. . . I believe Democrats should push hard for legislation limiting the power of the Senate Majority Leader. It is true that the Constitution allows each of the House and Senate to set its own procedural rules. But there is absolutely NO credible argument to be made that it was the intent of the framers of the Constitution (which doesn't even contemplate the existence of political parties) that one Senator (let alone one from a state whose registered voters comprise less than 1% of the population of the entire country) would be able to control what comes up for debate and vote on the Senate floor or impede the Senate from exercising its constitutional role of advice and consent (as McConnell did with the Garland nomination). In fact, that kind of power invested in a single individual -- of ANY party -- is actually counter to what the framers were trying to accomplish!

I know some Democrats won't want to do this in the event we are again in the majority, but it would make our system a healthier one irrespective of which party is in power.

. . . while her husband is busy back at the White House . . . cyberbullying:



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No, I wasn't impressed in the least with Michelle Wolf.

, , , is that if he had exited public life when he was truly at the top of his game -- that is, when he was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York -- he would have secured his place in history as a brilliant federal prosecutor who had taken down some of the most powerful figures in organized crime. As it now stands, he will be remembered as a political thug, tabloid personality and presidential also-ran, who became ever more a caricature of himself as he grew older.

I managed to render a crazy person speechless today. I got on the elevator to come up to my apartment, along with another guy who lives in the building who . . . well, let's just say he "has issues." I was looking at messages on my phone, when the man said, kind of quietly, "I am Mike Tyson's nephew." Not really seeing any reason to respond to that, I continued reading. Then he said it again, a bit louder this time. So I sort of nodded, and continued reading. That apparently was not enough for him. He said, "DID YOU HEAR ME? i AM MIKE TYSON'S NEPHEW AND I LIVE IN THIS BUILDING." Realizing that he wasn't going to be content without some kind of verbal acknowledgement, but not really knowing what to say, I looked up and said, "Congratulations! And I am Loretta Keifer Swisher Harner's nephew!"

At that point, he had arrived as his floor. He left the elevator,, silently shaking his head as he left.

So, while watching a movie today on the streaming site, Tubi TV, i saw this ad. It is part of the NYPD's "charm offensive" ad campaign known as Build the Block." Starts out inoffensively enough, with various, mostly non-white ofticers talking about how "cops are people, too." But near the end of the ad, speaking of those who distrust the NYPD, a white officer asks, "How can they help us if they don't trust us? How can we help them?" Nowhere in the ad is there any recognition of the roots of that distrust.

Also, notice how the officer who asks the question about trust frames it first as citizens' obligation to help police, and only secondarily, almost as an afterthought, mentions the obligation of police to help the people they serve.. I was left me speechless.

Saw this and LOVED it!

Just replied to a gun nutter who posted the following comment on Marco Rubio's page:



My response:

"Gene Tierney has been dead for 27 years. What on earth are you babbling about?"

And we wonder why many voters have a hard time taking our party seriously. From HuffPo: