Tweets on democracy-2023

Columns of Tweet Tables

The table above has these entries:

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

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The brown shirts are doing their utmost to rid the country
of impartial election officials.

https://apnews.com/article/election-workers-turnover-threats-trump-2024-8497130b5bbeae503d8f675e3b809d4f

#PS1democracy

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impress 7
time 2023-10-23 05:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716326180549488733

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The Speaker's job is to say yes when it's possible
and prudent and  no when it's not.      McCarthy never
learned that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/pelosi-lessons-next-gop-speaker-house

As LBJ once told MLK Jr, "You can have anything you want
if you got the votes.    How many votes you got?"

#PS1democracy

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impress 6
time 2023-10-14 00:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712993352881405982

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Ranked-choice voting could have avoided a constitutional
crisis in the House.

https://fairvote.org/report/the-motion-to-vacate-and-electoral-incentives/

But personality cult candidates oppose ranked-choice
voting, hoping their many opponents will split the vote
against them and insure their victory.

#PS1democracy

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impress 7
time 2023-10-12 03:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712302957163909152

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Voter suppression in Texas

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voter-suppression-on-trial-in-texas

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-10-12 02:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712299621962453418

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The latest scam to protect minority rule.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/eagleai-isnt-so-intelligent

Lynch mobs next?    Worked great for 200 years in the
slave states.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-09-09 00:28 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1700305199917838660

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Ranked-choice voting plus multimember districts would
eliminate much of the gerrymandering circus.     That's why
the defenders of minority rule - and political kingmakers -
hate them so much.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting

Shut down the circus!

https://apnews.com/article/congress-redistricting-gerrymandering-elections-75e2764f2cc7c8a2e7e0a0e2848d90e9

#PS1democracy

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impress 8
time 2023-09-07 15:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699801471250997379

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Causes of dysfunctional Federal government -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/american-democracy-political-system-failures/

It all comes down to the current system is very effective
at preserving minority rule, so the megadonors who pay
for politics have no incentive to change.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-08-26 05:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695314230336160102

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Ranked-choice voting -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential

is getting a lot of favorable press -

https://fairvote.org/news-and-analysis/editorial-support/

but no so much support from party bosses.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/11/dc-open-primaries-democratic-party/

#PS1democracy

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impress 8
time 2023-08-17 22:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1692308643407118477

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Democracy works by making sausage, in the light or dark,
and the result is never perfect.

https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2858738

But there are unreasonable uncompromising folks.
"All progress depends on the unreasonable man" - Shaw -
but it can be backward as well as forward.

#PS1democracy

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impress 7
time 2023-08-03 04:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686963570549133312

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Parts of the cure for partisanship - a larger House and
multi-member districts elected by ranked choice.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/gerrymandering-electoral-college-solution-democracy/

Getting rid of state sore-loser laws would be a good
first step.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-07-20 13:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682025226593517575

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"Politics is organized conflict"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/no-labels-manchin-common-sense

And the essence of democratic politics is coming up with
unpalatable compromises - that can pass.     The sausage
making is not pretty or easy and the results never please
everybody, and often nobody.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-07-19 20:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681759901364920320

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The Z's are coming!    And the boomers are going.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/gen-z-voters-2024/

So there are GOP proposals to raise the voting age to 25.
Why not respect the traditions of America's founders and go
back to limiting voting to old Protestant male landowners?

#PS1democracy

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impress 13
time 2023-07-19 14:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681672065252827138

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House GOP wants to increase confidence in elections -

https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/11/house-republican-confidence-elections-dc/

meaning confidence that elections will protect unlimited
dark money and minority rule.     So it's time for another
try for Freedom to Vote -

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-freedom-to-vote

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-07-19 13:48 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681662312674107392

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Most voters don't understand American democracy.   It's
based on one-dollar-one-vote.    Nothing else changes
until that changes.

https://apnews.com/article/poll-democracy-partisanship-trump-biden-trust-221f2b4f6cf9805f766c9a8395b9539d

The defenders of minority rule will insure that unlimited
dark money will continue to decide elections.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-07-15 04:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680079475927846913

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The Trump-Putin plan to undermine American democracy is
working.     Their propaganda is convincing increasing
numbers of Americans that elections are rigged.
No facts need apply!

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voting-misinformation-ai-c21c051a667cc93df75b08501870e90c

#PS1democracy

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impress 8
time 2023-07-15 04:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680078208073629696

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Can regional federalism be  far behind?

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

The country is sorting by politics and culture -

https://apnews.com/article/polarization-republicans-democrats-abortion-gender-colorado-idaho-406b5a841d4d47c8a08cf054c38bb2a0

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-07-07 04:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677175838087995403

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Most voters don't follow politics and don't want to.
Especially independents!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-useful-to-remember-how-little-a-lot-of-americans-know-about-politics/ar-AA1dtvue

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-07-07 04:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677174971674800128

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The case for more political parties - and the election
law changes that would help them thrive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/more-political-parties-democracy/?wpisrc=nl_opinions

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-07-07 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677169627900821507

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Why even bipartisan initiatives in Congress usually fail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/congress-facebook-google-amazon-apple-regulation-failure

Money talks.    Politicians listen.       Too many will
do ANYthing to get re-elected.

#PS1democracy

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impress 5
time 2023-07-07 04:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677167052052926464

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Chief Justice Roberts delivered a June surprise.

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

#PS1democracy

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

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It's not easy being a GOP voter.

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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The decline and fall of the Voting Rights Act.

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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

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

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

#PS1democracy

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

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Ranked-choice voting gets closer in Silicon Valley.

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

#PS1democracy

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

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What should normal be?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/politics-republicans-war-on-normal/

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-05-07 17:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655261385453109250

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"a Congress that can once again mediate difference, not
just express and amplify it"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/congress-marginalized-executive-power-judicial/

But its present paralyzed form remains useful to the
defenders of minority rule.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-05-07 17:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655260504980619264

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How about a House of 10000 Representatives?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/capitol-house-representatives-expansion-design/

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-05-07 03:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655048360838205441

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Moving beyond voter suppression to voter enabling -

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting

https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/fair-representation-act/

Of course, enabling voters is the LAST thing the defenders
of minority rule want.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-05-06 15:14 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654867120138915845

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How industrial-strength voter suppression works.

https://fairvote.org/report/uncompetitive-and-unrepresented-voters-locked-out-of-representation/

It's a pillar of minority rule.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-05-06 15:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654865684462202880

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An antidote to toxic political polarization -

https://fairvote.org/winner-take-all-mindset-takes-a-disturbing-turn/

As DeSantis remarked, he only got 50% of the vote but 100%
of the power, and he intends to use that 100% entirely
for the benefit of that 50%.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-04-14 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646729112835469312

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The sad reality of life in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/04/congresswoman-lauren-underwood-profile/

#PS1democracy

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impress 5
time 2023-03-24 03:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639104269109587968

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Why shouldn't the Ministry of Truth define democracy the
way Fearless Leader does?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/23/putin-xi-authoritarianism-democracy/

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-03-24 02:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639098928720392194

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Can Congress PREVENT bad things from happening?  Almost
never -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/18/congress-banking-regulation/

Something bad has to actually happen to get their minds
off politicking and back to problem solving.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-03-22 04:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638397988795215872

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How jousting over "tough votes" means that almost nothing
ever gets done.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/why-congress-gets-nothing-done/

Maybe Federal legislators should be relieved of re-election
anxiety by being limited to one term in each House.

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-03-22 03:37 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638384435157696512

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Another win for the disinformationists -

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/states-cave-conspiracy-theories-and-leave-voter-data-cooperative-eric

Let's get voting out of the realm of facts and back in
the realm of fantasy! - like the rest of the reactionary
program to defend minority rule.

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-03-15 04:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635859597172043777

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Thought about your right to assembly lately?  On the
Federal level it's in the First Amendment - "Congress
shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people
to peacefully assemble"

And it turns out most states have similar rights

https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-massachusetts

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 50%
impress 2
time 2023-03-15 04:19 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635858130528768002

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The unfinished work begun on Pettus Bridge.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/bloody-sunday-was-58-years-ago-we

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-03-09 15:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1633849485133762560

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Is regional federalism inevitable?

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

Are we entering another period in which
regional/tribal/ideological  loyalties count for more than
national loyalty?      That seems to be the trend.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voting-rights-are-expanding-in-blue

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-03-06 18:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1632811063526973440

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DeSantis COULD redeploy his election cops to actually DO
something about illegal immigration -

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774625046215340

But instead he's using them to suppress voters he doesn't
like.    Trumpism at its finest!

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/desantiss-voting-stunt-goes-bad

#PS1democracy

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impress 4
time 2023-02-24 00:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628920963252523009

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Ending pay-to-play in New York.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/public-campaign-financing-will-make-difference-new-york-if-its-properly

It's an idea that might be worth adopting elsewhere.

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-02-18 05:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626811446192640001

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There's big money behind keeping the Constitution exactly
the way it is, interpreted exactly the way five reactionary
Cathlic justices have been groomed to interpret it.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/perfecting-constitution

Is there a way forward within the constraints of minority
rule?

#PS1democracy

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engage 2
engage-rate 40%
expands 2
impress 5
time 2023-02-15 20:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1625950078010810370

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There's only a few thousand votes that will decide who
runs the House in 2025.     Just as in 2023.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-voting-districts-could-change-2024

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-02-10 01:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623849271320809472

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Is there any way out?      The GOP megadonors LOVE a
paralyzed Federal government - state legislators are so
much cheaper to influence.

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/raise-the-debt-ceiling-then-fix-our

#PS1democracy

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impress 2
time 2023-01-28 15:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619362845640261632

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There was SOME good news in 2022 -

https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/01/06/commentary-where-democracy-won-in-2022-2/

#PS1democracy

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impress 1
time 2023-01-16 19:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615071145258258432

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Ranked-choice voting worked.   Not only that, it worked
with multi-member districts, ensuring that all large voting
blocs are represented.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/14/opinion-new-ranked-choice-voting-system-worked-should-be-california-model/

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 25%
impress 4
time 2023-01-16 04:54 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848658570383360

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"members fast-track their way to celebrity — and campaign
cash — not by climbing the seniority ladder and committee
work, but by saying outrageous things on social media"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/11/house-republican-rule-changes-kevin-mccarthy/

So now most bills are take-it-or-leave-it, no debate
or amendments.

#PS1democracy

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impress 6
time 2023-01-15 05:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614501041348964352

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"many D.C. movers and shakers will believe in Santa Claus
if he fits their preconceived notions and promises to
deliver what they have always wanted"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-politics-ryan-salame-sbf-sam-bankman-fried/

It's bipartisan!

#PS1democracy

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impress 3
time 2023-01-11 01:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612990387563679747

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National unity over party unity?    A concept from another
century?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/party-unity-hurting-congress-speaker-vote-mccarthy/

"the power of base voters and the special interest
groups that both parties rely on to fund campaigns and
win elections"

It's all about mother'$ milk.

#PS1democracy

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impress 6
time 2023-01-09 22:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612579105119293443

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Proportional representation insures that winning candidates
have a majority of primary votes.  But that would undermine
the power of the kingmakers and megadonors, so don't
expect GOP to change, even if Trump gets renominated to
lose again.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/stopping-trump-2024-proportional-representation-peterson/index.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 6
time 2023-01-09 22:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612574354201792512

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Letting everybody have their say means that most of them
will never be able to say that any of their bills passed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-rules.html

#PS1democracy

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impress 5
time 2023-01-09 06:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612330056633966593

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One person came out looking better after this week!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/07/house-clerk-cheryl-johnson-speaker/

#PS1democracy

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impress 5
time 2023-01-08 23:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612224415680593920

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Maybe the House is just a hologram of the real House
somewhere out at the edge of the universe.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/04/house-of-representatives-in-purgatory-without-speaker/

#PS1democracy

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impress 7
time 2023-01-06 01:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611178518314102784

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The history of Speaker stalemates.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/opinions/history-lesson-house-speaker-mccarthy-balcerski/index.html

#PS1democracy

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engage 1
engage-rate 33%
impress 3
time 2023-01-06 01:19 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611170530232766465