Ta, Dok. In general, Senators only listen to their constituents. If you live in NJ, write to your corrupt convict Senator and urge him to resign, today. Thanks.
Traditionally, the Republicans were dogged with money/bribery scandals and the Democrats with sex scandals. Then we have the conviction of Senator Menendez with gold bars with serial numbers on them. Have the Republicans dragged the nation so far right that the Democrats are now doing the money scandals? Who's left (pun not intentional) to do the sex scandals? The Greens?
I find it interesting how much things have changed since that article was published. Just consider tRump vs Al Franken. Though they did throw that freak Madison Cawthorn out. (besides, as a Democrat, I tend to forget Dems evils while remembering Repubs)
Speaking of ketchup packets… I once caught my mom squeezing ancient ketchup packets into the nearly empty bottle of ketchup. The ketchup was so old and thick it looked nearly black. We were pretty poor but I’d rather just not have ketchup on anything 🥴
"The big question now is whether Menendez will have the basic decency to drop his reelection bid, or will stay in the race and risk splitting the Democratic vote enough to create an opening for Republican challenger Curtis Bashaw..."
There is a third option, and that's expel him from the Senate, toot sweet. What say you get on that, Chick? It's a no-brainer win-win for us. If expelled, Menendez will be less likely to steal votes from Kim. If Republicans block an expulsion, we can take them to task with the voters as being soft on crime. Treason-adjacent crime, in this case, it reinforces our main message.
Or are Republicans the only ones with some fucking balls?
I still contend that Illinois holds the record for corrupt elected officials, with 4 countem 4 governors serving jail time, PLUS Hastert PLUS Dan Rostenkowski PLUS Mike Madigan PLUS Jesse Jr., and those are just the statewide and federal ones non-Illinoisians are likely to have heard about. New Jersey? Meh.
Please "register people" and "help people to vote"
Listening to Marc Elias talk with Beto o'Rourke last week was a kind of wakeup call concerning the voter suppression we're facing in some of these states
Just for one example - you can't just volunteer to help people vote in Texas. Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, and Ken Paxton's Texas REQUIRES VOLUNTEERS to GET CERTIFIED in EVERY COUNTY where they want to help people vote.
And if you're saying to yourself "That sounds deliberate. How could they not want people to vote?" -- then consider yourself on the right track at the same time you consider the areas and counties (colleges, Harris County where Houston is or El Paso county) where they are also closing polling places regardless of the expansion of the population.
I understood a lot better how Beto O'Rourke lost to Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz when I heard all this -- because before that I think I really didn't understand it on that granular level.
I understood a lot better how Beto O'Rourke lost to Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz when I heard all this -- because before that I think I really didn't understand it on that granular level.
I don't want Colin Allred to lose to Ted Cruz by the same margin.
I think that the two (apathetic electorate and forces actively trying to suppress turnout) are joined at the hip.
it's easy and cheap to poison the well by just spreading doom and gloom that, in your example, Texas will always be red and never be blue, etc.
your classic "both parties are the same anyway" falls into that category as well.
I suppose you could call that passive voter suppression.
and with that already permeating the air, it makes the handiwork of everyone who wants to actively suppress the vote much easier.
I completely agree with you that there is a plethora of anti-democratic entities out there who have the means and motive to drive a wedge into any crucial race where a candidate is teetering for one reason or another.
McDonnell v. US, Snyder v. US: SCOTUZ says not a crime for state and local officials to accept a gratuity for acts that they have already taken. And if that gratuity is paid to the wife??????? Good luck making this stick. Yes. There will be an appeal.
LOCK HIM UP!
Expel him, too....
That header pic. That's George Santos, right?
Ta, Dok. In general, Senators only listen to their constituents. If you live in NJ, write to your corrupt convict Senator and urge him to resign, today. Thanks.
Plenty of RethugliKlan sex creeps now. Trump got that covered, Gaetz is his wingboy, etc.
Traditionally, the Republicans were dogged with money/bribery scandals and the Democrats with sex scandals. Then we have the conviction of Senator Menendez with gold bars with serial numbers on them. Have the Republicans dragged the nation so far right that the Democrats are now doing the money scandals? Who's left (pun not intentional) to do the sex scandals? The Greens?
Did you forget about Senator wide-stance or that congressman who kept annoying young pledges? Both (R)s
To be fair, I am old and my biases may have formed in the 1970s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/10/how-republican-and-democratic-sex-scandals-differ/
I find it interesting how much things have changed since that article was published. Just consider tRump vs Al Franken. Though they did throw that freak Madison Cawthorn out. (besides, as a Democrat, I tend to forget Dems evils while remembering Repubs)
There’s a Raving Loony Green Giant Party on line one…
Are they.... are they wearing pants?
Not if you don’t want them to…they are ALL about service to their constituents.
Speaking of ketchup packets… I once caught my mom squeezing ancient ketchup packets into the nearly empty bottle of ketchup. The ketchup was so old and thick it looked nearly black. We were pretty poor but I’d rather just not have ketchup on anything 🥴
if somehow Menendez wins and Trump wins, Trump will likely dangle a pardon for him if he backs Trump 100%
I assume his parents fled Cuba because they were just like their son who has been carrying on a long standing tradition.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘶𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 20𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution#Background
How dare we interfere with his cultural traditions? /s
"The big question now is whether Menendez will have the basic decency to drop his reelection bid, or will stay in the race and risk splitting the Democratic vote enough to create an opening for Republican challenger Curtis Bashaw..."
There is a third option, and that's expel him from the Senate, toot sweet. What say you get on that, Chick? It's a no-brainer win-win for us. If expelled, Menendez will be less likely to steal votes from Kim. If Republicans block an expulsion, we can take them to task with the voters as being soft on crime. Treason-adjacent crime, in this case, it reinforces our main message.
Or are Republicans the only ones with some fucking balls?
I still contend that Illinois holds the record for corrupt elected officials, with 4 countem 4 governors serving jail time, PLUS Hastert PLUS Dan Rostenkowski PLUS Mike Madigan PLUS Jesse Jr., and those are just the statewide and federal ones non-Illinoisians are likely to have heard about. New Jersey? Meh.
I would rather beat the republcions with politicians who implement the policies I want and skim off the top than lose with saints.
"No decent person would want a convicted felon in high office"
pretty soon we'll have a good idea about the number of people who do.
I pray it's less than we think, but I fear it will be more.
Don't "fear"
Please "register people" and "help people to vote"
Listening to Marc Elias talk with Beto o'Rourke last week was a kind of wakeup call concerning the voter suppression we're facing in some of these states
Just for one example - you can't just volunteer to help people vote in Texas. Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, and Ken Paxton's Texas REQUIRES VOLUNTEERS to GET CERTIFIED in EVERY COUNTY where they want to help people vote.
And if you're saying to yourself "That sounds deliberate. How could they not want people to vote?" -- then consider yourself on the right track at the same time you consider the areas and counties (colleges, Harris County where Houston is or El Paso county) where they are also closing polling places regardless of the expansion of the population.
I understood a lot better how Beto O'Rourke lost to Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz when I heard all this -- because before that I think I really didn't understand it on that granular level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kq5obBcuf4
I don't want Colin Allred to lose to Ted Cruz by the same margin.
Do you?
I don't have any faith in the American electorate.
As I just wrote a long screed about -- I used to think the apathetic electorate was the biggest problem.
Maybe it's not. Maybe the bigger problem is the ACTIVE FORCES DELIBERATELY STOPPING people from voting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kq5obBcuf4
I understood a lot better how Beto O'Rourke lost to Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz when I heard all this -- because before that I think I really didn't understand it on that granular level.
I don't want Colin Allred to lose to Ted Cruz by the same margin.
Do you?
I think that the two (apathetic electorate and forces actively trying to suppress turnout) are joined at the hip.
it's easy and cheap to poison the well by just spreading doom and gloom that, in your example, Texas will always be red and never be blue, etc.
your classic "both parties are the same anyway" falls into that category as well.
I suppose you could call that passive voter suppression.
and with that already permeating the air, it makes the handiwork of everyone who wants to actively suppress the vote much easier.
I completely agree with you that there is a plethora of anti-democratic entities out there who have the means and motive to drive a wedge into any crucial race where a candidate is teetering for one reason or another.
I thought SCOTUS made bribery legal. He should definitely appeal.
Not eligible because Democrat.
Silly Rabbit, laws don't apply to SCOTUS!
Also the Republicans wouldn’t do anything that would make it harder for their guy to win this New Jersey Senate race in 2024.
McDonnell v. US, Snyder v. US: SCOTUZ says not a crime for state and local officials to accept a gratuity for acts that they have already taken. And if that gratuity is paid to the wife??????? Good luck making this stick. Yes. There will be an appeal.
Some folks ought to send him a gift of a pillowcase with cash print on it when he's in the clink.
I wonder if after being thrown under the bus, the Mrs. will top up his commissary?