You'd think that the GOP failed coup + GOP pandemic + GOP economic collapse + Biden's topnotch competence + record economic & public health recovery = D electoral strength and GOP weakness. It doesn't--and it won't in 2020. This is what 'US democracy is broken' refers to.
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In the wake of yesterday's #TX06 GOP resurgence, it's worth recalling that US electoral politics are simply not what they used to be, and to pretend otherwise is to invite what could be the final triumph of the US far right.
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NEWS: Sen. Announces Deal Reached to Save 2,600 Jobs in Commerce, GA
SK International CEO: “When the future of the plant was in jeopardy, Senator provided leadership and helped us achieve a path forward. "
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Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday will sign into law a tuition-free community college program its architects say should become a national model. politico.com/states/new-jer
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My daughter #RealityWinner should be home.
Instead she is locked inside a prison.
For releasing the truth.
This is so insane.
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This is a good read, and it makes the same point I've been making all week in defense of .
She's not saying, all of you should run on my platform. She's saying, Democrats are underfunding state parties and neglecting new media and WHATEVER our platform is, that's costing us.
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Opinion: AOC isn’t picking a fight over ideology. She’s staging an intervention. wapo.st/2Ivgyjb
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An update from today's absentee counting - about 7,500 ballots were counted today in Onondaga County, and I won about 78% to widen the lead to 4,098. These ballots were a good representative sample from all over the county. (1/2)
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Core reason why D Party branding, and messaging that boost trust in the brand, is so important: it enables you to shape public opinion and *do stuff.* Voters are not policy wonks. They follow parties they TRUST.
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The “prioritize popular things” school doesn’t account for issues like court expansion and impeachment where public opinion follows elites. If Dems unify, it’ll become a 50-50 issue. If they let polls determine their position it’ll remain underwater and democracy will collapse. twitter.com/alexanderburns…
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Biden is crapping on Trump on the economy. Excellent point on recovery for the rich, crap for everyone else.
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This is wrong messaging. It's not about senate precedents and tit for tat. It's about whether or not the Supreme Court will be a legitimate, nonpartisan institution that Americans can trust. Talk about that, not technicalities.
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TV personality Cuomo won't tax his rich pals, even in a pandemic
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Wrong analysis. The USA has been brought to the brink of self-destruction by one really bad, corrupt, lawless party. It's been on the cards for decades.
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Pretty incredible isn’t it? How much damage one really bad, corrupt, lawless person can inflict upon this Democracy.
Reminder: is the Chief of Staff who masterminded the historically disastrous 2010 midterms strategy that handed GOP control of almost every lever of power in the USA. Literally the biggest loser, least successful strategist you could think of.
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Rahm Emanuel: 'Two things I would say if I was advising a Biden administration, one is no Green New Deal and two is no Medicare for All.' cnb.cx/3l7wc3d
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NYPD has stopped sharing a wide variety of paper records and has been redacting the names of potential witnesses without explanation. It has allowed officers to refuse to be interviewed by investigators. It often doesn’t produce body-worn camera footage.
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C’mon ! The most important election of our lifetime is 89 days away & you’re stalling voting bills? Just sign! Now! It’s also been noticed you’ve stopped taking constituent calls-what’s that about?
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Maybe she remembers that time you got George W. Bush elected.
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I sent @AOC the following letter suggesting ways she can broaden her progressive impact and help many people now that she is in the media spotlight. She has not replied, despite repeated requests. Can anybody help us get AOC to respond? -R nader.org/2020/07/31/ral
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This isn't complicated. Ds must tell the masses: the USPS is fucked. Vote safely in person, and vote *early.*
Anything more elaborate is a recipe for disaster. Sophisticated voters will figure out for themselves how to drop ballots at election offices etc.
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Thinking a lot here about how de Blasio treated Barbot & disrespected her into resignation while Dermot Shea regularly undermines the mayor, says false & misleading things, can't get his police force to wear face masks, & continues to get the mayor's full public respect & support
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US sees deadliest day of summer in coronavirus outbreak – live
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NYPD Disappeared Black Lives Matter Protesters Into Detention For Days at a Time. Lawmakers Want to End the Practice. theintercept.com/2020/07/22/nyp
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Hard to overstate how happy the triumphant NY primary season has made me. This is a sea-change. The ownership of Albany by reactionary special interests is being replaced by community representation of integrity and competence. (Also: people are voting in local races!)
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The apple barrel is rotten.
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NYT collected 64 videos of extreme violence committed by the NYPD in the first 2 weeks of the protests. In this same period, NYC taxpayers paid NYPD officers *$115 million* in overtime. To assault, maim, choke, beat, & terrorize protestors. We need to talk.nytimes.com/interactive/20
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NYT collected 64 videos of extreme violence committed by the NYPD in the first 2 weeks of the protests. In this same period, NYC taxpayers paid NYPD officers *$115 million* in overtime. To assault, maim, choke, beat, & terrorize protestors. We need to talk.
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4/ There have been institutional failures of government from the White House on down. Empirically New York is one of the biggest failures in the U.S. From May:
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2/ Yes, this has been a major challenge for every leader, but New York's leaders do not have a success story to tell. It's been about missteps and late actions.
From April: "How Delays and Unheeded Warnings Hindered New York's Virus Fight"
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NY state has lost more than 32,000 lives to COVID-19. So while it's great that the numbers have gone down, it's perplexing to see crowing, Cuomo going on Fallon, etc. No other state has lost as many lives, not even close. New Jersey is next with 17,000+
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"Fighting the white-collar crime spree" is a no-brainer for Dems.
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Matt snarks here but Dems have failed rhetorically to make white collar crime a "law and order" issue, highlighting that illegal polluters and OSHA violaters kill more people than street criminals - and wage theft and banks steals more money than burglars & shoplifters.
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Renewable energy breaks UK record in first quarter of 2020
. and his volunteers have already contacted more than *350,000* Dems who recently moved to Texas but haven't registered to vote yet.
Not sure people appreciate how insane that number is. That organizing strength is going to be a game-changer.
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A racist attack on a group of black children caught on camera in 1975. Nearly 45 years later, video of the scene reemerged on the internet, and went viral. We wanted to find out who the children were — and why this moment resonated decades later.
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And. Jeffrey. Epstein. Accomplices.
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cops in Atlanta literally refusing to do their jobs to protest the fact that a cop who murdered someone was charged with murder. this is what a system that's rotten at the core looks like.
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I understand this sentiment, but it lets GOP off the hook. Trump won the GOP primary. Over 90% of Rs support him. He is the dream Republican. We cannot allow Rs to wriggle out of this and start over again with a clean slate. GOP is and remains unAmerican and unfit for power.
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No. He's not a Republican either. He's a Trumpist
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BREAKING: 99 NY legislators plus 16 labor unions including sign statement imploring to put a bill on the desk of which will raise revenue from NY’s ultra-billionaires fiscalpolicy.org/wp-content/upl #sharedsacrifice
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