| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Amazing how often it all comes down to unlimited dark | 2021-12-31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476764643162931200 | 1476764643162931200 |
| How Europe is marching forward to the 1930's again. | 2021-12-31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476753229383753729 | 1476753229383753729 |
| Michigan ends gerrymandering. | 2021-12-31 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1476744598479204354 | 1476744598479204354 |
| Why Xi and Putin think their way is better than democracy. | 2021-12-31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476740893088489475 | 1476740893088489475 |
| Need some end of year tax deductions? | 2021-12-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475319032676900871 | 1475319032676900871 |
| Redistricting turning out different from expected. | 2021-12-25 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1474873822427840512 | 1474873822427840512 |
| Democrats realized too late that they were losing it in the | 2021-12-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474498677003612160 | 1474498677003612160 |
| Federal gerrymandering - if the GOP does it, Democrats | 2021-12-24 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1474239834319319041 | 1474239834319319041 |
| Will Manchin make it possible to pass his own voting | 2021-12-23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473857373735292937 | 1473857373735292937 |
| Schumer's aiming for a showdown on filibuster and voting | 2021-12-21 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1473393078320779265 | 1473393078320779265 |
| Are there any anti-Trumpist GOP left in Congress? If they | 2021-12-19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472670249715601411 | 1472670249715601411 |
| Senate confirmation process badly broken. | 2021-12-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472476556920455168 | 1472476556920455168 |
| Who says racism isn't institutionalized? | 2021-12-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472467715151446020 | 1472467715151446020 |
| Fair redistricting is good for state offices | 2021-12-18 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472195593304825860 | 1472195593304825860 |
| Why don't they just... enact common sense - | 2021-12-18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472064923567996931 | 1472064923567996931 |
| Nothing to see here - so? The goal is to undermine the | 2021-12-16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471358686563995648 | 1471358686563995648 |
| In Texas they're voting like it was 1880! Or not voting. | 2021-12-15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471138456675831813 | 1471138456675831813 |
| Ranked-choice voting gets Federal support. | 2021-12-14 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470628282538233856 | 1470628282538233856 |
| GOP taking control of election machinery in red states. | 2021-12-12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469898511487422467 | 1469898511487422467 |
| "it is up to us, the people. No party or leader will save | 2021-12-12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469880933843025923 | 1469880933843025923 |
| 18 ways to lose a democracy. | 2021-12-12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469879985049518081 | 1469879985049518081 |
| Does Manchin not know that GOP senators are devoted to | 2021-12-12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469878407278186500 | 1469878407278186500 |
| New Georgia law protects GOP from black Democrats. | 2021-12-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469098234601619458 | 1469098234601619458 |
| Redistricting wars could be minimized by ranked-choice | 2021-12-10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469097728428834817 | 1469097728428834817 |
| Will 10 traditional conservative GOP senators step forward | 2021-12-07 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1468031587031797760 | 1468031587031797760 |
| Going to the Supreme Court! | 2021-12-06 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1468005529544892419 | 1468005529544892419 |
| Nobody says GOP candidates need to talk more to urban | 2021-12-04 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466990262874370052 | 1466990262874370052 |
| Every redistricting map works to somebody's advantage and | 2021-12-02 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1466456803500179456 | 1466456803500179456 |
| A Madisonian view of contemporary politics. | 2021-11-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464402345014423558 | 1464402345014423558 |
| Trumpism in action - "The Senate has become a less | 2021-11-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464383790134878212 | 1464383790134878212 |
| What bipartisan support for voting rights? | 2021-11-25 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1464001578205999120 | 1464001578205999120 |
| Another way for GOP to undermine Biden. | 2021-11-25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1463996307010297856 | 1463996307010297856 |
| The science of gerrymandering. Consultants get big bucks | 2021-11-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463993353997979650 | 1463993353997979650 |
| Better to do redistricting completely differently - | 2021-11-25 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1463929280925093889 | 1463929280925093889 |
| Wisconsin GOP willing to take any steps necessary to insure | 2021-11-19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461825418818818048 | 1461825418818818048 |
| Ohio shows how it's done. | 2021-11-19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461541913199190016 | 1461541913199190016 |
| How will independent commission redistricting work out in | 2021-11-19 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461529266856681476 | 1461529266856681476 |
| Liz Cheney MIGHT be re-elected as an independent, but most | 2021-11-19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461507324158246912 | 1461507324158246912 |
| Redistricting could be rational - | 2021-11-19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461489751798681600 | 1461489751798681600 |
| California redistricting commissions was a good idea - | 2021-11-18 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461137487900798977 | 1461137487900798977 |
| Is it time now for something completely different? | 2021-11-16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460399576175632386 | 1460399576175632386 |
| What does "The United States shall guarantee to every | 2021-11-14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460006504434524163 | 1460006504434524163 |
| Stop the Steal is about to get much worse. | 2021-11-14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459969764537765889 | 1459969764537765889 |
| 1619 project in book forms, for adults and kids. | 2021-11-14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459775064149164032 | 1459775064149164032 |
| Thinking like the GOP - if you have the donors, you can | 2021-11-14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459772488431198208 | 1459772488431198208 |
| Protect democracy? How does that protect minority rule | 2021-11-12 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459177525783904260 | 1459177525783904260 |
| What happens when fewer and fewer legislators have | 2021-11-11 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1458865353941929991 | 1458865353941929991 |
| Gerrymandering at work. | 2021-11-11 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458669323694710789 | 1458669323694710789 |
| Ranked choice voting - | 2021-11-07 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457234234486054914 | 1457234234486054914 |
| Why are there so many spending laws passed to expire after | 2021-11-06 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456978087120232454 | 1456978087120232454 |
| He's got Koch money but still he asks for more. | 2021-11-05 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456677237822947328 | 1456677237822947328 |
| "concession is not just a symbolic gesture. It is the | 2021-11-05 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456473465020510214 | 1456473465020510214 |
| Can fact overcome fantasy in Nov 2 elections? Election | 2021-11-02 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455359652137357315 | 1455359652137357315 |
| Romney boldly steps up to declare himself part of the | 2021-11-01 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454979451016527877 | 1454979451016527877 |
| The Constitution was designed to prevent too much popular | 2021-10-29 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454146982008684548 | 1454146982008684548 |
| Kinzinger gerrymandered out of office. | 2021-10-29 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454137930109243395 | 1454137930109243395 |
| Can the Constitution still be changed in any fundamental | 2021-10-29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454127497184829442 | 1454127497184829442 |
| Democrats gerrymander House seats in Illinois. | 2021-10-29 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1454079777518735360 | 1454079777518735360 |
| Redistricting House seats should be accomplished by | 2021-10-28 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453794875665616898 | 1453794875665616898 |
| Abbott promises race was not a factor. | 2021-10-25 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452777363289165825 | 1452777363289165825 |
| Repealing filibuster is the Burkean thing to do. | 2021-10-25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452453993234395139 | 1452453993234395139 |
| Ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts are the | 2021-10-24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452270840758865924 | 1452270840758865924 |
| Voting rights is the #1 issue long term. Nothing | 2021-10-24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452137384422764546 | 1452137384422764546 |
| Can counties secede and join another state? | 2021-10-24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452100534006022146 | 1452100534006022146 |
| Of course, the real goal is to suppress voting and create | 2021-10-23 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451890558666895366 | 1451890558666895366 |
| Biden comes around on reducing filibuster. Who's next? | 2021-10-23 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451769988847575046 | 1451769988847575046 |
| Why regional federalism might be in our future - | 2021-10-22 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451611478931296256 | 1451611478931296256 |
| "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition" | 2021-10-22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451587436530655238 | 1451587436530655238 |
| When it comes to preserving minority rule, there is | 2021-10-20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450969413658701828 | 1450969413658701828 |
| Why GOP is so eager to keep dark campaign contributions | 2021-10-20 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1450704939106271233 | 1450704939106271233 |
| It takes millions of dollars to run for the Senate. | 2021-10-18 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449919896884711425 | 1449919896884711425 |
| Can we avoid regional federalism? | 2021-10-18 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449894949244182529 | 1449894949244182529 |
| If Democrats lose this chance and the GOP normalizes | 2021-10-17 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449864103753748480 | 1449864103753748480 |
| Texas GOP shows how it's done! | 2021-10-17 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449740059129704448 | 1449740059129704448 |
| What could get Congress to act on voting rights? | 2021-10-17 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449624111303434241 | 1449624111303434241 |
| Trump has once again convinced some number of traditional | 2021-10-12 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447779655839215618 | 1447779655839215618 |
| Prevent another Trump coup? | 2021-10-10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447333011825967105 | 1447333011825967105 |
| So by any means possible, GOP creates a do-nothing Congress | 2021-10-10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447319543236284418 | 1447319543236284418 |
| Why do we put up with a do-nothing Congress? Because the | 2021-10-10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447271067479724033 | 1447271067479724033 |
| Will Congress do anything about the Electoral Count Act? | 2021-10-09 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446690929864110083 | 1446690929864110083 |
| Federal help for ranked-choice voting! The Voter Choice | 2021-10-07 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445954364544147462 | 1445954364544147462 |
| McConnell has talked Biden out of the filibuster. | 2021-10-07 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445933105747935234 | 1445933105747935234 |
| Why Congress tends toward doing nothing. | 2021-10-05 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445189211557040130 | 1445189211557040130 |
| Don't expect bipartisanship on fair elections. Almost | 2021-10-03 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444775904769544195 | 1444775904769544195 |
| What can we do about do-nothing Congress? | 2021-10-02 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444335286234664965 | 1444335286234664965 |
| Making the case for regional federalism | 2021-09-29 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443054058219077636 | 1443054058219077636 |
| Democrats should abolish the debt ceiling forever, using a | 2021-09-29 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443049360120422401 | 1443049360120422401 |
| If the economy goes south at the wrong time, Trump will | 2021-09-28 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442855389859500038 | 1442855389859500038 |
| The old Union can't be restored. A new Union must | 2021-09-28 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442642137934303232 | 1442642137934303232 |
| What would happen in America with female-majority | 2021-09-26 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442128191364087813 | 1442128191364087813 |
| The progressive reforms - initiative, referendum, and | 2021-09-25 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441621677561901056 | 1441621677561901056 |
| Redistricting - the real power game. The human element | 2021-09-24 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441270967439802370 | 1441270967439802370 |
| The filibuster, like all supermajority rules, is for | 2021-09-23 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441124710998183945 | 1441124710998183945 |
| It's time that the unwritten rules were written down, since | 2021-09-21 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440312256772796422 | 1440312256772796422 |
| Trump and Trumpists never lose an election except by fraud! | 2021-09-20 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1440091848500862978 | 1440091848500862978 |
| Can Manchin find 10 GOP senators to vote for his voting | 2021-09-20 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439765435801485312 | 1439765435801485312 |
| Bipartisan redistricting is scarce with elected officials. | 2021-09-19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439698586208374785 | 1439698586208374785 |
| The insurrection "was the biggest voter disenfranchisement | 2021-09-17 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438994842030264321 | 1438994842030264321 |
| GOP funds another fake election investigation. | 2021-09-16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438533781716037636 | 1438533781716037636 |
| No GOP senator is not going to vote for weakening minority | 2021-09-15 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438148783619993600 | 1438148783619993600 |
| GOP will no longer accept election losses. | 2021-09-10 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1436373895347523584 | 1436373895347523584 |
| More good ideas that Republicans supported until they | 2021-09-10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1436183420397187109 | 1436183420397187109 |
| There are about six political parties hidden within | 2021-09-09 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435777598055858181 | 1435777598055858181 |
| Positive steps to defend competent non-partisan election | 2021-09-08 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435744126834655235 | 1435744126834655235 |
| GOP pretends concern about illegitimate votes, but their | 2021-09-07 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1435237623694381056 | 1435237623694381056 |
| How should redistricting be done? | 2021-09-05 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1434402509448089600 | 1434402509448089600 |
| The founders did not have everything figured out. | 2021-08-30 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1432217590227603464 | 1432217590227603464 |
| GOP mission accomplished - undermine public confidence in | 2021-08-28 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431610576883441672 | 1431610576883441672 |
| Same old same old - the same old arguments from 1860 and | 2021-08-28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431461577182511104 | 1431461577182511104 |
| Time for a change. | 2021-08-27 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431070216390266883 | 1431070216390266883 |
| Necessary steps to restore confidence in elections! | 2021-08-19 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1428210099235942400 | 1428210099235942400 |
| Time for a new approach to Congressional redistricting. | 2021-08-15 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1426785048624177155 | 1426785048624177155 |
| Census and gerrymandering. | 2021-08-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1426028323856011266 | 1426028323856011266 |
| The GOP is so proud of its strategy to preserve minority | 2021-08-12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1425929445685170181 | 1425929445685170181 |
| Gerrymandering - a pillar of minority rule. Unfavorable | 2021-08-12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1425713448566984706 | 1425713448566984706 |
| No bipartisanship on minority rule. | 2021-08-12 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1425712045375115268 | 1425712045375115268 |
| So much for separation of powers. | 2021-08-10 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424919288377270276 | 1424919288377270276 |
| Buying influence in Washington. | 2021-08-08 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424376832271347718 | 1424376832271347718 |
| Funding democracy is just another assault on minority rule. | 2021-08-08 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424362566889852931 | 1424362566889852931 |
| Congress is supposed to declare wars. | 2021-08-05 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1423141612515856385 | 1423141612515856385 |
| Time for regional federalism? | 2021-08-05 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1423140115312877572 | 1423140115312877572 |
| Voting rights have almost always been completely partisan. | 2021-08-05 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1423133327934976001 | 1423133327934976001 |
| Fix redistricting? | 2021-08-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1422418674825129989 | 1422418674825129989 |
| Maybe the census isn't a reliable way to allocate | 2021-08-01 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1421716627108728838 | 1421716627108728838 |
| Inspiring speech, but GOP has its orders from its donors. | 2021-07-15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415525343436238849 | 1415525343436238849 |
| Possible approaches to winning support for voting rights. | 2021-07-13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414822480229801986 | 1414822480229801986 |
| In a world grappling with problems the human race is smart | 2021-07-12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414631942872440839 | 1414631942872440839 |
| Time for regional federalism - | 2021-07-12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414439732994404358 | 1414439732994404358 |
| Is it possible to draft a voting rights bill that won't | 2021-07-10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1413862534579331072 | 1413862534579331072 |
| "how many votes have you got?" | 2021-07-10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1413728008339279876 | 1413728008339279876 |
| "how many votes have you got?" | 2021-07-10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413727211413114883 | 1413727211413114883 |
| Kochs win at Supreme Court. The conservative justices | 2021-07-08 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412987849243123712 | 1412987849243123712 |
| Strengthening democracy is not bipartisan when one party | 2021-07-06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412218555605536769 | 1412218555605536769 |
| "business as usual - nothing changed" | 2021-07-04 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1411706021114900486 | 1411706021114900486 |
| Foreigners are puzzled by American democracy. | 2021-07-02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1411083706173779968 | 1411083706173779968 |
| Oligarchy Day! | 2021-07-02 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410979081349255172 | 1410979081349255172 |
| Of course, it's not REALLY about charities - it's about | 2021-07-02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410768203962195972 | 1410768203962195972 |
| Supreme Court does what it was appointed to do - reinforce | 2021-07-02 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410756261352644608 | 1410756261352644608 |
| Elder abuse in campaign finance - raised to a high art by | 2021-06-27 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409042162855997442 | 1409042162855997442 |
| Capitol insurrection? Major corporate and private donors | 2021-06-18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405721402997567492 | 1405721402997567492 |
| "there was no conceivable Democratic bill he could support" | 2021-06-18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405707435805790209 | 1405707435805790209 |
| As expected by everybody except Manchin - the GOP is not | 2021-06-18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405679635044528132 | 1405679635044528132 |
| Looks like a chance to prove that GOP will even vote down | 2021-06-17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405601342089924612 | 1405601342089924612 |
| A kind word for the new, unlikely Israeli governing | 2021-06-15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404668309677633540 | 1404668309677633540 |
| Political democracy rejects concentration of political | 2021-06-14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404299766423449603 | 1404299766423449603 |
| Act on infrastructure and move on. | 2021-06-10 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403121228332761093 | 1403121228332761093 |
| "As long as you have consensus on the right, standing | 2021-06-08 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402135338059923462 | 1402135338059923462 |
| GOP has achieved its goal of paralyzing government. | 2021-06-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401898340824977409 | 1401898340824977409 |
| Things the Democrats need to talk about in 2022. | 2021-06-07 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401773657471426562 | 1401773657471426562 |
| Great news for the Dixiecrat-Republican Party! Manchin | 2021-06-07 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401768335147081731 | 1401768335147081731 |
| Failure to act now will deepen disunity and dysfunction. | 2021-06-06 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401644297938620424 | 1401644297938620424 |
| If the Democrats won't get right-to-vote laws passed, | 2021-06-06 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401548243532619777 | 1401548243532619777 |
| This month will be one to remember! | 2021-06-05 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401020755769401344 | 1401020755769401344 |
| A way forward on voting rights? | 2021-06-05 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400984745463345154 | 1400984745463345154 |
| Are they arguing for regional federalism? | 2021-06-04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400815009643450371 | 1400815009643450371 |
| If Democrats let GOP consolidate power, the only way out | 2021-06-04 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400673807564746752 | 1400673807564746752 |
| The GOP will exploit every rural bias the constitution | 2021-06-04 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400611358719168515 | 1400611358719168515 |
| Can the Senate be saved? | 2021-06-03 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400483631886307331 | 1400483631886307331 |
| The GOP is determined not to lose another election. | 2021-06-03 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400289155364442122 | 1400289155364442122 |
| Schlars of democratic decline warn - the time to act | 2021-06-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400287948516380674 | 1400287948516380674 |
| Republicans don't intend to lose another election. | 2021-06-03 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400279086279188481 | 1400279086279188481 |
| Open primaries to fight poisonous partisanship! | 2021-05-31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399421274070282241 | 1399421274070282241 |
| Lots of sneaky amendments after midnight? You'd think | 2021-05-31 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399415706693767174 | 1399415706693767174 |
| Where the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party never loses - | 2021-05-31 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399191413498081281 | 1399191413498081281 |
| More than a couple of Democrats want to keep the | 2021-05-31 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399162780243021825 | 1399162780243021825 |
| Two points of view about the modern Dixiecrat-Republican | 2021-05-28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398084259542224897 | 1398084259542224897 |
| Bipartisanship works when you have two parties work from | 2021-05-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398073184360886272 | 1398073184360886272 |
| Democrats better act fast while they can. Or else start | 2021-05-28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398070860469080064 | 1398070860469080064 |
| Jan 6 commission/filibuster votes today or tomorrow? | 2021-05-27 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1397961998197936130 | 1397961998197936130 |
| Manchin and Sinema assure the GOP that they don't need to | 2021-05-27 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397728074196652035 | 1397728074196652035 |
| Manchin "can't take the fallout". He's as far left as WV | 2021-05-26 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1397659216651853825 | 1397659216651853825 |
| Unclear on the concept! | 2021-05-26 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397632553616478211 | 1397632553616478211 |
| Tell the truth? That doesn't work for minority rule - | 2021-05-26 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397626080781955074 | 1397626080781955074 |
| No ten GOP senators favor voting rights. It will take | 2021-05-26 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397586934738821122 | 1397586934738821122 |
| Ranked-choice voting is a big improvement - | 2021-05-26 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397417929763790852 | 1397417929763790852 |
| An argument for regional federalism - | 2021-05-26 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397416609405304834 | 1397416609405304834 |
| GOP preparing the way for 2022 and 2024! It's not about | 2021-05-26 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397407563436630017 | 1397407563436630017 |
| Spreading doubt, not restoring confidence, is the | 2021-05-26 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397359678200291330 | 1397359678200291330 |
| How Dixiecrat-Republican Potemkin democracy works - if | 2021-05-25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397020618260828162 | 1397020618260828162 |
| Earmarks - democracy in action or bribery in action? | 2021-05-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396956523255844868 | 1396956523255844868 |
| GOP legislators are doing the job their donors pay them | 2021-05-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396929849189572608 | 1396929849189572608 |
| Some states move to expand voting | 2021-05-24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396926381666168837 | 1396926381666168837 |
| Tired of rural bias in taxation and representation? | 2021-05-24 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396882703367032836 | 1396882703367032836 |
| Why don't they just re-institute poll taxes, literacy | 2021-05-23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396481572329562114 | 1396481572329562114 |
| You can't expect to maintain minority rule by being fair. | 2021-05-13 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392659553938903043 | 1392659553938903043 |
| Difference between Cheney and Manchin. She won't back | 2021-05-12 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392349859764600837 | 1392349859764600837 |
| Cruz makes it clear - Democrats better repeal filibuster | 2021-05-12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392340701686296576 | 1392340701686296576 |
| "We hope there's a pathway there" - Manchin | 2021-05-12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392325326902943744 | 1392325326902943744 |
| It's good to know the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party | 2021-05-12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392316734401441794 | 1392316734401441794 |
| Laying the groundwork for a Trumpist future where | 2021-05-06 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390365478107762688 | 1390365478107762688 |
| Democrats get dark money too! | 2021-05-06 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390299090475311107 | 1390299090475311107 |
| Another reason Florida is the BEST. STATE. EVER. | 2021-05-03 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389252551791431685 | 1389252551791431685 |
| Strange definitions of confidence and integrity. | 2021-05-03 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389250184324947968 | 1389250184324947968 |
| The case for restoring earmarks. | 2021-05-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389071675988140032 | 1389071675988140032 |
| Initiative/referendum/recall were Progressive initiatives | 2021-05-03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389053721653354499 | 1389053721653354499 |
| Nothing new about voter suppression! | 2021-05-01 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1388300303728971779 | 1388300303728971779 |
| DC statehood - "let the people decide"? | 2021-04-30 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388264950330654720 | 1388264950330654720 |
| The ruling class goes all-out to protect its dark money | 2021-04-29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387592272699531264 | 1387592272699531264 |
| The census doesn't change the electoral outcome. | 2021-04-28 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387532516152602626 | 1387532516152602626 |
| GOP shoots its foot again. | 2021-04-28 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387433042466148363 | 1387433042466148363 |
| GOP will go all out to protect voter suppression. | 2021-04-24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385982967831355393 | 1385982967831355393 |
| Texas GOP redefines "equal protection" to mean equal | 2021-04-24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385981025537249282 | 1385981025537249282 |
| The GOP is just getting started | 2021-04-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385979315972575235 | 1385979315972575235 |
| Technology companies welcome to move to Texas! | 2021-04-22 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385376195387150340 | 1385376195387150340 |
| How Trump turned Puerto Rico Democratic. | 2021-04-22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385372188774043648 | 1385372188774043648 |
| Using lies about unfair elections to make future elections | 2021-04-22 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385366829397250051 | 1385366829397250051 |
| Republicans are grasping at straws to disguise their racist | 2021-04-22 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385354141237604353 | 1385354141237604353 |
| Dark money is one of the pillars of minority | 2021-04-22 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385105938068119553 | 1385105938068119553 |
| Obsolete! | 2021-04-14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382124732070252544 | 1382124732070252544 |
| Emergency powers are for emergencies. After a while | 2021-04-11 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381134764799758337 | 1381134764799758337 |
| McConnell certainly knows where the filibuster came from | 2021-04-10 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380877336032075777 | 1380877336032075777 |
| McConnell wants corporations to stay out of public | 2021-04-09 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380527972331913219 | 1380527972331913219 |
| How close was that election? | 2021-04-07 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1379658863750696961 | 1379658863750696961 |
| How close was that election? | 2021-04-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1379300718306201601 | 1379300718306201601 |
| ATT? Comcast? Verizon? Philip Morris? | 2021-04-05 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1379036910211895296 | 1379036910211895296 |
| Why dark money in politics has to stop! These | 2021-04-04 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378592619433840642 | 1378592619433840642 |
| If enough major corporate donors line up, will GOP senators | 2021-04-03 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378342033681575938 | 1378342033681575938 |
| Voting rights - don't just pass the parts that Republicans | 2021-04-03 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378155840201322496 | 1378155840201322496 |
| GOP major donors will do ANYTHING to protect unlimited | 2021-04-03 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378152561262292994 | 1378152561262292994 |
| Many GOP voters are receptive to Democratic voting | 2021-04-02 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1377980813048901638 | 1377980813048901638 |
| The minority rule swamp is right in your state capitol. | 2021-03-29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376675794743820289 | 1376675794743820289 |
| "Races are won before they're run" | 2021-03-29 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376597266383794182 | 1376597266383794182 |
| Six minutes for white people, 90 minutes for black people, | 2021-03-29 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376567529968001031 | 1376567529968001031 |
| Republican donors are convinced that their protection | 2021-03-29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376400016672055297 | 1376400016672055297 |
| National coordinator of voter suppression. | 2021-03-27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375778688386490372 | 1375778688386490372 |
| The battle of our generation - because everything else | 2021-03-26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375584080859856901 | 1375584080859856901 |
| Skip the primaries and have one ranked-choice election! | 2021-03-26 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375436718350868486 | 1375436718350868486 |
| How times change! | 2021-03-25 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375148739141062659 | 1375148739141062659 |
| Suppressing DC is just one element of Republican voter | 2021-03-25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375132348392435714 | 1375132348392435714 |
| This is the big one! The most important issue of the | 2021-03-25 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374876037817847809 | 1374876037817847809 |
| Now is the time for DC statehood! | 2021-03-21 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373513586601914369 | 1373513586601914369 |
| Florida - Best. State. Ever. - part 2 | 2021-03-20 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373268606440460288 | 1373268606440460288 |
| The history of "election integrity" in their own words! | 2021-03-20 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373121027979366411 | 1373121027979366411 |
| Are there ten GOP senators willing to take action to | 2021-03-19 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373032655151800321 | 1373032655151800321 |
| "HOP strategists were surprised how deeply "the stolen | 2021-03-19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372892175793463297 | 1372892175793463297 |
| Filibusters and reactionary judiciary - how 2021 is | 2021-03-19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372889211502690309 | 1372889211502690309 |
| It's true - Republicans need the filibuster because | 2021-03-19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372764695690575875 | 1372764695690575875 |
| Filibuster has to go! | 2021-03-18 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372561732195938306 | 1372561732195938306 |
| Can America become a three-party country? | 2021-03-18 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372407656653058048 | 1372407656653058048 |
| Voter education reduces number of rejected ballots! | 2021-03-18 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372370537410797568 | 1372370537410797568 |
| Time to get rid of supermajorities for routine business. | 2021-03-18 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372348152573947908 | 1372348152573947908 |
| Scorched earth? And how is this different from what | 2021-03-17 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372061196283645953 | 1372061196283645953 |
| Greene ignorant? That's not news! | 2021-03-16 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1371689286144159744 | 1371689286144159744 |
| The Old South is turning back the clock as fast as it can. | 2021-03-16 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371674181528514568 | 1371674181528514568 |
| Party like it's 1870! | 2021-03-14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370906057241817089 | 1370906057241817089 |
| Between metropolitan and rural - fertile ground for | 2021-03-13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370741975247331333 | 1370741975247331333 |
| Earmarks - a corrupt practice essential to bipartisanship. | 2021-03-13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370740289560748036 | 1370740289560748036 |
| Get around filibuster without repealing it. | 2021-03-12 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370482085438230529 | 1370482085438230529 |
| Not all the voter suppression bills are serious! Some are | 2021-03-12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370442306537418752 | 1370442306537418752 |
| Mail-in voting for Trumpists only! | 2021-03-10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369473236581244933 | 1369473236581244933 |
| Talking filibuster won't solve anything. | 2021-03-09 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369370497142652934 | 1369370497142652934 |
| "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this | 2021-03-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368595503173099520 | 1368595503173099520 |
| Require a majority vote for Federal office. | 2021-03-05 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367981725070979073 | 1367981725070979073 |
| It's looking doubtful that much progress will be made | 2021-03-05 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367925786829750275 | 1367925786829750275 |
| This is it - the biggest battle of the Biden | 2021-03-04 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367349000903348224 | 1367349000903348224 |
| Do Puerto Ricans support statehood? | 2021-03-04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367278839760527362 | 1367278839760527362 |
| It's now or never. If Democrats keep doing nothing, | 2021-03-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367252617450065923 | 1367252617450065923 |
| Bad arguments against HR1. | 2021-03-03 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367251661450747911 | 1367251661450747911 |
| Term limits aren't the answer. Try ending unlimited | 2021-03-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367123465791148033 | 1367123465791148033 |
| "Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative | 2021-03-03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366996930774011905 | 1366996930774011905 |
| How to make money in political campaigns! | 2021-03-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366994840127299587 | 1366994840127299587 |
| The biggest issue in American politics until 1860 was | 2021-03-02 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366609315801358336 | 1366609315801358336 |
| Does everybody WANT the people to understand how their | 2021-03-02 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366549304169558020 | 1366549304169558020 |
| What's more important than vaccination and economic | 2021-03-01 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366413113377968129 | 1366413113377968129 |
| Stop the steal! | 2021-03-01 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366236421229404163 | 1366236421229404163 |
| How far will reactionary Supreme Court justices go to | 2021-02-28 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366108067104890881 | 1366108067104890881 |
| "The typical response by a losing party in a functioning | 2021-02-28 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365935726001418240 | 1365935726001418240 |
| It's easy to oppress DC. | 2021-02-27 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365472786903224320 | 1365472786903224320 |
| GOP's finest skill - making up excuses! | 2021-02-26 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1365368905502363648 | 1365368905502363648 |
| Some Supreme Court justices appear eager to prevent state | 2021-02-26 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365123901555019777 | 1365123901555019777 |
| Policies to reduce extremism. | 2021-02-26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365113991735902208 | 1365113991735902208 |
| Bipartisanship implies a compromise over ends and means. | 2021-02-25 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364784456867803136 | 1364784456867803136 |
| In memory of John Lewis, end the filibuster and pass the | 2021-02-24 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364383407946358784 | 1364383407946358784 |
| It's not just Florida - Republicans everywhere want to | 2021-02-20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363012880283561986 | 1363012880283561986 |
| Voting fraud? What a joke! It's all about suppressing | 2021-02-20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363011314516250624 | 1363011314516250624 |
| Presidential primaries need to be organized differently - | 2021-02-19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362772471556923392 | 1362772471556923392 |
| What happens when the law demands a decision based on data | 2021-02-18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362423092211974147 | 1362423092211974147 |
| Mission Impossible! | 2021-02-18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362246973336653824 | 1362246973336653824 |
| Plans to pack Pennsylvania! | 2021-02-15 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361450396326137856 | 1361450396326137856 |
| Machiavellian Mitch | 2021-02-15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361410723327344640 | 1361410723327344640 |
| "The case for ending the filibuster is now | 2021-02-15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361159346684534784 | 1361159346684534784 |
| There needs to be an easier way to get rid of a bad | 2021-02-14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360973048778682369 | 1360973048778682369 |
| Becoming a swing state is a lot of work. There needs | 2021-02-11 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359985701735989249 | 1359985701735989249 |
| How big dark money flows in politics | 2021-02-11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359860734616768516 | 1359860734616768516 |
| Electoral reforms to end the two-party system. | 2021-02-11 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359715037879832576 | 1359715037879832576 |
| The filibuster was always about protecting minority rule. | 2021-02-09 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358946795204747264 | 1358946795204747264 |
| Ideas on getting redistricting through the Senate. | 2021-02-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358123055671742464 | 1358123055671742464 |
| Let 1000 Republican flowers bloom | 2021-02-06 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1358057201965801474 | 1358057201965801474 |
| Why the Senate can only pass bad laws. The structure is | 2021-02-04 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357343695389921280 | 1357343695389921280 |
| Redistricting could be done automatically - | 2021-02-01 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356033190880665601 | 1356033190880665601 |
| History repeats. Same Southern politicians, same | 2021-01-29 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355182420358619136 | 1355182420358619136 |
| Hamilton foresaw the effects of filibuster - | 2021-01-29 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355179524128792580 | 1355179524128792580 |
| The Noble Lost Cause of the Filibuster! | 2021-01-29 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354994851595472899 | 1354994851595472899 |
| Storming the Capitol or storming Wall Street - it's all mob | 2021-01-28 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354940770386550795 | 1354940770386550795 |
| At some point it's not an emergency any more - | 2021-01-28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354844630894878721 | 1354844630894878721 |
| Why third parties don't work with single-member districts - | 2021-01-28 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354788176406044675 | 1354788176406044675 |
| Voter suppression is ramping up, so philanthropy has to | 2021-01-27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354476566416252932 | 1354476566416252932 |
| Restore endurance filibuster? That underestimates the | 2021-01-27 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354463394917543939 | 1354463394917543939 |
| There's no reason to expect the GOP to change. Against | 2021-01-23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352776786317201408 | 1352776786317201408 |
| Emergency legislation is always avehicle for unrelated | 2021-01-19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351408415185149953 | 1351408415185149953 |
| "human beings are naturally backsliders" | 2021-01-19 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351398626149294086 | 1351398626149294086 |
| It was nearly impossible then to get a working 50-50 | 2021-01-17 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350877859896725506 | 1350877859896725506 |
| Thank you General Milley! We need leaders who can admit | 2021-01-17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350828365419171842 | 1350828365419171842 |
| What's next? | 2021-01-16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350234187119226883 | 1350234187119226883 |
| We need more old senators! | 2021-01-15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350181381893021696 | 1350181381893021696 |
| Voter fraud as an excuse for voter suppression - an ancient | 2021-01-15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350179307767828480 | 1350179307767828480 |
| An archetypal Republican, then Trumpist, donor. | 2021-01-12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348999110104281090 | 1348999110104281090 |
| Try to prevent Trump-like crimes in the future! | 2021-01-11 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348732837638270977 | 1348732837638270977 |
| What can we do about evil Federal politicians? | 2021-01-11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348683946385567744 | 1348683946385567744 |
| DC statehood? | 2021-01-11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348437620859183105 | 1348437620859183105 |
| It was all just an act. Until it wasn't. Hawley and | 2021-01-10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348297548369330176 | 1348297548369330176 |
| Pennsylvania legislature falls off the deep end. | 2021-01-10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348296930829299717 | 1348296930829299717 |
| Winfield Scott was less accommodating to rioters! | 2021-01-08 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347690332054556678 | 1347690332054556678 |
| Washington warned against Trumpism in his Farewell | 2021-01-08 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347685637827170306 | 1347685637827170306 |
| Democratic structural reforms. | 2021-01-08 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347611172518854659 | 1347611172518854659 |
| It's time to do something about the electoral system - | 2021-01-07 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347316927316705282 | 1347316927316705282 |
| One determined person can still make a difference! | 2021-01-06 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346722154797154304 | 1346722154797154304 |
| The modern replacement for the "literacy test" - the long | 2021-01-04 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346166827722756097 | 1346166827722756097 |
| Fixing Congress - | 2021-01-04 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346103009713868804 | 1346103009713868804 |
| Why compromise doesn't work and nothing gets done. | 2021-01-04 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345907135477997568 | 1345907135477997568 |
| Trump lost in the suburbs (code for white people). | 2021-01-04 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345902859141844993 | 1345902859141844993 |
| Sure, have a presidential commission to study election | 2021-01-03 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345760787957075968 | 1345760787957075968 |
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========== Amazing how often it all comes down to unlimited dark money campaign contributions! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/opinion/democrats-joe-manchin.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 21 time 2021-12-31 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476764643162931200 ========== How Europe is marching forward to the 1930's again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/poland-european-union.html Same old story - putting yourself first at the expense of common interests. #PS1democracy ===== impress 22 time 2021-12-31 03:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476753229383753729 ========== Michigan ends gerrymandering. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/michigan-congressional-maps.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2021-12-31 02:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476744598479204354 ========== Why Xi and Putin think their way is better than democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/democracy-fragmentation-america-europe.html But to help their strategy along, they do their best to create and amplify internal divisions in democracies. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570653359945844 #PS1democracy ===== impress 27 time 2021-12-31 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476740893088489475 ========== Need some end of year tax deductions? FairVote https://fairvote.org/ Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy https://itep.org/ American Promise Education Fund https://americanpromise.net/ More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1568037226874124 #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-12-27 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475319032676900871 ========== Redistricting turning out different from expected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/redistricting-turnaround/ Instead of increasing their GOP House chances, red states focused on making more safe GOP districts. Evidently getting more marginal seats seemed losing against long term demographics. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2021-12-25 22:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474873822427840512 ========== Democrats realized too late that they were losing it in the states, and that the GOP intends to preserve its advantage by fair means or foul. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/elections/democrats-state-elections.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-12-24 21:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474498677003612160 ========== Federal gerrymandering - if the GOP does it, Democrats must too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/republican-redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-seats/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-12-24 04:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474239834319319041 ========== Will Manchin make it possible to pass his own voting rights bill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/manchin-voting-rights-filibuster/ Not if he wants to remain Energy Chair if he becomes a Republican. #PS1democracy ===== impress 25 time 2021-12-23 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473857373735292937 ========== Schumer's aiming for a showdown on filibuster and voting rights. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/politics/filibuster-senate-voting-rights.html Filibuster is a tool of those defending the status quo - and saves them from having to take a formal vote on the issues themselves, which might besmirch their legacy. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-12-21 20:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473393078320779265 ========== Are there any anti-Trumpist GOP left in Congress? If they continue to do nothing, they can expect in time to get the same treatment as Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sundaytakevotingrightscongress/2021/12/18/4b83eea0-600d-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 22 time 2021-12-19 20:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472670249715601411 ========== Senate confirmation process badly broken. https://apnews.com/article/senate-confirms-biden-ambassadors-cccf92c2d2efc2ec285590cf8b39729e Better if presidential nominations are automatically confirmed unless the Senate votes them down within 30 days. #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-19 07:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472476556920455168 ========== Who says racism isn't institutionalized? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/us/politics/gop-gerrymandering-black-democrats.html If you gerrymander by race or gerrymander by party, what difference does it make if your goal is to reduce black Democratic power? How could anybody tell the difference. #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-19 07:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472467715151446020 ========== Fair redistricting is good for state offices https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but for Federal, only if every state does it. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-15/california-citizens-redistricting-commission-beats-the-alternative California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal House elections until Texas suspends unfair redistricting. #PS1democracy ===== impress 67 time 2021-12-18 13:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472195593304825860 ========== Why don't they just... enact common sense - gun laws voting rights laws tax laws drug pricing https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/opinion/michigan-school-shooting.html It's no mystery - it takes tens of millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Somebody has to pay for that. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562047717473075 #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-18 04:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472064923567996931 ========== Nothing to see here - so? The goal is to undermine the confidence of voters, pretending that something MIGHT have happened, and so election results can never be trusted, and so the legislature should decide what election results should be. https://apnews.com/article/elections-pennsylvania-voting-donald-trump-presidential-elections-62d6c10553c94d27398103f370fe4226 #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-16 05:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471358686563995648 ========== In Texas they're voting like it was 1880! Or not voting. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/voter-fraud-myth-election-lie/620846/ How voter suppression works - make it more complicated, easier to make a mistake, harder to fix a mistake, and after a while would-be voters understand it's safer to abstain. #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-12-15 15:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471138456675831813 ========== Ranked-choice voting gets Federal support. https://www.fairvote.org/ranked_choice_voting_amendment_passes_u_s_house_of_representatives_1 This is a critical step toward restoring power to the center rather than the fringes. #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-12-14 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470628282538233856 ========== GOP taking control of election machinery in red states. Democrats not effectively resisting. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/politics/trust-in-elections-trump-democracy.html Election administration is no longer non-partisan. #PS1democracy ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-12 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469898511487422467 ========== "it is up to us, the people. No party or leader will save us here. No foreign savior will shake us out of our stupor" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/04/why-international-election-observers-would-give-wisconsin-failing-grade/ Dixiecrat Trumpists are proud, not ashamed, of their authoritarian aims. #PS1democracy ===== impress 15 time 2021-12-12 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469880933843025923 ========== 18 ways to lose a democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2021/january-6-next-coup-signs/ They are all tried and true, tested in formerly-democratic, now-authoritarian states. #PS1democracy ===== impress 19 time 2021-12-12 04:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469879985049518081 ========== Does Manchin not know that GOP senators are devoted to protecting minority rule by all available means? Not know or not care? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/10/manchin-filibuster-protecting-our-democracy-act/ One would not have said the same about GOP in 1972 - because the Dixiecrats had not yet gained full control. #PS1democracy ===== impress 17 time 2021-12-12 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469878407278186500 ========== New Georgia law protects GOP from black Democrats. It's 1880 all over again, with Republicans and Democrats switching roles. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-republicans-purge-black-democrats-county-election-boards-2021-12-09/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 17 time 2021-12-10 00:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469098234601619458 ========== Redistricting wars could be minimized by ranked-choice voting and multimember districts. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Instead - https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/02/creating-disharmony-or-suppressing-voters-battle-over-san-jose-redistricting-maps-escalates/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-10 00:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469097728428834817 ========== Will 10 traditional conservative GOP senators step forward to undermine permanent minority rule? Not likely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/06/electoral-count-act-trump-benjamin-ginsberg/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554516658226181 #PS1democracy ===== engage 3 engage-rate 18% impress 17 time 2021-12-07 01:36 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468031587031797760 ========== Going to the Supreme Court! Gerrymandering is a pillar of minority rule. The Supreme Court justices know they are there to protect minority rule. If they do so, California should suspend fair redistricting for Federal elections. https://apnews.com/article/texas-lawsuits-dallas-race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-9e120f7578628a5fb0ed6a65bc2b2872 #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-12-06 23:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468005529544892419 ========== Nobody says GOP candidates need to talk more to urban residents. They don't care because they don't need them to win! But Democratic candidates have to disproportionately cater to rural voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/democrats-rural-america-midterms.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1552650961746084 #PS1democracy ===== impress 16 time 2021-12-04 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466990262874370052 ========== Every redistricting map works to somebody's advantage and somebody else's disadvantage. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/02/creating-disharmony-or-suppressing-voters-battle-over-san-jose-redistricting-maps-escalates/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551690115175502 #PS1democracy ===== engage 4 engage-rate 18% impress 22 time 2021-12-02 17:18 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466456803500179456 ========== A Madisonian view of contemporary politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/opinion/democrats-aoc-build-back-better.html Madison had no concept of long-term NATIONAL faction in the internet age; it wasn't conceivable in his day - before even the telegraph. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548013658876481 #PS1democracy ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-27 01:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464402345014423558 ========== Trumpism in action - "The Senate has become a less efficient version of the House, where members vote along party lines rather than conscience" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/26/voting-rights-democratic-senators-need-face-reality/ It's all about the millions - not the millions of voters but the millions of dollars. #PS1democracy ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-27 00:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464383790134878212 ========== What bipartisan support for voting rights? Voting rights are a direct attack on minority rule! Bipartisanship is just a handy excuse for inaction, like saying filibuster promotes compromise, despite all historical evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sinema-filibuster-voting-rights/2021/11/19/6be2b338-4966-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 22:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464001578205999120 ========== Another way for GOP to undermine Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/with-hundreds-nominees-confirm-senate-doesnt-deserve-thanksgiving-break/ Rules designed for a Senate with 30 members aren't working now. #PS1democracy ===== engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 22:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463996307010297856 ========== The science of gerrymandering. Consultants get big bucks for this. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/23/gerrymandering-redistricting-competitive-house-districts/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547120588965788 #PS1democracy ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-25 22:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463993353997979650 ========== Better to do redistricting completely differently - automatically drawn districts, with ranked-choice voting and multimember districts. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-michigan-detroit-legislature-voting-rights-17e13485181cead5b1c1da5759fcd35b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547120588965788 #PS1democracy ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 34 likes 1 time 2021-11-25 17:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463929280925093889 ========== Wisconsin GOP willing to take any steps necessary to insure they never lose another election. They might as well just announce the results and not bother with an election. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/wisconsin-republicans-decertify-election.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 17 time 2021-11-19 22:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461825418818818048 ========== Ohio shows how it's done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ohio-redistricting-gerrymander/2021/11/18/b0dc3bfe-37ef-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html Democrats are fools to unilaterally disarm in states that have adopted fair redistricting for Federal elections. #PS1democracy ===== impress 13 time 2021-11-19 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461541913199190016 ========== How will independent commission redistricting work out in California? There could be as many as 10 competitive Congressional districts in 2022. That's a lot more than Texas or Ohio. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/18/barabak-deep-blue-california-has-become-a-congressional-battleground/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542643042746876 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 time 2021-11-19 02:58 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461529266856681476 ========== Liz Cheney MIGHT be re-elected as an independent, but most likely she would just cement a Trumpist victory. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html Likewise for other remaining traditional GOP conservatives . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/liz-cheney-should-consider-alternatives-gop/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542604922750688 #PS1democracy ===== impress 11 time 2021-11-19 01:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461507324158246912 ========== Redistricting could be rational - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Soon a majority of states won't need to have elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/republicans-making-elections-irrelevant/ States with fair redistricting laws should suspend them for Federal elections until all states have such laws. #PS1democracy ===== impress 17 time 2021-11-19 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461489751798681600 ========== California redistricting commissions was a good idea - https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/californias-messier-but-fairer-redistricting-process/ but timing was wrong - nobody foresaw Trumpism's unabashed partisanship. California should suspend redistricting commissions for Federal elections until Texas enacts a comparable law. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2021-11-18 01:01 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461137487900798977 ========== Is it time now for something completely different? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting The redistricting derby is underway. GOP expects to regain control of the House by redistricting, without needing to attract a single new voter. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/republicans-2022-redistricting-maps.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-11-16 00:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460399576175632386 ========== What does "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" mean? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/opinion/gerrymandering-guarantee-clause.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539831496361364 #PS1democracy ===== impress 17 time 2021-11-14 22:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460006504434524163 ========== Stop the Steal is about to get much worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/vote-fraud-trump-gop/2021/11/11/554478a2-4270-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html There's no Republican unity, and it's going to show during caucus and primary season. Trump has set the example - forcefully contest any election you don't win! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1539770366367477 #PS1democracy ===== impress 16 time 2021-11-14 19:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459969764537765889 ========== 1619 project in book forms, for adults and kids. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-race-and-ethnicity-austin-texas-b830189aaf391f1ab5afb2d7dc450962 The hereditary nobility is terrified that their methods of pitting the masses against themselves might be exposed to... the masses. #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2021-11-14 06:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459775064149164032 ========== Thinking like the GOP - if you have the donors, you can get the voters. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-arizona-congress-campaigns-a4dea683b0fabda460e3d6993a46ec8b #PS1democracy ===== impress 14 time 2021-11-14 06:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459772488431198208 ========== Protect democracy? How does that protect minority rule and unlimited dark campaign money? https://www.flipsnack.com/protectdemocracy/on-democracy-and-authoritarianism-american-affairs/full-view.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/sobering-new-report-shows-how-much-work-is-needed-protect-democracy/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 time 2021-11-12 15:13 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459177525783904260 ========== What happens when fewer and fewer legislators have experienced the camaraderie of service and the horrors of war? https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/fewer-americans-serving-military-takes-toll-our-democracy/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 75 likes 1 time 2021-11-11 18:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458865353941929991 ========== Gerrymandering at work. With so much at stake, no wonder that consultants who can draw maps to order are in such demand. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-46ceaf3fb90a4ce3b2fc026c7c18e747 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1537170346627479 #PS1democracy ===== impress 68 time 2021-11-11 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458669323694710789 ========== Ranked choice voting - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential saved the GOP in Virginia - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-ranked-choice-voting-saved-the-virginia-gop-from-itself/2021/11/05/6d1aa738-3dc2-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html and should be used everywhere; it can minimize the influence of extreme candidates and factions in the Democratic party too. #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-11-07 06:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457234234486054914 ========== Why are there so many spending laws passed to expire after a year or two? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/democrats-spending-bill-budget-tricks.html It's a bipartisan way of increasing spending under reconciliation, hoping future Congresses will extend them. So it's ultimately about getting around filibuster. #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-11-06 13:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456978087120232454 ========== He's got Koch money but still he asks for more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/05/new-jersey-governor-ciattarelli-republicans-fraud-lies/ Even lost elections are GOP fund-raising opportunities! But they don't intend to lose any more elections, no matter how the votes come out. #PS1democracy ===== impress 113 time 2021-11-05 17:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456677237822947328 ========== "concession is not just a symbolic gesture. It is the sine qua non of representative democracy - the loser’s acceptance of the legitimacy of the opponent" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virgina-election-mcauliffe-democrats-concede.html But the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is not going to concede to anybody. #PS1democracy ===== impress 110 time 2021-11-05 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456473465020510214 ========== Can fact overcome fantasy in Nov 2 elections? Election officials are doing what they can against an organized campaign of agitprop disinformation. https://apnews.com/article/elections-colorado-voting-presidential-elections-election-2020-c1c8271524e438367134557b0662dd15 Will the losers reject the results no matter what the facts? #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-11-02 02:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455359652137357315 ========== Romney boldly steps up to declare himself part of the problem, not part of the solution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/31/mitt-romney-filibuster-senate-democratic-institution/ He knows perfectly well that filibuster is a tool for obstruction, not for compromise. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-11-01 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454979451016527877 ========== The Constitution was designed to prevent too much popular democracy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/28/founders-constructed-our-government-foster-inaction/ The intent was that nothing could happen without approval of the landed gentry. They didn't anticipate the two-party system, but it fit right in. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 38 time 2021-10-29 18:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454146982008684548 ========== Kinzinger gerrymandered out of office. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/us/politics/adam-kinzinger-illinois-election.html There are plenty of worse Republicans that we'd be better off losing than Kinzinger, but most of them are gerrymandered into invulnerability. #PS1democracy ===== impress 51 time 2021-10-29 17:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454137930109243395 ========== Can the Constitution still be changed in any fundamental way? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#amendments For whom was the Constitution made, anyway? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/democracy-madison-robert-dahl.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528837520794095 #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-29 16:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454127497184829442 ========== Democrats gerrymander House seats in Illinois. https://apnews.com/article/elections-race-and-ethnicity-philanthropy-barack-obama-state-governments-73d75629c440a971c65e9016476ed869 They should suspend fair redistricting for Federal House seats until, say, Florida adopts fair redistricting too. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528160274195153 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 103 time 2021-10-29 13:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454079777518735360 ========== Redistricting House seats should be accomplished by automatic algorithms. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Independent commissions are not the answer to redistricting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/colorado-redistricting-democrats/ They end up in court anyway. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528160274195153 #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-10-28 18:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453794875665616898 ========== Abbott promises race was not a factor. https://apnews.com/article/elections-texas-voting-race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-e9521a6eb4d93ac4a874fc7f27e834e3 But how much is a Trumpist's promise worth? #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-10-25 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452777363289165825 ========== Repealing filibuster is the Burkean thing to do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/24/true-conservatives-should-support-filibuster-reform/ But the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP honors Burke (and conservatism) only in word, not deed. "resistance to reform represents not true conservatism, but an incitement to the wildest radicalism" #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-10-25 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452453993234395139 ========== Ranked-choice voting and multi-member districts are the best way to insure representation of sizeable minorities. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential Existing redistricting rules ARE too complicated. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-redistricting-2621e98606b1a5f62fdca10ed68a4a80 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525043827840131 #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-10-24 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452270840758865924 ========== Voting rights is the #1 issue long term. Nothing matters more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/no-issue-is-more-important-than-voting-rights/ But that doesn't engage the persuadable voters who don't see how it improves their economic prospects now. Is it worth losing control of Congress to address such matters? #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-24 04:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452137384422764546 ========== Can counties secede and join another state? https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/west-virginia-jim-justice-maryland-counties/index.html Not likely - the Federal Constitution provides that changes of state boundaries have to be approved by both states and the Federal Congress. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1524712714539909 #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-24 02:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452100534006022146 ========== Of course, the real goal is to suppress voting and create distrust in election results. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-california-voting-pennsylvania-elections-3c4bb63da9313676f522807a6f2a2993 They wouldn't have a chance in California except there will be an enormous amount of Trumpist money for agitprop media. #PS1democracy ===== impress 88 time 2021-10-23 12:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451890558666895366 ========== Biden comes around on reducing filibuster. Who's next? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-jen-psaki-voting-rights-filibusters-2754b418c97b88d8d8e2205ab2b83941 #PS1democracy ===== impress 76 time 2021-10-23 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451769988847575046 ========== Why regional federalism might be in our future - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Looks like the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is only interested in one thing - preserving minority rule at any cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-threats-jan-6-committee/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 74 time 2021-10-22 18:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451611478931296256 ========== "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition" Madison tried to embed that in the Constitution, but it was repealed by Trump - by executive order - "I have the right to do whatever I want as president" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/dont-let-trumps-privilege-claim-thwart-jan-6-investigation/ Will his Supreme Court agree? #PS1democracy ===== impress 78 time 2021-10-22 16:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451587436530655238 ========== When it comes to preserving minority rule, there is no bipartisanship. Not even one GOP Senate vote for voting rights. They're protecting "states rights" same as the segregationists did before and the slaveholders did before that. https://apnews.com/article/elections-voting-senate-elections-bills-angus-king-97683c9f9c5987167359661413aaf5fa #PS1democracy ===== impress 80 time 2021-10-20 23:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450969413658701828 ========== Why GOP is so eager to keep dark campaign contributions dark. https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-nebraska-indictments-omaha-campaign-contributions-015e1a7c565c3287117144830dc5bb6d How many other foreign investors were less clumsy and managed to buy access to legislators? Laundered through intermediaries, of course. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 81 likes 1 time 2021-10-20 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450704939106271233 ========== It takes millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Where does the money come from? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-campaign-financing.html It's all about buying access, meaning the elected candidate will return your calls. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520676641610183 #PS1democracy ===== impress 81 time 2021-10-18 02:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449919896884711425 ========== Can we avoid regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Since we can't fix minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html It's an uphill climb - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/our-system-is-biased-against-reform-get-used-it-democrats/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 110 time 2021-10-18 00:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449894949244182529 ========== If Democrats lose this chance and the GOP normalizes election decisions by state legislatures, infrastructure won't matter any more. Regional federalism next? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Voting rights are more important than infrastructure. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/opinion/voting-rights-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 89 time 2021-10-17 22:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449864103753748480 ========== Texas GOP shows how it's done! https://apnews.com/article/austin-texas-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-elections-4a40e921b8cec9449e24ed5adc637d87 They've been protecting minority rule for generations. #PS1democracy ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-17 14:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449740059129704448 ========== What could get Congress to act on voting rights? Bipartisanship is a dead end - no GOP senator will vote to reduce minority rule. It's going to take a modification of filibuster - and Biden has to persuade ALL 50 Democratic senators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-democracy-eroding/2021/10/15/2ca8181c-2c55-11ec-92bd-d2ffe8570c7d_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 89 time 2021-10-17 06:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449624111303434241 ========== Trump has once again convinced some number of traditional conservatives to vote for Democrats - https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/im-no-democrat-im-voting-exclusively-democrats-save-our-democracy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/trump-nightmare-looms-again/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1516471042030743 #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-10-12 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447779655839215618 ========== Prevent another Trump coup? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/09/without-these-changes-us-democracy-will-remain-vulnerable-trump-other-bad-actors/ "Republicans who still respect the Constitution should be willing to join in this effort" Only if they want to get primaried by some idiot endorsed by Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515606708783843 #PS1democracy ===== impress 15 time 2021-10-10 22:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447333011825967105 ========== So by any means possible, GOP creates a do-nothing Congress that, by doing nothing, will defend minority rule. Redistrict creatively to create as many safe seats as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/redistricting-partisanship-fighting/2021/10/08/e765d50c-2522-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515580808786433 #PS1democracy ===== impress 14 time 2021-10-10 21:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447319543236284418 ========== Why do we put up with a do-nothing Congress? Because the GOP donors like it that way! How did we resolve the debt ceiling for 3 months? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/congress-crisis.html By scaring McConnell about losing the filibuster! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515484585462722 #PS1democracy ===== impress 19 time 2021-10-10 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447271067479724033 ========== Will Congress do anything about the Electoral Count Act? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/trump-jan-6-committee-electoral-count-act/ Not likely. That would require 10 GOP senators with enough character to help, or 2 Democratic senators with enough character to end filibuster on election reforms. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 time 2021-10-09 04:16 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446690929864110083 ========== Federal help for ranked-choice voting! The Voter Choice Act would make it easier for communities to embrace ranked choice voting across the country. https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/2/bennet-king-phillips-introduce-bill-to-promote-ranked-choice-voting https://www.fairvote.org/rcv More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1512829612394886 #PS1democracy ===== impress 74 time 2021-10-07 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445954364544147462 ========== McConnell has talked Biden out of the filibuster. What about Manchin and Sinema? Depends on their donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/thanks-mcconnell-even-biden-is-losing-faith-filibuster/ Most of the major donors that support Manchin and Sinema probably support their GOP opponents too. Donors just want access. #PS1democracy ===== impress 96 time 2021-10-07 02:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445933105747935234 ========== Why Congress tends toward doing nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/us/politics/biden-lobbying-congress.html "Money is the mother's milk of politics" and unlimited dark money colors every legislator's thinking - about the primary or the general election or both. #PS1democracy ===== impress 220 time 2021-10-05 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445189211557040130 ========== Don't expect bipartisanship on fair elections. Almost all Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican legislators have signed on to voter suppression to protect minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/opinion/jan-6-trump-eastman-election.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1510841205927060 #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-10-03 21:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444775904769544195 ========== What can we do about do-nothing Congress? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html The drama club on Capitol Hill sees that there is more drama in doing nothing - and then complaining on Fox about executive overreach and judicial legislation. https://apnews.com/article/congress-9cf47f7e54f9c45f371a366fdfae8295 #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-10-02 16:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444335286234664965 ========== Making the case for regional federalism https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html If the economy goes bad in 2024, as the GOP is arranging, Trump will be president again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-hints-at-2024-comeback-democracy-advocates-fear-a-worst-case-scenario-for-the-country/2021/09/28/ee357558-1a47-11ec-914a-99d701398e5a_story.html GOP doesn't intend to lose any more elections ever. #PS1democracy ===== impress 86 time 2021-09-29 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443054058219077636 ========== Democrats should abolish the debt ceiling forever, using a special filibuster suppressor if necessary. GOP needs to accept the propaganda that they propagate, that filibuster is a tool for compromise, not for obstruction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/mcconnell-debt-limit-democrats-reconciliation/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 89 time 2021-09-29 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443049360120422401 ========== If the economy goes south at the wrong time, Trump will be re-elected in 2024. GOP is making sure of that. What's the proper response? Regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Or non-violence? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/27/future-political-violence-feels-inevitable-violent-reaction-need-not-be/ Who can fill Dr King's shoes? #PS1democracy ===== impress 78 time 2021-09-28 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442855389859500038 ========== The old Union can't be restored. A new Union must be created. https://www.leaderherald.com/opinion/editorials/2021/07/the-old-union-cant-be-restored/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 106 time 2021-09-28 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442642137934303232 ========== What would happen in America with female-majority legislatures? https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-elections-environment-and-nature-iceland-f9e66907b6e25560a508de0f4b118ddd Probably not much different unless the primary system were also made less hospitable to extremists - by enacting ranked-choice voting and eliminating sore loser laws. #PS1democracy ===== impress 407 time 2021-09-26 14:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442128191364087813 ========== The progressive reforms - initiative, referendum, and recall - were intended to restore democracy to oppose special interests. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#recall But now it's apparent that these have become preferred tools of special interests - https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/08/california-direct-democracy-recall-initiatives-referendum/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 420 time 2021-09-25 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441621677561901056 ========== Redistricting - the real power game. The human element should be removed https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting but that's not going to happen! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/opinion/redistricting-gerrymandering-democrats-republicans.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 155 time 2021-09-24 05:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441270967439802370 ========== The filibuster, like all supermajority rules, is for blocking progress, not for engendering compromise. The GOP is fulfilling its uncompromising Dixiecrat heritage on filibuster. Will the Democrats do anything about it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/gop-renounces-democratic-governance-rationale-keep-filibuster-is-evaporating/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 88 time 2021-09-23 19:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441124710998183945 ========== It's time that the unwritten rules were written down, since not everybody knows about or cares about unwritten rules. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/politics/trump-democrats.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-09-21 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440312256772796422 ========== Trump and Trumpists never lose an election except by fraud! Trump says so himself, and he wouldn't say it if he didn't believe it was true! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/republicans-new-civic-religion-election-denial/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 23:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440091848500862978 ========== Can Manchin find 10 GOP senators to vote for his voting rights bill? Does he think it that they will give up minority rule without a fight? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/opinion/sunday/manchin-vote-voting-bill.html The real question is what he's willing to do about filibuster when he can't find 10. #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-09-20 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439765435801485312 ========== Bipartisan redistricting is scarce with elected officials. Better if automatic - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Are citizen redistricting commissions an idea whose time has come and gone? https://apnews.com/article/elections-ohio-virginia-redistricting-voting-districts-b27ebd5a7dd99ad613ac896ed16ffcde Gerrymandering is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-09-19 21:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439698586208374785 ========== The insurrection "was the biggest voter disenfranchisement effort in recent American history" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/17/tim-kaine-jan-6-attack-protect-voting-rights/ But will the Senate Act? 50 GOP senators say no, even to bipartisan compromise. 2 Democratic senators hold the keys. #PS1democracy ===== impress 91 time 2021-09-17 22:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438994842030264321 ========== GOP funds another fake election investigation. https://apnews.com/article/elections-wisconsin-voting-presidential-elections-election-2020-a30b152f4c7c548b11af00dcb116e3ee They know they won't find anything, but the purpose is to sow doubt about future elections, so the GOP legislature can intervene to decide them, all to protect minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-09-16 16:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438533781716037636 ========== No GOP senator is not going to vote for weakening minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/democrats-need-take-no-gop-answer-democracy/ Manchin needs to decide whether he's with them or against them. #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-09-15 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438148783619993600 ========== GOP will no longer accept election losses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/dangerous-trend-among-gop-candidates-shows-trump-threat-is-here-stay/ If they lose, the election was stolen and they should win anyway. Putin, Xi, and Kim never lose elections. #PS1democracy ===== impress 55 time 2021-09-10 16:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436373895347523584 ========== More good ideas that Republicans supported until they became Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/09/schiff-trump-executive-branch-reform/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-09-10 04:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436183420397187109 ========== There are about six political parties hidden within America's but they can be liberated without a constitutional amendment. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/08/opinion/republicans-democrats-parties.html politicalscrapbooknet comes out in "American Labor Party." More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1493833310961183 #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-09-09 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435777598055858181 ========== Positive steps to defend competent non-partisan election officials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/07/bauer-ginsberg-election-official-legal-defense-network/ But competent and non-partisan work against minority rule, so they have a hard row to hoe. #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2021-09-08 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435744126834655235 ========== GOP pretends concern about illegitimate votes, but their real concern is legitimate votes. The more legitimate votes allowed, the harder it is to maintain minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-national-divide/2021/09/05/24165092-0b4e-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492784777732703 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2021-09-07 13:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435237623694381056 ========== How should redistricting be done? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Democrats mostly try to play fair at redistricting. GOP response? Double down on gerrymandering - they know they lose a fair fight. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-579984fa53d997956749eb3d3820276b #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-09-05 06:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434402509448089600 ========== The founders did not have everything figured out. But they launched a process of learning and improvement. Halting and incomplete as it is, it's the essence of the American experiment. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/opinion/america-history-founding-fathers.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-08-30 05:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1432217590227603464 ========== GOP mission accomplished - undermine public confidence in election systems. https://apnews.com/article/technology-software-election-2020-1341028212960b9b4ed713620d764629 Next step - allow GOP legislatures to determine the results of elections. You do what you have to do to protect minority rule! #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-08-28 13:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431610576883441672 ========== Same old same old - the same old arguments from 1860 and 1960 are back in 2021. Same kinds of people, same arguments, same goal - preserve minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/27/house-debates-voting-rights-its-jim-crow-all-over-again/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-08-28 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431461577182511104 ========== Time for a change. https://political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html Three ways the popular vote can be ignored. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/05/think-constitution-lets-voters-pick-president-better-read-it-again/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 70 time 2021-08-27 01:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431070216390266883 ========== Necessary steps to restore confidence in elections! https://apnews.com/article/elections-georgia-46c13960e11733e23b195e5aeca75d10 Republicans have no confidence in elections they lose! Whether by fair means or foul. #PS1democracy ===== impress 63 time 2021-08-19 04:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428210099235942400 ========== Time for a new approach to Congressional redistricting. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting The 2021-22 redistricting process is going to be the most bitterly political ever. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-census-2020-12b6ccead64357c443ea4b7c2eafc223 #PS1democracy ===== impress 71 time 2021-08-15 05:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426785048624177155 ========== Census and gerrymandering. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-house-elections-redistricting-cbad52d72fadac3a5688d6a0036818f4 #PS1democracy ===== impress 55 time 2021-08-13 03:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426028323856011266 ========== The GOP is so proud of its strategy to preserve minority rule! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/gop-strategy-retake-power-gerrymandering/ But as always, the midterms will hang on how the economy is perceived. With that in mind, the GOP is increasingly focused on wrecking it. #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-08-12 21:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425929445685170181 ========== Gerrymandering - a pillar of minority rule. Unfavorable demographics mean GOP must use every means, fair or foul, to preserve minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-census-2020-redistricting-house-elections-04f3d29cbc4441705922dbc40ba61961 #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-08-12 06:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425713448566984706 ========== No bipartisanship on minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-senate-elections-bills-d417ab8e6db2726eb79a8f2ce28baeca GOP senators saw political advantage in infrastructure. They see none in voting rights, so it's going to come down to whether all 50 Democrats can agree to do something about filibuster. #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-08-12 06:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1425712045375115268 ========== So much for separation of powers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/biden-pelosi-congress-eviction-jan-6.html Nobody wants to exercise constitutional power to make decisions that are correct even though they are unpopular. #PS1democracy ===== impress 68 time 2021-08-10 02:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424919288377270276 ========== Buying influence in Washington. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/07/cryptocurrency-infrastructure-bill-lobby-bitcoin/ All large industries eventually realize that the best investment they can make is in senatorial campaigns. Look how that pays off. #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-08-08 14:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424376832271347718 ========== Funding democracy is just another assault on minority rule. And the GOP isn't going to take it any more. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-d034c4c1f5a9fa3fb02aa9898493c708 #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-08-08 13:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1424362566889852931 ========== Congress is supposed to declare wars. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/us/politics/republicans-war-powers.html But its pervasive partisan gridlock impotence has led to executive usurpation of war-making powers. #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-08-05 04:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423141612515856385 ========== Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html It's no longer possible to change the Constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/opinion/amend-constitution.html Basically because Senate campaigns are so expensive, major donors call the shots, and they won't give up their power. #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2021-08-05 04:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423140115312877572 ========== Voting rights have almost always been completely partisan. There is no bipartisan appeal that will convince GOP donors to give up minority rule voluntarily. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/opinion/manchin-sinema-filibuster-voting-rights.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-08-05 04:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423133327934976001 ========== Fix redistricting? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/voting-fix-that-cannot-wait-stopping-partisan-gerrymandering/ That would be a mortal wound to minority rule! Not going to happen without fixing filibuster first. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-08-03 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422418674825129989 ========== Maybe the census isn't a reliable way to allocate Congressional seats and draw district boundaries. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-census-2020-8aa6f965ce534a5d9b3dff1e90e2207d Why not user voter turnout? That's known EXACTLY. And allocating representation based on voter turnout discourages voter suppression. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 likes 1 time 2021-08-01 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421716627108728838 ========== Inspiring speech, but GOP has its orders from its donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/us/politics/biden-voting-philadelphia.html Swing voters in swing states will vote their pocketbooks as usual in 2022. The GOP will do what it can to make them as miserable as possible. #PS1democracy ===== impress 21 time 2021-07-15 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415525343436238849 ========== Possible approaches to winning support for voting rights. But the bottom line is that most swing voters in swing states and districts vote their pocketbooks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/12/7-points-biden-needs-make-about-voting-rights/ That's why the GOP is doing whatever it can to derail Biden's economic program. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-07-13 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414822480229801986 ========== In a world grappling with problems the human race is smart enough to create but too dumb to solve - https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ Dictators offer a path out of chaos - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-africa-europe-government-and-politics-fea9b7509bb99a836edd62f32bb45ac3 But dictatorial succession is just more chaos. Can we do better than that? #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-07-12 17:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414631942872440839 ========== Time for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Change the Constitution? The GOP donors will insure that GOP legislators will oppose anything that weakens their minority rule. And that's the stuff that needs changing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/11/stacey-abrams-prods-our-constitutional-imagination/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 27 time 2021-07-12 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414439732994404358 ========== Is it possible to draft a voting rights bill that won't be vetoed by the McConnell Supreme Court? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-supreme-courts-courts-voting-race-and-ethnicity-4fc2deafafca64248dad4dfceaf7a05d #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 likes 1 time 2021-07-10 14:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413862534579331072 ========== "how many votes have you got?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/theres-only-one-way-democrats-beat-back-gop-war-democracy/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-07-10 05:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413728008339279876 ========== "how many votes have you got?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/what-it-will-take-defeat-gops-voter-suppression-schemes/ The recalcitrants can't be convinced by anything except losing an election. So let's do what we can to make that happen. #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-07-10 05:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413727211413114883 ========== Kochs win at Supreme Court. The conservative justices know who put them there and why. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/07/koch-brothers-supreme-court-nonprofit-donors/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2021-07-08 04:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412987849243123712 ========== Strengthening democracy is not bipartisan when one party is dedicated to strengthening minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html "hold media organizations to ethical account, advance respect for shared facts" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/american-democracy-civic-healing-fighting-gop/ Sounds Democratic not GOP! #PS1democracy ===== impress 18 time 2021-07-06 01:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412218555605536769 ========== "business as usual - nothing changed" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-senate-elections-capitol-siege-election-2020-house-elections-62e7985e962e6852ef5041b32c63368c Jokes on you! It was just a PR stunt. Thanks, dark money! #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-07-04 15:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411706021114900486 ========== Foreigners are puzzled by American democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/us-democracy-erosion.html They need to realize that the GOP SAYS one thing loudly and does the opposite quietly, just like right-wing parties abroad intent on preserving minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 12 time 2021-07-02 22:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411083706173779968 ========== Oligarchy Day! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/oligarchy-day-supreme-court/ A stout defense of minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 15 time 2021-07-02 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410979081349255172 ========== Of course, it's not REALLY about charities - it's about political contributions. That's why the Kochs are involved. https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-us-supreme-court-california-business-government-and-politics-9f5b3e830e0794b529ade9aeda6c4339 But the Supreme Court did its duty toward big political donors. #PS1democracy ===== impress 18 time 2021-07-02 01:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410768203962195972 ========== Supreme Court does what it was appointed to do - reinforce minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-az-state-wire-us-supreme-court-voting-voting-rights-0db6d04b49eeec1d488739344686dd31 #PS1democracy ===== impress 19 time 2021-07-02 00:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410756261352644608 ========== Elder abuse in campaign finance - raised to a high art by both Republicans and Democrats - hoping the seniors are too befuddled to contest fraudulent charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/politics/recurring-donations-seniors.html But Trump takes the crown for worst. #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-06-27 06:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409042162855997442 ========== Capitol insurrection? Major corporate and private donors have gotten over that! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/capitol-attack-political-donations.html After all, GOP might control Congress in 2023, so donors have to maintain their good standing! They soon got over their infection of ethical responsibility! #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-06-18 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405721402997567492 ========== "there was no conceivable Democratic bill he could support" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/joe-manchin-democrats-voting-rights.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-manchin-abrams/2021/06/17/986b984c-cf82-11eb-8014 #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-06-18 02:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405707435805790209 ========== As expected by everybody except Manchin - the GOP is not interested in bipartisanship. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-voting-bills-a9c2f6facbda15c61ee7cc6709bf60a4 Like Slavery and Segregation, Suppression of voting come under "States rights" and the defenders of minority rule want no Federal role. #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-06-18 00:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405679635044528132 ========== Looks like a chance to prove that GOP will even vote down Manchin's voting rights bill. Maybe that will convince him to eliminate filibuster. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wv-state-wire-bills-voting-voting-rights-bc24ba5e44e1c52516fead3ea498d63f However, if it does pass, that wouldn't be a bad thing, though more work remains to be done. #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-06-17 19:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405601342089924612 ========== A kind word for the new, unlikely Israeli governing coalition. It might not work, but at least they were all willing to try. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/israel-government-coalition.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-15 05:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404668309677633540 ========== Political democracy rejects concentration of political power in one person. Economic democracy rejects concentration of economic power in one person. Why? The harm of one bad powerful actor outweighs all the good of other powerful actors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/warren-buffett-billionaire-taxes.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-06-14 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404299766423449603 ========== Act on infrastructure and move on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-split-biden-infrastructure/2021/06/10/f1f95a8e-c91f-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html An unforeseen special election could put McConnell back in charge. The Democrats must do what they can with reconciliation and get the GOP to vote on record on the rest. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1432450660432782 #PS1democracy ===== impress 61 time 2021-06-10 22:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403121228332761093 ========== "As long as you have consensus on the right, standing together in lockstep, you're not going to have a bipartisan break" So much for Manchin's fantasies about HR4! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-voting-government-and-politics-365b422b2155aa21755d742cd801317c #PS1democracy ===== impress 51 time 2021-06-08 05:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402135338059923462 ========== GOP has achieved its goal of paralyzing government. Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html GOP wants to start the 2022 campaign now. All the Democrats can do is force them to take a bunch of votes on the record. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-government-and-politics-bd9b5c85f32e2b094387c81098319a53 #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-06-07 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401898340824977409 ========== Things the Democrats need to talk about in 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/democrats-2020-election.html But will it matter? The Republicans are gearing up to never lose another close election, by legislative fiat if necessary. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-06-07 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401773657471426562 ========== Great news for the Dixiecrat-Republican Party! Manchin says he won't vote for anything without bipartisan support. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/06/manchin-voting-rights-op-ed/ So Republicans can vote against any and all Biden initiatives with impunity. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429951714016010 #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-06-07 05:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401768335147081731 ========== Failure to act now will deepen disunity and dysfunction. Does he want regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html What voting reforms does Manchin think 10 GOP senators will support? Or even 1? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-rights-bills-elections-government-and-politics-3eb2968199c9ceccd537c01c4cfdfb0f #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-06-06 20:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401644297938620424 ========== If the Democrats won't get right-to-vote laws passed, they better plan on regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Approaches that probably won't stop Trumpism - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/opinion/sunday/trump-2024.html His successors will be even worse. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429584804052701 #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-06-06 14:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401548243532619777 ========== This month will be one to remember! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/democrats-filibuster-senate.html Every senator goes on the record for or against bipartisanship. For or against democracy. For or against filibuster. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-06-05 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401020755769401344 ========== A way forward on voting rights? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/04/force-republicans-filibuster-democracy-again-again/ Make the GOP vote on the record for every provision of the voting rights bills, and see what kind of bipartisanship they can display. #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-06-05 01:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400984745463345154 ========== Are they arguing for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Are they waiting for the GOP to bipartisanly agree not to inflict any more partisan damage to democracy - as soon as the GOP has done all the damage it can think of? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/sinema-manchin-senate.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-06-04 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400815009643450371 ========== If Democrats let GOP consolidate power, the only way out will be regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html "Democrats need to win voters who are right of center; Republicans do not need to win voters who are left of center." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/obama-biden-democrats.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-06-04 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400673807564746752 ========== The GOP will exploit every rural bias the constitution gives them https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ to preserve and strengthen minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The GOP is determined not to lose any more elections - doing whatever it takes. https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-campaign-2016-election-2020-5af20be3c4533a8a34763e82341eaca1 #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-04 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400611358719168515 ========== Can the Senate be saved? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/joe-manchin-filibuster.html But repentance IS possible, though rare. https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/12/byrd.access/index.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-06-03 16:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400483631886307331 ========== The GOP is determined not to lose another election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/republican-plot-steal-2024-election/ What are the Democrats going to do about it? #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-06-03 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400289155364442122 ========== Schlars of democratic decline warn - the time to act is NOW. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/frantic-warning-100-leading-experts-our-democracy-is-grave-danger/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-06-03 03:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400287948516380674 ========== Republicans don't intend to lose another election. Are the Democrats going to protect democracy while they still have the means to do so? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/manchin-voting-rights/2021/06/02/103db892-c320-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-06-03 02:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400279086279188481 ========== Open primaries to fight poisonous partisanship! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/want-help-resolve-american-political-dysfunction-allow-open-primary-elections/ Or better yet repeal sore-loser laws and use ranked-choice voting. That will improve general election chances for candidates with broad appeal. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425853607759154 #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-31 17:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399421274070282241 ========== Lots of sneaky amendments after midnight? You'd think it was a tax bill! https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-texas-government-and-politics-92d26e25c9db88a32e0fda890773b908 #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-05-31 17:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399415706693767174 ========== Where the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party never loses - harrassing honest election officials in order to replace them with obedient political hacks - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iowa-local-elections-voting-rights-elections-8ae7926dcd07f4dba7ede49d6fc894d9o suppressing votes - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-texas-voting-government-and-politics-12a00992b079678e0804c7bf1c696b2f More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1425310224480159 #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-31 02:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399191413498081281 ========== More than a couple of Democrats want to keep the filibuster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-filibuster-commission-voting-rights/2021/05/28/0776b6a6-bf00-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html But the Republicans are playing for keeps now. They've made it clear than they don't intend to lose any more elections. The Biden administration is done in January 2023. #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-31 00:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399162780243021825 ========== Two points of view about the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party - Losing everywhere? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/whatever-republicans-are-doing-it-isnt-working/ Or laying the groundwork to never lose again? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/republicans-are-not-disarray-theyre-united-their-attack-democracy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423489221328926 #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-05-28 01:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398084259542224897 ========== Bipartisanship works when you have two parties work from a common basis of the same facts. But when one party is based on fantasy and the other on facts, there is no common basis to work from. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/bipartisanship-is-overrated-especially-with-these-republicans/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423469797997535 #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-28 00:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398073184360886272 ========== Democrats better act fast while they can. Or else start planning for regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party is not going to leave anything up to chance or up to the voters in 2022 and 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/election-deniers-are-running-for-a-key-role-in-swing-states-it-could-lead-to-a-scary-2024/2021/05/27/ab22809a-be61-11eb-83e3-0ca705a96ba4_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-28 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398070860469080064 ========== Jan 6 commission/filibuster votes today or tomorrow? Only three GOP senators are definitely in favor of Jan 6 commission. Which means it's really going to be about filibuster. Where GOP senators stand - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423266954684486 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 likes 1 time 2021-05-27 17:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397961998197936130 ========== Manchin and Sinema assure the GOP that they don't need to compromise at all, because filibuster is safe. If the Democrats proposed something GOP liked, they still might not vote for it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/politics/filibuster-senate-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-27 01:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397728074196652035 ========== Manchin "can't take the fallout". He's as far left as WV can possibly go, but his insistence that he won't change filibuster gives the GOP clearance to resist everything, especially voting rights. Enabling Trumpism is his legacy. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/january-6-commission-latest/index.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 51 time 2021-05-26 21:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397659216651853825 ========== Unclear on the concept! "The purpose is not to give the election a clean bill of health, it's to undermine its credibility - a dress rehearsal for 2024" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/26/brad-raffensperger-ga-recount-nyt/ As with Benghazi, they'll keep recounting until they get the result they want. #PS1democracy ===== impress 43 time 2021-05-26 19:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397632553616478211 ========== Tell the truth? That doesn't work for minority rule - it would come out like https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376797479331434 So the ruling class will have their politicians continue to make things up! https://apnews.com/article/michigan-health-coronavirus-pandemic-campaign-2016-democracy-5c3d6ef31272b42360f78949776a6cf7 #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-26 18:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397626080781955074 ========== No ten GOP senators favor voting rights. It will take Democratic unity and disabling the filibuster. To fail to act now is to permanently cede power to the Dixiecrat-Republican Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-for-the-people/2021/05/16/bb65909a-b458-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422595264751655 #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-26 16:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397586934738821122 ========== Ranked-choice voting is a big improvement - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/04/ranked-choice-voting-is-already-changing-politics-better/ but it doesn't favor cult of personality, so expect GOP and hardcore Democratic kingmakers to oppose it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential #PS1democracy ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-26 05:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397417929763790852 ========== An argument for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html the GOP focuses its efforts on state legislatures. If it controls those, it controls Federal elections AND local governments. All to the benefit of GOP donors' minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/conservatives-have-one-remaining-redoubt-power-theyre-going-use-it/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-26 04:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397416609405304834 ========== GOP preparing the way for 2022 and 2024! It's not about water for voters standing in line. It's about nullifying elections that don't turn out the way they like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/voter-suppression-is-bad-but-this-tactic-is-even-worse/2021/05/16/97031c6a-b4f1-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1422268608117654 #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-26 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397407563436630017 ========== Spreading doubt, not restoring confidence, is the whole point - so nobody ever trusts an election again. Just like Belarus, Iran, or N Korea. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-2020-election-recounts-government-and-politics-4d5038b2bea05d2132cb4ada43516f67 #PS1democracy ===== impress 60 time 2021-05-26 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397359678200291330 ========== How Dixiecrat-Republican Potemkin democracy works - if the voters vote wrong, just ignore them. https://apnews.com/article/mo-state-wire-michael-brown-medicaid-business-health-19125d5b1d59ab6a9cb29ff48769a4e9 #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-05-25 02:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397020618260828162 ========== Earmarks - democracy in action or bribery in action? Representatives need to be able to show their donors and voters what they are doing for them. https://apnews.com/article/health-government-and-politics-a9783ac73ba1f92d0585c880d15f64f8 Necessary grease for the wheels of legislation? #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-24 22:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396956523255844868 ========== GOP legislators are doing the job their donors pay them to do - protect minority rule. That's GOP ethics in action! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html What does truth or the common good have to do with it? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/15/opinion-34/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-24 20:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396929849189572608 ========== Some states move to expand voting https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-voting-voting-rights-health-3f46e438bf9368d9b3535824e8c6c911 But others threaten election officials with fines and jail time https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-laws-elections-voting-health-4cb9244c381f1031c9ce20610c79a931 And it sounds a lot like "get the result we want or else!" Stalin would be proud. #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-05-24 20:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396926381666168837 ========== Tired of rural bias in taxation and representation? https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ Time to expand the House of Representatives! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/19/opinion-congress-and-california-need-more-representatives/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-05-24 17:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396882703367032836 ========== Why don't they just re-institute poll taxes, literacy tests, great-great-grandfather clauses, and property ownership requirements like the good old days? The Supreme Court probably won't stand in the way now. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-5138bd1ddd074feab7f70700bb196421 #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-05-23 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396481572329562114 ========== You can't expect to maintain minority rule by being fair. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html California did the right thing a decade ago and decided to draw districts fairly. And the GOP response in other states? Double down on unfairness! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/opinion-future-of-the-house-is-at-stake-and-californias-hands-are-tied/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 56 time 2021-05-13 01:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392659553938903043 ========== Difference between Cheney and Manchin. She won't back down from something she truly believes. Manchin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/manchins-choice-abet-jim-crow-find-10-republicans-or-reform-filibuster/ There is no path to 60 votes. It's either end filibuster or allow the GOP to preserve minority rule for another generation. #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-05-12 05:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392349859764600837 ========== Cruz makes it clear - Democrats better repeal filibuster and pass voting rights while they can, or resign themselves to GOP minority rule- who'll stop at nothing to preserve power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/ted-cruz-just-sent-very-important-message-joe-manchin/ There is no bipartisanship to be found on this issue. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-12 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392340701686296576 ========== "We hope there's a pathway there" - Manchin https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-bills-voter-registration-business-voting-86a9fd9365cf954eae7669d6ab35f589 There's no pathway there. Unlimited dark money, gerrymandering, and voter suppression are critical pillars of minority rule. Lose those, and McConnell loses his donors and his job. #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-12 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392325326902943744 ========== It's good to know the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party has a sense of history - inherited from its slavery-rights and segregation-rights ancestors - "our democracy is not in crisis" - revised since Jan 7. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-voting-rights-bills-voter-registration-3dbcf3e5d04e6c7aa7c9ff629e9d1cb3 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1412665995744582 #PS1democracy ===== impress 43 time 2021-05-12 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392316734401441794 ========== Laying the groundwork for a Trumpist future where undesirable election results can just be ignored. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-ouster-gop-leadership-future-stolen-election/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-06 17:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390365478107762688 ========== Democrats get dark money too! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/hansjorg-wyss-money-democrats.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-05-06 13:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390299090475311107 ========== Another reason Florida is the BEST. STATE. EVER. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-republicans-mail-voting/2021/05/02/4c133920-a9bf-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html "The main law that we pass when we pass election bills in Florida is the law of unintended consequences" Florida and Trump were made for each other. #PS1democracy ===== impress 43 time 2021-05-03 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389252551791431685 ========== Strange definitions of confidence and integrity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/voter-suppression-bill-florida-gop/ The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican GOP is actively undermining confidence in elections and impugning those who maintain integrity. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-05-03 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389250184324947968 ========== The case for restoring earmarks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-you-want-a-functional-congress-you-should-welcome-the-return-of-earmarks/2021/04/30/b1775eb4-a91e-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html They seem to be essential, like free-flowing money and booze, to enact legislation in a diverse democracy, even though everybody knows it's wrong. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-05-03 04:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389071675988140032 ========== Initiative/referendum/recall were Progressive initiatives around 1912. https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-government-and-politics-c5f58025b7744389905b1527cbab7d4a Now GOP legislators ignore their state's constitutions and reject any initiatives they don't like. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#initiative Trumpist minority rule in action. #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-03 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389053721653354499 ========== Nothing new about voter suppression! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/29/voter-turnout-is-low-purpose-it-has-been-more-than-century/ While the South was suppressing black votes, the North was suppressing working-class votes. Certainly old rich white male landowners are wise enough to make decisions for the benefit of all. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 likes 1 time 2021-05-01 01:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388300303728971779 ========== DC statehood - "let the people decide"? https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-28d6130991528d96986e4926099d6b01 Manchin needs to review some more of the Constitution. The people don't decide constitutional amendments, the gerrymandered rural-biased state legislatures do. Not the same. https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-04-30 22:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388264950330654720 ========== The ruling class goes all-out to protect its dark money donations - by pretending it's the Democrats who are the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-rights-judicial-movement-perfected-dark-money-it-takes-chutzpah-for-them-to-decry-it-now/2021/04/09/4dfd3a44-9950-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html Unlimited dark money is a pillar of the right, not the left. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-04-29 02:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387592272699531264 ========== The census doesn't change the electoral outcome. https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-electoral-college-election-2020-government-and-politics-1d094c343998d5a01ccbda6b265caf61 Blue voters moving to red states make those states bluer. The Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party depends on finding more single-issue voters and voters who don't care about policy. #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-04-28 22:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387532516152602626 ========== GOP shoots its foot again. https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-census-2020-government-and-politics-7561654cb3f63fc0834da91b10393f6c The census is necessary but not a reliable basis for allocating Congressional representation. A reliable basis would be voter participation in the last Federal election. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1403737336637448 #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-04-28 15:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387433042466148363 ========== GOP will go all out to protect voter suppression. Can ethics legislation get by on its own? That would still require 10 GOP senators on board. Or else eliminating filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/us/politics/trump-ethics-voting-rights.html Undoing Trumpist corruption might take decades. #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-04-24 15:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385982967831355393 ========== Texas GOP redefines "equal protection" to mean equal protection of GOP victories in both rural and urban areas. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/us/politics/texas-republicans-voting.html That's not very attractive to relocating technologists. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-04-24 15:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385981025537249282 ========== The GOP is just getting started https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/republicans-voting-us-elections.html Anything to insure "integrity" - meaning GOP victories to protect integrity of minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-04-24 15:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385979315972575235 ========== Technology companies welcome to move to Texas! AS LONG AS they "share our values" and don't try "to dictate public policy" - meaning GOP values and policy about racist voter suppression, energy deregulation, and climate change! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-voting-restrictions-gop-corporations/2021/04/21/a2746b8c-a1e4-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 43 time 2021-04-22 23:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385376195387150340 ========== How Trump turned Puerto Rico Democratic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-trump-hud/ Conservative voters might have meant that Puerto Rico would vote Republican. No chance of that now. Trump wanted the money to go to states that voted for him. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399823700362145 #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-04-22 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385372188774043648 ========== Using lies about unfair elections to make future elections unfairer! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republican-voter-suppression-could-backfire/ Another instance of the fundamental GOP question - is it all about Trump or all about preserving ruling class minority rule? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399739950370520 #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-04-22 22:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385366829397250051 ========== Republicans are grasping at straws to disguise their racist and political motivations - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-anti-constitutional-dc-statehood-pretense/2021/04/20/a1cafd72-a1fd-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html But DC statehood advances. https://apnews.com/article/dc-statehood-congress-9edf21fe93e813808f1488ceb0b7900b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399781553699693 #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-04-22 22:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385354141237604353 ========== Dark money is one of the pillars of minority rule. Legislators like to keep their donors secret. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/man-who-waited-50-years-moment/618541/ There isn't any progress possible on political or economic democracy as long as legislators are for sale. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399334387077743 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 45 time 2021-04-22 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385105938068119553 ========== Obsolete! https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-alabama-florida-census-2020-us-news-3407a2d05be23972741294bc05838801 There's no good reason to use census data for Federal redistricting - inexact and not very private. Why not use voter participation instead - something known EXACTLY and fairly quickly. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1394152217595960 #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-14 00:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382124732070252544 ========== Emergency powers are for emergencies. After a while an "emergency" becomes the norm. And normal government should resume. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-term-limits-state-legislature-113b9847aab2df17975d59da92ebf07c How long can an emergency last? Most state legislatures have trouble acting in less than 90 days. #PS1democracy ===== impress 68 time 2021-04-11 06:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381134764799758337 ========== McConnell certainly knows where the filibuster came from and how it's been used. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-senate-elections-filibusters-voting-rights-407aa6edeae59bb88c52f02b511bdc2e But he also knows what his donors want and expect, so he has to block all progress on dark money and voter suppression. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 62 time 2021-04-10 13:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380877336032075777 ========== McConnell wants corporations to stay out of public politics. They should stick to private dark money politics instead. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-business-race-and-ethnicity-baseball-9535999a0dd7c0c6d949a891df896749 Taking no positions taking a position - for the status quo. No wonder the stalwarts of minority rule like that. #PS1democracy ===== impress 60 time 2021-04-09 14:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380527972331913219 ========== How close was that election? 2000 election - 268 votes 1960 election - 11869 votes 1976 election - 16475 votes 2020 election - 32503 votes 2016 election - 77128 votes Some voters are more important than others. More at https://political-scrapbook.net/2021-close-elections.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 57 time 2021-04-07 04:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379658863750696961 ========== How close was that election? 2000 election - 268 votes 1960 election - 11869 votes 1976 election - 16475 votes 2020 election - 32503 votes 2004 election - 68534 votes 2016 election - 77128 votes Dome voters are more important than others. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2021-close-elections.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2021-04-06 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379300718306201601 ========== ATT? Comcast? Verizon? Philip Morris? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-voting-elections-georgia-laws-1ef1f1981b82e8918cc4c8bda0fff1b0 State and local governments regulate many kinds of business, so large donors routinely donate to both sides in order to insure sympathetic access no matter who wins. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1388401058171076 #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-04-05 11:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1379036910211895296 ========== Why dark money in politics has to stop! These Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-digital-influence/2021/04/03/391103a8-8c0e-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html are trying to convince voters that minority rule is not minority rule, pretending to be non-partisan but revealing none of their donors. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387591411585374 #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2021-04-04 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378592619433840642 ========== If enough major corporate donors line up, will GOP senators have a change of heart on voting rights, in order to save the filibuster? https://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168 Or is the filibuster is going to be continuously under attack, so they might as well fight at every step? #PS1democracy ===== impress 58 time 2021-04-03 13:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378342033681575938 ========== Voting rights - don't just pass the parts that Republicans don't mind! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/02/why-democrats-shouldnt-break-up-their-voting-rights-bill/ Scorched-earth politics with bogus rationales - sure signs that minority rule is fighting for its life against democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386772805000568 #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-04-03 01:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378155840201322496 ========== GOP major donors will do ANYTHING to protect unlimited dark money, no matter what GOP voters think. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century This is the civil rights battle of the 21st century for democracy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1386772805000568 #PS1democracy ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-03 01:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378152561262292994 ========== Many GOP voters are receptive to Democratic voting proposals. https://apnews.com/article/voting-legislation-only-on-ap-voter-registration-bills-d4c6c40628aa4ddc56fbbd372d30dd04 But major GOP donors are dead set against anything that threatens their minority rule, and their senators are on message. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-04-02 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377980813048901638 ========== The minority rule swamp is right in your state capitol. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/draining-the-swamp-should-start-in-state-capitals/2021/03/29/10c5a2ec-90bd-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-29 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376675794743820289 ========== "Races are won before they're run" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/everyone-is-against-gerrymandering-until-theyre-ones-with-power-do-it/ Why not just use algorithms and data that are published in advance so anybody can verify correctness? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Multi-member districts would help too. https://www.fairvote.org/a_strong_argument_for_multi_member_districts_ranked_choice_voting_in_georgia #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-03-29 18:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376597266383794182 ========== Six minutes for white people, 90 minutes for black people, and no passing out water in the Georgia heat! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/republicans-blunder-voting-rights/ Separate but unequal shall rise again! Thanks to reactionary court rulings. #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-29 16:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376567529968001031 ========== Republican donors are convinced that their protection by minority rule is doomed if everybody can vote. GOP politicians have acted on cue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/28/gop-is-panicked-voting-rights-will-democrats-follow-through/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-29 05:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376400016672055297 ========== National coordinator of voter suppression. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-campaigns-8ea24e5b4c240aceec71fbfa703d0394 All to preserve minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-03-27 11:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375778688386490372 ========== The battle of our generation - because everything else depends on it. The politicians and donors know it - but can they convince the voters? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-georgia-voting-rights-elections-b5c6611e3233633dde10397eed56bbfb #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-26 23:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375584080859856901 ========== Skip the primaries and have one ranked-choice election! https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used Wrong answer to wrong question! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-primary-elections-wyoming-elections-liz-cheney-8dff5987e3c7a3bbd7a567c33f6df009 #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-26 13:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375436718350868486 ========== How times change! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/romney-says-he-cares-about-racial-justice-nows-his-chance-to-vote-that-way/2021/03/19/e5aacd6a-8835-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html As recently as 2006, voting rights legislation was non-partisan. Now voter suppression is a pillar of GOP minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-25 18:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375148739141062659 ========== Suppressing DC is just one element of Republican voter suppression to preserve minority rule. Might as well come right out and say it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/treating-fellow-citizens-as-landfill/2021/03/24/f4c16d34-8c1a-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-25 17:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375132348392435714 ========== This is the big one! The most important issue of the Biden administration. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-voting-rights-legislation-elections-5fde82aee5edbdabde43f48d7fc60e09 Are we going to do something about minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Or leave it to the states, as we did in 1877 - that took almost a century to undo. #PS1democracy ===== impress 42 time 2021-03-25 00:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374876037817847809 ========== Now is the time for DC statehood! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dc-statehood/2021/03/20/e7c7efb6-88ca-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html Not to mention Puerto Rico! And how about regularizing the status of citizens of the other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-21 05:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373513586601914369 ========== Florida - Best. State. Ever. - part 2 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/florida-senate-race-fraud.html What would the GOP do without unlimited dark money? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy ===== impress 56 time 2021-03-20 13:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373268606440460288 ========== The history of "election integrity" in their own words! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-is-running-scared/2021/03/19/573165b2-8826-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html There was never any doubt what it means. Every Southerner knows, black or white. #PS1democracy ===== impress 58 time 2021-03-20 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373121027979366411 ========== Are there ten GOP senators willing to take action to save the filibuster? Is there EVEN ONE willing to introduce a bill on immigration, infrastructure, or voting rights that could serve as a credible starting point for negotiation? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/an-open-letter-save-voting-rights-pass-bills-keep-your-filibuster/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 52 time 2021-03-19 22:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373032655151800321 ========== "HOP strategists were surprised how deeply "the stolen election" had taken hold with major donors" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/republicans-trump-voting-rights.html No surprise - major GOP donors, like GOP politicians, understand minority rule depends on voter suppression. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-19 12:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372892175793463297 ========== Filibusters and reactionary judiciary - how 2021 is like 1875. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/opinion/raphael-warnock-voting-rights-resonstruction.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-03-19 12:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372889211502690309 ========== It's true - Republicans need the filibuster because Democratic proposals are too popular with voters to repeal once passed - e.g. Obamacare. So GOP's only hope is to prevent them from passing in the first place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/18/why-republicans-want-to-keep-filibuster/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-19 04:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372764695690575875 ========== Filibuster has to go! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-the-filibuster/2021/03/17/b0ff4f16-8761-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/talking-filibuster-will-not-help-democrats-much-some-might-think/ There aren't 10 GOP senators willing to limit voter suppression, dark campaign money, firearms, illegal immigration or enact a living minimum wage More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376544776023371 #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-03-18 14:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372561732195938306 ========== Can America become a three-party country? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opinion/us-third-party-liberals.html The current system is set up for two parties - fantasy-based vs fact-based. Ranked choice voting https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential could make a third party feasible. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1democracy ===== impress 57 time 2021-03-18 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372407656653058048 ========== Voter education reduces number of rejected ballots! https://apnews.com/article/politics-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-elections-atlanta-25b5218ee92dadf78be274211bef6c6b Republican legislators will have to pass laws against voter education. #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-03-18 02:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372370537410797568 ========== Time to get rid of supermajorities for routine business. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-legislation-filibusters-589b6743c1847e1604b7b15fb61d74f1 No need to honor Strom Thurmond any longer, even if he was the founder of the modern Republican Party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 56 time 2021-03-18 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372348152573947908 ========== Scorched earth? And how is this different from what McConnell was planning anyway? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-legislation-filibusters-589b6743c1847e1604b7b15fb61d74f1 McConnell's mistaken if he hopes "bipartisan" means more vain Democratic attempts to get GOP senators to support legislation that GOP voters support. #PS1democracy ===== impress 61 time 2021-03-17 05:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372061196283645953 ========== Greene ignorant? That's not news! https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/guam-national-guard-members-visit-marjorie-taylor-greenes-office/ The inhabited Federal territories are Puerto Rico, DC, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas. Their residents are American citizens or nationals. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 79 time 2021-03-16 05:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371689286144159744 ========== The Old South is turning back the clock as fast as it can. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-voting-rights-texas-537f74c17884059881cb6e4076bfb504 "new residents are moving to these states based on policies Republicans have put in place" Dream on! It's mostly cheaper housing. New people with new money bring new ideas. #PS1democracy ===== impress 50 time 2021-03-16 04:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371674181528514568 ========== Party like it's 1870! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/13/arizona-quality-votes-kavanagh/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-14 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370906057241817089 ========== Between metropolitan and rural - fertile ground for Democrats to grow. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-mankato-minnesota-coronavirus-pandemic-a9b8d4de6dcf0c5c5c46c9b2a3da6324 Lots of persuadable - independent - fact-based voters. #PS1democracy ===== impress 47 time 2021-03-13 14:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370741975247331333 ========== Earmarks - a corrupt practice essential to bipartisanship. Can earmarks be revived in a way that is less corrupt yet still conducive to bipartisanship? https://apnews.com/article/politics-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-b05c97336ea4574bf99cc2bc9eeaf90c At its best, earmarks direct Federal dollars to where the local need is greatest. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-13 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370740289560748036 ========== Get around filibuster without repealing it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/manchin-filibuster-voting-rights.html Democrats might never have the votes for outright repeal. But a shrinking majority rule - 60 votes the first day, 59 the second, etc - might work. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1372514413093074 #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-12 21:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370482085438230529 ========== Not all the voter suppression bills are serious! Some are meant to prevent primary challenges by Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/voting-restrictions-republicans-states/ But enough will be enacted. It's easier to protect minority rule by voter suppression than by making GOP a majority party. #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-12 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370442306537418752 ========== Mail-in voting for Trumpists only! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/09/trump-requests-mail-in-ballot-in-florida/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-10 02:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369473236581244933 ========== Talking filibuster won't solve anything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/most-likely-filibuster-reform-its-limits/ Conservative Democrats need to accept that a simple majority is enough for ordinary business. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-09 19:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369370497142652934 ========== "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/republic meaning "power is held by the people and their elected representatives". So Biden protects voters if Congress won't. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-alabama-selma-voting-rights-elections-eec9cde9f9713183b6c8d1d7123cbbae #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2021-03-07 16:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368595503173099520 ========== Require a majority vote for Federal office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/why-congress-should-require-its-members-be-elected-by-majority-votes/ There's lot of ways to do it. If you don't extremists and performers take over. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-03-05 23:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367981725070979073 ========== It's looking doubtful that much progress will be made while the filibuster is intact. Biden is coming around to that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-kill-the-filibuster/2021/03/05/09c0d774-7857-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html If the GOP's best shot is requiring that all bills be read out loud, there's no reason to expect improvement. #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-05 19:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367925786829750275 ========== This is it - the biggest battle of the Biden administration. Does America support democracy or minority rule? It's going to require eliminating the filibuster to pass. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-elections-voting-pelosi-/2021/03/03/e434df58-7c22-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html https://apnews.com/article/bills-campaign-finance-voting-rights-legislation-elections-a74d9d8cce567d751021ed66cee2b85f More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1366845393659976 #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-04 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367349000903348224 ========== Do Puerto Ricans support statehood? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/puerto-rico-statehood-bill-pedro-pierluisi/ Imperialist relics like "commonwealth" status have to go. Statehood or independence - they deserve it. Same for the other Federal territories. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-04 01:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367278839760527362 ========== It's now or never. If Democrats keep doing nothing, Republicans will keep doing more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/klobuchar-filibuster-reform-hr1/ Filibuster has to go! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-03-03 23:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367252617450065923 ========== Bad arguments against HR1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/aclu-lawyers-hr1-flaws-nonprofits/ Anybody giving $10,000 or more is expecting something in return. That donor should at least be public, no matter what the cause. Better to restrict donations to smaller amounts. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-03-03 23:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367251661450747911 ========== Term limits aren't the answer. Try ending unlimited dark money! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-talk-about-term-limits-for-the-senate/2021/03/02/9f080e48-7ba3-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html Donors like old politicians because they won't embrace new ideas like limiting dark money. Most would not shine in a debate against a younger challenger. #PS1democracy ===== impress 36 time 2021-03-03 14:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367123465791148033 ========== "Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats" https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/voting-rights-battle/2021/03/02/3d213412-7af8-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html "a total transformation of the way we hold elections in America" A level field WOULD transform the way elections support minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-03 06:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366996930774011905 ========== How to make money in political campaigns! Take it from desperate candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/klacik-gop-campaign-donations/2021/03/02/76300fde-7077-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-03 06:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366994840127299587 ========== The biggest issue in American politics until 1860 was preserving the "balance" in the Senate between slave and free states. Rural bias still means DC and PR statehood requires eliminating the filibuster. https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/statehood-for-washington-d-c-and-puerto-rico-background-and-political-implications/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1365539157123933 #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-03-02 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366609315801358336 ========== Does everybody WANT the people to understand how their government works? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/civics-social-studies-education-plan/2021/03/01/e245e34a-747f-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html Are they really going to talk about the mechanics of minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-02 00:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366549304169558020 ========== What's more important than vaccination and economic recovery? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-voting-rights-legislation-elections-8ff401dd96dbd75adbb3b217c7089afe The pillars of democracy against minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Most voters don't care about pillars of minority rule that opposes everything they do care about. #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-01 15:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366413113377968129 ========== Stop the steal! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws#Origins_of_Jim_Crow_laws It's 1877 all over again. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/opinion/voter-suppression-us.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-01 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366236421229404163 ========== How far will reactionary Supreme Court justices go to enable Republican suppression of Democratic voters? https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-arizona-discrimination-lawsuits-voting-rights-c9ab7a4b332667f2858936f5cc133748 They didn't buy Trump's election fraud myth, but maybe they'll help kill the Voting Rights Act once and for all. #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-28 19:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366108067104890881 ========== "The typical response by a losing party in a functioning democracy is to alter their platform to make it more appealing" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html Not Republicans - their platform is Trump - so their response is to eliminate all the Democratic votes they can. #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-02-28 08:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365935726001418240 ========== It's easy to oppress DC. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mike-lee-loves-federalism--just-not-for-dc/2021/02/26/2b012faa-77b3-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html It was even easier when the House District Committee was packed with rural Dixiecrats who couldn't be trusted with anything important, so they punished DC residents for being black. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-27 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365472786903224320 ========== GOP's finest skill - making up excuses! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-resolutions/2021/02/26/dfb3ba00-754f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html Everybody knows it's all about preserving minority rule against the threat of black people voting! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html What about the other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 likes 1 time 2021-02-26 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365368905502363648 ========== Some Supreme Court justices appear eager to prevent state courts from regulating state elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/supreme-court-elections.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-02-26 02:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365123901555019777 ========== Policies to reduce extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/elections-politics-extremists.html The usual - ranked choice voting, no sore loser laws, no gerrymandering safe seats, no unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-02-26 01:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365113991735902208 ========== Bipartisanship implies a compromise over ends and means. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/not-all-partisanship-is-bad/2021/02/24/c51410b2-76dc-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html It does not mean an impossible compromise between facts and lies. #PS1democracy ===== impress 61 time 2021-02-25 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364784456867803136 ========== In memory of John Lewis, end the filibuster and pass the voting rights act! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/opinion/republican-voter-suppression.html There's enough minority rule built into the Constitution. https://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ No need to legislate more. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-24 01:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364383407946358784 ========== It's not just Florida - Republicans everywhere want to suppress Democratic votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-voting-restrictions/2021/02/19/d1fab224-72ca-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Voter suppression is a necessary pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-02-20 06:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363012880283561986 ========== Voting fraud? What a joke! It's all about suppressing Democratic votes. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ron-desantis-legislation-florida-elections-a9737fcc3eab5aedc572fbcc7c19b984 #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-20 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363011314516250624 ========== Presidential primaries need to be organized differently - why not rotating groups in alphabetical order? 12 in March, 12 in April, 13 in May, 13 in June. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/opinion/nevada-caucus-primary-democrats.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2021-02-19 14:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362772471556923392 ========== What happens when the law demands a decision based on data that's not available yet? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/02/california-census-data-delay-redistricting/ Another Trump administration legacy. So why not redistrict based on voting results which are known EXACTLY and quickly? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-02-18 15:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362423092211974147 ========== Mission Impossible! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/restoring-sanity-gop-will-take-years-heres-how-start/ Fanatics don't get better, they get worse. Republicans unhappy with Trumpism need to find a new party. Repealing sore-loser laws would help undermine extremists. But that won't happen. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 27 time 2021-02-18 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362246973336653824 ========== Plans to pack Pennsylvania! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/us/politics/judicial-gerrymandering-pennsylvania.html Another dimension of voter suppression. It's what the GOP is good at. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-02-15 23:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361450396326137856 ========== Machiavellian Mitch https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/15/mcconnell-should-know-you-cant-split-difference-between-law-mob/ A great reason for ending the filibuster. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-02-15 20:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361410723327344640 ========== "The case for ending the filibuster is now overwhelming. There are not 10 Republican Senate votes to be had on anything that really matters." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-trumpism/2021/02/14/17037b70-6f02-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2021-02-15 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361159346684534784 ========== There needs to be an easier way to get rid of a bad president. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-ap-top-news-impeachments-trump-impeachment-963015f42b0c6c9243c7daea2ef5f648 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-14 15:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360973048778682369 ========== Becoming a swing state is a lot of work. There needs to be strategic vision at the top, attention to all the myriad details at the bottom, and ideological flexibility to be able to meet the needs of voters as they arise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/stacey-abrams-georgia-election.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 67 time 2021-02-11 22:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359985701735989249 ========== How big dark money flows in politics https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-b14be5f06588b8f1d78125d4141394cb #PS1democracy ===== impress 59 time 2021-02-11 13:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359860734616768516 ========== Electoral reforms to end the two-party system. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/opinion/democracy-qanon.html These would institutionalize the far right and far left - but keep them out of the centrist parties. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 56 time 2021-02-11 04:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359715037879832576 ========== The filibuster was always about protecting minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/opinion/filibuster-electoral-college.html A couple of generations ago it was synonymous with protecting segregation by blocking legislation completely. Forcing a compromise was never the goal. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-09 01:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358946795204747264 ========== Ideas on getting redistricting through the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/congress-end-partisan-gerrymandering/ It's important enough to merit a bit of compromise. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-02-06 18:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358123055671742464 ========== Let 1000 Republican flowers bloom https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-virginia-6aaebddd5222d89b588a20b20d47e289 and use their God-given second amendment rights to fire away at each other. To survive, hey'd be well advised to adopt ranked-choice voting and eliminate sore-loser laws. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-02-06 14:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358057201965801474 ========== Why the Senate can only pass bad laws. The structure is designed by committee so that laws are designed by the leaders to pass under reconciliation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/democrats-senate-reconciliation.html All to avoid repealing filibuster! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-02-04 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357343695389921280 ========== Redistricting could be done automatically - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting But until then, your $support is needed - https://democraticredistricting.com/ Gerrymandering is a key technique of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/gerrymander-census-democrats-republicans.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2021-02-01 00:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356033190880665601 ========== History repeats. Same Southern politicians, same minority-rule issues, same rhetoric. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/political-violence-congress.html And that article didn't even get to Preston Brooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-29 15:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355182420358619136 ========== Hamilton foresaw the effects of filibuster - supermajorities ruined the Articles of Confederation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster.html An impotent Congress https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html is essential to minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html End it! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 58 time 2021-01-29 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355179524128792580 ========== The Noble Lost Cause of the Filibuster! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/democrats-have-vigorously-used-filibuster-its-pathetic-they-now-wont-pledge-protect-it/ It's not for forcing bipartisan compromise, but for obstruction. So give Republicans 50 days to respond constructively to Biden's proposals - and then move on. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1344748642536318 #PS1democracy ===== impress 55 time 2021-01-29 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354994851595472899 ========== Storming the Capitol or storming Wall Street - it's all mob action. And society doesn't tolerate mobs for long. Except on the internet. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/technology/gamestop-stock.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 70 time 2021-01-28 23:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354940770386550795 ========== At some point it's not an emergency any more - https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-maryland-tom-wolf-coronavirus-pandemic-7d5710f2d8aa4e659c0ec68400ad3d3c But having the legislature make fast urgent technical decisions, when it's possible at all, leaves no individual accountability for the results. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-28 17:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354844630894878721 ========== Why third parties don't work with single-member districts - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/trump-republicans-third-party.html They are good for revenge - Greens elected Bush and Trump, Libertarians elected Biden - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-election.html Trump loves revenge! #PS1democracy ===== impress 71 time 2021-01-28 13:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354788176406044675 ========== Voter suppression is ramping up, so philanthropy has to ramp up support for democracy. https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-capitol-siege-democracy-misinformation-f4fc114193b794cb0267d19ff8b91563 #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-27 17:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354476566416252932 ========== Restore endurance filibuster? That underestimates the staying power of Dixiecrats, now called "GOP". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/opinion/filibuster-senate-biden.html It's not a tool for bipartisan cooperation, but for partisan obstruction to preserve minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster #PS1democracy ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-27 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354463394917543939 ========== There's no reason to expect the GOP to change. Against unfavorable demographics, playing fair is suicide for minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/opinion/biden-trump-democracy-prevailed.html Getting rid of unlimited dark money and sore-loser laws would help. GOP will oppose. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-23 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352776786317201408 ========== Emergency legislation is always avehicle for unrelated provisions that could never pass on their own merits. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/oklahoma-city-bombing-terror-death-penalty.html And Congressional dysfunction means that hardly anything ever passes, except on an emergency basis. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 41 time 2021-01-19 05:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351408415185149953 ========== "human beings are naturally backsliders" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-fresh-start-for-republicans-can-come-only-if-they-abandon-authoritarian-populism/2021/01/18/ff4fb9e8-59bd-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html "Democracy must be continually refounded" And so must the Republican Party. #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2021-01-19 05:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351398626149294086 ========== It was nearly impossible then to get a working 50-50 Senate. How much harder now! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/senate-mcconnell-schumer-democrats-republicans-split/2021/01/15/b73064e8-55ce-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html Especially if the Republicans effectively split into two parties, Always-Trump and Never-Trump. #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-17 18:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350877859896725506 ========== Thank you General Milley! We need leaders who can admit mistakes and learn from them, as well as who know the past and can learn from that. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-capitol-siege-biden-cabinet-1557bcdc87e13e6ca3e8704da7b85276 Just think what might have happened if somebody like Flynn had been in command. #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2021-01-17 15:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350828365419171842 ========== What's next? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article248346755.html A new voting rights act to protect democracy against minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-16 00:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350234187119226883 ========== We need more old senators! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/senators-trump-impeachment-republicans.html We've had too many young and restless and ambitious that see a president every time they look in the mirror. But most of all we need more discerning voters. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-01-15 20:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350181381893021696 ========== Voter fraud as an excuse for voter suppression - an ancient tradition and a pillar of minority rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/opinion/voter-fraud-capitol-attack.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2021-01-15 20:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350179307767828480 ========== An archetypal Republican, then Trumpist, donor. https://apnews.com/article/asia-sheldon-adelson-china-las-vegas-gambling-industry-4190a83940ee8e5b904791dee0b82fea Why we need to act against unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-12 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348999110104281090 ========== Try to prevent Trump-like crimes in the future! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/trump-ethics-democracy-biden.html We had relied too much on the unwritten rules of the game. Now they must all be written down, with specific enforcement mechanisms and penalties. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 replies 1 time 2021-01-11 20:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348732837638270977 ========== What can we do about evil Federal politicians? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/opinion/trump-republicans.html They can't be recalled, but they can be expelled. That process could be formalized. https://www.approve-or-expel.net/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-11 17:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348683946385567744 ========== DC statehood? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/washington-dc-statehood.html How about Douglass County? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-answer-to-dc-congressional-representation-its-in-douglass-county-maryland/2019/02/18/246635e2-33c1-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html A state should have a large enough land area to not be entirely devastated by one disaster. And other Federal territories? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#Federal%20territories #PS1democracy ===== impress 52 time 2021-01-11 01:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348437620859183105 ========== It was all just an act. Until it wasn't. Hawley and Cruz don't seem to have learned a thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-cynical-ploy-like-hawley-and-cruzs-looks-harmless-until-it-isnt/2021/01/07/9ce6d10e-5091-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html It's not just constitutions and laws that make democracy work - it's attidudes and traditions that leaders model and voters follow. #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-10 15:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348297548369330176 ========== Pennsylvania legislature falls off the deep end. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-senate-removes-john-fetterman-blocks-jim-brewster/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-10 15:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348296930829299717 ========== Winfield Scott was less accommodating to rioters! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/capitol-protest-1861-lincoln.html But still it was a close call. Just like this week. #PS1democracy ===== impress 59 time 2021-01-08 23:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347690332054556678 ========== Washington warned against Trumpism in his Farewell Address - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/08/trump-capitol-mob-republicans-george-washington/ Appeals to patriotism no longer work. Fundamental structural changes are required to make patriotism more rewarding than partisanship. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 68 time 2021-01-08 23:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347685637827170306 ========== Democratic structural reforms. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/election-reform.html Alas, they are inimical to minority rule, and will get nowhere in red states as legislation or constitutional amendments. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Regional federalism is easier. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 60 time 2021-01-08 18:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347611172518854659 ========== It's time to do something about the electoral system - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/electoral-college.html but don't expect beneficiaries of minority rule to undermine their own power. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-electoral-college.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-07 22:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347316927316705282 ========== One determined person can still make a difference! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/stacey-abrams-georgia.html That's what the Presidential Medal of Freedom was supposed to be about, before Trump turned it into a badge of shame. #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-06 07:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346722154797154304 ========== The modern replacement for the "literacy test" - the long line test. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/04/upshot/voting-wait-times.html What would happen if all the poor people voted? #PS1democracy ===== impress 54 time 2021-01-04 18:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346166827722756097 ========== Fixing Congress - https://www.usafmc.org/congressxroads needs more than a return to regular order - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/us-senate-2021.html Nothing will change until unlimited dark money and sore loser laws are eliminated and ranked-choice voting instituted. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-04 14:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346103009713868804 ========== Why compromise doesn't work and nothing gets done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/29/why-everyone-says-they-favor-compromise-nobody-does-it/ The donors don't fund it and the primary voters don't vote it. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 58 time 2021-01-04 01:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345907135477997568 ========== Trump lost in the suburbs (code for white people). Turnout in inner cities (code for black people) was about the same, and Trump gained share there. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/opinion/trump-voter-suppression.html Voter suppression is a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 60 time 2021-01-04 01:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345902859141844993 ========== Sure, have a presidential commission to study election problems and make recommendations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-needs-a-democracy-overhaul-heres-what-bidens-first-step-should-be/2021/01/01/48c92cba-498a-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-crises.html Don't expect the defenders of minority rule to permit any adverse changes, though. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-03 15:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345760787957075968