| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Trump is innocent! It's all a plot by - who else - | 2019-11-15 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1195346245415571457 | 1195346245415571457 |
| California's Criminal Cops | 2019-11-14 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1194993770493698049 | 1194993770493698049 |
| Why wouldn't the Trump administration want to hire a | 2019-11-14 | 300 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1194993477542481920 | 1194993477542481920 |
| Remember when "states rights" was code for "segregation" ? | 2019-11-13 | 268 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1194618524867518464 | 1194618524867518464 |
| Demographics and populism. | 2019-11-13 | 269 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1194618106355699712 | 1194618106355699712 |
| Sounds like the kind of Trumpist who will discover that | 2019-11-13 | 301 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1194617793305427968 | 1194617793305427968 |
| The end result of nationalism - | 2019-11-11 | 281 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193899556703834112 | 1193899556703834112 |
| The Redemption movement continues to this day. | 2019-11-11 | 300 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193899183113007104 | 1193899183113007104 |
| The Kurds aren't the only ones feeling lost and betrayed. | 2019-11-11 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193898615422386177 | 1193898615422386177 |
| Wealth taxes are probably unconstitutional. | 2019-11-11 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193898197732618242 | 1193898197732618242 |
| State paths forward for redistricting. | 2019-11-11 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193897596709830657 | 1193897596709830657 |
| Ideology or tribalism? | 2019-11-07 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192432244104712193 | 1192432244104712193 |
| The real news was in the Philadelphia suburbs. | 2019-11-07 | 326 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192431902717644807 | 1192431902717644807 |
| Who gets to decide the presidential election? | 2019-11-06 | 310 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192095631147327489 | 1192095631147327489 |
| A grand slam for Putin. | 2019-11-06 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192095002567905281 | 1192095002567905281 |
| Trumpists like to count by counties - so count some | 2019-11-06 | 295 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192094653983518722 | 1192094653983518722 |
| Is the Louisiana election mostly about Trump or mostly not? | 2019-11-06 | 334 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1192094206652604416 | 1192094206652604416 |
| Is the Mississippi election mostly about Trump? | 2019-11-03 | 349 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1191117391079411712 | 1191117391079411712 |
| Are the 2019 elections mostly about Trump or mostly not? | 2019-11-03 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1191116910198317056 | 1191116910198317056 |
| Four ideas on Democratic paths to victory. | 2019-11-03 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1191116322068762624 | 1191116322068762624 |
| Elite negligence in the face of national decline? | 2019-11-01 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1190248066873323520 | 1190248066873323520 |
| Trump's brilliant strategy - another tax cut! | 2019-11-01 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1190246216971350016 | 1190246216971350016 |
| Obama on cancel culture. | 2019-10-31 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1189927954991632386 | 1189927954991632386 |
| Getting in shape for 2020! | 2019-10-31 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1189927376982958080 | 1189927376982958080 |
| President Pence? | 2019-10-31 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1189927009104719872 | 1189927009104719872 |
| So what about President Pence? | 2019-10-29 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1189173964032991234 | 1189173964032991234 |
| Impeachment wouldn't overturn the 2016 election. | 2019-10-29 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1189173586063310848 | 1189173586063310848 |
| Where the deep state came from! | 2019-10-28 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188800708629286912 | 1188800708629286912 |
| What a perfect match! | 2019-10-27 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188450198378303489 | 1188450198378303489 |
| Kelly says I told you so. | 2019-10-27 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188449630607929345 | 1188449630607929345 |
| The lost cause of territorial integrity. | 2019-10-27 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188449337015095297 | 1188449337015095297 |
| What a day - when will it end? | 2019-10-27 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1188449033729142786 | 1188449033729142786 |
| Are we up to three strikes yet? | 2019-10-23 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186995540103352321 | 1186995540103352321 |
| It is important for people to be able to hear and see what | 2019-10-23 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186995130709921794 | 1186995130709921794 |
| Government control of technology. | 2019-10-22 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186642968620367873 | 1186642968620367873 |
| Good news for the Taliban - and Turkey - and North Korea - | 2019-10-22 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186642650595647488 | 1186642650595647488 |
| The view from the Democratic sidelines. | 2019-10-22 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186642249561411584 | 1186642249561411584 |
| Social media are perfect channels for narrowcasting fake | 2019-10-22 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1186641810732380160 | 1186641810732380160 |
| Hamilton foresaw it all - | 2019-10-20 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185913366595817473 | 1185913366595817473 |
| Three strikes - 1) Ukraine 2) Syria 3) G7 at Mar-a-Lago | 2019-10-20 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185912689739980801 | 1185912689739980801 |
| How can they make the world safer for themselves? | 2019-10-20 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185910792983498752 | 1185910792983498752 |
| What makes America great? | 2019-10-20 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185910181030322176 | 1185910181030322176 |
| Sin boldly! | 2019-10-18 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185186645802270720 | 1185186645802270720 |
| Mass production of fake news. | 2019-10-18 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185186046486568960 | 1185186046486568960 |
| Racism is just a tool. | 2019-10-18 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1185185337070346242 | 1185185337070346242 |
| How the Shallow State fails America | 2019-10-15 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1184157922923646976 | 1184157922923646976 |
| Lessons from North Carolina and Ohio and Iowa | 2019-10-15 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1184117562319220737 | 1184117562319220737 |
| The culmination of Citizens United. | 2019-10-15 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1184117119945887744 | 1184117119945887744 |
| Mormons to the rescue? | 2019-10-13 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1183402957707988992 | 1183402957707988992 |
| Can progressive taxation be restored that extends all the | 2019-10-13 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1183402426503548929 | 1183402426503548929 |
| All the best people - the jails will be full of them. | 2019-10-13 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1183402085754081280 | 1183402085754081280 |
| Who will lead the Republicans out of the wilderness? | 2019-10-13 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1183401252438151168 | 1183401252438151168 |
| The President can't be prosecuted because that's the job | 2019-10-13 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1183400848899989505 | 1183400848899989505 |
| Just another brick in the wall - | 2019-10-13 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1183400212024311808 | 1183400212024311808 |
| A course in gerrymandering. | 2019-10-10 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1182315697419874304 | 1182315697419874304 |
| Beware the Shallow State! Forget the Deep State! | 2019-10-08 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1181717443200208896 | 1181717443200208896 |
| Is this the steady hand we want on our nuclear football? | 2019-10-08 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1181699876502962176 | 1181699876502962176 |
| Such thanks as fits a king's remembrance. | 2019-10-08 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1181601282873688064 | 1181601282873688064 |
| Mission accomplished! | 2019-10-08 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1181600465869406208 | 1181600465869406208 |
| Steps for Republican senators - | 2019-10-08 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1181585724358852608 | 1181585724358852608 |
| Definitions of Trumpism | 2019-10-06 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180855496783253504 | 1180855496783253504 |
| What should Republican senators do now? | 2019-10-06 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180853415351422977 | 1180853415351422977 |
| The ultimate subversion. | 2019-10-06 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180852326019371008 | 1180852326019371008 |
| Counting cattle. | 2019-10-06 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180851895197286400 | 1180851895197286400 |
| Democrats should pursue impeachment in the House as if | 2019-10-02 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179448944620785664 | 1179448944620785664 |
| This is how recessions begin. | 2019-10-02 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179448587446444032 | 1179448587446444032 |
| What a Senate trial might be like. | 2019-10-02 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179448093852389382 | 1179448093852389382 |
| Another whistle blowing | 2019-10-02 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179444619584532480 | 1179444619584532480 |
| Forget impeachment! It's time for the 25th Amendment. | 2019-10-02 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179444163806318592 | 1179444163806318592 |
| How do you get people to vote against their own interests? | 2019-10-02 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179443707558285312 | 1179443707558285312 |
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========== Trump is innocent! It's all a plot by - who else - George Soros. Giuliani heard it from reliable sources, not all indicted. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/opinion/trump-impeachment-hearings.html It's the relentless barrage of facts and logic from the globalist deep state. More at https://t.co/VruWbAVmip #PS1notopic ===== impress 256 time 2019-11-15 14:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1195346245415571457 ========== California's Criminal Cops At the height of an economic recovery, it's hard to find good help. Or any help. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/10/californias-criminal-cops-convicted-but-stay-on-the-job/ More at https://t.co/JsW2VyURT8 #PS1notopic ===== impress 270 time 2019-11-14 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1194993770493698049 ========== Why wouldn't the Trump administration want to hire a white nationalist? It polls well with Trump's base! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/13/ilhan-omar-stephen-miller-leaked-emails-anti-semitic-white-nationalist/ More at https://t.co/ckm44LW08E #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 300 time 2019-11-14 15:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1194993477542481920 ========== 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/ Voters have to become informed about candidates for state legislatures and state judges. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting More at https://t.co/oRmdUDGHkK #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 268 time 2019-11-13 14:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1194618524867518464 ========== Demographics and populism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-incredible-shrinking-nations-of-eastern-europe/2019/11/11/fd777326-04a6-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html It's the same throughout the developed world. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ More at https://t.co/Ni6pKmD4Pk #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 269 time 2019-11-13 14:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1194618106355699712 ========== Sounds like the kind of Trumpist who will discover that she was really an anti-Trumpist all along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/11/nikki-haleys-real-disclosure-concerns-about-trumps-dangerousness-went-right-top/ She'll make that discovery whenever it's convenient. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nikki-haley-claims-top-aides-tried-to-recruit-her-to-save-the-country-by-undermining-trump/2019/11/10/f92bac88-0267-11ea-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html More at https://t.co/a0hWR88t15 #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 301 time 2019-11-13 14:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1194617793305427968 ========== The end result of nationalism - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/weve-never-needed-remembrance-day-poppies-more-than-right-now/2019/11/08/9e0094da-0263-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old More at https://t.co/nrVSWOqMB2 #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 281 time 2019-11-11 14:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1193899556703834112 ========== The Redemption movement continues to this day. It's one of the pillars of the modern Republican Party since 1968. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/sunday/jim-crow-laws.html More forgotten history - the Reverse Underground Railroad - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/07/you-know-about-underground-railroad-what-about-reverse-underground-railroad/ More at https://t.co/ZANybtODPY #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 300 time 2019-11-11 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1193899183113007104 ========== The Kurds aren't the only ones feeling lost and betrayed. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/syria-refugees-europe.html More at https://t.co/8YGPvjnlmD #PS1notopic ===== impress 280 time 2019-11-11 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1193898615422386177 ========== Wealth taxes are probably unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/wealth-tax-constitution.html The Federal income tax is only constitutional because the constitution was amended to permit it. But it's hard to amend the Constitution. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ More at https://t.co/PrUUmx0U9E #PS1notopic ===== impress 314 time 2019-11-11 14:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1193898197732618242 ========== State paths forward for redistricting. https://apnews.com/2b1a1fa1c12c4140a3e2dc7ec9470b32 Ending gerrymandering. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Alternatives - multi-member districts if combined with ranked-choice voting. https://www.fairvote.org/ More at https://t.co/2M2IrOM89w #PS1notopic ===== impress 283 time 2019-11-11 14:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1193897596709830657 ========== Ideology or tribalism? And how to you persuade the persuadables? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/opinion/is-politics-a-war-of-ideas-or-of-us-against-them.html All the different points of view on what makes voters tick these days - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/opinion/democrats-trump-2020.html More at https://t.co/9mblJO6IuG #PS1notopic ===== impress 297 time 2019-11-07 13:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192432244104712193 ========== The real news was in the Philadelphia suburbs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kentucky-outcome-embarrasses-trump-and-worries-many-republicans-ahead-of-2020/2019/11/06/e6dac50c-0049-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html And in the Virginia legislature - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/11/what-virginias-election-results-mean-2020/601501/ Trump has roused his base as far as it can be roused. But he won't broaden it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ More at https://t.co/ASf8uodSCo #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 326 time 2019-11-07 13:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192431902717644807 ========== Who gets to decide the presidential election? The popular vote seems to be decided - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-trails-democratic-rivals-in-national-survey-as-independents-move-away/2019/11/04/e068afac-ff38-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html Independents and third parties might make the difference again in the electoral college. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/upshot/swing-voters-2020-election.html More at https://t.co/bVlwrUO6oO #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 310 time 2019-11-06 15:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192095631147327489 ========== A grand slam for Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/04/surprise-trump-allegedly-got-his-ukraine-conspiracy-theory-russia-tied-criminals-his-campaign/ More at https://t.co/a4AABH7DMW #PS1notopic ===== impress 283 time 2019-11-06 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192095002567905281 ========== Trumpists like to count by counties - so count some of these. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/04/unemployment-is-climbing-key-swing-states-including-michigan-wisconsin/ Elections held in recessions tend to go badly for incumbents. More at https://t.co/EGBvQcrSuS #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 295 time 2019-11-06 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192094653983518722 ========== Is the Louisiana election mostly about Trump or mostly not? The rest of the world will be watching closely. No matter what's important to you - take a stand and vote! Don't stay home and let somebody else decide for you. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/468669-trump-cuts-ad-for-gop-candidate-in-louisiana-governors-race More at https://t.co/hQTdDOAXey #PS1notopic ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 334 time 2019-11-06 14:59 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1192094206652604416 ========== Is the Mississippi election mostly about Trump? The rest of the world will be watching closely. No matter what's important to you - take a stand and vote! Control of state government has profound national consequences. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/10/29/mississippi-governor-election-tate-reeves-and-donald-trump/2495242001/ More at https://t.co/CeNeCtzSfF #PS1notopic ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% expands 2 impress 349 time 2019-11-03 22:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1191117391079411712 ========== Are the 2019 elections mostly about Trump or mostly not? https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article236784983.html https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-virginia/virginia-state-elections-offer-early-political-test-ahead-of-2020-us-race-idUSKBN1X9149 https://www.dailyworld.com/story/news/2019/11/01/president-donald-trump-tweets-twitter-ahead-of-louisiana-rally-on-governor-race/4122763002/ More at https://t.co/TiWQAnDpNh #PS1notopic ===== impress 138 time 2019-11-03 22:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1191116910198317056 ========== Four ideas on Democratic paths to victory. persuadables in the center - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/01/opinion/2020-election-democrats.html youth and minority turnout - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/01/opinion/democratic-party-base-2020.html corruption - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/01/opinion/trump-2020-election.html social media - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/01/opinion/democrats-2020-election-online.html More at https://t.co/FoV0KOkrCg #PS1notopic ===== impress 134 time 2019-11-03 22:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1191116322068762624 ========== Elite negligence in the face of national decline? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/trump-impeachment.html Impeachment won't help declining populations. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/opinion/white-nationalists-racists-rural.html The negligent elite is the Republican legislators that declining populations re-elect. More at https://t.co/2dsUn7czlP #PS1notopic ===== impress 143 time 2019-11-01 12:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1190248066873323520 ========== Trump's brilliant strategy - another tax cut! TALK loudly about window dressing imperceptible tax cuts for the middle class DO quietly tax cuts palpable for the major Republican donors https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/10/31/white-house-officials-ramp-up-new-tax-cut-talks-trump-seeks-sharp-contrast-with-democrats/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-tax-cut-failed-their-response-lets-do-it-again/2019/10/31/19422660-fc13-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html More at https://t.co/FRBquUtFOV #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 96 time 2019-11-01 12:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1190246216971350016 ========== Obama on cancel culture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/31/obama-woke-shaming-bipartisan-support-yang-coulter-gabbard/ Every positive change has been effected by people with flaws who made mistakes. People pointing out flaws and mistakes of others haven't effected much positive change. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/556364348041422 More at https://t.co/y3Y04rmp3v #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 123 time 2019-10-31 15:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1189927954991632386 ========== Getting in shape for 2020! Keeping a couple of steps ahead of social media companies. Need quick cash? How about renting out your social media accounts? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/technology/russia-facebook-disinformation-africa.html More at https://t.co/n4VSP8R3Ik #PS1notopic ===== impress 74 time 2019-10-31 15:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1189927376982958080 ========== President Pence? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-pence.html Republican senators could think about that as the way to save the parts of the Trump presidency that they think are good, and save their Republican majority in the Senate. More at https://t.co/YNJR1JUUKo #PS1notopic ===== impress 80 time 2019-10-31 15:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1189927009104719872 ========== So what about President Pence? Republican senators could think about that as the way to save the parts of the Trump presidency that they think are good, and save their Republican majority in the Senate. https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-president-possible-donald-trump-impeachment-what-pence-believes-1464523 More at https://t.co/UMgblK4B6y #PS1notopic ===== impress 68 time 2019-10-29 13:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1189173964032991234 ========== Impeachment wouldn't overturn the 2016 election. 2016 elected Pence. Republican senators would say impeachment PRESERVES the essence of the 2016 Trump victory by keeping control of the Senate. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/opinion/impeachment-trump.html More at https://t.co/1xjJZ7PNjs #PS1notopic ===== impress 103 time 2019-10-29 13:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1189173586063310848 ========== Where the deep state came from! It was a reaction to the shallow state created by Jackson - Trump's favorite president. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/trump-civil-service-deep-state.html Now the shallow state is back and shallower than ever - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-shallow.html More at https://t.co/LH0MUjOiSj #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 86 time 2019-10-28 12:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1188800708629286912 ========== What a perfect match! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/26/opinion/william-barr-trump.html An attorney general who rejects the notion that "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition." https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-james-madison-thought-ambition-was-a-good-thing Barr is institutionalizing his doctrine of Presidential Infallibility. More at https://t.co/TwRtVhO1eB #PS1notopic ===== impress 92 time 2019-10-27 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1188450198378303489 ========== Kelly says I told you so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-kelly-says-he-warned-trump-hed-be-impeached-if-he-hired-a-yes-man-as-chief-of-staff-to-replace-him/2019/10/26/e4d5d028-f827-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/politics/trump-john-kelly-impeachment.html More at https://t.co/tbxKDWYpHG #PS1notopic ===== impress 138 time 2019-10-27 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1188449630607929345 ========== The lost cause of territorial integrity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-is-helping-to-demolish-a-cardinal-principle-of-the-postwar-order/2019/10/23/e06c4428-f5b0-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html The lessons of Munich "peace in our time" forgotten. Along with the lessons of the 30 Years War that was thought to be too horrible to repeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia More at https://t.co/oX9UW4je5v #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 109 time 2019-10-27 13:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1188449337015095297 ========== What a day - when will it end? Breaching security protocols in the Capitol basement - even though at least a quarter of the Republican demonstrators were actually participating in the committee hearings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-storm-closed-door-impeachment-hearing-as-escalating-ukraine-scandal-threatens-trump/2019/10/23/29877c06-f5a5-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html More at https://t.co/Baqqhkj1Yz #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 100 time 2019-10-27 13:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1188449033729142786 ========== Are we up to three strikes yet? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-strikes.html More at https://t.co/NVxCqba01Z #PS1notopic ===== impress 74 time 2019-10-23 13:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186995540103352321 ========== It is important for people to be able to hear and see what politicians are saying - Zuckerberg. The business model of social media is narrowcasting to just the audience that will believe and act. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/10/21/zuckerberg-more-important-for-him-to-understood-than-it-is-to-be-liked/ More at https://t.co/Lpm914GYMb #PS1notopic ===== impress 81 time 2019-10-23 13:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186995130709921794 ========== Government control of technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/technology/china-hackers-ethnic-minorities.html More at https://t.co/yxuhYbEvkY #PS1notopic ===== impress 74 time 2019-10-22 13:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186642968620367873 ========== Good news for the Taliban - and Turkey - and North Korea - and who else is next? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawal.html No need to negotiate. Just wait. More at https://t.co/f8i5iSN1pg #PS1notopic ===== impress 100 time 2019-10-22 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186642650595647488 ========== The view from the Democratic sidelines. Can anybody beat Trump without embracing the dark side like Trump? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/17/2020-democratic-debate-candidates-michael-bennet-229856 Will the average voter will rise to the challenge of the times? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paloma/the-trailer/2019/10/20/the-trailer-amy-klobuchar-says-she-s-catching-on-at-exactly-the-right-time/5daa096b602ff140839145ba/ More at https://t.co/2ZkzX5v5QA #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 104 time 2019-10-22 13:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186642249561411584 ========== Social media are perfect channels for narrowcasting fake news to those who are likely to believe it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/us/elections/trump-campaign-ads-democrats.html People say they want less divisiveness and negativity, but positive and truthful messages are not as profitable. More at https://t.co/qdgeWh4HgT #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 98 time 2019-10-22 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1186641810732380160 ========== Hamilton foresaw it all - and wrote about it in the Federalist papers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/18/hamilton-pushed-impeachment-powers-trump-is-what-he-had-mind Republican senators know what they need to do - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html More at https://t.co/pclIXphpnN #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 78 time 2019-10-20 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185913366595817473 ========== Three strikes - 1) Ukraine 2) Syria 3) G7 at Mar-a-Lago Enough to turn Mitch McConnell's attention to protecting his Senate majority. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-calls-syria-withdrawal-grave-strategic-mistake McConnell is preparing the Senate for a lengthy trial. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/us/politics/mcconnell-impeachment-senate.html More at https://t.co/qvVCp715Ea #PS1notopic ===== impress 125 time 2019-10-20 13:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185912689739980801 ========== How can they make the world safer for themselves? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/18/opinion/old-age-president-2020.html The aging of rural life is happening in other advanced economies, so the rural bias in the Constitution has become a generational bias too - https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ More at https://t.co/r5DCeMcqBE #PS1notopic ===== impress 74 time 2019-10-20 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185910792983498752 ========== What makes America great? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/trump-mcraven-syria-military.html But it's not up to generals and admirals. It's up to senators. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html More at https://t.co/uUnVQcfegJ #PS1notopic ===== impress 67 time 2019-10-20 13:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185910181030322176 ========== Sin boldly! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/politics/trump-g-7-at-his-doral-resort.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/politics/mick-mulvaney-trump-ukraine.html Who knew that Trump was such a Lutheran! He's way bolder than Senate Republicans, daring them to say a word before he ups the ante even higher. More at https://t.co/8o4knv27TN #PS1notopic ===== impress 81 time 2019-10-18 13:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185186645802270720 ========== Mass production of fake news. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/opinion/hitler-speech-1919.html "Propaganda must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over." "The key to understanding why many supported him lies in the rejection of a rational, factual world." More at https://t.co/9OAKkJZ0kv #PS1notopic ===== impress 90 time 2019-10-18 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185186046486568960 ========== Racism is just a tool. Trumpists TALK about race and immigration, but ACT for their wealthy donors with tax cuts, deregulation, and reactionary judges. Democrats need to focus on improving the lives of ALL the voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/debate-dog-whistle.html More at https://t.co/84Vt0lf8U7 #PS1notopic ===== impress 83 time 2019-10-18 13:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1185185337070346242 ========== How the Shallow State fails America https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-shallow.html Philosophical, moral, intellectual, political The Shallow State's biggest political mistake seems to be doubling down on its shrinking permanent base. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/trump-impeachment-values-voter.html More at https://t.co/0wC9FdML5n #PS1notopic ===== impress 82 time 2019-10-15 17:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1184157922923646976 ========== Lessons from North Carolina and Ohio and Iowa https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opinion/ohio-democratic-debate.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opinion/daniel-mcready-north-carolina.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opinion/iowa-trump.html More at https://t.co/vcXg1sQmWC #PS1notopic ===== impress 128 time 2019-10-15 14:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1184117562319220737 ========== 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 It's time to take action against unlimited dark money in politics. https://www.americanpromise.net/ https://democracy21.org/ More at https://t.co/CzEtX9ol4j #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 71 time 2019-10-15 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1184117119945887744 ========== Mormons to the rescue? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/mormons-trump-romney.html How can they help? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html More at https://t.co/femSTAOONo #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 77 time 2019-10-13 15:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183402957707988992 ========== Can progressive taxation be restored that extends all the way to the top? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/sunday/wealth-income-tax-rate.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/08/first-time-history-us-billionaires-paid-lower-tax-rate-than-working-class-last-year/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html More at https://t.co/dhHKuhv1Xm #PS1notopic ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 78 time 2019-10-13 15:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183402426503548929 ========== All the best people - the jails will be full of them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-arrested-giuliani.html How far is this going to go? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/opinion/impeachment-contempt-congress.html Public support for impeachment is increasing https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-record-support-for-trump-impeachment More at https://t.co/pwI3If6pIx #PS1notopic ===== impress 119 time 2019-10-13 15:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183402085754081280 ========== Who will lead the Republicans out of the wilderness? Rule of Law Republicans? https://www.ruleoflawrepublicans.com/ George Conway? https://t.co/2w1MXINBqZ"> Colin Powell? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/07/colin-powell-republican-party-has-got-get-grip-itself/ More at https://t.co/SIteoVHSN4 #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 84 time 2019-10-13 15:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183401252438151168 ========== The President can't be prosecuted because that's the job of Congress. Congress can't impeach the President because Congress can't investigate the President. The impeachment clause of the Constitution only applies when the President volunteers. More at https://t.co/hbQnqJDGOh #PS1notopic ===== impress 80 time 2019-10-13 15:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183400848899989505 ========== Just another brick in the wall - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/world/europe/unit-29155-russia-gru.html Trump wants to reward Putin - to encourage him? To do what? More at https://t.co/MPNraoQtc1 #PS1notopic ===== impress 81 time 2019-10-13 15:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1183400212024311808 ========== 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 - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting More at https://t.co/qtIqpIzv6M #PS1notopic ===== impress 77 time 2019-10-10 15:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1182315697419874304 ========== Beware the Shallow State! Forget the Deep State! shallow staffing https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article235509997.html shallow experience https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/09/27/the-energy-202-oil-lawyer-says-inexperienced-trump-team-could-jeopardize-its-own-agenda/5d8cf08d602ff14beb3da999/ shallow commitment https://www.brookings.edu/research/tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration/ shallow patriotism https://time.com/5556331/mueller-investigation-indictments-guilty-pleas/ More at https://t.co/g07MA713OZ #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 93 time 2019-10-08 23:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1181717443200208896 ========== Is this the steady hand we want on our nuclear football? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-syria.html There might have been a pivot - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/turkey-syria-trump.html Too much for the Pentagon - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-kurds-military.html Too much for Israel - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/world/middleeast/israel-us-syria-kurds.html More at https://t.co/sAasOXkoM3 #PS1notopic ===== impress 188 time 2019-10-08 22:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1181699876502962176 ========== Such thanks as fits a king's remembrance. That'll teach the Kurds - and everybody else - not to ally with America. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-kurds-military.html Is this the steady hand we want on the nuclear football? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-joins-other-republicans-in-rebuking-trumps-syria-withdrawal/2019/10/07/aef0d11e-e914-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html More at https://t.co/6pa8Em715I #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 195 time 2019-10-08 16:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1181601282873688064 ========== Mission accomplished! Trump tax reform is a smashing success. Donors got full return on their investment. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html More at https://t.co/LXDRY5Srfw #PS1notopic ===== impress 101 time 2019-10-08 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1181600465869406208 ========== Steps for Republican senators - 1) Trump to be presidential. 2) Trump to resign for a full pardon. 3) Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. 4) House to impeach quickly. 5) Nominate somebody else for 2020. Details - https://t.co/GJriKoO3gv More at https://t.co/pcpIKNWKMT #PS1notopic ===== impress 115 time 2019-10-08 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1181585724358852608 ========== Definitions of Trumpism Trumpism of the most loyal Trumpist voters - It's true and right because Trump says and does it. Trumpism of Trumpist officials and donors - It's true and right... until there's a better opportunity. More at https://t.co/yQVuNTyll2 #PS1notopic ===== impress 103 time 2019-10-06 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1180855496783253504 ========== What should Republican senators do now? 1) Urge Trump to be consistently presidential or else 2) Urge Trump to resign in return for a full pardon or else 3) Urge Pence to use the 25th Amendment or else 4) Urge Pelosi to quickly impeach. More at https://t.co/QVWIhuc0cc #PS1notopic ===== impress 127 time 2019-10-06 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1180853415351422977 ========== The ultimate subversion. Feared by repressive regimes everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/opinion/books-censorship.html More at https://t.co/2YMrLWwhaZ #PS1notopic ===== impress 75 time 2019-10-06 14:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1180852326019371008 ========== Counting cattle. Trumpists like this map https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1178989254309011456/photo/1 It tells you is that farmers and ranchers vote Republican. They don't think they need the Federal government. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/trump-2016-election-map-county-population/599335 More at https://t.co/Rd2ZGnUVoA #PS1notopic ===== impress 109 time 2019-10-06 14:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1180851895197286400 ========== Democrats should pursue impeachment in the House as if there were no election in 2020. And they should pursue the 2020 election as if there were no impeachment. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opinion/trump-impeachment-election.html More at https://t.co/xcH9dLf5u9 #PS1notopic ===== impress 96 time 2019-10-02 17:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179448944620785664 ========== This is how recessions begin. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/wto-global-trade.html Once recessionary psychology takes hold on American consumers, it will take a while to undo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/20/is-recession-ahead-it-may-depend-your-christmas-shopping/ More at https://t.co/rD926Op0rG #PS1notopic ===== impress 85 time 2019-10-02 17:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179448587446444032 ========== What a Senate trial might be like. There are no fixed rules. The Chief Justice will preside, but McConnell will be in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/25/democrats-beware-republicans-would-make-rules-senate-impeachment-trial/ More at https://t.co/MAKFJP1buI #PS1notopic ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% expands 2 impress 92 time 2019-10-02 17:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179448093852389382 ========== Another whistle blowing https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-whistleblower-complaint-you-havent-heard-of-relates-to-trumps-taxes/2019/09/30/10835424-e3c0-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html More at https://t.co/omNkVNLOkK #PS1notopic ===== impress 70 time 2019-10-02 17:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179444619584532480 ========== Forget impeachment! It's time for the 25th Amendment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_4:_Declaration_by_vice_president_and_principal_officers https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-again-at-whistleblower-questions-whether-schiff-should-be-arrested-for-treason/2019/09/30/932840ba-e370-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/30/trump-civil-war-tweet-jeffress-draws-backlash-critics-gop/ Time for Pence and the cabinet to save Republican representatives and senators from having to take a stand . More at https://t.co/Ic9JD3F38g #PS1notopic ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 91 time 2019-10-02 17:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179444163806318592 ========== How do you get people to vote against their own interests? By keeping them anxious and fearful. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/opinion/trump-economy.html More at https://t.co/EtgTyJ6o1h #PS1notopic ===== impress 72 time 2019-10-02 17:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1179443707558285312