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========== An absurd system! Start by instituting ranked-choice voting and rotating early primary states. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/opinion/2020-presidential-primary.html == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title An absurd system! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 16 ID 1035825463428639 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1035825463428639 impress 20 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 16 oimpress 20 oreach 17 posted "12/29/2019 05:36:53 PM" reach 17 type Link ========== Maintaining minority rule is hard in a democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/18/voter-suppression-could-become-more-important-gops-election-plans-than-ever/ But the Republicans have mastered it. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Maintaining minority rule is hard in a democracy. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 17 ID 1025334804477705 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1025334804477705 impress 14 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 9 oimpress 14 oreach 10 posted "12/18/2019 04:19:28 PM" reach 10 type Link ========== Democrats want to count everybody, Republicans don't. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/census-california-texas-undercount.html If Federal funding to states were on the basis of exact voter turnout rather than approximate census data, all states would have a much bigger incentive to get everybody registered and to the polls. == topic democracy ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-18 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Democrats want to count everybody, Republicans don't. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 44 ID 1025012247843294 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1025012247843294 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 11 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 11 oreach 8 posted "12/18/2019 07:34:05 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 8 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Can we reform the presidential pardon power by constitutional amendment? https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/15/opinion-reform-presidential-pardon-after-ford-bush-clinton-trump-abuses/ == topic democracy ===== hide 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 1 posted 2019-12-17 ratio 1 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Can we reform the presidential pardon power by topic democracy wordrate 0 words 13 ID 1024555064555679 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1024555064555679 audclicks 8 audreach 6 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 27 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 22 likeusers 6 likeuusers 22 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 6 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 27 oreach 24 posted "12/17/2019 08:02:02 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 24 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Unlimited dark money in politics has to end. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/key-mueller-witness-major-clinton-and-trump-donor-charged-with-funneling-35-million-in-illegal-contributions-in-2016-us-elections/2019/12/03/d1cd9166-153a-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html Political contributions should be limited to registered American voters. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-12-04 priority 1 ratio 2 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Unlimited dark money in politics has to end. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 21 ID 1011835062494346 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1011835062494346 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 17 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 13 likeusers 2 likeuusers 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 17 oreach 14 posted "12/04/2019 08:01:46 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 14 type Link ========== Slipping toward dictatorship. When partisanship renders Congress impotent, executive overreach and judicial activism are the result. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-hard-to-be-an-optimist-about-america-right-now/2019/11/27/8020e526-115b-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html Will Senators do their duty? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/27/stand-deliver-senators/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 48 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 1 posted 2019-11-28 ratio 2 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Slipping toward dictatorship. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 24 ID 1006697006341485 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1006697006341485 audclicks 10 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 11 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 43 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 39 likeusers 4 likeuusers 39 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 8 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 43 oreach 41 posted "11/28/2019 07:28:40 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 7 reach 41 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== It's always coldest before spring. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-we-should-be-thankful-for-this-chaotic-political-and-social-moment/2019/11/27/c6f6b984-1148-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html It's always darkest before dawn. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/opinion/trump-politics.html "failure is a gift only if it leads us to wisdom and only if we make something of it" There are a number of structural reforms that could improve democratic processes. Some of the presidential candidates are talking about them. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-27 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title It's always coldest before spring. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 54 ID 1005666149777904 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1005666149777904 impress 17 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 15 oimpress 17 oreach 16 posted "11/27/2019 04:45:52 PM" reach 16 type Link ========== It's always darkest before dawn. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/opinion/trump-politics.html There are a number of structural reforms that could improve democratic processes. Some of the presidential candidates are talking about them. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html == topic democracy ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-25 ratio 2 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title It's always darkest before dawn. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 29 ID 1004013179943201 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1004013179943201 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 10 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 7 likeusers 1 likeuusers 7 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 10 oreach 8 posted "11/25/2019 08:23:28 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 8 type Link ========== Republicans have perfected minority rule. And because minority rule is so unstable, it's very susceptible to manipulation by, for instance, Putin, who knows all about it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-unites-trumps-apologists-minority-rule/2019/11/24/152c5d06-0d6c-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html Republican minority rule is based on several pillars - * Unlimited dark money political contributions * Gerrymandering and voter suppression * Single-issue voter blocs (right to life, firearms, Castro) * Rural bias in the Constitution http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-24 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Republicans have perfected minority rule. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 64 ID 1003131563364696 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1003131563364696 audclicks 3 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 20 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 16 likeusers 1 likeuusers 16 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 20 oreach 17 posted "11/24/2019 08:23:02 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 17 type Link ========== Why did George Washington wear an apron to lay the cornerstone of the US Capitol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_cornerstone_laying#/media/File:Washington_laying_cornerstone.jpg Perhaps he hoped the building would embody the ideals of the Enlightenment, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enlightenment which inspired Freemasonry and America's Founders. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/freemasonry/ Alas, since those idealistic days, Congress has mostly devolved into an institution of partisan impotence, leading to the executive overreach and judicial activism of today. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-retire-23.html == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 37 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-11-24 ratio 3 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Why did George Washington wear an apron to lay the topic democracy wordrate 0 words 61 ID 1002816556729530 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1002816556729530 audclicks 3 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 impress 20 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 17 likeusers 2 likeuusers 17 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 20 oreach 18 posted "11/24/2019 11:32:00 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 18 type Link ========== Getting the job done without ideology. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/22/baldwin-florida-food-desert-city-owned-grocery-store/ You mean the purpose of government is to serve the people rather than serving ideological media pundits? == topic democracy ===== impact 44 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-11-22 ratio 1 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title Getting the job done without ideology. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 26 ID 1001246973553155 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1001246973553155 audclicks 13 audreach 7 engaged 8 impress 35 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 32 likeusers 3 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 35 oreach 33 posted "11/22/2019 09:33:45 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 33 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== the twisted logic of the electoral college? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/19/down-with-swing-states/ Not really - it's a result of the winner-take-all awarding of electoral votes in 48 of the 50 states. That's not in the Constitution or in any Federal law - each state makes its own choice, and to their credit, Nebraska and Maine decided differently. So it doesn't take a constitutional amendment to ameliorate it - just 48 state campaigns. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Or the right argument before the Supreme Court - https://equalcitizens.us/equal-votes/ == topic democracy ===== impact 32 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-19 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title the twisted logic of the electoral college? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 79 ID 998507147160471 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/998507147160471 audclicks 3 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 18 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 15 likeuusers 15 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "11/19/2019 05:12:35 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 16 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How change comes to the heartland. Slowly, one block at a time. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/us/politics/yakima-washington-racial-differences-2020-elections.html Eventually, it all adds up - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-18/skelton-california-changing-demographics-republicans-democrats-elections Georgia is not far behind - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stacey-abrams-democrats-can-and-must-win-georgia-in-2020/2019/11/19/960cf64c-0add-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title How change comes to the heartland. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 27 ID 998264143851438 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/998264143851438 impress 14 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 11 oimpress 14 oreach 12 posted "11/19/2019 10:03:14 AM" reach 12 type Link ========== At large or multiple districts? https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/12/santa-clara-in-the-middle-of-court-appeal-considers-another-change-to-district-elections/ Santa Clara seems to be missing the boat - the best solution for small cities is one district with multiple members elected by ranked-choice voting. That insures that all sufficiently large bloc-voting minorities get the representation they deserve, no matter how they are geographically dispersed in a city. https://www.fairvote.org/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential == topic democracy ===== impact 11 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-14 ratio 10 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title At large or multiple districts? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 56 ID 994322414245611 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/994322414245611 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 24 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 24 oreach 21 posted "11/14/2019 09:39:30 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 21 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Remember when "states rights" was code for "segregation" ? Now it's code for "voter suppression". https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/12/redistricting-activists-brace-wall-inaction-battle-moves-states/ It's an uphill fight on a state-by-state basis. Casual voters have to become informed about candidates for state legislatures and state judges. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting https://democraticredistricting.com/about/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-11-12 priority 1 ratio 2 react 15 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Remember when "states rights" was code for topic democracy wordrate 0 words 41 ID 992172067793979 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/992172067793979 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 10 impress 45 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 39 likeusers 9 likeuusers 38 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 45 oreach 40 posted "11/12/2019 07:06:58 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 40 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Comprehensive immigration reform is too dangerous for Congress to touch. So the executive over-reaches and the judiciary is over-activist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-congress-had-any-pride-it-would-set-an-immigration-policy/2019/11/07/7f78d614-018f-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html It's much safer for senators and representatives to complain about executive over-reach and judicial over-activism than to undertake difficult legislative action. Immigration reform has died numerous deaths in Congress because of fear of losing the votes in the next primary and the donations in the next general election. There are powerful donor interests that want to retain an illegal workforce that has to accept, without complaint or organizing, compensation and conditions that no legal American would accept. But ultimately, it's the voters who keep electing these legislators. The best way forward is to eliminate the primary/general schizophrenia by repealing sore-loser laws and enabling ranked-choice voting, and to eliminate unlimited dark money in politics. https://www.fairvote.org/ https://www.americanpromise.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 68 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-11-09 ratio 4 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Comprehensive immigration reform is too dangerous for topic democracy wordrate 0 words 135 ID 989696641374855 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/989696641374855 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 5 impress 27 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 22 likeusers 3 likeuusers 22 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 27 oreach 24 posted "11/09/2019 07:21:45 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 24 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Suppressing voter suppression http://protectvoting.org/about-us/ == topic democracy ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-07 ratio 8 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Suppressing voter suppression topic democracy wordrate 0 words 6 ID 987987918212394 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/987987918212394 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 19 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 14 likeusers 1 likeuusers 14 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 19 oreach 16 posted "11/07/2019 06:42:02 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 16 type Link ========== State paths forward for redistricting. https://apnews.com/2b1a1fa1c12c4140a3e2dc7ec9470b32 Ending gerrymandering. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Alternatives - multi-member districts if combined with ranked-choice voting. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-11-07 priority 1 ratio 2 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title State paths forward for redistricting. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 20 ID 987979518213234 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/987979518213234 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 22 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 18 likeusers 2 likeuusers 18 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 22 oreach 19 posted "11/07/2019 06:30:29 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 19 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Let third parties bloom! https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/19/us-democracy-two-party-system-replace-multiparty-republican-democrat Ranked-choice-voting and multimember districts are key to making third party and independent candidates viable choices without being spoilers or wasting votes. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Let third parties bloom! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 28 ID 983471628664023 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/983471628664023 impress 38 likeuimpress 23 likeuusers 23 oimpress 38 oreach 35 posted "11/01/2019 08:35:29 PM" reach 35 type Link ========== Problem solvers. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/468017-pushing-results-not-polarization-in-new-hampshire https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/29/americans_want_politicians_to_fix_problems_not_fight.html == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-01 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Problem solvers. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 5 ID 983452841999235 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/983452841999235 impress 35 likeuimpress 19 likeuusers 19 oimpress 35 oreach 32 posted "11/01/2019 08:03:13 PM" reach 32 type Link ========== Priorities for the next president. Medical care is important, but so are other things. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/opinion/climate-change-healthcare.html The existential threat is climate change, for its direct effects but even more importantly for its indirect effects on poor countries who will, with some justification, blame their problems on the rich industrialized countries and take desperate actions accordingly. What kind of medical insurance you have won't matter much in a world at war with widespread weapons of mass destruction. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ But there won't be much action on that or anything else unless the systematic barriers to progress are modified. Most voters, though, don't understand the root causes of a lot of political dysfunction, so candidates don't talk much about them. But unlimited dark money, the primary system, and the rural bias all work to the advantage of those that see no reason to change the status quo. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations https://www.fairvote.org/ http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== hide 1 impact 101 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2019-10-31 ratio 4 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Priorities for the next president. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 144 ID 982409375436915 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/982409375436915 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 2 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 36 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 1 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 36 oreach 34 posted "10/31/2019 03:23:25 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 34 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How should ballot measures be titled and summarized? Not by a partisan elected official, it seems. But not by the proponents either, who have proven more than willing to circulate blatant lies on broadcast and social media. https://calmatters.org/commentary/slanting-ballot-measure-titles-property-tax/ The real issue is that complicated measures should not be on the ballot. If they are not short enough and simple enough that the average voter can't read and understand them, they should go through the legislative process. But the whole point of the ballot measure industry is to pass things that could never get through the legislature. Initiative, referendum, and recall were intended to be the people's answer to special interest. Now it's the special interest answer to the people. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative == topic democracy ===== impact 133 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-10-31 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title How should ballot measures be titled and summarized? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 121 ID 982403118770874 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/982403118770874 audclicks 7 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 44 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 2 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 44 oreach 41 posted "10/31/2019 03:12:47 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 41 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== It doesn't do any good to ban foreign contributions if nobody is minding the store. It's bipartisan - buying access no matter who wins. https://apnews.com/389f03e40e874bbe9d1687925e517d05 Zuberi has been taken down, but how many more are still under the radar? == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 57 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-10-31 ratio 5 react 14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title It doesn't do any good to ban foreign contributions if topic democracy wordrate 0 words 41 ID 982398745437978 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/982398745437978 audclicks 6 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 78 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 6 likeuusers 72 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 78 oreach 73 posted "10/31/2019 03:05:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 73 type Link ========== Gerrymandering forbidden by North Carolina's constitution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-court-blocks-current-house-districts-in-north-carolina-for-2020-elections/2019/10/28/cd9e8b5a-f9dc-11e9-8190-6be4deb56e01_story.html A victory for NDRC and Common Cause - https://democraticredistricting.com/ https://www.commoncause.org/our-work/gerrymandering-and-representation/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting == topic democracy ===== impact 54 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-10-28 ratio 2 react 32 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Gerrymandering forbidden by North Carolina's constitution. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 17 ID 980130608998125 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/980130608998125 audclicks 12 audreach 9 engaged 19 impress 100 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 77 likeusers 16 likeuusers 75 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 100 oreach 85 posted "10/28/2019 08:50:15 PM" postotherclicks 9 reach 85 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Waiting for a Constitutional crisis? Eventually our luck will run out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-nightmare-scenario-for-2020-a-tie-that-cant-be-broken-its-conceivable/2019/10/28/38879e20-f9a6-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html We really don't need actual electors subject or not to free will; we don't need the hazardous 12th amendment process to get to a decision. https://equalcitizens.us/ Other ideas - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college This all reflects the rural bias of our Constitution - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-10-28 ratio 6 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Waiting for a Constitutional crisis? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 52 ID 980128258998360 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/980128258998360 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 40 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 25 likeusers 1 likeuusers 25 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 40 oreach 27 posted "10/28/2019 08:45:20 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 27 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Being or recognizing the loyal opposition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-championed-civil-debate-his-example-is-needed-now-more-than-ever/2019/10/24/2627ef06-f518-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-10-28 ratio 6 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Being or recognizing the loyal opposition. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 979649499046236 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/979649499046236 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 5 impress 69 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 57 likeusers 4 likeuusers 56 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 69 oreach 57 posted "10/28/2019 06:59:52 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 57 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How can they make the world safer for themselves? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/18/opinion/old-age-president-2020.html The geriatrification of rural life is happening in the other prosperous Western democracies, so it's no surprise that the rural bias in the Constitution has become a generational bias too - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ The boomer elderly control most of the wealth and much of the politics. Progress depends on getting unlimited dark money out of politics https://www.americanpromise.net/ and making elections more meaningful and less rig-able with ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts - https://www.fairvote.org/ Lowering the voter age to 16 is a bit radical, but some localities are experimenting. Getting into the habit of voting while in high school pays off in more inclination to keep voting later. Of course, young people might get all their information from cable news and social media - and who knows where that might lead! == topic democracy ===== impact 97 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-10-18 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title How can they make the world safer for themselves? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 138 ID 971018739909312 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/971018739909312 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 5 impress 66 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 36 likeusers 4 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 66 oreach 35 posted "10/18/2019 10:58:42 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 35 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The culmination of Citizens United. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-the-culmination-of-all-that-has-gone-wrong-in-our-politics/2019/10/13/17de18c4-ed2c-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html More might be coming - except Trump conveniently neglected to appoint members to the FEC - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/10/14/powerup-fec-chair-warns-charges-against-giuliani-associates-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/5da2472d88e0fa3155a710bd/ It's time to take action against unlimited dark money in politics. Why should Putin be able to contribute to Republican candidates by funneling the money through the NRA? https://www.americanpromise.net/ https://democracy21.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 170 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 1 posted 2019-10-13 priority 1 ratio 1 react 32 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title The culmination of Citizens United. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 53 ID 967276736950179 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/967276736950179 audclicks 14 audreach 10 engaged 18 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 75 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 13 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 13 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 75 oreach 51 posted "10/13/2019 08:00:14 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 9 reach 51 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Federal territories - what a legal mess! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/puerto-rico-supreme-court.html There's only one solution - make the Federal territories part of states (or a new state, in the case of Puerto Rico) or let them choose independence. Time to end these vestiges of our imperialist colonialist past. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories == topic democracy ===== impact 47 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-10-09 ratio 2 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Federal territories - what a legal mess! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 47 ID 964035693940950 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/964035693940950 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 50 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 24 likeusers 4 likeuusers 23 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 50 oreach 27 posted "10/09/2019 04:03:58 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 27 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A course in gerrymandering. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/alec-meeting-gerrymandering-audio-recording.html Opposing ALEC's machinations is the NDRC - https://democraticredistricting.com/ Completely neutral apolitical redistricting is entirely possible - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-10-08 ratio 3 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title A course in gerrymandering. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 22 ID 963398907337962 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/963398907337962 audclicks 4 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 6 impress 49 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 4 likeuusers 27 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 49 oreach 31 posted "10/08/2019 09:01:14 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 31 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine It used to be that everything happened first in LA. Now it happens first in RU. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/putin-trump-ukraine.html Yet even this was predicted in LA! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/trump-chinatown.html == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-10-06 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine topic democracy wordrate 0 words 34 ID 961730387504814 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/961730387504814 impress 48 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 48 oreach 15 posted "10/06/2019 03:21:22 PM" reach 15 type Link ========== Libertarian solution to homelessness. Read carefully, and you'll see it's advocating forcible removal, perhaps by private security guards, of the homeless population to scenic, low-rent, sparsely populated places - perhaps Manzanar, Tule Lake, Heart Mountain come to mind - where for some reason the homeless do not want to go. Very libertarian - for rich people. Lots of rural areas would like the economic benefit of a state prison nearby - but a libertarian solution would be a private prison because it costs less - has a smaller payroll - produces less economic benefit to the local area - and that might not be so popular. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/29/why-california-is-failing-to-put-a-dent-in-homelessness/ There is a good moral question buried here - to what extent is a person entitled to continue to live in a place that has gentrified beyond his means? Gentrification is the usual price paid for a booming economy. As for the Libertarian Party - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#registration == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 123 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-10-06 ratio 3 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Libertarian solution to homelessness. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 154 ID 961718690839317 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/961718690839317 audclicks 5 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 59 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 25 likeusers 2 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 59 oreach 29 posted "10/06/2019 02:54:39 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 29 type Link ========== Saving the taxpayers money! Watchdogs just cause trouble - we're better off without them. https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article235509997.html Here's an antiquated point of view - that Federal employees allegiance is to the Constitution rather than president. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/opinion/trump-whistleblower.html == topic democracy ===== comments 4 impact 179 impactrate 0 likeimpress 19 negative 0 posted 2019-10-06 ratio 1 react 51 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 19 title Saving the taxpayers money! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 35 ID 961713474173172 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/961713474173172 audclicks 19 audreach 12 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 27 impress 137 likeclickusers 24 likeimpress 19 likeuimpress 87 likeusers 19 likeuusers 81 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 137 oreach 100 posted "10/06/2019 02:42:21 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 9 reach 100 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Words of wisdom from Stacey Abrams. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/29/most-popular-democrat-isnt-running-president/ == topic democracy ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-09-29 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Words of wisdom from Stacey Abrams. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 956456368032216 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/956456368032216 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 8 impress 54 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 6 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 54 oreach 37 posted "09/29/2019 04:12:11 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 37 type Link ========== The divide is widening - Trump appeals to voters in areas that are losing ground economically, although most of his major donors are still urban and suburban. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/19/our-deepening-economic-divide-is-fertile-ground-trumps-demagoguery/ But the districts declining economically contain a declining minority of voters, which is why Trumpists are so adamant about maintaining the pillars of minority rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 hide 2 impact 33 impactrate 0 negative 2 posted 2019-09-19 ratio 2 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title The divide is widening - topic democracy wordrate 0 words 55 ID 948901758787677 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948901758787677 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 30 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 10 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 30 oreach 12 posted "09/19/2019 05:49:34 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 12 type Link ========== DC statehood a lost cause? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/17/this-is-dc-statehoods-only-way-forward/ Adding two reliably Democratic Senate votes is a lost cause in rural America - it's an attack on Republican minority rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Somewhat more politically feasible would be to turn DC into Douglass County, Maryland. https://www.douglasscountymd.org/ And in general, it's time to end the colonial imperialist legacies of all the Federal territories - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title DC statehood a lost cause? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 59 ID 948756302135556 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948756302135556 impress 29 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 11 oimpress 29 oreach 13 posted "09/19/2019 12:33:47 PM" reach 13 type Link ========== Are Congressional hearings fact-finding events or campaign rallies? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/opinion/corey-lewandowski-congress.html Lewandowski proved himself a son of Trump by the spirit if not by the flesh. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/17/lewandowskis-behavior-fits-right-with-sycophancy-trumpism/ And he hopes to become part of the dynasty. == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-19 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Are Congressional hearings fact-finding events or campaign topic democracy wordrate 0 words 35 ID 948656542145532 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948656542145532 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 33 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 17 likeuusers 16 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 33 oreach 18 posted "09/19/2019 09:23:00 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 18 type Link ========== AOC learns how Congress works. You have to get a majority to do anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/us/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-washington.html == topic democracy ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-09-18 ratio 4 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title AOC learns how Congress works. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 17 ID 948184298859423 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948184298859423 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 41 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 2 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 41 oreach 25 posted "09/18/2019 05:25:08 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 25 type Link ========== Is the Democratic Party going to represent the working class in the future? What does it mean when Trumpists get more small donors? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/opinion/trump-fundraising-donors.html Small donors tend to be more ideological and uncompromising. Is the solution to end dark money in politics, so everybody can tell who is paying for whom? http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 11 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-18 ratio 4 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Is the Democratic Party going to represent the working topic democracy wordrate 0 words 53 ID 948181838859669 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948181838859669 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 25 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 12 likeuusers 7 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 25 oreach 9 posted "09/18/2019 05:19:31 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 9 type Link ========== Protecting minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/republicans-democracy.html Protecting the enumerated rights of minorities is important, but so is protecting the right of the majority to rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 5 impact 228 impactrate 0 likeimpress 27 negative 0 posted 2019-09-17 ratio 1 react 91 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 47 title Protecting minority rule. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 25 ID 947199108957942 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/947199108957942 audclicks 47 audreach 27 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 5 engaged 43 impress 180 likeclickusers 37 likeimpress 27 likeuimpress 131 likeusers 26 likeuusers 103 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 44 oimpress 180 oreach 124 posted "09/17/2019 07:31:22 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 26 reach 124 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Getting past division to find starting points of agreement. https://theamericanscholar.org/reflections-on-a-silent-soldier/ == topic democracy ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-09-14 ratio 5 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Getting past division to find starting points of agreement. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 12 ID 945197229158130 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/945197229158130 audclicks 8 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 68 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 55 likeusers 1 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 68 oreach 52 posted "09/14/2019 02:02:56 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 3 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Ranked choice voting experiment - Warren wins. https://www.fairvote.org/fairvote_yougov_ranked_choice_poll_throws_floodlight_on_better_ways_to_gauge_democratic_voter_preferences_in_crowded_presidential_field == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-09-12 priority 1 ratio 4 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Ranked choice voting experiment - Warren wins. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 943707729307080 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/943707729307080 audclicks 10 audreach 8 engaged 12 impress 101 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 89 likeusers 7 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 101 oreach 77 posted "09/12/2019 03:08:50 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 6 reach 77 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Power to the people becomes power against the people. Initiative, referendum, and recall were progressive reforms of California governor Hiram Johnson in 1911. They were intended to return power to the people from a corrupt legislature bought by special interests. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/30/uber-lyft-drivers-a-step-closer-to-being-classified-as-workers/ https://www.apnews.com/0ac87eaf24804ee98f88760cec11dd39 But now, that's been turned around, and the special interests can threaten or use complicated initiatives backed by misleading advertising and paid signature collectors to thwart the will of the people expressed by the legislature. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 205 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-09-05 priority 1 ratio 4 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Power to the people becomes power against the people. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 79 ID 938487799829073 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/938487799829073 audclicks 14 audreach 8 engaged 14 impress 158 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 125 likeusers 8 likeuusers 104 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 158 oreach 107 posted "09/05/2019 09:23:36 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 7 reach 107 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== There are advantages to a written constitution - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/brexit-vote-johnson-uk.html https://beta.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/03/brexit-fight-is-threatening-britains-entire-system-government/ There are disadvantages to electing a joker who quits joking around once he is in power. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-has-cheered-on-brexit-but-fallout-could-impact-his-economy---and-reelection/2019/09/04/13224996-cf58-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/04/british-conservatives-put-country-over-party-why-cant-republicans-do-same/ == topic democracy ===== impact 19 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-03 ratio 3 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title There are advantages to a written constitution - topic democracy wordrate 0 words 27 ID 937100876634432 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/937100876634432 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 47 likeclickusers 4 likeuimpress 24 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 47 oreach 24 posted "09/03/2019 11:06:26 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 24 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Is there anything good to say about filibuster - a pillar of minority rule? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/opinion/filibuster-mitch-mcconnell-republicans.html Supermajority rule should be limited to occasions specified in the Constitution. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster == topic democracy ===== impact 28 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-09-03 ratio 5 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Is there anything good to say about filibuster - a pillar topic democracy wordrate 0 words 28 ID 937094576635062 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/937094576635062 audclicks 6 audreach 6 engaged 8 impress 79 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 58 likeusers 3 likeuusers 51 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 79 oreach 52 posted "09/03/2019 10:53:15 AM" postotherclicks 6 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A pillar of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/electoral-college.html More - https://equalvotes.us/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-09-02 priority 1 ratio 4 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title A pillar of minority rule. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 936575366686983 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/936575366686983 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 8 impress 95 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 76 likeusers 7 likeuusers 63 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 95 oreach 64 posted "09/02/2019 05:19:33 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 64 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== A different kind of polling. Not particularly suited to reality-TV. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/democratic-debate-2020-election.html == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-08-29 priority 1 ratio 21 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title A different kind of polling. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 14 ID 933538726990647 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/933538726990647 engaged 1 impress 42 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 1 likeuusers 20 oimpress 42 oreach 21 posted "08/29/2019 08:14:40 AM" reach 21 type Link ========== About the Electoral College Against: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-electoral-college-is-in-trouble/2019/08/28/ba2b3a8c-c98f-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html For: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-electoral-college-is-here-to-stay/2019/08/28/c80895e0-c8dc-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html George Will is right that the National Popular Vote compact is a bad idea, but for the wrong reason. Its adherents are insufficiently tuned in to the constitutional crisis if the national popular vote were decided by a very small majority - how is a national recount going to work? Both writers miss the point that the Electoral College system we have is a state-by-state choice for winner-take-all that is not mandated by the Constitution or any Federal law. Nebraska and Maine don't do it that way. That could be changed at the state level with no constitutional amendment, but the small rural states won't because it might diminish their influence. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Other ideas - https://www.fairvote.org/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy ===== impact 246 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-08-28 ratio 3 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title About the Electoral College topic democracy wordrate 0 words 123 ID 933178197026700 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/933178197026700 audclicks 10 audreach 9 engaged 13 impress 103 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 84 likeusers 9 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 103 oreach 74 posted "08/28/2019 06:40:07 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 74 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== "A republic not a democracy." What does that mean? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/opinion/aoc-crenshaw-republicans-democracy.html Turns out it's code for Republican minority rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 5 impact 202 impactrate 0 likeimpress 37 negative 0 posted 2019-08-27 priority 1 ratio 1 react 96 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 47 title "A republic not a democracy." topic democracy wordrate 0 words 21 ID 932326497111870 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/932326497111870 audclicks 47 audreach 33 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 3 engaged 55 impress 177 likeclickusers 52 likeimpress 37 likeuimpress 159 likeusers 37 likeuusers 133 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 36 oimpress 177 oreach 140 posted "08/27/2019 10:03:55 AM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 27 reach 140 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== What is corruption? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/opinion/trump-warren-sanders-corruption.html Nothing happens unless somebody figures out a way to assemble a majority. == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 41 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-08-25 ratio 4 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title What is corruption? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 18 ID 931167553894431 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/931167553894431 audclicks 13 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 126 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 95 likeusers 6 likeuusers 84 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 126 oreach 95 posted "08/25/2019 05:25:23 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 7 reach 95 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Gerrymandering is a vital tool to support the Constitutional principle of Republican minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/23/john-roberts-said-we-need-rely-states-solve-gerrymandering-thats-not-going-so-well/ The Supreme Court agrees. Evidently they took the capitalization too literally in the Art 4 provision "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ What can YOU do? https://democraticredistricting.com/ == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 366 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 0 posted 2019-08-23 ratio 2 react 69 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 31 title Gerrymandering is a vital tool to support the topic democracy wordrate 0 words 53 ID 929561057388414 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/929561057388414 audclicks 31 audreach 25 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 48 impress 215 likeclickusers 43 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 180 likeusers 29 likeuusers 145 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 215 oreach 160 posted "08/23/2019 11:09:29 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 21 reach 160 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== The poorly educated think higher education is a bad thing. And they vote! Trump loves them. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article234190292.html == topic democracy ===== comments 6 impact 114 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 0 posted 2019-08-23 ratio 2 react 60 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 19 title The poorly educated think higher education is a bad thing. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 19 ID 929537210724132 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/929537210724132 audclicks 19 audreach 12 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 4 engaged 34 impress 219 likeclickusers 34 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 189 likeusers 28 likeuusers 151 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 17 oimpress 219 oreach 160 posted "08/23/2019 10:29:37 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 10 reach 160 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== How should ambassadors be chosen? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/22/cushy-ambassadorships-go-donors-so-now-chiropractor-is-handling-fallout-over-greenland/ If it's just about money, why not auction off desirable ambassadorships to the highest bidder? == topic democracy ===== impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-08-23 ratio 4 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title How should ambassadors be chosen? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 23 ID 929423957402124 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/929423957402124 audclicks 11 audreach 7 engaged 10 impress 125 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 107 likeusers 4 likeuusers 94 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 125 oreach 98 posted "08/23/2019 07:28:35 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 4 reach 98 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Not a fool's errand. It is indeed time to reduce the number of Democrats attacking each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-primarys-first-winnowing-at-hand-candidates-face-tough-choice-drop-out-or-continue-on-fools-errand/2019/08/22/a1f5f690-c387-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html What would be interesting is for all the also-rans to get a TV opportunity together to make their cases against Trumpism and for election reforms to reduce the chances of future Trumpist minority rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-08-23 ratio 8 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Not a fool's errand. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 54 ID 929408407403679 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/929408407403679 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 2 impress 53 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 38 likeusers 2 likeuusers 33 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 53 oreach 35 posted "08/23/2019 07:06:51 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 35 type Link ========== Doing something about the Electoral College. On to the Supreme Court! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/politics/electoral-college-faithless-elector.html Do Electors have free will or not? The RNC made every attempt to discourage them in 2016. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/rnc-trump-electoral-college-232537 It's imperative that the Supreme Court resolve the uncertainty before the next election. https://medium.com/equal-citizens/a-vindication-for-the-hamilton-electors-f114134da74d Where you can help - https://equalcitizens.us/ Other ideas - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 27 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-08-22 priority 1 ratio 8 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Doing something about the Electoral College. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 53 ID 928703927474127 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/928703927474127 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 74 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 58 likeusers 3 likeuusers 42 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 74 oreach 44 posted "08/22/2019 08:29:56 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 44 type Link ========== Looks like Mitch anticipates being minority leader again soon. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-senate-filibuster.html Filibuster is a primary tool of minority rule. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster == topic democracy ===== comments 4 impact 58 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 0 posted 2019-08-22 ratio 3 react 29 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Looks like Mitch anticipates being minority leader again topic democracy wordrate 0 words 20 ID 928637074147479 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/928637074147479 audclicks 11 audreach 10 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 2 engaged 19 impress 125 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 108 likeusers 12 likeuusers 89 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 125 oreach 91 posted "08/22/2019 06:39:29 AM" postotherclicks 10 reach 91 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== John C Calhoun - the father of minority rule. His political descendants follow faithfully in his steps to this day. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/republicans-racism-african-americans.html == topic democracy ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-08-19 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title John C Calhoun - the father of minority rule. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 23 ID 926851100992743 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/926851100992743 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 29 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 11 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 29 oreach 14 posted "08/19/2019 04:54:17 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 14 type Link ========== Minority rule is tough. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/opinion/states-republicans.html You have to keep distracting the voters so they don't notice what you're really up to. == topic democracy ===== impact 83 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 0 posted 2019-08-19 ratio 1 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title Minority rule is tough. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 23 ID 926596297684890 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/926596297684890 audclicks 17 audreach 11 engaged 16 impress 99 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 77 likeusers 11 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 99 oreach 65 posted "08/19/2019 08:13:05 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 10 reach 65 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Should all political donations be public? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/opinion/democrats-donor-data.html Large dark money contributions are a bigger threat to democracy than small public contributions. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations == topic democracy ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-08-18 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Should all political donations be public? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 23 ID 926272937717226 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/926272937717226 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 58 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 2 likeuusers 30 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 58 oreach 39 posted "08/18/2019 09:10:20 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 39 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== No progress on anything with filibuster. No progress on filibuster with McConnell. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/opinion/harry-reid-filibuster.html http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster Filibuster is part of the Republican strategy of minority rule, as it was for the Dixiecrats before them. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-08-12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title No progress on anything with filibuster. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 33 ID 922214704789716 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/922214704789716 impress 51 likeuimpress 31 likeuusers 21 oimpress 51 oreach 22 posted "08/12/2019 07:02:21 PM" reach 22 type Link ========== Where are the governors? Finding new ways to make progress together. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sidelined-on-the-national-stage-us-governors-are-frustrated-with-washington/2019/08/03/ff751dc6-b2db-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html Governors, who have to do something, are better bets for President than Senators, who never have to do more than talk. == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 32 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-08-08 priority 1 ratio 4 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Where are the governors? Finding new ways to make topic democracy wordrate 0 words 36 ID 919549955056191 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/919549955056191 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 5 impress 79 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 4 likeuusers 40 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 79 oreach 44 posted "08/08/2019 07:51:10 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 44 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Preserve the rights of the majority. Reduce the Rural Bias in American Federalism. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 19 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2019-08-04 priority 1 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title Preserve the rights of the majority. Reduce the Rural topic democracy wordrate 0 words 17 ID 916844578660062 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916844578660062 audclicks 7 audreach 3 engaged 4 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 70 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 2 likeuusers 37 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 5 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 70 oreach 39 posted "08/04/2019 05:47:29 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 39 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Do-nothing Congress - who's to blame? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/politics/senate-votes-mcconnell.html == topic democracy ===== comments 2 impact 30 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 0 posted 2019-08-03 ratio 2 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Do-nothing Congress - who's to blame? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 916198448724675 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916198448724675 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 23 impress 138 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 115 likeusers 15 likeuusers 93 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 138 oreach 95 posted "08/03/2019 07:28:55 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 6 reach 95 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== What is to be done to protect democracy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/01/democracy-is-under-attack-how-protect-it-while-trump-is-white-house/ As Buttigieg observed, if you don't fix the structure, you won't fix anything else. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 65 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-08-03 ratio 3 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title What is to be done to protect democracy? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 25 ID 916144762063377 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916144762063377 audclicks 15 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 15 impress 140 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 108 likeusers 7 likeuusers 89 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 140 oreach 98 posted "08/03/2019 05:46:51 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 9 reach 98 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Fighting to save rural bias. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/colorado-approved-a-national-popular-vote-law-now-it-might-be-repealed/2019/08/02/a305b1de-b468-11e9-8e94-71a35969e4d8_story.html The usual suspects for the most part. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== impact 65 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-08-03 ratio 4 react 43 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 21 title Fighting to save rural bias. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 15 ID 915870512090802 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/915870512090802 audclicks 21 audreach 14 engaged 28 impress 271 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 160 likeusers 16 likeuusers 130 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 271 oreach 201 posted "08/03/2019 07:22:23 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 11 reach 201 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== Primaries, sore loser laws, and ranked-choice voting. == In a comment to https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/891922217818965 Bonnie B. Price wrote: The primary election system was devised to stop back room political decision making. The party bosses basically chose candidates. Then people voted on the party's leaders' choices. Caucuses are based on the old political party bosses' model of choosing candidates. Primary elections identify those who can most likely beat the opposition party's candidate through a grueling process of stump speeches at rallies and statements and answers to questions given at forums/debates. Ranked choice balloting will not be understood by voters. They do not even understand the electoral college, which has been part of our system since the signing of our constitution. In short, we are unlikely to change. == Let's look at some of these statements. The origins of the primary election system are as described - an attempt to democratize candidate selection within a party. But that's gotten completely turned around in open primary states like California where anybody can vote in any primary, based on the observation that in California, at least, the Democratic party primary is the only election that matters, and so everybody ought to have a say, and then everybody can vote for their choice of the top two Democratic candidates. But what about people that don't like either? "Primary elections identify those who can most likely beat the opposition party's candidate" is really mythology from the past. Now, the purpose of primary elections is to identify who can beat the other candidates from the SAME party. Just look at the Democratic presidential "debates" ! In recent practice, this means that candidates who best represent the ideological base of the party tend to defeat candidates who represent a broader constituency. Now who has a state interest in promoting the most divisive candidates in both parties and suppressing the most moderate ones? Democratic voters in the general election are different from Democratic voters in the primary - not to mention independents. And we can see that Republican politicians who know better are afraid to cross Trump for fear of losing to a Trumpier candidate in the next primary, even though that Trumpier candidate might well lose the general election in a swing district. That's why swing district politicians, of either party, are so two-faced - they have to wear one face for the primary and a vastly different face for the general election. Sore loser laws are a bigger problem than primaries themselves. https://ballotpedia.org/Sore_loser_laws_in_the_50_states "Ranked choice balloting will not be understood by voters" is what professional politicians like to say. Most voters understand first and second choices - as has been proved in increasing numbers of cities that try it. https://www.fairvote.org/voter_choice What professional politicians don't understand is what happens to their king-making role when they can't say "don't run for fear of splitting the vote." https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/751823328495522 Having a first and second choice is much easier to understand than the Electoral College! Not having a second choice insures odd outcomes like Jesse Ventura https://archive.siam.org/news/news.php?id=674 And hard Brexit. If British voters had a way to express their second choice among 1) hard Brexit 2) negotiated soft Brexit 3) remain in EU they might be in a less precarious spot now. Instead it was an either/or of choices that many voters found unpalatable. Among the Democratic candidates, who is most focused on structural reforms that enable all the other things that Democrats want to do? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20748078/pete-buttigieg-democratic-debate-cnn == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 1544 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-07-31 priority 1 ratio 3 react 27 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title Primaries, sore loser laws, and ranked-choice voting. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 572 ID 914325178912002 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914325178912002 audclicks 18 audreach 14 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 134 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 107 likeusers 5 likeuusers 83 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 134 oreach 86 posted "07/31/2019 08:55:57 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 12 reach 86 sharesimpress 3 type Link ========== The time has come to rethink political arrangements that favor a determined minority over a diverse majority. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/30/boris-johnson-may-be-planning-an-electoral-coup-straight-out-trump-playbook/ http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 42 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-07-31 ratio 3 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title The time has come to rethink political arrangements that topic democracy wordrate 0 words 20 ID 914277448916775 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914277448916775 audclicks 11 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 12 impress 111 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 85 likeusers 7 likeuusers 69 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 111 oreach 71 posted "07/31/2019 07:24:28 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 71 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== It's not enough to have a vision. It's not enough to have a plan. It's not enough to control the White House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/31/marianne-williamson-wont-be-president-her-competitors-should-take-note/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marianne-williamson-had-a-big-night-in-the-democratic-debate-here-are-7-things-to-know-about-her/2019/07/31/01118102-b353-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-marianne-williamsons-fans-made-her-the-orb-queen-of-the-2020-campaign/2019/07/30/93535272-a25d-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html You need a vision - as Obama had, as Trump had (via Bannon). Obama and Bannon had plans, too. Obama's were mostly defeated by McConnell and his allies. Trump/Bannon's were mostly defeated by his short attention span and lack of focus for two years, followed by losing control of the House. Now it seems that Stephen Miller is providing Trump's vision and plan. But nobody's going anywhere until Republican minority rule is overcome. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/opinion/senate-democrats-mcconnell-2020.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/republicans-congress.html That requires numerous institutional changes which the Republicans are fighting at every step - around unlimited dark money in politics, gerrymandering, voter suppression, primary elections, winner-take-all electoral college voting, filibuster. These changes protect the right of the majority to pass laws that don't infringe on the rights of the minority. The President can do very little directly on these issues. So what's each candidate's plan to protect the right of the majority? https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/where-democratic-candidates-stand-on-top-issues-democracy-reform Vox finds one praiseworthy who thinks as well as feels - https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/30/20748078/pete-buttigieg-democratic-debate-cnn Here's another who is interested in reality rather than reality TV - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/2020-andrew-yang.html Want somebody who looks good on TV and has actual experience? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/debate-cory-booker.html Who is best able to respond to Trump's lies and attacks? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/trump-2020-kamala-harris.html And who's most aligned with the average voter? https://www.nytimes.com/…/opinion/beto-orourke-medicare.html Putin has a favorite Democrat too - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-race.html == Some ideas to consider - https://www.americanpromise.net/ https://www.fairvote.org/ https://democraticredistricting.com/ http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html == As for the specifics of Marianne Williamson, hatred was not intended to be a pillar of Republican minority rule. It was intended to be a means to the end of Republican minority rule, by consolidating disaffected Dixiecrats into the Republican party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy But as so often happens in politics, the original rationale was forgotten, and means became ends, personified in Trumpism. Hardly anybody reads party platforms, but how explicit is the Trumpist platform going to be in 2020? It will be revealing - how much is written explicitly now - that was whistled in hints before. Alas, in the most critical dimension, Marianne Williamson is the candidate most like Trump - a media personality supposing that skills useful elsewhere will help with governance. Good luck trying to convince Mitch McConnell or Mark Meadows to change their vision and their plan; what they have has been working pretty well for them lately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/01/self-centered-religion-shared-by-marianne-williamson-president-trump/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 4 impact 3841 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 0 posted 2019-07-31 priority 1 ratio 2 react 99 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 53 title It's not enough to have a vision. It's not enough to have topic democracy wordrate 0 words 388 ID 913838568960663 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/913838568960663 audclicks 53 audreach 37 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 3 engaged 51 impress 340 likeclickusers 46 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 230 likeusers 30 likeuusers 175 matchedlinkclicks 21 matchedotherclicks 32 oimpress 340 oreach 209 posted "07/31/2019 06:36:15 AM" postlinkclicks 17 postotherclicks 23 reach 209 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== 28th Amendment - big money out of politics! https://www.newsweek.com/big-money-citizens-united-campaign-funding-1451687 More at https://www.americanpromise.net/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations == topic democracy ===== comments 5 impact 159 impactrate 0 likeimpress 53 negative 0 posted 2019-07-30 ratio 1 react 122 reactrate 0 shares 22 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 42 title 28th Amendment - big money out of politics! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 13 ID 913421415669045 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/913421415669045 audclicks 42 audreach 25 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 63 impress 218 likeclickusers 51 likeimpress 53 likeuimpress 185 likeusers 53 likeuusers 154 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 36 oimpress 218 oreach 161 posted "07/30/2019 04:09:04 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 22 reach 161 sharesimpress 22 sharesusers 21 type Link ========== Preserving minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/25/mitch-mcconnell-is-right-secure-open-elections-would-elect-more-democrats/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/24/gops-questions-mueller-seemed-bizarre-unless-you-watch-fox-news/ Some of it's even constitutional - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Looks like protecting the rights of foreign powers to interfere in our elections is also a pillar of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-is-a-russian-asset/2019/07/26/02cf3510-afbc-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 7 hide 1 impact 403 impactrate 0 likeimpress 40 negative 1 posted 2019-07-27 priority 1 ratio 1 react 122 reactrate 0 shares 28 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 46 title Preserving minority rule. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 33 ID 911070529237467 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911070529237467 audclicks 46 audreach 34 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 6 engaged 68 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 315 likeclickusers 52 likeimpress 40 likeuimpress 223 likeusers 39 likeuusers 175 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 41 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 315 oreach 235 posted "07/27/2019 06:04:06 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 29 reach 235 sharesimpress 28 sharesusers 22 type Link ========== What we can learn from Puerto Rico https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-puerto-ricos-protesters-can-teach-the-rest-of-us/2019/07/25/79bdf966-af00-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html What do they deserve? http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories http://www.equalrightsnow.org/ == topic democracy ===== comments 5 impact 162 impactrate 0 likeimpress 78 negative 0 posted 2019-07-25 ratio 1 react 116 reactrate 0 shares 17 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title What we can learn from Puerto Rico topic democracy wordrate 0 words 14 ID 910132962664557 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/910132962664557 audclicks 16 audreach 13 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 81 impress 253 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 78 likeuimpress 174 likeusers 75 likeuusers 141 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 253 oreach 184 posted "07/25/2019 08:16:52 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 11 reach 184 sharesimpress 17 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Another dark side of bipartisanship. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-repeal-of-the-cadillac-tax-showed-a-hazard-of-bipartisanship/2019/07/24/28e169aa-ad76-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-07-24 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Another dark side of bipartisanship. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 8 ID 909342046076982 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/909342046076982 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 63 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 35 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 63 oreach 34 posted "07/24/2019 06:43:18 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 34 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Who are the Democratic voters and what do they care about? What about non-white voters? What about small donors? What about primary vs general election voters? Interesting answers here - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/opinion/2020-progressive-candidates.html Are primary elections, small donors, and social media leading to Democratic self-destruction and Trump re-election? As far as primaries go, would we be better off without them - or at least repealing sore-loser laws? https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 61 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-07-24 priority 1 ratio 4 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Who are the Democratic voters and what do they care about? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 68 ID 909018456109341 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/909018456109341 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 73 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 51 likeusers 4 likeuusers 40 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 73 oreach 44 posted "07/24/2019 08:20:27 AM" postotherclicks 4 reach 44 type Link ========== Wrong question. Of course politicians don't care what voters think. They care what donors think. Get enough donors and you can blitz the voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/politicians-voters.html Don't like it? Do something about unlimited dark money in politics. https://www.uniteamerica.org https://www.americanpromise.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 224 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 0 posted 2019-07-18 ratio 1 react 59 reactrate 0 shares 13 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Wrong question. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 38 ID 905114409833079 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905114409833079 audclicks 26 audreach 13 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 26 impress 157 likeclickusers 23 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 137 likeusers 17 likeuusers 113 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 157 oreach 117 posted "07/18/2019 08:20:08 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 12 reach 117 sharesimpress 13 sharesusers 13 type Link ========== So was the electoral college about slavery? No - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/the-electoral-college-slavery-myth.html Yes - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/electoral-college-slavery.html For certain it was about reinforcing the power of small states, which nowadays means rural states. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ But regardless of slavery, the electoral system is due for reform. But direct popular vote has its pitfalls too - https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/19/opinion-abolish-the-electoral-college-make-every-vote-count/ The problem with direct popular vote is the constitutional crisis if the vote is decided by a very small margin. The 1960 popular vote difference was only about 50,000 votes - one per precinct. Imagine the constitutional crisis. The RNC went to court to try to prevent recounts in the close 2016 states even though the Greens were willing to pay for them. A system in which very close elections and recounts are small in scope seems a lot more stable. And you don't even want to know what happens under the 12th Amendment if a third-party or independent candidates forces the 2020 election into the House of Representatives. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy ===== impact 95 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-07-16 ratio 6 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title So was the electoral college about slavery? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 159 ID 903717423306111 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903717423306111 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 68 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 48 likeusers 2 likeuusers 39 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 68 oreach 41 posted "07/16/2019 06:57:09 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 41 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Sununu fearlessly stands up to protect unlimited dark political money. https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-Governor-Sununu-vetoes-election-finance-reform-bills-26907467 Somebody has to protect the sacred principle of one dollar one vote. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations https://www.americanpromise.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 7 hide 1 impact 285 impactrate 0 likeimpress 42 negative 1 posted 2019-07-16 ratio 2 react 114 reactrate 0 shares 14 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 50 title Sununu fearlessly stands up to protect unlimited dark topic democracy wordrate 0 words 25 ID 903606623317191 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903606623317191 audclicks 50 audreach 34 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 7 engaged 68 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 349 likeclickusers 56 likeimpress 42 likeuimpress 244 likeusers 42 likeuusers 203 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 41 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 349 oreach 283 posted "07/16/2019 02:31:47 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 27 reach 283 sharesimpress 14 sharesusers 14 type Link ========== Abolish the "debt ceiling." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abolish-the-debt-ceiling--no-strings-attached/2019/07/15/1f1693d2-a73b-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html Getting a handle on public debt is a good thing. But the "debt ceiling" is just a prop for political theatre. http://www.get-to-sixty.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 64 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-07-15 ratio 3 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Abolish the "debt ceiling." topic democracy wordrate 0 words 28 ID 903072930037227 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903072930037227 audclicks 11 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 103 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 81 likeusers 8 likeuusers 69 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 103 oreach 72 posted "07/15/2019 07:21:41 PM" postotherclicks 8 reach 72 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== What the radical freshman representatives don't get. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/07/05/feature/haunted-by-the-reagan-era/ One reason the Reagan victory was so traumatic was that it actually involved changing the minds of relatively few voters - among the persuadables in the middle. The rural bias in the constitution, http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ augmented by gerrymandering, insures that there's a large block of conservative votes in Congress out of proportion to their percentage of population in the whole country, with their power magnified in the Senate by filibuster, which doesn't help pass legislation but is great for blocking it. == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 369 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-07-06 priority 1 ratio 2 react 41 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title What the radical freshman representatives don't get. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 90 ID 897292997281887 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/897292997281887 audclicks 25 audreach 17 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 22 impress 122 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 96 likeusers 7 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 21 oimpress 122 oreach 83 posted "07/06/2019 09:59:41 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 13 reach 83 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Why it's important to keep or win Democratic governorships and state legislatures. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/us/gerrymandering-state-legislatures-elections.html Another way to help - https://democraticredistricting.com/ Or we could start over - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 113 impactrate 0 likeimpress 24 negative 0 posted 2019-07-05 priority 1 ratio 1 react 42 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Why it's important to keep or win Democratic governorships topic democracy wordrate 0 words 27 ID 896272584050595 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/896272584050595 audclicks 8 audreach 6 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 25 impress 113 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 24 likeuimpress 89 likeusers 22 likeuusers 69 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 113 oreach 74 posted "07/05/2019 07:55:18 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 5 reach 74 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== The primary system is killing democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/28/its-party-no-ideas-vs-party-bad-ones/? You can't run in the general election unless you win the primary. But the people who decide the general election are completely different from the people who decide the primaries. No wonder politicians are two-faced. Those are the only ones who can make it. A third "moderate" party and candidate is worse. That increases the odds that there won't be an electoral college majority and the election will be decided by the 12th Amendment and hence by the rural bias in the Constitution - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ What seems more likely to work is ranked-choice voting - allow as many candidates who want to run in the general election. Ranked-choice means no vote need be wasted. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 3 impact 615 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-06-28 priority 1 ratio 1 react 50 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title The primary system is killing democracy. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 123 ID 891922217818965 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/891922217818965 audclicks 28 audreach 18 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 25 impress 95 likeclickusers 24 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 71 likeusers 10 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 95 oreach 68 posted "06/28/2019 07:03:13 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 15 reach 68 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== National Popular Vote Initiative https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/19/opinion-abolish-the-electoral-college-make-every-vote-count/ The problem with direct popular vote is the constitutional crisis if the vote were decided by a very small margin. The 1960 popular vote difference was only about 50,000 votes - one per precinct. In 2016, the RNC went to court to try to prevent recounts in the close states even though the Greens were willing to pay for them. A system in which very close elections and recounts are small in scope seems a lot more stable. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college Expect opposition to any change in the Electoral College from small states and Republicans, who count on it as one of the rural biases that support their minority rule - http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ One characteristic of a democracy is that it protects the defined rights of minorities. But another is that, within the bounds set by those protections, it protects the right of the majority to rule. == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 24 hide 1 impact 7770 impactrate 0 likeimpress 399 negative 1 posted 2019-06-20 priority 1 ratio 0 react 518 reactrate 0 shares 60 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 34 title National Popular Vote Initiative topic democracy wordrate 0 words 150 ID 885867981757722 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/885867981757722 audclicks 34 audreach 24 commentsimpress 24 commentsusers 17 engaged 408 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 255 likeclickusers 47 likeimpress 399 likeuimpress 202 likeusers 391 likeuusers 161 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 32 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 255 oreach 172 posted "06/20/2019 07:16:23 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 23 reach 172 sharesimpress 60 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== McConnell almost tells the truth about statehood for DC and PR. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mcconnell-seems-to-call-the-prospect-of-dc-statehood-full-bore-socialism/2019/06/18/2c3e0fd4-9216-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html Four more Democratic votes in the Senate? Not while he's in charge. Of course, Puerto Rico had a lot of conservative pro-life Catholic Republicans up until a couple of years ago. Trump fixed that. But the unspoken issue about all the Federal territories is that they are too dark to be real Americans. Trump's base wants nothing to do with them. As for DC, recession to Maryland might be within reach. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html As for Puerto Rico, it should seek independence if the Republicans keep control of the Senate. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816445652033289 == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 5 impact 490 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-06-18 priority 1 ratio 2 react 48 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title McConnell almost tells the truth about statehood for DC topic democracy wordrate 0 words 102 ID 884898915187962 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/884898915187962 audclicks 26 audreach 19 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 27 impress 187 likeclickusers 23 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 142 likeusers 13 likeuusers 116 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 24 oimpress 187 oreach 134 posted "06/18/2019 07:52:23 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 17 reach 134 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== About those chattering classes ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/11/defense-chattering-classes/ == topic democracy ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-06-12 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title About those chattering classes ... topic democracy wordrate 0 words 8 ID 880782692266251 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/880782692266251 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 58 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 33 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 58 oreach 33 posted "06/12/2019 09:45:01 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 33 type Link ========== Education is only a small part of the answer. Countries with drastic income inequality generally have poor educational opportunities. But don't confuse cause and effect. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/11/is-it-better-be-born-smart-or-rich-you-probably-wont-like-answer/ Thus "free college for all" is mostly just a giveaway to the upper middle class. == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 47 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-06-11 ratio 6 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Education is only a small part of the answer. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 43 ID 879866192357901 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/879866192357901 audclicks 6 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 103 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 68 likeusers 1 likeuusers 56 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 103 oreach 68 posted "06/11/2019 02:35:58 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 68 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== State legislatures - where the action is. Unfortunately the action tends to be all red or all blue. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/us/state-legislatures-partisan-polarized.html == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 37 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-06-11 priority 1 ratio 3 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title State legislatures - where the action is. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 22 ID 879611135716740 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/879611135716740 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 11 impress 73 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 53 likeusers 10 likeuusers 50 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 73 oreach 52 posted "06/11/2019 07:18:32 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 52 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== The Federalists did not envision mass partisanship, mass propaganda media, and the mass dark money that enables them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/07/trump-has-made-my-political-science-students-skeptical-constitution/ Would they have done anything differently? They were wrong about how quickly partisanship would arise, and thus how the president should be elected, how the vice-president should be selected, and how senators should be selected. The last two items were addressed by constitutional amendments. How about some constitutional amendments for the first two? http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#amendments How can such amendments make headway against the rural bias of the Constitution? http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 2 impact 563 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 0 posted 2019-06-09 priority 1 ratio 2 react 64 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 31 title The Federalists did not envision mass partisanship, topic democracy wordrate 0 words 88 ID 878472022497318 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/878472022497318 audclicks 31 audreach 22 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 39 impress 214 likeclickusers 37 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 176 likeusers 22 likeuusers 135 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 23 oimpress 214 oreach 155 posted "06/09/2019 05:24:08 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 16 reach 155 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Do-nothing Congress - the root cause of executive overreach and judicial activism. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/opinion/congress-trump.html And why does Congress do nothing? By embracing partisan gridlock it neuters itself. The partisan gridlock has a couple of key drivers - the primary election system, combined with unlimited dark money and irresponsible propagandizing pretending to be journalism. Replacing primary elections with ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts is probably the most direct way to disincent rabid partisanship. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 146 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-06-05 ratio 3 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title Do-nothing Congress - the root cause of executive overreach topic democracy wordrate 0 words 73 ID 875379849473202 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/875379849473202 audclicks 13 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 93 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 3 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 93 oreach 60 posted "06/05/2019 08:39:35 AM" postotherclicks 8 reach 60 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== In 1919, the Republicans were still the progressives and the Democrats the resisters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-took-so-long-for-women-to-win-the-right-to-vote-racism-is-one-reason/2019/06/02/bfd2f314-82e3-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html Nixon changed all that by recruiting the Dixiecrats in order to reverse the benefit of the rural bias in the Constitution. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 == topic democracy ===== impact 148 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-06-03 ratio 1 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title In 1919, the Republicans were still the progressives and topic democracy wordrate 0 words 37 ID 873825536295300 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/873825536295300 audclicks 15 audreach 10 engaged 22 impress 119 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 96 likeusers 16 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 119 oreach 78 posted "06/03/2019 06:39:29 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 7 reach 78 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== How to turn the rural bias into a Democratic advantage. Our Constitution has had a rural bias from the beginning - put there at the insistence of the slave states. That rural bias is one of the pillars of Republican minority rule. How to overcome it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/31/democrats-must-win-rural-america-heres-how/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/upshot/as-american-as-apple-pie-the-rural-votes-disproportionate-slice-of-power.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/populist-economic-frustration-threatens-trumps-strongest-reelection-issue-post-abc-poll-finds/2019/04/28/44f64cbc-6a02-11e9-9d56-1c0cf2c7ac04_story.html All about the rural bias - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 291 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 1 posted 2019-05-31 priority 1 ratio 1 react 52 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title How to turn the rural bias into a Democratic advantage. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 56 ID 871861466491707 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/871861466491707 audclicks 28 audreach 19 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 31 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 144 likeclickusers 28 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 115 likeusers 17 likeuusers 82 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 21 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 144 oreach 90 posted "05/31/2019 08:29:49 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 15 reach 90 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Bipartisanship works if you want it to! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lets-make-a-deal-aoc-and-ted-cruz-yes-thats-right-teaming-up-to-fix-washington/2019/05/30/bb9dbbfa-832c-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html Too many people don't want it to work The reason most politicians in swing districts are so two-faced is that they have to have one face to win the primary and another face to win the general. And only those who win both get office and attract the disdain of those who voted for them, being promised one thing and delivered another, or perhaps delivered nothing at all because the legislature was full of uncompromising partisans. The single most effective way to get more of it would be to get rid of party primaries and caucuses in favor of ranked-choice voting http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential The reason most politicians in swing districts are so two-faced is that they have to have one face to win the primary and another face to win the general. And only those who win both get office and attract the disdain of those who voted for them, being promised one thing and delivered another, or perhaps delivered nothing at all because the do-nothing legislature was full of uncompromising partisans. https://www.nolabels.org/ https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 543 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-05-31 priority 1 ratio 3 react 30 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Bipartisanship works if you want it to! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 181 ID 871845256493328 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/871845256493328 audclicks 11 audreach 10 engaged 18 impress 166 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 126 likeusers 16 likeuusers 107 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 166 oreach 110 posted "05/31/2019 08:01:22 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 8 reach 110 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Statehood for DC? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-hesitant-about-dc-statehood-now-i-believe-its-the-only-path-forward/2019/05/30/620274e6-818d-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html It seems unlikely as long as the Republicans control the Senate, since they won't vote to create another reliably Democratic state. Maybe more practical would be ceding DC back to Maryland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html Ceding part of DC back to Virginia in 1847 hasn't had any negative effects. Virginia doesn't seem to have any undue influence on the Pentagon or other Federal agencies in Arlington County. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession And what about the rest of the Federal territories? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816445652033289 == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 164 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-05-30 ratio 4 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Statehood for DC? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 78 ID 871199389891248 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/871199389891248 audclicks 10 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 15 impress 153 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 126 likeusers 9 likeuusers 97 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 153 oreach 99 posted "05/30/2019 08:31:52 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 9 reach 99 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A sometime traditionalist - how the minority party retains power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/29/mcconnell-says-he-would-fill-supreme-court-vacancy/ The rural bias in the Constitution helps too, https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 along with another tradition - filibuster http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster == topic democracy ===== comments 9 impact 292 impactrate 0 likeimpress 40 negative 0 posted 2019-05-29 ratio 2 react 108 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 51 title A sometime traditionalist - how the minority party retains topic democracy wordrate 0 words 27 ID 870549313289589 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/870549313289589 audclicks 51 audreach 32 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 8 engaged 63 impress 331 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 40 likeuimpress 265 likeusers 40 likeuusers 185 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 47 oimpress 331 oreach 219 posted "05/29/2019 07:48:06 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 29 reach 219 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Brilliant idea from Florida, the greatest state ever! But it doesn't go far enough. Anybody who owes anybody money, and anybody who has ever evaded debts by personal bankruptcy or through businesses, should not be allowed to vote, much less hold office. That should improve the tone of our politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/14/new-poll-tax-will-suppress-floridas-voting-reform/ It's the Successive Stains of Sin - Slavery Segregation Suppression of voting Stacy Abrams: we need to talk about voter suppression the way we talk about the Kardashians. == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 389 impactrate 0 likeimpress 27 negative 0 posted 2019-05-14 ratio 2 react 48 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Brilliant idea from Florida, the greatest state ever! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 81 ID 860563544288166 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/860563544288166 audclicks 12 audreach 10 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 31 impress 218 likeclickusers 27 likeimpress 27 likeuimpress 149 likeusers 27 likeuusers 107 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 218 oreach 143 posted "05/14/2019 10:29:31 AM" postotherclicks 10 reach 143 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== The future belongs to the Z's and Millenials - if they choose to take it - in about ten years. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/coming-generation-war/588670/ == topic democracy ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-05-13 ratio 6 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title The future belongs to the Z's and Millenials - if they topic democracy wordrate 0 words 23 ID 859795821031605 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/859795821031605 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 70 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 1 likeuusers 43 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 70 oreach 48 posted "05/13/2019 06:46:34 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 48 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Ranked-choice presidential elections without a constitutional amendment. How close can we get? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/04/electoral-college-reform-2020-226792 Promoted by https://www.uniteamerica.org/ https://www.fairvote.org/ Maybe constitutional amendments will be feasible someday - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 2 impact 49 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-05-09 priority 1 ratio 4 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Ranked-choice presidential elections without a topic democracy wordrate 0 words 26 ID 857603427917511 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/857603427917511 audclicks 9 audreach 7 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 10 impress 120 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 79 likeusers 5 likeuusers 61 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 120 oreach 80 posted "05/09/2019 02:43:30 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 4 reach 80 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== How the sausage gets made https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-tweet-derails-house-bill-opposed-by-lobbyist-with-close-white-house-ties/2019/05/08/019117d0-71b5-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html It's not a pretty sight. A few years ago there was a California initiative and though it was pretty well disguised, it amounted to voting either for Nevada gambling interests (typically non-Indian) or California gambling interests (typically Indian). There was no place to vote against legal gambling anywhere. == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 146 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-05-09 ratio 3 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title How the sausage gets made topic democracy wordrate 0 words 56 ID 857467677931086 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/857467677931086 audclicks 17 audreach 13 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 17 impress 142 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 85 likeusers 6 likeuusers 64 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 142 oreach 96 posted "05/09/2019 09:01:53 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 9 reach 96 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Who needs democracy? https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/massachusetts-republicans-trump-2020-primary-1302875 Who needs political parties and primaries? https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 31 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-05-08 ratio 2 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Who needs democracy? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 12 ID 857068744637646 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/857068744637646 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 116 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 86 likeusers 10 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 116 oreach 67 posted "05/08/2019 04:07:18 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 4 reach 67 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Ranked-choice voting Wendy Hart provided the best-argued comment ever made on this Facebook page, and though it's not convincing as an argument against ranked-choice voting, it deserves a response. More on these ideas at https://www.fairvote.org/ First the comment, then the response: COMMENT: Discussing https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/854698821541305 on quadratic voting, Wendy Hart commented: This looks to be similar to range voting. The math, at first glance, appears to make sense. My problem with it has to do with how I view candidates and representative government, as well as speech. I think a candidate needs to stand for a particular set of principles/ideas. They advocate for that, and then the people decide if they like that or not. Once in office, you need to make decisions based on those principles and ideals, as you, obviously, can't do community polling every time something comes along, and the Founders wouldn't have wanted us to, even if they'd envisioned it. They'd seen the problems with direct democracy from their studies of the Greeks. So, all that being said, let's say I am a firm advocate for traditional math and anti-Common Core (not a far stretch). If I'm elected, as I was, being the 1st (and only) choice of those who elected me, then I have a firm mandate to champion those issues. (As a side note, during the 2nd Continental Congress, the NJ--I think--delegates were recalled and replaced, because the NJ legislature had decided they were in favor of Independence. As such, they didn't ask their delegates who were against independence to represent and advocate for independence, they got new ones, who were in favor and could adequately advocate for that position.) So, if a small group of people voted for me because of my stance on those issues, but another group voted for me because I didn't like spending taxpayer dollars on a astroturf and district parties, and a third group voted for me because they just didn't like my opponents, how do you coalesce all of that and adequately champion a certain set of principles, especially if they are dissimilar or competing? It seems to me that it's a finger in the wind... hmmm... what shall I advocate or vote for today? On the flip side, the speech issue is still my paramount concern. We already have people trying to parse words to make themselves sound more appealing to all people... a political rorschach test, if you will. Things like ranked-choice voting, and these other methods will encourage more of that muted, deliberately not trying to say what I really think. That then lends itself, as above, to not having clear principles and clear ideals of how to act as a representative. I prefer to have my reps tell me what they're going to do, and then do it, even if I disagree with them. If there are enough people who disagree along with me, then we replace them with someone who does agree. I have yet to be convinced that this idea (as they mention zealotry) of standing firm in one's convictions and saying so is a bad thing. You might not get elected, but at least you are representing what you will do once in office. And that, is a much higher priority than an ethereal appeal to supposed "civility" or lack of "zealotry". I think we need to be able to disagree, and clearly so, but in a nice way. RESPONSE: Do the people who voted for Nader in 2000 think that George Bush was a preferable or equivalent choice to Al Gore? Do the people who voted for Stein in 2016 think that Donald Trump was a preferable or equivalent choice to Hillary Clinton? In either case, the third-party votes would have made a winning difference for the Democrat. Do the people who voted for one of the other two candidates think that Jesse Ventura was a preferable or equivalent choice to the other candidate they didn't vote for? https://archive.siam.org/news/news.php?id=674 Do the people who voted for or against Brexit approve of the choice that will eventually be made, one of many commanding no majority in Parliament? What is the voters had given a choice of a number of alternatives? If there's really only a binary choice - selected by partisan primaries or caucuses - what do voters who don't like either do? They could vote for a third party or independent candidate that represents their values - and risk, in effect, voting for the main party candidate that LEAST represents their values, as in the cases above. Or they could NOT vote for that third party or independent candidate that they would prefer, and vote for their second choice rather than waste their vote - guaranteeing that third-party candidates will hardly ever gain critical mass. The whole point of ranked-choice voting is to ENCOURAGE candidates who state their convictions, and to ENCOURAGE voters to vote for them, by making sure their votes are NOT WASTED. If your ideologue is not going to make it - you can express your support for that candidate (or proposition) as your first choice, and then express your second choice if you have one, and your vote is neither wasted nor effectively converted into a vote for the candidate you favor least. The practical effect is that candidates that have a broad appeal will do better than candidates that have a narrow ideological appeal. Yet such candidates would do well to take note of how many of their votes were second choices, and respond appropriately. And that seems to be what the times require in legislatures: less ideological rigidity, and a willingness to seek compromise with others who have different ideologies but are also willing to seek compromise in order to make progress. A better way of helping significant minorities, including ideological ones, to get proportionate representation from ranked-choice voting is to use multi-member districts. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/10/opinion/house-representatives-size-multi-member.html == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 97 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-05-07 priority 1 ratio 39 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Ranked-choice voting topic democracy wordrate 0 words 974 ID 856654074679113 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/856654074679113 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 64 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 37 likeuusers 34 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 64 oreach 39 posted "05/07/2019 11:04:36 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 39 type Link ========== Hope is also part of the American story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-white-supremacists-are-emboldened-but-thats-not-the-whole-story-in-america-today/2019/05/05/f0b5c330-6dcb-11e9-be3a-33217240a539_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-05-05 ratio 12 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Hope is also part of the American story. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 855272561483931 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/855272561483931 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 80 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 55 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 80 oreach 61 posted "05/05/2019 05:49:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 61 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Quadratic voting - an alternative to ranked-choice voting. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/a-new-way-of-voting-that-makes-zealotry-expensive == topic democracy ===== comments 14 impact 102 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 0 posted 2019-05-04 ratio 3 react 93 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 63 title Quadratic voting - an alternative to ranked-choice voting. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 854698821541305 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/854698821541305 audclicks 63 audreach 37 commentsimpress 14 commentsusers 7 engaged 41 impress 530 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 74 likeusers 12 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 29 matchedotherclicks 34 oimpress 530 oreach 369 posted "05/04/2019 07:46:37 PM" postlinkclicks 29 postotherclicks 19 reach 369 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Protecting us all from Federal overreach through the ways they know best. On land https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-betrayal-how-a-lawyer-a-lobbyist-and-a-legislator-waged-war-on-an-alabama-superfund-cleanup/2019/04/24/834087ae-4c1a-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html On sea https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/05/02/trump-rolls-back-safety-rules-meant-prevent-another-deepwater-horizon-spill/ == topic democracy ===== impact 61 impactrate 0 likeimpress 12 negative 0 posted 2019-05-03 ratio 4 react 32 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Protecting us all from Federal overreach through the ways topic democracy wordrate 0 words 19 ID 853773888300465 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/853773888300465 audclicks 15 audreach 12 engaged 16 impress 177 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 12 likeuimpress 93 likeusers 12 likeuusers 80 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 177 oreach 136 posted "05/03/2019 06:41:47 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 7 reach 136 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Why the Democrats have to pay attention to rural and blue collar white men. Charles Blow argues that they shouldn't - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/opinion/biden-democratic-party.html but he overlooks the rural bias in the Constitution. It's been there since 1787 - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 and it means that one rural vote is worth more than one urban vote. And although there is only one issue that unites small states against large ones, it's a potent one: preserving their rural bias. There doesn't appear to be a plausible path forward on this issue. And in most states, the persuadable people in the middle are the only ones that matter in most elections - typically no more than 20% of voters. So they get a lot more attention than those whose votes can be taken for granted. But many of those in the middle can be reached on economic inequality or on medical care - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/populist-economic-frustration-threatens-trumps-strongest-reelection-issue-post-abc-poll-finds/2019/04/28/44f64cbc-6a02-11e9-9d56-1c0cf2c7ac04_story.html == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 238 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2019-04-28 priority 1 ratio 5 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Why the Democrats have to pay attention to rural and blue topic democracy wordrate 0 words 149 ID 851120065232514 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851120065232514 audclicks 9 audreach 6 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 123 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 69 likeusers 2 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 123 oreach 88 posted "04/28/2019 07:46:52 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 88 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== No salvation for the Republicans unless they repent and renounce the support of the Nazis and KKK and their fellow travelers and supporters (KGB) and tell them to come up with their own party and candidates. The Democratic Party paid this price, involuntarily, in the 1960's, but now it's free of the stains of slavery, segregation, and suppression of voters that the Republicans have embraced. But for the Republicans - don't hold your breath. They need the crazies to make a majority in enough rural states to protect their control of the Senate and prevent democratic constitutional amendments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-stands-by-charlottesville-remarks-rise-of-white-nationalist-violence-becomes-an-issue-in-2020-presidential-race/2019/04/28/83aaf1ca-69c0-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 4 hide 2 impact 959 impactrate 0 likeimpress 32 negative 2 posted 2019-04-28 priority 1 ratio 2 react 94 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 47 title No salvation for the Republicans unless they repent and topic democracy wordrate 0 words 102 ID 851104811900706 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851104811900706 audclicks 47 audreach 31 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 51 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 360 likeclickusers 43 likeimpress 32 likeuimpress 219 likeusers 30 likeuusers 154 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 43 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 360 oreach 246 posted "04/28/2019 07:08:50 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 28 reach 246 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== Cecile Richards goes back to organizing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/heres-whats-next-for-cecile-richards/2019/04/28/6210844c-678d-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html == topic democracy ===== hide 1 impact 6 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2019-04-28 ratio 6 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Cecile Richards goes back to organizing. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 851100765234444 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851100765234444 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 5 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 65 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 2 likeuusers 41 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 65 oreach 43 posted "04/28/2019 06:58:20 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 43 type Link ========== What good is impartial justice? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-views-the-supreme-court-as-an-ally-sowing-doubt-about-its-independence-among-his-critics/2019/04/27/837c3822-682f-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/28/lindsey-grahams-shamelessness/ == topic democracy ===== comments 7 impact 68 impactrate 0 likeimpress 38 negative 0 posted 2019-04-28 ratio 2 react 85 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 31 title What good is impartial justice? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 8 ID 851021438575710 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851021438575710 audclicks 31 audreach 19 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 6 engaged 51 impress 284 likeclickusers 39 likeimpress 38 likeuimpress 181 likeusers 38 likeuusers 129 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 30 oimpress 284 oreach 193 posted "04/28/2019 03:17:16 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 18 reach 193 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== The Founding Fathers could see it coming. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/04/21/the-president-himself-may-be-guilty-why-pardons-were-hotly-debated-by-founding-fathers/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-04-21 priority 1 ratio 4 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title The Founding Fathers could see it coming. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 846516625692858 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/846516625692858 audclicks 14 audreach 8 engaged 10 impress 132 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 83 likeusers 4 likeuusers 64 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 132 oreach 86 posted "04/21/2019 11:14:20 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 5 reach 86 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== A poster child for ranked-choice voting https://www.salon.com/2019/03/18/one-weird-small-town-political-drama-shows-why-america-needs-voting-reform/ https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 ratio 6 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title A poster child for ranked-choice voting topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 843175612693626 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843175612693626 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 74 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 2 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 74 oreach 38 posted "04/15/2019 05:37:57 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 1 reach 38 type Link ========== Interesting election reform ideas from a Republican https://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/20190313/amash-introduces-bill-to-eliminate-straight-ticket-voting His proposals probably would make things easier for third party and independent candidates. == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 priority 1 ratio 11 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Interesting election reform ideas from a Republican topic democracy wordrate 0 words 24 ID 843174752693712 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843174752693712 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 64 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 37 likeuusers 33 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 64 oreach 35 posted "04/15/2019 05:35:54 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 35 type Link ========== History keeps repeating https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/22/every-report-past-presidential-scandal-was-warning-why-didnt-we-listen/ == topic democracy ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 ratio 6 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title History keeps repeating topic democracy wordrate 0 words 6 ID 843140726030448 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843140726030448 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 9 impress 113 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 6 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 113 oreach 73 posted "04/15/2019 05:02:06 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 73 sharesimpress 2 type Link ========== Rural Bias in American Federalism American national politics has a rural bias https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/upshot/as-american-as-apple-pie-the-rural-votes-disproportionate-slice-of-power.html which has worked to the advantage of the Republican Party https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/trump-presidency-base.html https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-resigned-to-trump-losing-2020-popular-vote-but-confident-about-electoral-college since it embraced the Southern Strategy in the 1960's - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy At the state level the rural bias used to be much stronger, as many state legislatures imitated the Federal Congress by having two legislative bodies, with one chosen on a basis other than population - typically on a per-county basis. But that was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1964 on the basis of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_man,_one_vote Now all legislators in a state must represent approximately equal numbers of voters or citizens. This means that there is much less reason to have two legislative bodies, but only Nebraska has taken the logical step of instituting a unicameral legislature - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature At the Federal level, despite the 14th Amendment, rural bias can't be unconstitutional since it is mandated in the Constitution in a variety of ways - Art 1, section 3: Each state has two senators, regardless of population Art 1, section 2: Each state has at least one representative in the House, regardless of population Art 2, section 1: Each state has electoral votes equal to the number of senators plus number of representatives Art 5: constitutional amendments require approval of 3/4 of the states, regardless of the populations represented 12th Amendment: if a presidential election goes to the House, the vote will be taken by state delegations, so each state has one vote, regardless of population And though not in the Constitution, the Senate's practice of filibuster further magnifies the power of small states. == How does this work out now? Using data from https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population * Each senator from Wyoming represents 289,000 people Each senator from California represents 19,779,000 people, a factor of 68X * The representative from Wyoming represents 578,000 people The representative from Montana represents 1,062,000 people, a factor of 1.8X * Wyoming gets one electoral vote for every 193,000 people Texas gets one electoral vote for every 755,000 people, a factor of 3.9X * Constitutional amendments could be blocked by 13 states with population 14,325,000, which is 4.6% of the total of 308,745,000. * In the House, a President could be elected by 26 states with a population of 55,510,000, which is 18% of the total of 308,745,000. Having small populations makes it cheaper to influence the votes in small swing states than in large ones. == Historically slavery had a lot to do with these arrangements - https://prospect.org/article/constitutions-anti-majoritarian-bias but that wasn't the whole story - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/the-electoral-college-slavery-myth.html == Is this system democratic? Democracy is not defined by majority rule - that's mob rule. Democracy is defined by defining and respecting the rights of the minority... and also the majority. A system which allows a minority to indefinitely block the will of the majority, on issues which do not impinge on the defined rights of the minority, is not democratic. == What could be done instead, without a constitutional amendment? 1) The size of the House could be increased from 435 seats - the NY Times suggests to 593 seats - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/09/opinion/expanded-house-representatives-size.html Another way of looking at that: increase the size of the House until the smallest state's one representative is exactly what it deserves - since Wyoming is the smallest state, that comes out to about 547 seats. 2) Other states could follow Nebraska and Maine and allocate their electoral votes according to the results of their vote rather than accepting winner-take- all. https://www.fairvote.org/maine_nebraska That might be better for local minority parties and national majority parties. Even better would be to allocate all a state's electoral votes that way - Nebraska and Maine currently award the two electoral votes corresponding to the senate to the overall presidential winner. But that might increase the chances of elections being decided by the House - https://www.fairvote.org/fuzzy-math The founder of the Maine method favors the National Popular Vote Compact Plan. If a sufficient number of states sign onto the compact, they agree to cast all their votes in favor of the winner of each popular election. He remembers that a previous attempt to achieve popular election of the President during the tumultuous 1960's was defeated by a Strom Thurmond filibuster in the Senate. The problem with that National Popular Vote Compact Plan is: what happens if the popular vote margin is 2000 votes? A national recount might precipitate a constitutional crisis, particularly if some states decline to recount. 3) Multi-member Congressional districts might reduce the effects of gerrymandering. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/10/opinion/house-representatives-size-multi-member.html That's important when it comes to constitutional amendments... == What about constitutional amendments? Once constitutional amendments are considered, there are endless possibilities. However none of them are very likely to pass if they diminish the rural advantage. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 711 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 priority 1 ratio 7 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Rural Bias in American Federalism topic democracy wordrate 0 words 790 ID 843119056032615 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843119056032615 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 6 impress 114 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 73 likeusers 4 likeuusers 56 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 114 oreach 66 posted "04/15/2019 03:57:59 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 66 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Does America really need a hereditary nobility? The founding fathers didn't think so. But that's where increasing income inequality will take us. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/opinion/america-economic-inequality.html == topic democracy ===== comments 5 impact 83 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-04-14 ratio 3 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title Does America really need a hereditary nobility? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 25 ID 842694602741727 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/842694602741727 audclicks 18 audreach 13 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 5 engaged 17 impress 142 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 114 likeusers 9 likeuusers 101 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 142 oreach 108 posted "04/14/2019 10:03:06 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 12 reach 108 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Biden, Sanders, and Trump are too old! Why bet on a long shot when there are better odds elsewhere? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/04/09/feature/research-says-septuagenarians-struggle-with-new-tasks-thats-bad-news-for-several-2020-candidates How old is too old? How young is too young? Commercial airline pilots have to retire by 60 or 65, depending on the country. But big rig drivers have no upper age limit in the US as long as they can pass their physical. Presidential candidates don't even have to take a physical, much less pass one. Long-term wisdom is important. But so is short-term adaptability and vigor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-old-is-too-old-to-be-president/2019/01/08/1c3d0d74-137c-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html Presidents need youthful vigor and wisdom of experience, along with good judgment in picking advisors and considering their advice. It's not enough to be adequately competent now at the beginning of the campaign season. What are the odds that a successful candidate will still be on top of the game after eight grueling years? Figuring presidents usually serve for 8 years, and one year of service encompasses at least two years of normal stress, and scripture suggests that the number of a man's years is three score and ten, or by reason of strength four score.... one could conclude that a 64 year old candidate would have aged to 80 by the end of eight years, and that's more than enough. So 64 is a good upper limit. The Constitution puts a lower limit of 35, but the president should have lived long enough that his own fallibility and mortality have become evident to him - and that suggests 50 - old enough to start thinking about what kind of legacy to leave. So a president should be old enough that viropause/menopause are no longer distant abstractions, but not old enough to be on medicare. == topic democracy ===== comments 5 hide 1 impact 1881 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 1 posted 2019-04-14 ratio 3 react 66 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 42 title Biden, Sanders, and Trump are too old! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 285 ID 842326986111822 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/842326986111822 audclicks 42 audreach 28 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 4 engaged 32 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 371 likeclickusers 21 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 170 likeusers 14 likeuusers 126 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 31 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 371 oreach 255 posted "04/14/2019 08:00:49 AM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 19 reach 255 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== The average voter wants less complexity, not more https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/opinion/democrats-complexity.html == topic democracy ===== comments 2 impact 23 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-04-12 ratio 4 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title The average voter wants less complexity, not more topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 841451599532694 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/841451599532694 audclicks 11 audreach 7 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 8 impress 137 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 85 likeusers 5 likeuusers 72 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 137 oreach 93 posted "04/12/2019 09:11:51 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 5 reach 93 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The engaged who talk politics on social media and vote in primaries are not a very good proxy for general election voters One possible conclusion is to get rid of primaries in favor of ranked-choice voting. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/08/upshot/democratic-electorate-twitter-real-life.html == topic democracy ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-04-09 ratio 8 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title The engaged who talk politics on social media and vote in topic democracy wordrate 0 words 39 ID 839553416389179 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/839553416389179 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 70 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 53 likeusers 2 likeuusers 48 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 70 oreach 51 posted "04/09/2019 08:18:38 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 1 reach 51 type Link ========== Not about slavery after all? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-electoral-college-is-a-failure-the-founding-fathers-would-probably-agree/2019/04/07/813b706c-56fc-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/the-electoral-college-slavery-myth.html The Electoral College is in the news. But just imagine the constitutional crisis if a popular election of the president were decided by 300 votes. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 75 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-04-04 priority 1 ratio 4 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Not about slavery after all? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 34 ID 836183693392818 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/836183693392818 audclicks 14 audreach 7 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 126 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 59 likeusers 3 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 126 oreach 94 posted "04/04/2019 09:01:03 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 7 reach 94 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Sounds like a job for ranked-choice voting When there is no majority for any particular proposal, there needs to be another way to make a decision among competing alternatives. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/10/norway-plus-labour-brexit It's usually thought of as a way to elect candidates, but it's also a way to decide contentious issues. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-03-29 priority 1 ratio 20 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Sounds like a job for ranked-choice voting topic democracy wordrate 0 words 52 ID 832478433763344 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/832478433763344 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 62 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 1 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 62 oreach 40 posted "03/29/2019 07:47:56 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 40 type Link ========== Having a majority is not easy A big diverse tent covers more internal conflict than a small pure tent. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/opinion/nancy-pelosi-democrats.html https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/archives/recommit_mot.htm https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/1/18244934/motion-to-recommit-bipartisan-background-check-act https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-explode-in-recriminations-as-liberals-lash-out-at-moderates/2019/02/28/c3d163fe-3b87-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html The nationalization of partisan politics depends on safe districts for selecting legislators by party primaries rather than by general elections. So primaries become races between ultra and non-plus-ultra even if neither represent the median interests of the district. That primary choke can be addressed by reducing safe districts by eliminating gerrymandering and voter suppression and unlimited dark campaign money, and instituting ranked-choice-voting and multi-member districts. We'd be better off without the Senate filibuster, too. https://www.fairvote.org/ https://democraticredistricting.com/ http://www.americanpromise.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 68 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2019-03-06 priority 1 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Having a majority is not easy topic democracy wordrate 0 words 97 ID 818253128519208 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/818253128519208 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 3 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 62 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 37 likeusers 1 likeuusers 32 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 62 oreach 40 posted "03/06/2019 01:18:35 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 40 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The suppression of the majority If people keep voting for the same old kinds of legislators, they'll get the same old kinds of results - legislature by the donors for the donors, when they do anything at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/opinion/oppression-majority.html == topic democracy ===== impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-03-05 ratio 5 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title The suppression of the majority topic democracy wordrate 0 words 41 ID 817599578584563 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/817599578584563 audclicks 9 audreach 7 engaged 8 impress 159 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 81 likeusers 3 likeuusers 56 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 159 oreach 95 posted "03/05/2019 06:39:11 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 95 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Safe seats - it's all in the primaries https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-does-america-find-such-sad-excuses-for-elected-leaders/2019/03/01/9a221ade-3c5a-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html The solution? Ending gerrymandering to reduce safe seats, ending primaries to reduce extremism; ranked-choice voting and multimember districts help both goals. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 51 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 ratio 3 react 16 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Safe seats - it's all in the primaries topic democracy wordrate 0 words 32 ID 816863125324875 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816863125324875 audclicks 10 audreach 7 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 9 impress 87 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 65 likeusers 3 likeuusers 56 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 87 oreach 61 posted "03/03/2019 09:20:18 PM" postotherclicks 7 reach 61 type Link ========== Democrats - don't emulate Republicans! Republicans have been engaged in a ritual purification, refining their donor base to billionaire donors and their voting base to their core Trump supporters - * racists of various flavors from the Southern Strategy * evangelicals who believe whatever their leaders tell them * single-issue voters: guns, abortion, Castro, ... * "low-information" voters who believe Alex Jones and Sean Hannity They've been suggesting that everybody who is not 100% with the Trump program belongs with the Democrats and other communists, and the Republicans convinced enough of them that the Republicans lost the House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-bigger-challenge-to-democrats-than-socialists-their-liberal-republicans/2019/03/03/31d78192-3c89-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html So should the Democrats conduct a similar purge of everybody who's not radical enough? That would be insane. But it's attractive to some because it's a lot easier to manage an ideologically uniform party than a big tent encompassing lots of points of view. But the latter has a lot more chance of making things happen. Obamacare was not the most radical idea in the Democratic arsenal; it might have been even less radical than what Truman proposed in 1945. But it passed - barely - and it's probably the best that could have been done at the time. Like Social Security and Medicare before it, the Republicans fought it with every weapon in their arsenal, and history will repeat itself with Republicans promising to defend Obamacare soon enough even if they call it something different. Likewise coming to terms with global warming is going to take time - hopefully not too much time, but the human capacity for denial is enormous. It's worthwhile to have aggressive goals but it's also prudent to be willing to accept that changing attitudes takes time. Lots of new Democratic House members come from districts that have been pretty comfortable voting Republican over the years. Their disgust with Trump doesn't translate into support for Bernie Sanders or AOC... now. Give them some time to get used to new ideas. It will take longer if they get scared back to Trumpism. It's so easy to make the Trump mistake and address an enthusiastic rally of rabid supporters and think 'the People are with me!" Avoid the temptation - the only certain conclusion is that "my rabid supporters are with me" and that's not enough to consistently win elections and make progress. Of course, some people would rather win ideological arguments than elections. That's admirable to an extent, but at some point ideological conviction doesn't matter if it can't get converted into policy by winning elections. "Ideological politics is never sufficient without a charismatic figure such as Reagan to divert the party’s focus from the inherent tensions of an ideology-driven coalition." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/01/if-nevertrumpers-dont-have-an-endgame-maybe-its-because-them-politics-isnt-game == topic democracy ===== impact 89 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 ratio 17 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Democrats - don't emulate Republicans! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 446 ID 816735355337652 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816735355337652 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 58 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 36 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 58 oreach 35 posted "03/03/2019 05:33:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 35 type Link ========== Do we need a Constitutional Convention? Judging by the people calling for one, it might be a very bad idea. https://www.commoncause.org/our-work/constitution-courts-and-democracy-issues/article-v-convention/ Particularly if it were dominated by gerrymandered rural state legislatures. == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Do we need a Constitutional Convention? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 34 ID 816683938676127 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816683938676127 impress 49 likeuimpress 24 likeuusers 21 oimpress 49 oreach 24 posted "03/03/2019 02:35:39 PM" reach 24 type Link ========== Resisting the culture of contempt and the outrage industrial complex https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/political-polarization.html https://www.nolabels.org/ https://www.uniteamerica.org/ == topic democracy ===== impact 23 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 ratio 7 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Resisting the culture of contempt and the outrage topic democracy wordrate 0 words 13 ID 816498058694715 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816498058694715 audclicks 16 audreach 9 engaged 10 impress 239 likeclickusers 7 likeuimpress 91 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 239 oreach 142 posted "03/03/2019 07:49:20 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 5 reach 142 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== You can't have a con without a mark https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/trump-cohen-theranos-fraud.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/22/essential-cons-that-define-trumps-success http://fortune.com/2015/08/27/remember-solyndra-mistake/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 66 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 1 posted 2019-03-03 ratio 5 react 60 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title You can't have a con without a mark topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 816495542028300 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816495542028300 audclicks 26 audreach 22 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 38 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 421 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 147 likeusers 25 likeuusers 122 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 20 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 421 oreach 309 posted "03/03/2019 07:43:30 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 17 reach 309 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== Another edition of Think your job is crummy? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/right-wing-site-comments.html == topic democracy ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 ratio 5 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Another edition of Think your job is crummy? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 816488345362353 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816488345362353 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 36 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 18 likeusers 1 likeuusers 18 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 36 oreach 20 posted "03/03/2019 07:33:45 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 20 type Link ========== Time to end racist American imperialism - full integration into the United States or independence for the Federal territories. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-neglects-and-demeans-us-territories-its-an-american-tradition/2019/02/27/8271d858-39ed-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html But - sorry PR's, your complexion is too dark for statehood! What the Federal territories have in common is an average skin tone that is darker than the Trump-preferred Norwegian. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-an-absolute-no-on-puerto-rico-statehood-because-of-san-juans-horror-show-of-a-mayor/2018/09/24/897ec214-c021-11e8-9005-5104e9616c21_story.html If incompetent and corrupt politicians are the criterion, New York should be ceded back to England. Maybe a better criterion would be how many and how well Puerto Ricans served in the armed forces of the US. Or Guamians, or Samoans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/14/trumps-false-claims-about-puerto-rico-are-insulting-they-reveal-deeper-truth/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/660784194266103 http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories http://www.equalrightsnow.org/ There is an alternative to integration - to become an nominally independent associated state like the former trust territories of Marshall Islands, Federated Islands of Micronesia, and Palau - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_state == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 209 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-03-03 priority 1 ratio 4 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Time to end racist American imperialism - topic democracy wordrate 0 words 123 ID 816445652033289 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/816445652033289 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 10 impress 128 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 80 likeusers 9 likeuusers 67 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 128 oreach 81 posted "03/03/2019 06:13:33 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 81 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Very obscure, but people got very worked up https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/archives/recommit_mot.htm https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/1/18244934/motion-to-recommit-bipartisan-background-check-act https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-explode-in-recriminations-as-liberals-lash-out-at-moderates/2019/02/28/c3d163fe-3b87-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-03-01 ratio 32 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Very obscure, but people got very worked up topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 815582562119598 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/815582562119598 engaged 1 impress 56 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 38 likeusers 1 likeuusers 29 oimpress 56 oreach 32 posted "03/01/2019 03:11:18 PM" reach 32 type Link ========== Just who has an interest in promoting this kind of talk? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-america-talk-turns-to-something-unspoken-for-150-years-civil-war/2019/02/28/b3733af8-3ae4-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 4 impact 47 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-03-01 priority 1 ratio 2 react 31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title Just who has an interest in promoting this kind of talk? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 15 ID 815580778786443 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/815580778786443 audclicks 23 audreach 16 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 2 engaged 17 impress 122 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 102 likeusers 4 likeuusers 77 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 122 oreach 83 posted "03/01/2019 03:04:31 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 10 reach 83 type Link ========== Are we stuck with Citizens United? How do you restrict political activity by corporations without restricting the press? https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/27/opinion-time-for-democrats-to-abandon-myth-about-citizens-united/ == topic democracy ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-28 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Are we stuck with Citizens United? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 21 ID 814788292199025 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/814788292199025 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 5 impress 60 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 2 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 60 oreach 38 posted "02/28/2019 06:24:23 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 1 reach 38 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Problem Solvers get to work on emergency declarations https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/26/house-republicans-national-emergency-1189432 == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 1 posted 2019-02-27 priority 1 ratio 3 react 10 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Problem Solvers get to work on emergency declarations topic democracy wordrate 0 words 12 ID 814469498897571 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/814469498897571 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 65 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 6 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 65 oreach 38 posted "02/27/2019 03:57:37 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 38 type Link ========== Yet another opportunity to stand in the doorway and block up the hall The annual budget appropriations and government shutdown dares are chokepoint enough. Might as well get rid of the debt ceiling - it doesn't constrain Democrats from spending or Republicans from cutting taxes. It's only purpose is to provide another choke point for grandstanding that would be meaningless except for undermining the nation's credit rating. But you can't expect a president to care about that, who seldom pays his bills in full or on time and always can get more money somehow - Russian money laundered through Deutsche Bank? - he doesn't want the world to find out how. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/26/treasury-run-out-money-september-unless-congress-acts-cbo-says/ == topic democracy 1 ===== hide 1 impact 138 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 1 posted 2019-02-26 priority 1 ratio 5 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Yet another opportunity to stand in the doorway and block topic democracy wordrate 0 words 115 ID 813933165617871 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/813933165617871 audclicks 5 audreach 3 engaged 4 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 102 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 3 likeuusers 36 matchedotherclicks 5 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 102 oreach 70 posted "02/26/2019 03:58:31 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 70 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A four way election in 2020? A four-way election with each party getting significant votes would likely end up in the House, decided by voting by state delegations. That would insure a Trump victory, or at least a Republican one. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/opinion/four-party-america-politics.html We need to do something to avoid an election decided in the House on a per-state basis by delegations gerrymandered to over-represent rural Republicans. But that's a constitutional amendment decided on a per-state basis by legislatures gerrymandered to over-represent rural Republicans. So we really need to fix gerrymandering and other voter suppression techniques before we contemplate any serious reform by constitutional amendment. What's also certain is that two Democratic candidates vs one Republican would insure a Republican victory, and two Republican candidates vs one Democrat would insure a Democratic victory. Our two-party system started to go bad with NIxon's Southern Strategy, leavened by the proliferation of narrow-cast media liberated from the Fairness Doctrine. Now the force of the primary election system to choose candidates has built implicit and explicit racism into the structure of our politics - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/trump-obama-race.html What was once foundational to just the Dixiecrat wing of the Democratic party is not foundational to the entire Republican party. One way around the institutional bias toward a dysfunctional two-party primary system is to embrace ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts for House and Senate and state legislatures - https://www.fairvote.org/ Then we could address the way we elect presidents - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#electoral%20college Another approach is for the states to agree on supporting the popular vote - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/26/popular-vote-could-decide-presidential-election-if-these-states-get-their-way/ == Meanwhile, Friedman observes that "complex adaptive coalitions" are forming at the grass roots and quotes Dan Baer - “Make America work again, for those who are willing to work and for those who are willing to work together.” What would happen if a centrist coalition emerged to support a national unity ticket? That's the interesting question. https://www.uniteamerica.org/newhampshirepoll http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-26 priority 1 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title A four way election in 2020? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 311 ID 813725088972012 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/813725088972012 engaged 2 impress 80 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 2 likeuusers 31 oimpress 80 oreach 33 posted "02/26/2019 07:02:24 AM" reach 33 type Link ========== Get rid of the filibuster It's a tool for the minority to block the majority. The routine business of democratic government should be accomplished by simple majority vote. There are other weightier things that might justify a supermajority - lifetime court appointments, treaties, constitutional amendments - but supermajority requirements should be spelled out in the Constitution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/22/why-democrats-need-be-ready-kill-filibuster http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 54 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-22 priority 1 ratio 5 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Get rid of the filibuster topic democracy wordrate 0 words 60 ID 811454739199047 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/811454739199047 audclicks 6 audreach 5 engaged 5 impress 78 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 2 likeuusers 37 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 78 oreach 48 posted "02/22/2019 10:19:46 AM" postotherclicks 5 reach 48 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Doing what's right for Alaska The problem - https://www.ktoo.org/2019/01/08/renegade-alaska-house-member-makes-his-case-this-partisan-thing-= has-been-killing-us The solution - http://akhouse.org/ == topic democracy ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-02-20 ratio 13 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Doing what's right for Alaska topic democracy wordrate 0 words 15 ID 810336909310830 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/810336909310830 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 62 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 44 likeuusers 38 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 62 oreach 41 posted "02/20/2019 02:56:24 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 41 type Link ========== Retrocession for D.C. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html A solution for one of the Federal territories. How about the rest? http://www.equalrightsnow.org/ http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories As with the real islands, states with very small populations or very small land areas don't have a lot of resiliency to natural disasters. == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-19 priority 1 ratio 22 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Retrocession for D.C. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 43 ID 809605129384008 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/809605129384008 engaged 1 impress 41 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 21 likeusers 1 likeuusers 19 oimpress 41 oreach 22 posted "02/19/2019 08:49:27 AM" reach 22 type Link ========== Time to abolish the zombie Congress? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-america-really-needs-to-do-is-abolish-congress/2019/02/18/c6116642-33c0-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-02-18 ratio 8 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Time to abolish the zombie Congress? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 809249662752888 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/809249662752888 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 impress 80 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 60 likeusers 3 likeuusers 44 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 80 oreach 48 posted "02/18/2019 06:33:29 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 48 type Link ========== Worldwide attack on teaching professions https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/16/why-donald-trump-jr-loser-teachers-comment-was-a-chilling-moment-educators-around-world/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 8 impact 104 impactrate 0 likeimpress 33 negative 0 posted 2019-02-17 priority 1 ratio 3 react 115 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 66 title Worldwide attack on teaching professions topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 808722586138929 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/808722586138929 audclicks 66 audreach 39 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 8 engaged 60 impress 553 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 33 likeuimpress 191 likeusers 30 likeuusers 155 matchedlinkclicks 25 matchedotherclicks 41 oimpress 553 oreach 395 posted "02/17/2019 09:21:05 PM" postlinkclicks 23 postotherclicks 25 reach 395 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Should we try again for the ERA? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/sunday-review/women-equal-rights-amendment.html Some people don't think so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-woman-just-derailed-the-equal-rights-amendment-yet-again/2019/01/31/9e32ec22-2551-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 7 hide 1 impact 94 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 1 posted 2019-02-17 priority 1 ratio 4 react 59 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 30 title Should we try again for the ERA? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 16 ID 808357569508764 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/808357569508764 audclicks 30 audreach 23 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 7 engaged 32 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 339 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 130 likeusers 16 likeuusers 99 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 29 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 339 oreach 246 posted "02/17/2019 07:43:45 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 22 reach 246 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== More than a footnote! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/02/opinion/sunday/women-voting-19th-amendment-white-supremacy.html == topic democracy ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-03 ratio 13 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title More than a footnote! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 7 ID 800163016994886 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800163016994886 audclicks 7 audreach 6 engaged 8 impress 201 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 1 likeuusers 49 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 201 oreach 150 posted "02/03/2019 10:23:55 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 2 reach 150 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Everything's bigger down in Texas! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/texas-voter-suppression.html == topic democracy ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-02-02 ratio 5 react 15 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Everything's bigger down in Texas! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 8 ID 799381337073054 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/799381337073054 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 9 impress 121 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 53 likeusers 6 likeuusers 41 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 121 oreach 83 posted "02/02/2019 03:47:15 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 83 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== No more shutdowns! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/29/shutdown-might-have-accomplished-least-one-thing/ And why don't they fix the debt ceiling circus while they are at it. http://www.get-to-sixty.net/ == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-01-29 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title No more shutdowns! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 20 ID 796686717342516 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796686717342516 audclicks 4 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 58 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 40 likeusers 3 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 58 oreach 33 posted "01/29/2019 07:20:29 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 33 type Link ========== Long presidential campaigns are bad for our health https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/26/presidential-campaign-2020-early-announcement-kamala-harris/ == topic democracy ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-29 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Long presidential campaigns are bad for our health topic democracy wordrate 0 words 11 ID 796673114010543 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796673114010543 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 31 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 17 likeusers 1 likeuusers 13 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 31 oreach 14 posted "01/29/2019 06:49:12 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 14 type Link ========== Who said that? "Immigration has been reduced to the point where it does not provide the stimulus to growth that it should, nor are we fulfilling our obligation as a haven for the oppressed." "I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in. And I do think that you have to control your borders." https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/28/republicans-democrats-both-flip-flop-immigration-borders-column/2696286002/ More at https://www.nolabels.org/ http://www.get-to-sixty.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 38 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-01-28 priority 1 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Who said that? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 76 ID 796359560708565 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796359560708565 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 5 impress 44 likeclickusers 5 likeuimpress 31 likeuusers 30 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 44 oreach 32 posted "01/28/2019 05:37:02 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 32 type Link ========== A gift for Trump. Nothing would improve his chances of re-election as much as having his opposition divide into two competing camps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-starbucks-chief-howard-schultz-confirms-interest-in-independent-2020-bid-as-democratic-worries-rise/2019/01/27/d6d8e446-2245-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/opinion/howard-schultz-president.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/29/what-howard-schultzs-ludicrous-candidacy-tells-us-about-american-electorate/ That's how Jesse Ventura became governor - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/751823328495522 Republicans might suffer the same danger - if they nominate somebody else and Trump runs as a third party or independent candidate, or if Trump is renominated and a centrist Republican runs as a third party or independent. Pundits disagree about the effects of centrist third party candidates https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/28/would-howard-schultz-presidential-bid-help-reelect-trump-experts-disagree/ If the Democrats and Republicans both nominate their most extreme candidates, then there would be the best chance for a centrist ticket that lots of people in the middle could support. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/29/what-howard-schultzs-ludicrous-candidacy-tells-us-about-american-electorate/ Perhaps the Democrats should nominate a more centrist candidate against Trump - but it needs to be from the winning part of the center - the opposite of Schultz - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/how-howard-schultz-may-save-democratic-party/581443/ The worst outcome would be if there were four significant campaigns - far left, center left, center right, far right - and the election ended up in the House of Representatives, voting by states. Democrats really don't want the election to go to the Republican-gerrymandered rural-biased House. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/electoral-projection.html In general, the best way to facilitate third-party and independent candidates is by ranked-choice voting - https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 205 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-01-27 priority 1 ratio 8 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title A gift for Trump. topic democracy wordrate 0 words 205 ID 795906144087240 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/795906144087240 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 5 impress 137 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 82 likeusers 4 likeuusers 66 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 137 oreach 88 posted "01/27/2019 10:07:37 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 88 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Have the Democrats sworn off hostage taking for future continuing resolutions and debt ceiling raises? One can only hope so - “We cannot reward the kind of behavior of hostage taking. If the president can arbitrarily shut down the government, he will do it time and time again.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-takes-aim-at-pelosi-amid-stalled-shutdown-negotiations/2019/01/20/6be43928-1cbf-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html One can't expect the Republicans to swear off fiscal terrorism in the future. It's a powerful tool if you are in a permanent minority. Refusing to vote for continuing resolutions and debt ceiling raises that contain policy riders is a wonderfully principled position. But the true test of principle is when standing by it is not in your own short-term interest. http://www.get-to-sixty.net/ == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 2 impact 192 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-01-20 priority 1 ratio 4 react 17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Have the Democrats sworn off hostage taking for future topic democracy wordrate 0 words 113 ID 791797254498129 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/791797254498129 audclicks 9 audreach 8 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 13 impress 110 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 86 likeusers 6 likeuusers 70 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 110 oreach 74 posted "01/20/2019 11:29:33 AM" postotherclicks 8 reach 74 type Link ========== Why Trump won't budge on the wall and the shutdown He wants Republicans in Congress to fear his base in the 2020 primaries above all else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/17/trumps-efforts-stave-off-impeachment-may-also-doom-his-reelection/ He can't allow any more of this sort of thinking - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/01/17/rebuke-trump-administration-more-than-republicans-break-ranks-oppose-treasury-plan-lift-sanctions-against-putin-ally/ He barely avoided it in the Senate - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/01/16/gop-senators-protect-trump-administrations-plan-lift-russian-sanctions/?utm_term=.f386472f4da2 The fundamental solution here to reduce the power of the parties' ideological base by ranked-choice voting instead of primaries. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 154 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-01-17 ratio 2 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Why Trump won't budge on the wall and the shutdown topic democracy wordrate 0 words 67 ID 790126351331886 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/790126351331886 audclicks 8 audreach 6 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 13 impress 95 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 10 likeuusers 48 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 95 oreach 65 posted "01/17/2019 04:45:45 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 6 reach 65 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== MITCH SPEAKS!! Look at all the dirty tricks that Democrats are trying instead of helping the President secure our borders: Limit dark money campaign contributions! Suppress voter suppression! Reversing our united Republican government that drained money and power from Washington and returned it to states, communities and families! After all, all our united Republican billionaire donors live in states, communities, and families! Well most of them, anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/call-hr-1-what-it-is-the-democrat-politician-protection-act/2019/01/17/dcc957be-19cb-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html Here's what so alarms Mitch - https://www.nolabels.org/blog/press/the-democratic-house-wants-to-reform-democracy-its-not-a-panacea-but-its-a-start/ == topic democracy ===== comments 7 hide 2 impact 783 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 2 posted 2019-01-17 ratio 3 react 103 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 73 title MITCH SPEAKS!! topic democracy wordrate 0 words 76 ID 790122471332274 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/790122471332274 audclicks 73 audreach 52 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 6 engaged 61 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 438 likeclickusers 40 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 151 likeusers 16 likeuusers 106 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 65 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 438 oreach 317 posted "01/17/2019 04:35:08 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 48 reach 317 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== A bipartisan unity ticket https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/17/bipartisan-presidential-unity-ticket-heal-divided-america-2020-column/2583404002/ An interesting idea, though electing problem solving rather than ideological zealot senators and representatives would be even more effective, and is probably more practical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus The Lincoln-Johnson National Union ticket of 1864 didn't work out so well for either of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States) But it might be time to give it another try. A different approach would be to have the vice president not elected with the president - instead the president can nominate a vice president at any time subject to confirmation by the House and Senate. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#insignificantional == topic democracy ===== comments 3 impact 368 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-01-17 ratio 4 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 27 title A bipartisan unity ticket topic democracy wordrate 0 words 92 ID 790041058007082 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/790041058007082 audclicks 27 audreach 17 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 22 impress 256 likeclickusers 18 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 144 likeusers 7 likeuusers 116 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 256 oreach 177 posted "01/17/2019 12:55:01 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 16 reach 177 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== The price of success It's easy to be unified AGAINST something - harder to maintain unity FOR something. That conflict is part of the maturation of all mass political movements. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/14/womens-march-in-bay-area-focusing-on-unity-not-rift-that-split-national-group/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/national-women-s-march-was-rocked-claims-anti-semitism-now-n955816 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/whats-in-a-name-womens-march-groups-spar-over-who-owns-the-name-and-the-movement/2019/01/14/354df744-15c3-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html The truth goes marching on - but sometimes in several directions at once. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/womens-march-antisemitism.html == topic democracy ===== impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-01-14 ratio 7 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title The price of success topic democracy wordrate 0 words 46 ID 788366214841233 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788366214841233 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 6 impress 99 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 5 likeuusers 36 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 99 oreach 70 posted "01/14/2019 03:31:21 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 70 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Why the parties are becoming more partisan It's because increasingly the partisans are the only ones left, right? https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/424828-in-politics-its-always-darkest-before-the-dawn And who has a vested interest in partisan-gridlocked do-nothing Congress? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/opinion/pelosi-trump-lobbying-democrats.html And a do-nothing legislature invites executive over-reach and judicial activism. https://www.nolabels.org/ == topic democracy ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-11 ratio 12 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Why the parties are becoming more partisan topic democracy wordrate 0 words 41 ID 786456178365570 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/786456178365570 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 50 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 28 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 50 oreach 24 posted "01/11/2019 03:25:35 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 24 type Link ========== Who cares about the middle? As we have seen in spectacular fashion, the Republicans promised to the middle and delivered to the base and the donors. They need the donors to fund their primary and general campaigns. They need the base to win their primary campaigns. The persuadable middle voted for Obama and then Trump and then against Trump, and it would be a mistake for Democrats to think that they own the middle permanently. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-risk-misreading-the-meaning-of-the-midterms/2019/01/09/63d4d768-142e-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html So the Democrats should not do like Republicans - they should focus on delivering improvements that the middle can discern. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#First%20Trump%20Constituency While impeachment resolutions might be emotionally satisfying, a series of censures might be more effective at keeping a weak Trump in office, who can be manipulated and bypassed, than impeaching Trump and installing a craftier Pence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/06/democrats-dont-impeach-donald-trump/ Getting vast dark money out of politics is essential for reducing the disproportionate influence of the donor class - http://www.americanpromise.net/28th_amendment_gains_cross_partisan_support_in_congress https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/opinion/pelosi-trump-lobbying-democrats.html Ranked-choice voting is essential for reducing the disproportionate influence of the party ideological bases - https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic democracy 1 ===== impact 85 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-01-10 priority 1 ratio 8 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Who cares about the middle? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 169 ID 785639778447210 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785639778447210 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 71 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 3 likeuusers 31 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 71 oreach 43 posted "01/10/2019 07:27:57 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 43 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Progress in reducing big money in politics http://www.americanpromise.net/28th_amendment_gains_cross_partisan_support_in_congress Why - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/opinion/pelosi-trump-lobbying-democrats.html == topic democracy ===== impact 34 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-01-10 ratio 3 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Progress in reducing big money in politics topic democracy wordrate 0 words 12 ID 785624265115428 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785624265115428 audclicks 16 audreach 9 engaged 13 impress 129 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 72 likeusers 10 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 129 oreach 86 posted "01/10/2019 06:53:43 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 7 reach 86 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Who has a vested interest in gridlocked do-nothing Congress? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/opinion/pelosi-trump-lobbying-democrats.html What to do - http://www.americanpromise.net/28th_amendment_gains_cross_partisan_support_in_congress == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 1 impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-10 priority 1 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Who has a vested interest in gridlocked do-nothing topic democracy wordrate 0 words 17 ID 785589431785578 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785589431785578 audclicks 4 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 62 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 43 likeusers 2 likeuusers 38 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 62 oreach 41 posted "01/10/2019 05:39:33 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 41 type Link ========== More bad habits learned from Putin https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/07/facebook-is-investigating-political-pages-ads-another-group-backed-by-reid-hoffman == topic democracy ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-09 ratio 13 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title More bad habits learned from Putin topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 785343191810202 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785343191810202 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 42 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 42 oreach 26 posted "01/09/2019 07:11:22 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 26 type Link ========== How old is too old? How young is too young? Presidents need youthful vigor and wisdom of experience, along with good judgment in picking advisors and considering their advice. Figuring presidents usually serve for 8 years, and one year of service encompasses at least two years of normal stress, and scripture suggests that the number of a man's years is three score and ten, or by reason of strength four score.... one could conclude that a 64 year old candidate would have aged to 80 by the end of eight years, and that's more than enough. So 64 is a good upper limit. The Constitution puts a lower limit of 35, but the president should have lived long enough that his own fallibility and mortality have become evident to him - and that suggests 50 - old enough to start thinking about what kind of legacy to leave. So a president should be old enough that viropause/menopause are no longer distant abstractions, but not old enough to be on medicare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-old-is-too-old-to-be-president/2019/01/08/1c3d0d74-137c-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html == topic democracy ===== comments 1 impact 311 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-01-09 ratio 4 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title How old is too old? topic democracy wordrate 0 words 173 ID 785121198499068 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785121198499068 audclicks 12 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 11 impress 111 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 67 likeusers 4 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 111 oreach 78 posted "01/09/2019 08:57:32 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 9 reach 78 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Echoes of the fall of Rome https://www.vox.com/2019/1/1/18139787/rome-decline-america-edward-watts-mortal-republic == topic democracy ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-01-06 ratio 8 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Echoes of the fall of Rome topic democracy wordrate 0 words 9 ID 783351242009397 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/783351242009397 audclicks 6 audreach 2 engaged 5 impress 154 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 3 likeuusers 51 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 154 oreach 112 posted "01/06/2019 07:18:38 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 112 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Gathering small contributions - something the Republicans didn't think they needed, until they lost 40 seats. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/republican-campaign-donations.html They are studying the Democrat's secret weapon - https://secure.actblue.com/ The Democrat's other secret weapon is that they aren't so dependent on big donors like the Republicans' Koch, Mercer, Adelson, Wynn... Democrats can win with small donations efficiently collected. But they sometimes go to the dark side too - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-little-known-democratic-firm-cashed-in-on-the-wave-of-midterm-money/2019/01/08/f91b04bc-fef5-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html == topic democracy ===== impact 20 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-05 ratio 9 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Gathering small contributions - something the Republicans topic democracy wordrate 0 words 66 ID 782934632051058 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/782934632051058 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 56 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 34 likeusers 2 likeuusers 26 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 56 oreach 29 posted "01/05/2019 01:34:48 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 29 type Link ========== How the Federal government is supposed to solve problems It's almost always gradual, and almost always a compromise, but that's how most progress happens, even toward progressive goals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-could-reopen-the-government-and-build-a-lasting-legacy-all-at-once/2019/01/01/0d7db9a2-0d44-11e9-831f-3aa2c2be4cbd_story.html == topic democracy 1 ===== comments 2 impact 77 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-01-02 priority 1 ratio 5 react 24 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title How the Federal government is supposed to solve problems topic democracy wordrate 0 words 32 ID 781010262243495 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/781010262243495 audclicks 16 audreach 14 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 14 impress 197 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 120 likeusers 3 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 197 oreach 120 posted "01/02/2019 07:12:12 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 11 reach 120 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link