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More openings likely for Secret Service agents! 2020-10-05 77 2 1 1 0 0 1312965332802265088 1312965332802265088
A poor mask is better than no mask. 2020-10-05 30 0 0 0 0 0 1312962871349833729 1312962871349833729
America is watching a rerun of a British tragedy. 2020-10-05 38 0 0 0 0 0 1312960063842082817 1312960063842082817
Tax breaks - give small ones to the middle class that are 2020-10-05 37 0 0 0 0 0 1312958953068720135 1312958953068720135
Dysfunctions is us! 2020-10-05 29 0 0 0 0 0 1312956047871496194 1312956047871496194
The Republicans better skip hearings and go straight 2020-10-05 29 1 1 0 0 0 1312951064212115456 1312951064212115456
If Trump goes back to the White House tomorrow - good luck 2020-10-05 74 1 1 0 0 0 1312949128410742784 1312949128410742784
Any small donor could have written this - 2020-10-05 32 0 0 0 0 0 1312946087586480128 1312946087586480128
Coming to a hospital near you! 2020-10-05 35 1 1 0 0 0 1312944480325042176 1312944480325042176
Rural Russia is a lot like... Rural America. Putin 2020-10-05 46 0 0 0 0 0 1312943565505392641 1312943565505392641
The American Wild West lives on in the Amazon. Will 2020-10-05 26 0 0 0 0 0 1312942329938935808 1312942329938935808
No more free ride for patients willing to teleconference. 2020-10-05 31 0 0 0 0 0 1312939071535104005 1312939071535104005
Pence ordered CDC to close borders. 2020-10-05 34 0 0 0 0 0 1312938356234362883 1312938356234362883
Barr can't be bothered to quarantine. 2020-10-05 54 0 0 0 0 0 1312937406845263873 1312937406845263873
Telling the truth is a sign of weakness? 2020-10-05 28 0 0 0 0 0 1312936885145100288 1312936885145100288
The virus falls harder on some than others. 2020-10-05 46 3 0 2 0 0 1312935059372924929 1312935059372924929
Chaos in NC could affect Barrett confirmation! 2020-10-05 32 1 1 0 0 0 1312911711653904384 1312911711653904384
President Putin congratulates American vets for frankly 2020-10-05 31 0 0 0 0 0 1312911110262018048 1312911110262018048
A pulse oximeter to avoid a crisis. 2020-10-05 34 0 0 0 0 0 1312905392461017088 1312905392461017088
Opportunities for mischief from adversaries bold enough 2020-10-04 93 13 13 0 0 0 1312891756870950914 1312891756870950914
"I had to confront [the virus] so the American people 2020-10-04 80 1 1 0 0 0 1312890532096405505 1312890532096405505
A book about all the Trump books - so far! 2020-10-04 52 0 0 0 0 0 1312887525250195457 1312887525250195457
All the things that could go wrong! 2020-10-04 53 0 0 0 0 0 1312885290441166849 1312885290441166849
Other Republicans say What Me Worry? 2020-10-04 53 0 0 0 0 0 1312881244686827522 1312881244686827522
Some Republicans getting antsy! 2020-10-04 52 0 0 0 0 0 1312880113319436289 1312880113319436289
"including those in an exclusive dating relationship of 2020-10-04 72 0 0 0 0 0 1312878340928233472 1312878340928233472
How concerned are Americans about foreign interference? 2020-10-04 50 0 0 0 0 0 1312877132616331264 1312877132616331264
It was going to happen over time anyway. 2020-10-03 82 12 12 0 0 0 1312392433678708736 1312392433678708736
Another win for Trump! 2020-10-03 60 0 0 0 0 0 1312386885348544515 1312386885348544515
Nothing is true and everything is possible! 2020-10-03 56 1 1 0 0 0 1312374110689714176 1312374110689714176
Hubris, meet Nemesis. 2020-10-03 54 0 0 0 0 0 1312257658582298629 1312257658582298629
When the president is incapacitated - 2020-10-03 72 0 0 0 0 0 1312236063222427648 1312236063222427648
FBI prepares for election. 2020-10-03 52 0 0 0 0 0 1312234896002170880 1312234896002170880
Price goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit 2020-10-03 56 0 0 0 0 0 1312226605578641408 1312226605578641408
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to 2020-10-03 56 1 1 0 0 0 1312201974998155265 1312201974998155265
Too close to Roger Ailes? 2020-10-02 139 6 0 6 0 0 1312173858489659392 1312173858489659392
Invest in enforcement! 2020-10-02 54 0 0 0 0 0 1312172828590960642 1312172828590960642
What does it take to get Mormons to vote Democratic? 2020-10-02 59 0 0 0 0 0 1312171515304001536 1312171515304001536
Why we need a plan B that covers ALL eventualities. 2020-10-02 50 0 0 0 0 0 1312168956317163520 1312168956317163520
A life-changing experience. 2020-10-02 55 0 0 0 0 0 1312167625212919809 1312167625212919809
Government aid for live performing arts has never been 2020-10-02 59 1 1 0 0 0 1312165640153620480 1312165640153620480
Doubling down on bad bets - no wonder all those casinos 2020-10-02 53 0 0 0 0 0 1312164666265665536 1312164666265665536
Maybe Trump should mediate! He's friend with Turkey 2020-10-02 108 0 0 0 0 0 1312132460696625154 1312132460696625154
Think 2020 can't possible get worse? 2020-10-02 172 1 0 0 0 0 1312120547841433601 1312120547841433601
How the sausage gets made - not pretty in the legislature, 2020-10-02 58 0 0 0 0 0 1312116122796257280 1312116122796257280
How does it feel to live through a coup? 2020-10-02 52 0 0 0 0 0 1312115132210716673 1312115132210716673
Internet Research Agency still in business. 2020-10-02 57 1 0 1 0 0 1312112758511419392 1312112758511419392
Why do the parties so furiously rage together 2020-10-02 54 0 0 0 0 0 1312076539832401922 1312076539832401922
A busy weekend ahead on the internet! 2020-10-02 47 0 0 0 0 0 1312052576242692096 1312052576242692096
Republican Party Chair too! 2020-10-02 43 0 0 0 0 0 1312030823302930433 1312030823302930433
What about Biden and Mike Wallace? 2020-10-02 66 1 0 1 0 0 1312013936858816513 1312013936858816513
The world's greatest victim? 2020-10-02 53 1 0 0 1 0 1311882837029654529 1311882837029654529
If they were serious the Senate would pass a bill and 2020-10-02 86 0 0 0 0 0 1311881943399628801 1311881943399628801
Is this what hell is like? 2020-10-02 55 0 0 0 0 0 1311875635657146370 1311875635657146370
McMaster points out the obvious - Trump does what Putin 2020-10-02 54 0 0 0 0 0 1311872658913468416 1311872658913468416
Trump better be taking his bleach for protection! 2020-10-02 69 0 0 0 0 0 1311842747918118912 1311842747918118912
Yet another dimension of minority rule and voter 2020-10-02 41 0 0 0 0 0 1311836804941635585 1311836804941635585
Ranked choice voting progressing 2020-10-02 45 0 0 0 0 0 1311836474501857282 1311836474501857282
Trump the anti-conservative! 2020-10-01 91 24 24 0 0 0 1311814556654563328 1311814556654563328
How can Greg Abbott support minority rule if he lets 2020-10-01 46 0 0 0 0 0 1311813239244689409 1311813239244689409
A successful rehearsal - for what? 2020-10-01 51 0 0 0 0 0 1311812454670725120 1311812454670725120
The Republicans were in full control for two years - they 2020-10-01 55 0 0 0 0 0 1311808824580345856 1311808824580345856
How many remember the FIRST televised presidential debate 2020-10-01 44 0 0 0 0 0 1311801322794958848 1311801322794958848
Insuring against the 12th Amendment! 2020-10-01 52 1 0 1 0 0 1311800286843789312 1311800286843789312
On judicial nominees, Trump is just the messenger boy. 2020-10-01 55 1 1 0 0 0 1311794350767005696 1311794350767005696
Minority rule is a lie from top to bottom! 2020-10-01 43 0 0 0 0 0 1311792745879490560 1311792745879490560
The brown shirts are upping the ante. 2020-10-01 50 0 0 0 0 0 1311785169607483392 1311785169607483392
Did she accept the terms of her nomination? Trump 2020-10-01 45 0 0 0 0 0 1311783070899400704 1311783070899400704
Won't SOMEBODY please bring the president some good news? 2020-10-01 47 1 1 0 0 0 1311782252691427329 1311782252691427329
No changes! 2020-10-01 46 0 0 0 0 0 1311777030015381507 1311777030015381507
Are they planning election-day intimidation or just 2020-10-01 48 0 0 0 0 0 1311682020372672513 1311682020372672513
Do you know who your secretary of state is? Would you 2020-10-01 35 0 0 0 0 0 1311680369138180096 1311680369138180096
Drudge and Trump give up on each other. 2020-10-01 46 0 0 0 0 0 1311678620352438272 1311678620352438272
An essential pillar of minority rule is saying one thing 2020-10-01 56 0 0 0 0 0 1311675851256197120 1311675851256197120
Tax breaks for billionaires are tax increases for you. 2020-10-01 36 1 1 0 0 0 1311672826701574146 1311672826701574146
One of the ways a president leads by example. 2020-10-01 35 0 0 0 0 0 1311671696567328768 1311671696567328768
No more debates! 2020-10-01 357 0 0 0 0 0 1311669814503514112 1311669814503514112
No more debates! 2020-10-01 0 0 0 0 0 0 1311669137836396550 1311669137836396550
No more debates! 2020-10-01 0 0 0 0 0 0 1311669040335577091 1311669040335577091
You don't compromise with extremists. You either 2020-10-01 46 1 1 0 0 0 1311545926662537216 1311545926662537216
Voter suppression is an essential part of minority rule. 2020-10-01 48 0 0 0 0 0 1311526673909575680 1311526673909575680
There is a magic bullet to quickly end the virus threat. 2020-10-01 46 0 0 0 0 0 1311502988943347712 1311502988943347712
Anarchism is a dead end for societies with more than a 2020-10-01 47 0 0 0 0 0 1311500986985275392 1311500986985275392
Giving up? 2020-10-01 39 0 0 0 0 0 1311497157359280128 1311497157359280128
"Politics needs a reference point outside of politics. 2020-10-01 45 0 0 0 0 0 1311495349115121664 1311495349115121664
If Trump really loved the stock market, he'd SAY that he'd 2020-10-01 51 0 0 0 0 0 1311494024545497088 1311494024545497088
Trump's re-election is job #1! Why don't these 2020-10-01 48 0 0 0 0 0 1311493209000878082 1311493209000878082
Weird Al explains the debate 2020-09-30 56 0 0 0 0 0 1311452210568417280 1311452210568417280
How is Trump a threat to national security? 2020-09-30 47 0 0 0 0 0 1311447014962425856 1311447014962425856
Fox and Friends try to break the bad news gently! 2020-09-30 42 1 0 0 0 1 1311441858149543938 1311441858149543938
If the act like Brown Shirts - they they are Brown Shirts 2020-09-30 35 1 1 0 0 0 1311440109581950976 1311440109581950976
California should take wildfire preparation as seriously 2020-09-30 59 0 0 0 0 0 1311414117182267392 1311414117182267392
Give credit where due - some Trump administration 2020-09-30 26 0 0 0 0 0 1311411814169669632 1311411814169669632
Not long for the Trump administration! 2020-09-30 30 0 0 0 0 0 1311406192355282944 1311406192355282944
Trump paid lots of taxes! He said so himself! Who knew? 2020-09-30 27 0 0 0 0 0 1311405259508465664 1311405259508465664
Not on the mainstream ever? 2020-09-30 33 0 0 0 0 0 1311367590988578817 1311367590988578817
Zoom booms! Its gain is their loss though - 2020-09-30 35 0 0 0 0 0 1311364315178434560 1311364315178434560
The Apprentice paid for it all! 2020-09-30 26 0 0 0 0 0 1311355932287197184 1311355932287197184
What we learned in 1800 - 2020-09-30 35 1 0 1 0 0 1311351217381994496 1311351217381994496
The cranks keep cranking away! 2020-09-30 28 0 0 0 0 0 1311347763804647425 1311347763804647425
A Second Amendment champion - five handguns, two rifles, 2020-09-30 28 0 0 0 0 0 1311306515077197826 1311306515077197826
Republicans want to deter minority voters - this is news? 2020-09-30 26 1 1 0 0 0 1311305510818213889 1311305510818213889
Specifics of Trump tax abuse 2020-09-30 18 0 0 0 0 0 1311302890946871297 1311302890946871297
First presidential debate - unconditional victory for 2020-09-30 112 14 14 0 0 0 1311175210024886272 1311175210024886272
What happens if you just let what happens, happen? 2020-09-29 133 21 19 2 0 0 1310780295520509952 1310780295520509952
It's good to have foreign contacts if you need a loan or 2020-09-29 78 0 0 0 0 0 1310773132098060288 1310773132098060288
Why people with a lot of debt are security risks. 2020-09-29 64 0 0 0 0 0 1310771726142169088 1310771726142169088
Look at what Trump has done for Ohio auto workers! 2020-09-29 60 1 1 0 0 0 1310768420854493184 1310768420854493184
One more time - do whatever you can to take care of 2020-09-29 57 0 0 0 0 0 1310767510111756288 1310767510111756288
One more bad choice to cap a long career of bad choices! 2020-09-29 58 1 1 0 0 0 1310765742250369024 1310765742250369024
Seasonal Affective Disorder might be extreme this year! 2020-09-29 66 0 0 0 0 0 1310764725756506113 1310764725756506113
“I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was 2020-09-29 60 2 2 0 0 0 1310760936890707968 1310760936890707968
"It's the hiding of a vulnerability that is a real 2020-09-29 61 1 1 0 0 0 1310759731204513793 1310759731204513793
Unanswered questions! 2020-09-29 56 0 0 0 0 0 1310746463740153856 1310746463740153856
Everybody needs to pass some kind of stimulus bill before 2020-09-29 150 5 1 4 0 0 1310745244015554560 1310745244015554560
The New York Times article was filled with inaccuracies! 2020-09-29 66 1 1 0 0 0 1310743513282215942 1310743513282215942
Maintaining minority rule is hard. Never reveal your 2020-09-29 61 1 1 0 0 0 1310740436474982400 1310740436474982400
Trumpists hope that the Supreme Court fight will take the 2020-09-28 113 23 23 0 0 0 1310688146988789760 1310688146988789760
"Donald Trump needs this election to be about Joe Biden. 2020-09-28 59 1 1 0 0 0 1310685363837362176 1310685363837362176
There's a good reason to keep cutting the IRS enforcement 2020-09-28 53 0 0 0 0 0 1310673432065892352 1310673432065892352
Silence of the lambs! 2020-09-28 85 2 2 0 0 0 1310663431389732864 1310663431389732864
Miracles still happen! 2020-09-28 61 1 1 0 0 0 1310648740353658880 1310648740353658880
Trump has three wishes for the new Supreme Court that he 2020-09-28 57 1 1 0 0 0 1310646923393548288 1310646923393548288
There might not be ANY persuadable undecideds. 2020-09-28 62 1 1 0 0 0 1310623303611031552 1310623303611031552
The real election threat - intentional disinformation! 2020-09-28 49 1 1 0 0 0 1310607426484236289 1310607426484236289
It hurts to be close to Trump! 2020-09-28 54 1 1 0 0 0 1310409749611986945 1310409749611986945
Talking about a corrupt election is music to Putin's ears. 2020-09-28 58 1 1 0 0 0 1310383607362453505 1310383607362453505
Trump has high hopes for Roe v Wade. 2020-09-28 50 0 0 0 0 0 1310382261460545537 1310382261460545537
Expect foreign ransomware attacks over the next couple 2020-09-28 58 1 1 0 0 0 1310376217711751168 1310376217711751168
Trump taxes - free summary of NYT reporting - 2020-09-27 130 17 17 0 0 0 1310353485532000256 1310353485532000256
Paying taxes? telling the truth? - that's for suckers! 2020-09-27 77 0 0 0 0 0 1310344479925178368 1310344479925178368
This is what the deep state looks like - dedicated 2020-09-27 71 0 0 0 0 0 1310338560440983552 1310338560440983552
Collecting data for future reference! 2020-09-27 71 0 0 0 0 0 1310331037239537665 1310331037239537665
Good news for Biden 2020-09-27 70 1 1 0 0 0 1310329587981713408 1310329587981713408
The unpersuadables! They don't care what Trump's 2020-09-27 77 2 2 0 0 0 1310323752316534784 1310323752316534784
Good news for major Trump donors! 2020-09-27 87 2 0 1 1 0 1310318929710120961 1310318929710120961
Susan Collins is far from the worst Republican senator. 2020-09-27 68 0 0 0 0 0 1310278575535190017 1310278575535190017
It's always good to get a second opinion! 2020-09-27 66 0 0 0 0 0 1310275048125546496 1310275048125546496
Selling the sizzle instead of the steak. 2020-09-27 72 0 0 0 0 0 1310274361283104773 1310274361283104773
How Israel tested a bomb? 2020-09-27 70 0 0 0 0 0 1310253942677237760 1310253942677237760
Partial disclosure is unhelpful to the public but useful 2020-09-27 67 0 0 0 0 0 1310209786282090497 1310209786282090497
Bad news - air travel is an ideal way to spread virus. 2020-09-27 67 0 0 0 0 0 1310206731637518337 1310206731637518337
The Supreme Court used to be political, but Congress did 2020-09-27 66 1 1 0 0 0 1310202352062722053 1310202352062722053
Minority rule is a downward spiral. 2020-09-27 58 1 1 0 0 0 1310199836558241797 1310199836558241797
No debate - Biden and Trump will just talk past each 2020-09-27 78 1 1 0 0 0 1310102232713453568 1310102232713453568
Whether they admit it or not, almost everybody's made up 2020-09-27 69 1 1 0 0 0 1310097503308582912 1310097503308582912
All congressional districts would matter if states 2020-09-27 59 1 1 0 0 0 1310095674491326464 1310095674491326464
Ultimately the unfavorable outcomes or do-nothing 2020-09-27 82 1 1 0 0 0 1310094014641651713 1310094014641651713
Airlines must not be important enough donors to get either 2020-09-27 67 0 0 0 0 0 1310091898049032193 1310091898049032193
Unconvincing argument for filibuster. 2020-09-27 59 1 1 0 0 0 1310087397992849409 1310087397992849409
Court packing is a dead end. 2020-09-27 65 0 0 0 0 0 1310085784288948224 1310085784288948224
How hard is it to find somebody more corrupt than Trump? 2020-09-27 74 0 0 0 0 0 1310085032908713985 1310085032908713985
American politics, including courts, are driven by two 2020-09-26 81 1 1 0 0 0 1309854609360351237 1309854609360351237
Is Amy Coney Barrett really a role model for her 2020-09-26 100 1 0 1 0 0 1309847964538425345 1309847964538425345
Taking another look at The Civil War 2020-09-26 70 1 0 1 0 0 1309845689250193408 1309845689250193408
Trump succeeds where Reagan and Bush failed. They 2020-09-26 67 0 0 0 0 0 1309843463559507968 1309843463559507968
Total surveillance - China leads the way. 2020-09-26 53 1 1 0 0 0 1309842663714115584 1309842663714115584
It's hard to believe all those memos meant anything other 2020-09-26 59 0 0 0 0 0 1309718124053147649 1309718124053147649
Tucker Carlson, like Trump and the rest of the Trumpists, 2020-09-26 73 1 1 0 0 0 1309704127354531842 1309704127354531842
Who would want to be first in line for a vaccine released 2020-09-26 65 1 1 0 0 0 1309701550068043776 1309701550068043776
Unpleasant parallels! 2020-09-26 70 0 0 0 0 0 1309655062977949698 1309655062977949698
Presidential "debates" are pretty useless - they just talk 2020-09-26 80 1 1 0 0 0 1309653257279561728 1309653257279561728
Maybe it's just as well Romney was never elected president. 2020-09-26 62 1 1 0 0 0 1309652047571034112 1309652047571034112
So which decisions were wrongly decided? Roe v Wade 2020-09-26 104 1 1 0 0 0 1309650775920967682 1309650775920967682
Is McConnell going to call the vote before or after the 2020-09-25 98 9 9 0 0 0 1309629284516945920 1309629284516945920
Why accept any paid political advertising from a week 2020-09-25 66 1 1 0 0 0 1309627256331882496 1309627256331882496
Having Republican state legislators choose electors 2020-09-25 67 1 1 0 0 0 1309625920550875136 1309625920550875136
Approving a vaccine is not the end. It's just the 2020-09-25 67 1 1 0 0 0 1309623986221797376 1309623986221797376
Don't panic - just vote! 2020-09-25 62 0 0 0 0 0 1309622855001202688 1309622855001202688
No recovery for 4000 local businesses 2020-09-25 61 0 0 0 0 0 1309619082115731456 1309619082115731456
The rest of the world is no longer laughing at America. 2020-09-25 96 0 0 0 0 0 1309593632668700672 1309593632668700672
State legislatures have the right to determine presidential 2020-09-25 61 1 1 0 0 0 1309590121147031552 1309590121147031552
The Missouri Compromise didn't settle a thing. 2020-09-25 67 0 0 0 0 0 1309559334037147648 1309559334037147648
Biden should mostly stick to the facts, but if he wants 2020-09-25 102 3 0 3 0 0 1309532921586356224 1309532921586356224
Supreme Court - abortion is for Trump voters, but 2020-09-25 72 0 0 0 0 0 1309501101276762112 1309501101276762112
A born-again Lysenko. As well as a born-again 2020-09-25 57 0 0 0 0 0 1309466185247776768 1309466185247776768
A reliable Trumpist vote! 2020-09-25 79 1 0 1 0 0 1309464773956755456 1309464773956755456
Even Chad Wolf recognizes that white supremacists pose 2020-09-25 71 0 0 0 0 0 1309352454765518855 1309352454765518855
87 pages of nothing! Your tax dollars at work! 2020-09-25 55 0 0 0 0 0 1309350681518587904 1309350681518587904
Trump strikes back at tech companies that treat lies 2020-09-25 59 0 0 0 0 0 1309347573157605376 1309347573157605376
Election officials worry about trying to figure out what 2020-09-25 57 0 0 0 0 0 1309302627050504192 1309302627050504192
Trump proudly announces today - 2020-09-25 92 1 1 0 0 0 1309300949463097344 1309300949463097344
Federal courts embrace full speed ahead on voter 2020-09-25 55 0 0 0 0 0 1309296603929300992 1309296603929300992
Republicans try to make the best of a bad situation - 2020-09-25 66 1 1 0 0 0 1309291887908462592 1309291887908462592
Predictions four years ago - amazed at how many came true? 2020-09-25 100 0 0 0 0 0 1309289256657932288 1309289256657932288
All the ways things could go bad. 2020-09-25 55 0 0 0 0 0 1309286960674947072 1309286960674947072
The Trumpists are taking active step to suppress votes. 2020-09-25 50 0 0 0 0 0 1309283583857627136 1309283583857627136
The promise of a Republican! 2020-09-24 121 19 18 1 0 0 1309264061331251202 1309264061331251202
Eliminating minority culture and thought. 2020-09-24 58 1 1 0 0 0 1309143078519943169 1309143078519943169
Trump has tremendous trust in drug companies! 2020-09-24 53 0 0 0 0 0 1309139005490032654 1309139005490032654
Let America be America again! 2020-09-24 52 2 0 2 0 0 1309136572378419202 1309136572378419202
How the swamp works 2020-09-24 50 0 0 0 0 0 1309119728074608641 1309119728074608641
Justices could solve this problem themselves. 2020-09-24 56 0 0 0 0 0 1309008597096058882 1309008597096058882
As we said back in the 1960's - the majority is not silent. 2020-09-24 58 0 0 0 0 0 1309005819401338882 1309005819401338882
Anything to avoid talking about the virus or Obamacare! 2020-09-24 57 0 0 0 0 0 1308974335777005578 1308974335777005578
Roe v. Wade is a decoy. 2020-09-24 62 0 0 0 0 0 1308971935225831425 1308971935225831425
Still no national plan for testing, because that would 2020-09-24 61 1 0 0 1 0 1308970223542898691 1308970223542898691
Rand Paul just told the truth about how he feels, and 2020-09-24 70 0 0 0 0 0 1308966245052620800 1308966245052620800
The new Supreme Court will invalidate Obamacare as 2020-09-24 60 0 0 0 0 0 1308964401022631939 1308964401022631939
There's only one acceptable outcome to the election, 2020-09-24 64 0 0 0 0 0 1308959287989870592 1308959287989870592
The 60's and 70's were not always inferior to our present. 2020-09-24 45 0 0 0 0 0 1308958245281697792 1308958245281697792
Effective Altruism - who's up to the challenge? 2020-09-24 61 0 0 0 0 0 1308956605669539840 1308956605669539840
Thinking about protecting democracy? 2020-09-23 100 0 0 0 0 0 1308918529580773377 1308918529580773377
Who needs security review training if the boss has already 2020-09-23 57 0 0 0 0 0 1308913216651755522 1308913216651755522
Being a Trump doesn't work any more in NY? Unfortunately 2020-09-23 63 0 0 0 0 0 1308911671243665410 1308911671243665410
Ideas for enabling majority rule. 2020-09-23 58 0 0 0 0 0 1308910898594095109 1308910898594095109
A genuine success for Pompeo? 2020-09-23 81 0 0 0 0 0 1308908893419048960 1308908893419048960
Cindy McCain endorses Biden 2020-09-23 58 1 0 0 1 0 1308860698651435008 1308860698651435008
Surprise! Everybody remembered that an election is in 2020-09-23 57 0 0 0 0 0 1308860268059992065 1308860268059992065
Another casualty of the virus - public transportation. 2020-09-23 67 1 0 0 1 0 1308859800319594502 1308859800319594502
Always ready to make a deal - with other people's money, 2020-09-23 122 0 0 0 0 0 1308839828314894338 1308839828314894338
Maintaining minority rule is never easy. 2020-09-23 53 0 0 0 0 0 1308838144649895941 1308838144649895941
Putin is happy because Fox, Infowars, QAnon, etc are doing 2020-09-23 76 0 0 0 0 0 1308834440387465218 1308834440387465218
The firus impact on cultural institutions could be its 2020-09-23 56 0 0 0 0 0 1308832234904915969 1308832234904915969
It's official - the Republican senators will approve 2020-09-23 70 1 1 0 0 0 1308830735533510661 1308830735533510661
Things weren't so different 100 years ago 2020-09-23 50 0 0 0 0 0 1308828756417544192 1308828756417544192
Chinese interference is done differently from Russian 2020-09-23 48 0 0 0 0 0 1308823958389551104 1308823958389551104
Should local governments be able to spend taxpayer dollars 2020-09-23 46 0 0 0 0 0 1308822552173637632 1308822552173637632
Ted Cruz - the Senate's watchdog against partisanship! 2020-09-23 49 0 0 0 0 0 1308772717131251712 1308772717131251712
Republicans criticize unemployment office 2020-09-23 56 1 1 0 0 0 1308771808414298113 1308771808414298113
Income inequality prolonging depression? 2020-09-23 45 0 0 0 0 0 1308771003888066561 1308771003888066561
You'll notice that Article III does NOT say that the 2020-09-23 56 1 1 0 0 0 1308645590033510401 1308645590033510401
Does anybody really doubt Putin is in charge? 2020-09-22 286 24 24 0 0 0 1308400491626467330 1308400491626467330
Money talks, making this election even noisier. 2020-09-22 80 0 0 0 0 0 1308242648650588161 1308242648650588161
Hawley won't confirm anyone who would allow Roe v Wade. 2020-09-22 117 0 0 0 0 0 1308240770483200000 1308240770483200000
Don't let Trump distract you. The presidential 2020-09-22 72 0 0 0 0 0 1308236928643338240 1308236928643338240
Republican senators could figure out the right thing to 2020-09-22 71 1 1 0 0 0 1308227585654943744 1308227585654943744
"Confirm thy soul in self control Thy liberty in law" 2020-09-22 71 0 0 0 0 0 1308225927457824770 1308225927457824770
"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole 2020-09-22 118 1 1 0 0 0 1308223788123742208 1308223788123742208
Trumpists always choose the best role models - Xi, 2020-09-21 799 44 44 0 0 0 1308123188245614592 1308123188245614592
How the money moves around! 2020-09-21 69 0 0 0 0 0 1308121336833736704 1308121336833736704
Deregulated banks and stock market crashes - it's happened 2020-09-21 71 1 1 0 0 0 1308120582148423680 1308120582148423680
The new Supreme Court will certainly look at redistricting 2020-09-21 60 2 2 0 0 0 1308119841983721473 1308119841983721473
Trump and McConnell are going to get what they want. 2020-09-21 56 0 0 0 0 0 1308118916313411585 1308118916313411585
Why every last Republican senator has to go! 2020-09-21 61 1 1 0 0 0 1308115680953212928 1308115680953212928
New life for racist and imperialist statues. 2020-09-21 64 0 0 0 0 0 1308075402645008385 1308075402645008385
Trump and Barr declare war on blue cities! 2020-09-21 67 0 0 0 0 0 1308071178674737154 1308071178674737154
Why not have term limits - active Supreme Court justices 2020-09-21 68 0 0 0 0 0 1308070505832800257 1308070505832800257
It's about Obamacare, not abortion. 2020-09-21 55 0 0 0 0 0 1308043625926811649 1308043625926811649
Another way to increase turnout in Florida. 2020-09-21 56 0 0 0 0 0 1308038696696905729 1308038696696905729
How Trump is draining the swamp - one Trumpist at a time! 2020-09-21 58 0 0 0 0 0 1308028447529164802 1308028447529164802
What the stock market is saying now? 2020-09-21 80 1 0 1 0 0 1308027069134065664 1308027069134065664
Deranged conspiracy theorist gets 2 million followers. 2020-09-21 72 1 0 0 1 0 1308026147670638593 1308026147670638593
Scorched earth politics destroy democracy. 2020-09-21 48 0 0 0 0 0 1307886236095246337 1307886236095246337
It's a good thing Trump doesn't have this degree of 2020-09-21 49 0 0 0 0 0 1307882766332174337 1307882766332174337
DeSantis has his favored candidate too! 2020-09-21 125 0 0 0 0 0 1307881386045370373 1307881386045370373
Prevent Avoidable Constitutional Crises! 2020-09-21 46 0 0 0 0 0 1307875190710218752 1307875190710218752
He does deserve a statue - 2020-09-21 52 0 0 0 0 0 1307839272515284993 1307839272515284993
End Republican Minority Rule! 2020-09-20 68 0 0 0 0 0 1307802669050859520 1307802669050859520
Tangible tribute to Ginsburg's legacy 2020-09-20 61 0 0 0 0 0 1307777503679840256 1307777503679840256
Preview of future actions? 2020-09-20 56 0 0 0 0 0 1307770311455068161 1307770311455068161
Slow steady bipartisan progress. 2020-09-20 61 1 1 0 0 0 1307761005997338624 1307761005997338624
Not all who cry Wolf are wrong. 2020-09-20 57 0 0 0 0 0 1307758374369468416 1307758374369468416
Our next Supreme Court justice. 2020-09-20 87 2 1 1 0 0 1307751747645927425 1307751747645927425
Surgery practice on detained migrant women 2020-09-20 55 0 0 0 0 0 1307712226195730437 1307712226195730437
"the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress are due 2020-09-20 70 0 0 0 0 0 1307711195982438400 1307711195982438400
What does transgender athletics have to do with 2020-09-20 58 0 0 0 0 0 1307709389214633985 1307709389214633985
In the last 50 years, have you ever heard of a Democratic 2020-09-20 55 0 0 0 0 0 1307691751847600128 1307691751847600128
Rural hysteria 2020-09-20 52 1 0 0 1 0 1307688639548157952 1307688639548157952
Techniques for discerning fake news, propaganda, and 2020-09-20 54 0 0 0 0 0 1307686815155986432 1307686815155986432
Who can deliver the goods, and who's just a salesman? 2020-09-19 55 0 0 0 0 0 1307315286790471680 1307315286790471680
Time to enlarge the Supreme Court? 2020-09-19 58 3 2 1 0 0 1307314113203191808 1307314113203191808
Drug companies decline to participate in Trump pre-election 2020-09-19 58 3 2 0 1 0 1307188543635165184 1307188543635165184
Trump remembers that Puerto Ricans vote - if they live in 2020-09-19 54 1 1 0 0 0 1307187276674260993 1307187276674260993
Offenses of the Republican Party against American Democracy 2020-09-19 144 58 58 0 0 0 1307127793050845184 1307127793050845184
Offenses of Trump against the Republican Party 2020-09-19 78 1 0 1 0 0 1307127644782239744 1307127644782239744
The fundamental offense of Donald Trump against America 2020-09-19 61 0 0 0 0 0 1307127421968297986 1307127421968297986
Prayers answered for McConnell, Barr, and Trump. 2020-09-19 70 1 1 0 0 0 1307118142632722434 1307118142632722434
Facebook is not up to the task of dealing with QAnon. 2020-09-18 120 27 27 0 0 0 1307047415808221185 1307047415808221185
Don't they all understand that they are working for Trump? 2020-09-18 54 0 0 0 0 0 1307045821670723586 1307045821670723586
Why does Barr bother trying to maintain a facade? 2020-09-18 53 1 1 0 0 0 1307024476777791488 1307024476777791488
Life on the bottom - you can't do this job by zoom. 2020-09-18 47 0 0 0 0 0 1306998272356044800 1306998272356044800
Police fatigue 2020-09-18 50 0 0 0 0 0 1306996797382955008 1306996797382955008
Why "law and order" worked for Nixon but not Trump. 2020-09-18 51 2 1 1 0 0 1306995313157177344 1306995313157177344
One of Trump's greatest successes - deregulation. 2020-09-18 49 1 0 0 1 0 1306994003812917249 1306994003812917249
Profiles in Cowardice 2020-09-18 51 1 1 0 0 0 1306992988359282688 1306992988359282688
Chris Coons for secretary of state. 2020-09-18 56 0 0 0 0 0 1306990262384644096 1306990262384644096
Trump did as much as he could - to insure his re-election. 2020-09-18 51 2 1 0 1 0 1306973561580482560 1306973561580482560
If it ain't broke don't fix it? 2020-09-18 52 0 0 0 0 0 1306962206248988672 1306962206248988672
A perfect channel for propaganda 2020-09-18 45 1 0 1 0 0 1306941267511705600 1306941267511705600
The ambition of corporate executives must be checked by 2020-09-18 46 0 0 0 0 0 1306938567491371009 1306938567491371009
Fraud Guarantee! 2020-09-18 44 0 0 0 0 0 1306827633892577280 1306827633892577280
The difference between the modern Democratic Party and the 2020-09-18 39 0 0 0 0 0 1306817212871663616 1306817212871663616
Sounds like he means pushing more "pro-Trump" history. 2020-09-18 37 0 0 0 0 0 1306814948853469185 1306814948853469185
Some people avoid problems by learning from the experiences 2020-09-18 39 1 1 0 0 0 1306813215272173568 1306813215272173568
Who can make Jeff Sessions look like a model of 2020-09-18 41 0 0 0 0 0 1306811925464903680 1306811925464903680
Gathering reinforcements to fight voter suppression 2020-09-18 40 0 0 0 0 0 1306801531732160513 1306801531732160513
Republicans adopt a Silicon Valley career move - starting 2020-09-18 43 0 0 0 0 0 1306800413144834048 1306800413144834048
No looking back! 2020-09-18 42 0 0 0 0 0 1306794725458849793 1306794725458849793
The new pledge of allegiance 2020-09-18 41 0 0 0 0 0 1306793343263936517 1306793343263936517
One more leaf falls from the tree 2020-09-18 39 0 0 0 0 0 1306792631587004416 1306792631587004416
Believe it - Putin is still at it! 2020-09-18 36 0 0 0 0 0 1306790622930636805 1306790622930636805
It's a big secret surprise! Trump will announce his 2020-09-17 110 13 13 0 0 0 1306595781290254337 1306595781290254337
Congress can put together trillions of dollars 2020-09-17 68 0 0 0 0 0 1306594485686550532 1306594485686550532
Cleaning up the Federal government - clearing out the 2020-09-17 65 0 0 0 0 0 1306593060466253826 1306593060466253826
A proposal to deny election victory to Vladimir Putin. 2020-09-17 62 0 0 0 0 0 1306591833162612740 1306591833162612740
Turmoil in the post office - became critical with the 2020-09-17 61 0 0 0 0 0 1306589784421277702 1306589784421277702
Gimme that new time religion! 2020-09-17 67 0 0 0 0 0 1306574559722631170 1306574559722631170
Barr finds sedition in violent protests, and maybe 2020-09-17 65 0 0 0 0 0 1306433538359570437 1306433538359570437
The end of gradual improvement in global living standards. 2020-09-17 66 0 0 0 0 0 1306432087122092035 1306432087122092035
Who needs third-party presidential candidates? 2020-09-17 74 1 1 0 0 0 1306431095123050496 1306431095123050496
Trump fired him for getting in his way. Why not just 2020-09-17 66 0 0 0 0 0 1306426347519057920 1306426347519057920
Nothing spontaneous - a carefully planned event! 2020-09-17 65 0 0 0 0 0 1306425720176951299 1306425720176951299
Barr tells all. It's junior bureaucrats who are 2020-09-17 74 2 2 0 0 0 1306425465222045696 1306425465222045696
America First is looking like America Alone. 2020-09-17 65 0 0 0 0 0 1306421160893009920 1306421160893009920
Trump's finally gotten his man in the Dept of Justice. 2020-09-17 57 0 0 0 0 0 1306413234971312128 1306413234971312128
Apocalypse now? Way too many people are looking 2020-09-17 58 0 0 0 0 0 1306409744777662465 1306409744777662465
Trump peace plan for Middle East - sell more bombs that 2020-09-17 64 0 0 0 0 0 1306407411612184576 1306407411612184576
It might be a good idea for a Democratic senator to 2020-09-17 55 0 0 0 0 0 1306393365093609476 1306393365093609476
If you announce that everything you do is for political 2020-09-16 105 12 12 0 0 0 1306353813750607872 1306353813750607872
Why wouldn't an amateur president use amateur diplomats? 2020-09-16 61 0 0 0 0 0 1306352798288625664 1306352798288625664
American influence declines 2020-09-16 46 0 0 0 0 0 1306229984973869057 1306229984973869057
Lists of potential judges considered harmful. 2020-09-16 45 0 0 0 0 0 1306223306689802241 1306223306689802241
Why can't Trump do as much as Nixon did? 2020-09-16 50 0 0 0 0 0 1306211244659990528 1306211244659990528
Still delusional about his own competence! 2020-09-16 44 1 1 0 0 0 1306209737608847360 1306209737608847360
Superspreading from rural Maine 2020-09-16 48 0 0 0 0 0 1306208479875485697 1306208479875485697
Somebody is doing something about preventing Russian 2020-09-16 45 0 0 0 0 0 1306062349854416896 1306062349854416896
Scientific American endorses a presidential candidate for 2020-09-16 48 0 0 0 0 0 1306061489741078528 1306061489741078528
Q was right about something! 2020-09-16 49 0 0 0 0 0 1306041177037185024 1306041177037185024
Which is the parody? It's getting hard to tell these 2020-09-15 75 0 0 0 0 0 1306004916545007616 1306004916545007616
Desperatedly trying to change the topic from Russian 2020-09-15 54 0 0 0 0 0 1306004587493560320 1306004587493560320
Turning Point - toward Russian methods. 2020-09-15 56 1 1 0 0 0 1306003041053626369 1306003041053626369
Third party presidential candidates are counter-productive. 2020-09-15 52 1 1 0 0 0 1306000226914762752 1306000226914762752
Climate migration - how it works in Central America. 2020-09-15 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305976417272823808 1305976417272823808
Trump even makes up stuff to tell Fox! 2020-09-15 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305965453617979392 1305965453617979392
Trump won't shut up even if he leaves the White House. 2020-09-15 54 1 1 0 0 0 1305964200200527872 1305964200200527872
Scotland rejects Boris Johnson's Trumpism. 2020-09-15 53 0 0 0 0 0 1305963071513346048 1305963071513346048
Climate migration - it will be bad enough in America. 2020-09-15 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305961255274856448 1305961255274856448
Sorry, 2021 will not be like 2019. Maybe 2022 2020-09-15 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305956359301509120 1305956359301509120
Work from home! 2020-09-15 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305955217796509698 1305955217796509698
Limbaugh and Carlson agree with Trump on climate, as long 2020-09-15 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305953959668924416 1305953959668924416
Caputo really needs a nice long absence. 2020-09-15 48 0 0 0 0 0 1305953174843355136 1305953174843355136
The Republicans reject the House relief bill passed 2020-09-15 52 2 2 0 0 0 1305952262527676416 1305952262527676416
Trump says not to worry about climate because it will 2020-09-15 41 0 0 0 0 0 1305936562014662656 1305936562014662656
Amazon hiring! 2020-09-15 41 0 0 0 0 0 1305931502258061313 1305931502258061313
Trumpists deconstruct modern government. They don't have 2020-09-15 44 0 0 0 0 0 1305877930728284160 1305877930728284160
Who's ready for the election and who's not? 2020-09-15 46 0 0 0 0 0 1305875036100673537 1305875036100673537
What's Trump's campaign strategy? 2020-09-15 46 0 0 0 0 0 1305873627460501505 1305873627460501505
Over-leverage come back to bite you? Don't worry, major 2020-09-15 43 0 0 0 0 0 1305872517048020994 1305872517048020994
The self-confidence of a salesman! 2020-09-15 41 0 0 0 0 0 1305870709802110976 1305870709802110976
There are problem solvers in Congress. 2020-09-15 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305867744903139328 1305867744903139328
Don't get sick now, the state can't afford you. 2020-09-15 46 1 1 0 0 0 1305857423891214337 1305857423891214337
Finally time to move on from slavery 2020-09-15 44 2 2 0 0 0 1305853450740092930 1305853450740092930
Trump always has a list of witnesses who weren't there - 2020-09-15 43 1 1 0 0 0 1305851495678500866 1305851495678500866
Cults for the internet. 2020-09-15 46 0 0 0 0 0 1305742456260931585 1305742456260931585
It's a drug he can't resist! 2020-09-15 44 0 0 0 0 0 1305701139833208832 1305701139833208832
Is South Carolina really in play? 2020-09-15 44 1 1 0 0 0 1305693128872005633 1305693128872005633
Good news! 10 foot sea rise won't occur until after 2020-09-14 81 11 11 0 0 0 1305650599992541184 1305650599992541184
Open up the country too soon? You have to stay home for 2020-09-14 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305634486961360897 1305634486961360897
Same old story! 2020-09-14 50 0 0 0 0 0 1305633797359108096 1305633797359108096
Trump still knows it's dangerous. He still loves 2020-09-14 53 0 0 0 0 0 1305633012315336704 1305633012315336704
Jobs gone forever! 2020-09-14 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305631315174109184 1305631315174109184
Why shouldn't an old ignorant white guy president with an 2020-09-14 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305627156752429056 1305627156752429056
Pence doesn't want to get too close to QAnon? Good for 2020-09-14 50 0 0 0 0 0 1305626203307405314 1305626203307405314
What if he'd put his wall on hold until he defeated 2020-09-14 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305608670345003008 1305608670345003008
It's all too easy for good people to do nothing. 2020-09-14 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305607230897549314 1305607230897549314
Why Trump doesn't need whistle-blowers. He can do it 2020-09-14 49 0 0 0 0 0 1305602253424791553 1305602253424791553
A make-believe environmentalist! It's as easy as being 2020-09-14 50 0 0 0 0 0 1305600288804319232 1305600288804319232
No wonder he's in charge! He'll go even further in 2020-09-14 51 0 0 0 0 0 1305569670833954816 1305569670833954816
Wear your mask! For the same reasons you will get 2020-09-14 52 0 0 0 0 0 1305565306190852097 1305565306190852097
Going around in circles doesn't get you very far! 2020-09-14 49 0 0 0 0 0 1305562895518842887 1305562895518842887
Getting pushed back to the office? 2020-09-13 95 12 12 0 0 0 1305010292150083586 1305010292150083586
Don't count on saving money by moving! 2020-09-13 78 1 1 0 0 0 1304967261636104194 1304967261636104194
Trump should study this defense! Can't tell right from 2020-09-13 55 0 0 0 0 0 1304966744948105217 1304966744948105217
Who cares what other doctors think? Trump's opinion is 2020-09-12 66 0 0 0 0 0 1304931824880119808 1304931824880119808
"In Vladimir Putin242s greatest triumph, Americans are 2020-09-12 83 0 0 0 0 0 1304930487647875073 1304930487647875073
Dueling reports likely before the election! 2020-09-12 53 1 1 0 0 0 1304929659558047744 1304929659558047744
Why Trump likes to pretend he's religious. 2020-09-12 60 1 0 1 0 0 1304926407147937792 1304926407147937792
What has Trump accomplished? 2020-09-12 58 0 0 0 0 0 1304665072589963264 1304665072589963264
Of course Trump wants some results announced before the 2020-09-12 59 0 0 0 0 0 1304663217352761344 1304663217352761344
Everybody knew it couldn't possibly work. 2020-09-12 59 1 1 0 0 0 1304661516038225920 1304661516038225920
The anti-Hillary 2020-09-12 70 0 0 0 0 0 1304659916532056067 1304659916532056067
Trump administration still impotent on supply chains. 2020-09-12 60 0 0 0 0 0 1304652320051884033 1304652320051884033
Tucker Carlson thinks Lindsey Graham set up Trump with 2020-09-12 64 1 1 0 0 0 1304651309878927360 1304651309878927360
Climate change - believe it! 2020-09-12 66 0 0 0 0 0 1304644235140804609 1304644235140804609
Another victory for Putin... or somebody! 2020-09-12 111 17 17 0 0 0 1304638390709620737 1304638390709620737
The revelations are about Trump's enablers. 2020-09-11 70 0 0 0 0 0 1304451804365647872 1304451804365647872
Why doesn't the Constitution apply in Guantanamo? 2020-09-11 75 1 1 0 0 0 1304246979577352192 1304246979577352192
Is the election going to be decided by Chief Justice 2020-09-11 76 0 0 0 0 0 1304230818353610753 1304230818353610753
Regulation that builds trust is good for the economy. 2020-09-11 75 0 0 0 0 0 1304229964204576768 1304229964204576768
Trump likes to be a calming presence. Nobody knew! 2020-09-11 84 0 0 0 0 0 1304227577045725184 1304227577045725184
Does Trump have enough money? 2020-09-11 73 0 0 0 0 0 1304226597742862336 1304226597742862336
Trump's list of Supreme Court candidates 2020-09-10 124 15 15 0 0 0 1304201231955419136 1304201231955419136
Mothers for Q! 2020-09-10 55 0 0 0 0 0 1304170463426351104 1304170463426351104
Social Progress Index 2020-09-10 56 0 0 0 0 0 1304169060142260225 1304169060142260225
How a REAL strong leader handles the virus and the press! 2020-09-10 57 0 0 0 0 0 1304168078872199168 1304168078872199168
Trump's not delusional! 2020-09-10 55 0 0 0 0 0 1304167016958369792 1304167016958369792
What it's like at rock bottom 2020-09-10 55 0 0 0 0 0 1304166073609060352 1304166073609060352
Treasury finally sanctions Derkach - a pal of Giuliani 2020-09-10 56 0 0 0 0 0 1304162708955172864 1304162708955172864
Microsoft detects foreign hacking 2020-09-10 56 0 0 0 0 0 1304161708554952704 1304161708554952704
Judge does his part! 2020-09-10 57 0 0 0 0 0 1304146879056289792 1304146879056289792
Trump's re-election strategy 2020-09-10 53 0 0 0 0 0 1304144764036501504 1304144764036501504
Another look at income inequality 2020-09-10 54 0 0 0 0 0 1304107449855610880 1304107449855610880
Know the name of your secretary of state? You will in 2020-09-10 49 0 0 0 0 0 1304106230449754112 1304106230449754112
How individualism overcame clannishness 2020-09-10 50 0 0 0 0 0 1304105012558135301 1304105012558135301
Ride into South Dakota and we'll have a real good time! 2020-09-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1304102170539601920 1304102170539601920
Lucky Rittenhouse wasn't black! 2020-09-10 50 0 0 0 0 0 1304101216746528769 1304101216746528769
Spending his own money? 2020-09-10 47 0 0 0 0 0 1304099284590063618 1304099284590063618
Must be an election soon! 2020-09-10 74 1 1 0 0 0 1304098467334160385 1304098467334160385
The secret of Trump's success - 2020-09-10 51 0 0 0 0 0 1303934408219455488 1303934408219455488
Would you pay more attention to climate change if your 2020-09-10 47 0 0 0 0 0 1303931793096151040 1303931793096151040
Eight ways that Putin can win the election! 2020-09-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1303930483097575425 1303930483097575425
Strike against feudalism! 2020-09-10 46 0 0 0 0 0 1303928052523569159 1303928052523569159
Let's make this the last election with an electoral 2020-09-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1303927027611779072 1303927027611779072
How to defraud the government. 2020-09-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1303925312720310273 1303925312720310273
Did you know that suing the president is the same as suing 2020-09-10 52 0 0 0 0 0 1303918893799337984 1303918893799337984
No need to ask the president how he really feels. 2020-09-10 51 0 0 0 0 0 1303917428729020421 1303917428729020421
City economies will have to change for good. 2020-09-10 47 0 0 0 0 0 1303909222455758850 1303909222455758850
FBI has to invent an angle to investigate domestic 2020-09-10 49 0 0 0 0 0 1303883383408218112 1303883383408218112
Democrats should stick to health care 2020-09-10 50 0 0 0 0 0 1303881444863832064 1303881444863832064
If people bring Trump bad news anyway, he just likes to 2020-09-10 47 0 0 0 0 0 1303880467230281728 1303880467230281728
Don't nobody bring Trump no bad news! 2020-09-10 48 0 0 0 0 0 1303879972759597056 1303879972759597056
Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to budge. 2020-09-10 50 0 0 0 0 0 1303879296906215424 1303879296906215424
Why German kids can go to school in person - and American 2020-09-10 47 1 1 0 0 0 1303860496383143936 1303860496383143936
Cost of inequality of expectations and inequality of 2020-09-10 47 0 0 0 0 0 1303859893481291776 1303859893481291776
Virus still real, still real threat 2020-09-10 45 1 1 0 0 0 1303858156657758210 1303858156657758210
California legislature finds insurance too hot to handle 2020-09-10 26 0 0 0 0 0 1303857735440543745 1303857735440543745
Trump won by 78,000 votes in 2016. 2020-09-10 46 0 0 0 0 0 1303856230973149184 1303856230973149184
Last Chance 2020-09-09 64 0 0 0 0 0 1303831007716470784 1303831007716470784
Maybe these don't need to be competitive events 2020-09-08 88 0 0 0 0 0 1303188382667829249 1303188382667829249
So Trump is going to tell anti-vaxxers to take the vaccine? 2020-09-08 47 0 0 0 0 0 1303135184791851008 1303135184791851008
Where your Trump campaign donation goes 2020-09-07 63 0 0 0 0 0 1303113303791603712 1303113303791603712
The filibuster has got to go! 2020-09-07 60 0 0 0 0 0 1303097990479929344 1303097990479929344
Why we needed a strong Republican Party - strong enough 2020-09-07 36 0 0 0 0 0 1303047335820230657 1303047335820230657
Our stagnant future 2020-09-07 36 0 0 0 0 0 1303045205734486016 1303045205734486016
No help for states and local governments as long as Mitch 2020-09-07 38 0 0 0 0 0 1303017980951814144 1303017980951814144
Let's redivide Germany into Trumpist and Putinist sectors 2020-09-07 35 0 0 0 0 0 1303015484451819520 1303015484451819520
Getting worse on the bottom 2020-09-07 36 0 0 0 0 0 1303011491008753665 1303011491008753665
Forget about dark matter or dark energy. The universe 2020-09-07 39 0 0 0 0 0 1302992841921032192 1302992841921032192
Being liked is not the job of journalism. 2020-09-07 37 0 0 0 0 0 1302977318038634496 1302977318038634496
Trump a racist? Who knew?? 2020-09-07 38 0 0 0 0 0 1302975321914843137 1302975321914843137
Unpass the SALT cap! 2020-09-07 39 0 0 0 0 0 1302973846341861376 1302973846341861376
Happy Labor Day, Republican senators! A day for decisions. 2020-09-07 39 0 0 0 0 0 1302972220839325696 1302972220839325696
When is a "suggestion" from the boss just a suggestion? 2020-09-07 36 0 0 0 0 0 1302970732440240128 1302970732440240128
More on what Republicans have done for Labor Day 2020-09-07 40 0 0 0 0 0 1302830894999166977 1302830894999166977
Remember the forgotten Americans on Labor Day. Nobody 2020-09-07 36 0 0 0 0 0 1302827213650161670 1302827213650161670
Consistent with the overall competence of the Trump 2020-09-07 37 0 0 0 0 0 1302816633484787712 1302816633484787712
When you donate to the Trump campaign, where does the 2020-09-07 41 0 0 0 0 0 1302816455071735809 1302816455071735809
How laws get made. 2020-09-07 32 0 0 0 0 0 1302800333572206592 1302800333572206592
Intentionally spreading lies. 2020-09-07 33 0 0 0 0 0 1302795913501396992 1302795913501396992
See no evil hear no evil 2020-09-07 33 1 1 0 0 0 1302794595336552449 1302794595336552449
Hence the disorders, convulsions, and tumults, which have 2020-09-07 35 2 2 0 0 0 1302770721194565632 1302770721194565632
On Labor Day, honor the workers who support Trump just 2020-09-07 33 1 1 0 0 0 1302762790965264384 1302762790965264384
Putin wins in three out of four scenarios 2020-09-07 28 0 0 0 0 0 1302761765344747520 1302761765344747520
Some ideas take a long time to change. 2020-09-07 30 0 0 0 0 0 1302759188280426496 1302759188280426496
Even if Trump's not there in 2021, his ideals will persist! 2020-09-06 67 0 0 0 0 0 1302753566851960832 1302753566851960832
Serbia and Kosovo normalizing. And what's in it for 2020-09-06 68 0 0 0 0 0 1302752849806258176 1302752849806258176
Can it be true? Reasons for hope in the worst year 2020-09-06 64 0 0 0 0 0 1302752345206394881 1302752345206394881
Can it be true? A no-nonsense bipartisan bill to put 2020-09-06 43 0 0 0 0 0 1302746761702731776 1302746761702731776
Can it be true? A no-nonsense bipartisan continuing 2020-09-06 43 0 0 0 0 0 1302745988721860609 1302745988721860609
people don’t stop playing the game until it stops 2020-09-04 96 0 0 0 0 0 1301736839724769280 1301736839724769280
All states should use libraries for voting. But some 2020-09-04 71 0 0 0 0 0 1301733977338777600 1301733977338777600
Was there a planeload of thugs or not? 2020-09-04 73 0 0 0 0 0 1301719813933289472 1301719813933289472
Selective leaking 2020-09-04 63 0 0 0 0 0 1301697206311768064 1301697206311768064
Time to support the troops 2020-09-04 65 0 0 0 0 0 1301696249935007744 1301696249935007744
The difference between Trump and Biden 2020-09-04 63 0 0 0 0 0 1301695440790802432 1301695440790802432
The dead tweet on - verified! 2020-09-04 66 0 0 0 0 0 1301694650462294022 1301694650462294022
What happens if things get out of hand? 2020-09-04 65 0 0 0 0 0 1301687459764289537 1301687459764289537
Republican senators toe the line 2020-09-04 62 0 0 0 0 0 1301686235681796096 1301686235681796096
China on track to be #1 military power 2020-09-04 64 1 1 0 0 0 1301685489548713984 1301685489548713984
Kanye won't be taking votes from Biden in Virginia 2020-09-04 63 0 0 0 0 0 1301677547109847041 1301677547109847041
Raising taxes is a bad idea. Not raising them is worse. 2020-09-04 63 0 0 0 0 0 1301674839321661441 1301674839321661441
Kindred spirits! 2020-09-03 98 9 9 0 0 0 1301668888929685505 1301668888929685505
Facebook hits hit pieces! 2020-09-03 65 1 1 0 0 0 1301656865357492224 1301656865357492224
How often we confuse luck with skill 2020-09-03 66 0 0 0 0 0 1301564665353261057 1301564665353261057
Propping up endangered Republicans - a shell game to guess 2020-09-03 70 0 0 0 0 0 1301563326191693825 1301563326191693825
Another Republican for Biden 2020-09-03 66 0 0 0 0 0 1301562225010778112 1301562225010778112
Fruity fake news! 2020-09-03 64 0 0 0 0 0 1301559382606409728 1301559382606409728
Rapid rollout of vaccine has its risks! 2020-09-03 66 0 0 0 0 0 1301385324795314177 1301385324795314177
Ready or not, here they come! 2020-09-03 61 0 0 0 0 0 1301384381248933888 1301384381248933888
Voting so nice, you should do it twice! 2020-09-03 58 0 0 0 0 0 1301383767509151744 1301383767509151744
There's no vaccine for fire. 2020-09-03 63 0 0 0 0 0 1301375256460886019 1301375256460886019
Goldwater said extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. 2020-09-03 65 0 0 0 0 0 1301374489914040324 1301374489914040324
Adding context to trending topics 2020-09-03 62 0 0 0 0 0 1301373405329985536 1301373405329985536
Facebook vs Internet Research Agency 2020-09-03 61 1 1 0 0 0 1301372959848767490 1301372959848767490
Small business in big trouble; big business smiles. 2020-09-03 61 0 0 0 0 0 1301372476102905857 1301372476102905857
What hath Don wrought? 2020-09-03 58 0 0 0 0 0 1301371545386795008 1301371545386795008
It's not about saving the earth from carbon dioxide - it's 2020-09-03 56 0 0 0 0 0 1301370317365886978 1301370317365886978
Lessons on how to recover quickly from coronavirus 2020-09-03 60 0 0 0 0 0 1301369211898355712 1301369211898355712
Just what the world needs - more plastic! 2020-09-03 51 0 0 0 0 0 1301368622762213376 1301368622762213376
How to become postmaster general! 2020-09-03 51 0 0 0 0 0 1301368213213597697 1301368213213597697
Birds of a feather! 2020-09-02 87 11 11 0 0 0 1301292252262617088 1301292252262617088
The bases of minority rule 2020-09-02 62 0 0 0 0 0 1301150508015517696 1301150508015517696
What should be done about the police? 2020-09-02 59 0 0 0 0 0 1301019404499443712 1301019404499443712
More approaches to fixing the presidency 2020-09-02 56 0 0 0 0 0 1301018337564975104 1301018337564975104
Approaches to fixing the presidency 2020-09-02 61 0 0 0 0 0 1301017575283765250 1301017575283765250
Putin is still at it! 2020-09-02 62 0 0 0 0 0 1300981507729702912 1300981507729702912
More essential relief for King Coal! 2020-09-01 92 5 5 0 0 0 1300834583185747968 1300834583185747968
Aren't taxes complicated enough? What's the point if 2020-09-01 79 1 0 1 0 0 1300654979485581312 1300654979485581312
Herd immunity will save Trump? So what if two million 2020-09-01 74 1 1 0 0 0 1300654036585078785 1300654036585078785
An unwelcome guest who will come anyway 2020-09-01 73 0 0 0 0 0 1300651722935644160 1300651722935644160
Fixing politics at the root 2020-09-01 73 1 1 0 0 0 1300649543436967936 1300649543436967936
Trump administration believes in coal. Get with the 2020-09-01 72 0 0 0 0 0 1300647152394231808 1300647152394231808
Trump thinks he's not as bad as you think! 2020-08-31 106 2 2 0 0 0 1300457120718974976 1300457120718974976
No military prop for Biden! 2020-08-31 120 0 0 0 0 0 1300456790140710913 1300456790140710913
History repeats itself... in advance 2020-08-31 105 0 0 0 0 0 1300316708096282625 1300316708096282625
Don't overdo it on Twitter! Just because something 2020-08-31 88 0 0 0 0 0 1300311819408437248 1300311819408437248
What's the overlap between people who actually read social 2020-08-30 85 0 0 0 0 0 1300162334988447744 1300162334988447744
Working for Trump can be hazardous to your career! 2020-08-30 83 1 1 0 0 0 1300161809593200641 1300161809593200641
Big changes ahead for Postal Service 2020-08-30 89 1 1 0 0 0 1300093704451969027 1300093704451969027
What happens when a Trumpist puts the army in charge of 2020-08-30 74 0 0 0 0 0 1299958852905959425 1299958852905959425
Is it going to be Ivanka or Don Jr in 2024? 2020-08-30 75 0 0 0 0 0 1299912538977517568 1299912538977517568
Laws are for serfs, not the nobility. 2020-08-30 78 0 0 0 0 0 1299909544227647488 1299909544227647488
Where are the criminals? In the White House. 2020-08-30 76 0 0 0 0 0 1299903838397198336 1299903838397198336
Don't have enough to worry about? 2020-08-30 76 0 0 0 0 0 1299902429366857728 1299902429366857728
Nobody wants half-baked ideas 2020-08-30 74 0 0 0 0 0 1299893359478108161 1299893359478108161
Why are these Republicans voting for Democrats? 2020-08-29 132 11 11 0 0 0 1299712908901769219 1299712908901769219
Entertainment and propaganda are replacing journalism 2020-08-29 88 1 1 0 0 0 1299712659630088192 1299712659630088192
Will the Republican Party ever be anything except the 2020-08-29 74 1 1 0 0 0 1299712489932779521 1299712489932779521
What the Trump administration really thinks about 2020-08-29 73 0 0 0 0 0 1299712342481989637 1299712342481989637
How the South was born again 2020-08-29 74 0 0 0 0 0 1299712187087245315 1299712187087245315
Trump has role models all around the world 2020-08-29 71 1 1 0 0 0 1299712036234911744 1299712036234911744
Just a matter of time 2020-08-29 71 0 0 0 0 0 1299711863450550273 1299711863450550273
Social media are so much better at spreading inflammatory 2020-08-29 74 1 1 0 0 0 1299711492795768832 1299711492795768832
Questions that nobody's had to ask for 150 years 2020-08-29 71 0 0 0 0 0 1299711103488806916 1299711103488806916
Unclear on the concept of feudalism! 2020-08-29 63 0 0 0 0 0 1299710954490355713 1299710954490355713
No more spring forward/fall back! 2020-08-29 62 0 0 0 0 0 1299710802010628096 1299710802010628096

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More openings likely for Secret Service agents!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/04/trump-hospital-drive-criticism/

The crowd loved it.    Trump should have gotten out and
hugged them!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/trump-supporters-walter-reed-rally/2020/10/04/b55dae9e-0675-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

Potemkin health and vigor!  #PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312965332802265088

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A poor mask is better than no mask.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/opinion/coronavirus-vaccines-masks.html

Likewise moderately effective drugs available now might be
preferable to very effective drugs available in the future.
#PS1notopic

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impress 30
time 2020-10-05 03:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312962871349833729

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America is watching a rerun of a British tragedy.

But the principals still think it's a comedy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/opinion/trump-covid-boris-johnson-truth-lies.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 38
time 2020-10-05 03:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312960063842082817

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Tax breaks - give small ones to the middle class that are
big for the upper class.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/opinion/the-american-dream-is-tax-reforms-biggest-obstacle.html

Simplicity in taxation is anathema to the rich -

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1notopic

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impress 37
time 2020-10-05 03:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312958953068720135

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Dysfunctions is us!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/trump-virus-meadows.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 29
time 2020-10-05 03:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312956047871496194

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The Republicans better skip hearings and go straight
to a confirmation vote before any more get sick.
Even so the sick will be brought in to vote on gurneys
if necessary.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/court-trump-barrett-senate/2020/10/04/9e766ade-064f-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-05 03:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312951064212115456

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If Trump goes back to the White House tomorrow - good luck
to the White House staff!       They probably would not
volunteer to work in an ICU.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/04/trump-covid-19-discharge/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-05 02:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312949128410742784

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Any small donor could have written this -

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/04/opinion-new-campaign-contributor-finds-we-cant-afford-our-democracy/

Jesse Unruh said it best - "Money is the Mother's Milk
of politics".    And it will remain so until we end the
bidding war for political access.  A good start would be
to end dark money.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations
#PS1notopic

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impress 32
time 2020-10-05 02:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312946087586480128

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Coming to a hospital near you!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/technology/clinical-trials-ransomware-attack-drugmakers.html

The same technology can be used for sabotage or extortion.
Unfortunately, lacking national leadership, victim
organizations usually pay up.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-05 02:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312944480325042176

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Rural Russia is a lot like... Rural America.       Putin
says don't waste your energy on it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/opinion/sunday/russia-hogweed.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-10-05 02:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312943565505392641

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The American Wild West lives on in the Amazon.      Will
the outcome be different?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/opinion/amazon-rainforest-conservation.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 26
time 2020-10-05 02:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312942329938935808

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No more free ride for patients willing to teleconference.

Does that mean they are more likely to come to the office
to trade germs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/health/covid-telemedicine-insurance.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 31
time 2020-10-05 02:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312939071535104005

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Pence ordered CDC to close borders.

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-pandemics-public-health-new-york-health-4ef0c6c5263815a26f8aa17f6ea490ae

It was in the best interests of the refugees.      Their
odds of catching the virus were probably lower at home
than in American concentration camps.  #PS1notopic

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impress 34
time 2020-10-05 02:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312938356234362883

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Barr can't be bothered to quarantine.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/03/politics/william-barr-coronavirus-quarantine/index.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 54
time 2020-10-05 02:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312937406845263873

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Telling the truth is a sign of weakness?

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-pandemics-health-archive-d20364b00e23dfad474fe0e9288fce83
#PS1notopic

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impress 28
time 2020-10-05 02:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312936885145100288

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The virus falls harder on some than others.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/04/californias-filipino-american-nurses-are-dying-from-covid-19-at-alarming-rates/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-05 01:58 +0000
urlclicks 2
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Chaos in NC could affect Barrett confirmation!

Can life get any more complicated?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/us/politics/coronavirus-thom-tillis-cal-cunningham-north-carolina.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-05 00:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312911711653904384

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President Putin congratulates American vets for frankly
and energetically discussing different political viewpoints
in their online forums.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/trump-veterans-division.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 31
time 2020-10-05 00:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312911110262018048

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A pulse oximeter to avoid a crisis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/04/blood-oxygen-25th-amendment-trump/
#PS1notopic

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impress 34
time 2020-10-05 00:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312905392461017088

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Opportunities for mischief from adversaries bold enough
to take advantage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/national-security-experts-describe-a-distracted-and-potentially-vulnerable-country/2020/10/04/54f31870-05e2-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 93
time 2020-10-04 23:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312891756870950914

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"I had to confront [the virus] so the American people
stopped being afraid of it" - Trump according to Giuliani,
an unimpeachable source

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/trump-supporters-walter-reed-rally/2020/10/04/b55dae9e-0675-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

"To become immortal, all you have to do is die" - Jesus
Christ, Superstar #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-04 23:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312890532096405505

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A book about all the Trump books - so far!

The best have yet to be written.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/01/most-essential-books-trump-era-are-barely-about-trump-all/
#PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-10-04 22:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312887525250195457

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All the things that could go wrong!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/continuity-government-trump-coronavirus/2020/10/02/f20143f8-04ca-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

We need a comprehensive solution -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 53
time 2020-10-04 22:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312885290441166849

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Other Republicans say What Me Worry?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-supporters-covid/2020/10/03/e3445528-0590-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 53
time 2020-10-04 22:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312881244686827522

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Some Republicans getting antsy!

Sorry, too late to repent now.     You knew who he was
from the beginning.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-virus-spreads-across-gop-ranks-some-republicans-say-party-will-pay-price-for-stupid-approach/2020/10/03/12e1c484-0585-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-10-04 22:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312880113319436289

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"including those in an exclusive dating relationship of
at least one year"

How do they propose to verify that??

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-canada-border/canada-easing-border-curbs-to-allow-more-family-reunifications-idUKKBN26N3AK
#PS1notopic

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impress 72
time 2020-10-04 22:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312878340928233472

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How concerned are Americans about foreign interference?

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-chicago-elections-archive-voting-44e78a1906754ba20d2af0f457ffb902
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-10-04 22:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312877132616331264

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It was going to happen over time anyway.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/upshot/pandemic-economy-recession.html

The virus helped it happen all at once.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-03 14:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312392433678708736

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Another win for Trump!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-threw-saudi-arabia-a-lifeline-after-khashoggis-death-two-years-later-he-has-gotten-little-in-return/2020/10/02/699af7f6-04d5-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 60
time 2020-10-03 13:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312386885348544515

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Nothing is true and everything is possible!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/04/nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-permitted-peter-pomerantsev-review-russia-oil-boom

Putin's lasting legacy to American political life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-virus-trust.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-10-03 12:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312374110689714176

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Hubris, meet Nemesis.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-white-house-virus-decisions.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/trump-coronavirus-emergency.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 54
time 2020-10-03 05:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312257658582298629

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When the president is incapacitated -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/14/flu-woodrow-wilson-coronavirus-trump/

That's why we have the 25th Amendment -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
#PS1notopic

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impress 72
time 2020-10-03 03:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312236063222427648

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FBI prepares for election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-election-poll-watchers/2020/10/02/6d482f48-0414-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312234896002170880

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Price goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit
before a fall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-seemed-to-defy-the-laws-of-science-and-disease-then-the-coronavirus-caught-up-with-him/2020/10/02/5b4c5232-04bf-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-virus-spread-white-house/2020/10/02/38c5b354-04cc-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-03 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312226605578641408

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Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-focused-on-trumps-defeat-the-rest-i-am-still-working-on/2020/10/02/979cb4f0-0426-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312201974998155265

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Too close to Roger Ailes?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/02/sexual-harassment-allegations-may-have-finally-caught-up-to-kimberly-guilfoyle/
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312173858489659392

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Invest in enforcement!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/opinion/irs-tax-income-inequality.html

Good luck getting Republican senators to help.
It's easier to replace them with Democratic senators.
And ending unlimited dark money so the new senators don't
get seduced.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 23:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312172828590960642

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What does it take to get Mormons to vote Democratic?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/opinion/mormon-women-trump-arizona.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 23:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312171515304001536

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Why we need a plan B that covers ALL eventualities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-succession-constitution.html

Such as -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 23:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312168956317163520

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A life-changing experience.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/coronavirus-public-officials.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 23:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312167625212919809

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Government aid for live performing arts has never been
a priority of American conservatives.    Aren't the
performances of reactionary politicians entertainment
enough?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/02/performing-arts-are-near-point-no-return-conservatives-should-rescue-them/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 23:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312165640153620480

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Doubling down on bad bets - no wonder all those casinos
went bankrupt.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/02/trumps-recklessness-is-now-putting-gop-senators-danger/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 22:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312164666265665536

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Maybe Trump should mediate!     He's friend with Turkey
and Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nagorno-karabakh-faq-armenia-azerbaijan/2020/10/01/cd2e1aa8-0293-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 20:48 +0000
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Think 2020 can't possible get worse?

There hasn't been a big urban earthquake in California in
a while -

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-probability-earthquake-will-occur-los-angeles-area-san-francisco-bay-area

Some people are still talking about secession -

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-secession-trump-biden-election-chapman-20200918-kybt5hym3nhtpkoj25gtbqmiiq-story.html

Putin can't do much about the first, but -

https://mashable.com/2017/11/07/calexit-texit-russia-internet-research-agency/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 20:01 +0000
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How the sausage gets made - not pretty in the legislature,
not pretty in the ballot box.

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2020/09/california-proposition-19-ballot-measure-property-tax/

Direct democracy was invented around 1912 to free voters
from corrupt state legislatures.         Now it's all
corrupted by big money.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 19:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312116122796257280

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How does it feel to live through a coup?

Not much different for most people!

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article246098735.html

Many Germans were pleased with Nazi rule - until the war
the casualties and the bombing...        But populists
eventually have to create an excuse for not delivering
promises.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 19:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312115132210716673

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Internet Research Agency still in business.

Conveniently located on both sides of any busy street!

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 19:30 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312112758511419392

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Why do the parties so furiously rage together

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/10/partisan-antipathy-more-intense-more-personal/

and why do the people imagine a vain thing?

https://www.businessinsider.com/qanon-plus-some-progressives-spread-trump-virus-conspiracy-theories-2020-10

The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take
counsel together

https://apnews.com/article/beijing-ap-top-news-international-news-elections-joe-biden-e98a8285f773403af163bc720d70fc2d

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1254768781534305
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 17:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312076539832401922

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A busy weekend ahead on the internet!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/02/technology-202-trump-coronavirus-diagnosis-sparks-onslaught-online-misinformation/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 15:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312052576242692096

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Republican Party Chair too!

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/us/trump-vs-biden?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#ronna-mcdaniel-chairwoman-of-the-rnc-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 14:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1312030823302930433

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What about Biden and Mike Wallace?

Were they far enough away during the debate?

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-archive-hope-hicks-7fece2838ff7a9bd91ccf5ac287348b3

Even though most people that develop symptoms survive, they
are much worse for wear for weeks to months.      Read up
on what can happen next -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
#PS1notopic

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The world's greatest victim?

How could he ever have been elected president?

How could he possibly be taking down a deep state child
sex ring?

Can he even avoid getting the virus?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/trump-polls-victim.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 04:16 +0000
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If they were serious the Senate would pass a bill and
send it to conference with the House.   They hope  the
Democrats will start with Mnuchin's proposal, and the
conference will reduce that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/democrats-stimulus-bill.html

Trump often has more trouble in the Senate than the House.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 04:13 +0000
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Is this what hell is like?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/wisconsin-coronavirus-election.html

Now Trump is in quarantine -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hope-hicks-close-trump-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/10/01/af238f7c-0444-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 03:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311875635657146370

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McMaster points out the obvious - Trump does what Putin
wants without being asked.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/mcmaster-trump-russia-election.html

Just why is unknown, but Trump seems to have warm feelings
for dictators of countries where he has properties.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 03:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311872658913468416

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Trump better be taking his bleach for protection!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hope-hicks-close-trump-aide-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/10/01/af238f7c-0444-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

She's been on the plane a lot with him.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 01:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311842747918118912

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Yet another dimension of minority rule and voter
suppression.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-technology-arrests-michigan-voting-rights-e0d49155dc8f347b1347cf779fd43812
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 01:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311836804941635585

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Ranked choice voting progressing

https://www.fairvote.org/rcv_2020_ballot_measures

Ranked choice voting allows voters to express support
for third parties without wasting their votes, yet
it also encourages centrist appeals outside parties'
ideological bases.       And it reduces the need for
runoffs.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-02 01:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311836474501857282

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Trump the anti-conservative!

You can't even call him a consistent reactionary;  his only
consistent political philosophy is populist kleptocracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/opinion/trump-ethics-immorality.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 23:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311814556654563328

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How can Greg Abbott support minority rule if he lets
everybody vote?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/texas-governor-greg-abbott-ballot-votes-election
#PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-10-01 23:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311813239244689409

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A successful rehearsal - for what?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/how-trump-amassed-a-red-state-army-in-the-nations-capital--and-could-do-so-again/2020/10/01/2f10e17c-f9d6-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html
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time 2020-10-01 23:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311812454670725120

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The Republicans were in full control for two years - they
could have restored DC to Maryland without creating two
more Democratic senators.   Now it's the Democrats' turn.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/opinion/washington-dc-state.html

Puerto Rico should be admitted as well.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 23:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311808824580345856

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How many remember the FIRST televised presidential debate
in 1960?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-that-debate-was-not-the-bottom-of-our-public-life-god-help-us/2020/10/01/4422201a-03e2-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 22:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311801322794958848

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Insuring against the 12th Amendment!

Under minority rule, it's amazing how few local votes it
takes to change the results for the country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/election-house-trump-presidency/2020/10/01/d5bf9d12-0375-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

The 12th Amendment defends minority rule and should be
revamped against future crises, but rural states won't.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 22:48 +0000
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On judicial nominees, Trump is just the messenger boy.
Sure he has to sign the receipt, as he moves the nomination
from the source, Leonard Leo, to the implementer, Mitch
McConnell.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/29/republican-strategy-every-supreme-court-nominee-hide-what-you-believe/

Trump is 100% on board, especially the lying about
motivations.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 22:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311794350767005696

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Minority rule is a lie from top to bottom!

Who'd vote for them if they told the truth?

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1254135018264348
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 22:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311792745879490560

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The brown shirts are upping the ante.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/technology/false-gop-ad-prompts-qanon-death-threats-against-a-democratic-congressman.html

No comment from Trump.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 21:48 +0000
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Did she accept the terms of her nomination?      Trump
might not have spelled it out in person, but he makes it
clear that she is working for HIM.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-joe-biden-donald-trump-voting-e7fa904df7e51320e154efd7c0d7fd2a
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 21:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311783070899400704

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Won't SOMEBODY please bring the president some good news?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-30/goldman-to-resume-job-cuts-as-banks-abandon-covid-moratorium

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/30/coronavirus-economy-california-recovery-years-away-jobs-tech-layoff

https://apnews.com/article/dwight-eisenhower-gross-domestic-product-archive-economy-42b79397f8f796ce61486a98346142bd

https://watchourcity.com/ap-news/airline-furloughs-begin-as-federal-pandemic-relief-expires/

The food banks won't even help his campaign!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/01/food-bank-trump-campaign-literature/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 21:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311782252691427329

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No changes!

https://www.axios.com/trump-debate-commission-rules-5020ec07-d868-40b6-a82e-1a961371aac6.html

Trump had a great victory rousing up his base - at no cost.
Why would he change a thing?

Or maybe he did so badly with everybody else, that he's
trying to get Biden to cancel for him.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 21:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311777030015381507

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Are they planning election-day intimidation or just
pretending, in order to mess with voters minds?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/trump-election-poll-watchers.html

You can't maintain minority rule if everybody votes.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:58 +0000
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Do you know who your secretary of state is?      Would you
want that job this year?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/voting-election.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311680369138180096

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Drudge and Trump give up on each other.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/business/media/drudge-report-trump-coverage.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311678620352438272

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An essential pillar of minority rule is saying one thing
and doing the opposite.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/upshot/trump-pre-existing-conditions-polls.html

Trump's Justice Department has joined a lawsuit to have
Obamacare declared unconstitutional, which the new Supreme
Court will hear  Nov 10.       There is no replacement.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:34 +0000
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Tax breaks for billionaires are tax increases for you.

YOU pay for those tax breaks, one way or another.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/opinion/trump-taxes.html

The Republican solution for this?     Moe tax breaks for
billionaires, of course!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/12/brilliant-political-move-trump-proposes-tax-cut-wealthy/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311672826701574146

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One of the ways a president leads by example.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/opinion/trump-presidents-taxes-history.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311671696567328768

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No more debates!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-the-sake-of-the-country-cancel-the-remaining-debates/2020/09/30/e68ed090-0334-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cancel-the-remaining-presidential-debates-we-cant-have-a-repeat-of-the-first-one/2020/09/30/0ac33714-0338-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311669814503514112

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No more debates!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-the-sake-of-the-country-cancel-the-remaining-debates/2020/09/30/e68ed090-0334-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cancel-the-remaining-presidential-debates-we-cant-have-a-repeat-of-the-first-one/2020/09/30/0ac33714-0338-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 14:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311669137836396550

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No more debates!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-the-sake-of-the-country-cancel-the-remaining-debates/2020/09/30/e68ed090-0334-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cancel-the-remaining-presidential-debates-we-cant-have-a-repeat-of-the-first-one/2020/09/30/0ac33714-0338-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311669040335577091

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You don't compromise with extremists.      You either
resist or give in.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/elections/debate-facebook-sharing/

It's been a process -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/20/facebook-republican-shift/

Not taking sides is taking the side of the liars and
disinformers.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 05:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311545926662537216

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Voter suppression is an essential part of minority rule.
The Federal government and the Republican-funded legal
establishment is being mobilized to maintain minority rule
in 2020.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/voter-fraud-disinformation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/magazine/trump-voter-fraud.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/technology/how-voting-by-mail-tops-election-misinformation.html

Putin is thrilled!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 04:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311526673909575680

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There is a magic bullet to quickly end the virus threat.

But Trump rejected it, and he never admits to being wrong.
That's a sign of weakness - just like wearing a mask.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/opinion/coronavirus-masks.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 03:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311502988943347712

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Anarchism is a dead end for societies with more than a
few hundred members.         Smashing the state is more
fun than building something that works for a large diverse
population.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/opinion/anarchists-protests-black-lives-matter.html

Protest injustice peacefully all day - leave the night to
the vermin.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 02:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311500986985275392

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Giving up?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/opinion/trump-2020-moving-abroad.html

Many guys moved to Canada to escape Vietnam.    Some stayed
but most came back.

Most Americans don't have any other place to go or any
means to stay there.         Those who have a choice should
stay and defend those who don't.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 02:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311497157359280128

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"Politics needs a reference point outside of politics.
It needs values, it needs facts and it needs leaders who
respect that there is a sacred domain of decisions that
will never be used to promote political gain, only the
common good."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/opinion/trump-election-fraud-2020.html
#PS1notopic

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If Trump really loved the stock market, he'd SAY that he'd
respect the election outcome, even if he really meant only
if he were re-elected.

Markets hate uncertainty!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/business/wall-street-uncertainty-election.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-10-01 02:31 +0000
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Trump's re-election is job #1!        Why don't these
people understand that they work for him?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/health/covid-cruise-ships.html

Bush won Florida in 2000 by less than 1000 votes - cruise
ships hold way more people than that!

Foreign corporations, but cruise executives are major
donors!  #PS1notopic

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Weird Al explains the debate

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007370133/presidential-debate-weird-al.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 23:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311452210568417280

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How is Trump a threat to national security?

Let him count the ways!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-debate-election.html

https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-donald-trump-business-elizabeth-warren-national-security-042cc007c36cf773558bfd250c9701df
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 23:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311447014962425856

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Fox and Friends try to break the bad news gently!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-and-friends-offer-trump-debate-advice/2020/09/30/15e6500c-0326-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 23:04 +0000
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If the act like Brown Shirts - they they are Brown Shirts
even if they don't have uniforms.

A very odd cult, but small so far.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/30/proudboys1001/

Trump is doing his best to help them recruit.  #PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311440109581950976

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California should take wildfire preparation as seriously
as earthquake preparation!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-24/skelton-california-preparation-wildfires-earthquakes
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 21:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311414117182267392

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Give credit where due - some Trump administration
regulators are still on the job -

https://www.reuters.com/article/jp-morgan-spoofing-penalty/jpmorgan-to-pay-920-million-for-manipulating-precious-metals-treasury-market-idUSKBN26K325

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-new-york-us-news-e82edbf715547d974e1149f38b786cae
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 21:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311411814169669632

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Not long for the Trump administration!

To contradict the president's designated minion is to
contradict the president.         Right before an election?
That's a career-limiting move.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/cdc-director-on-pandemic-were-nowhere-near-the-end-nbc-idUSKBN26J21A
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 20:42 +0000
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Trump paid lots of taxes!    He said so himself!  Who knew?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/kfile-trump-taxes/index.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 20:39 +0000
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Not on the mainstream ever?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/24/stocktons-americas-got-talent-winner-brings-spoken-word-poetry-to-the-masses/

Homer founded Western literature - and naturally lavished
praise on his profession -

to him beyond all others, the power to please, however
the spirit stirs him on to sing #PS1notopic

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Zoom booms!    Its gain is their loss though -

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/28/coronavirus-economy-bay-area-california-hotel-huge-decline-real-estate/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-pilots-avoid-furloughs-20200928-ndoyuquguzccxhgzhknpuflovi-story.html

Business travel and office space markets have probably
shrunk permanently.     Too bad for Trump Towers around
the world!

Good news for others though -

https://apnews.com/article/archive-751e3db7d82e27025b2fd80075342e4a
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 17:56 +0000
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The Apprentice paid for it all!

Other people's money!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/28/us/donald-trump-taxes-apprentice.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 17:23 +0000
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What we learned in 1800 -

Having the runner-up be vice president was a bad idea.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/opinion/theres-a-reason-the-election-of-1800-still-sings-out-to-us.html

One election is not the end of the world if both sides
accept the process now and in the future

The 12th Amendment was barely an improvement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
#PS1notopic

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The cranks keep cranking away!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html

They need a miracle every day.  #PS1notopic

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A Second Amendment champion - five handguns, two rifles,
two shotguns and a small revolver!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/parscale-suicide-threat-abuse/2020/09/28/34644958-01aa-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 14:06 +0000
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Republicans want to deter minority voters - this is news?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/28/trump-2016-cambridge-analytica-suppression/

Maybe it was news in 1964 - but it's what we expect now.
Thanks Facebook!       Don't think it's stopped because
it's more subtle.       Right, Kanye?  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 14:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311305510818213889

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Specifics of Trump tax abuse

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tax-trump-legal-experts/2020/09/28/4142dd44-01c6-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 13:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1311302890946871297

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First presidential debate - unconditional victory for
President Vladimir Putin!

Nothing is true and everything is possible!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/09/30/1st-trump-biden-presidential-debate-was-exhausting-how-to-do-a-mental-cleanse/#51bc296824f6

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1252703098407540
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-30 05:25 +0000
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What happens if you just let what happens, happen?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/business/economy/us-economy-pandemic.html

Fortunately Mnuchin and Pelosi are talking again -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/democrats-white-house-stimulus-checks/

but can they get the Republicans in safe seats to go along?
#PS1notopic

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It's good to have foreign contacts if you need a loan or
a hideout.           But what if their loyalties are as
one-way as his?

A Trump without money or power or TV show?  "Nobody knows
you when you're down and out."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/opinion/trump-tax-returns-russia.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:47 +0000
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Why people with a lot of debt are security risks.

Trump would never be able to get a security clearance if
he were not president.

Interestingly, the foreign dictators he likes run countries
where he has hotel interests.      Do they hold his
debt too?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/opinion/trump-taxes-debt.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310771726142169088

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Look at what Trump has done for Ohio auto workers!

Trump is pleased and the new owners are pleased, and two
out of three ain't bad!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-said-he-would-bring-jobs-back-to-ohios-manufacturing-workers-instead-he-deserted-them/2020/09/28/d494a408-01bf-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310768420854493184

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One more time - do whatever you can to take care of
the Senate!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-need-to-put-an-expiration-date-on-the-republican-senate/2020/09/28/cf6ecb82-01c1-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:25 +0000
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One more bad choice to cap a long career of bad choices!

He was a success as a reality-TV star.     Remember that!
Because it appears that avenue is closed to him now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/running-for-president-was-the-worst-business-decision-trump-ever-made/2020/09/28/d0bad886-01c7-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310765742250369024

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Seasonal Affective Disorder might be extreme this year!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/november-may-be-the-darkest-month-americans-have-seen-in-a-long-time/2020/09/27/c60e72d8-fdaa-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 02:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310764725756506113

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“I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was
entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation &
tax credits.”

Actually, almost everybody else is NOT entitled to
depreciation or business tax credits - because they can't
afford to invest in real estate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/28/trump-taxes-compare-presidents/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 01:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310760936890707968

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"It's the hiding of a vulnerability that is a real
indicator of potential security risk"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-taxes-national-security-compromise/2020/09/28/3116b096-01b5-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

Adversaries seek out persons who might be easily
compromised.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 01:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310759731204513793

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Unanswered questions!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-we-know--and-still-want-to-know--about-trumps-company/2020/09/28/3f9e8552-0189-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 01:01 +0000
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Everybody needs to pass some kind of stimulus bill before
the election.     Except a few recalcitrant Republican
legislators in safe seats, who will please their donors
by voting NO.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/democrats-white-house-stimulus-checks/
#PS1notopic

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The New York Times article was filled with inaccuracies!

But Trump won't tell you what they are, or show the real
tax returns.

He says he might produce financial statements - after
the election.      Audited by independent accountants?
Of course - not!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/28/trump-tax-middle-class/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 00:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310743513282215942

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Maintaining minority rule is hard.  Never reveal your
real motives!  Grab every fair or unfair advantage!

Republicans in PA had to bypass the state supreme court
for the Federal -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/pennsylvania-gop-lawmakers-ask-supreme-court-to-stop-voting-accommodations/2020/09/28/e9893594-01b6-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

It doesn't always  work.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts-voting-fraud-claims-republicans/2020/09/28/ceff1184-fda2-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-29 00:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310740436474982400

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Trumpists hope that the Supreme Court fight will take the
heat off the virus.

If the Democrats can even just get the nominee to
equivocate on the constitutionality of Obamacare, that's
all they really need to get out of the confirmation
hearings.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-winston-salem-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-us-supreme-court-4920f6704962fd2d45a7684bf0b50ba9
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 21:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310688146988789760

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"Donald Trump needs this election to be about Joe Biden.
So long as this campaign is all about Trump, he's going
to lose."

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-new-york-archive-joe-biden-donald-trump-a745b2e59de2c85e8bcffce3f8466eeb

But Trump has been singing the "all about me" tune his
whole life.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/donald-trump-father-will/

Too late to change now!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 20:58 +0000
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There's a good reason to keep cutting the IRS enforcement
budget - IRS audits reduce the cash flow available for
dark money contributions to Republican campaign coffers.
Taxes are for poor people, anyway.  As the president so
well illustrates.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/15/opinion/tax-evasion-irs.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 20:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310673432065892352

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Silence of the lambs!

Does the virus cause Republican senators to be deaf or
dumb about Trump's

- tax  fraud

- threats to overturn election

- repeal Obamacare

- repeal Roe v Wade

Hear their silent pleas!

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1249020885442428
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 19:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310663431389732864

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Miracles still happen!

A convicted ex-Trump administration member wrote a book
in praise of the president!   Trump's short temper and
attention span shows an unconventional politician!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-ivanka-rick-gates-book/2020/09/28/ea2000a2-ff5c-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html

A family member  vice president shows a conventional
mobster.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 18:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310648740353658880

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Trump has three wishes for the new Supreme Court that he
built - with help from McConnell and Leo.

#2 - strike down Obamacare

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/judge-barrett-aca-health-care-law/2020/09/28/429d165e-ff4c-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

The others?

#1 - insure his re-election by supporting his court
challenges to election results

#3 - strike down Roe v Wade #PS1notopic

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There might not be ANY persuadable undecideds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/undecided-voters-2020-presidential-debates/2020/09/27/0911c650-fd9e-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html

In 2016, many "undecideds" were actually Trump voters who
didn't want to say so in public.

Now some say they will decide after the debate - maybe to
skip this election - too bad for down-ticket candidates.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 16:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310623303611031552

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The real election threat - intentional disinformation!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/28/cybersecurity-202-here-are-five-big-things-election-experts-are-really-worried-about/

Mail ballot fraud is a tiny threat, too time and labor
intensive.

Stirring up unfounded fears about mail ballot fraud is a
major threat, fast and cheap on mass media, then foreign
amplified.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 15:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310607426484236289

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It hurts to be close to Trump!

He asks so much, and gives so little.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-parscale-police/2020/09/27/356f861a-0127-11eb-a2db-417cddf4816a_story.html

Look out if he starts treating you like family.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 02:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310409749611986945

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Talking about a corrupt election is music to Putin's ears.
Unfortunately, it's necessary to get all election officials
on board with the scope of the threat.       Maybe it
shouldn't be a public discussion.       But the president
won't shut up about it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/trump-election-cede-power-hr-mcmaster
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 00:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310383607362453505

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Trump has high hopes for Roe v Wade.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/trump-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-roe-v-wade
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 00:54 +0000
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Expect foreign ransomware attacks over the next couple
of months.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/technology/2020-election-security-threats.html

They don't need to actually deliver ransom money - they
succeed if they undermine confidence in American democracy,
enhancing the undermining started by Trump.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-28 00:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310376217711751168

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Trump taxes - free summary of NYT reporting -

https://apnews.com/article/archive-personal-taxes-donald-trump-f0e2af5f9f99de9d30dc6b9097121188

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1250813261929857
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 22:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310353485532000256

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Paying taxes?  telling the truth?  - that's for suckers!
Trump's likely response - Who leaked?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/trump-taxes-takeaways.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes-timeline.html

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

Simple taxes are hard to cheat!

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 22:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310344479925178368

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This is what the deep state looks like - dedicated
individuals getting some things right and some wrong -
unlike the current shallow state that can't seem to  do
anything right.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/books/review/the-man-who-ran-washington-james-baker-peter-baker-susan-glasser.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 22:00 +0000
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Collecting data for future reference!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/26/data-dump-that-reveals-astonishing-breadth-beijings-interference-operations/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 21:30 +0000
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Good news for Biden

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-trump-biden-post-abc/2020/09/26/940ef678-ff7f-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/27/chances-blowout-are-high/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-storm-is-coming-for-donald-trump/2020/09/25/edd915f0-ff37-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

But it won't matter much if it's the same old Senate.
You can hope, or you can act!

https://www.dscc.org/ #PS1notopic

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The unpersuadables!        They don't care what Trump's
policies are or how those policies would affect them,
or what he's actually accompished.     They're ecstatic
that somebody is in power who thinks the way they do and
annoys the people they hate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump--white-men-boat-parade/2020/09/27/dcd7bdd8-fe79-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 21:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310323752316534784

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Good news for major Trump donors!

Thanks to the virus, more people are willing to take
entry-level jobs with entry-level pay and benefits.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/27/lower-pay-higher-risk-coronavirus-layoffs-send-middle-class-workers-down-the-economic-ladder/

At least the economy will recover for people at the top!
#PS1notopic

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likes 1
time 2020-09-27 20:42 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310318929710120961

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Susan Collins is far from the worst Republican senator.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/politics/sara-gideon-susan-collins-maine-senate.html

But she is not able to manage the untenable situation she
is in, so she should welcome a quiet retirement.

https://saragideon.com/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 18:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310278575535190017

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It's always good to get a second opinion!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/25/california-plans-to-independently-vet-covid-19-vaccine-data/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 17:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310275048125546496

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Selling the sizzle instead of the steak.

Trump couldn't even sell the sizzle to Republican senators,
so he had to make up something quick on his own before
the election.          Is he going to distribute the cards
by mail?     Each personally signed.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-seniors-elections-prescription-drugs-medicare-6f2aaaf4e94a0dba12abd5b1641bbccc
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 17:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310274361283104773

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How Israel tested a bomb?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/blast-from-the-past

Nobody's admitting anything, yet the combination of
plausible deniability, yet a credible message to potential
adversaries, may well have been appealing.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 16:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310253942677237760

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Partial disclosure is unhelpful to the public but useful
to partisan candidates.

If you want to avoid attention to voter suppression
affecting thousands or millions of ballots, it's helpful
to make a big deal about nine ballots handled improperly.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-local-elections-pennsylvania-elections-campaigns-07ab572103d67a3341011a691118f696
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 13:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310209786282090497

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Bad news - air travel is an ideal way to spread virus.

Good news - if everybody masks up and follows the rules,
it seems to be pretty safe.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/26/coronavirus-airlines-say-flying-is-safe-but-new-study-reveals-potential-for-superspreader-disaster/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 13:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310206731637518337

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The Supreme Court used to be political, but Congress did
the legislating.

Now, unlimited dark money, powerful media, and foreign
influence combine to produce a deadlocked partisan
legislature, leading to executive overreach and activist
judiciary.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/supreme-court-politics-history/2020/09/25/b9fefcee-fe7f-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 12:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310202352062722053

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Minority rule is a downward spiral.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/minority-party-electoral-college-court-trump/2020/09/25/1163b954-fdfc-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html

It's part of the lingering legacy of feudalism, slavery,
and the southern strategy.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 12:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310199836558241797

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No debate - Biden and Trump will just talk past each
other, Biden to the two or three truly undecided voters
in the country,  Trump to his millions of already-decided
base voters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-debate-biden/2020/09/25/557abab0-fe98-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

Harris-Pence has more potential on Oct 7.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 06:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310102232713453568

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Whether they admit it or not, almost everybody's made up
their mind, based on facts or fiction.         And very
few are willing to consider an alternative point of view.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/24/michigan-undecided-voters-democrats/

Congratulations on your overwhelming victory, President
Putin!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 06:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310097503308582912

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All congressional districts would matter if states
abandoned winner-take-all electoral votes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/presidency-electoral-maine-nebraska/2020/09/18/0657bc9c-f9c2-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

Or if no-majority elections were decided by individual
House votes instead of by states.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310095674491326464

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Ultimately the unfavorable outcomes or do-nothing
non-outcomes are the result of legislative processes that
no longer match social reality.        But most voters
don't want to try to understand the abstract process
issues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/court-trump-senate-democrats/2020/09/25/2f7259a8-ff48-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310094014641651713

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Airlines must not be important enough donors to get either
Trump or Pelosi to budge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/airline-industry-job-cuts/2020/09/26/824b1380-fdaf-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310091898049032193

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Unconvincing argument for filibuster.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/dont-fall-filibuster-abolition-its-trap/

Its defenders imagine a time when filibuster threat
resulted in compromise.        Nowadays, the result is
inaction, a do-nothing Congress, executive overreach,
and judicial legislation.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310087397992849409

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Court packing is a dead end.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/09/24/fdr-supreme-court-packing-rbg-trump/

Term limits for Supreme Court justices seems like a
better idea.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310085784288948224

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How hard is it to find somebody more corrupt than Trump?

You need look no further than his friends.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/benjamin-netanyahu-us-visits-dirty-laundry/2020/09/23/8407f52c-fdb3-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-27 05:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1310085032908713985

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American politics, including courts, are driven by two
new factors since Biden started - unlimited dark money
and partisan media, now magnified by foreign influences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/biden-supreme-court-confirmation.html

It's going to take more than character and principled
behavior to counteract all that.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 13:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309854609360351237

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Is Amy Coney Barrett really a role model for her
reactionary supporters?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder,_K%C3%BCche,_Kirche
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 13:31 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309847964538425345

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Taking another look at The Civil War

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/09/26/ken-burns-civil-war-breonna-taylor-george-floyd-shelby-foote/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 13:22 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309845689250193408

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Trump succeeds where Reagan and Bush failed.       They
were concerned about the voters, but Trumpists figure if
they keep the donors, they can indoctrinate the voters.

https://theamericanscholar.org/still-made-for-you-and-me
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 13:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309843463559507968

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Total surveillance - China leads the way.

As always, it's total for the masses.       There are
always exceptions for the ruling class.

https://theamericanscholar.org/our-post-privacy-world/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 13:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309842663714115584

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It's hard to believe all those memos meant anything other
than what they said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/24/usps-delays-dejoy-documents/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 04:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309718124053147649

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Tucker Carlson, like Trump and the rest of the Trumpists,
always tells the truth about how he feels.     What other
truth matters?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/25/hours-after-judge-describes-tucker-carlson-engaging-exaggeration-trump-highlights-his-false-claims/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 03:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309704127354531842

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Who would want to be first in line for a vaccine released
before the election?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/25/coronavirus-vaccine-trump-interference/

The president doesn't care whether it's safe or effective.
That won't be known until well after the election.
It just needs to be available before the election.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 03:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309701550068043776

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Unpleasant parallels!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/25/this-is-not-drill-reichstag-is-burning/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 00:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309655062977949698

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Presidential "debates" are pretty useless - they just talk
past each other.         Trump will address his base,
Biden the undecideds.      Vulgarity delights Trump's
base, as any of his campaign rallies demonstrate, but not
the undecideds.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-loves-low-blows-but-voters-want-a-clean-debate-biden-shouldnt-take-the-bait/2020/09/25/d2d452f8-feae-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 00:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309653257279561728

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Maybe it's just as well Romney was never elected president.
Even though he would have been better than Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/25/american-democracy-needs-mitt-romney-reconsider/

At least he was willing to comment on the record, unlike
his colleagues facing a difficult election who run from
reporters.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 00:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309652047571034112

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So which decisions were wrongly decided?     Roe v Wade
of course.     How about Brown v Board?     Miranda?
Baker v Carr? Marbury v Madison?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-bombshell-consequences-of-amy-coney-barrett/2020/09/25/3531ab9c-ff6f-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html

No matter!     The die is cast and Republican senators have
to confirm her before something bad happens.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-26 00:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309650775920967682

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Is McConnell going to call the vote before or after the
election?     Too bad Jimmy the Greek is no longer with
us to call the odds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-scotus.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 23:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309629284516945920

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Why accept any paid political advertising from a week
before the election until the new president is inaugurated?
It's not that anybody NEEDS to advertise during that time.
Unpaid messages to followers will not be restricted anyway.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/25/get-ready-tsunami-disinformation-when-trump-declares-victory/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 22:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309627256331882496

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Having Republican state legislators choose electors
needn't be defensible.   Just  buy enough time for the
election to be decided in the House - voting by states.
Done deal for Trump!    Remember to vote for better Federal
and state legislators!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-could-stay-in-power-even-if-he-doesnt-win-the-election-the-constitution-allows-it/2020/09/24/d9371bb0-fe97-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 22:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309625920550875136

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Approving a vaccine is not the end.     It's just the
beginning.          And who says all the anti-vaxxers and
conspiracy theorists will even accept vaccination?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/25/covid-vaccine-distribution-logistics/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 22:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309623986221797376

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Don't panic - just vote!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/25/trump-peaceful-transfer-power/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 22:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309622855001202688

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No recovery for 4000 local businesses

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/22/the-bay-areas-small-business-closure-crisis-is-already-here/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 22:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309619082115731456

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The rest of the world is no longer laughing at America.
They are crying for the world's collective loss.     Except
Putin, Xi, Kim, Duterte, Erdogan, Orban, and the rest of
the populist kleptocrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/asia/trump-united-states.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 20:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309593632668700672

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State legislatures have the right to determine presidential
electors.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/25/trump-attack-election-electors-republicans

Republican senators will enable them.

Get rid of those enablers - so Trump will have to answer
to a Democratic Senate.

https://www.dscc.org/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1249020885442428
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 20:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309590121147031552

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The Missouri Compromise didn't settle a thing.
There was no way to resolve, by political compromise,
the sectional differences due to 200 years of slavery.
The best that could be done was to delay the inevitable
resolution by other means.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opinion/trump-supreme-court-missouri-compromise.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 18:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309559334037147648

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Biden should mostly stick to the facts, but if he wants
to go lower, here is some advice -

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opinion/debate-trump-biden-lie.html

What resonates with the few undecided persuadable voters?
Attacks on Trump's character, however justified, might
be counter-productive.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 16:39 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309532921586356224

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Supreme Court - abortion is for Trump voters, but
deregulation is for Trump donors.      Same for McConnell.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/trump-environment-courts.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 14:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309501101276762112

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A born-again Lysenko.      As well as a born-again
Potemkin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/opinion/trump-science-coronavirus.html

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_Potemkin #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 12:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309466185247776768

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A reliable Trumpist vote!

No silly recusals at the hour of crisis, unlike Jeff
Sessions!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/barbara-lagoa-florida-felons-vote/2020/09/24/794e9520-fde3-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 12:08 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309464773956755456

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Even Chad Wolf recognizes that white supremacists pose
the greatest terrorist threat to America.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/23/dhs-secretary-white-supremacy-poses-persistent-and-lethal-threat/3511913001/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 04:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309352454765518855

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87 pages of nothing!    Your tax dollars at work!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/politics/biden-inquiry-republicans-johnson.html

At least the Russian tax dollars were well spent on
disinformation.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 04:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309350681518587904

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Trump strikes back at tech companies that treat lies
differently from facts

https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-archive-donald-trump-2b1e91fa4387dacf864046e0632ed813

But DOJ is also getting settlements on corporate corruption
- good for them!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-23/jpmorgan-is-set-to-pay-1-billion-in-record-spoofing-penalty

https://www.reuters.com/article/gilead-usa/gilead-to-pay-97-million-to-settle-us-kickback-probe-idUSKCN26F06I
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 04:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309347573157605376

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Election officials worry about trying to figure out what
they should be worried about.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-transition-crisis/2020/09/24/068d2286-fe79-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 01:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309302627050504192

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Trump proudly announces today -

that he has no clue about what kind of health care plan
Congress will enact when his new Supreme Court declares
Obamacare unconstitutional.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-health-care-affordable-care-act/2020/09/24/e1cd928a-fe6b-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

In the end, he'll just rechristen Obamacare as Trumpcare.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 01:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309300949463097344

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Federal courts embrace full speed ahead on voter
suppression.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/24/trump-roberts-supreme-court-conservative-majority/
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-25 01:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309296603929300992

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Republicans try to make the best of a bad situation -
by the traditional divert and deflect and whatabout.

They say that the regular procedures will apply but they've
reversed themselves on which procedures are regular enough
times already.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/24/republicans-try-both-sides-trumps-peaceful-transfer-of-power-comments/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 00:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309291887908462592

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Predictions four years ago - amazed at how many came true?

You shouldn't be - autocrats generally try to do what
they promised.

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 00:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309289256657932288

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All the ways things could go bad.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/
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time 2020-09-25 00:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309286960674947072

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The Trumpists are taking active step to suppress votes.

With more to come.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/24/trump-openly-told-us-exactly-what-he-intends-do/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-25 00:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309283583857627136

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The promise of a Republican!

“I promise you as a Republican, if the Supreme Court
decides that Joe Biden wins, I will accept the result."

We can really count on that, especially coming from
Lindsey Graham!    But did he clear his remarks with Trump?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/24/us/trump-vs-biden-election
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309264061331251202

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Eliminating minority culture and thought.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-muslims-detention-centers-xinjiang-crackdown/2020/09/23/44d2ce50-f32b-11ea-8025-5d3489768ac8_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/opinion/tibet-china-labor.html

Trump approves - it's just patriotic education - with
teeth.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/914127266/trump-announces-patriotic-education-commission-a-largely-political-move
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309143078519943169

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Trump has tremendous trust in drug companies!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus--vaccine-trump-fda/2020/09/23/bed73438-fda4-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html

Maybe that's why Trump never got them to reduce drug
prices.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 14:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309139005490032654

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Let America be America again!

https://poets.org/poem/let-america-be-america-again

https://theamericanscholar.org/let-america-be-america-again/
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309136572378419202

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How the swamp works

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/23/pebble-mine-secret-tapes/

Donate to both sides so they will return your calls later.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 13:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309119728074608641

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Justices could solve this problem themselves.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/22/justices-themselves-can-turn-down-heat-by-creating-their-own-term-limits/

But that's not the problem Trump appointed them to solve.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 05:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1309008597096058882

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As we said back in the 1960's - the majority is not silent.
The government is deaf.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/22/white-house-blames-voters-messes-trump-made/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 05:44 +0000
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Anything to avoid talking about the virus or Obamacare!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-ginsburg-senate/2020/09/23/02e344ac-fdc6-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 03:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308974335777005578

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Roe v. Wade is a decoy.

The real agenda is "dismantling regulation, gutting
civil rights laws, narrowing voting rights  strengthening
corporate power, weakening unions" and killing Obamacare.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/capitulating-to-the-right-wont-end-the-judicial-wars/2020/09/23/5402f378-fdd5-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

But minority rule is just say one thing, do another.
#PS1notopic

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Still no national plan for testing, because that would
mean that there is a national crisis, but the virus is a
done deal.       Trump hasn't gotten it, his family hasn't
gotten it, his Mar-a-Lago friends haven't gotten it,
so what's the problem?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/seven-months-into-pandemic-trumps-testing-plan-enters-its-second-wave-failure/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 03:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308970223542898691

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Rand Paul just told the truth about how he feels, and
Fauci just wanted to talk about objective reality.

It's entirely possible that Paul doesn't believe what he
says, but minority rule is enabled by saying one thing
and doing another.   Get over it!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/fauci-finally-loses-his-patience-with-rand-paul/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 03:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308966245052620800

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The new Supreme Court will invalidate Obamacare as
unconstitutional.

Republicans in Congress are against any replacement.
Trump has never solved  the problem of how to get votes
for a plan that nobody wants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-to-sign-executive-order-on-preexisting-conditions/2020/09/23/21b89340-fd1d-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 03:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308964401022631939

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There's only one acceptable outcome to the election,
and Trump will do whatever it takes to get it.

McConnell and the rest of the Senate enablers will be
right behind him.        So will Putin and Q!

Trump's base is stocking up on ammunition.

https://apnews.com/8bb28627b03474a3a5ce2454ae3d1639
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 02:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308959287989870592

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The 60's and 70's were not always inferior to our present.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/opinion/trump-media.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 02:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308958245281697792

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Effective Altruism - who's up to the challenge?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/09/23/effective-altruism-charity/

More people are attuned to "charity begins at home."
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-24 02:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308956605669539840

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Thinking about protecting democracy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/democrats-lay-out-plan-halt-drift-toward-authoritarianism/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/democratic-house-chairs-trump-damage-democracy/

https://protectdemocracy.org/update/protecting-our-democracy-act/

Nothing's going to happen while the Republicans control
the Senate, so the first step is for you to vote Democratic
and donate if you can -

https://www.dscc.org/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 23:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308918529580773377

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Who needs security review training if the boss has already
indicated  the necessary outcome?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/white-house-intervened-to-halt-release-of-bolton-book-with-flawed-classification-review-official-says/2020/09/23/d9af262e-fd9c-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 23:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308913216651755522

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Being a Trump doesn't work any more in NY?  Unfortunately
Dad doesn't have any particular power over state
investigations.       He's not even a NY resident!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/eric-trump-new-york-attorney-general/2020/09/23/5970bb24-fd44-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 23:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308911671243665410

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Ideas for enabling majority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/23/dramatic-governing-changes-democrats-could-make-if-they-take-power/

Here's more

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

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 23:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308910898594095109

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A genuine success for Pompeo?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/breakthrough-could-be-near-greece-turkey-dispute-thanks-some-strategic-diplomatic-pressure/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 23:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308908893419048960

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Cindy McCain endorses Biden

https://apnews.com/6eea561a0fc235651ae6d01b64546492
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 20:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308860698651435008

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Surprise!  Everybody remembered that an election is in
progress.

https://apnews.com/93fd821da811eeb1ae1c064a3b534c83
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 20:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308860268059992065

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Another casualty of the virus - public transportation.
Nobody want to face unknown health risks, at least until
they've gotten sick of driving back and forth to work
again.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/22/coronavirus-cuts-vta-could-slash-bus-service-to-1980-levels/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 20:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308859800319594502

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Always ready to make a deal - with other people's money,
to get other people's money.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/books/review-white-house-inc.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 18:45 +0000
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Maintaining minority rule is never easy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/trump-supreme-court-appointment.html

You have to keep working for it with every opportunity.
McConnell and Trump have been very consistent.

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 18:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308838144649895941

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Putin is happy because Fox, Infowars, QAnon, etc are doing
his work for him without being told  - he just cheers
them on!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-media-is-rooting-for-civil-war-in-america

If Trump loses and contests the loss, Putin wins.
If Trump wins, Putin wins bigger.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/trump-national-security.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 18:23 +0000
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The firus impact on cultural institutions could be its
most significant long-term cost.

The Trump administration has no interest in relief for
performing arts organizations or in relief for state and
local governments, which might otherwise act.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-cancels-coronavirus.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 18:14 +0000
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It's official - the Republican senators will approve
Trump's Supreme Court nominee as soon as possible, even
if it cost them the White House and Senate.       Susan
Collins is the only one in doubt, and she will probably
come around like she always does.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-republicans.html
#PS1notopic

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Things weren't so different 100 years ago

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/how-the-promise-of-normalcy-won-the-1920-election

except the KKK was a critical part of the Democratic
coalition instead of the Republican.

Harding did call the first world disarmament conference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Conference
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 18:01 +0000
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Chinese interference is done differently from Russian
interference

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-espionage/u-s-charges-new-york-city-police-officer-with-acting-as-illegal-agent-of-china-idUSKCN26C2ZP
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 17:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308823958389551104

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Should local governments be able to spend taxpayer dollars
on advertising for new taxes?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/22/opinion-local-governments-fight-to-spend-public-money-on-campaigns/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 17:36 +0000
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Ted Cruz - the Senate's watchdog against partisanship!

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/22/ted-cruz-supreme-court/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 14:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308772717131251712

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Republicans criticize unemployment office

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/21/coronavirus-edd-unemployment-payments-backlog-jobs-layoff-economy/

Of course, modernizing a state agency BEFORE there's a
crisis is the last thing a Republican would spend tax
dollars on.     Though Democrats aren't much better.

No legislators have volunteered to learn Cobol.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 14:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308771808414298113

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Income inequality prolonging depression?

Mar-a-Lago members don't see a problem.

https://apnews.com/28a44dd1a025d9b9af5a8d4ff8c5a033

Single moms working retail have problems?    Can't be a
big deal since nobody at Mar-a-Lago is complaining.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/business/coronavirus-retail-workers-mothers.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 14:11 +0000
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You'll notice that Article III does NOT say that the
Supreme Court decides what the Constitution means, except
as it applies to specific cases.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/down-with-judicial-supremacy.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-23 05:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308645590033510401

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Does anybody really doubt Putin is in charge?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/22/secret-cia-assessment-putin-probably-directing-influence-operation-denigrate-biden/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 13:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308400491626467330

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Money talks, making this election even noisier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/us/politics/ginsburg-senate-donations.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 03:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308242648650588161

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Hawley won't confirm anyone who would allow Roe v Wade.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-roe-v-wade.html

Because he's a more competent Trump in training.

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article240060163.html

Was he  offered a Supreme Court seat to get him out of
running for president?

https://reason.com/2020/09/10/josh-hawley-doesnt-want-trumps-scotus-endorsement-thank-goodness-but-ted-cruz-and-tom-cotton-do/

He declined.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 03:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308240770483200000

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Don't let Trump distract you.       The presidential
election is about the virus and Obamacare.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/trump-supreme-court-health-care.html

But if you are in one of the 23 states with Republican
senators running, you can ask that senator why he silently
agreed with all of Trump's bad acts.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 02:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308236928643338240

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Republican senators could figure out the right thing to
do - how would they react  if Obama acted like Trump?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/21/what-if-president-biden-abused-power-way-president-trump-does/

But they don't have time to think about that, because
they need to take important phone calls from their major
campaign donors.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 02:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308227585654943744

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"Confirm thy soul in self control Thy liberty in law"

The Republican senators have come to agree with Trump -
to hell with precedents from the past, and  who cares
about precedents for the future?

It's all about maintaining minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-traded-democracy-for-a-supreme-court-seat-and-tax-cuts-it-wasnt-worth-it/2020/09/21/d0c364c4-fc22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 02:05 +0000
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"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole
world. But for Trump?"

Richard Rich had nothing on Republican senators.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-traded-democracy-for-a-supreme-court-seat-and-tax-cuts-it-wasnt-worth-it/2020/09/21/d0c364c4-fc22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

But to be fair, the story is different coming from Thomas
More vs Thomas Cromwell.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-22 01:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308223788123742208

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Trumpists always choose the best role models - Xi,
Bolsonaro, Erdogan, Orban.... Stalin and Hitler.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/21/trump-patriotic-education-china-orban/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 19:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308123188245614592

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How the money moves around!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/21/finance-202-global-banks-process-trillions-dirty-money-despite-suspicions-investigation-finds/

Usual Trump administration response - who's the leaker?
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 19:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308121336833736704

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Deregulated banks and stock market crashes - it's happened
before!

Trump can't have it both ways - a high stock market and
unregulated financial institutions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/21/stock-market-today-financials/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 19:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308120582148423680

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The new Supreme Court will certainly look at redistricting
and may well decide that nonpartison citizens redistricting
commissions are unconstitutional.           They almost
did last year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/26/will-supreme-court-unleash-frenzy-gop-partisan-gerrymandering/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 19:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308119841983721473

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Trump and McConnell are going to get what they want.
Get it over as soon as possible, and then go after
the Republican senators who enable all the feudal
anti-democratic minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/21/nightmare-ahead-imagine-damage-6-3-conservative-supreme-court-could-do/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 19:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308118916313411585

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Why every last Republican senator has to go!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/21/trumps-latest-supreme-court-spin-unmasks-gops-vile-game/

By their silence and inaction the last four years,
they give Trump permission to do whatever he wants.
He said so on Fox today.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 18:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308115680953212928

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New life for racist and imperialist statues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/why-a-russian-billionaire-wants-to-buy-controversial-statues-that-were-taken-down/2020/09/18/164050d0-eec6-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 64
time 2020-09-21 16:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308075402645008385

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Trump and Barr declare war on blue cities!

Blue states next no doubt.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/doj-designates-new-york-city-as-an-anarchist-jurisdiction/2627588/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 15:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308071178674737154

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Why not have term limits - active Supreme Court justices
have terms of nine years.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1245132955831221

After that, they become senior justices and no longer vote
on decisions or sign opinions for the court, but otherwise
retain their offices for life.  #PS1notopic

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impress 68
time 2020-09-21 15:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308070505832800257

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It's about Obamacare, not abortion.

But frankness about motives is not part of the playbook
for minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/21/biden-blows-up-notion-rbgs-seat-helps-right/
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-21 14:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308043625926811649

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Another way to increase turnout in Florida.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/bloomberg-florida-felon-debts.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-21 13:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308038696696905729

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How Trump is draining the swamp - one Trumpist at a time!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/trump-supporters.html

Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it.        The hand
is never clean again, but the pitch never changes.
The salesman's pitch, that is.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 13:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308028447529164802

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What the stock market is saying now?

It loves low interest rates and hates uncertainty - just
like it always has.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/opinion/stock-market-trump-biden.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 12:55 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308027069134065664

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Deranged conspiracy theorist gets 2 million followers.

Simple factual rebuttal gets 23 thousand followers.

That's the trouble with social media!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/21/come-on-guys-firefighter-goes-viral-debunking-wildfire-conspiracies-on-tiktok/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 12:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1308026147670638593

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Scorched earth politics destroy democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-and-democrats-nightmares-are-not-equivalent/2020/09/20/b3ae3e2e-fb2b-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 03:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307886236095246337

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It's a good thing Trump doesn't have this degree of
dedication and focus!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/20/mitch-mcconnell-is-apex-predator-us-politics/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 03:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307882766332174337

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DeSantis has his favored candidate too!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/barbara-lagoa-supreme-court/2020/09/20/364d73e4-fb50-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

ANYTHING to change the subject from the virus.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 03:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307881386045370373

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Prevent Avoidable Constitutional Crises!

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 02:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307875190710218752

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He does deserve a statue -

in the warehouse with the other Confederates!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-woodward-judges/2020/09/20/86839d54-fae5-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-21 00:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307839272515284993

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End Republican Minority Rule!

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 22:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307802669050859520

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Tangible tribute to Ginsburg's legacy

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/20/21447684/actblue-surge-donations-ginsburg-death

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/19/dem-donors-smash-record-ginsburgs-death-418355

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517267-democrats-see-donor-surge-after-ginsburgs-death

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/19/democratic-campaign-donations-spike-after-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-death/5839031002/
#PS1notopic

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impress 61
time 2020-09-20 20:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307777503679840256

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Preview of future actions?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/us/politics/trump-supporters-early-voting-virginia.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 19:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307770311455068161

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Slow steady bipartisan progress.

It can happen.    It won't make the national media.
Danville is better off without their attention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/reckoning-in-a-small-town-civil-war-meets-civil-rights-in-the-last-capital-of-the-confederacy/2020/09/18/317eaf88-f6a3-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 19:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307761005997338624

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Not all who cry Wolf are wrong.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-have-long-been-blind-to-future-disasters-but-we-see-this-storm-coming/2020/09/18/ec1ab686-f9e9-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

"when someone tells you who they are, you should believe
them the first time" #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 19:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307758374369468416

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Our next Supreme Court justice.

At least she has a law degree.      Will McConnell hold the
vote before or after the election?   Collins and Murkowski
say not before the election, but say nothing about the
day after.     They might go along anyway.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/19/who-is-amy-coney-barrett/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 18:41 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307751747645927425

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Surgery practice on detained migrant women

https://apnews.com/f2008d23c5f9087f4214d9722dfb097e
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 16:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307712226195730437

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"the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress are due
by December 31... Justice Department attorney ... suggested
it would be grounds for Congress to reject the numbers. "

Setting the stage to avoid or ignore an accurate census
count.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/census-lawsuit-accuracy/index.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 16:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307711195982438400

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What does transgender athletics have to do with
desegregation?

A lot when Trump is up for re-election!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/transgender-students-betsy-devos.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 15:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307709389214633985

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In the last 50 years, have you ever heard of a Democratic
tobacco grower?

There's a reason for that, especially close to an election!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers-aid/u-s-details-up-to-14-billion-in-new-aid-for-farmers-idUSKBN269261

Especially for major donors!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-20 14:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307691751847600128

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Rural hysteria

Creating terror is advantageous.   Strategic advantages for
Putin, political advantages for demagogues that don't have
an any actual ideology or practical proposals, and economic
advantages for media advertisers that promote them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/opinion/sunday/wildfires-united-states.html
#PS1notopic

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likes 1
time 2020-09-20 14:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307688639548157952

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Techniques for discerning fake news, propaganda, and
salesmanship

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan-s-rules-for-bullshit-busting-and-critical-thinking
#PS1notopic

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impress 54
time 2020-09-20 14:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307686815155986432

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Who can deliver the goods, and who's just a salesman?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-just-exposed-who-trump-really-is/2020/09/18/847d51d6-f9e0-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-19 13:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307315286790471680

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Time to enlarge the Supreme Court?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/19/mcconnell-biden-pack-court/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-death-supreme-court-nomination.html

First, though, the Democrats need to win a majority in
the Senate, and then repeal the filibuster.

https://www.dscc.org/

https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/what-is-the-senate-filibuster-and-what-would-it-take-to-eliminate-it/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 13:42 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307314113203191808

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Drug companies decline to participate in Trump pre-election
stunt.      Perhaps they are thinking ahead to what would
happen to them under a Democratic president if the stunt
doesn't work.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/politics/trump-drug-prices.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 05:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307188543635165184

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Trump remembers that Puerto Ricans vote - if they live in
Florida, which was decided in 2000 by less than 1000 votes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-puerto-rico-election/2020/09/18/00ee5a2a-f9ba-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html

Democrats want  Puerto Rican statehood.  Republicans are
opposed - two more Democrats in the Sentate?    No way!
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 05:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307187276674260993

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Offenses of the Republican Party against American Democracy

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html#republican-america
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 01:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307127793050845184

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Offenses of Trump against the Republican Party

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html#trump-party
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 01:21 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307127644782239744

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The fundamental offense of Donald Trump against America
is his rejection and active assault on the Enlightenment
ideals of America's founders.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html#trump-america
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 01:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307127421968297986

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Prayers answered for McConnell, Barr, and Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead/index.html

A test of character for Republican senators up for
re-election.      Will they confirm a new justice in less
than a month?    In less than four months?  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-19 00:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307118142632722434

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Facebook is not up to the task of dealing with QAnon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/technology/facebook-tried-to-limit-qanon-it-failed.html

The resilience and adaptability of the QAnon movement
strongly suggests that it has strong institutional
support now.       From the Internet Research Agency?
Or from some domestic group?  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 20:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307047415808221185

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Don't they all understand that they are working for Trump?
Get with the program!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html

Of course, working for Trump in 2020 might not be an
enhancement on your resume in 2021.  #PS1notopic

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impress 54
time 2020-09-18 19:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307045821670723586

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Why does Barr bother trying to maintain a facade?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/17/william-barr-has-gone-rogue/

It's obvious that he's only there to support Trump and
future Trumpists.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 18:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1307024476777791488

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Life on the bottom - you can't do this job by zoom.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/business/housekeepers-covid.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-18 16:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306998272356044800

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Police fatigue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dwindling-ranks-and-declining-public-trust-plague-police-agencies-amid-summer-of-protests/2020/09/18/ff15182a-f84b-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

The constant pressure of public distrust is taking its
toll on good officers and bad.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 16:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306996797382955008

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Why "law and order" worked for Nixon but not Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/18/trumps-biggest-argument-is-failing-him-new-polls-explain-why/

Trump needs George Wallace running to his right.
But it's getting harder and harder for anybody to get
farther right than Trump.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 16:35 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306995313157177344

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One of Trump's greatest successes - deregulation.
Not a single major donor has been overlooked.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/16/trump-administration-keeps-using-chaos-cover/

Whether by accident or design, the nonstop insanity of
Trump administration officials faced with a microphone
provides smokescreen for deregulation.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 16:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306994003812917249

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Profiles in Cowardice

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/republican-reaction-trump-controversies/index.html

Be sure to vote - once - as safely as you can.      Vote a
straight Democratic ticket with confidence that you are
using the power you have to do the right thing for America
- unlike a Republican senator.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/17/republicans-not-democrats-are-party-controlled-by-extremists/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 16:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306992988359282688

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Chris Coons for secretary of state.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-who-should-be-bidens-secretary-of-state/2020/09/17/59d3cbfa-f91c-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-18 16:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306990262384644096

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Trump did as much as he could - to insure his re-election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/18/trump-claims-nothing-more-could-have-been-done-defeat-coronavirus-hes-wrong/

But with his usual incompetence, he made a bad situation
worse and then lied about it.  #PS1notopic

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likes 1
time 2020-09-18 15:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306973561580482560

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If it ain't broke don't fix it?

But what if you wait until it breaks and you can no longer
fix it?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/it/inside-hidden-world-legacy-it-systems

Learn Cobol, young man or woman!

It's a basic problem of democracy - how can you get
taxpayers to pay to prevent problems that haven't happened
yet?  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 14:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306962206248988672

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A perfect channel for propaganda

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 13:00 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306941267511705600

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The ambition of corporate executives must be checked by
the ambition of politicians.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/milton-friedman-essay.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-09-18 12:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306938567491371009

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Fraud Guarantee!

Sure it's guaranteed - Giuliani is involved!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/lev-parnas-charged-giuliani-ukraine/2020/09/17/83b69f82-f92c-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 44
time 2020-09-18 05:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306827633892577280

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The difference between the modern Democratic Party and the
modern Republican Party.   It's the difference between a
coalition and a cult.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/trump-biden-socialism.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 04:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306817212871663616

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Sounds like he means pushing more "pro-Trump" history.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/trump-history-education/2020/09/17/f40535ec-ee2c-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 37
time 2020-09-18 04:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306814948853469185

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Some people avoid problems by learning from the experiences
of others.       But others have to reinvent the wheel
every time - poorly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/american-exceptionalism-has-become-a-hazard-to-our-health/2020/09/17/9521a060-f921-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 39
time 2020-09-18 04:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306813215272173568

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Who can make Jeff Sessions look like a model of
self-restraint?

William Barr can!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/william-barr-has-gone-too-far-before-but-never-this-far/2020/09/17/8a0412b8-f920-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 41
time 2020-09-18 04:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306811925464903680

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Gathering reinforcements to fight voter suppression

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/biden-legal-challenges-trump.html

This wasn't so necessary prior to 2018 - but a court freed
the Republican Party to go back to voter suppression -

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/us/Voting-republicans-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 03:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306801531732160513

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Republicans adopt a Silicon Valley career move - starting
a fire and then taking credit for putting it out.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/08/republicans-have-insufficient-evidence-call-elections-rigged-fraudulent/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 03:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306800413144834048

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No looking back!

Barr is all-in on Trumpism and whatever follows.

https://apnews.com/843dcf4c766a1684164e428752939e07

No pretense of neutrality!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 03:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306794725458849793

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The new pledge of allegiance

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/donald-trump-masks.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 03:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306793343263936517

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One more leaf falls from the tree

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/olivia-troye-coronavirus-white-house/2020/09/17/d3f67ede-f8ed-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 39
time 2020-09-18 03:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306792631587004416

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Believe it - Putin is still at it!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/wray-fbi-election-security-threats-hearing/2020/09/16/4461526e-f869-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-18 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306790622930636805

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It's a big secret surprise!     Trump will announce his
health care plan that will cover more people better for
less money - just as soon as Q tells him what it is.

Is the delay so far because Q tried to mail a copy of the
plan to Trump by the US mail?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/politics/trumps-health-care.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 14:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306595781290254337

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Congress can put together trillions of dollars
of billionaire tax relief practically overnight.
Why can't it perform as well for ordinary voters?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/covid-relief-plan-congress.html

For one thing, ordinary voters aren't as generous political
donors as billionaires.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 14:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306594485686550532

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Cleaning up the Federal government - clearing out the
competent, installing the complicit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/trump-barr-justice-department.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 13:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306593060466253826

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A proposal to deny election victory to Vladimir Putin.
How many members of Congress would actually support
concrete effective efforts to that end?      Expect no
help from the Trump administration towards a fair and
peaceful election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/2020-election-voting.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 13:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306591833162612740

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Turmoil in the post office - became critical with the
virus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/17/usps-trump-coronavirus-amazon-foia/
#PS1notopic

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impress 61
time 2020-09-17 13:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306589784421277702

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Gimme that new time religion!

It's easier to understand than the old time religion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/evangelicals-qanon.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 12:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306574559722631170

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Barr finds sedition in violent protests, and maybe
non-violent too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/politics/william-barr-sedition.html

But he's not politicizing Justice, even though he says that
a Biden victory would lead America inevitably to socialism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/elections/in-an-interview-barr-warned-of-the-us-going-down-the-socialist-path-if-trump-is-not-re-elected.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 03:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306433538359570437

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The end of gradual improvement in global living standards.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/coronavirus-hunger-disease.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 03:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306432087122092035

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Who needs third-party presidential candidates?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/third-parties-2020.html

Montana Republicans will pay for Greens.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-high-court-denies-bid-to-restore-greens-on-montana-ballot/2020/08/25/dc6a1250-e719-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html

For local and state offices, third-party candidates are
fine only if there is ranked-choice-voting.

https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306431095123050496

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Trump fired him for getting in his way.       Why not just
admit it?     Trump's base won't mind.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-officials-to-appear-before-house-panel-on-inspector-generals-ouster/2020/09/16/764a6374-f823-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 02:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306426347519057920

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Nothing spontaneous - a carefully planned event!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protest-lafayette-square/2020/09/16/ca0174e4-f788-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 02:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306425720176951299

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Barr tells all.       It's junior bureaucrats who are
politicizing Justice, not him.          Black Lives Matter
is just radicals looking for props to advance their agenda.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/william-barr-hillsdale-college/2020/09/16/0986dac4-f887-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

Surprised?      Just as Trump is the executive branch,
Barr is Justice.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 02:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306425465222045696

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America First is looking like America Alone.

How is that going to work out with no imports and no
exports?

https://apnews.com/58a89252300408e255ed3a9a26004091

Xi would be happy to lead the way to a new world trade
order, and the third world, and increasingly Europe,
would be happy to follow.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 02:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306421160893009920

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Trump's finally gotten his man in the Dept of Justice.
Or has Barr finally gotten his man in the White House?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/09/15/william-barr-president-trump-perfect-match
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 02:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306413234971312128

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Apocalypse now?      Way too many people are looking
forward to it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/biden-trump-2020-violence.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 01:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306409744777662465

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Trump peace plan for Middle East - sell more bombs that
will be used against civilians.

This is a war crime against humanity.      Some State
Department officials have been worried about their personal
legal liability.   Not Pompeo!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/us-war-crimes-yemen-saudi-arabia.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 01:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306407411612184576

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It might be a good idea for a Democratic senator to
introduce the House Problem Solvers bill to see if any
Republican senators will flinch.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/16/why-house-democrats-have-good-reason-be-anxious-about-no-coronavirus-relief-deal/

https://www.rollcall.com/2020/09/15/bipartisan-house-group-to-release-1-5-trillion-coronavirus-relief-plan/

Each house should pass its bill and  send it to a
conference committee.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-17 00:43 +0000
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If you announce that everything you do is for political
advantage - the media will acknowledge that by ignoring
you unless you pay standard political advertising rates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/16/senate-gops-effort-boost-trumps-reelection-hopes-are-too-ham-handed-work/
#PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306353813750607872

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Why wouldn't an amateur president use amateur diplomats?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/15/ivanka-trump-wanted-a-plan-to-quickly-defeat-isis-woodwards-book-shows/

At least if they are family, he can somewhat count on
their loyalty.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 22:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306352798288625664

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American influence declines

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/

and Europe has to figure it out on its own

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/international-world/can-biden-fix-what-trump-broke.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 13:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306229984973869057

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Lists of potential judges considered harmful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/trump-supreme-court-list.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 13:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306223306689802241

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Why can't Trump do as much as Nixon did?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/california-wildfires.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 12:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306211244659990528

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Still delusional about his own competence!

If the purpose of the debates with Biden is to persuade
the undecided, Trump better quit preaching to his base.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/16/trumps-incoherent-defense-his-coronavirus-response/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 12:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306209737608847360

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Superspreading from rural Maine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/15/maine-wedding-covid/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 12:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306208479875485697

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Somebody is doing something about preventing Russian
interference - but of course it's not a Trump appointee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-military-is-providing-an-unexpected-and-powerful-line-of-defense-against-russian-interference/2020/09/15/6fafbb86-f779-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 45
time 2020-09-16 02:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306062349854416896

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Scientific American endorses a presidential candidate for
the first time.       Now which one could possibly qualify
as scientific?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-endorses-joe-biden/
#PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-16 02:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306061489741078528

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Q was right about something!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/trump-has-exposed-deep-state-it-is-him/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-16 01:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306041177037185024

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Which is the parody?    It's getting hard to tell these
days.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-cant-stand-trump-but-democrats-may-force-me-to-vote-for-him/2020/09/14/1cf10518-f6c4-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

or

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/i-cant-believe-youre-forcing-me-vote-trump-which-i-definitely-didnt-already-want-do/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 23:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306004916545007616

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Desperatedly trying to change the topic from Russian
interference by making up Chinese interference.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/does-dhs-whistleblower-report-reveal-election-interference-scandal
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 22:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306004587493560320

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Turning Point - toward Russian methods.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/turning-point-teens-disinformation-trump/2020/09/15/c84091ae-f20a-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

Gaming the social media rules - valuable vocational
training if you want to go to work for the Internet
Research Agency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 22:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306003041053626369

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Third party presidential candidates are counter-productive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/why-third-parties-should-stop-running-candidates-president/

Advocate ranked choice voting and oppose winner-take-all
electoral college voting.

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

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#registration
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 22:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1306000226914762752

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Climate migration - how it works in Central America.

Compassion has been replaced by Trumpism in Mexico.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 21:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305976417272823808

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Trump even makes up stuff to tell Fox!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/how-desperate-is-trump-he-wants-do-weekly-fox-friends-stints/
#PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-09-15 20:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305965453617979392

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Trump won't shut up even if he leaves the White House.
Will his enablers still stimulate his base?      Or will
they transfer their zeal to a new, more capable dictator
candidate?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/15/why-biden-presidency-might-see-period-heightened-violence/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 20:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305964200200527872

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Scotland rejects Boris Johnson's Trumpism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/14/boris-johnson-coronavirus-are-pushing-scotland-break-up-with-united-kingdom/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 20:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305963071513346048

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Climate migration - it will be bad enough in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/15/magazine/climate-crisis-migration-america.html

A sea level rise of ten feet would probably provoke a
billion people to want to move globally.        It's hard
to see how that can happen peacefully.

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 20:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305961255274856448

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Sorry, 2021 will not be like 2019.        Maybe 2022
will be better if everybody follows the rules AND gets
vaccinated when available.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/opinion/coronavirus-precautions.html

We all need a miracle - the miracle of everybody following
the rules as long as necessary.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 19:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305956359301509120

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Work from home!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/technology/money-mules-fraud-pandemic.html

If it sounds too good to be true...  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 19:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305955217796509698

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Limbaugh and Carlson agree with Trump on climate, as long
as it affects blue states.

Not just fires - hurricanes affect red states - and the
Gulf Coast will really change with rising sea levels.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/business/media/wildfires-conservative-media.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-09-15 19:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305953959668924416

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Caputo really needs a nice long absence.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/15/michael-caputo-apology-hhs-staff-415206
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 19:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305953174843355136

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The Republicans reject the House relief bill passed
in May.     So the House needs to come up with something
that Republicans should accept now.         Democrats can
then campaign on its inadequacies rather than Republicans
campaigning about no action.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/09/15/congress-democrats-coronavirus-relief-economy/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 19:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305952262527676416

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Trump says not to worry about climate because it will
start to get cooler.

https://apnews.com/bd152cd786b58e45c61bebf2457f9930

It does start to get cooler in the fall in the northern
hemisphere, every year.        The problem is the following
summers are getting hotter and hotter, every year.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 18:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305936562014662656

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Amazon hiring!

If you don't mind minimum wage and no union.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/amazon-hiring-100000-new-employees-in-u-s-canada/wcm/b4b50ef6-3abc-4907-a93a-194f1306202e/
#PS1notopic

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impress 41
time 2020-09-15 18:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305931502258061313

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Trumpists deconstruct modern government.  They don't have
an alternative in mind other than letting major Republican
donors do what they want.  This is McConnell's greatest
accomplishment - a reactionary judiciary to support freedom
- of the donors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/opinion/us-government-constitution.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 14:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305877930728284160

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Who's ready for the election and who's not?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/15/opinion/states-election-2020.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-09-15 14:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305875036100673537

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What's Trump's campaign strategy?

Declare victory in advance, and then violently suppress
any dissent?

Vladimir would approve!    Even if it's just talk to stir
up the  violent wanna-bes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/opinion/caputo-trump-2020.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 14:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305873627460501505

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Over-leverage come back to bite you?  Don't worry, major
donors go to the head of the line.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/business/economy/hotel-owners-trump-federal-bailout.html

But you might have to wait until after the election to
get the return on your campaign investment.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 14:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305872517048020994

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The self-confidence of a salesman!

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/trump-bob-woodward-book-411225
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 14:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305870709802110976

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There are problem solvers in Congress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/bipartisan-stimulus-bill.html

But they are a distinct minority.     The majority favor
creating problems that they can run against without ever
solving.

https://www.nolabels.org/building-blocks/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 13:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305867744903139328

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Don't get sick now, the state can't afford you.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-medicaid-enrollment-increases/2020/09/14/84b6249a-e6f1-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html

But don't worry, the party will go on without you.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nevada-rally-coronavirus/2020/09/14/82af86f0-f682-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 13:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305857423891214337

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Finally time to move on from slavery

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/09/15/southern-baptist-name-great-commission-baptist/

But when it comes to declining membership, they're not so
different from mainline Protestants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/06/04/southern-baptists-see-historic-drop-membership/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 12:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305853450740092930

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Trump always has a list of witnesses who weren't there -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/15/trump-says-there-are-25-witnesses-disputing-atlantic-nope/

But he won't allow actual witnesses to be questioned by
Congress -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-says-it-wont-make-officials-available-for-questioning-in-house-probe-of-portland-protests/2020/09/14/69e86882-f6e9-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 12:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305851495678500866

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Cults for the internet.

What makes people fall for them?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/arts/television/nxivm-internet-cult.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 05:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305742456260931585

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It's a drug he can't resist!

He needs the energy from his base - and campaigning is so
much more energizing than the tedium of governing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/trump-rally.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 44
time 2020-09-15 02:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305701139833208832

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Is South Carolina really in play?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-graham-trump-south-carolina/2020/09/10/e54ed1e0-ee1b-11ea-a21a-0fbbe90cfd8c_story.html

You can help Lindsey Graham to a well-deserved retirement!

https://jaimeharrison.com/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-15 02:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305693128872005633

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Good news!    10 foot sea rise won't occur until after
the election!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/14/glaciers-breaking-antarctica-pine-island-thwaites/

Think of all those Trumpists losing their coastal homes.
But Trump doesn't mind.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/devastating-wildfires-out-west-inject-climate-change-into-the-presidential-campaign/2020/09/14/5418cd62-f694-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/14/president-who-says-coronavirus-will-go-away-makes-same-prediction-about-global-warming/

It's just a Chinese hoax, or a Democratic one.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 23:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305650599992541184

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Open up the country too soon?  You have to stay home for
High Holy Days.

https://apnews.com/af7e03891cdebdc9eb507094401b5146

Can Trump learn from his pal Netanyahu?  #PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-09-14 22:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305634486961360897

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Same old story!

https://apnews.com/0f59968fe06851efc30ccca084c66095

Emperors believe the best way to deal with bearers of bad
news is to get rid of them.  #PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-14 22:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305633797359108096

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Trump still knows it's dangerous.      He still loves
unmasked crowds packed together cheering for him.

https://apnews.com/a6aa8368f81917614dff07c2a8a9fdc3

He blames the governor for enforcing the official Federal
advice on virus safety.     But he'll always have Minden!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minden,_Nevada #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 22:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305633012315336704

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Jobs gone forever!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/business/economy/service-economy-workers.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 22:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305631315174109184

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Why shouldn't an old ignorant white guy president with an
old ignorant white guy political base have an old ignorant
white guy administration?

For diversity, they have a few pretty young blondes around.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/us/politics/trump-race-state-department.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-14 21:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305627156752429056

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Pence doesn't want to get too close to QAnon?  Good for
him.

https://apnews.com/35a881fb3e95ff8421efe57d05a5c374
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-14 21:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305626203307405314

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What if he'd put his wall on hold until he defeated
the virus?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-coronavirus.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-14 20:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305608670345003008

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It's all too easy for good people to do nothing.

Take for instance current Republican senators.    Their
friends and family probably think of them as good people.
But history will judge them unkindly for their passivity
in the face of evil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/opinion/activism-trump-masks-climate.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-14 20:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305607230897549314

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Why Trump doesn't need whistle-blowers.  He can do it
all himself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-bob-woodward.html

It's a matter of national insecurity -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#insecurity
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 20:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305602253424791553

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A make-believe environmentalist!  It's as easy as being
a make-believe public health expert.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/politics/california-fires-trump-climate-change.html

The dead are not make-believe, but at least they are not
voting against him.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 20:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305600288804319232

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No wonder he's in charge!     He'll go even further in
the next Trump administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/caputo-virus.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 18:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305569670833954816

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Wear your mask!       For the same reasons you will get
vaccinated - Them continue to wear your mask!   For the
same reasons you got vaccinated - * reduce probability of
infection * reduce severity of infection

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2026913
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 17:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305565306190852097

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Going around in circles doesn't get you very far!

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/pandemic-intuition-nightmare-spiral-winter/616204/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-14 17:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305562895518842887

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Getting pushed back to the office?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/11/bankers-are-leading-way-back-our-offices-good-or-ill/

How ambitious are you?  #PS1notopic

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1305010292150083586

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Don't count on saving money by moving!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-11/vmware-twitter-cut-pay-for-remote-workers-fleeing-bay-area
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-13 02:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304967261636104194

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Trump should study this defense!  Can't tell right from
wrong?    Everybody's off the hook!

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/11/theranos-founder-holmes-to-claim-mental-condition-affecting-issue-of-guilt/
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-13 02:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304966744948105217

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Who cares what other doctors think?     Trump's opinion is
the one that matters.       And he has an election ahead.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/12/stanford-doctors-take-aim-at-former-colleague-scott-atlas-trumps-new-adviser-on-the-covid-19-pandemic/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 23:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304931824880119808

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"In Vladimir Putin242s greatest triumph, Americans are
using Russia242s playbook against one another without the
faintest clue."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/russia-meddling-disinformation-fake-news-elections.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 23:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304930487647875073

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Dueling reports likely before the election!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-ukraine-senate-investigation/2020/09/11/e969d848-f379-11ea-999c-67ff7bf6a9d2_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 23:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304929659558047744

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Why Trump likes to pretend he's religious.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-did-women-vote-for-hitler-long-forgotten-essays-hold-some-answers

Q is using the same technique by pretending to be
interested in the welfare of children.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 23:34 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304926407147937792

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What has Trump accomplished?

It boils down to tax cuts for billionaires, deregulation
for billionaires, and reactionary judiciary for
billionaires.    The same things any Republican would have
accomplished - as long as McConnell was running the Senate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/trump-fact-check.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 06:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304665072589963264

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Of course Trump wants some results announced before the
election.      Otherwise why bother?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/politics/nora-dannehy-durham-russia-investigation.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 59
time 2020-09-12 06:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304663217352761344

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Everybody knew it couldn't possibly work.

So why does he keep pushing it?     Does he think his base
is too dumb to know the difference?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/11/trumps-dubious-tax-gambit-fizzles-even-red-states-balk/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 06:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304661516038225920

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The anti-Hillary

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-lean-in-feminism-created-elizabeth-holmes-and-the-toxic-ladyboss
#PS1notopic

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impress 70
time 2020-09-12 05:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304659916532056067

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Trump administration still impotent on supply chains.

https://apnews.com/1295eae6f73d1870a23cb8e2cb66ad05
#PS1notopic

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impress 60
time 2020-09-12 05:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304652320051884033

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Tucker Carlson thinks Lindsey Graham set up Trump with
Woodward.

Must have been a slow news day.      Hardly any Republican
has tied himself more securely to the Trump anchor than
Graham.

https://apnews.com/ed3e19335541f86825f783a68d33be5d
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 05:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304651309878927360

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Climate change - believe it!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/climate-change-california-wildfires.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 66
time 2020-09-12 04:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304644235140804609

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Another victory for Putin... or somebody!

Convincing Americans that other Americans are conspiring
against them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-12 04:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304638390709620737

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The revelations are about Trump's enablers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/woodwards-rage-is-a-damning-account-of-trumps-cowering-sycophants-and-enablers/2020/09/10/dab8917a-f2d6-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-11 16:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304451804365647872

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Why doesn't the Constitution apply in Guantanamo?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/guantanamo-due-process.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-11 02:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304246979577352192

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Is the election going to be decided by Chief Justice
John Roberts?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/prepare-for-election-month-not-election-night/2020/09/10/c8ae8c16-f3a1-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 76
time 2020-09-11 01:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304230818353610753

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Regulation that builds trust is good for the economy.
But try convincing a Republican of that.

For that matter, Trump has courted the anti-vaxxers for
so long that he shouldn't be surprised that people are
skeptical of a covid vaccine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/growing-public-skepticism-on-vaccines-is-an-indictment-of-trumps-record/2020/09/10/ca5de6bc-f38b-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 75
time 2020-09-11 01:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304229964204576768

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Trump likes to be a calming presence.      Nobody knew!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-woodward-coronavirus-panic/2020/09/10/5376cd7c-f375-11ea-999c-67ff7bf6a9d2_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 84
time 2020-09-11 01:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304227577045725184

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Does Trump have enough money?

Is he spending it wisely for 2020?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-worries-rise-as-trump-campaign-pulls-back-from-television-advertising/2020/09/10/92db20e4-f2b7-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 73
time 2020-09-11 01:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304226597742862336

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Trump's list of Supreme Court candidates

He plans to do as much damage as possible, and McConnell
is there to help.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/911317444/trumps-newest-supreme-court-shortlist-is-overtly-more-political
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-10 23:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304201231955419136

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Mothers for Q!

Where did they come from?     And why do they believe it?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/qanon-women-conspiracy.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-10 21:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304170463426351104

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Social Progress Index

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/united-states-social-progress.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-10 21:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304169060142260225

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How a REAL strong leader handles the virus and the press!

Maybe if Trump is re-elected he can get lessons from
Brazil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/bolsonaro-broadcasts-brazil.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 57
time 2020-09-10 21:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304168078872199168

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Trump's not delusional!

His lies were intentional and calculated... and on tape.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/trump-woodward-coronavirus-tapes.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-10 21:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304167016958369792

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What it's like at rock bottom

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/kissimmee-star-motel/
#PS1notopic

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impress 55
time 2020-09-10 21:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304166073609060352

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Treasury finally sanctions Derkach - a pal of Giuliani
and One America News

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/election-interference-sanctions-ukraine/2020/09/10/ba537510-f382-11ea-9279-45d6bdfe145f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-10 20:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304162708955172864

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Microsoft detects foreign hacking

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-hackers-who-disrupted-2016-election-targeting-political-parties-again-microsoft-says/2020/09/10/301dd5fe-f36c-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-10 20:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304161708554952704

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Judge does his part!

If Democrats can't vote, then they can't commit fraud!

https://apnews.com/8a0146c85df9117804043194fe2d9bc2
#PS1notopic

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impress 57
time 2020-09-10 19:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304146879056289792

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Trump's re-election strategy

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-09-06/how-trump-can-win
#PS1notopic

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impress 53
time 2020-09-10 19:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304144764036501504

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Another look at income inequality

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/07/income-inequality-wealth-gap-409234
#PS1notopic

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impress 54
time 2020-09-10 17:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304107449855610880

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Know the name of your secretary of state?  You will in
November!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-05/democrats-hold-secret-edge-if-election-is-too-close-to-call
#PS1notopic

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impress 49
time 2020-09-10 17:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304106230449754112

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How individualism overcame clannishness

What country is more individualistic than America?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/joseph-henrich-weird-people/615496/
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-10 17:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304105012558135301

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Ride into South Dakota and we'll have a real good time!
Just like Sturgis!

https://apnews.com/3cfc0826a528c6a4ad403dfecc7d1c33

Paid for with your virus relief tax dollars.  #PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-10 16:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304102170539601920

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Lucky Rittenhouse wasn't black!

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/09/06/leonard-pitts-kyle/
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-10 16:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304101216746528769

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Spending his own money?

https://apnews.com/518a317338d4ade5ff750e653edd8133

That's not the Trump way - you spend Other People's Money!
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 16:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304099284590063618

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Must be an election soon!

A ban on offshore drilling?

https://apnews.com/c984829ef78b964cc7d09bf2e0e1ab34

Bringing the boys home?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-troops/united-states-formally-announces-troop-reduction-in-iraq-idUSKBN2601RZ
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-10 16:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1304098467334160385

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The secret of Trump's success -

“Resentment borne of humiliation is the most potent
political sentiment of all”

What can Biden do to address the resentments fueling
Trump's base?        Policy initiatives are not the most
important aspect.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/opinion/biden-trump-humiliation.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-10 05:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303934408219455488

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Would you pay more attention to climate change if your
house were on fire?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/california-fires.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 05:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303931793096151040

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Eight ways that Putin can win the election!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/election-security-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-10 05:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303930483097575425

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Strike against feudalism!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/general-strike.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-09-10 05:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303928052523569159

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Let's make this the last election with an electoral
college.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/opinion/electoral-college-trump-biden.html

There are better ways

https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-10 05:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303927027611779072

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How to defraud the government.

It's easier than you might think, especially in the
top-secret arenas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/garrison-courtney-spies-contracts.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-10 05:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303925312720310273

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Did you know that suing the president is the same as suing
the government?       And thus, just as likely to succeed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 52
time 2020-09-10 04:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303918893799337984

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No need to ask the president how he really feels.

He's already told all, on the record.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/trump-generals-attacks.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-10 04:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303917428729020421

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City economies will have to change for good.

The virus showed corporations how to save money with
remote work.

https://marker.medium.com/remote-work-is-killing-the-hidden-trillion-dollar-office-economy-5800af06b007
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 04:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303909222455758850

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FBI has to invent an angle to investigate domestic
terrorists.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/09/fbi-boogaloo-hamas-terrorism/
#PS1notopic

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impress 49
time 2020-09-10 02:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303883383408218112

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Democrats should stick to health care

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/09/oft-forgotten-key-issue-2020/
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-10 02:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303881444863832064

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If people bring Trump bad news anyway, he just likes to
play it down.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/09/what-bob-woodwards-book-tells-us-about-trump/
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 02:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303880467230281728

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Don't nobody bring Trump no bad news!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senior-dhs-official-alleges-in-whistleblower-complaint-that-he-was-told-to-stop-providing-intelligence-analysis-on-threat-of-russian-interference/2020/09/09/9d0661c4-f2b6-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 48
time 2020-09-10 02:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303879972759597056

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Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to budge.

They think they get the advantage in the election by
defending their donors instead of their voters.

https://apnews.com/7c1bed2232a10917285fa27cf9fab53c
#PS1notopic

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impress 50
time 2020-09-10 02:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303879296906215424

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Why German kids can go to school in person - and American
kids can't.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/school-reopening-germany-united-states-trump-angela-merkel-covid-coronavirus-20200903.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 00:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303860496383143936

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Cost of inequality of expectations and inequality of
results

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/wall-street-records-millions-unemployed-evictions-20200903.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-10 00:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303859893481291776

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Virus still real, still real threat

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/08/7432389/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-10 00:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303858156657758210

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California legislature finds insurance too hot to handle

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2020/09/california-legislature-ignores-fire-insurance-crisis/
#PS1notopic

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impress 26
time 2020-09-10 00:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303857735440543745

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Trump won by 78,000 votes in 2016.

https://apnews.com/881c098ab2847dea9d87604bab9568d6

Absentee ballots could make the difference.  #PS1notopic

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impress 46
time 2020-09-10 00:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303856230973149184

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Last Chance

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/08/as-wildfire-closed-in-he-made-a-harrowing-stand-against-a-certain-death-in-remote-last-chance/

Maybe not quite last!

https://www.landsofamerica.com/property/664-Swanton-RD-Davenport-California-95017/6957696/
#PS1notopic

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impress 64
time 2020-09-09 23:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303831007716470784

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Maybe these don't need to be competitive events

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 88
time 2020-09-08 04:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303188382667829249

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So Trump is going to tell anti-vaxxers to take the vaccine?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vaccine-election/2020/09/05/c0da86d6-edf5-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html

They are such a big part of his base.  #PS1notopic

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impress 47
time 2020-09-08 00:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303135184791851008

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Where your Trump campaign donation goes

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/politics/trump-election-campaign-fundraising.html

aside from the part that goes to lawyers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/trump-docket-legal-bills.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-07 23:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303113303791603712

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The filibuster has got to go!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/07/senate-filibuster-rule-repeal/

https://www-x.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster
#PS1notopic

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impress 60
time 2020-09-07 22:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303097990479929344

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Why we needed a strong Republican Party - strong enough
to resist Trumpism.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-do-democracies-fail

Instead, either a new strong conservative party gets
invented in time, or the economic oligarchs will get into
line behind fascism under Trump's more competent successor.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 19:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303047335820230657

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Our stagnant future

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-growth-will-fall

But stagnant is a lot better than some other plausible
alternatives -

https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 18:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303045205734486016

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No help for states and local governments as long as Mitch
is in charge!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/business/state-budgets-coronavirus-aid.html

Perhaps the Republicans, considering how badly they
might lose in November, want to make the recession as
bad as possible so they can blame it on Biden in 2022.
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 17:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303017980951814144

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Let's redivide Germany into Trumpist and Putinist sectors

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/world/europe/germany-trump-far-right.html

At least they will have a place to hide if they are evicted
from office.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 17:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303015484451819520

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Getting worse on the bottom

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/opinion/trump-economy-jobs.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 36
time 2020-09-07 16:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1303011491008753665

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Forget about dark matter or dark energy.  The universe
runs on dark money!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/07/louis-dejoy-could-hardly-be-more-emblematic-trump-administration/
#PS1notopic

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impress 39
time 2020-09-07 15:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302992841921032192

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Being liked is not the job of journalism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/business/media/trump-election-journalists.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 37
time 2020-09-07 14:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302977318038634496

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Trump a racist?    Who knew??

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/politics/cohen-book-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 38
time 2020-09-07 14:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302975321914843137

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Unpass the SALT cap!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/opinion/salt-tax-deduction-cut.html

There's better ways to reward homeownership and to finance
state and local government.

https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1notopic

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impress 39
time 2020-09-07 14:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302973846341861376

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Happy Labor Day, Republican senators!  A day for decisions.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/trump-despondent-as-numbers-crater-loser-label-looms
#PS1notopic

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impress 39
time 2020-09-07 14:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302972220839325696

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When is a "suggestion" from the boss just a suggestion?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/07/legal-lines-louis-dejoys-alleged-campaign-contribution-reimbursements-may-have-crossed/
#PS1notopic

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impress 36
time 2020-09-07 14:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302970732440240128

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More on what Republicans have done for Labor Day

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/opinion/labor-unions-republicans.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 40
time 2020-09-07 04:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302830894999166977

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Remember the forgotten Americans on Labor Day.  Nobody
named Trump will!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-forgot-his-promise-to-the-forgotten-men-and-women/2020/09/06/f56dd96c-eedf-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 36
time 2020-09-07 04:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302827213650161670

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Consistent with the overall competence of the Trump
administration!

https://apnews.com/f2f01300037f1fdfe888e5a190576671
#PS1notopic

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impress 37
time 2020-09-07 03:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302816633484787712

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When you donate to the Trump campaign, where does the
money go?

They don't talk about this in their letter soliciting
donations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/trump-docket-legal-bills.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 41
time 2020-09-07 03:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302816455071735809

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How laws get made.

You have to prime the pump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/louis-dejoy-campaign-contributions/2020/09/06/1187bc2c-e3fe-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 32
time 2020-09-07 02:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302800333572206592

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Intentionally spreading lies.

Putin would be proud.    So would Hitler.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-disinformation-campaign/2020/09/06/f34f080a-eeca-11ea-a21a-0fbbe90cfd8c_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 33
time 2020-09-07 02:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302795913501396992

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See no evil hear no evil

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/04/white-house-racial-sensitivity-training/

And above all, change the subject from the virus,
economy, unrest, and Trump's comments about the military!
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 02:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302794595336552449

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Hence the disorders, convulsions, and tumults, which have
so often overturned the liberties of republics; enabling
the leaders of the parties to become the Masters &
oppressors of the People.

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-13-02-0217

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/05/trumps-insults-troops-are-just-latest-episode-nothing-matters-presidency/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 00:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302770721194565632

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On Labor Day, honor the workers who support Trump just
by showing up for work every day despite the risks.
But don't expect him to return the favor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/04/we-are-all-losers-trumps-america/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-07 00:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302762790965264384

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Putin wins in three out of four scenarios

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/03/trump-stay-in-office/
#PS1notopic

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impress 28
time 2020-09-07 00:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302761765344747520

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Some ideas take a long time to change.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/the-popes-jews/615736/

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

Was it so different from kidnapping American Indian
children and sending them to assimilation schools?

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

At least that lasted less than a century.  #PS1notopic

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impress 30
time 2020-09-07 00:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302759188280426496

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Even if Trump's not there in 2021, his ideals will persist!
Maybe they will be Q's ideals by then.

https://apnews.com/6100d243d4c43de305a81b7fa9e96c8f
#PS1notopic

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impress 67
time 2020-09-06 23:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302753566851960832

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Serbia and Kosovo normalizing.     And what's in it for
Trump?  There has to be something - and it's moving the
Serbian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.      Just what
does that have to do with Serbia and Kosovo?

https://apnews.com/3b7aca39c6829655d43de30f68497ed1
#PS1notopic

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impress 68
time 2020-09-06 23:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302752849806258176

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Can it be true?      Reasons for hope in the worst year
in a long time, with everything broken?

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article245416855.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 64
time 2020-09-06 23:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302752345206394881

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Can it be true?   A no-nonsense bipartisan bill to put
unemployed young people to work?

https://www.doverpost.com/story/news/2020/08/05/coons-wicker-corps-act-gains-bipartisan-cosponsors/3304425001/
#PS1notopic

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impress 43
time 2020-09-06 23:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302746761702731776

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Can it be true?    A no-nonsense bipartisan continuing
resolution?

https://apnews.com/2c635b4e14e17ec6db0b13dfb089aa8c
#PS1notopic

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impress 43
time 2020-09-06 23:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1302745988721860609

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people don’t stop playing the game until it stops
fulfilling a need

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/opinion/qanon-facebook-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 96
time 2020-09-04 04:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301736839724769280

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All states should use libraries for voting.  But some
resist.     Why?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/opinion/mail-voting-trump-libraries.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 71
time 2020-09-04 04:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301733977338777600

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Was there a planeload of thugs or not?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/us/politics/barr-trump-protest-violence.html

The lack of detail that could be corroborated suggests
that it's just another Trump fantasy.  #PS1notopic

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impress 73
time 2020-09-04 03:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301719813933289472

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Selective leaking

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/01/trumps-wolfs-unsubstantiated-claims-investigations-carry-more-than-whiff-politics/
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-04 01:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301697206311768064

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Time to support the troops

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/support-for-trump-appears-to-be-slipping-in-the-military-and-no-wonder/2020/08/31/7748cf3e-ebb9-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 65
time 2020-09-04 01:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301696249935007744

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The difference between Trump and Biden

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-obscene-to-focus-on-how-violence-affects-the-vote-but-it-is-our-reality/2020/08/31/5aea00f4-ebb6-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-04 01:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301695440790802432

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The dead tweet on - verified!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/31/herman-cain-twitter-account/

Likewise, it's possible the original Q is no longer running
the Q account.  #PS1notopic

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impress 66
time 2020-09-04 01:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301694650462294022

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What happens if things get out of hand?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/02/chinas-military-deceit-himalayas-could-spell-disaster-region/

What's the American response?  #PS1notopic

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impress 65
time 2020-09-04 01:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301687459764289537

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Republican senators toe the line

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/opinions/2020/08/28/republicans-traded-party-platform-this/
#PS1notopic

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impress 62
time 2020-09-04 00:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301686235681796096

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China on track to be #1 military power

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/02/trump-promised-350-ship-navy-china-actually-built-it/

Maintaining Taiwan's independence is going to be very
difficult.        Hong Kong proves that the PRC can do
what it wants with no repercussions.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-04 00:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301685489548713984

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Kanye won't be taking votes from Biden in Virginia

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/politics/2020-election-kanye-west-virginia-ballot/index.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-04 00:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301677547109847041

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Raising taxes is a bad idea.    Not raising them is worse.

If the Federal government won't help states, they have to
help themselves, as they've already learned from the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/opinion/sunday/progressive-policies-taxes.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-04 00:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301674839321661441

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Kindred spirits!

Trump -
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/politics/trump-distrust.html

Putin -
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/books/review/nothing-is-true-and-everything-is-possible-by-peter-pomerantsev.html

That's why they get along so well -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-senators-ask-trump-administration-for-sanctions-over-election-interference-from-russia-other-countries/2020/09/03/bcc131f0-ed5d-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-03 23:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301668888929685505

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Facebook hits hit pieces!

Generally the worst hit pieces circulate immediately
before the election, so there's no time for the other side
to respond.     So vote as early as you can!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/03/facebook-political-ads/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-03 23:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301656865357492224

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How often we confuse luck with skill

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opinion/education-prejudice.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 66
time 2020-09-03 16:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301564665353261057

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Propping up endangered Republicans - a shell game to guess
where the money is coming from and going to.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-restarts-projects-defunded-for-trumps-wall-helping-some-gop-senators/2020/09/02/f2e9056c-e3fa-11ea-ade1-28daf1a5e919_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 70
time 2020-09-03 16:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301563326191693825

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Another Republican for Biden

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/03/rick-snyder-why-im-voting-joe-biden-even-republican-column/5696508002/
#PS1notopic

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impress 66
time 2020-09-03 16:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301562225010778112

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Fruity fake news!

https://narratively.com/the-literally-unbelievable-story-of-the-original-fake-news-network/

Che Guevara studied the model and applied it successfully.
#PS1notopic

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impress 64
time 2020-09-03 16:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301559382606409728

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Rapid rollout of vaccine has its risks!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 66
time 2020-09-03 05:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301385324795314177

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Ready or not, here they come!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/health/covid-19-vaccine-cdc-plans.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 61
time 2020-09-03 04:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301384381248933888

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Voting so nice, you should do it twice!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/donald-trump-north-carolina-voter-fraud/index.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 58
time 2020-09-03 04:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301383767509151744

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There's no vaccine for fire.

California's original inhabitants had to learn how to live
with it.

Can we do as well?

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-31/george-skelton-fire-season-blame
#PS1notopic

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impress 63
time 2020-09-03 04:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301375256460886019

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Goldwater said extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.
Trump says extremism in defense of Trump is no vice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/trump-biden-violence.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 65
time 2020-09-03 04:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301374489914040324

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Adding context to trending topics

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/technology/twitter-trending-topics.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 62
time 2020-09-03 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301373405329985536

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Facebook vs Internet Research Agency

https://apnews.com/080e18b6bbe7ea28da72466f2af7bf96
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-03 04:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301372959848767490

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Small business in big trouble; big business smiles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/business/economy/small-businesses-coronavirus.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 61
time 2020-09-03 04:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301372476102905857

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What hath Don wrought?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/31/report-gilroy-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-sending-threatening-letters-to-public-health-official/
#PS1notopic

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impress 58
time 2020-09-03 04:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301371545386795008

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It's not about saving the earth from carbon dioxide - it's
about saving Trump supporters from fracked natural gas!

https://apnews.com/7dff4afe289890f99e783aa26e4234fb
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-03 04:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301370317365886978

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Lessons on how to recover quickly from coronavirus

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/business/trumps-tariffs-coronavirus-china-exports.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 60
time 2020-09-03 03:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301369211898355712

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Just what the world needs - more plastic!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-03 03:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301368622762213376

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How to become postmaster general!

https://apnews.com/a838c0bb546e2dae6b159bcd2f7b7277
#PS1notopic

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impress 51
time 2020-09-03 03:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301368213213597697

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Birds of a feather!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/02/scandals-surrounding-trump-are-beginning-overlap-strange-ways/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-02 22:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301292252262617088

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The bases of minority rule

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/02/when-voting-doesnt-work-inequity-follows/
#PS1notopic

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impress 62
time 2020-09-02 13:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301150508015517696

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What should be done about the police?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/opinion/biden-trump-police-minneapolis.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 59
time 2020-09-02 04:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301019404499443712

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More approaches to fixing the presidency

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/opinion/trump-corruption-democracy.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 56
time 2020-09-02 04:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301018337564975104

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Approaches to fixing the presidency

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/opinion/presidency-donald-trump.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 61
time 2020-09-02 04:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1301017575283765250

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Putin is still at it!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/01/facebook-disinformation-takedown/
#PS1notopic

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impress 62
time 2020-09-02 02:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300981507729702912

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More essential relief for King Coal!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/31/coal-ash-epa-trump/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-01 16:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300834583185747968

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Aren't taxes complicated enough?      What's the point if
you just have to pay back your "tax cut" in a few months?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/31/payroll-tax-trump-federal-employee/
#PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-01 04:41 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300654979485581312

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Herd immunity will save Trump?     So what if two million
people die.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-scott-atlas-herd-immunity/2020/08/30/925e68fe-e93b-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

But it's not going to work, even badly,  before the
election.  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-09-01 04:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300654036585078785

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An unwelcome guest who will come anyway

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-to-visit-kenosha-as-local-officials-ask-him-to-stay-away/2020/08/31/91eef2d8-ebd1-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
#PS1notopic

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impress 73
time 2020-09-01 04:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300651722935644160

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Fixing politics at the root

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathryn-murdoch-election-reform/2020/08/31/d3945772-e943-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

https://www.uniteamerica.org/

And let's not forget about dark money -

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
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time 2020-09-01 04:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300649543436967936

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Trump administration believes in coal.    Get with the
program!

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/how-trump-appointees-short-circuited-grid-modernization/615433/
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time 2020-09-01 04:10 +0000
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Trump thinks he's not as bad as you think!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/us/politics/trump-swing-voters-.html
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time 2020-08-31 15:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300457120718974976

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No military prop for Biden!

https://apnews.com/0c4e81ca8812d73086c97ecc53888e4d
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time 2020-08-31 15:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300456790140710913

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History repeats itself... in advance

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/books/review-hitler-downfall-volker-ullrich.html
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time 2020-08-31 06:17 +0000
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Don't overdo it on Twitter!      Just because something
feels right to you doesn't mean it is right.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-protests-violence-coronavirus.html
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time 2020-08-31 05:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300311819408437248

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What's the overlap between people who actually read social
media and people who actually vote?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/28/there-is-dormant-trump-vote-best-place-look-probably-isnt-facebook-memes/
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time 2020-08-30 20:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300162334988447744

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Working for Trump can be hazardous to your career!

And if you're a Federal employee or contractor, you're
working for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/convalescent-plasma-treatment-covid19-fda/2020/08/29/e39a75ec-e935-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
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time 2020-08-30 20:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300161809593200641

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Big changes ahead for Postal Service

Some changes were just postponed until after the election,
but they'll be back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/29/postal-service-dejoy-delays/
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time 2020-08-30 15:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1300093704451969027

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What happens when a Trumpist puts the army in charge of
the environment?

https://apnews.com/0ed3562a94f5b20b561adbbd11b20731

https://apnews.com/56a278cf4b849dc06dadc309d06aa63f
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time 2020-08-30 06:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299958852905959425

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Is it going to be Ivanka or Don Jr in 2024?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/opinion/sunday/ivanka-melania-trump-2020.html
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time 2020-08-30 03:31 +0000
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Laws are for serfs, not the nobility.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-norms-convention-rules/2020/08/27/fbe81864-e879-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html
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time 2020-08-30 03:19 +0000
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Where are the criminals?     In the White House.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/opinion/sunday/trump-protests-law.html
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time 2020-08-30 02:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299903838397198336

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Don't have enough to worry about?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/would-a-supervolcano-eruption-wipe-us-out
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time 2020-08-30 02:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299902429366857728

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Nobody wants half-baked ideas

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/28/trump-payroll-tax-irs/
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impress 74
time 2020-08-30 02:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299893359478108161

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Why are these Republicans voting for Democrats?

They hold many traditional conservative Republican points
of view, and they aren't going to become Democrats, but
they are voting Democratic this time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/27/mark-salter-john-mccain-aides-endorse-biden/

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513900-former-george-w-bush-alumni-endorse-biden

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/mitt-romney-staffers-support-joe-biden-402408
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time 2020-08-29 14:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299712908901769219

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Entertainment and propaganda are replacing journalism
because they are more profitable.

And most of the people in charge don't care about
undermining American democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fact-checking-trumps-lies-is-essential-its-also-increasingly-pointless/2020/08/28/35fb41de-e947-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299712659630088192

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Will the Republican Party ever be anything except the
Trumpist Party?

Even after Trump is out of office, he'll still be trying to
rouse his base.       And why not?    He enjoys campaigning
much more than governing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/27/gop-is-strapped-ticking-time-bomb/
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time 2020-08-29 14:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299712489932779521

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What the Trump administration really thinks about
immigrants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-missing-immigrant-voters-whose-absence-might-swing-the-election/2020/08/27/db144c16-e897-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html

Don't believe everything you see on TV!  #PS1notopic

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time 2020-08-29 14:15 +0000
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How the South was born again

It took 80 years to start to undo the damage, with many
more years ahead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/black-lives-civil-rights.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:15 +0000
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Trump has role models all around the world

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/donald-trump-europe-china.html

Europeans are beginning to think of Trump as a problem
to be contained, like Putin or Xi, rally than an ally.
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time 2020-08-29 14:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299712036234911744

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Just a matter of time

And with global warming, the amount of time is shrinking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/hurricane-laura-texas-houston.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299711863450550273

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Social media are so much better at spreading inflammatory
disinformation than cold sober information!

Nothing is true and everything is possible!  So who would
want to spread disinformation?  Scammers and propagandists!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/coronavirus-misinformation-faceboook.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:12 +0000
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Questions that nobody's had to ask for 150 years

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/amid-fears-that-trump-might-not-leave-office-two-lawmakers-press-for-pentagon-assurances-on-the-election/2020/08/28/f6bff17a-e966-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299711103488806916

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Unclear on the concept of feudalism!

The laws apply to the serfs, not the nobility.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hatch-act-trump-convention/2020/08/28/dce68a7e-e877-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:10 +0000
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No more spring forward/fall back!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/sleep-daylight-saving-time-end/2020/08/28/213d3a0c-e8b8-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
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time 2020-08-29 14:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1299710802010628096