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I disagree, the Governor was way too polite, and should have corrected him when he said he was the law.
The time for democrats taking the high road while the GOP and president take the low road have come and gone. And if the Dems try to maintain this illusion of civility, they will lose.
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yeah this is pathetic. the people of maine deserve someone who stands up for them, not someone sitting out of frame, deferring the matter till later.
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Idk if it's bad recollection or I wasn't following closely enough, but why not introduce the articles on 1/6 or 1/7 regardless? If he slow walks it he slow walks it. I remember the last couple of weeks being very tense. Making McConnell responsible for that tension would have been good
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before it was good at patching the system. The Warren court played a big role in getting the system as close as it's ever been to true democracy. but since 2017 it's a terrible release valve that can dial back tyranny to the Roberts+a buddy approved levels
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im happy i can get married too but it has nothing to do with the constitution. Obergefell is another example of how SCOTUS patches up our broken undemocratic system. Problem: Gay marriage really popular but the senate can't pass laws? Solution: find that restricting marriage violates EPC
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Do you have a source on this process? Everything I've found suggests you have it exactly backwards. The law really is there.
“The Mayor may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after service upon him of a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be heard in his defense.”
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If Biden had resigned and Harris was a capable politician, then some messaging EO's and prosecutions on some low-impact crunchy health stuff might have been enough to salvage it
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cutting the "democrat or republican" would make this a stronger statement. the republicans did vote for it and the smart thing to do is ignore them in the statements. Including them when everyone knows that you know they voted for it seems sincere.
small thing but this is how dems seem inauthentic
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It's not like they were asked who leads the bureau of engraving an printing! Is there any way to confirm that Elon Musk is not in charge of the agency without finding out who is (or that it's vacant)?
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get help
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the volunteers and workers and parishioners who actually believe in the gospel of love for their neighbors, are the root of the church
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this is not a response to what i wrote
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The workers and volunteers are just as much the church as the bishops.
You're making the exact mistake Vance makes
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The workers and volunteers at Catholic Charities care about refugees. "they just care about the money" is JD Vance's talking point
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They want people to think, "ok, I guess it's both true that he's the de facto leader and that he's actually just an advisor". And a lot of us will because we're so used to be lied to in this way. But saying "technically," in front of your lie doesn't make it true.
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Ok JD Vance
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The heretics are in charge, promoting their anti-christianity
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the most effective action against carbon emissions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future novel! No, no don't look at how it was implemented in the book...
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a "1) give the ATC controllers a 20% raise, 2)increase funding for their college programs and expand those programs to more schools including HBCU's and 3) make any privatization effort illegal" would be a productive messaging bill
need to show a plan for something better
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impossible to unscramble an egg or stir the milk out of a coffee. There's going to be a new constitution one way or the other, so it's on us to write it.
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What's it matter if Musk is "pardoned"? Are we supposed to let him free to do it again? Whether bc Trump isn't constitutionally eligible to be president or 'just because' we have good enough reasons to enforce the law
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A lot of people are trying to show their work when they should be teaching people. That's just confusing. Keep your studying separate. Get confident, then go teach. Level people up. It's not propaganda, they just aren't where you are yet.
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I understand that it's scary to try to stop the very powerful few who are currently hurting people. it's easier to be mad at powerless strangers you'll never meet. but unfortunately the best I can do for you is mute you.
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if you think developers need to increase the rent by more than inflation for the development to be profitable than you are saying that there's no way for housing costs to not rise faster than wages
(might actually be true but that's an arg for social housing, not price gouging)
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Also, vitally, there's no need to exempt new construction from rent control. Rent control is not a price ceiling! It's a bono fide risk to mental health if you actually paid attention in micro econ 101, and someone shows you the dang price ceiling DWL triangle. They always set the initial rent.
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dope! was curious, how did people respond? did you make flyers?
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how does that help you or anyone else?
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Is just moving past it an option? like
"well DEI is what it is, but they're attacking the core concept of civil rights, we need real civil rights and equality not more racist backlash" and then shifting to desegregating school systems, eliminating poverty and institutional bias.
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what are you trying to accomplish?
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Shaheen supported it as of 2020 when I asked her. Are there any moderates you know of who've given a clear indication they support getting rid of it? I could see rising partisanship create partisan moderates who could win in swing states. but seems like they still think bipartisanship sells best
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We have the ability and resources to build the media apparatus and political organization people keep saying they wish the Democrats would build
We are already slowing deportations! There's no reason to think mass mobilization is no longer possible or no longer works when we haven't done it
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We barely started nonviolent protests against it. The different communities he's setting in motion haven't been connected with each other yet.
Millions of people care and will work harder than they ever have to save their country they just don't know how yet
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damn i was so excited that the fox indycar deal had solved all my race watching woes
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sometimes the 10 fast cars qualify out of position and they do standing starts
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this might be dumb but if there were membership, but members just voted on who the democratic party endorsed rather than on who the nominee was, wouldn't that avoid the poll tax issue?
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If you're looking for help with it though, the truth is that she couldn't bear to drop a prosecution of a Black Democratic mayor. She correctly realized that that's the core of the u.s. conservative movement, not marginally more effective immigration raids
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You're actually the first to say these things!
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this is dope now we can punish them. Fines are 5k per user or 850 billion. hopefully that's per year.
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(I have a dim view of his character but id love to be surprised)
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Where the fuck is Obama?
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I can't understand why she doesn't attack Hochul (and Schumer and Jeffries, probably). The establishment dem thing is to follow what she does but too late for it to be any good and to never give her credit or leadership positions. This is going to keep happening until she does something different
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do you know why they resign rather than force Bove to fire them? Not judging them for it, just curious
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When you're looking for the votes to admit the new states feel free to refer to my vote whipping proposal up thread
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Can we? where would you register your car?
it actually seems less lawless to just keep the 49 worst senators out of the capital building and keep the middle 25 senators in the capital building and see what the best 26 senators come up with