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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 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/30/2021 07:12" reach 6 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 2 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 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/28/2021 19:12" reach 4 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 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/27/2021 23:12" reach 7 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 40 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2021-12-26 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2021-12-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 403 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1567942826883564 impress 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/26/2021 16:12" reach 7 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 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/25/2021 16:12" reach 9 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 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/24/2021 22:12" reach 3 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 5 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2021-12-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 606 engaged 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1565258897151957 impress 6 likeimpress 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/22/2021 17:12" reach 5 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 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/22/2021 16:12" reach 3 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 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/21/2021 08:12" reach 8 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 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/20/2021 22:12" reach 6 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 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/19/2021 18:12" reach 9 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 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/18/2021 23:12" reach 8 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 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/17/2021 19:12" reach 2 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 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/16/2021 16:12" reach 10 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 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/15/2021 16:12" reach 7 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 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2021 18:12" reach 7 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 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/13/2021 16:12" reach 8 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 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/12/2021 19:12" reach 10 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 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/11/2021 12:12" reach 2 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 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/09/2021 16:12" reach 5 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 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/09/2021 16:12" reach 2 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 impress 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/08/2021 19:12" reach 3 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 impress 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/08/2021 19:12" reach 2 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 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/06/2021 17:12" reach 8 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 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/05/2021 23:12" reach 4 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 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/03/2021 21:12" reach 3 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 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/03/2021 16:12" reach 7 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 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/02/2021 11:12" reach 5 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 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/01/2021 19:12" reach 6 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.