Dems do have a messaging problem. The general public doesn't respond to nuance. If you're explaining, you're losing.

Dems need to be more concise, more direct e.g. "Women's rights" is concise, to the point and a good counter to Pro-Life. Similarly, "More Funds for Public Safety" is a good counter to "Defund the Police". "Teach American History" could be used to counter CRT.

The article should have also stated the specific reasons why the ballots were being rejected other than that Texas has passed a new law.

What about Liz Cheney, she have any plans to run as a "Democrat?"

Wyoming has open primaries. I wouldn't be surprised if dems vote for Cheney in the republican primary thereby increasing the likelihood that she would win. If she doesn't win the republican primary, she should run as an independent and siphon on votes from the republican thereby increasing the chances of the democrat in the general.

So there's rumors that Kyrsten Sinema has designs on running for President in 2024

Sinema knows that she is on the outs with democrats. The only way for her to consider running for president is if her internal polling shows that she would lose in the primaries. Not that she would have a snow ball's chance in hell of winning a democratic primary for president but running for president would be the only way of her staying politically relevant. You can stick a fork in her, she's done.

"I'm all for LGBT and Native Americans, blacks, females, whatever minorities that have not been served correctly in the making of content, whether it's television or movies or whatever, but I think it's gone too far. I know a lot of very talented people that can't get work because they're not black, Native American, female or LGBTQ."

There are only a limited number of slots in any production. In the past, a lot of very talented marginalized people were purposely excluded. Now that they are being included, some whites are naturally going to be excluded. This loss of white privilege, in essence, is what is fueling the white rage that has America on edge. All of a sudden, "whites only" opportunities that whites took for granted, have to be shared amongst a larger, more diverse group of people. Welcome to the feeling that marginalized people have always felt i.e. that you have to be twice as good just to have an opportunity to compete. Whiteness is no longer a go-to-the-head-of-the-line card.

Given the seemingly explosion in the number of productions (TV, streaming services, movies, etc.), it is hard to imagine anyone with talent being out of work. It may not be the work that would lead to being a star but it would seem like there should be plenty of work (excluding the impact of the pandemic of course).

Lousy timing for McCarthy to turn down talking to the January 6th commission.

Now journalists get to ask republicans if they are trying to cover up the seditious conspiracy.

There are more people that have been vaccinated than have not been vaccinated. Those that have been vaccinated need to stop patronizing businesses that don't enforce masking rules. Force the owners to make a choice between servicing those clients that mask and those that don't.

Why stop at urine?

Translation:
American history doesn't belong in K12.

Almost. They want a whitewashed version of American history taught. It's similar to what the southerners did after the civil war; they wanted a whitewashed version of history taught i.e. the civil war was not about slavery, it was about states rights; rebels weren't traitors, they were fighting for southern heritage, etc.

For racists, racist events are to be ignored or if taught, the underlying racist cause of the event is to be ignored. For example, much has been reported about the massacre of Black people in Tulsa, Ok and that the massacre wasn't taught in schools. However, if it were to be taught, I suspect CRT deniers would be ok if all that was said about the matter was something like: The Greenwood section of Tulsa, Ok was burned and many people were killed. Period. End of story.

Progressives, when discussing these topics with racists, right wingers, etc., there is a quote I attribute to Michael Steele, a MSNBC pundit/Lincoln Project member, that seems appropriate: "You can't sway a person from a position with logic and reasoning if they didn't use logic and reasoning to get into that position". These people have an agenda and will go through all types of mental gymnastics to try and twist any discussion in pursuit of that agenda. Sometimes it is fun to engage with them, but most of the time it is a big waste of time.

DeSantis Admits, Up to 1 Million COVID Test Kits DID Expire in FL

He just borrowed a page from Trump's playbook i.e. keep the numbers low by not testing!

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I am saying neither. I am proposing a strategy for democratic politicians to deal with the fogginess surrounding CRT as it relates to what our children are being taught. Republicans/conservatives want the fogginess because it allows people to "fill in the blanks" with their worst suspicions. Taking the veil of fogginess away, will encourage a discussion of the details of what is being taught.

And while some are vague, many are quite specific about the discriminatory and racist concepts they do not want taught in schools...

I am not sure what is meant by discriminatory and racist "concepts" being taught in schools. Does it mean that the discriminatory and racists acts/events that have taken place throughout American history should not be taught or if taught, the reason for those acts should be presented as something other than discriminatory or racist?

"I think that the federal charges are just as important as the state charges and I think that they need to stand trial for those charges as well," Cooper-Jones said.

I think it a smart move to continue with the federal trial because evidence suppressed in the state trial can be admitted in the federal trial that shows what racist pieces of s..t these guys were.

Finally, why did Roddie Bryan consent to have his trial with the McMichaels? It seems like his attorney should have been arguing for a separate trial as did the cops in the Derek Chauvin trial.

It seemed to come down to which party could get out the most voters.
The current GOP seems to be using CRT in a similar strategy.

The way democratic candidates should handle the teaching of CRT to kids controversy is not by explaining it. It is by taking the same position as republican candidates i.e. that CRT must not be taught to our children; and let that be the end of the conversation. This will eventually force the CRT debate to be about specifics not some vague notion of what CRT is/is not.

Dems set the precedent to not take rioters serious

Rioters that threaten an official government proceeding that would affirm the win of a new president aren't just rioters: they are insurrectionists subject to a 20 yr prison term.

Stop testing and the numbers wouldn't be so high.

-DJT

They need that sweet, sweet FEMA Flood Insurance, but in Fire form.

Although I would prefer a private market solution to the problem, a federal approach would be ok as long as it is priced in accordance with the risk. After all of these years, federal flood insurance is just coming to terms with pricing it's flood insurance appropriate to the risk.

Finally! While this certainly won't prevent wildfires, it will certainly mitigate the loss of life and property. The cost of insurance needs to be in proportion to the risk. Just as insurance policies are priced higher because of chronic crime, poverty, they need to be priced higher to reflect the increased risk due to natural disasters i.e. wildfires, floods, tornadoes. Put the burden on the people that choose to continue to live in those risky areas, not on those that go through the effort/expense to avoid them.

Increased rates for insurance will eventually drive law makers to put in place the proper regulations that will better enable man made structures to resist these disasters.

In FYs 2016-2020, DOJ didn't consistently publish an annual summary of excessive force data as required by law.

If there is a law requiring this, why wasn't/isn't someone/somebody being held accountable.

What's the point of having laws if they are not enforced? Oh, I get it now, the only laws we are to enforce are those broken by the poor, and black and brown people. Really, congress needs to do a better job of oversight of laws broken in PRIOR administrations; especially if they linger into the new. Hold those out of office responsible for what they did and didn't do.

the state health department says they've run out of an antibody treatment

So now Tx is asking that allotments to other states be curtailed to fix a problem caused by Texans failing to follow the science? You can't put other states at risk just because Texans refuse to follow the science.

If there is spare capacity, sure, give it to Texas but If additional support can be provided, Biden should make a BIG F...ING deal of it! Biden should make the point that the disease is not a hoax, that stem cells from aborted fetuses were used during the research of the drugs, that wearing a mask would help mitigate spread of the disease, that the anti-body treatment is effective and that ivermectin is not, etc. In fact, Biden should lay waste to ALL of the arguments/misinformation that conservatives/republicans have been using to trash the disease and the scientific response to it. Biden should play up the efforts of his administration to bring these treatments to the public. Finally, Biden should invite Abbott to the WH to demonstrate how republicans and democrats can work together to solve the difficult problems facing the American people.

Abbott's response would be very interesting... to say the least.

Maybe next time, huh?

If those kind of precautions and plans are enacted and well publicized, THAT kind of attack is unlikely to happen and if it does, will be easily squashed.

The bigger threat going forward is from republicans that see the coming demographic changes that will alter the power and financial status quo. Those same republicans that seek to preserve their power even if it means America is no longer a federal democratic republic.

Deadly force was all there was I thought
At the Capitol's doors is the point where deadly force should have been used. There needs to be an escalation in the use of force culminating with the use of deadly force as a last resort.

Warning zones with clearly defined rules of engagement must be established. Yes, there is a role for water cannons but it is before the building is breached.

TP,

"Both Sides"? There are no sides in a statistical analysis. A review board would not come into existence UNLESS the analysis shows a bias.

We all have inherent bias(es). Judges are no exception. However, because of the job that a judge performs, their inherent biases may enter into their decision making with adverse consequences for the defendant(s). An inherent bias is unlikely to be apparent in a single case or even in multiple cases spread over a long period of time. However, a look back at all of a judges decisions for the specified time period may reveal that bias.

Because of the equal protection under the law provision of the constitution, anyone subject to an adverse decision by a judge with known biases has a RIGHT to have their case reviewed; irrespective of the cost or whether or not the case goes to the state supreme court. In fact, it is in the best interest of the judicial system that they conduct these periodic reviews so that bad judges can be eliminated ASAP, thereby reducing the number of biased decisions and the number of cases that have to be reviewed and potentially elevated to the state supreme court because of those biased decisions.

A review is very different from an appeal. An appeal seeks to overturn a judgement in a specific case. A review is a statistical analysis of ALL of a judge's decisions over a particular time period to determine if a judge is showing bias for or against any demographic.

A review would be funded from the same source that funds other judicial operations.

I would think that the people least interested in a review would be biased judges and the people most interested would be people those judges are biased against. And, if a judge was deemed to be biased, defendants in the affected demographic may have grounds for an appeal.

Her departure comes after New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams said last week he ordered his civil rights division to review all cases prosecuted by Odinet

Hmm... I wonder what they will find. Stay tuned!

It shouldn't take a judge's bias being aired before their prior decisions are reviewed. There should be a regular review of ALL judicial decisions to determine if there is any bias.

Only 4 Absentee Votes Were Cast for Dead People in Georgia

I certainly understand the need to refute a lie, but it is also important to understand what the lie represents i.e. a test to identify the faithful. I believe the vast majority of Trumpers, even the rubes, know the Trump is lying. They don't care because it fits a narrative that allows them to take anti-democracy actions that they would not normally take i.e. voter nullification, insurrection, etc. Trump has given the racists, fascists, neo Nazis, etc. a play book for how to subvert a democracy.

Engineer Guilty of Trying to Ram Train into Covid Hospital Ship

Does Guiness have a record for stupid? If so, give it to this guy!