Tweets on all-23q2

Columns of Tweet Tables

The table above has these entries:

• "Title" is the first line of the tweet.
• "Date" contains the tweet date.
• "Impress" is the number of impressions.
• "Engage" is the number of engagements.
• "Expand" is the number of expands.
• "URL Clicks" is the number of clicks on URL's.
• "Like" is the number of likes.
• "Retweet" is the number of retweets.
• "Link to Text" is a link to the text of the tweet.
• "Link to Tweet" is a link to the actual tweet.

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In Trumpism, it's what you SAY that matters.       The
voters don't care what you DO.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/29/trump-desantis-education-irs/

But for the megadonors, it's the opposite.

#PS1trumpism

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impress 2
time 2023-06-30 23:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674927516929380353

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Texans think for themselves, right?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/30/averie-bishop-miss-america-texas-platform-diversity/

But what happens if the Texan is not an old rich white
protestant man?

#PS1other

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impress 3
time 2023-06-30 22:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674910737368776704

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Putin wonders if Prigozhin is stronger than he thought.
Prigozhin wonders if Putin is weaker than he thought.
Everybody in between is under suspicion.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-generals-mutiny-putin-prigozhin-surovikin-b2e942036548a05f1f65791d0e70ae17

Ukraine sees it as an opportunity.

#PS1putin

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impress 19
time 2023-06-30 21:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674896274234146816

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That was the week that wasn't

https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-climate-change-bill-gates-5ee61b2811a07319cdebb55a27385b96

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-06-30 21:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674894264621465600

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Pumping groundwater?      Melting glaciers?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/groundwater-earth-spin-axis.html

The earth can feel it, and react!

#PS1climate

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impress 5
time 2023-06-28 22:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674184627429453824

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The big lie works when we all big-lie together.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opinion/donald-trump-presidency-lies.html

It's the truth about how we FEEL, not about objective
reality.       Trump liberates his followers from facts,
logic, etiquette, etc.

#PS1trumpism

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impress 5
time 2023-06-28 22:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674183865844531202

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What's the easiest way to pay millions of dollars of legal
bills - especially when lawyers know they had better get
paid in advance?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html

Run for president!

#PS1trump

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impress 5
time 2023-06-28 22:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674181779853303810

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Time for Trump to switch to plan B.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

That might be to hope the election goes to the House of
Representatives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory-trump-2024/

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-06-28 22:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674180184130592769

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Nobody would run a business this way!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/tuberville-senate-holds/index.html

Executive branch nominations should be confirmed
automatically unless the Senate vetoes the nomination
within 30 days.     No more delays!

#PS1other

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impress 3
time 2023-06-28 22:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674178407159177216

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So much for the independent state legislator theory -
intended to be one of the phony pillars of the Trumpist
insurrection.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-independent-state-legislature

#PS1insurrection

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engage 1
engage-rate 20%
expands 1
impress 5
time 2023-06-28 21:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674173232092708864

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So what's going on now?

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shoigu-video-wagner-rebellion-0e79a2383f586c82e44861917927d920

Putin and Prigozhin are trying to keep out of sight in a
time of uncertainty.    They both have enemies and would-be
successors that would hope that one or both had honored
the Russian tradition of falling out a window.

#PS1putin

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impress 36
time 2023-06-26 16:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1673363501979684865

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Coach Tuberville makes clear that he doesn't figure things
out for himself, he just follows orders from somebody else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/19/tuberville-senate-maga-hurting-military/

In this case, one of the single-issue GOP constituencies.

#PS1trumpism

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impress 8
time 2023-06-25 04:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672830632261718017

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Nobody can confidently pierce the cloudy future.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/russian-wagner-what-happens-next/

#PS1putin

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 9%
expands 1
impress 11
time 2023-06-25 03:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672813963392974850

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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-prigozhin-russia-wagner-group-coup/

#PS1putin

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impress 16
time 2023-06-25 03:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672812739960647681

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More on Putin and Prigozhin -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-wagner-rebellion-ukraine-war/

#PS1putin

=====

engage 7
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 269
time 2023-06-25 03:40 +0000
urlclicks 6
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672811923212222469

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US intelligence knew something was brewing.     And so
did Putin.     Like all dictators, Putin likes to encourage
infighting between potential successors.      Did this
get out of hand?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/us-intelligence-prigozhin-putin/

#PS1putin

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 3%
impress 32
time 2023-06-25 03:33 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672810196031381504

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There was a limit to Putin's patience after all!

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-prigozhin-9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1

But no limit to Prigozhin's ambition, but a definite
limit to his foresight and timing.     Is the world done
with him?

He will be remembered for showing Putin's weakness at a
critical time.

#PS1putin

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engage 3
engage-rate 9%
expands 1
impress 35
time 2023-06-25 03:19 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672806618034208769

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If you look at all the fringe single-issue groups whose
votes are necessary to support minority rule, there's a
lot of white supremacy and historical denial, and not a
lot of colors.    GOP candidates have to accommodate that.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/obama-racism-amanpour-republicans-scott-haley-nelson/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-06-24 03:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672449393394601984

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Old guys often have trouble with new media.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/opinions/putin-russian-war-bloggers-communication-galeotti/index.html

#PS1media

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impress 11
time 2023-06-24 02:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672435411388616709

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Putin forced Eastern Europe to look anew to NATO for
security.     Now Xi forces Eastern Asia to look anew to
America for security.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/blinken-sullivan-korea-japan-china/

The Ugly American of 1958 has become the Ugly Chinese
of 2023.

#PS1china

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engage 1
engage-rate 1%
expands 1
impress 108
time 2023-06-24 02:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672433290324901888

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What's going on?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/prigozhin-wagner-mercenary-russia-military/

Has Prigozhin finally pushed too far?

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-nuclear-647a545db4e4628676ff7db5b1bded34

#PS1putin

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 1%
impress 81
time 2023-06-24 01:50 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672421902042931200

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Corrupt bargains happen in the House -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_bargain

So Trump might be running for president in order to get
somebody else elected -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/trump-pardon-election/

#PS1trump

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impress 1
time 2023-06-23 23:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672384350040772608

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Breaking news - Fox actually reported the news that was
rather than the news they wished.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/bret-baier-trump-fox-news/

But if they lose Trump as a client to Newsmax or OAN or RT,
they won't be happy.

#PS1journalism

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impress 5
time 2023-06-23 23:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672382372858433538

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Trump won by 78000 votes in 2016, Biden by 44000 in 2020.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html

In 2024, every third-party vote increases the chances of
the election going to the House, where Trump would either
win or cut a deal with the winner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/no-labels-third-party-election-trump-biden/

#PS1election

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impress 15
time 2023-06-23 23:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672380933713035265

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Dictators learn from each other.     Technology provides
essential tools.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/dictators-trade-toolkits-cling-power/

Their toolkits will be complete when fake audio, photo,
and video are indistinguishable from genuine.

#PS1theory

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impress 2
time 2023-06-23 22:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672375851080359936

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After reading statements of our politicians, ChatGPT now
can kick the can down the road as well as anybody.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/21/solutions-lacking-national-debt-disaster/

No politician wants to advocate a solution.    Each wants
some other politician to advocate a solution the first
can criticize.

#PS1technology

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engage 1
engage-rate 8%
impress 12
replies 1
time 2023-06-23 22:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672364543564189696

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-china-oceangate-9c470fb25fb34ead7e0f76864316e1a9

#PS1media

=====

impress 4
time 2023-06-23 18:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672305632215732224

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It's Trump by a mile - except among the educated.
The uneducated like Trump because he survived college
unchanged and is still like them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/23/different-way-visualizing-2024-republican-race/

Trump's indictment might have sealed DeSantis' fate.

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 8%
impress 12
time 2023-06-23 16:49 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672285830235422721

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Why would technologists give conspiracy mongers the time
of day?

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-message-tech-luminaries-silicon-valley-support/

Because they've come to understand that "libertarian"
minority rule depends on keeping the lunatic fringes
voting GOP.

#PS1minority

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engage 1
engage-rate 7%
impress 15
time 2023-06-23 16:19 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672278148279570432

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Very feudal - people with more money than they can spend
wisely.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bay-area-jeweler-made-man-spend-220-000-so-he-could-buy-109-000-watch-he-never-got-lawsuit/ar-AA1cx16h

And the old money looks down on the nouveaux riches.

#PS1economics

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impress 6
time 2023-06-23 16:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672276912142696449

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"Just eight households in the region hold more wealth than
the 500,000 at the other end of the earnings scale"

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/13/report-eight-silicon-valley-households-have-six-times-more-wealth-than-bottom-500000/

Feudalism - right here in Silicon Valley!      No wonder
the billionaires who've peaked tend to turn "libertarian"
and Trumpist.

#PS1minority

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engage 1
engage-rate 33%
impress 3
time 2023-06-23 16:10 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672275887621050369

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The presidential candidates with no hope of success stay
in the longest!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/republican-primary-candidate-drop-out/

They've already lost the race, but they can still win
publicity!   Meanwhile Trump won't promise to appear in
debates or the endorse the GOP candidate if not Trump.

#PS1politics

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engage 1
engage-rate 6%
impress 18
likes 1
time 2023-06-23 15:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672272630404255744

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Another big win for Leonard Leo, groomer of reactionary
judges to defend minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/20/gov-ron-desantis-used-secretive-panel-flip-state-supreme-court/

#PS1justice

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impress 6
time 2023-06-23 15:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672270789352263680

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Twas ever thus - the big shots go free and the little
shots get hard time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/eastman-disbarment-accountability-trump-january-6/

Disbarment isn't hard time, but at least it's SOMEthing.

#PS1insurrection

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impress 2
time 2023-06-23 15:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672267291877330945

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More on McCarthy GOP follies -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/house-recriminations-impeachment-biden-mcarthy-boebert/

proving once again that their #3 priority is revenge -
after tax cuts for billionaires and looser gun laws.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-06-23 15:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672265869353943040

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Twitter wasn't a threat to Trumpism.     Trumpism was a
threat to Twitter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/23/new-twitter-video-jan6/

#PS1media

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 20%
impress 5
likes 1
time 2023-06-23 15:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672263036940460033

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Discord in McCarthy's conference.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/kevin-mccarthy-reaction-biden-impeachment/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-06-23 15:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672261711779479554

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Trumpists don't care about right or wrong, legal or
illegal, facts or law - only about winning and getting
even.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/trump-baier-indictment-jack-smith-justice-department-gonzales/index.html

#PS1trump

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impress 1
time 2023-06-23 15:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672260732006854667

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"it’s important for him to talk about what a second term
agenda looks like"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/republicans-2024-trump-faith-and-freedom/index.html

No mystery - Trump's agenda is self-pardon, revenge on
disloyal GOP, revenge on Democrats.      The GOP can get
on board or get out of the way.

#PS1trump

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impress 5
time 2023-06-23 15:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672259062346682368

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Who's in charge?     Who's going to BE in charge?

https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-ukraine-war-prigozhin-infighting-0e051f0a43522f57ef1810a8b03f6e62

Prigozhin has a Trumpist approach - a consummate insider
pretending to be an outsider advocating for the people.

#PS1putin

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engage 3
engage-rate 9%
expands 1
impress 35
time 2023-06-23 14:51 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672256100991930371

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Trump knows he'll lose in court - his plan seems to be
to delay until he is re-elected president and pardons
himself - or gets a deal for a pardon by supporting
somebody helpful.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-indictment-fox-3cc9181e1b69f5c882c58b1224ad43e8

#PS1trump

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engage 1
engage-rate 10%
impress 10
time 2023-06-21 13:37 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671512615309430784

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Health cost sharing - cheaper than insurance because it
does less.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/20/at-least-1-7m-americans-use-health-sharing-arrangements-despite-lack-of-protections/

One of these plans advertises heavily on KCBS radio,
an expensive medium.

#PS1health

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impress 7
time 2023-06-21 13:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671510384543690753

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De-politicize the Supreme Court!

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-term-limits

#PS1justice

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impress 5
time 2023-06-21 12:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671495250819567616

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DeSantis v Newsom in 2028?

https://apnews.com/article/desantis-newsom-election-2024-california-florida-09475e131ebc2983a8d72e13f55a9955

#PS1politics

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engage 1
engage-rate 9%
impress 11
time 2023-06-20 16:38 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671195864470269953

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It's risky to advise Trump on law.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-john-eastman-607f457a20ac9ed11daa546f01aa6c8d

It's risky to take the advice of anybody who would.

#PS1insurrection

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impress 8
time 2023-06-20 16:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671194185188388865

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A three-way race!

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-2024-republicans-primary-32fee08d67db8b8dc9c8ca2e003db43d

There are three main groups of voters - those who will
vote for Trump and Trumpists no matter what, those who
will vote Democratic no matter what, and everybody else.
None command a majority.

#PS1trump

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impress 3
time 2023-06-20 16:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671193959429996544

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The epistemological crisis - if fakes become undetectable -
how can anybody tell whether anything is true?

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-ai-puts-elections-risk-and-needed-safeguards

Will people return to a medieval trust in truth revealed
by self-proclaimed authorities?

#PS1technology

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engage 2
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 68
time 2023-06-18 16:07 +0000
userclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670463155984793602

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Did Putin blow up the dam?     Who else could and would?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-collapse.html

#PS1ukraine

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impress 17
time 2023-06-18 04:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670284182445264896

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Of course it was never about the Federal deficit!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/irs-enforcement-costs-congress-funding/

It was about protecting the GOP megadonors, who don't like
to talk about their money - to anybody.

#PS1tax

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impress 3
time 2023-06-18 03:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670279079051038723

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Braxton Bragg - now a hero of Trumpism!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/16/fort-bragg-renamed-fort-liberty-braxton-bragg/

None of his contemporaries thought him heroic.

#PS1other

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impress 2
time 2023-06-18 03:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670275193972101120

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Possible fallout from Trump prosecutions -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/17/trump-indictment-candidacy-democracy-institutions/

Looks bad any way it unfolds.

#PS1trump

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impress 5
time 2023-06-18 03:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670273969168224256

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Known by the company they keep!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/16/sorelle-incompetent-trial-oathkeepers-jan6/

#PS1insurrection

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impress 2
time 2023-06-18 02:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670256640539656192

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lgbtq-immigration-3f8b443441cd037cfd1c10a0c14267d5

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-06-16 20:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669800686521909250

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Chief Justice Roberts delivered a June surprise.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chief-justice-roberts-delivers-surprise-voting-rights-act

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-06-15 05:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669210626802212864

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When does occupational licensing become oppressive?

https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/georgia-breaks-with-federal-courts

#PS1economics

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impress 6
time 2023-06-15 05:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669208699154612224

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SBC seems to be abandoning congregational polity in favor
of episcopal polity, all the better to defend patriarchal
feudal minority rule.

https://apnews.com/article/southern-baptists-saddleback-vote-women-pastors-new-orleans-7ee6606b57d0bf0c4c7ed91316af12b1

#PS1other

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impress 10
time 2023-06-14 20:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669076842987548672

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More indictments?     Trump base says So What?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-reaction-gop-activists/

They EXPECT it now.     Because Trump is like them,
ignoring laws that don't suit him.

#PS1trump

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impress 7
time 2023-06-10 05:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667402796449300480

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Trump might get off the hook again -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/walt-nauta-indicted-trump-classified-documents/

But his valet will surely get nailed if he doesn't
cooperate with the prosecution.

That's how it works - the big shots get away and the little
shots get long prison terms.

#PS1trump

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engage-rate 13%
impress 8
time 2023-06-10 05:18 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667400786907901952

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Defending Trump is not easy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/trump-todd-blanche-indictment-lawyer-john-rowley-jim-trusty/

Especially defending Trump from Trump.

#PS1trump

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impress 6
time 2023-06-10 00:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667325672740753408

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House antics.     When will McCarthy learn that fanatics
don't compromise?     He forgot in a week this time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/09/imaginary-war-gas-stoves-house-gop/

A friend of Maria Butina is a friend of Putin!     And that
seems to include many House GOP.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-06-10 00:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667324934602002433

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-lgbtq-wildfire-hiv-59160cc2a3fe53f453f50279f19fafef

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-06-09 19:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667259370344951808

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There's a long history of anti-Catholicism in America -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United_States

ESPECIALLY among just the kind of people that make up
major elements of the Trump base that all GOP candidates
have to court.

https://apnews.com/article/governor-ron-desantis-catholic-republican-religious-voters-766131e0c743f4bf854bc47c89720522

#PS1minority

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engage 4
engage-rate 7%
expands 1
impress 56
likes 1
retweets 1
time 2023-06-09 19:55 +0000
userclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667259180040982529

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The founder of Christian Nationalism - an essential bulwark
of minority rule.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/08/pat-robertson-death-rick-perlstein-christian-nationalism-republicans/

#PS1minority

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engage 2
engage-rate 33%
expands 2
impress 6
time 2023-06-09 03:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667013073562120192

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It's not easy being a GOP voter.

https://apnews.com/article/ballot-harvesting-early-voting-election-2024-republicans-a844f375bb86b012cfba0e67b3f77fb7

First they tell you one thing, then the opposite.
Evidently there's no principle except winning.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-06-09 02:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666995120594636801

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Anything goes in Texas?    Maybe not!

https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-nate-paul-e7c83297a0110cdb4502819568265ade

#PS1justice

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impress 3
time 2023-06-09 02:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666993907253809155

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Surprise!    There's a limit to how far this Supreme Court
will go to defend minority rule.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-race-voting-rights-alabama-af0d789ec7498625d344c0a4327367fe

But at 5-4 it could easily change its mind.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-06-09 02:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666992431206924288

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The next shoe has dropped -

https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-182ac44fde89767bc0c3e634f61686bd

Trump immediately turned it into a fund-raising
opportunity.

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-06-09 02:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666991666367176704

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"if the “manly virtues” include strength and stoicism,
it’s hard to see them in the collection of hysterical
whiners who make up today’s right"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/31/hawley-manhood-crisis-masculinity/

#PS1other

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impress 3
time 2023-06-06 04:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665945481279864832

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How Christie hopes to take down Trump and DeSantis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/chris-christie-2024-candidate-defeat/

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-06-06 04:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665942630424006656

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Too Trumpy for many, not Trumpy enough for the rest.
Is Pence angling for a cabinet post?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/mike-pence-presidential-campaign-mystery/

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-06-06 04:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665936924144734208

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Luring children to get in your car with candy is a crime.
At what point is it not a crime?

https://apnews.com/article/migrants-dropped-off-california-texas-florida-2ea4ea9cc6e976e97358c64bcae164f4

#PS1immigration

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impress 3
time 2023-06-06 04:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665933152286810112

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Who would go Santos' bail?

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-criminal-case-bond-cosigners-d31dbf4e7f3b0d970d76617f9b347464

You can see why they'd prefer to be anonymous.

#PS1trumpism

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engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 30
time 2023-06-06 01:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665889584860000257

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"a risk of authoritarianism comes from Americans’
attachment to democracy, and their growing fear that it
will be taken away"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/democracy-autocracy-republican-democrat-study/

But stoking divisions within the masses is essential to
defend minority rule.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-06-05 06:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665607123806593024

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Was this Biden's secret sauce - giving the majority of
the House GOP room to act out and still return to rational
governance?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/biden-debt-limit-maga-republicans-2024/

#PS1deficit

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impress 4
time 2023-06-05 06:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665605077120487424

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Trump's smoking gun?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/trump-smoking-gun-tape/

#PS1trump

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impress 3
time 2023-06-05 06:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665603125137506306

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Climate change has wiped out other civilizations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/04/water-shortage-arizona-california-utah-climate-change/

#PS1climate

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impress 1
time 2023-06-05 06:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665602105913253888

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Destabiliziing Russia - what could possibly go wrong?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/europe/ukraine-cross-border-tactics-analysis-intl/index.html

#PS1ukraine

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impress 10
time 2023-06-05 06:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665600195021746176

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It's not easy to be close to Putin.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/opinions/dmitry-medvedev-russia-putin-mouthpiece-ghitis/index.html

#PS1putin

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impress 4
time 2023-06-05 05:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665598763589664768

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Turkey vs Sweden - most Americans don't know and wouldn't
care, but it's a matter of intense interest to Putin.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/europe/nato-turkey-sweden-membership-intl-cmd/index.html

#PS1other

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impress 12
time 2023-06-05 05:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665597582486437888

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Biden was wiser than expected.      He defanged the
Freischütz Caucus, avoided the debit limit crisis and the
annual budget-shutdown crisis, all until the next Congress,
and gave McCarthy enough that he might try bipartisan
compromise again.

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-debt-limit-budget-36bd8dbb08192ba7f7507cab16184d93

#PS1deficit

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impress 4
time 2023-06-03 04:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664846655693406208

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In antebellum times, there were special Bibles for slaves
that omitted reference to rebellion and freedom.

https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a

Does Utah need special Bibles?     They are blessed if
their children know the real Bible well enough to find
the good parts.

#PS1other

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impress 9
time 2023-06-03 03:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664841976037150722

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That was the week that wasn't.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-elections-guns-vaccines-target-28eabeaeb9317ac2b6a030de36714d66

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-06-02 18:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664702444494901267

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Avoiding a debt limit crisis means Biden and McCarthy
avoid its fallout blame.

Biden also prevented debt limit antics until the next
Congress.

McCarthy also prevented IRS enforcement against megadonors.

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-senate-house-default-b8c3566b0c9cb168d9706aa256e327f7

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1943393102671866

#PS1deficit

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impress 11
time 2023-06-02 04:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664487141022535681

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The decline and fall of the Voting Rights Act.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/what-will-be-left-of-the-voting-rights

It's been a thorn in the flesh of the defenders of minority
rule, but the Leonard Leo-Mitch McConnell Supreme Court
will finally put an end to it.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-06-02 03:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664473128477818885

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Most of the wannabes have issues with the debt limit
resolution.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/gop-presidential-candidates-debt-deal/

It's easy if you're not responsible for getting a deal
through Congress, and if you think that you can blame
somebody else if there's a default.

#PS1deficit

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time 2023-06-01 18:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664331705522741248

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Of course DeSantis had nothing to do with it - and
everything to do with making it possible.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/politics/ron-desantis-book-ban-fact-check/index.html

#PS1trumpism

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impress 2
time 2023-06-01 17:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664329443236798464

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Prospects in the Senate - will bomb-throwers be allowed
to gum up the works?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/31/senate-leaders-stress-time-crunch-they-prepare-debt-ceiling-bill/

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-06-01 04:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664123207442632704

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And after all that, it really doesn't reduce the deficit
by enough to notice!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/debt-deal-spending-decisions-analysis/index.html

The shouting is to obscure the reality that the deficit
is  not going to shrink without increasing taxes,  cutting
defense spending, social security, and medicare.

#PS1deficit

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impress 5
time 2023-06-01 04:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664122197684920320

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What kind of staff does somebody like George Santos
attract?

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-aide-vish-burra-congress-594321a254526ab9edd8196d4b583c34

#PS1trumpism

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engage-rate 7%
impress 14
retweets 1
time 2023-06-01 03:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664119271436472322

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Oh darn, there's a tape!

https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-documents-maralago-bc9b3613bd69d79e84ad6cb5eaa6a8e6

He'll brag about it to his base and deny it to everybody
else.

#PS1trump

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impress 3
time 2023-06-01 03:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664117625948090374

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314-117 - not even close!

The Freischütz Caucus has suffered an unexpected strategic
defeat,  and their thunder might not rattle centrist nerves
as much in the future.      And they might not be able to
unseat McCarthy as Speaker.

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-house-votes-9375cce9b7526b2d0a5728f8d4a18a0a

#PS1deficit

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impress 5
time 2023-06-01 03:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664116801377304576

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It seems that nobody knows or speaks for sure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/30/mccarthy-chip-roy-speaker-deal/

But getting the NEXT debt limit crisis postponed to the
next Congress is a victory for common sense - and for Biden
- and a defeat for the Freischütz Caucus - and they know
it and will fight it.

#PS1deficit

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impress 9
time 2023-05-31 05:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663786369620267009

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The most direct way to reparations is to provide a
universal basic income to EVERY voter -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html

Otherwise, it's a morass of conflicting priorities -

https://buffalonews.com/reparations-are-a-financial-quandary-for-democrats-theyre-a-political-one-too/article_5b4622ac-bc0d-5cea-b117-3b5ad5e322fe.html

and unlikely to become politically and financially
feasible.

#PS1economics

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engage 6
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expands 2
impress 36
likes 2
time 2023-05-30 05:27 +0000
urlclicks 1
userclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663416916680245248

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Recovering from Stockton Syndrome is possible - but
requires undoing Prop 13's transfer of power from local
to state government.

https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-stockton-syndrome/article_df8c893a-fb3f-11ed-b1d9-dbf4f1eebc78.html

#PS1capolitics

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impress 7
time 2023-05-30 05:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663413642161975307

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The wealth gap is getting worse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/business/economy/wealth-generations.html

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.      Very
feudal!     Thank the defenders of minority rule for that!

#PS1tax

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impress 2
time 2023-05-30 05:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663411649972408320

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"our mantra in Florida is education, not indoctrination"

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0

Who says DeSantis and his Moms for Liberty indoctrination
support team don't have a sense of humor?

#PS1trumpism

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impress 6
time 2023-05-30 04:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663409216743436294

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The Freischütz Caucus doesn't care whether their math
is right, or who gets hurt by government shutdowns.
Their job is to cut down the Federal government to increase
the freedom, wealth, and power of their megadonors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/opinion/debt-ceiling-deal.html

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-30 00:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663347296128610310

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If workers quit more often because of low wages
of benefits, employers necessarily will high more.
It doesn't really have anything to do with how well the
local economy is performing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/hiring-red-blue-states/

#PS1economics

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impress 1
time 2023-05-30 00:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663345196652965888

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The defense of feudal Dixiecrat minority rule is the
same today as on the first Memorial Day - still honored
by Trumpist Dixiecrats posing as GOP, saying one thing
loudly to the voters and doing the opposite quietly for
the megadonors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/memorial-day-debt-ceiling-work-requirements/

#PS1minority

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impress 2
time 2023-05-30 00:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663343721876955136

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"The biggest win of all is that apparently we get a near
two-year respite from this ridiculous game"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/29/debt-ceiling-conclusion/

Unfortunately, unless Democrats can get 60 solid votes in
the Senate, the world is doomed to watch repeat defenses
of minority rule.

#PS1deficit

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impress 4
time 2023-05-30 00:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663342280810586112

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You knew the Freischütz Caucus would fight the debt
limit compromise.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/politics/chip-roy-house-rules-committee/index.html

And so will the Sierra Club -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/29/debt-ceiling-deal-climate-pipeline/

#PS1deficit

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impress 9
time 2023-05-30 00:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663339748520513536

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Not all GOP are Putinists.    But Graham is enough of a
Trumpist to cause some cognitive dissonance.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-lindsey-graham-arrest-warrant-52ea51c2f33145badbd0666c4e42da36

#PS1ukraine

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engage-rate 9%
impress 11
replies 1
time 2023-05-29 20:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663279893298438148

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Congratulations to the Freischütz Caucus!     They
have successfully fought the Federal budget crisis by
threatening default, making Federal debt interest rates
go up, and thus - INCREASING the Federal deficit without
passing a single bill!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/debt-limit-deal-budget-differences/

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-29 16:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663224123106168833

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Trump thinks the more minor GOP candidates the better.

https://apnews.com/article/republican-primary-trump-desantis-pence-christie-b0a18225ec5f9d0f53aa0f08b292a2f3

But Trump's ace in the hole is to threaten to run as
a third party if he's not nominated.       An implicit
threat, relayed to the megadonors, should be enough.

#PS1trump

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impress 2
time 2023-05-29 16:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663223149792727040

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Who knew?     There are Texas GOP legislators that have
a limit to the amount of Trumpy kleptocracy they can
tolerate!

https://apnews.com/article/texas-paxton-impeachment-gop-2b708673f7e8db782c8a8876fae1a2ac

How much will Trump weigh in for Paxton?   Depends on how
much Trump thinks it will help him in the presidential
primary.

#PS1trumpism

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impress 9
time 2023-05-29 16:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663217421610807296

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Did you think the debt limit was about McCarthy vs Biden?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/28/this-low-profile-committee-could-sink-or-save-biden-mccarthy-deal/

Think again!   It's about McCarthy vs the Freischütz
Caucus.   He let them into the guard tower and gave them
plenty of ammo, hoping  that they would aim at Biden
instead of McCarthy.

#PS1deficit

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engage 1
engage-rate 8%
expands 1
impress 13
time 2023-05-29 15:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663212529911492608

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There's a reason America's founders put the Establishment
clause at the beginning of the bill of rights.     They
knew all about churches established for political ends.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/opinions/ten-commandments-school-prayer-texas-hemmer/index.html

But the reactionary forces opposed to the Enlightenment
never gave up.

#PS1minority

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impress 4
time 2023-05-27 04:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662309609594580993

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Do you think the Federal bill of rights protects you from
state legislatures?     John Marshall didn't think so,
and the idea has only been accepted for sixty years. The
defenders of minority rule are doing their best to turn
back the clock.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/freedom-states-rights.html

#PS1justice

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impress 7
time 2023-05-26 23:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662245056646901761

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The hierarchy of credibility - a pillar of minority rule.
The rich don't have to prove anything, the poor have to
prove everything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/student-debt-relief.html

#PS1minority

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impress 5
time 2023-05-26 23:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662243245030621184

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Maybe his friends will erect a statue of McCarthy in
Bakersfield, daring the Wall Street bull.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/28/new-york-fearless-girl-charging-bull-wall-street

That seems as likely a prediction as any, since once we're
in default, nobody anywhere will be certain of anything.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/opinions/debt-limit-workarounds-edelberg/index.html

#PS1deficit

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impress 8
time 2023-05-26 21:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662211553951875072

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"he isn’t leading. He’s being buffeted by
crosscurrents"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/mccarthy-debt-ceiling-gop-negotiations/

#PS1deficit

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-26 21:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662207679119638529

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"the country’s enduring strength has become a license
for irresponsibility"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/america-supremacy-irresponsible-politics/

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-26 21:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662206019186089984

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The MAGA GOP has all the power up until they exercise it.
But once the government defaults, Biden has all the power.
It might cost him re-election, but a lot of GOP legislators
will go down with him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/gop-debt-ceiling-leverage/

#PS1deficit

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impress 6
time 2023-05-26 21:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662204581391269893

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Some very specific numbers about June 1.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/debt-ceiling-real-money-chart/

Obviously the straightforward way is to just cancel June
social security and medicare payments.      That's what
the defenders of minority rule want anyway.

#PS1deficit

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impress 16
time 2023-05-26 21:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662203280171356160

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Freischütz caucus lays down the law - either unconditional
surrender by Biden and McCarthy, or default.      And they
demand a repeat performance before the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/debt-ceiling-deal/

And if they don't get it, they'll find a better speaker.

#PS1deficit

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time 2023-05-26 21:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662202606633242625

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Even the poorest of the poor have choices - they can invest
in the future or invest in defending the past.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/education-revolution-sierra-leone.html

#PS1other

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 20:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662200255985905664

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It's a big step from the minor leagues to the majors.
So many look qualified until they actually try.

https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2828715

#PS1desantis

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 20:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662198565941440512

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Good to see some unanimity on the Supreme Court for
a change.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-curbs-states-property-tax-windfall-2023-05-25/

Of course this should have been a slam dunk for any but
the most fringey states-righters.

#PS1justice

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impress 10
time 2023-05-26 20:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662197606544715777

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That was the week that wasn't

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738

#PS1media

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impress 4
time 2023-05-26 16:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662126488362295296

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Is Prigozhin setting up to avoid taking the blame if
Ukraine retakes Bakhmut?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/world/europe/ukraine-war-wagner-russia.html

Putin seems to have no problem with his public comments.

#PS1ukraine

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expands 10
impress 42
time 2023-05-26 04:55 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661959195258916865

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"Bad company corrupts good morals"

Forget fusionism and Edmund Burke - GOP and conservatism
are now synonyms for reactionary personality cult defending
minority rule.     And the Trump base everybody covets is
all-in for personality cult.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/desantis-conservatism-gop-trump.html

#PS1trumpism

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impress 5
time 2023-05-26 04:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661958006643490817

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Things that might be done - but probably won't be done
until too late.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/debt-us-biden.html

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-26 04:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661954737355522049

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Defending the real ruling class by attacking an imaginary
ruling class.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/ron-desantis-woke-mind-virus.html

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 04:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661953445597954048

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No funding for IRS to go after megadonor tax cheats?
That will make the deficit worse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/25/debt-ceiling-no-deal/

The MAGA GOP won't go along with any kind of compromise.
Or tax increase.  So default still seems likely.

#PS1deficit

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impress 7
time 2023-05-26 04:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661951859333160961

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Complicated maneuvers to fool the FBI require a lot of
rehearsals.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/25/trump-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-05-26 04:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661950723301724160

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Child labor!   How Dickensian.

https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-laws-alabama-ohio-c1123a80970518676be44088619c6205

But defending the interests of the ruling class is what
GOP legislators do.

#PS1economics

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 04:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661949055700963329

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GOP leaving town and hoping for a default!     They seem
likely to get their wish.

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c

But when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our
prayers.

#PS1deficit

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engage-rate 20%
impress 5
time 2023-05-26 04:10 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661947844725710848

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Justice at last?

https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c

18 years for sedition?   He got off light.

Meanwhile, even Texas GOP have their limits -

https://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-paxton-impeachment-1eaccf00ce80d26c4fc94eab1672e1bd

Who knew?

#PS1justice

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impress 3
time 2023-05-26 04:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661946453680623616

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China is testing our defenses again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/politics/china-guam-malware-cyber-microsoft.html

#PS1china

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 04:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661945976888913926

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"Maybe if they're voted out of office, others will do a
better job listening"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-lawmakers-in-states-are-handcuffing-voters-and-ignoring-election-results/ar-AA1bCJuJ

Or maybe they'll just ask their megadonors for more money
for attack ads.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 03:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661944678932156416

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Believing is seeing - whatever you believe!

https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1211871/ai-photoshopping-is-about-to-get-very-easy-maybe-too-easy/

#PS1technology

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impress 2
time 2023-05-26 03:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661943659833724928

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Their lawyer says they're innocent!

https://apnews.com/article/robocall-lawsuit-do-not-call-75e26f66a3f6e3145c18c62f5e164a12

That's what he's paid to say.      Their lawyer is probably
just as annoyed as everybody else is - no punishment is
too harsh for robocallers.

#PS1technology

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impress 2
time 2023-05-26 03:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661942030942216192

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"Trump’s 2016 victory reinforced the idea that
electability is used by the media and squishy Republicans
to discredit candidates who  are willing to fight for them"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/ron-desantis-republican-primary.html

The Trump base will vote for him because he voices their
values and concerns.

#PS1trump

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impress 5
time 2023-05-25 06:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661615734932537345

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Yet another reason Trump won't go down without a fight - he
thinks getting re-elected is his get-out-of-jail-free card.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/desantis-republicans.html

And Trump's other big motivator is revenge - especially
on allies and subordinates that betray him.

#PS1trump

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impress 6
time 2023-05-25 05:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661611706580336640

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The raiders tell their story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/europe/russia-border-attack-ukraine.html

Some of it might be true.     But it increases the pressure
on Putin to declare a general mobilization.

#PS1putin

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impress 10
time 2023-05-25 05:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661605646138241024

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“If he’s just going to be an echo of Trump, people
will just vote for Trump”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-2024-announcement-twitter/

But what if the just-in-case candidate turns out to be
Musk, not DeSantis?      If it's going to be about social
media, who has the biggest base there?

#PS1gop

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impress 14
time 2023-05-25 05:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661604018391752704

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Why does Putin tolerate Prigozhin?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/yevgeniy-prigozhin-war-backfired-revolution/

Perhaps Putin has decided it's time to pivot from special
military operation to total war to obliterate Ukraine,
and he needs to mobilize the entire country, and Prigozhin
is the one to popularize it.

#PS1putin

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impress 21
time 2023-05-25 05:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661601889207881729

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Looks like default is coming sooner rather than later.

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c

https://apnews.com/article/president-joe-biden-kevin-mccarthy-debt-limit-fac74a8804c619f8db69bf3a8a4a69b1

It's what the Trumpists want.      Let them have the blame
for it.

#PS1deficit

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impress 5
time 2023-05-25 05:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661599457006469120

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President Kamala Harris?    Consider the alternatives -

https://journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/john-m-crisp-a-president-harris-might-even-be-good-for-our-republic/article_965c5698-f8e5-11ed-b18f-a760a18d2fb5.html

#PS1election

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impress 4
time 2023-05-25 02:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661563725734879232

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The LAST thing the beneficiaries of minority rule want to
talk about is how they control the defenders of minority
rule.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/05/23/harlan-crow-refuses-to-tell-congress-about-his-gifts-to-clarence-thomas

That would make them - look bad.

#PS1minority

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impress 2
time 2023-05-25 02:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661562385835134983

==========


Like delivery to your door?    Or at least your porch?
Prepare to pay for it.

https://apnews.com/article/ups-strike-delivery-supply-chain-union-labor-16270bd5699419398de376e07ada06ba

#PS1economics

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impress 9
time 2023-05-25 02:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661560757786648578

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A perfect role model Trumpist.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-investigation-40ba70a33235eda9a31fc2628cbd7d61

Doesn't the Texas legislature know that laws and norms
only apply to Democrats?

#PS1trumpism

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impress 8
time 2023-05-24 21:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661478862277185536

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Anybody can ban any book in Florida, it seems.

https://apnews.com/article/amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem-banned-florida-9d3b83da51515b8961cfebd441f9a851

#PS1trumpism

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impress 1
time 2023-05-24 21:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661477878473842688

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Who's telling the truth here?

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-border-raid-4f63ade7fb3899b6fa903b562ada0e2c

Probably nobody.     What are their motivations for what
they do say?      That's even murkier.

#PS1ukraine

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impress 5
time 2023-05-24 20:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661477130268712962

==========


Nouveau Trump without the baggage and indictments but
without the charisma.

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-election-live-updates-0495d567326db1e760179d01f1f7c45e

What good does the GOP nomination do DeSantis if Trump
runs as a third party?       There's only one Trump base
to go around.

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-05-24 20:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661476057940377600

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On Twitter, what does a blue check mean?

https://apnews.com/article/twitter-blue-checks-return-elon-musk-celebrities-584e86d01b074f97067f91f46ecb050b

Can anybody be sure of anything?

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-05-24 16:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661415842503086080

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GOP Senate joins House to wreck economy before election.

https://cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling-raise-spending-cuts/index.html

Right-to-lifers showed that compromise just leads to
greater demands.  The only debt ceiling legislation Biden
should sign is repeal.

#PS1deficit

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impress 16
time 2023-05-24 14:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661384820826439683

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"When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back
10 times worse"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/

"Trump’s most loyal supporters have relished his
combative speeches and followed him in espousing harsher
stances"

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-05-24 13:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661371179741990922

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A good way to get out of testifying at a trial.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-investigation-carroll-manhattan-trial-willis-dbade1b2e2e4a39234b2e539abf43b71

That's why his base loves him - he models perfect behavior
for them, saying whatever, whenever, wherever he wants.
Trump would rather testify on Truth Social anyway.

#PS1trump

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engage-rate 20%
expands 1
impress 20
time 2023-05-24 13:49 +0000
urlclicks 3
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661368871109165056

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Better Tim Scott than Trump or DeSantis.  But if Trump is
not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party.
Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters
to replace the Trump base.

https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811

More at

https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-05-24 13:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661366504993218560

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Social media platforms are taking the path of the
original internet - evolving into a medium of commercial
indoctrination like television.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html

Self-supporting small networks might be the future.
Or maybe NPR is the model - user-supported.

#PS1media

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impress 2
time 2023-05-24 07:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661266899899121666

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First to market gets the money - or the blame?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/technology/ai-chatbots-google-microsoft.html

#PS1technology

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impress 2
time 2023-05-24 06:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661265098755964933

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Unfortunately, a black candidate would encourage the white
supremacists to stay home on election day, and the GOP
needs every one of their votes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/tim-scott-scorecard.html

But it's moot; if GOP nominates anybody else, Trump will
run against him as a third party.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-05-24 06:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661260562867830784

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"The mistake every other campaign is making is that they
see their path to the nomination through Trump, when our
path is alongside Trump"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-election-2024-republican-nomination.html

Trump isn't worried - he knows his voters.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-24 06:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661258489161998336

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Worse than slavery!

"the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the
peacetime history of this country"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/neil-gorsuch-covid-civil-liberties.html

Who cares about historical accuracy if it rouses voters
to defend minority rule?

#PS1minority

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impress 3
time 2023-05-24 06:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661256134861418498

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Special counsels are independent.     That's why they're
called "special counsels."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-letter-classified-meeting/

This letter is political theatre.

#PS1justice

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impress 3
time 2023-05-24 06:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661254660873936896

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Most countries can't understand why America allows a
minority to take the financial system hostage.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/debt-ceiling-denmark-united-states-default/

#PS1deficit

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impress 6
time 2023-05-24 06:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661253704295780352

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Texas voting to establish religion.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/05/23/texas-commandments-chaplains-christianity/

It's a good way to defend minority rule by keeping lots
of evangelicals voting GOP.

#PS1minority

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impress 3
time 2023-05-24 06:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661252783855771650

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Perhaps taking note of Trump's loose lips and carelessness
with top secrets, judge sternly admonishes him not to
reveal any pre-trial discovery.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-court-hearing-share-evidence/

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-05-24 06:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251928670736386

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"the perennial primary to become the conservative icon of
NPR listeners and humanities professors everywhere"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/gop-nomination-president-moderate-sununu-hutchinson/

Sorry guys.    There is no credible third way this time.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937867486557761

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-05-24 06:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251059669696512

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Here are Biden's options.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/debt-ceiling-limit-ranked-biden/

None of the are acceptable to the MAGA House, so McCarthy
really has nothing to negotiate about.

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-24 05:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661248549093507073

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In this game of chicken, the country and the world lose.
But McCarthy retains his speakership for now - and that's
the important thing.        But who will voters blame in
the 2024 election?

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-congress-mccarthy-biden-budget-850273c73ed40f4ad002fa24e50f9b40

GOP is determined to default sooner or later.

#PS1deficit

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impress 7
time 2023-05-24 05:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661247185860837377

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Musk and DeSantis - a marriage made in heaven!

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-election-live-updates-0495d567326db1e760179d01f1f7c45e

Two hearts beating as one.    Yet so different - the
sometime world's richest man, and a Harvard Law graduate
whose net worth must put him near the bottom of his class.

#PS1media

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impress 13
time 2023-05-24 05:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661245086666227718

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Peremptory challenges to peremptory challenges -

https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/getting-racial-bias-off-the-jury

#PS1justice

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impress 1
time 2023-05-24 05:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661242094827233290

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Who cares if it's true?

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/turns-york-post-story-vets-022951665.html

Fox doesn't, as long as it boosts ratings!

#PS1media

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impress 9
time 2023-05-23 03:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660855796530282496

==========


Can we replace politicians with AI?

https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-artificial-intelligence-for-feinstein/article_fff77b10-f66e-11ed-a2aa-db4e933466c9.html

Might be one of the LEAST harmful uses of AI.

#PS1technology

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impress 6
time 2023-05-23 03:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660853607342694401

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When is a tax increase not called a tax increase?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/20/borenstein-blue-california-lawmakers-also-seek-to-undermine-democracy/

#PS1capolitics

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impress 3
time 2023-05-23 03:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660852617885499393

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NRCC Every Member Canvass

18 questions in 2008 -

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/18-questions-from-the-nrc_b_100889

29 questions now!

"Do you favor Republican efforts to make the Federal Tax
Code simpler and fairer?"

You mean like the GOP 2017 billionaire tax relief?

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937125733298603

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-05-23 02:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660838678346735618

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"paper-thin skin, a propensity to hold grudges and a
tendency to go way too far"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/desantis-republican-presidential-campaign-brief/

DeSantis is another wrong answer.     If Trump runs,
his base will run with him.   With or without the GOP -
leaving DeSantis with - not much.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-05-23 01:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660825865444544512

==========


“I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/opinions/trump-desantis-abortion-disney-opinion-column-galant/index.html

McConnell did that - and the billionaire tax relief - and
most of the accomplishments Trump claims.     But stealing
credit and offloading blame are essential Trumpism.

#PS1trump

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impress 9
time 2023-05-23 01:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660823942549114882

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We're getting close to the confidence-breaking-point.

https://www.get-to-sixty.net/

But we're going to keep repeating this scenario until the
debt limit is repealed for good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/business/economy/debt-limit-default-economy.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937048273306349

#PS1deficit

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impress 8
time 2023-05-22 22:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660781724815736832

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"Comer’s response is that while he has no such evidence,
he just knows it must be true"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/house-gop-investigations-scandal/

Don't waste time on boring facts!      The only truth that
matters is the truth about how we FEEL!

#PS1trumpism

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impress 2
time 2023-05-22 22:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660776855618846722

==========


Better Rick Scott than Trump or DeSantis.  But if Trump
is not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party.
Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters
to replace the Trump base.

https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-05-22 22:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660775135018901505

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Rewriting history - a major industry in the Old South,
in the Soviet Union, and in the New South.  Who needs
liberating education when you can impose forced
indoctrination?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/opinion/desantis-history-education.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937016213309555

#PS1trumpism

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impress 4
time 2023-05-22 21:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660757189890576384

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"What we really love are money and power.  We think having
them is an indication that you deserve them"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/opinion/succession-wealth-striving.html

It's the theology of Job's friends, beloved by the rich
and powerful.

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792247641119747

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935832300094613

#PS1minority

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time 2023-05-21 03:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660131137224847361

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Twitter Hotel?    Don't they know that laws apply to poor
people, not rich people?

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-hotel-lawsuit-san-francisco-5feff6a002e077b106db32e102f3bc9a

#PS1justice

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impress 3
time 2023-05-21 03:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660122121891368960

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How to get rich defending minority rule -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/19/jeff-roe-ron-desantis-republican-consultant/

#PS1media

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impress 6
time 2023-05-20 23:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660072710217830401

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It's hard to forget being conquered by Russians - in
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia,
Armenia...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/world/estonia-russia-narva-threat-intl/index.html

#PS1putin

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impress 39
time 2023-05-20 23:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660067931558903808

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Infighting near the top - a hallmark of cult of
personality.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/politics/timothy-parlatore-donald-trump-cnntv/index.html

#PS1trumpism

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impress 3
time 2023-05-20 23:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660066225844781056

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The Freedom to Fly Free!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/desantis-private-jets-donors.html

With a net worth of $319000, DeSantis isn't nearly
rich enough to run for president on his own.   He needs
investors.

No doubt there are GOOD REASONS why DeSantis investors
want to be anonymous.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-05-20 12:47 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659903654445608961

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Patriarchalism in the toilets - who needs facts when you
have feelings?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/anti-trans-bathroom-laws-florida.html

But GOP politicians have to keep their patriarchalist
donors and voters happy.

#PS1other

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impress 4
time 2023-05-20 04:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659777314300006400

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The GOP program is clear enough - it's to defend minority
rule by the ruling class.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop

Very feudal, as befits a Dixiecrat party - laws are for
the ruling class to apply to the masses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/republican-legislatures-abortion-trangender-education.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935152113495965

#PS1gop

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time 2023-05-20 04:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659775308470550528

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More than you want to know about economic policy -

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/18/opinion/jobs-inflation-economy.html

It makes landing on an aircraft carrier on a dark night in
heavy seas - seem simple in comparison.    It's like trying
to build a house when your only tool is a sledge hammer.

#PS1economics

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impress 4
time 2023-05-20 04:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659772844010766337

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Think global finance is complicated?     You're right -
but it affects you just the same.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/economy/quantitative-tightening-global-impact/index.html

It's all a confidence game - more confidence or less - and
nobody has figured out how to eliminate the business cycle.

#PS1economics

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impress 6
time 2023-05-20 03:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659768507092045824

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Who knows better than George how to best spend campaign
contributions for his legal defense?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/politics/george-santos-treasurer-campaign-committee/index.html

#PS1other

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impress 3
time 2023-05-20 01:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659734232183492608

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The patriarchy's next demand - end no-fault divorce.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/crowder-right-wing-rhetoric-about-divorce-ignores-history-shanley/index.html

There's no compromise with fanatics - they interpret it
as weakness and double their demands.

#PS1other

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impress 4
time 2023-05-20 01:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659732877129703424

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Chamber of Commerce says 14th Amendment would be as bad
as default.       But it would only create uncertainty
if groups like the Chamber challenged it in court.
The stock market is just as likely to soar  if there's
no default.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/economy/chamber-of-commerce-14th-amendment/index.html

#PS1deficit

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impress 8
time 2023-05-20 01:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659732115385368577

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Trumpists don't waste time on boring facts!     They always
tell the truth about their FEELINGS, and what could be
more important than that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/marjorie-taylor-greene-impeachment-biden-immigration/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935057620172081

#PS1trumpism

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impress 1
time 2023-05-20 01:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659727565500870657

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Come on!    Everybody knows that Trumpists stiff their
creditors and ignore courts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/19/mike-lindell-contest-winner-court/

What would this time be different?

#PS1trumpism

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time 2023-05-20 00:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659725274714370050

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Insurrectionists might lose their jobs but they might get
an invite to testify before Jim Jordan!     Maybe even
get on Fox!

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-republicans-security-clearance-congress-3c061c936425c735a3eac12f431b0386

A small price to pay for a real patriot!

#PS1insurrection

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impress 2
time 2023-05-19 21:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659676175562862593

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Not all insurrectionists were inside the Capitol.

https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-tarrio-police-officer-indicted-08d6b0f812a7f8a60249e4dd163ee53a

#PS1insurrection

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engage-rate 20%
impress 5
time 2023-05-19 21:40 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659675494965735424

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What goes around...

Prop 13 got tax relief for commercial real estate investors
by pitching it as tax relief for seniors.     That led
to increased state income tax to pay for local government
and public education - especially on high incomes.

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/05/how-california-budget-process-became-a-quagmire/

#PS1tax

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engage-rate 8%
impress 13
time 2023-05-19 21:39 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659675069222907904

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McCarthy has no cards to deal, and if he did, we would
have the same crisis again right before the election.

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/paul-krugman-how-biden-blew-it-on-the-debt-ceiling/article_03607912-3f6d-597d-9754-5b46a0835caa.html

So Biden might  be willing to do the premium bond or
platinum coin tricks after all.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934964530181390

#PS1deficit

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engage 1
engage-rate 4%
impress 24
time 2023-05-19 21:33 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659673726529703936

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Everything you need to know about the debt ceiling?

https://politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/274672

#PS1deficit

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impress 3
time 2023-05-19 21:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659668528126136320

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Generative AI technologies might make deceptions of all
kinds 10X easier and more widespread and dangerous.

https://connectsafely.org/ai-has-risks-but-can-also-make-us-safer/

But they might make some tasks of daily life 10% easier!

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934833253527851

#PS1technology

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impress 1
time 2023-05-19 16:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659601037031018496

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Surprise - Disney's imagineers can't imagine that life in
Florida under DeSantis could possibly be an improvement
over California.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/disney-scraps-plans-for-billion-dollar-orlando-office-complex

Maybe DeSantis can attract more Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A
stores to make up for it.

#PS1economics

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impress 11
time 2023-05-19 16:35 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659598653278007296

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“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice"

Goldwater's watchwords can now be cultivated in echo
chambers -

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/technology/video-games-extremism.html

And so they act in big ways on Jan 6 and in small ways -

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/05/18/rep-eric-swalwell-says-death-threat-came-from-ex-49er-bruce-miller/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934823946862115

#PS1insurrection

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engage-rate 1
impress 2
time 2023-05-19 16:30 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659597306382143488

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-joe-biden-immigration-cdc-fc0109189d6d8ca9b4994e2822b9793b

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-05-19 15:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659587363012739073

==========


Unfortunately, there is no path to victory for DeSantis
or any other GOP candidate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/desantis-campaign-announcement-trump-electability/

If GOP nominates Trump, Biden will probably win again.
If GOP does not nominate Trump, he'll run as a third party
and Biden is certain to win again.

#PS1trump

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impress 14
time 2023-05-19 03:29 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659400873670504448

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The tax system is set up by the ruling class for the
ruling class.     But you already knew that.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/success/retirement-savings-ceos-workers/index.html

Just try to find a GOP legislator who will give a
simple clear answer to a simple clear question about the
motivations for tax law provisions.

#PS1tax

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impress 3
time 2023-05-19 03:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659399192597635077

==========


Social media is not eternal.

https://apnews.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-dead-users-inactive-accounts-49c96ee9c0723a60c82da55f3616c96d

They're in it for the money, right?    And dead people
generate very little revenue.

There are probably firms that promise to preserve your
digital presence.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934493846895125

#PS1technology

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impress 5
time 2023-05-19 03:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659396868319907845

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Chinese industrial espionage in action.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/doj-charged-former-apple-engineer-now-leads-self-driving-car-project-at-chinese-firm-jidu/ar-AA1bh5iW

#PS1china

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impress 5
time 2023-05-19 00:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659362420345937920

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Whatever happened to Elon Musk?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/elon-musk-soros-conspiracy-theories-ghitis/index.html

No mystery - like many billionaires, once he made his
billions he changed from a prophet of the future to a
defender of (his) status quo - via minority rule.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934444260233417

#PS1theory

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engage 1
engage-rate 20%
impress 5
likes 1
time 2023-05-19 00:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659361781754785792

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Why young people flock to TikTok - there's money to
be made.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/tiktok-influencers-gen-z.html

Why anybody would pay attention to anybody who sells
themselves on social media is a mystery to us old people
stuck on Facebook.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934440996900410

#PS1media

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impress 5
time 2023-05-19 00:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659359893206499328

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Is everybody equal before the law?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/politics/donald-trump-documents-classified-2024/index.html

Trump, like all personality cultists and defenders of
minority rule, believes that laws are for persecuting
opponents, not friends, and don't apply to the ruling
class.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1934437966900713

#PS1trumpism

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impress 3
time 2023-05-19 00:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659357324753145858

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Neo-neo-colonialism; in the end, it's a lot like plain
old colonialism.

https://apnews.com/article/china-debt-banking-loans-financial-developing-countries-collapse-8df6f9fac3e1e758d0e6d8d5dfbd3ed6

#PS1china

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impress 3
time 2023-05-19 00:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659352852823957504

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"Putin maintains power having multiple factions. That might
make sense  in politics, but it’s very, very harmful in
a military operation.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/putin-russia-military-prigozhin.html

#PS1putin

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impress 5
time 2023-05-18 03:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659041051179634688

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Battles are won mentally as well as physically.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/rattled-kremlin-ukraine-psychological-warfare/

Personality cults do breed infighting among would-be
successors, and Ukraine promotes and exploits that.

#PS1putin

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impress 8
time 2023-05-18 03:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659035505831596037

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Christian Nationalism is an essential single-issue
constituency of minority rule.     They won't vote
Democratic, but the GOP challenge is to keep them voting
GOP rather than third party or staying home.

https://doggett.house.gov/media/in-the-news/new-york-times-whose-version-christian-nationalism-will-win-2024

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-18 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659031777170841604

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Was Trump selling pardons or did Giuliani just pretend
he was?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/17/giuliani-pardons-lawsuit-allegations/

In general, Trump seems to have decided pardons on the
basis of what the recipient could do for Trump in the
future, not on what the recipient had done for Trump in
the past.

#PS1trump

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impress 3
time 2023-05-17 22:30 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658963330843955200

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It's not easy being Speaker Kevin McCarthy, trying to cut
a deal after you've dealt away all your cards.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/may/16/mccarthys-debt-ceiling-deal-is-doomed/

#PS1deficit

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impress 2
time 2023-05-17 21:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658952106366357504

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It'll take a might big Super-Duper-PAC to sell Pence.
Too Trumpy for anti-Trumpists, not Trumpy enough for
Trumpists.

https://apnews.com/article/pence-super-pac-primary-trump-reed-iowa-09d9fbe3c78172940c1164602dcf0349

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-16 02:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658302858385854466

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The Supreme Court is back to normal, defending minority
rule just as it as for more of its history - Dred Scott,
Plessy v Ferguson.

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/05/14/jamelle-bouie-clarence-thomas-cant/

Limiting justice terms to 18 years would be a good start
toward a better future.

#PS1justice

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impress 6
time 2023-05-16 02:33 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658299489474732033

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Considering the number of Putinist House GOP, it would be
an improvement if they were just Orbanist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/viktor-orban-republican-party-conservativism/

But even better if they understood the difference between
Americanism and ethnic-religious nationalist fascism.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-16 01:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658282782148415488

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78-year-olds need a lot of Viagra.     Stiffing
recalcitrant female employees on their wages sounds more
Trump-like, but probably impossible to prove if there's
nothing in writing.

https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-d98244030366913706b4a3235cc1fe46

#PS1justice

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impress 20
time 2023-05-16 01:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658281249163681792

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Trump lawyers argue Willis should be removed for not
finding Trump totally innocent.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-fulton-county-georgia-election-investigation-3714528235f03976d865f3b22b2cebd9

They had to couch it in pseudo-legalese, but that's what
they meant.      It's a delaying tactic.

#PS1insurrection

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impress 4
time 2023-05-16 01:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658279909469601792

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Much ado about nothing.

https://apnews.com/article/durham-trump-russia-probe-7e84f94ca9cf7905cbc5eddc108575b3

Years of effort for very little payoff.

#PS1justice

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impress 2
time 2023-05-16 01:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658278855906574337

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Sometimes the bad guys lose.      Even though they always
have a head start.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/05/15/are-you-a-victim-of-crypto-crime-erin-west-wants-to-help/

#PS1technology

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engage 1
engage-rate 20%
impress 5
replies 1
time 2023-05-15 20:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658206706118299648

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What's really going on here?    Who can believe any of
this on its face value?       But there might be a shred
of truth buried in it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/14/prigozhin-wagner-ukraine-leaked-documents/

Of course, in a personality cult, everybody is on the side
of - themselves.

#PS1ukraine

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impress 4
time 2023-05-15 18:15 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658174282298712070

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It's not easy defending minority rule!   Constant vigilance
required!

https://apnews.com/article/democracy-ballot-initiatives-abortion-republicans-ohio-missouri-c48033311370f071ccece0da975818cb

The majority is always thinking up new ways to try to
force its extremist ideas on the ruling class.

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-05-15 18:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658171882603171840

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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth"

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/153536-the-victor-will-never-be-asked-if-he-told-the

Now, generative AI is a dream come true for Putin, Xi,
and personality cultists of all stripes - Trump, DeSantis,
et al.

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-misinformation-deepfakes-2024-election-trump-59fb51002661ac5290089060b3ae39a0

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1931985123812664

#PS1media

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impress 16
time 2023-05-14 21:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657859106051424258

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It's not the party of Lincoln - or even Reagan.  Thurmond
and Calhoun would be closer to it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/esg-house-republicans-james-comer-capitalism/

Now "freedom" means freedom for GOP megadonors, and
everybody else does what they're told.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-14 21:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657855490599297024

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Ranked-choice voting gets closer in Silicon Valley.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-bill-could-allow-ranked-choice-voting-in-santa-clara-county/ar-AA1b0dKT

#PS1democracy

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impress 5
time 2023-05-13 13:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657381264402550785

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GOP still believes in states rights - for red states.

https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/north-carolinas-rucho-redux

#PS1justice

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engage-rate 33%
expands 1
impress 3
time 2023-05-13 12:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657360749378048005

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The wrong way to protect election officials.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/more-guns-wont-make-election-officials

Guns don't make people safer - the bad guys always get
the first shot.

#PS1firearms

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impress 2
time 2023-05-13 12:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657358888260489216

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-lgbtq-george-santos-donald-trump-a9d9787012ef51209b48939434e7a888

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-05-12 15:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657052757420023809

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"His approach is always that of the salesman. He says what
he needs to say in order to make the deal"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-republicans/

#PS1trump

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impress 2
time 2023-05-12 03:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656862660628189184

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Random datum or first trickle of an avalanche?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/young-trump-republican-nominee-president/

What would Young do if Trump runs as a third party?

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-12 03:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656861564866297857

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Manchin has no national constituency.       And his ties
to coal and oil aren't going to help him get one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/manchin-third-party/

He might be able to keep his Senate seat is he stays a
conservative Democrat.     Anything else looks like a
dead end.

#PS1politics

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impress 5
time 2023-05-12 03:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656860430571282432

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If he wants to be president, DeSantis better learn to check
with his megadonors and media friends before going out on
a limb.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/11/desantis-defamation-conservative-media/

#PS1journalism

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impress 6
time 2023-05-12 03:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656858686290296832

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Why 18?   Why shouldn't ANYBODY be able to buy, keep,
and bear ANY kind of arms?

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment

"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not
be infringed"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/11/judge-rules-handgun-sales-allowed-18-year-olds/

Accept "common sense" restrictions, then where will
they end?

#PS1firearms

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impress 8
time 2023-05-12 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656857269097857026

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Why not restrict voting to old white men who own land?
They're the only ones wise enough to make laws for the
rest of us.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-raise-voting-age-25/index.html

That was the practice in much of the feudal South at the
time of American independence.

#PS1minority

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impress 7
time 2023-05-12 02:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656854181683277824

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The case for the Trump telethon -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-cnn-town-hall-unpopular-policies/

Trump delighted his base, and appalled everybody else.
Plenty of material for Democratic and anti-Trump attack
ads.

#PS1trump

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impress 6
time 2023-05-12 01:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656833667409510400

==========


Time for some new questions for Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-town-hall-questions/

#PS1trump

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impress 4
time 2023-05-12 01:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656832535702441984

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Well yes!   Santos is actually guilty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/11/george-santos-brazil-case-theft/

But even with anonymous donors going his bail, he has to
pick his fights.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-05-12 01:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656831340258693120

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"sends a message that attempting a coup is just part of
the process; that  accepting election results is a choice;
and that there are no  consequences"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/05/11/trump-cnn-town-hall-chris-licht-kaitlan-collins/

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-05-12 01:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656830971319304192

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Some GOP think that drag queens are the major threat to
American security.     If only the world were so simple -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/us-default-national-security-concerns/

It's harder to grasp the significance of the dollar to
world order, but essential to understanding the debt limit.

#PS1economics

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impress 6
time 2023-05-12 01:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656829621869092865

==========


Even Marc Thiessen is appalled -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-disaster-gop/

Looks like four more years of Biden!

#PS1trump

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impress 2
time 2023-05-12 01:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656827495914807297

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“so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights
movement”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html

This is the untold history that only a black GOP candidate
knows.

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-05-12 00:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656825135171784704

==========


It would be different if it were Hunter Biden's laptop!

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-congress-republican-leaders-15d7172c7388198f77fbcc392c5a19d3

But since they need his vote to force a Federal default,
most GOP have nothing to say about Santos.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-12 00:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656824459351961601

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The pro-minority-rule cult-of-personality GOP can't coexist
with the rule-of-law GOP -

https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-president-cnn-2024-69921c48683f26c02eb799513e8e5754

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1930152913995885

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-05-12 00:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656822281522540545

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There's no point in negotiating with somebody who has
no room to negotiate.     McCarthy has even less room
than Boehner.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/us/politics/biden-obama-debt-limit.html

#PS1economics

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 20%
expands 1
impress 5
time 2023-05-11 00:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656450937186324481

==========


Looks like DeSantis can't unite the Trumpists and all the
anti-Trump factions.     Nobody else can either, so what
makes DeSantis a front runner?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/upshot/ron-desantis-trump-republicans.html

All Trump has to do is threaten to run as a third party
if GOP won't nominate him.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-05-11 00:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656449559386816512

==========


"It also expands requirements for businesses with more
than 25 staffers to use E-Verify"

https://apnews.com/article/florida-desantis-immigration-bill-74d3efde87fe376202ebda74bab123b8

Did he check with his megadonors about that?    Did he
establish a special police force to jail or deport
businesses that don't comply?

#PS1immigration

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impress 2
time 2023-05-10 21:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656413966770536448

==========


Federal budget deficits are more likely to pay for
themselves than Federal tax cuts!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/government-budget-deficits.html

#PS1economics

=====

impress 3
time 2023-05-10 21:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656410308326600706

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"In an important moment for the rule of law, a jury heard
evidence  against a former president and reached exactly
the conclusion that it  likely would have reached for
anyone else"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-verdict.html

#PS1justice

=====

impress 2
time 2023-05-10 21:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656409414168113152

==========


"Without the fake news he so loves to bash, he’d just be
another failed  real estate scion hawking mediocre steaks
and worthless degrees from  his university”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/trump-campaign-cnn-townhall.html

#PS1media

=====

impress 5
time 2023-05-10 21:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656408421904830464

==========


What happens when your freedom conflicts with my freedom?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-trump-desantis-2024-freedom.html

GOP has a ready answer: the rich man megadonor wins.
Though most of them know better than to say so in public.

#PS1theory

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impress 2
time 2023-05-10 21:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656407072957931520

==========


"The only beneficiaries of default would be adversarial
actors like Russia and China"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-dollar.html

No wonder the GOP House Putinists make the most noise
about forcing default.

#PS1economics

=====

impress 4
time 2023-05-10 21:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656404678903754752

==========


More good work from Coach Tuberville, blocking DOD until
it's remade in his image.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/10/military-promotions-secretary-risk/

#PS1trumpism

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-10 20:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656402209368838144

==========


Coach Tuberville reaffirms that he's an unreconstructed
Trumpist Dixiecrat racist.     GOP needs guys like him to
keep the white supremacists voting GOP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/10/tuberville-military-white-nationalists/

#PS1trumpism

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impress 5
time 2023-05-10 20:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656401533658075136

==========


"Republicans representing districts with agriculture  were
worried that the  provision could make it more difficult
for farmers to find workers"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/house-republicans-border-bill/index.html

So we never get immigration reform.    GOP megadonors rely
on cheap exploitable labor.

#PS1immigration

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impress 2
time 2023-05-10 20:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656399169207308288

==========


Nobody is too corrupt to run for president in the Trumpist
Dixiecrat personality cult GOP!

https://apnews.com/article/trump-cnn-e-jean-carroll-trial-d3d516c1b66025f635f8685135d35e43

#PS1gop

=====

impress 3
time 2023-05-10 19:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656383955103531009

==========


Nobody is too corrupt to be a part of McCarthy's
five-vote majority!     McCarthy can't lose a single vote.
Santos won't resign.

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-federal-charges-updates-33667a0900271e5002459ab748d8fdc8

#PS1gop

=====

engage 3
engage-rate 6%
expands 1
impress 50
likes 2
time 2023-05-10 19:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656382848813916160

==========


Possible deficit outcomes.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-debt-limit-coin-constitution-mccarthy-77be7f00b81cebec44fbaf807b9642ff

The lunatic fringe of the GOP wants a showdown to get them
on Fox, and they'll get it sooner or later, by replacing
McCarthy if he wobbles.     So let's get it over with once
and for all.

#PS1economics

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impress 9
time 2023-05-09 15:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655964554789277696

==========


It's not a high calling - it's a big bu$ine$$!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/08/media/fox-baier-reputation-reliable-sources/index.html

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-05-09 15:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655962678517702656

==========


In Trumpist Dixiecrat NewSpeak, "conservatism" means
reactionary cult of personality fascism.     In contrast,
the founder of Enlightenment conservatism would find no
place in the modern GOP -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke

He would rather be right than re-elected.

#PS1theory

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impress 2
time 2023-05-09 15:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655960846877757441

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America's founders knew all about established religions.
That's why they forbade them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/texas-legislature-christian-nationalism-ten-commandments/

But Christian Nationalists are one of the single-issue
constituencies that GOP depends on to protect minority
rule.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-05-09 13:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655935394154958852

==========


How can you still be anti-establishment once you're the
establishment?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/how-fox-news-trump-wrote-playbook-their-own-downfall/

What's the business model now?

#PS1media

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impress 5
time 2023-05-09 13:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655934689797111814

==========


Wrong answer!     House GOP is like Putin - compromise only
defers the inevitable for a short while, then they're back
with bigger demands.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/debt-limit-solution-mccarthy-biden/

Repeal the debt ceiling, and let the GOP try to make their
case on individual spending bills.

#PS1economics

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 6%
impress 16
replies 1
time 2023-05-07 17:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655262442526769152

==========


What should normal be?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/politics-republicans-war-on-normal/

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-05-07 17:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655261385453109250

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"a Congress that can once again mediate difference, not
just express and amplify it"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/congress-marginalized-executive-power-judicial/

But its present paralyzed form remains useful to the
defenders of minority rule.

#PS1democracy

=====

impress 4
time 2023-05-07 17:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655260504980619264

==========


Platinum coins and premium bonds -

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-ceiling-platinum-coin-premium-bonds.html

#PS1economics

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 13%
impress 8
replies 1
time 2023-05-07 17:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655257410934824960

==========


In California we issued registered warrants for a while
instead of checks.

https://www.pillsburylaw.com/images/content/2/7/v2/2717/86EC9F39548B4FBE0A37CAE813081CF7.pdf

Maybe the Federal government can too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/debt-limit.html

#PS1economics

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impress 5
time 2023-05-07 16:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655249250312400897

==========


Religions get established by the state for political
purposes - by the ruling class, for the ruling class.
There are always church leaders for sale to the political
devil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/tucker-carlson-christian-right.html

What profit a man to gain the world, if he lose his soul?

#PS1other

=====

engage 1
engage-rate 17%
impress 6
likes 1
time 2023-05-07 16:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655246915334987776

==========


14th amendment won't work.

https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-default-biden-republicans-yellen-b2e1f06ef913fb9bc3ad0b4a6a610da1

#PS1economics

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-07 16:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655241698082160640

==========


Sick of the narcissism?   Double down!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy.html

Like Trump and DeSantis, he talks populist but will fall
into line to defend minority rule if he's elected, as he
learns where the GOP money and media attention comes from.

#PS1gop

=====

impress 3
time 2023-05-07 13:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655204403446714374

==========


GOP legislators want women to have more children.
But they don't want to do anything to make children more
affordable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/women-without-children-history.html

There's nothing new about any of that.

#PS1economics

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impress 6
time 2023-05-07 03:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655051056861302785

==========


How about a House of 10000 Representatives?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/capitol-house-representatives-expansion-design/

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-05-07 03:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655048360838205441

==========


"a vast wasteland"

https://apnews.com/article/newton-minow-dies-tv-vast-wasteland-3aa9234488f44df9b7f59f8072e1c8a1

Did he change his mind about network TV under the fairness
doctrine, when social media arrived?

#PS1media

=====

impress 3
time 2023-05-07 02:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655034651243847681

==========


"I’m becoming something I don’t want to be"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/tucker-carlson-fox-news-text/

It's called free will.  "They" didn't do it to you, you
chose it for yourself.

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-05-07 02:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655033896105558016

==========


Light pollution - it used to just bother astronomers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/dark-sky-night-light-pollution-impact/

Now many more observers count the effects.

#PS1technology

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impress 3
time 2023-05-07 02:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655032324499853314

==========


"Chevron undermines that order by effectively giving
plenary authority to unelected bureaucrats with limited
means of accountability"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/supreme-court-chevron-deference-overturn/

As opposed to anonymous unelected megadonors with no means
of accountability.

#PS1deregulation

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impress 5
time 2023-05-07 02:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655031305434972160

==========


How the chief groomer of reactionary judges does his work -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/

Carefully keeping it as convoluted and opaque as, e.g.,
Trump's empire.

#PS1justice

=====

engage 2
engage-rate 9%
impress 22
likes 1
time 2023-05-07 01:58 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655029302096965634

==========


Democratic tax and spend produced a robust economy -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/us-economy-confusing-indicators/

But GOP is determined to cause a recession before the
election, and debt default is their sure tool. Megadonors
will fund the propaganda campaign blaming it on Democrats.

#PS1economics

=====

impress 7
time 2023-05-06 20:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654944442258952192

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How to reduce the Federal deficit?  Reduce the GOP
billionaire tax relief of 2017? GOP megadonors say no -
instead raise taxes on the poor.

Reduce agricultural subsidies? GOP megadonors say no -
instead reduce SNAP benefits for the poor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/congress-farm-bill-subsidies-debt/

#PS1economics

=====

impress 7
time 2023-05-06 19:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654937038234464256

==========


The MAGA GOP wants to have a fight, and McCarthy couldn't
stop them if he wanted to.      Are there ways to finally
repeal the debit limit without causing a depression?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/democrats-debt-ceiling-republicans/

#PS1economics

=====

impress 4
time 2023-05-06 19:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654933344214466560

==========


"Putin likes to use competing factions as a way to maintain
power but that is very damaging in a military operation"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/wagner-russia-ukraine-discord-leak

But that's how a personality protects his cult, by limiting
the growth of potential rivals.

#PS1putin

=====

impress 3
time 2023-05-06 18:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654909838957379584

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How default would work.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/debt-ceiling-default-us-treasurys/

If a deal with a short debt limit extension should
somehow get through Congress, Biden should refuse to sign.
Repeal the debt limit once and for all!  But expect the
defenders of minority rule to go to the mat.

#PS1economics

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engage 1
engage-rate 11%
expands 1
impress 9
time 2023-05-06 16:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654879338591027201

==========


The difference between fear and hate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/fear-speech-social-media.html

Social media companies are laying off human content
monitors; can AI help or hinder?

#PS1media

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impress 6
time 2023-05-06 15:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654875307491627008

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The Trump base votes on personality, not ideology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/are-anti-trump-republicans-doomed-to-repeat-2016.html

And the other GOP candidates have to deal with the
reality that if the GOP doesn't nominate him, he'll run
on a third party - even from jail - and Biden will win
and take Congress with him.

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-05-06 15:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654873644538159104

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Moving beyond voter suppression to voter enabling -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting

https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/fair-representation-act/

Of course, enabling voters is the LAST thing the defenders
of minority rule want.

#PS1democracy

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-06 15:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654867120138915845

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How industrial-strength voter suppression works.

https://fairvote.org/report/uncompetitive-and-unrepresented-voters-locked-out-of-representation/

It's a pillar of minority rule.

#PS1democracy

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-06 15:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654865684462202880

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Supreme Court about to strike another blow in defense of
minority rule?

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/supreme-courts-next-target-the-regulatory

They were groomed to deregulate!

#PS1justice

=====

impress 1
time 2023-05-06 14:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654861868639584256

==========


Pot calls Kettle black!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news-media-matters/index.html

But Pot can afford a lot more lawyers than Kettle.

#PS1media

=====

impress 32
time 2023-05-06 14:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654858382770339841

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NewSpeak - wouldn't Edmund Burke be surprised!
"conservative" now means "reactionary fascistic
cult-personalist"!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/nationalism-conservatism-what-matters/index.html

Thus the party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower,
and Reagan became the party of Calhoun, Davis, Lee, Bilbo,
and Thurmond.

#PS1gop

=====

impress 10
time 2023-05-06 14:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654856498386960388

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The wheels of justice grind slowly on -

https://apnews.com/article/fulton-county-election-investigation-trump-georgia-52

https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-peter-schwartz-insurrection-9176bad22f2

#PS1insurrection

=====

impress 2
time 2023-05-06 14:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654851558851608577

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Shop like a billionaire?

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/12-smartwatches-this-app-promises-you-can-shop-like-a-billionaire-but-is-there-a-catch/

Sounds more like shop like you live on minimum wage and
have to sell your personal information to make ends meet.

#PS1economics

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impress 2
time 2023-05-06 14:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654849823445753857

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Don't like homelessness?     Increase the minimum wage.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/low-wages-short-hours-drive-many-fast-food-workers-into-homelessness/ar-AA1aCjSo

#PS1economics

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impress 1
time 2023-05-06 14:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654848632577998850

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That was the week that wasn't

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-federal-reserve-kamala-harris-da3814ee9395c6ec8d6cbc51727614d7

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-05-06 13:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654844381948682240

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That was the week that wasn't -

in full

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

or just the lowlights

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-bud-light-fauci-e2d5bd0a954ac01a415a454a70414361

#PS1media

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impress 2
time 2023-04-28 21:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1652059434703802375

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Why settle for a lesser evil - like Trump or DeSantis -
when you can get the REAL DEAL!

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-tucker-carlson-run-for-president-visit-moscow-2023-4

A grandmaster entertainment propagandist to entertain the
masses from the White House, while GOP Congress protects
minority rule by the megadonors.

#PS1media

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impress 9
time 2023-04-28 00:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1651747161128964103

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The debt limit is just another tool of minority rule.

https://www.get-to-sixty.net/

Biden shouldn't sign any extensions, only a repeal.
He'll lose his job, but so will McCarthy and McConnell,
and that will  benefit America and the world.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-limit-ceiling-cap-2b76f685cff4a284021f9b5c2c95cd4c

#PS1minority

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impress 3
time 2023-04-25 04:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650723178807959555

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Nothing left to do but run for president!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news/index.html

But Fox really won - all they had to do was cough up some
chump change.       No public admission or apology and
no change of direction required - always toward higher
ratings.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/opinions/dominion-fox-settlement-zurawik/index.html

#PS1media

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impress 4
time 2023-04-24 20:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650600342323879936

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A week's worth of fake news

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

or just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-ukraine-vaccine-778f87275ce4fb2e45d49992e8593d71

#PS1media

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impress 1
time 2023-04-24 20:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1650599214018338816

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That was the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Executive summary -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-federal-reserve-vaccines-lgbtq-5f38c57913075f0450ac9aa3dcfd8da7

#PS1media

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impress 2
time 2023-04-14 16:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646914256858914818

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An antidote to toxic political polarization -

https://fairvote.org/winner-take-all-mindset-takes-a-disturbing-turn/

As DeSantis remarked, he only got 50% of the vote but 100%
of the power, and he intends to use that 100% entirely
for the benefit of that 50%.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-04-14 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646729112835469312

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Consequences of lifetime appointments.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/clarence-thomas-proves-justices-cant-police-themselves

#PS1justice

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impress 2
time 2023-04-14 03:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646722197598404610

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The fundamental dilemma of minority rule -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html

how to keep the single-issue voters voting for you without
alienating every other persuadable voter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/opinion/abortion-rights-wisconsin-elections-republicans.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1909326456078531

#PS1minority

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impress 5
time 2023-04-08 04:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644561619480117254

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The Counter-Reformation of Twitter -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/twitter-religion-blue-checks-reformation-priesthood/

#PS1media

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impress 10
time 2023-04-07 17:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644388772698787840

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That was all from the week that wasn't -

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

These are the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-donald-trump-joe-biden-anheuserbusch-750214d3ed1ca8218df12a9efe2feed0

#PS1media

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impress 3
time 2023-04-07 16:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1644382208910839808

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Debt ceilings and continuing resolutions - political
theater that needs to stop.

https://www.get-to-sixty.net/

GOP want a showdown and they'll get it.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-fight-47539399db37f44d47eff47386a28ddc

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-04-01 15:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1642190625243291649

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That was the week that wasn't.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check

Just the lowlights -

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-nashville-shooting-hale-transgender-f692a8f9defb105e474b03baa3cd565d

#PS1media

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impress 2
time 2023-04-01 01:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641974288638181376