I have written two posts about suggested questions for Nominee Barrett — here and here. But watching a good deal of today’s confirmation hearing, and listening to her dodge way too many questions, I realize I should also have set out some suggested questions to highlight how thin are her qualifications to be a Supreme Court…
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Trump's Support in West Virginia Has Fallen by 28% Since 2016, but He Should Still Win
http://www.documentcloud.org/… West Virginia put a lot of faith in Donald Trump in 2016 and he won the state by 42.1% (68.6% to 26.5%). Today Research America’s poll shows Trump leading Joe Biden by only 14% (53% to 39%) a decrease of two thirds of his margin. One might rush to say West Virginia doesn’t matter,…
Katy Tur shocked after interviews w/ Right-Wing media consumers. Should we take some blame?
Katy Tur interviewed several Right-Wingers who made it clear the Right-Wing echo chamber's misinformation completely captured them. Right-Wing media, the enemy of the truth x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Katy Tur points out that with a COVID-infected president, hundreds of thousands of Americans dead, and the country in dire straits, truth is important….
When did Trump know of his Covid exposure? More attention should be paid to this Rose Garden event.
Trump, his administration, and his doctors have been publicly unwilling, and contradictory, about identifying when Trump first learned — even if by a preliminary test — that he was, or potentially was, Covid positive. The most obvious tell here is that the Trump people refuse to answer when Trump last tested negative for Covid. Some have argued…
Biden Should Mess with Texas
Beto O’Rourke, who narrowly lost to Ted Cruz for Texas’s Senate seat in 2018, and Tory Gavito, cofounder of Way to Win, have an op-ed in today’s WaPo urging Biden to fight for Texas’s 38 EVs: Joe Biden can end the drama on election night. All he has to do is win Texas. While there…
Whether we should eliminate the Electoral College really raises two questions. (A short discussion)
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…
IMPEACHED Presidents Should Not Be Able To Nominate Supreme Court Justices
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is firstly a personal tragedy for her family, friends, colleagues, and the millions of people throughout the world who admired and were inspired by her intellect, her heart, and her fighting spirit. She is a historical figure whose impact has yet to be fully appreciated. However,…
KY-Sen: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next SCOTUS Justice.”
Just going to leave this here: x The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. #Scalia https://t.co/QXHfOpEY6G— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) February 14, 2016 I wanted to take yesterday to mourn the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg but I did not want to waste time bring this…
Democrats should win in a landslide, if they do what we know we must
The polls have been fairly steady showing a Biden Electoral College and popular 'landslide' win. Yet, Democrats are irrationally worried. Here is why I believe that these actions will determine if we have a landslide win or not. The climate is ripe for that landslide. We should have a landslide win x x YouTube Video…
Progressives on the fence with Biden should heed this Bernie message
Bernie Sanders appeared on Meet The Press and his message is the one Progressives who ultimately want our policies to succeed should heed. Progressives cannot let up or let go. x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. There is a certain segment of Progressives that are still less than enthused to vote for Joe Biden….
Why Biden-Harris should win in a landslide. Fear need not apply.
When these two voters expressed a certain frustration and resolve for voting to end the nightmare, the writing was on the wall, a landslide win. Fearlessly building the landslide Watch the full episode here. I could show you graphs and polls that show everyone how Donald Trump is losing suburban white women, independents, Latinos, and…
I know it's George Conway. But really, you should read
his op ed in Washington Post titled Trump’s name should live in infamy. It is delicious. Let me end at the beginning, with the closing paragraph: Trump’s sanction must come at the polls, and beyond. For the sake of our constitutional republic, he must lose, and lose badly. Yet that should be just a start:…
Should Democrats impeach Trump after he loses re-election to prevent him from pardoning himself?
If Trump loses his re-election bid, we can reasonably count on the period from Election Day until Inaugaration Day (Nov. 3, 2020 to Jan. 20, 2021) to be one of the most perilous, corrupt and weird periods in U.S. history. One thing that seems certain is that Trump will attempt to pardon himself. It is an open legal question (maybe)…
Dana Milbank says Trump should play more golf.
Seriously. That’s the point of this Washington Post op ed today. There is a LOT of delicious satire in the piece, including a link to a piece in May by Andy Borowitz suggesting that Dr. Fauci wanted Trump to play MORE, not less, golf. But then Milbank gets semi-serious. He reminds us of some of…
Should Joe Biden Pick Romney for State?
Taegan Goddard has a members-only piece up on Political Wire: Imagining Biden’s Team of Rivals. If Biden is elected — and I will hold my breath until he’s actually sitting behind the Roosevelt Desk and the nuclear codes are safely in his hands — then, Goddard suggests, Biden should consider making Mitt Romney his Secretary…
IA-Sen: Joni Ernst (R), “If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings”
This is so fucking infuriating: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election. “(If) it is a lame-duck session, I would support going ahead with any hearings that we might have,” Ernst, a…
Trump: The science should not stand in the way of this, sending kids back to schools.
If there is any doubt that the president is living in the land of fantasy. His spokesperson said the science should not stand in the way of sending kids back to school. After all, she would lie later, the science is on our side. In other words, science should not stand in the way of…
Dr. Fauci should join the Biden campaign
Donald Trump is the angel of death. He’s a coronavirus super-spreader and the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse’s biggest fanboy. The only way his actions make any sense at all is if he’s actively and intentionally trying to kill Americans. This morning, as you’ve probably heard by now, he retweeted confused hair-gel golem Chuck Woolery, whose 11-year…
Health Care Activist, Ady Barkan, Wants To Know What He Should Ask Joe Biden In Upcoming Interview
Received this e-mail from ALS and health care activist, Ady Barkan, on behalf of the group, Progress America: Last year, I launched a series of interviews with Democratic candidates for president called Uncovered because I felt the debates weren’t giving enough airtime to the life-or-death issue of health care. I had deeply personal conversations with candidates including…
