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========== 5 Tweets for 2022-12-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609082160396521474 Empires fall when ordinary citizens no longer believe in them. https://apnews.com/article/putin-mikhail-gorbachev-politics-soviet-union-russia-government-4dd71e5923e46720a1abc768b3a5993c #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-12-31 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609077841492316160 The Gregorian calendar politics - England took 150 years to accept that a pope might have been right about something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar Now one Ukrainian church joins civil Ukrainian society in looking west rather than east. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-religion-orthodox-church-c8b84fad9dfe93554b2d28b08ec21ada #PS1ukraine == engage 3 engage-rate 30% expands 1 impress 10 likes 1 time 2022-12-31 06:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609074769516957699 How Trumpist candidates missed the independent vote by campaigning for the Trumpist base. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-angie-craig-2dfdaffd5b634a1bcf8eba73ea9980da They supposed that Trump campaign rally crowds reflected all American voters - but they only reflected Trumpist voters. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-12-31 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609066021134143489 What goes up must come down. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/tech/silicon-valley-falls-back-to-earth/index.html Some of it will go up again, just as it did after 2008 and 2000 and other recessions. But some of it is down for good. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2022-12-31 05:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609059609213554694 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-covid-19-pandemic-flu-ap-fact-check-43cfaf18f1927cefd975438b4c799136 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-12-31 05:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2022-12-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 180 epoch Lifetime ID 1841748349503009 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/31/2022 05:12" reach 15 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1841748349503009 ========== 7 Tweets for 2022-12-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608906983364775936 If you're rich enough you don't have to pay much in taxes - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-tax-returns-updates-290dd5b563d8d829ee8b89ab4471d2e2 Fox of course thinks the story is about the Democrats in Congress - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-release-former-president-donald-trump-tax-returns But draw your own conclusions - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/30/trump-tax-returns-congress/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-tax-returns-updates-290dd5b563d8d829ee8b89ab4471d2e2 #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2022-12-30 19:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608905031549620224 How Silicon Valley technologists retire https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/29/lawsuit-claims-oracle-fired-bay-area-man-because-of-his-age/ Somebody gets credit for driving cost out of the system by replacing expensive workers with cheaper ones. #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-12-30 19:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608903959271608321 Signs of the times https://news.yahoo.com/world-using-fewer-cardboard-boxes-150000421.html Good sign for inflation, bad sign for recession. #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-12-30 19:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608850068215599104 You don't know much about a new technology until you see how criminal minds learn to exploit it! https://buffalonews.com/new-chatbots-could-change-the-world-can-you-trust-them/article_43ec7af2-a582-58bd-9d15-3c80f2f0f2be.html #PS1technology == impress 6 time 2022-12-30 15:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608843082581303300 Disinformation in local school board races in wealthy suburbs? Why not? There's nobody to check and nobody to enforce any rules. So if you think that winning is the only thing - https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-its-not-just-russia-and-china-targeting-washington-disinformation-is-a-problem-in-local/article_2933c344-87c0-11ed-8659-2385b3b3c07b.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-12-30 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608667651328606208 Your data lives forever - and who knows, it might pop up on eBay! https://www.boston.com/news/technology/2022/12/27/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans/ #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2022-12-30 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608650072245534721 Focus on good news for a change! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/2022-democracy-rises #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-12-30 02:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2022-12-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 212 epoch Lifetime ID 1841134326231078 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/30/2022 09:12" reach 15 title "2022: Democracy Rises" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1841134326231078 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608531437782962176 It's a crime for a politician to lie? A prerequisite for Trumpism - https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/post-interviews-trump-on-santos-satire/ which Santos embraces - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/republican-house-candidates-2022-crazy/ Now everybody is looking closer - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-republicans-speak-against-george-santos-lies-call-investigation https://apnews.com/article/Republican-George-Santos-Investigation-New-York-d783ca654dc08aba892f694ef2584af7 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1840376319640212 #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-12-29 18:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-29 ratio 7 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 40 audclicks 2 BAD 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1840620482949129 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/29/2022 17:12" rcs 2 reach 21 reactions 1 title "NY Rep.-elect Santos investigated for lying about his past" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1840620482949129 ========== 4 Tweets for 2022-12-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606650411745968129 There is such a thing as free will! And repentance - turning away from the devil's work - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/23/cassidy-hutchinson-trump-jan-6-perjury/ And for Passantino and the others who embraced the devil's tar baby of their own free will - FBI and disbarment? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1836181176726393 #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 15 time 2022-12-24 13:58 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606529641371815936 What's next for Belarus? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/01/suspicion-swirls-over-russias-plans-belarus-after-ministers-death/ It's not easy being friends with Putin. #PS1ukraine == engage 3 engage-rate 8% impress 37 time 2022-12-24 05:58 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606516622717784065 Medicare Advantage? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/medicare-advantage-seniors-health-care/ #PS1health == impress 6 time 2022-12-24 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606515512070262784 Presidential election results and Congressional power do not reflect American voters. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ But there's still a counter-argument to make. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/midterm-elections-minority-rule-republicans-myth/ But it's not a very good one. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-12-24 05:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-24 ratio 21 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2022-12-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 139 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1836192373391940 impress 26 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/24/2022 06:12" reach 21 title "Opinion | The midterms have busted the myth of conservative ‘minority rule’" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1836192373391940 ========== 19 Tweets for 2022-12-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606325400954511365 The fine line between initiative and insubordination - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/january-6-national-guard/index.html American military doctrine emphasizes commanders taking the initiative for tactical advantage. Russian doctrine forbids it, lest military initiative turn into political initiative! #PS1ukraine == impress 9 time 2022-12-23 16:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606320649592401927 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-business-ap-fact-check-bb144a204427b372402c109f0e79313d #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-12-23 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606318774701133830 Dixiecrat Trumpists remind us of all the taxpayer money that could be saved if Zelenskyy negotiated with Putin - meaning unconditional surrender, or a cease-fire until the aggressor can resume the war. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-maga-republicans-slam-ukraine-president-zelenskyy-20221221-gaem32revnd4vgom6jis74sncq-story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1835445143466663 #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-12-23 16:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606174625984978944 The Russian way of war. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-erasing-mariupol-499dceae43ed77f2ebfe750ea99b9ad9 #PS1ukraine == impress 4 time 2022-12-23 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606166241088897026 More about how the sausage gets made. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/government-funding-bill-analysis/index.html It's not pretty, but that's how it works. The miracle is that they pass anything at all. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-12-23 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606165224393826305 More about Stefan Passantino - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-testimony-trump-pressure/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2022-12-23 05:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606164213335855104 And here's the Jan 6 committee's summary of its full report - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/politics/what-is-in-jan-6-committee-report-summary/index.html Ken Klukowski - another name you'll come to know. #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 29 time 2022-12-23 05:46 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606162487887335424 What's in the final Jan 6 report. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html You'll be hearing more about Kenneth Chesebro. #PS1insurrection == impress 26 time 2022-12-23 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606156871039008769 How the Zelenskyy visit happened. https://apnews.com/article/putin-zelenskyy-politics-nancy-pelosi-zagreb-48d6e3aa3e13b0a9a677522260d61ba3 #PS1ukraine == impress 2 time 2022-12-23 05:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606156105624604672 Of course the devil prefers to start at the top. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722010971476748 It's so much more efficient! https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-vatican-city-a14a52f3d3300330acfd13b5bffb0144 #PS1theory == impress 1 time 2022-12-23 05:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606154769139056642 Even the GOP - and some Democrats - that don't care about Trump are anxious about IRS enforcement against their megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/politics-business-donald-trump-86ec33d75573cdfc634f3532c6fdd989 #PS1tax == impress 5 time 2022-12-23 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606153859600027648 Putin gets whatever help he can, wherever he can, and denies it as much as he can. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-north-korea-e6a068d91bc9828ecadfb67c929a4162 #PS1ukraine == impress 7 time 2022-12-23 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606152972756402178 The Taliban shows its true colors. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-turkey-saudi-arabia-kabul-taliban-5d45634d0c8f530ccbbf0823fea16a33 That's what happens when patriarchalism takes over. Fears about that in America were relieved for the time being by the 2022 election results. #PS1afghanistan == impress 13 time 2022-12-23 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606151164738670594 How the sausage gets made. https://apnews.com/article/biden-business-4ce3cf1ee887747b13fe8d007b8ffd75 Wouldn't it be better to focus on one issue in one bill at a time? Sure, except Congress would run out of time and never pass anything. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-12-23 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606150118918393856 hearsay, speculation and theatrics https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-arizona-katie-hobbs-d5d05d7359698db2c166909467d719f8 Of course! That's what Trumpists do! Who cares if it's factually true if it polls well with their base! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-12-23 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606149107009011714 Trumpists deliver a graduate course in witness tampering. https://apnews.com/article/politics-3e7524f9bf2adb9aa9b064bf8ea5d98c Passantino can expect an uncomfortable interview with the FBI soon, if not already. And perhaps a disbarment hearing. #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-12-23 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606147729607888896 It can be helpful to have rich parents. https://apnews.com/article/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-ny-court-updates-e51c72c60cd76d242a48b19b16fd9998 #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2022-12-23 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606105046382350336 Trump's lucky break - his business interests and tax returns are so complicated, by design, that the IRS doesn't have the manpower to audit them. And other megadonors are even worse. GOP solution - cut back IRS audit capability even further. https://apnews.com/article/business-donald-trump-195e3d06db7c396fea69c2111a5cb98f #PS1tax == impress 7 time 2022-12-23 01:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606101959148048384 Beginnings of understanding long-term covid. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/21/researchers-may-have-cracked-why-some-people-have-long-term-smell-loss-from-covid-19/ #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2022-12-23 01:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 110 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-23 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 19 Tweets for 2022-12-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 550 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1835357623475415 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/23/2022 06:12" reach 9 title "Researchers may have cracked why some people have long-term smell loss from COVID-19" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1835357623475415 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1605831055008616448 State courts and constitutions matter too! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/introducing-state-court-report #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2022-12-22 07:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 21 epoch Lifetime ID 1834470163564161 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/22/2022 06:12" reach 6 title "Introducing State Court Report" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1834470163564161 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1605569361737093120 The necessary tasks ahead to protect and strengthen democracy. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/how-to-prevent-another-january-6 #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 33% expands 2 impress 6 time 2022-12-21 14:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 30 epoch Lifetime ID 1833969626947548 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/21/2022 17:12" reach 11 title "How to prevent another January 6" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1833969626947548 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-12-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604854729271496704 Did he really mean it when he said he'd step down? https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-business-8dac8ae023444ef9c37ca1d8fe1c14df Not likely! What competent manager would take that job, reporting to Musk, who would still be owner and not shy about meddling? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-12-19 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604820588782006272 Last Jan 6 committee hearing begins in five hours. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/january-6-committee-holds-final-meeting-expected-take-action-trump-allies https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-to-watch-the-jan-6-committees-final-public-meeting https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-jan-6-committee-hearings-the-final-report #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2022-12-19 12:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-19 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2022-12-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 78 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1831783010499543 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/19/2022 05:12" reach 12 title "WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - The Final Report" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1831783010499543 ========== 6 Tweets for 2022-12-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604307989053087744 Market timing not Trump's forte. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/investing/donald-trump-nft-trading/index.html #PS1economics == engage 4 engage-rate 40% impress 10 time 2022-12-18 02:50 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604307514568253441 A lesson for Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/asia/operation-linebacker-ii-50th-anniversary-intl-hnk-ml-dst/index.html #PS1other == impress 8 time 2022-12-18 02:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604305564904738816 don’t seem to have any constructive reason to oppose Mr. McCarthy beyond a desire to grab the media spotlight or blow everything up https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/politics/trump-mccarthy-speaker-breitbart-interview/index.html But isn't that what Trumpism is all about? #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-12-18 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604304475019022336 Trump thought it was enough to say something. He didn't bother to propose anything specific to Congress or get it passed. Biden has done the hard work Trump wouldn't, but gets no credit for it. https://apnews.com/article/inflation-biden-politics-economy-business-e3f4d51b28d1c2ceab4766147406cf4c #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-12-18 02:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604303147140231168 Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful https://apnews.com/article/tampa-bay-buccaneers-golden-state-warriors-miami-heat-carolina-panthers-sports-b85ddda713abbb7cc4acce36c56dfd3e #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-12-18 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604301702852591617 DeSantis is bolder, more focused, and more competent than Trump. That makes him more dangerous, not less. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/dec/17/paul-krugman-will-2024-be-a-vaccine-election/ Trumpism can get along fine without Trump. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-12-18 02:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== hideall 1 impact 19 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2022-12-18 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2022-12-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 189 epoch Lifetime hideallclicksusers 1 ID 1831014140576430 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/18/2022 07:12" reach 14 title "PAUL KRUGMAN: Will 2024 be a vaccine election?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1831014140576430 ========== 8 Tweets for 2022-12-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604163166010609664 Money is the mother's milk. https://apnews.com/article/nebraska-omaha-pete-ricketts-ben-sasse-ec19501e5c57a677505118c6dae9e820 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-12-17 17:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604162403691683848 New Congress, new drama. https://apnews.com/article/politics-kevin-mccarthy-bakersfield-af3c403b3cbd4cc26940718f55fb4d55 If you thought the current Congress was do-nothing, just wait! #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-12-17 17:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603943915693842433 tech workers and journalists who have lost their jobs in the past few weeks should come together to create non-profit social networks designed to serve the public interest https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/opinions/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-alaimo/index.html #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-12-17 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603943397240107009 All he ever cared about was the money! https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/politics/donald-trump-allies-trading-cards-2024/index.html Why is anybody surprised? #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-12-17 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603942006337572864 Now that more Republicans, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, could possibly do Trumpism in more effective fashion, the former president’s standing within the party inevitably becomes more precarious. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/opinions/trump-terrible-week-message-republican-zelizer/index.html Trumpism doesn't need Trump. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-12-17 02:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603939790734258177 A new state with a Democratic majority? Not while Mitch McConnell is in the Senate! https://apnews.com/article/politics-california-los-angeles-san-bernardino-5452ca0d1a3d06387dbb3e05305ca011 As in 1820, no new free states without corresponding new slave states. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-12-17 02:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603938846567038976 Leader of the pack? New pack in prison. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-prisons-riots-timothy-kelly-7ed9626a6ace2e2bf51c6bd70ae9e272 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-12-17 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603938473974435840 It's not just Speaker - the RNC chair contest exposes the fundamental fissures in the GOP. Rule-of-law vs cult-of-personality, and multiple personalities contending for GOP support of their cults. https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-ad24a08c75b87773bfdc02b0e885cfec Voters get no say; how about megadonors? #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-12-17 02:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 8 Tweets for 2022-12-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 240 epoch Lifetime ID 1831013753909802 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/18/2022 07:12" reach 10 title "Inside the ugly fight to become the next Republican chair" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1831013753909802 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603849213997039616 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-covid-ap-fact-check-518712d954194b8fff1a78bce7d47fa0 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-12-16 20:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 21 epoch Lifetime ID 1831013257243185 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/18/2022 07:12" reach 13 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1831013257243185 ========== 4 Tweets for 2022-12-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603486906238390274 History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes! https://getpocket.com/explore/item/dorothy-thompson-the-journalist-who-warned-the-world-about-adolf-hitler those driven by fear, resentment, insecurity, or self-loathing? They would always fall for fascism So the Germans fell for Hitler is a Messiah sent by God to save the German people. #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-12-15 20:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603245989455765505 Some people have an interest in insecure, unverifiable elections - they're an excuse for independent state legislatures to intervene. Everybody else has the opposite interest. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/congress-must-fund-election-security #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-12-15 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603237839365234689 Christian Nationalism is a political ideology, not a religious one. It was embraced by Hitler, Stalin, and Putin. https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/41716-ffrf-lauds-historic-congressional-testimony-on-christian-nationalism #PS1other == impress 11 time 2022-12-15 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603235714061115393 Why did Japan surrender? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria In just days, the Soviets conquered an area the size of Western Europe. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-bomb-didn-t-beat-japan-stalin-did The Japanese endured incinerated cities, but an imminent Soviet invasion of the home islands forced the issue. #PS1other == impress 5 time 2022-12-15 03:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2022-12-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 170 epoch Lifetime ID 1828294237515087 impress 24 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/15/2022 05:12" reach 19 title "The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan … Stalin Did" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1828294237515087 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-12-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1601272398287753216 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-arizona-ap-fact-check-3a1a53970066536ebab1a065fa87f83a #PS1media == impress 6 time 2022-12-09 17:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1601263384652980224 Maybe Putin isn't behind THIS fake news - https://apnews.com/article/golden-state-warriors-nba-sports-stephen-curry-social-media-a1e24bb02108746055d5c35b203a477d #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-12-09 17:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2022-12-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 38 epoch Lifetime ID 1827855637558947 impress 21 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2022 17:12" reach 18 title "" type Text URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1827855637558947 ========== 9 Tweets for 2022-12-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602723970045792256 Middle-east problems never go away, they just get more complicated! https://apnews.com/article/syria-turkey-recep-tayyip-erdogan-government-a61fd4140fa1e2355f158a56f8fa98fb #PS1mideast == impress 3 time 2022-12-13 17:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602723021780701184 Who are the low-information voters on climate? Always the other guys! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-science-us-department-of-agriculture-climate-and-environment-government-politics-c3b2d4e7b8dbe9891e8a1cf37030fe04 #PS1climate == impress 3 time 2022-12-13 17:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602721954280181765 The election is over! The final House race has been decided after a recount. https://news.yahoo.com/recount-confirms-boebert-win-colorado-145722901.html Too bad for McCarthy or whoever becomes Speaker - she'll be one more problem for him to deal with. #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-12-13 17:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602721060725497856 If Arizona adopted ranked-choice voting, then no matter how many candidates ran, electing one acceptable only to a minority would be unlikely. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential Does Sinema have the voters? She seems to have the donors. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-arizona-kyrsten-sinema-us-republican-party-074c53a0ed0be3baaa80eeaefe21f3f6 #PS1election == engage 2 engage-rate 20% impress 10 time 2022-12-13 17:44 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602694765736525824 It just gets worse for SBF - https://www.aol.com/sec-charges-former-ftx-ceo-150848057.html not to mention his investors. #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2022-12-13 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602693836798447617 Nuclear fusion - is it finally on the road to feasibility? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/politics/nuclear-fusion-energy-us-scientists-climate/index.html #PS1climate == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-12-13 15:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602685306162987008 What are the major conclusions after reading and writing about American political and economic democracy through four elections? How can we uphold the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders? == https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-lessons.html == More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1826577227686788 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-12-13 15:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602504857633464326 At least he will probably always be welcome on Twitter - https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-bahamas-united-states-government-1de16cdf7e6956b401e998c34ad1fd11 #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2022-12-13 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602504197479374848 How can you make a small fortune in social media?? Start out with a large fortune!! It's an old joke come back to life - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/12/twitter-disbands-trust-and-safety-council/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/08/the-mass-unbanning-of-suspended-twitter-users-is-underway/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/08/elon-musk-is-no-longer-the-richest-man-on-the-planet-according-to-forbes/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/12/former-twitter-official-flees-home-after-threats/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-12-13 03:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 28 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-14 ratio 19 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 9 Tweets for 2022-12-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 283 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1827854494225728 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2022 17:12" reach 19 title "Former Twitter official flees home after threats" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1827854494225728 ========== 11 Tweets for 2022-12-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603149088676978688 California's prison disaster. https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/12/california-prisons-reform/ #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2022-12-14 22:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1603061832578568192 DeSantis already sees Trump in his rear-view mirror. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/desantis-covid-vaccine-manufacturers/index.html Florida Trumpists agree. What about the rest of the country? A bold and competent Trump replacement - that's something to worry about! #PS1trumpism == engage 4 engage-rate 29% expands 3 impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-12-14 16:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602893295339720704 Can GOP make a deal on immigration? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/06/immigration-senate-deal-republicans-compromise/ Not likely. Many megadonors like cheap exploitable labor and want to keep illegal immigration difficult and dangerous but possible. Bipartisan deals on immigration have come and gone - nowhere. #PS1immigration == impress 9 time 2022-12-14 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602853001961431040 It's best not to over-commit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/13/elon-musk-twitter-tesla-antisemitism-problems/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-12-14 02:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602852410958848000 Will the Electoral Count Act be fixed after all? Not if the House Trumpists have their way - voting against the omnibus appropriations bill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/13/electoral-count-act-reform-trump-2024-coup-maga/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-12-14 02:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602846970468397056 some Republicans believe McCarthy is privately rooting for the omnibus bill to pass, even though he plans to vote against it publicly https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/kevin-mccarthy-mitch-mcconnell-collision-course/index.html Saying one thing and doing the opposite is essential GOP minority rule. #PS1gop == engage 6 engage-rate 21% expands 1 impress 28 likes 1 time 2022-12-14 02:04 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602845476742520832 McCarthy stands against serious bipartisan government problem solving. How could that possibly be more important than his getting elected Speaker? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/government-funding-shutdown-latest/index.html #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-12-14 01:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602844822775005184 When you get right down to fundamentals, there are two diametrically opposed GOP factions - the rule-of-law believers and the cult-of-personality believers. No telling who will win, but the leading candidate is the Democrats. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/house-speaker-gop-motion-to-vacate/index.html #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-12-14 01:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602842988937240576 Prisoner exchange deals encourage hostage-taking. Tourists beware! https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-middle-east-united-states-government-and-politics-5b4736d2428014066683605731affa8a #PS1foreign == impress 2 time 2022-12-14 01:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602841728699944960 If Greene had been in charge, the insurrection would have succeeded! Or so she claims. https://abc17news.org/news/2022/12/12/greene-again-downplays-capitol-riot-and-says-it-would-have-been-armed-if-she-led-it-2/ Of course if the insurrectionists had started shooting, the police and national guard would have shot back. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2022-12-14 01:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602840845698244608 Trump's the worst possible choice but he'd support him anyway? That's not the unleadership the GOP needs. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/13/ap-interview-hutchinson-says-trump-worst-choice-for-gop/ For rule of law or for cult of personality? It's on or the other, full time, not depending on which way the wind is blowing. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-12-14 01:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 11 Tweets for 2022-12-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 404 epoch Lifetime ID 1827853810892463 impress 26 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/14/2022 17:12" reach 24 title "AP interview: Hutchinson says Trump worst choice for GOP" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1827853810892463 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600742808717230080 Like Trump, Netanyahu is embracing the most extreme right wing. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-jerusalem-israel-united-states-75263223ded4e8899c9a657e37e759ff #PS1mideast == impress 6 time 2022-12-08 06:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-08 ratio 23 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 25 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1822461774765000 impress 54 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/08/2022 16:12" reach 47 title "US Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1822461774765000 ========== 6 Tweets for 2022-12-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600524792993501187 Trumpist insurrectionists can be found in lots of places. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/europe/germany-far-right-arrests-grm-intl/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-12-07 16:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600520340773691392 More on independent state legislatures. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-trump/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-12-07 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600518580780806150 Is this the week that most GOP legislators finally find the donors and polls to justify moving away from Trump? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/trump-bad-week-analysis/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-12-07 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600517226322223107 Is the president immune from civil damages for inciting insurrection? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/trump-immunity-lawsuits-appeal-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-12-07 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600516543606947840 Youngkin in 2024? He's better than Trump or DeSantis or Cruz - but that's a pretty low bar. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-virginia-777765c6894f5277d91f055648c6b856 The GOP's Gordian knot is figuring out how to appeal to the Trumpist base AND never-Trumpists, independents, and swing voters. #PS1gop == impress 16 time 2022-12-07 15:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1600511180770279426 Independent state legislatures theory goes to the Supreme Court. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/moore-v-harper-heads-to-the-high If this theory is upheld, then state legislatures may decide election results without considering the actual vote. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-12-07 15:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 35 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-07 ratio 19 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 6 Tweets for 2022-12-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 174 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1821681264843051 impress 43 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/07/2022 17:12" reach 38 title "Moore v. Harper Heads to the High Court" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1821681264843051 ========== 6 Tweets for 2022-12-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599947587964239872 Is there a Speaker in the House? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html No Democrat would ever vote for McCarthy or for any of the reprobates he's courting. But if some reasonable Republican offered a way forward? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/05/mccarthy-clyburn-speaker-house-desperate-democrats/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-12-06 02:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599945600967258112 After seven years of cheerleading for Trump, one pundit has finally had enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/05/trump-constitution-termination-rant-crazy/ IF the GOP leadership ever abandons Trump, it might happen almost overnight and be almost universal. Herd immunity! Trumpism doesn't need Trump. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-12-06 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599939381544259584 Leaders are supposed to lead. But some just follow. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/opinion/trump-evangelical-leaders.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-12-06 01:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599931449146478592 Who knew that contributions to a Political Action Committee can be used to pay criminal defense lawyers? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/05/trump-witnesses-legal-bills-pac/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-12-06 00:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599930229556137984 The new face of Twitter. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/opinions/elon-musk-twitter-obeidallah/index.html #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-12-06 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599927488297472000 Has Trump run out of energy or is he just pacing himself for a long race? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/trump-2024-presidential-campaign/index.html #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-12-06 00:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 19 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-07 ratio 35 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 6 Tweets for 2022-12-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 187 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1821680914843086 impress 37 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/07/2022 17:12" reach 35 title "Trump's slow 2024 start worries allies | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1821680914843086 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-12-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599772962357669888 termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/us/politics/trump-constitution-republicans.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/04/ruth-marcus-donald-trump-latest-outrage-is-too-dangerous-ignore/ Most GOP leaders couldn't find words to respond - can't risk getting primaried! https://apnews.com/article/social-media-donald-trump-8e6e2f0a092135428c82c0cfa6598444 #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2022-12-05 14:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2022-12-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 41 epoch Lifetime ID 1819907441687100 impress 34 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/05/2022 10:12" reach 30 title "Trump rebuked for call to suspend Constitution over election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1819907441687100 ========== 23 Tweets for 2022-12-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598718919443107840 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-middle-east-europe-1787f50cc9b538ee73435d30307c6075 #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-12-02 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598577530881347586 Minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html is increasingly threatened by demographics and educated ideology, so its defenders embrace ever more extreme defenses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/republicans-gay-marriage-senate-bill-culture-wars/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1817130161964828 #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2022-12-02 07:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598574297874063362 One of the tricky skills needed to be a GOP leader is saying one thing in public to the voters and the opposite in private to the megadonors, and then voting their way. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But it's a skill honed by steady practice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/republicans-railroad-strike-workers-party/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 07:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598571814909005825 During covid, some people made out like bandits! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/01/fintech-covid-relief-fraud/ #PS1recovery == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 06:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598569962943045633 Woke Florida GOP cancel BlackRock. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/01/blackrock-florida-climate-policies/ #PS1trumpism == impress 42 time 2022-12-02 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598569345298620417 Arizona judges have had enough cowboy foolishness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/arizona-cochise-county-kari-lake-sanctions/ Lawyers who get involved must watch their steps. #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-12-02 06:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598568088668364802 “Kanye. Elon. Trump.” - House Judiciary GOP https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/kanye-west-alex-jones-hilter-interview/ #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 58 time 2022-12-02 06:41 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598566586373136384 What is the essential strength of democracy? That mistakes can be rectified. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/global-protests-democracy-autocracy-weakness/ Inability to adapt to change doomed the dinosaurs and dooms the dictators. Eventually. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 06:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598565488438972418 People who never admit error never learn anything new. Progress depends on people who admit error rather than hiding it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/powell-admits-wrong-interest-rates-federal-reserve/ #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598564530149199874 When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers - so GOP should beware the independent state legislatures doctrine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/gop-argument-redistricting-backfire/ In the meantime - for Federal elections - California should abandon fair districting until Texas adopts it. #PS1democracy == impress 16 time 2022-12-02 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598560742713987072 It's looking less likely that Trump can stay out of court until he can pardon himself. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/trump-legal-strategy-analysis/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-12-02 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598557742637408257 You really need to pay attention to the recycling rules. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/01/south-bay-recycling-company-fined-after-improper-lithium-battery-disposals-start-multiple-garbage-truck-fires/ Lithium is so eager to react, it can explode into flames. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-12-02 06:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598548152520704002 Why police reform is so hard - https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-law-enforcement-reform-20221130-5ctjzxo7tjfx3kzzg6vn2l2fva-story.html The bad apple cops have bad apple politicians supporting them. #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 05:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598538907158990848 The pros and cons of indicting and trying a president - and do they apply to a presidential candidate? https://www.lowellsun.com/2022/11/26/noah-feldman-new-trump-special-prosecutor-isnt-the-mueller-sequel/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-12-02 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598537700088258560 Every high school graduate should expect to go to college. But not everybody should go to the same kind of college. Demand for skills like automotive technology and dental hygiene will increase. Two years at community college should suffice. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/11/california-high-schools-need-a-mission-overhaul/ #PS1other == impress 7 time 2022-12-02 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598533579541475330 Democrats don't even bother campaigning in statewide races. The California GOP will deliver as usual. Unfortunately, it's different in more regional races, and that might have cost the Democrats a Congressional majority. Just barely. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/11/california-congress-democrat-election-midterm/ #PS1capolitics == impress 2 time 2022-12-02 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598532449759526914 Ever seen the Stoppard play Leopoldstadt? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldstadt_(play) If you're a Jewish megadonor for Trump or Trumpism, maybe you should. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michelle-goldberg-antisemitism-is-going-mainstream-trumps-helping/ar-AA14IqNS https://www.gocomics.com/jackohman/2022/11/30 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 31 time 2022-12-02 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598529785256296453 manifestly without merit https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mark-meadows-ordered-to-testify-in-trump-investigation/ar-AA14I7b5 Poor Mark Meadows - he gets no slack even on his home court in SC! He'll have to testify under oath and penalty of perjury. #PS1insurrection == impress 26 time 2022-12-02 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598528171875655680 Another attempt to figure out why California gasoline costs so much more than other states. None of the usual excuses add up. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/29/should-california-tax-oil-profits-gas-spike-hearing-sets-stage-for-contentious-debate/ #PS1capolitics == impress 1 time 2022-12-02 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598526802703486976 If anybody can freely read your website, they can't copy it, but do you have any rights over conclusions they draw? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/technology/copilot-microsoft-ai-lawsuit.html Most machine learning looks at vast amounts of data to extract useful patterns. Like human learning, except for scale. #PS1technology == impress 6 time 2022-12-02 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598525206725025793 Tim Cook and Jim Jordan - now that's what you call an unpleasant interview. https://macdailynews.com/2022/11/30/apple-ceo-tim-cook-goes-to-washington-d-c-to-meet-with-top-republican-lawmakers/ A friend of the devil is a friend of Jordan! And Musk, and Trump. #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2022-12-02 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598476957494444032 Recount for Boebert and Frisch. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colorado-election-officials-order-recount-rep-boebert-projected-defeat-dem-challenger-adam-frisch Due by Dec 13. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-12-02 00:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598468231173636096 Do you think they could have made it any more complicated? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/30/how-to-cash-californias-middle-class-tax-refund-debit-card/ No doubt the scammers will figure out a way soon enough. #PS1tax == engage 4 engage-rate 10% impress 41 time 2022-12-02 00:04 +0000 urlclicks 4 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 73 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-02 ratio 38 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 23 Tweets for 2022-12-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 731 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1817350111942833 impress 41 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/02/2022 05:12" reach 38 title "Debit cards for California’s Middle Class Tax Refund are going out. Here’s the tricky thing about them." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1817350111942833 ========== 24 Tweets for 2022-12-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598344024741810176 Channeling Roy Cohn, Trump never backs down. And he likes to please his most loyal supporters - who have no other home. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-racial-injustice-government-and-politics-1d5fc88833c418b39550a77502e5bcc3 But now his handlers have to control him, 24x7, though his moment might be past. Most GOP leaders are looking elsewhere. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 10 time 2022-12-01 15:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598223965515677696 Now is the time to fix the Electoral Count Act. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/dont-let-future-presidents-do-what #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 27 time 2022-12-01 07:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598195996223483905 Georgia voters are not easily suppressed. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/opinion/georgia-runoff-voter-suppression.html In California, even before universal mail-in voting, it was pretty rate to wait more than a few minutes before voting in person. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2022-12-01 06:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598176231052017664 Preserving strategic advantages is important. But so is maintaining unity with our allies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/biden-china-trade-policy-trump/ International trade is tricky - almost every move hurts some Americans and benefits others. #PS1trade == impress 4 time 2022-12-01 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598174387039252481 With sufficient funding, IRS can enforce tax laws, deliver benefits to small businesses and provide fast, efficient service https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/irs-funding-republicans-technology-rubin-lew/ That's the point! The LAST thing GOP megadonors want is enforcement of tax laws against them, instead of poor people. #PS1tax == impress 6 time 2022-12-01 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598172437010862081 “the Democrats can end up picking who the speaker is” https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html Excellent idea, Mr McCarthy! Democrats can certainly support Republicans interested in serving the country rather than their personal ambitions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/mccarthy-trump-fuentes-ye-mar-a-lago-dinner-comments/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-12-01 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598168590758203393 The price of gasoline is down, for the time being. No thanks to Biden or any other Democrat - or Republican. The oil producing countries don't care what Americans think. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/30/gas-prices-drop-russia-oil/ #PS1inflation == impress 4 time 2022-12-01 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598167321352151040 It's not about what Ye and Fuentes believe or not. Why would Trump care? It's about keeping their fellow travelers in his coalition, and about testing the rest of the GOP to see who is really with him to the end, and who is against him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/30/trump-kanye-fuentes-antisemitism/ #PS1trump == impress 21 time 2022-12-01 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598163567605592064 Ukraine war won't be settled by negotiation - only postponed while Russia regroups and rearms and waits for the West to cave. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/opinions/russia-ukraine-truce-negotiations-war-andelman/index.html #PS1ukraine == engage 5 engage-rate 7% expands 2 impress 71 time 2022-12-01 03:54 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598162193077313537 The GOP may be turning a corner away from Trump, but many leaders are being careful to follow the herd. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/politics/republican-reaction-trump-fuentes-analysis/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-12-01 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598160733745082368 Political acts are not subject to executive immunity. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/politics/trump-absolute-immunity-judge-emmet-sullivan/index.html #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-12-01 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598159667368075265 Competent leadership does make a difference. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/business/sears-last-christmas/index.html #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-12-01 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598157986404651008 McCarthy has NO PROBLEM with Trump meeting with any of his supporters - he is counting on supporters of Trump becoming supporters of McCarthy. And he never said he'd rather be right than Speaker. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-oath-keepers-analysis/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-12-01 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598155052262494208 300 Americans still dying EVERY DAY from covid - but Musk has washed his hands of their problems. https://apnews.com/article/twitter-ends-covid-misinformation-policy-cc232c9ce0f193c505bbc63bf57ecad6 He thinks the lunatic fringe will be more profitable. So how has that worked out at Truth Social? #PS1media == impress 10 time 2022-12-01 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598151237698228224 Yes you can be convicted of seditious conspiracy, especially if you conspire seditiously. Maximum sentence is 20 years. https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-founder-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy-42affe1614425c6820f7cbe8fd18ba96 Don't count on Trump getting elected and pardoning you. #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2022-12-01 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598149896787611648 Rupert Murdoch and Alex Jones triumph - convincing people that don't listen to anybody else, that they are threatened by - something. https://apnews.com/article/religion-wisconsin-democracy-congress-government-and-politics-00be67663d600418cf10d112b1314f4a As long as they keep voting Republican - the propaganda will keep telling them that they are threatened. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-12-01 03:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598146273051176961 Election deniers are unfazed by rejection in 2022. They're rehearsing for 2024. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-arizona-donald-trump-ee204f17ac9128a7952f6e0c2678d500 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-12-01 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598144850754695168 FTX disease spreads! https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/blockfi-files-for-bankruptcy-as-ftx-fallout-spreads.html It was all a house of cards. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-12-01 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598143074064297984 Congress now has Trump's tax returns. He'll never forgive the Supreme Court members he nominated for turning against him. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-business-donald-trump-personal-taxes-congress-7cc1a1a0d10de7bdfc1252603f53ab69 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2022-12-01 02:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598139477964500998 Universal basic income may be an idea whose time is coming - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html It's getting another try, this time in Silicon Valley. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-12-01 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598136517498572805 Tiktok is still hiring! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/22/as-meta-and-twitter-slash-staff-tiktok-plans-to-keep-hiring/ But lots of other tech companies are laying off leaf nodes to protect the bottom line - and the root nodes' stock compensation. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/29/layoff-tech-biotech-job-twitter-west-digital-thermo-fisher-cisco-meta/ It's frontier gold-rush boom and bust redux. #PS1media == engage 3 engage-rate 8% impress 37 time 2022-12-01 02:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598135015497695233 Who wants our billionaires to live forever? https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/16/1063300/billion-dollar-mega-rich-live-forever There are certainly plenty of opportunists hoping to make money from billionaires wanting to live forever. But if everybody lived forever, why would children ever grow up? Why even have children? #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-12-01 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598132239157841920 Politics - in the Nutcracker??? https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/11/25/nutcracker-history-russian-imperialism/ Alas yes - not much happens in imperial courts without political calculation. Just ask Salieri! #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-12-01 01:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598130022040018944 Hospice was a wonderful idea to ease the last days of life - and then private equity funds got involved. https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare When too much loose change is floating around, you get the wrong kinds of people. What kind of people get the other end of the stick? #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-12-01 01:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 184 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-12-01 ratio 13 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 24 Tweets for 2022-12-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 918 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1816596405351537 impress 28 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "12/01/2022 06:12" reach 26 title "The Hospice Hustle" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1816596405351537 ========== 5 Tweets for 2022-11-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597584771403874304 GOP propaganda set up the Pelosi attack, knowing it would motivate the more gullible Trumpists. https://aol.com/news/gop-campaign-ads-demonized-pelosi-153005667.html RNC Chair McDaniel rejected the notion that Republican ads are responsible in any way for the attack on Paul Pelosi Plausible deniability? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-11-29 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597469096995860480 The lunatic fringe in Arizona can't be dissuaded by facts. https://apnews.com/article/arizona-deadline-2022-midterms-certification-d6a1ea4020c26313a3124931c14b79fb They have a much bigger goal - to persuade their voters that any election they don't win is fraudulent. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-11-29 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597454382529855488 GOP set up the Pelosi attacl, knowing it would motivate the more gullible Trumpists. https://www.aol.com/news/gop-campaign-ads-demonized-pelosi-153005667.html RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel rejected the notion that Republican ads are responsible in any way for the attack on Paul Pelosi Plausible deniability! #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2022-11-29 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597451606517088256 Getting private equity and hedge funds out of the residential real estate markets. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/05/bill-from-silicon-valley-rep-ro-khanna-would-crack-down-on-corporate-landlords/ #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2022-11-29 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597450869762830336 Getting money out of politics is more complicated than you might think. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/04/california-campaign-finance-law-could-lead-to-big-change-for-local-politics/ The problem is really DARK money . If contributions are publicly known, then lots of funny business retreats. #PS1capolitics == impress 4 time 2022-11-29 04:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-29 ratio 29 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 5 Tweets for 2022-11-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 209 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1815019508842560 impress 33 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/29/2022 05:11" reach 29 title "California campaign finance law could lead to big change for local politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1815019508842560 ========== 12 Tweets for 2022-11-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596513402959953920 Like all binges, over-hiring always comes to the same layoff end. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/technology/big-tech-layoffs.html At the height of the 2000 dot-com binge, tech firms were hiring English majors to train to program. That didn't last either. #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2022-11-26 14:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596510815980748801 Mental health benefits of a strict Twitter diet! https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1127-blow-twitter-cutback-20221122-67lm4b77mndjdb67oxlaoc6nku-story.html #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-11-26 14:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596510097693233157 Maybe multitaskers aren't really as effective as they think. And maybe boards of directors should manage executives, not vice versa. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/22/musks-twitter-role-puts-tesla-board-under-new-scru/ #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-11-26 14:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596494193257435136 Make final plans well ahead of final moments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/11/20/death-red-tape-bureaucracy-finances/ Financial institutions want you to do everything online. They drive out cost - for them - by disinvesting in in-person and telephone service. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-11-26 13:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596381481760616449 You can make a living off political divisiveness! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/political-tensions-wrestling/index.html But it can get dangerous. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-11-26 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596380096427806720 Fewer and fewer people matter in presidential elections. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/2022-preview-2024-presidential-election/index.html #PS1politics == impress 1 time 2022-11-26 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596345284887719936 Rich people think they are smart, but sometimes they are just lucky. And sometimes they are just good at taking credit for others' successes and blaming others for their failures. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/business/media/att-time-warner-deal.html Too bad for the shareholders, employees, and customers. #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-11-26 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596336870325358592 Fast fashion - fast trashing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/opinion/warehouse-fastfashion-return.html #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-11-26 02:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596335809619075073 It's the same old same old from the same old guy. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/elon-musk-twitter-management.html But not many people are gluttons for punishment enough to work for him twice. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-11-26 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596330674167828480 Calling all scammers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11/25/long-covid-treatments-unproven-brain-fog/ Long covid sufferers are desperate and will try anything. To determine safe AND effective takes a long time. And for any given treatment, including placebos, some patients will improve. #PS1health == impress 7 time 2022-11-26 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596314288943411200 Getting on Fox with outlandish talk is a lot easier than actually accomplishing anything for your constituents in a closely-divided highly-partisan Congress. Trumpists had mostly given up on the latter - but maybe they overplayed that hand. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/25/boebert-colorado-republicans-limits-of-outrage-politics/ #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-11-26 01:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596311316725379072 The future of human space travel - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/25/artemis-moon-mission-nasa-humans-robotics/ might be reserved for robots. No atmosphere or water or magnetic field? Human reproduction seems very unlikely. Just as there are no permanent human habitations above 17000'. https://www.insider.com/living-in-la-rinconada-the-highest-habitable-place-on-earth-2016-12 #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-11-26 01:14 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 40 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-26 ratio 39 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 12 Tweets for 2022-11-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 398 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1812806429063868 impress 47 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/26/2022 05:11" rcs 1 reach 39 reactions 1 title "Amazing pictures show what it’s like to live in one of the most isolated places on Earth" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1812806429063868 ========== 5 Tweets for 2022-11-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596292585303445505 The reactionary Supreme Court doesn't always defend minority rule over traditional conservative rule of law. Just most of the time! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/24/supreme-court-ideology-partisanship-trump/ #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2022-11-25 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596291629903925248 Palin's legacy - building on the legacy of Thurmond and Gingrich, to make straight in the desert a highway for our Trump. to take minority rule to a whole new level! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/opinions/palin-legacy-politics-election-defeat-2022-zelizer/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-11-25 23:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596287118619594753 Is Congress going to DO anything effective this time? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment Seems doubtful - the Freischütz-macht-Freiheit megadonors control too many GOP senators, and not a few Democrats. https://apnews.com/article/biden-gun-violence-colorado-shootings-f85b4b9a59e3852868950d797f79a351 #PS1firearms == impress 4 time 2022-11-25 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596276976159195136 Birds of a feather flock together! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/25/trump-hosts-west-holocaust-denier-fuentes-at-mar-a-lago/ If they support Trump, they must be fine people! #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-11-25 22:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595998043383681026 Maybe he was just kidding the first time. Or maybe he is just kidding this time. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-donald-trump-business-misinformation-c60bc41229339eaec5008188fa6d057c #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-11-25 04:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 32 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-25 ratio 14 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 5 Tweets for 2022-11-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 158 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1812125965798581 impress 33 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/25/2022 06:11" rcs 1 reach 28 title "Musk says granting 'amnesty' to suspended Twitter accounts" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1812125965798581 ========== 15 Tweets for 2022-11-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595866570609528833 The case for Section 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/24/opinion/trump-14th-amendment.html #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-11-24 19:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595863510939901952 The sad fate of little island nations that let foreigners run fast and loose with other people's money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/ftx-bahamas-albany-fried/ #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-11-24 19:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595860583605096450 Taiwan's difficult past and difficult future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/23/china-tests-taiwan-nationalism/ Who is going to fight for it? And to what end? #PS1foreign == engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 time 2022-11-24 19:23 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595857707197960192 BQ? XBB? And that's not even counting RSV and flu. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/health/covid-19-thanksgiving-bq/index.html Covid is still killing 300 Americans a day. Shoot up and mask up! #PS1health == impress 13 time 2022-11-24 19:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595852194192199680 What Palin doesn't understand about ranked-choice voting - she is NOBODY's second choice. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-donald-trump-4d8a0ed7845288d67adb3970a67e9ff9 Palin never “really understood and recognized the high percentage of voters who just don’t like her. Like Trump, who also hates ranked-choice. #PS1democracy == impress 14 time 2022-11-24 18:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595850313205919744 Like Putin, like DeSantis! https://apnews.com/article/putin-europe-gay-rights-e518bbdddd9d2af2b7a1e1b7008aa5d1 #PS1putin == impress 8 time 2022-11-24 18:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595827033258409984 Best Democratic attack ad against Walker - just quote Trump! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/quite-astonishinmsstate%20football%20rosterg-cnn-s-chris-wallace-stunned-by-trump-endorsement-being-used-as-attack-ad-against-herschel-walker/ar-AA14hiGE #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 8 time 2022-11-24 17:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595604021124878338 Trump won a big - but no longer growing - minority of voters by setting the example of being bad and giving those voters permission to be bad too - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#Second%20Trump%20Constituency “Here you come again https://triblive.com/opinion/leonard-pitts-jr-here-comes-trump-again/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1810951625916015 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-24 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595576556025708544 Differences of opinion about how to report the results of the Jan 6 committee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/liz-cheney-jan-6-committee/ It's all good if it all gets out eventually. But the sharpest focus should be on the one person who could have prevented or stopped the attack. #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-11-24 00:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595574635814264833 Some Republicans want to keep rerunning elections until they win. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/arizona-abe-hamadeh-lawsuit-kari-lake-maricopa/ Do they think Gore should have done the same in 2000? #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2022-11-24 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595572634942464000 Personality cultists stick together - Bolsanaros consult with Bannon and Miller. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-aides-bannon-miller-advising-the-bolsonaros-on-next-steps/ar-AA14tvjf #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-11-24 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595572066430095362 Implications of the Trump court decisions. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/donald-trump-rough-day-in-court-analysis/index.html Main implication - the GOP should nominate somebody else. #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-11-24 00:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595570887998156801 It took some effort to get him there, but Graham finally testified to the Atlanta special grand jury. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/lindsey-graham-fulton-county-grand-jury-2020-election #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-11-24 00:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595570264892243968 What if there is no route for ANY GOP member to get to 218 GOP votes? Then the Democrats can help them decide! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html Flexible McCarthy has never painted himself into a corner by saying he'd rather be right than Speaker. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-pro-trump-threat-house-speaker/index.html #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2022-11-24 00:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595568429951422464 Pence wouldn't talk to Jan 6 but he might to DOJ. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/mike-pence-testimony-justice-department-january-6-investigation/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-11-24 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 15 Tweets for 2022-11-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 458 epoch Lifetime ID 1810905105920667 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/23/2022 16:11" reach 19 title "DOJ prosecutors seek testimony from former Vice President Pence in January 6 criminal probe | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1810905105920667 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-11-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595311050592702465 Trump loses bid to run down clock on tax return request. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-business-john-roberts-congress-8ea516dace48875ad7c5dd472dd16dcf He seems surprised to learn that the Supreme Court doesn't work for him, despite all the nominations that he dutifully transmitted from Leo to McConnell for confirmation. #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2022-11-23 06:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595309724462764034 Trumpism works the same way in Brazil! https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-caribbean-brazil-c03ec4f0e1d65fc81c02a2d90181cf48 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-23 06:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2022-11-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 69 epoch Lifetime ID 1810559349288576 impress 18 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/23/2022 06:11" reach 15 title "Bolsonaro contests Brazil election loss, wants votes voided" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1810559349288576 ========== 19 Tweets for 2022-11-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595062407629512704 Senate rules - why the majority would prefer 51 votes to 50. https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-georgia-kamala-harris-congress-government-and-politics-0f6cc74d575921e13c19d7569e4e5382 #PS1politics == impress 4 time 2022-11-22 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594943446539722755 Right-to-lifers are not really about loving the incomparable and inviolable worth of every human life.” They show that in their disregard for the born, by supporting Trumpist Dixiecrat minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/opinion/midterms-abortion-trump.html More at - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1809543879390123 #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2022-11-22 06:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594935976144605185 you couldn’t be a know-it-all and run a company that size https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/opinion/jack-welch-ge-jeff-immelt.html You don't know anything unless you know what you don't know! #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-11-22 06:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594934318941769728 collapses like these were already priced in https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/opinion/business-economics/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-effective-altruism.html Can you really afford to play in this game? #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-11-22 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594932727371137025 Arizona GOP declares war on Maricopa County. It's the rural-urban cleavage taking place nationally. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/21/arizona-elections-maricopa-county-republicans/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-11-22 05:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594930916895633408 The debt limit should be repealed completely. And if that's not possible, it should be raised enough to carry America through the next two years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/21/republicans-house-debt-ceiling-treasurys/ #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-11-22 05:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594929763386376192 Can Biden, or anybody, keep a cold war cool? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/21/biden-xi-china-cold-war-not-hot/ #PS1china == impress 4 time 2022-11-22 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594927280312053760 The shell games that rich people play to avoid justice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/11/21/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit/ They can afford more lawyers than you. #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-11-22 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594921995082559488 Two years of nonstop investigations ahead. Which will bear fruit? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/politics/trump-biden-probes-2024-analysis/index.html Of course, political fruit is not the same thing as legal fruit - as in Benghazi. #PS1politics == impress 2 time 2022-11-22 05:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594915481223593985 Races are equal before the law - at least in theory. But not in the doctor's office - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/study-pulse-oximeter-may-lead-to-4-5-hour-treatment-delays-for-black-patients/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/health/hdl-cholesterol-study/index.html Genetics counts for something. #PS1health == impress 2 time 2022-11-22 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594914171644043264 Lucky girl - mistrial on the more serious counts. But still she's in the jailhouse starting now, for at least a couple of years. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/politics/riley-williams-capitol-riot-pelosi-office/index.html It's that age-old desire to gain immortality, instead of being a completely forgotten loser. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-11-22 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594911473142272000 We might rue the day that Trump lost - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/21/desantis-republican-free-speech-trump/ DeSantis is smarter, bolder, more vigorous, more strategic, and has more momentum and less baggage. He dares to go where Trump fears to tread! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1809487959395715 #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-11-22 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594911046535634944 check out the scoreboard https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/politics/paul-ryan-never-again-trump-2024/index.html If they can convince the megadonors not to make another losing bet, they can convince the voters. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1809487959395715 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-11-22 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594910396577550336 They really should have instituted ranked-choice voting in party primaries! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/politics/trump-crowded-republican-primary-2024/index.html Now they're stuck, since they'd most assuredly rather hang separately than hang together. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-11-22 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594904489386835968 Musk welcomes another kindred spirit back to Twitter. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-donald-trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-misinformation-cb7b71a78b7b8e3516711e287457806c But what's the point of creating another unprofitable Truth Social? At least Musk says he won't let Alex Jones return. Maybe he should conduct a poll about that - he might be surprised. #PS1media == impress 11 time 2022-11-22 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594898928742400001 Who needs Comcast? You and your neighbors can do it yourselves - if they can afford it - and if there's a nearby local school with a spare fiber optic internet connection https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/he-rallied-41-neighbors-to-build-lightning-fast-fiber-optic-community/ #PS1technology == impress 13 time 2022-11-22 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594897806182862848 There are steps you could take - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/will-covid-be-an-uninvited-guest-at-your-thanksgiving-table/ But that would be yielding to the libs. Better to risk getting sick or making other people sick! #PS1health == impress 3 time 2022-11-22 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594896928030220288 Safe if you use it safely! But what adolescent male wants to use things safely? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/federal-regulator-issues-warning-for-santa-cruz-based-onewheel/ #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2022-11-22 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594895794317930496 Lost your retirement on a speculative gamble? Who do you sue? Whoever has money! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/warriors-face-second-lawsuit-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/ You don't sue poor people - Steve Dallas. #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-11-22 03:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 19 Tweets for 2022-11-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 639 epoch Lifetime ID 1809747632703081 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/22/2022 05:11" reach 12 title "Warriors face second lawsuit in wake of FTX collapse" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1809747632703081 ========== 3 Tweets for 2022-11-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594581302652669953 Democrats outdid Republicans in fund-raising! That has numerous implications. Particularly that GOP megadonors do not feel generous about wasting money on low-quality candidates. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-mitch-mcconnell-tucker-carlson-government-and-politics-3c7479c6bd7abf922dcc3aae2e3ae16c In true Trumpist fashion, GOP factions blame each other. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2022-11-21 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594579091310510081 Nobody is safe while Putin is in charge! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/20/kazakhstan-vote-sets-stage-for-putin-ally-to-move-past-riots-3/ #PS1putin == impress 5 time 2022-11-21 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594484825716465664 Reality leaks back from the front lines https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/20/russia-military-families-conscripts-ukraine/ But nobody blames Putin! #PS1ukraine == impress 16 time 2022-11-21 00:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-20 ratio 18 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2022-11-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 84 epoch Lifetime ID 1808814372796407 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/20/2022 21:11" rcs 1 reach 18 sharesimpress 1 title "Angry families say Russian conscripts thrown to front line unprepared" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808814372796407 ========== 12 Tweets for 2022-11-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594447971223220225 The GOP House agenda - https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/18/congress-republicans-investigations-hunter-biden/ It boils down to getting on Fox, early and often. Just like Benghazi. They don't need to actually find anything, just pretend that they are ABOUT to find something. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808550712822773 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-11-20 21:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594446506676736000 The GOP House agenda - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/18/congress-republicans-investigations-hunter-biden/ It boils down to get on Fox, early and often. Just like Benghazi. They don't need to actually find anything, just pretend that they are ABOUT to find some confirmation of something they read on the internet. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2022-11-20 21:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594440162359926784 Know your why!!! https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/20/nancy-pelosi-lessons-advice-kevin-mccarthy/ Get elected is not the goal. It's just a means to a goal. How many career politicians forget, or lose sight of their goal? Or never had one to begin with, except getting elected? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808534319491079 #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 25% expands 1 impress 4 time 2022-11-20 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594414452098486272 Republican officials seem to be hoping that their voters will deliver them from Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/17/republican-leaders-must-purge-trump-extremism/ American politics is defined by primaries, money, social media and celebrity More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808466852831159 #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-11-20 19:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594408026655498240 How Trumpists threaten public officials - and try to maintain plausible deniability. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/19/kari-lake-maricopa-county-arizona/ #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-11-20 19:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594405423829856257 Another very bad winter to get sick. You might just have to get over it, or die, on your own. But at least nobody made you, or the person who infected you, wear a mask, or get a shot, or stop abusing health-care workers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11/20/hospital-capacity-rsv-flu-covid/ #PS1virus == impress 3 time 2022-11-20 19:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594393849073238016 Split the vote? Parties wouldn't have to worry about that if they elected convention delegates with ranked-choice or proportional voting, instead of plurality-take-all. Then it wouldn't matter how many challengers Trump or Biden had. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-las-vegas-donald-trump-2a4caff793c65878204d210bc740cadf #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-11-20 18:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594363542064738305 The pandemic was the icing on the cake. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/20/doomsday-scenario-for-sinking-bay-area-transit-no-weekend-bart-bus-lines-cancelled-or-a-taxpayer-bailout/ But the main mass transit issue is older - it can break even during the morning and evening rush. But mid-day and weekend service has to be subsidized by taxpayers. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808330879511423 #PS1other == impress 10 time 2022-11-20 16:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594240359638237184 The price of parenthood is the ultimate economic issue – and only one party is doing something about it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/opinions/whitmer-midterms-democrats-abortion-economy-saujani/index.html #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-11-20 08:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594234275301568513 No doubt some GOP will call it a Democratic plot to defund the police. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/us/west-virginia-sinkhole-police-department-trnd/index.html #PS1politics == impress 2 time 2022-11-20 07:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594233244513206272 Musk's latest victims - government agencies. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-c3190e0920677e905fe0952dffb96185 If anybody can impersonate a public safety agency, they can create all sorts of mischief. Free speech! #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-20 07:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594232552130478081 Did he just do it for fun, to see who would freak out? Or to get more advertising revenue? Or to please Trump? Or to promote his own future political ambitions? https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-biden-twitter-inc-technology-congress-d88e3de4b3cc095926dc133f53dc3320 #PS1media == impress 9 time 2022-11-20 07:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 49 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-20 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 12 Tweets for 2022-11-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 493 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1808268652850979 impress 9 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/20/2022 06:11" reach 7 title "Musk restores Trump's Twitter account after online poll" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1808268652850979 ========== 8 Tweets for 2022-11-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593983130011959298 Fake freedom fighters https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-previews-gop-house-efforts-with-ukraine-resolution/ar-AA14hh4v Real freedom fighters https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/18/kherson-resistance-partisans-russia-occupation/ https://recentlyheard.com/2022/11/18/nicholas-kristof-i-went-to-ukraine-and-saw-a-resolve-we-should-learn-from/ #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-19 15:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593979608533151744 So did EVERYBODY in Ohio want to be like Silicon Valley? When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-washington-columbus-f6fd8fc1c9210b1650cfc8cbad891f75 Jobs come with cars on the roads and rising real estate prices. And demand for better schools, and different politics. #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2022-11-19 14:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593840768170749952 Revisionist Trumpists stump for megadonors in Sin City. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ron-desantis-florida-donald-trump-6758f3ff09388507f3d7dd7e5ac4ee58 #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-11-19 05:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593838413811437568 Election denial didn't work. So far. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/election-denial-is-a-losing-strategy #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-19 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593825499054497792 The crypto industry has succeeded in re-inventing conventional banking - as it was before government regulation. Caveat emptor! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/opinion/crypto-banks-regulation-ftx.html #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2022-11-19 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593824384694640640 Trumpism - it's all about getting on Fox to rile up the base. Doesn't matter if it's true or logical if it excites the base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/18/fox-news-republicans-house-hunter-biden/ Murdoch is all for it, although it's Trumpism without Trump. #PS1media == impress 8 time 2022-11-19 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593766502729072640 Even if he wins the job, he might soon wish he hadn’t https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/18/republican-house-majority-crazy-demands/ #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-11-19 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593758947613167617 Surely Josh Hawley knows that working people don't fund the GOP, megadonors do! A reborn Republican Party must look very different. It must offer good jobs and good lives, not just higher stock prices https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/18/josh-hawley-oped-republican-party-working-people/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1807027849641726 #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2022-11-19 00:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 8 Tweets for 2022-11-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 241 epoch Lifetime ID 1807037872974057 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/18/2022 16:11" reach 11 title "Opinion | The GOP is dead. A new GOP must listen to working people." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1807037872974057 ========== 14 Tweets for 2022-11-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593755591276519424 GOP Plan A: convince voters that Democratic investigations are just political witch-hunts, and Republicans' are not. GOP Plan B: convince voters that ALL investigations are just political witch-hunts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/18/marjorie-taylor-greene-house-gop-investigations-maga-trump/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1807022976308880 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-11-18 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593751520553889792 Frisch concedes - doesn't expect automatic recount to change outcome by 551 votes. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/lauren-boebert-recount-colorado-adam-frisch/index.html And by declining to ask for donations to support recount, shows who's really got the people's interests at heart. #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-11-18 23:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593750187117137921 Trump likes special treatment - now he gets it with a special counsel. https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-merrick-garland-government-and-550c01de053c08db4d53ca57f315feb6 #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-11-18 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593736362775093248 The Rust Belt used to have layoffs. In an economic downturn, layoffs were in order of seniority. In a recovery, laid-off workers were rehired in order of seniority. https://www.firstpost.com/world/its-the-season-of-layoffs-in-silicon-valley-45000-employees-gone-and-its-not-over-yet-11595071.html Now layoffs just mean mass firings. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1806953216315856 #PS1economics == impress 11 time 2022-11-18 22:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593660375928475648 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-82c5a01a36db694b429c11eddaa1f8a5 No evidence has been presented to support the claims. Still, they have been shared by U.S. lawmakers, prominent Republicans and Russian accounts. As usual! No need to collaborate if they think the same! #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-18 17:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593641997851832320 Spoken like a true Trumpist - blaming underperformance on somebody else! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/lauren-boebert-recount-colorado-adam-frisch/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-11-18 16:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593640588246937600 Putin did interfere with the 2016 election and plenty of GOP were happy to help. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/jesse-benton-gop-operative-russia-trump/index.html #PS1russian == impress 6 time 2022-11-18 16:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593494968529625089 Putin wing of GOP announces no more aid for Ukraine. They'd rather fight in Alaska? https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-11-17-22/h_d2025cea3fa6bd2fb2f295211148a750 McCarthy can't do anything about it and still get elected Speaker. #PS1trumpism == impress 18 time 2022-11-18 06:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593464977624428544 How to reduce payroll expense overnight! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/technology/twitter-elon-musk-ftc.html #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-11-18 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593410970696572928 The last time schools turned into politics. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/us/school-boards-historian-assignment-podcast/index.html Same issues as now. Same opportunities for fake populist politicians and violent extremists. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-11-18 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593407503504531456 Not everybody is willing to sign up for long hours and no security. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/tech/twitter-employees-ultimatum-deadline/index.html #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-18 00:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593401596007718912 The Biden administration is getting ready for the Trumpist investigations - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/biden-white-house-preparations-republican-investigations/index.html #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-11-18 00:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593398299771273216 The history of the radical GOP fringe in the House should bring no comfort to McCarthy. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/opinions/gop-house-majority-midterm-election-2022-dent/index.html They are just not interested in the good of the party or the country. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-18 00:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593394464571023360 How slavery, starting in 1619, perverted economics, religion, and politics - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/lomax.html #PS1other == engage 3 engage-rate 3 impress 1 media-engage 3 time 2022-11-18 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 89 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-17 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 14 Tweets for 2022-11-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 443 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1806215886389589 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/17/2022 16:11" reach 10 title "Louis Lomax - The Negro Revolt Revisited" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1806215886389589 ========== 16 Tweets for 2022-11-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593393471020072960 If you couldn't pass any legislation if you wanted to, what can you do instead? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/house-republicans-white-house-hunter-biden/index.html It doesn't matter whether they have any actual evidence or whether they ever find anything. It's all about getting on Fox. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-11-17 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593391975360626688 Counting votes - the essential Speaker skill, because politics is the art of the possible. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/counting-votes-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/index.html #PS1politics == impress 2 time 2022-11-17 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593390516141367297 Tweet first, check facts later - if ever! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-social-media-maggie-hassan-c747682dc21f9a8da7a32aaf2e4df9a6 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-11-17 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593300289649405954 1619 - an eventful year for Virginia https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/virginia.html #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 17:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593300107348148225 1619 - an eventful year for America https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/ #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 17:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593273081279041536 GOP is now more populist, working class and performative - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/republican-party-2024-identity-crisis-analysis/index.html But money talks in private - some big GOP donors are already voting with their wallets - toward their traditional goals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1805942789750232 #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-11-17 16:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593268259939237888 A million unsecured creditors? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/crypto-exchange-ftx-creditors-bankruptcy-filing-sam-bankman-fried #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 replies 1 time 2022-11-17 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593257122451496961 Other crypto companies wouldn't do these things, right? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-d2c2b881dc0eb0ec37b454674f446b52 #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2022-11-17 14:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593256464381972482 Talking about something else is par for GOP - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop That's how you get voters to vote for a subpar candidate. Talk about something - anything - else! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-herschel-walker-georgia-e70f3a80b2af5d23bad4bff65a274dd5 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593125701531873281 Collateral damage of Ukraine war. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/uk/mi5-chief-russia-spying-iran-china-threats-intl/index.html #PS1putin == impress 24 time 2022-11-17 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593125033165324288 Rationale for Rick Scott vs McConnell. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/scott-mcconnell-senate-republican-leader-analysis/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 38 time 2022-11-17 06:13 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593124449318211584 Money is the mother's milk - here's where Trump gets his. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/donald-trump-war-chest-presidential-campaign/index.html #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 06:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593120926350311424 Public confession of stupidity. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/jessica-watkins-oath-keepers-testifies/index.html Personality cults rely on such as these to do the dirty work and take the blame. But that's no excuse. #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 05:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593119682156167169 Pence implies he only had one big issue with Trump - the 2020 election - and none with the personality cult. Why did he go along with it for four years, and then object at its logical culmination on Jan 6? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/mike-pence-book-trump-january-6/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1805565433121301 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-17 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593113565686534150 GOP can't pass anything, so they'll keep investigating as long as the cameras keep showing up. https://cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/house-majority-republican-plans/index.html A do-nothing Congress is OK with GOP megadonors. They can wait to get their tax cuts, deregulation, and union busting. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/opinions/biden-roadblocks-house-under-gop-control-zelizer/index.html #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-11-17 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593052342118944769 Maybe crypto isn't a guaranteed safe money maker. Maybe celebrity endorsements aren't a guaranteed safe money maker either. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/16/ftx-and-star-backers-including-brady-curry-sued-by-investor/ #PS1media == impress 6 time 2022-11-17 01:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 45 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-16 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 16 Tweets for 2022-11-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 450 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1805539126457265 impress 13 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/16/2022 20:11" reach 10 title "Warriors, Steph Curry being sued along with Tom Brady, others over FTX endorsement" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1805539126457265 ========== 4 Tweets for 2022-11-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593001181974233088 Murdoch lets him have it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/new-york-post-trump-2024-announcement/index.html Look like they are all in for DeSantis. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2022-11-16 22:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592999202677985280 The recession is over! Full time employment opportunities for Trump propagandists to dig up old claims or make up new claims. Full time employment for reputable journalists to check them out and report the truth. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/fact-check-trump-announcement-speech-2024/index.html #PS1journalism == impress 11 time 2022-11-16 21:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592788714123849728 Trying to beat the rap again! He hopes that by announcing now he won't be indicted. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-2024-updates-cd5339d48064a149527e8f9a1aa7614e But he hasn't been president for 2 years and can't be president for 2 years - plenty of time for trial and conviction. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804701569874354 #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-11-16 07:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592785458744160257 We must start saying what we are for As in tax increase for many of the lowest-paid Americans and cutting Social Security and Medicare? And who preserved the Democrats' Senate majority? https://apnews.com/article/florida-mitch-mcconnell-congress-3592c4d35d125619d935f09b1d00dc5e More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804695269874984 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2022-11-16 07:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 18 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-16 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2022-11-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 176 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1804947513183093 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/16/2022 06:11" rcs 1 reach 12 title "Florida's Scott takes on McConnell in bid for Senate leader" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804947513183093 ========== 8 Tweets for 2022-11-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592394999509176320 Why popular vote doesn't necessarily match seats won. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/14/republican-popular-vote-seats/ Lots of voters don't bother with uncontested elections. #PS1election == impress 7 time 2022-11-15 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592393318952230912 Heading toward regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Is it that or oppressive minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Maybe the lesson of 2022, like 2016, is that voters don't always share their true inclinations with pollsters. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/abortion-midterm-voters-politics-democrats-republicans-fault-lines/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-11-15 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592389322212536321 Trump isn't the LEADER of the Republican Party. He IS the Republican Party. So what's good for him is good for the party. Basic Cult of Personality! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/trump-republican-party-2024-bid/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-11-15 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592388240547647488 Pence testing the waters by releasing his book the same day Trump announces. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/pence-trump-2024/index.html #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-11-15 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592387651696746496 It doesn't seem to be hard to find a cool reception to Trump in Congress, even among Trumpists - many of whom like other options. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/trump-2024-harsh-reaction-capitol-hill-republicans/index.html #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 22% impress 9 time 2022-11-15 05:22 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592386526264332290 Andy Biggs is going to challenge McCarthy. He can't be elected but he can keep McCarthy from being elected. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html And Hawley says he opposes McConnell. How much is hot air? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/kevin-mccarthy-trump-support/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-11-15 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592384110982725632 Are we back to normal yet? https://apnews.com/article/022-midterm-elections-return-to-order-8d5981499d6f74950e7f77a28ffa41b9 Probably not until the leadership of the House is settled. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-11-15 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592382680548913152 Most of the country prefers non-partisan school boards. https://apnews.com/article/school-boards-politics-parents-rights-2bed4680bdedd4c866e046136630a9e8 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-11-15 05:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-15 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 8 Tweets for 2022-11-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 248 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1804083896602788 impress 10 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/15/2022 05:11" reach 8 title "'Too hyperbolic'? School board parental rights push falters" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804083896602788 ========== 10 Tweets for 2022-11-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592238017645019136 It's hard to define good boundaries between different feelings, different theories, and different facts. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/14/doctors-sue-to-block-california-covid-disinformation-law/ #PS1health == impress 3 time 2022-11-14 19:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592237494850170880 Mine is a vision but yours is a hallucination! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/14/billionaires-gone-wild-musk-zuckerberg-slash-jobs-roll-dice-with-future-of-bay-area-tech-icons/ That’s what Silicon Valley is made of. It’s people having hunches, taking risks, making bets” and announcing layoffs and bankruptcies! #PS1media == impress 10 time 2022-11-14 19:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592196402125606912 How a Boebert-Frisch recount would work. https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/10/lauren-boebert-colorado-election-results-adam-frisch-recount-possible/ #PS1election == engage 13 engage-rate 9% expands 2 impress 146 time 2022-11-14 16:42 +0000 urlclicks 11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592064322683170816 GOP megadonors trying to figure out what happens next. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/13/trump-republicans-rivals-2024/ #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-11-14 07:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592062467609591808 No one wants to be the last loyalist of a doomed regime https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/opinions/after-putin-power-health-regime-galeotti/index.html When a personality cult falls, it tends to happen almost overnight. #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2022-11-14 07:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592060624032235520 Trump always wanted the Federal government to be his own private army of enforcers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/us/politics/trump-irs-investigations.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/13/politics/trump-irs-audits-kelly-mccabe-comey/index.html Kelly says he, at least, resisted. #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2022-11-14 07:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592054493453381632 Lame-duck agenda - way more than Congress can accomplish in a month. https://apnews.com/article/europe-kevin-mccarthy-gay-rights-marriage-912f937b8653b85d62d5c5a876161f36 #PS1politics == impress 1 time 2022-11-14 07:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592053382889771010 The last thing anybody expected - a quiet election so far. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-democracy-8d5981499d6f74950e7f77a28ffa41b9 All Trump's horses and all Trump's men Couldn't undo an election again! #PS1election == impress 6 time 2022-11-14 07:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1592025486938763265 How about Fitzpatrick and Gottheimer for Speaker? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus They were able to co-chair the Problem Solvers effectively - could they agree on a way to share responsibility if Fitzpatrick were Speaker? https://political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html #PS1politics == engage 9 engage-rate 50% expands 8 impress 18 time 2022-11-14 05:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591958514133782529 McCarthy believes in harnessing the power of our entire conference. QAnons and insurrectionists too? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-faces-tough-math-problem-house-speakers-race-gop-wins-majority Pelosi piles on too - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-says-she-doesnt-believe-kevin-mccarthy-takes-house-speaker #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 15% expands 1 impress 13 time 2022-11-14 00:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 122 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-13 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 10 Tweets for 2022-11-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 305 audclicks 2 commentsimpress 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1802976020046909 impress 19 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/13/2022 17:11" rcs 2 reach 17 title "Pelosi says she doesn't believe Kevin McCarthy has what it takes to be House speaker" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802976020046909 ========== 7 Tweets for 2022-11-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591909881648672768 Republicans are asking why he insisted on holding a rally and teasing his own 2024 campaign announcement, putting the focus on him in the final days Why? Because it's all about Trump, all the time! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/11/trump-criticism-midterms-republicans/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802834346727743 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2022-11-13 21:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591906545033531394 Everybody in the GOP knows the answer. The problem is that everybody knows a DIFFERENT answer. And since they can't agree on basic facts, they don't even agree on what the question is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/11/senate-republicans-mcconnell-midterms/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-11-13 21:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591901055390027777 Twitter alternatives - https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-6e8bff97bb33d53b87c3d9a7c6a509cf Does political scrapbook fit any of them? #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-11-13 21:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591883148316770304 Many voiced disbelief that the two men would ever run against each other because they seem so closely aligned The bitterness of the contest is INVERSELY proportional to the similarity of the contestants. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ron-desantis-donald-trump-c8a3a7e58d35061f8662ead819861005 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802766766734501 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-11-13 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591876602694365185 Initiative, referendum, and recall were instituted to allow the people to overcome entrenched interests in the legislature. Now they allow such interests to overcome the legislature. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/13/this-failed-california-ballot-prop-spent-50-times-more-for-each-yes-vote-than-the-abortion-measure/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802751616736016 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-11-13 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591807036966244352 The end of tech companies' freedom from government regulation? https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/10/twitter-security-resignations/ https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-business-d866be4d1b3b9b88a6e774543a2b6a14 If they can't or won't regulate themselves... #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2022-11-13 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591802533365809155 Not everybody wants four more years of subpoenas and depositions! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/tiffany-trump-wedding/index.html #PS1trump == impress 25 time 2022-11-13 14:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 98 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-13 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 7 Tweets for 2022-11-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 244 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1802975340046977 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/13/2022 17:11" rcs 2 reach 18 reactions 1 sharesimpress 1 title "Tiffany Trump's wedding assembles a family divided over its patriarch's political future | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802975340046977 ========== 15 Tweets for 2022-11-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591448393196634113 Liz Cheney for Speaker? https://liberalandlovingit.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-for-speaker Why not? Anybody can be Speaker. She couldn't keep all her supporters singing the same tune but maybe she could keep them talking to each other. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1801841883493656 #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 23% expands 1 impress 13 likes 1 time 2022-11-12 15:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591434764636295173 Who does this guy think he is? Donald Trump? https://apnews.com/article/technology-religion-arrests-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-712adca6c327a2ceb2a21507e1f4697f You can't completely ignore the judicial system forever. Just ask Alex Jones. #PS1media == engage 5 engage-rate 25% expands 2 impress 20 time 2022-11-12 14:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591322236107239424 God save us from seeing a Russian revolt, senseless and merciless” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/opinion/putin-russian-military-ukraine.html #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2022-11-12 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591317110059257856 The Freischütz-macht-Freiheit caucus's list of non-negotiable demands sound like the 60's! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speakership-race-house-freedom-caucus/index.html They want non-stop investigations of everything and Biden impeachment proceedings. No time for anything else! #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 14% expands 2 impress 14 time 2022-11-12 06:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591316072858542080 When the music's over Turn out the lights https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/business/sbf-wealth/index.html #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-11-12 06:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591315177789861888 Some Coloradans are getting tired of Boebert's antics. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/opinions/colorado-race-boebert-frisch-lenti/index.html She might win anyway - barely. This time. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 72 time 2022-11-12 06:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591314024217870336 Think they can get rid of McConnell? Not as long as he keeps the pipeline open from donors to candidates. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/trump-republican-senate-leadership-elections/index.html Money talks. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2022-11-12 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591310276573663232 Evangelicals are more reliable defenders of minority rule than American Catholics! https://apnews.com/article/christian-voter-trends-2022-midterm-elections-0377eed4eed23d5356c29b10af9f6f69 #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-11-12 06:01 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591309276722925570 Federalist Society congratulates reactionary wing of Supreme Court for defending minority rule - as they'd been groomed to do. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-voting-rights-us-supreme-court-samuel-alito-donald-trump-f0926d7b4a8bbaf7b698ada1a791ab25 #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2022-11-12 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591307505585786880 There was no there, there. https://apnews.com/article/ftx-crypto-bankruptcy-filing-ed0f06c5db468e285f58af2d8766b51a #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2022-11-12 05:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591306604523421697 It seems that all sorts of lowlifes can come up with $8/month. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-0047fe1730d70277484634a6ec9b7a91 Back to the drawing board! #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-11-12 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591305666299596800 GOP complained when Democrats voted for and funded fringe candidates in GOP primarys. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/07/democrats-spend-millions-on-republican-primaries It's an old tactic - https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/top-of-the-ticket/story/2008-04-29/opinion-rush-limbaugh-directs-his-operation-chaos-against-clinton-and-obama preventable by repealing sore-loser laws. But the more likely red-state solution is to ban such voting. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2022-11-12 05:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591301502316187648 Still trying to run down the clock. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-lawsuits-subpoenas-congress-d4318c5a2622f8f973b966e834a5631e This might be why he's so eager to announce on Tuesday. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-11-12 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591244598017667073 That was the election that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-rights-ap-fact-check-michigan-ann-arbor-e5ba97ae44f8038159c28ecd59810e3f #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-11-12 01:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591235991767248896 The tossups NV-1,3,4 were just called for Democrats. At this point, it sounds like McCarthy's best bet is to hope to have one LESS than a majority. Then nobody will bother trying to replace him as (minority) leader. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/group-staffed-by-ex-trump-officials-working-to-block-mccarthys-speaker-bid #PS1gop == engage 4 engage-rate 57% expands 4 impress 7 time 2022-11-12 01:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 15 Tweets for 2022-11-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 487 epoch Lifetime ID 1801757950168716 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/12/2022 04:11" reach 12 title "Ex-Trump officials working to block McCarthy's speaker bid" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1801757950168716 ========== 10 Tweets for 2022-11-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591216614556733440 Full speed ahead for Trump! https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3731337-jason-miller-trump-wants-people-to-know-that-of-course-hes-running-in-2024/ Does he need a head start against indictments? He announced his requirements on McCarthy - https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/11/trump-sets-his-conditions-for-kevin-mccarthy/ Meaning no praise for DeSantis and no bipartisanship? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1801337160210795 #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 19% expands 3 impress 16 time 2022-11-11 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591151854653968385 Trumpists can't wait to block or cripple McCarthy. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/group-staffed-by-ex-trump-officials-working-to-block-mccarthys-speaker-bid but even the Freischütz-macht-Freiheit caucus can't agree. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2022-11-11 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591113590433808385 That was the election that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/technology-social-media-arizona-3a9b1c4cd72b5109aa32468f3dd2e8b5 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-11-11 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590889011677401090 Five ways the lame-duck Congress COULD act to avoid future constitutional crises. But they only have about a month. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/10/republicans-house-democrats-lame-duck-trump-ukraine/ #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2022-11-11 02:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590887530391830529 Yael Roth goes and the FTC - and the EU - want to know what happens next. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/10/twitter-security-resignations/ Is Musk running a business or an expensive hobby? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/10/elon-musk-twitter-failure/ #PS1media == engage 18 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 505 likes 3 time 2022-11-11 02:01 +0000 urlclicks 11 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590884310399455233 The good news is that Trump, is his mercy, decided not to make Americans sick from winning after all. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/politics/trump-midterm-election-wsj-oped/index.html #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2022-11-11 01:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590882040366641152 Have the Murdochs resolved the equation Trumpism = X - to find that X is DeSantis? How soon will all their Fox stars and other outlets fall into line? https://apnews.com/article/mehmet-oz-donald-trump-bb9e93ccec3cac96f40105034d6705df Will Trump hold back his campaign announcement until after the Georgia runoff? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2022-11-11 01:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590880652433711104 Did you vote against inflation? Inflation must have heard, even in advance of the election. Now the stock market is - inflated! https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-stock-market-nov-10-494028e39775d83629ee4c08db50feb4 #PS1inflation == impress 8 time 2022-11-11 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590879823081373696 Is the Chef angling for a promotion? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-2cd23245b4bd5251db9c3677fcb49dad #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2022-11-11 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590868975705296896 No libertarianism for people at the bottom! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/musk-s-first-email-to-twitter-staff-ends-remote-work #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 11 time 2022-11-11 00:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 10 Tweets for 2022-11-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 318 epoch Lifetime ID 1800903330254178 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/11/2022 05:11" reach 10 title "Musk’s First Email to Twitter Staff Ends Remote Work" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1800903330254178 ========== 16 Tweets for 2022-11-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590598027890544640 Instagram influencer will have plenty of time to repent. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/us/instagram-star-ray-hushpuppi-sentenced-cec/index.html #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2022-11-10 06:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590595919111946240 Fox touts DeSantis, per Murdoch decision. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-twitter-ready-crown-desantis-head-party-decisive-election-win #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2022-11-10 06:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590591462110277632 DeSantis was sent by God https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/ron-desantis-god-complex.html and so God prepared the perfect political storm to make him look good - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/ron-desantis-midterms.html so DeSantis and Trumpism would become one and the same. It was God, wasn't it? By their fruits shall ye know them. #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 33% impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-11-10 06:25 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590587156116144128 There's only room for one megalomaniac. Which one was chosen by God - or was it Satan? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/ron-desantis-god-complex.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-11-10 06:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590582424354066432 Along with Trump, Putin and Xi and the ayatollahs were losers yesterday. But victory is never permanent or guaranteed. DeSantis is coming next. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/midterms-election-america-arrow.html #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2022-11-10 05:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590580615954706432 Republicans are simply out of touch with the values of a significant part of the electorate https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/republicans-midterms-abortion.html Did GOP, depending on single-issue pro-lifer voters, miscalculate how many pro-choice voters are also single-issue? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799887257022452 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-11-10 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590575908519555072 Libertarians strike again! forcing the Georgia Senate runoff, quite plausibly determining Senate control. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/elections/georgia-runoff-chase-oliver.html Ranked-choice voting would reduce third parties' negative influence and enhance their positive. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799879603689884 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-11-10 05:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590571966062546944 If GOP don't like these shenanigans - they indulge in them too - all they have to do is repeal sore loser laws and institute ranked-choice voting. Then it's not possible to knock viable candidates out in the primary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/09/democrats-cynical-primary-strategy-worked/ #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2022-11-10 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590570495367581697 Withdrawal or trap? And another accident claiming a critic of the Russian military leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/09/russia-withdraws-kherson-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2022-11-10 05:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590568574036611073 Can McCarthy avoid the fate of Boehner and Ryan? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/09/kevin-mccarthy-republicans-house-speaker/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2022-11-10 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590568219546628097 GOP Speakers of the House have short careers.The fighting between the lunatic fringe, the traditional GOP, and the problem solvers wears the Speaker down and out. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-congress-nov-9-0b3b0a547265e5bfa6fd4382b43e0e7f But McCarthy and McConnell can work with megadonors, and $hare with their members. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 17 time 2022-11-10 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590562168461983744 A lot of people think they are smart when they are really just lucky. Intelligence doesn't change, but luck does. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-business-bitcoin-3b94bc0656a60a7b65fe532112c3279f If you don't understand what a Dutch tulip bulb is intrinsically worth, maybe you shouldn't speculate in them. #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2022-11-10 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590556628310700032 Why the anticipated election problems tide seems to have washed out with the anticipated red tide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/09/republicans-election-fraud-claims-midterms/ #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-11-10 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590554670480912385 Pollsters doing better this time? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/09/polls-early-midterms-verdict-improvement/ #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-11-10 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590553948079128582 Mastodon instead of Twitter? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/05/twitter-replacement-mastodon-social-reviews/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-11-10 03:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590498058558926849 2022 midterm election result: Fox declares for DeSantis- https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/media/fox-news-desantis-celebration/index.html Full steam ahead - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/ron-desantis-2024-president-trump-florida/index.html Smarter, bolder, more strategic than Trump- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/09/desantis-trump-2024-presidential-election/ It's looking worse for democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799725180371993 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-11-10 00:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 16 Tweets for 2022-11-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 545 epoch Lifetime ID 1799748163703028 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/09/2022 16:11" reach 13 title "One likely 2024 GOP contender triumphed on election night. It wasn’t Donald Trump." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799748163703028 ========== 13 Tweets for 2022-11-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590488943560380418 That was the election that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-arizona-d52d42bcceb05f430bde58d262b162e0 The propaganda machine kicked into high gear on schedule from Mar-a-Lago to Moscow, to undermine confidence in the election results no matter what they turned out to be. #PS1media == impress 21 time 2022-11-09 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590232859759239169 More calls on close races - Unexpected D PA Fetterman TX-34 Gonzalez NC-13 Nickel OH-1 Landsman OH-13 Sykes Expected D ME Mills MI Whitmer NM Grisham MN-2 Craig TX-28 Cuellar https://political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html #PS1election == impress 38 time 2022-11-09 06:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590206888570155008 Early calls on close races - Unexpected D RI-2 Magaziner Expected D NH Hassan PA Shapiro KS-3 Davids Expected R NC Budd OH Vance GA Kemp VA-2 Kiggins https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html #PS1election == engage 2 engage-rate 11% expands 2 impress 18 time 2022-11-09 04:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590193594639740929 Campaigning is easy in a gerrymadered district! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/07/partisan-politics-age-gerrymandering/ #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-11-09 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590192527571054593 Trump wasn't chosen by God after all! https://salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ It was DeSantis all along! Sorry for the confusion! And the inevitable ugly showdown. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/07/donald-trump-ron-desantis-feud-christian-nationalism/ #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2022-11-09 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590188859782238208 Job #1 seems to be making the Capitol easier for insurrectionists to enter, and even harder for the IRS to audit GOP megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/07/day-one-republican-majority-house-mccarthy/ #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-11-09 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590186678639292416 Gingrich works hard to avoid a trip to Georgia. What does he have to hide? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/08/gingrich-testimony-georgia-election-probe/ #PS1insurrection == impress 33 time 2022-11-09 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590185774917771264 North Korea aligns decisively with Russia and China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/08/china-russia-north-korea-realignment-nuclear-weapons/ #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-11-09 03:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590184841030819840 Election night is a confusing holdover from the past. It could mean something if all states allowed mail ballots to be counted in advance, but GOP wants to maintain the status quo to help fuel its stolen election mythology. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/08/cancel-election-night-democracy-news-media/ #PS1election == impress 11 time 2022-11-09 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590181977554292736 That was the day that wasn't. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/politics/fact-check-election-voter-fraud-conspiracies/index.html #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-11-09 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590177690589724673 You can make big bucks repeating lies! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/20/social-media-influencers-election-fraud/ You don't even have to make them up yourself, but you can if you want. The people who'd retweet or send you money don't care if it's true. Thanks to the pioneers Rush Limbaugh and Tucker Carlson! #PS1media == impress 8 time 2022-11-09 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590173091757723648 Polls are still open in the West. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/send-election-deniers-a-message #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-09 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590149929569484801 Polling places are starting to close. May all losing candidates graciously concede. May all candidates repent who campaigned on lies. Some close races will be tracked here - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799014907109687 #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-11-09 01:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 43 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-09 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 13 Tweets for 2022-11-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 427 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1799412223736622 impress 17 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/09/2022 06:11" reach 14 title "Tossups in 2022 Election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1799412223736622 ========== 21 Tweets for 2022-11-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590102226428923904 The GOP megadonors, observing the basis of Trump's success, CHOSE to permanently install minority rule. GOP politicians CHOSE to go along with the plan. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/opinion/midterms-republicans-election-denialism.html They all CHOSE - nobody was forced. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1798927963785048 #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2022-11-08 22:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590097414241005568 “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/08/elections-fdr-four-freedoms-democracy-future/ #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2022-11-08 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590095349129310208 No outside observers wanted - they might observe the wrong things. Only DeSantis's observers who have been trained on what to observe and what not to observe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/justice-department-monitors-florida-desantis/ #PS1election == impress 8 time 2022-11-08 21:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590093996885676032 Following the plans devised years ago, the propaganda machines ramped up early to undermine confidence in the election, and were mostly unhindered on social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/08/election-day-disinformation/ #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-11-08 21:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590088413717626880 November could be a good month for the Putin wing of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. More advocates going to Congress, and Trump announcing in a week. Putin says it's music to his ears. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/briefing/republican-party-putin-wing.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-11-08 21:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590086303240327169 Is Hungary the Trumpist model for the future? We should be so lucky! A more likely model is the KKK Dixiecrat South that ruled for almost a century by terrorizing black and white alike. https://nytimes.com/2022/11/07/opinion/midterms-election-maga-america.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2022-11-08 20:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590084782326951937 America's founders counted on citizen virtue as well as institutions. “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea” - Madison https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/opinion/paul-pelosi-youngkin-lake.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1798899567121221 #PS1other == engage 4 engage-rate 57% expands 2 impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-11-08 20:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590032251370471424 Today's ratings in close races trend GOP. Many have changed several times and could go either way. It's still important to vote! Trending blue - Senate AZ Gov KS OR Trending red - Senate PA Gov AZ NV WI https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1798788917132286 #PS1election == impress 24 time 2022-11-08 17:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589875638995161088 Republicans are running in 2022 promising a return to calamity https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/opinion/republican-congress-agenda-mccarthy.html GOP donors will be happy cultivating the lunatic base, shutting down the government, defaulting on the debt, burning more hydrocarbons, doing without Social Security or Medicare. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-11-08 07:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589870297943248896 Planning in advance to dispute every election they lose. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/us/politics/michigan-elections-group.html #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-11-08 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589866572335943680 Trump was talked into waiting another week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/07/trump-spooks-republicans-with-talk-presidential-launch-eve-vote/ He wants to get ahead of DeSantis and the grand juries and find out which of his supporters will do ANYthing for him. So he announced tonight with a tiny fig leaf of plausible deniability. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-11-08 06:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589858692476043265 To get his majority and speakership - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/politics/midterm-fractious-political-environment-analysis/index.html McCarthy promises to do nothing specific about any of the problems he ran against. Endless investigations aren't DOing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/politics/kevin-mccarthy-interview-border-security/index.html Thus he plans to avoid a debt default, without saying how. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-11-08 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589854211717894144 The Chef brags about cooking up trouble in other countries, using social media to sabotage elections and violent mercenaries to take down governments. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-social-media-7fefa7ab0491b653f6094a4d090155fe #PS1russian == impress 4 time 2022-11-08 05:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589852931293315072 like pushing the button for the walk sign at the stop light, and nothing is happening” https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-dd4273dbda5b15343753f56c1f43a659 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-11-08 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589851640764706816 more like an oligarchy approach https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-cbd873f1bd81fa4356b81f89c4c5ebed Putin can give lessons on that! #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-08 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589847822169669632 Gravity still exists” https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/07/tech-biotech-job-layoff-facebook-twitter-lyft-oracle-bay-area-economy/ When enough companies start planning for recession - recession happens. Same as inflation. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-11-08 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589846836495683584 The end result of a fake populist cult of personality - https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-municipal-elections-nicaragua-daniel-ortega-464e47a48a56c5dbc765f2e37608bfd8 Coming soon to a state near you? #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-11-08 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589846200161034243 People say to me, What can I do to make you feel better? I say: Vote!” https://apnews.com/article/nancy-pelosi-government-and-politics-ef64738a18e3fbd2f3c3b12a3b18e30a #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-11-08 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589845897667825664 Musk - “I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic.” https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-congress-81685e6030f13360727420eaa1882a02 A paralyzed government is an ideal setting for libertarian billionaires to do as they please. Many GOP are eager to shut it down entirely. #PS1election == impress 10 time 2022-11-08 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589842658784333824 The classic rural dilemma - you can't have suburban money AND rural lifestyles. GOP is generally in favor of development, as are construction trades unions. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/07/voters-to-decide-hotly-contested-measure-to-limit-growth-on-silicon-valleys-rural-edges/ Bumper stickers from the 1970's - Don't Californicate Oregon Don't Oregonize Idaho #PS1other == impress 12 time 2022-11-08 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589839922227449858 DOING something about inflation and housing - GOP is opposed. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/05/bill-from-silicon-valley-rep-ro-khanna-would-crack-down-on-corporate-landlords/ #PS1inflation == impress 3 time 2022-11-08 04:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 78 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-08 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 21 Tweets for 2022-11-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 779 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1798718440472667 impress 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/08/2022 07:11" reach 12 title "Bill from Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna would crack down on corporate landlords" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1798718440472667 ========== 8 Tweets for 2022-11-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589521550566625280 Is it higher incomes, higher education levels, self-destruction by California GOP, or something else? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/06/battle-for-congress-not-here-bay-area-dems-on-average-serve-even-longer-than-supreme-court-justices/ #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-07 07:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589519461450928128 Everybody's worried about recession! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/06/facebook-meta-reportedly-to-start-laying-off-thousands-of-staff-this-week/ Inflation might not look so bad in another year, unless we get both at once - stagflation, as in the 1970's. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-11-07 07:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589512439162626050 What's theory of swing voters? Most plausible -many don't follow politics closely and vote their pocketbooks or against incumbents. Voters with intellectual attachments to policy or emotional attachments to personalities don't swing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/06/swing-voters-are-unpredictable-powerhouse/ #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-07 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589508446487212036 Busy holiday season! Trump is expected to announce for 2024 in Nov 14, the DOJ has been quietly ramping up its investigations, and the Georgia special grand jury and the Jan 6 commission hope to finish up before January. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/politics/doj-trump-investigation-expansion-special-counsel/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2022-11-07 06:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589504482148495360 No absolute freedom of speech for Musk impersonators! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/tech/twitter-verification-delay-midterms/index.html #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-07 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589501043238645761 Ukrainians would rather endure a winter without power or heat, than submit to minority rule. https://www.kxxv.com/news/ukrainians-prepare-for-a-winter-with-no-heat-water-or-power But Americans would rather submit to minority rule, than endure high gas prices? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/opinions/gop-midterm-election-messaging-economy-stewart/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1797663647244813 #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2022-11-07 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589494755251326977 Regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-enlightenment.html A response to the worst-case scenario - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/politics/democrats-nightmare-scenario-election-eve-analysis/index.html There's no reason for the majority to subsidize a tyrannical minority that embodies the worst fears of America's founders. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-11-07 05:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589485628764606464 Election security threats - physical threats to workers, propaganda, and denial-of-service attacks on election day. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-d6bf92f594343d7a489d40394e56e2a1 #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-07 05:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 8 Tweets for 2022-11-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 276 epoch Lifetime ID 1797945967216581 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/07/2022 06:11" reach 11 title "EXPLAINER: Threats to US election security grow more complex" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1797945967216581 ========== 6 Tweets for 2022-11-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589406921454686209 Vote fraud propaganda got into high gear well before election day. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/politics/trump-midterms-casting-doubt-pennsylvania/index.html Just as in 2020, vote fraud is not discerned by observation during or after the election, but is a propaganda plan put in place before the first ballot was cast. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-11-06 23:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589405006012493825 It's a rite of passage in cult of personality - getting rid of the rivals any way you can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives In the fights to come between Trump and DeSantis, nobody will notice Biden! https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/politics/trump-desantis-dueling-florida-rallies-2022-2024/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2022-11-06 23:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589403003018416129 Election security threats - physical threats to workers, propaganda, and denial-of-service attacks on election day. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-d6bf92f594343d7a489d40394e56e2a1 #PS1notopic == impress 2 time 2022-11-06 23:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589393052925591552 Medicare Advantage plans must be really profitable - if they can afford lots of expensive direct mail and media advertising. https://apnews.com/article/health-business-medicare-government-and-politics-1b77c8584602a1abaaa3dfd297f0dbe7 #PS1health == impress 4 time 2022-11-06 23:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589387780928733184 Musk received congratulations from Dimitry Medvedev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top associate - thanking Musk for doing Putin's work? That's an endorsement! Let free speech reign - in the West! Don't even think about it in Russia! https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-spacex-twitter-inc-technology-europe-30b55f9c3cbe64c0b98d0cfbe7ab5a9f #PS1media == impress 13 time 2022-11-06 22:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589385688868610048 All we need to know about climate change - https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-9bf0d2b407ee6d06e67d8c25a9e29fd8 https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-7190588fe4c05ed5f044ec6aa31d2f64 https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-4623787847f1f4b2357c389d7b9f1758 https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-099266b36d6e637d405dead6f0914a0f https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-chemistry-a18f859ff7b149c81306504bc7737f7b https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-and-environment-cefd6c94f01dc07dcb8905ee0f59cb82 #PS1climate == impress 3 time 2022-11-06 22:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-06 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 6 Tweets for 2022-11-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 214 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1797608410583670 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/06/2022 20:11" reach 9 title "Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1797608410583670 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-11-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588737246039269376 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/sports-baseball-social-media-288da491ea8f7481cce329466dbfbebd #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-05 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588735853756809217 Facts about provisional ballots. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-government-and-politics-8a2b4fcc3a18df8d93fe222105561c98 #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-11-05 03:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2022-11-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 34 epoch Lifetime ID 1796297700714741 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/05/2022 04:11" reach 16 title "Why was I given a provisional ballot?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1796297700714741 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-11-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588621011184136193 Nothing new about violent political attacks - a tradition GOP inherited when it was taken over by Dixiecrats. https://www.history.com/news/charles-sumner-caning-cilley-duel-congressional-violence Can physical violence among legislators once again become normal? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792196294458215 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-11-04 19:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588547012009811970 Look out, Trump, DeSantis, not to mention Pence, Pompeo, Cruz, Hawley - Musk has more money AND a bigger, more rabid fan base! But the good news is he has Palin's attention span. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/03/meet-the-silicon-valley-dad-who-has-elon-musks-ear-his-gushing-tweets-prove-it/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 13 time 2022-11-04 15:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2022-11-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 92 epoch Lifetime ID 1795946510749860 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/04/2022 17:11" reach 13 title "Meet the Silicon Valley dad who has Elon Musk’s ear. His gushing tweets prove it" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1795946510749860 ========== 3 Tweets for 2022-11-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588316302938341376 Independent state legislatures - the latest fake theory for strengthening minority rule by dictating election results - https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/how-the-independent-state-legislature What will the reactionary Supreme Court majority decide? They know what their Federalist Society groomers want. #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-11-03 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588311902207123456 “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor” https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/republicans-rig-elections-never-lose/ It's been the Trumpist plan all along! A strong ruler like Putin or Xi never loses an election! Any rule-of-law Republicans who are silent are enablers. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2022-11-03 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1588235959547572224 Don't be swept away by political advertising and propaganda - https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-misinformation-219762637bacf49bf7ec723546b46fb3 Vote and make yourself heard, and let every other registered voter do the same. Even losing votes count - a tight margin might warn a winning candidate to not get too extreme. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-11-03 18:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2022-11-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 146 epoch Lifetime ID 1795132450831266 impress 21 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/03/2022 16:11" reach 19 title "Misinformation and the midterm elections: What to expect" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1795132450831266 ========== 14 Tweets for 2022-11-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587930716418887680 opposed by China’s many inland provinces, dominated by state-owned Chinese industries that had no interest or ability to compete globally the way China’s coastal provinces could. Sound familiar? Flyover country resentful of coastal elites? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/opinion/china-united-states-trade-economy.html #PS1china == impress 4 time 2022-11-02 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587926209580527616 You can't have it both ways. Advertisers don't want to be associated with violent conspiracy fantasists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/02/musk-twitter-bans-trump/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 10 time 2022-11-02 21:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587924999611895808 Rhodes tried to convince Trump that violence would work where legal maneuvers failed. Fortunately, Trump didn't hear, didn't agree, or was afraid to try. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/02/rhodes-trump-oathkeepers-trial/ #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 22% impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-11-02 21:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587923784568537088 Who knew! Justice Thomas was the key to the insurrection all along! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/trump-clarence-thomas-emails/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 replies 1 time 2022-11-02 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587923448411537409 Vastly different notions of truth lead to converging crises and diverging consensus. But blaming an intractable foe is a pillar of fake populism and cult of personality - and wouldn't be given up easily. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/polycrisis-midterms-biden-administration-progressive/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1794353220909189 #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2022-11-02 21:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587918084995567616 We thought Truth Social wants to be Twitter. But the reality is that Twitter wants to be Truth Social. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/twitter-musk-trump-racism/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-11-02 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587911901388103680 An interesting enhancement to ranked-choice voting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/alaska-final-four-primary-begich-palin-peltola/ It eliminates candidates based on their least total votes, rather than their least first-place votes, and so rewards candidates with broader appeal. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-11-02 20:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587896403585511425 There are a lot of tossup races that will decide control of the House and Senate. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html == Here's one close to Silicon Valley - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/02/just-an-hour-from-silicon-valley-this-tight-race-could-tilt-congress/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1794291750915336 #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-02 19:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587812061572042754 Reactionary Supreme Court does its duty to protect minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-business-john-roberts-congress-1b2241b1ddae3c9bbc7af28f372fe8a0 Trump's tax dirt, if it ever comes out, will be after the 2022 election. That gives a GOP Congress time to try to repeal the law that allows Congress to examine tax returns. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-11-02 14:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587689201507500034 How many people with an unfavorable view of the president will vote for a candidate of the same party? https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/senate-control-biden-polling-fault-lines/index.html Polls turn up a lot of conflicting evidence - what does it mean? #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-11-02 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587686656252923905 Not good for Democrats if voters vote against high grocery prices. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/democratic-seats-jeopardy-gallup-polling/index.html What goes around comes around - GOP has no different plans for dealing with inflation. In 2024, most voters will be just as unhappy, either with inflation or recession. #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-11-02 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587685110207291392 Trump and DeSantis are duking it out subtly but soon more openly. Like California, no party preference is the fastest growing party. But overall, for now, Florida seems to be a lost cause of Democrats. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/florida-midterms-2022/index.html #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2022-11-02 05:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587682598133768194 If people can't agree on the methods of determining truth, how can they agree on anything else? Of course the country is divided - between fact and fantasy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/31/early-voters-lament-high-prices-disunity-yet-vote-opposite-sides/ #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-11-02 05:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587680150522511360 GOP response styles to violence - Old - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/pelosi-attack-gop-strategist-condemn/ Future - https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/donald-trump-jr-paul-pelosi-reaction/index.html Current - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/donald-trump-paul-pelosi-reaction/index.html Let no fact inhibit a fantasy! Could Trumpists just be shameless self-serving opportunists? Just raising the question! #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-11-02 05:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 14 Tweets for 2022-11-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 566 epoch Lifetime ID 1794029064274938 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/02/2022 05:11" reach 14 title "Donald Trump joins the Paul Pelosi conspiracy caucus | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1794029064274938 ========== 11 Tweets for 2022-11-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587307209624387584 The funders and propagandists of Jan will suffer little in the market or the courts. There's no downside to fanning divisiveness and violence in support of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/30/paul-pelosi-attack-republican-bothsidesism-false-equivalence/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792998487711329 #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2022-11-01 04:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587283842976448514 What's the social media business model? Get free content from users, and sell advertising and data about your users to advertisers. If Twitter is going to have Musk and Trump, does it need any more content? https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/31/nibel-twitter-elon-musk/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2022-11-01 03:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587281435399843840 Hard at working reconstructing Twitter to be - a platform for Musk! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/31/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-11-01 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587277614640558080 The Trumpist Dixiecrats have schooled the whole GOP and most of their megadonors - that fueling divisive talk at the top and violent action at the bottom protects minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/pelosi-attack-gop-strategist-condemn/ And if the GOP is not for minority rule, what are they for? #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-11-01 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587243280109948928 Five reasons Trump wants to keep his tax returns secret. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/donald-trump-tax-returns/index.html What's he worried about? His supporters know he lies and cheats about everything, and they don't mind because he licenses them to do the same. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-11-01 00:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587237903822114818 GOP seizes on any issue it can to avoid talking about their real agenda. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-technology-283e27fb609f7227cb3f499547e13fbd #PS1climate == impress 2 time 2022-11-01 00:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587236947004571648 Monetizing the asset by selling premium status! Not very original. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-bd2d48331db2d8f702664864a70d5e71 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-11-01 00:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587235272042770433 Trump still trying to protect his secrets. They must be pretty incriminating. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-business-personal-taxes-76fea2bf34654d7ec854d5f9fd2836c2 #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-11-01 00:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587234731791220736 Only one way out for former Afghan allies. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-russia-ukraine-iran-europe-taliban-30e2b1ffc7c5ecf2847b654f862723b8 #PS1afghanistan == impress 1 time 2022-11-01 00:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587233680480534528 A reactionary Supreme Court signals that it has no more use for affirmative action than for reproductive rights - or any other right to privacy or equal protection issues. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-ketanji-brown-jackson-us-supreme-court-college-admissions-affirmative-action-196ab930c799bcdc8b2a4a220641dd48 They're doing their duty to reinforce minority rule. #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2022-11-01 00:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587233008708304898 Although many election workers quit because of violent threats, others hang in there to do their part for democracy and the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-milwaukee-voter-registration-23fcceb35dd767013f3ecc7c9c26d5b8 #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-11-01 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 152 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-31 ratio 5 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 11 Tweets for 2022-11-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 380 audclicks 3 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1792982401046271 impress 25 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/31/2022 21:10" rcs 1 reach 22 title "Poll workers train for conflict: 'A little nervous? I am.'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792982401046271 ========== 12 Tweets for 2022-10-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587231173851303936 Who knew! Bald-faced liars in Texas CAN go to jail! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-science-technology-texas-ad885acb1a1e3073eb02c2b3c2fbc51f Usually they just get elected to higher office. #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-31 23:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587229569483882496 Wondering which races are close? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html GOP is catching up, by talking about problems instead of their solutions, which will make them worse. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-inflation-da6c2b57c47c2cfa077bd5df6484ee11 #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-31 23:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1587227308976312320 Pelosi attacker had big plans - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/31/feds-suspected-paul-pelosi-attacker-had-zip-ties-rope-with-him-during-break-in/ Looks like he'll spend the rest of his days indoors. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-10-31 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586964313847177216 The rich and powerful of all times and places like the religion of Job's friends - God rewards the good and punishes the bad. If I am rich and you are poor, then you are a bad person. It would be against God's will to help you. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792247641119747 #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-10-31 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586950449936052224 The desire for immortality is immortal. Roman emperors announced that they were immortal gods - and then died. Our secular culture embraces celebrity. So some of the losers pick up guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/mass-shooters-motive.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792223161122195 #PS1theory == impress 3 time 2022-10-31 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586936045043560448 violence is as American as cherry pie Was H Rap Brown being historic or prophetic at the time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Rap_Brown Both - looking back to Judge Lynch of the American Revolution - and forward to the Capitol Insurrection. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792196294458215 #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-31 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586929827860258817 soldiers be content with your wages John the Baptist likely referred to an implicit motivation for military service - in most times and places - freedom to murder, rape, pillage, and burn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marocchinate More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792183051126206 #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2022-10-31 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586917021442224130 Second time was not the charm. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/28/man-who-helped-run-border-wall-charity-convicted-i/ Looks like he'll go to jail and hope Trump pardons him like he did for Bannon. #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-10-31 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586914273304883201 Bad news for Trumpists everywhere. https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-religion-caribbean-voting-ed2130a095ca42ff1be324a3dea9f355 Eventually a majority sees through the lies. #PS1foreign == impress 1 time 2022-10-31 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586913292697497600 Who's going to be the first Trumpist who qualifies his condolences with - - blaming Nancy Pelosi for the attack - classifying the attacker as a patriot and political prisoner https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/30/elon-musk-tweets-unfounded-claims-about-paul-pelosi-attack/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792153081129203 #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2022-10-31 02:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586911154948800512 Why Democrats want to strengthen the IRS against wealthy tax cheats. GOP opposes, since many of those wealthy are megadonors. But GOP have to campaign as if it were about working class and middle class taxpayers. https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-ba556299145218216d60790457482c3f #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2022-10-31 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586909324856545281 It's getting hard to believe that inflation can be stopped without a recession. People have to be too poor to bid up prices, and unemployment has to be too high for employees to bid up wages. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/business/fedeal-reserve-inflation-wages.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792145167796661 #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-10-31 02:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 12 Tweets for 2022-10-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 476 epoch Lifetime ID 1792263804451464 impress 25 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/30/2022 23:10" reach 22 title "Inflation and Wages Continue to Climb Rapidly, in Bad News for the Fed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792263804451464 ========== 16 Tweets for 2022-10-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586350544481763329 High oil prices aren't bad for everybody! https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/oil-giants-massive-profits-revive-calls-for-windfall-taxes/ar-AA13u867 Happy megadonors make happy legislators! #PS1inflation == impress 4 time 2022-10-29 13:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586230004244918272 The Jan 6 committee showed how Trump tried to overthrow the American government. Somebody is always trying to overthrow the government - yet Trump almost succeeded! Watch the last public hearing! https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/10/13/watch_live_january_6_investigation_committee_final_public_hearing.html More at - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790705371273974 #PS1insurrection == impress 15 time 2022-10-29 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586224845250998272 Lots of Trump pals sought pardons. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pressure-us-justice-department-be-focus-jan-6-hearing-2022-06-23/ https://news.yahoo.com/trump-ally-dozens-associates-sought-211221826.html They must have done a lot of criminal acts! But they learned that loyalty is a one-way street with Trump. #PS1trump == engage 3 engage-rate 21% expands 2 impress 14 time 2022-10-29 05:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586222643866308608 Procedural objections? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/28/seized-russian-asset-forfeiture-ndaa-republicans/ Looks more like running down the clock in pursuit of some other goal. #PS1ukraine == impress 5 time 2022-10-29 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586221639397580800 There's nothing new about minority rule in America. The feudal concept was imported with the English Cavaliers who became the Southern planter-slaveholder class, and ingrained in the Constitution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/america-primaries-driving-polarization-radicalization/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790691757942002 #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2022-10-29 05:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586217800699256832 We’d have done far better to only report on the tweets that actually conveyed new information — which is what we should do now https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/28/elon-musk-trump-twitter-return/ That's new INFORMATION, not new provocations. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-29 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586215443571699712 There are a lot more anti-semites than Jews in America. And even more gentile politicians who won't say or do anything substantial about it. Just as in Germany in the 1930's. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/28/american-jews-exile-fears/ #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-10-29 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586211509520064513 The usual suspects aim to find out what Musk really means about absolute free speech. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/technology/musk-twitter-antisemitism.html #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-29 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586210884703035394 Bringing in the outside efficiency experts to Mar-a-Lago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/28/raskin-mar-a-lago-trump-documents/ #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-10-29 04:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586208500027248640 Trump and Lindell are nothing new. Their antecedents were in the McCarthy era - and even earlier, when the KKK ruled the South. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/opinions/mike-lindell-funding-election-denialism-mccarthyism-zelizer/index.html Their common element is a passion to preserve and extend minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-10-29 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586207094205689857 The media are reacting as if there is something abnormal about physical attacks on politicians. It was completely normal, and encouraged by the leaders, in Germany in the 1930's. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/opinions/paul-pelosi-attack-not-an-isolated-incident-alaimo/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-10-29 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586206104345661442 Youngkin sounds very unpresidential. But he stuck to his theme. He'll go far in Trumpism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/glenn-youngkin-virginia-paul-pelosi/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2022-10-29 03:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586200901076729857 They are only fulfilling the wishes of their leader Trump! Even though they know he won't do anything for them in return. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi-congress-government-and-politics-b8a3fb8b3e6f491fcfb16e155b877427 It takes much courage to serve in Congress. That's exactly what the megadonors supporting minority rule want. #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-10-29 03:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586196653622452224 Musk is in charge now https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/28/elon-musk-takes-over-twitter-but-where-will-he-go-from-here-2/ Vengeance is expensive, but he can afford it! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/28/elon-musk-will-have-to-pay-three-fired-twitter-executives-nearly-200-million/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-29 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586195227202551808 Everybody's trying to find out what the new Twitter will be like. Musk as usual doesn't give a consistent straight answer. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/28/after-musk-took-over-some-users-tested-twitters-boundaries/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-29 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586194213879758848 Just another typical Trumpist foot soldier. He believed what he was told. But he shouldn't expect anything from Trump in return. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/28/who-is-paul-pelosi-attacker-berkeley-man-tied-to-nude-activism-far-right-conspiracy-theories-suspected-in-assault/ #PS1trumpism == impress 13 time 2022-10-29 03:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 166 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-28 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 16 Tweets for 2022-10-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 554 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1790677871276724 impress 17 matchedlinkclicks 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/28/2022 21:10" reach 15 title "Who is Paul Pelosi attacker? Berkeley man tied to nude activism, far-right conspiracy theories suspected in assault" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790677871276724 ========== 21 Tweets for 2022-10-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586139631996657664 There are differing opinions on the contestable House races this year. Here's 270towin - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html and here's CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/midterm-elections-gop-us-house-races/index.html #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-28 23:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586135786268655616 Trump won by 78000 votes in 2016, Biden by 43000 in 2020. Such big change resting on such small shifts is not healthy for democracy.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/politics-stress-swing-states-elections/671729/ That instability is an irresistible temptation to do anything to win. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790517421292769 #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2022-10-28 23:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586109108184264704 Putin's propaganda is also aimed at Russians, to convince them that they have a stake in his invasion of Ukraine. https://insidetrackindia.com/russia-intensifies-its-propaganda-campaign-against-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine == impress 5 time 2022-10-28 21:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586107038605578240 Considering political donations? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html Beware of extrapolation from the past! Nobody knows what will happen in the midterms, but the polls are trending GOP overall. Is that real? If so, cause or effect? https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/kurt-bardella-who-knows-what-will-happen-in-election/article_1b7d31b2-555d-11ed-8282-b727f8a624ee.html #PS1election == impress 18 time 2022-10-28 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586104628193636352 Striving toward enlightenment language - when is it too much, and when not enough? https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/10/28/leonard-pitts-jr-we-strive-toward-enlightenment-and-language-follows-suit/ If you're trying to converse with another person with a different background, you'll get further speaking in terms he understands, than in terms he doesn't. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-10-28 21:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586043916993716225 For swing voters, is democracy a critical election issue compared to gas prices? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-capitol-siege-tim-ryan-inflation-donald-trump-6fec0170deef3f55a7aa6f04f4e425a1 We can do something NOW toward preventing future insurrections. There is nothing feasible NOW to reduce global oil prices. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790332274644617 #PS1inflation == engage 2 engage-rate 40% expands 2 impress 5 time 2022-10-28 17:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586035763820433408 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-canada-12a0b318cc1226ea983bfed0fbd9d619 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-28 16:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586034171830337536 What happens to damaged ballots? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-government-and-politics-3ccd3f86998bd55b9693dd13c95c89e8 Just what you'd want, if you wanted as many ballots as possible to be counted fairly. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-28 16:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585855718535573504 Why won't the Democrats stop the horror show before we all find out how it turns out? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/republican-debt-ceiling-threat-neutralize/ #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2022-10-28 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585852782996688896 Trump supporters can expect continuing appeals for funds to fight for them in court, meaning fight for Trump in court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/trump-courts-legal-system-working/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-10-28 04:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585851267582087169 Trump admits that the Stolen Election lie is an essential tool for mobilizing the Trumpist base. No news there - Big Lies have always been essential for minority rule, to keep the masses distracted and diverted from what's really going on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/26/trump-lets-truth-slip-about-maga-base-todays-gop/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-10-28 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585844049386229762 Trump continues to run down the clock hoping a GOP Congress will save him - that's his way of dealing with legal situations. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/us/trump-tax-returns-appeals-court.html But Trump is not essential to Trumpism. #PS1tax == impress 7 time 2022-10-28 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585843019340578817 Putin is marketing Putinism to Trumpists and their allies worldwide. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin.html It's still Putinism - dedicated to nobody's interests except Putin. #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-10-28 03:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585841913650851840 Trump country has a lot in common. As in 1800, the local elites have recruited the discontented to defend minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/us/politics/republican-election-objectors-demographics.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-28 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585832685951279104 The GOP plan is to blame Biden for inflation and recession, even when they are in charge. They have to blame somebody, since their megadonor tax cuts are definitely inflationary. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/opinion/columnists/republicans-biden-inflation-policy.html #PS1inflation == impress 4 time 2022-10-28 03:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585831694598230016 Increasing numbers of GOP leaders and voters believe that they can only lose rigged elections. And GOP megadonors, hesitant at first, now fully endorse the myth. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/opinion/republicans-midterms-kari-lake.html Losing fair and square? That's so - 18th century Enlightenment thinking. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-28 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585830584139382785 Rising wealth inequality and income inequality, and now - rising emotional inequality! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/opinion/global-sadness-rising.html How will this play out? #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-10-28 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585828450933219329 Cult of personality transition plan. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/27/world/asia/hu-jintao-congress-videos.html Who knows what happens if you don't go along quietly? #PS1china == impress 4 time 2022-10-28 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585826897186869248 The ones who are going to vote GOP anyway cite inflation. The ones who are going to vote Democratic anyway cite abortion. If there are any truly persuadable voters left - nobody knows for sure how to reach them. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/us/politics/polls-swing-district-house-republicans-democrats.html #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-10-28 02:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585825068860379137 Nobody knows exactly what's ahead for Twitter, except that it will serve the interests of the world's richest man. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-10-28 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585824709282697217 The richest man in the world can f*** up any situation in the world, and let other people suffer the consequences. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/technology/elon-musk-geopolitics-china-ukraine.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-10-28 02:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 75 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-28 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 21 Tweets for 2022-10-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 754 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1790142824663562 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/28/2022 05:10" reach 14 title "How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790142824663562 ========== 12 Tweets for 2022-10-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585724695889948672 Traditional GOP say one thing and do the opposite. Trumpists say two different things and do the opposite. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Democrats aren't pushing hard enough on that and it shows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/10/26/democrats-midterms-blue-states/ #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-27 20:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585723208824602625 DeSantis springs his trap! 20 (mostly black) ex-felons were allowed to register and vote, and THEN arrested. He got his photo-ops, and who cares how many poor people he messed up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/26/desantis-florida-voter-fraud-law-confusion/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1789566454721199 #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-27 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585719916694368257 Maybe Trump shouldn't lose too much sleep over DeSantis. DeSantis might be smarter and bolder, but he seems to lack the stage presence of a reality-TV star like Trump, and that might matter to the Trumpist base when they go head to head. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/26/desantis-2024-debate-not-presidential/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-10-27 19:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585716113995796482 Straight answers or Trumpist evasion? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/26/elaine-luria-jan-6-committee-midterm-jen-kiggans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/27/cheney-slotkin-democrats-house-trump/ Swing district voters have their choice. #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-27 19:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585714028608778240 The desire for a hereditary nobility has been in America from the beginning. The opposing desire for an elite based on merit, rather than inherited wealth, was just as hot an issue for Sam and John Adams. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/26/john-samuel-adams-thomas-hutchinson-elites/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1789546461389865 #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2022-10-27 19:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585700959925067776 What do GOP WANT to talk about ? Inflation, crime, and - the one thing they know how - for rich, cut taxes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/political-ads/ Entitlement reform for the rest of us - cut Social Security, Medicare, etc. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/republican-midterm-debates-abortion-trump/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1789515298059648 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-10-27 18:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585687419050860544 GOP seems to be gaining ground in some close races - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html but there are still lots of ways the Senate could go - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/27/scenarios-senate-2022-midterms/ #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-27 17:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585633953901264896 Minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html depends on a misinformed electorate. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2741441 To that end, there is no penalty for blatant lies in political advertising, and no way to find out who's paying for those lies. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-10-27 14:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585493395903873025 Arizona to take action against voter intimidation. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-race-and-ethnicity-phoenix-fb2254ac13ca7f9153c3a802737ea6a1 Bullet holes are not legal methods for marking ballots. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/guns-dont-belong-at-polling-locations #PS1firearms == engage 2 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 15 time 2022-10-27 04:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585480477120471040 30 years of success for the KGB and failure for the CIA. https://www.keyreporter.org/book-reviews/2022/the-fourth-man-the-hunt-for-a-kgb-spy-at-the-top-of-the-cia-and-the-rise-of-putins-russia/ #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-10-27 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585478863550697472 Crypto-currencies - a major climate change threat. https://earthjustice.org/blog/2022-october/cleaning-up-crypto But think of all the money you can make! Or SOMEbody MIGHT make. #PS1climate == impress 2 time 2022-10-27 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585459461778337793 What a tragic lost opportunity! Kannye West would have made a great Trumpist Dixiecrat candidate for senator or governor, but he was noticed too late. Nightly he'd have thrilled the Trumpist base on Fox. https://apnews.com/article/adidas-ends-kanye-west-partnership-7425f65ea39f7bbdd02d0e033d9be4b8 More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788567528154425 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-10-27 02:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 139 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-27 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 12 Tweets for 2022-10-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 464 audclicks 2 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1789324994745345 impress 17 matchedotherclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/27/2022 06:10" rcs 1 reach 16 title "Adidas ends partnership with Ye over antisemitic remarks" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1789324994745345 ========== 13 Tweets for 2022-10-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585333288901623808 Belarus became a Russian puppet state years ago. Its leadership forces its people to support Putin in Ukraine. They'll eventually have to send soldiers. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/10/europe/belarus-hospitals-russian-soldiers-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine == engage 4 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 45 time 2022-10-26 18:11 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585329724322037761 Happy days are here again in the Kremlin! Putin watches with glee as American legislators fight his war for him. He knew they would eventually. He didn't invest so heavily to support them for nothing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/politics/us-ukraine-aid-skepticism-putin-analysis/index.html #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-10-26 17:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585327446491963392 If he's finally forced to testify, will he plead the 5th? https://apnews.com/article/mark-meadows-georgia-ordered-to-testify-698723852274be361fd7b427c13d1752 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-10-26 17:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585326797285076993 Throw unlimited cannon fodder at the enemy - another point of Russian military doctrine. Quantity has a quality of its own according to Stalin. https://apnews.com/article/putin-europe-moscow-government-and-politics-d73e6f1e3ac1632953278e8ff179de65 #PS1ukraine == impress 8 time 2022-10-26 17:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585325547193741312 Unclear on the concept! more pressure should be applied on conservative states to strengthen policies around parental leave and child care That's the LAST thing red states would do! https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-business-religion-texas-8a0e8965908750ac9e3f43f1765ebd62 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788711641473347 #PS1health == impress 4 time 2022-10-26 17:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585323297998135296 Murder, rape, pillage, destruction - it's how the Russian army rolls. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-e3756976cf33cf5de29aa62d61ea7eb6 It's not an accident but a doctrine. #PS1ukraine == impress 13 time 2022-10-26 17:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585322372034269184 Always check the facts before writing or reading a rumor. Election laws vary from state to state. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ohio-voting-machines-da6823968e47d7f8c623815f01c3f9c6 But if a bunch of gullible GOP voters get their votes rejected on election day, the goals of the rumor-mongers will be accomplished. #PS1election == impress 6 time 2022-10-26 17:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585285396551725056 What a tragic lost opportunity! Kannye West would have make a great Trumpist Dixiecrat candidate for senator or governor, but he was noticed too late. Nightly he'd have thrilled the Trumpist base on Fox. https://apnews.com/article/adidas-ends-kanye-west-partnership-7425f65ea39f7bbdd02d0e033d9be4b8 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788567528154425 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-26 15:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585282890996142082 party loyalty trumps everything else https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/business/china-gdp-economy.html Loyalty driving out competence is a hazard of cults of personality, as Putin and Trump have so amply demonstrated. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788564064821438 #PS1china == impress 4 time 2022-10-26 14:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585279110728667137 Political donors soon discover that fundraising email IS spam - and that's just from the Democrats that I support! Worse is from Trump and the GOP that I haven't had a kind word for in 30 years! https://apnews.com/article/technology-presidential-elections-midterm-government-and-politics-26d755827b930d8c8d51d2aeb176e044 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788552138155964 #PS1politics == impress 7 time 2022-10-26 14:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585274782907396096 Hazards of unfunded defined-benefit pensions - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit If there still unfunded when you retire, you might not get what you expected! https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/10/23/these-bay-area-cities-are-facing-the-greatest-financial-risk-state-auditor-says/ Local governments can go bankrupt to get out of those unpayable pension liabilities. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-10-26 14:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585253739245359104 In recent poll consensus, https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html In KS-3, Sharice Davids moves from Tossup to Tilt Democratic. https://shariceforcongress.com/ #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-10-26 12:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585133652056641536 You could have learned about 1619, 57 years ago. Hardly a word needs to be changed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/lomax.html #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-10-26 04:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 13 Tweets for 2022-10-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 490 epoch Lifetime ID 1788589158152262 impress 20 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/26/2022 08:10" reach 19 title "Louis Lomax - The Negro Revolt Revisited" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1788589158152262 ========== 18 Tweets for 2022-10-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584900331183697920 Gaming platforms get serious attention from hackers and scammers. https://dnyuz.com/2022/10/13/gaming-is-booming-thats-catnip-for-cybercriminals/ #PS1technology == impress 7 time 2022-10-25 13:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584779861117177856 Global oil prices - there's very little we can do that doesn't hurt us more than the Saudis. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/opinion/saudi-arabia-opec-oil-cut.html Even if the US avoids recession, the rest of the world will probably have to endure one, and oil prices will fall. #PS1inflation == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-10-25 05:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584776037862236160 The president and Congress don’t have the same job, and the weakness of one does not make the other stronger https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/opinion/biden-trump-weak-presidents.html #PS1theory == impress 7 time 2022-10-25 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584773974084329477 The carton of salt to accompany political poll results. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/24/opinion/frustrated-with-polling-pollsters-are-too.html #PS1politics == impress 9 time 2022-10-25 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584769533952241665 Crime is rising everywhere. Whose fault is that? And it's worse in rural then urban areas. Whose fault is that? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/opinion/rising-crime-democrats.html #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2022-10-25 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584768585510969344 The way you take down crime kingpins is by starting at the bottom and squeezing upwards. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/politics/justice-department-trump-documents.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-25 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584767382400413696 Who are the radicals? The Supreme Court that reversed a decision after 60 years, and the GOP megadonors that financed the grooming and selection of those justices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/gops-attempt-flip-abortion-issue/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-25 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584765705731596289 In a cult of personality, succession is seldom smooth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/24/mao-zedong-xi-jinping-china-leaders/ If you're lucky, the violence is contained within the ruling class. #PS1china == impress 5 time 2022-10-25 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584764451051315200 Beware of sharing! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/21/sign-in-google-facebook/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-10-25 04:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584763327582203904 Confusion reigns at Twitter - but perhaps not for long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/20/musk-twitter-acquisition-staff-cuts/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-25 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584754594659213313 Youngkin takes pains to prove he was a Trumpist all along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/24/youngkin-won-pragmatic-trump-alternative-hes-showing-his-cards/ That's what it takes to succeed in the Dixiecrat Trumpist personality cult. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-10-25 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584753700098125824 a deliberate, constitutionally conservative workhorse That's no prescription for success in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/24/texas-abbott-reelection-trump/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-25 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584752809228259330 Trump and DeSantis and - O'Dea? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/trump-desantis-2024-election-colorado/ Distancing himself from Trump means being able to run against both Trump and Biden, which Bennet can’t do. Trumpism doesn't need Trump! #PS1trumpism == engage 5 engage-rate 16% expands 1 impress 32 time 2022-10-25 03:44 +0000 userclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584750106380681218 Ted Cruz - a man of flexible ideology. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/cruz-2020-elkec/ Flexibility is a requirement for survival within the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-10-25 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584749103137067008 Want to know who's paying for your next Congress? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/top-election-donors-2022/ #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-10-25 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584745028261335040 Bipartisanship is possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/murkowski-peltola-alaska/ Where there's a will, there's a way. But there's not much will in America overall - the propagandists of minority rule have done their best to suppress it. #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-10-25 03:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584744325325328384 The fate of Ukraine is the fate of America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/24/election-deniers-ukraine-war-assistance/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1787305154947329 #PS1ukraine == impress 12 time 2022-10-25 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584741778564882432 Putin will not negotiate a solution that is not a win, since anything else might be fatal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/biden-ukraine-liberals/ The far right wants to appease Putin. The far left thinks America can cut a lasting deal directly with Russia. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1787305154947329 #PS1ukraine == impress 12 time 2022-10-25 03:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 18 Tweets for 2022-10-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 563 epoch Lifetime ID 1787603491584162 impress 24 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/25/2022 05:10" reach 23 title "Liberals urge Biden to rethink Ukraine strategy" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1787603491584162 ========== 9 Tweets for 2022-10-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584410395615191040 Personal brands? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/business/influencer-burn-out-jobs.html “Use social media, but you have to have something to talk about.” Besides yourself! #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-24 05:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584401084570664961 Simpler user interface? Less privatization of public functions? Don't expect those from a GOP Congress - they WANT to make government assistance hard to get - except for megadonors. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/opinion/student-loan-debt-relief-application-process.html #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-10-24 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584399713972809729 Claiming a heritage they oppose, that their ancestors opposed while King was alive. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/opinion/kari-lake-martin-luther-king.html But if people want to believe that King or Kennedy would support a Dixiecrat Trumpist cult of personality today - no fact will convince them otherwise. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-24 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584398232527900673 Extreme rhetoric is leading to extreme actions. The crazies have always talked that way. What's new is that leaders who know better are silent or actively enable the crazies and their ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/us/politics/republican-election-objectors-rhetoric.html Little different from Nazi rhetoric. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-24 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584394685404966915 Got loyalty cards? Think how much you save! Then think how much you lose! Such details can be purchased from data aggregators from customers’ loyalty-card records https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/technology/voter-targeting-trump-score.html So you can be saying different things to different people.” #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-10-24 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584391765523501056 Who's the real threat to democracy? Why - the other party of course! But don't be discouraged - do what you can - vote anyway! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/us/politics/voting-democracy-wisconsin-senate.html #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-24 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584386232586338306 A narrative of Biden's first 21 months - successes and failures. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/22/joe-biden-presidency/ Much accomplished with a narrow margin in Congress - but in November, many voters will just vote against high gas prices, even though Putin and MBS are not on the ballot. #PS1biden == impress 14 time 2022-10-24 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584381406402138114 A distant ancestor, told that he was unfit to preach the gospel, replied - There's damn good money in preaching! Prosperity gospel, no doubt - https://www.gotquestions.org/prosperity-gospel.html His sons in spirit thrive today - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/23/right-wing-election-turnout/ Every speaker has something for sale! #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-10-24 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584367518298185731 Do you believe ANY political advertising? Why?? https://mercurynews.com/2022/10/23/race-for-san-jose-mayor-moneyed-interests-from-49ers-to-realtors-wage-shadow-campaigns/ The worst of it is paid for by unlimited dark money, thanks to the Supreme Court's opinion that money is speech. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-10-24 02:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 9 Tweets for 2022-10-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 377 epoch Lifetime ID 1786780444999800 impress 32 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/24/2022 06:10" reach 31 title "Millions are being spent on the race for San Jose mayor. See who is writing checks in a shadow campaign" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1786780444999800 ========== 16 Tweets for 2022-10-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584330152485363717 Cheney expects a new party to arise for rule-of-law conservatives - leaving the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP to the reactionaries, personality cultists, violent insurrectionists, and their enablers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/23/cheney-trump-gop-midterms/ #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 11% expands 2 impress 18 time 2022-10-23 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584329050620710912 Tennessee has yet to expand Medicaid no way I want my tax dollars paying for Mexicans or welfare queens” - another voter who learned his lessons from the ruling class, to better protect its minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/19/covid-deaths-us-race/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1786308465046998 #PS1virus == impress 7 time 2022-10-23 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584322310500032512 In hoc signo vinces! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/23/midterms-republican-evangelicals-black-protestants-religion/ When politicians talk about religion, it's not really about religion, it's about political power. Same as it ever was. #PS1theory == impress 20 time 2022-10-23 23:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584320968461197312 Democrats must keep focus on GOP's real agenda - which they used to hide - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But not any more! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/23/biden-democrats-midterms-economy/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-10-23 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584319999988023297 The new reporting was evidence of Trump’s abdication of presidential responsibility. His self-focus was crippling. The absence of leadership at the top was contributing to the nation’s inability to respond. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/trump-tapes-bob-woodward-interviews-audiobook/ That's how personality cults work! #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-10-23 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584315234268766208 If Putin isn't stopped in Ukraine, maybe we'll get another chance in Alaska. https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-ours-billboards-appear-russia-after-threat-reclaim-state-1722761 It will be a lot more expensive there. #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2022-10-23 22:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584314200150589441 Vance tries to explain to Ukrainian Americans why he wants to appease Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/23/vance-ukraine-war-ohio-senate/ Most aren't buying it. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 8 time 2022-10-23 22:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584311754137358338 Cults of personality seldom adapt or change on their own. They have to be forced by external events. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/12/opinions/china-communist-party-congress-xi-power-johnson/index.html #PS1china == impress 1 time 2022-10-23 22:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584309412042223618 Intelligence cues missed again. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-united-states-presidential-elections-ba89f0a9f734396f9b3616930f00f9da At least the violent insurrectionists know they are being taken seriously now. Seriously to court. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-23 22:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584308591195889664 Trump Org goes to trial. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-manhattan-business-government-and-politics-82c904637467a9eb4c3a834eb6065837 #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-10-23 22:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584306813981204481 “If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly preparing something, it means only one thing: that Russia has already prepared all of it,” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-think-tanks-business-deb83a49c24736928a010b0a449f308c Like Hitler, like Putin, like Trump. #PS1ukraine == impress 39 time 2022-10-23 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584304666015199232 Do you believe ANY political advertising? Why?? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/23/race-for-san-jose-mayor-moneyed-interests-from-49ers-to-realtors-wage-shadow-campaigns/ The worst of it is paid for by unlimited dark money, thanks to the Supreme Court's opinion that money is speech. #PSdemocracy #PS1notopic == impress 5 time 2022-10-23 22:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584302424449114112 Every Trump appearance is a circus, because he is a showman and a salesman - not a statesman. How can the Jan 6 committee expect anything more? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-liz-cheney-congress-subpoenas-3431b6eadd87abf14111e02c91145e86 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-10-23 21:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584186685624963073 Democrats strengthening since Oct 20 - 270towin has upgraded these House candidates from Tossup to Tilt Democratic. Peltola - Alaska https://www.marypeltola.com/ Golden - Maine 2 https://jaredgoldenforcongress.com/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html #PS1election == impress 5 time 2022-10-23 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584069445823053824 Outlawing slavery is harder than you'd think. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterms-13th-amendment-slavery-4a0341cf82fa33942bda6a5d17ac4348 It's hard to make legal language so clear that it can't be accidentally or willingly misinterpreted. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-10-23 06:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584067999887024128 Californians losing population to Texas? It's more of a trade - and California is getting the better deal. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/22/opinion-are-californians-fleeing-to-texas-the-reality-is-complicated/ #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-10-23 06:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 53 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-23 ratio 42 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 16 Tweets for 2022-10-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 534 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1785957378415440 impress 43 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/23/2022 06:10" reach 42 title "Opinion: Are Californians fleeing to Texas? The reality is complicated" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1785957378415440 ========== 4 Tweets for 2022-10-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583812267652501504 GOP promises to protect its megadonors from annoying audits! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-congress-business-government-and-politics-0f645387cac1ebbe1551f95524cf3ce1 Why don't they just admit they want to abolish taxes on billionaire megadonors and regress to regressive taxes on everybody else? #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2022-10-22 13:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583810345910403072 More evil aliens have landed in Georgia, but they come from different fantasy dimensions and work at cross purposes. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-health-government-and-politics-election-2020-55f4744b484919cd20d4d5e8d72e444e #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-22 13:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583795876954132480 The aliens have arrived in the Nevada desert and are destroying the election system in order to save it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/21/nevada-republicans-election-denier-sabotage-midterms/ Save it from what? Evil aliens? #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-22 12:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583679659752857600 America has seen this movie before! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reform_Association_(chartered_1864) Christian Nationalists have tried to make the Constitution a Christian Nationalist document - for 150 years. They convinced the WCTU - and not many others. Now Trumpists aim to keep them voting GOP. #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-10-22 04:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2022-10-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 155 epoch Lifetime ID 1785068181837693 impress 36 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/22/2022 05:10" reach 33 title "National Reform Association (chartered 1864) - Wikipedia" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1785068181837693 ========== 50 Tweets for 2022-10-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583593597495934976 You can make billions peddling lies that your audience wants to hear. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/business/media/fox-news-suzanne-scott.html Can you actually lose those billions in court? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 22:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583592160682594304 Sentiments you'll never hear from GOP megadonors! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/world/europe/marlene-engelhorn-wealth-tax.html Why is the US so eager to create a hereditary nobility like that in the old world? #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 22:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583590286961172480 Who can beat Trump's luck? Covid paralyzing the global economy and forcing gas prices down meant voters associated low prices with Trump. When the economy and gas prices recovered, Biden got the blame. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/opinion/will-gas-prices-doom-democracy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1784588931885618 #PS1inflation == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 22:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583586149993308160 Minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Or majority? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/opinion/minority-rule-majoritarian-democracy.html Majority rule is mob rule. Democracy is majority rule plus enumerated rights of minorities that can't be voted away by the majority. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 22:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583584879916163073 So much for free trade with China. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/opinion/biden-china-semiconductor-chip.html Good move strategically - unless it provokes a war - but bad for inflation. There are good economic reasons for globalization - as long as everybody is more interested in peaceful trade than war. #PS1china == impress 7 time 2022-10-21 22:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583583621620805633 An approach to regaining the industrial midwest. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/opinion/tim-ryan-democrats-midterms-ohio.html So much for free trade. Everybody benefits a little from it, but some people are hurt very badly. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 22:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583581713975779328 GOP's long game to flip south Texas. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/opinion/texas-democrats-republicans.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-10-21 22:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583579687216762880 Pence was a good team player for four years and turned off rule-of-law Republicans. Then for one day he was not on the team and turned off Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/21/pence-2024-jan-6-poll-numbers-byler/ He's still popular with traditional Republicans and their megadonors - the few remaining. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-10-21 22:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583578767292710912 It's time to abolish the debt ceiling and assure the world that the United States pays its bills. https://get-to-sixty.net/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/21/kevin-mccarthy-debt-limit-trump-maga-house-democrats/ Biden isn't there yet, but he vows not to give in to the Freischütz-macht-Freiheit Caucus. https://cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/biden-debt-ceiling/index.html #PS1biden == impress 6 time 2022-10-21 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583577765432856579 Somebody will have to re-create Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/21/twitter-elon-musk-purchase-job-cuts/ #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 21:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583575125806325760 GOP means Trumpist Dixiecrat Party now. It might thrive or shrivel, with or without Trump himself, but it seems likely to remain the party of Strom Thurmond and Newt Gingrich rather than Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower, or Reagan. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/opinions/trumpism-midterm-elections-gop-1978-zelizer/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-21 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583573400940748801 Bannon got what he wanted, not what he deserved. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/steve-bannon-sentencing-deep-state-defiance/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 21:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583572960576647168 Elected senator investigating election claims immunity to election investigation interference! https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/lindsey-graham-supreme-court-appeal/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 21:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583571524526579713 Twas ever thus! 4 months for the big shots that waved the bait - https://cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-sentencing-10-20-22/index.html 3-5 years for the little shots that took the bait - https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-prisons-journalists-d9d80376eb250f3d4a2855882d96cbdd https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/january-6-capitol-rioter-guns-sentenced/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 21:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583568351623663616 GOP running statewide in California can say anything - third-party candidates outnumbered by No Party Preference. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/21/california-republican-likens-u-s-senate-run-to-christian-mission-in-dark-continent-of-africa/ Here's a Christian missionary spreading the gospel of Republicanism in the dark continent of Africa. Few NPP converts. #PS1capolitics == impress 14 time 2022-10-21 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583553093056155648 You might have thought Youngkin and Lake were opposites. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/politics/kari-lake-glenn-youngkin-republicans-trump/index.html Wrong - they are alike - Trumpists winning any way they can. The party’s single-minded pursuit of power is not new. It’s the key feature of the last decades of Washington politics. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 20:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583551529310572544 GOP voter integrity in action - harassing voters. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/politics/arizona-voter-intimidation-report-justice-department/index.html #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 20:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583551114246385671 Will Trump try cooperating, to get the FBI out of his hair, so he can launch his re-election campaign? https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-second-search/index.html Cooperation is not his usual approach! #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-10-21 20:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583549960527544320 Evidently Putin admires American military technology. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/politics/russia-justice-department-foreign-nationals-military-technology/index.html Russian technology doesn't seem to meet even Iranian standards. #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2022-10-21 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583549297437511680 General Armageddon now in charge. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-mikhail-gorbachev-syria-middle-east-c2582dabed6158f058e58d2e2bc0d4cf Civilians can expect murder, rape, pillage, and destruction, until Ukraine surrenders or is wiped out. #PS1ukraine == impress 15 time 2022-10-21 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583548104426475522 Try to have it all ways and you might not win any way! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-congress-donald-trump-3c315861315cdb483fe4c72560dac909 The genius of the GOP is to tell everybody what they want to hear, to get them on board and keep them. It's tricky when the message reverses between primary and general. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 19:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583546723938406402 Getting rid of all those people impeding free speech! https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-social-media-1a9005b6653b07b5764ed61053554d1f Free speech for billionaires, that is. Everybody else can toe Musk's line. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-10-21 19:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583546073808719872 Future Fascists of America are cultivating doubt in the accuracy and fairness of election processes. Their ultimate goal - to make sure the vote matches their predetermined outcome. https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-election-security-besieged-county-5e084e84cf25f96364f5afa445968455 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 19:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583537006176481280 Jan 6 committee wants Trump to speak in his own defense. Or offense. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-subpoena-jan-6-committee-2d63a2ba74c1874ef6ef0d8ae6d788c1 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-10-21 19:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583536282088505344 How to run down the clock, page by page. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-documents-personal-property/index.html #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 19:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583535834464022528 Getting ready for the big announcement! https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/trump-force-one-west-palm-beach/index.html Or a quick getaway. #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2022-10-21 19:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583534861402243072 Got virus? RSV is coming on strong and early. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/health/rsv-hospitals-what-to-know-wellness/index.html #PS1virus == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583533976521539584 Some friends of Putin have changed their minds. Others have just pretended to. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/opinions/putin-far-right-fans-west-europe-ghitis/index.html They could forgive him for being a dictator, but not for being an incompetent one. #PS1putin == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 19:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583532786597519360 The Black Death haunts us today - in a completely different way. https://apnews.com/article/oddities-science-health-plague-bubonic-04349f994460d01c56fe5a57960b6ce8 #PS1health == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 18:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583532093862051840 Jungle primary - another was to reduce the power of party boss kingmakers. https://apnews.com/article/what-is-louisiana-jungle-primary-43362b7289ff8993635e835af66aa2eb But it would be better to use ranked-choice voting so no runoff would be necessary. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 18:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583531114211160065 Trump intentionally lied to another court. That's news? It IS a crime. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-georgia-crime-congress-e285497c6a96f82ed08a0d561316029c #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-10-21 18:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583529502474264577 No point wasting more money on voters who vote strictly against gas prices. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-presidential-washington-election-2020-donald-trump-35be0e64d964726eacad5c4eda20d422 Not that the GOP can do anything different about global oil prices. #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-21 18:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583528450538672129 Partisan judges are bad enough - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/judicial-elections-time-bomb-democracy/ Partisan election officials are worse - https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-government-and-politics-voting-donald-trump-2b8dfac3c8352dd589b220921052017c There's a lot at stake, so there's a lot of dark money flowing. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 18:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583525289644019712 2022 Election - revenge of the X's? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/17/generation-x-midterms-republican-lead/ #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-21 18:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583521973849640960 Many GOP candidates need to seem more rational in the general election, after being election deniers in the primary. Pence is trying to rescue them. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-election-2020-497f7d79a175c4a7ade6fc0b8a1d2adf There was no Trump-Pence agenda - just Trump's agenda. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1784453631899148 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 18:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583519860440506368 In 2016, Russia’s covert campaign to spread false and divisive posts seemed like an aberration in the American political system. Today disinformation, from enemies, foreign and domestic, has become a feature of it. https://jacklimpert.com/2022/10/how-disinformation-splintered-and-became-more-intractable/ #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 18:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583502356909465613 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-science-nancy-pelosi-climate-and-environment-donald-trump-2a20444535cfc33dc605be44fcef9e1b #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 16:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583500950345375746 This isn't Richard Daley's Chicago any more - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley the dead don't vote very much. Not enough to change any elections. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-government-and-politics-presidential-299b03156144b12c0298184498f07958 #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 16:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583492294929285127 Bannon gets 4 months. Some places you can do more time for jaywalking. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-sentencing-10-20-22/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583483899220414464 Not fake news - many actors propagandize to promote distrust of democratic elections, toward a goal of Soviet-style elections with predetermined outcomes. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-government-and-politics-8eaf001732ac25976f0560a3e49ed500 https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-noncitizens-voting-question-d720a6d02e066700d86812dc717906e5 https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-warns-foreign-efforts-sway-american-voters More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1784365048574673 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-10-21 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583479863423381504 States set vaccine requirements for schools, not the CDC. https://apnews.com/article/health-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-immunizations-covid-90a3da9675913fcd339181d7ad8d52c4 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-21 15:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583439778501910528 Ranked-choice voting on ballots - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential Do your part if it's on yours! https://fairvoteaction.org/get-involved/ballot-measures/ Politicians don't like ranked-choice voting, because it transfers power from them to the voters. More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783810081963503 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 12:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583439333297512451 Now the United States is for sale to the highest bidder. Or at least its politicians. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/15/peter-thiel-who-is-he-republican-donor-tech-entrepreneur Thiel is done with democracy and intends to remake the US into even more of a libertarian paradise - for billionaires. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/politics-for-sale #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-10-21 12:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583304452840169472 When studying the Enlightenment and Freemasonry - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-enlightenment.html a recurring theme is confusion between the essence of a tradition and its historical accidents. Modern American politics reflects a similar confusion. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783912065286638 #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583302236318244865 GOP leaders are getting SPECIFIC about plans, including entitlement reform - GOP-speak for privatizing, eliminating, or shrinking Social Security and Medicare - or else shutting down the global economy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/gop-debt-ceiling-plan-financial-crisis-recession/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783888135289031 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-21 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583298728835751942 Honesty is the best policy - but it doesn't work for GOP candidates. They have to say different things to their megadonors - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop and for the primary - and to swing voters. https://www.salon.com/2022/09/24/maga-candidates-scrub-references-to-stolen_partner/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783888135289031 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-10-21 03:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583296298597261313 Chosen by God - Christian Nationalism has no use for reason, democracy, inclusiveness, separation of church and state, or any other Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-enlightenment.html https://www.denverpost.com/2022/09/14/lauren-boebert-christian-nationalist-republican-colorado/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783504508660727 #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583295259131248641 It's true! Trump was chosen by God to save America! https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1779416145736230 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-10-21 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583281019729301505 Medieval rejection of Enlightenment ideals infects India, and now it's reinfecting America. https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-holidays-nationalism-d851b8fcabb9eb0f3946275fdf596322 Is America, or India, based upon a universal idea and ideal? Or based on accidents of birth and creed? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783896718621506 #PS1foreign == impress 5 time 2022-10-21 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583255901237936128 Based on Ukraine, Xi hopes a GOP Congress won't be able to agree to oppose his plans to dominate Taiwan and the Pacific. https://news.yahoo.com/mccarthy-no-blank-check-ukraine-201152336.html So he wants more military capability to make the most of the opportunity. https://apnews.com/article/china-beijing-xi-jinping-mao-zedong-government-and-politics-58c5232aaa6a578b24f7345700460de3 #PS1china == impress 19 time 2022-10-21 00:36 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 500 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-21 ratio 7 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 50 Tweets for 2022-10-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1665 audclicks 2 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1784227061921805 impress 22 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/21/2022 05:10" rcs 1 reach 21 title "China's Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1784227061921805 ========== 5 Tweets for 2022-10-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583241339923181568 An unsung diplomatic achievement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/17/biden-lebanon-israel-diplomatic-victory/ Denounced by Netanyahu and Trumpists, of course, since they couldn't have done it. #PS1mideast == impress 2 time 2022-10-20 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583240396498354177 We've been asking for trouble for years by electing judges on a partisan basis. Now we're getting it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/18/judicial-elections-time-bomb-democracy/ #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-20 23:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583239559806009344 Covid isn't done with us. If we are lucky, it will be like the flu, with a different flu shot every year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/18/covid-variants-xbb-bq1-bq11/ #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2022-10-20 23:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583239082901000194 Over-hyped as usual! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-john-durham-donald-trump-merrick-garland-william-barr-e1577021ffa81541df04cc9a9511fc3f #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-10-20 23:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583147666837422082 Which elections are close enough to be affected by small donations of time or money? Senate - GA, NV, PA Governor - AZ, KS, NV, OR, WI House - AK, CA-22, CA-27, KS-3, ME-2, NM-2, NY-19, NY-22, OR-5, PA-7, PA-8, PA-17, RI-2, VA-2 More at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html #PS1election == impress 16 time 2022-10-20 17:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2022-10-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 168 epoch Lifetime ID 1783831695294675 impress 24 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/20/2022 17:10" reach 24 title "Tossups in 2022 Election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783831695294675 ========== 2 Tweets for 2022-10-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581710539599671296 Pence is helping Trumpists who were election deniers in the primary, pretend to be more centrist and rational in the general. Who knows what any of them REALLY believe, except that they should be elected? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-election-2020-497f7d79a175c4a7ade6fc0b8a1d2adf More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1780416955636149 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-10-16 18:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581707923729707008 Ryan predicts Trump won't be GOP nominee in 2024. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-ryan-predicts-trump-not-2024-republican-nominee He is correct that GOP leaders believe in herd mentality - if a critical few reject Trump in 2024, the dam will break. https://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryan-trump-unelectability-palpable-175626015.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1780416955636149 #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 25% expands 2 impress 8 time 2022-10-16 18:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-20 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2022-10-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 107 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1783440385333806 impress 12 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/20/2022 06:10" rcs 1 reach 12 title "Paul Ryan: Trump’s ‘unelectability will be palpable’ by 2024" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1783440385333806 ========== 7 Tweets for 2022-10-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581156521529917441 Noxious lies about little people might be more hazardous than noxious lies about big shots. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/opinion/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial.html Will other media predators with assets take note and leave the noxious lies to predators too poor to be worth suing? #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 40% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-10-15 05:34 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581154832764715008 The dictator trap - the end state of personality cults. They then have a problem with an orderly succession. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/opinion/international-world/china-politics-xi.html #PS1china == impress 8 time 2022-10-15 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581152485393125377 Section 230 and the future of social media. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/10/6/23389028/supreme-court-section-230-google-gonzalez-youtube-twitter-facebook-harry-styles #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-10-15 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581147844559314944 What do six years of Political Scrapbook show? The challenge is Minority Rule and the tools that protect minority political and economic power. Responses to that challenge enhance equal political and economic opportunity. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-lessons.html #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-10-15 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581123553151229953 Distract and delay - it's the Donald way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/14/trump-jan-6-committee-subpoena-justice-department/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-15 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581121998188470272 You'd think the world's richest man could pay his own way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/14/ukraine-elon-musk-starlink-ambassador-andrij-melnyk/ Maybe he thinks Russia is a bigger market. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-10-15 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1581078199110279168 Cults of personality seldom end well. Stable succession is almost impossible to manage. https://apnews.com/article/china-beijing-xi-jinping-congress-government-and-politics-274ca67943b353ef9183724592a06cd9 #PS1china == impress 3 time 2022-10-15 00:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-15 ratio 37 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 7 Tweets for 2022-10-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 219 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1779309395746905 impress 41 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/15/2022 06:10" reach 37 title "Observer: No matter who climbs Beijing's ranks, Xi rules" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1779309395746905 ========== 4 Tweets for 2022-10-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580964111189389314 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-mlb-sports-a0655af50c0ade448e470089c56e5205 Note that the Home Depot PAC donated to both the GOP and Democratic Senate Campaign Committees, as large corporations often to do preserve access. But more to GOP. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-14 16:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580726783812333568 Kim has studied and profited by Putin's example. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-seoul-united-nations-nuclear-weapons-ab71f575cf671bb4661368d8633b1234 #PS1foreign == impress 6 time 2022-10-14 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580724978969739265 How child abduction works in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/ukrainian-children-russia-7493cb22c9086c6293c1ac7986d85ef6 #PS1ukraine == impress 16 time 2022-10-14 00:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580712292936605696 What's wrong with Trump and Trumpism? it's not just high crimes and misdemeanors, or violent insurrection against the Capitol, but also mortal sins betraying the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. https://political-scrapbook.net/2022-enlightenment.html #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-10-14 00:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 40 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-14 ratio 17 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 4 Tweets for 2022-10-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 132 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1778475275830317 impress 54 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/14/2022 06:10" reach 51 title "Enlightenment Ideals of America's Founders" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1778475275830317 ========== 19 Tweets for 2022-10-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580651069608108033 So the Jan 6 committee will subpoena Trump. Will his lawyers be able to keep him from talking? 30 Trumpists pled the 5th to the committee - but they only showed Stone, Flynn, Eastman, Clark. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-hearing-livestream-10-13-2022/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777913735886471 #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2022-10-13 20:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580590823548211200 The GOP lost Liz Cheney and most of their other rule-of-law members. But hey, they got Tulsi Gabbard! https://www.foxnews.com/media/tulsi-gabbard-democratic-leaders-foment-culture-fear-keep-people-line Such a deal! Such a career ahead on Fox! #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-10-13 16:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580588404055560193 Can there possibly be any more surprising details to reveal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mhhCNqsrc Tune in today at 1300 EDT, 1000 PDT! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-presidential-elections-election-2020-congress-43c97dd8db5ce460e051204f91aa6cd1 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-10-13 15:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580562429766815744 The independent state legislatures theory - another coup to support minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html needs a legal fig leaf. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/spread-the-word-about-the-dangerous More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777695182574993 #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2022-10-13 14:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580419832335343617 Fortunately we can make some sense of the world at the human scale and planetary scale. At the quantum scale and the cosmological scale - which might end up being the same thing! - we're very much in the dark. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/science/black-holes-cosmology-hologram.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-10-13 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580414793210425344 More on what might be revealed at last Jan 6 hearing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/house-jan-6-panel-final-hearing.html #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-10-13 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580412055688867840 The countermajoritarian part of the political system conflicts with Americans' democratic assumptions. GOP politicians have the ability to prevent things from spiraling out of control. They choose not to. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/opinion/the-argument-america-civil-war.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777356932608818 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-13 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580404039753162752 We've closed the racial mortality gap, and are making progress on the racial immunization gap, but are getting nowhere on closing the partisan immunization gap. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/opinion/health/covid-pandemic-data.html #PS1virus == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-10-13 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580401935256997889 America's leading defender of minority rule! Long the leading groomer of reactionary Catholic Supreme Court nominees, he's branched out into funneling of dark money from GOP megadonors to GOP candidates. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/leonard-leo-courts-dark-money.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777337865944058 #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2022-10-13 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580387701215281152 What happens when you choose loyalty over competence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/11/florida-surgeon-general-ladapo-covid-vaccines/ #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2022-10-13 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580384175378468864 Just the man for the job! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/12/sergei-surovikin-russia-ukraine-war/ Russian military doctrine is based on throwing unlimited cannon fodder on the enemy forces until they are overwhelmed, while treating civilians to murder, rape, pillage, and destruction. It's worked before! #PS1ukraine == impress 9 time 2022-10-13 02:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580381511349465088 DeSantis continues to flaunt his inner fascist, hoping for a chance for it to come out completely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/12/ron-desantis-migrant-marthas-vineyard-treasury-department-probe/ #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-13 02:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580380325112295424 What it's like when the Republican Party becomes the Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult and leaves you behind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/12/liz-cheney-rubicon-republican-authoritarianism/ #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-10-13 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580378519837634560 Greatest hits from the Jan 6 hearings. Probably the last one is tomorrow, 13 Oct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/21/january-6-hearings-guide/ #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-10-13 02:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580359055968587776 Trump knew all about the violent plots and looked forward to their success. He only backed off when they failed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/12/new-evidence-show-trump-was-warned-violence-jan-6/ #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-10-13 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580357881966174208 Some of these threats are idle. Not all, especially from those thinking they are following orders from Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/12/online-threats-insurrection-witnesses-/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-10-13 00:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580350759505301506 Lukashenko needs all his soldiers at home to protect him from his citizens. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-estonia-moscow-belarus-ee8b2557d1c1cfc031261bc282a96e6b Ukraine has nothing to fear from that, but worries Putin will attack Ukraine through Belarus, with or without their help. #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2022-10-13 00:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580349314643111936 A billion from Alex Jones? Don't worry, he won't end up in a homeless camp - he must have known this day was coming. https://apnews.com/article/shootings-school-connecticut-conspiracy-alex-jones-3f579380515fdd6eb59f5bf0e3e1c08f But it's a good lesson for the other propaganda media channels. #PS1media == impress 16 time 2022-10-13 00:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580348817576058881 What were they going to do with all that firepower? They certainly didn't need it for antifa. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-florida-virginia-conspiracy-government-and-politics-6ac80882e8cf61af36be6c46252ac24c #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-10-13 00:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 268 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-12 ratio 8 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 19 Tweets for 2022-10-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 670 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1777374832607028 impress 36 matchedlinkclicks 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/12/2022 21:10" rcs 3 reach 33 reactions 2 sharesimpress 1 title "Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777374832607028 ========== 11 Tweets for 2022-10-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580346758705528832 False statements all around. If Trump lies to law enforcement, his employees have to as well. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/12/politics/trump-employee-fbi-mar-a-lago-boxes/index.html But as Trump must know, they take down crime kingpins by starting at the bottom and squeezing up. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-10-12 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580342309702410240 Everybody says that 2022 is the most consequential election in American history. Of course they said that in 2016, 2018, and 2022, and will say it again in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/02/house-senate-control-2022-outcomes/ What have YOU got to lose? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777185825959262 #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-10-12 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580209181868449792 Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot Fighting in the captain's tower While calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/11/ts-eliot-waste-land-100-years-old/ https://newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/03/the-shock-and-aftershocks-of-the-waste-land More read about than read or understood, The Waste Land is now 100 years old. Still Modern? #PS1other == impress 6 time 2022-10-12 14:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580100329986674689 Appeasement doesn't work with narcissistic dictators. It just increases their appetites. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/12/baltics-poland-russia-warnings-nato/ #PS1putin == impress 6 time 2022-10-12 07:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580098518395412480 Does Madison Cawthorn have a future? What does it take to get McCarthy mad at you, and what might you do to restart your career? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/11/madison-cawthorn-future/ Trump still likes him. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-10-12 07:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580095295735463936 How do politicians sell their souls? Speaker Henry Clay would rather be right than President. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy would rather be Speaker than right. It might work if he can keep the dark money flowing from megadonors to candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/11/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-trump-book/ #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2022-10-12 07:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580092053148442631 Donate to Trump! Trump is better off, his lawyers are better off, and two out of three isn't bad! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/11/trump-legal-fees-donor-funds-rnc/ #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2022-10-12 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580090121193259009 If you don't have the facts, just make them up. Fox will treat fantasies it likes the same as facts. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/politics/fact-check-trump-documents-george-hw-bush-bowling-chinese-clinton/index.html #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-10-12 06:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580088976441954306 2022 like 1866? The resemblance is stronger than you might think. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/opinions/2022-midterm-elections-1866-sinha/index.html But a reactionary minority is still doing its best to impose its will on the majority, by any available means. #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 50% impress 4 time 2022-10-12 06:52 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580087346191441920 McConnell is secure in his Senate seat and leadership position. He lines up the donors to support his GOP colleagues. And he knows nobody ever got in trouble for keeping his mouth shut. He just wishes that Trump and the Trumpists knew that. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/politics/mitch-mcconnell-interview-midterm-cliffhanger/index.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-10-12 06:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580081939846832130 Next and perhaps last Jan 6 hearing - Thursday at 1300 EDT, 1000 PDT. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/11/jan-6-trump-riot-house-probe-next-hearing-to-show-new-material.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 14% expands 1 impress 7 time 2022-10-12 06:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 45 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-12 ratio 22 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 11 Tweets for 2022-10-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 445 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1777222092622302 impress 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/12/2022 17:10" reach 22 title "Next Jan. 6 committee hearing will reveal 'pretty surprising' new material, Rep. Zoe Lofgren says" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1777222092622302 ========== 13 Tweets for 2022-10-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579823109892251648 The Biden strategy - let Trump and Trumpists do the talking to convince persuadable voters to vote against them. So far they're doing a great job! They've turned a red wave into a ripple at best. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/opinion/biden-trump-midterms.html #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-10-11 13:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579821905418149889 The defenders of minority rule have chosen local school boards to groom obedient citizens who will vote about fantasy rather than fact. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-elections-education-school-boards-teaching-059f2465829ab009394469b95c8cc94a How will fantasy school boards handle factual budgets, infrastructure, security, and teacher shortages? #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 likes 1 time 2022-10-11 13:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579691691065626624 The Jewish megadonors supporting Trumpism need to consider the end game of Christian Nationalism. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/us/politics/mastriano-shapiro-antisemitism.html NSDAP obtained power in 1933 but die Endlösung der Judenfrage wasn't finalized until 1942. #PS1trumpism == impress 16 time 2022-10-11 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579687310761037825 Putin finally and publicly declares war on civilians, to appease his right wing. It's the Russian way of crushing resistance. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-strikes.html #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 55 time 2022-10-11 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579682068807979009 How many people did Tucker Carlson's propaganda kill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/vaccines-coronavirus-fox-news/ Who cares? The survivors love him. #PS1media == engage 11 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 594 likes 2 retweets 1 time 2022-10-11 03:55 +0000 urlclicks 4 userclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579680891256774656 Ukraine is already worried about GOP control of the House in 2023 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/10/republicans-ukraine-putin-russia-midterms/ Plenty of GOP are opposed to further support. Putin encourages them all at every opportunity. #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 39 time 2022-10-11 03:50 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579679080815136768 Will Sasse really protect the university from DeSantis? Some people are skeptical. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/10/sasse-university-florida-protests/ #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2022-10-11 03:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579678323923648512 “If Trump won reelection in 2024, how long until California says, Why are we sending more in taxes for every federal dollar we’re getting back” https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/10/country-after-second-trump-term/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1775675809443597 #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2022-10-11 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579675434442436609 Career politicians can get to feel entitled. Usually they've cultivated enough megadonors to justify the feeling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/10/demings-challenges-rubio-florida/ #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-11 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579669331595567104 If you don't like the facts, just make stuff up - part 2. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/10/politics/trump-documents-shipping-gsa/index.html Trump was too busy indulging victory fantasies to actually plan in a timely way for his defeat. #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2022-10-11 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579667919285366784 If you don't like the facts - just make stuff up! The only truth that matters is whether it polls well with your base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/trump-classified-documents-bush-clinton/ https://apnews.com/article/sports-donald-trump-arkansas-bill-clinton-business-d33251cf69d1e7a17b9cbfc18ae08cbe #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-11 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579665948700995584 MTG is the future of the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/greene-mccarthy-house-republicans-trump/ https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-ed7fb114dbe45d0cd703d8800c21bfa3 May it follow the Whigs into well-deserved oblivion. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-10-11 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579663717213802497 Debating Trumpists seems to be a waste of time. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ohio-donald-trump-rob-portman-cleveland-4e6027437b2632eb244c805de200dda6 Is anybody going to be convinced now by facts and logic that wasn't before? #PS1trumpism == engage 4 engage-rate 2% impress 185 likes 1 time 2022-10-11 02:42 +0000 urlclicks 3 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 49 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-11 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 13 Tweets for 2022-10-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 485 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1775962806081564 impress 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/11/2022 05:10" reach 23 title "Ohio Senate debate with Ryan, Vance descends into attacks" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1775962806081564 ========== 7 Tweets for 2022-10-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579331870508318720 Doing nothing is an excellent qualification for a GOP senator! It's what they do best! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/us/politics/jd-vance-ohio-senate-nonprofit.html Vance will learn how to cut taxes for billionaires and privatize social security and medicare like a good GOP senator. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-10-10 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579325918195384320 Apparently it's all up to educated suburban middle-class women! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/us/politics/senate-midterm-elections.html Though they pretend, nobody's really sure what will happen. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-10-10 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579317131183026176 Russian refugees flood Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Rents are rising! https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/europe/russia-draft-dodgers-kazakhstan-intl-hnk/index.html #PS1putin == impress 11 time 2022-10-10 03:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579314339521044486 Did Noem telegraph too many ambitions too soon? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-presidential-kristi-noem-58b49f034f7d137d0e422f994ad01c0b A self-serving Trumpist opportunist serves herself at every opportunity! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-10 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579313212239273985 Four years for assaulting cops and journalist. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-prisons-journalists-sentencing-b14b7d2b44abe37d5b0b34fcf1a9dff6 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-10-10 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579311270641434624 No change of tune in Michigan! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-donald-trump-0ee9afeb304662dcec28e8af0f18bc1d Trumpists offer the same lines for the general election as for the primary. Will it work? Most other Trumpists have changed their tune for the general. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2022-10-10 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579309907782033409 Well of course, if you're a white Trumpist senator from Alabama, crime = black. That's what your grandfathers said, and their grandfathers before them! https://apnews.com/article/tuberville-comments-reparations-19d58a87c23b57c1e9a6c8ca7f8fcb70 Amazing that there are still black Trumpists. They can't say they weren't warned. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-10 03:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-10 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 7 Tweets for 2022-10-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 230 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1775271632817348 impress 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/10/2022 10:10" reach 23 title "Senator: Dems back reparations for those who 'do the crime'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1775271632817348 ========== 9 Tweets for 2022-10-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579256408549519360 you have to deal with it at the source https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/08/ron-desantis-migrant-flights-marthas-vineyard/ So let DeSantis and Abbott redeploy their election fraud cops right to the source of immigration fraud - to arrest any EMPLOYER with illegal employees! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774625046215340 #PS1immigration == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-09 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579209687572316161 Often only the dominant party primary election matters. That winner is sure to win the general election. Can open primaries, where everybody can choose which primary to vote, reduce one-party rule? https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/commentary-the-threat-to-democracy-that-no-one-s-talking-about/article_14208ca2-45d6-11ed-afa2-c707a4c10fe7.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774525489558629 #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2022-10-09 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579007444402917376 Controlling climate change once seemed possible. Gingrich later reversed himself, calling the ad probably the dumbest single thing I’ve done in recent years.” Did he not check first with his megadonors? https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/06/petroleum-papers-dembicki-review/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774022712942240 #PS1climate == impress 8 time 2022-10-09 07:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579003798529658881 “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Cohn was disbarred weeks before he died of AIDS, abandoned by Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/03/confidence-man-maggie-haberman-review-trump/ social, political, media and moral breakdown overtook New York beginning in the 1970s More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774006019610576 #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-10-09 07:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578997053015064576 Saved by Hurricane Ian! DeSantis is too busy right now to answer questions about the legality of using Florida taxpayer dollars to transport migrants from Texas to Massachusetts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/08/ron-desantis-migrant-flights-marthas-vineyard/ #PS1immigration == impress 8 time 2022-10-09 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578995063136260098 Scott won't say anything to alienate violent insurrectionists before an election. https://www.axios.com/2022/10/02/rick-scott-trump-mcconnell And Trump won't stop dropping n-word hints, to maintain racist enthusiasm before an election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/08/trump-n-word-rally-dangerous/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1773992392945272 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-09 06:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578990286826401792 Can trials of politicians help? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/08/trump-prosecution-reconciliation-hunter-biden/ #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2022-10-09 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578988375037526016 Trump knows nothing about rural life. And rural people know nothing about Mar-a-Lago llife. Is that why they get along so well? https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/politics/nevada-republicans-rural-voters-trump-laxalt/index.html So far, he's gotten the better end of the deal. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-10-09 05:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578986513114619904 It brings forward by a number of weeks the strategic choices he must make about Russia’s occupation of southern Ukraine https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/crimea-bridge-putin-ukraine-analysis-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-10-09 05:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 36 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-09 ratio 17 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 9 Tweets for 2022-10-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 356 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1774283532916158 impress 18 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/09/2022 07:10" reach 17 title "Putin faces more grim choices after blast hits his prized Crimea bridge | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774283532916158 ========== 8 Tweets for 2022-10-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578746698024701953 Yet another way that climate change is inflationary. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/business/mississippi-river-closures-grounded-barges-drought-climate/index.html #PS1inflation == impress 5 time 2022-10-08 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578745146425823234 What Putin's opposition is calling for - an even more brutal war. Putin is allowing, if not encouraging, them to speak. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/russia-war-criticism-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2022-10-08 13:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578599325474885632 Building a cult of personality - by learning from the expert. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/xi-jinping-mao-zedong.html #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-10-08 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578597854150463489 When does prejudice merit recusal? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/justice-thomas-recuse-mar-a-lago-documents-case/ #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-10-08 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578595808617775105 Armenia and Turkey are finding ways to talk to each other about the future. In time Turkey might admit that 1915 happened, and Armenia might admit that nobody n Turkey today had anything to do with it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/turkey-armenia-erdogan-pashinyan-meeting/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1773085766369268 #PS1mideast == engage 4 engage-rate 16% impress 25 likes 1 replies 2 time 2022-10-08 03:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578591961480503298 Parody and democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/onion-amicus-brief-supreme-court-satire-essential/ Who knew they were so closely related? #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-10-08 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578590122198515712 The special grand jury in Georgia might get to hear from Flynn and Gingrich. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-georgia-presidential-atlanta-6f0b2c52a8315e7a61d4d8604bb3c53f #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-08 03:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578588398771920896 Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but NOBODY says it couldn't possibly be true. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/herschel-walker-second-abortion-allegation-georgia #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-10-08 03:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-08 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 8 Tweets for 2022-10-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 222 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1773957882948723 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/08/2022 22:10" reach 10 title "Woman tells New York Times Herschel Walker asked her to have second abortion | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1773957882948723 ========== 48 Tweets for 2022-10-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578531740129206272 How is Iran like a Trumpist paradise? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/iran-women-protests.html The laws only apply to poor people! #PS1mideast == impress 16 time 2022-10-07 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578527286512320512 a constitution that subverts majority rule, fuels authoritarian movements and renders popular sovereignty inert is not a constitution that can be said to protect, secure or even enable American democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/constitution-democracy-biden-trump.html #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 23:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578522665777627136 Rewriting history became popular in the American South after Reconstruction. But it's always been popular with Russian dictators, and Putin won't change that. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/07/world/nobel-peace-prize#for-years-memorial-has-fought-efforts-to-rewrite-russias-history There is no way to rehabilitate Stalin by facts - so Putin has to do it by decree. #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2022-10-07 23:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578520853498671104 Wondering if you should donate to politicians in 2022? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html Here's one in particular - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/nevada-democrats-catherine-cortez-masto.html The epitome of the blue-urban/red-rural divide in America. #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 23:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578518953151762433 GOP talks about culture wars in elections, in order to preserve the power of the megadonors. But 30 years ago Obama worked out a plan for racial justice as a byproduct of economic justice. https://nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/obama-lost-book-manuscript.html How can it be done? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772901026387742 #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2022-10-07 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578502681655578625 Legalized gambling - just say no. Or no more, since it's impossible to get rid of once infected. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/04/poll-shows-sports-betting-measures-tanking-climate-tax-struggling/ Both propositions claim every possible benefit to every possible group - except the MAIN benefits going to big gambling corporations. #PS1capolitics == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578501007448821761 Corporations don't donate to politicians, they invest, and expect return on their investment, or at least access. What do the Niners expect from San Jose? They are next door in Santa Clara. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/29/49ers-shell-out-more-for-cindy-chavez-santa-clara-elections/ #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-10-07 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578472919516053504 A traditional Republican unclear about Trumpism. We need candidates the public should take seriously. That goes beyond celebrity. It requires a conservative vision for governing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/opinions/herschel-walker-scandal-georgia-senate-gop-duncan/index.html Now it's ALL about celebrity. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772799476397897 #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578456021076361216 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/inflation-womens-soccer-technology-health-sports-509fb65ce0ebb34c2258f4ff38a6fc95 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 18:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578452864652914690 In the 2022 election, vote and donate against Trumpist election deniers. Here are some of the closest races - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html Here's a more complete list of election deniers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2022/election-deniers-running-for-office-elections-2022/ #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 18:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578443470116569088 Although none mentioned in the article are in Tossup races now - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html Many remarkable Trumpist candidates are running for the House! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/07/republican-house-candidates-2022-crazy/ Some are in safe districts and will be elected, then will give McCarthy migraines. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 17:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578439435640721409 Lots of Arizona voters have noticed the Trumpist candidate flip-flops on issue between the primary and the general, and wonder what they really believe. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/arizona-ticket-splitters-senate-governors-race/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 17:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578437316619644932 Even Wagner Group is having trouble in Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/europe/wagner-ukraine-struggles-marat-gabidullin-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 18% impress 11 time 2022-10-07 17:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578434196778848256 Lots of moving parts to this deal. The last thing Musk wants is to pay for Twitter himself. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-business-social-media-8f56dba15a484628e67ede4ee346cee0 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 17:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578433344013881346 Making money off the gullible! https://apnews.com/article/reawaken-america-tour-michael-flynn-910e83b515185751be82868b227ca22e The Christian Nationalists should take a closer look at the beliefs of some of the men on their money - Jefferson and Franklin for starters. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 17:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578430312119353345 What happens on Twitter happens to you! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/06/larry-magid-how-elon-musk-might-impact-twitter-and-democracy/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 17:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578423796255424513 Is there an off-ramp for Trump? Would he take it if there were? His political and legal advisers seem to be giving him conflicting advice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/30/trump-lawyers-kise-corcoran-bobb/ #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-10-07 16:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578422162955698177 Russia no longer can help Armenia and Azerbaijan. America is stepping in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-putin-control/ Armenia is a democracy but has historically aligned with Russia. #PS1foreign == engage 38 engage-rate 7% expands 2 impress 576 likes 9 retweets 3 time 2022-10-07 16:29 +0000 urlclicks 16 userclicks 8 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578421332022132748 Endorsed by Trump! https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements_by_Donald_Trump And so a Trumpist trademark - trying to have it both ways. Encourage the fringe and cultivate their support in private, but denounce them vaguely and half-heartedly in public. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/politics/kfile-joe-kent-ties-to-white-nationalists-nazi-sympathizer/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-10-07 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578419666162024454 The Declaration of Independence is aspirational, debuting a uniquely American theory: that government exists to secure people’s inborn, individual, inalienable rights. Both sides suppose these Enlightenment ideals to be under attack. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/16/constitution-day-suggestions/ #PS1politics == impress 1 time 2022-10-07 16:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578416984240271360 It's hard to be too cynical about the motivations of politicians writing tax law. Time for something different? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ For now, renew the R&D tax credit in exchange for renewing the child tax credit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/15/democrats-child-tax-credit-deal/ #PS1tax == impress 1 time 2022-10-07 16:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578415539730292736 There is only one cardinal sin in the energy business: Never, ever make yourself an unreliable supplier. No one will ever trust you again. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html In this big game of chicken, will Putin swerve or will Europe? Can Russia become a North Korea? #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-10-07 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578413815087013889 The purpose of executive privilege is to benefit the country as a whole — not to benefit presidents as individuals https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/us/politics/trump-executive-privilege.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772648463079665 #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578391780608745472 A dishonor roll of insurrectionist candidates. How many are going to be elected? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html Claiming a legitimate election was stolen arouses and provides cover for violent insurrection. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/us-election-risk-index/2022-candidates-challenge-presidential-election-results/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772587186419126 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 14:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578386546872311808 many lawmakers plan to shill for dictators after leaving office https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/05/stop-foreign-dictator-lobbying-racket/ After leaving office, many lawmakers have forgotten how to make an honest living, so what else CAN they do? #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2022-10-07 14:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578385554231549959 In order to fortify THEIR regime of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Trumpists want to overthrow the regime - the rule of law - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/politics/civil-war-social-media-trump.html to replace it with a cult of personality - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-political-violence-trump-jan-6/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772567399754438 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578234205116387328 Money is the mother's milk of politics - want to do something about it? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html#dark I just send all my fund-raising emails to junk https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/small-dollar-donations-online.html There's not much difference between red and blue fund-raising appeals by email or text. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578231553443782657 Trying to come up with a viable alternative to Trumpism in Montana. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/democrats-independents-montana.html Hint: it's not far-left liberalism. It's going to be conservative - but rule of law instead of cult of personality. #PS1politics == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578229854800998400 Liberal nationalism - not an oxymoron. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/ukraine-liberal-nationalism.html Blut und Boden nationalism looks backwards, but the nationalism of the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders looks forward. #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578228237632618496 Twitter is much better at stoking tribalism than promoting progress. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/elon-musk-twitter.html #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-07 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578226955488370689 Putin had a bad month in Ukraine — but a good month in the U.S. Congress. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/opec-putin-mbs.html MBS did OK too. #PS1climate == engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 18 time 2022-10-07 03:33 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578223252995903490 Strains among the oligarchs might eventually threaten Putin. If some criticism is allowed, where will it end? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/world/europe/putin-russia-army-criticism.html #PS1putin == impress 5 time 2022-10-07 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578221944683384832 The present was foreseen in detail in 1933. Along with the lies that people told themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opinion/the-oppermanns-feuchtwanger.html #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578220172959105024 What's the secret of the QAnon anthem? And what does it have to do with QAnon mythology? https://soundcloud.com/will-van-de-crommert/mirrors The composer certainly didn't intend it for QAnon or for Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/05/qanon-trump-rallies-anthem/ #PS1qanon == impress 5 time 2022-10-07 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578214950627000321 Morality is only an issue for the other party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/05/walker-republican-moral-politicians/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578213991595200513 GOP candidates REALLY don't want to answer questions about abortion. Either they lose votes from the base or lose votes from the middle. Their HONEST answer would be I'll say, or not say, anything it takes to get elected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/05/maine-governor-lepage-mills-abortion/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578212986082074626 People will vote for their tribe, no matter how bad the candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/05/arizona-poll-republican-candidates/ And more voters can tell you how much they paid for gas last time, than what their candidate will do if elected. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 02:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578209996893929472 Which is worse - politicians or spammers? Obviously the answer is - politician spammers! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/05/stop-political-spam-gmail/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-10-07 02:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578208253950930945 How Xi has become a cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/05/china-xi-jinping-party-congress/ #PS1china == impress 7 time 2022-10-07 02:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578201715139936256 “What we have seen now is the return of America as the essential factor in European security” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/05/ukraine-war-changed-europe-nato-russia/ #PS1foreign == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 01:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578200846117937152 How covid changed Canada - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/05/canada-covid-legacy-right-wing-populism/ What will the Canadian right do now that covid restrictions are lifted? #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 01:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578199861828079617 Regional federalism - freedom for red states - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Also means freedom for blue states to NOT subsidize red states - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/florida-hurricane-ian-democrats-aid/ Maybe red states can petition the UN for disaster relief. #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-10-07 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578188058616209409 The Electoral Count Reform Act would reduce the impact of election deniers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/election-deniers-republicans-count-congress/ The GOP is now the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party and predominately election denier candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/06/elections-deniers-midterm-elections-2022/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772081869802991 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-10-07 00:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578183805130547200 Former president George W. Bush, former GOP governors and other former Republican senators and House members have not lined up to call out deniers https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/cheney-election-deniers-republicans-arizona/ #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-10-07 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578182799764246528 Originalism cuts both ways! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-alabama-originalism/ #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2022-10-07 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578181214971645953 Of course Putin wants GOP to win in November. Does MBS as well? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/saudis-snub-biden-cut-oil-production-2022-midterms/ We can't as much about Putin, but the Saudis need us against Iran. #PS1mideast == impress 16 time 2022-10-07 00:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578179909872066562 What a real leader sounds like - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/moldova-president-interview-eu-integration/ Not in it for the money or the glory. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-10-07 00:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578177818420162561 The Feds are going after terrorists targeting election officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/06/election-threats-hickman-ford-rissi/ #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-10-07 00:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 330 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-07 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 48 Tweets for 2022-10-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1648 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1772942383050273 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/07/2022 16:10" reach 15 title "One charged, another sentenced for threatening election officials" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772942383050273 ========== 12 Tweets for 2022-10-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578173129393811457 This trip is a bigger challenge than a summer cruise from Cuba to Florida. The Russians will probably make sure it doesn't happen again. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-immigration-coast-guard-lisa-murkowski-alaska-d6df61f70056645283b0b384087d7486 #PS1putin == impress 6 time 2022-10-06 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578172451879415809 Another chance to purify the GOP by getting rid of a non-Trumpist senator! https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/politics/ben-sasse-resigning-senate/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-10-06 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578171080518209536 Gresham's other law - Bad tweets drive out good! https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/tech/elon-musk-twitter-donald-trump/index.html But rest assured that Musk won't allow Twitter to become a free-fire, free-speech zone. Criticism of Musk won't be allowed any more than criticism of Trump on Truth Social. #PS1media == impress 40 time 2022-10-06 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578169702748024832 No deep state in Russia! Autocrats who put their cronies into key positions, control the media to crowd out discordant voices are able to command their subordinates to follow the most foolish orders.” https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/opinions/putin-make-russia-weak-history-bergen/index.html #PS1putin == impress 12 time 2022-10-06 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578168666629160960 GOP candidates need to keep immigration a live issue, and GOP megadonors need a steady supply of cheap labor. https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-congress-government-and-politics-a6b7a3f19297e9d6675fd625634dd41f But Freischütz-macht-Freiheit Caucus ready to impeach Mayorkas - https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/politics/kevin-mccarthy-alejandro-mayorkas-republican-impeachment-effort/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772040669807111 #PS1immigration == impress 5 time 2022-10-06 23:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578162436862984194 Proud Boy pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy and agrees to cooperate. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-conspiracy-timothy-kelly-proud-boys-95c354fdfed5257c0e16743f6234c829 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-10-06 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578160191173894144 Regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html starting to take shape? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/06/gavin-newsom-west-coast-governors-sign-climate-change-agreement/ #PS1climate == impress 1 time 2022-10-06 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578036430030270465 How soon could Trump get back on Twitter? https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/tech/elon-musk-twitter-donald-trump/index.html Would Musk really finish the deal? Would he really reinstate Trump? Would Trump take the bait? Why does Musk want to restore media parity between truth and falsehood. #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-06 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578034112010461184 It's the same in UK as in US - big tax cuts for job creator megadonors follow big campaign donations from megadonors. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/uk/truss-campaign-donations-intl-gbr/index.html All to strengthen minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 1 time 2022-10-06 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578033472651739139 Putin's pals continue to play with US government websites. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/russian-hackers-state-government-websites/index.html Their goal is to support the Trumpist narrative that elections are insecure and unreliable - especially if Democrats win. #PS1russian == impress 4 time 2022-10-06 14:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578019484094210049 Putin propaganda is good enough for Truth Social! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-misinformation-0da59f7a72705c5f3fcdb59af1fc7af0 #PS1media == impress 38 time 2022-10-06 13:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578006555957395458 Russians discover problems with leadership of self-serving opportunists selected for professed loyalty rather than competence. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-6ef2407371c67f0736459378833fab7a The knives are out for the Russian military leadership. Putin has to keep the focus there rather than on himself. #PS1putin == impress 12 time 2022-10-06 12:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 121 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-06 ratio 2 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 12 Tweets for 2022-10-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 403 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 1772063656471479 impress 9 matchedlinkclicks 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/06/2022 17:10" reach 7 title "EXPLAINER: Russia's military woes mount amid Ukraine attacks" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1772063656471479 ========== 6 Tweets for 2022-10-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577665174730788865 The great California gasoline price mystery continues. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/05/california-gas-prices-shrouded-in-secrecy-amid-historic-cost-spike/ None of the known issues account for a dollar increase in two weeks. #PS1capolitics == impress 9 time 2022-10-05 14:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577533711607689216 Low interest rates might be natural for an aging population - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/opinion/interest-rates-inflation.html but it might take global coordination of interest rates to get back there - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/opinion/the-all-too-real-risk-of-a-global-recession.html #PS1inflation == impress 5 time 2022-10-05 05:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577530666027057152 There are only two men in the world who can affect oil prices significantly before the election - Putin and MBS. And both want higher prices. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/white-house-lobby-opec-oil-production-cuts-gasoline-prices-midterms/index.html #PS1inflation == engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 164 time 2022-10-05 05:26 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577528732889145344 Coal miner's politicians should have 1% of the personal integrity of this coal miner's daughter. https://apnews.com/article/loretta-lynn-dies-5f1545e60e37e482faa42cbb25ae61e8 #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-10-05 05:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577527468264542208 This is news? That the Arizona GOP chair has something criminal to hide and so pled the 5th? Who would have expected anything else from a fake elector? https://apnews.com/article/arizona-phoenix-subpoenas-congress-government-and-politics-00e9d0f70d8dd6aeef9453f9bcb7e8b9 #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-10-05 05:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577526190285283328 Promote minority representation by a combination of 1) ranked-choice voting 2) multi-member districts 3) no sore-loser laws. These make gerrymandering pointless. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Otherwise endless redistricting battles. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-ketanji-brown-jackson-us-supreme-court-race-and-ethnicity-f274ce05a19da4a3d48648f82df174e2 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-10-05 05:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2022-10-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 205 epoch Lifetime ID 1771299079881270 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/05/2022 20:10" reach 10 title "Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1771299079881270 ========== 1 Tweets for 2022-10-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1577181410300874752 Beware celebrities talking about things they know nothing about! https://apnews.com/article/kim-kardashian-sec-settlement-dec4c8351551c669335cfc7a1874c3fd #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-10-04 06:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2022-10-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 24 epoch Lifetime ID 1770385326639312 impress 18 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/04/2022 18:10" reach 14 title "Kim Kardashian fined $1 million by SEC over crypto promotion" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1770385326639312 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575910871141736449 Moving toward regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html as U.S. politics nationalizes, blue and red states are diverging even more dramatically https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-hurricane-ian-migrants-transgender-laws/ #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2022-09-30 18:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575909467018866688 They’ve spent a lot of time waiting for this majority to happen, and they don’t plan to waste it” One of the striking things in this area is that originalists do not bring their usual apparatus to bear on these questions https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/supreme-court-term-conservative-targets/ #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-09-30 18:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575906516871233536 The argument for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war - remember Saddam Hussein. We were worse off without him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/putin-russia-ukraine-negotiated-peace/ #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 time 2022-09-30 17:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575905111771004928 Trump is the most incredible president in American history! Those who still find him credible won't change their dogma for all the books in the Library of Congress! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/opinions/trump-books-haberman-confidence-man-carter/index.html Ex-staff planning to publish a Trump book might find the market saturated! #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-09-30 17:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575903195963879424 He's too busy prosecuting Biden! And managing his own legal defense. It's not fair to expect him to go after ordinary criminals too! https://apnews.com/article/elections-texas-presidential-election-2020-ken-paxton-a1bdcfd0a9d25bd6aa3666b70f74f2b2 #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-09-30 17:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575893136823312391 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-health-social-media-covid-571a85e4c7a2492ea816f6dbd4e32818 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-09-30 16:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575858512332083200 Der Untergang When fate and facts go against them, delusional narcissistic leaders become MORE delusional, not less. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/30/europe/russia-ukraine-annexation-analysis-intl/index.html Putin, Trump, Hitler, .... #PS1putin == impress 16 time 2022-09-30 14:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575844058152415232 None of the little Pacific island nations can defend itself from climate change, much less political change imposed by large countries. So they have to get the best deal for the countries. But sometimes it's just the best deal for the leaders. https://apnews.com/article/biden-business-china-antony-blinken-climate-and-environment-769e80b0ab96de6521ab52deae3cbca4 #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-09-30 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575639385780781056 Is Trump so desperate for attention that he will talk to anybody who will write anything about him? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/opinion/donald-trump-maggie-haberman.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-09-30 00:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575636844749856768 Flexible ideology - a hallmark of a Trumpist. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/us/politics/desantis-biden-hurricane-ian-aid.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-09-30 00:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 175 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-30 ratio 4 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Tweets for 2022-09-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 349 audclicks 4 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1766342777043567 impress 30 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/30/2022 06:09" rcs 3 reach 23 reactions 2 title "DeSantis, Once a ‘No’ on Storm Aid, Petitions a President He’s Bashed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1766342777043567 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575633624677830659 The Freischütz Caucus wants to impeach Biden, Harris, and many other Democrats - for the high crime of being Democrats and embracing the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders rather than Trumpism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/politics/republicans-impeach-biden-house-majority/index.html But the devil gets the last shot! #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-09-29 23:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575629825254993921 Staying on message! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-virginia-government-and-politics-3b4102509ef93bc37d24d7c8fd79ba80 She still doesn't have any evidence but she still believes the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. But not from any of the GOP candidates who won? #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2022-09-29 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575360807646294017 A self-serving opportunist 24x7, with no concern about observing precedents from the past or setting precedents for the future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/28/trump-book-white-house-bomb-mexico/ He never understood that he was just another link in the chain joining his predecessors and successors. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-09-29 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575356517875785728 Six newspapers wanted change. They got change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/28/trump-supporter-disappointment/ But Trump never changed. He was a self-serving opportunist in 2004 and 2014, and won't change in 2024. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1765161303828381 #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-09-29 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575335720218025984 Close races where small donations might make a difference. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-tossups.html #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-09-29 04:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 196 epoch Lifetime ID 1765515080459670 impress 29 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/29/2022 08:09" reach 22 title "Tossups in 2022 Election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1765515080459670 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575258937376448512 One of a leader's most important tasks is dealing with subordinates who are not succeeding at their job. The leader must either find a way to help them master it, or move them to a job they can master. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/donald-trump-firing-twitter/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1764946783849833 #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-09-28 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575208233936920577 If enough Trumpist candidates change their message between primary and general, enough independent voters will conclude that those candidates only believe in getting elected - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html and those voters will look elsewhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/28/peter-thiel-blake-masters-jd-vance-2022-gop-senate-control/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-09-28 19:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575014884030369792 Federal territories should be incorporated into states or else given independence. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories They are all depopulating - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/23/american-territories-population-loss/ for the same reasons as the rest of rural America- Chinese manufacturing seems to be the biggest problem. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-09-28 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575011422328696833 What it's like to be the target of the Trumpist propaganda machine - https://apnews.com/article/shootings-texas-connecticut-alex-jones-waterbury-f3ef318375efc40dccc7067fb8f53e5e #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-09-28 06:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575010859662815232 It's not easy to serve a Trumpist! https://apnews.com/article/texas-dallas-subpoenas-ken-paxton-3fa293d712fda938142c86aaf5be83c1 Especially a lawyer with lots of legal problems. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-09-28 06:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 176 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-28 ratio 2 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title Tweets for 2022-09-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 196 audclicks 7 commentsimpress 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1765132250497953 impress 26 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/28/2022 21:09" rcs 2 reach 23 title "Records: Texas attorney general fled home to avoid subpoena" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1765132250497953 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574629116543787008 Everything you need to know about most politicians and minority rule! https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/09/25 #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-09-27 05:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574626148067123200 It's a habit - say one thing and do the opposite - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop And count on your voters to accept it - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses It's how you protect minority rule, your dark campaign money, and your re-election. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opinion/gop-economic-policy.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2022-09-27 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574624751661641728 Trumpists cause harm even in Connecticut. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opinion/dominic-rapini-secretary-state-trump.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-27 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574623589478805504 QAnons and all the other fringe single-issue constituencies are just cannon fodder for protecting minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Not just for Trump, but for most of the GOP - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opinion/politics/trump-election-qanon.html Who cares - there's plenty more where they came from! #PS1minority == impress 6 time 2022-09-27 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574621582235820034 Woke was used by Black people to describe the Black people so socially conscious that it bordered on parody. Unfortunately, one of us said it in mixed company, and it eventually entered the mainstream as a synonym for political correctness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/09/26/damon-young-woke-is-now-dog-whistle-black-whats-next/ #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2022-09-27 04:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574620090212896768 Looks bad for seditious conspirators - they have a tendency to turn on one another to reduce their sentences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/09/24/oath-keepers-sedition-trial-preview/ #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-09-27 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574618875957694464 Putin's nuclear options. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/26/putin-nuclear-threat-bluff-us-biden-response/ But before embarking on them, he has to wonder if all the Russian armed forces are as corrupt and decrepit as those invading Ukraine. #PS1putin == impress 53 time 2022-09-27 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574616557514215424 there is a lot of pressure on Republicans to vote to impeach Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/26/commitment-to-america-revenge/ For which high crime - Not encouraging violent insurrectionists? Not demanding election officials find non-existent votes? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1763400724004439 #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-09-27 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574613134769213440 GOP usually oppose wasteful government spending. But looking for Democratic voter fraud must not be wasteful, even if they don't find any! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/09/26/arizona-election-integrity-unit/ Of course other red states are following suit. #PS1election == impress 4 time 2022-09-27 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574610149527863297 I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are” THAT's a unique justification for running for president! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/donald-trump-president-quote-maggie-haberman-book/index.html It's all about the fame and fortune! #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-09-27 04:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574609334922670081 The shadow docket - no explanations required. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/opinions/supreme-court-shadow-docket-vladeck/index.html #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2022-09-27 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574608376859750400 Roger Stone never intended to accept the results of the 2020 election. Why should he? He led the Brooks Brothers insurrection in 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot So it all fits one who has a portrait of Nixon tattooed on his back. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/roger-stone-january-6-documentary-film/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-09-27 03:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574606917212655617 Victims of violent crime deserve their chance to speak. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/opinions/january-6-attacks-capitol-court-sentencing-young-fanone/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-09-27 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574605869953662976 Another victim of Perla and Ron. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/us/migrants-flight-marthas-vineyard-recruiter/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-09-27 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574605114941186048 Sloppiness at the top encourages sloppiness all the way down. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/peter-navarro-justice-department-federal-records/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-09-27 03:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 50 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-27 ratio 11 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-09-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 497 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1764302703914241 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/27/2022 22:09" rcs 1 reach 11 reactions 1 title "Justice Department asks judge to order former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to return federal records | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1764302703914241 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574268103495585792 The GOP commitment - to opposition - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/25/house-gop-commitment-to-america-mccarthy/ A list of things to talk about, not of things to do. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop They are not FOR anything specific that might alienate their crazies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/25/commitment-america-gop-midterms-dionne/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1762421970768981 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-09-26 05:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574264097587138561 It's always a challenge to outdo and disable your rivals without appearing to do so. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/us/politics/abbott-desantis-rivalry.html Their love of stunts suggests they should run away to the circus instead of run for president. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-26 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574262191787626496 immigrants can be converted from throngs of individuals with individual lives and stories into an amorphous wave https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/opinion/beto-orourke-abbott-texas-governor.html Works for Trumpists! And in Russia, China, Iran, ... So what is the danger of a single story? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg #PS1theory == impress 56 time 2022-09-26 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574256530865590273 Look out for Perla and Ron! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/25/desantis-perla-migrant-flight-marthas-vineyard/ #PS1immigration == impress 3 time 2022-09-26 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1574249366990118913 No progress on Havana Syndrome. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/25/politics/havana-syndrome-cia-doctor-cnn-special/index.html #PS1health == impress 7 time 2022-09-26 04:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 160 epoch Lifetime ID 1763279977349847 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/26/2022 17:09" reach 9 title "CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome says he was in 'disbelief' as he suffered what he was investigating | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1763279977349847 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573891770835824640 A novel plea - go easy on me because the government made it so easy to steal https://artdaily.com/news/149110/Prosecutors-struggle-to-catch-up-to-a-tidal-wave-of-pandemic-fraud #PS1justice == impress 4 time 2022-09-25 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573878252703129600 Minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html is a system to protect both economic and political power of the ruling class, by dividing the masses - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses Strom Thurmond was a leader in both economic and political oppression - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/opinion/labor-union-racism-history.html #PS1minority == impress 12 time 2022-09-25 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573876932709478400 A Very Long Engagement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Long_Engagement come to life - Google searches in Russia for 'How to break your arm' have skyrocketed https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/opinion/putin-trump-ukraine.html #PS1putin == impress 20 time 2022-09-25 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573875556323446785 Tax laws are intended to benefit the rich and powerful - at least according to GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/us/politics/paul-lepage-maine-taxes.html But don't YOU try to get away with anything! #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2022-09-25 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573869451291697152 Of course the suit was without merit on its face. Plaintiffs just wanted publicity for a propaganda win. Who paid their legal fees? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/politics/doj-memo-school-board-threats-dismiss-lawsuit/index.html #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-09-25 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573868072917602307 Liz Cheney is already NOT a Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican. Maybe she hasn't realized it yet. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/politics/liz-cheney-republican-party-donald-trump-2024/index.html The GOP will go the way of the Whigs, we hope, to be replaced by a rational conservative party with broader appeal. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2022-09-25 02:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573840803851403266 Foreign wars were a great way for the ruling class to extract wealth and give themselves more power” Just whose extracted wealth does this Republican think is financing his campaign? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/opinion/house-republican-elections.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1761445777533267 #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-25 01:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573835116761165824 Big lies beget big liars. But only some will be able to monetize their fame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/20/social-media-influencers-election-fraud/ #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-09-25 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573832759570669569 There are a lot more Trumpist evangelicals than Trumpist Mormons. The GOP donors have done the math. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/21/oregon-football-obscene-chant-mormon-history/ #PS1other == impress 5 time 2022-09-25 00:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573828440628768768 No matter what GOP candidates say, they will support union-busting to support their megadonors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop One Pennsylvania union says - “Here’s one thing my members get: They’ll never be with someone who is for right-to-work” https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-pennsylvania-presidential-campaigns-d934158054ec81e2379b72ad40b5f6b7 #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-09-25 00:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573826681139171328 What exactly was going on? It doesn't matter - as long as it raises doubt, it abets the insurrectionists. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-lawsuits-donald-trump-voting-6a1324cc6cf45c95ca086a5c81617b15 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-09-25 00:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 377 epoch Lifetime ID 1762359410775237 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/25/2022 20:09" reach 7 title "Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1762359410775237 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573815398285180928 What seditious conspiracy looks like - https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-presidential-elections-donald-trump-election-2020-e81901ad99b8ddc5c8f23280e67fa63e and what a pathetic cover-up attempt looks like. They didn't understand, despite all evidence, that Trump would urge them on, but not back them up if they failed. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-09-24 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573812900602339328 Covid is not over https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/22/opinion-no-mr-president-the-pandemic-isnt-over/ We'll be paying for covid carelessness for a generation or more. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-22/covid-s-aftermath-study-of-millions-raises-fears-of-brain-nerve-damage #PS1virus == impress 3 time 2022-09-24 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573535925925081089 partisan problems — like the one engineered by Mitch McConnell, Trump and the Federalist Society — demand partisan solutions https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/opinion/cannon-trump-federal-judges.html #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2022-09-24 04:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573534162547445760 The plot to reject the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders and preserve minority rule forever is now a horror movie - https://nytimes.com/2022/09/21/opinion/republicans-democracy-elections-bannon.html Democracy is not just based upon laws, but on common ideals regulated by rule of law. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/opinion/trump-big-lie-elections.html #PS1democracy == impress 10 time 2022-09-24 04:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573531215251922945 What do Trump, Cuomo, and Atlanta gangsters have in common? They are all learning what law and order is all about - from bad experiences with Howard University graduates! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/23/letitia-james-fani-willis-howard-university-trump/ #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2022-09-24 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573529824257183744 A traditional conservative view of Mastriano - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/25/mastriano-danger-pennsylvania-governor/ Mastriano is the future of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. The remaining traditional conservative GOP need to think long and hard about what's really important. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-24 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573526175577612288 Trumpism - and GOP minority rule - depend on single-issue constituencies - right-to-lifers, free-fire advocates, anti-vaxxers, KKK, Nazis... What's next - incels? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/ But for now - QAnon - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/23/trump-qanon-song/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1760691577608687 #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2022-09-24 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573520046789316608 If you're a Trumpist, there's nothing wrong in planning to kidnap Democratic officials. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/dixon-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-michigan-governor/index.html Just pretend it was a joke if it didn't succeed. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2022-09-24 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573518714481221632 Guilty of many things, but mainly of being gullible. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/douglas-jensen-guilty-qanon-january-6-trial/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-09-24 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573516811269591040 The platform to ENACT for the megadonors hasn't changed - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop So McCarthy published a platform to TALK about for the voters - https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-kevin-mccarthy-newt-gingrich-border-security-97f04b6997ea980a868b8d7628378824 Traditional GOP business as usual. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-09-24 03:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573514797189976065 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vesco If you're a fugitive on the run, you're just a pawn in other people's games. Better have acce$$ to lot$ of influence to buy protection. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-asia-venezuela-navy-fbbe6efc3c566e76c3891c29677973ff #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2022-09-24 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573512301461745664 Why is California gas more expensive? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/23/california-gas-is-out-of-whack-nearly-2-more-than-national-average/ Round up all the usual suspects and you still can't explain the difference. #PS1capolitics == impress 9 time 2022-09-24 03:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 411 epoch Lifetime ID 1761383967539448 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/24/2022 15:09" reach 8 title "California gas is ‘out of whack’ – nearly $2 more than national average. Who’s to blame?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1761383967539448 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573404462605275136 Cruelty as a campaign promise! It worked for Roman emperors, so why not Trumpists? https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/09/22/leonard-pitts-jr-this-is-not-about-immigration/ The last thing a Trumpist would want to do is solve a problem so it's no longer a campaign issue. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-09-23 20:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573400995220295681 Why is inflation so stubborn? Higher profits on gas - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/business/gas-prices-decline-streak.html Higher profits on cars - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/business/economy/inflation-car-market.html But inflation is a global problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/briefing/inflation-prices-ukraine-economy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1760415590969619 #PS1inflation == impress 4 time 2022-09-23 19:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573370680044830722 You can get rich on Youtube! By selling courses to the gullible that they hope will teach them how to get rich on Youtube. https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/you-too-can-strike-it-rich-on-youtube-8077355/ If somebody asks you to send them money to make you rich, ask them to send you money to make them rich. #PS1media == impress 6 time 2022-09-23 17:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573369553110843393 It's true! It's more profitable to operate in a red state that deregulates companies and discourages unions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/business/economy/smithfield-california-factory.html Too bad for the workers. #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2022-09-23 17:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573366498747465728 Hazards of leveraging securities you can't sell - markets go down as well as up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/technology/loans-startup-employees.html #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2022-09-23 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573365714395742208 Why do cities across the nation frequently offer wealthy team owners handouts to create or enhance the palaces in which teams show off their skills? https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/16/california-is-pro-sports-no-1-money-making-machine/ #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 29% expands 1 impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-09-23 17:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573363807199850496 Nobody who voted for Trump in 2000 has lived more than five years! And more of the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-science-health-adbf7288863f506cae9e795c6c3b88e5 #PS1media == impress 11 time 2022-09-23 17:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573328442203987970 Maybe Trump will send some money to help the candidates he endorsed. But mostly it goes to his legal defense funds. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/donald-trump-allies-super-pac/index.html #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2022-09-23 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573325555461652482 In Russia, life at the top has always been hazardous. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/europe/russia-official-anatoly-gerashchenko-death-intl/index.html #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-09-23 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573319720052588544 Trumpism in action - it doesn't matter if it's true if it polls well with your base. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-education-social-media-arizona-lakes-b1524fde3437d21ccfca1c445a254d1f #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-09-23 14:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573154927794614272 I’ve already said I’m sorry, and I’m done saying I’m sorry https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/us/politics/alex-jones-trial.html Perhaps Jones means that he's sorry that he's going to have to pay so much money for libeling the parents of dead children. He isn't sorry for the dead children or their parents. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 13 time 2022-09-23 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573147359508594688 The Cuban missile crisis was averted by JFK secretly agreeing to remove the American missles from Turkey. What can Biden offer Putin in the present crisis? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/putin-ukraine-threats-biden-cuban-missile-crisis/ #PS1ukraine == impress 23 time 2022-09-23 03:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573146124135059456 “the same playbook is being used around the world, if an election is not in someone’s favor, it’s been rigged https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/jan6-committee-twitter-witness-navaroli/ Whose speech are we protecting at the expense of whose safety? And whose safety are we protecting at the expense of whose speech?” #PS1media == impress 9 time 2022-09-23 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573139364451868675 What happens if the party base nominates a candidate with no chance in the general elections? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/trump-threaten-democracy-nyt-siena-college-poll/index.html Does the GOP dissolve into a fascist Trumpist Dixiecrat branch and a traditional Burkean conservative branch? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759812001029978 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-09-23 02:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573135922140512258 Trumpists want to make elections more manageable by hand counting rather than machine counting. It's a lot easier to obtain the desired result with hand counting. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/michigan-republican-gop-nominee-deperno-emails-invs/index.html They keep repeating the same old disproved claims. Their base doesn't care. #PS1election == engage 3 engage-rate 50% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-09-23 02:23 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 592 epoch Lifetime ID 1760529750958203 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/23/2022 16:09" reach 9 title "Trump-backed GOP pick for Michigan AG has been a vocal supporter of election lies. Emails show just how far he's gone for the cause | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1760529750958203 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573096625337028608 Time to fix the Insurrection Act - https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/reform-the-insurrection-act to make sure that it's available when needed and not when it's not. #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-09-22 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573082683575599104 Newt Gingrich and the institutionalization of the GOP as the party of minority rule - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/opinion/moderate-republicans-gingrich-trump-new-england.html Republicans who don't fit Trumpism have to go elsewhere, but a third party is not the answer - that would mostly empower Trumpism. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-09-22 22:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573080379941998592 The executive branch has regulations laying out the process that should be followed, such as a requirement to make sure that other agencies and departments with an interest in the secret are consulted https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/trump-classified-documents.html Telepathy does not count. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 22:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573078878649974784 LOL Nothing Matters - “It’s one small lie, followed by a demand for a bigger lie” https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722010971476748 Political debate has become so degraded that it includes every kind of offense https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/opinion/trump-big-lie-big-joke.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759683321042846 #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-22 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573072618621931520 GOP candidates talk about privatizing Social Security. Are anonymous bureaucrats better on Wall Street than in DC? Many candidates aren't good at saying one thing to the voters and another to the megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/democrats-election-republican-candidate-meltdown/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759669044377607 #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 22:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573066044914241537 If the GOP retakes the House, they'll reinforce minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But McCarthy has a platform for the voters! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/house-republicans-midterm-mccarthy/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759658837711961 #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-09-22 21:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573061377799106560 Don't show up in court with a Hitler mustache! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/timothy-hale-cusanelli-stephen-ayres-capitol-riot/index.html Evidently not evident to everybody! #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-09-22 21:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573060991692447744 4 GOP senators reject declassification by telepathy! They ALL know there are processes and procedures - but so far most won't admit it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/republican-reaction-trump-secret-records/index.html If they ALL turn on Trump, it will happen overnight, if their megadonors decide Trump is now a liability. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-09-22 21:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573059058902487041 The only reality that matters is the reality your audience feels inside! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-afghanistan-ohio-campaigns-e75d2566635f11f49332bd1c46711999 Objective external reality? Doesn't exist for Trumpists! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-22 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573054150501277696 “Secret Telepathic Unilateral Preemptive Irreversible Declassification” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/trump-declassified-documents-excuses-media/ There is process and procedure for declassifying documents. But Trump is not a process/procedure guy. His process is to do what he wants and let his lawyers justify it. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-09-22 20:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573051339948826624 Vigilantism - a sign of decline of the rule of law. The people who enjoy hunting and trapping other people will eventually find all sorts of excuses and go far beyond child predators. Wrong person? Mistakes happen! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/09/22/prredator-catchers-vigilante-justice/ #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 25 time 2022-09-22 20:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573045592401534976 A house of cards is meant to fall - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/crypto-exchange-bitcoin-history/ but if new players keep building new ones - the new ones eventually fall too. Greed overcame many celebrities who should have known better. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573004058155421696 Reality-TV real estate speculator to Reality-TV star to Reality-TV president to Reality-TV defendant? It's all about the image and the ratings, not the substance. He thinks he's being prosecuted for who he is, not for what he's done. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/trump-business-practices-maggie-haberman-book/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573002313018769408 What's the most important thing to remember about people of the past? Isn't it the good things they did, not the bad things - the occasions when they rose above their times, not the times they did not? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/opinions/the-woman-king-history-misogyny-burton/index.html #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-09-22 17:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573000568989437952 Looks like the only ace in Putin's sleeve might be his nukes. Other secondary military powers are taking note. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/europe/russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1ukraine == impress 18 time 2022-09-22 17:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572999529334706177 if he doesn’t run in 2024, it would make it more difficult for the former President to claim he is being politically victimized https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/donald-trump-dual-legal-blows-analysis/index.html There you have it - Trump will run for president in 2024. Even if he's broke and in jail. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 25% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-09-22 17:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572995468166303746 Does he still have access to sufficient funds to buy protection in Venezuela or safe transit to Russia? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/22/fugitive-in-massive-navy-bribery-case-caught-in-venezuela/ Or will he wait and wait and wait in limbo - as in the movie Casablanca. #PS1justice == impress 17 time 2022-09-22 17:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572817344887656448 Several ways Putin's war could end - from bad to worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/ukraine-putin.html #PS1ukraine == impress 35 time 2022-09-22 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572815649885540353 A horror movie - the plot to reject the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders and preserve minority rule forever! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/opinion/republicans-democracy-elections-bannon.html Democracy is not just based upon laws. It's based on common ideals and conventions, regulated by rule of law. #PS1democracy == engage 4 engage-rate 67% expands 4 impress 6 time 2022-09-22 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572807774660329477 Unfair! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/opinion/herschel-walker-smart.html Herschel Walker is almost as smart as Donald Trump! Just the sort of black man Trump likes - an entertainer who can follow the cues most of the time. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2022-09-22 04:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572799703296905217 Trump never met a patriarchalist he didn't like - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/john-gibbs-womens-suffrage-19th-amendment-kfile/index.html or a QAnon - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/qanon-fans-donald-trump/index.html Trump accepts the votes and cash from all his admirers, very fine people, no matter what else they believe. #PS1trump == impress 16 time 2022-09-22 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572797560120840193 How to use fake children to steal from the government! https://apnews.com/article/health-minnesota-covid-nutrition-cc55a566c806a29a7f2e64c762975a09 #PS1justice == engage-rate NaN time 2022-09-22 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572796526627557378 Universal basic income? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html It's already here in deep-red Alaska! https://apnews.com/article/inflation-alaska-anchorage-b084bb09ebe256c43a488c186b846c44 #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-09-22 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572795626244669440 So much for initiative, referendum, recall as tools of the people. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative If you've got the bucks, can you buy any election? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sports-california-gavin-newsom-native-americans-218eb0e80aa9206cb40e67e9449441c6 Just vote NO on legalized gambling! #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-09-22 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572794334755590146 How strong leaders cope with unfavorable social media - they shut down the internet completely. https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-technology-iran-dubai-arab-emirates-5712b917fc4d19eaa01ab8fbf53e2b8f #PS1media == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572793405469765632 House Trumpists do their best to prevent plugging leaks in the Electoral Count Act. They must be planning to use those leaks in 2024. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-constitutions-election-2020-32c6ea94829f95d11f7696d2cba542b6 #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2022-09-22 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572792392121712642 Patriotic Russians - run for their lives. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-fleeing-mobilization-dbe01d0c9be45a8c479565501a2a8f32 There's nothing uniquely Russian about draft dodging! #PS1putin == impress 16 time 2022-09-22 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572789713391747073 Does Trump actually have a legal defense to charges of stealing and mishandling top-secret documents and lying about it? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/appeals-court-mar-a-lago-criminal-classified-documents/index.html So far, nobody can see one. It seems he's just trying to run down the clock, any way he can. And it's not working. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-09-22 03:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572776571785871361 Money is the mother's milk of politics. Tired of that? https://americanpromise.net/ Meanwhile, who do you support for - Senate? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1758920977785747 Governor? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1758923021118876 House of Representatives? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1758929574451554 https://www.270towin.com/2022-senate-election/ #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-09-22 02:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 1096 epoch Lifetime ID 1759002064444305 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/21/2022 20:09" reach 9 title "2022 Senate Election Interactive Map - 270toWin" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1759002064444305 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570818341341925376 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-health-covid-social-media-germany-19df529423594d1b45ff02530364c65c #PS1media == impress 1 time 2022-09-16 16:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570764188972351490 Who's going to save the GOP from Trump? Not the lunatic fringe who love him. Not the self-serving opportunists who keep quiet - no courage there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/02/its-time-republicans-save-themselves/ If GOP leaders do turn on Trump, it will seem unanimous and overnight. Safety in numbers! #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-09-16 13:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-21 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 71 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1758858284458683 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/21/2022 15:09" rcs 1 reach 10 title "Opinion | It’s time for Republicans to save themselves" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1758858284458683 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570267130788212737 China and climate - a confusing tale of internal contradictions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/opinion/environment/china-climate-change-heat-drought.html Perhaps most important, the population of China is aging and probably decreasing soon - just like many other industrialized countries, including America. #PS1china == impress 9 time 2022-09-15 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570264006291783688 Eventually children become too expensive and the population ages. Is that a problem? It is for militarists who like lots of cannon fodder, but for anybody else? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/opinion/population-birthrate-decline.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2022-09-15 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570262520816103425 Good news and bad news about reverse migration. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/opinion/reverse-great-migration.html #PS1other == impress 5 time 2022-09-15 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570258699779973122 What happened to the plan to rename military bases? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/14/trump-confederacy-military-bases/ Nothing. Trump vetoed it and was overridden and the renaming is in progress. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-09-15 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570257323054223360 Stare decisis? States rights? Why nobody can believe anything a Trumpist stooge promises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/14/lindsey-graham-abortion-ban-states-rights/ But you can believe that they will say whatever it takes to win. #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-15 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570255768703897601 Yvon Chouinard - from reinventing rock climbing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon_Chouinard#Yosemite_rock_climber_to_leading_alpinist to reinventing capitalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/09/14/patagonia-yvon-chouinard-climate-change/ #PS1other == impress 6 time 2022-09-15 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570252486258364417 false statements, conspiracy and obstruction Jeffrey Clark should have demanded a pardon from Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/jeffrey-clark-doj-false-statements-conspiracy-obstruction-investigation/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2022-09-15 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570251259093069827 If you don't have the facts, argue the law. If you don't have the law, argue the facts. If you don't have the law or the facts - shout at the judge? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/oath-keepers-judge-mehta-argument/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-09-15 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570250354117451776 DOJ might have questions for Meadows that he avoided with the Jan 6 committee. No more avoiding! https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/mark-meadows-subpoena-justice-department-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 46 time 2022-09-15 03:17 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570238775179214854 No constitutional basis for Independent State Legislatures deciding elections contrary to their own state constitutions. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-other-chief-justices-have-their Some of the Trumpist states might do it anyway. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-15 02:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 64 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-15 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2022-09-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 319 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1753710518306793 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/15/2022 05:09" reach 18 title "The Other Chief Justices Have Their Say" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1753710518306793 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570118600257867777 The quiet conclusion of the Durham investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/14/trump-russia-durham-barr/ #PS1justice == impress 12 time 2022-09-14 18:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570117635836346368 How to talk out of both sides of your mouth about abortion - required for GOP candidates who want to win primary AND general elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/14/republican-abortion-midterms-graham/ They don't want to talk about what they REALLY believe - that they should say whatever it takes to win. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-09-14 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570095206455980033 GOP sees voter fraud everywhere. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/jason-schofield-new-york-election-commissioner/index.html That's because so many of the offenders are GOP. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-09-14 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570092849588490246 Ransomware for fun and profit - the Iranian government doesn't mind. https://apnews.com/article/technology-iran-violence-new-jersey-united-states-76c970bd4f1cdac3dc6bffa7ce925961 #PS1ransomware == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 16:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570091938262708224 Christian Nationalism is on a mission - to preserve minority rule. https://www.denverpost.com/2022/09/14/lauren-boebert-christian-nationalist-republican-colorado/ They have no use for democracy or separation of church and state or any other Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1753101391701039 #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-14 16:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570056267976286214 How to talk out of both sides of your mouth - a vital talent for GOP candidates who want to win the primary AND general elections. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/fact-check-republican-senate-nominees-2020-election/index.html And they don't want to talk about what they REALLY believe - that they should say whatever it takes to win. #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 20% expands 2 impress 10 time 2022-09-14 14:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570052171131158529 How can Xi benefit from Putin's distress? Or at least avoid further harm. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/opinions/putin-xi-meeting-uzbekistan-summit-ghitis/index.html Major reductions in trade with the west would be an economic disaster for China and Xi. #PS1china == engage 4 engage-rate 18% impress 22 likes 1 time 2022-09-14 14:09 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1570050830702874624 GOP Lt Gov says GOP must move beyond Trump. But most current GOP candidates have hugged the tar baby too closely and can never be clean again, no matter how they scrub their websites. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/opinions/gop-candidates-midterm-elections-duncan/index.html #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2022-09-14 14:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569895797743038464 Self-serving opportunists founding personality cults attract other self-serving opportunists and reward them for loyalty, rather than competence. See the result in the Trump administration. See it magnified 1000X in Putin's war. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/opinion/ukraine-deflates-maga-macho-myths.html #PS1trumpism == impress 17 time 2022-09-14 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569894080729214978 The paradox of democracy - free speech can, and will, be used to undermine democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/democracy-crisis-speech-trump.html Putin and Xi, among others, are counting on it, and encouraging it, in order to justify their antidemocratic regimes. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 likes 1 time 2022-09-14 03:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569892507902967811 The goal of minority rule is protecting and enhancing economic inequality - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html and that requires protecting and enhancing political inequality - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/democracy-inequality-united-states.html #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569890043342520327 The same struggle between medievalism and Enlightenment that animated America's founders continues within organized religion, most visibly in Roman Catholicism - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/books/review/catholicism-history-john-mcgreevy.html #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-09-14 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569887334317051908 What happened to the Misery Index? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/inflation-misery-index-economy-prices.html We'll find out in November! #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569886278350675968 Ancient ideas discovered anew at Jena - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/environment/climate-change-nature-friedrich-schelling.html #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-09-14 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569885228667371520 A long winter ahead in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/ukraine-war-biden.html Putin is counting on a long cold winter to turn Ukraine's western allies against it. #PS1ukraine == impress 47 time 2022-09-14 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569883657862795264 Ranked-choice voting https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential wins in Alaska! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/13/democrats-alaska-special-election-lessons/ May it prosper elsewhere! #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2022-09-14 03:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569882340951998464 Who's who in the Trumpist Dixiecrat Insurrection against the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/wizard-of-oz-flying-monkeys-trump-big-lie/ The hottest seats are reserved for those who knew better and lied anyway for political gain. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-09-14 02:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569881125593694209 Remember Maria Butina, now elected to the Russian Duma? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina Putin still has plenty of money for political influence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/13/united-states-russia-political-campaign/ The GOP (and not a few Democrats) have good reasons to want to keep dark campaign money dark. #PS1russian == impress 20 time 2022-09-14 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569879790655778818 Odd how healthy Russian executives tend to untimely deaths. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/business/ivan-pechorin-death-russia-intl/index.html But it's an ancient Russian tradition. #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569879320746917889 It's going to be quiet for 60 days. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/trump-justice-department-election-investigation/index.html But then will the indictments start coming on November 9? #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-09-14 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569877832066809856 Three more violent insurrectionists headed to Federal prison. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/january-6-rioters-guilty-felony/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 02:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569875305938194432 So it wasn't really about states' rights after all! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-inflation-us-supreme-court-health-7ea4f8fa597c97042503d856a082ef94 It was really about protecting minority rule. Thank you for the clarification, Sen. Graham. Everybody vote - and donate - accordingly! #PS1health == impress 4 time 2022-09-14 02:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 74 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-14 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 742 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1753363838341461 impress 23 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/14/2022 18:09" rcs 2 reach 20 reactions 1 title "GOP's Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1753363838341461 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569751116547772416 Current projects for Jan 6 committee. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-2022-midterm-elections-biden-congress-a4cfc83415b2456e66c85f52e4de8543 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-09-13 18:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569750166324023296 Trump's got lots of other people's money saved up - to help Trump! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-russia-ukraine-donald-trump-presidential-campaigns-4ce3a13c3fe27255210adc0c83a80da1 #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-09-13 18:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569747786069057536 Wait there's more! ?? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-carolyn-maloney-congress-government-and-politics-5eddf3738732cbed53f2fa439c43b84f If Trump lied the first time they asked, why would they believe him now? #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-09-13 18:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-13 ratio 18 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-09-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 69 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1752581025086409 impress 21 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/13/2022 18:09" rcs 1 reach 18 reactions 1 title "Panel: Archives still not certain it has all Trump records" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1752581025086409 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569291934132506629 How did they ever get him to leave? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/trump-vowed-to-stay-in-white-house-haberman-book/index.html #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-09-12 11:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569291176439853058 Putin supporters have more to say on Ukraine collapse. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/11/europe/ukraine-russia-eastern-front/index.html #PS1ukraine == engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 43 time 2022-09-12 11:45 +0000 urlclicks 3 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-12 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-09-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 46 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1751868065157705 impress 24 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/12/2022 17:09" reach 20 title "Russia's collapse in northeast Ukraine ignites fury from Putin loyalists | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1751868065157705 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569100318864191488 Humility is a safer path - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_Farewell_Address But hubris is the essential ingredient of Greek tragedy and grand opera. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/opinion/rudy-giuliani-9-11-trump.html #PS1other == impress 1 time 2022-09-11 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569096783888023552 Ron Johnson - he's a regular Rick Scott! Not the least bit shy about talking about the REAL Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP program of strengthening minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/11/johnson-wisconsin-senate-race-republican/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-09-11 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569095940816146434 Good reasons for presidents to be content with one term. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/09/09/biden-one-term-presidency/ #PS1biden == impress 1 time 2022-09-11 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569094526517800961 In the starting and ending of wars, the enemy has a vote. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/09/911-21st-anniversary-terrorism-endless-war/ #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-09-11 22:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569093602051256320 Trumpism doesn't need Trump. When Trump refers to America First he's only referring to the historical stream of ethno-nationalist fascism that he is only the latest, and not the last, to paddle in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/09/09/america-first-american-dream-trumpism/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1751084358569409 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-11 22:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569083562753916928 Getting off light - so far. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/europe/russia-officials-fined-for-putin-impeachment-call-intl/index.html The mild response suggests Putin's hand is weaker than we thought. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 20% impress 15 time 2022-09-11 22:00 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569082474558550016 Are candidate debates good for anything? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-presidential-election-2020-herschel-walker-94c6fe26f5f27cab6385e37946124d77 In most cases, the candidates are terrified the voters might find out what they really think, when they respond to an unexpected hostile question. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-09-11 21:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569040519967440897 How the sausage gets made - https://apnews.com/article/biden-bernie-sanders-congress-climate-and-environment-21dab2374977f3120d2c8d5e364b2e44 Sometimes you have to hold your nose at some of the tactics to achieve laudable strategic goals. #PS1climate == impress 3 time 2022-09-11 19:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569039422905270277 Distributed denial of service attacks on election officials' time - https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-social-media-voting-presidential-279477cae723dd520240f5e35676c880 As a colleague once said, Bad ideas come along faster than I can deal with them. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-11 19:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568965753059299330 Ransomware gangs labored over Labor Day. FBI says they don't necessarily restore your system if ransom is paid. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/11/ransomware-attacks-targeting-school-districts-hospitals/ #PS1ransomware == impress 5 time 2022-09-11 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568861091555594247 More on Russian military reverses in Ukraine. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russian-forces-flee-as-ukraine-makes-rapid-eastern-push-1.1817023 Some of these forces are Russian conscripts, others are Ukrainian collaborators. #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 time 2022-09-11 07:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568859885265371136 Planning to use election integrity to undermine future election integrity! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-michigan-cdfa5bd771c484335f2f03182af5b08d They are most incensed against rule-of-law Republicans that block them in red states. After they deal with them, they'll go after Democrats in blue states. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-09-11 07:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568858087003668481 Kansas Kris Kobach is in the news again! Then - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/kris-kobach-and-search-mythical-voter-fraud/617069/ Now - https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-elections-donald-trump-kansas-board-of-directors-6ed6d081ccf5488dfc63ead9407e4d4c No surprise that he was involved with Bannon! #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2022-09-11 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568855913536323587 Security is a way of life! https://apnews.com/article/florida-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-congress-government-and-politics-6916af6f47be5ddbe0f30f428736daaf It's diametrically opposed to the way most politicians think and operate, and even more so to the ways of reality-TV stars. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1750610318616813 #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-09-11 06:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568849324897107968 Is Putin really in trouble? https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1666827/putin-removal-plot-russia-st-petersburg-Smolninsky-council-ukraine-war-latest-news-ont Probably not - but some of his allies are - https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldiers-riot-refuse-fight-ukraine-war-1739773 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1666907/putin-russia-ukraine-war-luhansk-donetsk-soldiers-kremlin-vn #PS1ukraine == engage 8 engage-rate 22% impress 37 likes 2 time 2022-09-11 06:30 +0000 urlclicks 6 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 50 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-11 ratio 19 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 504 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1750831695261342 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/11/2022 07:09" rcs 2 reach 19 reactions 1 title "Putin reeling as Luhansk soldiers refuse to fight: 'not going anywhere" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1750831695261342 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568399139616202752 By their fruits shall ye know them! Megadonors tolerate false prophets to keep the base in line, as long as they don't irritate too many swing and independent voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/09/doug-mastriano-prophet-julie-green/ #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-10 00:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568392793533616128 Have the megadonors seen that the patriarchalists, in their zeal, will undermine rather than strengthen minority rule? Let's get back to talking about inflation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/09/republican-abortion-bans/ So it wasn't a profound moral conviction after all - just a political calculation. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-09-10 00:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 96 epoch Lifetime ID 1750595248618320 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/10/2022 23:09" reach 19 title "GOP backs away from some hard-line abortion measures it once championed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1750595248618320 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568388769472192515 70 years ago, nobody worried about covid or aids or monkeyvirus or flu - it was all about polio. Now anti-vaxxers appear to have made it an issue again. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/health/new-york-polio-disaster-emergency/index.html And in a different direction, smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations might become routine soon. #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-09-09 23:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568386735050203137 Journalism can be dangerous. https://apnews.com/article/crime-las-vegas-mass-shooting-organized-government-and-politics-57a029429632d25345236d4ab71ebafb More honor to those who are ethical and courageous. But what is their future as local newspapers become vehicles for sponsored content? #PS1journalism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568344920922165248 Ukraine attempts to liquidate the invader collaborator class in advance of phony refererenda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/08/ukraine-assassinations-occupied-territory-russia/ Does Putin win if he pulls Ukraine down to his moral level? #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2022-09-09 21:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568343157749985280 1933 - 50,000 members of SS were ordered to monitor votes as so-called deputy sheriffs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_election#Background 2022 - When one poll worker objected that this would run afoul of polling place rules, Costantino advised doing it secretly” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/09/michigan-republican-party-trump-2020-election-lie/ #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-09 20:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568339633926451200 Will Biden's greatest achievement be stopping Trump? At least temporarily? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/09/joe-biden-legacy-fighting-trumpism/ #PS1biden == impress 3 time 2022-09-09 20:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568338778636566528 The hard life of an itinerant insurrectionist. He has to travel far to find sympathetic audiences - and avoid college towns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/09/08/an-ex-professor-spreads-election-myths-across-us-one-town-time/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-09-09 20:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568333162304122880 What will it take for Trumpism to move beyond Trump? https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-what-it-will-take-to-abandon-trump-zelizer/index.html It's all up to the megadonors! They call the shots in the GOP, and it's strictly a business decision for them. They won't throw good money after bad. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-09-09 20:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568332009705189378 A few years of quiet to plan to Murder the Media. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/politics/murder-the-media-proud-boys-guilty/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-09-09 20:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568331523405021184 reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/politics/biden-republicans-infrastructure-law/index.html GOP politicians lead such scripture-based lives! #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-09-09 20:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568319491704238080 Of course she wants the record sealed - she's a Trumpist! https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-f47ff2f89fb6ade73ea0d78000d43d7b Why wouldn't a Trumpist official try to intervene on behalf of a loyal family member? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 19:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568318252941713410 he is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him Of course! He's Trump! https://apnews.com/article/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-clinton-1c49b9f65177507bb06115b631c8499d #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-09-09 19:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568274492593684480 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-social-media-donald-trump-3e3b4f36c611e4b1a40010395ce376fd #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-09-09 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568112578379018241 When did Christianity reverse itself from its roots? When it became a state religion under Constantine - in hoc signo vinces - devoted to serving the state rather than the people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/michael-gerson-evangelical-christian-maga-democracy/ #PS1other == impress 7 time 2022-09-09 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568108542623911936 Who politicized DOJ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/08/berman-trump-department-justice-organized/ #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2022-09-09 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568106957168590851 There's no reason the government can't prepare the tax returns of taxpayers with only W-2 and 1099 data - data which the IRS already receives in January. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/07/irs-free-efile-biden/ But tax software companies have thought of $63 million reasons not to. #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568105509504585729 Patriarchalists' demands don't end with prohibiting abortion! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/08/texas-judge-gay-rights-contraception/ #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-09 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568104643263348736 The new Axis powers - everything coming up roses for Xi. For Putin, not so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/08/russia-china-iran-alliance-dictators/ Russia’s increasing dependence on China is a big problem for Putin over the long term #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568094924570263552 Who wants to merge with a funny business? Only another funny business. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/investing/trump-spac-shareholder-meeting/index.html Expect more funny business to come! #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-09-09 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568093811259342850 In red states and elsewhere, 2020 election denial is a shibboleth for GOP candidates. The only truth that matters is the truth about how their base feels. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-cabinet-only-on-ap-election-2020-19131c0f468839bf2b847bd7b3dfaf5c #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568089799529201665 Of course Putin liquidates potential opponents. Of course he denies it. That's what Stalin would have done for Russia! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-united-states-nations-linda-thomas-greenfield-9fda3a35846a332f593ca50882c472ea #PS1ukraine == impress 17 time 2022-09-09 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568088512330874881 What's SEMI about Trumpism? Decide for yourself - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism Biden offered a chance to cooperate in a bipartisan manner. The Trumpists rejected it, calling for defunding the FBI and violence in the streets. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-pennsylvania-edd46881a1c0c71df97663ac37236f26 #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 40% expands 1 impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568086822554849281 Will Trump get away with running down the clock? https://apnews.com/article/florida-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-edc87319957149db117e931ac93fe5f8 He's certainly hopeful, with a judge he nominated. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-09-09 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568085045738602497 Like former KKK members, former Oath Keepers want to pretend that they never inhaled. https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-leaked-membership-rolls-2ca4195ed3a10e45dd189bf98f3e5a26 #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-09 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568084699163283457 Putin must be getting desperate! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-seoul-moscow-491ad47f3d26b441953a7319838817b9 #PS1putin == impress 12 time 2022-09-09 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568083839028985858 Some crooks are smarter than others. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/08/fat-leonards-bold-escape-from-california-home-was-judges-worst-fear-come-true/ But if they catch him, he'll never see the light of day again. How big a reward are they offering? It's going to be hard for the next defendant with a valid request for leniency. #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-09-09 03:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 844 epoch Lifetime ID 1749054315439080 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/08/2022 21:09" reach 13 title "Fat Leonard’s bold escape from California home was judge’s worst fear come true" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1749054315439080 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567747051169140736 So who are the real RINO's? Would previous GOP leaders have won on a Make America Great Again slogan? NO - they won on Make America Even Greater. But there's money to be made peddling a dark vision - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/07/steve-bannon-indictment-trump-wall-right-wing-grift/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1748317822179396 #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-09-08 05:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567732744574345217 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Can a rule-of-law Republican make progress against Trumpism? https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-inflation-presidential-utah-ea8396a0aed62ae0ba9617d157117baa #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-09-08 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567731668328546305 The alliance to restore medieval political values - https://apnews.com/article/putin-xi-to-meet-in-uzbekistan-84239cfea4b649e3d184561ffc734622 These two plus N Korea and Iran and a few others - aligned against the Enlightenment! #PS1china == impress 3 time 2022-09-08 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567730840762990593 Trumpists try to win in blue states. Diehl would rule your state with an iron fist https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-politics-boston-presidential-dbe2bba5472d51c92bb8d653117b0bfc A victory of passion over common sense? #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 50% impress 4 time 2022-09-08 04:25 +0000 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567729625421475840 the 41 men in the Senate would be better off listening to their wives, daughters, mothers, granddaughters and nieces https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-legislature-south-carolina-government-and-politics-8bcf83dc17b0958cb806a6bbe91fa6b9 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1748289618848883 #PS1health == impress 12 time 2022-09-08 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567727316117393408 Democratic politician adopts Trumpist tactics against media. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-las-vegas-newspapers-fc98699b524d0855b3b6e363a3f0455c #PS1journalism == impress 2 time 2022-09-08 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1567727086881882112 Where fascists come from - https://apnews.com/article/michael-flynn-christian-nationalism-investigation-50fa5dcff7f99cf93409fcd6c1357bee There's big money in fascism! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-09-08 04:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 208 epoch Lifetime ID 1748613188816526 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/08/2022 08:09" reach 13 title "Michael Flynn: From government insider to holy warrior" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1748613188816526 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1566079047800463360 protecting the integrity of the lawmaking process against well-funded interest groups trying to bend state policies in their favor https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-rights-abortion-arkansas-recreational-marijuana-0c003046cc981ebcfb38fa77c1455737 Meaning, protecting minority rule from democracy. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-09-03 15:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-07 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 39 commentsimpress 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1748263205518191 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2022 20:09" rcs 3 reach 13 reactions 1 title "GOP escalates fight against citizen-led ballot initiatives" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1748263205518191 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565741047254110208 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-elections-0a48437a7da29c9db48380c79f73ac1e #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-09-02 16:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565702599491616768 Mastriano doesn't want to testify about anything that might affect his election chances. Which means everything beyond name, rank, and serial number. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/doug-mastriano-suing-january-6-committee-deposition/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-09-02 14:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565701847393845248 Trump might pardon violent insurrectionists. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/january-6-pardons-trump-2024/index.html Or maybe not. His pardons usually only go to those he think will help him in the future - so maybe he just means his close advisors who might testify against him. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% expands 1 impress 6 time 2022-09-02 14:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 103 epoch Lifetime ID 1748262818851563 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2022 20:09" reach 14 title "Trump says he will 'very, very seriously' consider January 6 pardons if he runs and wins in 2024" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1748262818851563 ========== Tweets for 2022-09-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565417882829201408 (Mostly) red states fight inflation by fanning inflation! https://apnews.com/article/inflation-covid-health-personal-taxes-legislature-5062f53df342140f945f98e99dc923d6 But tax rebates are a way to try to change the subject in an election year - away from stolen elections, violent insurrections, lost reproductive rights, and stolen top secrets. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 19:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565404588240318465 People with national security experience know what would have happened to them, for a lot less than what Trump's done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/republican-lawyers-trump-documents/ #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2022-09-01 18:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565403628998823936 Inevitably somebody would spill the beans in public about the real GOP agenda - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop McConnell told them to keep their mouths shut! Not exactly the seven wounds of Christ, these seven GOP wounds were all self-inflicted - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/republican-midterm-self-inflicted-wounds/ #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-09-01 18:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565401221111771136 The Trump Defense - avoid the real issues, muddy the waters, and run down the clock. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/trump-mar-a-lago-sean-hannity-alina-habba-doj/ #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-09-01 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565400307000954880 Some people just can't stay out of trouble! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/09/01/ginni-thomas-wisconsin-bernier-tauchen/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/09/01/oathkeepers-attorney-sorelle-arrested-jan6/ Worse if they are lawyers who should know better. Worst if their spouses are Federal judges. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-09-01 18:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565398410483486720 Biden to address nation on democracy. GOP leaders have prerecorded responses ready - Joe Biden epitomizes the Democrat Party: divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/joe-biden-democracy-speech/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1743624389315406 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 retweets 1 time 2022-09-01 17:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565394485302796289 These have not been approved by GOP megadonors as actual policy objectives since they imply tax increases and inflation. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop But conservative daydreams are OK as talking points - https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/opinions/gop-strategy-2022-midterm-elections-cass/index.html until the day after the election. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-09-01 17:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565392702203498496 Defenestration was a common Stalinist solution to problems. Putin would love to restore Stalinism. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62750584 #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2022-09-01 17:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565388508310560768 Where's your cellphone been lately? Hopefully not near any crime scenes. https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565346343232491529 How to avoid campaign finance laws. Non-profits for profit! https://search-portals.com/why-are-california-lawmakers-luring-tech-lobbyists-to-wine-country/ #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565334333203763203 when extremist movements tell you where they are headed, you should believe them https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-15/supreme-court-abortion-civil-rights #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565196323262832640 Remember when G W Bush seemed to be the worst president ever? I swore off third parties - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#registration But Bush has been pushed off his throne. https://news.yahoo.com/nicholas-goldberg-remember-thought-george-100013841.html #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565195172949856256 All your personal data is for sale somewhere. To anybody! https://apnews.com/article/technology-health-idaho-federal-trade-commission-government-and-politics-a9aabfc0d25828bc4951c736aaab617a #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565194302572994560 Chinese GPS easily hacked - by design? https://apnews.com/article/technology-boston-b9a6912652794a18e9e1d9bf06fc7b32 The Chinese Communist Party likes to know exactly what everybody is up to. #PS1china == impress 15 time 2022-09-01 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565193356161851392 Making decisions based on online reviews? https://apnews.com/article/technology-lawsuits-amazoncom-inc-03329beafb3b1eba170a13c99ee0d318 #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565192621391093760 Schools spending billions on high tech defense - https://thebusinessnewspaper.com/2022/06/26/schools-are-spending-billions-on-high-tech-defense-for-mass-shootings/ How much cheaper it would be to just fund politicians that would ban assault weapons! #PS1firearms == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 04:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565191939854516224 Internet Explorer lives! https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1189034/even-in-death-internet-explorer-lives-on-in-south-korea/ People will put up with all sorts of inconviences to avoid the greater burden of re-architecting and re-implementing their applications. #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565189759202234368 consociated representation? https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/california-florida-voting-consociated-representation-joe-mathews #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565188222619045888 Like DeSantis, like Putin - rewriting history to repeal the modern world. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/16/world/europe/russia-putin-schools-propaganda-indoctrination.html #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565175980133519367 How far can DeSantis go? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/opinion/ron-desantis-re-election-florida.html Most voters did not take Hitler seriously until it was too late. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-09-01 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565173867957497856 Coming next - full legal rights for all fetuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/opinion/abortion-fetal-personhood.html Will the GOP megadonors go along or decide that the cost in lost swing and independent voters is too high? #PS1health == impress 4 time 2022-09-01 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565172455752183808 Where the photo came from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/politics/trump-photo-classified-documents.html #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 02:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565172043254865920 A miscalculation - thinking that what would appeal to the base would carry weight with everybody else. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/politics/trump-justice-department-special-master.html #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565165382930812929 A shrinking minority wants to think of itself as the real America. Trumpists encourage the delusion, all to bolster minority rule by their megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/real-america-blue-provincetown-maga-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565164489883865088 Trumpists going off the deep end! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/trump-gop-lies-qanon/ And they're proud of their loyalty to Trump! #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-09-01 02:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565163601437962240 How the Ukrainians are wearing down the Russians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/zelensky-ukraine-southern-counter-offensive/ #PS1ukraine == impress 8 time 2022-09-01 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565160954781765632 The end of a get-out-of-jail-free card to violators in the upper echelons while punishing subordinates for the same or lesser offenses ? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/opinions/mar-a-lago-search-secret-documents-gup/index.html #PS1trump == engage-rate NaN time 2022-09-01 02:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565159798315708416 KKK at West Point? Why? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/west-point-kkk-plaque/index.html #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 02:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565159140883718145 Lawyers can aggressively defend their clients - but they can't lie. Especially to the FBI. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/christina-bobb-evan-corcoran/index.html #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565158351419236352 Trump's defense seems to be that all ex-presidents steal top secrets, store them carelessly, and then lie about it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/trump-response-mar-a-lago-search-special-master/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-09-01 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565156692249088000 Two kinds of Republicans - Trumpists who believe that all you have to do is appeal to the base. Others who believe that you have to appeal to swing voters and independents to get control of Congress. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-presidential-elections-mar-a-lago-election-2020-congress-cfcdf3bccd5bd8c008248b19ab299044 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1743130286031483 #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-09-01 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565141609770954752 Alaskans tired of Palin? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-voting-government-and-politics-f9855f1138a922ab1147da7900819fa8 This was just a special election for a short term. The full term election is in November. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-09-01 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565138439598526464 Out in the boonies, they think they'd like a lot of new money flowing in, until they realize that the cost of living is flowing up. And up. And outsiders bring in new ideas, too. https://apnews.com/article/short-term-rentals-housing-crisis-38d45202f9bc92391b0418d8ad16734d #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-09-01 00:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-09-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 945 epoch Lifetime ID 1743406096003902 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/01/2022 05:09" rcs 1 reach 14 reactions 1 title "Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1743406096003902 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565031599334256640 Would Trump defer his own ambitions for the good of the GOP? Self-restraint just isn't in his DNA. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/trump-delaying-2024-decision/index.html He sees everything in terms of his base, not in terms of the swing voters and independents who decide close elections. #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2022-08-31 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565008606562435072 Why did Trump want to steal top secrets and what did he intend to do with them? https://cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/mar-a-lago-justice-department-response/index.html https://apnews.com/article/mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-1fef158c3a66bfc0ba6224570753ba47 #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2022-08-31 16:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564839913014435841 Trump is hoping that the violent insurrectionists will save him - those that weren't arrested for Jan 6. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/politics/trump-search-violence.html #PS1trump == impress 19 time 2022-08-31 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564838307841728512 L. Lin Wood gets to testify in Atlanta. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/lin-wood-georgia-trump-inquiry.html #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2022-08-31 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564837548014284800 The crime-fraud exception - If I were the lawyers advising Trump, and perhaps making false statements to the government, I would be getting my own counsel as well https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/30/trump-lawyers-crime-fraud-exception/ Thus so many attorneys have declined the invitation to represent Trump #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-08-31 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564835968401969152 The Trump File System! Forget ufs, zfs, efs... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/30/trump-documents-papers-disorganized/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2022-08-31 04:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564835102030368770 Essential to minority rule - keep the masses distracted from what the megadonors are doing. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html “Trump realized that having the right enemies is perhaps the most important thing to the GOP base” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/30/trump-mar-a-lago-republicans-anxious-midterm-elections/ #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2022-08-31 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564833673777541120 Treat Trump like Clinton! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/30/trump-hillary-clinton-classified-documents-equal-treatment/ #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-08-31 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564829517570396160 Besides stealing top secrets, storing them insecurely, and lying about it, it appears that Trump was obstructing the DOJ investigation. Maybe they are still hiding documents? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/31/trump-documents-removed-storage-room/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/mar-a-lago-justice-department-response/index.html https://apnews.com/article/mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-1fef158c3a66bfc0ba6224570753ba47 #PS1trump == engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 43 likes 2 retweets 1 time 2022-08-31 04:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 2 impact 58 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-31 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 291 commentsimpress 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1743099116034600 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/31/2022 17:08" rcs 2 reach 12 title "Feds cite efforts to obstruct probe of docs at Trump estate" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1743099116034600 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564458962447020033 Might GOP be in a better position now if they had fielded more non-Trumpists? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/opinion/senate-republicans-trump.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-08-30 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564457295576084482 Trump and Graham threaten mob violence - and claim that an ex-president can't be prosecuted, no matter what, because that would be political. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-riots-trump-mob/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-threatens-riots-trump-prosecution-mar-a-lago/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 retweets 1 time 2022-08-30 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564456041923747841 Much of the world sees America in decline. Some cheer, some fret. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/bucerius-global-leadership-america-democratic-decline/ #PS1other == impress 5 time 2022-08-30 03:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564447317712707584 the other campaign keeps receipts https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/republicans-shift-abortion-positions-general-election/index.html You bet they do! Switching your positions after winning the primary will get public feedback from all directions. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-30 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564445741304541184 Rewriting websites - part of the progression from GOP primary appealing to the base, to general election appealing to swing voters and independents. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/blake-masters-campaign-website-changes/index.html Standard procedure if you have no fundamental principles except winning. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-30 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564443757860204544 Trump thought he was Emperor while in office. And also AFTER leaving office. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-classified-information-government-and-politics-92ebd0ea765e6b09576d2a958ece21b8 if he had simply returned the documents right away, he’d be in a much stronger position legally #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-08-30 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564442660122726400 Biden to address the struggle for democracy. https://apnews.com/article/biden-donald-trump-democracy-government-and-politics-d5bf5e4e0e926fe0253415f17e230e3d #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-08-30 02:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564438552380706816 There's no free lunch energy. https://news.yahoo.com/california-went-big-rooftop-solar-120043034.html #PS1climate == impress 4 time 2022-08-30 02:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564435359336767488 Reminder: what happened last time somebody stole secret information - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-cia-engineer-convicted-wikileaks-espionage-case-2022-07-13/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-08-30 02:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 249 epoch Lifetime ID 1742396522771526 impress 18 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/30/2022 19:08" reach 15 title "Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1742396522771526 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564319372822188032 Next riot he'll just have to watch on prison TV. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/joshua-pruitt-rioter-proud-boys-sentenced/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 18:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564317613060079616 The progressives of 1911 championed direct democracy to provide the people a way around a corrupt legislature. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative But now the same corrupt interests use those tools as a way around the legislature. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/29/win-or-lose-heres-how-tobacco-companies-are-reaping-millions-in-california-off-prop-31-fight/ #PS1capolitics == impress 3 time 2022-08-29 18:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564294256918876160 Another way to not change the world - kill switches for servers. https://apnews.com/article/workers-rights-government-and-politics-8390362e0fed372432f95805f94ac994 #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2022-08-29 16:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564293339737833473 How not to change the world. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-wish-built-and-fumbled-a-dollar-store-for-the-internet/ Great advertising doesn't get you a pass on junk or non-existent goods. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-08-29 16:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564291584966811648 Russian IT brain drain to Georgia - for the time being. Sort of like Californians to Idaho. The locals aren't thrilled. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-07-06/russian-refugee-tech-workers-make-georgia-a-stepping-stone-for-global-career #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-08-29 16:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564285162367504384 Chinese local authorities collect all the data on everybody and then don't take very good care of it! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/05/business/china-police-data-breach.html #PS1china == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 16:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564249746776080384 Trump and QAnons fit like a hand in a glove. He embraces all unquestioning supporters, no matter how goofy. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/technology/qanon-truth-social-trump.html #PS1qanon == impress 3 time 2022-08-29 13:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564247025289334786 Kushner can't bring himself to admit the 2020 election was pretty fair. His father-in-law lost by 43000 votes just as he had won by 78000 votes in 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/us/politics/jared-kushner-trump-book.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 13:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564126008805978112 In with the new, out with the old - including the old families. https://apnews.com/article/silicon-heartland-homes-ohio-c5a49bc8bd0ef98ce31bd372b59e9ec7 They got a premium for their land at least. The real issue is when new people arrive with new ideas. #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-08-29 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564124308619743232 It's all right if YOU lost money on crypto! Others won big! Aren't you happy for them? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/crypto-crash-divide.html #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-08-29 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564121765160243200 In China, everybody is supposed to have a smart phone and is supposed to leave it on all the time. A model for dictatorships elsewhere? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/06/27/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/china-future-police/ #PS1china == impress 4 time 2022-08-29 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564111425923977217 All men are created equal - what does it mean? A question at the heart of being American. https://apnews.com/article/religion-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-kevin-jennings-723c49581d8a78ee54a793716e5212b3 #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564106547738791936 “It shouldn’t be a hard thing to say. That’s wrong for you to take top secret, classified documents back to your house.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/us/politics/republicans-trump-search.html Of course GOP leaders don't want to talk about Dear Leader stealing top secret information, and then lying about it. #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564105162855030784 What does Lindsey Graham really believe in? Why, Lindsey Graham of course! That makes him the truest sort of Trumpist - a self-serving opportunist. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/us/lindsey-graham-trump-georgia.html #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2022-08-29 04:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564103711588503552 The Trump defense - depending on his political base to rescue him. It didn't help the Jan 6 defendants. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/us/politics/trump-search-legal-team.html If he's indicted, tried, and convincted, he will blame his lawyers. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-08-29 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564101777376419841 The Cavalier forebears of today's Trumpist Dixiecrat leadership had no use for public education, and little use for private education of their own sons. The point was to keep things the same, not to consider new ways of thinking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/conservatives-education-college-threat-real/ #PS1minority == impress 2 time 2022-08-29 04:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 54 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-29 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 541 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1741601869517658 impress 19 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/29/2022 17:08" reach 16 title "Opinion | Conservatives think education is a threat. They’re right." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1741601869517658 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564039080387624960 As usual GOP claims to be defending the blue collar working class - but as usual it means defending its megadonors from entitlement programs that might raise their taxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/opinion/republican-biden-student-loan-program.html #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-08-28 23:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564038089198120964 Foreign money launderers rip off stressed American communities. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/opinion/ukraine-oligarch-cleveland-real-estate.html Will anything happen? The launderers probably invest in GOP senators, and Trump tried to veto a previous attempt to regulate. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-08-28 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564034929771433984 Might as well make the best of it! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html because we are stuck with each other - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/opinion/civil-war-america.html We just forget from time to time and need a reminder. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-08-28 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564033090246156289 Market timing never works for long. Buy and hold a no-load index fund and tear up the monthly statements . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/business/stock-market-bear-nothing.html #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-08-28 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564029792743149570 Fearlessness and recklessness - if you're going to be fearless, you better not be reckless about what you're going to be fearless about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/26/rudy-giuliani-biography-fearless-ukraine/ But Giuliani knows that Trump prizes loyalty above competence. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-08-28 23:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564028245959249920 Project Veritas - always skating on the thin ice at the edge of the law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/27/project-veritas-ashley-biden-diary/ #PS1journalism == impress 1 time 2022-08-28 23:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564027264483745792 Jared Kushner as his direct reports know him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/26/jared-kushners-memoir-is-only-inadvertently-revealing/ Trumpism is all about loyalty, not competence. #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2022-08-28 23:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564025670237241344 Tomorrow, it's fusion, tomorrow - it's always a day away. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/26/nuclear-fusion-technology-climate-change/ But if it ever arrives, what a difference it will make. #PS1climate == impress 1 time 2022-08-28 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564024609757794305 Gannett has to lay off journalists but still has money for stock buybacks. At least its executives won't suffer as the internet wipes out local journalism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/28/gannett-layoffs/ #PS1journalism == impress 20 time 2022-08-28 22:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564023488662290432 Most GOP candidates talk fringe in the primary but centrist in the general election. Not this one! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/28/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-maga-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-08-28 22:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564022508222787584 If Trump stole top secrets, failed to store them properly, and then lied about it - it must be the fault of the National Archives! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/trump-archives-records-war/ #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-08-28 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564020157264961536 Congress says no more free covid tests. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/politics/free-at-home-covid-test-government-program-ending/index.html #PS1virus == impress 3 time 2022-08-28 22:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564019782831054848 Lesson #1 from Ukraine - life is more complicated in practice than in theory. Lesson #2 - do not count on personality cultists to act rationally. Lesson #3 - personality cultists can be very expensive for the whole world. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/opinions/putin-russia-invasion-ukraine-treisman/index.html #PS1ukraine == impress 18 time 2022-08-28 22:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563908935861448707 The narrower the majority in the House, the more powerful the Trumpist Dixiecrat House Freedom Caucus becomes. Expect them to keep doing what they do best - obstruct. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-gop-midterms/index.html #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-08-28 15:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563906395010768896 Studying American resistance doctrines to discourage Russian invasion. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/politics/russia-ukraine-resistance-warfare/index.html #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2022-08-28 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563891383169064960 A libertarian paradise in New Hampshire? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-new-hampshire-government-and-politics-261966bda9f95a9b746215abd4bba408 More likely a tax-free and regulation-free resort for wealthy donors. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-28 14:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563785977679585280 Would regional federalism limit extremism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Civil war or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/26/civil-war-mar-a-lago-violent-extremism/ The Jan 6 insurrectionists thought there was a crowd of a million people right behind them. But there have only been about a thousand arrests. #PS1insurrection == impress 18 time 2022-08-28 07:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563782392191393792 Utah politics. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/politics/evan-mcmullin-utah-senate-candidate-threat-accusation/index.html Just following the Trumpist leadership. #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-28 06:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563780086527971329 Chechens fight on both sides in Ukraine. It's a continuation of their civil war. https://apnews.com/article/chechen-fight-on-both-sides-of-ukraine-war-6c663cbbc506c198ce14fa2266a826be #PS1ukraine == impress 60 time 2022-08-28 06:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563777006495416320 Between loss of reproductive freedom and theft of top secrets, things are looking up for Democrats - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/democrats-republicans-house-midterms/ Trump's been jump-starting Democratic turnout for six years. Looks like he's doing even more this year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/midterms-trump-choice-sundaytake/ #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2022-08-28 06:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563773621897596928 It's news that Trump doesn't pay his debts? Or usually runs his companies into bankruptcy? And has problems with regulatory authorities? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/27/trump-truth-social-mar-a-lago-fbi/ #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-08-28 06:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563767880302219264 The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP's defense of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html began when the Nixon administration harvested what Bilbo and Thurmond and Wallace had sown - and that's when the Old South finally rose again! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/opinion/richard-nixon-america-trump.html #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 14% expands 1 impress 7 time 2022-08-28 05:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 71 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-28 ratio 18 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 705 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1740800056264506 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/28/2022 16:08" rcs 1 reach 18 title "Opinion | We Are Living in Richard Nixon’s America. Escaping It Won’t Be Easy." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1740800056264506 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563518312255852544 Why Putin encourages Trumpism while China, N Korea, and Iran watch with glee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/26/mar-a-lago-fbi-attacks-lawless-gop/ #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2022-08-27 13:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563515438637559810 Bad times for would-be social media influencers who hugged the crypto tar baby too closely. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-28/crypto-crash-influencers-lose-credibility-on-tiktok-twitter-instagram #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-08-27 13:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563380327334023170 Regional federalism is a better plan - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html but secession has its advocates too - https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/california-secession-a-serious-option #PS1capolitics == impress 3 time 2022-08-27 04:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563375800899870720 Musk is the archetypcal Republican - pretends to be for the common man while pursuing his own economic interests. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2022/07/773_331764.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-27 04:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563373350159757318 Think you've seen the worst? How about O9A? https://apnews.com/article/new-york-manhattan-kentucky-louisville-us-army-c2d9ec281cca5267c25c6395f8cb1761 #PS1insurrection == impress 19 time 2022-08-27 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563363728384413702 Emperor DeSantis struts his stuff! https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/us/florida-desantis-broward-school-board-suspensions/index.html He'll make Trump look like a rule-of-law liberal. #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 43% impress 7 time 2022-08-27 03:12 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563363129521610753 And why wouldn't a Trumpist Dixiecrat dress up in a Confederate uniform? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/politics/doug-mastriano-confederate-uniform/index.html Confederate sympathizers are an important GOP voting bloc! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-27 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563359461078487041 QAnons are bad for your health. And your childrens'. https://apnews.com/article/colorado-child-abuse-kidnapping-conspiracy-3bc189e15617f843c1e098d9e9aa28a7 But those dumb enough to fall for QAnon would likely fall for something else just as bad. #PS1qanon == impress 2 time 2022-08-27 02:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563358373726171136 The Boogaloos can boogie in jail for the rest of their lives. Let it be a lesson to other violent insurrectionist Trumpists. They aren't political prisoners. They're just criminal murderers. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/26/santa-cruz-judge-sentences-steven-carrillo-to-life-without-parole/ #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2022-08-27 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563353436896210945 Is long covid a cause of labor shortages driving higher wages and contributing to inflation? https://www.brookings.edu/research/is-long-covid-worsening-the-labor-shortage/ It could be a factor - the Black Death in the 1300's reset the relative value of labor to capital (land) and led to the rise of the middle class. #PS1inflation == impress 6 time 2022-08-27 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563352557677735937 Inflationary expectations must be strangled in the cradle. Is there any way to do that, that doesn't hurt the most vulnerable? https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3835546/paul-krugman/must-we-suffer-bring-inflation-down The least vulnerable - the megadonors - complain the loudest though they suffer the least. #PS1inflation == impress 1 time 2022-08-27 02:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563351712445788168 Better oil than coal. Better natural gas than oil. Better fission than natural gas. Better fusion than fission - but fusion doesn't work yet. Better renewables than fission - but they aren't always available. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-25/skelton-newsom-california-diablo-canyon-plan More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1739404496404062 #PS1climate == impress 3 time 2022-08-27 02:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 394 epoch Lifetime ID 1740261676318344 impress 22 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/27/2022 23:08" reach 17 title "Column: Pour more money and planning into renewable energy — and keep Diablo Canyon running if needed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1740261676318344 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563288299229196289 It's not so different from the 1990's, except mainstreamed by Trumpism and Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/trump-right-wing-threats-fbi-oklahoma-city-bombing/ #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 22:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563287110185918465 The Christian Nationalists are coming for pagans now - https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/08/26/christians-pagans-harassment/ Like the patriarchalists, they intend to expand their scope over time - https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/08/19/republicans-mostly-mum-calls-make-gop-party-christian-nationalism/ As usual, most GOP decline to comment. They need those votes. #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-08-26 22:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563279362232725506 “you don’t mix classified and unclassified so there’s no accidents” https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-criminal-investigations-government-and-politics-4ee554f467252929f96c70d42a93a05d Working with classified material requires constant attention to process and procedure. Theft, or even unauthorized possession or use, of top secret information is a felony. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-08-26 21:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563276804848201728 Maybe cheating on emergency loans is not such a good idea. https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-small-business-us-secret-service-ed482641a658543f4db9e2ec5121153e #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563188387741192192 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-covid-health-ap-fact-check-91212ea13d420babda26eb078cb63b85 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2022-08-26 15:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563176219733938177 The politically convenient myth of maternal instinct. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/opinion/sunday/maternal-instinct-myth.html It's convenient for the megadonors who don't want to pay for a village to raise a poor child. #PS1health == impress 10 time 2022-08-26 14:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563172607200964618 What should Democrats do if they actually get working majorities in Congress? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/opinion/democrats-midterms-agenda.html #PS1biden == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 14:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563163635236478977 If you're not the brightest star in the Trumpist firmament, it's best not to get into specifics. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-inflation-congress-f8dcede99c2a528f6c88630f34144dcc #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-08-26 13:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563051882062286848 How to keep the money you make by hurting people. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/us/politics/alex-jones-lawsuits-bankruptcy.html #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-08-26 06:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563050956354244608 How the internet buries the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/opinion/social-media-algorithms.html #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-08-26 06:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563048054504116224 To GOP whining that this does nothing for Americans who didn’t go to college: What are you proposing to do for them, other than cut taxes on the rich and claim that benefits will trickle down? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/opinion/student-debt-relief-biden.html Actually, that is the exact GOP plan. As usual. #PS1biden == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563044110977486848 Crypto - an industry in search of new suckers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/24/cryptos-massive-marketing-efforts-have-drawn-few-new-investors/ It's an inherent problem of Ponzi schemes. #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2022-08-26 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563043235567587330 Sometimes luck comes to the tenacious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/kyiv-battle-ukraine-survival/ Russian military doctrine has never relied much on luck as much as on overwhelming superior numbers. #PS1ukraine == impress 2 time 2022-08-26 05:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563042319279960071 Russia doesn't trust Iran - but any port in a storm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/24/russia-iran-drones-sanctions/ #PS1ukraine == impress 5 time 2022-08-26 05:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563040073477529600 Traditional GOP business as usual - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Protect minority rule and their megadonors by pretending to protect little people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/rnc-conference-call-steve-wynn/ #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 05:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563039032589750272 Dark money is the mother's milk of politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/dark-money-federalist-society-politics-distortion/ Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society are in charge of defending minority rule by grooming and submitting reactionary judges for Senate confirmation. But Democrats are not immune. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-08-26 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563037823908794371 So when is obstruction criminal in itself? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/barr-memo-trump-obstruction-justice/ #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-08-26 05:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563037006778601472 When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/25/republicans-abortion-politics/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-08-26 05:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563032955244515328 It's true! Putin was chosen by God to save Russia! https://www.christianpost.com/news/vladimir-putin-sent-by-god.html Trump was chosen by God to save America! https://www.salon.com/2019/08/22/evangelicals-told-trump-he-was-chosen-by-god-now-he-says-it-himself/ DeSantis was chosen by God to save America! https://ifapray.org/blog/desantis-says-put-on-the-full-armor-of-god/ More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738739589803886 #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-08-26 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563030147711651841 GOP candidates look at recent special election results and begin to stammer about right-to-life. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/politics/senate-candidate-abortion-ad-2022/index.html But if they're Trumpists, they'll follow the leader anyway. And confirm more reactionary judges to cement minority rule. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2022-08-26 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563028972560035840 Who could imagine that they would freak out in Minnesota? https://genius.com/The-mothers-of-invention-it-cant-happen-here-lyrics https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/politics/kfile-kim-crockett-gop-secretary-of-state-nominee/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563027601618194433 There's more to Senate candidate quality than loyalty to Dear Leader! https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/opinions/trump-mcconnell-senate-election-2022-obeidallah/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-08-26 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563020409485680640 Trump says one thing and does the opposite - and cashes the checks from his supporters. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/politics/trump-maralago-documents-private-concerns-legal-tom-fitton/index.html So what else is new? #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-08-26 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563018280494714880 GOP actively undermines confidence in American democracy. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-presidential-conspiracy-theories-colorado-53c90f7afe304e26eaee79b4699181bb Their goal is to have election results decided by state legislators - and their major donors - rather than by voters. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-26 04:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563012326134976513 Another Soviet monument goes down. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-soviet-union-denmark-riga-6b841105e8fb8bc8310b053ae1d9f40a The Austrians can't take down theirs - it's part of the Austrian State Treaty - so they obscured it with fountains. #PS1putin == impress 10 time 2022-08-26 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562961469448212480 Better reserve your hotel room now for the big reunion in Atlanta! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-presidential-subpoenas-8d451e987a573f37c78d9afe14139050 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-08-26 00:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562960633716305920 Only in Silicon Valley! Stanford grads can learn a lot about fonts - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html Maybe more than is good for them! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/25/redwood-city-e-commerce-firm-run-by-family-of-stanford-grads-accused-of-making-fortune-off-stolen-fonts/ #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2022-08-26 00:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 780 epoch Lifetime ID 1738793529798492 impress 26 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/25/2022 22:08" reach 22 title "Redwood City e-commerce firm run by family of Stanford grads accused of making fortune off stolen fonts" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738793529798492 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562873232826384384 A self-serving opportunist at the top attracts self-serving opportunists all the way down - to the bottom. https://apnews.com/article/biden-new-york-government-and-politics-43eb5a9845aa633aa4e5ade7d16cb735 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-08-25 18:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562871375706001408 Business as usual in the Trump family! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/25/eric-trump-scared-of-don-jr-oversees-moms-belongings-put-in-trash/ #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-08-25 18:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562838703705182209 California GOP, looking for a niche where it might succeed, encourages running for school boards. They hope for some success in rural areas. https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/08/california-republicans-school-board-races/ Of course, their emphasis is on ideology, rather than issues. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738435789834266 #PS1capolitics == impress 3 time 2022-08-25 16:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562816079402979328 GOP politicians like to play tough on crime - but they don't want to testify under oath about it. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-presidential-subpoenas-8d451e987a573f37c78d9afe14139050 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-25 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562792334751739906 QAnon does some good! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/24/state-law-codifies-los-gatos-public-meeting-protocol-following-qanon-disruptions/ They set a bad enough example to inspire a new state law to deal with disrupters at public meetings. #PS1qanon == impress 1 time 2022-08-25 13:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562662243195424768 Trumpist Dixiecrats score great success in lying to their supporters and scaring Federal employees. https://apnews.com/article/biden-misinformation-health-care-reform-internal-revenue-service-fb835c1099dad4cca5ff893bfd07d466 And they know better too, but lying is just second nature now. Just as it's been for Trump all his life. #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-25 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562659088957181952 pre-bunking - training against propaganda. https://apnews.com/article/technology-misinformation-eastern-europe-902f436e3a6507e8b2a223e09a22e969 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-08-25 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562658151303766016 Who cares what the scientists find? Medical decisions should be made by Trumpist focus groups! https://apnews.com/article/hydroxychloroquine-covid-treatment-campaign-8f136d7e9dc52fd2d8da8854680d6004 #PS1health == impress 5 time 2022-08-25 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562657110646697985 Justice served - but unlikely to deter future injustice. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-grand-rapids-c3609d9d2b567069c1613bc96506f418 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-08-25 04:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 50 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-25 ratio 11 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 251 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1738661719811673 impress 27 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/25/2022 17:08" rcs 1 reach 23 title "Whitmer kidnap plot convictions unlikely to curb extremism" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738661719811673 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1562442172409925634 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-covid-health-ap-fact-check-voter-registration-7d581c8538190834df8a83ea98d0d09e #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-08-24 14:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 20 epoch Lifetime ID 1738040626540449 impress 17 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/24/2022 19:08" reach 14 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738040626540449 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560655444363751426 Ignore the Constitution? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/opinion/liberals-constitution.html There's been entirely too much of that lately! A better approach is regional federalism. #PS1democracy == impress 11 time 2022-08-19 15:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560653416350724097 It's not just Republican senators who know where their bread gets buttered. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/opinion/kyrsten-sinema-tax-bill.html #PS1tax == impress 1 time 2022-08-19 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560651208640978946 “there’s no way this party is going to stay together without President Trump and his supporters” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/19/trump-cult-of-personality-democracy-erosion-united-states/ It's true - minority rule has always depended on cultivating the nut cases as reliable single-issue constituencies. Trump made it explicit. #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2022-08-19 15:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560633434111819776 Pardon Trump? It might make sense politically if accompanied by Trump's confession of guilt. But that's not likely. He's always gotten off scot-free before, so why not now? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/18/trump-pardon-biden-benefit/ #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-08-19 14:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560631236862693377 Some questions about Zelenskyy's judgment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/18/zelensky-ukraine-wapo-interview-warn-of-war/ Some of it politically motivated. #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2022-08-19 14:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560625544877617153 Not your father's KGB! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/19/intelligence-war-fsb-ukraine/ Too much cronyism, not enough competence. #PS1putin == impress 2 time 2022-08-19 13:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560619611157958657 How the government finally got on auto warranty robocallers. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/18/tech/auto-warranty-robocalls-case/index.html Let's hope it's a trend. #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2022-08-19 13:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560617443071995905 Is the language being used by high-ranking Republicans about increased funding for the IRS shockingly irresponsible? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/opinions/irs-taxes-funding-increase-inflation-reduction-87000-michel/index.html But high-ranking Republicans are responsible for defending their GOP megadonors - and thus their re-election campaign funds. #PS1tax == impress 5 time 2022-08-19 13:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-24 ratio 14 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 238 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1738040283207150 impress 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/24/2022 19:08" reach 14 title "Opinion: First Republicans attacked the FBI. Look who they're coming for now" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1738040283207150 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560341601867612160 Will Trump release the security camera footage of the FBI search? Why or why not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/18/trump-threat-mar-a-lago-footage-fbi-steve-bannon/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 16 time 2022-08-18 19:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560329411890622465 Mitt Romney Republican in now a Trumpist tag. They might as well rant about Romney/McCain/Reagan/Eisenhower/Theodore Roosevelt/Lincoln Republicans - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP rejects all their ideologies and values. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-utah-salt-lake-city-mitt-romney-655f5f880b6980ea7f03083330aa188f #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 time 2022-08-18 18:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560327432833343488 How to change the subject from homelessness to water policy. https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/homelessness-california-politics-hobby-horse-joe-mathews They are both ingrained disputes dating back to the Gold Rush. #PS1capolitics == impress 2 time 2022-08-18 18:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560316573264408578 Traditional conservative daydreams? evolution in conservative thinking toward the working class and government addressing free market shortcomings https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/opinion/republican-congress-agenda.html Not likely with a Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP Congress! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1733573893653789 #PS1trumpism == engage 13 engage-rate 93% expands 9 impress 14 time 2022-08-18 17:23 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560310440139182080 corruption is the glue that holds the system together, not the catalyst to bring it down https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/opinion/russia-putin-corruption.html Like Trump, Putin has so soiled everybody close to him that none can risk stepping out of line. #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2022-08-18 16:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560309012091924482 The FBI is extremely conservative. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/opinion/trump-fbi-conservative.html But Trump is not a conservative. He's a reactionary populist personality cultist. The FBI had its fill of those, one hopes, with J Edgar Hoover. #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2022-08-18 16:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560307883958382592 Why did Trump steal top secret documents? Because he could? Because he's a packrat? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/us/politics/trump-fbi-classified-documents.html #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2022-08-18 16:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560305859493711872 Want to murder, rape, and pillage, and get PAID for it? Sign up for the Wagner orchestra! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/17/ukraine-russia-wagner-group-mercenaries/ #PS1putin == impress 19 time 2022-08-18 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560304041921372160 This is why GOP senators (and some Democrats) vote against anything to help IRS audits of rich people - especially GOP megadonors - there's scarcely a stone to overturn that doesn't reveal something that thrives in darkness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/18/weisselberg-trump-guilty-plea #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2022-08-18 16:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560288042715189248 It's the rural Southern Heritage brought to the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html the embrace of violence, the cultivation of violence, the tacit encouragement of violence, have become Republican staples https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/leonard-pitts-jr-republicans-are-the-threat/ar-AAYIDwi #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-08-18 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560286512909918208 Time for each of the states to clarify exactly who has exactly what power during and after an election. https://www.lowellsun.com/2022/06/23/johnson-politicians-certifying-election-results-is-risky-and-unnecessary/ Otherwise ambiguities will be exploited again for partisan advantage. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-08-18 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560284811679346689 John Eastman - the last of the Orange County fruitcakes? https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2690872 The Birchers have mostly gone silent in Orange County. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-08-18 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560265221108682752 Minority rule depends on keeping extremists on board without turning off swing voters. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Concede too much to the extremists to win the primary - you lose the general election. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-us-supreme-court-government-and-politics-legislature-48279e8a14816377032b491157c72062 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1733415947002917 #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2022-08-18 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560111746303422465 How to make money off fear that you generate! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/us/firearm-gun-sales.html #PS1firearms == impress 3 time 2022-08-18 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560107652432023552 How Peter Navarro progressed from progressive to Trumpist. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2689638 He and Trump were made for each other. #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2022-08-18 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560079102366781442 Dynamics of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/five-gop-power-centers-ranked/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-18 01:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560075470846058497 Getting busted by the FBI can be very profitable! Good thing, Trump will need all the money he can get to pay his lawyers. If he pays them. You wouldn't think a billionaire would need the public's help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/17/trump-fundraising-fbi-raid/ #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2022-08-18 01:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560074371804196865 The Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party repudiates all previous ideological substance of the Republican Party yet claims the same image and the same name, and calls traditional Republicans RINOs. https://apnews.com/article/cheney-defeat-marks-end-of-era-for-gop-65c8b400b533dffc422322031a0dbf5c #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-08-18 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560072105118470144 Democracy in decline - signaled by attacks on independent judiciary. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-democracy-congress-government-and-politics-3e957660956399da07b59808bd9c8a71 #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2022-08-18 01:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 640 epoch Lifetime ID 1733376097006902 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/18/2022 06:08" reach 10 title "Trump supporters' threats to judge spur democracy concerns" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1733376097006902 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559971915501948928 Illegal immigration is declining - for many reasons, including H2A visas, automation, demographics, and improving economic prospects in Mexico. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/business/economy/immigration-california-farm-labor.html #PS1immigration == impress 14 time 2022-08-17 18:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559971319164203008 Lean In all you like - just don't expect magic. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/business/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 18:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559962402673737728 The paradox of democracy. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zac-gershberg/the-paradox-of-democracy/ Free speech means you can say things that are wrong and influence voters to do wrong things. Democracy depends on self-restraint and patience. #PS1theory == engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-08-17 17:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559961242462130176 Prosecute Trump or don't prosecute Trump. Either way sets a bad precedent for the future. But Trump forced this situation by a lifetime of disregarding old precedents from the past and new precedents set for the future. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-response-to-jack-goldsmith #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 17:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559959694843584513 democracy contains the seeds of its own instability, via demagogues who mobilize popular uprisings for the express goal of turning them against the system itself https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-loses-primary-trump-reveals-danger/ Exactly what America's founders feared! A republic - if you can keep it! #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2022-08-17 17:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559958051951497216 Not everybody runs to win. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-2024/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-08-17 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559950268485156865 Apostate Trumpists try to save the GOP. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/opinions/countering-trumpism-in-gop-grisham-smith/index.html Is it even possible? Or have too many of its leaders soiled themselves permanently by their passionate embrace of Trumpism - and self-serving opportunism. #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 8% impress 37 likes 1 time 2022-08-17 17:08 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559949080331071488 Cheney didn't deny that she lost the race, or encourage people to believe she won, or incite supporters to block Hageman's victory from being certified https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/media/fox-news-liz-cheney-dick-cheney/index.html Doesn't matter to Fox! #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559948215381741568 Pence gestures toward rule-of-law Republicanism. That makes him a RINO as far as Trumpists are concerned. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-new-hampshire-merrick-garland-government-and-politics-85619b0f18da0fb6eaba5bee4d0654f8 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559908385625370624 Judges getting tired of fake repentance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/16/cameron-jan6-judge-lecture/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 14:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559907786578079745 Liddell Hart in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/ukraine-indirect-approach-hitting-russians-war/ #PS1ukraine == impress 21 time 2022-08-17 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559772335959224320 Pandemic relief fraud - a pandemic itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/business/economy/covid-pandemic-fraud.html #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2022-08-17 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559767515349233670 The case for and against a carbon tax. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/carbon-tax.html Technology and economics have to compromise with politics to get any progress at all. #PS1climate == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559766558624268293 Carbon capture and storage is not the answer to anything except oil companies' PR problems. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/climate-inflation-reduction-act.html #PS1climate == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559765482332246017 Identitarians vs traditional Republicans - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/liz-cheney-wyoming.html Will voters eventually notice that the identitarians are too busy getting on Fox to actually do anything useful? #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-08-17 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559755462152634373 It's not easy to attract good lawyers if you have a reputation for ignoring their advice and stiffing them on fees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/16/trump-lawyers-fbi-raid/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559753695952179202 Countdown to Putin's invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/ukraine-road-to-war/ Nobody believed he would be so irrational. They were wrong. #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2022-08-17 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559749200136376321 Too bad for the local people who can't afford to keep up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/16/ranch-land-west-billionaires/ #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2022-08-17 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559743966127370240 DHS inspector general holds tough to defend Trump. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-subpoenas-congress-government-and-politics-1b3cf3a512c8975c41cb79c70868f959 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559743341863903232 Expecting the worst from Trump's supporters. https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-social-media-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-31741bb13f708ee68b523592623341eb He's fanning the fires, hoping they will catch - without catching him. Threatening family members - how Nazi can you get? #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 03:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559742286308655104 Character and moral courage - something you don't find in Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-wyoming-alaska-48a5444f247727d26cf67a0a72f14637 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559740066376757248 Ellis has to testify in Georgia. Along with the rest of the crew. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/16/jenna-ellis-ordered-to-appear-before-election-scheme-grand-jury/ #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559739204845768705 Why do Trumpists pursue hopeless recounts? https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-abortion-2022-midterm-elections-health-election-recounts-0baf939e0a2d461e919ddac8579a9ec5 It's a method to RAISE money, not spend it, and keep the base engaged and enraged. #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-08-17 03:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 651 epoch Lifetime ID 1732980177046494 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/17/2022 17:08" reach 8 title "Kansas abortion vote: Why recount with such a large margin?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1732980177046494 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559971915501948928 Illegal immigration is declining - for many reasons, including H2A visas, automation, demographics, and improving economic prospects in Mexico. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/business/economy/immigration-california-farm-labor.html #PS1immigration == impress 7 time 2022-08-17 18:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559971319164203008 Lean In all you like - just don't expect magic. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/business/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 18:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559962402673737728 The paradox of democracy. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zac-gershberg/the-paradox-of-democracy/ Free speech means you can say things that are wrong and influence voters to do wrong things. Democracy depends on self-restraint and patience. #PS1theory == engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-08-17 17:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559961242462130176 Prosecute Trump or don't prosecute Trump. Either way sets a bad precedent for the future. But Trump forced this situation by a lifetime of disregarding old precedents from the past and new precedents set for the future. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-response-to-jack-goldsmith #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-08-17 17:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559959694843584513 "democracy contains the seeds of its own instability, via demagogues who mobilize popular uprisings for the express goal of turning them against the system itself" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-loses-primary-trump-reveals-danger/ Exactly what America's founders feared! A republic - if you can keep it! #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2022-08-17 17:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559958051951497216 Not everybody runs to win. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-2024/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 17:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559950268485156865 Apostate Trumpists try to save the GOP. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/opinions/countering-trumpism-in-gop-grisham-smith/index.html Is it even possible? Or have too many of its leaders soiled themselves permanently by their passionate embrace of Trumpism - and self-serving opportunism. #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 8% impress 37 likes 1 time 2022-08-17 17:08 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559949080331071488 "Cheney didn't deny that she lost the race, or encourage people to believe she won, or incite supporters to block Hageman's victory from being certified" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/media/fox-news-liz-cheney-dick-cheney/index.html Doesn't matter to Fox! #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 17:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559948215381741568 Pence gestures toward rule-of-law Republicanism. That makes him a RINO as far as Trumpists are concerned. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-new-hampshire-merrick-garland-government-and-politics-85619b0f18da0fb6eaba5bee4d0654f8 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 17:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559908385625370624 Judges getting tired of fake repentance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/16/cameron-jan6-judge-lecture/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 14:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559907786578079745 Liddell Hart in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/ukraine-indirect-approach-hitting-russians-war/ #PS1ukraine == impress 20 time 2022-08-17 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559772335959224320 Pandemic relief fraud - a pandemic itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/business/economy/covid-pandemic-fraud.html #PS1recovery == impress 10 time 2022-08-17 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559767515349233670 The case for and against a carbon tax. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/carbon-tax.html Technology and economics have to compromise with politics to get any progress at all. #PS1climate == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559766558624268293 Carbon capture and storage is not the answer to anything except oil companies' PR problems. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/climate-inflation-reduction-act.html #PS1climate == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559765482332246017 Identitarians vs traditional Republicans - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/liz-cheney-wyoming.html Will voters eventually notice that the identitarians are too busy getting on Fox to actually do anything useful? #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-08-17 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559755462152634373 It's not easy to attract good lawyers if you have a reputation for ignoring their advice and stiffing them on fees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/16/trump-lawyers-fbi-raid/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559753695952179202 Countdown to Putin's invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/ukraine-road-to-war/ Nobody believed he would be so irrational. They were wrong. #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2022-08-17 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559749200136376321 Too bad for the local people who can't afford to keep up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/16/ranch-land-west-billionaires/ #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559743966127370240 DHS inspector general holds tough to defend Trump. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-subpoenas-congress-government-and-politics-1b3cf3a512c8975c41cb79c70868f959 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559743341863903232 Expecting the worst from Trump's supporters. https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-social-media-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-31741bb13f708ee68b523592623341eb He's fanning the fires, hoping they will catch - without catching him. Threatening family members - how Nazi can you get? #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2022-08-17 03:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559742286308655104 Character and moral courage - something you don't find in Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-wyoming-alaska-48a5444f247727d26cf67a0a72f14637 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 03:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559740066376757248 Ellis has to testify in Georgia. Along with the rest of the crew. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/16/jenna-ellis-ordered-to-appear-before-election-scheme-grand-jury/ #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-08-17 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559739204845768705 Why do Trumpists pursue hopeless recounts? https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-abortion-2022-midterm-elections-health-election-recounts-0baf939e0a2d461e919ddac8579a9ec5 It's a method to RAISE money, not spend it, and keep the base engaged and enraged. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-08-17 03:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 651 ID 1732979917046520 posted "08/17/2022 05:56:36 PM" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1732979917046520 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559612358556676096 Only the best is good enough for a Trump endorsement! https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/politics/kfile-mark-finchem-treason-watch-list-pinterest/index.html He's locked and loaded! #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2022-08-16 18:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559610618394554368 Trumpist or Putinist, it's the same tactics - blame the other side for what you're doing. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-united-states-moscow-5cc322a7ef3b0407c529ebf8bb1fbfd2 Nobody ever planned to invade Russia or China, but they've had plans to invade Ukraine and Taiwan. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 2% impress 178 likes 3 time 2022-08-16 18:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559609706376704001 Large corporations are in business to enrich their major stockholders, not their minor employees. https://apnews.com/article/biden-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-congress-5e5ea68a4b5c1f4f263f5516bcdf8f77 #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2022-08-16 18:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559395744594817024 Trying to find an angle to boost your chances today without risking looking stupid tomorrow. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/us/politics/ron-desantis-trump-search.html Trump never makes it easy for his followers - and pretend followers. #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2022-08-16 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559383223947300871 Wisconsin is in the balance. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/us/politics/wisconsin-governor-supreme-court.html #PS1election == impress 1 time 2022-08-16 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559381969602940930 Why there's no bipartisanship on climate. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/opinion/republicans-environment-climate.html Factual and logical argument is considered wokeness by the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. #PS1climate == impress 1 time 2022-08-16 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559371389336895489 What is conservative? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#diff personality cults aren’t conservative, conspiracy theories aren’t conservative and treating politics like a religion is not conservative https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-alaska-da4b2054db6649e04c864973612d32dc #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2022-08-16 02:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559370024988463104 Getting closer to the top! https://apnews.com/article/new-york-manhattan-donald-trump-tax-evasion-3565c74051bcce5b6b0dc44f98a2dae8 #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-08-16 02:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 225 epoch Lifetime ID 1732347943776384 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/16/2022 19:08" reach 9 title "Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1732347943776384 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559251948473200641 Trump might beat the rap but not Giuliani! https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-graham-georgia-election-investigation-5cc5074e112a0323ca2fd4eee4f1da1c #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2022-08-15 18:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559220246807863296 Arizona GOP is leading the way in undermining democracy in favor of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/magazine/arizona-republicans-democracy.html #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-08-15 16:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559187800112525312 Tucker Carlson can read the polls of his base better than Liz Cheney. And if you're a Trumpist, what's more important than the polls of your base? Those are the only facts that matter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/15/liz-cheney-tucker-carlson-election-fraud/ #PS1media == engage 4 engage-rate 18% impress 22 likes 1 replies 1 time 2022-08-15 14:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559185649445482496 The lunatic fringe has gone mainstream and legislators who know better are fine with it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/15/election-deniers-march-toward-power-key-2024-battlegrounds/ #PS1gop == impress 24 time 2022-08-15 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559042409979203586 Dominion is making Fox nervous. The case seems likely to go to trial eventually. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/business/media/fox-dominion-lawsuit-first-amendment.html #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-08-15 05:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559040841879957505 It's hard to justify stealing classified material, especially when the justification keeps changing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/trump-documents-explanations.html #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2022-08-15 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559039776660996099 Rand Paul wants to repeal the Espionage Act so Trump can't get in trouble again! https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-rand-paul-calls-repeal-espionage-act-following-fbi-raid-trumps-florida-estate GOP don't agree on how to defend Trump's stealing top secret information. So some just make up stuff. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/us/politics/trump-search-republicans.html #PS1trump == engage 8 engage-rate 53% expands 6 impress 15 time 2022-08-15 04:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559037595698339841 many U.S. officials tasked with carrying out counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan privately knew the mission was failing, but in public spun a different message Exactly like Vietnam! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/15/afghanistan-us-legacy-failures-one-year-later/ #PS1afghanistan == impress 3 time 2022-08-15 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559036477748551682 What happens to old assassins? What should happen? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/13/john-hinckley-reagan-concert/ #PS1other == impress 3 time 2022-08-15 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559034837968621568 The patriarchalists are just getting started on regulating everybody's private life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/14/medicated-abortions-drugs-students-for-life/ At some point they will ask for too much, and the additional GOP votes that would be gained will be less than those lost. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1731027317241780 #PS1health == impress 3 time 2022-08-15 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559031582454734848 National effort to undermine confidence in voting machines? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/14/michigan-voting-machine-breach/ Anything involving constitutional sheriffs is automatically suspect. Elected officers derive their authority from the state, not vice versa. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-08-15 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558970859166937088 Doing nothing is taking a stand too. A stand of asking for more. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/opinion/trump-fbi-investigation.html #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2022-08-15 00:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558969434915581952 Spotlight on TikTok, which has mostly displaced other platforms for young people. It's still a tool of the Chinese government. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/business/media/on-tiktok-election-misinformation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/technology/tiktok-china-washington.html Propaganda fits short formats better than complex truth. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-08-15 00:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558966929284444161 Why politicians seldom get better. They can't admit they are wrong, so can't learn from their mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/opinion/admitting-mistakes-trump.html #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2022-08-15 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 447 epoch Lifetime ID 1731689767175535 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/15/2022 19:08" reach 9 title "Opinion | Admitting to Wrongs Makes a Right" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1731689767175535 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558965903399612416 A positive view of a do-something Congress. do-something is better than do-nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/opinion/congress-inflation-reduction-act.html Unless you're an insurrectionist who just wants to get on Fox to suggest somebody else should just burn down the government. #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-08-14 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558964035076653056 What life will be like under President DeSantis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/12/florida-state-attorney-desantis-fired-me/ Trumpism perfected! #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2022-08-14 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558962848579010561 Political or partisan? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/12/mar-a-lago-search-political-not-partisan/ #PS1journalism == impress 1 time 2022-08-14 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558962121911611392 How Dick Cheney helped pave the way for Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/12/dick-cheney-liz-demise-deception-iraq/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2022-08-14 23:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558961018964807680 It's not just Fox, Newsmax, and OAN! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/14/india-tv-journalism-democracy/ America's future too - all propaganda all the time? #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 time 2022-08-14 23:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558960049531211777 Fake populism and anti-intellectualism are as American as apple pie. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/14/historians-biden-white-house-rubio/ For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps, #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-08-14 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558954021875986432 Rupert Murdoch was right there to defend Trump for stealing top secrets. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/media/fox-news-coverage-fbi-mar-a-lago-search/index.html Not a moment lost! They had their stories ready in advance. #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 24 time 2022-08-14 23:09 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558950741879861248 Why Trump and Graham need good lawyers in Atlanta. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-music-donald-trump-04a4efde4e0aa49cb2ebdbb65138e287 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-08-14 22:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558949311269851136 What kind of person wants to endlessly investigate a fair election? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-c81e1806bc41ab4e8fec91b8f72ee904 Even most of the Republicans gave up on him. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-08-14 22:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558948613593522176 Hand counting of ballots? That doesn't counter fraud, it promotes it. That's the whole point - make it easier to insure elections produce the desired result. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-nevada-voting-machines-1fd9ab0e4fabcd036885d998033f614d And it makes ranked-choice voting just about impossible to administer. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-08-14 22:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558947453088321536 Rioting for fun and profit! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-social-media-8161eb5c4e8ae53d8a5b821fd650962c It's not surprising that criminals would ask for handouts - it's surprising that people would donate. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-08-14 22:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558945871261081600 And you thought earthquakes were bad! In 1862, Leland Stanford had to row a boat in Sacramento to get to his inauguration as governor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862 It will eventually happen again. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/14/the-coming-california-megastorm/ Can the state prepare in time? #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 likes 1 time 2022-08-14 22:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 408 epoch Lifetime ID 1730887467255765 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/14/2022 17:08" reach 9 title "The coming California megastorm. When will it hit?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1730887467255765 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558456055952134145 How the Trumpists cope with bad news - bury it with BS! https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/13/politics/fact-check-trump-fbi-search-false-misleading-conspiracy-theories/index.html #PS1media == engage 5 engage-rate 31% expands 1 impress 16 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-08-13 14:10 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558454101913939969 An investment that paid off big time. https://apnews.com/article/sinema-took-wall-street-money-while-killing-tax-on-investors-0c07f73ba6db92f87fa33f1aad8dbeac #PS1tax == impress 6 time 2022-08-13 14:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558453180312084480 For most taxpayers, the IRS already has all the data it needs to compute their taxes and send a refund or a bill. Now Congress is finally going to allow them to do it. https://apnews.com/article/irs-free-file-system-expansion-one-step-closer-democrats-b2c39db83e4a95f1d1cd1aa488495256 #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2022-08-13 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558452325508780034 Praise for assassins as patriots - not just in Trump country. https://apnews.com/article/iran-salman-rushdie-reaction-e9bc5f6841e667cf36506a78496aa3dc #PS1theory == impress 10 time 2022-08-13 13:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 117 epoch Lifetime ID 1730754123935766 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/14/2022 12:08" reach 9 title "Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1730754123935766 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558147914697805824 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-ghislaine-maxwell-monkeypox-covid-entertainment-e0c71f24749d3ebf814b77f35e7ca4ad #PS1media == impress 8 time 2022-08-12 17:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558145496245346305 Trumpists or Ayatollahs - they think the same - don't bother with elections or laws, it's more efficient to just send assassins. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/us/fbi-cincinnati-office-armed-suspect-what-we-know/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/us/salman-rushdie-attacked/index.html #PS1justice == impress 24 time 2022-08-12 17:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558144366325014529 Fringe right wants to rewrite the Constitution on Trumpist Dixiecrat lines. And they're getting a lot of money from unknown sources to primary out GOP legislators that aren't on board. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-presidential-south-dakota-constitutions-3de00d1fb9748dcffc2e3875375a36f1 #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2022-08-12 17:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558104215955705856 Why little progress is likely with Iran while the founding revolutionary generation is still alive. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/opinion/iran-america-nuclear-policy.html “Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without belief in a devil.” Populist dictatorships need an enemy. #PS1mideast == impress 6 time 2022-08-12 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558101176943382529 Putin tries to heat up the Balkans to take heat off his Ukraine invasion. He has plenty of local enablers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/world/europe/serbia-vucic-russia.html WWI started in the Balkans. Why not WWIII? #PS1putin == impress 32 time 2022-08-12 14:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558096492505681921 The sad history of Congress trying to rein in the White House. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/opinions/trump-fbi-search-presidential-record-keepers-hemmer/index.html Mostly it's a history of the White House ignoring the law and Congress abdicating its responsibility to do anything about it. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2022-08-12 14:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558086269636210688 The first attempt to split California - to preserve minority rule and slavery. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-07/secession-san-bernardino-slavery-history-california It failed then for the same reason as now - in a closely divided Senate, it is politically impossible to add one new free state or one new slave state. #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 50% impress 4 likes 1 replies 1 time 2022-08-12 13:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558072479368695808 How the sausage gets made in West Virginia. https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-travel-lung-disease-d44dffb2c886ab21f2540117c73f8c92 With a Senate majority of 1, every senator has veto power. #PS1biden == impress 5 time 2022-08-12 12:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558065168596094976 Garland gives Trump another chance to show what this is all about. https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/ Trump could publish the search warrant at any time, but so far refuses. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/11/garland-trump-warrant-unseal/ At least a few Trump allies wonder if they chose the wrong fight. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 22% expands 1 impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-08-12 12:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557939885662560256 The Wellness-Conspiracy Industrial Complex! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/opinion/alex-jones-wellness-conspiracy.html Who could resist those kinds of margins? The Feds aren't allowed to regulate supplements. It's the Wild West for anybody with a talent for big lies. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-08-12 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557935509753643009 How the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP fights increased tax auditing of their megadonors - by pretending it applies to the middle class. Do YOU consider $400K and up middle class? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/11/hyperbolic-gop-claims-about-irs-agents-audits/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728913367453175 #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2022-08-12 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557929302124965888 They talked about the 25th amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution but Pence was opposed, so some resigned and others just did nothing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/elaine-chao-trump-cabinet-january-6-25th-amendment/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-08-12 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557928066017476608 Ranked-choice voting is not hard to understand. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used But Trump and Palin, and political kingmakers, are opposed, because it tends to weed out fringe candidates in favor of centrists with appeal beyond their bases. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-voting-government-and-politics-d91f31e3824361a09e27683d6dd3908d #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-08-12 03:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 519 epoch Lifetime ID 1729536344057544 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/12/2022 17:08" reach 11 title "Groups get creative to help Alaska voters with ranked voting" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1729536344057544 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557802002851106818 The Trump book industry has changed! Instead of a monthly tell-all about the Trump presidency, now it's a monthly book hinting how the author is the ideal successor to lead the Trumpist movement all the way back to the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/opinion/trump-2024-desantis-hawley.html #PS1trumpism == impress 15 time 2022-08-11 18:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557800448962072576 A Supreme Court with five reactionary Catholics and one reactionary Episcopalian. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/391649/religion-supreme-court-justices.aspx Thought America left established religion behind in 1787? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/opinion/religion-supreme-court-alito.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728678387476673 #PS1justice == impress 8 time 2022-08-11 18:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557793824226693122 A surprising choice - but how many good lawyers would be willing to represent Trump? They'll certainly want a cash retainer up front. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/trump-lawyer-georgia.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-08-11 18:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557791499307216896 Remember Trump did it all for you, his beloved supporters! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/trump-fantasy-collective-persecution/ #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 18:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557790471623102464 Nobody defunds the police better than the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/republicans-no-longer-party-law-order/ #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-08-11 18:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557789200744755200 No point in DOJ deviating from established policies. Trump and Trumpists will lie about it no matter what. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/justice-department-trump-fury-analysis/index.html #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2022-08-11 18:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557757669506629633 Who cares if it's illegal if you think you can get away with it? A pillar of Trumpism! https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/trump-campaign-fundraising-super-pac/index.html The real action is in the PACs and SuperPACs that aren't much regulated to begin with. Remember money is the mother's milk of politics. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-08-11 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557715636377120769 None but the best for Putin's army! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-world-news-st-petersburg-treatment-of-prisoners-f20273227cf4c4e65ba6f4866dc975ea #PS1ukraine == impress 8 time 2022-08-11 13:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557587338657554437 Falling markets are hard on amateur tech founders. Anybody can run a business during a bubble. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/business/silicon-valley-boy-boss.html #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 time 2022-08-11 04:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557586025274191873 Renaming places for heroes instead of rebellious slaveowners. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/military-bases-renaming-commission.html Expect the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP to undo all these if they return to power. #PS1other == impress 4 time 2022-08-11 04:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557584583247310849 “What is the connection today between evangelical Christianity, cowboy capitalism, the electronic news media and the Republican Party?” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/trump-republicans-persecution.html They all work to defend minority rule against the Enlighternment ideals of America's founders. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 04:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557581958321807360 The animals' revenge is not yet complete. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/10/langya-virus-china-shrews-henipavirus/ #PS1virus == impress 6 time 2022-08-11 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557581392782823425 Scott Perry denies everything. But he repeats lies and conspiracies about everything, so why believe him? After all, he's head of the House Freedom Caucus - Free to spout nonsense about everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/scott-perry-trump-fbi-phone-explainer/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557580305443086336 Historians point out the ghosts of Huey Long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long#Politics and Father Coughlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin#Antisemitism still run the GOP - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/10/biden-us-historians-democracy-threat/ The Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP evolved from the party of Lincoln to the party of Calhoun and Preston Brooks. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2022-08-11 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557576662346190849 The invasion of Ukraine is not just about Putin's ego! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/10/ukraine-russia-energy-mineral-wealth/ It's about destroying Ukraine's economy. #PS1ukraine == impress 25 time 2022-08-11 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557573459076493313 It's not just Republicans! Sen. Sinema knows who butters her bread. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/how-wall-street-wooed-sen-kyrsten-sinema-and-preserved-its-multi-billion-dollar-carried-interest-tax-break.html SOMEBODY has to help the GOP protect billionaires from socialist dictatorship! #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2022-08-11 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557560753246199811 Who could make Trump look good? DeSantis! While Trump was too incompetent to be the dictator he always wanted to be, DeSantis is perfecting the art. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/politics/ron-desantis-florida-political-power-2024-election/index.html Just as Peronism was better off without Peron, so Trumpism without Trump! #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-08-11 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557559264662605824 A majority of American voters might be fed up with billionaires. But a majority of GOP megadonors have bought enough cheap votes of single-issue constituencies and made the most of the rural bias in the Constitution to protect minority rule. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/perspectives/billionaire-wealth-inequality-inflation-reduction-act/index.html #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557558437831053312 Like Trump, Musk might finally be running out of room to hide, even with his billions. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/business/nightcap-elon-musk-spacex-cpi-dominos/index.html #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2022-08-11 02:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557553415407800320 Thanks to Vladimir Putin! Every second-rate despot now understands that nuclear weapons capability is a regime insurance policy. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-dubai-nuclear-d96093efcf1e6b8581138b9db48cbedc #PS1other == impress 11 time 2022-08-11 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557552893195980801 Supreme Court to invalidate all gun laws? https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-us-supreme-court-colorado-shootings-politics-f919b74dc95062f322389349f35c0e93 The court understands that gun enthusiasts are a bulwark of minority rule; their votes are cheaply bought by opposing all gun laws. Doesn't even cost anything; NRA does the publicity for free. #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 02:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557551897208168448 No privacy in the social media era. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-technology-health-c62b071aae11783fe0aeed99bbf8fffc Everything you do online is for sale somewhere! #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2022-08-11 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557535079743688704 Some of the GOP rally behind Trump, sensing a campaign issue. It will work with the base, but how about independents and swing voters? https://apnews.com/article/gop-rallies-around-donald-trump-a0f20a219b1090fd02f529acf744f246 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-08-11 01:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 80 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-11 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 802 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1728822644128914 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/11/2022 17:08" rcs 1 reach 9 title "GOP rallies around Trump following FBI search of his estate" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728822644128914 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557375594572103680 Pleading the Fifth - it's only an admission of guilt when other people do it! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ny-investigation-testimony-a4e6264d44b194d24dfb916ffc7f51ca #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2022-08-10 14:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-10 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 29 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1728118980865947 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/10/2022 17:08" reach 10 title "Trump says he took the Fifth in New York civil investigation" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728118980865947 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555596450767048704 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/monkeypox-health-elections-social-media-a470b553c977e64936fa338f5f5573a3 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-08-05 16:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555576592218222593 Lose-lose for social media. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-social-media-voting-0ab5375951df71093d240a6631edb9da Whether they treat fantasy the same as fact or differently, they'll get criticized. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-08-05 15:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555553884659101696 How the Dixiecrat Cavaliers took over the Republican Party and turned it to their traditional interests of protecting minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/04/dana-milbank-republican-destructionists-book-excerpt/ Same old strategy - convince poor people that their enemy is each other rather than rich people. #PS1minority == impress 2 time 2022-08-05 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555552522365915137 Ever heard of carried interest? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/opinion/private-equity-lays-waste.html Probably not, and that's no accident. But every senator - both parties - knows what it is and who benefits from it - namely themselves from campaign donations from hedge fund operators. #PS1tax == engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-08-05 13:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 146 epoch Lifetime ID 1728118070866038 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/10/2022 17:08" rcs 1 reach 10 reactions 1 title "Opinion | Private Equity Doesn’t Want You to Read This" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728118070866038 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555190897608110080 Free-fire enthusiasts are going after every gun law in the country. https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-us-supreme-court-colorado-shootings-politics-f919b74dc95062f322389349f35c0e93 #PS1firearms == impress 6 time 2022-08-04 13:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555032766357463040 Can Trump keep his mouth shut during a deposition? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/nyregion/trump-letitia-james-deposition-lawsuit.html His track record is not good. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 23 time 2022-08-04 03:27 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555031235587555330 Eastman didn't give up! Still trying to find non-existent fraud, and still trying to get paid for his efforts, about which he pled the 5th. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/us/politics/john-eastman-trump-election-fraud.html But if he'd read anything about Trump, he'd know to expect remittances late, or never. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-08-04 03:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555029627344564224 Trump says he has big plans for 2025. He'd turn the Federal government into his personal servants. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/trump-has-big-plans-for-2025.html But does he have the attention span to follow through? He had big campaign promises in 2015 but he let McConnell do the actual legislating. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2022-08-04 03:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555027197110337537 A republic if you can keep it! And now those that don't want to keep it see their dreams within grasp - minority rule permanently and unassailably enshrined. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/republican-party-anti-democracy.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-08-04 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555026072273424384 The would-be dictators trying to take over the GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/blake-masters-arizona-senate.html They've no patience for democracy, compromise, self-restraint. All power to the powerful! And to those that have little - even that will be taken away. A republic if you can keep it. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-08-04 03:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555022311190695936 Minority rule depends on single-issue constituencies like the right-to-lifers - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html And the right-to-lifers depend on minority rule - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/anti-abortion-kansas.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-08-04 02:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555018648368033792 Anybody want a job with lousy pay and endless hassle from delusional parents? You might be more qualified than you know! https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/03/school-teacher-shortage/ The red states won't do anything about teacher pay or working conditions - that would raise taxes or anger voters! #PS1other == impress 6 time 2022-08-04 02:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555017741408473088 Ron Johnson is trying to privatize social security, medicare, etc, so it's not on the Federal budget and GOP megadonors won't have to make up the shortfall. https://news.yahoo.com/ron-johnson-suggests-medicare-social-233139470.html Of course, in best Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP style, he denies his real objectives. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-08-04 02:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555002378503393286 CPAC and Orban - and Tucker Carlson - a marriage made in hell. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/media/viktor-orbn-cpac-dallas/index.html But that's the future embraced by the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2022-08-04 01:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555001416271294464 Navarro wants immunity - from what? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics/peter-navarro-documents/index.html From being associated with Trump? That's pretty incriminating in itself. #PS1trumpism == impress 23 time 2022-08-04 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554999246721495040 How the crazies took over the GOP - and were welcomed by the traditional Republicans. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/opinions/alex-jones-sandy-hook-conspiracies-gop-hemmer/index.html The crazies are valuable distractions for the masses as the GOP megadonors plan to get their way for good. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-08-04 01:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554997912957906944 Caught in his lies. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial/index.html But he's a Trumpist, so what does he care? Only if his bankruptcy claims fail and he actually has to pay up. Then there's the matter of perjury, proven in open court. That's not civil, that's criminal. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2022-08-04 01:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554996662229016577 Trumpist Dixiecrats try to bury the facts of the past while their more violent allies try to repeat them. https://apnews.com/article/Atlanta-race-massacre-9d738b6fa08d26ec91adfcd8fff30f7f What do you expect from people who called the Jan 6 insurrection a normal tourist day? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-08-04 01:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 59 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-04 ratio 15 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 592 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1723677164643462 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/04/2022 05:08" reach 15 title "Atlanta's image challenged by facts of 1906 race massacre" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1723677164643462 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554836044171751429 You can get rich supporting minority rule by selling lies and hurting innocent people! Here's how - https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/politics/alex-jones-infowars-fringe-to-frontline/ Alex Jones and the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP cult of personality were made by each other and for each other. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1723031284708050 #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 35 likes 1 time 2022-08-03 14:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554706679895191552 The GOP megadonors want to call a constitutional convention rigged to preserve their control forever. https://www.businessinsider.com/constitutional-convention-conservatives-republicans-constitution-supreme-court-2022-7 Their apologists pretend that it couldn't possible run out of control - but running wild is the intent. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722790131398832 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-08-03 05:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554693862873935873 Electoral Count Act repair isn't done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/01/electoral-count-reform-act-suggested-changes/ #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2022-08-03 05:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554675014389051392 Alex Jone keeps lying under oath. The judge's patience is wearing thin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial/index.html But what else would you expect from a Trumpist? #PS1media == impress 22 time 2022-08-03 03:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-03 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-08-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 149 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1723344338010078 impress 24 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/03/2022 17:08" reach 23 title "Sandy Hook parents testify about the 'hell' Alex Jones inflicted on them through lies about the shooting" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1723344338010078 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554608078821027840 Praise for the Manchin-Schumer deal. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/opinion/manchin-inflation-climate.html Are there really 11 GOP votes for it? As noted, if the GOP were really serious about reducing the deficit, they'd repeal some of their 2017 billionaire tax relief. #PS1tax == impress 4 time 2022-08-02 23:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554606927618772994 When is economic warfare effective? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-embargo-gas.html Little has worked out the way that was expected. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2022-08-02 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554605593490366465 How much has the decline of public education contributed to political partisanship? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/books/review/will-bunch-after-the-ivory-tower-falls.html Probably it's part of the problem, but the takeover of the Republican Party by Dixiecrats played a larger part. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722561168088395 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-08-02 23:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554601989719199744 Arizona fake electors knew what they were doing was treasonous - but they did it anyway. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/politics/arizona-trump-fake-electors.html #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2022-08-02 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554600140144447488 The throwaway society will eventually exact its due. Because there is no away that is not somebody else's here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/02/why-gadgets-die/ #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-08-02 22:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554599245142904832 Mini-Trumps assault democracy in broad daylight. With impunity. And little news media coverage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/gop-anti-democracy-movement/ #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-08-02 22:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554594214331027456 Trump administration created a boom in the phone eraser industry. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/defense-department-missing-january-6-texts/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2022-08-02 22:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554309795515011072 The devil whispers in politicians' ears this is important but there’s a thing I care about more, and if I am not in office, I won’t be able to do what I care about. Liz Cheney has rejected that path. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/opinion/liz-cheney-trump-jan-6.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722010971476748 #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-08-02 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554296048540995584 Judges getting tired of fake repentance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/01/derrick-evans-jan6-book/ Future convicted insurrectionists can expect less leniency. Everything else about Trumpism is reality-TV-fake, so why would repentance be different? #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-08-02 02:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554295315045396480 7 years for insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/01/reffitt-sentence-jan6/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-08-02 02:37 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 317 epoch Lifetime ID 1722585538085958 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/02/2022 17:08" reach 14 title "First Jan. 6 defendant convicted at trial receives longest sentence of 7 years" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1722585538085958 ========== Tweets for 2022-08-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553944500216537089 Income inequality moves from Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills to Sun Valley. So much for lower living costs in Idaho! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us/sun-valley-workforce-housing.html People who can't afford to live there should move away. Let the idle rich clean their own toilets! #PS1economics == impress 19 time 2022-08-01 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553942071345442817 Alex Jones invents all kinds of creative arguments to justify publishing lies for profit that hurt other people. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us/politics/sandy-hook-alex-jones.html And then blames the victims. Trumpism in action! #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2022-08-01 03:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553940628668461057 Expand the House. Multimember districts combined with ranked-choice or approval voting. No sore-loser laws. These are the elements to defeat minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html So expect fierce opposition from the minority rulers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/senate-house-power.html #PS1democracy == engage 8 engage-rate 57% impress 14 likes 2 retweets 1 time 2022-08-01 03:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553939108287823872 Fix the wrong defaults! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/technology/personaltech/default-settings-turn-off.html #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2022-08-01 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553933558250500096 Putin's neocolonialism in Africa. A century ago, the other European empires raped Africa. Now it's Russia's turn! https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/africa/sudan-russia-gold-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html As always, plenty of local quislings to help. #PS1putin == impress 15 time 2022-08-01 02:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-08-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-08-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 191 epoch Lifetime ID 1721971254814053 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/01/2022 19:08" rcs 1 reach 12 reactions 1 title "Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin's war effort in Ukraine" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1721971254814053 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553785412308463616 Creativity vs decadence - currently a losing battle. Decadence doesn't need a machine algorithm, though it helps. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/algorithm-innovation-decadence.html Civilizations have endured these dry spells before, until external surprises jolted them back to creative life. #PS1other #PS1other == impress 2 time 2022-07-31 16:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553758581568053248 The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP's defense of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html began when the Nixon administration harvested what Bilbo and Thurmond and Wallace had sewn - and that's when the Old South finally rose again! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/opinion/richard-nixon-america-trump.html #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2022-07-31 15:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553756117582237696 Another new face of the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/opinion/missouri-senate-eric-greitens.html Will GOP voters elect a guy that even Hawley rejects? #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-07-31 14:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553753238662365188 The new face of the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party - https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/politics/kfile-maryland-attorney-general-9-11-conspiracies/index.html A lot like the old face of the Old South. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-07-31 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553619272995196928 Has Fox moved on from Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/media/fox-news-donald-trump-rupert-murdoch.html But he still has Newsmax and OAN - and Russia Today! #PS1media == impress 16 time 2022-07-31 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553617882449190912 Why wages don't go down in recessions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/opinion/wages-inflation-workers-prices.html That make inflation harder to stop. #PS1inflation == impress 6 time 2022-07-31 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553617085317623809 The historical argument against centrist third parties - they don't accomplish anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/opinion/why-andrew-yangs-new-third-party-is-bound-to-fail.html Put that energy into a coalition of candidates in existing parties pursuing electoral reforms for democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1720733374937841 #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2022-07-31 05:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553611744072724480 How prisoner swaps work - we take a high-value Russian agent, the Russians take an average tourist and offer to trade. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/opinion/brittney-griner-prisoner-swap.html One conclusion - average tourists should not go to Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea, lest they become handy hostages. #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 1% hashclicks 1 impress 84 time 2022-07-31 05:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553608975181983745 How Putin emulates Stalin by reviving the NKVD to eliminate domestic and foreign opposition. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/putins-new-police-state #PS1putin == impress 7 time 2022-07-31 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553608526760579072 Why were the Russians willing to take Americans hostage to get this guy back? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/29/victor-bout-gru-sechin/ He knows too much? #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2022-07-31 05:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553606527415595009 Stone and Gaetz discuss pardons in advance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/07/30/roger-stone-matt-gaetz-pardon-mueller/ https://news.yahoo.com/rep-matt-gaetz-roger-stone-164832545.html What else would you expect from hard core Trumpists? They've got to cover their backs. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2022-07-31 05:00 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553605796419710978 And now, some kind words for Joe Manchin, except from GOP senators, who had supposed he was with them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/29/manchin-drug-energy-bill-still-democrat/ #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-07-31 04:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553599468292820992 The Roe v Wade repeal rejected the Constitutional right of privacy - https://www.ask.com/news/what-is-the-constitutional-right-to-privacy But the delusional branch of the GOP thinks the patriarchal branch will rest with Roe v Wade. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/opinions/republicans-gays-respect-for-marriage-act-senate-smith/index.html Unlikely! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1720701778274334 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-07-31 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553592718323884032 Democrats debate sabotaging GOP primaries. Just because GOP does it, should Democrats? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/democrats-propping-up-republican-candidates/index.html Better to repeal sore-loser laws and use ranked-choice voting. Otherwise, primaries in one-party states are simply a way of purging moderates. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-07-31 04:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553590964106641408 Why are McConnell and McCarthy in charge? Is it McConnell's attractiveness and McCarthy's wit and wisdom, or vice versa? None of the above - they're in charge because, in their distinct ways, they keep the megadonors funding GOP candidates. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/mitch-mcconnell-kevin-mccarthy-republican-divisions/index.html #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2022-07-31 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553588758275977217 Virtual social media influencers - no more fake than human ones! https://www.cnn.com/style/article/south-korea-virtual-influencers-beauty-social-media-intl-hnk-dst/index.html #PS1media == impress 6 time 2022-07-31 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553586428310798337 Internet facilitates a surge in shoplifting - and resulting countermeasures. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/business/drug-stores-locked-products/index.html #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2022-07-31 03:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 117 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-31 ratio 8 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Tweets for 2022-07-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 587 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1721293068215205 impress 18 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/31/2022 19:07" reach 17 title "Why Old Spice, Colgate and Dawn are locked up at drug stores | CNN Business" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1721293068215205 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553206333440004098 How the sausage gets made. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/manchin-schumer-biden-deal/index.html Politics is the art of the possible. What is possible might vary from week to week, if not day to day. #PS1biden == impress 2 time 2022-07-30 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553204822626619392 Fox knew it wasn't true but reported it anyway. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/media/bill-barr-smartmatic-subpoena/index.html #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 50% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-07-30 02:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553204352751325184 A vicious self-serving opportunist at the top attracts vicious self-serving opportunists all the way down. Always has, always will. Of course they are constantly fighting each other more than the nominal enemies. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/jared-kushner-steve-bannon-west-wing/index.html #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2022-07-30 02:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553203263347929088 Bragging about law-breaking! https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/wisconsin-voter-fraud-harry-wait/index.html #PS1election == impress 3 time 2022-07-30 02:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553202819200536576 Alex Jones bankruptcy filing to avoid accountability for intentionally spreading lies. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/media/alex-jones-free-speech-systems-bankruptcy/index.html #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 13% impress 16 likes 1 time 2022-07-30 02:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-30 ratio 16 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-07-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 147 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1720591541618691 impress 17 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/30/2022 17:07" reach 16 title "Alex Jones' company files for bankruptcy amid Texas trial to award damages to Sandy Hook families" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1720591541618691 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553093689559244800 Trump officials did their best to reduce Federal backup and archival storage costs! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/28/homeland-security-texts-jan6/ https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/dhs-texts-become-latest-jan-6-materials-go-missing-rcna40692 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-07-29 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553042493754642432 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-science-social-media-53012d0ba8ea5545737a07b606b0c603 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-07-29 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552886059284848641 The church is supposed to direct the government? tired of this separation of church and state junk? If you agree that America's Founders were deluded by the Enlightenment and mistaken about history, then Christian Nationalism is for you! https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/opinions/christian-nationalism-marjorie-taylor-greene-tyler/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 12 time 2022-07-29 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552884064830382082 A Trumpist who clearly doesn't need Trump any more. When and how will he say that? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/josh-hawley-fist-pump/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2022-07-29 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552883275034533888 Trump promises to be worse next time. If he's elected, with a little bit of voter suppression by his friends, he intends to be president for life. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-dark-speech/index.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-07-29 05:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552881581362008065 No lame excuses here - these GOP are proud of their anti-semitism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/doug-mastriano-gab-pennsylvania-republican/index.html #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-07-29 04:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552877715937669120 The exciting new class of GOP candidates. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-race-and-ethnicity-be616cae0967ca6ee9c78ac1efee8e31 The national GOP is afraid to say anything about them in case they win and take over the party the way Trump did. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-07-29 04:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552876655646949376 Embracing the big lie as a lifestyle! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-2022-midterm-elections-biden-presidential-texas-b87d4001f2d03df10fa050af5b0b1239 Most GOP senators will never admit they did anything wrong by encouraging insurrection - they're proud of it. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 time 2022-07-29 04:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552875359971921920 The lame excuses of Alex Jones and other conspiracy peddlers. https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-07b7ee981d6fcd3ebfbccac65ee89d4d They knew they were lying, but they peddled lies for money from the gullible and didn't care how much it hurt other people. The juries should make examples of them. #PS1media == engage 2 engage-rate 15% expands 1 impress 13 likes 1 time 2022-07-29 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552873810172334080 The lame excuses of assault weapon manufacturers. https://apnews.com/article/gun-manufacturers-ar-15-461e6729bef5ef5f8af0f128fbfc40be But look how much money they made! #PS1firearms == impress 3 time 2022-07-29 04:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552868774138654720 The power of cult of personality! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita_(musical) The show was still touring in 2019. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-poverty-obituaries-buenos-aires-ff7553b9191269449f3eaf13f92fd3ca Practically every Argentine politician calls himself a Peronista, no matter what he actually believes or does. #PS1theory == impress 1 time 2022-07-29 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552866531851116544 A big lie that still hurts 30 years later. https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-science-fires-american-petroleum-institute-014d4825f21084a80eb71414dbe63b9e #PS1climate == impress 1 time 2022-07-29 04:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 398 epoch Lifetime ID 1719908401687005 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/29/2022 18:07" reach 7 title "Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1719908401687005 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552787168250064897 Trump tried to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means - just as America's founders feared. Will the Jan 6 committee focus on the Trump enablers who knew better but went along for the ride? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-jan-6-committee-hearings-day-8 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1718848971792948 #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-07-28 22:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552785820599197696 Voting in the Republican primary in August? Are the candidates - Trumpists? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Traditional Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Rule-of-Law Republicans? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1718803221797523 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2022-07-28 22:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552784472516411392 Third parties??? Only if they get ranked-choice voting and get rid of sore-loser laws first! Otherwise they just split the moderate vote. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/andrew-yang-forward-party-whitman-jolly/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1719016898442822 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-07-28 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552665943066566659 GOP says we can afford trade deals to benefit megadonors - but retraining workers would be too inflationary. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/americas-safety-net-for-workers-hurt-by-globalization-is-falling-apart/ #PS1trade == impress 3 time 2022-07-28 14:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552664841063542784 Self-serving opportunists at the top attract self-serving opportunists all the way down! Under capitalism or communism alike. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/world/asia/china-bank-scandal-protest.html Especially when there's only one branch of government - the leader and his party. #PS1china == impress 3 time 2022-07-28 14:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552663536945336322 Recession signals from the inverted yield curve. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/business/yield-curve-inversion.html We were tired of inflation, right? Let's see how we like recession. #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2022-07-28 14:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552464060339195904 You'll have to read the bill to know what's in it! Already GOP senators are are alarmed by its national security threat to billionaire job creator GOP megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/joe-manchin-budget-agreement-7b0ee6e3e0b70357288fd69f44473b9b And is Sinema OK with tax increases on megadonors - just before an election? #PS1biden == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 53 likes 1 time 2022-07-28 01:20 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 262 epoch Lifetime ID 1719055405105638 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/28/2022 17:07" reach 10 title "Manchin, Schumer in surprise deal on health, energy, taxes" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1719055405105638 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552167323787677698 DOJ gets closer to Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/26/trump-justice-investigation-january-6/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/politics/justice-department-pence-short-jacob-trump-grand-jury/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 15% expands 1 impress 13 likes 1 time 2022-07-27 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552164164361019395 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-covid-science-health-ap-fact-check-26dc7f6fee09181dd4c9c6f6af19a678 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2022-07-27 05:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 42 epoch Lifetime ID 1717795001898345 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/26/2022 23:07" reach 10 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1717795001898345 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1550476644862742528 What would you do on your last day on earth? Probably call your family to say goodbye. That's what Pence's Secret Service detail did on Jan 6. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearing-takeaways-da9e850c8744a3d4395928cf19eaf36f Of course Trump didn't call off the mob until it was clear that they had failed. #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 retweets 2 time 2022-07-22 13:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 63 epoch Lifetime ID 1717794821898363 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/26/2022 23:07" reach 7 title "Jan. 6 takeaways: White House in chaos, unmovable Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1717794821898363 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1550189262871470080 Election officials have to convene in secrecy. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-election-2020-26a69f3a2dbf65e54355df6686c6a399 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-07-21 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1550138115011973121 Today's public hearing will summarize the case that Trump tried to overthrow the government by violent unconstitutional means. It starts at 5pm PDT today with a pre-show starting at 4pm. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-jan-6-committee-hearings-day-8 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1713743058970206 #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-07-21 15:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-21 ratio 20 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-07-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 62 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1713800608964451 impress 22 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/21/2022 09:07" reach 20 title "WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 8" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1713800608964451 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1548299065124786176 Erased evidence? Looks bad, sounds bad. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-10d40ce2ddd78f7cd6b57e945aa63f44 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-07-16 13:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1548298173709357058 Trumpists claim GOP primaries are stolen too! https://apnews.com/article/republican-primary-losers-claim-fraud-parroting-trump-7730988a009dfa0873e8133e19232562 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-07-16 13:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-20 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-07-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 42 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1713254915685687 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/20/2022 14:07" rcs 1 reach 14 title "Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1713254915685687 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1547966084053024768 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-covid-health-social-media-8032fb8abb61a465d3411998185ed200 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-07-15 15:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 1713254732352372 impress 18 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/20/2022 14:07" reach 16 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1713254732352372 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1547222227279495168 Romney didn't get the memo - the GOP left him behind years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/opinion/abortion-romney-child-tax-credit.html His colleagues might or might not care about abortion as a moral issue, but they certainly care about keeping single-issue voters supporting GOP minority rule. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2022-07-13 14:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1547220603161063424 Trump's bad. What's worse were the GOP leaders who knew better and said nothing, and the worst were the GOP leaders that knew better and actively promoted lies that led to insurrection. What punishment for these Franz von Papens? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/12/jan-6-testimony-jason-van-tatenhove-stephen-ayres-deprogrammed/ #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-07-13 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1547218796384923648 What happened to Lindsey Graham? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/12/will-lindsey-graham-testify-raffensperger/ He should have known that pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it. #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2022-07-13 13:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 132 epoch Lifetime ID 1708739046137274 impress 20 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/14/2022 20:07" reach 17 title "Opinion | Will Lindsey Graham explain his 2020 call to Brad Raffensperger?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1708739046137274 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546714705753882624 Trumpism - you don't have to be competent if you're loyal. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/politics/herschel-walker-republican-risk-campaign-trail/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-07-12 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546713203454840832 You can't tell the players without a scorecard! https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/politics/january-6-hearing-biographies/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-07-12 04:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 48 epoch Lifetime ID 1706789049665607 impress 19 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/12/2022 05:07" reach 16 title "Tuesday's January 6 hearing is focusing on extremist groups. Here are some names you might hear." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1706789049665607 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546556000693473281 If Musk is as smart as Trump used to say he was, then it's going to be President DeSantis in 2025. Like DeSantis, Musk seems to think that Trumpism is better off without Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/opinions/trump-musk-desantis-election-2024-obeidallah/index.html #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2022-07-11 18:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546326785343729664 Putin is on the verge of achieving his greatest strategic goal! More important than conquering Ukraine is spreading instability and conflict throughout the world, especially in the democracies that oppose him. https://buffalonews.com/skyrocketing-global-fuel-prices-threaten-livelihoods-and-social-stability-worldwide/article_fae4464b-16c6-569f-8eed-c53ab2f7276e.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705836243094221 #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 21 time 2022-07-11 02:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546324610009837568 “People every week fill the tank. They see these big prices” https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/04/will-gas-prices-get-republicans-control-of-the-u-s-house/ People who don't follow politics - or economics - can read the price on the pump and be unhappy and vote the rascals out. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705831329761379 #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2022-07-11 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546319448566423553 It's very hard to achieve a soft landing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/inflation-recession-the-fed.html Rest assured though, that the Republicans can readily switch from blaming Democrats for inflation to blaming Democrats for recession, without having any better ideas for dealing with either. #PS1economics == impress 12 time 2022-07-11 02:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546318408001589248 Fear of death has led men to seek immortality of some kind - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/mass-shooters-motive.html Being forgotten is worse! No wonder some of the losers pick up guns. That's not insanity. The insanity is the celebrity culture around them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705818733095972 #PS1firearms == impress 4 time 2022-07-11 02:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546313381195329538 Should Democrats try to harness the outrage over abortion by putting tests to candidates? One such test - Do you need to conduct a poll to decide whether there is a constitutional right to privacy? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/democrats-abortion-midterms.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705809053096940 #PS1theory == impress 5 time 2022-07-11 02:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546285509294452737 It's really not Trump's fault. It's the enablers that knew better and went along with him. In 2016 just as in 1860. Franz von Papen awards for all of them. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/opinions/trump-liberals-primaries-2022-mcwhorter/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-07-11 00:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546283914737491968 In case you missed the timeline https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/jan-6-us-capitol-riot-timeline/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2022-07-11 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 335 epoch Lifetime ID 1705858813091964 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/10/2022 20:07" reach 13 title "The January 6 insurrection: Minute-by-minute" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705858813091964 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546282239524163584 Can American GOP match British Tories? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/opinions/boris-johnson-resignation-republicans-dump-trump-heye/index.html Not likely, but if it does happen, it will seem to be overnight. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-07-10 23:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546280995371958272 Trump's greatest contribution? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-eric-greitens-legislature-st-louis-705610dbf221e5367e796fca708c27da Making it possible for any corrupt criminal or sinner to be a credible political candidate! Only loyalty to the leader matters. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-07-10 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546280084532707329 The wild west gig economy! https://apnews.com/article/workers-rights-government-and-politics-8390362e0fed372432f95805f94ac994 If you do it the ethical way you'll never get to be a billionaire! #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2022-07-10 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546279498697490432 It's still the same old story - public employee unions get defined-benefit pensions without a sufficient stable funding mechanism. So they take investment risks to get better returns - and higher risks of getting bailed out by taxpayers. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-blockchain-government-and-politics-bb0b28c277f078dc34d5bf90e36f91f7 #PS1economics == impress 2 time 2022-07-10 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546277888219000833 What's Bannon's motive to testify supported by Trump? Is he actually going to say anything, or does he just want to postpone his trial date? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-steve-bannon-politics-congress-zoe-lofgren-b1d1256bd8b51aa74f69640b90884c87 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2022-07-10 23:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546276093631401985 The desire for immortality via celebrity is no stronger for American mean than other men. The difference is that American men have the tools they need, and the senators to enable them, all for the sake of maintaining minority rule. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/10/pitts-what-is-wrong-with-american-men/ #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-07-10 23:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546023778722783233 The internet was supposed to be the perfect medium for distributing uncensored truth around the world. But now it's the exact opposite - the perfect medium for distributing uncensored lies. https://apnews.com/article/covid-technology-health-government-and-politics-new-york-cfb56a95aec23dddbabcf3ebbe839f05 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705181376493041 #PS1media == impress 7 time 2022-07-10 06:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546019367661420545 Arthur Bremer is out of jail now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bremer He just wanted to be famous. Like so many assassins and mass murderers. Meanwhile Trump hoped to look powerful! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-presidential-elections-election-2020-congress-eb90b5a11a77fe528fa610cccb442c1e More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705173139827198 #PS1insurrection == impress 14 time 2022-07-10 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546014289311387648 There is a playbook for civil war, and the radical right is following it. The GOP leadership either cheers them on or keeps quiet, in order to preserve minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/03/08/they-are-preparing-war-an-expert-civil-wars-discusses-where-political-extremists-are-taking-this-country/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705163346494844 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-07-10 06:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 361 epoch Lifetime ID 1705769346434244 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/10/2022 17:07" reach 8 title "‘They are preparing for war’: An expert on civil wars discusses where political extremists are taking this country" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705769346434244 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545765734948605953 Trump will run again even if he's broke and in jail - the more opposing candidates the better. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-campaigns-presidential-iowa-donald-trump-3a53ae3db8ceb1dc9557d9554912f0e2 Anything that divides his GOP opponents, and anything that draws support from the Democrats, will work to Trump's advantage and he'll be elected. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 likes 1 time 2022-07-09 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545634145870569474 What does the War of 1812 tell us about 2022? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/trump-democracy-states.html There is nothing new under the sun! Bad ideas, like independent [gerrymandered] state legislatures, never die, they just hide until their moment returns. #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 14% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-07-09 05:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545626560102744064 Why nobody has confidence in Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/08/republicans-broke-americans-confidence-institutions-poll/ Total paralysis is an acceptable outcome for GOP megadonors. They'd welcome more tax cuts and deregulation, but they'll settle for no change in minority rule. #PS1democracy == engage 5 engage-rate 83% expands 1 impress 6 likes 3 media-engage 1 time 2022-07-09 04:31 +0000 views 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545624880560762880 Government alleges Oath Keepers were all the way in. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/oath-keepers-explosives-death-list-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 10 time 2022-07-09 04:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 181 epoch Lifetime ID 1705154856495693 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/09/2022 22:07" reach 13 title "Oath Keeper members brought explosives to DC area around January 6 and had a 'death list,' prosecutors say" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1705154856495693 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545434335674699776 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-climate-science-health-ap-fact-check-a2b4f7537aa429546b3b27993da7f853 #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-07-08 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545266842272272384 Fusion parties - reducing extremism by reducing the influence of party primaries and caucuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/opinion/moderate-party-new-jersey.html But better to repeal sore-loser laws and allow anybody to run in the general election with the winner selected by ranked-choice voting. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2022-07-08 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545259752866795527 It's easier to cut taxes - and take the credit - and hard to raise them - and blame the other party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/07/states-cutting-taxes-inflation-they-may-soon-regret-it/ The important thing is to keep the megadonors happy. #PS1tax == impress 2 time 2022-07-08 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545258800898134016 Trump makes money, first, last, and always. He's a super-salesman! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/07/trump-for-profit-speeches-american-freedom-tour/ #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2022-07-08 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545255558785036288 Trump will never forgive anybody who won't drink his koolaid. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/politics/trump-ducey-arizona-governor-republican/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-07-08 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545253724448120832 Trying to conduct an honest election is a true act of courageous patriotism. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-russia-ukraine-voting-presidential-local-89f03587e105290deddc647d43dd6960 Honest elections are the last thing minority rule wants. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2022-07-08 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545251367484198912 Putin makes it clear. He's only interested in negotiating the unconditional surrender of Ukraine. He's counting on the west to lose interest and abandon Ukraine to its sad fate. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-moscow-6ccaef3a9d9d5ccd370d70126db78c5a #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 23 replies 1 time 2022-07-08 03:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545250379528486912 One thing you can say about Pence - he's not as bad as Trump or DeSantis. Pence had his moment of glory, but that's not enough to be president. https://www.twincities.com/2022/07/07/lynn-schmid-mike-pence-liz-cheney-republican-presidential-ticket/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2022-07-08 03:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 27 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-08 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-07-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 270 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1704298563247989 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/08/2022 20:07" reach 7 title "Lynn Schmidt: A GOP presidential ticket that just might save the Republican Party from itself" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1704298563247989 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544899527794077697 The South has won the Civil War at last! Soon the Supreme Court will leave everything up to the states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/04/america-house-divided-guns-abortion-lincoln/ The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP has nothing in common with the party of Lincoln. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702803990064113 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 likes 1 time 2022-07-07 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544896070718595072 Can anything good come from a crypto enthusiast? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/02/ukraine-crypto-brittany-kaiser-cambridge-analytica/ #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2022-07-07 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544889082941095936 Trumpist Supreme Court intends to end all Federal regulation not explicitly authorized by Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/07/05/epa-supreme-court-environmental-regulations/ A gerrymandered minority-rule Congress will not explicitly authorize ANY Federal regulation. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702784876732691 #PS1deregulation == impress 3 time 2022-07-07 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544884617529856000 Freedom Caucus founder Mulvaney's not a weatherman. But does he know which way the wind's blowin? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/mick-mulvaney-trump-january-6-committee/index.html Has he finally decided that he is a rule-of-law Republican rather than a Trumpist? #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2022-07-07 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544881792141778945 You can't blame it all on Trump. He had a whole Senate caucus full of essential enablers. And the Federalist Society to groom his judicial nominees. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/opinions/trump-liberals-primaries-2022-mcwhorter/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2022-07-07 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544879113772486657 Graham's lawyers working overtime to come up with his excuses. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-georgia-presidential-new-york-2801525587ff9301ea101380bc154faf But pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it. Once a Trumpist, always a Trumpist - and pay the price. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-07-07 03:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 221 epoch Lifetime ID 1703475566663622 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/07/2022 18:07" reach 6 title "Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1703475566663622 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544680883537383424 Sure, assault weapons create instant orphans and blow up people beyond recognition. But there's a more important principle here - GOP senators getting the campaign funds to survive their next primary. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/gun-control-mass-shooting-weapons-analysis/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702395206771658 #PS1firearms == impress 3 time 2022-07-06 13:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544677339258167296 Independent State Legislatures - the final frontier. The six reactionary Supreme Court justices know they were nominated and confirmed in order to protect and expand minority rule. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/politics/independent-state-legislature-theory-what-matters/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702387023439143 #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-07-06 13:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544572275671781383 Red states successfully insure that they will get no Federal help when the next recession dries up their tax revenues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/05/republicans-tax-cuts-stimulus/ Why finance infrastructure benefits when you can cut taxes for job creator GOP megadonors? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702198633457982 #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-07-06 06:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544566825777631233 Democrats might have a chance to retain control of the Senate. Not much chance of keeping the House though. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/politics/democrats-senate-2022-republicans-house/index.html #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2022-07-06 06:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544563110593277952 Insurrectionists complain that they might get a fair trial in DC. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-riots-michigan-congress-f19fc848924fcce595caa8067376691b But generally if you commit a crime, you get tried where you committed it. #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2022-07-06 06:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544561666989256704 Giuliani and Graham get to go to Georgia. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-new-york-donald-trump-georgia-atlanta-95424e07089c6d533b9b14af277eaed3 #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 29% impress 7 time 2022-07-06 05:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544560130804420608 The next Jan 6 hearing is Tuesday. Is Sarah Matthews next? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/politics/january-6-committee-hearing/index.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 likes 1 time 2022-07-06 05:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 255 epoch Lifetime ID 1702765466734632 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/06/2022 19:07" rcs 1 reach 10 reactions 1 title "House January 6 committee schedules seventh hearing for July 12 | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702765466734632 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544308250765451265 The people who want to control everybody else's private lives won't stop with abortion. Clarence Thomas is the only one willing to admit it, but the other five reactionary justices will have to follow sooner or later. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/26/surpreme-court-abortion-thomas-threatens-contraception-gay-rights/ #PS1justice == impress 9 time 2022-07-05 13:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544305590796574720 When the Federal regulators won't do anything - then anything goes! DeSantis and Trump both have over $100 million in cash to spend - fighting each other? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/politics/ron-desantis-campaign-finance-2024-election/index.html #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 14% expands 1 impress 7 time 2022-07-05 13:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544189493749506048 The states most eager to save the unborn are least eager to save the born. GOP politicians know that giving money to poor mothers is a waste since they'll just spend the savings on drugs. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/politics/red-states-roe-v-wade-social-safety-net/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1701463046864874 #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-07-05 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544156921485111296 Trump's impatient heir - smarter, bolder, more dangerous. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/can-ron-desantis-displace-donald-trump-as-the-gops-combatant-in-chief #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2022-07-05 03:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544149605901688832 If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, this is likely his next target - https://www.politico.eu/article/suwalki-gap-russia-war-nato-lithuania-poland-border/ #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2022-07-05 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544146439873253376 Putin builds a model for Trumpists everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/world/europe/russia-putin-arrests.html #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2022-07-05 02:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544129802155659264 How can public figures shut down unfavorable media coverage? Clarence Thomas shows the way, as usual. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/27/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-still-going-after-new-york-times-v-sullivan/ #PS1media == impress 2 time 2022-07-05 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544126358946623488 America's founders were human, with virtues and faults, just like everybody else who tried to improve the common good. So remember the things they got right AND the things they got wrong. We learn more from mistakes than from successes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/04/july-4-declare-independence-founding-fathers/ #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2022-07-05 01:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 279 epoch Lifetime ID 1702173780127134 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/05/2022 22:07" reach 10 title "Opinion | This July 4, let’s declare our independence from the Founding Fathers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702173780127134 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543971533613240323 What the Jan 6 hearings show so far - https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/02/politics/january-6-latest-what-matters/index.html #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2022-07-04 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543847009785786368 Would Trump only serve four more years? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/30/argument-for-trump-supporters-nominate-someone-else-2024/ If he's re-elected, his supporters will find a way to make sure he's president for life. Constitutions can be changed or ignored. The Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is putting the pieces in place. #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2022-07-04 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543845619730505730 An argument for Youngkin in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/03/glenn-youngkin-president-2024-campaign/ He's probably better than Trump or DeSantis. But after learning how GOP presidential campaigns are funded, would he forget about campaign promises as soon as elected? Trump did. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-07-04 06:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543843899386384384 institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/03/dont-venerate-vilify-founders-constitution-july-fourth/ Of course, minority rule is enhanced when institutions retreat rather than advance. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-07-04 06:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543833109883326464 Actual malice means actual damages. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/media/maga-media-reliable-sources/index.html But the Murdochs surely have the money to beat the rap. Newsmax and OAN? Maybe not. #PS1media == impress 13 time 2022-07-04 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543832244988522496 India's tragedy is not that it's the worst place in the world -- it's that we are on our way there India is a model that the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP intends to follow. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/opinions/bjp-hindu-muslim-democracy-modi-arundhati-roy/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2022-07-04 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543830561046745089 What's worse than Trump? A Trumpist with courage, intelligence, and competence. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/23/opinions/desantis-trump-2024-zelizer/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2022-07-04 05:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543829667743875072 What's wrong with this picture? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/business/retail-returns/index.html Maybe the future is no cash refunds - only store credits. And customers pay return shipping costs. #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2022-07-04 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543825539214876672 Is it going to be Newsom vs DeSantis in 2024? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/opinions/newsom-desantis-2024-campaign-ad-obeidallah/index.html #PS1election == impress 10 time 2022-07-04 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543822648743890945 Increasing GOP registrations - will that translate to increasing GOP votes? If they are swing voters anyway who vote their pocketbook, their registration doesn't matter much. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-covid-health-presidential-e50db07385831e67f866ec45402be8b9 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-07-04 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543821596153892864 Why the Jan 6 public hearings are so effective - no bomb throwers, no grandstanders, a simple digestible message each day. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ivanka-trump-donald-impeachments-congress-5392fc731c24a33db7e6b42daf580a06 Thank Kevin McCarthy for making it possible. #PS1media == impress 5 time 2022-07-04 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543820082094100483 McConnell doing his best to make sure that no more Democratic bills pass. https://apnews.com/article/biden-technology-health-congress-climate-and-environment-0cec1d533e7b9ea99927656f83e6589b By bailing out China if necessary! #PS1biden == impress 3 time 2022-07-04 04:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543819552819032064 Wisconsin leads the way toward insuring that even if Democrats win an election, they can't change anything. So much for democracy and the will of the people. https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-gun-politics-madison-environmental-policy-climate-and-environment-0eb6040fb5bf3c2a4677b4cf603c98e6 It's a model for the GOP in Congress. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2022-07-04 04:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543817732281446400 All men are created equal has had different meanings to different people from the beginning. https://apnews.com/article/religion-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-kevin-jennings-723c49581d8a78ee54a793716e5212b3 #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2022-07-04 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543747812847783936 When you disprove somebody's religion, they don't thank you. They kill you. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0705-stephens-trump-cult-20220701-ni6zi75v2bhwbeqmx732nubk5i-story.html Nobody ever joins a cult. Including cults of personality. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-07-04 00:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543746465473765376 No shortage of fireworks for July 4 in DC! More evidence to come https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-donald-trump-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-169a2b2bc35e28d4bf630f0a3aa3e6ee Who put the squeeze on Hutchinson - a felony https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_15b63a5f8da34edc9fbcebb63b265dce Multiple criminal referrals possible https://cnn.com/2022/07/03/politics/liz-cheney-january-6-trump/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1700640830280429 #PS1insurrection == impress 13 time 2022-07-04 00:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 534 epoch Lifetime ID 1701341116877067 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/04/2022 17:07" reach 7 title "Cheney says January 6 committee could make multiple criminal referrals, including of Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1701341116877067 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543627019572850689 Is Trump getting worried about DeSantis et al? How many believe that Trumpism is better without Trump? https://cnn.com/2022/07/02/politics/trump-campaign-2024-republican/index.html Announcing his candidacy now might excite Democratic midterm voters. But Trump cares more for revenge on GOP for disloyalty. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-07-03 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543500885141008384 Trump is getting worried about DeSantis et al? How many believe that Trumpism is better off without Trump? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/02/politics/trump-campaign-2024-republican/index.html Announcing his candidacy now might motivate Democratic voters in the midterms. But Trump is only cares about revenge for disloyalty. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2022-07-03 07:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543498693365493760 How Putin reminds the west what he'll do to them if they keep supporting Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/g-7-summit-russia-ukraine-putin-boris-johnson-kyiv-4b25bc156410e2e9f764b879348e0184 #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-07-03 07:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 133 epoch Lifetime ID 1700441506967028 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/03/2022 09:07" reach 8 title "Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1700441506967028 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543108247447490560 Supreme Court doesn't care about Indians either. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/opinion-once-again-supreme-court-180333774.html After all, how much do Indians donate to support minority rule? #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2022-07-02 05:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543106203504369666 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-science-health-d11342c7568bbcd047a18ca063bf4b79 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-07-02 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543075306075934721 If GOP controls Congress, that will force the real issue - who ARE they? America-Firsters? https://britannica.com/biography/Charles-Lindbergh/Germany-and-the-America-First-movement Or defenders of western ideals? https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/nato-republicans-trump/ Was Trump the exception, or will Biden be the exception?” More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1652873241723855 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2022-07-02 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543027211988455424 If you're an oligarch or criminal - thank goodness for the no-questions-asked British Virgin Islands. https://washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/offshore-putin-russia-oligarchs-pandora/ Putin doesn't like it either, but uses similar schemes himself to protect his ill-gotten gains. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1656251181386061 #PS1putin == impress 6 time 2022-07-02 00:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-07-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-07-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 129 epoch Lifetime ID 1699405240403988 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/01/2022 21:07" reach 7 title "Three dozen tycoons met Putin on invasion day. Most had moved money abroad." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1699405240403988 ========== Tweets for 2022-07-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542850687502929920 Money is the mother's milk of politics. Big corporations donate to both sides in order to retain access. https://nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/jan6-companies-donate.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1687662298244949 #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2022-07-01 12:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542757216863735808 Is Trump losing steam? Or is that just wishful thinking? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-iowa-election-2020-7272d1b8feb3fe1503bd8d80054c5d7e Will he run anyway even if he's broke and in jail? Think Harold Stassen or Lyndon LaRouche. But better Trump than some of his Trumpist would-be successors. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 26 time 2022-07-01 06:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542725985593765889 Why Russians put up with Putin - https://theamericanscholar.org/putins-potemkin-paradise/ Political repression is constant in Russian history. But relative prosperity is new. So they vote their pocketbooks. Likewise Chinese and Xi - https://theamericanscholar.org/the-china-model/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1698701083807737 #PS1foreign == impress 14 time 2022-07-01 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542703855640555521 Just in case you missed it - https://washingtonpost.com/media/2022/05/09/washington-post-wins-pulitzer-prize-jan-6-coverage/ https://washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/ https://washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/16/video-timeline-capitol-siege/ https://washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/09/ashli-babbitt-capitol-shooting-trump-qanon/ https://apnews.com/article/pulitzer-prizes-7ef78b613b59f8d8fdc7aa0e65bfe10d There's no excuse for not knowing what really happened on Jan 6. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1660763677601478 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2022-07-01 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542687439126290432 Would Trump tell GOP voters to stay home? Possibly in 2022, if there's not enough Stop the Steal zealotry, https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/republicans-have-some-big-problems-their-own/ https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/trump-virginia-youngkin-gop-leaders/ but certainly not in 2024, when he plans to run and win. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1518193778525136 #PS1election == impress 7 time 2022-07-01 01:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 20 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-30 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Tweets for 2022-07-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 200 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1698669443810901 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/30/2022 20:06" reach 7 title "Opinion | Trump’s latest eruption at Republicans captures a core insight about GOP voters" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1698669443810901 ========== Tweets for 2022-06-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542395105750880256 Should there be consequences for public figures that lie about normal people? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/22/sue-trump-2020-election-lies/ #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2022-06-30 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542394054238797824 DeSantis doesn't need Trump any more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/27/ron-desantis-snub-trump-2024-nomination-battle/ DeSantis does Trumpism better without Trump. #PS1trumpism == impress 14 time 2022-06-30 06:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542393109073473537 How to make money promoting lies and violence to the Trumpist base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/27/with-violent-rhetoric-election-denial-podcaster-becomes-gop-force/ #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2022-06-30 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542392219180535808 And to think he was supposed to be presidential timber twenty years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/27/giuliani-backslap-supermarket/ #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-06-30 06:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542391307124953089 Will Clarence Thomas support right-to-lifers with an updated Dred Scott decision? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford Right-to-lifers want to hunt down poor women no matter where they go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/29/abortion-state-lines/ But relax - none of this applies to GOP male megadonors. #PS1health == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-06-30 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542388669398392832 Will Cipollone talk? He was there and saw and heard a lot. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-donald-trump-subpoenas-pat-cipollone-1c6b5339b27ccf885ae6261e84089e9c He could confirm or refute Hutchinson's recollections. #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2022-06-30 06:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542387172203831296 Surprise! Those who voted for Trump think he's innocent. And those who didn't think he's guilty. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-donald-trump-congress-government-and-politics-bb9efcbca309c3acb66e9c6d8a13657d The question is - what do persuadable voters in swing states think? #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-06-30 05:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542366177472544768 Trumpism and Trumpists are not conservative - just a reactionary cult of personality. The conservative viewpoint is irrelevant: that Roe v Wade was bad, but repealing it after 50 years is just as bad. https://nytimes.com/2022/05/03/opinion/abortion-supreme-court-conservative.html More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1656268181384361 #PS1justice == impress 11 time 2022-06-30 04:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542312747391561728 Trumpists have been around since 1619 under various names - no reason to expect them to go away any time soon. Their influence waxes and wanes. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/trump-trumpism-repubublican-success-popular-with-voters/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1660885140922665 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2022-06-30 01:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-06-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 298 epoch Lifetime ID 1698227810521731 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/30/2022 05:06" reach 6 title "Opinion | Trumpism is terrible. It also might be popular." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1698227810521731 ========== Tweets for 2022-06-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542209393118150656 What hath Trump wrought? Amber Heard 2.0 and the degradation of American political discourse. Nobody needs to tell the truth any more! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/28/trump-cassidy-hutchinson-jan6-hearing/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/29/cassidy-hutchinsons-testimony-was-unique-aftermath-hasnt-been/ But Trump shouldn't claim all the credit. Gamergate set the stage. #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 91 likes 1 time 2022-06-29 18:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1542051047417339905 What's new today? Knowing the rioters - his people - were armed and headed toward the Capitol, Trump WANTED to lead the riot in person, and struggled to get his Secret Service detail to agree. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-jan-6-committee-hearings-day-6 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1697280670616445 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2022-06-29 07:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-06-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 107 epoch Lifetime ID 1697538300590682 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/29/2022 09:06" rcs 1 reach 9 reactions 1 title "WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 6" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1697538300590682 ========== Tweets for 2022-06-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541773670736990209 What is Pence thinking? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/27/abortion-2024-presidential-candidates/ Leaning in hard for national abortion prohibition, Pence might increase his hold on Trumpist evangelicals who will vote GOP anyway, but probably will lose ground with persuadable swing state voters. What's the point? #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2022-06-28 13:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541644719456849920 SPACs lose their luster. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/investing/digital-world-acquisition-trump-grand-jury/index.html #PS1media == impress 3 time 2022-06-28 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541644406372962304 The fly on the wall gets a special hearing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/politics/cassidy-hutchinson-former-meadows-aide-testify-january-6-committee-hearing/index.html Expect the Trumpists to spend a lot more energy attacking the witnesses and the committee than disproving the factual allegations. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1696295567381622 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2022-06-28 04:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541642216199704576 A historic victory for white life? Anybody might have tripped over words. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/opinions/trump-rally-roe-white-life-miller-obeidallah/index.html But the enthusiastic approval by the Trumpist Dixiecrat crowd was the real news. They heard what they wanted. They'd be disappointed if she didn't mean it. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2022-06-28 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541641158677254144 Majority of Americans disapprove of SCOTUS Roe v. Wade reversal https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/politics/americans-disapprove-supreme-court-abortion-poll/index.html So what? The majority of major GOP donors approve, because keeping the single-issue right-to-lifers enthusiastically voting GOP is a pillar of Dixiecrat GOP minority rule. #PS1minority == engage 2 engage-rate 17% impress 12 likes 2 time 2022-06-28 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541639638023950336 Plot insurrection and you might get a visit from the FBI. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-government-and-politics-c0debd10f352062b002dd4a967272f5f Too bad for Eastman that Trump didn't see fit to pardon him. Trump must have foreseen that Eastman would be of no further use. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-06-28 04:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541619759078199297 How Mexico's abolition of slavery led to the Alamo, the Mexican War, and the American Civil War. Minority rule depended on a balance of power in the Senate, and when that was threatened, war ensued. https://www.keyreporter.org/book-reviews/2022/south-to-freedom-runaway-slaves-to-mexico-and-the-road-to-the-civil-war/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1696250204052825 #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2022-06-28 03:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-06-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 297 epoch Lifetime ID 1696271780717334 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/27/2022 20:06" reach 7 title "South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War – The Key Reporter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1696271780717334 ========== Tweets for 2022-06-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1541266586929049600 Why defund the police has lost its luster. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/26/mysterious-bay-area-criminal-organization-had-nationwide-reach-law-enforcement-imposter-ties-to-shootings-and-notorious-murder-feds-say/ #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2022-06-27 03:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Tweets for 2022-06-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 22 epoch Lifetime ID 1696238420720670 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/27/2022 19:06" reach 10 title "Mysterious Bay Area criminal organization had nationwide reach, law enforcement impostor, ties to shootings and notorious murder, feds say" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1696238420720670 ========== Tweets for 2022-06-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540734449129623552 Susan Collins is a poor judge of GOP character. She thought Trump's first impeachment taught him a lesson - he learned he could get away with anything. Then she believed Kavanaugh that Roe was settled law. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1694549637556215 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-kavanaugh-collins-notes.html #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2022-06-25 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540728415019360257 It will take decades to obtain majority rule. One approach is regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It has taken decades of increasing fortification of Dixiecrat GOP minority rule to get to this week. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/25/politics/reshaping-politics-roe-v-wade/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2022-06-25 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540725082313457670 Biden signed off on a gun safety bill that was weak and ineffective enough to get 15 GOP senate votes. That means 35 voted against it. But those 15 will be hearing from the NRA at their next election. https://apnews.com/article/biden-signs-gun-violence-bill-c21249287f976c2c164d8753205c2e6d More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1694537074224138 #PS1firearms == impress 9 time 2022-06-25 15:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540696772086943745 The libertarian billionaires are coming to reshape society. Into the same reactionary form as their forebears - the anti-Enlightenment form that America's founders rejected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/19/peter-thiel-facebook-new-right/ #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2022-06-25 14:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540693639847759873 It's lonely and dangerous being a rule-of-law Republican. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/21/rusty-bowers-jan-6/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2022-06-25 13:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540693181481725952 Democrats catch up with Republicans in institutionalizing Congressional inaction. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/house-democrats-vote-unity/index.html Filibuster has to go, along with representation decided by primary rather than general election. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2022-06-25 13:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540690638772903937 Just like everybody else. Except for that odd slight accent. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/politics/russian-spy-johns-hopkins-classmates-accent-suspicious/index.html #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2022-06-25 13:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540690029583839232 There is no constitutional right to privacy. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/opinions/clarence-thomas-what-next-toobin/index.html A lot more than Roe has been shot down. It's all red meat for a certain essential part of the GOP voting base. But can swing voters get their minds off gas prices long enough to understand? #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2022-06-25 13:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1540688835679358977 Putin is biding his time, wearing down U