| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The 2020 High School Yearbook - of national politics. | 2020-12-31 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344436914691002369 | 1344436914691002369 |
| The magic is gone | 2020-12-30 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344178768378621952 | 1344178768378621952 |
| When will they ever learn? | 2020-12-28 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1343660384004128768 | 1343660384004128768 |
| In denial about political reality? | 2020-12-25 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1342494452535840773 | 1342494452535840773 |
| Bipartisan problem solving - one time dumb luck or a | 2020-12-22 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1341392646757965824 | 1341392646757965824 |
| It's the essence of minority rule - say one thing, do | 2020-12-22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1341228587639132160 | 1341228587639132160 |
| Does educational attainment make a difference? | 2020-12-21 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1341129912917233664 | 1341129912917233664 |
| Romney is delusional. | 2020-12-21 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1341036504039112705 | 1341036504039112705 |
| Republicans reject call for bipartisanship | 2020-12-17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339653288627585024 | 1339653288627585024 |
| A very unstable Congress! | 2020-12-17 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339403039954796545 | 1339403039954796545 |
| Nothing NEW to see here. | 2020-12-16 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339344001871138816 | 1339344001871138816 |
| Presidential favorability polls are probably frozen for | 2020-12-16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339315746711560195 | 1339315746711560195 |
| In large publicly-held businesses, people that old might | 2020-12-12 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337758549317799936 | 1337758549317799936 |
| Congress calls Trump's bluff | 2020-12-11 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337494827789774848 | 1337494827789774848 |
| What Rafael Warnock brings to the Senate - | 2020-12-11 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337477911683600385 | 1337477911683600385 |
| Another continuing resolution stalemate - | 2020-12-11 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1337444866104553473 | 1337444866104553473 |
| Limbaugh in favor of secession? | 2020-12-11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337242837721575424 | 1337242837721575424 |
| How Congressional corruption works. | 2020-12-11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337241787228848138 | 1337241787228848138 |
| Why "do-nothing Congress" is an oxymoron. | 2020-12-11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337236872372789248 | 1337236872372789248 |
| They won't have Don Trump to kick around any more. | 2020-12-10 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1336875669880332289 | 1336875669880332289 |
| Wishful thinking - | 2020-12-07 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1335744035672223744 | 1335744035672223744 |
| She promises to be part of the problem, not part of the | 2020-12-05 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1335232385533689857 | 1335232385533689857 |
| Why semi-secession is looking better | 2020-12-04 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1335001144553172992 | 1335001144553172992 |
| Time for semi-secession? | 2020-12-04 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334710845658386432 | 1334710845658386432 |
| "We hold the strings. Not only the purse strings, but | 2020-12-04 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334696797696999424 | 1334696797696999424 |
| Many have tried, but only Grover Cleveland succeeded - | 2020-12-03 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334629999589003264 | 1334629999589003264 |
| The electoral map shows two countries - a red one in the | 2020-12-03 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1334540003813203968 | 1334540003813203968 |
| Are Republicans going to continue complete obstruction | 2020-12-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334370404505305088 | 1334370404505305088 |
| Biden has two years to do what he can without Congress. | 2020-12-03 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334311284079120386 | 1334311284079120386 |
| How bills don't become law. | 2020-12-03 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334308827777273858 | 1334308827777273858 |
| Who says all those lawsuits by Giuliani are a wa$te of | 2020-12-01 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333770228547813376 | 1333770228547813376 |
| What Democratic message unites all Americans? | 2020-11-30 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333223304308486147 | 1333223304308486147 |
| "softening among Republicans" now waxing nostalgic for | 2020-11-29 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1333144076258922496 | 1333144076258922496 |
| Reactionaries don't make history, they delay it. | 2020-11-29 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1333138864144216064 | 1333138864144216064 |
| Congressional math does not add up to a progressive | 2020-11-29 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1333132380089925632 | 1333132380089925632 |
| To get nothing, ask for everything. | 2020-11-29 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333128908464549888 | 1333128908464549888 |
| Taking "do-nothing Congress" to new heights of | 2020-11-29 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333123324730245120 | 1333123324730245120 |
| Cuban-Americans don't distinguish between Scandinavian | 2020-11-26 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1331805352577298434 | 1331805352577298434 |
| Harry Truman had a difficult Senate too! | 2020-11-24 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1331071998152249345 | 1331071998152249345 |
| Now the House will be just like the Senate - leaders trying | 2020-11-24 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1331040691024117760 | 1331040691024117760 |
| Biden's nominations will be the crucial test. | 2020-11-21 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1330010038291681289 | 1330010038291681289 |
| Who would have thought Goldwater would look better in | 2020-11-21 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1330007063473209348 | 1330007063473209348 |
| How far have we fallen? | 2020-11-21 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1330005792125186048 | 1330005792125186048 |
| Why Biden's bipartisan gestures face a very steep uphill | 2020-11-20 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1329861253812998145 | 1329861253812998145 |
| What determines bills that come up in the Senate? | 2020-11-20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1329653826664611844 | 1329653826664611844 |
| Little happens without bipartisan support. | 2020-11-18 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1329128242205233152 | 1329128242205233152 |
| How we finally got the Land and Water Convervation | 2020-11-18 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328912375886479360 | 1328912375886479360 |
| McConnell's strategy is just say NO and wait for 2022. | 2020-11-15 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1327855938343112704 | 1327855938343112704 |
| Charles Koch says many of the right things, but he wants | 2020-11-14 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1327414014943457281 | 1327414014943457281 |
| Can there be a reality caucus in the Senate? | 2020-11-13 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1327277929789677571 | 1327277929789677571 |
| Will threatening executive orders help get legislation | 2020-11-13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1327104228368687104 | 1327104228368687104 |
| McCarthy's feeling pretty good about 2022. He should - | 2020-11-13 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1327088259063635968 | 1327088259063635968 |
| The trick for Pence and Pompeo and all the rest is to | 2020-11-12 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1326903169335562243 | 1326903169335562243 |
| Obama memoir imminent. | 2020-11-12 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1326901390166396930 | 1326901390166396930 |
| Gloom and hope! | 2020-11-11 | 103 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1326670428199292928 | 1326670428199292928 |
| Can substance triumph over image? | 2020-11-10 | 101 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1326173125780807681 | 1326173125780807681 |
| They go back a long way, but will their bases let them go | 2020-11-10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1325964185671405569 | 1325964185671405569 |
| 8 years ago politics was predicted to get worse. 8 years | 2020-11-08 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1325533716018466816 | 1325533716018466816 |
| Giuliani pal pleads guilty in Fraud Guarantee scam. | 2020-11-06 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1324518822787776512 | 1324518822787776512 |
| Trumpism is a performance. | 2020-11-05 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1324391479570100224 | 1324391479570100224 |
| You can't pick cabinet officers until you know what kind | 2020-11-01 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1322945755452043266 | 1322945755452043266 |
| Pence for president? | 2020-11-01 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1322741453122985985 | 1322741453122985985 |
| 2024 hopefuls are already at work! | 2020-10-30 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1322019823765790722 | 1322019823765790722 |
| Trump punishes Republican senators for criticizing him, | 2020-10-23 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1319478861768241153 | 1319478861768241153 |
| The hard part comes after you win - as Trump has learned | 2020-10-22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1319086668373110784 | 1319086668373110784 |
| Republican politics in action | 2020-10-18 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1317870158224924672 | 1317870158224924672 |
| An argument against truth commissions in favor of | 2020-10-18 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1317867155627495426 | 1317867155627495426 |
| Trump changed his mind! | 2020-10-16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1317230958769184768 | 1317230958769184768 |
| Another would-be Trump successor. Nurtured by Lewandowski! | 2020-10-16 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1317229209090097152 | 1317229209090097152 |
| Finally getting ready for the 25th Amendment! | 2020-10-08 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1314335315893526528 | 1314335315893526528 |
| Does Pence have a future after Trump? | 2020-10-08 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1314334359550271495 | 1314334359550271495 |
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========== The 2020 High School Yearbook - of national politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/opinion/american-politicians-2020.html #PS1politics ===== impress 47 time 2020-12-31 00:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344436914691002369 ========== The magic is gone https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-social-media-elections-1f623a6e996dd56fdc238eb02b2d4f24 https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-mitch-mcconnell-27b0c312f09481b2d3d7b53624d1d1cc McConnell doesn't want a vote that would endanger his majority ($2000 stimulus) or a non-vote that would endanger his majority (defense). #PS1politics ===== impress 56 time 2020-12-30 07:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344178768378621952 ========== When will they ever learn? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/business/economy/kentucky-economy.html Minority rule works by delivering benefits to the donors, not to the voters. The voters receive rallies to condemn the Democrats. #PS1politics ===== impress 43 time 2020-12-28 20:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1343660384004128768 ========== In denial about political reality? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/opinion/biden-harris-agenda-poverty.html The fundamental asymmetry is that Republicans can defend minority rule simply by preventing legislation. Biden can try to lead but the best possible outcome of the runoff is a Senate majority of one. #PS1politics ===== impress 44 time 2020-12-25 15:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1342494452535840773 ========== Bipartisan problem solving - one time dumb luck or a pattern for the Biden administration? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/22/stimulus-congress-negotiations/ #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 225 time 2020-12-22 14:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341392646757965824 ========== It's the essence of minority rule - say one thing, do the opposite. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-claim-to-be-the-party-of-the-working-class-they-have-a-funny-way-of-showing-it/2020/12/21/11a37ab6-43c1-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html #PS1politics ===== impress 46 time 2020-12-22 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341228587639132160 ========== Does educational attainment make a difference? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/politicians-college-degrees.html Probably not. The people who want a culture war will vote for culture warriors regardless of their background. #PS1politics ===== impress 43 time 2020-12-21 21:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341129912917233664 ========== Romney is delusional. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/21/romney-isnt-yet-there-he-should-consider-new-party/ Once the crazies are in control, they just get crazier - look at the California and Texas and Georgia GOP. Time for something new - a new caucus in Congress if not a new party altogether. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1politics ===== impress 54 time 2020-12-21 15:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1341036504039112705 ========== Republicans reject call for bipartisanship https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/17/omalley-dillon-marco-rubio-swearing-biden/ Instead they focus on crude language - but not nearly as crude as Trump's. #PS1politics ===== impress 46 time 2020-12-17 19:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339653288627585024 ========== A very unstable Congress! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/16/democrats-house-majority-is-razor-thin-any-glitch-could-spell-disaster/ Getting within striking distance of control of the House was the Trumpists' biggest win in 2020. #PS1politics ===== impress 44 time 2020-12-17 02:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339403039954796545 ========== Nothing NEW to see here. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opinion/republican-party-voter-fraud.html The Republicans are just replaying the greatest hits of their Dixiecrat forebears. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1politics ===== impress 39 time 2020-12-16 22:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339344001871138816 ========== Presidential favorability polls are probably frozen for the foreseeable future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/15/why-joe-biden-wont-get-polling-honeymoon/ #PS1politics ===== impress 37 time 2020-12-16 21:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1339315746711560195 ========== In large publicly-held businesses, people that old might be chair of the board but not CEO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-age-grassley-mecconnell-feinstein/2020/12/11/1f33b60a-3bd3-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html Do some of them end up being puppets for their staff? #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 38 time 2020-12-12 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337758549317799936 ========== Congress calls Trump's bluff https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/senate-vote-defense-bill-trump/2020/12/11/c21e4160-3bbe-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/11/senate-spending-bill-shutdown/ Will he sign? Or will he hold out until Congress declares him emperor for life? #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 38 time 2020-12-11 20:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337494827789774848 ========== What Rafael Warnock brings to the Senate - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/10/raphael-warnock-black-church-theology/ A moral dimension of politics. How will it be received in that den of thieves? They've already spoken. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 44 time 2020-12-11 19:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337477911683600385 ========== Another continuing resolution stalemate - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/11/senate-spending-bill-shutdown/ Congress COULD not mix policy with continuing resolutions and debt ceiling resolutions. https://www.get-to-sixty.net/ But there's big money behind do-nothing legislators. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1politics ===== engage 4 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 67 time 2020-12-11 17:11 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337444866104553473 ========== Limbaugh in favor of secession? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/rush-limbaugh-trump-secession-election/2020/12/10/8889397a-3b0d-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html For once we are in agreement! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1politics ===== impress 30 time 2020-12-11 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337242837721575424 ========== How Congressional corruption works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/10/congress-votes-stock-portfolio/ It's perfectly legal! #PS1politics ===== impress 34 time 2020-12-11 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337241787228848138 ========== Why "do-nothing Congress" is an oxymoron. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/10/sen-paul-puts-hold-on-defense-spending-bill/ #PS1politics ===== impress 31 time 2020-12-11 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1337236872372789248 ========== They won't have Don Trump to kick around any more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/09/trump-2024-nixon-1968-campaign/ Nixon was gracious in 1960, a sore loser in 1962, but he recovered and went on to victory - and disgrace. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 42 time 2020-12-10 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1336875669880332289 ========== Wishful thinking - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/06/how-biden-administration-should-frame-its-priorities/ A very large minority of voters considers the problem to be solved to be cultural rather than economic or environmental. Moving anything in the Senate requires 10-12 Republican votes. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 53 time 2020-12-07 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335744035672223744 ========== She promises to be part of the problem, not part of the solution! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/politics/cynthia-lummis-senate-wyoming.html #PS1politics ===== impress 43 time 2020-12-05 14:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335232385533689857 ========== Why semi-secession is looking better https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html because Republicans will probably control the Senate during Biden's entire term and so will have no need to negotiate or be reasonable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/04/senate-republicans-advantages-2022-midterms/ #PS1politics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 58 time 2020-12-04 23:20 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1335001144553172992 ========== Time for semi-secession? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1politics ===== impress 48 time 2020-12-04 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334710845658386432 ========== "We hold the strings. Not only the purse strings, but also the nomination and confirmation strings to a Biden administration or a Biden court." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/perdue-recording-biden-win/2020/12/03/8bd3ef64-35a7-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html Just in case you were thinking that Republicans won't be in full obstruction mode. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 47 time 2020-12-04 03:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334696797696999424 ========== Many have tried, but only Grover Cleveland succeeded - who never lost a popular vote. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/trump-2024.html There are plenty of would-be 2024 nominees who would like to surreptitiously take over Trump base mindshares. #PS1politics ===== impress 43 time 2020-12-03 22:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334629999589003264 ========== The electoral map shows two countries - a red one in the middle, a blue one on the west coast and the northeast. Time for blue states to create regional legislative assemblies and redefine "states rights". More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1305953233082526 https://www.270towin.com/maps/2020-projected-results #PS1politics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% impress 55 time 2020-12-03 16:48 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334540003813203968 ========== Are Republicans going to continue complete obstruction or not? Trump preferred unconfirmed acting appointments; is that what Republican senators prefer too? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/us/politics/republican-resistance-neera-tanden.html #PS1politics ===== impress 33 time 2020-12-03 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334370404505305088 ========== Biden has two years to do what he can without Congress. He'd be better off waiting for Godot than waiting for McConnell to help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/02/joe-biden-has-move-fast/ #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 34 time 2020-12-03 01:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334311284079120386 ========== How bills don't become law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/02/ivanka-trump-legacy-congress/ #PS1politics ===== impress 30 time 2020-12-03 01:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1334308827777273858 ========== Who says all those lawsuits by Giuliani are a wa$te of time and ca$h? They don't cost, they pay - pay off Trump's debt, some of it even related to politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raises-more-than-150-million-appealing-to-false-election-claims/2020/11/30/82e922e6-3347-11eb-afe6-e4dbee9689f8_story.html It's time to do something about unlimited dark money. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations #PS1politics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% expands 2 impress 30 time 2020-12-01 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333770228547813376 ========== What Democratic message unites all Americans? The Democratic Party is the party that REALLY works for good health and good jobs for ALL Americans and so DELIVERS Trump's 2016 promises to forgotten Americans. More at https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-message.html #PS1politics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 39 time 2020-11-30 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333223304308486147 ========== "softening among Republicans" now waxing nostalgic for Confederate generals. After all, those generals fought for the minority rule of which Republican senators are now leading enablers and beneficiaries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/29/let-trump-try-defend-racist-traitorous-confederates-congress-can-still-prevail/ #PS1politics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 2 impress 34 likes 1 time 2020-11-29 20:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333144076258922496 ========== Reactionaries don't make history, they delay it. Trump's entire agenda was reaction to Obama. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/opinion/trump-obama-history-one-term.html That's one reason they never get two terms. How much do you know about the Harrisons, Buchanan, Harding or Coolidge? #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2020-11-29 20:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333138864144216064 ========== Congressional math does not add up to a progressive blowout, or even a moderate one. Pick battles carefully that Democratic incumbents and moderate Republicans can defend in 2022. Unless you think Congress needs more QAnon Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-obama-biden-clinton-progressive-moderate/2020/11/25/9bb8263c-2ea1-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 33 time 2020-11-29 19:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333132380089925632 ========== To get nothing, ask for everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/23/democrats-moderates-progressives-fighting/ At best, one vote will derail bills in the Senate. In 2021, Democrats need to move quickly on issues where they have consensus among themselves and a few Republicans, to minimize damage in 2023. #PS1politics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 3 impress 34 time 2020-11-29 19:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333128908464549888 ========== Taking "do-nothing Congress" to new heights of do-nothingness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-biden-republicans-cabinet/2020/11/28/8a93962a-30db-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html Republican donors are fine with do-nothing legislatures. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 32 time 2020-11-29 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1333123324730245120 ========== Cuban-Americans don't distinguish between Scandinavian social democracy and Castro communism. And many are conservative Catholic pro-lifers. Making Democrats competitive again in Florida will required a delicate dance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/biden-cuba-venezuela-maduro/2020/11/25/5762e044-2abe-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 50 time 2020-11-26 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331805352577298434 ========== Harry Truman had a difficult Senate too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-scarborough-trump-biden-transition-fdr-truman/2020/11/23/c5ca5fda-2dde-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html #PS1politics ===== impress 51 time 2020-11-24 03:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331071998152249345 ========== Now the House will be just like the Senate - leaders trying desperately to find issues that will unite their caucuses instead of divide them. We'll soon know who wants to make a law and who just wants to make a point. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-biden-election/2020/11/23/c280ad2c-2b4d-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 50 time 2020-11-24 01:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1331040691024117760 ========== Biden's nominations will be the crucial test. Trump made acting appointments because he didn't want confirmation hearings; Biden will make acting appointments because he can't get confirmation hearings. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/biden-nominees-senate-republicans.html #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 55 time 2020-11-21 04:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330010038291681289 ========== Who would have thought Goldwater would look better in retrospect? Trump and his enablers have that uncanny ability to increase the stature of their predecessors by lowering their own. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/20/republicans-must-tell-trump-its-over/ #PS1politics ===== impress 53 time 2020-11-21 04:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330007063473209348 ========== How far have we fallen? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-far-republican-presidents-have-fallen/2020/11/20/daee4410-2ab1-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html In 1953 the Southern Strategy belonged to the Democrats, not the Republicans. Eisenhower led the way to enforce Brown v Board. Nobody would be surprised now if Trump's Supreme Court overturned it. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 61 time 2020-11-21 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1330005792125186048 ========== Why Biden's bipartisan gestures face a very steep uphill road - negotiating with McConnell is a labor of Sisyphus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-barack-obamas-memoir-leaves-out/2020/11/19/cd5d783e-2aa7-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 41 time 2020-11-20 18:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329861253812998145 ========== What determines bills that come up in the Senate? 1 McConnell approves 2 The president, Biden or Trump, approves 3 There has to be overwhelming approval in the Senate Republican caucus - McConnell won't allow his caucus to split and thus threaten his power. #PS1politics ===== impress 40 time 2020-11-20 05:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329653826664611844 ========== Little happens without bipartisan support. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/opinion/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-congress.html The question is what would tempt McConnell to permit any bipartisan victories. Republican donors like a do-nothing Congress. The Trumpist base likes unrelenting opposition to liberals. #PS1politics ===== impress 46 time 2020-11-18 18:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1329128242205233152 ========== How we finally got the Land and Water Convervation Fund funded. Bullock and Hickenlooper scared the Republican senators into acting. Too late for Gardner, but just in time for Daines. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/opinion/red-state-democrats-montana.html #PS1politics ===== impress 41 time 2020-11-18 04:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1328912375886479360 ========== McConnell's strategy is just say NO and wait for 2022. They will, of course, blame the virus and economy on Biden and AOC. The lesson of 2020 - there aren't any more hidden leftists, but there were plenty of hidden Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-agenda-republicans/2020/11/14/e0651ef4-25d0-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 4 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 104 likes 1 replies 1 time 2020-11-15 06:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327855938343112704 ========== Charles Koch says many of the right things, but he wants McConnell to control the Senate. How will that help? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/13/daily-202-charles-koch-congratulates-biden-says-he-wants-work-together-many-issues-possible/ Hands-off Federal government didn't work that well for the virus, and it is not likely to work in time for climate change. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 60 time 2020-11-14 00:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327414014943457281 ========== Can there be a reality caucus in the Senate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/13/imagine-if-republicans-couldnt-lie/ Problem Solvers haven't had a lot of impact in the House. https://www.nolabels.org/why-we-matter/ Same for the Senate unless McConnell changes tune, or the Republicans change toward better leadership. #PS1politics ===== impress 53 time 2020-11-13 15:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327277929789677571 ========== Will threatening executive orders help get legislation through the Senate? McConnell's had great success just doing nothing. The Trump base doesn't care if the government doesn't act as long as it thwarts the Democrats. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/opinion/biden-romney-republicans-senate.html #PS1politics ===== impress 45 time 2020-11-13 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327104228368687104 ========== McCarthy's feeling pretty good about 2022. He should - the minority party usually picks up seats in the off year. But will the Republican turnout be the same without Trump on the ticket? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-elections-pelosi-mccarthy/2020/11/12/b0e0fb2a-2446-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 43 time 2020-11-13 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1327088259063635968 ========== The trick for Pence and Pompeo and all the rest is to pretend to support Trump's future political plans while making sure he stays safely on the sidelines while they cultivate the Trump donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/mike-pence-trump.html #PS1politics ===== impress 75 time 2020-11-12 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326903169335562243 ========== Obama memoir imminent. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/obama-memoir-promised-land/index.html He thought Sarah Palin was some sort of turning point, but she was the culmination of the Southern Strategy from 40 years earlier. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 74 time 2020-11-12 14:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326901390166396930 ========== Gloom and hope! Gloom - America wasn't as much better as hoped https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article247038397.html Hope - a blue wave might have been less productive in the long run https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-11-06/end-of-trump-progressive-resurgence Much as it pains progressives, America changes gradually. But it does change. #PS1politics ===== engage 28 engage-rate 27% expands 28 impress 103 time 2020-11-11 23:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326670428199292928 ========== Can substance triumph over image? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/opinion/biden-president-elect-trump.html Reality-TV is all about image - there is no substance there. But McConnell contained Obama's substance and aims to do the same to Biden. #PS1politics ===== engage 27 engage-rate 27% expands 27 impress 101 time 2020-11-10 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1326173125780807681 ========== They go back a long way, but will their bases let them go forward together? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/11/09/mcconnell-biden-bipartisanship/ #PS1politics ===== impress 45 time 2020-11-10 00:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325964185671405569 ========== 8 years ago politics was predicted to get worse. 8 years later, it's still getting worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_story.html Obstruction and deceit meet the needs of the donors and the performers. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1politics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 41 likes 1 time 2020-11-08 20:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1325533716018466816 ========== Giuliani pal pleads guilty in Fraud Guarantee scam. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-new-york-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-florida-710387aa8bf74f1d5cd730960abc612a #PS1politics ===== impress 30 time 2020-11-06 01:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324518822787776512 ========== Trumpism is a performance. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-election-trumpism.html And the show is not over. The next Trumpist candidate will be the one to watch out for. #PS1politics ===== impress 45 time 2020-11-05 16:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1324391479570100224 ========== You can't pick cabinet officers until you know what kind of Senate will confirm or reject them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-transition-jobs-jockeying/2020/10/31/2746968e-18a4-11eb-aeec-b93bcc29a01b_story.html #PS1politics ===== impress 72 time 2020-11-01 16:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322945755452043266 ========== Pence for president? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mike-pence-president-2024/2020/10/30/5db409b4-1a2e-11eb-befb-8864259bd2d8_story.html Only if Trump resigns. Otherwise, if Trump loses this election, the crazies will think it because he wasn't crazy enough, and will be looking for a crazier successor - not Pence. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 76 time 2020-11-01 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322741453122985985 ========== 2024 hopefuls are already at work! Trump Sr won't be doing a Grover Cleveland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/29/trailer-republicans-build-their-own-fan-clubs-iowa/ #PS1politics ===== impress 60 time 2020-10-30 03:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1322019823765790722 ========== Trump punishes Republican senators for criticizing him, but if they just tell McConnell not to bring up any huge relief bill, Trump doesn't have any remedy. Same for infrastructure. He can't make any progress with a Republican senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/22/trump-congress-coronavirus-bailout/ #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 51 time 2020-10-23 03:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319478861768241153 ========== The hard part comes after you win - as Trump has learned to his dismay. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/biden-2020-democratic-party.html #PS1politics ===== impress 42 time 2020-10-22 01:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1319086668373110784 ========== Republican politics in action https://sfist.com/2020/09/14/oracle-wins-tiktok-sweepstakes-rewarding-trump-donor-larry-ellison/ "If TikTok is saved, you can thank me" https://www.businessinsider.com/ellison-donated-250000-to-lindsey-graham-pac-tiktok-2020-10 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-ticktok-buy-trump-education-fund/ "AI-driven online curriculum to teach children from inner cities to suburbs" using Oracle-provided infrastructure? #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 40 time 2020-10-18 16:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317870158224924672 ========== An argument against truth commissions in favor of preserving historical records. But who's going to investigate the destruction of historical records? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/truth-reconciliation-tribunal-trump-historians/2020/10/16/84026810-0e88-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 35 time 2020-10-18 16:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317867155627495426 ========== Trump changed his mind! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/16/trump-rejects-california-disaster-wildfires/ #PS1politics ===== impress 37 time 2020-10-16 22:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317230958769184768 ========== Another would-be Trump successor. Nurtured by Lewandowski! Competing with Niki Haley and Ivanka. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/16/kristi-noem-is-flirting-with-national-stage-is-she-ready-prime-time/ #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 94 time 2020-10-16 22:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1317229209090097152 ========== Finally getting ready for the 25th Amendment! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-presidency-succession-trump/2020/10/08/3c71dfae-09a5-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html #PS1politics ===== impress 78 time 2020-10-08 22:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314335315893526528 ========== Does Pence have a future after Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/mike-pence-debate.html Will he reach out to the voters Trump embraces - white supremacists, QAnons, Proud Boys, etc. The Republican Party is apt to embrace somebody just like Trump. Even if 1964 repeats in 2020. #PS1politics ===== impress 79 time 2020-10-08 22:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1314334359550271495