Although frequently posed as one question — “should we eliminate the Electoral College?” — there really are two separate questions: should we (i) abolish the Electoral College, but keep the formulation where each state’s weight is based on the combined total of its US Senators and Representatives, or (ii) move entirely to a national popular vote? I believe we should enact Option…
Category: Elections
Want to know how sad this is? Worse than I thought. Trump followers show 5 traits.
I was reading another diary and I looked up something that caught my eye. How sad it is that the people have become this mentally unstable. People who have been raised at the same table, shared the same holidays, worked along beside each other and many raised by the same parents or raised their children…
The Supreme Court has a secret docket where it hides major GOP and Trump victories from you.
The Supreme Court in June released a flurry of opinions some of which were applauded by myself and many others as we braced ourselves for the worst. For example, LGBT rights being upheld. But since the summer recess, they have issued many important decisions. What they are doing is hiding in plain sight while they…
The Supreme Court has a 'secret docket' where it hides major GOP and Trump victories from you.
The Supreme Court in June released a flurry of opinions some of which were applauded by myself and many others as we braced ourselves for the worst. For example, LGBT rights being upheld. But since the summer recess, they have issued many important decisions. What they are doing is hiding in plain sight while they…
Idiots in charge ! What part of there is no economic recovery if people are sick and dying.
I have never seen such stupidity and idiot leadership in one country in my life. Do I have faith in the American people to wear a mask and social distance? Hell No. They don’t have sense enough to believe science and truth. They only believe if they get hit with fines. Densantis is…
Sound The Horn. Saddle Up. Ride Into Battle.
I seldom do this. Politizoom, and our sister site Daily Sound And Fury give me a nice little megaphone, and as most of you have noticed, I seldom run out of things to say. But something has come up, and this time I need your help. A few days ago, I wrote an article in…
It's Sunday. Need a laugh? I found my flag request amusing.
I think we all need a little uplift. Here lately, we are making our own uplifting. LOL. I wrote this incident to my BFF and we got a kick out of it so maybe ya’ll will as well. I get so tired of the Trumpsters in this area pushing and pushing and pushing their agenda. …
Amy just endorsed Biden and suspended campaign.
This will have an impact as well as I think Pete is not far behind on his endorsement. The endorsements will be coming fast and furious I predict. The ground game is about to change with these past candidates coming in to endorse. I am all for redecorating. This is what moderates…
It doesn't matter who wins the primary. Russia Again ! We have to stop this.
So when do we start interfering in Russian elections? I know ..I know… we can’t do that but this crap is an act of war. We are a soverign nation or supposed to be. If I wanted to be Russian with a Russian run country, I would fly my ass off to Moscow and get used to…
Uh, Bernie Bros and the OK Bloomers?
Chest thumpers and embarrassing belligerents are how the followers of Bernie Sanders are being described. The Michael Bloomberg crowd who I suppose are Bloomers, who find themselves in the unenviable position of defending a billionaire and racist policies, instead of his politics, face off in a debate tonight. Predictably, the candidates playing catch-up: Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar,…
Death of a nation..Who is running this country? The Mob or Russia or both?
There is a dark cloud over this country. A deep sinking sense of doom and that comes from fear and uncertainity. Am I trying to be fatalistic. NO. I am trying to wake you up and see the writing on the wall. He is one dictator with a bunch of spineless, enablers with millions trembling…
An Announcement is Worth a Thousand Smears
Facts and figures are second to innuendo and hollow announcements in the current political climate. Three years past the Clinton/Trump presidential race the press is still biting and snarling while circling the floor and chasing its’ tail. The former head of the FBI, James Comey, announced in the weeks prior to election day that former…
A Bolton out of the Blue
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said he is ready to throw himself at the mercy of the Senate Impeachment court, but color me skeptical. The truth from anyone associated with the Trump administration, even for a short time, strains the fabric of credibility. Mr. Bolton has teased us for months with his…
I Grieve
Indicative of the current climate of coddled-hate gripping the country, it is not surprising that two houses, one literal, of worship were attacked over the weekend. Rockland County, New York, and White Settlement, Texas were the scenes of horrific violence this past weekend. Respectively, one at a Rabbi’s home and the other a Christian congregation…
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 153)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. Trump advisers were caught discussing pursuing more aggressive voter suppression tactics in the 2020…
Follow(ing) the Leader or Leadership
The Impeachment of Donald John Trump, 45th President of the United States has made me ponder the difference between leaders and leadership. I have come to the conclusion that Republicans require leaders and Democrats want leadership. Following a leader means you have no trust in your ability to discern facts or make a decision, so…
An open question for even undergraduate level economists
I’m not an economist, and didn’t even major in it in college. So I have an honest question for those with some more expertise than me. Background: I just read a very typical article that said that economists conclude that the employer side of the Social Security tax is simply “passed on“ to their employees…
Distraction versus Consequence
When Donald Trump does or says something as disgusting as the attack he made on the late Rep. John David Dingell Jr. Wednesday night, suggesting, to his wife Debbie among others, he may have gone to hell, Democrats immediately recoiled in disgust. He spewed this vile vitriol on the same day Texas federal court Judge…
Thanks, Mr. Mason
“Shall the man who has practised corruption, and by that means procured his appointment in the first instance, be suffered to escape punishment by repeating his guilt?”– George Mason According to the current United States Senate Majority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY.), the most ‘deliberative body’ in the world is going to speed date. With…
