Korea? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/10/south-korea-impeachment-trump-united-states/ #PS1impeachment == impress 11 time 2021-02-11 00:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359659343277248516 Is YOUR mask good enough? https://apnews.com/article/government-investigation-n95-scam-1694ed85d6ef99cdb6662f67d823c271 #PS1virus == impress 8 time 2021-02-11 00:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 181 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-11 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 904 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 ID 1353927338285115 impress 22 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 18 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 22 oreach 20 posted "02/11/2021 04:51:33 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 20 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353927338285115 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359601697350295552 Special tax rules for 2020. https://apnews.com/article/how-pandemic-affects-filing-taxes-d162b07588a1a25eacb7125eea3c19ea #PS1tax == impress 9 time 2021-02-10 20:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359600509678620673 Trump defense - he's no worse than the KKK. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/10/brandenburg-trump-supreme-court-klan-free-speech/ #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-02-10 20:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359587190242570240 Wonder what they'll find? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-criminal-investigations-georgia-general-elections-819e23ce12190391a2f1cd7c30a9c894 #PS1election == impress 10 time 2021-02-10 19:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359345196115271695 THIS is an EX-President! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-florida/2021/02/09/03ccaa72-6a61-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html Help rebuild the GOP for 2022 or wreak vengeance on those who betrayed him? One guess! It's all about TRUMP! #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-02-10 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359314584302092289 How should we regulate surveillance capitalism? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/opinion/cyberspace-democracy-europe.html #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-02-10 01:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359312814322589699 You get the lawyers you pay for - or at least promise to pay. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/us/politics/trump-bruce-castor-david-schoen.html Hopefully they got their retainers in advance. #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-02-10 01:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359308566197243906 A long trial with many witnesses? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-democrats-must-make-the-full-case-against-trump/2021/02/09/ccfcfdb2-6b19-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html The goal is to morally indict the high-level enablers. Trump will go free, the rioters will go to jail, but what about all the politicians, lawyers, and media that intentionally helped set the stage? #PS1impeachment == impress 25 time 2021-02-10 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359304659274354691 A step toward saving the USPS. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ron-bloom-coronavirus-pandemic-postal-service-2c70886fa1ccb846715a559b01e46348 #PS1deregulation == impress 83 time 2021-02-10 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359304322777927681 Trust YOUR water? https://apnews.com/article/business-water-utilities-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-utilities-e783b0f1ca2af02f19f5a308d44e6abb #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-02-10 00:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 204 ID 1353315051679677 impress 7 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 4 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "02/10/2021 05:34:52 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353315051679677 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359286493534064641 One shot for all coronaviruses? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/health/universal-coronavirus-vaccine.html #PS1virus == impress 17 time 2021-02-09 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359285094108696576 What's pushing demand for electric cars? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/climate/catalytic-converter-theft.html #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-02-09 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359242532689829888 A lawyer for all seasons! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lawyer-suit-fraud/2021/02/09/50f0769e-6ae3-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html On short notice, you take what you can get. #PS1impeachment == impress 21 time 2021-02-09 20:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359241269487128576 Brief writing contracted out to a high school student? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/09/trumps-legal-defense-is-still-mess/ #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-02-09 20:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359186085499179008 "obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/opinion/trump-impeachment-founders.html The founders saw Trump coming and did their best to thwart his schemes. #PS1impeachment == impress 23 time 2021-02-09 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359182774381420544 What did he feel and when did he feel it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-actions-capitol-attacks/2021/02/09/6dada250-6a3b-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2021-02-09 16:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359171583709908992 Planting seeds for heartland revival, and perhaps his political future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/08/can-california-democat-connect-coasts-with-heartland/ #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-02-09 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359154903189454852 What does it mean to be French? It's not the same as what does it mean to be American, but some of the issues are similar. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threat-american-universities.html #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-02-09 14:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359139793603448832 Democrats keep it together! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/us/politics/joe-biden-democratic-party.html Don't be like Republicans which have split implicitly into a fact-based policy party and a fantasy-based cult of personality. If the split becomes explicit, neither chunk will have much national influence. #PS1politics == impress 22 time 2021-02-09 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358981949600145408 Trump owns the California Republican Party. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/30/no-party-preference-overtakes-republican-in-democrat-dominated-california/ Unfortunately it's not as valuable as the "no party preference" party which has more adherents than the GOP. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/08/most-california-republicans-would-support-a-trump-presidential-run-in-2024/ #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-02-09 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358980317445455882 Insurrection? Michigan GOP? There's no longer any difference. All a bunch of armed brown shirts. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/militias-republicans-michigan.html If you think you can be with the militias when peaceful and not with them when violent, you're just unclear on the concept. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0476 impress 21 time 2021-02-09 03:25 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358948320824029189 Why Biden dares to go bigger than Obama. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/opinion/democrats-covid-stimulus.html They have to get results in 2021 or they will be out in 2023. They'll never convince the Trump base, but a relatively few persuadables voting their pocketbooks can make the difference. #PS1recovery == impress 26 time 2021-02-09 01:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358946795204747264 The filibuster was always about protecting minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/opinion/filibuster-electoral-college.html A couple of generations ago it was synonymous with protecting segregation by blocking legislation completely. Forcing a compromise was never the goal. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-02-09 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358943405569568774 If a flimsy excuse is all you have to avoid taking a stand - you take the flimsy excuse, if you are a Republican senator. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-supporters-want-us-to-believe-the-framers-were-fools/2021/02/08/f6a2c902-6a43-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html #PS1impeachment == impress 19 time 2021-02-09 00:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358942454334951425 Progressive praise for a few Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-progressives-should-be-celebrating-liz-cheney-and-ben-sasse-right-now/2021/02/08/29581fa2-6a3d-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html But what's to become of those few? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1gop == impress 20 time 2021-02-09 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358941038627282945 Questions about child allowances. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/three-questions-to-ask-about-bidens-and-romneys-child-allowance-proposals/2021/02/08/b0a11d00-6a52-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html Another approach - universal basic income - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1recovery == impress 18 time 2021-02-09 00:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 49 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-09 ratio 17 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 485 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1352661351745047 impress 21 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 21 oreach 17 posted "02/09/2021 05:12:35 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 17 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1352661351745047 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358874905958248449 A sea change on deficit spending? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/08/why-joe-biden-mitt-romney-both-want-give-you-thousands-dollars/ How many GOP senators will vote NO because it's a Biden proposal? And how many will vote YES because it's a Romney proposal? And how many will find a way to duck the issue without taking a stand? #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-02-08 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358842888084361216 It's not a free speech issue! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/08/impeachment-trump-incitement-first-amendment/ #PS1impeachment == impress 20 time 2021-02-08 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358839789701632002 The precedents set in the Belknap trial. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/opinion/trump-impeachment-william-belknap.html #PS1impeachment == impress 9 time 2021-02-08 18:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358837153044697088 Don't bother them with facts or evidence - they know what happened. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/07/one-gop-principle-protect-donald-trump/ But in a personality cult, it doesn't matter what happened or why, only who did it. And what the penalties are for disloyalty. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2021-02-08 17:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358834727260573697 GOP doing its best to empower China over USA. America last! https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theory-biden-foreign-policy-20210204.html #PS1foreign == impress 8 time 2021-02-08 17:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358833634304614403 America's first coup attempt! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/07/americas-first-attempted-coup-also-tracks-to-jan-6/ Hamilton was a conspirator! The coup never got off the ground but he got what he wanted at the Constitutional Convention four years later. #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-02-08 17:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358831580131721216 Fortunately SOMEbody's making money off the California Unemployement catastrophe. https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/02/how-edd-and-bank-of-america-make-millions-on-california-unemployment/ To be fair, no government agency is funded to be prepared for a 10X scale up on a moment's notice. But other states seem to be doing better. #PS1recovery == impress 9 time 2021-02-08 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358798645030658055 Only the best for Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bruce-castor-trump-impeachment-lawyer/2021/02/07/13b23978-66fd-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html One self-serving promoter deserves another! #PS1impeachment == impress 8 time 2021-02-08 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358794834702602242 Greatest. State. Ever. https://apnews.com/article/nfl-tampa-bay-buccaneers-super-bowl-football-coronavirus-pandemic-b528cc096838b2ff5d99e9cc7d047192 #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-02-08 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358634008188387328 America has seen this movie before. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/white-protestants-ku-klux-klan.html Not everybody knows that the Klan terrorized white people too, especially in the rural south where there were no fire departments and no locks on doors. #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-02-08 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358619995853361157 Not a leg to stand on! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/politics/charles-cooper-trump-impeachment.html Never mind - this isn't a real trial with a real jury. Everybody already has decided how they will vote. Facts and law have nothing to do with it - just politics. #PS1impeachment == impress 13 time 2021-02-08 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358618518497894407 Just following orders! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-incitement-rioters/2021/02/07/7a6f0c64-6701-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-08 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358584852463841281 Unclear on the concept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/07/republicans-stop-fighting-among-yourselves/ In a cult of personality, exterminating disloyalty is job #1. Stalin might cut a deal with FDR and Mao with Nixon, but no such pragmatism for internal opposition. Trumpists tolerate no Republicans In Name Only! #PS1gop == impress 23 time 2021-02-08 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358582914666008577 Remembering George Shultz https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-shultz-the-man-who-spoke-truth-to-power/2021/02/07/7698a0b8-3491-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html He was never a media personality. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-02-08 01:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 433 ID 1352014525143063 impress 5 likeuimpress 4 likeuusers 3 oimpress 5 oreach 4 posted "02/08/2021 04:12:46 PM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1352014525143063 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358552595103576064 Hawley is still a lawyer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/josh-hawley-made-his-choice-and-cast-his-lot-he-deserves-his-fall-from-grace/2021/02/05/671939ea-67fc-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html Maybe he can make a living defending insurrectionists in court. If any of them can afford him. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0909 impress 11 likes 1 time 2021-02-07 23:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358478607098597376 Always a Republican, never a Trumpist! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-censures-wyoming-liz-cheney-impeachments-d65d65b10763462a4a1dc0f65a85a36d Sagebrush country produces some feisty Republican women who can do more than pose for photo-ops with assault weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 0.2000 impress 10 likes 1 time 2021-02-07 18:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358465132972568576 Daughters of Palin! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-women.html Performance artists all! Influencers of legislation - none. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-02-07 17:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358458258369835009 2022 in Alabama - "a lot of candidates that will try to be as loud or as dumb as possible because they think that is what plays to 50% or more of the Republican electorate" https://apnews.com/article/alabama-3da7dc8dadb6918ad6f0dcfc4fe125a8 Not just Alabama, of course. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0625 impress 16 time 2021-02-07 16:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358415561781219342 The trial is necessary no matter the outcome. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trials-impeachments-trump-impeachment-michael-pence-187a66133bc8932db712d71f6ef714a8 It's not just Trump but Trumpism on trial. Quibbles about constitutionality won't fool anybody now or later. Who's up for a Franz von Papen award? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen#Bringing_Hitler_to_power #PS1impeachment == impress 26 time 2021-02-07 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358298652301692929 We need to play defense as well as offense! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html #PS1technology == impress 18 time 2021-02-07 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358296280548528129 Anti-mask or anti-vaccine, the important thing is to be anti-Enlightenment! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/a-new-front-in-the-anti-vaccine-fight-emerges-in-california.html They didn't have masks or vaccines during the Black Death, and some people survived! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 time 2021-02-07 06:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358294317069074432 Is civil litigation the right way to drain the media swamp? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/media/conservative-media-defamation-lawsuits.html Defamation suits can cut both ways. #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1111 impress 18 retweets 1 time 2021-02-07 05:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358291840278007808 An argument against state and local tax deduction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/06/tax-break-paying-your-taxes-please/ It's one tax break among thousands of pages of tax breaks. Why not do something simple? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax == impress 16 time 2021-02-07 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358290688207560706 Elected to tweet, not legislate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/marjorie-taylor-greene-isnt-here-to-legislate-shes-here-to-live-stream/2021/02/05/a64c8044-675d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html A true Trumpist! #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-02-07 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358288232606142464 The forgotten side of economics: resilience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/05/pandemic-food-resilience/ Applies to politics too - how much are you willing to pay to protect against rare calamities? #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-02-07 05:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358286679497318401 Classroom monitors as a temporary fix. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/classroom-monitors-in-person-learning/2021/02/06/cbdb6e8e-66f8-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html Even if all teachers were willing to work in person, there wouldn't be enough for social distancing. Having some way for kids to be in school is essential for parents to get back to work. #PS1recovery == impress 12 time 2021-02-07 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358232049400774656 Why your mail is late https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/business/usps-performance-whats-next-biden/ #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-02-07 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358228671681622017 Republicans reject bipartisanship and endorse cult of personality In Colorado https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-gun-politics-scott-tipton-colorado-denver-91a7ed33a50dcccca7b944dd1f8416b3 In Wyoming https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-censures-rawlins-wyoming-3d2a5ad3377bb748c22f632642ba23f1 #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-02-07 01:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 458 ID 1351417251869457 impress 9 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 6 oimpress 9 oreach 7 posted "02/07/2021 04:23:49 PM" reach 7 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1351417251869457 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358176699410640898 The cost of insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/ #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358129500198899713 Being nominated for president by a minor political party is no big deal. Neither is being nominated for a Nobel prize by a minor politician. https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-peace-prize-nominations.html #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 19:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358128156243234818 The essence of minority rule is to keep the voters worked up about issues that the ruling class doesn't care about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-have-been-living-the-big-lie-for-too-long/2021/02/04/223e06fe-6728-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html Then quietly take action on issues that the ruling class does care about. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 18:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358126710772756485 Trumpists rewrite history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/beware-gops-coming-covid-revisionism/ There are probably lots of history rewriters left over from the Soviet Union who could help on contract. #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-02-06 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358123055671742464 Ideas on getting redistricting through the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/congress-end-partisan-gerrymandering/ It's important enough to merit a bit of compromise. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-02-06 18:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358105612752539648 Flynn is living his best life ever! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/politics/michael-flynn-qanon.html Except for worrying about paying for past (and probable future?) legal fees. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-06 17:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358102500537114624 A new use for online doorbells. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-agents-killed-florida/2021/02/05/f40f90f6-672f-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html Surveillance technology works both ways. #PS1technology == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358057201965801474 Let 1000 Republican flowers bloom https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-virginia-6aaebddd5222d89b588a20b20d47e289 and use their God-given second amendment rights to fire away at each other. To survive, hey'd be well advised to adopt ranked-choice voting and eliminate sore-loser laws. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0769 impress 13 time 2021-02-06 14:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357863725261230080 An appreciation of oil-field workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/fossil-fuel-oil-climate-change.html With ideas how to apply their skills toward a cleaner future. #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357855336464437248 Fox Business decides to clean up its act to avoid legal trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/business/lou-dobbs-fox.html OAN decides to further soil its act but still hopes to avoid legal trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/television/mike-lindell-mypillow.html #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357851355151355910 "Republican leaders should build on Trumps conservative-populist alliance rather than circular firing squads." Firing squads are what cult of personality is all about! - from Trump on down. There is no conservative-populist alliance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/new-poll-there-is-no-singular-trump-voter/ #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-02-06 00:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357849017942646785 This week's fake news. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-courts-media-social-media-b2429817de8fd9ab73ce10b6e8e6d352 #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-02-06 00:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357843764597850113 Maybe Death Row was bigger than it seemed. https://apnews.com/article/public-health-prisons-health-coronavirus-pandemic-executions-956da680790108d8b7e2d8f1567f3803 #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-02-06 00:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 377 ID 1350845358593313 impress 13 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 11 oimpress 13 oreach 12 posted "02/06/2021 08:47:00 PM" reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1350845358593313 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357788191118356482 Where's Buckley when we need him? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-extremism.html The new Buckley won't arise until the Republicans have another 1964 event. Maybe in 2024? #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2021-02-05 20:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357785338299576321 Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-trump-republicans/2021/02/05/f3e0a7be-67cf-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2021-02-05 20:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357767055676559360 Broadcasting your location to the world. It all gets recorded for sale. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html #PS1technology == impress 9 time 2021-02-05 19:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357764573340704770 Our insurrectionists are home-grown, but have they had discreet financial and propaganda assistance from abroad? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/us/politics/senate-intelligence-committee-extremism.html #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-02-05 18:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357757986240819205 Once you let the crazies take over your site, there's nothing left but shutting it down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/05/why-thedonald-moderator-left/ #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-02-05 18:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357755463127900161 Pardon me! It's who you know AND how much is it worth to you? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-lobbying/2021/02/05/896f0b52-624b-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-02-05 18:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357697388484333568 GOP as cult-of-personality seems to be winning in red states. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/ben-sasse-nebraska-gop-censure/index.html #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-02-05 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357696414403362819 The good news is you won't have to pay taxes on it. https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-kansas-coronavirus-pandemic-lawrence-d79070609d6f7eedc8a03b5e37b17506 The bad news is the bad guys still have your identity. #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-02-05 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357694517718130694 Minority rule doesn't work without the nut cases. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Until Trump, GOP was able to get nut votes without giving them control of the party. No more. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-conspiracy-theories-impeachments-john-thune-5f4b9e7f7a4a20894905981817c47011 #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1333 impress 15 time 2021-02-05 14:16 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357692880106577925 No president has ever been treated so unfairly! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-resign-screen-actors-guild-01b0617e2a804352a3775c1afc0df2ec He's very proud of his reality-TV accomplishments! #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-02-05 14:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357500854937477121 Did somebody say movie deal? That's one way to recover! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/technology/wallstreetbets-gamestop-hollywood.html Self-serving opportunists always find opportunities to serve themselves. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-02-05 01:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357498935795798017 Pump and dump is not populism. It's opportunism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/gamestop-stocks.html #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2021-02-05 01:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357496964175126528 McCarthy so wants to be Speaker in 2023. He'll twist into any contortion to get there! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-extremists/2021/02/04/a9a23be4-6596-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html But is there a contortion that solves his problems? #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-02-05 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357494468954345476 What can be done to keep it from getting worse? https://apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theories-state-elections-misinformation-elections-voting-d1a8f797a03ffcd88972b9634b56a690 #PS1election == impress 8 time 2021-02-05 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357493434467028992 His lawyers must have talked him out of it! https://apnews.com/article/house-dems-trump-testify-impeachment-8fd6b9f5724f48cc0f4e045ec8c37000 #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-02-05 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357492796945428480 They got 11 Republicans this time - that's one more than last time! https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-votes-greene-d00c46241478d39db3996a36f5cbf91e #PS1gop == impress 34 time 2021-02-05 00:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 399 ID 1350146581996524 impress 4 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 oimpress 4 oreach 4 posted "02/05/2021 04:57:13 PM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1350146581996524 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357433713634598912 Known by the company they keep. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/nyregion/lev-parnas-fraud-sec.html #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-02-04 20:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357402662031876096 This could get expensive! https://apnews.com/article/smartmatic-sues-fox-news-giuliani-2a8d83df2e6d73b750dd85f92f4fd7ef What if every politician had to think twice before libeling an opponent? #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-02-04 18:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357401773724430336 If he comes to the trial in person it will be to rally his base, not to answer Democrats' questions! https://apnews.com/article/house-dems-trump-testify-impeachment-8fd6b9f5724f48cc0f4e045ec8c37000 #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-02-04 18:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357393241163747330 We're all victims of the attention economy! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/michael-goldhaber-internet.html Is that what killed other advanced civilizations? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-02-04 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357385131137241089 China increasing social media tactics to further foreign strategy. https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-china-7339598fed868fcfe109999bf071a77c #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-02-04 17:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357343695389921280 Why the Senate can only pass bad laws. The structure is designed by committee so that laws are designed by the leaders to pass under reconciliation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/democrats-senate-reconciliation.html All to avoid repealing filibuster! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-02-04 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357337227576025098 Trump really changed public opinion! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/trump-blm-george-floyd-police-polls/ #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1333 impress 15 time 2021-02-04 14:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357132645054906370 How to mislead with cartographics https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/03/recent-polarization-republican-counties-visualized/ Republicans just need to amend the constitution so voting is by cattle. Then these maps would mean something. #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-02-04 01:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357130900148916224 Montanans protect their right to shoot anything they want. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-legislature-law-enforcement-agencies-judiciary-montana-af308f73de2a806488bf1730f0ddfff2 #PS1firearms == impress 15 time 2021-02-04 00:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 227 ID 1349531295391386 impress 7 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 4 oimpress 7 oreach 5 posted "02/04/2021 05:58:49 PM" reach 5 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1349531295391386 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357083278113603585 Toxic Trump Touch https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/business/rosemary-vrablic-trump-kushner-deutsche.html #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-02-03 21:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357056142694772736 Much of the economy will rebound quickly once the virus abates. But commercial office space and that part of the hospitality industry that caters to business might never recover from the loss of office jobs to zoom jobs. https://apnews.com/article/us-hiring-rebound-a42d2a72afa4bd1c6a0d9076817b7f1f #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-02-03 19:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357054247506862081 Obvious from Canada, but controversial at home. https://apnews.com/article/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-group-510b8cd8286f1207a726904f61e63e4d #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2021-02-03 19:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357022146195726336 Nobody is safe - anywhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents #PS1foreign == impress 9 time 2021-02-03 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357003830144036872 Conspiracy theorists don't all think alike but they all feel alike. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/opinion/qanon-conspiracy-theories.html #PS1theory == impress 10 time 2021-02-03 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357001499822284800 Forget the deep state - fear the shallow state! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/biden-trump-immigration.html #PS1immigration == impress 11 time 2021-02-03 16:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356979252218925057 Forget the stimulus checks for people that still have jobs and can pay their rent/mortgage! Put that money into unemployment checks and SMALL business relief! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/02/how-do-you-count-2000-democrats-cannot-decide/ #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-02-03 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356972995361730560 It's not easy being red! "The worst-case scenario is to take this to the floor" Vote against Trump and lose the primary, or "Democrats see Greene as a political bonanza heading into the midterms" Vote for insurrection and lose the general! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-house-republicans-rift/2021/02/02/08348d40-6567-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-02-03 14:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356860179506028546 Not off the hook! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/nyregion/bannon-vance-fraud-border-wall.html Something for Trump to think about, too. #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-02-03 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356810601939439616 Putin the Stalker. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/vladimir-putin-russia-america.html #PS1russian == impress 19 time 2021-02-03 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356807449949347843 Bad news from Brazil. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-covid-questions-we-dont-want-to-face/2021/02/02/be57013a-6593-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-02-03 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356806604935467011 Somebody sold at the top. Good for him! Somebody bought at the top. Too bad! No conspiracy - it's just the way speculative bubbles pop. At least in Vegas they give the high rollers free booze until they're broke. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/02/gamestop-stock-plunge-losers/ #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-02-03 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356804632064847873 Trump outlets try to come to terms with reality - and libel lawsuits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/02/newsmax-mike-lindell-my-pillow/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-ratings-sean-hannity-cnn-msnbc/2021/02/02/9a604eac-650d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-02-03 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356796804805718019 How can McCarthy finesse this without splitting the GOP caucus? Maybe the crazies will force the issue by trying to make Greene, Boebert, and Jordan, leader, whip, and chair. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-mitch-mcconnell-liz-cheney-0dca1beb85f006a3e0ee84ed05fbb6db #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-02-03 02:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 38 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-03 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 375 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1348903235454192 impress 23 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 18 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 23 oreach 20 posted "02/03/2021 08:23:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 20 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1348903235454192 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356658141501378561 Domestic terrorism isn't a crime? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/02/domestic-terrorism-federal-crime/ #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-02-02 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356656790163742720 Trumpism is the ultimate betrayal - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumpism-is-american-fascism/2021/02/01/c410f662-64b2-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html of the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders, who saw Trumpism coming. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-02-02 17:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356655372258304000 Pay no attention to the man on the right! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/us/politics/trump-right-wing-domestic-terrorism.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-02-02 17:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356651817606602761 "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/rob-portman-has-done-more-damage-america-than-marjorie-taylor-greene/ #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-02-02 17:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356586029566709764 Gambling thrives in bad economic times. Wall Street thrives on bubbles. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/gamestop-biden-wall-street-reddit.html #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-02-02 12:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356583105134399489 There's nothing unconstitutional about late impeachment. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-trials-impeachments-michael-pence-5adebdc5d8c30622f5e116e40c9396e6 But that's the defense Trump lawyers prefer - defending insurrection is just too difficult and might lose GOP votes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/trump-impeachment-republicans.html #PS1impeachment == impress 34 time 2021-02-02 12:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356579864833232899 Surprise! The economy does better under Democratic presidents. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-02-02 12:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356574470840832007 He should have worn his mask! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poor-handling-of-virus-cost-trump-his-reelection-campaign-autopsy-finds/2021/02/01/92d60002-650b-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-02-02 12:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356568827186745345 Not Fair! Imagine censuring an insurrectionist for being an insurrectionist. But most of them love the label! https://apnews.com/article/censures-lawsuits-virginia-75977d7351bf4719e822b782d54ca17e #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-02 11:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356485780131127301 A donation to Trump is a donation to Trump! He'll decide the best use. Who could be surprised by that? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/trump-cash.html #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-02-02 06:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356480830550409218 Ways of looking at the market. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/01/understanding-gamestop-situation/ They are all right - some of the time. Some ways attract gamblers and faddists - others attract long term wealth builders. Gamblers and faddists risks include that they can't trade as fast. #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-02-02 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356478142500638721 McConnell envisions a Republican Party with at least some fact-based politicians and few crazy extreme Trumpists. It's the kind of Republican Party he can lead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/01/house-gop-faces-decision-its-future-mcconnell-defends-cheney-rebukes-greene-rare-set-statements/ https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-conspiracy-theories-shootings-las-vegas-mass-shooting-steny-hoyer-d0622c86db9d67dff60a5d9511801795 But what about crazy extreme Trumps? Do they belong? #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2021-02-02 05:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 287 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2021-02-02 ratio 5 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-02-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 319 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 9 ID 1348019798875869 impress 55 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 8 likeuusers 50 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 55 oreach 51 posted "02/02/2021 01:44:25 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 51 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1348019798875869 ========== Tweets for 2021-02-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356281612527288321 Perils of bipartisanship https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/gop-gerrymandering-biden-agenda-stimulus/ Biden's got two years. Immediate relief is essential for the unemployed, SMALL business, and state and local government. Bargain away stimulus checks and minimum wage if that gets 10 GOP senators on board. #PS1relief == impress 13 time 2021-02-01 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356262716134965251 Look to the future, not to the past? Not Trump, and not Trump's GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/republicans-trump-ronna-mcdaniel.html An old grievance is still a grievance, whether it's with Democrats or other Republicans. An elephant never forgets! #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-02-01 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356260825187532800 Summary of Trump's insurrection plan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/trump-election-results.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-02-01 15:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356259185143386112 Where will all the money go? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raised-315-million-in-the-weeks-after-election-day-for-his-new-leadership-pac-filing-shows/2021/01/31/1847c75a-63f1-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-02-01 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356258397851537411 How strong leaders rule. Don't like election results? Just lock up the winners and throw the results out! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/myanmar-coup-suu-kyi-military/2021/02/01/57ffbe8a-6431-11eb-bab8-707f8769d785_story.html Trump must envy those generals! American generals refused to overturn the election results for his benefit. #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-02-01 15:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356117008107008007 A distracted, inward-focused America is a tempting target for Xi, Putin, Kim, and all the rest. It's hard to be optimistic. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/opinion/sunday/foreign-policy-china.html #PS1china == impress 13 time 2021-02-01 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356114527570432003 All about Trump's insurrection - planned from before the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/trump-election-lie.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2021-02-01 05:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356088637050351618 Confederates with guns - part and parcel of slavery, segregation, and suppression. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/guns-are-white-supremacys-deadliest-weapon-we-must-disarm-hate/2021/01/31/f1786786-6249-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-02-01 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356087159069921282 Let Trump be Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-legal-team-exited-after-he-insisted-impeachment-defense-focus-be-on-false-claims-of-election-fraud/2021/01/31/5af05d04-63e9-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html Let him testify in person, talking about election fraud - and Hillary's emails and other greatest hits from the campaign trail. His base will love it! GOP senators won't, but who cares as long as they acquit. #PS1impeachment == impress 17 time 2021-02-01 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356049367686234113 Only the best! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-trials-impeachments-south-carolina-d1d2b8d5b76c68acdde662b3b7e00c82 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-impeachment-team-ex-da-bruce-castor-alabama-lawyer-david-schoen Perhaps he decided that defending himself might not be the best idea. But these guys are not exactly constitutional law experts. #PS1impeachment == impress 11 time 2021-02-01 01:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356038957683752962 You can't keep doubling down! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/technology/robinhood-fundraising.html There are always house limits. #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-02-01 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356035395721420802 At least some elected officials got into hot water - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/capitol-riot-local-politicians.html Others are proud of their part in fantasy-based politics. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-02-01 00:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356033982568165380 If you can't open somebody else's mind, maybe you can open your own. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/change-someones-mind.html #PS1theory == impress 9 time 2021-02-01 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356033190880665601 Redistricting could be done automatically - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting But until then, your $support is needed - https://democraticredistricting.com/ Gerrymandering is a key technique of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/gerrymander-census-democrats-republicans.html #PS1democracy == impress 9 time 2021-02-01 00:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356030563925151745 There's lots of advice about deciding when to buy a stock. Not so much about when to sell. John Templeton liked to say "the time to sell is when you find a better bargain" Good advice for day traders - observe the grand finale safely from the sidelines. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0769 expands 1 impress 13 time 2021-02-01 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-02-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-02-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 479 ID 1347825468895302 impress 7 likeuimpress 4 likeuusers 4 oimpress 7 oreach 5 posted "02/02/2021 08:04:33 AM" reach 5 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1347825468895302 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356029004189462532 The epistemic coup - "a chaos machine for hire, in which norm violation is key to revenue" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/sunday/facebook-surveillance-society-technology.html "We may have democracy, or we may have surveillance society, but we cannot have both" #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-01-31 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356024052809256961 Cruz and AOC agree - proof neither has the slightest clue about what might be going on. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/gamestop-robinhood-democrats-republicans.html Most of the day traders, like most of the Capitol rioters, have no end plan, and the ones that do, don't agree. Most will end up in poverty or jail. #PS1economics == impress 24 time 2021-01-31 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356021401971376132 The Russians probably aren't behind GameStop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/31/gamestop-signals-new-destabilizing-collision-between-social-media-real-world/ But what about next time? Anyway hedge funds are making money on GameStop - possibly more than other hedge funds lost. But who will be holding the bag when the fever breaks? As it will. #PS1economics == impress 39 time 2021-01-31 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356006150685171716 No good way out for McC and McC. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/us/politics/trump-mcconnell-mccarthy.html They need to realize that the kiss of Trump is the kiss of death, or at least disgrace, sooner or later. So is the curse of Trump! Nobody leaves his orbit cleaner than when they entered. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-31 22:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355987775535730689 Theories about what causes bubbles. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/29/gamestop-chaos-may-be-bubble-what-does-that-actually-mean/ The business cycle is ultimately a phenomenon of mass psychology, not mathematics. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle #PS1economics == impress 10 time 2021-01-31 21:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355985944411688960 Not 100% behind Trump? How long can she last? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ronna-mcdaniel-interview-trump-republican-party/2021/01/28/c2cbc93e-5770-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html Trump doesn't do "neutral". #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-01-31 21:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355978213168533504 Greene is not an aberration in the Trumpist GOP. She IS the Trumpist GOP. The aberration is the 15 that cling to fact-based reality. They'll soon be expelled. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-qanon-house-trump-republicans/2021/01/30/321b4258-623c-11eb-ac8f-4ae05557196e_story.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-01-31 20:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355975874986659842 The fruits of minority rule - the rich get richer, https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/08/wealth-concentration-returning-levels-last-seen-during-roaring-twenties-according-new-research/ and the poor get distracted by the clever minions of the rich. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-01-31 20:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355974026649198592 Eric Cantor thinks politicians should tell voters the truth. Is that why he's not in politics any more? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/many-of-my-fellow-politicians-wont-tell-voters-the-truth-the-result-was-jan-6/2021/01/28/08e38ff6-618a-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html How can GOP minority-rule advocates ever get elected if they tell the truth? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2021-01-31 20:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355971997906309121 How the crazies were controlled in the 50's and 60's. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/29/gop-john-birch-society-trump/ High points were the censure of McCarthy in 1957 and the Goldwater fiasco in 1964. They came to life again after the Southern Strategy, Reagan, and Gingrich. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-31 20:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355969771754283008 Another lost cause? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/31/gop-rep-kinzinger-start-new-pac-challenge-partys-trump-supporters/ The majority of Republican voters seem to have gone over to fantasy. The exiles like Kinzinger will have to call themselves independents. It's no longer liberal vs conservative, but fact vs fantasy. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-01-31 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355962985353601027 Online mobs - part of the new normal. https://apnews.com/article/media-games-coronavirus-pandemic-c22398c54fd3218b9288e22cc68c366b Nobody seems to be in charge, but somehow a mob organizes with most of the participants just swept along until they're left high and dry. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0222 impress 45 retweets 1 time 2021-01-31 19:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355958771260874753 The three S's Slavery Segregation Suppression https://apnews.com/article/bills-voting-rights-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-voter-registration-0e94844d72d2a2bf8b51b1c950bd64fc You can't be half-hearted about preserving minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-01-31 19:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355911204821037058 Back to paper! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-courts-russia-375942a439bee4f4b25f393224d3d778 Thank you, President Putin! #PS1russian == impress 12 time 2021-01-31 16:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355769548918513667 The fruits of Trumpism! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/30/anti-vaccine-protest-dodger-stadium/ Look at all the publicity they generated! #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-31 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355768499600191488 Trump doesn't need lawyers that won't fight for him! Bring back Giuliani and Powell - they're not afraid of being disbarred! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-impeachments-trials-373faf83e36e5fd2e4be1bdf46b406ff Should he defend himself in person to turn his trial into a campaign rally? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1346134715731044 #PS1impeachment == impress 10 time 2021-01-31 06:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 183 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2021-01-31 ratio 3 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 610 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 2 ID 1346658149012034 impress 9 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 8 likeusers 2 likeuusers 8 oimpress 9 oreach 9 posted "01/31/2021 05:03:30 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1346658149012034 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355530113807355906 Fake facebook friends https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/28/larry-magid-battening-down-your-facebook-hatches/ #PS1technology == impress 19 time 2021-01-30 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355405900907864068 Fake news this week! https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-ap-fact-check-media-social-media-1f62bc848808b3f8817d6512b8081bfa #PS1media == impress 22 time 2021-01-30 06:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355339032163565570 Trump really did win the election. He owns local GOP - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-washington-impeachments-c83fe958e624c1ead5301407eb8a0347 He's discouraged non-Trumpists into retirement - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-mcconnell-portman-toomey-kinzinger-republicans/2021/01/29/a71efed4-60f0-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html He's put every non-Trumpist in government in fear for their lives - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/29/civil-war-soul-of-gop-over-trump-won/?arc404=true #PS1gop == impress 30 time 2021-01-30 02:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 68 ID 1346144339063415 impress 25 likeuimpress 23 likeuusers 23 oimpress 25 oreach 24 posted "01/30/2021 10:50:27 PM" reach 24 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1346144339063415 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355182420358619136 History repeats. Same Southern politicians, same minority-rule issues, same rhetoric. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/political-violence-congress.html And that article didn't even get to Preston Brooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-01-29 15:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355179524128792580 Hamilton foresaw the effects of filibuster - supermajorities ruined the Articles of Confederation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster.html An impotent Congress https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html is essential to minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html End it! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 19 time 2021-01-29 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355177144582770695 Too bad for Marco - all that self-debasement and then primaried by Ivanka? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/sunday/marco-rubio-ivanka-trump.html Maybe he'll luck out and she'll run for president or VP instead. And then he'll get primaried by somebody else. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-01-29 15:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355172443984281601 Perfect Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html Like Trump, they've perfected "to be AND not to be" - encouraging violent extremists AND pretending they are not encouraging violent extremists. They're the Republican Party now. Too many to expel. #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-01-29 15:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355008359779323905 Preston Brooks would be so proud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hostility-between-congressional-republicans-and-democrats-reaches-new-lows-amid-growing-fears-of-violence/2021/01/28/28c8cde8-61a5-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html Brooks could still be elected in any red district today! As a Republican now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-01-29 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355004350507085829 It's true that relief needs to be fast and simple. It's true that people who haven't lost their job or had their hours cut don't need relief. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-progressive-to-give-money-to-the-rich/2021/01/28/ea85751a-619d-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html But giving money to people that don't need it might be the only way some senators will vote yes. #PS1recovery == impress 19 time 2021-01-29 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355002274414661636 GOP isn't STUCK with Greene. GOP IS Greene. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/28/gop-struck-bad-bargain-thats-how-it-got-stuck-with-marjorie-taylor-greene/ She could move to Bakersfield and primary McCarthy! #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-01-29 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354999761540059139 How much time does this trial need? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/as-senate-prepares-for-a-speedy-impeachment-trial-some-are-urging-a-slower-more-deliberative-approach/2021/01/28/fe56430a-6178-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html An hour for the Georgia tape. An hour for the Ellipse speech. An hour of highlights from the riot. An hour for the vote. As predicted! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/28/who-could-have-predicted-capitol-siege-plenty-people/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344765835867932 #PS1impeachment == impress 20 time 2021-01-29 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354994851595472899 The Noble Lost Cause of the Filibuster! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/democrats-have-vigorously-used-filibuster-its-pathetic-they-now-wont-pledge-protect-it/ It's not for forcing bipartisan compromise, but for obstruction. So give Republicans 50 days to respond constructively to Biden's proposals - and then move on. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344748642536318 #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2021-01-29 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354945143049121798 Christian nationalism https://apnews.com/article/christianity-capitol-riot-6f13ef0030ad7b5a6f37a1e3b7b4c898 leads to tribal paganism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Nazi_Germany and idolatry of the leader. No man can serve two masters. #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-01-29 00:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 371 ID 1345496879128161 impress 7 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "01/29/2021 10:35:30 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1345496879128161 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354940770386550795 Storming the Capitol or storming Wall Street - it's all mob action. And society doesn't tolerate mobs for long. Except on the internet. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/technology/gamestop-stock.html #PS1democracy == impress 33 time 2021-01-28 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354937560091435010 This will be the real Trump wall to protect America - from Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/capitol-fence-permanent/2021/01/28/b4c38c3e-61a5-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-01-28 23:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354935502315556869 Sounds like Thiessen's giving up on Trumpism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/28/liz-cheney-republicans-capitol-riot/ Jan 6 was an epiphany all right - a shining forth to the world what Trumpism was all about. Most Republican voters were thrilled! And most Republican leaders go along for the thrill. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-01-28 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354933624391438349 It's time to do something about minority rule. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/democrats-biggest-decision-nuking-filibuster/617854/ There might not be another chance. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 15 time 2021-01-28 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354929051345928194 She has no use for the press, who only report bad facts about her. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-journalists-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-8579ae4f40952c59cc7597cef520466e #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-28 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354928111612137472 Every stock reaches a top, where somebody bought and somebody sold, and then the stock went down. The buyer at the top lost, but it won't be the hedge funds that lost in the short squeeze. Margin speeds the fall and the rise. https://apnews.com/article/gamestop-stock-surge-explained-fb377363d1b04809706619a6bcc9e549 #PS1economics == impress 22 time 2021-01-28 23:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354878249650724864 GOP leaders have realized that Greene is not inimical to the Trumpist Party, she IS the Trumpist Party, along with others like her. And Trumpism IS the Republican Party. https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-65c25a3f2ba05cc2393584c5ab5a7fa2 The crazies are with Trump forever. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344563409221508 #PS1trumpism == impress 20 time 2021-01-28 19:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354847640513519617 Coming soon from South Africa via South Carolina - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/28/south-africa-variant-south-carolina/ Infections by previous strains might not confer immunity to the new one - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/south-africa-coronavirus-variant/2021/01/27/1b8ab6a0-5f4d-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html Many GOP legislators are fighting for your right to infect and be infected. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-01-28 17:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354844630894878721 At some point it's not an emergency any more - https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-maryland-tom-wolf-coronavirus-pandemic-7d5710f2d8aa4e659c0ec68400ad3d3c But having the legislature make fast urgent technical decisions, when it's possible at all, leaves no individual accountability for the results. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-01-28 17:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354806889561821193 No place to hide! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/28/facebook-oversight-board-cases/ A private monopoly will never be able to satisfy everybody. Better to have lots of smaller competitive platforms that can define their own niches. #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 16 likes 1 time 2021-01-28 15:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354802699280113666 Trust-bust Twitter! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/trump-twitter.html Why stop at politicians? Why not permanently ban anybody who gains a million followers? Reserve it for ordinary people to communicate rather than mass propaganda. The business model would have to change. #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-01-28 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354792217227849735 When fanatics encounter resistance, they don't adapt, they redouble their failing tactics. Politicized religion drives normal people away from religion and increases the secularization the fanatics despise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/christian-nationalists-capitol-attack.html No man can serve two masters. #PS1theory == impress 13 time 2021-01-28 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354788869850292225 Trump doesn't need a third party since he has turned the Republican Party into the Trump Personality Cult. He's guaranteed the devotion of about 1/3 of the voters, but with no hope of ever getting more. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/politics/pennsylvania-republicans-trump.html #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-01-28 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354788176406044675 Why third parties don't work with single-member districts - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/trump-republicans-third-party.html They are good for revenge - Greens elected Bush and Trump, Libertarians elected Biden - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html Trump loves revenge! #PS1democracy == impress 39 time 2021-01-28 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354784547037044743 Short squeezes can affect the entire market. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/business/gamestop-stock-market.html Speculative bubbles always end badly for somebody. Sometimes for everybody. #PS1economics == impress 13 time 2021-01-28 13:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354657320936960008 The difference between enabling and disabling government! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/biden-government.html #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-01-28 05:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354650167115300870 What does it take to be expelled from Congress? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-violence/ If the GOP can't fault Trump for insurrection, they can't fault Greene either. #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-01-28 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354648856793812995 Insurrection planned two months in advance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/self-styled-militia-members-in-three-states-began-planning-in-novembe-for-recruits-weapons-ahead-of-capitol-breach-us-alleges/2021/01/27/f13b0bfc-60b9-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-01-28 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354632810720452612 If Republicans are really want economic recovery below the billionaire class, the way forward is clear - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-need-to-fight-covid-19-not-each-other-here-are-the-keys-to-compromise-on-a-relief-deal/2021/01/27/5c42ffd8-60cc-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html But if their only goal is to sabotage Biden with a view to 2022 and 2024, the way backward is also clear. #PS1recovery == impress 26 time 2021-01-28 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354630771881873411 The Roman Catholic Church is subject to the same stresses as secular society. https://catholicoutlook.org/pope-francis-the-dreamer/ Francis' book, Let us Dream, is a very timely treatise on the spiritual ills underlying modern partisanship. Biden can't be neutral. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-and-the-struggle-for-american-catholicism/2021/01/27/2ea5c278-60df-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-01-28 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354620516800188416 Republicans who know better decide to get all on board with Trump and the lunatic fringe. Will that result in lunatic fringe candidates in the primaries that Democrats can more easily defeat in the general election? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/riot-republicans-trump-impeachment/2021/01/27/b13633fe-60b6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html #PS1gop == impress 17 time 2021-01-28 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354580603698442241 American counterinsurgency. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opinion/how-to-defeat-americas-homegrown-insurgency.html We know what works. We just have to find the political will to do it. Starting at the top. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-01-28 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 801 ID 1344689642542218 impress 15 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 12 oimpress 15 oreach 13 posted "01/28/2021 05:03:26 PM" reach 13 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344689642542218 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354578427299291137 The important thing is to act rather than wait for more damage. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opinion/stimulus-pandemic-rescue.html Stimulus checks aren't economically necessary but they are politically necessary to get more important recovery provisions passed. #PS1recovery == impress 28 time 2021-01-27 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354574554484543490 15 Republican legislators are already dead. Will they be able to make anything of it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/adam-kinzinger-republican-impeach-trump-capitol/2021/01/26/c544cc1e-55fa-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2021-01-27 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354572603751428100 Bipartisanship is a means to an end, not an end. Most people don't care what the vote was if it produced results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/americans-say-they-want-bipartisanship-theyre-wrong/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#bipartisanship If your goal is preserving minority rule, bipartisanship is a dead end. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1theory == impress 13 time 2021-01-27 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354568340484722692 As with foreign terrorism and domestic terrorism and climate and covid, so with entitlements - it's almost impossible to get a democracy to prepare for threats that aren't obvious yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-were-right-to-worry-about-the-nations-fiscal-future-but-i-know-when-to-fold-em/2021/01/27/dae752fc-6023-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-01-27 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354547045105692672 The Republican strategy to regain power - obstruct, suppress, go crazier. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/republicans-have-strategy-take-back-power-heres-why-it-could-fail/ == impress 11 time 2021-01-27 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354545335226437635 The age of cringe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/we-live-golden-age-cringe/ #PS1other == impress 10 time 2021-01-27 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354540304745914373 The suburban new-age wellness branch of Trumpism - from Orange County, where else? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/alan-hostetter-capitol-riot-police-chief-yoga-instructor/ #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-27 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354529913429061633 Letting Bannon off the hook might mean it goes deeper into his co-conspirators. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyregion/steve-bannon-pardon-trump.html #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2021-01-27 20:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354526941777289217 Official domestic terrorism alert from DHS. https://apnews.com/article/us-terrorism-alert-75156eae27532bd9e5cbfe35e6485a3b #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2021-01-27 20:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354512019978739712 RNC not 100% behind Trump? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-elections-only-on-ap-michael-pence-8c87215b20a50f58a18f8406cf49e75f The donors must have had a little chat with the RNC. Maybe Trump will need to start another party after all. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2021-01-27 19:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354479492043948039 What sort of person becomes an insurrectionist leader? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-proudboys-leader/exclusive-proud-boys-leader-was-prolific-informer-for-law-enforcement-idUSKBN29W1PE #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2021-01-27 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354478582597259265 What does GameStop really mean? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/gamestop-stock-rising-inequality/ #PS1economics == impress 8 time 2021-01-27 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354477557895159809 Democracy on Wall Street? Or insurrection? Why should hedge funds decide who lives and dies? https://apnews.com/article/gamestop-stocks-reddit-updates-0bfe08b10002e7bb334983948f53b6e4 #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-01-27 17:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354476566416252932 Voter suppression is ramping up, so philanthropy has to ramp up support for democracy. https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-capitol-siege-democracy-misinformation-f4fc114193b794cb0267d19ff8b91563 #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-01-27 17:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354475722803298304 One kidnap conspirator decides to talk. https://apnews.com/article/grand-rapids-michigan-kidnapping-gretchen-whitmer-conspiracy-e75bd5bd6afef044b20efde2559ea855 Hoping for a lighter sentence? So much for revolutionary solidarity! #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-01-27 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354463394917543939 Restore endurance filibuster? That underestimates the staying power of Dixiecrats, now called "GOP". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opinion/filibuster-senate-biden.html It's not a tool for bipartisan cooperation, but for partisan obstruction to preserve minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-01-27 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354461130425470977 American militias - 99% talk, but look out for the 1% that wants to do more than talk. They'll use the other 99% for cover. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/26/magazine/armed-militia-movement-gun-laws.html #PS1insurrection == impress 22 time 2021-01-27 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354453881099436032 How the ruling class gets the masses to armed insurrection, one step at a time. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/capitol-riot-conspiracies.html By pretending, of course, that the insurrection is against the ruling class! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-01-27 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354450849611694081 Vaccination is job #1. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-25/skelton-vaccines-california-covid-19-joe-biden-gavin-newsom https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/biden-coronavirus-vaccines-plan-trump-capitol-insurrection-20210121.html Will the GOP help or hinder? They'll have to ask Trump what to do. #PS1virus == impress 11 time 2021-01-27 15:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354447946394157057 Nigeria, China, Russia line up for CA unemployment benefits. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/25/edd-27-of-california-unemployment-payments-could-be-fraudulent-state-says/amp/ #PS1recovery == impress 11 time 2021-01-27 15:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354446316638597121 How oligarchy works https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-01-27 15:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354445729972981760 Podcasts - the new frontier for disinformation! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-media-misinformation-social-media-b7bb0ace8a617af733357f6ee15aca03 Can Trump and his base learn a new technology? It's too hard for platforms to censor automatically! #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-01-27 15:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354437467571593224 No need for a third party for Trump! Just the threat was enough to make the GOP his. He will expel everybody that doesn't belong any more. 5 senators and 10 representatives will need a new party. Insurrectionists pardon in four years. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-impeachments-edeed40444c700ccc53ed4ffc4e89f4d #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2021-01-27 14:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354292291645579270 How to get rich off rich people - rig their taxes for them and charge a percentage. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/jeffrey-epstein-leon-black-apollo.html After all, taxes are for little people - like Trump voters - not for important people - like Trump donors. #PS1tax == impress 12 time 2021-01-27 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354290167289274369 Republicans used to be called Dixiecrats. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/democrats-schumer-mcconnell-filibuster.html Minority rule attitudes are the same, only the party label changed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2021-01-27 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354250512401526785 No real populism while Trump is around. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/trump-hawley-populism.html Will the time come when the shogun is weak and the tea is strong? If not the wannabes will remain stuck in limbo. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-27 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354245761718906882 Socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/us-capitalism-socialism.html An ancient story - minority rule make the minority richer and the majority poorer. That's the whole point! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1economics == impress 16 time 2021-01-27 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354241462309769218 How Lone Wolves get motivation and direction online. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/louis-beam-white-supremacy-internet.html In the best fascist tradition, the leaders avoid criminal culpability and the foot soldiers get all the trouble. #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-01-27 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354235819490304004 Other ways to discourage Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/if-senate-doesnt-convict-trump-heres-how-discourage-him-running-again/ Will the 2024 GOP hopefuls vote for these reforms? Not likely, much as they'd like to, because Trumpists would shoot back. #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-27 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354228448097497091 Should Trump be allowed back on Twitter to defend himself during his impeachment trial? It won't affect the trial - 45 Republican senators made that clear today. Can he resist the urge to self-incriminate by Federal felony calls to violent action? #PS1impeachment == impress 16 time 2021-01-27 00:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354227002702618630 Open all the prison doors wide! All the criminals deserve a break! Trump only had time to pardon a few. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/give-man-break-nikki-haley-drags-trumpism-rock-bottom/ Unfortunately for Haley and the rest, it looks like Trump in 2024. #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-01-27 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354221592717389828 45 SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LEGALIZE INSURRECTION! https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-senate-eeff16bd40a4fe3b65b5efc9f1582289 Hawley, Cruz, Pence, Don Jr, Pompeo, Carlson, are disappointed. What lesson for Trumpists? NO PENALTY FOR INSURRECTION - BE BOLDER NEXT TIME. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1343267562684426 #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-01-27 00:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 975 ID 1344064432604739 impress 17 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 16 oimpress 17 oreach 17 posted "01/27/2021 05:04:11 PM" reach 17 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344064432604739 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354066212783759361 "Policy planners have sucked the income from the bottom to the top" https://apnews.com/article/world-news-india-coronavirus-pandemic-new-delhi-parades-654ef151a8af6de8c264c29363d0607b Sound familiar? It should! Modi and Trump were pals. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0500 impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-01-26 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353955880216055808 "balancing the demands of deep-pocketed donors who are distancing themselves from Trump and voters who demand loyalty to him" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-impeachments-eeff16bd40a4fe3b65b5efc9f1582289 They hope to avoid having to choose. What if Obama had been accused? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1342793616065154 #PS1impeachment == impress 20 time 2021-01-26 06:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353949955363233792 Another relatively moderate Republican senator gives up. All he'd have to look forward to is character assassination from Trumpists, which Ohio is full of, and another term of a do-nothing Congress. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-biden-cabinet-elections-impeachments-ohio-8b30bc6332e7b980c543c1e94fb11093 #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 0.1364 expands 1 impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-01-26 06:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353948499545448448 A special prosecutor might be necessary. https://apnews.com/article/watchdog-probe-doj-overturn-election-f0d2230213448402322e941fa7c2f6a4 #PS1sedition == impress 15 time 2021-01-26 06:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353948063195226118 Rioters gladly waived their right to decline self-incrimination! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-media-social-media-f9a4050fc3179c87e0c29b8872e020e9 #PS1insurrection == impress 12 time 2021-01-26 06:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 50 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-01-26 ratio 4 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-01-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 166 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 ID 1343283919349457 impress 15 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 13 likeusers 1 likeuusers 13 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 15 oreach 14 posted "01/26/2021 04:47:50 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1343283919349457 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353716853856555009 Long supply chains invite hacking, and hackers accept the invitation. https://apnews.com/article/politics-hacking-russia-software-a1d451df34d9f50ddb20f9df0c16b2ef #PS1technology == impress 12 time 2021-01-25 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353715045075566592 Really no difference between Xi and Trump covid management - disinform and deflect! https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-coronavirus-vaccine-media-coronavirus-pandemic-wuhan-65c6958bb2d8d22d811bb3d0c90f7418 #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-01-25 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353693300339822592 Defamation catches up with Giuliani. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-dominion-trump.html Disbarment next! #PS1justice == impress 18 time 2021-01-25 13:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353576430181834752 The new Space Race. It's 1958 all over again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/trump-biden-pentagon-space-missiles-satellite.html #PS1china == impress 16 time 2021-01-25 05:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353546344405692418 GOP senators courageously working overtime to figure out how to avoid taking a stand for or against Trump and insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-press-ahead-with-second-impeachment-trial-as-gop-divided-on-how-to-defend-trump/2021/01/24/74cbfb74-5e81-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html A perfect example why we need to get rid of sore-loser laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sore-loser_law #PS1impeachment == impress 16 time 2021-01-25 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353521274396364800 Assassination teams during the impeachment trial? Hot air or serious? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-cabinets-trials-impeachments-82c0a1035ee55e6a8bda4d289943c641 And how does this affect GOP senators' votes? They would mostly prefer to cancel the trial so they can courageously avoid taking a stand. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ap-top-news-trials-impeachments-c6456b8c7a1d48e8b011fa82f8526f9d #PS1insurrection == impress 16 time 2021-01-25 01:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-25 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 164 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1342797839398065 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 8 posted "01/25/2021 10:42:33 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1342797839398065 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353485304569581568 The Hall of Shame! https://www.republicaninsurrectionists.com/ What were their names, tell me, what were their names? #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2021-01-24 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353463065946202113 GPS is an Achilles tendon. No backup is in place. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/opinion/gps-vulnerable-alternatives-navigation-critical-infrastructure.html #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-01-24 22:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353461210864185344 How journalism would work in a truly Trumpist society. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/china-covid-19-beijing.html #PS1journalism == impress 14 time 2021-01-24 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353460020134854656 Trump seems destined to win this race - to the bottom! Stand aside, Buchanan, Harding, and Andrew Johnson! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/trump-presidential-history.html #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-24 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353453087818534918 Will the violent right go international like al-Qaeda and IS? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/world/europe/capitol-far-right-global.html #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-01-24 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353447667746000897 Is being president a permanent get-out-of-jail-free card? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/trump-charges-george-conway/ The only lesson Trump has ever learned is that he can get away with anything. Especially with a violent mob to intimidate his enemies. #PS1impeachment == impress 17 time 2021-01-24 21:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353443580220645376 Nixon rehabilitated. It's hard to imagine it working that way for Trump. But he can hang on to his base. That's all he really knows anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/nixon-trump-rebranding-rehabilitation/2021/01/22/603ecca4-5c29-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-24 20:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353442161052672000 Now that they feel safe from mobs, GOP reverts to form. No trial because "blah blah blah" MEANING "I don't want to go on record voting against Trump and I don't want to go on record voting for violent insurrection." Avoid the vote! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-cabinets-trials-impeachments-82c0a1035ee55e6a8bda4d289943c641 #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-01-24 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353427438752067585 Still Best. State. Ever. for the rich and disreputable! https://www.davebarry.com/book-page.php?isbn13=9781101982600 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-florida-man/2021/01/21/1eeb6676-5c1b-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-01-24 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353425811928322050 The return of competent government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-technocrats-normal/2021/01/23/168bb0ba-5cd6-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html All those shallow-state Trumpists were in way over their heads. #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-01-24 19:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353423242287935488 How Trump drained the deep state by installing shallow statesmen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-trump-burrowing-federal/2021/01/24/a495ae76-5c02-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-01-24 19:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353420243159269376 Organizing resolution, filibuster, covid relief, impeachment... They all circle warily - how can we get as much as possible and give as little as possible? No senator wants to wear two bulleyes, one on his right side and one on his left. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/unity-challenge-biden-republicans-covid/2021/01/23/d95d3f5e-5cff-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html #PS1politics == impress 17 time 2021-01-24 19:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353365367754612736 The violent left tries to match the violent right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/destructive-protests-by-anarchists-and-extremists-signal-divided-left-as-biden-administration-begins/2021/01/23/70f93610-5d8c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html They have to stick to violence because anarchists can't win elections - so they don't participate. Permanent revolution has been tried and found wanting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-01-24 15:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353363108534751232 The filibuster reinforces minority rule - GOP senators are content if nothing passes when they are out of power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-gridlock-threatens-biden-agenda/2021/01/23/6119e512-5cf3-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html Supermajorities for routine business is just another tool of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0500 impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-01-24 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353238142317301760 Who owns the Republican Party? The Trumpist voters who elect legislators or the conservative donors who pay for elections? Is it a personality cult or an ideology cult? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republican-split/2021/01/23/d7dc253e-5cbc-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html When the impeachment trial is over, expect Trump to wreak revenge. #PS1gop == impress 22 time 2021-01-24 07:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353234678459715589 Should rioters be charged if their only crime was entering the Capitol? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/doj-capitol-rioters-charges-debate/2021/01/23/3b0cf112-5d97-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html A deferred plea agreement might be an option. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-01-24 06:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353227797565640707 It isn't easy being green! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-us-news-nevada-a045e1cb9e5be5d010186720143e4d54 #PS1climate == impress 35 time 2021-01-24 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353226363445014529 Nrnberg defense - bad news for Fhrer! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-donald-trump-trials-impeachments-64b8fee697d922bb75727e5781af815f He told them to do it! #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0333 impress 30 retweets 1 time 2021-01-24 06:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 557 ID 1341989052812277 impress 7 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 5 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "01/24/2021 04:46:28 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1341989052812277 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352973499581665280 The Saturday Night Massacre that wasn't - stopped by the Georgia phone call. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html #PS1justice == impress 14 time 2021-01-23 13:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352866382103252992 "Cruz isn't stupid, he just imagines that voters are" No surprise, that's a defining feature of minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Are any GOP senators actually interested in bipartisanship? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-republicans-stimulus.html #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-01-23 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352864744823156739 The fundamental division "will be between the performers, the people who run for office to get on TV, and the builders, the people who want to achieve something". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/joe-biden-republicans.html #PS1biden == impress 12 time 2021-01-23 06:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352863601648779265 Why not take their money? QAnons probably believe in Bigfoot too. https://apnews.com/article/wildlife-oklahoma-5433bc22df3a87efa08c2b52838a2dd7 #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-01-23 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352794370878054400 "Why do these rich and well-connected people get this special treatment?" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/politics/trump-pardons-medicare-fraud.html BECAUSE they are rich and well-connected!! What is it that you don't understand about Trumpism and minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 14 time 2021-01-23 01:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352792665889202179 Biden orders review of Russian hacking. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/politics/biden-russia-cyber-hack-nuclear.html #PS1russian == impress 17 time 2021-01-23 01:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352790248078536705 Trumps Untergang Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6rTu-pJFnw Reality: https://www.axios.com/off-the-rails-episodes-cf6da824-83ac-45a6-a33c-ed8b00094e39.html Descent into madness, minute by minute, in 8 episodes. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-01-23 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352776786317201408 There's no reason to expect the GOP to change. Against unfavorable demographics, playing fair is suicide for minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/opinion/biden-trump-democracy-prevailed.html Getting rid of unlimited dark money and sore-loser laws would help. GOP will oppose. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2021-01-23 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352772394931286017 Automatic recession relief? Not likely! Take away GOP's chances to throw sand in the gears of a Democratic administration? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-stimulus-checks.html Not a single major GOP donor would like that! #PS1recovery == impress 13 time 2021-01-23 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352771337303908352 Trump was almost the apotheosis of minority rule - distracting the masses while the ruling classes took what they wanted. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/opinion/trump-legacy.html His bolder abler successor will try to finish the job by making minority rule permanent. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1minority == impress 11 time 2021-01-23 00:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352768041222737921 We could benefit from politicians inspired by poetry other than their donors' demands. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/opinion/biden-poetry-amanda-gorman-seamus-heaney-inauguration.html #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-01-23 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 338 ID 1341468326197683 impress 21 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 19 oimpress 21 oreach 20 posted "01/23/2021 10:34:34 PM" reach 20 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1341468326197683 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352766706020536321 GOP determined to protect billionaire tax cuts. No compromise on that! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/biden-trump-tax-law.html Anything that passes will simplify the tax code by adding another 1000 pages! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2021-01-22 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352765169961558016 Jerry Brown considers lessons for Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jerry-brown-joe-biden.html #PS1biden == impress 5 time 2021-01-22 23:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352762949081812992 "Atlanta Hammers" sounds good! https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/22/braves-name-change-hammers/ #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0769 impress 13 time 2021-01-22 23:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352762210393624577 "Too late!" - how GOP senators avoid taking a position on Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/dont-be-fooled-mitch-mcconnell-will-never-vote-convict-trump/ Not too late if Obama had done the same! But the donors call the shots, especially those that might support a primary challenger - watch what happens to Cheney. #PS1impeachment == impress 7 time 2021-01-22 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352755441244094464 Anarchist political violence. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-police-racial-injustice-oregon-portland-dcc780e421fcb2694087643c811ee265 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2021-01-22 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352754644162777089 A 9/11 review for domestic political violence. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-jen-psaki-national-security-terrorism-8ac769920a5a945ed1ccaf44d0906d99 #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-01-22 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352715101199949824 Russia is not the problem; the problem is Putin and his oligarchs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/heres-how-biden-can-move-past-trumps-fatal-attraction-russia/ #PS1russian == impress 25 time 2021-01-22 20:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352699201029722112 Will the Trump base be grateful for improving rural health services? Not likely for the 1/3 of voters who still think the election was stolen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/hidden-feature-bidens-first-big-moves-major-outreach-trump-country/ #PS1biden == impress 15 time 2021-01-22 19:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352698240181825536 True Trumpism in action! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/want-understand-gops-problem-look-its-newly-elected-extremists/ It's just a reality-TV show! The only thing that matters is the ratings. And the donors. With donors and ratings, they can find enough voters. Will Trumpism stay GOP or become the Patriot Party? #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-22 19:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352692754791370752 "hopefully the Senate will reject the idea of pursuing presidents after they leave office" - Graham https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-biden-cabinet-trials-462425af29b02c43e24913b6fd191b6f Hopefully the Senate will reject the ideas that the president can get away with anything, AND that the Senate can deny justice by delay. #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-01-22 19:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352690483542147072 Recent virus mutations might be more lethal. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55768627 At first it was thought to just be more transmissible. #PS1virus == impress 13 time 2021-01-22 18:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352689675933151232 There were giants in the earth in those days! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hank-aaron-dead/2021/01/22/2d11719a-5cc6-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-atlanta-braves-hank-aaron-coronavirus-pandemic-0fa32aff826d18bbeb9efedd42cd81a2 #PS1other == impress 11 time 2021-01-22 18:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352621436133797889 How many GOP senators have half the courage of Navalny? https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/alexei-navalny-putin-biden-trump-capitol-insurrection-20210119.html Putin claims democracy is impotent against chaos. Will the Senate prove it? #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-01-22 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352604114891333639 The lost QAnon sheep are finding new theories and new homes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/21/qanon-faithful-biden-trump/ The Watkins's have indicated that Q is done. They should know! But other Q's will pop up to try to keep the business going. #PS1qanon == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0769 impress 13 time 2021-01-22 13:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352457055211122688 Next time before you risk jail for rioting or industrial espionage - make sure Peter Thiel is on your side if Trump is in the White House. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-anthony-levandowski-theft-5a7413d10d8c359ab7aeeb4e3370fcd1 Good luck if Biden is still president. #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-01-22 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352435852886982659 The lost QAnon sheep are finding new theories and new homes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/21/qanon-faithful-biden-trump/ The Watkins have basically said that Q is one. They should know! But other Q's will pop up. #PS1qanon == engage 3 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 24 time 2021-01-22 02:00 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352434251069702144 Cheney and Romney revert to the same old song - cripple the Democratic president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rainbows-vs-play-ball-bidens-call-for-unity-faces-test-in-fractured-congress/2021/01/21/8e1a6816-5c3a-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html They have to worry about primaries. #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1053 impress 19 time 2021-01-22 01:53 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352428883300077571 San Jose is proud to see Cesar Chavez in the Oval Office! Along with Martin Luther King Jr. - and Harry Truman! Remember Truman got the Marshall Plan through Congress and led on civil rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Civil_rights https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-immigration-7e5e5cf901ba66174f2bbc175f1625f0 #PS1biden == impress 24 time 2021-01-22 01:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352421724072022017 So predictable! If GOP senators cared about deficits, they wouldn't vote for billionaire tax cuts and pretend they'd pay for themselves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/right-on-schedule-republicans-pretend-to-care-about-deficits-again/2021/01/21/a749e500-5c17-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html It's just the same old story of sabotage-the-Democratic- president in hopes of gains in 2022 and 2024. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-01-22 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352420592717156355 How much time does this trial need? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachments-trials-nancy-pelosi-492099622e512db4d6b3956a40a773c5 An hour for the Georgia tape. An hour for the Ellipse speech. An hour of highlights from the riot. An hour recess for GOP senators to call their donors to find out how to vote. An hour for the vote. #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-01-22 00:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352416763632177152 First day of the Biden administration. I realized I didn't have to tune in the news on the radio every hour! #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-01-22 00:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 73 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-22 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 726 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1340674326277083 impress 21 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 18 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 21 oreach 20 posted "01/22/2021 04:23:04 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 20 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1340674326277083 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-21 - first full day of Biden administration! === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352273258393964546 A communication error? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tiger-king-joe-exotic-pardon-trump/2021/01/20/44ba42a0-5b3a-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html Maybe he didn't understand the "length and level of $upport" required to attract Trump's interest. #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-01-21 15:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352129140443410432 China will exploit American weakness. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-foreign-policy-coronavirus-pandemic-china-us-news-c53ee902caf3218f2d0103f356db1376 #PS1china == impress 15 time 2021-01-21 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352093831009689600 How Biden won the election - animated tour of major decisions - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/joe-biden-2020-campaign-democrats.html The Biden campaign made the uniquely best decisions for the unique circumstances of 2020. Whoever runs in 2024 will have to figure it out from scratch all over again. #PS1biden == impress 32 time 2021-01-21 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352072403543678979 Lincoln, Biden, and Will agree - "the nation's fate is in your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-charged-the-people-of-this-republic-with-fixing-it-so-the-people-need-to-grow-up/2021/01/20/524e1f62-5b54-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html But a third of our countrymen prefer fantasy to objective reality, abetted by greedy media moguls and spineless politicians. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-21 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352060160680755202 What comes after QAnon? Something worse? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/qanon-is-mortally-wounded-rights-conspiracy-theories-will-never-die/ #PS1qanon == impress 19 time 2021-01-21 01:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352055694854221825 Money master McConnell puts LBJ and Jesse Unruh to shame! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief He got re-elected with support from his donors and by supporting Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/good-riddance-leader-mcconnell.html True to form, his decision to turn on Trump came after consultation with his donors. #PS1gop == impress 15 time 2021-01-21 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352044240029642752 Tucker Carlson in 2024? He has all the prerequisites. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/trump-celebrity-successors.html Minority rule doesn't depend on policy; it depends on distracting its voters from thinking about policy. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == engage 4 engage-rate 0.0571 expands 1 impress 70 time 2021-01-21 00:04 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-21 - first full day of Biden topic tweets wordrate 0 words 252 ID 1340110543000128 impress 10 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 10 oreach 8 posted "01/21/2021 07:19:36 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1340110543000128 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-20 - Last Day of Trump! === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352041302574067712 "Don't bother trying to save anyone who has supported acts of sedition" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/arizona-republicans-trump.html That seems to include almost all of the Arizona Republican Party. When fanatics encounter setbacks, they don't learn from them, they just redouble their fanaticism. #PS1gop == impress 52 time 2021-01-20 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352039287986954240 How the business side of conspiracy and hate works. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/business/qanon-maga-merchandise-amazon-etsy-shopify.html #PS1qanon == impress 10 time 2021-01-20 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352036735920738309 Another Noble Lost Cause! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/trump-lost-cause.html No surprise that the principals in the new Lost Cause inherited the old Lost Cause. #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-01-20 23:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352034165659627520 Leaders who planned the riot in advance are being charged with conspiracy as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-01-20 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352032699251245056 McConnell is done with Trump, and will cooperate with Democrats when it suits him, but will charge a high price. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-capitol-riot.html #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2021-01-20 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352029667205685248 Ungovernable? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/opinion/joe-biden-inauguration.html Even if the majority of GOP donors steer clear of Trump, Hawley, and Cruze, they still want to preserve minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html and they don't have a problem with a paralyzed Congress - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2021-01-20 23:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352026954157854723 The Trumpist propaganda media haven't surrendered! Too many advertising dollars at stake. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/business/media/misinformation-trump-media.html #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-01-20 22:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352025677659140096 Mutual disappointment! Trump is disappointed the rioters didn't change the election. The rioters are disappointed that Trump didn't back them up. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/technology/proud-boys-trump.html He wasn't a revolutionary after all - just a disrupter. #PS1insurrection == impress 20 time 2021-01-20 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352022958491897856 The most likely Q himself says it's time to move on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/20/qanon-trump-era-ends/ But other Q's will manifest as long as the QAnon faithful have money to spend. "If you disprove a person's religion, he doesn't thank you, he kills you!" - Another Roadside Attraction #PS1qanon == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0217 impress 92 time 2021-01-20 22:39 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352020959666950152 Here's the deal - no cabinet confirmations unless filibuster is preserved. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-uncertainty-mcconnell-schumer/2021/01/19/5a643bae-5a6a-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 28 time 2021-01-20 22:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352019434769006594 Pence became acting president after all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-president/2021/01/19/503ea3e2-59bd-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-01-20 22:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352017034373066752 Start the Patriot Party! That'll show all those never-Trump Republicans! https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-to-run-for-president-under-the-birthday-party-2703849 Maybe he can link up with the Birthday Party! https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534952-trump-has-talked-to-associates-about-forming-new-political-party #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2021-01-20 22:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352012984244027395 The eternal victims! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19/republicans-discover-that-private-sector-can-bite-them-too/ 1984? "Perhaps there was a deleted chapter in which he is forced to endure the suffering of having his book published by a second-tier conservative press and then complains about it in dozens of TV interviews." #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2021-01-20 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352009659691929600 Why Hawley is a bigger threat than Trump in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/20/hawley-legal-arguments-president-senate-riot/ #PS1trumpism == engage 5 engage-rate 0.1724 impress 29 time 2021-01-20 21:46 +0000 urlclicks 5 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352005306293780480 Surprising that a billionaire can't afford to protect his own family. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-extended-secret-service-protection-for-13-members-of-his-family-as-he-left-office/2021/01/20/31ef3e9e-5b3c-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html But this way security has to stay in Trump properties, at taxpayer expense, whenever a family member does. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0833 impress 12 time 2021-01-20 21:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352001610386296832 Mobocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/trump-lincoln-mobs-democracy.html It's still a vivid living memory in the South - and now it's come to the Capitol. #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2021-01-20 21:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352000609260474368 It's too hard to control the media if there are too many diverse voices! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/supreme-court-seems-ready-to-let-fcc-ease-media-ownership-caps #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-01-20 21:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352000077401735170 Disinfection will take a long time. https://apnews.com/article/business-hacking-c20752c7ff9b8339288f5e2700cbb0b9 #PS1russian == impress 11 time 2021-01-20 21:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351984262069723137 Are secret pardons a thing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/trump-secret-pardons-validity/ Hopefully not. But who can be sure of what Trump might try now? #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-01-20 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351900916199223304 He'll be back! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-leaves-white-house/2021/01/20/bb561da4-5a9e-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html For their various reasons, nobody in government wants him back, though some want his campaign support from the sidelines. But 1/3 of the people want him back in the White House. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-20 14:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351898907022749696 It's just Trump's Pillow from now on. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-business-elections-7cda3dffd77c1386ebb75f16924ee02c A third of Americans will still buy them. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2021-01-20 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351897817015435271 He just couldn't stop himself. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-global-trade-islamic-state-group-141ba07941e00e96b252314133888df6 #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-01-20 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351896541473112066 Sounds like McConnell will vote to convict. https://apnews.com/article/mcconnell-trump-fed-lies-to-mob-36871d68df56a10be1c46ed364ad6de6 But he might be leveraging that in the organizing resolution negotiations. #PS1impeachment == impress 13 time 2021-01-20 14:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351894287621844995 Good riddance to the worst ever! https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-capitol-siege-donald-trump-michael-pence-ad718c0048c341d0044c4709fb23c8dd #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-01-20 14:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351784889306157058 Give Hawley credit for being CONSISTENTLY evil. Nobody ever called Trump consistent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alejandro-mayorkas-confirmation-hearing-josh-hawley/2021/01/19/d11971d2-5a7f-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html That's why disqualifying an impeached Trump might be a bad idea if it enables Hawley, bolder and more capable than Trump. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-20 06:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351778479411367939 Rioters disappointed not to get an Official Bad Guy Badge from Trump? But there are only about 10 hours left to get a pardon. Maybe they'll get 20 years instead, to think about how Trump loyalty only works uphill, not down. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-32a212d3ac899905be744632d236862c #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-01-20 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351776724657209346 Now we know who all the bad guys are! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-pardons-and-commutations-66c82f25134735e742b2501c118723bb A pardon from Trump is an Official Bad Guy Badge - awarded for corruption, insurrection, murder, or just loyal incompetence. But what about all the rioters in jail that he left hanging in the wind? #PS1justice == impress 71 time 2021-01-20 06:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-20 - Last Day of Trump! topic tweets wordrate 0 words 862 ID 1339370986407417 impress 7 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "01/20/2021 04:54:33 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1339370986407417 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-19 - 2 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351559466030796801 Trump might be hard at work on his pardons but he hasn't forgotten his donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/15/trump-environmental-rollbacks #PS1deregulation == impress 30 time 2021-01-19 15:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351557209310732290 With a little help from their friends! https://www.bloombergquint.com/amp/onweb/parler-home-page-reappears-with-ceo-calling-return-inevitable Friendly Russians are helping Parler get back to its business of fomenting sedition and insurrection. #PS1russian == impress 20 time 2021-01-19 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351546267705307136 What can you do with a stolen laptop? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-technology-harrisburg-pennsylvania-theft-979c79cb033f6eaf724520532555db78 Selling it to the Russians might be harder than you think. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-01-19 15:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351544597361541123 How they hand off the football https://bideninaugural.org/schedule/ Turns out there's more than one. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-biden-nuclear-football-inauguration/index.html But who is in charge between noon and the time Biden is sworn in? The website doesn't give an exact time. #PS1biden == impress 13 time 2021-01-19 14:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351412253682065409 Why wouldn't the worst president, a self-serving opportunist, have the worst secretary of state, a self-serving opportunist? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/mike-pompeo-secretary-of-state.html #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-01-19 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351410436776763392 No genius required. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/biden-covid-19-plan.html Just a determination to do the job. #PS1virus == impress 16 time 2021-01-19 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351409195136892930 No regrets for getting rid of all those old people, and a bunch of younger ones too. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/relph-covid-minnesota.html #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-01-19 06:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351408415185149953 Emergency legislation is always avehicle for unrelated provisions that could never pass on their own merits. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/oklahoma-city-bombing-terror-death-penalty.html And Congressional dysfunction means that hardly anything ever passes, except on an emergency basis. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-01-19 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351406926643433472 It reports the truth about how Trump feels! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/1776-commission-report.html Rewriting history was a major industry under Stalinism. The last thing the Trumpists would ever do is admit the objective truth about minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-01-19 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351401297036001280 Who's on the list? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/trump-pardons.html And who's not? #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-01-19 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351399667729223680 Lincoln gives up reasons to hope. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/18/lincoln-came-presidency-treacherous-time-too-his-inauguration-can-give-us-hope/ He faced many of the exact same challenges. #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2021-01-19 05:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351398626149294086 "human beings are naturally backsliders" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-fresh-start-for-republicans-can-come-only-if-they-abandon-authoritarian-populism/2021/01/18/ff4fb9e8-59bd-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html "Democracy must be continually refounded" And so must the Republican Party. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-01-19 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351397225922891776 So much for American exceptionalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-not-exceptional-after-all/2021/01/18/13275a56-59ab-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html #PS1theory == impress 12 time 2021-01-19 05:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351396273488764928 Plenty of historical precedents for the riot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/18/white-supremacist-domestic-terrorism-weve-been-here-before/ #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2021-01-19 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351395532246196224 Another last-minute Trump scheme fails. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-civil-service-biden/2021/01/18/5daf34c4-59b3-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html Republicans like to complain about Civil Service. Civil Service employees reciprocate. #PS1deregulation == impress 13 time 2021-01-19 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351394362538684416 Competing with James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-history-democracy/2021/01/18/98700d2c-58dc-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-01-19 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351343441964277760 Who are the radicals trying to run America? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/minimum-wage-us.html #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2021-01-19 01:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351334442573328388 Need to pay for travel to a riot of legal defense after? Rely on Christian charity! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-place-to-fund-hope-how-proud-boys-and-other-fringe-groups-found-refuge-on-a-christian-fundraising-website/2021/01/18/14a536ee-574b-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html No questions asked! #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2021-01-19 01:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351330969223979008 Lindsey Graham - the archetypal Trumpist enabler. If he wouldn't stand up to Trump, he certainly won't stand up to Trump's bolder and abler Trumpist successor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/17/lindsey-grahams-weakness/ #PS1trumpism == impress 20 time 2021-01-19 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351327711508107265 Does Trump really exist without Twitter? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/18/twitters-trump-ban-is-even-more-important-than-you-thought/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0588 impress 17 time 2021-01-19 00:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351326252871761920 You can't get a person out of a cult. You can only try to keep new people from falling in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-trump-presidency-was-marked-by-battles-over-truth-itself-those-arent-over/2021/01/18/3bee0050-5750-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html And that won't work until Trumpist politicians and media stars renounce their lies. But that won't happen - too much power and money at stake. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-19 00:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-19 - 2 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 577 ID 1338905526453963 impress 13 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 oimpress 13 oreach 12 posted "01/19/2021 11:01:18 PM" reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338905526453963 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-18 - 3 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351300937436983296 What do separation of powers in the Constitution and antitrust legislation have in common? They limit concentration of power. To prevent economic and political fossilization, active steps preserve economic and political mobility. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338108893200293 #PS1theory == impress 19 time 2021-01-18 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351253203036241920 Austin and Miami dream of taking over from Silicon Valley! https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-30/how-texas-can-become-the-next-silicon-valley But Silicon Valley is the place to develop revolutionary world-changing technology. Minority-rule politics is opposed to revolution. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338028966541619 #PS1technology == impress 23 time 2021-01-18 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351241739043033088 Mismanaging your passwords is tricky, and can be expensive! No customer service to help you reset your password. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2021-01-18 18:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351239153690824718 Never done anything for Trump and never going to do anything for Trump? No pardon for you! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wildlife-coronavirus-pandemic-crime-terre-haute-28e44cc5c026dc16472751bbde0ead50 #PS1justice == impress 17 time 2021-01-18 18:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351195905748307969 A third of the country find 2020 presidential election fraud as real at Mt Rushmore. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/supporters-of-donald-trump.html The 2020 election overall was a victory for Trumpism, so no fraud concerns about the other results. Most GOP leaders and media stars encourage the fantasy. #PS1gop == impress 31 time 2021-01-18 15:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351191313702653954 Anti-vaxxers support Trump, so Trump supports anti-vaxxers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/18/ppp-loans-anti-vaccine/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-01-18 15:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351189260532150282 Slow incremental progress might be all that's possible. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-filibusters-legislation-b4694c7b4c68c5777a61de75658e7464 At least half the Republican senators will vote against anything Biden proposes. Anything substantial will have to happen elsewhere. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-01-18 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351185797656010755 Why do Trump associates usually end up in trouble with the law? He makes sure that they do the dirty work. Thus there is no way they can squeal without incriminating themselves. They can hope for a pardon - https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/trump-pardons-expected More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337910436553472 #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-01-18 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351163150725480451 Presidential pardon doesn't extend to civil litigation. He should have thought about that. Maybe he did and that's why he fought eviction so long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/roberta-kaplan-lawyer-attorney-trump/2021/01/17/ae8890f2-50f8-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-01-18 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351161678520602625 A real door-buster sale! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-final-days/2021/01/17/7a57969c-5905-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html A self-pardon could complicate his defense against civil liability for injuries in the riot. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/trump-pardons-expected/index.html #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-01-18 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351051652762132483 Trumpism turns America into a police state where people have to report their family members to the FBI. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/capitol-riot-family-fbi/ #PS1insurrection == impress 27 time 2021-01-18 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351025410037977088 Disinfection continues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/oath-keeper-three-percenter-arrests/2021/01/17/27e726f2-5847-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0400 impress 25 likes 1 time 2021-01-18 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351012303160954882 Like Trump, Fox never apologizes or admits a mistake, though they pay up when they absolutely have to. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/business/media/fox-news-seth-rich-settlement.html #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0385 impress 26 time 2021-01-18 03:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351010325756325892 Bad timing! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gun-rally-virginia-lobby-day/2021/01/15/1a4b2486-55e4-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0435 impress 23 time 2021-01-18 03:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351007718845390848 Covering every base they can think of! https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-capitol-siege-ap-top-news-857bacc273e16ff82dc9fefed1242ae8 This weekend has been quiet - because all the leaders are in jail? the followers don't want to end up in jail? they're waiting for inauguration day? they waiting until the Guard leaves? #PS1insurrection == impress 32 time 2021-01-18 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350987046270197766 McConnell has maintained his caucus by preventing divisive votes, perhaps subordinating his preferences to the caucus. But Trump subordinates himself to nobody - that means the end of McConnell's caucus. https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-0537f114e8574bd39dcfa45f22730a7a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337563986588117 #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2021-01-18 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350975984992968706 Going bigger than expected! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-has-already-shown-us-that-governing-is-back/2021/01/16/6f74286a-5777-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Will any Republicans help? Or will the obstructionists win? #PS1biden == impress 18 time 2021-01-18 01:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350974727779708929 US engagement doesn't turn dictators into democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-joe-biden-should-update-obama-strategies-for-this-new-era/2021/01/17/ff1a6d52-5679-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 23 time 2021-01-18 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350973825295511552 Will North Korea be the cauldron that boils over into WW III? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/why-north-korea-could-become-one-bidens-biggest-challenges/ #PS1foreign == impress 21 time 2021-01-18 01:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350972498586836993 No repentance, no healing - it's been tried! We're still suffering for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-a-civil-war-accountability-must-precede-healing/2021/01/15/8a8004de-5769-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1insurrection == impress 21 time 2021-01-18 01:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-18 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-18 - 3 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 622 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1338151076529408 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 5 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "01/18/2021 04:39:20 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1338151076529408 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-17 - 4 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350951969842733058 The fruits of bitter tribal sectarian partisanship then - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/walk-across-world-america.html and now - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/covid-deaths-2020.html An utter failure of misapplied federalism. #PS1virus == impress 18 time 2021-01-17 23:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350947525109407746 How the first globalization spawned a new center of the universe. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/walk-across-world-america.html And how it lost it all in bitter tribal sectarian partisanship. #PS1other == impress 19 time 2021-01-17 23:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350931433448218627 Has McCarthy gone about as fur as he kin go? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-trump.html We kin only hope. He has three strikes. #PS1sedition == impress 15 time 2021-01-17 22:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350930211890733058 "Believing in QAnon tends to clear one's social calendar" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html "If you disprove somebody's religion, they don't thank you, they kill you" - Another Roadside Attraction. #PS1qanon == impress 18 time 2021-01-17 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350927893426282503 Most Republican politicians are back to normal - making up stuff. Giuliani has a ton of evidence, again, this time that the rioters were all leftists. Maybe he'll present it at Four Seasons again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/Capitol-conspiracy-theories-blm-antifa.html #PS1sedition == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0800 expands 1 impress 25 time 2021-01-17 22:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350926229914808321 Indulgences for sale! Have you got a good story to tell about suffering by the Deep State? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/trump-pardons.html If your case is just an ordinary injustice, you'll have to wait for the next administration. Trump is busy taking care of self, family, and donors. #PS1trump == impress 27 time 2021-01-17 22:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350923502853914625 Bipartisanship has to start somewhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-pence-transition/2021/01/16/9e242d6e-5758-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Will it ever get anywhere? #PS1biden == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1111 impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-01-17 21:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350922187285303296 No repentance and no confession = no forgiveness and no unity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/17/republicans-call-unity-wont-acknowledge-biden-won-fairly/ Of course these Republicans didn't really want national unity. That just gets in the way of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1sedition == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0500 impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-01-17 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350919078324551681 Do GOP House members believe in three strikes? 1) 126 signed on Paxton's Supreme Court lawsuit https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/republicans-trump-election-lawsuit.html 2) 138 voted to challenge Electoral College results 3) 197 voted against impeachment More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337454236599092 #PS1sedition == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0588 impress 17 time 2021-01-17 21:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350910941727080449 McConnell needs to be quiet until Jan 20. Once Trump feels sure about the Senate vote, he might pardon himself, family members, GOP legislators, and Jan 6 rioters. No pardons after Jan 20. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment.html #PS1impeachment == impress 33 time 2021-01-17 21:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350908107287744512 What it's like to be hunted by a lynch mob https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/16/video-timeline-capitol-siege/ Happy ending this time for the legislators and staff - not for the 50+ law enforcement injured, one mortally. #PS1insurrection == impress 17 time 2021-01-17 20:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350889978855735298 A botched transition - which accurately foreshadowed what was to come. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/11/magazine/trump-obama-presidential-transition.html Will we ever have another trustworthy transition between parties? #PS1russian == impress 19 time 2021-01-17 19:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350883008048361473 Can Biden do truly great things? Probably not - FDR had a supportive Congress. Republicans are glad to do nothing until they regain power. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/sunday/biden-america-plan-poverty.html #PS1biden == impress 17 time 2021-01-17 19:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350881864421044224 This is McConnell's moment - more potent than Trump or Biden - he alone gets to decide whether Trump runs again in 2024 or it's somebody like Hawley or Cruz or Don Jr instead. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment.html So he's keeping quiet until Trump is safely out of office. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0233 impress 43 time 2021-01-17 19:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350879938904166400 How can the reactionary media do their job of rousing the rabble if they get sued for libel every time they repeat a lie? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/magazine/can-conservative-media-still-return-to-business-as-usual.html #PS1medai == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0588 impress 17 time 2021-01-17 18:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350878783075586048 A record-setting administration - the most worsts! Nobody else is even close. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/18/mark-meadows-worst-chief-staff-ever-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-17 18:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350877859896725506 It was nearly impossible then to get a working 50-50 Senate. How much harder now! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/senate-mcconnell-schumer-democrats-republicans-split/2021/01/15/b73064e8-55ce-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html Especially if the Republicans effectively split into two parties, Always-Trump and Never-Trump. #PS1democracy == impress 17 time 2021-01-17 18:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350872477010862082 An honest mistake? to think he could get away with it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/beeler-arrest-inauguration-checkpoint/2021/01/16/8597db24-5834-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1sedition == impress 11 time 2021-01-17 18:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350871693024083970 Riots attract all kinds of publicity hounds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-video-arrested/ #PS1sedition == impress 10 time 2021-01-17 18:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350870281091338240 Who wants a Nunes lawyer at NSA? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/acting-defense-secretary-orders-nsa-director-to-immediately-install-former-gop-operative-as-the-agencys-top-lawyer/2021/01/16/b3e06a02-5837-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 26 time 2021-01-17 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350869432768241664 Trump has checked out, but Pompeo is actively building his credentials for 2024. He can claim foreign policy actions that Hawley, Cruz, Don Jr, etc, can't. Like them, though, he has to figure out how to get Trump out of the way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pompeo-undercut-biden-foreign-policy/2021/01/16/8c430e12-55be-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 16 time 2021-01-17 18:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350866376123039744 The reactionary organizations that planned and funded the riot warmups pretend to have no connection with the results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/capitol-rally-organizers-before-riots/2021/01/16/c5b40250-552d-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1sedition == impress 17 time 2021-01-17 18:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350860866179133441 A nice friendly chat - you DO want to cooperate, don't you Mr Cohen? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-trump-investigations-us-news-manhattan-55dd15e84db5fa7d4dcded088f39e888 Will Florida extradite Trump, or will he have to move to Russia? #PS1trump == engage 4 engage-rate 0.2105 expands 1 impress 19 likes 1 time 2021-01-17 17:41 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350844313865920518 Competent and bold, Josh Hawley is the worst Trumpist nightmare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/josh-hawley-missouri-senator-trump-election-fraud/2021/01/16/2fed38a6-55e4-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html The moment of truth is when he courts big donors and gets reminded that the real agenda is not to smash the ruling class, but reinforce it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0526 impress 19 time 2021-01-17 16:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350830524940468224 Private enterprise is more efficient than government? No organization can grow 10X in a year without attracting scammers. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/15/edd-unemployment-fraud-scandal-lawsuit-bank-america-covid-economy-jobs/ No organization can justify to shareholders or taxpayers the cost of preparing for future emergencies. #PS1economics == impress 14 time 2021-01-17 15:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350828365419171842 Thank you General Milley! We need leaders who can admit mistakes and learn from them, as well as who know the past and can learn from that. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-capitol-siege-biden-cabinet-1557bcdc87e13e6ca3e8704da7b85276 Just think what might have happened if somebody like Flynn had been in command. #PS1democracy == impress 25 time 2021-01-17 15:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350826800209793024 Trump always tells the truth - about how he feels! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-69cafecdde291c5211daf9ffd0f2ad05 What other truth matters? You can be mistaken about external objective reality, but you always know exactly how you feel. #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-01-17 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350704911286112257 Where the money and the organization came from. It wasn't all spontaneous. Bringing the gullible spontaneous along for cover was part of the plan, though. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-17 07:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350703158578749442 McCarthy too liberal for Bakersfield! Who knew! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/kevin-mccarthy-trump-california-republican.html Maybe Democrats should fund one of the far-right Trumpist nut cases to primary McCarthy. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-01-17 07:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350701109594083328 Trump did to himself what Democrats and Never Trumpers failed to do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/15/trump-repudiation-election-insurrection/ But his base is not discouraged. The closer they are to the rioters, the less they are discouraged. #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-01-17 07:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350698994045919233 Violence is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/capitol-riot-brutality-violence-performative/2021/01/15/6bd20200-56a9-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html It's the masses' reward for preserving the power of the ruling class. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses Romney, Cheney, Pence, McConnell should have understood how it had to end. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == impress 19 time 2021-01-17 06:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350696799221125120 The Trump dynasty will flourish in Florida! Maybe they won't get extradited from there. If that's a danger maybe they can relocate to a Caribbean island. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-florida/2021/01/16/be0b8ad4-5756-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1trump == impress 28 time 2021-01-17 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350693206485176326 The majority of Republican voters and politicians see nothing wrong in the events since Biden's election, except that they failed to undo the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-leaves-behind-a-republican-party-both-broken-and-still-in-his-grip/2021/01/16/f7496dfe-5781-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Romney and Cheney and McConnell really don't belong any more. What do their donors say? #PS1politics == impress 24 time 2021-01-17 06:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350691316401725441 Will Trump throw the rioters under the bus, saying he didn't tell them to riot, or will they throw him under the bus, saying he ordered them to riot? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rioters-testimony/2021/01/16/01b3d5c6-575b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 29 time 2021-01-17 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350689093017956353 The rioters are after journalists too. Just like in third world dictatorships. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-journalists-coronavirus-pandemic-ray-rivera-racial-injustice-e32e541cd217a71faa97ec9f9ebe8427 #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-01-17 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350688229570215937 Money is the mother's milk of politics. Should Republican senators be worried? What if the bitter fight over the essence of the Republican Party goes on for years? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-senate-elections-richard-burr-ac1ad237047035403060dadb4b80f90e #PS1politics == impress 16 time 2021-01-17 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350686755037409282 Write things down? Roy Cohn never took notes! https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/trump-really-doesnt-like-it-when-his-staff-takes-notes.html So Trump tried to leave as little incriminating evidence as possible. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-politics-vladimir-putin-russia-65748b70e3cf3f7eecffa265da9ccae7 #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-01-17 06:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350683997450326017 Will the real Republican Party please stand up? And the other stand down? The rest of us can't tell which is which! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-race-and-ethnicity-california-aaf6cdc1ab7cc906e6e2e3e69ad01f79 #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-17 05:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-17 - 4 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1387 ID 1337556019922247 impress 10 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 10 oreach 8 posted "01/17/2021 05:27:06 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337556019922247 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-16 - 5 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350449801423327232 Can Biden make the president a good role model again? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-8b31484f2d8eb3df25aaa96fc9b9ffe1 #PS1biden == impress 19 time 2021-01-16 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350436166147874818 No more free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/donald-trump-consequences.html Trump speech is no longer free of consequences. #PS1trump == impress 24 time 2021-01-16 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350434354183372803 Insurrectionists plot their next moves - act now or wait? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-attack-extremist-hate-groups.html #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-16 13:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350432312412889089 Republican circular firing squads - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/republicans-trump-leadership.html Trumpists vs conservatives vs donors. And the Trumpists are divided into the crazies, the craziers, and the craziests. How impeachment plays out will certainly add fuel. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-01-16 13:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350429888612716545 Biden has his work cut out on day one. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-europe-global-trade-iran-nuclear-1d91fb4b403c609f359f99bcc3beec36 Trump has changed America's standing in the world more than any president since FDR. #PS1foreign == impress 19 time 2021-01-16 13:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350319325912023052 Trump gets political advice from all the best pillow salesmen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/15/pillow-salesman-apparently-has-some-ideas-about-declaring-martial-law/ #PS1unrest == impress 22 time 2021-01-16 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350313472605757441 Trouble in Georgia. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/politics/atlanta-prosecutor-trump-election.html A Federal pardon won't help. #PS1trump == impress 18 time 2021-01-16 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350312140192636930 "Commercial airlines have tracked an increase in passengers checking in firearms" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/politics/inauguration-security.html "Russian, Iranian, and Chinese influence actors have seized the opportunity to amplify narratives in furtherance of their policy" https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/jointthreatassessment/d7fd9cedeff522c1/full.pdf #PS1russian == impress 21 time 2021-01-16 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350242779503370242 The QAnon congresswoman plans to file impeachment articles against Biden on his very first day. He's already committed impeachable offenses? https://www.wjcl.com/article/newly-elected-georgia-congresswoman-says-she-will-push-to-impeach-joe-biden-after-inauguration/35212100 Or is she just a true Trumpist publicity hound. #PS1qanon == impress 30 time 2021-01-16 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350235635458600960 It's not all good news on the electric vehicle front - https://apnews.com/article/fires-vehicle-fires-69421270f049c9875c07b011e8d4a51e Damaged batteries are very dangerous, and most people don't know what to do about them. #PS1technology == impress 24 time 2021-01-16 00:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350234187119226883 What's next? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article248346755.html A new voting rights act to protect democracy against minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 18 time 2021-01-16 00:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 31 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-16 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-16 - 5 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 311 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1337064446638071 impress 15 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 13 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 15 oreach 14 posted "01/16/2021 10:37:32 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 14 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337064446638071 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-15 - 6 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350227533216694275 Lost in the riot news - Justice Dept and Federal courts hacked by Russia https://apnews.com/article/russia-hacking-justice-department-6290618f08cad5b11c4dd0263ef6820b Sealed court documents might hold sensitive information. #PS1russian == impress 9 time 2021-01-15 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350225427906744320 No vaccine for you yet? Blame Reagan who decided you didn't need government. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/why-slow-rollout-covid-vaccine-america-20210103.html #PS1health == impress 4 time 2021-01-15 23:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350224485039828992 PRESCIENT! Jan 6 was a superspreader event. Even more than he could have predicted. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/05/borenstein-vote-in-congress-for-biden-could-be-a-covid-superspreader-event/ #PS1virus == impress 4 time 2021-01-15 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350222629915906048 How dare you attack somebody's annuity! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/world/europe/amazon-prime-cancellation-complaint.html Retaining customers' monthly payments is job #1 at companies that can get them - stock price and bonuses depend on it! #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2021-01-15 23:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350221973419278336 Just as television was thought of as a wonderful way to educate the population, then was perverted into a wasteland of commercials, then - after ending the Fairness Doctrine - into a sewer of political propaganda - so too with social media. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/14/larry-magid-how-we-got-here/ #PS1media == impress 6 time 2021-01-15 23:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350218420285935617 Truly a bank for Trump! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-new-york-city-brooklyn-europe-648b6d0798e19d78d9d3ad39a5578036 But even they don't want to have anything to do with him now. #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2021-01-15 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350215308364058624 Disqualify Trump for 2024? What a gift to Hawley, Cruz, Pence, or Don Jr! The Trumpist Party is still 1/3 of the electorate. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-republicans.html Should Trumpism be led by incompetent Trump, or by one abler and bolder? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336282030049646 #PS1impeachment == impress 37 time 2021-01-15 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350205127437684736 New platforms to the rescue of Trumpists - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/parler-telegram-chat-apps/ "Trump betrayed the patriots by accepting defeat" Does Trump think the patriots betrayed him by giving up and going home when he told them to? #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-15 22:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350198966885879809 Now financially bankrupt as well as morally. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns/national-rifle-association-says-it-has-filed-bankruptcy-petitions-in-u-s-court-idUSKBN29K2LV Are they keeping the same overpaid executives? #PS1firearms == impress 16 time 2021-01-15 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350197447117553665 Chinese propagandists want Trump to tweet more. But Chinese better not try the same in China. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/business/trump-china-censorship.html #PS1foreign == impress 23 time 2021-01-15 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350181381893021696 We need more old senators! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/senators-trump-impeachment-republicans.html We've had too many young and restless and ambitious that see a president every time they look in the mirror. But most of all we need more discerning voters. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 20:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350179307767828480 Voter fraud as an excuse for voter suppression - an ancient tradition and a pillar of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/voter-fraud-capitol-attack.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-01-15 20:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350174923499606016 Your tax dollars at work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/15/debt-collectors-payday-ppp/ #PS1recovery == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350174158726971393 There was a China strategy - but Trump didn't care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-had-a-china-strategy-after-all-but-trump-didnt-follow-it/2021/01/14/846e97d4-56ad-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-01-15 20:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350173415559163907 Corporate America is just on pause - not eject. They'll soon resume funding politicians for tax cuts, deregulation, neutering labor, and reactionary judiciary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/big-business-breaks-up-with-gop-now/ #PS1tax == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 20:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350172451506847745 2/3 of Republicans still support Trump and Trumpism whole-heartedly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/new-poll-trump-gop-approval-authoritarian/ And it's not just economics. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-15 20:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350171529833680896 Will the Republican Party be even more dangerous when it's Trumpists only? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/has-trump-pushed-the-republican-party-to-the-breaking-point/2021/01/14/6cb4f064-56aa-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-15 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350170386189619206 Who the rioters were. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/arrests-capitol-riot/ In many cases it's clear why there weren't able to accomplish any particular goal. They didn't know they were just there to provide cover for others who did have plans. #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0625 impress 16 likes 1 time 2021-01-15 19:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350166517598486530 As usual, nobody knows what the Trump plan really is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/15/trump-vaccine-reserve-used-up/ Because there is none to know about? #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-01-15 19:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350165263170191360 The most unfairly treated president in history! Trump gets the blame. But the rioters should get the blame for failing to accomplish their goal - Congress certified Biden anyway! How come Trump gets no credit for trying to stop the steal? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-rioters-capitol-attack/2021/01/15/ab62e434-567c-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 30 time 2021-01-15 19:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350161755918409728 "death threats and hundreds of vile phone calls and emails" Thanks to your heroic defense of Second Amendment Rights, anybody is just one good shot away from 15 minutes of fame! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/15/maloney-boebert-capitol-tour-riot/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336199473391235 #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-15 19:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350142212391141376 A big farewell on Wednesday morning. https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-donald-trump-michael-pence-6fe43f2e5f1c8d25d0f63f99be9d91cc Wouldn't a performance by the local Savoyards suffice? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1333487170329132 #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-01-15 18:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350140745148055552 Feds are going for maximum charges. Is maximum sentence for sedition 20 years? https://apnews.com/article/feds-capitol-mob-assassinate-officials-39e55fa5d880a4f230afbfb40a26b057 Give your favorite militia patriot a 20-year calendar so he can mark off the days as they pass. https://apnews.com/article/feds-capitol-mob-assassinate-officials-39e55fa5d880a4f230afbfb40a26b057 #PS1unrest == impress 10 time 2021-01-15 18:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350135540633387008 Keep Trump on good behavior with uncertainty! Above all, avoid Trump still being president with nothing left to lose. So the trial won't begin until Trump is safely out of office and Biden inaugurated. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachments-capitol-siege-mitch-mcconnell-29ca8c7dff7943c3daf2952d4a809097 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336152096729306 #PS1impeachment == impress 19 time 2021-01-15 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350104221371170819 "We got one! Kill him with his own gun!" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/dc-police-capitol-riot Trumpism's finest hour. #PS1unrest == impress 13 time 2021-01-15 15:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350098270970802176 Why McConnell might delay the trial vote until after Biden's inauguration - Trump might not pardon any rioters, enablers, family, or himself, and might not call for more armed insurrection, while the Senate vote is still in doubt. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-media-social-media-riots-a1cb17201dfddc98291edead5badc257 #PS1impeachment == impress 10 time 2021-01-15 15:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349964725518434304 How Biden should help the economy recover. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/biden-economy.html #PS1recovery == impress 16 time 2021-01-15 06:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349963649176096770 Leave no bridge unburned! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/mike-pompeo-state-department.html #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-01-15 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349963160036335616 No man can serve two masters. "One core feature of Trumpism is that it forces you to betray every other commitment you might have" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/trump-evangelicals.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0667 impress 15 time 2021-01-15 06:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349960622608248834 Why Rudy hangs around - because nobody else will? It's not as if Trump is ever going to pay him. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-giuliani.html #PS1trump == impress 17 time 2021-01-15 06:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349959417316339712 Why does this trial need to take more than an hour? No witnesses or evidence will change anybody's vote now - only calls from donors can do that. Get it over fast, and force senators to stand with Trump or stand with law and order. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/impeachment-senate-trial-trump.html #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 time 2021-01-15 05:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349956493559271424 It's still Trump's Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-republicans.html If you don't like that, it's time to move on. Take your donors with you. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349953472788008960 Social media was influenced by the libertarian fallacy - that free people will automatically gravitate toward productive behavior. But people have different goals and behaviors, so libertarianism only works in a small homogeneous society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/jack-dorsey-is-twitters-ceo-he-still-doesnt-seem-understand-service/ #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-01-15 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349951670029991937 A national disgrace - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/brutal-government-report-reveals-new-depths-trumps-cruelty-inhumanity/ #PS1immigration == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 05:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349950805596467200 A reminder why we don't need any more tax breaks for real estate investors. Trump feathered that nest enough for the next millenium. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/11/06/we-dont-know-whats-in-trumps-tax-returns-but-the-republican-tax-reform-plan-offers-clues/ #PS1tax == impress 21 time 2021-01-15 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349948206130466816 Active shooter drills pay off throughout life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/hill-staffers-school-shooting-drills/2021/01/14/3fe783d0-55e7-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html This is what the second amendment fanatics are really about - shoot as many as you can before somebody shoots you. #PS1firearms == impress 17 time 2021-01-15 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349946612705947648 Trying to read what they want to read from the tea leaves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-trump-banned-from-twitter-his-supporters-are-parsing-speeches-for-clues-about-whats-next/2021/01/14/985e06dc-5534-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-01-15 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349945343345999872 Trump tweets - some are lost without them. Others welcome the quiet - Trump's greatest contribution to world peace! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/ The social media know they have lost. By creating enormous impact, they have invited enormous regulation. #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-01-15 05:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 494 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-15 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Tweets for 2021-01-15 - 6 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1235 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 3 ID 1336311116713404 impress 21 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 17 likeuusers 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 21 oreach 19 posted "01/15/2021 03:54:44 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 19 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1336311116713404 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-14 - 7 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349854452182728705 Just another souvenir of Trumpism! https://apnews.com/article/environment-us-news-pollution-fa378a3daf1f73e168afc1312bf4fe75 #PS1climate == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349854128755806215 Never out of sight, never out of mind. https://apnews.com/article/white-supremacy-threats-capitol-riots-2d4ba4d1a3d55197489d773b3e0b0f32 #PS1unrest == impress 6 time 2021-01-14 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349842120148803586 An inside job? Some of the rioters had a lot of non-public information. https://www.salon.com/2021/01/14/was-the-capitol-raid-an-inside-job-some-democrats-think-so--and-evidence-is-mounting/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-14 22:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349841060025962496 When nobody's in charge at the top, nobody's in charge all the way down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-federal-agencies-vacancies-acting-officials/2021/01/14/f6f040c2-55dc-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349838466431946753 All quiet from Q(s)! Q is probably two - https://mashable.com/article/qanon-study-two-people-wrote-q-posts-4chan-8kun/ The most likely candidates are both well offshore. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/01/all-aboard-the-pequod/ But perhaps they are quiet to avoid providing probable cause for a search warrant or extradition request. #PS1qanon == impress 10 time 2021-01-14 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349768883020828672 We got something for our investment after all! He didn't beat Graham in 2020 but now he'll have bigger fish to fry. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/jaime-harrison-dnc-chairman.html #PS1biden == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 17:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349760995481186304 A woman - of color - liberal - Democrat! What a prize for any wannabe patriot sharpshooter aiming for his 15 minutes of fame. It's all about the ratings, isn't it, Mr. Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harris-fears-safety/2021/01/13/bbd3d31a-54ff-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0435 impress 23 time 2021-01-14 16:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349757463185113088 Using social media to set up for violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/13/facebook-role-in-capitol-protest/ Everybody understood the unspoken agenda but nothing was done until it was spoken and enacted. #PS1media == impress 9 time 2021-01-14 16:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349755780879142916 The Capitol assault was a great success. And success has many fathers (and mothers). https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/intelligence-bulletin-trump-domestic-violence-extremists/ Ready for the sequel? Do we have enough National Guard and police to protect everybody? #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0303 impress 33 time 2021-01-14 16:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349754384373071873 Dereliction of duty is not a high crime or misdemeanor? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/13/trumps-impeachments-dont-even-reflect-his-worst-offense/ Then there needs to be a way to quickly get rid of an incompetent or corrupt president - or at least get his fingers off the nuclear trigger. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-01-14 16:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349752155775725572 Score one for Mitch! https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-51724515807426d0d7adb2dd57093fd8 Trial on inauguration day? Since all the senators are witnesses and have already heard the evidence, are they just going to take a vote? Not likely, so the trial will have to begin Jan 21. #PS1impeachment == impress 14 time 2021-01-14 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349734907493249025 How social media work. You want affirmation? Just post anything outrageous that affirms the other loonies and they'll affirm you back. Just don't expect to stand out among them or make your living - too much competition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/facebook-far-right.html #PS1media == impress 8 time 2021-01-14 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349731822863699986 What next for Johnson and Netanyahu? Jumping on the Trump train doesn't look to have been such a good idea. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-global-trade-iran-nuclear-nobel-prizes-ebe713fca7d1c8b5790fea9a7cad829b #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-01-14 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349729471423676421 Will the rioters show up for their date with destiny? https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-capitol-siege-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-muriel-bowser-4d8ddcb1530851c6721b9301e455e39a Or will they stand back and stand by until DC lowers its guard? #PS1unrest == impress 8 time 2021-01-14 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349582517733453824 All his people failed him! He doesn't even like Giuliani any more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-isolated-impeachment/2021/01/13/0595675a-55b6-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html Graham got back in his good graces. Also left are McEntee, Meadows, J Miller, S Miller, and Scavino. Everybody else bailed. #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-14 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349568032918519810 How can you get the profit motivation out of spreading lies? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/opinion/trump-impeachment-morality.html Simple lies are so much more effective than complex truths. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-01-14 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349539449193918465 Trumpist to a T! She doesn't know much but she knows how to make a scene for reactionary media! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/us/politics/lauren-boebert-republican.html #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349529500803973123 Brave talk, but no state can afford to protect all legislators and department heads and their families 24x7 indefinitely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/state-capitals-protests-governors/2021/01/13/d3ec0e7c-55c7-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-14 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349523948296290306 Do we need a most ludicrous senator award? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lindsey-graham-had-a-lock-on-most-ludicrous-senator--until-josh-hawley-pounced/2021/01/13/e85c278c-5506-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1politics == impress 8 time 2021-01-14 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349519004885401600 Back to the traditional playbook. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/opinion/iran-kidnap-execute-dissidents.html Iran has competing factions too. #PS1mideast == impress 18 time 2021-01-14 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349514668302237697 Losing the PGA! Can it get any worse? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/trump-botched-perfect-getaway/ Anybody heard from Letitia James lately? #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 00:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349513418751975426 Trumpist masculinity! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/capitol-riot-zip-tie-guy-men-trump-masculinity/2021/01/12/486a516e-5447-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html The clueless bozos provide important cover for every man with a plan. #PS1unrest == impress 11 time 2021-01-14 00:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349512155339517954 The law and order party meets the metal detectors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/republican-lawmakers-house-metal-detectors/ They don't do masks either. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-infected-covid-19-siege-capitol-furious-maskless/story?id=75206950 #PS1unrest == impress 9 time 2021-01-14 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349510231982686208 Whatever happened to... https://apnews.com/article/kim-yo-jong-north-korea-39b37a67d2fad24f6be3cbaa42fb051f #PS1foreign == impress 9 time 2021-01-14 00:14 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 293 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-14 ratio 1 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-01-14 - 7 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 732 audclicks 2 audreach 1 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 ID 1335825280095321 impress 7 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "01/14/2021 09:18:18 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1335825280095321 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-13 - 8 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349505761345368065 Z is for Zero, that's how it all ends, No office, no power, no money, no friends. - Mad Magazine A-Z of politics, circa 1960. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-impeachments-6d0c1db94dfdfd5abbcb473707ca8f85 #PS1impeachment == impress 4 time 2021-01-13 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349489754631389185 Want to do something about the Republican Party? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/opinion/trump-republicans.html Start another party and get the donors from the Republican Party. Trump is nothing without other people's money. The Never-Trumpers and Lincoln Project have made a start. #PS1trumpism == impress 28 time 2021-01-13 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349488595657125889 An act of war! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/opinion/capitol-attack-war.html Civilians packed picnics and ventured out to watch the first battle of Manassas, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run#Union_retreat #PS1unrest == impress 24 time 2021-01-13 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349486355340877825 A reason for keeping Trump on social media! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/opinion/republicans-trump.html Let him keep rallying his base for vengeance against other Republicans so the GOP splits into several irreconcilable factions. #PS1trumpism == impress 21 time 2021-01-13 22:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349484341882101760 Winners never quit, and quitters never win! Fanatics never give up; setbacks just make them try harder. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/opinion/capitol-riot-internet.html #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-13 22:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349482622611689472 Symbols of insurrection. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/video/extremist-signs-symbols-capitol-riot.html #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-13 22:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349479422315823104 Is there a Nobel Prize for Losing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/13/biggest-loser/ #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-13 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349478736207376388 Guantanamo is a national embarrassment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/theres-no-justice-guantanamo-bay-americas-sake-that-must-change/ Soldiers or criminals, try them appropriately and promptly through normal legal channels. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice == impress 16 time 2021-01-13 22:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349475846612869124 They weren't there to peaceably petition for a redress of grievances! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/ali-alexander-capitol-biggs-gosar/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-13 21:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349475036487315457 Not all Trump appointees were corrupt and incompetent. By accident, he found good appointees faster than he fired them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/biden-shouldnt-replace-this-trump-administration-official/ #PS1foreign == impress 20 time 2021-01-13 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349474329436717057 This is what the Presidential Medal of Freedom was for, before Trump debased it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/goodman-capitol-police-video/2021/01/13/08ab3eb6-546b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 21 time 2021-01-13 21:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349452567462379521 Trying to cancel an insurrection. https://apnews.com/article/eric-trump-cancel-culture-78f8e2fa29715e142a281bd6480c0782 What will the Trumps do without Deutsche Bank? #PS1trump == impress 26 time 2021-01-13 20:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349451731625668608 Like a snowball rolling downhill. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-race-and-ethnicity-ap-top-news-coronavirus-pandemic-80e309418abecd0b1d50ec4762e6d9c6 #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-13 20:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349449878699560960 McConnell can tell which way the wind blows. He's given up on keeping his caucus intact. There's no avoiding taking sides on the impeachment vote, and some will not survive their next primary, and others their next general. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/mcconnell-backs-trump-impeachment.html #PS1impeachment == impress 41 time 2021-01-13 20:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349431335518048256 McCarthy tries to have it both ways. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-impeachments-2a2431b25720b8815727d4e2fe4e9062 Anything to avoid taking a clear stand! #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-01-13 19:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349429542226575368 What hath Jewish Trumpists wrought? https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-discrimination-elections-a72d2c399574206d64606f3d254c4b01 QAnon is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion only slightly disguised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion There are a lot more QAnon adherents than Jews - here and abroad. #PS1qanon == impress 20 time 2021-01-13 18:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349427650054393856 McConnell has consulted with the supreme authorities - his donors! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-impeachments-2a2431b25720b8815727d4e2fe4e9062 They are getting tired of Trump. But not enough to demand an emergency session. What will Trump say next to change their minds? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachments-capitol-siege-mitch-mcconnell-29ca8c7dff7943c3daf2952d4a809097 #PS1impeachment == impress 30 time 2021-01-13 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349426123185090560 Lindsey Graham is right! https://13wham.com/news/connect-to-congress/graham-says-impeachment-would-do-great-damage Impeachment would "do great damage to the institutions of government" meaning damaging the enablers who are desperately trying to avoid a vote on the record that's either AGAINST Trump or FOR armed insurrection. #PS1impeachment == impress 35 time 2021-01-13 18:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349383712593510404 A narrow escape indeed. Although a mob can't tell its friends from its foes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/aoc-capitol-mob-republicans-death/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/mikie-sherrill-reconnaissance-capitol-attack/ Congress must get serious about censure and expulsion. #PS1unrest == impress 13 time 2021-01-13 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349382444441501697 The sons and daughters of Preston Brooks live on! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/republican-lawmakers-house-metal-detectors/ Congress needs to get serious about censure and expulsion before these members start shooting. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-01-13 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349372949925486597 "Republican leaders do not know how to move forward. They're trapped" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachments-michael-pence-capitol-siege-044f0d3a8a33c459f52be8039ca7b286 Trapped into finally having to say who they are and what they believe, and taking the consequences either way. #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-01-13 15:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349355784744783882 "chief accomplishments of his presidency: a massive tax cut, his efforts to roll back federal regulations and the transformation of federal courts" Three wins for billionaire GOP donors! But what about ordinary GOP voters? https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-capitol-riot-no-responsibility-03eccd4b09d7acb6f5cce304a0afdf42 #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-01-13 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349355043724558338 "one often hears the excuse "I am not responsible." I believe that is literally correct. The man who takes such a stand in fact is not responsible; he is irresponsible." https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm Trump is not responsible! https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-capitol-riot-no-responsibility-03eccd4b09d7acb6f5cce304a0afdf42 #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-13 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349351400216530945 "instead of exporting democracy, America imported the chaos, non-peaceful transition of power, and failure to accept election results" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-global-trade-iran-iran-nuclear-13ea8df180e60bc177bcd6e0a033d245 #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-13 13:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 75 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-13 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-13 - 8 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 751 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1335087256835790 impress 9 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 9 oreach 8 posted "01/13/2021 05:51:56 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1335087256835790 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-12 - 9 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349003975132119040 Second only to Strom Thurmond as founder of the modern GOP and builder of the Trump highway - and he has a problem with Trump supporters following his lead? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/newt-gingrichs-blatant-hypocrisy/ #PS1trumpism == impress 30 time 2021-01-12 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348999110104281090 An archetypal Republican, then Trumpist, donor. https://apnews.com/article/asia-sheldon-adelson-china-las-vegas-gambling-industry-4190a83940ee8e5b904791dee0b82fea Why we need to act against unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-01-12 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348994270082961409 Mitch McConnell and Stephen Douglas - compromise with ideological extremists makes them more extreme, not more compromising. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/12/mitch-mcconnell-has-repeated-stephen-douglass-biggest-mistake/ They should have known that minority rule is eventually a dead end. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == engage 4 engage-rate 0.1333 expands 2 impress 30 replies 1 retweets 1 time 2021-01-12 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348981944617299972 California rioters pretend they didn't inhale. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/12/as-dust-settles-on-chaos-in-d-c-accounting-begins-in-southern-california/ #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-01-12 13:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348978618274205696 At least Pence keeps coming to work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pence-breakuo-capitol-riot/2021/01/11/6a6aa052-5357-11eb-89bc-7f51ceb6bd57_story.html #PS1trump == impress 20 time 2021-01-12 13:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348976383528108036 "Trump is unique in that he has made things much worse" https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-city-oklahoma-south-carolina-george-w-bush-bill-clinton-934be1e5c1940bba82fcc73c36183ccf Some people are natural comforters. Others are natural disrupters. #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2021-01-12 12:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348974779248771076 Aprs moi, le dluge https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-capitol-siege-e6111a8fe1c04605f3efd8d271fec0c0 Who cares about all these other events if he lost the election because his lawyers, his party, his voters failed him? His only hope now is a strong response from his supporters next week. https://apnews.com/article/fbi-warns-armed-protests-next-week-ec75b26289166b4afd30c15b0dd2ded5 #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-12 12:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348869608095170561 Evangelicals merge with QAnons. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html Pagan Nazis too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Nazi_Germany #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-12 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348855124307820544 Not sure which day to strike! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/technology/fringe-groups-splinter-online-after-facebook-and-twitter-bans.html #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-01-12 04:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348844887668527106 Trump brands suffer. Maybe they should adopt pricing the Trump base can afford? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/business/trump-brand-capitol-mob.html #PS1trump == impress 20 time 2021-01-12 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348842992610676740 "One striking aspect of the Capitol Hill putsch was that none of the rioters' grievances had any basis in reality" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/republicans-democracy.html What does reality have to do with it? Minority rule is a big lie from top to bottom. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-12 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348840341550501889 Whether the big social media companies are broken up or not, their world will be broken up into fact-based and fantasy-based ideological platforms. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/twitter-facebook-trump-ban.html #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-01-12 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348838737103384583 Trump's law and order brigades attack law and order. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/capitol-mob-violence-police.html #PS1unrest == impress 9 time 2021-01-12 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348837946045054976 FBI is at work - but with a bottleneck in Washington. Why not let local offices investigate? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/capitol-riot-justice-department-investigation.html #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-12 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348834499979669506 Concentric circles of guilt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/we-need-expand-notion-accountability-capitol-riot/ #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-12 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348833569674731523 Are the Arizona Trumpists the worst? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/what-is-arizonas-gop-doing-recover-defeat-attacking-cindy-mccain/ It's hard to say - they have so much competition from CA, TX, NV, GA, MT, SD, .... #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-12 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348832260192038912 Trump is too old to learn a lesson. Not so his enablers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-already-learned-his-lesson-and-we-heard-it-in-2016/2021/01/11/49c7a5ee-5446-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1trump == impress 23 time 2021-01-12 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348831538675208194 Impeachment doomed to fail? Switch to plan 14-3! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/impeachment-wont-keep-trump-running-again-heres-better-way/ #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0833 impress 12 time 2021-01-12 03:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348830705174732801 Trump does nothing and so looks strong! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-12 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348828300794187777 Belichick earns a medal - just not the Trumpist medal of conspiracy and pardon. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-nfl-super-bowl-new-england-patriots-football-499f31a9f5497a9ce6a5f5bfb095ca27 #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0667 impress 15 time 2021-01-12 03:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348801217959395330 Poor Melania - like Trump, she is having to navigate treacherous waters alone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/melania-trump-capitol-riot-response/2021/01/11/fd465044-5436-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. #PS1other == impress 21 time 2021-01-12 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348800131101982722 It's about time! Giuliani needs to join Roy Cohn on the disbarred list. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rudy-giuliani-new-york-bar-association/2021/01/11/5cfaf084-544c-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1justice == impress 24 time 2021-01-12 01:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348797812813615104 Is something about to happen that Chad Wolf doesn't want to be blamed for? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-5bbcaf7347b7fa55d3f980a206bdbfd7 #PS1unrest == engage 4 engage-rate 0.0769 expands 1 hashclicks 1 impress 52 time 2021-01-12 01:03 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 636 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-12 ratio 0 react 10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Tweets for 2021-01-12 - 9 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 636 audclicks 10 audreach 3 engaged 3 ID 1334584906886025 impress 11 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 matchedlinkclicks 10 oimpress 11 oreach 9 posted "01/12/2021 10:43:34 PM" postlinkclicks 3 reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1334584906886025 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-11 - 10 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348756265216839680 It takes real courage to get the real story! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-mob-turns-you/ #PS1journalism == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 22:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348753279581179904 GOP leadership is divided between "gamers" and "breakers". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magazine/trump-coup.html GOP voters are divided about rioters, between "too far" and "not far enough". https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-riot-republicans-trump-conspiracy-theories/2021/01/11/f50e2ce6-5376-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Will the GOP divide into two opposing parties? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1333673223643860 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0345 impress 29 time 2021-01-11 22:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348743290108092416 FBI issues official terrorist warning. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-inaugurations-capitol-siege-ec75b26289166b4afd30c15b0dd2ded5 #PS1unrest == impress 24 time 2021-01-11 21:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348732837638270977 Try to prevent Trump-like crimes in the future! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/trump-ethics-democracy-biden.html We had relied too much on the unwritten rules of the game. Now they must all be written down, with specific enforcement mechanisms and penalties. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0333 impress 30 replies 1 time 2021-01-11 20:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348730653727051777 Is GOP in favor of more sedition? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-must-punish-sedition--or-risk-more-of-it/2021/01/11/97907746-5438-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html Would they have called for unity if Democrats had rioted in the Capitol for Gore or Clinton? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/if-republicans-want-promote-unity-they-should-join-democrats-impeaching-trump/ Let GOP unite with Democrats in identifying and prosecuting the guilty. #PS1unrest == impress 23 time 2021-01-11 20:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348713750434508801 Rioters might have a defense - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/11/public-authority-trump-mob-capitol/ but using it incriminates the authorities they relied on - such as Trump. #PS1unrest == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0667 impress 30 time 2021-01-11 19:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348711718877233153 So what exactly has Marco Rubio done, is doing, or is going to do do promote national unity? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/phony-gop-calls-unity-deserve-nothing-contempt/ Same as the rest of the GOP ringleaders. Disunity is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-01-11 19:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348710436699467776 Some are stopping all donations, others just stopping to those who contested the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/10/marriott-campaign-donations-congress/ It's way past time to undo Citizens United and end all dark money in politics. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-11 19:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348708081048244225 Where's all that dark money Republicans need going to come from now? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-charlotte-campaigns-556fdbae63f57ad004965626f98c02da #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2021-01-11 19:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348683946385567744 What can we do about evil Federal politicians? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/opinion/trump-republicans.html They can't be recalled, but they can be expelled. That process could be formalized. https://www.approve-or-expel.net/ #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-01-11 17:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348682644859469824 Ted Cruz - another reason Californians should think twice before moving to Texas. Lower taxes, cheaper housing, but far worse politicians. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/ted-cruz-capitol-attack.html #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-01-11 17:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348680425678360578 Rule of Law Defense Fund https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/11/gop-robocalls-trump-rally-capitol/ They sure know how to rule out the law! #PS1unrest == impress 26 time 2021-01-11 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348679363399598080 There's good money in insurrection! https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-race-and-ethnicity-theater-michael-pence-capitol-siege-e65c4283c48c8b57509ec6522ec578f6 They'll need it for their legal bills. #PS1unrest == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 17:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348677313458655234 The Trump of Plaza-Toro! Wednesday was foreseen by Gilbert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udxsOVhAK5Q In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting, He led his regiment from behind He found it less exciting. https://gsarchive.net/gondoliers/web_opera/gond03.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1333487170329132 #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0741 impress 27 time 2021-01-11 17:05 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348652426031558658 Many jobs can be done remotely from anywhere. New people bring new money and new ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/georgia-senate-democrats-south.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/georgia-black-political-power.html Natives might be restless - wanting more money as long as nothing changes. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1333405510337298 #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-01-11 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348644172861829120 Josh Hawley, the prophet of medieval feudal theocratic minority rule. Bring back the days when bishops were princes and princes were bishops! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/josh-hawley-religion-democracy.html If he falls, there are more where he came from. #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348642057582112768 Who cares how smart Cruz and Hawley are? They are just evil. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/11/ted-cruz-know-better/ #PS1other == impress 13 time 2021-01-11 14:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348628140478775298 Preparing for the next wave might prevent or reduce it. https://www.wsj.com/articles/law-enforcement-braces-for-more-trump-marches-in-washington-at-state-capitols-11610319843 #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-11 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348625345742655489 What's the talk radio business model now? If big advertisers won't pay for violent propaganda, how do media keep the listeners and make any money? Finally there is some financial risk as well as reputational risk for the media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/cumulus-radio-conservative-election-fraud/2021/01/11/e12ec46e-537c-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1media == impress 16 time 2021-01-11 13:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348623494905425920 18% of Republicans support attack on the Capitol. These are deplorable, but the Republican politicians who incited them are the most deplorable. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/most-americans-blame-trump-for-capitol-attack-but-are-split-on-his-removal #PS1unrest == impress 20 time 2021-01-11 13:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348504695057178625 What is the First Amendment right to free speech? "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech" That only restricts Congress - not even state legislatures. It has nothing to do with private media or social media companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-hawley-free-speech-cancel-culture/2021/01/09/075e7e24-5290-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1media == impress 26 time 2021-01-11 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348502739697864704 Rank and file Republican voters are still Trumpists, now more than ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/10/its-still-donald-trumps-party/ #PS1trumpism == impress 20 time 2021-01-11 05:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348497609376354304 "the evidence is that it was a well-planned, organized group with leadership and guidance and direction" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-michael-pence-nancy-pelosi-capitol-siege-db96cb1f31c02baef7957e773ac99971 Not just a bunch of lost tourists wandering dumbstruck, though most had no idea what to do once they were inside. #PS1unrest == impress 24 time 2021-01-11 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348495459715727361 These people don't sound like antifa - more like Matt Gaetz! https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-1806ea8dc15a2c04f2a68acd6b55cace #PS1unrest == impress 19 time 2021-01-11 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348486403336769536 To prosecute or not - we can't just ignore crimes. But we can't afford to get bogged down either. Perhaps the prosecution should be put on hold and taken up if Republicans start to obstruct - then there's nothing to lose. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/democrats-trump-crimes-prosecute.html #PS1justice == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348483341415186434 Biometrics in Afghanistan. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/trump-pardon-clint-lorance.html Doesn't matter to Trump, as long as the pardonee lavishly and publicly praises him. #PS1justice == impress 28 time 2021-01-11 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348479215973265410 Inspiring words for all Americans from an immigrant who has seen it all and achieved great success - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_P-0I6sAck #PS1unrest == impress 24 time 2021-01-11 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348447004825767936 Why couldn't Trump get the same kind of media coverage as Xi? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/world/asia/wuhan-china-coronavirus.html Their initial approaches to the virus were about the same. Then they diverged. #PS1media == impress 24 time 2021-01-11 01:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348442376080027648 The old Lost Cause - "the South shall rise again!" Now mutated into "Biden will never be inaugurated" or at least "Trump in 2024!" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/trump-capitol-lost-cause.html #PS1trumpism == impress 25 time 2021-01-11 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348440593018408961 A classic malignant narcissist! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/opinion/trump-narcissist-capitol-riots.html "Pathological narcissists make a point of saying that their former partners would have been nothing without them" Right, Pence? #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 01:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348439344747450370 Fox isn't changing a thing! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/business/media/fox-news-trump-tv.html Trump's "abandonment by allies and donors" or his "greatest kickoff event"? #PS1media == impress 24 time 2021-01-11 01:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348437620859183105 DC statehood? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/washington-dc-statehood.html How about Douglass County? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html A state should have a large enough land area to not be entirely devastated by one disaster. And other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy == impress 27 time 2021-01-11 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348435636328431619 They'll be back - unrepentant and better armed. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-rioters.html But will they be better organized? And who pays the travel costs of the indigent rioters? #PS1unrest == impress 20 time 2021-01-11 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348431969839812608 "the final act of a dangerous charlatan" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/sunday/trump-mob-capitol.html Trump is likely to escape with impunity even as some of his true believers go to prison for listening to him - just like Aaron Burr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_conspiracy #PS1impeachment == impress 31 time 2021-01-11 00:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348429324551012355 The riot was an attack on separation of powers. If Congress fails to respond, its power is gone for good. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/opinion/trump-impeachment-congress.html #PS1unrest == impress 35 time 2021-01-11 00:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348427083668545539 People "more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie" - Hitler "one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived" - Machiavelli https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/world/europe/trump-truth-lies-power.html "tribalism is a natural form of politics: Democracy is a deviation" #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 00:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348424303667159042 It wasn't safe for Trump to walk to the Capitol with the mob. He knows what kind of people they are. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/trump-speech-riot.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9122731/How-Trump-fiddled-TV-remote-Capitol-sacked.html #PS1unrest == impress 22 time 2021-01-11 00:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348422469913219074 The great thing about social media, vs television, is that it's easy to ignore questions you don't like. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/trump-twitter.html #PS1media == impress 21 time 2021-01-11 00:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348420969317076994 All personal information is for sale, cheap. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/bellingcat-navalny-russian-data-capitol-investigation/2021/01/08/e96ab9e8-449b-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html And might be used in ways you never thought of. #PS1journalism == impress 20 time 2021-01-11 00:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-11 - 10 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1306 ID 1333777716966744 impress 8 likeuimpress 4 likeuusers 4 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "01/11/2021 06:23:54 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1333777716966744 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-10 - 11 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348418699191963649 End filibuster? Expand Supreme Court? Manchin says no. https://www.rollcall.com/2020/11/09/joe-manchin-kills-dreams-of-expanding-supreme-court-eliminating-the-filibuster/ End of discussion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/senate-biden-democrats-control/2021/01/08/ab573e1c-5137-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1politics == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 16 time 2021-01-10 23:57 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348417427378298882 The Senate taught Trump a lesson at his first impeachment trial - that he could still get away with anything, just as he always had. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/impeachment-senate-trump-acquitted/2021/01/08/157fb03e-515c-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html But the effort wasn't wasted - it contributed to his defeat in an election that was mostly a GOP win. #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0625 expands 1 impress 16 time 2021-01-10 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348415687648190465 This IS the America that black people know all too well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/09/cori-bush-capitol-mob-white-supremacy-government/ #PS1unrest == impress 8 time 2021-01-10 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348414891409870849 Trump should think twice about self-pardon. It forces Garland's hand to prosecute Trump to determine if self-pardon is valid. Republicans want an answer to that too - otherwise every president will self-pardon at the end of each term. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-raffensperger-pardon-prosecute/2021/01/06/a32388fe-4f9d-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-01-10 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348412467492184064 Is there a fracture in the Trump base? Is it temporary or permanent? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-weak-mob-attack/2021/01/10/620f284a-5223-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html No matter, the rioters will love him forever, and vice versa. Will he pardon them all? #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-01-10 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348408678458683392 How Trump delivered the Senate to Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-fraud-claims-georgia-runoffs/2021/01/10/98c43550-51d4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html In Europe in 1944-45, the Allies' biggest ally was Hitler. Whenever Hitler took personal command, Allied forces advanced. Cult of personality! #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-01-10 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348406907497709571 Amateur terrorist hunters - a dangerous and demoralizing hobby. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/antifa-far-right-doxing-identities/2021/01/10/41721de0-4dd7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-10 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348404745380106241 If the Republican senators won't convict or disqualify, will they censure? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-kendall-censure-trump-congress/2021/01/10/9bed6330-537f-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Doubtful - if the wind in their base blows against impeachment, it will blow against censure too. #PS1impeachment == impress 21 time 2021-01-10 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348403509729714178 Impeach now, trial later or not at all? To disqualify Trump in 2024 does Hawley's and Cruz's dirty work, giving them a shot at the nomination without upsetting the Trump voter base they need. But who gets the Trump donor base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clybrn-impeachment-trump/2021/01/10/fd10fa88-5356-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 23 time 2021-01-10 22:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348393916417019904 Trump donors show more repentance than Trump clergy. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-impeachments-pat-toomey-62a3ebd48158760ee233a474a5d4c10b == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0556 impress 18 time 2021-01-10 22:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348392279375896578 Little repentance among Trump clergy. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-brian-gibson-capitol-siege-d6db3d71658bfad778f3cc4be1b5f984 Living evidence of the fruit of church and state prostituting themselves together. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0500 impress 20 time 2021-01-10 22:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348358696066170881 Giving away the store as fast as possible! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-wyoming-coronavirus-pandemic-a917f51126fa2641e0713573424b2b11 #PS1deregulation == impress 18 time 2021-01-10 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348317283609763861 Do oaths mean anything in Trumpworld or Putinworld? No, because everybody is corrupt and lies, so why should Trump or Putin be singled out? Everything is possible, and nothing is true. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-constitutions-elections-0f4ff21c0b7c555fad838088852d7f91 #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-10 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348308820066406404 New rules for shell companies. Did Trump not notice? It might be inconvenient for him. https://apnews.com/article/business-miami-money-laundering-legislation-trump-investigations-1e6c527fafd9e5a7b56af1eff9d3247e #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 16 likes 1 time 2021-01-10 16:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348305008781975553 A Million Moron March Morons with machine guns! The FBI can't defend all state capitols. Trump's not telling anybody to stay home. If even 3% show up in DC, that's three divisions worth of firepower. Are we ready? https://www.theday.com/article/20210110/NWS13/210119965 #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0476 impress 21 likes 1 time 2021-01-10 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348297548369330176 It was all just an act. Until it wasn't. Hawley and Cruz don't seem to have learned a thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-cynical-ploy-like-hawley-and-cruzs-looks-harmless-until-it-isnt/2021/01/07/9ce6d10e-5091-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html It's not just constitutions and laws that make democracy work - it's attidudes and traditions that leaders model and voters follow. #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-01-10 15:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348296930829299717 Pennsylvania legislature falls off the deep end. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-senate-removes-john-fetterman-blocks-jim-brewster/ #PS1democracy == impress 20 time 2021-01-10 15:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348293702108659714 Act II planned for Jan 17 at US and all state capitols. The violent right talks bigger than it acts, but it does act. They are probably counting on pardons from Trump - all the more reason to impeach and remove him immediately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-protests/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-10 15:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348156068677906432 Where can Trump tweet? And if Congress repeals 230, who would host him? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-banned-apps/ #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-01-10 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348153272893202433 Another timeline of the riot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-capitol-siege/2021/01/09/e3ad3274-5283-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-10 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348150686316285955 Timeline of riots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/capitol-insurrection-visual-timeline/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-10 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348149075573542913 Trump was just like an al-Qaeda preacher. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-capitol-mob-attack-origins/2021/01/09/0cb2cf5e-51d4-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-10 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348144408466624514 These restrictions should never have been accepted. But lifting them now to make problems for Biden is the wrong time. https://apnews.com/article/beijing-alex-azar-china-taiwan-mike-pompeo-7e537eb813c2fda52d23c474b70e6ef4 #PS1foreign == impress 15 time 2021-01-10 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348143895784296449 There were three impeachable calls. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-presidential-elections-bc5cc7f3b5506853d39ba51b7231ca55 Nobody can say he wasn't on the job! #PS1impeachment == impress 14 time 2021-01-10 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348143385123540992 Known by the company he keeps https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-dd9816678b27b9e387ea1c270f18adc5 As if we haven't known fo years who he was. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0625 impress 16 time 2021-01-10 05:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 241 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-10 ratio 3 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Tweets for 2021-01-10 - 11 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 803 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 2 ID 1332941150383734 impress 11 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 matchedlinkclicks 3 oimpress 11 oreach 9 posted "01/10/2021 04:32:54 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1332941150383734 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-09 - 12 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347934318169968640 Jake Angeli is a cartoon character with his pagan Nazi symbols. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-shaman-maga-capitol-riot-rune-pagan-imagery-tattoo-1111344/ Fear the guys carrying weapons and erecting the noose. Evangelical Trumpist QAnons, don't you know that the Nazis were opposed to Christianity? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Nazi_Germany#Nazi_attitudes_towards_Christianity #PS1qanon == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347927623385587717 QAnons are principals in riots here and abroad. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-shaman-maga-capitol-riot-rune-pagan-imagery-tattoo-1111344/ Who is Q? Presumably the three-letter agencies know by now, but not saying either for good or bad reasons. If they don't know they should be finding out. https://www.bbc.com/news/55572805 #PS1qanon == impress 13 time 2021-01-09 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347923074113482753 Georgia Republicans are in two minds about Kemp. Just like the national GOP about Trump. Can the two minds bridge the gap of fantasy that separates them? https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-senate-elections-georgia-stacey-abrams-99f9f0d3d61b70e5dc6afaac203c6720 #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-01-09 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347919143761166336 Proud of the rioters, not repentant. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/trump-voters.html The deplorables are not backing down. They need their own place. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-09 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347917472855330819 Being there - dodging the tip of the Trump spear. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/business/media/journalists-capitol-mob.html #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 14:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347902940892155906 The Trumpiest Trump supporters https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/world/europe/us-capitol-rampage-camp-auschwitz.html https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/illinois-lawmaker-hitler-comments-456596 https://nypost.com/2021/01/08/camp-auschwitz-sweatshirt-seen-at-capitol-riot-sold-by-nyc-site/ Think about that, Kushners and Adelsons! #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347897772343578626 Are the donors going to bail on Trump? Are the donors going to bail on Trumpism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/08/trump-policies-corporate-america/ Did they not see this coming? #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-09 13:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347895678798729216 No interest in improving relations between US and N Korea. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-south-korea-north-korea-united-states-nuclear-weapons-dc3bc69cca0eeec4a83cda87549c522d #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 13:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347894715257999363 Fatal attractions https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-police-elections-7051411972c58cfbbf079876ce527ab4 #PS1qanon == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 13:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347893910375342080 A landmark for the tweeter-in-chief. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-coronavirus-pandemic-david-letterman-reality-tv-8551982a4c79c8f3825834ef86586d5b How many politicians get permanently banned? #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 13:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347811265154936832 Why does it take so long? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trump-mcconnell/2021/01/08/5f650ad0-520d-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html The votes for or against an impeachment would be exactly the same in both houses, whether listing 50 pages of offenses, or just one article "Trump is a dangerous criminal!" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1331477700530079 #PS1impeachment == impress 16 time 2021-01-09 07:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347802241999097863 Nobody was surprised, though his Republican enablers pretended to be. Except the ones that pretend he never did anything wrong. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-conspiracy-theories-elections-828feb5006a2fad60f457f5a6cbe731f #PS1unrest == impress 18 time 2021-01-09 07:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347799633397829632 Now who we are? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/capitol-riot-america.html Minority rule depends on the threat of violence. It always has. The ruling class sends its soldiers out to bleed for it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-09 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347796606704226308 Dlive is the place to make money off violence! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/dlive-capitol-mob.html #PS1media == impress 15 time 2021-01-09 06:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347795255349809154 Is Trump an influencer or is he the platform itself? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-twitter-ban.html #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-01-09 06:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347794458985730051 Jim DeMint still loves Hawley! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/josh-hawley-capitol-riot.html All known by the company they keep. #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 06:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347793403690373123 Parler will have to get along without the Apple Store. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/parler-apple-google.html Maybe the violent right will make their own smart phones now. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-01-09 06:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347791436360531968 The rioters now consider law enforcement to be part of the problem, not allies. They're on the execution list with legislators and journalists. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/us/online-extremism-inauguration-capitol-invs/index.html #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-09 06:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347789242718511108 How many of the rioters intended actual harm to legislators or police or journalists? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-fbi-hostages/2021/01/08/df99ae5a-5202-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Many said they did on social media beforehand. Now they are saying it again for round 2 - https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/us/online-extremism-inauguration-capitol-invs/index.html FBI will take them all seriously. #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-09 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347786983339216897 The Capitol Police are very effective on peaceful demonstrators! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/capitol-police-arrests-peaceful-protests/2021/01/08/b6b2489c-5141-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 13 time 2021-01-09 06:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347783543213092869 Funny business in Georgia - by order of Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/atlanta-us-attorney-brings-in-assistants-who-worked-on-voter-fraud-issues-raising-fears-of-political-interference/2021/01/08/c4057f9a-51c9-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-01-09 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347782746517557250 McConnell lays out impeachment timetable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trump-mcconnell/2021/01/08/5f650ad0-520d-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html Conveniently set up to defer action as long as possible. On the other hand, the Georgia senators should be seated by then. #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-01-09 05:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347782001428873216 "The death of a federal law enforcement officer changes everything. Those who invaded the Capitol thinking they might get a minor misdemeanor are now theoretically subject to murder and felony murder charges." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-capitol-mob/2021/01/08/700da13a-51db-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Will Trump pardon them all? #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-09 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347779915798568966 Trump still wrecking - no time to lose. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-general-news-impeachments-trump-impeachment-d195d521d3fc20ae4a5920641e8a20d3 #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-01-09 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347779320110927872 "time to take the temperature down" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-steve-daines-lisa-murkowski-montana-electoral-college-7e146d11059cb5f0f573c35451eb0e71 "he still counts himself a Trump supporter and declined to blame the president" Take the temperature down - impeach Trump and arrest the rioters. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/us/online-extremism-inauguration-capitol-invs/index.html Otherwise they keep coming back. #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-09 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347722351069196288 Is liberty possible in the internet age? Xi says no - Trump provides the proof. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-do-liberty-and-human-rights-survive-the-age-of-the-internet/2021/01/08/07cedfca-51d7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html If the people won't repress their worst instincts on their own, somebody else eventually will for them. #PS1media == impress 18 time 2021-01-09 01:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347721253797449729 Trump was rehearsing the riot for years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-trump-forecast-encouraged/ #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-09 01:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347703306303406080 Some Republicans are still in denial that it's the Trump Party now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rnc-amelia/2021/01/08/6cd0c730-51e6-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html But they'll be gone soon. #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2021-01-09 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347700243555442690 Around the country and around the world, rioters and law enforcement are applying lessons learned. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-washington-coronavirus-pandemic-racial-injustice-8a13747a2aed9dcb643a43c5187e34ae #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-09 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347696015130861570 Alabama politics! https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/mike-lee-tommy-tuberville-trump-misdialed-capitol-riot/index.html Note that Giuliani first addressed Tuberville as "Senator" but quickly changed to "Coach". In Alabama any idiot can run for Senate - look at Roy Moore - but being football coach at a major university, that's SOMETHING! #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-01-09 00:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347694981343952898 Trump did not let a mere riot deter him from blocking Biden! https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/mike-lee-tommy-tuberville-trump-misdialed-capitol-riot/index.html He just got confused between "Lee" and "Tuberville". It's a mistake anybody could make in a dark bunker. #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-09 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 93 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-09 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-09 - 12 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 930 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1332439937100522 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 5 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "01/09/2021 10:25:15 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1332439937100522 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-08 - 13 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347693109937721344 Who can blame Melania for checking out? She has a whole new life to plan. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/melania-trump-was-reportedly-overseeing-a-photo-shoot-during-capitol-attack/ #PS1other == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347692638640640001 Twitter bans Trump permanently. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-michael-flynn-social-media-f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055 #PS1media == impress 7 time 2021-01-08 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347692180509364226 Truly a son of Roy Cohn! Giuliani isn't giving an inch. Has he talked to the FBI yet? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/googles-youtube-hosts-video-of-trump-lawyer-giuliani-claiming-stolen-election-two-days-after-deadly-capitol-insurrection/ #PS1unrest == impress 8 time 2021-01-08 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347690332054556678 Winfield Scott was less accommodating to rioters! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/capitol-protest-1861-lincoln.html But still it was a close call. Just like this week. #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2021-01-08 23:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347688847929315330 What did the German and American assaults on government have in common? Complete divorce from reality. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/germany-parliament-us-capitol.html That, and obsolete flags. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-01-08 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347687205565730816 There's a good reason Trump and Modi get along so well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/trump-capitol-mob-india-modi-political-violence/ #PS1foreign == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 23:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347686450553229314 Forgiveness is always possible. But repentance and confession come first. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/kevin-mccarthys-spin-impeachment-gives-away-big-gop-scam/ #PS1election == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347685637827170306 Washington warned against Trumpism in his Farewell Address - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/08/trump-capitol-mob-republicans-george-washington/ Appeals to patriotism no longer work. Fundamental structural changes are required to make patriotism more rewarding than partisanship. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 23:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347683764885864450 Trump changed Eliason's mind on criminal prosecution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-should-be-criminally-investigated/2021/01/07/900ffa1a-5135-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347683016584224770 Lame excuses from lame senators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/08/how-republican-senators-explaining-their-years-previous-fealty-trump/ Dont need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. It's harder to PREDICT which way the wind WILL blow. But not that hard in Trump's case. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-08 23:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347681600952172544 An epiphany for Murkowski! https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/08/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-calls-on-president-trump-to-resign-questions-her-future-as-a-republican/ "I want him out. He has caused enough damage" "If the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me". It's never too late to repent! #PS1impeachment == impress 9 time 2021-01-08 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347679831438155777 The FBI can do two things at once! https://apnews.com/article/david-boling-tennessee-48f7da2037c7a4d8b116ae9f6e814b4e This appears to be a long-term investigation, completely unrelated to the riot. Good that it's not California this time - look up "abscam" or "shrimp boy leland yee". #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347663376965459968 Kimberly Guilfoyle - Trumpism's star attraction? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/kimberly-guilfoyle-ripped-for-call-to-fight-and-sexy-dance-in-video-before-capitol-attack/ Trump doesn't like competition for the spotlight. But at some point Don Jr has to get the old man out of the way. #PS1trumpism == impress 23 time 2021-01-08 21:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347662342247469056 Other ways to strike back and rioters and their enablers. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/menlo-park-candy-shop-owner-taking-heat-for-attending-trump-rally/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347661382091640834 The quandary for would-be GOP 2024 candidates - how to oppose impeachment without preventing it? Disqualifying Trump is essential, but so is retaining the support of his base. He might announce his 2024 bid on Jan 20. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/impeachment-president-trump-capitol.html #PS1impeachment == impress 25 time 2021-01-08 21:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347659534756548610 "we know from The Turner Diaries that next will be mass casualty attacks" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/08/leaving-trump-office-now-will-just-encourage-white-nationalists/ A day of reckoning for GOP politicians. Betray their country's founders or betray their most loyal base? McConnell is anxious to avoid such a public reckoning. #PS1unrest == impress 11 time 2021-01-08 21:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347655824890490880 "politics is show business for ugly people" https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/trump-riots-politics-entertainment/2021/01/08/c2e18e22-51b7-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html It's all about the ratings! But Trump leaves the dangerous stunts to the stuntmen and directs from his secure bunker. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347653134047272962 Conversion! Two days ago Kevin McCarthy was leading the charge to overthrow the election. But now "impeaching the president with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more". https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/08/us/trump-biden#trump-impeachment-pelosi Essence of Republican politician! #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 21:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347639702032011264 Another rioter in custody. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-justice-department-charges-west-virginia-rep-derrick-evans.html #PS1unrest == impress 11 time 2021-01-08 20:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347637375988506624 Why do Republicans undermine their own election victories? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/opinion-why-do-republicans-undermine-their-own-election/ There's probably a crazy conspiracy theory for that, too. #PS1election == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 20:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347635624853966848 The FBI is swinging into action! https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/us-capitol-riots-arrest-pelosi-desk/index.html #PS1unrest == impress 20 time 2021-01-08 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347634906914910209 It's going to be tough. https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senator-manchin-opposes-2000-direct-checks-amid-covid-19-washington-post-idUSW1N2II01X No reason given - if the money were used instead for better unemployment relief, that would be an improvement. #PS1recovery == impress 19 time 2021-01-08 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347634010541867009 "They weren't really Trumpists" most popular myth this week. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions #PS1media == impress 10 time 2021-01-08 19:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347632894651502592 The amateurs seem to be out-performing the FBI. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/08/capitol-rioters-fired-doxed-online/ #PS1unrest == impress 10 time 2021-01-08 19:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347631735865950208 Hawley shouldn't mind losing the support of the intellectuals - he gained support of the rioters! He could gain even more by renouncing his Stanford and Yale degrees. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-josh-hawley-electoral-college-michael-brown-6c7aa5820b31404f528025f12105a600 #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347621640117526529 A point of impeachment is to get Trump to resign. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/impeachment-trump-congress/2021/01/08/2a0d83ca-51c3-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html McConnell and most Republicans doesn't want it to come up; a vote would publicly manifest the division of the Republicans into two camps. But it's a division that's already happened. #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 19:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347619584111624193 Reasons why the Trumpist Party can't change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/why-republicans-wont-learn-anything-their-defeat-georgia/ Cult of personality is perfect for perpetuating minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Republicans that won't drink the Trumpist koolaid need to find a new place to drink. #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347616792122777602 Unearned family loyalty. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/08/tiffany-trump-shows-loyalty-by-pushing-dads-banned-messages-lamenting-his-suspension-from-social-media/ Maybe Trump rewards family loyalty better than political loyalty. #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 18:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347615302062723073 Reverse migration. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/georgia-black-political-power.html Poor black share croppers went north for better lives. Now black professionals can go south for the same reason - just as Californians move to Idaho or Texas - bigger houses, lower taxes, more political power. #PS1other == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 18:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347612337440661505 "Congress doesn't need courage. It just needs a sense of self-preservation" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-capitol-riot-impeachment.html Why hasn't the House been called into session tomorrow? #PS1impeachment == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 18:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347611172518854659 Democratic structural reforms. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/election-reform.html Alas, they are inimical to minority rule, and will get nowhere in red states as legislation or constitutional amendments. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Regional federalism is easier. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 18:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347609087102517248 The new Lost Cause is just like the old one - and might be just as successful. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-confederacy-lost-cause.html Expect statues of Trump throughout red states to match the legend. That's why regional federalism might be the only way out. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2021-01-08 18:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347607744031805440 The heart of the matter - the lynch mob is a pillar of minority rule, a means to get the masses to fight each other instead of the ruling class. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-georgia-capitol-racism.html Republicans can't give up the mob unless they give up minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-08 18:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347603497349312513 A negative view - we ain't seen nothing yet. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/beer-hall-putsch-munich-putsch The Munich Putsch didn't fail - to be a learning experience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/capitol-mob-far-right-trump-propaganda/ That's why it's essential to impeach Trump as quickly as possible and arrest all of the illegal trespassers. #PS1unrest == impress 9 time 2021-01-08 17:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347600166602199041 A positive view that the fever might have broken and recovery slowly beginning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-good-news-hidden-within-one-of-americas-darkest-weeks/2021/01/07/a20bca50-5130-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html But stay on the antibiotics until the bottle is empty - impeach and remove Trump as soon as possible and arrest and prosecute all the criminal trespassers. #PS1unrest == impress 29 time 2021-01-08 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347598776664420352 No one can serve two masters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-evangelicals-were-complicit-in-the-desecration-of-our-democracy/2021/01/07/69a51402-5110-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347596039360974849 Nuclear option https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-pelosi-called-military-chief-about-unhinged-trump-s-access-n1253501 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 17:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347593065540722688 Good news - Trump is back to normal! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-michael-pence-858c6fd0969a5f2a0cf27b127447e535 Disrespecting Biden, praising the rioters, just like normal. May it focus the work of the Democratic House Caucus today to expedite impeachment. #PS1trump == impress 29 time 2021-01-08 17:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347591963000725505 Any of them who passed the police barricades are Federal offenders and should be arrested - they'll have their day in court. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-west-virginia-electoral-college-34f93ca08799997ba96dce7a2921d087 #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 17:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347577929597739008 Trump wants to pardon himself - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/ but risks that courts will ignore that. A better bet would have been to resign in exchange for an immediate pardon from Pence - but is Pence in any mood to make a deal now? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/ #PS1justice == impress 24 time 2021-01-08 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347570083376164865 White privilege or just police incompetence? At least there will be new leadership in the Capitol Police and better security for the inauguration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/did-you-see-the-law-enforcement-response-to-the-rioters-taking-over-the-capitol-this-is-what-white-privilege-looks-like/2021/01/07/499eddf4-5099-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1unrest == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0714 expands 1 impress 28 retweets 1 time 2021-01-08 15:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347568331662921732 The architect of Trump and Biden's China policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/matthew-pottinger-exits-but-his-china-strategy-is-here-to-stay/2021/01/07/0a54df32-512e-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1foreign == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 15:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347566355914973190 The most admired man in America! https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx makes it an admirable time for a fast impeachment - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachment-16e37a8ffcca60dac9731fdff285b8e5 If McConnell won't bring it to the Senate floor, Schumer can as soon as the Georgia senators are certified. #PS1impeachment == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347564516943429632 Trump's legacy - American Carnage - https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-california-coronavirus-pandemic-3f95a8f27ed81cf1fa91ec0d9f9cf403 https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-economy-ad4cb9fe70653c56ac6253aaab210f21 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/politics/trump-insurrection-capitol/ Which explains why he's America's most admired man - https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/donald-trump-michelle-obama-admired-2020.aspx #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 15:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347553224388005888 Fox - still guilty https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-news-blame-capitol-mob-media/2021/01/07/f15f668a-50ee-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Still unrepentant https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/07/some-fox-newss-trump-supporters-now-declare-his-political-career-is-done/ Fox can afford to defend against the inevitable civil litigation, but can Newsmax, OAN, and Epoch Times? #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347548738735067139 Powell now, then Giuliani, Wood - and Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-seeking-more-than-13-billion/2021/01/08/ebe5dbe0-5106-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Trump can't pardon around civil litigation or state laws - and he can't pardon anybody after Jan 20. #PS1justice == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 14:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347421251703226368 Generally it's illegal to destroy evidence of a crime, but if you committed the crime, why not? Bellingcat is preserving as much evidence as possible for future historians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/07/capitol-mob-recorded-its-own-history-now-volunteers-are-trying-preserve-record/ #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-08 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347393290325278725 Trump remains the biggest draw in his party and was recently named the most admired person in the country in a Gallup poll, with 18 percent of the country choosing him, including 48 percent of Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republicans-capitol-mob/2021/01/07/f56300ac-5111-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Impeach, convict, and remove NOW. #PS1trump == impress 18 time 2021-01-08 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347381706421010438 Many of the rioters were instantly recognizable. Too bad for them. They always warn you about posting anything on social media that future employers might see. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/names-of-rioters-capitol.html #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347379862021947393 Nobody knows what he will do next. His cabinet is resigning rather than invoke 25th Amendment. Congress needs to reconvene and impeach immediately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rage-riot/2021/01/07/26894c54-5108-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347378208753127427 RNC leaders are in denial. It's the Trump Party now - get on board or get off. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republicans-capitol-mob/2021/01/07/f56300ac-5111-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-01-08 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347376195508211715 Even Betsy DeVos can't take it any more. https://apnews.com/article/trump-25th-amendment-schumer-capitol-992705542ceebba6596f2d6682b476e7 Maybe she doesn't want to decide whether to invoke the 25th Amendment. #PS1impeachment == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0667 expands 1 impress 15 time 2021-01-08 02:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347375320907751424 Poor Pence - no future in the Trumpist party. After all he's done for that man! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-reality-tv-michael-pence-ddbfc1fbb94034c39aadc5260536be3c #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-08 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347364083947892736 Another superspreader event - and also at the sister demonstrations in state capitals. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/health/coronavirus-capitol-riot.html We'll know in a couple of weeks - by who shows up for Inauguration. #PS1virus == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347362792035164161 No more stalling. Congress has to reconvene tomorrow and the House has to impeach. Get everybody on the record. Then put the pressure on McConnell. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/trump-capitol-attack.html The loonies think they won. Delay only encourages them. #PS1impeachment == impress 29 time 2021-01-08 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347361436251549696 Overall, the Trumpists won the election. The Democrats can't lose a single vote. Anything that is too radical for Joe Manchin - who is as liberal as West Virginia gets - is not going to pass. Incremental progress is still progress. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/capitol-riot-trump-america.html #PS1biden == impress 38 time 2021-01-08 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347358617196924929 It's all the Democrats' fault! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-allies-congress.html His supporters won't see it as a defeat until he's in jail - if then. #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347357028344156164 Republican "leaders" need to realize that it's Trump's party and always will be - https://thehill.com/homenews/news/533171-poll-majority-of-republicans-blame-biden-for-mob-storming-the-capitol Showing no leadership when it counted, those "leaders" must lead the way to a new party that is not based upon cult of personality. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-republicans.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0333 impress 30 retweets 1 time 2021-01-08 01:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347353319891636231 The end of American Exceptionalism in pictures. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/end-american-exceptionalism/ #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347352870102859776 Personal responsibility? That's for little people, just like taxes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rip-the-gop-of-personal-responsibility/2021/01/07/33e127ea-5109-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Under minority rule, the law doesn't apply to the ruling class. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-08 01:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347351234043281409 The FBI is getting to work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-siege-arrests/2021/01/07/661292a2-5105-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html Know something or somebody? There's a $1000 reward for useful information. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/01/07/fbi-seeking-publics-help-to-identify-pro-trump-rioters-who-rushed-u-s-capitol/ #PS1unrest == impress 16 time 2021-01-08 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347349782650503168 Gary Abernathy finally gives up on Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/insurrection-wasnt-coup-trump-has-still-disqualified-himself-future-office/ but still manages to blame the Democrats. #PS1trumpism == engage 4 engage-rate 0.1111 expands 1 impress 36 likes 2 replies 1 time 2021-01-08 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347348606597046275 The people who know him best are the most concerned about what he might do next. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-cabinets-media-violence-michael-pence-b363a0e31c4504cc221b7d848be8edac #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2021-01-08 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347347733150007297 Typical Trump - after watching all day with glee - with his lame "teacher made me say it" voice - "outraged by the violence lawlessness and mayhem". https://apnews.com/article/trump-25th-amendment-schumer-capitol-992705542ceebba6596f2d6682b476e7 But then with his usual enthusiasm - "our incredible journey is only just beginning". #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347345708202872832 Rioters already paying a price. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-protests-fallout/some-u-s-capitol-rioters-fired-after-internet-detectives-identify-them-idUSKBN29C36M The FBI is just getting started, but employers are already acting. #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-08 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347343878215532545 Cruz, Trump, Hawley, rioters. All of a piece. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/capitol-riot-republicans.html And before them, Calhoun, Davis, Booth, lynch mobs, Thurmond. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == impress 15 time 2021-01-08 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347342310002970630 As many rioters as possible must be arrested as soon as possible, lest they learn the wrong lesson. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/donald-trump-fascism.html They are already planning next steps. #PS1unrest == impress 17 time 2021-01-08 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347338118827950081 Big tech didn't hinder Hawley up until now. But maybe he will have to self publish his book on the (big tech) web, like other vanity authors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/books/simon-schuster-josh-hawley-book.html #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2021-01-08 00:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347337499400568832 Trump will pardon himself and his family. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-self-pardon.html But anybody receiving a pardon can no longer plead the 5th to avoid testifying, and is still subject to contempt charges if refusing and perjury if lying. Lying to the FBI is still a crime. #PS1justice == impress 23 time 2021-01-08 00:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347333714104049669 It's important to emphasize that these rioters and looters were just as dumb as all the other rioters and looters this year. But foot soldiers are expendable. The real masterminds stayed at a safe distance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/insurrection-was-pathetic-it-was-horrifying/ #PS1unrest == impress 12 time 2021-01-08 00:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347332430433198080 Thiessen blames Trump - but also the mainstream media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/trump-responsible-capitol-mob-media/ When he's finally out we'll find out the facts whether the mainstream media treated Trump unfairly. #PS1media == impress 17 time 2021-01-08 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 4075 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2021-01-08 ratio 2 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Tweets for 2021-01-08 - 13 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 2397 audclicks 4 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 12 ID 1331324113878771 impress 51 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 9 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 4 oimpress 51 oreach 46 posted "01/08/2021 05:23:39 PM" postlinkclicks 3 reach 46 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1331324113878771 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-07 - 14 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347331444050313216 How the riot would have been reported in another country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/trump-western-media-coup/ #PS1unrest == impress 10 time 2021-01-07 23:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347330699049635843 The loonies are world-wide now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/07/trump-qanon-stop-the-steal-japan/ #PS1qanon == impress 6 time 2021-01-07 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347329730849034241 The loonies aren't demoralized - they're energized for Apocalypse Now! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/07/trump-online-siege/ Congress needs to reconvene and impeach Trump tomorrow while the memory is fresh. #PS1unrest == impress 31 time 2021-01-07 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347317396852277251 More prescient words written just before the riot - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/jeff-flake-trump-republicans.html #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347316927316705282 It's time to do something about the electoral system - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/electoral-college.html but don't expect beneficiaries of minority rule to undermine their own power. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-electoral-college.html #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347315806976163842 Is freedom of speech still possible - published just before the riot. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-lies-free-speech.html Quit trying for "neutral" and instead aim for "fair" - making bias and intent explicit but having multiple competing media platforms to represent multiple viewpoints. #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 22:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347281468234424320 Democratic erosion is harder to counteract than a coupl https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/world/americas/what-is-a-coup-attempt.html That's why Trumpism needs to be nipped in the bud as much as possible. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-01-07 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347269433908031489 The SC Capitol riots of 1876 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/07/trump-mob-capitol-red-shirts/ The poison festered among the Dixiecrats until they became the Republicans 100 years later. #PS1unrest == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347266998296662016 Who knew Graham was so prescient? https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/727604522156228608 #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2021-01-07 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347266463321649152 Impeachment articles have been drafted. https://twitter.com/davidcicilline/status/1347228936594477057 #PS1impeachment == impress 26 time 2021-01-07 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347263785896083456 Were you at the riot? You might get to meet a genuine FBI agent! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/07/no-theres-no-substantive-evidence-that-capitol-riot-was-spurred-by-antifa/ A private company already identified a skinhead, a Nazi, and a QAnon. Nobody who could be called antifa. #PS1unrest == impress 29 time 2021-01-07 19:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347260941243596800 Ron Johnson doesn't seem to have many friends today. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-wisconsin-elections-f23b830ef1ba52abb91ef9d19cdca184 #PS1trumpism == impress 35 time 2021-01-07 19:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347239139763081216 War on the fact-based media too. And not just in DC. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/business/media/media-murder-capitol-building.html #PS1journalism == impress 16 time 2021-01-07 17:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347237673895776256 Turner Diaries come to life. And they'll be back. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/white-supremacists-capitol-riot.html #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-07 17:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347232031143432192 There were reasons for a minimal-force response to the riot. They weren't expecting that big a riot, but at the cost of some property damage they set the stage for some decisive national action about the violent right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-werent-officials-at-the-capitol-more-prepared-for-this-insurrection/2021/01/06/d1c45788-5079-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 24 time 2021-01-07 17:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347226244786491393 Schumer urges 25th or impeachment. https://apnews.com/article/trump-25th-amendment-schumer-capitol-992705542ceebba6596f2d6682b476e7 Sounds right now, sounded right then - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html #PS1impeachment == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 16:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347225156469460992 Facebook finally acts - when it seems safe for Facebook. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-ban-trump-3e9a00e791f9806a4d925ec9a2fbe9f3 #PS1media == impress 14 time 2021-01-07 16:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347214694939967490 To avoid mistaken ideas - Congress should IMMEDIATELY pass a joint resolution expressing its view that because nobody is above the law and nobody can be his own judge, the presidential pardon power does not encompass the president himself. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-01-07 16:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347207770026565633 Mission accomplished! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orderly-transition-f03215c31a400f815a8f62960a430063 Trump has done more to undermine the Enlightment ideals of the Founders than Arnold, Burr, Calhoun, Davis, Lee, or Thurmond. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html All the more reason to quickly impeach to forestall a sequel. #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-01-07 15:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347196766303604739 Not Russians or antifa - it was the deplorables part of Trump's base.! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/06/flying-flag-fascism-trump/ Do Republicans continue to accept the support of this essential pillar of Republican minority rule, or move the party toward the center instead? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1unrest == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1111 impress 18 likes 1 time 2021-01-07 15:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347190810580635652 Law and order? The FBI must arrest and prosecute every individual who was on the Capitol grounds illegally yesterday. Start with - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/07/west-virginia-derrick-evans-capitol/ continue with the speakers at the Ellipse who lit the fuse - Giuliani and Don Jr - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/trump-speech-capitol.html #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0833 impress 12 likes 1 time 2021-01-07 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347188097734246400 Retire the California 7 - it worked in 2018! https://www.rollcall.com/2017/06/20/former-rep-tauschers-super-pac-aims-to-turn-7-red-california-seats-blue/ Do it again in 2022! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/07/these-are-the-seven-california-congressmen-who-backed-challenge-of-trumps-defeat/ #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-07 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347178586969497609 A defining moment - which hard-core Trumpist politicians will face reality https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-politics-1cf9847e5fe8582e41c892a0601340e0 and which will find alternative facts? https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/07/conservative-media-capitol-breach-reaction-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity/ #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2021-01-07 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347163058108420097 Time for a new illustration https://www.political-scrapbook.net/mob.jpg for an immediate crisis - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html for an old long-term problem - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html Act now; the anti-fact spin machines are already running - https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/07/conservative-media-capitol-breach-reaction-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity/ #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-07 12:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347154634159190017 Der Untergang Then - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film) Now - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-resignations-25th-amendment/2021/01/07/e131ce10-50a3-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1818 impress 11 time 2021-01-07 12:14 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347033854708617216 Trump administration will keep deregulating right up to its last hour! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/biden-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge.html #PS1deregulation == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347033421315362817 Trump administration will keep deregulating right up to its last hour! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/justice-department-disparate-impact.html #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347025701304614912 Minority leader McConnell! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/georgia-senate-election.html He's had years of experience blocking legislation, even as minority leader. #PS1politics == impress 12 time 2021-01-07 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347024678368382976 By their fruits shall ye know them! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/protests-trump-disinformation.html Trump and all his enablers. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347022413683331073 Hewitt's not apologizing for Trump any more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/06/trump-has-shown-an-incomprehensible-indifference-mayhem/ #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-01-07 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347018182339399682 What it was like during the attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/reporter-senate-evacuated/2021/01/06/3e7d5456-5061-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 14 time 2021-01-07 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346992812957466625 "QAnon is best regarded as a general-purpose conspiracy infrastructure" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-qanon-georgia-call.html And a marketing machine. People who will believe Q can be sold anything. #PS1qanon == impress 12 time 2021-01-07 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346990412087451649 "This is Donald Trump's Republican Party" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/trump-congress.html "Republicans" who are not fully on board the Trump train need to think of a new name for themselves. Oddly, the RNC condemned the violence. Are they not fully on board? https://www.ksby.com/news/election-2020/rnc-says-violence-at-capitol-is-not-patriotism #PS1trump == impress 22 time 2021-01-07 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346987284223021057 Trump's proudest legacy - Capitol police with guns drawn against the mob. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-trumps-legacy/2021/01/06/c3b38b76-5071-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html He can't be impeached, convicted, and removed quickly enough. #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-01-07 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346986209994625025 Hawley and Cruz are as guilty as Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-hawley-and-cruz-will-each-wear-the-scarlet-s-of-a-seditionist/2021/01/06/65b0ad1a-506c-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346983521122881536 Self-referential Trump media! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/05/trump-spin-machine-is-spinning-itself/ No external input needed. #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-01-07 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346981910082318336 Why would Trump care about the Republican Party if they would not re-elect him President? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/06/trumps-devastation-republican-party-is-nearly-complete/ #PS1trump == impress 20 time 2021-01-07 00:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346981088711770114 Some Republicans are ready to think Merrick Garland isn't so bad. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-biden-attorney-general/2021/01/06/071053ce-2dd4-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html Nothing like being forced to hide from the mob to focus your thinking on what law and order really means. #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 00:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346979997328674820 Twitter had enough of Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/06/trump-tweet-violence/ But his troopers go storming on. #PS1media == impress 11 time 2021-01-07 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346976467746361346 Remembering 1876. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/06/2020-electoral-vote-count-1876/ No parallel to 2021, until the violence started. #PS1election == impress 13 time 2021-01-07 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346973606975254529 Even reliable Trump cheerleader Thiessen blames Trump for Georgia! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/06/this-is-all-trumps-fault/ But how can ANYbody be surprised that Trump is all about Trump and to hell with everybody else? You knew who he was when you voted for him. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 0.1250 impress 16 time 2021-01-07 00:15 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346972852319227906 "it would be untenable to continue their objections once the session is resumed, even if they have yet to admit it and formally withdraw their complaints" Give up their 2024 dreams so easily? That's not the Cruz and Hawley we know! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-trump-electoral-votes-siege/2021/01/06/ed5796a8-5066-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html #PS1trumpism == impress 41 time 2021-01-07 00:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346971280117964803 You need visuals? https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/photography/2021/01/06/photos-scene-capitol-dc/ #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2021-01-07 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-07 - 14 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1220 ID 1330655387278977 impress 10 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 10 oreach 8 posted "01/07/2021 04:26:45 PM" reach 8 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1330655387278977 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-06 - 15 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346962947092795393 General Trump is on the front lines, leading the charge, right? Wrong - other people's blood, other people's money. Principles of Trumpism. Will Congress impeach him immediately? Fomenting insurrection, how much worse can it be? #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 0.0571 impress 35 likes 2 time 2021-01-06 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346723548513988609 A forlorn hope of escaping blame! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/us/politics/pence-trump.html #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-06 07:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346722154797154304 One determined person can still make a difference! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/stacey-abrams-georgia.html That's what the Presidential Medal of Freedom was supposed to be about, before Trump turned it into a badge of shame. #PS1democracy == impress 22 time 2021-01-06 07:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346721385398239232 A special line for special people - it's the Trump way! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/05/florida-nursing-home-covid-vaccine/ #PS1virus == impress 12 time 2021-01-06 07:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346720870320885761 The reward for doing Trump's dirty work is he asks you to do dirtier work - and if it's too dirty for you, you're fired! Or at least tweeted out of the corps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-years-of-fealty-pence-prepares-for-a-final-performance-likely-to-anger-trump/2021/01/05/23b1394e-4f71-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html Trump's armed supporters threaten sterner penalties, and might act on them. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2021-01-06 07:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346718961086255105 Regular military struggling to keep out of the crossfire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-military-election-protests/2021/01/05/0de9b5b8-4fa4-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html #PS1unrest == impress 13 time 2021-01-06 07:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346717460225949696 Any reputable law firm would be glad to be rid of a Trump lawyer! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitchell-trump-resigns-firm/2021/01/05/ea5364b4-4f9e-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Just remember how Trump's role model Roy Cohn ended up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn#Later_career_and_disbarment #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2021-01-06 07:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346716643817230336 "If this were a coup attempt, it's perhaps the most bungled way to go about that" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-coup/2021/01/05/26afcfc0-4f6c-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2021-01-06 07:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346715346158292992 The authorities think they can handle the pro-Trump protesters. If only they could handle Trump and any other Republican officials who want to throw gasoline on the fire! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/wednesdays-protests-could-get-ugly-but-officials-should-be-able-to-handle-it--without-the-armed-forces/2021/01/05/69022a48-4fa4-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1unrest == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0476 impress 21 time 2021-01-06 07:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346712026886782976 Post office troubles could cost Republicans the Georgia runoffs. That would be only fair - Trump instigated the troubles. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/05/overseas-voters-georgia-senate/ #PS1election == impress 14 time 2021-01-06 06:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346709282985709568 There was never any doubt, but nothing will happen until Biden is inaugurated. https://apnews.com/article/us-blames-russia-federal-hacking-3921096dfd9693a020420acc787132bd #PS1russian == impress 12 time 2021-01-06 06:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346708368245706754 Trump's army marches to his defense. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-elections-electoral-college-47cd4321645c92f0781005143601c607 #PS1trump == impress 12 time 2021-01-06 06:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346707574549168129 Still making up the rules as he goes along! It's a Trump specialty. How many will go along with him? https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-elections-aaa00b96179c454426453a99ca1e2e30 #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2021-01-06 06:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 40 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-06 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-06 - 15 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 400 ID 1330009744010208 impress 26 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 17 oimpress 26 oreach 23 posted "01/06/2021 03:57:19 PM" reach 23 sharesimpress 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1330009744010208 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-05 - 16 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346468946522689537 Is Hawley making the Hillary Clinton mistake? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/us/politics/josh-hawley-republican-party.html Is the Trump base is motivated by policy rather than culture? Or can he split the Republicans and build a winning coalition? Or is he just another ambitious self-serving opportunist? #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2021-01-05 14:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346466500190765056 The good old days of minority rule in Georgia. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/opinion/georgia-senate-race-democrats.html The Republicans will restore them if they can. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-05 14:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346463280538161158 "if the Republican Party continues along this path, it will run this play again" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/opinion/trump-georgia-senate-elections.html They're on their way to restoring the good old days when only old white Christian male landowners' votes counted. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2021-01-05 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346460377266044928 Will Trump's fantasies about bringing the troops home result in another Mideast war? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-iran-persian-gulf-tensions-middle-east-3ea75606912652951a3c65c882fd560a #PS1mideast == impress 12 time 2021-01-05 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346459327318482949 Lose-lose for Pence. Lose the love of the Trump base and 2024 chances, or lose the judgment of history. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-elections-aaa00b96179c454426453a99ca1e2e30 But lose-lose always seems to be the outcome for those drawn into the Trump black hole. Such as most Republican politicians. #PS1trumpism == impress 19 time 2021-01-05 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346326777358999552 From liberal Democrat to NRA and Trump defender. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitchell-trump-georgia-voter-fraud/2021/01/04/7ef570d8-4e8e-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html At least she seems more competent than Giuliani or Powell, a pretty low bar! #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-01-05 05:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346311329531871233 There was a political rally in NW Georgia tonight. A couple of candidates thought it was about them. They were wrong as usual. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/us/politics/trump-georgia-rally.html It's the Trump Party! Everybody else is just hired help, to hire or fire as he feels. #PS1trump == impress 38 time 2021-01-05 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346309702729170947 Trump hopes Pence "comes through for us" meaning - what? Trump plans to return to Georgia to campaign against Kemp. Never forgive or forget a grievance - hit back twice as hard! Oh is there an election here tomorrow? == impress 38 time 2021-01-05 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346308064987602944 Trump says hell fight like hell to hold on to presidency https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-reverse-election-loss-e2a6fa060432bd19d92a142a0da5688e Oh is there an election in Georgia tomorrow? The important thing is Trump's grievance! #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-05 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346290489247420416 Anxious Georgia Republicans ask - can Trump do a campaign rally in Georgia and talk about Georgia campaigners, or can he only talk about Trump fantasies? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-senate-trump/2021/01/04/bc38c454-4eb1-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html Trump asks why anybody could find anything more interesting than Trump fantasies. #PS1trump == impress 18 time 2021-01-05 03:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346287145435074561 Trump thinks Trump == GOP. He doesn't realize that it's a diverse coalition and if he purifies it too much it's no longer a winning coalition. "Big tent" and "diversity" are not in his vocabulary - as with so many cult-of-personalities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sabotage-republicans/2021/01/04/df5d301e-4eb1-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0714 impress 14 time 2021-01-05 02:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346269993323806723 It's no mystery - minority rule gets harder as demographics go against the ruling class, so the lies and actions have to get more extreme. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/trump-republican-party.html It was inevitable once LBJ got the civil rights and voting rights acts passed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1theory == impress 14 time 2021-01-05 01:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346268477607215104 "If there is no penalty for Republican cheating, there will be more of it. Republicans feel free to openly scheme against the majority." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/trump-georgia-call.html #PS1justice == impress 17 time 2021-01-05 01:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346265552252141569 No way Trump could win on the economy. That's what happens when you come in at the tail end of an expansion. Further expansion is very difficult. And then the virus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/04/even-if-you-judge-trump-by-his-preferred-economic-measures-hes-still-loser/ #PS1economics == impress 15 time 2021-01-05 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346264399514726400 "Hawley and Cruz have already nimbly begun to monetize their high-mindedness through fundraising appeals" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hawley-cruz-and-their-senate-cohort-are-the-constitutions-most-dangerous-domestic-enemies/2021/01/04/912d2530-4ebf-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html At last a sensible explanation for their senseless behavior - "money is the mother's milk of politics" - Jesse Unruh #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2021-01-05 01:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346262866706407424 A Franz von Pappen medal for McConnell! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/04/we-all-suffer-mitch-mcconnells-sycophancy/ He got the usual reward from Trump. #PS1trumpism == impress 22 time 2021-01-05 01:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346261290533044224 The National Guard will be awake. But will there be enough? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-electoral-college-muriel-bowser-1634bf71a27de48efef3cd1e6ed4abe4 #PS1unrest == impress 19 time 2021-01-05 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346250341285646336 Reactionary media try to make the best of a bad situation. It's going to be obvious to everybody sooner or later that they've been wrong all along. They'll just change the subject as usual. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/business/media/trumps-media-split-election.html #PS1media == impress 24 time 2021-01-05 00:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 215 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2021-01-05 ratio 2 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-01-05 - 16 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 715 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1329503587394157 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 6 likeusers 1 likeuusers 6 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 7 posted "01/05/2021 11:02:19 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 7 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1329503587394157 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-03 - 18 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345840634599407616 New Republican principles on public debt: it's good if Republicans do it; bad if Democrats do it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/business/economy/republicans-deficit.html #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2021-01-03 21:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345822636845060098 More inconsistent messaging. What is Iran going to conclude? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/us/politics/iran-trump.html #PS1mideast == impress 20 time 2021-01-03 20:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345817783620177921 What a setback to lose the Trans-Pacific Partnership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership Now the Europeans have gone their own way. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/world/asia/china-eu-investment-biden.html That's what Trump wanted, and now he's got it. #PS1trade == impress 15 time 2021-01-03 19:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345816079562465280 Once again - no Federal leadership. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/02/coronavirus-one-shot-instead-of-two-to-speed-vaccination/ #PS1virus == impress 19 time 2021-01-03 19:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345815280497250305 Once again, no Federal $upport. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/03/the-hunt-for-covid-19-genomes-that-could-worsen-pandemic/ #PS1virus == impress 20 time 2021-01-03 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345813490749960192 More bitter partisans in the Senate? How will that help? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-trump-republicans-schumer/2021/01/02/8a266aca-4d08-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html We need to get Congress functional again. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1politics == impress 15 time 2021-01-03 19:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345808275464278016 If this isn't impeachable, then what is? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1327845850893264 #PS1impeachment == impress 18 time 2021-01-03 19:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345760787957075968 Sure, have a presidential commission to study election problems and make recommendations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-needs-a-democracy-overhaul-heres-what-bidens-first-step-should-be/2021/01/01/48c92cba-498a-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html Don't expect the defenders of minority rule to permit any adverse changes, though. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1democracy == impress 15 time 2021-01-03 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345759021110677505 Read any scripture lately? ALL the prophets made the rich and powerful uncomfortable - and suffered for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/30/warnock-georgia-senate-runoff-black-church/ #PS1other == impress 18 time 2021-01-03 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345591269381210114 How can we inspire positive action about long-term crises? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/30/crisis-catastrophe-communications-action/ Short-term crises with actionable options are easier to handle. #PS1theory == impress 18 time 2021-01-03 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345590042282999808 Deconstructing the coup. It can't work constitutionally, so the perpetrators must be counting on unconstitutional means. Why else call all the crazies to report to DC on Jan 6? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-january6-dc-protest/2020/12/30/1773b19c-4acc-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/02/cruz-johnson-9-other-gop-senators-say-they-will-not-vote-certify-electors-unless-audit-is-conducted/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/02/ted-cruzs-plan-disrupt-congresss-electoral-college-count-wont-change-anything-it-can-still-do-damage-our-democracy/ #PS1election == impress 20 time 2021-01-03 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345586806985637888 A coup or a farce? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-challenge-election/2021/01/02/81a4e5c4-4c7d-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html Does Trump realize that the only reason the senators are doing this is to position themselves to take over his base for their run in 2024? #PS1election == impress 24 time 2021-01-03 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345532909512400898 A true Trumpist - never admit you're wrong, never say you're sorry, hit back twice as hard. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-shootings-baghdad-only-on-ap-iraq-7b3e202ac353db544180fb2a61d2902c A Trump pardon has become a merit badge in criminality. #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-01-03 00:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345532264810070016 A moment of truth? One side: McConnell, Sasse, Murkowski, Toomey. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-michael-brown-mitch-mcconnell-7ff6b30f2e2f25c0cc7e1d7420a0f058 The other side: Hawley, Tuberville, Cruz, Johnson, Lankford, Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty. What we need: https://www.approve-or-expel.net/ #PS1election == impress 19 time 2021-01-03 00:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 80 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-03 ratio 12 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2021-01-03 - 18 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 401 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1328026397541876 impress 26 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 23 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 26 oreach 24 posted "01/03/2021 04:40:31 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 24 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1328026397541876 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-02 - 19 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345481662080028672 Russian hack just gets worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html #PS1russian == impress 10 time 2021-01-02 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345480086548488192 Trump will deregulate California if it's the last thing he does! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-global-trade-dianne-feinstein-legislation-defense-policy-b5b8c20c4e6df3d07da37f8464e4bb8c #PS1deregulation == impress 12 time 2021-01-02 21:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345479613443555331 Even in the heart of Trump country, some people start to worry about the aftermath of a rally on Monday when the ICU's are already over capacity. https://www.ajc.com/news/trump-rally-divides-n-georgia-community-hit-hard-by-covid-19/SEH7GVBJLJA3DOFCTYC5N2GJYE/ #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-01-02 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345478762217885696 Don't need no stinkin' masks at Mar-a-Lago. Everybody was there except Trump himself. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/us/politics/trump-new-years-eve-mar-a-lago.html They're all rich enough to get platinum treatment if they get sick. #PS1trump == impress 15 time 2021-01-02 21:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345478225401507840 It's just Trumpism in action, you understand. Trump takes credit for success and blames states for failure. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-01/romney-assails-u-s-failure-to-plan-for-covid-vaccine-roll-out #PS1virus == impress 14 time 2021-01-02 21:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345477238540566528 2900+ health care workers have died in 2020. Kaiser Health News and The Guardian had to dig up the numbers - the Federal government hadn't been keeping track. https://khn.org/news/article/more-than-2900-health-care-workers-died-this-year-and-the-government-barely-kept-track/ #PS1virus == impress 10 time 2021-01-02 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345388737274941441 It's a good thing all those Republican farmers know how to stand on their own two feet. Not like those urban people on welfare! https://apnews.com/article/global-trade-iowa-coronavirus-pandemic-financial-markets-weather-193e2a32e52e00d15afeb4cb6316fdcd #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2021-01-02 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345260413508702211 Just another lack of leadership at the top. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/coronavirus-mask-airplanes/2020/12/31/09c12d52-4565-11eb-975c-d17b8815a66d_story.html #PS1virus == impress 9 time 2021-01-02 06:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345257085018066945 If either Democrat appears to be winning in Georgia, Republicans will delay the process as long as possible with their usual tactics. It's all to protect their Senate majority as long as possible. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-georgia-elections-house-elections-26d2fb54639ce1754eefd56b6cc9b091 #PS1election == impress 14 time 2021-01-02 06:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-01-02 - 19 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 270 ID 1327439994267183 impress 12 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 oimpress 12 oreach 9 posted "01/02/2021 06:50:18 PM" reach 9 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1327439994267183 ========== Tweets for 2021-01-01 - 20 more days of Trump === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344878287365918720 Reasons to expect a robust recovery despite McConnell. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/2021-economy-recovery.html #PS1recovery == impress 17 time 2021-01-01 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344876058332467200 How nice not to bother with elections that might be rigged! https://apnews.com/article/health-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-4a2394b394ed02f1ea0fc57e48896ea4 How Trump must envy Kim! #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2021-01-01 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344818102375092224 If your real platform is protecting minority rule, you have to campaign by talking about somebody else. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/politics/georgia-senate-election.html #PS1election == impress 17 time 2021-01-01 01:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344815664721063936 Who cares how many people die if I lose the election? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html L'tat, c'est moi! #PS1virus == impress 33 time 2021-01-01 01:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344812004133859328 How politics corrodes character. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/josh-hawleys-heedless-ambition-is-a-threat-to-the-republic/2020/12/31/1d3f8260-4b9c-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html Sometimes politicians rise to meet a crisis. More often they stoop to embrace it as an opportunity. #PS1theory == impress 14 time 2021-01-01 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344811022788411392 "fighting for you" - one more case of politicians saying one thing and doing the opposite. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/31/why-so-many-candidates-tell-us-theyll-fight/ #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 0.0625 impress 16 likes 1 time 2021-01-01 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344808562027941888 How much relief do the upper 10% need? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/some-of-the-progressive-priorities-really-help-the-rich-more-than-the-poor/2020/12/31/f3e1a2ac-4b70-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html If you want to benefit everybody, try universal income combined with a flat tax - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/some-of-the-progressive-priorities-really-help-the-rich-more-than-the-poor/2020/12/31/f3e1a2ac-4b70-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html #PS1economics == impress 17 time 2021-01-01 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344807304323944449 Pence draws a line. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sasse-letter-electoral-college-ploy/2020/12/31/44da8dba-4b65-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html It's about time! #PS1election == impress 15 time 2021-01-01 00:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344806269488533504 How Trump would run a nursing home empire - behind an impenetrable thicket of holding companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/brius-nursing-home/ #PS1health == impress 16 time 2021-01-01 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344802370979393539 What recession? You can't see any recession from Mar-a-Lago! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/stock-market-record-2020/ #PS1recovery == impress 17 time 2021-01-01 00:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344800508888846336 Just make up stuff! https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-fact-check-media-nashville-social-media-592bd95b6bc87df6b001196b2f90b123 Fiction travels further than truth on social media. #PS1media == impress 32 time 2021-01-01 00:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344797354960932864 They don't make Republicans like that any more! https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-pittsburgh-dick-thornburgh-746fe9abb81012e54d20ee94da078fe3 #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2021-01-01 00:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 117 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-01-01 ratio 3 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Tweets for 2021-01-01 - 20 more days of Trump topic tweets wordrate 0 words 292 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 2 ID 1326849690992880 impress 18 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 14 matchedlinkclicks 4 oimpress 18 oreach 15 posted "01/01/2021 10:23:26 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1326849690992880