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========== 5 Tweets for 2023-06-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665945481279864832 if the “manly virtues” include strength and stoicism, it’s hard to see them in the collection of hysterical whiners who make up today’s right https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/31/hawley-manhood-crisis-masculinity/ #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-06-06 04:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665942630424006656 How Christie hopes to take down Trump and DeSantis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/chris-christie-2024-candidate-defeat/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-06-06 04:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665936924144734208 Too Trumpy for many, not Trumpy enough for the rest. Is Pence angling for a cabinet post? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/mike-pence-presidential-campaign-mystery/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-06-06 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665933152286810112 Luring children to get in your car with candy is a crime. At what point is it not a crime? https://apnews.com/article/migrants-dropped-off-california-texas-florida-2ea4ea9cc6e976e97358c64bcae164f4 #PS1immigration == impress 3 time 2023-06-06 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665889584860000257 Who would go Santos' bail? https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-criminal-case-bond-cosigners-d31dbf4e7f3b0d970d76617f9b347464 You can see why they'd prefer to be anonymous. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 30 time 2023-06-06 01:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 56 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-07 ratio 2 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 5 Tweets for 2023-06-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 141 audclicks 2 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1947061002305076 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/07/2023 13:06" rcs 2 reach 9 sharesimpress 1 title "Lawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1947061002305076 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-06-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665607123806593024 a risk of authoritarianism comes from Americans’ attachment to democracy, and their growing fear that it will be taken away https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/democracy-autocracy-republican-democrat-study/ But stoking divisions within the masses is essential to defend minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-06-05 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665605077120487424 Was this Biden's secret sauce - giving the majority of the House GOP room to act out and still return to rational governance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/biden-debt-limit-maga-republicans-2024/ #PS1deficit == impress 4 time 2023-06-05 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665603125137506306 Trump's smoking gun? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/trump-smoking-gun-tape/ #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-06-05 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665602105913253888 Climate change has wiped out other civilizations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/04/water-shortage-arizona-california-utah-climate-change/ #PS1climate == impress 1 time 2023-06-05 06:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665600195021746176 Destabiliziing Russia - what could possibly go wrong? https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/europe/ukraine-cross-border-tactics-analysis-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine == impress 4 time 2023-06-05 06:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665598763589664768 It's not easy to be close to Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/opinions/dmitry-medvedev-russia-putin-mouthpiece-ghitis/index.html #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2023-06-05 05:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665597582486437888 Turkey vs Sweden - most Americans don't know and wouldn't care, but it's a matter of intense interest to Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/europe/nato-turkey-sweden-membership-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1other == impress 12 time 2023-06-05 05:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-06-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 170 epoch Lifetime ID 1945581565786353 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/05/2023 07:06" reach 12 title "NATO is in a race against time to save itself from a major embarrassment | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1945581565786353 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-06-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664846655693406208 Biden was wiser than expected. He defanged the Freischütz Caucus, avoided the debit limit crisis and the annual budget-shutdown crisis, all until the next Congress, and gave McCarthy enough that he might try bipartisan compromise again. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-debt-limit-budget-36bd8dbb08192ba7f7507cab16184d93 #PS1deficit == impress 4 time 2023-06-03 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664841976037150722 In antebellum times, there were special Bibles for slaves that omitted reference to rebellion and freedom. https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a Does Utah need special Bibles? They are blessed if their children know the real Bible well enough to find the good parts. #PS1other == impress 9 time 2023-06-03 03:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 20 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-04 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2023-06-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 98 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1945280592483117 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/04/2023 19:06" rcs 1 reach 10 title "Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1945280592483117 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-06-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664702444494901267 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-elections-guns-vaccines-target-28eabeaeb9317ac2b6a030de36714d66 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-06-02 18:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664487141022535681 Avoiding a debt limit crisis means Biden and McCarthy avoid its fallout blame. Biden also prevented debt limit antics until the next Congress. McCarthy also prevented IRS enforcement against megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-senate-house-default-b8c3566b0c9cb168d9706aa256e327f7 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943393102671866 #PS1deficit == impress 11 time 2023-06-02 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664473128477818885 The decline and fall of the Voting Rights Act. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/what-will-be-left-of-the-voting-rights It's been a thorn in the flesh of the defenders of minority rule, but the Leonard Leo-Mitch McConnell Supreme Court will finally put an end to it. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-06-02 03:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-06-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 111 epoch Lifetime ID 1943640479313795 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/02/2023 06:06" reach 12 title "What Will Be Left of the Voting Rights Act?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943640479313795 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-06-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664331705522741248 Most of the wannabes have issues with the debt limit resolution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/gop-presidential-candidates-debt-deal/ It's easy if you're not responsible for getting a deal through Congress, and if you think that you can blame somebody else if there's a default. #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-06-01 18:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664329443236798464 Of course DeSantis had nothing to do with it - and everything to do with making it possible. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/politics/ron-desantis-book-ban-fact-check/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-06-01 17:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664123207442632704 Prospects in the Senate - will bomb-throwers be allowed to gum up the works? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/senate-leaders-stress-time-crunch-they-prepare-debt-ceiling-bill/ #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-06-01 04:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664122197684920320 And after all that, it really doesn't reduce the deficit by enough to notice! https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/debt-deal-spending-decisions-analysis/index.html The shouting is to obscure the reality that the deficit is not going to shrink without increasing taxes, cutting defense spending, social security, and medicare. #PS1deficit == impress 5 time 2023-06-01 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664119271436472322 What kind of staff does somebody like George Santos attract? https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-aide-vish-burra-congress-594321a254526ab9edd8196d4b583c34 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 retweets 1 time 2023-06-01 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664117625948090374 Oh darn, there's a tape! https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-documents-maralago-bc9b3613bd69d79e84ad6cb5eaa6a8e6 He'll brag about it to his base and deny it to everybody else. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-06-01 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664116801377304576 314-117 - not even close! The Freischütz Caucus has suffered an unexpected strategic defeat, and their thunder might not rattle centrist nerves as much in the future. And they might not be able to unseat McCarthy as Speaker. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-house-votes-9375cce9b7526b2d0a5728f8d4a18a0a #PS1deficit == impress 5 time 2023-06-01 03:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-06-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 249 epoch Lifetime ID 1943032132707963 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/01/2023 06:06" reach 6 title "House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943032132707963 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-05-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663786369620267009 It seems that nobody knows or speaks for sure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/30/mccarthy-chip-roy-speaker-deal/ But getting the NEXT debt limit crisis postponed to the next Congress is a victory for common sense - and for Biden - and a defeat for the Freischütz Caucus - and they know it and will fight it. #PS1deficit == impress 9 time 2023-05-31 05:55 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-05-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 63 epoch Lifetime ID 1943031739374669 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/01/2023 06:06" reach 7 title "Analysis | McCarthy’s secret speaker deal takes a bizarre turn" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943031739374669 ========== 9 Tweets for 2023-05-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663416916680245248 The most direct way to reparations is to provide a universal basic income to EVERY voter - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html Otherwise, it's a morass of conflicting priorities - https://buffalonews.com/reparations-are-a-financial-quandary-for-democrats-theyre-a-political-one-too/article_5b4622ac-bc0d-5cea-b117-3b5ad5e322fe.html and unlikely to become politically and financially feasible. #PS1economics == engage 6 engage-rate 17% expands 2 impress 36 likes 2 time 2023-05-30 05:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663413642161975307 Recovering from Stockton Syndrome is possible - but requires undoing Prop 13's transfer of power from local to state government. https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-stockton-syndrome/article_df8c893a-fb3f-11ed-b1d9-dbf4f1eebc78.html #PS1capolitics == impress 6 time 2023-05-30 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663411649972408320 The wealth gap is getting worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/business/economy/wealth-generations.html The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Very feudal! Thank the defenders of minority rule for that! #PS1tax == impress 1 time 2023-05-30 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663409216743436294 our mantra in Florida is education, not indoctrination https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0 Who says DeSantis and his Moms for Liberty indoctrination support team don't have a sense of humor? #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-05-30 04:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663347296128610310 The Freischütz Caucus doesn't care whether their math is right, or who gets hurt by government shutdowns. Their job is to cut down the Federal government to increase the freedom, wealth, and power of their megadonors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/opinion/debt-ceiling-deal.html #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-30 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663345196652965888 If workers quit more often because of low wages of benefits, employers necessarily will high more. It doesn't really have anything to do with how well the local economy is performing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/hiring-red-blue-states/ #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-05-30 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663343721876955136 The defense of feudal Dixiecrat minority rule is the same today as on the first Memorial Day - still honored by Trumpist Dixiecrats posing as GOP, saying one thing loudly to the voters and doing the opposite quietly for the megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/memorial-day-debt-ceiling-work-requirements/ #PS1minority == impress 2 time 2023-05-30 00:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663342280810586112 The biggest win of all is that apparently we get a near two-year respite from this ridiculous game https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/29/debt-ceiling-conclusion/ Unfortunately, unless Democrats can get 60 solid votes in the Senate, the world is doomed to watch repeat defenses of minority rule. #PS1deficit == impress 4 time 2023-05-30 00:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663339748520513536 You knew the Freischütz Caucus would fight the debt limit compromise. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/politics/chip-roy-house-rules-committee/index.html And so will the Sierra Club - https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/29/debt-ceiling-deal-climate-pipeline/ #PS1deficit == impress 9 time 2023-05-30 00:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 9 Tweets for 2023-05-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 368 epoch Lifetime ID 1943031282708048 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/01/2023 06:06" reach 8 title "‘Terrible public policy’: Why the debt deal infuriates climate activists" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943031282708048 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-05-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663279893298438148 Not all GOP are Putinists. But Graham is enough of a Trumpist to cause some cognitive dissonance. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-lindsey-graham-arrest-warrant-52ea51c2f33145badbd0666c4e42da36 #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 replies 1 time 2023-05-29 20:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663224123106168833 Congratulations to the Freischütz Caucus! They have successfully fought the Federal budget crisis by threatening default, making Federal debt interest rates go up, and thus - INCREASING the Federal deficit without passing a single bill! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/debt-limit-deal-budget-differences/ #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-29 16:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663223149792727040 Trump thinks the more minor GOP candidates the better. https://apnews.com/article/republican-primary-trump-desantis-pence-christie-b0a18225ec5f9d0f53aa0f08b292a2f3 But Trump's ace in the hole is to threaten to run as a third party if he's not nominated. An implicit threat, relayed to the megadonors, should be enough. #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-05-29 16:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663217421610807296 Who knew? There are Texas GOP legislators that have a limit to the amount of Trumpy kleptocracy they can tolerate! https://apnews.com/article/texas-paxton-impeachment-gop-2b708673f7e8db782c8a8876fae1a2ac How much will Trump weigh in for Paxton? Depends on how much Trump thinks it will help him in the presidential primary. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2023-05-29 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663212529911492608 Did you think the debt limit was about McCarthy vs Biden? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/28/this-low-profile-committee-could-sink-or-save-biden-mccarthy-deal/ Think again! It's about McCarthy vs the Freischütz Caucus. He let them into the guard tower and gave them plenty of ammo, hoping that they would aim at Biden instead of McCarthy. #PS1deficit == engage 1 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 13 time 2023-05-29 15:55 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-05-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 238 epoch Lifetime ID 1941239162887260 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/29/2023 09:05" reach 8 title "This low-profile committee could sink or save the Biden-McCarthy deal" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1941239162887260 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-05-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662309609594580993 There's a reason America's founders put the Establishment clause at the beginning of the bill of rights. They knew all about churches established for political ends. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/opinions/ten-commandments-school-prayer-texas-hemmer/index.html But the reactionary forces opposed to the Enlightenment never gave up. #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2023-05-27 04:07 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-05-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 52 epoch Lifetime ID 1941238249554018 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/29/2023 09:05" reach 10 title "Opinion: Don’t misread the failed effort to put the Ten Commandments in every classroom | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1941238249554018 ========== 25 Tweets for 2023-05-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662245056646901761 Do you think the Federal bill of rights protects you from state legislatures? John Marshall didn't think so, and the idea has only been accepted for sixty years. The defenders of minority rule are doing their best to turn back the clock. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/freedom-states-rights.html #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2023-05-26 23:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662243245030621184 The hierarchy of credibility - a pillar of minority rule. The rich don't have to prove anything, the poor have to prove everything. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/student-debt-relief.html #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-05-26 23:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662211553951875072 Maybe his friends will erect a statue of McCarthy in Bakersfield, daring the Wall Street bull. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/28/new-york-fearless-girl-charging-bull-wall-street That seems as likely a prediction as any, since once we're in default, nobody anywhere will be certain of anything. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/opinions/debt-limit-workarounds-edelberg/index.html #PS1deficit == impress 5 time 2023-05-26 21:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662207679119638529 he isn’t leading. He’s being buffeted by crosscurrents https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/mccarthy-debt-ceiling-gop-negotiations/ #PS1deficit == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662206019186089984 the country’s enduring strength has become a license for irresponsibility https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/america-supremacy-irresponsible-politics/ #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-26 21:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662204581391269893 The MAGA GOP has all the power up until they exercise it. But once the government defaults, Biden has all the power. It might cost him re-election, but a lot of GOP legislators will go down with him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/gop-debt-ceiling-leverage/ #PS1deficit == impress 6 time 2023-05-26 21:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662203280171356160 Some very specific numbers about June 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/debt-ceiling-real-money-chart/ Obviously the straightforward way is to just cancel June social security and medicare payments. That's what the defenders of minority rule want anyway. #PS1deficit == impress 16 time 2023-05-26 21:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662202606633242625 Freischütz caucus lays down the law - either unconditional surrender by Biden and McCarthy, or default. And they demand a repeat performance before the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/debt-ceiling-deal/ And if they don't get it, they'll find a better speaker. #PS1deficit == impress 4 time 2023-05-26 21:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662200255985905664 Even the poorest of the poor have choices - they can invest in the future or invest in defending the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/education-revolution-sierra-leone.html #PS1other == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 20:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662198565941440512 It's a big step from the minor leagues to the majors. So many look qualified until they actually try. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2828715 #PS1desantis == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 20:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662197606544715777 Good to see some unanimity on the Supreme Court for a change. https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-curbs-states-property-tax-windfall-2023-05-25/ Of course this should have been a slam dunk for any but the most fringey states-righters. #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2023-05-26 20:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662126488362295296 That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-05-26 16:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661959195258916865 Is Prigozhin setting up to avoid taking the blame if Ukraine retakes Bakhmut? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/world/europe/ukraine-war-wagner-russia.html Putin seems to have no problem with his public comments. #PS1ukraine == engage 11 engage-rate 27% expands 10 impress 41 time 2023-05-26 04:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661958006643490817 Bad company corrupts good morals Forget fusionism and Edmund Burke - GOP and conservatism are now synonyms for reactionary personality cult defending minority rule. And the Trump base everybody covets is all-in for personality cult. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/desantis-conservatism-gop-trump.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-05-26 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661954737355522049 Things that might be done - but probably won't be done until too late. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/debt-us-biden.html #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-26 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661953445597954048 Defending the real ruling class by attacking an imaginary ruling class. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/ron-desantis-woke-mind-virus.html #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661951859333160961 No funding for IRS to go after megadonor tax cheats? That will make the deficit worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/25/debt-ceiling-no-deal/ The MAGA GOP won't go along with any kind of compromise. Or tax increase. So default still seems likely. #PS1deficit == impress 7 time 2023-05-26 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661950723301724160 Complicated maneuvers to fool the FBI require a lot of rehearsals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/25/trump-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/ #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-05-26 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661949055700963329 Child labor! How Dickensian. https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-laws-alabama-ohio-c1123a80970518676be44088619c6205 But defending the interests of the ruling class is what GOP legislators do. #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661947844725710848 GOP leaving town and hoping for a default! They seem likely to get their wish. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c But when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. #PS1deficit == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2023-05-26 04:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661946453680623616 Justice at last? https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c 18 years for sedition? He got off light. Meanwhile, even Texas GOP have their limits - https://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-paxton-impeachment-1eaccf00ce80d26c4fc94eab1672e1bd Who knew? #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-05-26 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661945976888913926 China is testing our defenses again. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/politics/china-guam-malware-cyber-microsoft.html #PS1china == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 04:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661944678932156416 Maybe if they're voted out of office, others will do a better job listening https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-lawmakers-in-states-are-handcuffing-voters-and-ignoring-election-results/ar-AA1bCJuJ Or maybe they'll just ask their megadonors for more money for attack ads. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-05-26 03:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661943659833724928 Believing is seeing - whatever you believe! https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1211871/ai-photoshopping-is-about-to-get-very-easy-maybe-too-easy/ #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-05-26 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661942030942216192 Their lawyer says they're innocent! https://apnews.com/article/robocall-lawsuit-do-not-call-75e26f66a3f6e3145c18c62f5e164a12 That's what he's paid to say. Their lawyer is probably just as annoyed as everybody else is - no punishment is too harsh for robocallers. #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-05-26 03:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 25 Tweets for 2023-05-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 810 epoch Lifetime ID 1939355536408956 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/26/2023 10:05" reach 6 title "Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1939355536408956 ========== 9 Tweets for 2023-05-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661615734932537345 Trump’s 2016 victory reinforced the idea that electability is used by the media and squishy Republicans to discredit candidates who are willing to fight for them https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/ron-desantis-republican-primary.html The Trump base will vote for him because he voices their values and concerns. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-05-25 06:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661611706580336640 Yet another reason Trump won't go down without a fight - he thinks getting re-elected is his get-out-of-jail-free card. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/desantis-republicans.html And Trump's other big motivator is revenge - especially on allies and subordinates that betray him. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-05-25 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661605646138241024 The raiders tell their story. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/europe/russia-border-attack-ukraine.html Some of it might be true. But it increases the pressure on Putin to declare a general mobilization. #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2023-05-25 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661604018391752704 “If he’s just going to be an echo of Trump, people will just vote for Trump” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-2024-announcement-twitter/ But what if the just-in-case candidate turns out to be Musk, not DeSantis? If it's going to be about social media, who has the biggest base there? #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2023-05-25 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661601889207881729 Why does Putin tolerate Prigozhin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/yevgeniy-prigozhin-war-backfired-revolution/ Perhaps Putin has decided it's time to pivot from special military operation to total war to obliterate Ukraine, and he needs to mobilize the entire country, and Prigozhin is the one to popularize it. #PS1putin == impress 19 time 2023-05-25 05:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661599457006469120 Looks like default is coming sooner rather than later. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c https://apnews.com/article/president-joe-biden-kevin-mccarthy-debt-limit-fac74a8804c619f8db69bf3a8a4a69b1 It's what the Trumpists want. Let them have the blame for it. #PS1deficit == impress 5 time 2023-05-25 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661563725734879232 President Kamala Harris? Consider the alternatives - https://journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/john-m-crisp-a-president-harris-might-even-be-good-for-our-republic/article_965c5698-f8e5-11ed-b18f-a760a18d2fb5.html #PS1election == impress 4 time 2023-05-25 02:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661562385835134983 The LAST thing the beneficiaries of minority rule want to talk about is how they control the defenders of minority rule. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/05/23/harlan-crow-refuses-to-tell-congress-about-his-gifts-to-clarence-thomas That would make them - look bad. #PS1minority == impress 2 time 2023-05-25 02:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661560757786648578 Like delivery to your door? Or at least your porch? Prepare to pay for it. https://apnews.com/article/ups-strike-delivery-supply-chain-union-labor-16270bd5699419398de376e07ada06ba #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2023-05-25 02:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 68 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-24 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 9 Tweets for 2023-05-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 338 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1938415513169625 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/24/2023 20:05" rcs 1 reach 8 title "UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1938415513169625 ========== 23 Tweets for 2023-05-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661478862277185536 A perfect role model Trumpist. https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-investigation-40ba70a33235eda9a31fc2628cbd7d61 Doesn't the Texas legislature know that laws and norms only apply to Democrats? #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2023-05-24 21:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661477878473842688 Anybody can ban any book in Florida, it seems. https://apnews.com/article/amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem-banned-florida-9d3b83da51515b8961cfebd441f9a851 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-05-24 21:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661477130268712962 Who's telling the truth here? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-border-raid-4f63ade7fb3899b6fa903b562ada0e2c Probably nobody. What are their motivations for what they do say? That's even murkier. #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2023-05-24 20:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661476057940377600 Nouveau Trump without the baggage and indictments but without the charisma. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-election-live-updates-0495d567326db1e760179d01f1f7c45e What good does the GOP nomination do DeSantis if Trump runs as a third party? There's only one Trump base to go around. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-05-24 20:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661415842503086080 On Twitter, what does a blue check mean? https://apnews.com/article/twitter-blue-checks-return-elon-musk-celebrities-584e86d01b074f97067f91f46ecb050b Can anybody be sure of anything? #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-05-24 16:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661384820826439683 GOP Senate joins House to wreck economy before election. https://cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling-raise-spending-cuts/index.html Right-to-lifers showed that compromise just leads to greater demands. The only debt ceiling legislation Biden should sign is repeal. #PS1deficit == impress 16 time 2023-05-24 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661371179741990922 When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back 10 times worse https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/ Trump’s most loyal supporters have relished his combative speeches and followed him in espousing harsher stances #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-05-24 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661368871109165056 A good way to get out of testifying at a trial. https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-investigation-carroll-manhattan-trial-willis-dbade1b2e2e4a39234b2e539abf43b71 That's why his base loves him - he models perfect behavior for them, saying whatever, whenever, wherever he wants. Trump would rather testify on Truth Social anyway. #PS1trump == engage 4 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 20 time 2023-05-24 13:49 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661366504993218560 Better Tim Scott than Trump or DeSantis. But if Trump is not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party. Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters to replace the Trump base. https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811 More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-05-24 13:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661266899899121666 Social media platforms are taking the path of the original internet - evolving into a medium of commercial indoctrination like television. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html Self-supporting small networks might be the future. Or maybe NPR is the model - user-supported. #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-05-24 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661265098755964933 First to market gets the money - or the blame? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/technology/ai-chatbots-google-microsoft.html #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-05-24 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661260562867830784 Unfortunately, a black candidate would encourage the white supremacists to stay home on election day, and the GOP needs every one of their votes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/tim-scott-scorecard.html But it's moot; if GOP nominates anybody else, Trump will run against him as a third party. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2023-05-24 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661258489161998336 The mistake every other campaign is making is that they see their path to the nomination through Trump, when our path is alongside Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-election-2024-republican-nomination.html Trump isn't worried - he knows his voters. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-05-24 06:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661256134861418498 Worse than slavery! the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/neil-gorsuch-covid-civil-liberties.html Who cares about historical accuracy if it rouses voters to defend minority rule? #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2023-05-24 06:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661254660873936896 Special counsels are independent. That's why they're called special counsels. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-letter-classified-meeting/ This letter is political theatre. #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-05-24 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661253704295780352 Most countries can't understand why America allows a minority to take the financial system hostage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/debt-ceiling-denmark-united-states-default/ #PS1deficit == impress 6 time 2023-05-24 06:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661252783855771650 Texas voting to establish religion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/05/23/texas-commandments-chaplains-christianity/ It's a good way to defend minority rule by keeping lots of evangelicals voting GOP. #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2023-05-24 06:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251928670736386 Perhaps taking note of Trump's loose lips and carelessness with top secrets, judge sternly admonishes him not to reveal any pre-trial discovery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-court-hearing-share-evidence/ #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-05-24 06:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251059669696512 the perennial primary to become the conservative icon of NPR listeners and humanities professors everywhere https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/gop-nomination-president-moderate-sununu-hutchinson/ Sorry guys. There is no credible third way this time. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937867486557761 #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-05-24 06:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661248549093507073 Here are Biden's options. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/debt-ceiling-limit-ranked-biden/ None of the are acceptable to the MAGA House, so McCarthy really has nothing to negotiate about. #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-24 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661247185860837377 In this game of chicken, the country and the world lose. But McCarthy retains his speakership for now - and that's the important thing. But who will voters blame in the 2024 election? https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-congress-mccarthy-biden-budget-850273c73ed40f4ad002fa24e50f9b40 GOP is determined to default sooner or later. #PS1deficit == impress 7 time 2023-05-24 05:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661245086666227718 Musk and DeSantis - a marriage made in heaven! https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-election-live-updates-0495d567326db1e760179d01f1f7c45e Two hearts beating as one. Yet so different - the sometime world's richest man, and a Harvard Law graduate whose net worth must put him near the bottom of his class. #PS1media == impress 12 time 2023-05-24 05:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661242094827233290 Peremptory challenges to peremptory challenges - https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/getting-racial-bias-off-the-jury #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-05-24 05:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 23 Tweets for 2023-05-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 808 epoch Lifetime ID 1938065696537940 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/24/2023 06:05" reach 10 title "Getting Racial Bias Off the Jury" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1938065696537940 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-05-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660855796530282496 Who cares if it's true? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/turns-york-post-story-vets-022951665.html Fox doesn't, as long as it boosts ratings! #PS1media == impress 9 time 2023-05-23 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660853607342694401 Can we replace politicians with AI? https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-artificial-intelligence-for-feinstein/article_fff77b10-f66e-11ed-a2aa-db4e933466c9.html Might be one of the LEAST harmful uses of AI. #PS1technology == impress 6 time 2023-05-23 03:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660852617885499393 When is a tax increase not called a tax increase? https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/20/borenstein-blue-california-lawmakers-also-seek-to-undermine-democracy/ #PS1capolitics == impress 3 time 2023-05-23 03:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660838678346735618 NRCC Every Member Canvass 18 questions in 2008 - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/18-questions-from-the-nrc_b_100889 29 questions now! Do you favor Republican efforts to make the Federal Tax Code simpler and fairer? You mean like the GOP 2017 billionaire tax relief? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937125733298603 #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-05-23 02:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660825865444544512 paper-thin skin, a propensity to hold grudges and a tendency to go way too far https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/desantis-republican-presidential-campaign-brief/ DeSantis is another wrong answer. If Trump runs, his base will run with him. With or without the GOP - leaving DeSantis with - not much. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2023-05-23 01:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660823942549114882 “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade” https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/opinions/trump-desantis-abortion-disney-opinion-column-galant/index.html McConnell did that - and the billionaire tax relief - and most of the accomplishments Trump claims. But stealing credit and offloading blame are essential Trumpism. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2023-05-23 01:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-05-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 213 epoch Lifetime ID 1938063029871540 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/24/2023 06:05" reach 7 title "Opinion: A boast that could sink Trump | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1938063029871540 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-05-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660781724815736832 We're getting close to the confidence-breaking-point. https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ But we're going to keep repeating this scenario until the debt limit is repealed for good. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/business/economy/debt-limit-default-economy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937048273306349 #PS1deficit == impress 8 time 2023-05-22 22:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660776855618846722 Comer’s response is that while he has no such evidence, he just knows it must be true https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/house-gop-investigations-scandal/ Don't waste time on boring facts! The only truth that matters is the truth about how we FEEL! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-05-22 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660775135018901505 Better Rick Scott than Trump or DeSantis. But if Trump is not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party. Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters to replace the Trump base. https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178 #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-05-22 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660757189890576384 Rewriting history - a major industry in the Old South, in the Soviet Union, and in the New South. Who needs liberating education when you can impose forced indoctrination? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/opinion/desantis-history-education.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937016213309555 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-05-22 21:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-22 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-05-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 171 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1937058976638612 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/22/2023 16:05" reach 9 title "Opinion | There Is a Reason Ron DeSantis Wants History Told a Certain Way" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937058976638612 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-05-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660131137224847361 What we really love are money and power. We think having them is an indication that you deserve them https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/opinion/succession-wealth-striving.html It's the theology of Job's friends, beloved by the rich and powerful. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792247641119747 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935832300094613 #PS1minority == impress 8 time 2023-05-21 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660122121891368960 Twitter Hotel? Don't they know that laws apply to poor people, not rich people? https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-hotel-lawsuit-san-francisco-5feff6a002e077b106db32e102f3bc9a #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-05-21 03:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-05-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 71 epoch Lifetime ID 1937058763305300 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/22/2023 16:05" reach 8 title "San Francisco officials are investigating if Elon Musk's 'Twitter Hotel' plan broke laws" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937058763305300 ========== 13 Tweets for 2023-05-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660072710217830401 How to get rich defending minority rule - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/19/jeff-roe-ron-desantis-republican-consultant/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-05-20 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660067931558903808 It's hard to forget being conquered by Russians - in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia... https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/world/estonia-russia-narva-threat-intl/index.html #PS1putin == impress 37 time 2023-05-20 23:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660066225844781056 Infighting near the top - a hallmark of cult of personality. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/politics/timothy-parlatore-donald-trump-cnntv/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-05-20 23:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659903654445608961 The Freedom to Fly Free! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/desantis-private-jets-donors.html With a net worth of $319000, DeSantis isn't nearly rich enough to run for president on his own. He needs investors. No doubt there are GOOD REASONS why DeSantis investors want to be anonymous. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-05-20 12:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659777314300006400 Patriarchalism in the toilets - who needs facts when you have feelings? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/anti-trans-bathroom-laws-florida.html But GOP politicians have to keep their patriarchalist donors and voters happy. #PS1other == impress 4 time 2023-05-20 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659775308470550528 The GOP program is clear enough - it's to defend minority rule by the ruling class. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Very feudal, as befits a Dixiecrat party - laws are for the ruling class to apply to the masses. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/republican-legislatures-abortion-trangender-education.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935152113495965 #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-05-20 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659772844010766337 More than you want to know about economic policy - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/18/opinion/jobs-inflation-economy.html It makes landing on an aircraft carrier on a dark night in heavy seas - seem simple in comparison. It's like trying to build a house when your only tool is a sledge hammer. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-05-20 04:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659768507092045824 Think global finance is complicated? You're right - but it affects you just the same. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/economy/quantitative-tightening-global-impact/index.html It's all a confidence game - more confidence or less - and nobody has figured out how to eliminate the business cycle. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-05-20 03:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659734232183492608 Who knows better than George how to best spend campaign contributions for his legal defense? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/politics/george-santos-treasurer-campaign-committee/index.html #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-05-20 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659732877129703424 The patriarchy's next demand - end no-fault divorce. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/crowder-right-wing-rhetoric-about-divorce-ignores-history-shanley/index.html There's no compromise with fanatics - they interpret it as weakness and double their demands. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-05-20 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659732115385368577 Chamber of Commerce says 14th Amendment would be as bad as default. But it would only create uncertainty if groups like the Chamber challenged it in court. The stock market is just as likely to soar if there's no default. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/economy/chamber-of-commerce-14th-amendment/index.html #PS1deficit == impress 8 time 2023-05-20 01:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659727565500870657 Trumpists don't waste time on boring facts! They always tell the truth about their FEELINGS, and what could be more important than that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/marjorie-taylor-greene-impeachment-biden-immigration/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935057620172081 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-05-20 01:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659725274714370050 Come on! Everybody knows that Trumpists stiff their creditors and ignore courts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/19/mike-lindell-contest-winner-court/ What would this time be different? #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-05-20 00:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-20 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 13 Tweets for 2023-05-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 472 epoch Lifetime ID 1935726243438552 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/20/2023 17:05" rcs 1 reach 7 reactions 1 title "Mike Lindell’s $5 million contest winner takes him to federal court" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935726243438552 ========== 17 Tweets for 2023-05-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659676175562862593 Insurrectionists might lose their jobs but they might get an invite to testify before Jim Jordan! Maybe even get on Fox! https://apnews.com/article/fbi-republicans-security-clearance-congress-3c061c936425c735a3eac12f431b0386 A small price to pay for a real patriot! #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-05-19 21:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659675494965735424 Not all insurrectionists were inside the Capitol. https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-tarrio-police-officer-indicted-08d6b0f812a7f8a60249e4dd163ee53a #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2023-05-19 21:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659675069222907904 What goes around... Prop 13 got tax relief for commercial real estate investors by pitching it as tax relief for seniors. That led to increased state income tax to pay for local government and public education - especially on high incomes. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/05/how-california-budget-process-became-a-quagmire/ #PS1tax == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2023-05-19 21:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659673726529703936 McCarthy has no cards to deal, and if he did, we would have the same crisis again right before the election. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/paul-krugman-how-biden-blew-it-on-the-debt-ceiling/article_03607912-3f6d-597d-9754-5b46a0835caa.html So Biden might be willing to do the premium bond or platinum coin tricks after all. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934964530181390 #PS1deficit == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2023-05-19 21:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659668528126136320 Everything you need to know about the debt ceiling? https://politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/274672 #PS1deficit == impress 3 time 2023-05-19 21:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659601037031018496 Generative AI technologies might make deceptions of all kinds 10X easier and more widespread and dangerous. https://connectsafely.org/ai-has-risks-but-can-also-make-us-safer/ But they might make some tasks of daily life 10% easier! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934833253527851 #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2023-05-19 16:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659598653278007296 Surprise - Disney's imagineers can't imagine that life in Florida under DeSantis could possibly be an improvement over California. https://www.pcmag.com/news/disney-scraps-plans-for-billion-dollar-orlando-office-complex Maybe DeSantis can attract more Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A stores to make up for it. #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2023-05-19 16:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659597306382143488 “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice Goldwater's watchwords can now be cultivated in echo chambers - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/technology/video-games-extremism.html And so they act in big ways on Jan 6 and in small ways - https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/05/18/rep-eric-swalwell-says-death-threat-came-from-ex-49er-bruce-miller/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934823946862115 #PS1insurrection == engage 2 engage-rate 1 impress 2 time 2023-05-19 16:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659587363012739073 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-immigration-cdc-fc0109189d6d8ca9b4994e2822b9793b #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-05-19 15:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659400873670504448 Unfortunately, there is no path to victory for DeSantis or any other GOP candidate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/desantis-campaign-announcement-trump-electability/ If GOP nominates Trump, Biden will probably win again. If GOP does not nominate Trump, he'll run as a third party and Biden is certain to win again. #PS1trump == impress 14 time 2023-05-19 03:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659399192597635077 The tax system is set up by the ruling class for the ruling class. But you already knew that. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/success/retirement-savings-ceos-workers/index.html Just try to find a GOP legislator who will give a simple clear answer to a simple clear question about the motivations for tax law provisions. #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2023-05-19 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659396868319907845 Social media is not eternal. https://apnews.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-dead-users-inactive-accounts-49c96ee9c0723a60c82da55f3616c96d They're in it for the money, right? And dead people generate very little revenue. There are probably firms that promise to preserve your digital presence. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934493846895125 #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2023-05-19 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659362420345937920 Chinese industrial espionage in action. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/doj-charged-former-apple-engineer-now-leads-self-driving-car-project-at-chinese-firm-jidu/ar-AA1bh5iW #PS1china == impress 5 time 2023-05-19 00:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659361781754785792 Whatever happened to Elon Musk? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/elon-musk-soros-conspiracy-theories-ghitis/index.html No mystery - like many billionaires, once he made his billions he changed from a prophet of the future to a defender of (his) status quo - via minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934444260233417 #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-05-19 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659359893206499328 Why young people flock to TikTok - there's money to be made. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/tiktok-influencers-gen-z.html Why anybody would pay attention to anybody who sells themselves on social media is a mystery to us old people stuck on Facebook. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934440996900410 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-05-19 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659357324753145858 Is everybody equal before the law? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/politics/donald-trump-documents-classified-2024/index.html Trump, like all personality cultists and defenders of minority rule, believes that laws are for persecuting opponents, not friends, and don't apply to the ruling class. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934437966900713 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-05-19 00:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659352852823957504 Neo-neo-colonialism; in the end, it's a lot like plain old colonialism. https://apnews.com/article/china-debt-banking-loans-financial-developing-countries-collapse-8df6f9fac3e1e758d0e6d8d5dfbd3ed6 #PS1china == impress 3 time 2023-05-19 00:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 67 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-18 ratio 11 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 17 Tweets for 2023-05-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 667 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1934502713560905 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/18/2023 20:05" rcs 1 reach 11 title "China's loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934502713560905 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-05-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659041051179634688 Putin maintains power having multiple factions. That might make sense in politics, but it’s very, very harmful in a military operation.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/putin-russia-military-prigozhin.html #PS1putin == impress 5 time 2023-05-18 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659035505831596037 Battles are won mentally as well as physically. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/rattled-kremlin-ukraine-psychological-warfare/ Personality cults do breed infighting among would-be successors, and Ukraine promotes and exploits that. #PS1putin == impress 8 time 2023-05-18 03:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659031777170841604 Christian Nationalism is an essential single-issue constituency of minority rule. They won't vote Democratic, but the GOP challenge is to keep them voting GOP rather than third party or staying home. https://doggett.house.gov/media/in-the-news/new-york-times-whose-version-christian-nationalism-will-win-2024 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-05-18 03:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-05-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 107 epoch Lifetime ID 1934212096923300 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/18/2023 07:05" reach 5 title "New York Times: Whose Version of Christian Nationalism Will Win in 2024?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934212096923300 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-05-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658963330843955200 Was Trump selling pardons or did Giuliani just pretend he was? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/17/giuliani-pardons-lawsuit-allegations/ In general, Trump seems to have decided pardons on the basis of what the recipient could do for Trump in the future, not on what the recipient had done for Trump in the past. #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 time 2023-05-17 22:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658952106366357504 It's not easy being Speaker Kevin McCarthy, trying to cut a deal after you've dealt away all your cards. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/may/16/mccarthys-debt-ceiling-deal-is-doomed/ #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-05-17 21:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-17 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2023-05-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 94 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1933824690295374 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/17/2023 15:05" reach 10 title "McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal is doomed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1933824690295374 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-05-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658302858385854466 It'll take a mighty big Super-Duper-PAC to sell Pence. Too Trumpy for anti-Trumpists, not Trumpy enough for Trumpists. https://apnews.com/article/pence-super-pac-primary-trump-reed-iowa-09d9fbe3c78172940c1164602dcf0349 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-05-16 02:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658299489474732033 The Supreme Court is back to normal, defending minority rule just as it as for more of its history - Dred Scott, Plessy v Ferguson. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/05/14/jamelle-bouie-clarence-thomas-cant/ Limiting justice terms to 18 years would be a good start toward a better future. #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2023-05-16 02:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658282782148415488 Considering the number of Putinist House GOP, it would be an improvement if they were just Orbanist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/viktor-orban-republican-party-conservativism/ But even better if they understood the difference between Americanism and ethnic-religious nationalist fascism. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-05-16 01:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658281249163681792 78-year-olds need a lot of Viagra. Stiffing recalcitrant female employees on their wages sounds more Trump-like, but probably impossible to prove if there's nothing in writing. https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-d98244030366913706b4a3235cc1fe46 #PS1justice == impress 19 time 2023-05-16 01:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658279909469601792 Trump lawyers argue Willis should be removed for not finding Trump totally innocent. https://apnews.com/article/trump-fulton-county-georgia-election-investigation-3714528235f03976d865f3b22b2cebd9 They had to couch it in pseudo-legalese, but that's what they meant. It's a delaying tactic. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-05-16 01:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658278855906574337 Much ado about nothing. https://apnews.com/article/durham-trump-russia-probe-7e84f94ca9cf7905cbc5eddc108575b3 Years of effort for very little payoff. #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-05-16 01:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-17 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 6 Tweets for 2023-05-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 215 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1933824406962069 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/17/2023 15:05" reach 6 title "Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1933824406962069 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-05-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658206706118299648 Sometimes the bad guys lose. Even though they always have a head start. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/05/15/are-you-a-victim-of-crypto-crime-erin-west-wants-to-help/ #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 replies 1 time 2023-05-15 20:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658174282298712070 What's really going on here? Who can believe any of this on its face value? But there might be a shred of truth buried in it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/14/prigozhin-wagner-ukraine-leaked-documents/ Of course, in a personality cult, everybody is on the side of - themselves. #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 50% impress 4 time 2023-05-15 18:15 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658171882603171840 It's not easy defending minority rule! Constant vigilance required! https://apnews.com/article/democracy-ballot-initiatives-abortion-republicans-ohio-missouri-c48033311370f071ccece0da975818cb The majority is always thinking up new ways to try to force its extremist ideas on the ruling class. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-05-15 18:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-05-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 126 epoch Lifetime ID 1932555973755579 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/15/2023 14:05" reach 8 title "GOP state lawmakers try to restrict ballot initiatives, partly to thwart abortion protections" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1932555973755579 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-05-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657859106051424258 The victor will never be asked if he told the truth https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/153536-the-victor-will-never-be-asked-if-he-told-the Now, generative AI is a dream come true for Putin, Xi, and personality cultists of all stripes - Trump, DeSantis, et al. https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-misinformation-deepfakes-2024-election-trump-59fb51002661ac5290089060b3ae39a0 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1931985123812664 #PS1media == impress 12 time 2023-05-14 21:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657855490599297024 It's not the party of Lincoln - or even Reagan. Thurmond and Calhoun would be closer to it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/esg-house-republicans-james-comer-capitalism/ Now freedom means freedom for GOP megadonors, and everybody else does what they're told. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-05-14 21:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-05-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 91 epoch Lifetime ID 1932056333805543 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/14/2023 17:05" reach 10 title "Opinion | The day free-market Republicans became Soviet economic planners" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1932056333805543 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-05-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657381264402550785 Ranked-choice voting gets closer in Silicon Valley. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-bill-could-allow-ranked-choice-voting-in-santa-clara-county/ar-AA1b0dKT #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-05-13 13:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657360749378048005 GOP still believes in states rights - for red states. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/north-carolinas-rucho-redux #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2023-05-13 12:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657358888260489216 The wrong way to protect election officials. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/more-guns-wont-make-election-officials Guns don't make people safer - the bad guys always get the first shot. #PS1firearms == impress 2 time 2023-05-13 12:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-14 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 3 Tweets for 2023-05-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 77 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1931778093833367 impress 16 matchedotherclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/14/2023 06:05" rcs 2 reach 14 reactions 1 title "More Guns Won’t Make Election Officials Safer" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1931778093833367 ========== 16 Tweets for 2023-05-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657052757420023809 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-lgbtq-george-santos-donald-trump-a9d9787012ef51209b48939434e7a888 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-05-12 15:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656862660628189184 His approach is always that of the salesman. He says what he needs to say in order to make the deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-republicans/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-05-12 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656861564866297857 Random datum or first trickle of an avalanche? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/young-trump-republican-nominee-president/ What would Young do if Trump runs as a third party? #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-05-12 03:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656860430571282432 Manchin has no national constituency. And his ties to coal and oil aren't going to help him get one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/manchin-third-party/ He might be able to keep his Senate seat is he stays a conservative Democrat. Anything else looks like a dead end. #PS1politics == impress 5 time 2023-05-12 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656858686290296832 If he wants to be president, DeSantis better learn to check with his megadonors and media friends before going out on a limb. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/11/desantis-defamation-conservative-media/ #PS1journalism == impress 6 time 2023-05-12 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656857269097857026 Why 18? Why shouldn't ANYBODY be able to buy, keep, and bear ANY kind of arms? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/11/judge-rules-handgun-sales-allowed-18-year-olds/ Accept common sense restrictions, then where will they end? #PS1firearms == impress 8 time 2023-05-12 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656854181683277824 Why not restrict voting to old white men who own land? They're the only ones wise enough to make laws for the rest of us. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-raise-voting-age-25/index.html That was the practice in much of the feudal South at the time of American independence. #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2023-05-12 02:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656833667409510400 The case for the Trump telethon - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-cnn-town-hall-unpopular-policies/ Trump delighted his base, and appalled everybody else. Plenty of material for Democratic and anti-Trump attack ads. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-05-12 01:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656832535702441984 Time for some new questions for Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-town-hall-questions/ #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-05-12 01:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656831340258693120 Well yes! Santos is actually guilty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/11/george-santos-brazil-case-theft/ But even with anonymous donors going his bail, he has to pick his fights. #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 43% expands 2 impress 7 likes 1 time 2023-05-12 01:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656830971319304192 sends a message that attempting a coup is just part of the process; that accepting election results is a choice; and that there are no consequences https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/05/11/trump-cnn-town-hall-chris-licht-kaitlan-collins/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-05-12 01:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656829621869092865 Some GOP think that drag queens are the major threat to American security. If only the world were so simple - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/us-default-national-security-concerns/ It's harder to grasp the significance of the dollar to world order, but essential to understanding the debt limit. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-05-12 01:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656827495914807297 Even Marc Thiessen is appalled - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-disaster-gop/ Looks like four more years of Biden! #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-05-12 01:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656825135171784704 “so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement” https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html This is the untold history that only a black GOP candidate knows. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2023-05-12 00:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656824459351961601 It would be different if it were Hunter Biden's laptop! https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-congress-republican-leaders-15d7172c7388198f77fbcc392c5a19d3 But since they need his vote to force a Federal default, most GOP have nothing to say about Santos. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-05-12 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656822281522540545 The pro-minority-rule cult-of-personality GOP can't coexist with the rule-of-law GOP - https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-president-cnn-2024-69921c48683f26c02eb799513e8e5754 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1930152913995885 #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-05-12 00:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 16 Tweets for 2023-05-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 547 epoch Lifetime ID 1930200690657774 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2023 19:05" reach 9 title "Trump's defiance at the CNN town hall may scare off many voters — but not the GOP base" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1930200690657774 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-05-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656450937186324481 There's no point in negotiating with somebody who has no room to negotiate. McCarthy has even less room than Boehner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/biden-obama-debt-limit.html #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-05-11 00:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656449559386816512 Looks like DeSantis can't unite the Trumpists and all the anti-Trump factions. Nobody else can either, so what makes DeSantis a front runner? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/upshot/ron-desantis-trump-republicans.html All Trump has to do is threaten to run as a third party if GOP won't nominate him. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-05-11 00:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-11 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2023-05-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 85 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1929892307355279 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2023 06:05" reach 6 title "Why Ron DeSantis Is Struggling" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1929892307355279 ========== 11 Tweets for 2023-05-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656413966770536448 It also expands requirements for businesses with more than 25 staffers to use E-Verify https://apnews.com/article/florida-desantis-immigration-bill-74d3efde87fe376202ebda74bab123b8 Did he check with his megadonors about that? Did he establish a special police force to jail or deport businesses that don't comply? #PS1immigration == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 21:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656410308326600706 Federal budget deficits are more likely to pay for themselves than Federal tax cuts! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/government-budget-deficits.html #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-05-10 21:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656409414168113152 In an important moment for the rule of law, a jury heard evidence against a former president and reached exactly the conclusion that it likely would have reached for anyone else https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-verdict.html #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 21:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656408421904830464 Without the fake news he so loves to bash, he’d just be another failed real estate scion hawking mediocre steaks and worthless degrees from his university” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/trump-campaign-cnn-townhall.html #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-05-10 21:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656407072957931520 What happens when your freedom conflicts with my freedom? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-trump-desantis-2024-freedom.html GOP has a ready answer: the rich man megadonor wins. Though most of them know better than to say so in public. #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 21:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656404678903754752 The only beneficiaries of default would be adversarial actors like Russia and China https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-dollar.html No wonder the GOP House Putinists make the most noise about forcing default. #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-05-10 21:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656402209368838144 More good work from Coach Tuberville, blocking DOD until it's remade in his image. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/10/military-promotions-secretary-risk/ #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-05-10 20:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656401533658075136 Coach Tuberville reaffirms that he's an unreconstructed Trumpist Dixiecrat racist. GOP needs guys like him to keep the white supremacists voting GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/10/tuberville-military-white-nationalists/ #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 20:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656399169207308288 Republicans representing districts with agriculture were worried that the provision could make it more difficult for farmers to find workers https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/house-republicans-border-bill/index.html So we never get immigration reform. GOP megadonors rely on cheap exploitable labor. #PS1immigration == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 20:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656383955103531009 Nobody is too corrupt to run for president in the Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult GOP! https://apnews.com/article/trump-cnn-e-jean-carroll-trial-d3d516c1b66025f635f8685135d35e43 #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-05-10 19:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656382848813916160 Nobody is too corrupt to be a part of McCarthy's five-vote majority! McCarthy can't lose a single vote. Santos won't resign. https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-federal-charges-updates-33667a0900271e5002459ab748d8fdc8 #PS1gop == engage 4 engage-rate 8% expands 1 impress 50 likes 3 time 2023-05-10 19:36 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 38 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-11 ratio 5 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 11 Tweets for 2023-05-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 383 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1929891864021990 impress 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2023 06:05" rcs 1 reach 5 reactions 1 title "George Santos pleads not guilty to federal indictment and says he won't resign" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1929891864021990 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-05-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655964554789277696 Possible deficit outcomes. https://apnews.com/article/biden-debt-limit-coin-constitution-mccarthy-77be7f00b81cebec44fbaf807b9642ff The lunatic fringe of the GOP wants a showdown to get them on Fox, and they'll get it sooner or later, by replacing McCarthy if he wobbles. So let's get it over with once and for all. #PS1economics == impress 9 time 2023-05-09 15:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655962678517702656 It's not a high calling - it's a big bu$ine$$! https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/08/media/fox-baier-reputation-reliable-sources/index.html #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-05-09 15:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655960846877757441 In Trumpist Dixiecrat NewSpeak, conservatism means reactionary cult of personality fascism. In contrast, the founder of Enlightenment conservatism would find no place in the modern GOP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke He would rather be right than re-elected. #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2023-05-09 15:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655935394154958852 America's founders knew all about established religions. That's why they forbade them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/texas-legislature-christian-nationalism-ten-commandments/ But Christian Nationalists are one of the single-issue constituencies that GOP depends on to protect minority rule. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-05-09 13:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655934689797111814 How can you still be anti-establishment once you're the establishment? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/how-fox-news-trump-wrote-playbook-their-own-downfall/ What's the business model now? #PS1media == impress 5 time 2023-05-09 13:56 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-05-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 179 epoch Lifetime ID 1929891407355369 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/11/2023 06:05" reach 5 title "Opinion | How Fox News and Trump wrote the playbook for their own downfall" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1929891407355369 ========== 16 Tweets for 2023-05-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655262442526769152 Wrong answer! House GOP is like Putin - compromise only defers the inevitable for a short while, then they're back with bigger demands. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/debt-limit-solution-mccarthy-biden/ Repeal the debt ceiling, and let the GOP try to make their case on individual spending bills. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 replies 1 time 2023-05-07 17:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655261385453109250 What should normal be? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/politics-republicans-war-on-normal/ #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-05-07 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655260504980619264 a Congress that can once again mediate difference, not just express and amplify it https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/congress-marginalized-executive-power-judicial/ But its present paralyzed form remains useful to the defenders of minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-05-07 17:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655257410934824960 Platinum coins and premium bonds - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-ceiling-platinum-coin-premium-bonds.html #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 replies 1 time 2023-05-07 17:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655249250312400897 In California we issued registered warrants for a while instead of checks. https://www.pillsburylaw.com/images/content/2/7/v2/2717/86EC9F39548B4FBE0A37CAE813081CF7.pdf Maybe the Federal government can too. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-limit.html #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2023-05-07 16:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655246915334987776 Religions get established by the state for political purposes - by the ruling class, for the ruling class. There are always church leaders for sale to the political devil. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/tucker-carlson-christian-right.html What profit a man to gain the world, if he lose his soul? #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-05-07 16:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655244559482503173 GOP Senate joins House to wreck economy before election. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling-raise-spending-cuts/index.html Right-to-lifers showed that compromise just leads to greater demands. The only debt ceiling legislation Biden should sign is repeal, to end this tool of minority rule once and for all. #PS1budget == impress 8 time 2023-05-07 16:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655241698082160640 14th amendment won't work. https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-default-biden-republicans-yellen-b2e1f06ef913fb9bc3ad0b4a6a610da1 #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-05-07 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655204403446714374 Sick of the narcissism? Double down! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy.html Like Trump and DeSantis, he talks populist but will fall into line to defend minority rule if he's elected, as he learns where the GOP money and media attention comes from. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-05-07 13:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655051056861302785 GOP legislators want women to have more children. But they don't want to do anything to make children more affordable. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/women-without-children-history.html There's nothing new about any of that. #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2023-05-07 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655048360838205441 How about a House of 10000 Representatives? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/capitol-house-representatives-expansion-design/ #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-05-07 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655034651243847681 a vast wasteland https://apnews.com/article/newton-minow-dies-tv-vast-wasteland-3aa9234488f44df9b7f59f8072e1c8a1 Did he change his mind about network TV under the fairness doctrine, when social media arrived? #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-05-07 02:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655033896105558016 I’m becoming something I don’t want to be https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/tucker-carlson-fox-news-text/ It's called free will. They didn't do it to you, you chose it for yourself. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-05-07 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655032324499853314 Light pollution - it used to just bother astronomers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/dark-sky-night-light-pollution-impact/ Now many more observers count the effects. #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-05-07 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655031305434972160 Chevron undermines that order by effectively giving plenary authority to unelected bureaucrats with limited means of accountability https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/supreme-court-chevron-deference-overturn/ As opposed to anonymous unelected megadonors with no means of accountability. #PS1deregulation == impress 4 time 2023-05-07 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655029302096965634 How the chief groomer of reactionary judges does his work - https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/ Carefully keeping it as convoluted and opaque as, e.g., Trump's empire. #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 21 likes 1 time 2023-05-07 01:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 16 Tweets for 2023-05-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 535 epoch Lifetime ID 1928014077543102 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/08/2023 06:05" reach 8 title "Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1928014077543102 ========== 16 Tweets for 2023-05-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654944442258952192 Democratic tax and spend produced a robust economy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/us-economy-confusing-indicators/ But GOP is determined to cause a recession before the election, and debt default is their sure tool. Megadonors will fund the propaganda campaign blaming it on Democrats. #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-05-06 20:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654937038234464256 How to reduce the Federal deficit? Reduce the GOP billionaire tax relief of 2017? GOP megadonors say no - instead raise taxes on the poor. Reduce agricultural subsidies? GOP megadonors say no - instead reduce SNAP benefits for the poor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/congress-farm-bill-subsidies-debt/ #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-05-06 19:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654933344214466560 The MAGA GOP wants to have a fight, and McCarthy couldn't stop them if he wanted to. Are there ways to finally repeal the debit limit without causing a depression? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/democrats-debt-ceiling-republicans/ #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-05-06 19:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654909838957379584 Putin likes to use competing factions as a way to maintain power but that is very damaging in a military operation https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/wagner-russia-ukraine-discord-leak But that's how a personality protects his cult, by limiting the growth of potential rivals. #PS1putin == impress 2 time 2023-05-06 18:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654879338591027201 How default would work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/debt-ceiling-default-us-treasurys/ If a deal with a short debt limit extension should somehow get through Congress, Biden should refuse to sign. Repeal the debt limit once and for all! But expect the defenders of minority rule to go to the mat. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 9 time 2023-05-06 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654875307491627008 The difference between fear and hate. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/fear-speech-social-media.html Social media companies are laying off human content monitors; can AI help or hinder? #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-05-06 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654873644538159104 The Trump base votes on personality, not ideology. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/are-anti-trump-republicans-doomed-to-repeat-2016.html And the other GOP candidates have to deal with the reality that if the GOP doesn't nominate him, he'll run on a third party - even from jail - and Biden will win and take Congress with him. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-05-06 15:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654867120138915845 Moving beyond voter suppression to voter enabling - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/fair-representation-act/ Of course, enabling voters is the LAST thing the defenders of minority rule want. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 15:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654865684462202880 How industrial-strength voter suppression works. https://fairvote.org/report/uncompetitive-and-unrepresented-voters-locked-out-of-representation/ It's a pillar of minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654861868639584256 Supreme Court about to strike another blow in defense of minority rule? https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/supreme-courts-next-target-the-regulatory They were groomed to deregulate! #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654858382770339841 Pot calls Kettle black! https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news-media-matters/index.html But Pot can afford a lot more lawyers than Kettle. #PS1media == impress 31 time 2023-05-06 14:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654856498386960388 NewSpeak - wouldn't Edmund Burke be surprised! conservative now means reactionary fascistic cult-personalist! https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/nationalism-conservatism-what-matters/index.html Thus the party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Reagan became the party of Calhoun, Davis, Lee, Bilbo, and Thurmond. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-05-06 14:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654851558851608577 The wheels of justice grind slowly on - https://apnews.com/article/fulton-county-election-investigation-trump-georgia-52 https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-peter-schwartz-insurrection-9176bad22f2 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654849823445753857 Shop like a billionaire? https://www.seattletimes.com/business/12-smartwatches-this-app-promises-you-can-shop-like-a-billionaire-but-is-there-a-catch/ Sounds more like shop like you live on minimum wage and have to sell your personal information to make ends meet. #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654848632577998850 Don't like homelessness? Increase the minimum wage. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/low-wages-short-hours-drive-many-fast-food-workers-into-homelessness/ar-AA1aCjSo #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654844381948682240 That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-federal-reserve-kamala-harris-da3814ee9395c6ec8d6cbc51727614d7 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-05-06 13:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-05-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 16 Tweets for 2023-05-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 555 epoch Lifetime ID 1927362087608301 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "05/07/2023 05:05" reach 9 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1927362087608301 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-04-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1652059434703802375 That was the week that wasn't - in full https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check or just the lowlights https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-bud-light-fauci-e2d5bd0a954ac01a415a454a70414361 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-04-28 21:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1651747161128964103 Why settle for a lesser evil - like Trump or DeSantis - when you can get the REAL DEAL! https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-tucker-carlson-run-for-president-visit-moscow-2023-4 A grandmaster entertainment propagandist to entertain the masses from the White House, while GOP Congress protects minority rule by the megadonors. #PS1media == impress 6 time 2023-04-28 00:36 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-04-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 77 epoch Lifetime ID 1921248398219670 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/27/2023 20:04" rcs 1 reach 8 reactions 1 title "Top Kremlin propagandist tells Tucker Carlson he should run for president and 'You are always welcome in Russia and Moscow'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1921248398219670 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-04-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650723178807959555 The debt limit is just another tool of minority rule. https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ Biden shouldn't sign any extensions, only a repeal. He'll lose his job, but so will McCarthy and McConnell, and that will benefit America and the world. https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-limit-ceiling-cap-2b76f685cff4a284021f9b5c2c95cd4c #PS1minority == impress 3 time 2023-04-25 04:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-04-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 51 epoch Lifetime ID 1921248154886361 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/27/2023 20:04" reach 9 title "What's behind the looming 'x-date' on the US debt limit?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1921248154886361 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-04-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650600342323879936 Nothing left to do but run for president! https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news/index.html But Fox really won - all they had to do was cough up some chump change. No public admission or apology and no change of direction required - always toward higher ratings. https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/opinions/dominion-fox-settlement-zurawik/index.html #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-04-24 20:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650599214018338816 A week's worth of fake news https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-ukraine-vaccine-778f87275ce4fb2e45d49992e8593d71 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-04-24 20:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-04-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 75 epoch Lifetime ID 1919353265075850 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/24/2023 16:04" reach 6 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1919353265075850 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-04-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646914256858914818 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Executive summary - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-federal-reserve-vaccines-lgbtq-5f38c57913075f0450ac9aa3dcfd8da7 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-04-14 16:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646729112835469312 An antidote to toxic political polarization - https://fairvote.org/winner-take-all-mindset-takes-a-disturbing-turn/ As DeSantis remarked, he only got 50% of the vote but 100% of the power, and he intends to use that 100% entirely for the benefit of that 50%. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-04-14 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646722197598404610 Consequences of lifetime appointments. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/clarence-thomas-proves-justices-cant-police-themselves #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-04-14 03:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-14 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-04-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 83 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1913348412343002 impress 16 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/14/2023 17:04" rcs 1 reach 8 title "Clarence Thomas Proves Justices Can’t Police Themselves" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1913348412343002 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-04-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644561619480117254 The fundamental dilemma of minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html how to keep the single-issue voters voting for you without alienating every other persuadable voter. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/opinion/abortion-rights-wisconsin-elections-republicans.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1909326456078531 #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-04-08 04:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-08 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-04-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 39 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1909490406062136 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/08/2023 05:04" reach 8 title "Opinion | The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1909490406062136 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-04-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644388772698787840 The Counter-Reformation of Twitter - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/twitter-religion-blue-checks-reformation-priesthood/ #PS1media == impress 9 time 2023-04-07 17:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644382208910839808 That was all from the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check These are the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-donald-trump-joe-biden-anheuserbusch-750214d3ed1ca8218df12a9efe2feed0 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-04-07 16:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-04-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 43 epoch Lifetime ID 1909490039395506 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/08/2023 05:04" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1909490039395506 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-04-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1642190625243291649 Debt ceilings and continuing resolutions - political theater that needs to stop. https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ GOP want a showdown and they'll get it. https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-fight-47539399db37f44d47eff47386a28ddc #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-04-01 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641974288638181376 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-nashville-shooting-hale-transgender-f692a8f9defb105e474b03baa3cd565d #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-04-01 01:22 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-04-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-04-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 54 epoch Lifetime ID 1906159396395237 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "04/02/2023 13:04" reach 12 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1906159396395237 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641445019860205569 Hey boomers! The sixties aren't over after all! https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-journal-reported-russia-arrested-cd511a94a3fe0ce604df6648ef5adec5 It's the same old USSR! Any foreigner risks landing in jail for use in a future prisoner swap. Putin often says that the fall of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster ever. #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2023-03-30 14:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 56 epoch Lifetime ID 1904909686520208 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/31/2023 08:03" reach 7 title "Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1904909686520208 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641151347616804865 McCarthy already knows that any GOP who votes for any meaningful gun control will get primaried in the next election. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/kevin-mccarthy-reaction-nashville/index.html A few kids getting shot up every month is a small price to pay to save his majority! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1903748676636309 #PS1firearms == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2023-03-29 18:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-29 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 61 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1903862026624974 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/29/2023 17:03" reach 7 title "In first remarks to reporters on Nashville shooting, McCarthy says he must see 'all the facts' before backing gun control measures | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1903862026624974 ========== 8 Tweets for 2023-03-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640127616433930240 Why are we stuck with Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/26/why-republican-politicians-do-not-criticize-trump/ Because he does what the megadonors want without being told - and he does what Putin wants without being told - and he's willing to destroy the Republican Party to save it. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1902209030123607 #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-03-26 23:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640034665347289088 The browning of American Christianity - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/opinion/christianity-global-demographics.html It's not just darker skin tones. It's a different mix of social and political attitudes. How will the anti-immigrant Christian nationalist white supremacists react? #PS1theory == impress 10 time 2023-03-26 16:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640028754557964289 How can DeSantis get past Trump without alienating the Trump base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/25/trump-desantis-2024-rally/ Can the Trump base be converted into the Trumpist base? #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-03-26 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640026252051611648 Attack! Attack! Attack! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/25/trump-2024-gop/ Attack the Democrats to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. Then threaten to run as a third party - again to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2023-03-26 16:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640022548330209288 A life for the Tsar! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mobilization-recruits-military-draft-9339329bba5a5dc6956fe588bab98961 #PS1putin == impress 1 time 2023-03-26 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640008867970162694 House Putinists agree - jails are for Democrats! https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-jan-6-capitol-attack-20f06d75072a563d56a86b0ecf2d89b8 Violence for Trump should be a get-out-of-jail-free card! #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-03-26 15:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639996852883066881 How Putin destroyed the opposition. His example inspires the Putinists in Congress. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/karamurza-putin-propaganda-russia-accountability/ #PS1putin == engage 2 engage-rate 29% expands 1 impress 7 time 2023-03-26 14:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639873842754748416 Making up facts and making up threats - sometimes it's hard to tell one personality cult from another. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/europe/putin-belarus-tactical-nuclear-weapons-analysis-hnk-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/politics/trump-fact-check-waco-rally/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 3 engage-rate 20% impress 15 replies 1 time 2023-03-26 06:16 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 56 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-26 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 8 Tweets for 2023-03-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 280 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1901951980149312 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/26/2023 05:03" rcs 1 reach 8 sharesimpress 1 title "Fact check: Trump repeats false claims during rally in Waco, Texas | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1901951980149312 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-03-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639486596432142336 Where have the Republicans been? On the phone with their gun lobby megadonors, assuring them they'll continue to support their 2nd amendment right to sell anything to anybody. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/27/skelton-where-have-republicans-been-during-californias-mass-shootings/ #PS1firearms == impress 2 time 2023-03-25 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639482637399261186 DeSantis is just another defender of minority rule. He doesn't want to talk about his real agenda any more than the other GOP do. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html He fully understands that to get the voters to support minority rule you have to divert and confuse them. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-03-25 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639456669796274177 The Five Families of the House GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-republican-five-families/ With a four-vote majority, each has veto power. We'll see who's true to whatever principles they profess when we reach the debt limit in two or three months. All they have in common is they're not Democrats. #PS1gop == impress 12 time 2023-03-25 02:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-03-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 154 epoch Lifetime ID 1901951673482676 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/26/2023 05:03" reach 6 title "Meet ‘the five families’ that wield power in McCarthy’s House majority" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1901951673482676 ========== 17 Tweets for 2023-03-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639356358859583488 DeSantis is no Trump! He's a Bush! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/ron-desantis-bush-cheney-trump.html GOP megadonors probably already knew that. DeSantis is a reliable defender of minority rule - just as Bush and Trump were. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-03-24 19:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639341120475004928 Executive and attorney-client privileges do not unconditionally immunize anybody from criminal testimony or prosecution. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/politics/trump-aides-executive-privilege-meadows/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900958473581996 #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 18:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639336591905914880 Why Trump and Waco belong together. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/opinions/waco-siege-30th-anniversary-trump-rally-hemmer/index.html And it seems that most of the GOP express no problem with that. #PS1trumpism == impress 11 time 2023-03-24 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639300486737305600 All of the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-roundup-trump-clinton-grindr-florida-australia-covid-vaccines-ab507aec0524529408e271b2c31f674a #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 16:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639298719316336640 Trump has learned his lesson - that there is no position too degrading for GOP leaders to assume in his defense . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/trump-indictment-truth-social-post-gop-reaction/ Trump's making money and weeding out half-hearted GOP supporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/24/trump-hush-money-death-destruction/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900873706923806 #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-03-24 16:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639120222966910977 Pessimism on the front, optimism far behind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/ It's very hard for any one person to grasp the whole picture of a war. #PS1ukraine == impress 2 time 2023-03-24 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639118186254856192 Truth is what you BELIEVE, not what actually is! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/election-deniers-evidence-belief/ But even some GOP voters are returning to the view of America's founders that reason and empirical inquiry are superior to decisions based on faith - or ignorant prejudice of the emperor. #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2023-03-24 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639116848032792576 How Putinism works at Fox - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/ukraine-tucker-carlson-desantis-christie-haley/ As they have admitted in court, Fox has no problem broadcasting material they KNOW is false. #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 04:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639115576907042817 If reality make you look bad - https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/14/tucker-carlson-jacob-chansley-proud-boys/ imagine a different reality! Tucker Carlson will help! #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-03-24 04:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639114446915395584 It worked once so why not twice? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/santos-reelection-paperwork/ At least he can raise money for his legal defense. Fake it til you make it to its logical conclusion. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639113723301474305 Fake it til you make it - a prescription for a distrustful, dysfunctional society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/fake-it-phrase-american-con-man/ Is the truth you FEEL more important than objective reality? Only to YOU! #PS1theory == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639111881368698881 The myth of the self-made man. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/american-bootstraps-myth-politics/ Anybody can succeed - just ask your dad for a million dollars, like Trump did! If you dad doesn't have a million dollars, tell him to work harder, like Trump would have. Nobody succeeds alone - or fails alone. #PS1theory == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639104269109587968 The sad reality of life in Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/04/congresswoman-lauren-underwood-profile/ #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-03-24 03:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639098928720392194 Why shouldn't the Ministry of Truth define democracy the way Fearless Leader does? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/23/putin-xi-authoritarianism-democracy/ #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-03-24 02:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639087197965148160 Trouble having it both ways. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-ukraine-republicans-2024-f44acc03f772f393b7f8d452ee26508a DeSantis wants to appeal to the Putinists in Trump's base, while retaining traditional strong-on-defense GOP. He can't have it both ways, so expect lots of smoke and mirrors. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-03-24 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639086298144337920 Why Trump's fans are non-committal about responding to his latest call to arms. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pelosi-laptop-riley-june-williams-19b5423e4fc70b2a698b140f13ead1be And any that did respond, are probably wondering what they're waiting for. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-03-24 02:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639085284246814720 You don't understand a new technology - https://apnews.com/article/ai-misinformation-trump-putin-new-york-42ac9c41c5504d05412b492e48bcaded until you understand how the criminally-minded understand it. #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2023-03-24 02:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 17 Tweets for 2023-03-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 565 epoch Lifetime ID 1900562450288265 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/23/2023 21:03" reach 5 title "Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900562450288265 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-03-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638903214719508480 Gavin Newsom re-invents insane asylums. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-19/newsom-mental-health-housing-bond-measure-services-counties-substance-use-treatment Call them state hospitals or state development centers, they re-institutionalize that segment of the homeless population that can't or won't conform to society. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900206660323844 #PS1capolitics == impress 1 time 2023-03-23 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638758740701896706 Who pays for credit card rewards? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/opinion/credit-card-rewards-points-poor-interchange-fees.html Did you guess that once again it's the poor subsidizing the rich? #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-03-23 04:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-03-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 72 epoch Lifetime ID 1900213736989803 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/23/2023 07:03" reach 6 title "Opinion | The Dirty Little Secret of Credit Card Rewards Programs" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900213736989803 ========== 12 Tweets for 2023-03-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638586719833567236 The tension is killing them - https://apnews.com/article/trump-stormy-daniels-hush-money-grand-jury-7f3b3a8da083a8fcd98986c5c6a3bab1 So the GOP falls back on its old reliable standby, anti-semitism. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-soros-conspiracy-9dc8a81d35421388d82be25600db53f8 It always works for the Trump base! Putin would approve! No word from Jared Kushner. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 likes 1 time 2023-03-22 17:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638582671994671104 The lasting legacy of Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. Decades of grooming reactionary candidates for the Federal judiciary are paying off big time in defense of minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/ruling-with-a-gavel-and-a-grudge #PS1justice == impress 10 time 2023-03-22 16:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638406691820797955 Has Trumpism infected the CCP or has Xi-Thought infected the GOP? https://apnews.com/article/china-premier-li-keqiang-congress-economy-a34da9c38039be728a3bdfc9a0574eb0 Loyalty above competence! Though Putin's Russia's military fiascos argue otherwise. #PS1china == impress 9 time 2023-03-22 05:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638404795487887360 Libel laws are tricky. https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-libel-defamation-voting-machines-7ed8dd7f45d15a85af64a6141fafd7d8 They can be used by the ruling class to suppress dissent, and often are in many countries. #PS1journalism == impress 1 time 2023-03-22 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638397988795215872 Can Congress PREVENT bad things from happening? Almost never - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/18/congress-banking-regulation/ Something bad has to actually happen to get their minds off politicking and back to problem solving. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-03-22 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638396032894783488 The problem with single-issue voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/19/abortion-foes-seek-vows-2024-gop-hopefuls/ GOP candidates want to retain the pro-life votes without alienating everybody else. The pro-lifers vow to purge all such candidates - and insure GOP losses in close elections. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-03-22 04:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638391128226676736 No point paying for a report if you're not going to believe it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/17/trump-fraud-report-2020/ #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-03-22 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638384435157696512 How jousting over tough votes means that almost nothing ever gets done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/why-congress-gets-nothing-done/ Maybe Federal legislators should be relieved of re-election anxiety by being limited to one term in each House. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-03-22 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638382718403903490 Will Putin trade Russia's independence for a victory over Ukraine? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/xi-putin-summit-alliance-danger/ #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 replies 1 time 2023-03-22 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638378246525038594 Another George Santos kind of Republican. https://apnews.com/article/lazzaro-republican-donor-sex-trafficking-minnesota-db1e3ac444fe3c289adddb4b924b9092 Of course, he describes his prosecution as political persecution. Just as any criminal would. Aren't rich donors immune from petty laws? #PS1other == impress 4 time 2023-03-22 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638375661252542465 Reagan deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis Bush deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis Trump deregulation - https://apnews.com/article/banking-crisis-congress-lobbying-svb-c2bc00ad41ae7fd1ec9d0ffb781383f2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899315253746318 #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-03-22 03:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638336697099489280 If you leave a phone or computer for repair, does the repairman have the right to copy and disseminate anything he wants? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/13/hunter-biden-laptop-claims-russian-disinfo/ Does anybody have an interest in objective facts? https://news.yahoo.com/hunter-biden-sues-repair-shop-132740148.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899260947085082 #PS1election == impress 2 time 2023-03-22 00:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-22 ratio 4 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 12 Tweets for 2023-03-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 411 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1899586380385872 impress 5 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/22/2023 07:03" reach 4 title "Hunter Biden Sues Repair Shop Owner Over Handling of Laptop" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899586380385872 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-03-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638315048895655936 von Papen awards for the whole House GOP? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen or Quisling awards, presented by Putin? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling “This is the conduct, the quisling approach to strong men, that gets countries into very serious trouble.” https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politics/donald-trump-indictment-gop-2024/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-03-21 23:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638253918965862401 It's the late 1930's all over again - the fascists are on the march, and the GOP thinks they're saving money by cheering the fascists on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/republican-foreign-policy-russia-good-china-bad/ Putin's regime, like Stalin's, seems inept compared to Hitler's - relying on human wave attacks. #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2023-03-21 18:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638196457810558976 Wannabe Putin successors - one is out loud - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-russia-bakhmut.html How many others are lurking waiting for their chance? Much like the Trump succession intrigue here. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 13% expands 3 impress 23 time 2023-03-21 15:10 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-03-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 142 epoch Lifetime ID 1899250710419439 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/21/2023 17:03" reach 6 title "Russia’s Mercenary Chief Prepares Ground for a Political Advance" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899250710419439 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637675794154819586 Not so enthusiastic this time around! https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-new-york-jan-6-protest-f19306253133d9dacd65667bd5b4650c All those FBI arrests, trials, convictions, and sentences have had their effect on persons contemplating criminal protests. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1898148507196326 #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-03-20 04:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-21 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 40 BAD 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1899001093777734 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/21/2023 06:03" rcs 1 reach 9 sharesimpress 1 title "Trump's call for protests get muted reaction from supporters" type Other URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899001093777734 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-03-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637593685717291010 DeSantis' complicated game - how to sideline Trump without losing support of Trump's base. And now the hard-core Trumpists want him to put up or shut up - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/politics/desantis-trump-indictment.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1898028457208331 #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2023-03-19 23:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637587002391687169 Racism and violence - two Dixiecrat traditions embraced by Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-bragg-hush-money-investigation-stormy-daniels-4d15a073b0500d4cd47e7371f45d27d7 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-03-19 22:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637352000928231424 Great criminal minds think alike! https://apnews.com/article/trump-arrested-indicted-hush-money-manhattan-prosecutor-a48428984cf99d23f46b4157b34160ae https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-attacks-drones-c2d00e60a040b66656a59720712c2ea9 Everybody does the same things. So it is UNFAIR!!! to pick on any one leader over others. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/18/politics/donald-trump-manhattan-da-arrest-protests/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1897565660587944 #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-03-19 07:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637338925852401665 Putin's allies work hard to convince Americans that strong leaders like Putin and Trump are much more effective than democracy for defending minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-russia-disinformation-twitter-musk-49af27699727d6f4157a5d6d5f35819b https://apnews.com/article/voting-machines-election-conspiracies-republicans-trump-f867ef5ed8d66f375066f8cbdb25cdf4 #PS1media == impress 21 time 2023-03-19 06:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-03-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 130 epoch Lifetime ID 1897770130567497 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/19/2023 06:03" reach 9 title "Election conspiracy movement grinds on as 2024 approaches" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1897770130567497 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-03-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636810259338772480 The whole propaganda week in review - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-climate-radiation-fluoride-7afb2e16a68cae2bfcbda0e51df3bd53 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-03-17 19:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636586168723869697 You just don't understand a technology https://apnews.com/article/amazon-musk-starlink-gold-mining-yanomami-7ab40c14375a9f1bb691a809dcc843b4 until you understand how criminals understand that technology. #PS1technology == impress 1 time 2023-03-17 04:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-03-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 50 epoch Lifetime ID 1896867377324439 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/17/2023 20:03" reach 7 title "Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1896867377324439 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-03-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636068250458132480 All about state taxes on vice and ignorance. https://getpocket.com/collections/lottery-article-collection Usually GOP favor privatizing public programs. Here they took the opposite direction. Their megadonors return the favor - and to Democrats as well. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-03-15 18:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635859597172043777 Another win for the disinformationists - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/states-cave-conspiracy-theories-and-leave-voter-data-cooperative-eric Let's get voting out of the realm of facts and back in the realm of fantasy! - like the rest of the reactionary program to defend minority rule. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-03-15 04:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635858130528768002 Thought about your right to assembly lately? On the Federal level it's in the First Amendment - Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people to peacefully assemble And it turns out most states have similar rights https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-massachusetts #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2023-03-15 04:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-03-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 144 epoch Lifetime ID 1896867153991128 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/17/2023 20:03" reach 6 title "State Court Report: Massachusetts protects right to be “rude” in town meetings" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1896867153991128 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1634344730518757378 All that news that doesn't fit - reality. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/factcheck-weekly-roundup-misinformation-3c99392cf9be04e2338b1279d7c03f8d #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-03-11 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 28 epoch Lifetime ID 1892376097773567 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/10/2023 16:03" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1892376097773567 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1633849485133762560 The unfinished work begun on Pettus Bridge. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/bloody-sunday-was-58-years-ago-we #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-03-09 15:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 22 epoch Lifetime ID 1892375904440253 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/10/2023 16:03" reach 6 title "Bloody Sunday Was 58 Years Ago. We Still Have Work to Do." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1892375904440253 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1632811063526973440 Is regional federalism inevitable? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Are we entering another period in which regional/tribal/ideological loyalties count for more than national loyalty? That seems to be the trend. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voting-rights-are-expanding-in-blue #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-03-06 18:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 40 epoch Lifetime ID 1892375714440272 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/10/2023 16:03" reach 10 title "" type Text URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1892375714440272 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-03-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631895477942910976 Catch up on all the fake news you missed - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just review the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/politics-ap-fact-check-united-states-health-taxes-5177158ebaa1306a6469a95313b94500 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-03-04 05:52 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-03-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 31 epoch Lifetime ID 1888219744855869 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/04/2023 08:03" reach 8 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1888219744855869 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-03-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631313953463869440 There's nothing special about California's population crisis. https://www.latinopublicpolicy.org/2023/02/no-california-doesnt-have-a-population-crisis/ It's the same all over the world - How you gonna keep them down on the farm, After they've seen LA? Farm towns without immigrants tend to become ghost towns. #PS1immigration == impress 4 time 2023-03-02 15:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631312782133202944 Maybe calling it Trumpism was all wrong. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/desantis-apocalyptic-attack-on-higher-education Should we be calling it Orbanism? or DeSantism? #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-03-02 15:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631311936947392519 Section 702 or not? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/us/politics/biden-warrantless-surveillance-section-702.html Some of Putin's GOP fans in Congress don't like the idea of being warrantlessly surveilled. #PS1 == impress 7 time 2023-03-02 15:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631145296964235264 The enemy is not the Russian Federation or the Russian people, but Vladimir Putin and his gang of revanchist neo-Nazis. https://apnews.com/article/putin-nato-politics-russia-government-united-states-0bffecbd258654bed617653ee078ff35 #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-03-02 04:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631145083100868608 Remember the Kursk? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_(K-141) Move fast and break things https://apnews.com/article/politics-military-technology-us-navy-san-diego-business-7798de1cdb622f7771dd6bfd23c02124 Would YOU serve on a submarine built that way! Complicated interdependent systems have complicated interdependent bugs and it takes time to get to root causes. #PS1technology == impress 8 time 2023-03-02 04:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631115602097242112 Up to the brink and over the edge - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757 Putin destroyed the credibility of the Russian army, united Europe like never before, drove Sweden and Finland into NATO, and killed tens of thousands of people. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1886538015024042 #PS1ukraine == impress 21 time 2023-03-02 02:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-03-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 227 epoch Lifetime ID 1886558928355284 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/01/2023 19:03" reach 9 title "‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1886558928355284 ========== 15 Tweets for 2023-03-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630810667329671168 Need more worries? War is as characteristic of humanity as religion https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2790095 No really big wars in 78 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake No really big earthquakes in 323 years. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/turkey-earthquake-better-building-standards-would-have-saved-lives-10152231.html earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do #PS1other == impress 9 time 2023-03-01 06:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630805087785451521 It's always good to read the report to the end. https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-covid-deniers-think-a-new-study-says-mask-mandates-dont-work-they-should-try/article_1308ca80-b60d-11ed-80e7-0794f805ded7.html #PS1virus == impress 1 time 2023-03-01 05:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630793660064497664 There's a new King of the Magic Kingdom in town. He's practicing for when he's Emperor. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-politics-florida-state-government-36ec16b56ac6e72b9efcce26defdd0d8 But what does he do if he's nominated and Trump runs a third party? #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-03-01 04:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630792377731534848 Murdoch admits Fox hosts propagated lies unimpeded. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/business/media/fox-news-dominion-rupert-murdoch.html Why not? They offer propaganda and entertainment, not journalism. Whatever gets the highest ratings and the most profit! #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-03-01 04:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630790312078737409 The newspaper of Silicon Valley dumps the comic strip of Silicon Valley. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/27/scott-adams-faces-consequence-culture-as-u-s-newspapers-drop-dilbert/ Let's not forget the times Scott Adams got it right - and not forget the times he got it wrong. #PS1other == engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 33 time 2023-03-01 04:41 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630786205729316864 Ukraine’s victory would not only be good for Ukraine and the world. It also would be Russia’s salvation https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/how-long-will-russians-tolerate-the-war/article_3b0f99b6-1990-5977-b0dc-6f777ca9d1ca.html #PS1putin == engage 2 engage-rate 29% impress 7 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630782996637966341 Wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate? DeSantis and other GOP do. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/25/david-brooks-lets-all-do-desantis/ How can you keep the megadonors, the Trumpist wing, the conservative wing, independents, and persuadables, all behind your campaign? Especially if Trump runs as a third party! #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 04:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630779827665137666 We've seen tech from both sides now, From here and there, and still somehow It's tech's illusions we recall, We really don't know tech... at all https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/joe-mathews-california-silicon-valley-tech-democracy #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630778098370379776 Too many GOP are only interested in bashing China when they can use it to bash Biden. All those GOP friends of Putin should fee the same way about Xi. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/bipartisan-plans-to-move-aggressively-on-china-face-political-hurdles-in-congress #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630776584931262464 Putin has changed the world, especially Europe. Just like Hitler did. https://jacklimpert.com/2023/02/the-war-in-ukraine-has-changed-europe-forever/ All those lessons are being remembered. #PS1ukraine == impress 2 time 2023-03-01 03:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630774930488033281 Setting up the Ministry of Truth to insure political correctness according to DeSantis. A model for what he'll do as president! https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/politics/ron-desantis-florida-universities-gender-studies/index.html #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-03-01 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630774058957815809 Why GOP megadonors make sure there will never be comprehensive immigration reform. Where else could they get such cheap exploitable labor? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html #PS1immigration == engage 3 engage-rate 9% impress 35 likes 2 time 2023-03-01 03:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630770934272655361 One person can change history - Zelenskyy and Ukraine might have sobered up the PRC leadership. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-taiwan-politics-united-states-government-eaf869eb617c6c356b2708607ed15759 #PS1china == impress 3 time 2023-03-01 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630756822985613312 McCarthy repays his debt to Carlson. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-riot-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-50a41c27108279a4486823a5db284dc1 #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2023-03-01 02:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630740069022863361 Maybe it was a lab leak! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-leak-coronavirus-pandemic.html Probably the most convincing evidence is the PRC's refusal to allow any independent investigation. That suggests they have something to hide - even if it's just the Chinese Communist Party's incompetence. #PS1virus == engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2023-03-01 01:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-03-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 15 Tweets for 2023-03-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 555 epoch Lifetime ID 1886558695021974 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "03/01/2023 19:03" reach 6 title "Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1886558695021974 ========== 8 Tweets for 2023-02-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630428201171451904 Texas is a great place for billionaires to pontificate, but if you actually want to get innovative engineering work done, better go back to the fountainhead. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tesla-will-base-engineering-hq-in-palo-alto-at-former-h-p-site/ #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-02-28 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630426960898961408 Is a content provider responsible for the content it recommends? The Supreme Court knows all about what embryos and America's founders think, but admits to ignorance about the internet. https://www.connectsafely.org/section-230-supreme-court-grapples-with-definition-of-publisher/ #PS1journalism == impress 13 time 2023-02-28 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630426078207688704 Every business wants an annuity! https://apnews.com/article/business-7012f0ee968e761b257818658c515648 A fixed monthly income stream that supports high stock price - whether or not customers actually come in! It's easy to sign up and forget automatic payments, if there are no paper statements every month. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-02-28 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630421491732054018 Mad about immigration? Mad about inflation? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/business/economy/immigration-labor.html Increasing the labor supply reduces inflation. So GOP politicians TALK about securing the border but their megadonors make sure they DO nothing about it. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885372458473931 #PS1immigration == impress 3 time 2023-02-28 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630416187338420226 Still profitable because they declined to drive out cost with just-in-time. https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/explained-how-one-ukrainian-company-braved-and-prospered-through-a-year-of-russian-war-12203732.html Let it be a lesson. A war with Russia or a 8.0 earthquake or another pandemic - trust YOUR supply chains? #PS1economics == impress 7 time 2023-02-28 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630414896902070273 “We just have to figure out how to monetize it” https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/23/is-a-bubble-brewing-for-sports-businesses/ We thought the 60's would go on forever, and then the internet boom would go on forever, then the Obama economic bull market would go on forever. Live and learn until you get too old. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-02-28 03:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630409699018567683 Talented people still want to come to Silicon Valley to escape stifling homelands. Here's how those regimes kill the goose that laid the golden eggs - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/china-chatgpt-microsoft-openai.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/business/tech-startups-israel.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885356378475539 #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2023-02-28 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630405639896961024 There's more than one way to make money from a sea of military weapons in private hands! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/active-shooter-industry-us.html They are intentionally ignoring the root causes. #PS1firearms == impress 2 time 2023-02-28 03:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 8 Tweets for 2023-02-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 334 epoch Lifetime ID 1885396131804897 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/27/2023 21:02" reach 4 title "In a Violent America, Safety Becomes a Sales Pitch" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885396131804897 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1629273369765085184 That was the week that wasn't. You can get a lot https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check or just the lowlights. https://apnews.com/article/politics-ap-fact-check-united-nations-world-economic-forum-639136b0e5bf0ecb9708469ef1d27fb4 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-02-25 00:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 30 epoch Lifetime ID 1885395571804953 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/27/2023 21:02" reach 5 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885395571804953 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-02-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628920963252523009 DeSantis COULD redeploy his election cops to actually DO something about illegal immigration - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774625046215340 But instead he's using them to suppress voters he doesn't like. Trumpism at its finest! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/desantiss-voting-stunt-goes-bad #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-02-24 00:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628918889387286528 Stare decisis - when is it appropriate? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-stare-decisis #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-02-24 00:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-02-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 60 epoch Lifetime ID 1885395335138310 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/27/2023 21:02" reach 7 title "State Court Report: Stare decisis in the spotlight" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885395335138310 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628212794440183809 McCarthy knows who his enablers are, and where he'd be without them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/tucker-carlson-kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-insurrection/ #PS1insurrection == engage-rate NaN time 2023-02-22 01:59 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 27 epoch Lifetime ID 1882138792130631 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/23/2023 05:02" reach 4 title "McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson exclusive access to Jan. 6 riot video" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1882138792130631 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-02-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626811446192640001 Ending pay-to-play in New York. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/public-campaign-financing-will-make-difference-new-york-if-its-properly It's an idea that might be worth adopting elsewhere. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-02-18 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626757465051381760 Just by standing still, Romney's stature has certainly increased relative to his GOP competition. The Trumpists who might take him on have zero support outside the Trump base. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-utah-state-2022-midterm-elections-george-santos-f6d3907d4de67bfdebae20698ae6b304 #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2023-02-18 01:36 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-02-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 66 epoch Lifetime ID 1878046245873219 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/18/2023 05:02" rcs 1 reach 8 reactions 1 title "Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1878046245873219 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626638180098379777 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check But if you just want the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/climate-and-environment-ap-fact-check-ohio-2da2b8773ecfd644a2767168abc59946 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-02-17 17:42 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 29 epoch Lifetime ID 1877402285937615 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/17/2023 10:02" reach 4 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1877402285937615 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1625950078010810370 There's big money behind keeping the Constitution exactly the way it is, interpreted exactly the way five reactionary Cathlic justices have been groomed to interpret it. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/perfecting-constitution Is there a way forward within the constraints of minority rule? #PS1democracy == engage 2 engage-rate 40% expands 2 impress 5 time 2023-02-15 20:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-15 ratio 4 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 58 epoch Lifetime ID 1875837036094140 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/15/2023 15:02" rcs 1 reach 4 sharesimpress 1 title "Perfecting the Constitution" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1875837036094140 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1625366610755346432 Nothing like UFO rumors to fire up the imaginations of the gullible - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-united-states-government-district-of-columbia-china-8a04a3fc52516fefcbeae5492ffb25c4 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2023-02-14 05:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-15 ratio 5 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 34 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1875836769427500 impress 6 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/15/2023 15:02" reach 5 title "Rumors swirl about balloons, UFOs as officials stay mum" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1875836769427500 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-02-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1624101294448455680 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check but these are the highlights. https://apnews.com/article/landslides-and-mudslides-ap-fact-check-turkey-earthquakes-420d5d6b11c00639823551894362387e #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-02-10 17:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623905054276345857 These guys kept quiet https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-delaware-prisons-6057e74630701e1f77cf84aacbb3caaf But these guys are gifts that keep on giving! https://apnews.com/article/technology-new-york-city-legal-proceedings-sam-bankman-fried-business-e9c0be8d744dbccf289be82d6c29d79b https://apnews.com/article/crime-george-santos-pennsylvania-theft-business-e6d41c89261061f4775c7073c6ec14e8 Some people simply can't help themselves #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-02-10 04:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623849271320809472 There's only a few thousand votes that will decide who runs the House in 2025. Just as in 2023. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-voting-districts-could-change-2024 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-02-10 01:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-02-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 82 epoch Lifetime ID 1872268953117615 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/11/2023 05:02" reach 5 title "How Voting Districts Could Change Before 2024" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1872268953117615 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623708162066096128 The Supreme Court has never been far from the politics of the day, particularly in defending minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/president-biden-should-end-state But Biden didn't highlight those issues this time. He emphasized bipartisanship, while Sanders' response was extreme partisanship. #PS1justice == impress 23 time 2023-02-09 15:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 50 epoch Lifetime ID 1871088489902328 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/09/2023 16:02" reach 5 title "President Biden Should End State of the Union Silence on SCOTUS" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1871088489902328 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-02-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1621637353839394816 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/politics-sports-us-republican-party-ap-fact-check-jamie-raskin-75b21335c24b166421f15ab3fcb7fefb #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-02-03 22:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-04 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-02-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 21 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1866992293645281 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/04/2023 07:02" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1866992293645281 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-02-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620621032561479682 Trump knows better than to answer under oath! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/trump-deposition-video-letitia-james/index.html The presumption is that he couldn't tell the truth without incriminating himself. As always. #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2023-02-01 03:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620620452417929220 DeSantis doubles down for political correctness! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/desantis-diversity-inclusion-florida-universities/index.html He doesn't need a Ministry of Truth - he IS the Ministry of Truth! #PS1trumpism == impress 7 time 2023-02-01 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620618765263323138 What hell is like - and nobody knows what to do. https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-democracy-at-risk-7ddcea955fdd364e2b574e28daa71d03 #PS1foreign == impress 1 time 2023-02-01 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620615455374442496 Does anybody think that Santos's issues will EVER be resolved? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html If he were a Democrat under a GOP majority, he'd be expelled by now. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-02-01 02:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-02 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-02-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 125 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1865923770418800 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/02/2023 21:02" reach 8 title "George Santos tells House Republicans he wants off of his committees until issues are resolved | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1865923770418800 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-31 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620231247829286912 More fake news. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-georgia-sudden-cardiac-arrest-form-vaccines-850956825557 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-COVID-pandemic-vaccine-UK-Britain-324766934158 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-01-31 01:23 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-02-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-31 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 18 epoch Lifetime ID 1865923503752160 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "02/02/2023 21:02" reach 6 title "UK not banning COVID-19 vaccines for people under 50" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1865923503752160 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619942328231395328 Congress started playing Russian Roulette in 1917, though they didn't know it. https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/29/leubsdorf-debt-ceiling-showdown-again/ Any time GOP talks about reducing the deficit, ask which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief should be repealed. That's the biggest waste in the budget. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-01-30 06:15 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 60 epoch Lifetime ID 1863285510682626 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/30/2023 06:01" reach 10 title "Leubsdorf: Debt ceiling showdown again" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1863285510682626 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-01-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619390036042186753 Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he acknowledged owning the company in September. This month, he declared he also founded, led and financed it. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin-803da2e3ceda5dace7622cac611087fc No wonder Putin likes him! #PS1putin == impress 14 time 2023-01-28 17:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619371017218183169 if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-donald-trump-united-states-government-2022-midterm-elections-77c6e337644955bc3e64e1f7e3a094e5 Like the Whigs, the modern Dixiecrat Trumpist GOP is divided wider than the division between conservative and liberal - it's the division between rule of law and personality cult. #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 40% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-01-28 16:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619362845640261632 Is there any way out? The GOP megadonors LOVE a paralyzed Federal government - state legislators are so much cheaper to influence. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/raise-the-debt-ceiling-then-fix-our #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-01-28 15:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619348085494415360 More of the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-us-north-america-sovereignty-361079672513 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-biden-gun-speech-vulgar-chant-878949878835 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-congo-rocks-electricity-633884997540 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-mexico-russia-visas-ukraine-war-841873686019 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-diamond-silk-blood-clot-623723336113 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-28 14:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619346048551653376 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-ap-fact-check-texas-7bfba50209c5b423f7a2c9f4ea2a5904 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-28 14:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-01-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 165 epoch Lifetime ID 1861860840825093 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/28/2023 08:01" reach 8 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1861860840825093 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-01-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618146495638929409 Deadlock! Democrats see no point in negotiating a deal with McCarthy, who probably can't get 218 votes in his own caucus FOR anything with specific numbers. All he can be sure of is 218 of his votes AGAINST anything the Democrats propose. https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-national-debt-us-republican-party-d6bfc59aa623c8c972c44e1aced85d9c #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-01-25 07:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618142683352158208 How to make a tax-deductible donation to terrorism. https://apnews.com/article/israel-government-only-on-ap-yitzhak-rabin-crime-c4841ab75e6c5679081b4ca48ac446a6 #PS1mideast == impress 4 time 2023-01-25 07:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618141011129270272 Bad days in court for bad boy violent insurrectionists. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-district-of-columbia-proud-boys-donald-trump-a7e5b9f263868239c06c3826b49bf0c0 https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-conviction-2b9fb724c9839524d00ee389959e0e62 They'll have plenty of time for penitence. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-01-25 06:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618133593821417476 It's a tradition! Traditional GOP say one thing in public to voters, and the opposite in private to megadonors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Turns out DeSantis is very traditional GOP after all! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html Even Trump might take him on over Social Security. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-01-25 06:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618130661625442305 No more need for capital punishment in Russia - just recruit them to serve as cannon fodder for Wagner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/wagner-group-cemetery-russia-ukraine.html #PS1putin == impress 11 time 2023-01-25 06:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618064570895208449 States have constitutions and supreme courts too! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-originalism-and #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-01-25 01:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-01-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 189 epoch Lifetime ID 1859721481039029 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/25/2023 10:01" reach 9 title "State Court Report: Originalism and abortion are on trial in the states" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1859721481039029 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1617436631484727296 Who knew the RNC could be so entertaining? https://apnews.com/article/politics-republican-national-convention-arizona-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-e20246a295992ec41ddd0cfb7a505a47 It's the death match between the fringe, who reflect the base, and the less ideological opportunists, who reflect the rest of the usual and occasional GOP voters. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1858022961208881 #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 17% impress 12 likes 2 time 2023-01-23 08:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-24 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 58 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1858919717785872 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/24/2023 07:01" reach 9 title "Trump's MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1858919717785872 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-01-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616692665218924544 From the halls of Montezuma - To the halls of Capitol Hill https://apnews.com/article/politics-crime-donald-trump-riots-capitol-siege-8fc62a5cb27f91b0f9c9447052ffa25d #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2023-01-21 07:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616688080148389889 DeSantis pushing hard for political correctness. He'll tell you if you are correct. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-ron-desantis-ban-ap-african-american-studies-florida-1775430 He's given more political speeches than any historian. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-01-21 06:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616686950513274880 Lots of layoffs, but so far, more jobs. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/20/bay-area-job-economy-gain-tech-layoff-google-amazon-twitter-december/ #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-01-21 06:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616666547350831104 demoted twice by the U.S. Navy and served nearly seven years in prison for burglary But plenty good enough for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/solomon-pena-new-mexico-shootings.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1856531298024714 #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2023-01-21 05:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-21 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-01-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 109 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1856752144669296 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/21/2023 05:01" reach 9 title "Despite Red Flags, G.O.P. Backed Candidate Now Charged in Shootings" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1856752144669296 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-01-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616541327638016001 Your choice - you can get your entertainment from fiction writers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites or get your facts from journalists - https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-234264975049 What's the best use of YOUR time? #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-01-20 21:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616540532477693952 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-health-nepal-ap-fact-check-b39d0f06c6510abff6b77ff091c27056 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-20 20:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616530953442316288 Another fabricated story. https://apnews.com/article/health-immunizations-medical-devices-covid-a2b0f1266596449d670e92db759a2526 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-20 20:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616530278369103872 Protocols of the Elders of Zion has been around for a century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion Another candidate to supplant it? https://apnews.com/article/technology-pennsylvania-world-economic-forum-business-0193732c04074e595852c160d7ca1c86 The same sorts of people fall for it. #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-20 20:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616297056997605377 Fascist cults of personality inevitably lead to war. And then disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/robert-kagan-america-trap-world-war-hitler-japan/ #PS1theory == impress 5 time 2023-01-20 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616292529154166784 Two peas in a pod. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/tucker-carlson-texts-alex-jones-takeaways/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-01-20 04:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-20 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 6 Tweets for 2023-01-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 136 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1856043201406857 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/20/2023 05:01" reach 12 title "Opinion | 3 takeaways from Tucker Carlson’s texts with Alex Jones" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1856043201406857 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-01-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615973890383306752 Slashing away at what's left of the free press. https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-initiates-another-round-of-layoffs-cutting-its-news-division-by-6/ #PS1journalism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2023-01-19 07:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615972514500595715 Politics of digital wallets. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/business/irs-venmo-digital-wallets.html American Rescue Plan in 2021 apparently put digital wallets at parity with conventional payments reported on 1099-B - payers are required to report payments to payees if the total is $600 or more. Sounds fair. #PS1tax == impress 11 time 2023-01-19 07:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615948003671699456 Continual war in Ukraine? https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/17/mcmanus-war-may-become-long-frozen-conflict/ Better than continual war in Alaska! #PS1ukraine == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2023-01-19 05:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615944057141989377 It's getting easier to make robots that sound like they are people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/science/character-ai-chatbot-intelligence.html Complete with misinformation just like people! #PS1technology == impress 17 time 2023-01-19 05:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615879648747085824 Getting to the heart of the threat! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-public-universities-ban-tiktok-but-students-can-still-carry-guns-on-campus/ar-AA16utem But the Chinese probably have the technical means to get any information they need about Texans by hacking Texas government and corporate systems. But it's hard to get good publicity by strengthening those. #PS1media == impress 30 time 2023-01-19 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615872154456981504 Always look on the bright side of life! It could be worse. https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji No matter how bad your day was, you probably weren't working for Musk. And even if you were, you probably won't be for long. #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 25% expands 1 impress 4 time 2023-01-19 00:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-01-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 230 epoch Lifetime ID 1855689981442179 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/19/2023 16:01" reach 9 title "Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1855689981442179 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615601521500225536 None but the best for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://apnews.com/article/politics-new-mexico-state-government-crime-albuquerque-1410b516f5b66c18d62342a0d7a9b60f https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/opinions/solomon-pena-new-mexico-gop-problem-filipovic/index.html #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2023-01-18 06:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-17 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 30 epoch Lifetime ID 1854433394901171 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/17/2023 22:01" rcs 1 reach 8 sharesimpress 1 title "Opinion: GOP candidate who allegedly shot at New Mexico Democrats' homes can't be written off as an aberration | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1854433394901171 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-01-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615232967860977666 Myths about politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/16/intuitive-common-sense-beliefs-politics-wrong/ One thing that is true is that politicians will talk about myths to avoid talking about reality - especially who pays for them and what they get in return. #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2023-01-17 06:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615231032940441600 Miami was going to be world capital - of something - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/opinions/crypto-miami-sam-bankman-fried-cline-ctrp/index.html #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-01-17 06:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615229121621274625 Integration or unraveling? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/us/mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-blake-cec/index.html #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-01-17 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615224185311354882 Daily life in Putin's SS. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/europe/norway-wagner-asylum-russia-war-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2023-01-17 05:47 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-01-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 93 epoch Lifetime ID 1853928164951694 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/17/2023 05:01" reach 6 title "Former Wagner commander flees to Norway and seeks asylum | CNN" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1853928164951694 ========== 28 Tweets for 2023-01-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615076119455363072 In one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn’t include speaking engagements at the local Proud Boys chapter https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/politics/january-6-text-messages/index.html Working for Trump was a bigger career hazard than they thought! #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2023-01-16 19:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615074126259183616 When will fringe conspiracy theorist legislators get back to plain old greed and cynicism? https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/03/paul-krugman-were-going-miss/ When enough start losing elections? When the fringies force a government default on debt? Trumpism is a tent big enough for both fringe and greed! #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 replies 1 time 2023-01-16 19:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615071145258258432 There was SOME good news in 2022 - https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/01/06/commentary-where-democracy-won-in-2022-2/ #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 19:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615069865106366464 Congress doesn't look much like America - https://apnews.com/article/survey-congress-religious-affiliation-b707939002cc7ed43e7f346cd33a66cc because most Americans don't know any megadonors? #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-01-16 19:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615065999212183554 Advanced economies are aging - and without immigration to provide labor, the standard of living will decline - and inflation increase. Gradually in Japan - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/06/business/japan-business-owners-no-successors/ Abruptly in America - https://news.yahoo.com/retirees-one-reason-fed-given-130713985.html #PS1economics == impress 4 time 2023-01-16 19:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615058056500416524 China's economy seems to be recovering. Can it survive Lunar New Year travels covid? If so, the global economy might get a bump - but that might mean higher gas prices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/15/china-global-economy-covid/ #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2023-01-16 18:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615056549042622464 The gift that keeps on giving - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/16/george-santos-andrew-intrater-columbus-nova/ Every day in every way we discover what an ever more perfect Trumpist he is. So no problem for McCarthy. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-16 18:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614872098975125505 Musk couldn't get an unfair trial in California but he had hopes for Texas. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/musk-says-he-cant-get-fair-trial-in-california-wants-texas/ar-AA165eEa That's the problem with being a celebrity. The only people that haven't formed an opinion about you are probably missing a lot more than that. #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2023-01-16 06:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614867577788059649 How long until the attack of killer robots? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203 You don't know the uses of a new technology until you understand how it can be abused. The criminally inclined are already thinking about it. #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2023-01-16 06:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614851692213985280 many Republicans depend on the same billionaires who have supported right-wing economic ideology for decades. Their own agenda is still tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the poor and middle class https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jan/15/opinion-why-republican-politicians-hate-medicare-tfp/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1853005438377300 #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-16 05:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848949831217153 Distract and divert! https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/13 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 04:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848658570383360 Ranked-choice voting worked. Not only that, it worked with multi-member districts, ensuring that all large voting blocs are represented. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/14/opinion-new-ranked-choice-voting-system-worked-should-be-california-model/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-01-16 04:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614847753380843526 Plenty of GOP knew all about Santos but chose to look the other way. If he won, he would be good enough for Trump and McCarthy. Neither have commented. After all, in politics doesn't everybody lie? https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-turned-heads-rep-george-santos-lied-voters-nyt-2023-1 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2023-01-16 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614844776825880576 Kashmir is one perpetual open wound obstructing regional peace. Closer to Europe, it's Kurdistan - a cultural irather than a political idea. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/turkey-pushes-back-vote-on-sweden-and-finlands-nato-accession Turkey and Kurds, India and Pakistan, have all been valuable allies to America - at times. #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2023-01-16 04:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614842984327180288 There are Nazis in Ukraine! https://www.rsn.org/001/as-russians-steal-ukraines-art-they-attack-its-identity-too.html What's the big deal? Russians have been suppressing Ukrainian national identity for centuries. Why stop now? Who taught whom, the German Nazis or the Russian Nazis? #PS1ukraine == impress 12 time 2023-01-16 04:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614836053122383872 “It’s pluralist versus political zealot” https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230111000741 You know it's getting bad when a GOP senator says it! The GOP and Tories have abandoned anything that could be called conservative, in favor of reactionary ideas and cult of personality. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-16 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614833999016517632 What did they think cut taxes and balance the budget meant? https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/10 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614833340791783426 Maybe he'll watch where his puts his feet next time. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/capitol-riot-trial-starts-for-man-with-feet-on-pelosi-desk/ar-AA16bNcP #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614823940387667968 Old-school Reaganite appalled by GOP isolationists and appeasers. https://greensboro.com/opinion/letters/marc-a-thiessen-defending-ukraine-is-essential/article_fc1bb220-91ee-11ed-8ae0-03136aa5ae6c.html But what did he think was the end game of cheerleading for Trumpism? #PS1ukraine == impress 3 time 2023-01-16 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614822279636193280 Boom and bust - is there a better way? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/01/californias-volatile-tax-system-strikes-again/ Fixing the tax system is difficult - too many vested interests. #PS1capolitics == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614807211032862721 Judging from politicians, lying is just what leaders do. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#leadership It's what they're paid to do. Exxon - and probably others - knew the truth but denied it anyway. https://apnews.com/article/science-exxon-mobil-corp-new-jersey-business-climate-and-environment-e9594dc9adb504a81ec82f4ac2b72ef9 #PS1climate == impress 2 time 2023-01-16 02:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614806027333152768 Bannon wouldn't want to hire the kind of lawyer that would be willing to work for him! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/bannon-schoen-we-build-the-wall/index.html #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614805269472763904 Career prospects in crypto - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/coinbase-eliminates-20percent-of-staff-in-latest-round-of-layoffs/ar-AA16ay9H #PS1economics == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 02:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614804554926952449 “Using FSD beta, you’re kind of part of an experiment. The problem is the other road users adjacent to you haven’t signed up to be part of that experiment.” https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-accidents-business-df0f198b4e900e29f51f674e2e7a01b4 #PS1technology == impress 16 time 2023-01-16 01:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614803482015592448 Full speed ahead for the GOP to protect its megadonors from the IRS! https://news.yahoo.com/irs-backlogs-continue-republicans-mount-192405142.html GOP voters will be happy to subsidize GOP megadonors - https://www.causes.com/articles/54632-bill-gop-s-fair-tax-act-abolish-irs-eliminate-income-tax The plan is to tax consumption instead of wealth and income. #PS1tax == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 01:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614801623653711873 Tobacco companies are brilliantly inventive when it comes to keeping their dependents hooked. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/health/cigarettes-flavor-ban-california.html #PS1health == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 01:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614800857429856256 Full speed ahead! Back to feudalism! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/business/top-1-wealth-oxfam-davos/index.html Job #1 for our GOP and their counterparts around the world is to protect and enhance the economic and political power of their reactionary megadonors. #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2023-01-16 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614795920188768256 They claim they're protecting the women and going after the providers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/11/alabama-abortion-pills-prosecution/ but as always, it's the women who pay for patriarchalism. #PS1health == impress 1 time 2023-01-16 01:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 98 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-16 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 28 Tweets for 2023-01-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 979 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1853278465016664 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/16/2023 06:01" reach 7 title "Talk of prosecuting women for abortion pills roils antiabortion movement" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1853278465016664 ========== 12 Tweets for 2023-01-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614514072783052801 GOP leaders are cautiously waiting for SOMEBODY ELSE to take the lead against Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/trump-2024-gop-primary/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-15 06:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614506067794481152 The calm before the storm - https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mccarthy-first-week-4f9040a752fb1fd7cc5c949adf734ab3 The people who put McCarthy in power want to shut down the government and IRS and cut Social Security and Medicare. He doesn't have to votes to oppose anybody or anything. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-01-15 06:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614504176024944643 Beneath Putin, a class of titans. Or would-be titans. Can he keep control of the instability? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-government-moscow-f2e3f238c9d8ea294e0ed8b1905caba4 Self-serving opportunists attract self-serving opportunists! #PS1putin == impress 6 time 2023-01-15 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614501041348964352 members fast-track their way to celebrity — and campaign cash — not by climbing the seniority ladder and committee work, but by saying outrageous things on social media https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/11/house-republican-rule-changes-kevin-mccarthy/ So now most bills are take-it-or-leave-it, no debate or amendments. #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2023-01-15 05:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614498469171068930 Known by the company he's kept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/01/11/george-santos-harbor-city-capital/ Just where did his money come from? Nobody believes a word he says. A perfect Trumpist! #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-01-15 05:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614497244568485889 populism in the service of nihilism - many Republicans no longer get into politics to pass legislation https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republican-party-future.html when the barbarians were at the conservative gates, the gatekeepers had a catastrophic loss of nerve Just like Afghanistan! #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-01-15 05:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614493217847922688 Some state GOP legislators are beginning to see that Trumpism is a dead end, an artifact of our election practices that reward extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/house-republicans-kevin-mccarthy-far-right.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-01-15 05:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614490749751668736 today’s populists seek the showy confrontation, the grand and futile act of protest, over the grinding work of politics and policy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/brazil-jan-6-populism.html It doesn’t matter if the revolution is ever real; so long as it's on television Made for Fox! #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-01-15 05:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614488926777118721 Why so many GOP voters are so easily manipulated - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republicans-kevin-mccarthy-house.html by GOP megadonors who use those voters to get what they want, by promising them what they can't give - and blaming the Democrats. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2023-01-15 05:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614477841709793281 The open source revolution in intelligence gathering. https://apnews.com/article/politics-russia-government-ukraine-china-us-central-intelligence-agency-6ed827c92bfbdca0c033483b5cc28d9d #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2023-01-15 04:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614476999111872512 The GOP is off to the races, running in no directions at once! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/house-republicans-govern-lie-weaponization-committeee/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2023-01-15 04:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614457338248982528 The sons-by-the-spirit of Pius IX keep fighting the enlightenment. https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-australia-rome-vatican-city-9253a16c95f7870a07fd58b00b266f1e That's just what reactionaries do. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-01-15 02:59 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 12 Tweets for 2023-01-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 442 epoch Lifetime ID 1852600798417764 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/15/2023 07:01" reach 10 title "'Catastrophe': Cardinal Pell's secret memo blasts Francis" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1852600798417764 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614075290430607362 Mandatory minimums - an idea that did not work as expected. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/garland-takes-on-mandatory-minimums #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-01-14 01:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-14 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1851844648493379 impress 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/14/2023 06:01" reach 8 title "Garland Takes on Mandatory Minimums" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1851844648493379 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-01-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613943536529080322 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/politics-internal-revenue-service-ap-fact-check-lotteries-6ac0a57c03cf6ceadc3c75924180b0c2 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-13 16:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613942234596118529 No Federal ban on existing gas stoves. https://apnews.com/article/biden-united-states-government-us-consumer-product-safety-commission-ap-fact-check-texas-2003dcf8d0bee8ddf45080186b2e0c7b #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-01-13 16:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613798871146311680 McCarthy needs yes-men. He doesn't care about anything except whether they will vote as instructed. Neither do most GOP leaders https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/george-santos-congress-lies-what-matters/index.html but not all https://auburnpub.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-york-gop-leaders-say-santos-disgraced-house-should-resign/article_3fbaac8b-49a7-5224-87eb-56516dd5bf3e.html #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 40% impress 5 likes 2 time 2023-01-13 07:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613796378895060992 Before Trump was chosen by God, political leaders and cooperating clergy invented Divine Right of Kings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_right_of_kings#Catholic_justification_for_the_divine_right_of_kings More often political leaders chose themselves, and founded dynasties by murdering all their rivals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1850885471922630 #PS1theory == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-01-13 07:13 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-01-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 123 epoch Lifetime ID 1851165698561274 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/13/2023 07:01" reach 7 title "Divine right of kings - Wikipedia" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1851165698561274 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613416996632428546 Attempts to divide California are doomed to fail. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/11/a-look-at-secession-from-california-by-san-bernardino-county-and-others/ In the Senate, the party that thinks it will lose out by the addition of two more senators will filibuster the statehood resolution. Same as for DC and PR. #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-01-12 06:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-12 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 58 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1850864105258100 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/12/2023 22:01" reach 9 title "A look at secession from California by San Bernardino County and others" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1850864105258100 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-01-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613416996632428546 Attempts to divide California are doomed to fail. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/11/a-look-at-secession-from-california-by-san-bernardino-county-and-others/ In the Senate, the party that thinks it will lose out by the addition of two more senators will filibuster the statehood resolution. Same as for DC and PR. #PS1capolitics == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 12 time 2023-01-12 06:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-01-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 58 epoch Lifetime ID 1850324198645424 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/12/2023 05:01" reach 8 title "A look at secession from California by San Bernardino County and others" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1850324198645424 ========== 15 Tweets for 2023-01-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613269612132732928 A very high energy replacement for Feinstein? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-california-dianne-feinstein-united-states-senate-172759fa83faa0a70a2195a91dedb6f3 Schiff would be an energetic replacement too. #PS1capolitics == impress 5 time 2023-01-11 20:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613057657124052992 The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus can't wait to force a Federal government default - and then blame the ensuing global depression on Biden. https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-us-department-of-the-treasury-business-84ef9d1c5803bd25e8e9cc3538cd0ab2 But GOP megadonors might make them back off at the very last moment if the Democrats don't blink. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-01-11 06:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613047060382756865 Personality cultists depend more on mass media than on large political parties and megadonors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-republican-speaker.html The risk of cable television hosts turning on them is a much greater concern than failing to get desired committee assignments #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-01-11 05:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613044500724871168 The reason these deals with the devil always go bad is simply that Trump sycophants are ultimately undermined by their weak and flabby character https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-race.html Personality cults don't attract the best and brightest. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-01-11 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613042916443983874 Credentials of the new ruling class. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-republicans-vote-against-mccarthy.html #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-01-11 05:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613040847293132802 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall lose his own soul, and still not gain enough votes to become Speaker of the House? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/america-kevin-mccarthy-great.html Right now the world really is laughing at us, although it’s terrified #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-01-11 05:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613035690132140034 Blame McCarthy for his deficits, but the entire GOP is responsible for accepting, if not cultivating, its minority's culture of uncompromising power lust. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/republican-house-rules.html GOP aimed for minority rule of the country for 150 years. Now a minority rules GOP. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-11 04:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613027064428531712 America has seen this movie before. Do we have to sit through it again? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-history.html Once a Dixiecrat, always a Dixiecrat, even if you call yourself Republican. The Whigs finally realized that Whig meant nothing at all, and went their separatist ways. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-01-11 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613024089068961794 Fascist plans for converting liberal arts into reactionary cannon fodder. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/chris-rufo-florida-ron-desantis.html #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2023-01-11 04:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613021402168438787 The GOP prefers to talk in public about the least important parts of their project and only in private about the most important - protecting the unequal economic power of the megadonor class. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/mccarthy-speaker-maga-republicans.html Nobody appreciates feudalism like the megadonors. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-01-11 03:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612990387563679747 many D.C. movers and shakers will believe in Santa Claus if he fits their preconceived notions and promises to deliver what they have always wanted https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-politics-ryan-salame-sbf-sam-bankman-fried/ It's bipartisan! #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-01-11 01:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612989163518976000 From Franklin to Fried - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-founder-hype/ #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 25% expands 1 impress 4 time 2023-01-11 01:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612985593524551680 These people need to be punished, the people who ordered it need to be punished, those who gave money for it need to be punished https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-government-democracy-b62784248fee194c650df5c1da0fd120 Seems the Brazilians are way ahead of the Americans. #PS1trumpism == engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-01-11 01:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612984178840305664 What the House GOP has in store. https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-b9fcfd11427a695fe2eb49e36988f1a0 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-01-11 01:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612982917021732864 Back to the future - how it looked in December! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/kevin-mccarthy-republican-party-leadership-speaker/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-01-11 01:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 54 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-11 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 15 Tweets for 2023-01-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 543 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1849667212044456 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/11/2023 06:01" reach 8 title "Opinion | Is Kevin McCarthy okay?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1849667212044456 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-01-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612926279246049281 Happiness is where you find it. Or where you declare it. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/10/this-bay-area-city-ranks-as-no-1-happiest-city-in-america-in-new-study/ One wonders who funds these kinds of studies. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-01-10 21:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612925363222646785 Silicon Valley layoff season. Sounds familiar to anybody who's been around for a while. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/tech/silicon-valley-layoffs-continue/index.html #PS1economics == impress 5 time 2023-01-10 21:32 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-01-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 57 epoch Lifetime ID 1849250738752770 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/10/2023 16:01" reach 11 title "Silicon Valley layoffs go from bad to worse | CNN Business" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1849250738752770 ========== 14 Tweets for 2023-01-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612579105119293443 National unity over party unity? A concept from another century? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/party-unity-hurting-congress-speaker-vote-mccarthy/ the power of base voters and the special interest groups that both parties rely on to fund campaigns and win elections It's all about mother'$ milk. #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2023-01-09 22:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612577219343429632 Remember Benghazi! https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kevin-mccarthy-credits-benghazi-committee-clinton-damage-msna693201 You cannot overstate the importance of spectacle to the MAGA right’s political project. Much of what this new committee does will be designed to create mere impressions of coverups, of wrongdoings https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-trump-investigations-mar-a-lago-jan-6/ #PS1gop == engage 3 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 73 time 2023-01-09 22:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612574354201792512 Proportional representation insures that winning candidates have a majority of primary votes. But that would undermine the power of the kingmakers and megadonors, so don't expect GOP to change, even if Trump gets renominated to lose again. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/stopping-trump-2024-proportional-representation-peterson/index.html #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-01-09 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612572118545498115 Trump's scoreboard - you can see why he has to keep asking his supporters for money to pay his lawyers. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/donald-trump-investigations-lawsuits/index.html #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-01-09 22:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612570983646507008 “I can’t do this any more,” complained Stephen Bannon https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/trump-2022-rough-year/index.html #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-01-09 22:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612569565007073280 They're going to adopt the rules that require a balanced budget - that means defense and social security and medicare - no other way to get there. Of course everybody's for cutting wasteful spending - in OTHER people's districts. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/house-rules-package-vote/index.html #PS1gop == impress 26 time 2023-01-09 21:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612536304662896641 There is no GOOD reason for China to attack Taiwan. But there was no GOOD reason for Russia to attack Ukraine. Strong leaders don't need good reasons when they think they hear the siren call of historical destiny and promises of immortality. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/taiwan-invasion-war-game-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1china == engage 4 engage-rate 19% impress 21 time 2023-01-09 19:46 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612453788060897280 Trumpism is leaving Trump behind. https://cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/donald-trump-2024-president-mccarthy-speaker/index.html Trump's formerly most virulent House supporters were the ones most opposed to McCarthy, Trump's endorsed candidate for Speaker. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-01-09 14:18 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612333242774073345 The first lessons from LastPass. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/technology/personaltech/lastpass-breach-password-safety.html #PS1technology == impress 6 time 2023-01-09 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612332148824117249 House GOP explains its main goals - since it can't get any bills past the Senate and President, it will conduct as many investigations as necessary to keep on Fox every night. Like Benghazi, they don't actually have to prove anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-fbi-investigation.html #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-01-09 06:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612330056633966593 Letting everybody have their say means that most of them will never be able to say that any of their bills passed. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-rules.html #PS1democracy == impress 5 time 2023-01-09 06:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612327816749809665 boxed in by fiscal conservatives who are willing to accept government shutdowns and crises to disrupt the idea of governance itself, or by pro-Trump exhibitionists who are willing to shatter the majority for a moment in the political spotlight https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-test/index.html #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2023-01-09 05:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612317740454510597 Haven't heard from the FBI yet? Don't think you're off the hook. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riots-prosecutions.html Somebody might betray you to cut a deal. #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2023-01-09 05:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612312585784938496 The speech McCarthy should have given - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/hakeem-jeffries-speech-kevin-mccarthy-obeidallah/index.html but instead he wanted to talk about defending his megadonors from the IRS. #PS1gop == impress 19 time 2023-01-09 04:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 14 Tweets for 2023-01-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 532 epoch Lifetime ID 1848248642186313 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/09/2023 06:01" reach 9 title "McCarthy speaker saga shows Trump is far from untouchable ahead of 2024 | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1848248642186313 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-01-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612228419345092609 the predictable outcome of handing power to the unhinged” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/kevin-mccarthy-chaotic-victory-opinion-column-galant/index.html paralysis to protect megadonors - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/new-challenges-what-matters/index.html This is the moment for rational House GOP to make their stand https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/07/opinions/mccarthy-speaker-vote-house-republicans-dent More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1847837648894079 #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-01-08 23:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612224415680593920 One person came out looking better after this week! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/07/house-clerk-cheryl-johnson-speaker/ #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2023-01-08 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612218972556103682 Fascists don't think much of academic freedom. https://apnews.com/article/politics-colleges-and-universities-florida-state-government-texas-education-4f0fe0c5c18ed227fabae3744e8ff51d Especially when it undermines minority rule. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2023-01-08 22:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612214960087797760 Good enough for Trump, good enough for Bolsonaro. https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355 #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-01-08 22:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611973534460563458 As Franklin might have said - A Speakership - if you can keep it! https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-government-e986c620149b72030bb418bd5fadb4a2 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2023-01-08 06:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-01-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 135 epoch Lifetime ID 1847585035586007 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/08/2023 06:01" reach 9 title "Speaker McCarthy: A weakened leader or emboldened survivor?" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1847585035586007 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-01-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611740496958980096 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-health-deer-tucker-carlson-ap-fact-check-c0744bfcd7bbb19775dc161620233142 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-01-07 15:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611623045701197829 McCarthy WON - the right to confront Gaetz and all the bomb throwers. Over and over until they vote him out. He also won the right to meekly obey them until the saner GOP members vote him out. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-mike-rogers-lunged-at-rep-matt-gaetz-after-kevin-mccarthy-failed-to-win-a-14th-vote-for-house-speaker/ar-AA163YJT This drama is just beginning! As in debt limit. #PS1gop == engage 5 engage-rate 13% expands 2 impress 38 time 2023-01-07 07:17 +0000 urlclicks 3 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611619756339232769 Missed out on crypto? There's a new gold rush - making money off charities for Jan 6 political prisoners. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supporters-raise-millions-to-rebrand-jan-6-rioters-as-patriots/ar-AA162fDp Too bad for the insurrectionists who were counting on Trump being reinstated and pardoning them. #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 replies 1 time 2023-01-07 07:04 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-01-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 134 epoch Lifetime ID 1846889332322244 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/07/2023 07:01" reach 11 title "Supporters raise millions to rebrand Jan. 6 rioters as ‘patriots’" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1846889332322244 ========== 14 Tweets for 2023-01-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611360823812972544 A sad anniversary for most - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riots-prosecutions.html marked by the apparent downfall of a few - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/trump-2024-mccarthy-house-challenge-zelizer/index.html but a turning point for a few more whose dreams of shutting down the Federal government seem closer than ever - https://apnews.com/article/jan6-capitol-riots-second-anniversary-8014969520b61bf7f4d86689fc16e7f7 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-01-06 13:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611247609800458241 McCarthy tries again - https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15 But the fringe enjoys this too much to ever voluntarily give it up. They want to make it permanent. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-lauren-boebert-77937198a3e162b0b777d1688355b0ac #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-01-06 06:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611245513206296577 Another day in Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/sicknick-lawsuit-trump-january-6 Civil burden of proof is only preponderance of evidence. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-01-06 06:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611244541440557058 Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/trump-life-after-presidency/ #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-01-06 06:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611203777079693312 Want white supremacists in your town? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/03/vdare-berkeley-springs-castle-brimelows/ They've got the money. They can afford it. #PS1immigration == impress 9 time 2023-01-06 03:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611201543151439876 Fund the police to go after poor people, not GOP megadonors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/05/first-task-for-gop-house-defunding-tax-police/ The megadonors fund the GOP and expect return on their investment. #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2023-01-06 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611196905316560898 When you're dealing with election deniers and QAnons - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/03/mccarthy-defectors-election-deniers/ Kevin McCarthy has nothing left to give away. He’s given away everything including his dignity, and it’s still not enough for these guys https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/kevin-mccarthy-concessions-house-speaker/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/mccarthy-concessions-gop/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2023-01-06 03:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611178518314102784 Maybe the House is just a hologram of the real House somewhere out at the edge of the universe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/04/house-of-representatives-in-purgatory-without-speaker/ #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2023-01-06 01:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611173596667445249 There’s not even a bipartisan agreement on whether there’s a crisis https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/immigration-title-42-what-matters/index.html Of course not! GOP megadonors that profit from cheap exploitable labor want to keep illegal immigration dangerous but possible. #PS1immigration == impress 4 time 2023-01-06 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611172047694213120 Reducing immigration increases inflation. You can't reduce both. What's your choice? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/economy/immigration-jobs/index.html The GOP plan is to keep Americans so poor that they'll work at the same jobs as immigrants for the same wages. So far it's not working. #PS1immigration == impress 2 time 2023-01-06 01:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611170530232766465 The history of Speaker stalemates. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/opinions/history-lesson-house-speaker-mccarthy-balcerski/index.html #PS1democracy == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-01-06 01:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611166981104992257 The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus has figured it out first - the emperor not only has no clothes, but worse, he has no votes. Maybe they'll let him be the nominal emperor of Trumpism - but with somebody else actually in charge. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/trump-mccarthy-influence/index.html #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2023-01-06 01:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611165135737090048 More people are taking another look at coalition bipartisanship and de-politicizing the Speaker office. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/mccarthy-speaker-vote-stalemate-what-matters/index.html Eventually everybody will realize that the Republicans did not win a majority in 2022. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845792095765301 #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-01-06 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611161685703929856 Political ads were never a big money-maker for Twitter. But maybe they can be now, if anybody can say anything they want. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-social-media-jack-dorsey-business-205324882cd3997cb187a369321012de And even a little money would help pay off the takeover loans. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-01-06 00:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 102 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-06 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 14 Tweets for 2023-01-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 509 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 1846123529065491 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/06/2023 05:01" reach 10 title "Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1846123529065491 ========== 9 Tweets for 2023-01-05 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611120348539547649 Never waste an opportunity to feed the lunatic fringe! https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-nfl-sports-health-damar-hamlin-b1273c5903a1efd3f67c8480feb6b52f #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-01-05 21:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611119641509916672 In 11 days this all changes, McCarthy said Friday. The new direction is coming. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ketanji-brown-jackson-politics-europe-donald-trump-143cce189228d6563eba07298cc9f8a1 How true! What a difference a week makes! What will be said of the 118th in two years? #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-01-05 21:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611117750440845312 Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-poverty-vatican-city-c93ef4dd7916d95153f0e8494ba1fa2a A futile lust for earthly immortality motivates so many of our leaders. If we exclude those lusting for power, fame, and fortune, who will lead? #PS1other == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-01-05 21:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611077841151725568 Achieving quantifiable objectives is what MBA's are trained to do, to advance their careers. https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/paul-krugman-learning-from-the-southwest-airlines-debacle/article_79a952c2-886e-11ed-a5fd-6fa5d40cad04.html Driving out cost is a quantifiable objective. Building in resiliency and redundancy is a quantifiable cost for an unquantifiable objective. #PS1economics == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-01-05 19:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611056244420378625 How ethnic cleansing starts - when nobody is paying attention. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/russia-armenia-azerbaijan-lachin-corridor-nagorno-karabakh-setrakian-ctpr/index.html #PS1foreign == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-01-05 17:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611052226746908673 Rupert Murdoch should be happy. Vladimir Putin certainly is! Money well spent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina There's a reason GOP won't reveal where their dark money comes from. whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/tech/fox-news-mccarthy/index.html #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-01-05 17:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610876644956467210 Nobody is in charge there! https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-b6fedeb8ac7a3a543311626493e4943b Many think they are in charge, or should be, but can't prove it by leading to decisive action. No excuses from Gingrich or Trump. They are as responsible as anybody for setting on this course. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2023-01-05 05:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610834789803905025 Trump hates to support a loser! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html But he also hates being cut out of a seat at the table. But what if the GOP, and Trumpism, have moved beyond Trump? “If Matt Gaetz is ignoring you, that’s not a good sign,” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html #PS1gop == impress 21 time 2023-01-05 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610805285890973696 What motivates the blow-it-up brigade? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/mccarthy-gop-speaker-hardliners-what-matters/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-01-05 01:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 36 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-05 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 9 Tweets for 2023-01-05 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 356 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1845511599126684 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/05/2023 07:01" reach 8 title "What do these hardliners want? Here's what they've said | CNN Politics" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845511599126684 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-01-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610777548144934913 TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-republicans-speaker/ Trump hit the nail on the head! Boebert said Trump should call McCarthy and tell him he lacks the votes and should withdraw https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-vote-updates-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845081635836347 #PS1gop == impress 18 time 2023-01-04 23:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610534728641413121 Mission Accomplished! The lunatic fringe promised to honor their Dixiecrat and Tea Party heritage by bringing things to a complete halt until they got their way. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/republican-speaker-chaos-analysis/index.html https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1844607612550416 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-01-04 07:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-01-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 93 epoch Lifetime ID 1844828929194951 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/04/2023 06:01" reach 9 title "GOP's McCarthy rejected for House speaker — again and again" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1844828929194951 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-01-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610284044004233216 A record-setting year! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/investing/elon-musk-wealth/index.html #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-01-03 14:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610282410096353280 Another 2022 Year in Review. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/good-tech-awards-2022.html #PS1technology == impress 5 time 2023-01-03 14:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610264174340501509 Is there a Speaker in the House? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html A suspenseful day today! https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-8b1d6cdf0d75dfc95b195c301f9ae344 McCarthy can perhaps win if he agrees to let the Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus hold a cocked gun to his head with a magic bullet - the motion to vacate. #PS1gop == impress 11 time 2023-01-03 13:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610261434302369792 One approach to replacing local print newspaper journalism. https://calmatters.org/about/ CalMatters reports are always interesting and thought-provoking even if you don't agree. They frequently appear in the San Jose Mercury and other newspapers. #PS1journalism == impress 5 time 2023-01-03 13:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610259995630899201 Why we need to support local print journalism - and pay attention when they get it right! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-tiny-paper-broke-the-george-santos-scandal-but-no-one-paid-attention/ar-AA15MNQd #PS1journalism == impress 2 time 2023-01-03 13:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610258563792011264 Donald Trump and Norma Desmond - life as a performance! https://newrepublic.com/post/169719/who-said-it-donald-trump-norma-desmond https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-newly-relevant-relationship-between-trump-and-sunset-blvd/ar-AA15ObQf #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-01-03 12:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610257236563230722 It could have been worse! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/dave-barry-s-2022-year-in-review/ar-AA15DA6O #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-01-03 12:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 19 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-01-03 ratio 10 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 7 Tweets for 2023-01-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 185 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 1844094992601678 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "01/03/2023 05:01" reach 10 title "Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1844094992601678 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-11-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1720588143181935091 https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.9123042.8591/flat,1000x1000,075,f.jpg That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights! https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-499f23c895a28dc6e564b3bce01e79b6 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-11-03 23:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-11-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-11-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 24 epoch Lifetime ID 722930026548275 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/05/2023 12:11" reach 11 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/722930026548275 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-11-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719706360974025114 The fall of the man who would be king - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/tucker-carlsons-ugly-exit-from-fox-news Nobody's irreplaceable! It's good to keep in mind that we all get replaced, sooner or later. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-11-01 13:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719571937465417931 Mike Johnson and the 12th Amendment - https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/mike-johnson-is-now-the-most-powerful That should give you nightmares! #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-11-01 04:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-11-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-11-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 62 epoch Lifetime ID 721290200045591 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "11/02/2023 12:11" reach 4 title "Mike Johnson Is Now the Most Powerful Election Denier in Washington" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/721290200045591 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-10-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719121331311284462 Does 14th Amendment apply to Trump or not? https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-ballot-14th-amendment-colorado-f5d6c6174476ec414208323785df6e15 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 replies 1 time 2023-10-30 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120658716827785 What's more important than defending Israel and Ukraine? Defending GOP megadonors, of course! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/30/house-gop-demands-irs-budget-cuts-pay-israel-aid/ The LAST thing they want is the IRS examining their tax avoidance strategies. How important could foreign affairs be compared to THAT? #PS1tax == impress 10 time 2023-10-30 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120038417064383 Same story as Pence - not Trumpist enough for Trump base, too Trumpist for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/10/30/desantis-struggles-presidential-trump-republicans/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-10-30 22:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718794343870533998 Elon Musk’s version of free speech was for him and his friends to be able to do hate speech without getting in trouble https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-10-30 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718791372399071373 Pence's time has come! - and gone. https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-republican-presidential-campaign-trump-f0e228548820373f779b3dc7157d6635 Too Trumpist for many, not Trumpist enough for the rest. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-30 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718788457848558055 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national attention. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-stakes-in-pennsylvanias-supreme #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2023-10-30 00:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-10-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 172 epoch Lifetime ID 720024240172187 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/31/2023 07:10" reach 3 title "The Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/720024240172187 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-10-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719121331311284462 Does 14th Amendment apply to Trump or not? https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-ballot-14th-amendment-colorado-f5d6c6174476ec414208323785df6e15 #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 replies 1 time 2023-10-30 22:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120658716827785 What's more important than defending Israel and Ukraine? Defending GOP megadonors, of course! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/30/house-gop-demands-irs-budget-cuts-pay-israel-aid/ The LAST thing they want is the IRS examining their tax avoidance strategies. How important could foreign affairs be compared to THAT? #PS1tax == impress 10 time 2023-10-30 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120038417064383 Same story as Pence - not Trumpist enough for Trump base, too Trumpist for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/10/30/desantis-struggles-presidential-trump-republicans/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-10-30 22:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718794343870533998 Elon Musk’s version of free speech was for him and his friends to be able to do hate speech without getting in trouble https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/ #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-10-30 00:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718791372399071373 Pence's time has come! - and gone. https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-republican-presidential-campaign-trump-f0e228548820373f779b3dc7157d6635 Too Trumpist for many, not Trumpist enough for the rest. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-30 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718788457848558055 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national attention. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-stakes-in-pennsylvanias-supreme #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2023-10-30 00:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-10-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 172 epoch Lifetime ID 720024233505521 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/31/2023 07:10" reach 6 title "The Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/720024233505521 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-10-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718096447785320826 All the things that everybody got wrong. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestinians-gaza-biden-65427884b38bac77249f280fa8c796c8 #PS1mideast == impress 5 time 2023-10-28 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718067759018602987 That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-maine-shooting-israel-hamas-iran-9a7e89cbb64dd080d8a916d25c50f1c2 #PS1media == impress 5 time 2023-10-28 00:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-28 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-10-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 41 epoch Lifetime ID 718599280314683 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/28/2023 16:10" reach 6 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/718599280314683 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-10-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717381303060795764 The case against Mike Johnson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/speaker-mike-johnson-election-denier/ #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2023-10-26 03:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717380015481131483 Fail to respond just encourages fanatics. So does responding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/25/iran-militias-attack-american-forces-gaza-israel/ #PS1mideast == impress 8 time 2023-10-26 03:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-10-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 38 epoch Lifetime ID 717518817089396 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/26/2023 17:10" reach 4 title "Opinion | Iran’s proxy forces are teaming up to attack Americans" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/717518817089396 ========== 10 Tweets for 2023-10-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717221644312498464 Trump doesn't need to talk much about culture wars. He's already got those constituencies in his base. He talks about the economy in an attempt to woo those outside his base - as if he had done anything for anybody except GOP megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/republicans-trump-economy-issues/ #PS1trump == impress 13 time 2023-10-25 16:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717213637549646133 Somebody, somewhere down the line is going to have to deal with a six foot rise in sea level. Bad news for coastal areas with millions of inhabitants today. https://apnews.com/article/antarctica-climate-change-doomed-melt-ice-946bb44fbef027186f80f8992ebfc064 #PS1climate == impress 2 time 2023-10-25 16:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717211310772084994 If you repeat it often enough, it doesn't have to be true! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/opinion/crime-public-opinion.html Especially if it's the truth about how you FEEL, rather than truth about facts. #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-10-25 16:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717210153534263802 Flashback - In statements justifying their votes, about three-quarters relied on the arguments of a low-profile Louisiana congressman, Representative Mike Johnson, the most important architect of the Electoral College objections https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/politics/republican-election-objectors.html #PS1insurrection == impress 31 time 2023-10-25 16:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717202055646060675 Will Johnson ever give a straight answer to a straight question? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/johnson-speaker-republicans/ Probably not in public! Will House GOP choose him anyway? No Democratic votes. #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 67 likes 1 time 2023-10-25 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717199210398056689 Will GOP coalesce this morning - around an election denier? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/mike-johnson-may-be-next-speaker-then-what/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-10-25 15:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717197813971624150 A monolithic cult of personality to rival Mao's? https://apnews.com/article/china-politics-xi-jinping-foreign-relations-0b9a867861c719456778bf5a8eee95ca #PS1china == impress 1 time 2023-10-25 15:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716980247453933708 Trump would never define our religion. That way every audience can suppose Trump agrees with it. Basic salesmanship! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/trump-religion-immigration/ He has no apparent non-political, personal interest in any religious values. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-10-25 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716975144609140801 Immunity from what? one wonders! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/mark-meadows-trump-overturn-election-tesitmony-immunity #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-10-25 00:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716974124273447146 Didn't take long to take care of Emmer. https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-c7ddb6abf4c7322f9fc44fdaa07791fc Anybody supportive of or supported by the Freischütz won't get any Democratic votes. And will lose enough GOP votes to get... nowhere. #PS1gop == impress 13 time 2023-10-25 00:25 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 10 Tweets for 2023-10-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 338 epoch Lifetime ID 717518620422749 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/26/2023 17:10" reach 2 title "Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/717518620422749 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-10-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716966466896232624 They should have asked John Dean for advice! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/trumps-attorneys-turn-on-him #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-10-24 23:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716965062580281707 People are beginning to understand that the GOP is not a party but a dysfunctional coalition of two mostly opposed parties. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/23/hakeem-jeffries-house-speaker-gop-division Better coalitions are possible. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-10-24 23:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716964663987208602 We don’t deserve the majority if we give the Democrats control over the House of Representatives https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/24/government-shutdown-house-speaker/ GOP doesn't HAVE a majority - neither Freischütz Caucus nor the duck-and-cover GOP. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-24 23:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716817015397306653 Another Trump lawyer pleads guilty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/24/jenna-ellis-plea-deal-georgia/ And spares no bitterness toward Trump, who wouldn't pay her legal bills or admit he'd done anything wrong. #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2023-10-24 14:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716816300356538574 GOP megadonors and their propaganda channels have convinced many GOP voters that they don't need a Federal government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/23/republicans-speaker-polling/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-10-24 13:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-10-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 154 epoch Lifetime ID 717518493756095 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/26/2023 17:10" reach 3 title "Analysis | The Republicans who say we don’t even need a speaker" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/717518493756095 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-10-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716326180549488733 The brown shirts are doing their utmost to rid the country of impartial election officials. https://apnews.com/article/election-workers-turnover-threats-trump-2024-8497130b5bbeae503d8f675e3b809d4f #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2023-10-23 05:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716324866444624016 Unpleasant fallout of Belt-and-Road money. https://apnews.com/article/china-southeast-asia-cyberscam-criminal-myanmar-4d749243cd4c95d697060d8cef59cabb #PS1china == impress 5 time 2023-10-23 05:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716316384542822699 A potential turning point - if moderate House GOP will recognize the opportunity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/22/house-speaker-jordan-republicans-blessing/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-10-23 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716313611084415200 The tax system for people with simple situations should be free and automatic. IRS is finally getting started. https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-taxes-taxpayer-revenues-f2b3595b408229511a14400278534764 Of course, the companies that make commercial tax software are furious. #PS1tax == impress 2 time 2023-10-23 04:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-10-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 104 epoch Lifetime ID 715658173942127 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/23/2023 12:10" reach 11 title "IRS plans limited rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to select taxpayers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/715658173942127 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-10-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715927858395365494 A long way to fall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/21/sidney-powell-trump-georgia-election-case/ Sometimes it's better not to reach too high. #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2023-10-22 03:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715922324434928118 A fully-planned terrorist assault. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/21/hamas-documents-plans-israel-attack/ #PS1mideast == impress 5 time 2023-10-22 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715921030169186499 How the Keystone Cops tried to rig the 2020 election in Georgia. https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-electors-205d1fc6a02e1225c8c51214980a1232 #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-10-22 02:40 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-10-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 62 epoch Lifetime ID 715217627319515 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/22/2023 20:10" reach 6 title "Inside the meeting of Republican electors who sought to thwart Biden's election win in Georgia" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/715217627319515 ========== 10 Tweets for 2023-10-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715471714715578702 It's no wonder the modern GOP is so Dixiecrat - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/19/republican-civil-war-house-gop-jim-jordan-speaker-fight/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/20/threats-havent-saved-jordan-trump-era-intimidation-has-had-an-impact/ Because that's where it reinvented itself - Thurmond-Wallace-Nixon-Gingrich-Trump- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/20/george-wallace-presaged-donald-trump-republicans/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2023-10-20 20:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715462134199669116 The democratization of weapons of mass destruction - and pinpoint destruction - continues apace. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/19/hamas-weapons-drones-submersible-missiles/ #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2023-10-20 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715460079787680176 House GOP discovering their backbones need to get their colleagues to define the GOP - is it about shutting down the Federal government or is it about making it better? https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-jim-jordan-threats-54eeecef0188edfcb9903e45019f190f And they have to stand up to the megadonors who've bought into Fox fantasy. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-10-20 20:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715458499550011441 Poor Mike Pence - nobody thinks anybody will vote for him! https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-election-fundraising-iowa-trump-50caaf71b004b25d866aa0dace68b1ec #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-20 20:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715437420387475530 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-israel-hamas-war-qatar-ronaldo-lebanon-1010b2b68d37f807ef9c59340272c1a5 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-10-20 18:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715436009352303008 What's the priority for consideration - state or Federal constitution first? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/new-mexico-supreme-court-hints-at #PS1justice == engage-rate NaN time 2023-10-20 18:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715435264213201377 it’s not a normal majority Maybe the seventh try will be the charm! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Like Trump, despite all rational evidence, Jordan is convinced that the people are with him, and the few holdouts can be bullied into line. https://apnews.com/article/jim-jordan-house-speaker-mccarthy-trump-f2b2bf9dc834742bde93d5fc918d9940 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-10-20 18:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715432730509582488 Those tweets can come back to bite. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-contempt-new-york-ce593e3ee07d95bb6ec7e2de23f47dc9 It's always best to blame somebody way down the food chain who can't afford as many lawyers! #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-10-20 18:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715431964118073522 Another Trump lawyer turns. https://apnews.com/article/chesebro-jury-selection-georgia-election-indictment-2e558eefdffd9c1eaa7ec8c31bf76044 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-10-20 18:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715230915235054033 Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F Dirty work and jail risk for the soldiers, plausible deniability for il capo dei capi. Same as it ever was! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/trump-gag-order-violence.html #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-10-20 04:58 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 30 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-19 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 10 Tweets for 2023-10-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 304 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 713604384147506 impress 9 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/19/2023 22:10" reach 6 title "Opinion | Donald Trump Is Going to Get Someone Killed" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/713604384147506 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-10-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715022054448370110 In politics, money talks! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-republicans-fundraising-a07e78b814376d635f53ea17aa704d1d Trump's base is well-protected from other GOP, but it's not a national majority and it's not growing. Will he take the Senate and House down with him? #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-10-19 15:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715019701171216697 Another Trumpist makes a deal - https://apnews.com/article/sidney-powell-plea-deal-georgia-election-indictment-ec7dc601ad78d756643aa2544028e9f5 #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-10-19 14:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715019102665023704 Building a career out of lies - https://apnews.com/article/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a It's really a very Trumpist personality-cult thing to do. #PS1politics == impress 9 time 2023-10-19 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714814099681681646 Essential Trumpism - the truth about what you FEEL is the only truth that matters. Who cares about facts and logic? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/cole-jordan-honesty/ #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-10-19 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714813150045082055 Non-Trumpist GOP find their backbones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/jim-jordan-maga-intimidation-threats/ It's about time! Time to realize that compromise with fanatics only encourages them to demand more. Same in Gaza, same in House. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2023-10-19 01:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-10-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 152 epoch Lifetime ID 713604220814189 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/19/2023 22:10" reach 6 title "Analysis | The non-MAGA GOP finds some backbone — against Jordan and intimidation" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/713604220814189 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-10-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714678904840208745 Voters favor Supreme Court reform. Reactionary megadonors do not. It was a long hard road to build a reactionary court. It will be a long hard road to undo it. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-justices-are-not-untouchable 18 year term limits would be a good start. #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-10-18 16:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714676069503234158 The rank-and-file House GOP need to decide who's going to be in their coalition - those worried about being primaried by some even crazier MAGA, or those worried about losing a tossup general election to a Democrat. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/house-gops-two-disruptive-poles/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-18 16:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714672632547967009 There's big money and big media behind the Freischütz Caucus. The megadonors have noticed that the Federal government can't do anything now - and that's just what they always wanted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/sean-hannity-jim-jordan-speaker/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-18 15:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714669245764939887 Who needs crypto currencies? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/11/crypto-fraud-sam-bankman-fried-bitcoin/ Mostly just its promoters - and criminals. Ultimately just another chocolate covered cotton. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714660979164987712 Personality cults always require tireless enemies that can somehow never quite be defeated. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/11/trump-jesus-why-he-casts-himself-martyr-why-fans-go-along/ That's how they explain that they haven't been able to do most of the things they promised. #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658784050851895 Reduce Federal government or shut it down completely? Split in GOP politicians reflects split in GOP megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/republicans-house-leadership-chaos-states-infighting-bb5d9287214cd5aa0a1fdf03b56bebcb #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-10-18 15:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658241018536336 How best to elect Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/mitt-romney-gop-challenger-trump/ Non-Trump GOP nominee - so Trump runs as a third party or write-in? Third-party nominee to run against Trump and Biden? Either way, the non-Trump draws votes from Biden, not from the Trump base. #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-10-18 15:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-10-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 278 epoch Lifetime ID 713604057480872 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/19/2023 22:10" reach 6 title "Mitt Romney urges his donors to coalesce behind one challenger to Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/713604057480872 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-10-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1713047079256469916 Play-by-play in the House GOP conference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/scalise-jordan-house-gop-speaker-chaos/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2023-10-14 04:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712993352881405982 The Speaker's job is to say yes when it's possible and prudent and no when it's not. McCarthy never learned that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/pelosi-lessons-next-gop-speaker-house As LBJ once told MLK Jr, You can have anything you want if you got the votes. How many votes you got? #PS1democracy == impress 6 time 2023-10-14 00:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712989009226707389 Getting a pardon or commutation from Trump is pretty much a guarantee of criminal behavior! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/13/trump-pardon-philip-esformes-biden-justice-department/ That's why so many criminals are hoping Trump gets re-elected and helping any way they can. #SP1justice #PS1notopic == impress 4 time 2023-10-14 00:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712987027493544132 Speaker Jordan? https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-scalise-jordan-mccarthy-trump-ced017e71de967a7e327cba7e502926a That's definitely crossing the Jordan, toward a GOP that isn't interested in anything except defending minority rule by shutting down the Federal government, lowering taxes for megadonors, and lowering benefits for the masses. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-14 00:21 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-10-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 164 epoch Lifetime ID 710207114487233 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/14/2023 05:10" reach 8 title "Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/710207114487233 ========== 13 Tweets for 2023-10-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712939292396597664 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-weapons-israel-hamas-draft-5a12af9e78e5cbd42d74b026cb4e566c #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-10-13 21:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712691792448037273 Culture wars have united reactionary megadonors who don't like how a complex modern industrial democracy works, with reactionary blue-collar voters who don't understand how a complex modern industrial democracy works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/01/understanding-electorate-diploma-divide/ #PS1theory == impress 4 time 2023-10-13 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712689853144645758 Will ranked-choice voting in the Virgin Islands change the GOP presidential dynamic? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/virgin-islands-trump-republican-caucus-election/ National ranked-choice voting - especially combined with multi-member districts - could really threaten minority rule. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-10-13 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712687159650681238 Forget about third-party presidential candidates. They backfire - the Greens elected Trump and the Libertarians elected Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/third-party-gallup-poll-politics/ Start at the grass roots - state legislatures - and figure out how to win there. #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712686033375277066 Albion's Seed continues to bear strange fruit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion's_Seed When the Dixiecrats took over the GOP, they brought with them their Southern strategy of convincing poor white men to do the dirty work for the rich ruling class. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/republican-working-class-chaos/ #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712683948751647058 Migrants don't vote - despite what the GOP says - and they're not megadonors - so it's safe for GOP to use them as scapegoats for all the world's problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/10/jim-jordan-house-gop-government-shutdown/ #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-10-13 04:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712682964860236049 You can tell RFK Jr is making progress against Trump if Bannon and Carlson stop saying nice things about him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/rfk-jr-independent-run-makes-sense/ Generally though, third-party candidates are just Trump enablers if they draw off more Biden voters than Trump voters. #PS1election == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-10-13 04:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712681415413002406 Tom Emmer for Speaker? Can he get ANY Democratic votes? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-house-speaker-race/ #PS1gop == engage 6 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 61 time 2023-10-13 04:07 +0000 urlclicks 5 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712679492194554201 The chronicler of the Dixiecrat takeover of the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/southern-strategy-kevin-phillips-republican-party-trump/ Phillips explained what Thurmond was doing, and Nixon jumped on board, all to defend minority rule. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-10-13 03:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712677325937233983 Putin models revisionism for DeSantis and others who don't like facts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/karamurza-putin-russia-history-dictators/ It's an ancient Russian tradition, and one well known to Dixiecrats and others defending minority rule. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-10-13 03:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712666060355403942 If the House GOP could get organized enough to elect a Speaker, then they could offer a deal to the Senate - they expel Santos if the Senate expels Menendez. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/12/senator-menendez-fara-new-indictment-egypt/ They each deserve their day in court - just not on the public dime. #PS1justice == engage 2 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 95 likes 1 time 2023-10-13 03:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712665293808599118 If only he'd included Hunter Biden! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/12/trump-tax-leak-guilty-plea/ Then the GOP House might have issued him a pardon... if it could ever get organized enough to elect a Speaker. #PS1tax == impress 26 time 2023-10-13 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712662929584345178 A lucky day for Steve Scalise! https://apnews.com/article/kevin-mccarthy-ousted-speaker-jordan-scalise-1492ca6b58604c51186015c23f7efccd Healthier to be rejected quickly behind closed doors than slowly over 15 ballots. Can any GOP find some moderate Democrats who will vote for a GOP candidate who renounces the Freischütz Caucus forever? #PS1gop == impress 36 time 2023-10-13 02:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 13 Tweets for 2023-10-13 topic tweets wordrate 1 words 523 epoch Lifetime ID 709803374527607 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/13/2023 14:10" reach 3 title "GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/709803374527607 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-10-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712360196138529078 How do you get elected Speaker? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/trump-jordan-scalise-speaker/ Fundraise, fundraise, fundraise. As McCarthy did, as Scalise did, as Jordan didn't. But it's all for nought, until the House GOP disowns the Dixiecrat Freischütz Caucus once and for all. #PS1gop == impress 14 time 2023-10-12 06:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712305676511568302 Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell have established minority rule in the Federal judiciary, that now their allies want to do the same in the states. All it takes is money! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/elections-are-the-wrong-way-to-pick Maybe elections aren't the best way to pick supreme courts. #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-10-12 03:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712302957163909152 Ranked-choice voting could have avoided a constitutional crisis in the House. https://fairvote.org/report/the-motion-to-vacate-and-electoral-incentives/ But personality cult candidates oppose ranked-choice voting, hoping their many opponents will split the vote against them and insure their victory. #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2023-10-12 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712299621962453418 Voter suppression in Texas https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voter-suppression-on-trial-in-texas #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-10-12 02:50 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-10-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 154 epoch Lifetime ID 709018641272747 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/12/2023 09:10" reach 4 title "Voter Suppression On Trial in Texas" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/709018641272747 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-10-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711892584824786976 You can't compromise with fanatics - they then want even more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz House Democrats - and moderate GOP - should vote against any GOP Speaker candidate who wants to include the Freischütz Caucus in his coalition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/10/kevin-mccarthy-steve-scalise-jim-jordan-house-speaker/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2023-10-10 23:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711888787259986293 Why wouldn't a Trumpist steal campaign contributions for his own personal use? https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-credit-card-fraud-f723e69a777b02a2e6b87595f45c21ce It's the Trumpist thing to do! And the GOP House won't do anything - they need his reliable vote to defend minority rule. #PS1trumpism == impress 6 time 2023-10-10 23:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711757118158811369 How to get rich off Trump! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-turning-point-maga-d08a98e439fa4e902cb756d7e35153db It's the Trumpist thing to do! #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2023-10-10 14:54 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-10-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 121 epoch Lifetime ID 708549984652946 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/11/2023 16:10" reach 3 title "How Trump's MAGA movement helped a 29-year-old activist become a millionaire" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/708549984652946 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-10-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1710660432871211361 Insurrection and defending Trump are expensive hobbies. https://apnews.com/article/mike-lindell-mypillow-no-money-election-lawsuits-047932c7207734c080b07dca8d8868a5 #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2023-10-07 14:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-08 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-10-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 22 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 706498478191430 impress 8 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/08/2023 07:10" reach 6 title "Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal bills" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/706498478191430 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-10-06 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1710351643139821992 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-maui-migrants-vaccines-c04f01217a1efffeca4436804d5ce47d #PS1media == impress 6 time 2023-10-06 17:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-10-06 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 706498268191451 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/08/2023 07:10" reach 5 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/706498268191451 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-10-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709425516388987124 They finally figured out who leaked Trump's tax returns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/29/trump-tax-leak-charges-littlejohn-irs/ If it had been Hunter Biden's, the House GOP would have given the leaker a medal. #PS1tax == engage 2 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 193 time 2023-10-04 04:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709424525627330652 Plausible deniability? Maybe he didn't buy the gun, but maybe he hoped his base would think he did. Maybe one of them would have bought it for him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/trump-gun-special-counsel-gag-order/ He lies about everything else, so why not this? But it certainly supports a gag order. #PS1trump == impress 9 time 2023-10-04 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709423095885558000 Insulting court officers and exposing them to his dangerous followers is good politics and fund-raising but bad behavior in court. But Trump has always believed in hitting back twice as hard - letting one of his followers do it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ny/ #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-10-04 04:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709421907660165204 The pot calls the kettle black! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/newt-gingrich-matt-gaetz-remove/ And just who was the leading oppose-everything-shut-it-down guy 30 years ago? Gaetz is just the culmination of everything Thurmond and Gingrich stood for, laid bare in all its ugliness. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-10-04 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709369024621260991 Utterly inexcusable? https://apnews.com/article/pence-foreign-policy-ap-georgetown-2024-7909c44b2bfb38db5224b73bf324cf3f It's the same old Trump that it's always been. Pence knew that when he joined the team. #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709368270363738216 For a personality cult, there's no such thing as bad news. https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2024-campaign-court-fb73b4275be2d43b0f92031737d3e9eb They are all opportunities to send out fund-raising pleas - to pay for his lawyers. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-10-04 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709367455997640817 One minute he says - “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves? and the next minute he picks a fight - https://apnews.com/article/trump-debates-republicans-2024-rnc-a3ff8c83bd605876b4b53bbebfb7ed7f #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-10-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 289 epoch Lifetime ID 705342591640352 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/06/2023 07:10" reach 4 title "politicalscrapbooknet on X" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/705342591640352 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-10-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709355960605823480 The Freischütz Caucus hits its mark again! They aimed their rifles in January and pulled their triggers today, and immediately began bragging in fund-raising appeals to their megadonors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Was this their seventh bullet? https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555 #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2023-10-03 23:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709352303080448333 What happens when politicians give single-issue constituencies what they want? They want MORE! Even Trump has figured out that being vaguely pro-life is better than being specific. Anything definite will be used against you. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-constitutional-amendment-ohio-election-messaging-e578a62dd968a5112f92563e969ce5c7 #PS1theory == impress 3 time 2023-10-03 23:38 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-10-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 97 epoch Lifetime ID 705342298307048 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/06/2023 07:10" reach 4 title "Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/705342298307048 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-10-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1708664598734508499 Has the Freischütz Caucus shot its seventh bullet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Or does it have more bullets to go? https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-house-republicans-speaker-remove-shutdown-aa4efca3c68895283b4219ed3e8064ff more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something The essence of Trumpism - the photo-op is all you get! #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-10-02 02:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-10-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 51 epoch Lifetime ID 705341374973807 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/06/2023 07:10" reach 2 title "Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. 'Bring it on,' McCarthy says" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/705341374973807 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1707919294741553372 The first domino falls in Georgia. How many more will he knock over? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/judge-denies-jeffrey-clark-request-move-his-case-federal-court/ #PS1insurrection == impress 3 time 2023-09-30 00:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-10-01 ratio 5 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 28 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 702593021915309 impress 6 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "10/01/2023 07:10" reach 5 title "First Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/702593021915309 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1707813965269708825 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-fema-hydroxychloroquine-rand-paul-ukraine-cf1d1adb0f179593b64d92be0a5d5507 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 likes 1 time 2023-09-29 17:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 32 epoch Lifetime ID 701670058674272 impress 6 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/29/2023 13:09" reach 5 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/701670058674272 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706512553030119478 The perfect platform for defending minority rule. No wonder GOP latched onto it. https://apnews.com/article/republican-debate-livestream-rumble-disinformation-extremism-a6e627ac88463f9f83ada062ea83c6db #PS1media == impress 9 time 2023-09-26 03:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706502184739999800 We already know the answer for shouting fire in a crowded theater - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater Trump thinks criminal kingpins can never be charged with crimes, because they only TALK about what they want, and somebody else does the job - https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-speech-colorado-9626b6ae8479e6a4ce34c3391f207426 #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2023-09-26 02:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 75 epoch Lifetime ID 699764142198197 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/26/2023 07:09" reach 4 title "Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/699764142198197 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706154709915169250 Trump's got it locked up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/24/trump-republicans-presidential-primary/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/24/trump-confident-primary-general-election/ Or have his rivals just given him the key? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/24/trump-skip-debate-weak-rivals/ In 2024, it's going to be either Trump or Biden, and GOP that don't like Trump, had better start acting accordingly. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2023-09-25 03:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706151451633066270 McCarthy thought he could pull the tar baby out of the tar pits. But the pulling is going the other way. https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-mccarthy-congress-house-republicans-biden-249d83636e9d61cdd2aabdf34a129514 Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what they want. But it never seems to be enough. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-mccarthy-gaetz-republicans-dd94770223f697c1c68229133f031df4 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-09-25 03:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 96 epoch Lifetime ID 699122572262354 impress 4 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/25/2023 06:09" reach 3 title "Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what they want. But it never seems to be enough." type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/699122572262354 ========== 17 Tweets for 2023-09-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705363259946365023 120000 Armenians lost in the noise of larger crises. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/22/azerbaijan-armenia-nagorno-karabakh-attack/ Azerbaijan took its cue from Putin and settled things by force - apparently killing one of Putin's peacekeepers in the process. Like Kurdistan, Karabakh is geopolitically impossible. #PS1mideast == impress 5 time 2023-09-22 23:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705361662356922713 McCarthy doesn't have a majority, just a plurality. The only way to avoid a Federal shutdown constitutional crisis is to pass a bipartisan continuing resolution - followed by a different crisis after the Freischütz Caucus fires McCarthy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/22/government-shutdown-deal/ #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-09-22 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705305980815409251 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-book-ban-lgbtq-jan-6-wildfires-410ee06bff62758c8432f3752f080994 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 19:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705270945815069171 it’s going to get even uglier” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/22/gaetz-mccarthy-shutdown-house-gop-deadlock/ Sounds like a safe bet! Freischütz Caucus has their eyes on the prize. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-09-22 17:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705258688095928501 Shutting down the Federal government is not a policy failure! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/22/us-braces-calamitous-costly-government-shutdown-eight-days/ It's the long-sought dream of the Freischütz Caucus and their anonymous megadonors, who find that it's cheaper and easier to manage state governments than Federal. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 16:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705254408060350923 Trumpist brown-shirt practice in Missouri! https://apnews.com/article/flamethrower-missouri-governor-candidate-violent-6055f2c73bc10c8c58fae1d161c9c91e How much longer until Kristallnacht practice? #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-09-22 16:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705039990219325497 It's very expensive to embrace the Trump tar baby. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/19/rudy-giuliani-sued-lawyer-robert-costello/ Especially for lawyers who don't get sufficient retainers in advance. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 02:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705039547615330756 How can a fake elector be a Federal official? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/20/georgia-trump-electors-federal-court/ Only in Trump-fantasy-land! #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 02:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705038288393019531 I got the job done Wrong! Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell and their anonymous megadonors got the job done. The most Trump can claim is that he didn't get in the way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/20/trump-abortion-republicans-presidential/ #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-09-22 01:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705035083328176407 There are worse fates than death in battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor Being absorbed into Russia to face Putin's wrath is among them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/20/zelensky-visit-washington-aiding-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 01:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705029632825975028 Think it's easy to translate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/20/emily-wilson-iliad-translation-terms/ How best to replicate the impression received by listeners almost 3000 years ago? That's why we need only a few - very good - classicists. #PS1other == impress 5 time 2023-09-22 01:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705027097318838333 When the Federal Supreme Court is mostly stuck on protecting minority rule, the action moves to state courts - about which most of us know very little. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/welcome-to-state-court-report #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-09-22 01:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705017877743706294 Another take on Murdoch - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/21/murdoch-resigns-fox-changes/ Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public! #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-09-22 00:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705016901167132923 Is it going to cost Trump $250 million in lawyer fees to defend against a $250 million lawsuit? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/21/new-york-trump-fraud-trial/ #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 00:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705014262845120588 Not just tilting at windmills! https://apnews.com/article/no-labels-spoiler-2024-ballots-biden-trump-91dd36375a83a67f8969af8ac511fbf0 ANY third-party presidential campaign is a boost to Trump, because there's no ranked-choice voting for president. No Labels should stick to campaigns for legislators in places with ranked-choice voting. #PS1election == impress 2 time 2023-09-22 00:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705012331816866064 He did nothing to support organized labor except lip service” Trump is the SALESMAN who takes your money. Delivering your goods is not his problem. https://apnews.com/article/labor-union-auto-workers-trump-strike-dfcb805fd4e749b13aaf827e1463da73 But in every way he's a stalwart defender of minority rule, like most of the GOP candidates. #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-09-22 00:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705009765129265496 “open contempt for those who are not members of their rarified class” Which rarefied class would that be, rich old white man? Let the Succession games begin! https://apnews.com/article/murdoch-fox-quit-emeritus-30286a4a3107b7bde612adbfc7891958 Rupert Murdoch will be fondly remembered as an energetic defender of minority rule. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2023-09-22 00:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 17 Tweets for 2023-09-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 597 epoch Lifetime ID 697492449092033 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2023 12:09" reach 6 title "Rupert Murdoch's surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/697492449092033 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705006430498275363 Where've you been Mr Speaker? “a whole new concept to burn the place down” It's the whole old concept of the Gingrich Contract on America and the Freischütz Caucus. giving in to the conservatives is emboldening them Peace For Our Time! https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-mccarthy-house-republicans-spending-cuts-deff84c0e2ff7d3bd076b8c38e14cca4 #PS1gop == engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 time 2023-09-21 23:49 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-22 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 62 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 697492219092056 impress 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/22/2023 12:09" reach 7 title "Hard-right Republicans push closer to a disruptive federal shutdown" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/697492219092056 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701991976554602536 All the megadonors' horses and all of their men, not to mention all of their dark money donations, can't seem to convince young people to support minority rule. Why is that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/potemkin-politics-house-freedom-caucus/ Freischütz Caucus demands answers! #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-09-13 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701990811418947898 Score one for Pence! “Putin should be more concerned about how quickly his military went from being the second most powerful in the world to the second most powerful in Ukraine.” Putin, Kim, and Trump - three peas in a pod! https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/13/trump-putin-election-interfence/ #PS1trump == impress 10 time 2023-09-13 16:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-20 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 100 epoch Lifetime ID 696284509212827 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/20/2023 04:09" rcs 1 reach 7 sharesimpress 1 title "Trump embraces Putin’s sympathetic comments to claim political persecution" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/696284509212827 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1702719138635141517 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-covid19-vaccines-ukraine-climate-change-c286b4f164c3582fdbdf7820e07a229d #PS1media == impress 7 time 2023-09-15 16:20 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 693452932829318 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/15/2023 09:09" reach 8 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/693452932829318 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701991976554602536 All the megadonors' horses and all of their men, not to mention all of their dark money donations, can't seem to convince young people to support minority rule. Why is that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/potemkin-politics-house-freedom-caucus/ Freischütz Caucus demands answers! #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-09-13 16:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701990811418947898 Score one for Pence! “Putin should be more concerned about how quickly his military went from being the second most powerful in the world to the second most powerful in Ukraine.” Putin, Kim, and Trump - three peas in a pod! https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/13/trump-putin-election-interfence/ #PS1trump == impress 8 time 2023-09-13 16:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-15 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-13 topic tweets wordrate 1 words 100 epoch Lifetime ID 693452699496008 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/15/2023 09:09" title "Trump embraces Putin’s sympathetic comments to claim political persecution" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/693452699496008 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-12 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701747350291775752 IRS targets max tax evaders - https://gizmodo.com/irs-using-ai-to-target-ultra-wealthy-for-tax-violations-1850819707 Freischütz Caucus will no doubt include abolishing or emasculating the IRS in its next demands on McCarthy, now that he's yielded on Biden impeachment. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/irs-deploys-artificial-intelligence-to-target-rich-partnerships.html #PS1tax == impress 8 time 2023-09-12 23:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701702380939833739 Nobody has any real evidence - the main point is to keep a Biden investigation going through the election AS IF there were serious crimes comparable to those of Trump. https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-congress-oversight-republicans-impeachment-57c5b1b40d19ede4ecf7fde08c027cee The other main point is to save McCarthy from the Freischütz Caucus. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-09-12 21:00 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-12 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 96 epoch Lifetime ID 691933182981293 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/12/2023 17:09" reach 8 title "What's ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/691933182981293 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-11 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701252155515301910 To fulfill their duty to protect minority rule, Freischütz Caucus is gearing up for their next battle in their war against government. https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-speaker-biden-impeachment-republicans-shutdown-4d8c314763252429a6f87e7d13ad2b43 We've known this was coming since November. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-09-11 15:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-11 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 44 epoch Lifetime ID 691932812981330 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/12/2023 17:09" rcs 1 reach 9 reactions 1 title "McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry as the House returns for fall" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/691932812981330 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1700991878597120174 Students are revolting! https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/gop-college-towns-00106974 Against minority rule, in cities, counties, and now states, and the GOP doesn't know what to do. Is there no single-issue approach that would attract students without repelling other GOP single-issue constituencies? #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-09-10 21:57 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 50 epoch Lifetime ID 691932626314682 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/12/2023 17:09" reach 5 title "‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/691932626314682 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1700305199917838660 The latest scam to protect minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/eagleai-isnt-so-intelligent Lynch mobs next? Worked great for 200 years in the slave states. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-09-09 00:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-10 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 34 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 690681979773080 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/10/2023 10:09" reach 6 title "EagleAI Isn’t So Intelligent" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/690681979773080 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1700284558426395033 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-burning-man-vaccines-voting-elections-ff8c433e6184e9f37a87fa0a45b71263 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-09-08 23:06 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-08 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 689656279875650 impress 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/08/2023 16:09" reach 8 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/689656279875650 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-09-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699801471250997379 Ranked-choice voting plus multimember districts would eliminate much of the gerrymandering circus. That's why the defenders of minority rule - and political kingmakers - hate them so much. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Shut down the circus! https://apnews.com/article/congress-redistricting-gerrymandering-elections-75e2764f2cc7c8a2e7e0a0e2848d90e9 #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2023-09-07 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699799669776462004 The insurrectionists are trying to run run down the clock with endless legal maneuvers https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-fulton-county-election-indictment-9221ddaed203695015ddd5615337fb4e If some of them do get the prompt quick trial they say they want, it will provide an interesting test run for the main event. #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-09-07 14:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699798739911839971 GOP was born in 1854 as a radical assault on minority rule, reborn in 1877 as the conservative defender of minority rule, reborn again in 2015 as a cult-of-personality defender of minority rule.Trump never changed; Pence can't blame him for that. https://apnews.com/article/pence-conservatism-populism-trump-2024-republican-primary-90b437952693ec00e378411be8393499 #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-09-07 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699790831144882680 Trump admits it - you can't believe anything he says, or writes. https://apnews.com/article/trump-deposition-attorney-general-new-york-63f4708b27a52a1e544e3caa6f63fa3b Especially about finances! #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-09-07 14:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-09-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 169 epoch Lifetime ID 688965273278084 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2023 08:09" reach 6 title "A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/688965273278084 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-09-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699801471250997379 Ranked-choice voting plus multimember districts would eliminate much of the gerrymandering circus. That's why the defenders of minority rule - and political kingmakers - hate them so much. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Shut down the circus! https://apnews.com/article/congress-redistricting-gerrymandering-elections-75e2764f2cc7c8a2e7e0a0e2848d90e9 #PS1democracy == engage-rate NaN time 2023-09-07 15:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699799669776462004 The insurrectionists are trying to run run down the clock with endless legal maneuvers https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-fulton-county-election-indictment-9221ddaed203695015ddd5615337fb4e If some of them do get the prompt quick trial they say they want, it will provide an interesting test run for the main event. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-09-07 14:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699798739911839971 GOP was born in 1854 as a radical assault on minority rule, reborn in 1877 as the conservative defender of minority rule, reborn again in 2015 as a cult-of-personality defender of minority rule.Trump never changed; Pence can't blame him for that. https://apnews.com/article/pence-conservatism-populism-trump-2024-republican-primary-90b437952693ec00e378411be8393499 #PS1gop == impress 1 time 2023-09-07 14:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699790831144882680 Trump admits it - you can't believe anything he says, or writes. https://apnews.com/article/trump-deposition-attorney-general-new-york-63f4708b27a52a1e544e3caa6f63fa3b Especially about finances! #PS1trump == impress 2 time 2023-09-07 14:24 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-07 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-09-07 topic tweets wordrate 2 words 169 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 688965263278085 impress 7 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2023 08:09" reach 7 title "A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world'" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/688965263278085 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-09-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1698487517090045992 State constitutions are a lot longer than the Federal - so state courts spend more time interpreting them. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/catching-up-with-state-courts #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-09-04 00:05 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-09-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 33 epoch Lifetime ID 688965136611431 impress 13 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/07/2023 08:09" reach 8 title "Catching Up with State Courts" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/688965136611431 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-09-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1698470708962046010 He is not a candidate. He is the leader of a mass movement https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/02/trump-republicans-dominates-campaign/ The GOP embraced a personality cult when they thought they would benefit. Now they're stuck. For the megadonors, the issue now is how to minimize GOP losses in Congress and states. #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-09-03 22:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1698337364991762613 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-covid19-joe-biden-bill-gates-wildfires-e55026082b46625f918d211f02f04d74 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-09-03 14:09 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-09-03 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 2 Tweets for 2023-09-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 79 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 686939523480659 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "09/03/2023 08:09" reach 10 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/686939523480659 ========== 8 Tweets for 2023-08-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696411082712285656 Eastman is in the same sinking boat as Chesebro. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/eastman-state-bar-defense/ #PS1insurrection == impress 9 time 2023-08-29 06:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696410091627708529 Is Trump hoping that a mob will rescue him from trial or prison? Or just that his brown shirts will terrorize the courts, witnesses, and jurors? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/24/trump-georgia-surrender-republican-impact/ The only truth that matters is the truth about how you feel! #PS1trumpism == impress 10 time 2023-08-29 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696407294161170716 Chesebro wants a prompt trial in state court. He could be the first of the Atlanta 19 to be convicted - which might complicate the defense of the other 18, or might make it easy for them to blame him - just acting on advice of counsel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/chesebro-early-fani-willis-trial-trump/ #PS1insurrection == impress 11 time 2023-08-29 06:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696404541858865265 the real goal of GOP efforts is to “tamper with the jury before they’re seated” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/jim-jordan-investigation-fani-willis-indictment-of-trump/ #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-08-29 06:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696403411439346114 More for Ukraine or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/ukraine-russia-red-lines-putin-biden/ It all depends on whether you think Putin can be counted on to act rationally - think Hitler in his bunker. And whether he has the political support to back down - or he has painted himself into the do or die spot. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 38% impress 8 replies 1 time 2023-08-29 06:04 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696401888269541612 Meadows saw “no distinction” between his White House work and the Trump campaign Sure! Trump employee duty is to Trump, and to minority rule. So what if taxpayers pay them and the Hatch Act prohibits official interference in elections? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/28/mark-meadows-federal-court-georgia-testify/ #PS1trumpism == engage 5 engage-rate 10% impress 48 likes 1 time 2023-08-29 05:58 +0000 urlclicks 4 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696393245679620588 Just because it's a pack of lies doesn't keep Trump and most of the GOP from repeating them over and over, and the Trump base crying Amen! https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-lies-debunked-4fc26546b07962fdbf9d66e739fbb50d Hitler and Stalin would be so proud. Putin is proud - what more can he do to help? #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-08-29 05:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696391388588544145 Abolish the existing Federal government and replace it with political appointees who promise to protect minority rule! To heck with Constitution, Congress, laws, and norms! The president makes the decisions! Or his Heritage henchmen. https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981 #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-08-29 05:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 111 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-29 ratio 3 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 8 Tweets for 2023-08-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 369 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 684390543735557 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/29/2023 09:08" rcs 2 reach 10 sharesimpress 2 title "Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/684390543735557 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696249690411717030 Some Trump defendants want trial ASAP because they aren't rich. Trump wants to delay as long as possible. Others want the case moved to Federal court, for a better chance of a hung jury, and a pardon by Trump if re-elected. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/us/trump-georgia-trial.html #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 17% expands 1 impress 6 time 2023-08-28 19:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-29 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 62 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 684390330402245 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/29/2023 09:08" reach 8 title "Trump and His Co-Defendants in Georgia Are Already at Odds" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/684390330402245 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-08-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695651179060199430 Another point of view on the Ukrainian attack. Every Ukrainian soldier knows he is defending his country, but many Russian conscripts have no idea what they're invading for. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/24/ukraine-counteroffensive-victory-breakout/ #PS1ukraine == impress 11 time 2023-08-27 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695649816439853475 No safe ground for GOP candidates! They must say one thing to the Trump base, something quite different to swing voters, and something completely opposite, in private, to their megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/26/democracy-elections-republican-debate/ So they avoid real issues in favor of fantasy. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-08-27 04:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695647969390027071 If the political leaders reject authority and rules and norms, facts and logic, in favor or how they feel, why shouldn't children follow their example? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/26/teacher-fears-violence-censorship/ #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2023-08-27 04:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-08-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 125 epoch Lifetime ID 684390120402266 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/29/2023 09:08" reach 8 title "In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/684390120402266 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-08-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695314230336160102 Causes of dysfunctional Federal government - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/american-democracy-political-system-failures/ It all comes down to the current system is very effective at preserving minority rule, so the megadonors who pay for politics have no incentive to change. #PS1democracy == impress 3 time 2023-08-26 05:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695310921068171566 Of course people want answers to unanswerable questions. Who could predict the Prigozhin revolt, guess the redistribution of his empire, or know the future state of Putin's health? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/25/two-crises-stoked-american-populism/ Answers are easy until you risk being blamed for the outcome. #PS1gop == impress 33 time 2023-08-26 05:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695302476864594224 So much for the rule of law! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/25/gop-candidates-trash-jury-trials/ But if you don't get elected, it doesn't matter what you believe, right? #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-08-26 05:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695301036867752296 They were already dividing up his empire before he was even dead, and he knew it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/25/wagner-group-successors-mercenary-companies/ #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2023-08-26 05:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-26 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-08-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 150 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 682543007253644 impress 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/26/2023 06:08" reach 12 title "Before Prigozhin plane crash, Russia was preparing for life after Wagner" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/682543007253644 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-08-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695192147157471638 More of the week that wasn't - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/24/fact-checking-first-republican-primary-debate/ Ramaswamy proves he is the logical successor to Trump - he'll say anything to make the sale. Who cares about facts or logic? Not the Trump base! It's all about feelings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/25/vivek-ramaswamy-says-hoax-agenda-kills-more-people-than-climate-change/ #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-08-25 21:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695162177056104719 As usual, the Freischutz caucus is in no mood to compromise. https://apnews.com/article/congress-budget-shutdown-freedom-caucus-mccarthy-8d2d2296cb1680dc1bf945d726da178f They'd be happy to shut down the government, then blame Biden and McCarthy. #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-08-25 19:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695153179409973480 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-climate-change-donald-trump-joe-biden-covid19-c6a87aa75d8474816a2f822e7e01e235 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-08-25 19:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-25 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-08-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 106 epoch Lifetime ID 682209773953634 impress 44 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/25/2023 12:08" reach 42 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/682209773953634 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-08-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1694592123214102634 Some hope for vice-president or a cabinet office, so said nothing bad about Trump. Haley pointed out that Trump has no support outside his base, and can't win. The rest have no hope of getting the Trump base, and so no hope of winning either. https://apnews.com/article/debate-republican-takeaways-president-gop-trump-ramaswamy-christie-f38e0aa189ad85f347f97b1b6bea4c53 #PS1gop == impress 9 time 2023-08-24 06:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1694587344060633276 In Russia, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible - and sad accident is old Russian tradition. Let those with ears, hear; those with eyes, see. And remember Ernst Röhm, and will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-a7859e4e57f2efa2547dfbe5bdbaa1b2 #PS1putin == impress 18 time 2023-08-24 05:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-24 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-08-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 109 epoch Lifetime ID 681608574013754 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/24/2023 07:08" reach 10 title "Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead in a plane crash outside Moscow" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/681608574013754 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1693657020971598282 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-trump-maui-wildfires-1f4d017e161a17d7deff2366daa93e70 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-08-21 16:11 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 680129074161704 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/21/2023 10:08" reach 10 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/680129074161704 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-08-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1692379245295861854 A Second Amendment for food? Nobody saw this coming! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/in-maine-a-second-amendment-for-food #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-08-18 03:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1692335419420234173 Trump was right! People WERE trying to rig the election! His people, trying to turn his true defeat into fake victory. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/fani-willis-springs-surprise-in-trump Easy to tell what a crook or a dictator is up to - they accuse the other side of the same thing they're doing. #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-08-18 00:39 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-21 ratio 2 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title 2 Tweets for 2023-08-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 78 audclicks 3 epoch Lifetime ID 680128910828387 impress 9 matchedlinkclicks 3 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/21/2023 10:08" reach 8 title "Fani Willis Springs Surprise in Trump Indictment" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/680128910828387 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1692308643407118477 Ranked-choice voting - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential is getting a lot of favorable press - https://fairvote.org/news-and-analysis/editorial-support/ but no so much support from party bosses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/11/dc-open-primaries-democratic-party/ #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2023-08-17 22:53 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-17 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 34 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 678138091027469 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/17/2023 16:08" reach 9 title "Opinion | A D.C. Democratic Party lawsuit is decidedly undemocratic" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/678138091027469 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-13 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1690733871850205184 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-dominion-desantis-biden-ukraine-888a8b03dca9d9ddecc4c45ef8640000 #PS1media == impress 10 time 2023-08-13 14:35 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-13 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 675877577920187 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/13/2023 14:08" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/675877577920187 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1689037774370783232 More important than Marbury v Madison or Dred Scott? https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-stakes-in-us-v-trump #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-08-08 22:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-10 ratio 11 react 1 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 24 epoch Lifetime ID 674153534759258 impress 15 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/10/2023 11:08" rcs 1 reach 11 sharesimpress 1 title "The Stakes in U.S. v. Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/674153534759258 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-08-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1687554986119729152 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-barbie-desantis-obama-737478aaa9f5ee9545b7ee8598bcf3f0 #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 20 time 2023-08-04 20:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-07 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-08-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 32 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 672461428261802 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/07/2023 07:08" reach 9 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/672461428261802 ========== 14 Tweets for 2023-08-03 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1687166809399832576 Give Pence credit for keeping calm and doing the right thing in the moment of crisis. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/us/politics/mike-pence-trump-indictment.html His contemporaneous notes look to be the most critical basis for Trump's indictment. #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2023-08-03 18:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686965338246950912 Us Against Them is the Dixiecrat battle cry of minority rule - hear what I say, don't watch what I do! https://www.twincities.com/2023/08/02/stephen-l-carter-indicted-populists-have-a-history-of-staying-in-office/ Trump might well get at least a third of the votes, no matter what. They'll vote for what he says, not what he does. #PS1minority == impress 18 time 2023-08-03 05:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686963570549133312 Democracy works by making sausage, in the light or dark, and the result is never perfect. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2858738 But there are unreasonable uncompromising folks. All progress depends on the unreasonable man - Shaw - but it can be backward as well as forward. #PS1democracy == impress 7 time 2023-08-03 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686960943623008257 Powerball seems to have better odds than a politician who thinks he can out-Trump Trump! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/politics/desantis-campaign-finance-donation-super-pac.html But betting on Trump is no sure thing either - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/politics/trump-pac-filing.html Unless you love his lawyers. They always win, as long as they get cash in advance! #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 17 time 2023-08-03 04:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686959620680781824 The net is tightening around higher levels of the insurrection, with more to come. https://apnews.com/article/matthew-deperno-michigan-trump-voting-machines-a58c4a58de84d432815ec1be39c19b90?mibextid=Zxz2cZ #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-08-03 04:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686958784869208064 I've known more people who got covid in the last three months than over the three years before. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/we-may-be-the-last-maskers-california-covid-cases-are-rising-here-s-why-health-experts-are-masking-indoors/ar-AA1eGSIo You might not die - only 100,000 Americans are expected to die from covid over the next year. But can you afford to miss a week of work? #PS1virus == impress 2 time 2023-08-03 04:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686937360469241856 Social media influencers thought they were completely independent and entirely self-limited. https://bangkokpost.pressreader.com/article/282123526012448 The economy is more interdependent than that. #PS1media == impress 5 time 2023-08-03 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686936379987730432 How billionaires deal with complaints from poor people - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/ They just ignore them and say everything's fine. #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2023-08-03 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686935812825559040 If twitter is that easy to imitate for meta, then it's just as easy for tiktok. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/meta-has-a-rare-opportunity-to-seize-momentum-with-threads/ar-AA1erRUD As Scott McNealy once told us at Sun, email used to be a product; now it's just a feature. Short texts seem destined to be the same. #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-08-03 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686934627783753728 Mad Men are justifiably concerned about being replaced by machines. After all, there isn't much really new in advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/business/media/ai-advertising.html #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-08-03 02:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686933495875342336 Every technological advance creates winners and losers. Have winners have ever cared much about the losers? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/energy-transition-underway-fossil-fuel-113911143.html But Luddites can get guns and fight back, for any reactionary who offers unrealistic promises to restore the past. #PS1technology == impress 2 time 2023-08-03 02:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686932536222679040 Everything apps are great! One stop shopping for government, foreign, and private snoops, to learn everything about you. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/29/elon-musk-wechat-twitter-rebranding-everything-app-for-west They are mandatory in China. The government wants to compute your social credit. #PS1media == impress 5 time 2023-08-03 02:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686931832120729600 More on being a billionaire - you don't have to obey the laws for poor people. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/brightly-flashing-x-sign-removed-from-the-former-twitter-s-san-francisco-headquarters/ar-AA1eBLrX #PS1media == impress 6 time 2023-08-03 02:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686931291667943425 A true Trumpist explains the facts of life - the law is something the rich use against the poor, NOT vice versa. Same for free speech! https://apnews.com/article/x-twitter-elon-musk-lawsuit-decline-millions-advertisers-hate-speech-cchd-1ca41944fdf58529d1fa280725a510da #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-08-03 02:45 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-04 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 14 Tweets for 2023-08-03 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 559 epoch Lifetime ID 670869885087623 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/04/2023 07:08" reach 8 title "X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/670869885087623 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-08-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686800994758483968 Another indictment. Trump needs the publicity to raise money to pay for all his lawyers, who would be wise to ask for cash in advance. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc https://apnews.com/article/explain-charges-trump-indictment-jan-6-investigation-7efd7577e41f0cbf9c697fa4613f93a3 https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-indictment-takeways-2020-election-4b5fea593f3684241a64650798aa598e #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-08-02 18:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686583638383890432 Trumpists only cite history when it supports their aims. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/alito-vs-history-again #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-08-02 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686583089412370432 Cruel and unusual OR Cruel or unusual? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/protecting-against-extreme-punishments #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-08-02 03:41 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-08-02 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 3 Tweets for 2023-08-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 74 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 669869065187705 impress 11 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "08/02/2023 11:08" reach 7 title "Protecting Against Extreme Punishments" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/669869065187705 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-07-29 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1685082265683173376 That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-obama-borax-euthanasia-credit-d03202a17082aea7c1424ba3f1b28acd #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 10 time 2023-07-29 00:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-31 ratio 3 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 1 Tweets for 2023-07-29 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 31 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 668486078659337 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/31/2023 05:07" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/668486078659337 ========== 18 Tweets for 2023-07-27 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684711610664058880 Why the defenders of minority rule really don't like progress and economic growth - https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-23/how-democrats-won-the-west-and-reshaped-presidential-politics-new-mexico New people bring new ideas. It was so even in Hamilton's day - Southern planters could see that his ideas for industrialization were not in their interest. #PS1politics == impress 11 time 2023-07-27 23:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684709819515842560 Technologists would often clean up their messes - more than the organizations that hire them. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/opinion-clendaniel-oppenheimer-hanford-and-unintended-consequences/ar-AA1erXxa Nuclear fission could help fight global warming, but the politics of waste disposal seem unsolvable. Generative AI might be just as hard. #PS1technology == engage 1 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 10 time 2023-07-27 23:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684707349532139520 Free speech is not absolute - it's always been understood to exclude shouting Fire! in a crowded theatre. Or handing a megaphone to a guy who wants to shout Fire! https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/07/supreme-court-regulate-social-media/ And why should it apply to chatbot outputs? #PS1media == impress 8 time 2023-07-27 23:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684706377955225603 Some people don't think much about abstractions and have to learn by doing. https://apnews.com/article/bruno-cua-youngest-sentencing-capitol-riot-senate-chair-d64490eeb176b6204ecd503593c8f0d3 Sometimes that means doing time. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-27 23:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684705671865118721 I got New Math in 1960. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41186557 When talented teachers and students tackled it, they learned a lot. Every generation has a new New Math - https://www.dailynews.com/2023/07/27/california-has-adopted-a-new-plan-to-teach-math-why-are-people-so-riled-up/ But some people are more comfortable than others in thinking in abstractions. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-07-27 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684422407749259264 Likely elements of the case against Trump. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/how-to-prosecute-trump #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-07-27 04:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684405319781474306 Think there's a political angle to Barbie and Swifties? The far right does! https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-mgoldberg-barbieswift-20230725-xefsihrd4jb5jmj7fo6sjj2cyq-story.html But for Hollywood it's just mostly about going where the money is. #PS1other == impress 17 time 2023-07-27 03:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684404594049429504 The people who profit from oil and gas should pay the cleanup. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/07/idle-oil-wells-taxpayer-cleanup/ #PS1capolitics == impress 6 time 2023-07-27 03:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684403891709022210 Looks like a little embroidery here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/26/tubervilles-tales-about-his-father-world-war-ii-have-false-elements/ #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-07-27 03:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684402282253930496 Trump 2.0. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/26/vivek-ramaswamy-2024-presidential-campaign/ He'd really put the emperor in president! The way Trump always wanted but didn't dare. #PS1gop == impress 5 time 2023-07-27 03:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684388192416591873 Giuliani admits he was just making stuff up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/26/rudy-giuliani-false-statements-georgia/ #PS1insurrection == impress 5 time 2023-07-27 02:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684387352368791552 How to get things done in Congress - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/26/patty-murray-senate-appropriations-funding/ You have to work around the ones that only want to make noise. #PS1politics == impress 5 time 2023-07-27 02:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684386118782046208 What do you know about nondebtor releases? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/sackler-opioid-purdue-pharma-oxycontin-immunity/ #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-07-27 02:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684385113499639808 Specific plausible proposals for the FBI? How does that fit in the 2024 GOP? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/asa-hutchinson-fbi-reforms-trump/ #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-07-27 02:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684384416272097280 Is it 1914 all over again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/ukraine-counteroffensive-negotiations-milley-biden/ #PS1ukraine == impress 13 time 2023-07-27 02:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684382417732395008 Might be a TIA - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/transient-ischemic-attack/symptoms-causes/syc-20355679 Could happen to anybody aged 81. https://apnews.com/article/mcconnell-freeze-senate-fall-republican-leader-f18008b314c5907ba0111f6891c9a0d3 #PS1health == impress 4 time 2023-07-27 01:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684381130521464832 If this has been going on for decades, why didn't Trump say anything while he was president? Keeping secrets is not his forte. https://apnews.com/article/ufos-uaps-congress-whistleblower-spy-aliens-ba8a8cfba353d7b9de29c3d906a69ba7 #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-07-27 01:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684378866142580737 The McCarthy House might well impeach Biden - for the high crime and misdemeanor of being Hunter's father? https://apnews.com/article/biden-impeachment-trump-hunter-biden-mccarthy-597dc12919381fe32572e9a19862f393 #PS1impeachment == impress 9 time 2023-07-27 01:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 18 Tweets for 2023-07-27 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 521 epoch Lifetime ID 666640098843935 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/27/2023 17:07" reach 9 title "Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/666640098843935 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-07-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684209636679749633 Are you confused about the cause of the Civil War? Alexander Stephens wasn't - the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/cornerstone-speech #PS1minority == impress 7 time 2023-07-26 14:30 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-26 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-07-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 51 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 666154728892472 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/26/2023 17:07" reach 8 title "Cornerstone Speech" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/666154728892472 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-07-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683934433970393089 Scammers and right-wing terrorists lead IRS to cancel unannounced home visits. https://apnews.com/article/irs-tax-scams-revenue-service-treasury-8d4129b20366eedb828abd80c404834d #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2023-07-25 20:17 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-07-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 666154578892487 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/26/2023 17:07" reach 6 title "IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety and combat scammers" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/666154578892487 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-07-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683339138274304001 What you can learn from visiting Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/opinion/ukraine-war-russia.html #PS1ukraine == impress 9 time 2023-07-24 04:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683338327213363200 Nothing lasts forever in Chinese foreign relations. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/opinion/china-russia-us-cold-war.html It's strictly transactional. Putin and Trump should understand that. #PS1china == impress 9 time 2023-07-24 04:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683337431200968705 The cost of Trumpist mischief. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/politics/trump-investigations-jack-smith-justice-department.html #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-24 04:44 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-07-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 61 epoch Lifetime ID 666154432225835 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/26/2023 17:07" reach 6 title "As Inquiries Compound, Justice System Pours Resources Into Scrutinizing Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/666154432225835 ========== 11 Tweets for 2023-07-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683001715568807936 The horrible legacy of Putin's war - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/22/ukraine-is-now-most-mined-country-it-will-take-decades-make-safe/ #PS1ukraine == impress 5 time 2023-07-23 06:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683000081233121280 Why would Trump bother if he can't control the questioning? https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/22/fox-news-hosts-are-pushing-trump-join-fox-news-gop-debate/ And in any case he'd never commit to supporting a GOP candidate who's not him, as the RNC requires. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-23 06:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682997245875200000 Arctic warming opens a new cold war front. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/17/an-arctic-great-game-nato-allies-russia-face-off-far-north/ #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2023-07-23 06:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682990314016108544 China becomes more like North Korea https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/21/qin-gang-china-minister-secrecy/ and expects its client countries to adopt its model. #PS1china == impress 3 time 2023-07-23 05:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682989303876694016 Neo-fascists are on the rise in Europe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/21/populism-trump-italy-spain-germany/ Immigration seems to be their big issue. Like their American counterparts, they don't have a plan for maintaining the standard of living for an aging population without immigration. #PS1immigration == impress 3 time 2023-07-23 05:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682987300408668160 Everybody knew it was a joke but nobody told the voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/22/mark-meadows-georgia-election-results-2020-fraud-claims/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-23 05:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682919884790050816 Does DeSantis believe it's good to be convicted of a felony, because you might learn a useful trade in jail? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/22/desantis-slavery-curriculum/ Endorsing slavery is not going to get him the Trump base, and it certainly will repel everybody else. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-07-23 01:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682918842224508931 Everybody knows it's going to be reduced benefits or increased taxes. And GOP is never for increased taxes on megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/22/gop-social-security-trump-rivals-cuts/ Instead they talk about solutions that solve nothing, hoping to blame Democrats for benefit cuts. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 13% expands 1 impress 8 time 2023-07-23 01:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682916351072178176 “The embrace of Trump is really, finally a cynical calculation concerned with power https://apnews.com/article/trump-evangelicals-christians-politics-jesus-2024-election-2850284ccf3e7155273131b7344a0dd0 And thus the devil recruits those who should know better. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-07-23 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682911366095728640 Good for one thing - killing a crowd of unarmed civilians faster. https://apnews.com/article/binary-triggers-fargo-shooting-08391f506b264bc3de25ce7b4efd52b1 #PS1firearms == impress 9 time 2023-07-23 00:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682909964174766081 Tough choice for GOP - go down with Trump, or go down against Trump. Democrats will make sure it's Biden vs Trump either way. https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-republican-president-2024-pence-trump-cee250b2171b68c2da79b1bbb8454deb Which choice hurts GOP less in Congress and states? #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-07-23 00:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 11 Tweets for 2023-07-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 363 epoch Lifetime ID 664441515730460 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/23/2023 07:07" reach 6 title "Nervous Republicans turn to New Hampshire in hopes of stopping Trump" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/664441515730460 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-07-22 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682557590289657856 That was the week that was in McCarthy's House - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/21/house-gop-lgbtq-bigotry-discrimination Long on feelings, short on facts. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-07-22 01:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682551781291859968 Good news for Trump, bad news for GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/21/trumps-trial-date-conjures-gops-nightmare-scenario/ #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-07-22 00:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682548308873728000 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-pfizer-mosquitoes-covid19-human-trafficking-a64fd180732aa3405691681f3d6c80e7 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-07-22 00:29 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-23 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 3 Tweets for 2023-07-22 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 68 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 664441322397146 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/23/2023 07:07" reach 7 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/664441322397146 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-07-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682372196591882240 A few nice words for Mike Pence. https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/lynn-schmidt-mike-pence-a-man-of-character-and-integrity/article_a30e0979-56f1-53cd-8cff-a45e1a7b171c.html But if GOP nominates him, Trump will run against him in a three-way race, and Pence won't get a single vote from the core Trump base. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-07-21 12:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682237352398430210 What's worse than nuclear weapons launched from foreign countries? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/china-united-states-space-competition/ Nuclear weapons launched from space! And there are lesser attacks too. Where would you be without GPS? #PS1china == impress 3 time 2023-07-21 03:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682235967565107200 Sure to be featured at Trump and DeSantis campaign rallies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/07/20/jason-aldean-song-video-pulled-cmt-controversy/ It doesn't have to be explicit. Everybody knows what it implies. That's the Trumpist Dixiecrat plausible deniability way. In Nixon's day, it was Okie from Muskogee. #PS1trumpism == impress 9 time 2023-07-21 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682195903631998977 A Trumpist to the core - she tells every audience what they want to hear. Who cares if it's factual? https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/16/yeonmi-park-conservative-defector-stories-questioned/ North Korean defectors don't have any other saleable skills except story-telling. #PS1media == impress 10 time 2023-07-21 01:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682193315259875328 It takes more than a Carlson propaganda show to get you out of a guilty plea. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/20/qanon-shaman-plea-withdraw-rejected/ Judge now questions sincerity of repentance and would be harsher on retrial. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-21 00:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682191528687702016 “They’re not really doing constitutional law at all. They’re just making stuff up.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/20/mccarthy-trump-impeachment-expunge/ It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP way! #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-07-21 00:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682190379389685760 The closer you look, the worse he looks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/20/robert-kennedy-jr-polls/ GOP would drop him like a hot potato if he announced he would switch to GOP. #PS1gop == impress 7 time 2023-07-21 00:46 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-07-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 266 epoch Lifetime ID 663349825839629 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/21/2023 04:07" reach 6 title "Analysis | As Republicans elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his polls sour" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/663349825839629 ========== 13 Tweets for 2023-07-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682143523414626304 No US rational immigration policy because too many megadonors like the current broken system's bounty of cheap exploitable unskilled labor. Canada, meanwhile, reaps highly skilled labor - the fruits of uncertainty. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/h-1b-visa-canada-s-program-to-poach-silicon-valley-talent-off-to-a-booming-start/ar-AA1e3HmD Who's winning? #PS1immigration == impress 7 time 2023-07-20 21:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682128789957124098 Putin is no Peter the Great. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/putin-russia-war-modernization/ He doesn't want to make Russia great and modern, he just wants to make Putin great and traditional. #PS1putin == impress 5 time 2023-07-20 20:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682127749975252996 prepare for a Russian invasion, which many consider plausible within three to five years https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/baltics-nato-russia-ukraine-defense/ The Baltic states are doing their part. They aren't sure of the rest of NATO - especially if Trump is re-elected. Putin is counting on that. #PS1putin == impress 10 time 2023-07-20 20:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682056598645256195 The Trump classified document charges might be on more solid legal ground than the likely insurrection-related charges. The latter might well end up before the Supreme Court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/trump-jan-6-indictment-legal-theories/ #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2023-07-20 15:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682054787884519425 How the reactionary judiciary is groomed and maintained to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/07/20/leonard-leo-clarence-thomas-paoletta/ There's plenty of money in it for everybody. #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2023-07-20 15:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682032428142174208 In 2024, third parties will not draw any votes from the Trump base, nor draw much dark money from the Trumpist megadonors, making it more likely that Trump will either win outright or push the election into the House - for a corrupt bargain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/no-labels-ruining-independent-meaning-centrist/ #PS1election == impress 5 time 2023-07-20 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682027375767457793 The feudal Southern planters among America's founders rightly feared industrialization as a threat to their way of life. Their spiritual heirs are losing the same battle - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/bidenomics-rust-belt-trump-2024-sun-belt/ Economic development brings all kinds of changes. #PS1economics == impress 3 time 2023-07-20 13:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682025226593517575 Parts of the cure for partisanship - a larger House and multi-member districts elected by ranked choice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/gerrymandering-electoral-college-solution-democracy/ Getting rid of state sore-loser laws would be a good first step. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-07-20 13:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682022462941437952 How to eliminate incorrect thought - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/hong-kong-song-ban-national-security-law-repression/?wpisrc=nl_opinions China is a role model for DeSantis and his ilk. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-07-20 13:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681854174043181057 How the outsiders become insiders and part of the establishment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/15/marjorie-taylor-greene-congress Be part of the Freischütz caucus or part of the conference committee? After a while the answer becomes clear. #PS1politics == impress 4 time 2023-07-20 02:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681842005037678592 Trump is like a drug dealer who thrives in a broken neighborhood, getting everyone hooked on his warped values https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/opinion/trump-indictment-presidency.html #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-07-20 01:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681841046966403077 Trump needs the nomination more than DeSantis wants it https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opinion/trump-indictment.html #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-20 01:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681839645041229824 Manchin's not going to pull any votes from the Trump base, even if he runs on a coal platform. The best Manchin can do is cause the election to go to the House, so Trump can make a corrupt bargain. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opinion/joe-manchin-no-labels.html #PS1politics == impress 5 time 2023-07-20 01:33 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 195 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-20 ratio 1 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 13 Tweets for 2023-07-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 487 audclicks 2 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 663079909199954 impress 10 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/20/2023 15:07" rcs 2 reach 6 sharesimpress 1 title "Opinion | Joe Manchin Has a Lot of Explaining to Do" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/663079909199954 ========== 29 Tweets for 2023-07-19 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681786683262652417 The Heritage Foundation plan to dismantle the Federal government, to make the country safe for their megadonors. https://nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html They sold it Trump that he'd have complete authority over all Federal employees - to treat as his personal servants. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-07-19 22:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681774976511401985 McConnell's proudest achievement was to build a reactionary judiciary to defend minority rule. GOP megadonors think about that all the time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/11/mcconnell-supreme-court-op-ed-reaction But he wants voters to think about something else. #PS1judiciary == impress 3 time 2023-07-19 21:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681773878333566976 Isolationism - we've been here before. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/republican-isolationism-foreign-policy-ukraine It didn't work. Lindbergh threw away his reputation on it. #PS1foreign == impress 3 time 2023-07-19 21:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681767629734952960 Why can't we agree to take care of children and families? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/16/political-polarization-solution-ej-dionne But the job-creator megadonors - who pay for most politics - oppose taxes to support improvident poor families. That won't change as long as politics runs on unlimited dark money. #PS1minority == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 20:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681761310936281089 starting with conclusions and then trying — and mostly failing — to find facts to support them https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/jim-jordan-weaponization-hearing-wray-fbi-trump-maga But “the victor will never be asked if he told the truth” #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 20:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681759901364920320 Politics is organized conflict https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/no-labels-manchin-common-sense And the essence of democratic politics is coming up with unpalatable compromises - that can pass. The sausage making is not pretty or easy and the results never please everybody, and often nobody. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 20:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681756595183837186 The core Trump base will never abandon him because he gives them permission to ignore facts and logic - and just act out their emotions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/donald-trump-gop-voters-2024-race/ The larger Trump base might notice that he TALKS to them - but ACTS on behalf of the ruling class. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-07-19 20:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681750570477195264 House GOP eager to cut spending in every district but their own. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/18/republican-spending-bills-infrastructure-cuts And then blame the other party when the bridge collapses. #PS1deficit == impress 2 time 2023-07-19 19:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681745566844465164 The events of 1619 have haunted America for centuries. Hopefully the Jan 6 2021 events will only last for decades. But Trump has planted the seeds that will grow long after he's gone. https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-lasting-threat-not-next-103017529.html #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-07-19 19:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681743876145688582 When Trump leads by example, his followers follow - https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/07/12 #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-07-19 19:12 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681741392538914816 Who's got your tax returns? https://apnews.com/article/irs-taxpayer-tax-preparation-meta-congress-9315cfca7a0942ab89f765d183fbf822 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 19:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681739514686091264 Who is subsidizing whom in Ukraine? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/opinion/nato-putin-ukraine-baltics.html #PS1ukraine == impress 6 time 2023-07-19 18:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681737248440741888 Where your Trump donations go - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-maga-super-pac-gave-melania-trump-an-unusual-155000-payment-for-a-2021-speaking-engagement-report/ar-AA1dRGF8 #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 18:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681733418869227522 There's a handy role model for Trumpists - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long#Louisiana_governorship_(1928%E2%80%931932) So now we have hurricane disaster relief - or DeSantis' private army? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit Not what some recruits were expecting. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2023-07-19 18:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681727069154344961 Tucker Carlson has big plans - https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tucker-carlson-is-creating-new-media-company-wsj-2023-07-14/ #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-07-19 18:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681719892582735874 Shut down the government and blame the other party - Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP at its finest - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/house-republicans-defense-bill-amendments #PS1trumpism == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 17:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681696684383043589 Will June 24 be a red-letter day in Russian history? https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/europe/mi6-putin-wagner-rare-speech-intl/index.html Never have so many tea leaves pointed in so many different directions! #PS1putin == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 16:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681695096155279361 It doesn't matter who GOP nominates for president - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/desantis-campaign-republican-alternative/ If Trump, only the Trump base will vote GOP; that's 1/3 at best. If not Trump, he will run as a third party (hoping to defer prosecution), leaving the GOP candidate with less than 1/3. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-07-19 15:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681691101835722753 Traditional conservatives don't understand the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. It's about cult of personality as a means to defend minority rule - which means libertarianism for billionaire megadonors and everybody else doing what they're told. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/freedomfest-libertarian-values-trump/ #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-07-19 15:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681686462813839361 Putin shows Trump how to conduct a war - ensure loyalty above competence. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opinion/putin-prigozhin-military-russia.html #PS1putin == impress 7 time 2023-07-19 15:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681685502070788097 More on the Michigan fake electors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/opinion/trump-false-electors-michigan.html It was wrong, and they knew it, but they did it anyway. And lied about it. #PS1insurrection == impress 7 time 2023-07-19 15:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681684115148652545 Trumpism in action - it's feelings, not facts, that matter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/tommy-tuberville-veterans-fact-checker/ #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-07-19 15:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681683223791935490 GOP candidates vow that Supreme Court's job is to protect minority rule - by protecting the single-issue constituencies that can reliably vote GOP - so a GOP Congress can stick to its assigned task of protecting its megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/vivek-ramaswamy-supreme-court-nomination-stunt/ #PS1minority == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 15:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681681150878838785 Federal Supreme Court affirms that state supreme courts have normal overview authority over state election law. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-and-the-states #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-07-19 15:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681675694189993984 Independent civil service? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act You can't count on them to defend minority rule! But Trump's backers have a plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/trump-plan-federal-takeover/ A self-serving opportunist at the top attracts self-serving opportunists all the way down. #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2023-07-19 14:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681672065252827138 The Z's are coming! And the boomers are going. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/gen-z-voters-2024/ So there are GOP proposals to raise the voting age to 25. Why not respect the traditions of America's founders and go back to limiting voting to old Protestant male landowners? #PS1democracy == impress 12 time 2023-07-19 14:27 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681670010354188289 It's all just a joke and an opportunity to raise funds for Trump's legal defense. https://apnews.com/article/trump-iowa-target-letter-indictment-january-6-13afe5fa279e277aa6a11da46cd1821d #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-07-19 14:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681669070519762945 Some fake electors will get their day in court. In other states, no consequences, so maybe they'll try it again. https://apnews.com/article/fake-elector-michigan-republican-df7803fca3862be713d9d6d29fb77e81 #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-07-19 14:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681662312674107392 House GOP wants to increase confidence in elections - https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/11/house-republican-confidence-elections-dc/ meaning confidence that elections will protect unlimited dark money and minority rule. So it's time for another try for Freedom to Vote - https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-freedom-to-vote #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-07-19 13:48 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 97 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-19 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 29 Tweets for 2023-07-19 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 970 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 662397715934840 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/19/2023 07:07" reach 8 title "The Freedom to Vote" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/662397715934840 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-07-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681393448665088001 Why do people pay attention to Elon Musk? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/elon-musk-technology-leaders-influence/ Success in some things doesn't imply wisdom in all things. Especially if luck played a big part in the successes. #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-07-18 20:00 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681380329431633921 Poor Ron can't get a word in edgewise - https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-south-carolina-presidential-primary-739eac048707187fd6fc551a4a49be78 And that's just how Trump likes it - another opportunity to dun his loyal supporters to pay his legal fees, and force the rest of the GOP wannabes to fall in line behind Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-investigation-2020-election-7caa4d45b9dc287af868aa12f87fe254 #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-18 19:08 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 2 Tweets for 2023-07-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 95 epoch Lifetime ID 662397275934884 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/19/2023 07:07" rcs 1 reach 10 reactions 1 title "Trump is notified he's a target of the US criminal probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/662397275934884 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-07-17 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680815481257861120 he just has not ignited the way we thought he would https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bleeding-money-desantis-fires-portion-171650474.html #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-07-17 05:43 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-07-17 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 epoch Lifetime ID 662396912601587 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/19/2023 07:07" reach 9 title "Bleeding money: DeSantis fires a portion of campaign staff to plug the hole" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/662396912601587 ========== 10 Tweets for 2023-07-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680617804821835779 Russians are a lot better at defense than offense. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/politics/ukraine-leopards-bradleys-counteroffensive.html Maybe that's why nobody has successfully invaded Russia since Genghis Khan. #PS1ukraine == impress 8 time 2023-07-16 16:38 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680616102530027520 Rich countries tend to get older as the cost of children rises - then young countries tend to get richer - if they have the right social and governmental structures. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/16/world/world-demographics.html #PS1other == impress 4 time 2023-07-16 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680614102887190529 Nobody who's been conquered by Russia wants to repeat the experience. And now Russians living in former parts of the empire are assimilating to their new cultures faster. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/opinion/russian-speakers-ukraine-putin.html #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2023-07-16 16:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680612692703457280 You can't always get what you want. Bold decisive actions always create winners and losers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opinion/climate-change-biden-building-investment.html #PS1climate == impress 12 time 2023-07-16 16:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680601119821819904 Why Ukrainians want cluster munitions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-land-mines.html #PS1ukraine == impress 5 time 2023-07-16 15:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680598637909516290 How real influencers try to work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/15/indictment-paints-tale-chinese-interests-2016-trump-campaign/ Why would foreign corrupt interests behave differently from domestic corrupt interests? #PS1china == impress 4 time 2023-07-16 15:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680593443960279040 “Will DeSantis sink and fade out?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/15/desantis-campaign-2024-presidential/ #PS1gop == impress 6 time 2023-07-16 15:01 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680414391026724864 RFK Jr alienates the Jewish vote. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/politics/rfk-jr-covid-jewish-groups/index.html It's hard to see who would fund him, except perhaps Putin. #PS1politics == impress 18 time 2023-07-16 03:09 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680413204311347200 Maybe Musk is not as smart as he thinks! https://apnews.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-debt-advertising-70f526c407d4c68107f9d1ec4b4e3151 #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-07-16 03:05 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680412747060891648 Santos has money problems. https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-congress-campaign-finance-a634ccca4653d34ea648c03428e42d43 Evidently there's a limit to what the GOP dark moneybags will contribute. Who knew? Santos is such a loyal Trumpist! #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-07-16 03:03 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 53 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-16 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 10 Tweets for 2023-07-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 267 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 660603059447639 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/16/2023 08:07" rcs 1 reach 12 sharesimpress 1 title "US Rep. George Santos repays himself $85K raised from lackluster reelection fundraising" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/660603059447639 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-07-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680263894412193792 Look what unlimited dark money can buy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/14/desantis-never-back-down-canvassers/ Do you want to talk about politics to ANY stranger who comes to your door? ESPECIALLY a paid salesman from out of state? All paid political operators should be required to wear a scarlet letter. #PS1politics == impress 9 time 2023-07-15 17:11 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680262162261090305 The only way you'd solve this war in a day is if you gave Vladimir Putin what he wanted https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/biden-trump-helsinki-nato-isolationism/ the very prospect that Trump could return to office encourages Putin to prolong the conflict #PS1ukraine == impress 8 time 2023-07-15 17:04 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680260559055495168 If inflation declines without causing a recession, it will be because Biden did nothing - about the Fed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/inflation-reduction-credit-traditional-biden/ Neither the left nor the right want to give Biden, or the Fed, due credit. #PS1inflation == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 replies 1 time 2023-07-15 16:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680079475927846913 Most voters don't understand American democracy. It's based on one-dollar-one-vote. Nothing else changes until that changes. https://apnews.com/article/poll-democracy-partisanship-trump-biden-trust-221f2b4f6cf9805f766c9a8395b9539d The defenders of minority rule will insure that unlimited dark money will continue to decide elections. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-07-15 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680078208073629696 The Trump-Putin plan to undermine American democracy is working. Their propaganda is convincing increasing numbers of Americans that elections are rigged. No facts need apply! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voting-misinformation-ai-c21c051a667cc93df75b08501870e90c #PS1democracy == impress 8 time 2023-07-15 04:53 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680077057836081152 Trump and his base still believe they are the majority in the country. And Trump believes that mounting a campaign, as GOP or third-party nominee, is his best get-out-of-jail-free card. The non-Trump GOP has no good choices. https://apnews.com/article/trump-gop-primary-republicans-d4d2099f63dd7192c9e025483bcb526a #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-07-15 04:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 27 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-16 ratio 7 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-07-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 269 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 660602742781004 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/16/2023 08:07" rcs 1 reach 7 title "The Iowa caucuses are six months away. Some Republicans worry Trump may be unstoppable" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/660602742781004 ========== 15 Tweets for 2023-07-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679934390103670784 Freischütz Caucus leads shift of DOD mission from defense against foreign enemies to defense of reactionary political correctness. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/us/politics/defense-bill-house-ndaa.html Putin was no doubt thrilled. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-07-14 19:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679923425585029120 We know who Putin supports in Congress! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/14/what-gops-sizable-defections-ukraine-portend/ Whether they know it or not. #PS1ukraine == engage 2 engage-rate 40% impress 5 time 2023-07-14 18:38 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679922593057628160 No Labels centrist split-ticket - the right idea at the wrong time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/14/no-labels-presidential-election-2024/ In 2024, a third party candidate might well result in an outright Trump victory or cause the election to go to the House - leading to another Corrupt Bargain at best. #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-07-14 18:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679917829603356673 It would be so much easier just to tell the truth https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/fbi-conspiracy-theories-house-gop-wray-hearing/ But shooting straight is not the Freischütz way - the victor will never be asked if he told the truth #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-07-14 18:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679915231651459074 Trump is not inevitable on his merits - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/trump-desantis-not-inevitable/ But he has an ace in the hole - he would run as a third party if not the GOP nominee - dooming the GOP nominee to defeat. So they might as well nominate Trump. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-14 18:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679907912981020672 Another year at the Supreme Court - mostly defending minority rule, but one curve ball that must have given their reactionary groomers conniptions. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/supreme-court-term-in-review #PS1justice == impress 2 time 2023-07-14 17:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679906988661284864 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-biden-impeachment-desantis-yearbook-greene-2baf781e4a9898e2edaddbac12037007 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-07-14 17:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679866438520274945 Will General Armageddon be first casualty of Wagner rebellion? https://cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/russian-general-sergey-surovikin-wagner-vip-intl-hnk/index.html SOMEbody has to pay the price! Has Surovikin no strong allies in the Putin empire? #PS1putin == impress 16 time 2023-07-14 14:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679658724443688960 Nothing is true and everything is possible - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/opinion/russia-putin-prigozhin-ukraine.html And that's the source of the aggressive apathy of most of the Russian people. #PS1putin == impress 6 time 2023-07-14 01:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679657687385255938 Like Georgia, Arizona is tired of waiting for the Feds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/13/investigation-2020-election-results-arizona-trump/ #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-07-14 01:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679656518575362049 Steve Dallas Rule #1 - you don't sue poor people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/13/tucker-carlson-ray-epps-fox/ But rich corporations with something to hide are fair game! #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-07-14 00:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679655108978839552 Some insurrectionists are penitent, at least in court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/13/kyle-fitzsimons-sentenced-jan6/ #PS1insurrection == impress 1 time 2023-07-14 00:52 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679654254125150210 Evidently you can have very bad judgment and still be a chief of police! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/13/former-police-chief-convicted-after-defending-self-with-jan-6-claims/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-14 00:49 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679653140516474881 Amazing that ordinary people still think that Trump has something in common with them! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/13/donald-trump-financial-disclosure/ But if they believe the only truth is how they feel, and facts don't matter, then that's a point in common. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-07-14 00:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679649822058643456 Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get more confusing - https://apnews.com/article/russian-general-dismissed-wagner-prigozhin-8320113aa0a4d1a71ed290a766aa8244 Politicians are justifiably wary of commanders who have earned great personal loyalty from their troops. #PS1putin == impress 4 time 2023-07-14 00:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 15 Tweets for 2023-07-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 499 epoch Lifetime ID 659663229541622 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/14/2023 14:07" reach 7 title "Top general's dismissal reveals new crack in Russian military leadership" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/659663229541622 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-07-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1678048716819947525 Social media disease infects in less than a week. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meta-threads-app-positive-vibe-204259604.html The spammers, scammers, and propagandists could stay on Truth Social and Twitter where they are welcome, but it's no fun preaching to the choir. #PS1media == engage 3 engage-rate 43% impress 7 time 2023-07-09 14:29 +0000 urlclicks 3 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-10 ratio 9 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 1 Tweets for 2023-07-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 54 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 657383646436247 impress 12 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/10/2023 07:07" rcs 1 reach 9 reactions 1 title "Threads’ ‘Positive’ Vibe Tested by Users Known for False Claims" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/657383646436247 ========== 10 Tweets for 2023-07-08 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677558034523127808 Speaking in contradictions comes naturally to many GOP politicians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/bizarre-contradiction-republican-america/ After all, they have to say one thing to the Trump base, a different thing to the persuadables, and something else to the megadonors that buy their campaigns. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-07-08 05:59 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677556669403000832 How do Trumpists and Federalists differ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/maga-john-eastman-lin-wood-trump-impeachment-mayorkas/ Trumpist legal fantasies got nowhere in court, but got on Fox for process, not results. Meanwhile Leo and McConnell groomed real change in the judiciary. And got on Fox for results, not process. #PS1justice == impress 7 time 2023-07-08 05:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677552893581471745 Who is Lindsey Graham? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-donald-trump/ Nobody is sure. #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-07-08 05:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677551281018408960 Erasing reality by rewriting history - the insurrectionists thus channel stalinism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/07/insurrection-jan6-defendants/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-08 05:32 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677549804040376320 If you ignore the first clause of the 2nd amendment, https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment why wouldn't you allow felons and children to own and carry assault weapons? They're part of the people too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/originalism-supreme-court-second-amendment-reeves/ #PS1firearms == engage 4 engage-rate 67% expands 1 impress 6 replies 1 time 2023-07-08 05:26 +0000 urlclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677548213522534400 Like Stalin, like Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/08/yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-discredit-putin/ Except now we have video and social media! #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2023-07-08 05:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677546748426981378 Twitter is the place where us boomers talk about what the kids are up to on TikTok https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/07/twitter-dead-musk-tiktok-public-square/ Text was good enough for America's founders so it's good enough for political scrapbook. That doesn't mean that Twitter is still good enough. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-07-08 05:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677543645992611840 Odd that Musk didn't sue Trump for copying Twitter! https://apnews.com/article/twitter-meta-threads-lawsuit-6a56a5d35a8d54cbcf834fc061ae8ffd In any event, there's nothing about Twitter that is too mysterious to quickly reverse-engineer. #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-07-08 05:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677542740241059840 The desire to debate Trump - who probably won't be there - vs having to pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, who will probably be Trump. https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-presidential-debate-1e4d65a395f83ac078139d14e41d4b63 It's not completely pointless if you're auditioning for a cabinet job. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-07-08 04:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677517812544462848 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-news Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-france-protest-oregon-voters-ukraine-ebc280eae0b6659fca06e0416300fc19 #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-07-08 03:19 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-08 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 10 Tweets for 2023-07-08 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 353 epoch Lifetime ID 656127296561882 impress 5 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/08/2023 05:07" reach 5 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/656127296561882 ========== 24 Tweets for 2023-07-07 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677175838087995403 Can regional federalism be far behind? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The country is sorting by politics and culture - https://apnews.com/article/polarization-republicans-democrats-abortion-gender-colorado-idaho-406b5a841d4d47c8a08cf054c38bb2a0 #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-07-07 04:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677174971674800128 Most voters don't follow politics and don't want to. Especially independents! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-useful-to-remember-how-little-a-lot-of-americans-know-about-politics/ar-AA1dtvue #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-07-07 04:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677171935615270913 Minority rule might be losing some of its stoutest defenders. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/03/republican-party-mormon-church-decline It'll have to make up for it with Latinos - or else with more lunatic fringe groups. #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-07-07 04:25 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677171190748844032 We've had hotlines to Russia for generations. It's time for China to step up to great-power behavior. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/opinion-china-crisis-hotline #PS1china == impress 7 time 2023-07-07 04:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677169627900821507 The case for more political parties - and the election law changes that would help them thrive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/more-political-parties-democracy/?wpisrc=nl_opinions #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 04:16 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677168277708218369 Competence is not in demand in the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/kemp-trump-youngkin-2024-republicans/?wpisrc=nl_most Governors who have been successful at home don't seem to see any credible path to a non-Trump presidential nominee. Maybe they are just resigned to the collateral damage on down the ticket. #PS1gop == impress 2 time 2023-07-07 04:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677167052052926464 Why even bipartisan initiatives in Congress usually fail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/congress-facebook-google-amazon-apple-regulation-failure Money talks. Politicians listen. Too many will do ANYthing to get re-elected. #PS1democracy == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 04:06 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677161701714837505 Russia's strategic ambiguity about nuclear weapons - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/05/russia-putin-nuclear-strike-nato/ Would Putin use them to save his regime? #PS1putin == impress 15 time 2023-07-07 03:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677160318601138176 How to make money in social media! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/04/twitter-erica-marsh-suspended/ #PS1media == engage 3 engage-rate 1 impress 3 time 2023-07-07 03:39 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677158007103459329 Can you imagine a GOP presidential candidate with any technical credentials at all? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/an-interview-with-cyber-focused-presidential-candidate-will-hurd/ Nobody else can either. He can't attract the Trump base, and so can't get the GOP nomination. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 03:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677156515663462400 GOP voters giving up on democracy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/republicans-democracy-polling/ They've followed the lead of the megadonors in accepting that democracy will lead to the end of everything they hold dear - minority rule by rich old white men. #PS1minority == impress 5 time 2023-07-07 03:24 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677155532778668034 Judges don't necessarily bother to check facts https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/judges-decision-key-misinformation-case-is-latest-botch-facts/ Like other people, many just accept claims that strike an emotional chord. #PS1justice == impress 1 time 2023-07-07 03:20 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677153796659777536 Unimportant white men can be convinced that their chances of becoming important white men are being stolen by... everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/desantis-lgbtq-insecure-men/ Under minority rule, they never had any chances to steal, but they've been told otherwise for 400 years. #PS1minority == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 03:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677152039300927490 The Trump way - get others to do the dirty work, while maintaining plausible deniability. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/trump-truth-social-obama/ Nobody can censor him on Truth Social! #PS1trump == engage 14 engage-rate 16% expands 1 impress 89 likes 2 replies 1 time 2023-07-07 03:06 +0000 urlclicks 8 userclicks 2 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677151212536467466 Who's involved in the attempts to rig the 2020 election? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/election-investigation-smith-trump/ Just about everybody, it seems. The examples set by the Jan 6 insurrectionists prosecutions probably helped some witnesses talk sooner rather than later. #PS1insurrection == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 03:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677149770203406337 Will Threads replace Twitter? If enough real people sign up, as opposed to corporates and bots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/06/threads-instagram-app-zuckerberg-twitter/ politicalscrapbook will move if and when most of its audience does. #PS1media == impress 15 time 2023-07-07 02:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677148284207656961 For maximum results, hit them when they're reeling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/fox-news-producer-settlement-grossberg-12-million/ Apparently Fox can afford it, thanks to their advertisers and their advertisters' loyal viewers. #PS1media == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 02:51 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677146858643402755 The Russian ruling class, having run the Russian internet the way they like, would like the entire world to adopt their model - where every government runs it own private censored internet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/russia-internet-governance-united-nations/ #PS1technology == impress 4 time 2023-07-07 02:45 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677145836688650240 Some Trumpists still threaten authority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/06/trump-documents-case-prosecutor-threats/ Most have learned from the Jan 6 prosecutions that the risk of hard time is very real and Trump won't do much to save them. #PS1trumpism == impress 3 time 2023-07-07 02:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677130735835287552 New definitions for a new age - Patriot - somebody who agrees with you. Woke - somebody who does not agree with you. https://apnews.com/article/patriot-patriotism-meaning-independence-day-july-4-844de9b626ac6565cc64b723816080f3 Those who most emphatically call themselves patriots now are far removed from the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2023-07-07 01:41 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677129018272006144 First Amendment says Congress shall make no law. Since Congress wasn't involved, there's no first amendment issue. https://apnews.com/article/social-media-protected-speech-lawsuit-injunction-148c1cd43f88a0284d5a3c53fd333727 But mere facts never stopped Trumpists. #PS1media == impress 1 time 2023-07-07 01:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677128155088420864 Trump supporters take his hints and act. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-obama-justice-department-capitol-mccarthy-27934bbd095111e7eb2bac5b5bb24e06 Maybe he'll pardon them, if they seem to have future value. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-07-07 01:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677127682017067008 Counting on a Trump pardon? https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-justice-department-classified-f5a7b87bbb0234d5504d1c1f92bc857e Trump might not be able to pardon himself, but maybe Nauta - if Trump thinks he'll be useful in the future. #PS1trump == impress 11 time 2023-07-07 01:29 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677127170945323010 Can ANYbody explain what's going on? https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-mutiny-belarus-d7134f34ccea592e52e1dcb39f4aeb94 Evidently not! #PS1putin == impress 3 time 2023-07-07 01:27 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-07 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 24 Tweets for 2023-07-07 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 817 epoch Lifetime ID 655504953290783 impress 9 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/07/2023 05:07" reach 8 title "Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin's strategy" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/655504953290783 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-07-04 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676089184396926977 Playing to win vs playing to win air time on Fox - https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-anaheim-not-florida-is-the-best-disney-fighter/article_6c288cc4-113c-11ee-94c8-2323fe974d9f.html #PS1capolitics == impress 8 time 2023-07-04 04:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676086289425371137 “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-28/conflict-of-interest-ethics-code-supreme-court-samuel-alito-clarence-thomas #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2023-07-04 04:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676084954143539200 California Reparations Report https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reparations-task-force-gives-recommendations-on-how-california-can-atone-for-slavery/ar-AA1dlHxJ A guaranteed basic income for all seems the most direct and politically palatable way to move toward more equal opportunity for all. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2023-07-04 04:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676081675611275267 Why Biden gets no credit - https://www.twincities.com/2023/07/01/david-brooks-why-biden-isnt-getting-the-credit-he-deserves/ For many people, feelings are immune to mere facts. #PS1biden == impress 4 time 2023-07-04 04:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676078635344863232 Another third-world country in desperate straits with little sympathy from China. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/business/suriname-china-imf.html #PS1china == impress 4 time 2023-07-04 04:01 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-05 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-07-04 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 127 epoch Lifetime ID 654211470086798 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/05/2023 05:07" reach 12 title "Trapped in the Crossfire of the U.S.-China Rivalry" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/654211470086798 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-07-02 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675609904403603456 The new doing-the-limbo - how far right can you go? https://news.yahoo.com/trump-crossing-paths-desantis-tries-141445345.html Are they forgetting that the Trump base is not a national majority? They'll need some other votes. #PS1trumpism == impress 4 time 2023-07-02 20:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675608801054162944 Just as the Baptists split into northern and southern denominations over slavery 150 years ago, now the SBC seems to be splitting over patriarchalism. https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-megachurch-leaves-southern-baptist-convention-f21a86e67c713765b9ace02f609e24c0 Such fracturing has been Protestant history all along. #PS1other == impress 8 time 2023-07-02 20:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675606486553354240 Centrist GOP are on notice - the Freischütz Caucus would consider losing the House majority a small price to pay for purging moderates and pragmatists from THEIR party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/02/house-republicans-agenda-moderate-swing-districts/ #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 retweets 1 time 2023-07-02 20:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675604887391064064 Why the surprise? There are way more homophobes in the Trump base than LGBTQ's. And the name of the primary game is to capture as much of the Trump base as possible, as early as possible, and thus appear inevitable by convention time. https://apnews.com/article/desantis-trump-lgbtq-transgender-homophobia-republicans-campaign-d6ec4cd13c8859ea7fbc352706373952 #PS1trumpism == engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2023-07-02 20:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675376781170454528 Guantanamo is a national disgrace - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo 19 of the 30 men remaining at Guantanamo have never been charged with a single crime, some after 20 years in U.S. custody https://apnews.com/article/us-guantanamo-detainees-un-investigator-cruel-treatment-bfae732732c7a3f596bb01e106f6fbca But Congress refuses to allow any change. #PS1justice == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-07-02 05:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675373323923132416 Finding the way out of conflict - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/07/tucker-carlson-fox-conflict/ It only works 1% of the time. But it's worth it. And sincere repentance merits sincere forgiveness. #PS1other == impress 1 time 2023-07-02 05:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-03 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-07-02 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 268 epoch Lifetime ID 653333496841262 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/03/2023 19:07" reach 7 title "Opinion | We must give Tucker Carlson an exit ramp" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/653333496841262 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-07-01 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675187239410872320 The epistemological crisis in political campaigns is already here. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/technology/ai-elections-disinformation-guardrails.html #PS1technology == impress 3 time 2023-07-01 16:58 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675185198215081985 Another way of thinking about the Biden family. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/opinion/hunter-biden-addiction.html Think Betty Ford. #PS1health == impress 3 time 2023-07-01 16:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675184157620850688 The fake electors scheme is unraveling - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/politics/michael-roman-trump-jan-6-jack-smith.html #PS1insurrection == impress 6 time 2023-07-01 16:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674954418691919874 Dictators are unreliable partners https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opinion/putin-mbs-saudi-arabia-biden.html #PS1mideast == impress 10 time 2023-07-01 01:33 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674936394375135232 The price of being surrounded by yes-men - you don't know what's really going on. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/putin-prigozhin-russia.html #PS1putin == impress 9 time 2023-07-01 00:22 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674935065158258689 Conspirituality? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-coalition-supporters.html A minority attempting to rule a majority by lies did not start in 1963. It's been with us as long as we've had social classes - which start when social groups become large enough (1000-10000) to have division of labor. #PS1theory == impress 6 time 2023-07-01 00:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-01 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-07-01 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 147 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 652027560305189 impress 10 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/01/2023 15:07" rcs 1 reach 6 title "Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Coalition of the Distrustful" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/652027560305189 ========== 5 Tweets for 2023-06-30 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674927516929380353 In Trumpism, it's what you SAY that matters. The voters don't care what you DO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/29/trump-desantis-education-irs/ But for the megadonors, it's the opposite. #PS1trumpism == impress 2 time 2023-06-30 23:46 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674910737368776704 Texans think for themselves, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/30/averie-bishop-miss-america-texas-platform-diversity/ But what happens if the Texan is not an old rich white protestant man? #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-06-30 22:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674908266810466304 Will General Armageddon be first casualty of Wagner rebellion? https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/russian-general-sergey-surovikin-wagner-vip-intl-hnk/index.html SOMEbody has to pay the price! Has Surovikin no strong allies in the Putin empire? #PS1puting == impress 41 time 2023-06-30 22:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674896274234146816 Putin wonders if Prigozhin is stronger than he thought. Prigozhin wonders if Putin is weaker than he thought. Everybody in between is under suspicion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-generals-mutiny-putin-prigozhin-surovikin-b2e942036548a05f1f65791d0e70ae17 Ukraine sees it as an opportunity. #PS1putin == impress 19 time 2023-06-30 21:42 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674894264621465600 That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-climate-change-bill-gates-5ee61b2811a07319cdebb55a27385b96 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-06-30 21:34 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-07-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 5 Tweets for 2023-06-30 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 155 epoch Lifetime ID 652027266971885 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "07/01/2023 15:07" reach 11 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/652027266971885 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-06-28 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674184627429453824 Pumping groundwater? Melting glaciers? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/groundwater-earth-spin-axis.html The earth can feel it, and react! #PS1climate == impress 5 time 2023-06-28 22:34 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674183865844531202 The big lie works when we all big-lie together. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opinion/donald-trump-presidency-lies.html It's the truth about how we FEEL, not about objective reality. Trump liberates his followers from facts, logic, etiquette, etc. #PS1trumpism == impress 5 time 2023-06-28 22:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674181779853303810 What's the easiest way to pay millions of dollars of legal bills - especially when lawyers know they had better get paid in advance? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html Run for president! #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-06-28 22:23 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674180184130592769 Time for Trump to switch to plan B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution That might be to hope the election goes to the House of Representatives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory-trump-2024/ #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-06-28 22:17 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674178407159177216 Nobody would run a business this way! https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/tuberville-senate-holds/index.html Executive branch nominations should be confirmed automatically unless the Senate vetoes the nomination within 30 days. No more delays! #PS1other == impress 3 time 2023-06-28 22:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674173232092708864 So much for the independent state legislator theory - intended to be one of the phony pillars of the Trumpist insurrection. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-independent-state-legislature #PS1insurrection == engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2023-06-28 21:49 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-06-28 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 201 epoch Lifetime ID 650916153749663 impress 7 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/29/2023 16:06" reach 5 title "The ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ Is Dead" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/650916153749663 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-06-26 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1673363501979684865 So what's going on now? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shoigu-video-wagner-rebellion-0e79a2383f586c82e44861917927d920 Putin and Prigozhin are trying to keep out of sight in a time of uncertainty. They both have enemies and would-be successors that would hope that one or both had honored the Russian tradition of falling out a window. #PS1putin == impress 36 time 2023-06-26 16:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-06-26 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 59 epoch Lifetime ID 649094523931826 impress 14 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/26/2023 15:06" reach 10 title "Putin says the aborted rebellion played into the hands of Russia's enemies" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/649094523931826 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-06-25 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672830632261718017 Coach Tuberville makes clear that he doesn't figure things out for himself, he just follows orders from somebody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/19/tuberville-senate-maga-hurting-military/ In this case, one of the single-issue GOP constituencies. #PS1trumpism == impress 8 time 2023-06-25 04:54 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672813963392974850 Nobody can confidently pierce the cloudy future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/russian-wagner-what-happens-next/ #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 11 time 2023-06-25 03:48 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672812739960647681 Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-prigozhin-russia-wagner-group-coup/ #PS1putin == impress 16 time 2023-06-25 03:43 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672811923212222469 More on Putin and Prigozhin - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-wagner-rebellion-ukraine-war/ #PS1putin == engage 7 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 269 time 2023-06-25 03:40 +0000 urlclicks 6 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672810196031381504 US intelligence knew something was brewing. And so did Putin. Like all dictators, Putin likes to encourage infighting between potential successors. Did this get out of hand? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/us-intelligence-prigozhin-putin/ #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2023-06-25 03:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672806618034208769 There was a limit to Putin's patience after all! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-prigozhin-9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1 But no limit to Prigozhin's ambition, but a definite limit to his foresight and timing. Is the world done with him? He will be remembered for showing Putin's weakness at a critical time. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 35 time 2023-06-25 03:19 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 6 Tweets for 2023-06-25 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 208 epoch Lifetime ID 649094283931850 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/26/2023 15:06" reach 6 title "Russian mercenary group revolt against Moscow fizzles but exposes vulnerabilities" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/649094283931850 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-06-24 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672449393394601984 If you look at all the fringe single-issue groups whose votes are necessary to support minority rule, there's a lot of white supremacy and historical denial, and not a lot of colors. GOP candidates have to accommodate that. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/obama-racism-amanpour-republicans-scott-haley-nelson/index.html #PS1gop == impress 8 time 2023-06-24 03:39 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672435411388616709 Old guys often have trouble with new media. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/opinions/putin-russian-war-bloggers-communication-galeotti/index.html #PS1media == impress 11 time 2023-06-24 02:44 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672433290324901888 Putin forced Eastern Europe to look anew to NATO for security. Now Xi forces Eastern Asia to look anew to America for security. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/blinken-sullivan-korea-japan-china/ The Ugly American of 1958 has become the Ugly Chinese of 2023. #PS1china == engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 108 time 2023-06-24 02:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672421902042931200 What's going on? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/prigozhin-wagner-mercenary-russia-military/ Has Prigozhin finally pushed too far? https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-nuclear-647a545db4e4628676ff7db5b1bded34 #PS1putin == engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 81 time 2023-06-24 01:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-26 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 4 Tweets for 2023-06-24 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 144 epoch Lifetime ID 649093990598546 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/26/2023 15:06" reach 10 title "Russian mercenary chief says his forces are rebelling, some left Ukraine and entered city in Russia" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/649093990598546 ========== 19 Tweets for 2023-06-23 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672384350040772608 Corrupt bargains happen in the House - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_bargain So Trump might be running for president in order to get somebody else elected - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/trump-pardon-election/ #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-06-23 23:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672382372858433538 Breaking news - Fox actually reported the news that was rather than the news they wished. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/bret-baier-trump-fox-news/ But if they lose Trump as a client to Newsmax or OAN or RT, they won't be happy. #PS1journalism == impress 5 time 2023-06-23 23:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672380933713035265 Trump won by 78000 votes in 2016, Biden by 44000 in 2020. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html In 2024, every third-party vote increases the chances of the election going to the House, where Trump would either win or cut a deal with the winner. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/no-labels-third-party-election-trump-biden/ #PS1election == impress 6 time 2023-06-23 23:07 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672375851080359936 Dictators learn from each other. Technology provides essential tools. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/dictators-trade-toolkits-cling-power/ Their toolkits will be complete when fake audio, photo, and video are indistinguishable from genuine. #PS1theory == impress 2 time 2023-06-23 22:47 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672364543564189696 After reading statements of our politicians, ChatGPT now can kick the can down the road as well as anybody. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/21/solutions-lacking-national-debt-disaster/ No politician wants to advocate a solution. Each wants some other politician to advocate a solution the first can criticize. #PS1technology == engage 2 engage-rate 17% impress 12 likes 1 replies 1 time 2023-06-23 22:02 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672305632215732224 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-china-oceangate-9c470fb25fb34ead7e0f76864316e1a9 #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-06-23 18:08 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672285830235422721 It's Trump by a mile - except among the educated. The uneducated like Trump because he survived college unchanged and is still like them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/23/different-way-visualizing-2024-republican-race/ Trump's indictment might have sealed DeSantis' fate. #PS1gop == engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-06-23 16:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672278148279570432 Why would technologists give conspiracy mongers the time of day? https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-message-tech-luminaries-silicon-valley-support/ Because they've come to understand that libertarian minority rule depends on keeping the lunatic fringes voting GOP. #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-06-23 16:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672276912142696449 Very feudal - people with more money than they can spend wisely. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bay-area-jeweler-made-man-spend-220-000-so-he-could-buy-109-000-watch-he-never-got-lawsuit/ar-AA1cx16h And the old money looks down on the nouveaux riches. #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-06-23 16:14 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672275887621050369 Just eight households in the region hold more wealth than the 500,000 at the other end of the earnings scale https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/13/report-eight-silicon-valley-households-have-six-times-more-wealth-than-bottom-500000/ Feudalism - right here in Silicon Valley! No wonder the billionaires who've peaked tend to turn libertarian and Trumpist. #PS1minority == engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-06-23 16:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672272630404255744 The presidential candidates with no hope of success stay in the longest! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/republican-primary-candidate-drop-out/ They've already lost the race, but they can still win publicity! Meanwhile Trump won't promise to appear in debates or the endorse the GOP candidate if not Trump. #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 likes 1 time 2023-06-23 15:57 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672270789352263680 Another big win for Leonard Leo, groomer of reactionary judges to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/20/gov-ron-desantis-used-secretive-panel-flip-state-supreme-court/ #PS1justice == impress 6 time 2023-06-23 15:50 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672267291877330945 Twas ever thus - the big shots go free and the little shots get hard time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/eastman-disbarment-accountability-trump-january-6/ Disbarment isn't hard time, but at least it's SOMEthing. #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-06-23 15:36 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672265869353943040 More on McCarthy GOP follies - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/house-recriminations-impeachment-biden-mcarthy-boebert/ proving once again that their #3 priority is revenge - after tax cuts for billionaires and looser gun laws. #PS1gop == impress 4 time 2023-06-23 15:30 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672263036940460033 Twitter wasn't a threat to Trumpism. Trumpism was a threat to Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/23/new-twitter-video-jan6/ #PS1media == engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-06-23 15:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672261711779479554 Discord in McCarthy's conference. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/kevin-mccarthy-reaction-biden-impeachment/index.html #PS1gop == impress 3 time 2023-06-23 15:13 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672260732006854667 Trumpists don't care about right or wrong, legal or illegal, facts or law - only about winning and getting even. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/trump-baier-indictment-jack-smith-justice-department-gonzales/index.html #PS1trump == impress 1 time 2023-06-23 15:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672259062346682368 it’s important for him to talk about what a second term agenda looks like https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/republicans-2024-trump-faith-and-freedom/index.html No mystery - Trump's agenda is self-pardon, revenge on disloyal GOP, revenge on Democrats. The GOP can get on board or get out of the way. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-06-23 15:03 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672256100991930371 Who's in charge? Who's going to BE in charge? https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-ukraine-war-prigozhin-infighting-0e051f0a43522f57ef1810a8b03f6e62 Prigozhin has a Trumpist approach - a consummate insider pretending to be an outsider advocating for the people. #PS1putin == engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 35 time 2023-06-23 14:51 +0000 urlclicks 2 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 72 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-23 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 19 Tweets for 2023-06-23 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 718 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 647524947422117 impress 8 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/23/2023 15:06" rcs 1 reach 6 title "Amid infighting among Putin's lieutenants, head of mercenary force appears to take a step too far" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/647524947422117 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-06-21 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671512615309430784 Trump knows he'll lose in court - his plan seems to be to delay until he is re-elected president and pardons himself - or gets a deal for a pardon by supporting somebody helpful. https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-indictment-fox-3cc9181e1b69f5c882c58b1224ad43e8 #PS1trump == engage 2 engage-rate 20% impress 10 likes 1 time 2023-06-21 13:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671510384543690753 Health cost sharing - cheaper than insurance because it does less. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/20/at-least-1-7m-americans-use-health-sharing-arrangements-despite-lack-of-protections/ One of these plans advertises heavily on KCBS radio, an expensive medium. #PS1health == impress 7 time 2023-06-21 13:28 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671495250819567616 De-politicize the Supreme Court! https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-term-limits #PS1justice == impress 5 time 2023-06-21 12:28 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-06-21 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 102 epoch Lifetime ID 646248807549731 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/21/2023 06:06" rcs 1 reach 9 reactions 1 title "Supreme Court Term Limits" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/646248807549731 ========== 3 Tweets for 2023-06-20 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671195864470269953 DeSantis v Newsom in 2028? https://apnews.com/article/desantis-newsom-election-2024-california-florida-09475e131ebc2983a8d72e13f55a9955 #PS1politics == engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2023-06-20 16:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671194185188388865 It's risky to advise Trump on law. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-john-eastman-607f457a20ac9ed11daa546f01aa6c8d It's risky to take the advice of anybody who would. #PS1insurrection == impress 8 time 2023-06-20 16:31 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671193959429996544 A three-way race! https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-2024-republicans-primary-32fee08d67db8b8dc9c8ca2e003db43d There are three main groups of voters - those who will vote for Trump and Trumpists no matter what, those who will vote Democratic no matter what, and everybody else. None command a majority. #PS1trump == impress 3 time 2023-06-20 16:31 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-21 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 3 Tweets for 2023-06-20 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 98 epoch Lifetime ID 646248454216433 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/21/2023 06:06" reach 9 title "Trump faces questions about whether he'll drag down the Republican Party after his indictments" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/646248454216433 ========== 6 Tweets for 2023-06-18 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670463155984793602 The epistemological crisis - if fakes become undetectable - how can anybody tell whether anything is true? https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-ai-puts-elections-risk-and-needed-safeguards Will people return to a medieval trust in truth revealed by self-proclaimed authorities? #PS1technology == engage 2 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 68 time 2023-06-18 16:07 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670284182445264896 Did Putin blow up the dam? Who else could and would? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-collapse.html #PS1ukraine == impress 16 time 2023-06-18 04:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670279079051038723 Of course it was never about the Federal deficit! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/irs-enforcement-costs-congress-funding/ It was about protecting the GOP megadonors, who don't like to talk about their money - to anybody. #PS1tax == impress 3 time 2023-06-18 03:55 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670275193972101120 Braxton Bragg - now a hero of Trumpism! https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/16/fort-bragg-renamed-fort-liberty-braxton-bragg/ None of his contemporaries thought him heroic. #PS1other == impress 2 time 2023-06-18 03:40 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670273969168224256 Possible fallout from Trump prosecutions - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/17/trump-indictment-candidacy-democracy-institutions/ Looks bad any way it unfolds. #PS1trump == impress 5 time 2023-06-18 03:35 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670256640539656192 Known by the company they keep! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/16/sorelle-incompetent-trial-oathkeepers-jan6/ #PS1insurrection == impress 2 time 2023-06-18 02:26 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 34 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-18 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 6 Tweets for 2023-06-18 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 169 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 645050454336233 impress 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/18/2023 22:06" rcs 2 reach 8 reactions 1 sharesimpress 1 title "Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/645050454336233 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-06-16 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669800686521909250 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lgbtq-immigration-3f8b443441cd037cfd1c10a0c14267d5 #PS1media == impress 2 time 2023-06-16 20:14 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-18 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title 1 Tweets for 2023-06-16 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 26 audclicks 2 epoch Lifetime ID 645050187669593 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 2 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/18/2023 22:06" reach 12 title "NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/645050187669593 ========== 2 Tweets for 2023-06-15 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669210626802212864 Chief Justice Roberts delivered a June surprise. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chief-justice-roberts-delivers-surprise-voting-rights-act #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-06-15 05:10 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669208699154612224 When does occupational licensing become oppressive? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/georgia-breaks-with-federal-courts #PS1economics == impress 6 time 2023-06-15 05:02 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-16 ratio 11 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 2 Tweets for 2023-06-15 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 37 audclicks 1 epoch Lifetime ID 643695584471720 impress 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/16/2023 07:06" reach 11 title "politicalscrapbooknet on Twitter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/643695584471720 ========== 1 Tweets for 2023-06-14 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669076842987548672 SBC seems to be abandoning congregational polity in favor of episcopal polity, all the better to defend patriarchal feudal minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/southern-baptists-saddleback-vote-women-pastors-new-orleans-7ee6606b57d0bf0c4c7ed91316af12b1 #PS1other == impress 9 time 2023-06-14 20:18 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 1 Tweets for 2023-06-14 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 36 epoch Lifetime ID 643695377805074 impress 11 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/16/2023 07:06" reach 8 title "Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/643695377805074 ========== 4 Tweets for 2023-06-10 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667402796449300480 More indictments? Trump base says So What? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-reaction-gop-activists/ They EXPECT it now. Because Trump is like them, ignoring laws that don't suit him. #PS1trump == impress 7 time 2023-06-10 05:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667400786907901952 Trump might get off the hook again - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/walt-nauta-indicted-trump-classified-documents/ But his valet will surely get nailed if he doesn't cooperate with the prosecution. That's how it works - the big shots get away and the little shots get long prison terms. #PS1trump == engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-06-10 05:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667325672740753408 Defending Trump is not easy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/trump-todd-blanche-indictment-lawyer-john-rowley-jim-trusty/ Especially defending Trump from Trump. #PS1trump == impress 6 time 2023-06-10 00:19 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667324934602002433 House antics. When will McCarthy learn that fanatics don't compromise? He forgot in a week this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/09/imaginary-war-gas-stoves-house-gop/ A friend of Maria Butina is a friend of Putin! And that seems to include many House GOP. #PS1gop == impress 10 time 2023-06-10 00:16 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 31 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-09 ratio 6 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title 4 Tweets for 2023-06-10 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 155 audclicks 1 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 639697384871540 impress 16 matchedlinkclicks 1 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/09/2023 20:06" rcs 1 reach 12 title "Opinion | In the House, a spectacular flameout" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/639697384871540 ========== 7 Tweets for 2023-06-09 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667259370344951808 That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-lgbtq-wildfire-hiv-59160cc2a3fe53f453f50279f19fafef #PS1media == impress 3 time 2023-06-09 19:56 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667259180040982529 There's a long history of anti-Catholicism in America - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United_States ESPECIALLY among just the kind of people that make up major elements of the Trump base that all GOP candidates have to court. https://apnews.com/article/governor-ron-desantis-catholic-republican-religious-voters-766131e0c743f4bf854bc47c89720522 #PS1minority == engage 9 engage-rate 19% impress 48 likes 4 retweets 4 time 2023-06-09 19:55 +0000 userclicks 1 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667013073562120192 The founder of Christian Nationalism - an essential bulwark of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/08/pat-robertson-death-rick-perlstein-christian-nationalism-republicans/ #PS1minority == engage 2 engage-rate 33% expands 2 impress 6 time 2023-06-09 03:37 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666995120594636801 It's not easy being a GOP voter. https://apnews.com/article/ballot-harvesting-early-voting-election-2024-republicans-a844f375bb86b012cfba0e67b3f77fb7 First they tell you one thing, then the opposite. Evidently there's no principle except winning. #PS1democracy == impress 2 time 2023-06-09 02:26 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666993907253809155 Anything goes in Texas? Maybe not! https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-nate-paul-e7c83297a0110cdb4502819568265ade #PS1justice == impress 3 time 2023-06-09 02:21 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666992431206924288 Surprise! There's a limit to how far this Supreme Court will go to defend minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-race-voting-rights-alabama-af0d789ec7498625d344c0a4327367fe But at 5-4 it could easily change its mind. #PS1democracy == impress 1 time 2023-06-09 02:15 +0000 === https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666991666367176704 The next shoe has dropped - https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-182ac44fde89767bc0c3e634f61686bd Trump immediately turned it into a fund-raising opportunity. #PS1trump == impress 4 time 2023-06-09 02:12 +0000 ==== #PS1tweets ===== comments 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2023-06-09 ratio 8 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title 7 Tweets for 2023-06-09 topic tweets wordrate 0 words 207 commentsimpress 1 epoch Lifetime ID 639697084871570 impress 12 pageid 534332363577954 pagename "Political scrapbook" posted "06/09/2023 20:06" rcs 2 reach 8 reactions 1 title "politicalscrapbooknet on Twitter" type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/639697084871570