2022 Senate Map

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Anonymous wrote:Trump’s endorsements cleaned up last night. I don’t see how that translates well in November

Today's episode of The Daily is about Dem efforts to boost the Trumpy candidates in primaries on the theory that they will be easier to beat in a general. Here's hoping that they've played that card right.

Also, Trump's ERIC lost in Missouri.

That wasn’t the Eric he endorsed. Lake is now the projected winner. That is a harbinger for things to come.

Oh please - he''s endorsed him before! His ERIC idiocy was an attempt to confuse people into not being sure who he was talking about this time, but we all know who he was supporting.

https://www.facebook.com/EricGreitens/photos/breaking-donald-j-trump-endorses-eric-greitens-for-missouri-governor/10154680975494747/?_rdr

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article263965801.html

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Thread of analysis, and this was before Kansas.

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Anonymous wrote:The Kansas abortion vote and turnout is an excellent sign for democrats nationwide. Probably as ideal as possible, especially for house seats.

My concern is state doesn't translate to national. People like checks and balances.

What nonsense are you talking? This is a repudiation of the specific crap the GOP is trying.

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Anonymous wrote:Thread of analysis, and this was before Kansas.

I like the analysis and it tracks with what I see where I live, too. People are not happy about the GOP’s open fascism and even staunch Republican voters, the ones who have retained a shred of their humanity, are really struggling with what to do. Democratic voters are fired up and vocal in a way I haven’t seen them in a long, long time.

The media, of course, will keep DeMs In DiSaRrAy-ing the whole thing for a while.

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Lifelong Republican Washington Post columnist begging McConnell and McCarthy to take abortion off the table before the midterms:

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Anonymous wrote:Lifelong Republican Washington Post columnist begging McConnell and McCarthy to take abortion off the table before the midterms:

I mean, it's a little late for that!

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Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

Because they didn't think it would be such an A-bomb at that time. They probably thought it would wrap things up for the GOP very nicely.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

That's not how Sup Ct terms work.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

Or, you know, they could have just left fifty years of precedent stand. Sorry not sorry we’re so mad about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

That's not how Sup Ct terms work.

Yes it F**king is.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

Or, you know, they could have just left fifty years of precedent stand. Sorry not sorry we’re so mad about it.

Precedent reinforced over multiple cases. By D and R appointed Justices. And was said to be recognized as "settled law" by the 4 most recent R appointed Justices under oath.

Yeah.

I'm beyond pissed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

Or, you know, they could have just left fifty years of precedent stand. Sorry not sorry we’re so mad about it.

Precedent reinforced over multiple cases. By D and R appointed Justices. And was said to be recognized as "settled law" by the 4 most recent R appointed Justices under oath.

Yeah.

I'm beyond pissed.

I hope it comes back to bite them in the a$$.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t SCOTUS wait till after the midterms to detonate the A-bomb? The GOP was galloping along merrily.

That's not how Sup Ct terms work.

Yes it F**king is.

I've never heard of the Sup Ct holding off on issuing a decision until the following term but perhaps you know more than I do.

It would be wild if they decided not to do their job because they were worried about the electoral consequences. I guess at this stage when their legitimacy is already at an all time low, and they are seen as an essentially political institution, maybe it wouldn't be so wild!

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what are they thinking?!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/03/ron-johnson-medicare-social-security/

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has suggested that Social Security and Medicare be eliminated as federal entitlement programs, and that they should instead become programs approved by Congress on an annual basis as discretionary spending.

Those who work in the United States pay Social Security and Medicare taxes that go into federal trust funds. Upon retirement, based on a person’s lifetime earnings and other factors, a retiree is eligible to receive monthly Social Security payments. Similarly, Medicare is the federal health insurance program that kicks in for people 65 and older, or for others who have disabilities.

In an interview that aired Tuesday on “The Regular Joe Show” podcast, Johnson, who is seeking a third term in the Senate, lamented that the Social Security and Medicare programs automatically grant benefits to those who meet the qualifications — that is, to those who had been paying into the system over their working life.

And he's not even like Rick Scott - safe for another couple of years. He's running for reelection!

I'd guess Mandela Barnes's chances just got a little better.