Tweets on democracy-2020

Columns of Tweet Tables

The table above has these entries:

• "Title" is the first line of the tweet.
• "Date" contains the tweet date.
• "Impress" is the number of impressions.
• "Engage" is the number of engagements.
• "Expand" is the number of expands.
• "URL Clicks" is the number of clicks on URL's.
• "Like" is the number of likes.
• "Retweet" is the number of retweets.
• "Link to Text" is a link to the text of the tweet.
• "Link to Tweet" is a link to the actual tweet.

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If more people vote, that changes the result!

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rand-paul-voter-georgia-runoff

That's why we have elections, to change the result as
needed.        But under minority rule, voting rights
started with white male landowners and only expanded
slowly.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 50
time 2020-12-28 21:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343664396749295617

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Is anything holding our country together right now -
except habit?

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-michigan-north-carolina-c331eaa4bfb954d5584d8c712eb0a7e8

Regional federalism?

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 49
time 2020-12-28 06:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343440794980499456

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Trump empowers states by disempowering the Federal
government.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/power-to-states-and-governors-during-coronavirus/

Regional federalism began to evolve spontaneously during
covid and should evolve further.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 42
time 2020-12-28 04:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343406457522249728

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Democracies can't handle unexpected crises.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/america-was-unprepared-for-a-major-crisis-again/

Funding is available for widely-known threats, not for
those that haven't materialized yet.

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

Then there are exponentials.

#PS1democracy

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impress 44
time 2020-12-28 03:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343399898494865408

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Is the alternate-reality chasm unbridgeable?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/elections-reckoning/

If so, time for regional federalism to counteract minority
rule -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 45
time 2020-12-28 02:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343389830378528769

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The immortal legend of voter fraud!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/politics/republicans-voter-fraud.html

It will never die because voter suppression is a pillar
supporting minority rule.    And minority rule is entirely
built on lies - targeting gullible voters.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 46
time 2020-12-27 15:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343218928244297729

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A voting suppressor's work is never done!      Minority
rule is never safe from democracy.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-voting-rights-elections-82cd5b52e924b818bb8d8db80edba44b

They don't even know if suppressing vote by mail will work
for them or against them, but they know what Trump thinks.

#PS1democracy

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impress 50
time 2020-12-26 14:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1342838682135396355

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Always look on the bright side of life!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/24/despite-everything-we-persisted-2020/

#PS1democracy

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impress 45
time 2020-12-24 15:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1342137344053239808

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Eliminate sore-loser laws and establish
ranked-choice-voting

https://www.fairvote.org/ranked_choice_voting

and there is no need for runoff elections!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-clyburn-runoff-elections-voting-rights/2020/12/22/2eb0827e-446c-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 47
time 2020-12-23 15:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341769404908900352

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What is it that Romney doesn't like about minority rule?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/21/romney-isnt-yet-there-he-should-consider-new-party/

Trumpism is the logical evolution of minority rule from
Strom Thurmond.     You can't maintain minority rule by
playing fair or being logical and honest.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 35
time 2020-12-21 15:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341037545535094784

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Necessary post-Trump reforms

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/trump-presidency-reform.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 41
time 2020-12-19 01:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1340100528152317953

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Can Congress pass a two-day extension?

https://apnews.com/article/postal-service-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-e3ce67ff0dcee061677e81c12718076d

The real question, can Congress ever kick its habit of
screwing with continuing resolutions and budget ceiling
resolutions?

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

#PS1democracy

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impress 35
time 2020-12-18 23:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1340077727093673986

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Recommendations for American democracy.

https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/report

#PS1democracy

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impress 46
time 2020-12-18 17:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339990386475823104

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Control of the House now tends to better reflect popular
vote.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/18/how-did-gop-gain-house-while-trump-lost-its-actually-pretty-simple/

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 5%
expands 2
impress 43
time 2020-12-18 17:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339986426063069186

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Prescription for a new year -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/17/how-keep-politics-sane-2021/

"Ignore Trump, herald federalism, encourage bipartisan
reform and focus on voter outreach"

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 53
time 2020-12-17 20:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339666389682909184

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Who deserves a Medal of Freedom?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/17/give-them-medal/

#PS1democracy

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impress 37
time 2020-12-17 18:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339644470279557120

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Want to improve democracy and get a year-end tax deduction?

American Promise Education Fund - campaign finance
https://americanpromise.net/

FairVote - election reform https://www.fairvote.org/

ITEP - tax fairness https://itep.org/

More at
https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1315893212088528

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
impress 39
time 2020-12-17 05:00 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339435222744481792

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"Ideals tell us what we like to be. Compromises tell us
who we are."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/merkel-orban-morawiecki.html

A compromise is hard to evaluate - it needs the judgment
of history.  What about Henry Clay who preserved the union
by preserving slavery?

https://www.history.com/topics/us-politics/henry-clay

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
impress 43
time 2020-12-16 23:36 +0000
userclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339353666684215296

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Did America triumph over sedition?     Or barely survive,
mortally wounded?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/opinion/trump-democracy-america.html

Want to do something about it?

https://electionreformers.org/

#PS1democracy

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impress 35
time 2020-12-16 23:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339346317097672704

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Ideas for restoring Congress.

https://modernizecongress.house.gov/recommendations

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congress-needs-to-curb-presidential-power-heres-how-it-can-start-to/2020/12/15/ffde4c32-3f12-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html

Oddly enough, they include restoring pork-barrel earmarks
to increase commitment and bargaining power to all members.

Here are more -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 34
time 2020-12-16 19:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339294476267712514

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What's worse than unlimited dark money?      Unlimited
FOREIGN dark money!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/15/opinion-stop-political-spending-by-foreign-influenced-u-s-firms/

Time to stop it all.   Restrict political donations to
individual registered US voters!

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations

#PS1democracy

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impress 30
time 2020-12-16 14:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339211087179182081

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How to overcome divisiveness in one kind of district -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-there-any-hope-for-our-divided-nation-antonio-delgado-has-some-ideas/2020/12/13/d4290d70-3ba2-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

Of course, if your district is not that kind, it won't
work.

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 37
time 2020-12-14 03:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1338329506277249024

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The downhill slide to dictatorship.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-democratic-legitimacy-election/2020/12/11/1adfe688-3b14-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

The founders knew that the ascent toward representative
democracy is a hard steep uphill.

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
expands 1
impress 46
time 2020-12-13 23:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1338258404423262209

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It's about time, but more needs to be done.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/11/anonymous-shell-company-us-ban/

And it should have passed separately, not tacked on to
the defense appropriation bill.

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

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 5%
expands 2
impress 43
time 2020-12-12 14:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337759857076682752

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Why don't the red states revive their glorious past by
restoring the law they really want, limiting voting to
white men that own land?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/us/mail-voting-absentee.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 48
time 2020-12-10 19:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337120341085233152

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The "failed election" law needs to be updated to deal with
current problems that might lead to constitutional crises.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/state-legislatures-electors-results.html

There are so many of these time bombs waiting to go off.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 48
time 2020-12-10 16:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337065878370729986

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What checked Trump's ambition?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/trump-constitution-norms.html

The partisan ambition of Republican senators failed to
check Trump, just as Madison feared.   Elevating do-nothing
to an art form, they embellished it with say-nothing.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 43
time 2020-12-10 15:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337057383911133184

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Trump  allies in fake non-profit attack democracy in favor
of minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/thomas-more-jenna-ellis/2020/12/07/09057432-362d-11eb-b59c-adb7153d10c2_story.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 42
time 2020-12-07 14:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335953387297198080

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A direct popular vote is not the answer,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/06/we-need-national-popular-vote-before-its-too-late/

Imagine the crisis if the popular vote totals differed
by a few thousand votes, and some states refused to order
recounts.     But there are other lower risk ways forward -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-electoral-college.html

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
expands 1
impress 53
time 2020-12-07 02:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335772798220816385

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How can Trumpists suppress the rising tide of democracy?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/politics/2020-election-turnout.html

Just think what would happen if everybody voted!

#PS1democracy

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impress 41
time 2020-12-05 14:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335230468619292674

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Diverse ideas how to improve American life -

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/fix-america-economy-climate-health

What about ending unlimited dark money in politics?
That seems very potent.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations

#PS1democracy

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impress 40
time 2020-12-05 06:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335108825758588928

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Trump showed needed reforms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-shows-that-we-need-to-reform-us-democracy/2020/12/03/437b5da2-35ab-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html

But minority rule means nothing will happen at the
Federal level.   States will have to reform themselves,
individually or collectively.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 44
time 2020-12-04 15:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334885187855949826

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How much free education do feudal serfs need anyway?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/opinion/betsy-devos-education.html

Draftees arriving at Camp Shelby MS in 1917, often lacked
literacy, but seldom marksmanship.

White Southern Baptists needed to read the Bible, but not
blacks -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-literacy_laws_in_the_United_States

#PS1democracy

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impress 37
time 2020-12-02 03:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333983111093186560

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Lessons to be learned, work to be done.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/opinion/trump-biden-democracy.html

Don't expect any help from McConnell or McCarthy -
they were put in office to preserve minority rule, not
destroy it.

#PS1democracy

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impress 36
time 2020-12-02 03:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333977768590077953

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Republicans don't hide their agenda any more -

"Medicare and Medicaid might have been mistakes"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/29/gop-party-that-cannot-change/

Without voter suppression, "Republicans would never win
another election"

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-republican-president-mail-in-voting-lindsey-graham-warns-2020-11

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1303303476680835

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 5%
expands 2
impress 42
time 2020-11-30 02:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333232060308176897

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How Koch organizes Latinos for reactionary politicians to
support minority rule.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/magazine/latino-voters.html

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 5%
expands 1
impress 41
time 2020-11-29 22:11 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333171760468877313

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Legislation for sale!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/referenda-ballot-measures-democrats/2020/11/25/d5984964-2e69-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

Ballot measures go to the side that spends more.  Once a
tool for the people to overcome legislatures corrupted
by special interests, now a tool for special interests to
overcome legislatures.

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

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 40
time 2020-11-29 19:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333134476667281408

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How the primary system, sore-loser laws, and lack
of ranked-choice voting pushes American politics to
ideological extremes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/republican-women-conservative-primary-candidates/2020/11/25/bb803a8c-2eaf-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html

Surprise!    It's worse for women than men.

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 38
time 2020-11-29 19:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333130223215230976

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George Washington saw it all coming.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/27/trumps-farewell-address-his-own-words/

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 6%
impress 34
likes 1
time 2020-11-28 02:50 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1332517199014051841

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It's time everybody understood how our democracy works.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-presidency-was-a-crash-course-in-civics-we-can-be-thankful-for-that/2020/11/25/93a92632-2f76-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

But popular understanding is the last thing that minority
rule wants.

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
expands 1
impress 42
time 2020-11-27 04:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1332185950051471360

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How ironic that suppressing minorities is a pillar of
minority rule!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-birtherism.html

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 44
time 2020-11-26 01:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331771260536143874

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We know a lot of what needs to be done.      We just need
to do it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/election-integrity.html

But the defenders of minority rule like elections to be
dark and mysterious - so fraud is easier.

#PS1democracy

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impress 46
time 2020-11-26 01:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331767300567887873

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Need a prayer for Thanksgiving?

https://www.west-point.org/academy/malo-wa/inspirations/cadetprayer.html

Need some saints and sinners to pray for blessings and
repentance?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/trump-election-democracy.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 39
time 2020-11-26 00:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331764088129503232

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Next time could be worse - Trump has made straight in the
desert a highway for his bolder and abler successor.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/us/politics/election-trump-democracy.html

Biden should appoint a presidential commission to recommend
non-partisan means of making the election system more
robust.

#PS1democracy

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engage 28
engage-rate 29%
expands 27
impress 97
time 2020-11-25 23:54 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331748039074091010

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Will there be enough heroes next time?    And why does
following the law have to be heroic?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/24/this-unnerving-election-does-not-bode-well-next-one/

The next Trumpist will surely be worse - bolder and more
capable.

#PS1democracy

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impress 35
time 2020-11-25 23:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331737820461887489

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Too much money is not the answer.      But the question
is how much is enough?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/one-of-2020s-biggest-losers-was-the-amount-of-money-wasted-in-the-election/2020/11/23/b0c8a034-2da6-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

Since there is no penalty for false political advertising,
it's best to ignore all of it, no matter how much it cost.

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
expands 1
impress 58
time 2020-11-24 01:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331045572912979970

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Laying the foundations for future voter suppression
in court.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/opinion/trump-election-courts.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 48
time 2020-11-23 13:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330862775657144320

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Persons vs inhabitants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-arguing-against-the-framers-original-intent/2020/11/19/0269875e-2aab-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html

How about apportioning seats according to the number of
persons voting in the last election?   THAT number is known
exactly and would discourage suppression of registration
and voting.

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

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 31
time 2020-11-20 18:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329859655636434944

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No voter fraud but lots of voter suppression.      Anybody
going to do anything about it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/19/we-need-an-113-commission/

#PS1democracy

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impress 36
time 2020-11-19 15:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329448097651503104

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What about the Electoral College?

Instead of protecting political minorities,
winner-take-all is unstable.

Popular election of the president could be difficult
if a national recount is needed.  How can we minimize
constitutional crises?

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1295043577506825

#PS1democracy

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impress 42
time 2020-11-19 05:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329296505430130689

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The polls failed because so many people don't trust the
pollsters.      And why would people who believe in QAnon,
for instance, trust anybody grounded in reality?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-quality-of-polling-is-a-symptom-of-a-democracys-health/2020/11/16/b2c5c714-2832-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 2%
expands 1
impress 41
time 2020-11-17 22:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328833107303174144

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States rights - the progressive answer to reactionary
Federalism?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/opinion/progressive-conservative-courts.html

Strom Thurmond and George Wallace would turn over in
their graves.

#PS1democracy

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engage 24
engage-rate 26%
expands 24
impress 94
time 2020-11-16 14:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328351198722842630

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Alito is bothered by executive overreach!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-so-sour-justice-alito-your-side-in-the-supreme-court-is-winning/2020/11/13/19e099bc-25ed-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

But not by judicial activism or by legislative paralysis
that causes the activism and overreach.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

Nor by minority rule.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

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Don't bother Mitch with talk about democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-know-dc-deserves-to-be-a-state-but-their-own-power-takes-precedence/2020/11/15/ca38ad86-248f-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

He's not allowing statehood for DC and PR to even come to
a vote.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories

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One dollar, one vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/prop-22-california-gig-workers.html

Initiative was intended to restore power to the people
from legislatures corrupted by special interests.       Now
special interest initiatives take power from the people.

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

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time 2020-11-14 05:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327479479518732290

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Minority rule is all about stealing election after election
- and blaming the other side when caught.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/opinion/trump-election-concede.html

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

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

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time 2020-11-11 18:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326594230970589185

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Divided government doesn't facilitate compromise.
It facilitates deadlock.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stop-romanticizing-divided-government-if-mcconnell-is-majority-leader-there-will-be-no-progress/2020/11/09/1d911d22-22c6-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html

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time 2020-11-10 03:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326003941335732224

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In 1876 and 2000 it depended on the character of one
person.        Who'd bet on that now?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/samuel-randall-1876-election.html

We need to avoid these crises in the first place rather
than hope for the best when they come up.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html

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time 2020-11-10 00:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325954849943379968

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Libertarians might well get credit for electing Biden,
just as Greens elected Bush and Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/opinion/election-2020-libertarians-deficit-hawks.html

But the partisan-paralyzed government that thrills Liz
Mair is poison for the country.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

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

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time 2020-11-09 23:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325940460204879873

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Time for the ideology of problem solving.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/09/congress-mcconnell-pelosi-biden/

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

https://www.nolabels.org/

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

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

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"If Republicans don't challenge and change the
U.S. election system, there will never be another
Republican president elected again"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/09/lindsey-grahams-curious-conspiratorial-argument-why-trump-should-fight-election-results/

Apparently the rural bias isn't enough -

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

Does Graham mean no voting by mail?

#PS1democracy

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The power of One dollar One vote!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/opinion/prop-22-california-labor-law.html

Initiative/referendum/recall were devised to restore
power to the people from legislatures corrupted by special
interests.       But now these tools serve those special
interests.

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

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What it's actually like to count ballots

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/05/vote-count-michigan-no-fraud/

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time 2020-11-07 05:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324950774460284928

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We are stuck with the Electoral College  - the current
ruling party never wants to give up what just worked
for it.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/popular-vote-electoral-college.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-11-06 23:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324862140075765760

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Puerto Rican statehood?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/opinion/puerto-rico-state.html

Sorry, Mitch says no.

https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-washington-dc-puerto-rico-statehood-democrats-152887

They'll just have to wait two more years and try again.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories

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time 2020-11-05 03:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324199228126625793

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Get rid of direct election of senators?     Cruz and
Lee favor.

https://www.standard.net/news/government/utah-senate-passes-resolution-to-repeal-17th-amendment-in-states-rights-push/article_a7bbcb3f-a903-5327-bcf4-e3e3683b4362.html

The 17th Amendment was passed because the state legislature
method was so corrupt.      That must be the appeal to
modern Republicans trying to maintain minority rule.

#PS1democracy

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Why does nothing ever change in politics?  Isn't Congress
supposed to pass laws for the good of the country? Why
doesn't it?

4 reasons -- money - primaries - media - performers!

Restore Congress by Inhibiting Ideological Extremism!

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-11-03 07:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1323530083462606848

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Ranked-choice voting tests Maine.  It's safe to vote for
a third party candidate for first choice when you can vote
for a major candidate for second choice - so your vote is
not wasted.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/31/could-maines-ranked-choice-voting-system-cost-sen-susan-collins/

Politicians hate it.

https://www.fairvote.org/maine_poll_october2020

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Some day we'll thank Trump - for motivating so many women
to get into politics and change it forever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/trump-clinton-women.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-31 22:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322664889836470272

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Who knew!      Roger Stone and Q were active in 1860, too!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/lincoln-trump-1860-2020.html

"We seceded to rid ourselves of the rule of the majority"
- Jefferson Davis

It's the ultimate irony that the mantle of the Dixiecrats
is now proudly borne by Trumpists.

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time 2020-10-31 22:13 +0000
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Give Trump credit for waking us up.    Government is
important and it doesn't take care of itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/trump-democracy-apathy.html

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time 2020-10-31 22:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322659923717574656

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Nobody else will come to our rescue!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/its-up-people-foil-trumps-plot-against-democracy/

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-31 05:09 +0000
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What have we lost?

15 points of view.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/30/opinion/trump-america.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-31 01:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322349349964185601

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Whose ballots get rejected?        And how many close
contests will be decided that way?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/22/opinion/biden-mail-ballots-rejection.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-31 01:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322345206830649346

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Design and human factors are important!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/29/opinion/election-voting-mail-ballot-design.html

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time 2020-10-31 01:08 +0000
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Now a country no better than other countries - but
perhaps America's greatness can be recovered over time.
By starting at home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/biden-trump-foreign-policy.html

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time 2020-10-31 00:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322330818430210049

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Liberal democracy has support in India.   Just not from
any of Trump's pals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/india-muslims-liberalism.html

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time 2020-10-31 00:08 +0000
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Why did they even bother trying?      Why not just make
up the numbers Trump wants?

https://apnews.com/article/us-census-lawsuit-pressured-falsify-data-1a899c8af0b2797a7b3456c1354066a2

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-30 00:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1321976375163510784

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Will in-your-face voter suppression backfire?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/opinion/voter-suppression-election.html

Were Republicans a little too hasty after Shelby v Holder?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder

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Not easy to maintain minority rule!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/elections/trump-pennsylvania-voter-suppression.html

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time 2020-10-29 16:07 +0000
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Slavery - segregation - suppression.

It's hard to maintain minority rule, even in a Potemkin
democracy, without resorting to every means available.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/28/republicans-only-way-win-is-stop-you-voting/

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Make voting mandatory?     Not likely - Republican minority
rule is based on having as few people vote as possible.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/28/why-voting-should-be-treated-like-jury-duty/

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-29 04:57 +0000
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How far Trump might go is far from the biggest question.
It's how far might his more competent, bolder and more
ruthless successor might go.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/opinion/trump-biden-election-scenarios.html

In many ways, the advocates of minority rule are planning
their moves for 2024.

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-29 03:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1321650999191220226

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Constitutional amendments for Democrats to consider

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/26/four-big-constitutional-fixes-we-need-thanks-trump/

And some more -

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

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People who don't vote could change the country.  But they
don't.       So nothing changes.    As they expected.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/election-nonvoters.html

Casting informed votes is a lot of work, and most people
aren't that interested.       They get the government
they deserve.

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-26 14:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1320737034588147715

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People power doesn't work any more.  It needs US
leadership.       But doesn't get it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/protesters-in-belarus-and-thailand-hope-to-see-democratic-change-sadly-they-probably-wont/2020/10/25/51261bf8-1482-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html

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time 2020-10-26 00:49 +0000
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End minority rule!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/opinion/sunday/disenfranchisement-democracy-minority-rule.html

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

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

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-23 22:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319769344004349952

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Democracy is a threat to minority rule.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/opinion/lindsey-graham-senate-statehood.html

DC and PR statehood means Republicans redefine themselves
toward the center - and find new donors.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories

As in 1800-1850, the free/slave balance in the Senate is
the key issue.

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-23 18:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319704632612904960

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Government of the dollars, by the dollars, for the dollars.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/23/49ers-owner-jed-york-pours-millions-into-santa-clara-city-council-race-after-years-of-battling-city-hall/

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time 2020-10-23 17:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319690893809520642

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This ship has sailed, but let's do something about campaign
finance in 2021.

https://americanpromise.net/

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/politics/joe-biden-donors.html

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Who said this and when?  "[my opponent] has achieved a
great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud
him for it.    And my heart is filled with gratitude to
the American people for giving me a fair hearing before
deciding."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-will-end-his-presidency-as-he-began-it-whining/2020/10/20/1a4eee30-130a-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html

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time 2020-10-21 21:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319022119573835776

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"Biden may believe that there are 4-8 Republicans who
might work with him"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/18/ending-filibuster-is-about-be-more-important-than-ever/

A Democratic majority means those 4-8 are gone.
Leftover Republicans know the 2009 playbook - just say NO.
The filibuster has to go.

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

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78 is too old for president.    87 is too old for senator.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/18/feinstein-markey-barrett-graham/

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NOW will (the surviving) Republicans get interested in
limiting dark money?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/18/democrats-stunning-fundraising/

https://americanpromise.net/

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time 2020-10-18 20:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317923096150507521

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Looking to Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon for clues on
how to recover from Trumpism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/16/prosecute-trump-accountability-presidency/

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-18 15:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317851424504492032

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Weaponizing free speech against democracy!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/magazine/free-speech.html

There's big money in flooding the zone!

#PS1democracy

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Supreme Court gets another chance to boost Republicans.
Will they take it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-census-undocumented-immigrants/2020/10/16/cf8288be-0f51-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html

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time 2020-10-16 22:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317230024836042752

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Systematic disenfranchisement of seniors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/14/nursing-homes-voting-covid-discrimination/

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-15 01:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316555062697631744

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Supreme Court does its duty to Trump by shutting down
census before it can count too many Democrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/supreme-court-census.html

Allocate Congressional seats instead by voter turnout.
That would discourage states from suppressing voting.

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

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-14 22:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1316501222501670913

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Why don't young people vote?       They need to get in
the habit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/upshot/youth-voting-2020-election.html

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-12 16:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1315695393372397569

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Democracy isn't the objective?

https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1314089207875371008

Nobody is for national direct democracy.      It's
representative democracy that's at stake - vs Potemkin
democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/08/not-all-pences-harriss-debate-dodges-are-created-equal/

#PS1democracy

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time 2020-10-08 20:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314301347865346048