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An interesting claim. 2019-09-28 369 2 2 0 0 0 1177935899784441858 1177935899784441858
False equivalence 2019-09-28 70 0 0 0 0 0 1177934982737612805 1177934982737612805
A free press is worth fighting for. 2019-09-28 147 0 0 0 0 0 1177934663311974400 1177934663311974400
Remember Frank Wills? 2019-09-27 166 1 1 0 0 0 1177570879317794817 1177570879317794817
How do you get people to vote against their own interests? 2019-09-27 72 0 0 0 0 0 1177422939802632192 1177422939802632192
Giuliani ? Say no more, squire, say no more! 2019-09-27 180 0 0 0 0 0 1177422575858700288 1177422575858700288
The media overlooked Trump's UN speech today. 2019-09-27 111 0 0 0 0 0 1177422094197354497 1177422094197354497
False equivalence 2019-09-27 66 0 0 0 0 0 1177420950658146304 1177420950658146304
A free press is worth fighting for. 2019-09-27 102 0 0 0 0 0 1177420615902384129 1177420615902384129
The Republican quandary. 2019-09-23 113 1 1 0 0 0 1175986217835302912 1175986217835302912
A genuine intellectual with a genuine common touch. 2019-09-23 139 1 1 0 0 0 1175984268188606465 1175984268188606465
Medicare for all who want it. 2019-09-23 310 18 2 9 4 1 1175983970825060352 1175983970825060352
70 is too old!! 2019-09-23 98 1 1 0 0 0 1175983154336686080 1175983154336686080
Resetting the balance of power. 2019-09-23 100 0 0 0 0 0 1175982536868036609 1175982536868036609
Yemen = Afghanistan + Iraq + Vietnam? Persians and Arabs 2019-09-18 153 0 0 0 0 0 1174315058735640577 1174315058735640577
The business cycle is ultimately a phenomenon of mass 2019-09-18 180 2 1 0 0 1 1174314414792527873 1174314414792527873
The death of fiscal democracy. 2019-09-18 94 1 1 0 0 0 1174313812557627393 1174313812557627393
The president should make only those decisions that nobody 2019-09-18 95 1 1 0 0 0 1174313308003819521 1174313308003819521
McCarthy said if Republicans retake the House, the first 2019-09-18 118 1 1 0 0 0 1174312527242526720 1174312527242526720
Ranked choice voting experiment - Warren wins. 2019-09-18 104 0 0 0 0 0 1174311244955652097 1174311244955652097
It IS the Trumpist party now. 2019-09-12 99 0 0 0 0 0 1172169911365357571 1172169911365357571
Foreign policy goal #1 - re-elect Trump. 2019-09-12 95 0 0 0 0 0 1172169623531163648 1172169623531163648
What do you do when even your cheerleaders lose heart? 2019-09-12 126 1 1 0 0 0 1172169227257561089 1172169227257561089
How a politicized Supreme Court undoes constitutional 2019-09-12 95 0 0 0 0 0 1172168833718616065 1172168833718616065
Who owns the courts? 2019-09-12 84 0 0 0 0 0 1172168360634679296 1172168360634679296
How a politicized Supreme Court undoes constitutional 2019-09-09 98 0 0 0 0 0 1171081941363245056 1171081941363245056
Power to the people becomes power against the people. 2019-09-09 97 1 1 0 0 0 1171081328206344198 1171081328206344198
In a tossup between a Trumpist and a Democrat, voting for 2019-09-08 206 1 1 0 0 0 1170571252097900544 1170571252097900544
Turnout will decide Tuesday's election in NC-09. 2019-09-06 168 5 1 3 0 1 1170070187724304389 1170070187724304389
Take the money and run! 2019-09-06 94 0 0 0 0 0 1170067558763921408 1170067558763921408
Power to the people becomes power against the people. 2019-09-06 116 0 0 0 0 0 1169766947967234048 1169766947967234048
Dangerous times. 2019-09-06 221 1 1 0 0 0 1169765673536327680 1169765673536327680
The chaos seekers. 2019-09-06 91 0 0 0 0 0 1169765285265473536 1169765285265473536
How tax reform works. 2019-09-06 109 0 0 0 0 0 1169764958122364928 1169764958122364928
A pillar of minority rule. 2019-09-06 75 0 0 0 0 0 1169764701061824512 1169764701061824512
The chaos seekers. 2019-09-04 84 0 0 0 0 0 1169395841880088576 1169395841880088576
How tax reform works. 2019-09-04 128 0 0 0 0 0 1169395410986602496 1169395410986602496
A pillar of minority rule. 2019-09-04 85 0 0 0 0 0 1169395079967936512 1169395079967936512
Defined-benefit pensions - define a benefit for now, 2019-09-04 129 1 1 0 0 0 1169394681907572738 1169394681907572738
Just a few states are going to matter. 2019-09-04 148 1 1 0 0 0 1169394268860903424 1169394268860903424
Opportunity zones for billionaires. 2019-09-04 115 0 0 0 0 0 1169393541128130562 1169393541128130562
It's very difficult to pull off without creating a whole 2019-09-04 122 1 1 0 0 0 1169393008967421953 1169393008967421953
A different kind of polling. 2019-09-04 453 0 0 0 0 0 1169392217221287936 1169392217221287936
A recipe for a trade truce. 2019-09-04 3372 0 0 0 0 0 1169391939268923392 1169391939268923392
A different kind of polling. 2019-08-29 546 0 0 0 0 0 1167180300599709696 1167180300599709696
About the Electoral College 2019-08-29 110 1 1 0 0 0 1167179981400657920 1167179981400657920
A recipe for a trade truce. 2019-08-29 125 1 1 0 0 0 1167179364867297280 1167179364867297280
Fox News isn't good enough any more! 2019-08-29 95 1 1 0 0 0 1167178790138605568 1167178790138605568
"A republic not a democracy." What does that mean? 2019-08-29 87 0 0 0 0 0 1167178117758111744 1167178117758111744
Local government has to lead the way when other levels 2019-08-29 93 0 0 0 0 0 1167177672683687936 1167177672683687936
Staying home is a vote too. 2019-08-25 110 2 1 0 1 0 1165757141614911489 1165757141614911489
Thank goodness we have Xi and Putin to protect us from 2019-08-25 133 0 0 0 0 0 1165756607839387648 1165756607839387648
Doing something about the Electoral College. 2019-08-25 118 0 0 0 0 0 1165755803682267137 1165755803682267137
The second coming of God! 2019-08-25 100 0 0 0 0 0 1165755236759195649 1165755236759195649
Republicans can count on Democrats! 2019-08-25 112 1 1 0 0 0 1165754945473110017 1165754945473110017
What does it mean when the traffic light shows red, yellow, 2019-08-22 1081 1 1 0 0 0 1164332303067185152 1164332303067185152
The second coming of God! 2019-08-22 187 1 1 0 0 0 1164331950326218757 1164331950326218757
Republicans can count on Democrats! 2019-08-22 3972 2 2 0 0 0 1164331560008503296 1164331560008503296
Trump is right about one thing - psychiatric hospitals 2019-08-22 120 1 1 0 0 0 1164330752990781440 1164330752990781440
Reaction and revisionism - longing for a golden age that 2019-08-22 102 1 1 0 0 0 1164328972135456768 1164328972135456768
Emperor of immigration. 2019-08-22 89 0 0 0 0 0 1164328496585252865 1164328496585252865
Emperor of immigration. 2019-08-18 118 0 0 0 0 0 1163193068654252034 1163193068654252034
Observations on taxation. 2019-08-18 1229 1 1 0 0 0 1163192796116742144 1163192796116742144
America's future without immigrants. 2019-08-15 128 2 1 0 1 0 1161996802066808832 1161996802066808832
A tea partier talks about challenging Trump from the right. 2019-08-15 147 0 0 0 0 0 1161996417360990208 1161996417360990208
Income inequality depends on impotent labor. 2019-08-15 99 0 0 0 0 0 1161995907555966979 1161995907555966979
An attempt to explain evangelical support for Trump. 2019-08-15 132 3 1 2 0 0 1161995615053598720 1161995615053598720
Single-issue voters are a pillar of Republican minority 2019-08-15 105 0 0 0 0 0 1161995111057645568 1161995111057645568
Who has an interest in a poisonous atmosphere? 2019-08-15 104 1 1 0 0 0 1161994068018077697 1161994068018077697
When's the impeachment vote? 2019-08-15 93 0 0 0 0 0 1161993242126123008 1161993242126123008
Who has an interest in a poisonous atmosphere? 2019-08-12 122 1 1 0 0 0 1160897253776560130 1160897253776560130
How the Nationalist International works. 2019-08-12 91 0 0 0 0 0 1160896932815855616 1160896932815855616
Calendar of coming attractions - when's the impeachment 2019-08-12 97 0 0 0 0 0 1160896434490601472 1160896434490601472
Life at Conception Act. 2019-08-12 87 0 0 0 0 0 1160895420333092864 1160895420333092864
"There is concern with the unknown and what the next tweet 2019-08-12 90 0 0 0 0 0 1160894963334303746 1160894963334303746
Where are the governors? Finding new ways to make 2019-08-12 78 1 1 0 0 0 1160893783539453953 1160893783539453953
Where are the governors? Finding new ways to make 2019-08-09 82 1 1 0 0 0 1159841769573384197 1159841769573384197
NRA and Republican senators take a break from worrying 2019-08-09 103 1 1 0 0 0 1159841426135375872 1159841426135375872
What white supremacy? 2019-08-09 80 1 1 0 0 0 1159840929408094211 1159840929408094211
Tariffs? It's really world power. 2019-08-09 98 0 0 0 0 0 1159840593813487616 1159840593813487616
THIS is an emergency - why wait for Mitch? 2019-08-06 138 0 0 0 0 0 1158742911107751936 1158742911107751936
No more thoughts and prayers - we need action. 2019-08-05 74 0 0 0 0 0 1158377153592844290 1158377153592844290
Preserve the rights of the majority. Reduce the Rural 2019-08-05 91 0 0 0 0 0 1158194948400803840 1158194948400803840
Mulvaney's got the answer! - "Crazy people like this should 2019-08-04 145 1 1 0 0 0 1158093124029173760 1158093124029173760
Here's a Democratic cause - organize labor! 2019-08-04 95 0 0 0 0 0 1158092379678629888 1158092379678629888
Fiftieth college reunion - Who are the lucky winners? 2019-08-04 91 0 0 0 0 0 1158091886130655232 1158091886130655232
When national socialism comes to America, it will be 2019-08-04 87 0 0 0 0 0 1158088962776264704 1158088962776264704
Which proposals are popular? 2019-08-04 103 1 1 0 0 0 1158088452631490560 1158088452631490560
The circular firing squad accomplishes Trump's mission. 2019-08-04 91 1 1 0 0 0 1158086920116658177 1158086920116658177
Which proposals have wide support? 2019-08-02 97 1 0 1 0 0 1157314730421178369 1157314730421178369
The circular firing squad accomplishes Trump's mission. 2019-08-02 91 0 0 0 0 0 1157312487991021568 1157312487991021568
Sore loser laws are a bigger problem than primaries. 2019-08-02 91 0 0 0 0 0 1157311629505130496 1157311629505130496
It's not enough to have a vision. It's not enough to have 2019-07-31 157 2 2 0 0 0 1156563999170818049 1156563999170818049
Impeachment hearings have begun. 2019-07-30 92 0 0 0 0 0 1156302515421376513 1156302515421376513
If a recession is palpable to voters in 2020, more 2019-07-30 97 0 0 0 0 0 1156302175842136064 1156302175842136064
Who was Theodore Roosevelt? 2019-07-29 116 1 1 0 0 0 1155650299773587457 1155650299773587457
Not bothering to hide any more. 2019-07-29 124 2 2 0 0 0 1155649981472104448 1155649981472104448
There's big bucks in the ignorance industry! 2019-07-29 128 1 1 0 0 0 1155649442327851008 1155649442327851008
Preserving minority rule. 2019-07-29 97 1 1 0 0 0 1155649052622512128 1155649052622512128
Who's actually proposing solutions to the problems of 2019-07-29 104 0 0 0 0 0 1155648611566280710 1155648611566280710
They did it before and they will do it again. With or 2019-07-29 79 0 0 0 0 0 1155648322482262016 1155648322482262016
They did it before and they will do it again. With or 2019-07-25 73 0 0 0 0 0 1154384674942140417 1154384674942140417
Who are the Democratic voters and what do they care about? 2019-07-25 123 1 1 0 0 0 1154384233156108291 1154384233156108291
How to win friends and influence nations. 2019-07-25 102 1 1 0 0 0 1154383642933657600 1154383642933657600
Not everybody sees foreign interference as a threat. 2019-07-25 111 3 1 0 1 1 1154383105345540096 1154383105345540096
Stephen Miller doesn't even try to pretend. 2019-07-25 99 1 0 1 0 0 1154381638656122881 1154381638656122881
Tucker Carlson and the rebirth of national socialism. 2019-07-22 138 5 1 4 0 0 1153416825696210944 1153416825696210944
Stephen Miller doesn't even try to pretend. 2019-07-22 86 0 0 0 0 0 1153416363953623040 1153416363953623040
Cognitive dissonance 2019-07-21 88 0 0 0 0 0 1153017262053269504 1153017262053269504
John Tanton had a point - 2019-07-21 112 1 1 0 0 0 1153016766420754432 1153016766420754432
A historic opportunity. 2019-07-21 78 0 0 0 0 0 1153016464196063232 1153016464196063232
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; 2019-07-21 99 2 2 0 0 0 1153016234213986304 1153016234213986304
My Antonia. 2019-07-21 104 0 0 0 0 0 1153015886757785600 1153015886757785600
Conservative or a populist? 2019-07-21 107 1 1 0 0 0 1153014929001025536 1153014929001025536
The global surveillance industry. 2019-07-21 94 0 0 0 0 0 1153013951132647424 1153013951132647424
Turning anti-semitism on its head. 2019-07-21 74 0 0 0 0 0 1153013707447787521 1153013707447787521
Being mayor is harder than being president. 2019-07-21 203 0 0 0 0 0 1153013479227326464 1153013479227326464
Winner-take-all bias. 2019-07-21 102 1 1 0 0 0 1153013223949402112 1153013223949402112
No accident. 2019-07-21 99 1 1 0 0 0 1153012363571843072 1153012363571843072
It could be worse - 2019-07-21 107 0 0 0 0 0 1153011903691542528 1153011903691542528
There's a better way to do this. 2019-07-19 138 0 0 0 0 0 1152232427261009920 1152232427261009920
Eventually you have to quit and write a book. 2019-07-19 153 0 0 0 0 0 1152224052691390464 1152224052691390464
Bipartisanship isn't always productive. 2019-07-19 96 2 1 1 0 0 1152211090727559170 1152211090727559170
Alternative explanation for Trump's racist tweets? 2019-07-19 191 1 1 0 0 0 1152080465387384833 1152080465387384833
The biggest threat to our security. 2019-07-19 201 1 1 0 0 0 1152079614556041224 1152079614556041224
politicians don't care what voters think. They care 2019-07-19 137 0 0 0 0 0 1152055857938518017 1152055857938518017
Simone Weil saw it all coming - then - and now. 2019-07-19 66 0 0 0 0 0 1152014424791646211 1152014424791646211
How to make money writing browser extensions. 2019-07-19 130 1 1 0 0 0 1152013861584719873 1152013861584719873
How purges work these days. 2019-07-19 127 0 0 0 0 0 1152013614577926144 1152013614577926144
Rahm Emmanuel on what it takes to win. 2019-07-19 75 0 0 0 0 0 1152013058518032384 1152013058518032384
Why have Republicans become Trumpists? 2019-07-19 90 0 0 0 0 0 1152012780054016000 1152012780054016000
NRCC - all in with Trumpism. 2019-07-19 76 0 0 0 0 0 1152010708051083265 1152010708051083265
An emergency is when there is an imminent threat to the 2019-07-19 80 1 1 0 0 0 1152010433173192704 1152010433173192704
Be careful what you download. 2019-07-19 83 0 0 0 0 0 1152009878866542592 1152009878866542592
The King of Debt! 2019-07-19 106 1 1 0 0 0 1152009608468189184 1152009608468189184
Technology news. 2019-07-17 157 1 1 0 0 0 1151504122924847106 1151504122924847106
In case you don't have enough to worry about. 2019-07-17 73 0 0 0 0 0 1151484685941260288 1151484685941260288
Why Trumpists will never really permit immigration reform. 2019-07-17 139 1 1 0 0 0 1151484447079849985 1151484447079849985
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want 2019-07-17 143 1 0 1 0 0 1151484156519444480 1151484156519444480
So was the electoral college about slavery? 2019-07-17 118 2 1 1 0 0 1151483657988628481 1151483657988628481
Trying to find a positive role for conservative ideology. 2019-07-17 160 0 0 0 0 0 1151483348524470272 1151483348524470272
Why Trump has so much trouble in the courts. 2019-07-17 68 0 0 0 0 0 1151482933779165185 1151482933779165185
A 50th anniversary year - the last episode of the first 2019-07-17 100 0 0 0 0 0 1151482492886499328 1151482492886499328
Why do people believe conspiracy theories? 2019-07-17 148 1 0 0 0 0 1151482189768343552 1151482189768343552
Good thing Trump is not micro-managing this operation. 2019-07-17 117 1 0 1 0 0 1151481859190079488 1151481859190079488
This should worry Trump. 2019-07-17 97 2 1 1 0 0 1151481575512502274 1151481575512502274
A candidate you might not know about yet. 2019-07-17 72 0 0 0 0 0 1151480746575446016 1151480746575446016
Too much steel, not enough Bibles 2019-07-17 130 0 0 0 0 0 1151480365535490048 1151480365535490048
Sununu fearlessly stands up to protect unlimited dark 2019-07-17 124 1 1 0 0 0 1151480111989850112 1151480111989850112
Abolish the "debt ceiling." 2019-07-16 75 1 1 0 0 0 1150956744912191488 1150956744912191488
The age of impunity! 2019-07-15 50 0 0 0 0 0 1150872150359719936 1150872150359719936
Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it. 2019-07-15 122 0 0 0 0 0 1150871908893638656 1150871908893638656
We can visit. But we have to come back. 2019-07-15 90 0 0 0 0 0 1150871687639916545 1150871687639916545
Polite expression on a small island requires quantum 2019-07-15 126 1 0 0 0 0 1150871174961745920 1150871174961745920
Can you be sued for making a joke that people take 2019-07-15 77 0 0 0 0 0 1150870910850617344 1150870910850617344
Who's really in charge here? The Dick Cheney of the 2019-07-15 79 2 2 0 0 0 1150870676636459008 1150870676636459008
Now we have a real character test for the Republicans in 2019-07-15 103 1 1 0 0 0 1150870139065122816 1150870139065122816
No real limits for big agribusiness. 2019-07-07 161 0 0 0 0 0 1147958216556367873 1147958216556367873
What the radical freshman don't get. 2019-07-07 114 1 1 0 0 0 1147733365203730438 1147733365203730438
Trucker fatigue - if Obama was against it, then who's 2019-07-06 185 0 0 0 0 0 1147621117957292032 1147621117957292032
"Putin looks more like a pope to me" 2019-07-06 983 1 0 1 0 0 1147620411007328256 1147620411007328256
Plant trees! 2019-07-06 99 0 0 0 0 0 1147619761490055168 1147619761490055168
Ranked-choice voting would avoid this. 2019-07-06 170 1 0 0 0 0 1147595440918974465 1147595440918974465
What all those candidates should be doing instead. 2019-07-06 214 0 0 0 0 0 1147584174510882816 1147584174510882816
Why it's important to keep or win Democratic governorships 2019-07-06 113 0 0 0 0 0 1147583903147761664 1147583903147761664
More tick horrors. 2019-07-06 82 0 0 0 0 0 1147583607461965825 1147583607461965825
Should Justin Amash run for President? 2019-07-06 118 3 1 2 0 0 1147583213432397824 1147583213432397824
Making tax-advantaged retirements available for the lower 2019-07-03 213 0 0 0 0 0 1146521986522206208 1146521986522206208
A thermostatic reaction? 2019-07-03 108 0 0 0 0 0 1146517936640671744 1146517936640671744
The Nationalist International 2019-07-03 89 0 0 0 0 0 1146515898083106816 1146515898083106816
The challenges ahead 2019-07-03 105 0 0 0 0 0 1146515425859002368 1146515425859002368
The acorn doesn't fall far from the oak. 2019-07-03 120 0 0 0 0 0 1146515137848729600 1146515137848729600
How can social media companies fight fake news without 2019-07-03 189 1 1 0 0 0 1146514817152274432 1146514817152274432
The view from a Trump supporter. 2019-07-03 179 2 0 2 0 0 1146514420408832001 1146514420408832001
Some mysteries might never be solved. 2019-07-03 75 0 0 0 0 0 1146514125339557888 1146514125339557888
A plan to end homelessness! 2019-07-03 123 2 1 1 0 0 1146512532229652480 1146512532229652480
Ever wonder where batteries come from? 2019-07-02 77 0 0 0 0 0 1145871767572897792 1145871767572897792
The Senate is more important than the White House. 2019-07-02 178 0 0 0 0 0 1145862549335728128 1145862549335728128
Beware of trips to Mongolia. 2019-07-02 191 0 0 0 0 0 1145860344096514049 1145860344096514049
A deal might be possible. 2019-07-01 204 0 0 0 0 0 1145840318186577921 1145840318186577921
Competitive authoritarianism. 2019-07-01 83 2 0 2 0 0 1145838526849662976 1145838526849662976
Some mysteries might never be solved. 2019-07-01 84 0 0 0 0 0 1145537726906658818 1145537726906658818

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An interesting claim.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jeff-flake-35-gop-senators-impeach-trump

What is certain is that IF Republican senators turn against
Trump, it will be 3 or 4 one day and 30 or 40 the next.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/27/seven-important-awful-signs-trump/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-fate-is-in-the-hands-of-fox-news/2019/09/27/05587756-e144-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-best-antidote-for-a-bad-election-is-a-better-election/2019/09/27/3c2105e2-e080-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html

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engage 2
engage-rate 1%
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impress 369
time 2019-09-28 13:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177935899784441858

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False equivalence

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/patient-zero-of-the-next-false-equivalence-epidemic/598573/

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impress 70
time 2019-09-28 13:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177934982737612805

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A free press is worth fighting for.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/opinion/press-freedom-arthur-sulzberger.html

Trump's war on objective reality is his highest crime
and misdemeanor.

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impress 147
time 2019-09-28 13:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177934663311974400

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Remember Frank Wills?

He brought down Nixon.

An intelligence analyst may do the same for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/whistleblower-painstakingly-gathered-material-and-almost-single-handedly-set-impeachment-in-motion/2019/09/26/bec9608c-e06e-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

If everything the Trump administration did was legal,
why did they try so hard to hide it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/effort-to-shield-trumps-call-with-ukrainian-leader-was-part-of-broader-secrecy-effort/2019/09/26/dc3a482c-e076-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

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impress 166
time 2019-09-27 13:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177570879317794817

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How do you get people to vote against their own interests?

By keeping them anxious and fearful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/opinion/trump-economy.html

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impress 72
time 2019-09-27 03:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177422939802632192

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Giuliani ?  Say no more, squire, say no more!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-pursued-shadow-ukraine-agenda-as-key-foreign-policy-officials-were-sidelined/2019/09/24/ee18aaec-deec-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/opinion/giuliani-trump-ukraine.html

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time 2019-09-27 03:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177422575858700288

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The media overlooked Trump's UN speech today.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-touts-nationalistic-view-of-foreign-affairs-at-un/2019/09/24/e4a8486a-ded2-11e9-8fd3-d943b4ed57e0_story.html

It's the attitudes of the original America Firsters until
Pearl Harbor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

Amazing how Lindbergh sounded just like Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/09/25/new-un-climate-report-massive-change-already-here-worlds-oceans-frozen-regions/

More at https://t.co/UZACbtS87L #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-27 03:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177422094197354497

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False equivalence

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/patient-zero-of-the-next-false-equivalence-epidemic/598573/

More at https://t.co/FVzuRuG4mu #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-27 03:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177420950658146304

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A free press is worth fighting for.

https://www.nytimes.com/!D/press-freedom-arthur-sulzberger.h!D

Trump's war on objective reality is his highest crime and
misdemeanor, and is treason on a higher level than the
founding fathers could have imagined.

More at https://t.co/jFyusQ5Sza #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-27 03:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1177420615902384129

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The Republican quandary.

Republican politicians will  NOT go down with the ship.
But if the economy sinks, the sinking Trumpist ship will
take a lot of Republicans with it.  The Republicans could
impeach Trump now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-done-plenty-to-warrant-impeachment-but-the-ukraine-allegations-are-over-the-top/2019/09/20/51eff90c-dbf1-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html

More at https://t.co/qsktIJQeQp #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-23 04:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1175986217835302912

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A genuine intellectual with a genuine common touch.

Military service does broaden an intellectual's horizons.

Polite and even-tempered, too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/09/18/posts-theater-critic-is-reviewing-performances-democratic-candidates-this-installment-pete-buttigieg-barnstorms-new-hampshire-with-homespun-virtues-reminiscent-our-town/

More at https://t.co/mMIVYfCDb7 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-23 04:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1175984268188606465

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Medicare for all who want it.

Sounds like a good start.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/19/pete-buttigieg-heres-better-way-do-medicare-for-all

The big issue for all candidates - all your big ideas
require  progress against the rural bias.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

More at https://t.co/X2QwHyOlA7 #PS1notopic

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likes 4
retweets 1
time 2019-09-23 04:03 +0000
urlclicks 9
userclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1175983970825060352

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70 is too old!!

After eight years in office, a president inaugurated at
70 is as worn out as an 86 year old.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-hope-theres-an-age-limit-jimmy-carter-questions-whether-he-could-have-handled-the-presidency-at-80/2019/09/18/3af87eca-d9ff-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html

Fortunately there are plenty of younger possibilities.

More at https://t.co/ZhIWS99x0b #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-23 04:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1175983154336686080

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Resetting the balance of power.

Maybe anonymous Wall Street bureaucrats are not the most
reliable defenders of workers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/opinion/uaw-gm-strike.html

More at https://t.co/WrcFWztvN2 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-23 03:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1175982536868036609

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Yemen = Afghanistan + Iraq + Vietnam?  Persians and Arabs
have been contending for supremacy since before the Hebrew
scriptures were written down.     It's an ethnic battle
plus a political battle  plus a religious battle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/world/middleeast/iran-us-saudi-arabia-attack.html

More at https://t.co/EzN85C2gAR #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-18 13:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174315058735640577

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The business cycle is ultimately a phenomenon of mass
psychology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/business/recession-fear-talk.html

That's why it's so hard to predict and control.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

Confused about negative interest rates?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/should-we-love-or-hate-negative-interest-rates/2019/09/15/70536a50-d64c-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

More at https://t.co/oglcPqp0tx #PS1notopic

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retweets 1
time 2019-09-18 13:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174314414792527873

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The death of fiscal democracy.

It's immoral to make future generations pay for current
consumption.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/outlook/congress-is-supposed-to-decide-how-the-us-spends-money-soon-it-wont-be-able-to/2019/09/12/3a7f77f8-d411-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

Everybody knows what to do

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#bipartisanship

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/

More at https://t.co/bHAFNybT31 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-18 13:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174313812557627393

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The president should make only those decisions that nobody
else can.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/13/trump-is-most-aggressive-micromanager-history-oval-office/

But Trump was only CEO of one public corporation, which
failed disastrously.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/21/trump-wasnt-a-real-ceo-no-wonder-his-white-house-is-disorganized/

More at https://t.co/ElI1onoQsQ #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-18 13:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174313308003819521

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McCarthy said if Republicans retake the House, the first
thing we would do is make sure our debt is taken care of.
He means Medicare and Social Security.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-06/hiltzik-republican-ernst-gutting-social-security

The real threat is a recession.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/opinion/trump-economy.html

More at https://t.co/Q4hiXXEDdy #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-18 13:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174312527242526720

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Ranked choice voting experiment - Warren wins.

https://www.fairvote.org/fairvote_yougov_ranked_choice_poll_throws_floodlight_on_better_ways_to_gauge_democratic_voter_preferences_in_crowded_presidential_field

More at https://t.co/fBAm2lNKJK #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-18 13:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1174311244955652097

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It IS the Trumpist party now.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/11/trumps-war-truth-just-got-lot-more-cult-like/

At least until the next recession.

More at https://t.co/dVQdUzIqM6 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-12 15:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1172169911365357571

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Foreign policy goal #1 - re-elect Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/us/politics/bolton-firing.html

Who's willing to sign on for that job?

More at https://t.co/X8een8Aseh #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-12 15:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1172169623531163648

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What do you do when even your cheerleaders lose heart?

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/10/trumps-taliban-invite-is-one-most-shameful-moments-his-presidency/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/10/republicans-are-canceling-primaries-is-trump-afraid-something/

Can it really be true that time is on the side of the
Democrats?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/republicans-democrats-2020-election.html

More at https://t.co/zEoyj6hBEx #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-12 15:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1172169227257561089

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How a politicized Supreme Court undoes constitutional
protections.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/reconstruction-trump.html

More at https://t.co/np73VPQeX5 #PS1notopic

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impress 95
time 2019-09-12 15:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1172168833718616065

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Who owns the courts?

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-supreme-court-has-become-just-another-arm-of-the-gop/2019/09/06/8ad36642-d0e2-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html

More at https://t.co/YBfGBMdbhE #PS1notopic

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impress 84
time 2019-09-12 15:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1172168360634679296

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How a politicized Supreme Court undoes constitutional
protections.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/reconstruction-trump.html

More at https://t.co/np73VPQeX5 #PS1notopic

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impress 98
time 2019-09-09 15:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1171081941363245056

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Power to the people becomes power against the people.

Initiatives were intended to return power to the people
from a legislature bought by special interests.

https://www.apnews.com/0ac87eaf24804ee98f88760cec11dd39

But now,  complicated initiatives are used against the
people.

More at https://t.co/zFxdEFvx7B #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-09 15:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1171081328206344198

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In a tossup between a Trumpist and a Democrat, voting for
neither, or not at all, is irresponsible.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/07/california-repubilcans-2020-reboot-1484589
"The Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades"
Brad Parscale

Is that what you want?

More at https://t.co/m7pJcL4tnW or https://t.co/Aj46lt3CG4
#PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-08 05:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1170571252097900544

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Turnout will decide Tuesday's election in NC-09.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/north-carolina-congressional-do-over-watched-for-clues-to-2020-idUSKCN1VJ2BL

Every vote counts the same.  Staying home is a vote too.
In 2016, 78,000 stay-at-homes elected Trump and regretted
it -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-pennsylvania-democrats-regret-not-voting-in-2016-they-say-theyll-be-sure-to-cast-a-ballot-in-2020/2019/08/23/e2d4f4c0-a1b0-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html

More at https://t.co/xpZjf1WFqd #PS1notopic

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retweets 1
time 2019-09-06 20:24 +0000
urlclicks 3
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1170070187724304389

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Take the money and run!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/opinion/trump-economy.html

Get with the program!

More at https://t.co/9mpZIyJg61 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 20:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1170067558763921408

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Power to the people becomes power against the people.

Initiative was a progressive reform to return power to
the people.

https://www.apnews.com/0ac87eaf24804ee98f88760cec11dd39

But now special interests use initiatives to thwart
the  people.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#no

More at https://t.co/zFxdEFvx7B #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 00:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169766947967234048

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Dangerous times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/magazine/iran-strike-israel-america.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/china-taiwan-war.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-deal-ashraf-ghani.html

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/at-a-sprawling-tent-camp-in-syria-isis-women-impose-a-brutal-rule/2019/09/03/3fcdfd14-c4ea-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/if-i-dont-pay-they-kill-me-al-shabab-tightens-its-grip-on-somalia-with-growing-tax-racket/2019/08/30/81472b38-beac-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

Politicians play games.     Soldiers and civilians die.

More at https://t.co/3L3sESgwg4 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 00:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169765673536327680

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The chaos seekers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/trump-voters-chaos.html

More at https://t.co/43nC6ADAxT #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 00:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169765285265473536

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How tax reform works.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/opinion/trump-tax-opportunity-zones.html

The more complicated the tax law, the more places for
cockroaches and other bugs to hide in the dark.

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/

More at https://t.co/Q8953VQoiv #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 00:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169764958122364928

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A pillar of minority rule.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/electoral-college.html

More -

https://equalvotes.us/

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral

More at https://t.co/7BW2Sj8UmK #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-06 00:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169764701061824512

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The chaos seekers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/trump-voters-chaos.html

More at https://t.co/43nC6ADAxT #PS1notopic

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impress 84
time 2019-09-04 23:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169395841880088576

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How tax reform works.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/opinion/trump-tax-opportunity-zones.html

The more complicated the tax law, the more places for
cockroaches and other bugs to hide in the dark.

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/

More at https://t.co/Q8953VQoiv #PS1notopic

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impress 128
time 2019-09-04 23:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169395410986602496

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A pillar of minority rule.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/electoral-college.html

https://equalvotes.us/

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral

More at https://t.co/7BW2Sj8UmK #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169395079967936512

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Defined-benefit pensions - define a benefit for now,
and a liability for the future.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chicago-kept-saying-it-would-pay-for-pensions-later-well-its-later/2019/08/30/473e4102-cb58-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html

Unlike the Feds, state and local government can't print
money.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined

More at https://t.co/PtaK0biSiw #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169394681907572738

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Just a few states are going to matter.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-2020-electoral-map-could-be-the-smallest-in-years-heres-why/2019/08/31/61d4bc9a-c9a9-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html

That's just the way the Electoral College works.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral

But  a recession by election time -  then Trump will
surely lose.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/01/world/asia/trump-trade-war-china.html

More at https://t.co/ykEl6Ckggw #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169394268860903424

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Opportunity zones for billionaires.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/tax-opportunity-zones.html

More return on investment for Trump donors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/the-trump-associates-benefiting-from-a-tax-break-for-poor-communities.html

More at https://t.co/fKA2kY0yKA #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169393541128130562

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It's very difficult to pull off without creating a whole
bunch of tax shelters and inefficiencies.

But that's the whole idea!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/30/white-house-still-considering-tax-cut-bypassing-congress-trump-appeared-rule-out-last-week/

Trump acknowledged that a tax cut on capital gains benefits
his donors, not his voters.

More at https://t.co/YHGB71o5UY #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169393008967421953

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A different kind of polling.

Not particularly suited to reality-TV.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/democratic-debate-2020-election.html

More at https://t.co/A8PbSSOhZa #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169392217221287936

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A recipe for a trade truce.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/opinion/trump-china.html

Unfortunately it requires Trump to avoid announcing victory
or indeed saying anything explicitly undermining Xi.

But Trump has to run for president next year, and Xi
doesn't.

More at https://t.co/EIu6z9GOX1 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-09-04 23:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1169391939268923392

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A different kind of polling.

Not particularly suited to reality-TV.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/democratic-debate-2020-election.html

More at https://t.co/A8PbSSOhZa #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 21:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167180300599709696

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About the Electoral College

Against: https://t.co/LZleQBTQhU

For: https://t.co/ERLqfmnBHt

But the Electoral College system we have is a
state-by-state choice for winner-take-all that is not
mandated by the Constitution or any Federal law.

More at https://t.co/Q1rLLijKqN #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 20:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167179981400657920

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A recipe for a trade truce.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/opinion/trump-china.html

But Trump has to run for president next year, and Xi
doesn't.  Ti-i-ime is on Xi's side, yes it is!

More at https://t.co/EIu6z9GOX1 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 20:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167179364867297280

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Fox News isn't good enough any more!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fox-isnt-working-for-us-anymore-tweets-trump-in-another-blast-at-the-network/2019/08/28/51cce8a4-c9d1-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-accuses-fox-news-of-heavily-promoting-democrats-urges-followers-to-look-for-another-news-outlet/2019/08/28/1adec124-c99e-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html

What's the new source of truth going to be?    Breitbart?
Infowars?      Why not just call it Pravda?    Or is it -

https://www.oann.com/

More at https://t.co/8Cs1NeE2Yz #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 20:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167178790138605568

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"A republic not a democracy."  What does that mean?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/opinion/aoc-crenshaw-republicans-democracy.html

Turns out it's code for Republican minority rule.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

More at https://t.co/ahdNYGQC3w #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 20:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167178117758111744

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Local government has to lead the way when other levels
fail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/san-jose-mayor-why-im-requiring-my-residents-to-insure-guns/2019/08/26/e1187d20-c80f-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html

More at https://t.co/KlpG6HMK10 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-29 20:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1167177672683687936

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Staying home is a vote too.

In 2016, 78,000 stay-at-homes elected Trump.     Not all
of them are happy with the result.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-pennsylvania-democrats-regret-not-voting-in-2016-they-say-theyll-be-sure-to-cast-a-ballot-in-2020/2019/08/23/e2d4f4c0-a1b0-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html

More at https://t.co/QJcENNEP7g #PS1notopic

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likes 1
time 2019-08-25 22:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1165757141614911489

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Thank goodness we have Xi and Putin to protect us from
Powell!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914610836783104

Does the Constitution mention executive order by tweet?

"American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start
looking for an alternative to China"

More at
https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/929552374055949

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Doing something about the Electoral College.

On to the Supreme Court!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/politics/electoral-college-faithless-elector.html

Do Electors have free will or not?

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/rnc-trump-electoral-college-232537

Where you can help -

https://equalcitizens.us/

More at https://t.co/sj3X5FfpvU #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-25 22:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1165755803682267137

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The second coming of God!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-quotes-conspiracy-theorist-claiming-israelis-love-him-like-he-is-the-second-coming-of-god/2019/08/21/603cea14-c405-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/21/trumps-trade-war-the-chosen-one-1674796

More at https://t.co/TE00tNAmn5 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-25 22:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1165755236759195649

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Republicans can count on Democrats!

If recession damage becomes apparent before the election,
the Democrats should do all they can to make sure they
are running against Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-critics-eye-gop-primary-race-even-if-defeating-him-seems-preposterous/2019/08/20/4382f3dc-c360-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html

More at https://t.co/s8j2JqpBkg #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-25 22:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1165754945473110017

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What does it mean when the traffic light shows red, yellow,
and green all at the same time?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/upshot/trumps-economic-message-conflicted.html

Just look at the evidence!

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/20/trump-admits-his-trade-war-could-lead-recession-says-i-have-do-it/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/business/trump-economy.html

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-officials-eyeing-payroll-tax-cut-in-effort-to-reverse-weakening-economy/2019/08/19/4cab28ec-c2bd-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html

More at https://t.co/pht5pwRXFV #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164332303067185152

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The second coming of God!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-quotes-conspiracy-theorist-claiming-israelis-love-him-like-he-is-the-second-coming-of-god/2019/08/21/603cea14-c405-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

Just look at the evidence!

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-questions-sincerity-of-tlaibs-tears-as-she-talked-about-her-grandmother/2019/08/20/03d7b532-c339-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/opinion/israel-palestinian-peace-plan.html

More at https://t.co/TE00tNAmn5 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164331950326218757

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Republicans can count on Democrats!

Democrats should do all they can to make sure they are
running against Trump and his recession.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-critics-eye-gop-primary-race-even-if-defeating-him-seems-preposterous/2019/08/20/4382f3dc-c360-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html

It's all up to - Chairman Xi.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/xis-choice-destroy-trump-or-save-him-and-weaken-america/2019/08/20/c6e6f934-c384-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

More at https://t.co/s8j2JqpBkg #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164331560008503296

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Trump is right about one thing - psychiatric hospitals
were closed.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-the-us-should-build-more-psychiatric-institutions-in-response-to-rising-gun-violence/2019/08/15/bb9b24e8-bfa5-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html

But that has nothing to do with mass shootings.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/health/after-trump-blames-mental-illness-for-mass-shootings-health-agencies-ordered-to-hold-all-posts-on-issue/2019/08/20/c4030e4c-c370-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html

All government PR about guns goes through NRA now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-tells-nra-chief-that-universal-background-checks-are-off-the-table/2019/08/20/deae5b5a-c39a-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

More at https://t.co/kDGTbqMQNC #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164330752990781440

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Reaction and revisionism - longing for a golden age that
never was.

It's an ancient, and global, phenomenon.      But who
knows unreality better than a reality-TV star?

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/20/project-far-right-fear-history/

More at https://t.co/ur617SfQRN #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164328972135456768

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Emperor of immigration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/us/politics/stephen-miller-immigration-trump.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/stephen-miller-trump-immigration/

More at https://t.co/vABPWBoq4J #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-22 00:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1164328496585252865

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Emperor of immigration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/us/politics/stephen-miller-immigration-trump.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/stephen-miller-trump-immigration/

More at https://t.co/vABPWBoq4J #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-18 20:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1163193068654252034

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Observations on taxation.

https://itep.org/one-tax-system-for-most-americans-and-a-second-system-for-the-wealthiest/

https://itep.org/taxing-offshore-profits-and-domestic-profits-equally-could-curb-corporate-tax-dodging/

https://itep.org/irs-salt-workaround-regulations-should-be-strengthened-not-rejected/

https://itep.org/the-mortgage-interest-deduction-is-a-house-of-cards/

There is virtue in simplicity.

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/

More at https://t.co/YFvljEKTIQ #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-18 20:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1163192796116742144

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America's future without immigrants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/this-will-be-catastrophic-maine-families-face-elder-boom-worker-shortage-in-preview-of-nations-future/2019/08/14/7cecafc6-bec1-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/

The coming recession will help defer the problem for
a while.    It'll be back.

More at https://t.co/wejp45aCpn #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161996802066808832

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A tea partier talks about challenging Trump from the right.

Perhaps there are others that agree.       Perhaps one day
many will agree publicly.     Especially if the recession
becomes palpable before the election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/opinion/joe-walsh-trump-primary.html

More at https://t.co/eRCJm82ZvV #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161996417360990208

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Income inequality depends on impotent labor.

https://www.apnews.com/6c9263d76e9e477da15abaec2045f6c9

More for the well-connected at the top, less for the
unorganized masses below.

https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-compensation-2018/

More at https://t.co/Sxt8HC6cHv #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161995907555966979

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An attempt to explain evangelical support for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/14/evangelicals-view-trump-their-protector-will-they-stand-by-him/

In a way, they are right - the apocalypse is coming,
but probably not in the form they expect.

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/

More at https://t.co/dEgC8nWYw9 #PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161995615053598720

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Single-issue voters are a pillar of Republican minority
rule.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-08/single-issue-voters-have-doomed-gun-control-in-congress-that-could-be-changing

Republican politicians might prefer fewer military weapons
among citizens.      But they can't survive without the
votes and money of the gun enthusiasts.

More at https://t.co/TeRPmzEyiD #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161995111057645568

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Who has an interest in a poisonous atmosphere?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-conspiracies.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/11/dangerous-cycle-that-keeps-conspiracy-theories-news-trumps-tweets/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/11/business/media/el-paso-killer-conservative-media.html

Americans who promote poisonous divisiveness might do so
to increase readership.

Foreigners do so for geopolitical aims.

More at https://t.co/WOxvsK6qfU #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161994068018077697

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When's the impeachment vote?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/elections/2020-presidential-election-calendar.html

The last big primary day is April 28.  The Democratic
convention is July 13.  The Republican convention is August
24.  So have the impeachment vote in the House in May-June.

More at https://t.co/1wDbrCCVIb #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-15 13:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1161993242126123008

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Who has an interest in a poisonous atmosphere?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-conspiracies.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/11/dangerous-cycle-that-keeps-conspiracy-theories-news-trumps-tweets/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/11/business/media/el-paso-killer-conservative-media.html

More at https://t.co/WOxvsK6qfU #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160897253776560130

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How the Nationalist International works.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/europe/sweden-immigration-nationalism.html

Its spiritual predecessors were the Comintern and the
Cominform.     So perhaps this should be called the
Natintern.

More at https://t.co/5jiwg40TA6 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160896932815855616

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Calendar of coming attractions - when's  the impeachment
vote?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/elections/2020-presidential-election-calendar.html

The last big primary day is April 28; Democratic convention
- July 13; Republican convention - August 24.  So vote on
impeachment in June.

More at https://t.co/1wDbrCCVIb #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160896434490601472

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Life at Conception Act.

Has anybody heard of this?    Sen Rand Paul is sending out
petitions and fundraising appeals to everybody who's ever
mentioned his name, it seems.

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/sen-paul-reintroduces-life-conception-act-and-bill-end-funding

More at https://t.co/JeGK1sZ35L #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160895420333092864

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"There is concern with the unknown and what the next tweet
is going to be and what that could mean"

"There is so much hope that President Trump would just
talk about the economy for three days straight"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/theyre-afraid-suburban-voters-in-red-states-threaten-gops-grip-on-power/2019/08/08/86b12410-b868-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html

More at https://t.co/Pa0i6zfo5D #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160894963334303746

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Where are the governors?     Finding new ways to make
progress together.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sidelined-on-the-national-stage-us-governors-are-frustrated-with-washington/2019/08/03/ff751dc6-b2db-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html

Governors, who have to do something, are better bets
for President than Senators, who never have to do more
than talk.

More at https://t.co/Qasez3LXai #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-12 12:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1160893783539453953

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Where are the governors?     Finding new ways to make
progress together.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sidelined-on-the-national-stage-us-governors-are-frustrated-with-washington/2019/08/03/ff751dc6-b2db-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html

Governors, who have to do something, are better bets
for President than Senators, who never have to do more
than talk.

More at https://t.co/Qasez3LXai #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-09 15:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1159841769573384197

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NRA and Republican senators take a break from worrying
about themselves -

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nra-mansion-reports-wayne-lapierre_n_5d4adddee4b01e44e4739aeb

and  rush to assure a worried nation - that  nothing is
going to change -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-openness-to-extensive-background-checks-for-gun-buys-draws-warning-from-nra/2019/08/07/a5f82060-b92d-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html

But enough is enough!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/07/have-we-arrived-an-inflection-point-gun-debate/

More at https://t.co/di7ePPtUDw #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-09 14:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1159841426135375872

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What white supremacy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/07/tucker-carlson-white-supremacy-hoax-lie-not-real-problem/

Taking Trumpism to the next level!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/what-comes-after-trump-may-be-even-worse/

Perhaps he's hoping the Republicans will draft him
for 2020.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/05/tucker-carlson-floats-theory-what-if-trump-is-secretly-trying-sink-his-own-reelection-bid/

More at https://t.co/qKfVffxNUQ #PS1notopic

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Tariffs?    It's really world power.

Trump is driving away all our traditional allies.     Xi is
trying to buy new friends around the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/opinion/trump-china-trade.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/opinion/trump-china-trade.html

More at https://t.co/ofj75D389Q #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-09 14:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1159840593813487616

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THIS is an emergency - why wait for Mitch?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-mitch-mcconell-guns-senate_n_5d470e3ae4b0ca604e33b6b9

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-guns.html

McConnell might not recover until some new crisis distracts
attention from this one.  Why can't the President of the
Senate reconvene it - Mike Pence?

More at https://t.co/cwYhRVH2KK #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-06 14:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158742911107751936

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No more thoughts and prayers - we need action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/politics/gun-control-laws-mass-shootings.html

The Senate is the problem, and there won't be any action
without fixing that problem.

https://www.dscc.org/

More at https://t.co/sYh7gGLPie #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-05 14:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158377153592844290

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Preserve the rights of the majority.  Reduce the Rural
Bias in American Federalism.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916844578660062
#PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-05 01:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158194948400803840

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Mulvaney's got the answer! - "Crazy people like this should
not have been able to get guns"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mulvaney-defends-trump-in-wake-of-el-paso-dayton-shootings/2019/08/04/f62af682-b6b9-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html

OK, next question:  WHO decides who's "crazy" and WHEN?
Hint: the answer has to be acceptable to Trump's base.

More at https://t.co/ZwLyCmps72 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-04 19:11 +0000
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Here's a Democratic cause - organize labor!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/opinion/sunday/labor-unions.html

There needs to be an equitable balance of power between
labor and capital.

More at https://t.co/TiOOshWEC0 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-04 19:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158092379678629888

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Fiftieth college reunion - Who are the lucky winners?

Those that went first before they could accomplish
anything great?  Or  those that lasted to the end?

The end might not be so bad -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKxHQk2I6h0

More at https://t.co/WicgJbvRZo #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-04 19:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158091886130655232

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When national socialism comes to America, it will be
called Americanism!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/national-conservatives-republicans-trump.html

The national socialists always carry an American flag.
And often a Confederate flag, and stranger banners.

More at https://t.co/0aUPrIf8Vz #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-04 18:54 +0000
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Which proposals are popular?

- Requiring background checks for gun purchases

And which aren't?

- A guaranteed universal basic income of $1,000 per month

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/743516166/npr-newshour-marist-poll-americans-not-sold-on-trump-or-democrats

What's essential to achieving these?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20748078/pete-buttigieg-democratic-debate-cnn

More at https://t.co/o37OKPSO8y #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-04 18:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158088452631490560

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The circular firing squad accomplishes Trump's mission.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/democratic-debate-2020-trump-republicans.html

Don't expect anything better until the broadcast media
embrace substance rather than theatre.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-democratic-debates-network-betting-live-events-a-touch-game-show-theatrics-1228089

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time 2019-08-04 18:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1158086920116658177

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Which proposals have wide support?

-- Background checks for gun purchases (89%)

And which don't?

-- A guaranteed basic income of $1,000 per month (26%)

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/743516166/npr-newshour-marist-poll-americans-not-sold-on-trump-or-democrats

What reform enables all the rest?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20748078/pete-buttigieg-democratic-debate-cnn

More at https://t.co/o37OKPSO8y #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-02 15:38 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1157314730421178369

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The circular firing squad accomplishes Trump's mission.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/democratic-debate-2020-trump-republicans.html

No surprise when the broadcast media pick a format that
emphasizes issues and consequences rather than reality-tv
conflict entertainment.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-democratic-debates-network-betting-live-events-a-touch-game-show-theatrics-1228089

More at https://t.co/Tg9qrpGlnc #PS1notopic

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time 2019-08-02 15:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1157312487991021568

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Sore loser laws are a bigger problem than primaries.

https://ballotpedia.org/Sore_loser_laws_in_the_50_states

First and second choices  are easy to understand.

https://www.fairvote.org/voter_choice

What enables Democratic success?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20748078/pete-buttigieg-democratic-debate-cnn

More at https://t.co/gxANGjf8OC #PS1notopic

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It's not enough to have a vision.  It's not enough to have
a plan.  It's not enough to control the White House.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/31/marianne-williamson-wont-be-president-her-competitors-should-take-note/

What's the plan to protect the right of the majority by
overcoming Republican minority rule?

More at https://t.co/TgAKMvzYq5 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-31 13:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1156563999170818049

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Impeachment hearings have begun.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/opinion/trump-impeachment.html

But a vote on impeachment might best wait until about a
month before the Republican convention.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/913156045695582
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time 2019-07-30 20:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1156302515421376513

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If a recession is palpable to voters in 2020, more
Democrats will be elected than if the recovery seems to
be continuing.        That's why Trump's so anxious.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/business/economy/economy-recession.html

Every avalanche has a trigger.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

More at https://t.co/nS42gpaogJ #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-30 20:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1156302175842136064

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Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/sunday-review/josh-hawley-roosevelt.html

A reformer, a nativist, an imperialist, a trustbuster,
a conservative and a progressive.

More at https://t.co/v1J9WFFpV1 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-29 01:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1155650299773587457

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Not bothering to hide any more.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-sees-political-advantage-in-a-divisive-appeal-to-working-class-white-voters/2019/07/26/39234f00-aef1-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/maryland-slaps-back-at-trump-over-tweet-attacking-baltimore-and-congressman/2019/07/27/0528bf64-b090-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html

For Trump, it's working wonders firing up his base.
For Trump donors, it's working wonders keeping his base
from looking at the real agenda.

More at https://t.co/0Qb4tE7h7e #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-29 01:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1155649981472104448

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There's big bucks in the ignorance industry!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/youre-probably-making-incorrect-assumptions-about-your-opposing-political-party/2019/07/26/9f888f0a-a995-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

There's much more money to be made fanning resentment
and prejudice than in dispassionate discussion of facts.
Compare Fox and Friends vs NPR.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/26/sean-hannity-is-most-influential-tv-host/

More at https://t.co/kdgdzKJyk0 #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-29 01:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1155649442327851008

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Preserving minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/25/mitch-mcconnell-is-right-secure-open-elections-would-elect-more-democrats/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/24/gops-questions-mueller-seemed-bizarre-unless-you-watch-fox-news/

Some of it's even constitutional -

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

More at https://t.co/LuFoxazF3o #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-29 01:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1155649052622512128

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Who's actually proposing solutions to the problems of
globalization?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/opinion/elizabeth-warren-conservative-nationalists-global-finance.html

Not the Trumpists - they never met a big bank whose dark
money they wouldn't accept.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/909779032699950
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time 2019-07-29 01:17 +0000
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They did it before and they will do it again.    With or
without Trump's help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/politics/russian-hack-of-elections-system-was-far-reaching-report-finds.html

More at https://t.co/FVWISUW9Mr #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-29 01:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1155648322482262016

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They did it before and they will do it again.    With or
without Trump's help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-wanted-to-see-the-mueller-movie-they-didnt-get-it/2019/07/24/4bf6773e-ae2d-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/909337516077435
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time 2019-07-25 13:35 +0000
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Who are the Democratic voters and what do they care about?
Interesting answers here -

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/opinion/2020-progressive-candidates.html

Are primary elections, small donors, and social media
leading to Trump re-election?

https://www.fairvote.org/

More at https://t.co/2sC2Ha2VUE #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-25 13:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1154384233156108291

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How to win friends and influence nations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/23/trumps-ignorance-was-full-display-his-meeting-with-imran-khan/

Anything the US says about Kashmir makes matters worse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/i-just-dont-want-to-kill-10-million-people-trumps-comments-reverberate-in-afghanistan/2019/07/23/88e8d15e-ad0c-11e9-b071-94a3f4d59021_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/908279312849922
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time 2019-07-25 13:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1154383642933657600

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Not everybody sees foreign interference as a threat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/people-privy-intelligence-are-convinced-another-electoral-attack-is-coming/

How about some novel channels for foreign interference -
such as dark money to fund divisive ballot initiatives?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-donors-and-trump-allies-inside-the-operation-to-push-noncitizen-voting-laws-in-florida-and-other-states/2019/07/21/e0604e2e-a359-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/907858789558641
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time 2019-07-25 13:29 +0000
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Stephen Miller doesn't even try to pretend.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/21/stephen-miller-lets-mask-slip/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/907121872965666
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time 2019-07-25 13:23 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1154381638656122881

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Tucker Carlson and the rebirth of national socialism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/what-comes-after-trump-may-be-even-worse/

They could even call it the National Socialist Donald
Adherents Party - N S D A P.

More at https://t.co/ONNigXBgwM #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-22 21:29 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153416825696210944

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Stephen Miller doesn't even try to pretend.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/21/stephen-miller-lets-mask-slip/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/907121872965666
#PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-22 21:27 +0000
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Cognitive dissonance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-psychological-phenomenon-that-blinds-trump-supporters-to-his-racism/2019/07/18/29789344-a8ac-11e9-ac16-90dd7e5716bc_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/906504723027381
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time 2019-07-21 19:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153017262053269504

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John Tanton had a point -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-the-legacy-of-john-tanton-will-it-survive/2019/07/19/a8f02f82-aa42-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

over-population is an environmental issue, and an economic
one.     But it's a global one.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/906149359729584
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time 2019-07-21 18:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153016766420754432

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A historic opportunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/19/lets-drive-stake-through-heart-debt-ceiling/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/906129303064923
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time 2019-07-21 18:58 +0000
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My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right;
and if wrong, to be set right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz

A German immigrant,  Schurz didn't always do the right
thing by modern standards, but he kept trying.

https://www.bartleby.com/73/1641.html

More at https://t.co/gG1VCvqG5h #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-21 18:57 +0000
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My Antonia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/trump-presidency-immigration.html

There was nothing but land, Cather writes, Not a country
at all, but the material out of which countries are made.

But to the native inhabitants, the land and their nation
were already great.

More at https://t.co/wzUR7rmeWm #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-21 18:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153015886757785600

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Conservative or a populist?

Populists like to print money.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-tells-aides-to-look-for-big-spending-cuts-in-second-term-seeding-confusion-about-budget-priorities/2019/07/19/3e9e9bde-a98c-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

Conservatives want to reduce government by eliminating
programs .

But it signifies nothing if entitlements for an aging
population are not addressed.

More at https://t.co/uQZZVgO38t #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-21 18:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153014929001025536

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The global surveillance industry.

Coming soon to a device near you.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/private-surveillance-industry.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905691399775380
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time 2019-07-21 18:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153013951132647424

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Turning anti-semitism on its head.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/trump-ilhan-omar.html

How many Jews want Sebastian Gorka "defending" them?

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905685236442663
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time 2019-07-21 18:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153013707447787521

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Being mayor is harder than being president.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/magazine/pete-buttigieg-2020.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905683166442870
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time 2019-07-21 18:46 +0000
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Winner-take-all bias.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/upshot/trump-electoral-college-edge-.html

The laws of 48 states award all a state's electoral votes
to the plurality winner in that state.    Nebraska and
Maine decided differently.

A landslide counts the same as a squeaker.

More at https://t.co/TZJfukBoJZ #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-21 18:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1153013223949402112

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No accident.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-assault-on-minority-congresswomen-is-a-trap-dont-fall-into-it/2019/07/19/ea578956-aa39-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

By attacking the squad, Trump wants to elicit a reaction
attacking his base.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#First

But a big part of Trump's base voted for Obama.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#Second

More at https://t.co/rY0gcyuPzl #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-21 18:42 +0000
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It could be worse -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/19/feeling-bad-about-us-politics-take-look-britain/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905652649779255
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time 2019-07-21 18:40 +0000
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There's a better way to do this.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/13/sunnyvale-to-hold-workshops-for-residents-who-want-a-hand-in-drawing-up-election-district-maps/

Districts can be gerrymandered.    Ranked-choice voting
and multi-member districts makes it easier for minorities
to get the representation they deserve.

https://www.fairvote.org/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905447139799806
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time 2019-07-19 15:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1152232427261009920

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Eventually you have to quit and write a book.

https://www.apnews.com/761b14ceeeae456fb75f8c8a86e0d654

Joke of the month from Mark Meadows -

"There's room for a difference of opinion, and to be
passionate about it.  But you don't have to be personal
with your attacks."

More at https://t.co/1YOPEU1ZYp #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-19 14:29 +0000
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Bipartisanship isn't always productive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/defense-spending-is-americas-cancerous-bipartisan-consensus/2019/07/18/783a9e1a-a978-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Defense spending is a convenient way to reward allies and
punish opponents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/trump-amazon-defense-department-contract.html

Especially if nobody's in charge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iran-and-north-korea-arent-our-militarys-biggest-concerns-this-is/2019/07/16/4873b540-a7ed-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905393426471844
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time 2019-07-19 13:38 +0000
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Alternative explanation for Trump's racist tweets?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-tweets-are-a-distraction-for-something-else-he-doesnt-want-us-to-see/2019/07/16/4274a34c-a811-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

More likely it's just a preview of the blatant racism
Trumpist strategy for 2020.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/politics/trump-election-squad.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/donald-trump-republicans.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/squad-trump-aoc.html

More at https://t.co/LxH2BNvVgA #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-19 04:59 +0000
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The biggest threat to our security.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iran-and-north-korea-arent-our-militarys-biggest-concerns-this-is/2019/07/16/4873b540-a7ed-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Trump likes the flexibility of "acting" appointments,
and as few as possible, and filling them based on loyalty
rather than competence.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905161113161742
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time 2019-07-19 04:55 +0000
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politicians don't care what voters think.     They care
what donors think.      Get enough donors and blitz
the voters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/politicians-voters.html

Don't like it?     Do something about money in politics.

https://www.uniteamerica.org/

https://www.americanpromise.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905114409833079
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time 2019-07-19 03:21 +0000
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Simone Weil saw it all coming - then - and now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/18/this-french-intellectual-diagnosed-americas-current-political-malaise/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904998299844690
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time 2019-07-19 00:36 +0000
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How to make money writing browser extensions.

Develop a popular extension, then sell it to a data
collection company.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/18/i-found-your-data-its-sale/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904736953204158
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time 2019-07-19 00:34 +0000
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How purges work these days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/magazine/immigration-department-of-homeland-security.html

It used to be worse -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904723749872145
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time 2019-07-19 00:33 +0000
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Rahm Emmanuel on what it takes to win.

Hint - you can't outtrump Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rahm-emanuel-no-the-democratic-party-hasnt-lurched-to-the-left/2019/07/17/06e09d6e-a8ab-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904343773243476
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time 2019-07-19 00:31 +0000
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Why have Republicans become Trumpists?

Many Republicans could have advanced a conservative agenda
better - but Trump has  the devotion of the racists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Keeping the racists on board is essential for minority
rule .

More at https://t.co/XqM7tO52mn #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-19 00:30 +0000
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NRCC - all in with Trumpism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/donald-trump-republicans.html

Should Bakersfield rename itself McCarthysfield?

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904301596581027
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time 2019-07-19 00:22 +0000
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An emergency is when there is an imminent threat to the
country and Congress doesn't have time to act.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-block-trumps-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-setting-up-likely-veto/2019/07/17/7f329a9c-a8ce-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Abuse of emergency powers is an impeachable offense.

More at https://t.co/eroDkOpxKw #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-19 00:21 +0000
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Be careful what you download.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/17/you-downloaded-faceapp-heres-what-youve-just-done-your-privacy/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904292996581887
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time 2019-07-19 00:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1152009878866542592

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The King of Debt!

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-king-of-debt-224642

But will China take fifty cents on the dollar?   They have
ways of collecting that aren't available to Trump's
business competitors.  Help from Congress?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-budget-on-the-brink-of-default-its-a-hell-of-a-way-to-run-a-country/2019/07/17/71b9ff36-a8b5-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

More at https://t.co/lXAUzzMgUJ #PS1notopic

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time 2019-07-19 00:17 +0000
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Technology news.

The flower power car was originally a populist project.

https://www.apnews.com/53243665f30f4d97a2a292e3c7e76a41

Don't forget ad blockers.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/10/malicious-apps-infect-25-million-android-devices-with-agent-smith-malware/

Trump administration reserves for itself the right to
hassle tech companies.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-10/u-s-said-to-investigate-french-plan-for-tax-on-tech-giants

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904058309938689
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151504122924847106

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In case you don't have enough to worry about.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/house-orders-pentagon-report-whether-weaponized-ticks

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904006589943861
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time 2019-07-17 13:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151484685941260288

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Why Trumpists will never really permit immigration reform.

They need farm (and hospitality) labor to be illegal,
fearful, unorganized and unorganizable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/labor-laws-california-new-york-lesson.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903793773298476
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151484447079849985

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You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want
to change the world

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-2020.html

Just remember, revolution comes from Congress and the
states.  And the game is biased toward conservative voters.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903778449966675
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So was the electoral college about slavery?

No - https://t.co/5B5e6UbnvB

Yes - https://t.co/aZC0bTx1e9

For certain it was about reinforcing the power of small
states, which nowadays means rural states.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

More at https://t.co/OcioR6rOYU #PS1notopic

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Trying to find a positive role for conservative ideology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-thiel-nationalism.html

It's hard when there's no conservative party, only a gang
that mouths whatever ideology serves the purpose of the
moment, following their leader.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903710626640124
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time 2019-07-17 13:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151483348524470272

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Why Trump has so much trouble in the courts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-racist-comments-can-be-used-against-him-in-court-as-judges-cite-them-to-block-policies/2019/07/16/6ed0ea6a-a7f1-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

He just can't shut up about his motives.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903704999974020
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time 2019-07-17 13:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151482933779165185

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A 50th anniversary year - the last episode of the first
Star Trek in June, the landing on the moon in July.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/16/extraordinary-trek-george-takei/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903699886641198
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time 2019-07-17 13:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151482492886499328

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Why do people believe conspiracy theories?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/50-years-after-apollo-conspiracy-theorists-are-still-howling-at-the-moon-hoax/2019/05/23/ca5b4a3a-700e-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html

Why do people who know better promote them?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/

Because there's money or celebrity or political power in
indulging the gullible.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903694883308365
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time 2019-07-17 13:22 +0000
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Good thing Trump is not micro-managing this operation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/americas-immediate-challenge-in-the-persian-gulf/2019/07/16/fc99941e-a7f6-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903686296642557
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This should worry Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/08/weve-just-lived-through-greatest-period-restaurant-growth-us-history-heres-why-its-ending/

It's as ominous as an inverted yield curve.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/invertedyieldcurve.asp

Republican politicians who now claim to be Trumpists?
A recession will turn them back into traditional
conservatives overnight.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903684483309405
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A candidate you might not know about yet.

https://www.wonkette.com/excuse-me-there-is-a-time-traveler-running-for-president-and-i-need-to-know-more-please

But here's a candidate you might recall -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mark-sanford-says-hes-considering-primary-challenge-against-trump/2019/07/16/1b7af7d6-a7f4-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

Evidently he didn't get the memo that Republicans are only
fiscal conservatives when the Democrats are in charge.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903627533315100
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time 2019-07-17 13:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151480746575446016

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Too much steel, not enough Bibles

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-07/the-trump-tariff-twist-that-s-cost-u-s-steel-5-5-billion

https://www.apnews.com/35b3c523466d4cc58db5507e6e1190ec

Just another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903608829983637
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time 2019-07-17 13:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1151480365535490048

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Sununu fearlessly stands up to protect unlimited dark
political money.

https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-Governor-Sununu-vetoes-election-finance-reform-bills-26907467

Somebody has to protect the sacred principle of one dollar
one vote.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate

https://www.americanpromise.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903606623317191
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time 2019-07-17 13:13 +0000
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Abolish the "debt ceiling."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abolish-the-debt-ceiling--no-strings-attached/2019/07/15/1f1693d2-a73b-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Getting a handle on public debt is a good thing.     But
the "debt ceiling" is just a prop for political theatre.

https://www.get-to-sixty.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903072930037227
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time 2019-07-16 02:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1150956744912191488

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The age of impunity!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-in-an-age-of-impunity-it-will-have-consequences-for-us-all/2019/07/07/8ff2d894-9f2b-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897840490560471
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time 2019-07-15 20:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1150872150359719936

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Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/07/trump-is-huge-headache-deutsche-bank-has-plenty-more/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897853637225823
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time 2019-07-15 20:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1150871908893638656

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We can visit.    But we have to come back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-the-space-age-taught-us-earth-is-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds/2019/06/18/b7454e78-65cd-11e9-8985-4cf30147bdca_story.html

What about the Fermi Paradox?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

And if we did somehow manage to establish a self-sustaining
colony on Mars, why would they want to bail us out?

More at
https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/900808253597028
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time 2019-07-15 20:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1150871687639916545

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Polite expression on a small island requires quantum
state superposition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/11/critiquing-trump-was-not-problem-failing-use-british-doublespeak-was/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902174743460379
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time 2019-07-15 20:54 +0000
userclicks 1
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Can you be sued for making a joke that people take
seriously and act upon?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902786403399213
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time 2019-07-15 20:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1150870910850617344

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Who's really in charge here?   The Dick Cheney of the
Trump era.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/his-own-fiefdom-mulvaney-builds-an-empire-for-the-right-wing-as-trumps-chief-of-staff/2019/07/14/85c5ebdc-942b-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html

If Obama was for it, he's against it and wants it stopped
NOW in case the Democrats win the Senate in 2020.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902741100070410
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Now we have a real character test for the Republicans in
public life - either they are Trumpists all the way now
or they are not.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/15/republicans-trump-quiet-minority-congresswomen-leave/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/15/racism-straight-white-house-trumps-tweets-revolt-politicians-around-world/

Easy Rider is ancient history, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider

More...

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902735210070999
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time 2019-07-15 20:49 +0000
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No real limits for big agribusiness.

https://www.apnews.com/75df5e7bf56e43df99d091bc4d16a87d

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897712183906635
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time 2019-07-07 19:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147958216556367873

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What the radical freshman don't get.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/07/05/feature/haunted-by-the-reagan-era/

The Reagan victory involved changing the minds of
relatively few voters.  The rural bias in the constitution,

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

provides plenty of conservatives in Congress.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897292997281887
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time 2019-07-07 05:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147733365203730438

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Trucker fatigue - if Obama was against it, then who's
for it?

https://www.apnews.com/5cf6c7d728b44834bea7f2ebf5121088

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897125297298657
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time 2019-07-06 21:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147621117957292032

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"Putin looks more like a pope to me"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/world/europe/pope-francis-putin.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897124110632109
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time 2019-07-06 21:36 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147620411007328256

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Plant trees!

https://www.apnews.com/8ac33686b64a4fbc991997a72683b1c5

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897122980632222
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time 2019-07-06 21:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147619761490055168

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Ranked-choice voting would avoid this.

https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/california-independents-presidential-primary-unable-to-vote-no-party-affiliation/

If every candidate ran in the general election, then every
voter could vote first choice for the one they love and
second choice for the one they might win.

https://www.fairvote.org/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895134267497760
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time 2019-07-06 19:57 +0000
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What all those candidates should be doing instead.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/05/when-do-struggling-candidates-have-bail-run-another-office/

Anybody who could keep or get a Senate or Governor seat
should do so.      State law governs when they have
to decide.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/896265777384609
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time 2019-07-06 19:12 +0000
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Why it's important to keep or win Democratic governorships
and state legislatures.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/us/gerrymandering-state-legislatures-elections.html

Another way to help -

https://democraticredistricting.com/

Or we could start over -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/896272584050595
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time 2019-07-06 19:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147583903147761664

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More tick horrors.

https://elemental.medium.com/lyme-disease-cases-are-exploding-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse-5d3c3a2de5c5

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/18/18677511/lyme-disease-diagnosis-health

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/896916733986180
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time 2019-07-06 19:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1147583607461965825

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Should Justin Amash run for President?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

The election might be decided by the 12th Amendment -
that guarantees a Trump victory.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/896234444054409
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Making tax-advantaged retirements available for the lower
middle class.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article232148142.html

Who's against it?     The usual suspects.

https://www.pionline.com/article/20190401/ONLINE/190409956/court-dismisses-challenge-to-calsavers-secure-choice-program

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895136470830873
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time 2019-07-03 20:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146521986522206208

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A thermostatic reaction?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/opinion/trump-republican-base.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895132717497915
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time 2019-07-03 20:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146517936640671744

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The Nationalist International

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/opinion/the-surprising-history-of-nationalist-internationalism.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895013637509823
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time 2019-07-03 20:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146515898083106816

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The challenges ahead

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/opinion/america-threat.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895009217510265
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time 2019-07-03 20:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146515425859002368

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The acorn doesn't fall far from the oak.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/02/what-revolution-reveals-about-americas-modern-day-empire/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894754834202370
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time 2019-07-03 20:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146515137848729600

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How can social media companies fight fake news without
cutting off Trump's most enthusiastic supporters?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-technology-202/2019/07/02/the-technology-202-trump-invites-conservative-tech-critics-to-white-house-for-social-media-summit/5d1a7d40a7a0a47d87c56f90/

Trust-busting is a good idea, in general, when companies
get large enough.     But that won't solve Trump's problem.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894374504240403
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time 2019-07-03 20:23 +0000
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The view from a Trump supporter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/01/no-one-makes-trump-unsteady-kamala-harris-does/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894369290907591
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time 2019-07-03 20:21 +0000
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Some mysteries might never be solved.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-enigma-of-the-entire-mueller-probe-focus-on-origins-of-russian-investigation-puts-spotlight-on-maltese-professor/2019/06/30/b374fe8c-8185-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893341481010372
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time 2019-07-03 20:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1146514125339557888

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A plan to end homelessness!

https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/trump-paints-dark-picture-homelessness-cities-we-may-intercede/

Just as soon as he publishes his Obamacare replacement that
will provide better care for more people for less money.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/trumps-incoherent-monologue-homelessness/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894365594241294
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time 2019-07-03 20:14 +0000
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Ever wonder where batteries come from?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-11/saving-the-planet-with-electric-cars-means-strangling-this-desert

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894012337609953
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time 2019-07-02 01:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1145871767572897792

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The Senate is more important than the White House.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/senate-democrats-mcconnell-2020.html

All those Democratic presidential hopefuls who might
keep ot get a Senate seat are misplacing their energy.
And Democratic governors fight Republican gerrymandering.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893994770945043
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time 2019-07-02 01:11 +0000
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Beware of trips to Mongolia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/john-bolton-trump.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893991774278676
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time 2019-07-02 01:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1145860344096514049

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A deal might be possible.

All it might take is the usual professional diplomatic
patience and attention to detail.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/north-korea.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893962080948312
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time 2019-07-01 23:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1145840318186577921

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Competitive authoritarianism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/republicans-trump-democracy.html

One of the Trumpist pillars is the rural bias in the
Constitution -

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893959147615272
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time 2019-07-01 23:36 +0000
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Some mysteries might never be solved.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-enigma-of-the-entire-mueller-probe-focus-on-origins-of-russian-investigation-puts-spotlight-on-maltese-professor/2019/06/30/b374fe8c-8185-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/893341481010372
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