@steve_vladeck @AshaRangappa_ For judges they’re time-limited so they’ll have to be confirmed eventually.
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@joeff53
Hosea 8:7: He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind. Looking at you Brothers John, Clarence, Sam, Neil, Brett, and Sister Amy.
NorCal--Promised Land (still) Katılım Nisan 2009
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For today's "One First," I wrote about President-Elect Trump's apparent plan to use the Recess Appointments Clause to make a bunch of appointments w/o Senate approval; what #SCOTUS has said about it; and whether he could use it for judges & justices, too:
stevevladeck.com/p/108-recess-a…
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@steve_vladeck @AshaRangappa_ Why bother? The senate will rubber stamp his noms anyway.
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@digby56 Maybe they’ll actually ask, if they can get near him. They shouldn’t expect an answer. Maybe Maggie will tell us.
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I certainly hope that the press asks Trump about this repeatedly.
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast
One report projects the soon-to-be VP will serve as a “de facto prime minister” under the 78-year-old Donald Trump. trib.al/bhOnbkK
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Not to mention the fact, there needs to be a long discussion about the fact that right wingers simply INVENTED DEI and trans sports as an issue, and pundits are not calling them on creating the harm they promise to cure.
christoph@Halalcoholism
This is a real masterclass for progressives on how shut down a conversation by offence-taking, word policing and then simply denying that something is an issue. A great tactic that will probably lead to no negative consequences that I can think of.
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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz did not run on ‘defunding the police.’ It’s just a straight-up lie to say they did. Only on Fox can you say that without any pushback, a network where they have only contempt for their own viewers.
The Free Press@TheFP
“It turns out, running on these extraordinarily niche issues like gender fluidity or defunding the police don't actually matter—or frankly, feel profoundly out of touch—to ordinary Americans.” @BariWeiss on why Democrats lost so badly.
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@rothschildmd @beyerstein Giuliani is civilly liable to the mother/daughter so there’s no pardon in the offing. He is not under any federal criminal case where Trump could pardon him.
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Point: Trump will pardon all the J6ers
Counterpoint: Rudy Giuliani had as much to do with J6 as anyone besides Trump, and Trump has totally abandoned him to the point where he's virtually begging for food money
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@mehdirhasan @beyerstein And the Christofascists will remember who didn’t.
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Every major Christian group in America went for Trump by a majority or super majority.
Jews and Muslims both went for Harris by a super majority.
History will remember which communities backed Trump and Trumpism.
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@emptywheel And also the supposed purity and fragility of teen girls.
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@emptywheel Moral panics are the core of RW messaging bc people respond to them. In these cases they appeal to peoples’ sense of “fairness” however misguided.
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@Redistrict @EricLevitz Is he the one with all the scars? There’s your answer.
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Need proof Trump's appeal isn't easily transferrable to other Republicans? Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) is on track to receive fewer votes in Nevada than Harris, but still won #NVSEN b/c at least 70k Trump voters didn't bother voting for Sam Brown (R).
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@Tim_Walz You are a real mensch and I am so happy to have gotten to “know” you.
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Chin up, team. Take some time. Take care of yourself. Take care of your loved ones. Take care of your community.
There are a million ways to make a difference—get back in the fight when you’re ready.
And know that, whenever you are ready, I’ll be ready to get back in with you.
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@RachelBitecofer The prisoner thing is trickier but I suspect doesn’t have the widespread ick factor that “BIGS” does. As parent of a daughter who played HS hoops (and encountered some fearsome girls) I can readily see why sports parents are creeped out, despot how rare it actually is.
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@RachelBitecofer I am progressive AF and I find the sports thing very hard to rationalize or explain.
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No one is blaming trans kids. We are pointing out that outside of the progressive base, boys in girls sports is deeply unpopular, so is sex changes for prisoners and Republicans beat us other the head with both to great effect.
Sara Jacobs@SaraJacobsCA
The Democratic Party needs to do some serious introspection to understand what went wrong and why our message isn’t resonating or reaching people. But one thing’s for sure — blaming trans kids isn’t the answer.
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@speechboy71 Shapiro’s opponent was a RW nut. Dunno about Casey’s opponent, who’s on a knife edge.
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Two years ago Shapiro was elected Gov by a 15 point margin, Fetterman won by 5 points and Dems flipped the PA house. This year the house remained in Democratic hands. I get that Twitter now is a free for all of hot political takes … but c’mon people.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yashar
I suspect that Pennsylvania is going to go the way of Ohio…from a statewide perspective, a solidly red state.
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This is probably a good time to reduce our focus on the daily news and read more history. That's where we are likely to find ways to cope with today.
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I was today years old when I learned that Susie Wiles is Pat Summerall's kid.
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Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire immediately and Biden needs to fast-track a 40 year old liberal justice through the senate while we still have 50 seats.
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@brparker21 Senate includes (still) Manchin and Sinema. Think they’ll play ball? Goes Harris vote to break tie on her own nom?
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Dems did everything we could to stop him last time. Restrain him. Keep things functioning *as normal.*
I don’t think we should this time. He won. This is what the people voted for. This is what people want. They should get it. It’s the only way people will learn.
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@richbsmit1 Every one of them should be in jail (maybe not Tiffy).
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His lack of maturity and character has made me wonder why he ever got this far.
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Trump’s closing message: “Adam Schiff, one of the truly unattractive people. I call him watermelon head… This scum is going to be a senator.”
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