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crickets's Journal"If Kasich wants to endorse Biden he should do it at a separate press conference
and not as a speaker at our convention." <--- This. Let him endorse Biden. Let Kasich endorse Biden all he wants. The Democratic National Convention should feature speakers from the Democratic party. We have plenty of our own elder statesmen and women to speak in support of Biden, as well as rising stars who would benefit from the exposure. Kasich's presence is potentially polarizing and completely unnecessary.
This is what I don't understand:
So, progressives want more progressive voices represented it the Democratic party and on the Hill. Great! I consider myself fairly progressive - sounds wonderful to me. Make it happen!
Why do it at the expense of seats already held by the Democratic party? Why do they not target Republicans and replace them first? That would be a win for everyone in the party. It seems very 'eat your own' to knock out current Democrats, good Democrats, rather than win away Republican seats, thereby adding more progressive voices to the party but also more Democratic votes overall in Congress. With more Democratic votes overall, progressives would have a better chance to get their issues addressed.
It seems deliberately destructive of the party to go about it this way.
eta - My thoughts are not just about this particular election. Bowman is the pick of the people. I wish him well and hope he gets the seat and does a good job for them.
Nailed it! trump is the clown dancing for the crowd while the real evil carries on backstage. nt
The potential health issues, locked and loaded for a lifetime
before they even had a chance to get started... This is just one county in one state.
The man pretending to be president alternates between tweeting and golfing, while people sicken and die by the thousands every day. He's done nothing to stop it, even seems to have wilfully stoked the disease with shortages and lack of serious policy. I truly believe that criminal charges should be filed for the number of needless deaths, for the wrecked health of many of the survivors.
I'd prefer trial for criminal negligence, maybe even genocide.
While we're waiting, I'd take articles of impeachment in a hot minute, though.
Good for Mayor Bottoms for standing up to Kemp.
https://twitter.com/ErinKPeterson/status/1283569716100030464https://twitter.com/ErinKPeterson/status/1283570467815686146
Trump shows up in GA on July 15th and suddenly Kemp does an about face on masks.
Too bad the kids in cages won't have access to any of this lovely propaganda, Mike. nt
Excellent Atlantic article; thanks for that.
Quoting a relevant chunk:
But there is a strong argument, rooted in the Constitutions text, history, values, and structure, that in addition to banning the prevention or undoing of an impeachment, this phrase also bans a president from using the pardon and reprieve power to commute the sentences of people directly associated with any impeachment charges against him. This argument is not a partisan one. Whatever rule is applied today would necessarily apply to future presidents, Democrats as well as Republicans.
The impeachment charges against President Trump focused mainly on his alleged withholding of foreign aid from Ukraine to pressure the Ukrainian president into digging up dirt on Hunter Biden that could support Trumps reelection campaign, and on his refusal to cooperate with the congressional investigation of this matter. But the articles of impeachment also explicitly invoke his previous invitations of foreign interference in United States elections and previous efforts to undermine United States Government investigations into foreign interference in United States elections. According to our interpretation of the pardon clause, that would mean he cant use the pardon and reprieve power to commute the sentences of those charged with crimes related to Russian interference in the 2016 campaignincluding Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation into Russian election interference. This obstruction impeded the ability of Congress to gather information that could have been vital to the impeachment inquiry, benefiting Trump.
Our interpretation stems, in part, from the fact that the Constitutions Framers were deeply concerned about presidents abusing power to protect co-conspirators. As just one example, regarding treason, the Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph voiced a concern at the Constitutional Convention that the prerogative of pardon in these cases was too great a trust. The President may himself be guilty. The Traytors may be his own instruments.
Interesting. Emphasis mine.
Same reaction here.
Seriously, this comment alone is unacceptable:
What this tells us is that trump is absolutely unqualified to handle the job, and everyone around him knows it, and has known for some time. It also tells us that his enablers are grossly unqualified to do their jobs. There is no capable hand at the wheel. We are on our own.
Thanks for letting us know, guys, as if we couldn't tell already. Oh, and doubling down on insulting your intelligence resources is stupid.
Good luck to them after pulling this stunt. They're gonna need it.
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