New York Senate Collaborators are Advertising on Dkos...let's click their pennies away and beat them

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Thursday March 16, 2017 · 12:57 PM PDT

2017/03/16 · 12:57

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I’ll keep this short and sweet. I just saw the above ad on dailykos for collaborationist New York State Senator Jose Peralta by the “Independent Democratic Conference” (IDC, often described as an acronym for “I Demand Cash”).

For those not familiar with this situation here in the Empire State, Peralta is one of the 8 collaborationist traitor state senators who were elected as Democrats but caucus with the state senate GOP to keep them in power by one vote. This story has been covered by David Nir a month ago:

How do you know that the IDC—the eight-member junta composed of turncoat Democrats who ensure GOP control of New York's state Senate—is finally feeling the heat? Because they're now engaged in rebranding so comically desperate, it's worthy of Arrested Development. At a town hall held earlier this month by one of the newest members of the IDC, which in real life is short for "Independent Democratic Conference," Brooklyn state Sen. Jesse Hamilton handed out flyers claiming the initials actually stand for "Immigrant Defense Coalition."

The rebranding is clearly continuing, here on Dkos no less.

So you can do 2 things (for now) to fight back against these collaborators:

1) click on that ad to send money from the IDC directly to support the excellent work at Dailykos! (obviously close the window after that)

2) Sign up for the anti-IDC resistance facebook group here: www.facebook.com/…

And of course, once these pricks have primary challengers, donate and volunteer for them!

Peace,

Roatti

(I would love to stay around for the comments but gotta get back to the ole’ day job)

Here's the difference, morons

Roatti

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Saturday October 15, 2016 · 7:04 AM PDT

2016/10/15 · 07:04

This is gonna be short but to the point.

Here’s the difference: it’s called CONSENT

I played 3 sports in high school and still play sports all the time (I have been known to hit a 3-pointer or 4 every now and then). I have been in many locker rooms.

Men, in locker rooms, and in other places, talk about sex.

So do women.

Talking about sex, even explicitly among friends, is normal and most people do it. When friends of both/all genders talk about sex, they talk about consensual sex. Friends, including those across genders, discuss sexual details with each other. Famous sitcoms made entire episodes about this type of talk. (Exhibit A: Seinfeld)

But what Trump did is different.

Trump bragged about ASSAULT.

Touching, kissing, and groping women WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.

This isn’t locker room talk. If someone said that shit in a locker room, they would be scorned, ridiculed, and hopefully reported.

This isn’t the equivalent of Bill Clinton. What Bill Clinton did was a personal failure and an betrayal of his wife. That’s deserving of criticism. But everything Bill Clinton did was still consensual. If assholes like Rudy Giuliani, Jeff Sessions, and Corey Lewandowski don’t get that, then they’re just as bad as Trump.

Trump does not respect consent or the lack thereof.

He is a criminal, not just a red-blooded American man.

That’s the difference.

(ok, gotta run out now so can’t be commenting, appreciate any discussion!)

This Year's Most Important Battleground? Nassau County. Yes, that Correct, Nassau County

Roatti

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Friday October 25, 2013 · 5:24 PM PDT

2013/10/25 · 17:24

(x-posted at Act Now)

Of course your first reaction to this will be Nassau County?? Wtf is this guy smoking?

But it's true. Look at the other races:

Normally the markee of races of the nation during the off-year election cycle, as a taking place in a large, competitive, purple state, Virginia is luckily going to be a walk for our side (McAlluife, Northam, and Herring) in all the statewide offices because they all face insane, unelectable opponents. As Kos just pointed out, McAlluife is turning out our base to win. The top-of-ticket dominance will help Dems gain seats in the Legislature.

The race for NYC Mayor is gonna be a DeBlasio tidal wave. This race has been over for months now.

Unfortunately, Chris Christie is gonna romp to re-lection. It's sad, but there's nothing to do to stop that at this point. 43% of New Jersey voters don't even know who Barbra Buono is.

But there is one race this year that's tight, in a large battleground, and one could create a lot of media spin about being a true bell-weather of a large Democratic wave in 2014: the race for Nassau County Executive.

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I'm gonna

volunteer for Suozzi

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donate to Suozzi

3 votes

vote for Suozzi

4 votes

Root from afar

23 votes

Gov Andrew Cuomo, R-NY, Betrays Us Again, Long Island Edition

Roatti

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Monday October 14, 2013 · 1:21 PM PDT

2013/10/14 · 13:21

(X-Posted at my group's blog, ACT NOW)

For a long time I've given Andrew Cuomo the benefit of the doubt. After the Spitzer/Paterson disaster I felt greedy criticizing an ostensibly Democratic Governor who has the ability to keep his pants on and his approval ratings in positive territory. I liked how he pushed marriage equality through the Senate, and I understood if the cost of that was to enter into nonagression pacts with the GOP Senators who supported marriage equality.

But now he is going too far. He is actively supporting GOP control of Nassau County, New York's second most-populpus county outside of New York City and a key suburban battleground.

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sucks

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really sucks

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sucks as much as the GOP does

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The Amazing Story of Dr. Richard Carmona and my Late Grandfather

Roatti

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Thursday October 11, 2012 · 2:32 PM PDT

2012/10/11 · 14:32

You may all be familiar with Richard Carmona - he is a Vietnam Veteran, former US Surgeon General who then became highly critical of the Bush Administration over its political interference with scientific findings, and is currently running for Senate in Arizona against Tea Party candidate Jeff Flake. However, Richard Carmona has also had an amazing interaction with my family that I feel I must share with all of you.

Roatti

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Sunday February 05, 2012 · 11:57 AM PST

2012/02/05 · 11:57

(x-posted at ACT NOW)

I'm glad I got to tell the hacks on LATFOR how pathetic they are at the Brooklyn LATFOR hearing on Wednesday. Here's to free speech.

Here are a few examples of the absurdly gerrymandered proposed districts:

For some background, to quote from my colleague, Carolyn Jackson:

It’s painful to admit, but a voter in rural upstate New York has more clout than I do or you do, if you live in New York City or its suburbs. It’s been that way for a while, but it would get much worse with the ridiculous new maps drawn in Albany by the Republican-dominated New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Scientific as it may sound, the task force is not the nonpartisan group promised by 52 of 63 state senators (83%) when they ran for office in 2010.
-Fifty percent of the new Senate districts are more than three percent larger or smaller than the average population size. Guess which ones are overstuffed with Democrats. Naturally, this limits the number of Democratic-leaning districts. That’s convenient.

-Latinos in Suffolk County and African Americans in Nassau County found their populations split between districts so their clout is diminished to the benefit of Republicans. How surprising.

-Six Democrats find themselves running for re-election against other Democrats; funny this didn’t happen to Republicans.

These maps give new meaning to the term “gerrymandering.”

Roatti

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Tuesday December 13, 2011 · 5:13 PM PST

2011/12/13 · 17:13

(x-posted at ACT NOW)

So, the tax/infrastructure deal in New York State. Some good, a lot bad - it all depends on how you define the baseline.

Roatti

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Thursday October 07, 2010 · 6:20 PM PDT

2010/10/07 · 18:20

For every voter who is thinking that the GOP deserves their vote because the economy still has a ways to go to recovery, they just need to look at what Republicans do when they are in power. And Chris Christie has been elected just last year so it's not like the GOP can blame this on Bush or his ilk.

Behold the job-killing shortsightedness in all of its horror after the flip.

Roatti

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Tuesday June 29, 2010 · 3:56 PM PDT

2010/06/29 · 15:56

With today's news that Scott Brown is going to throw himself into machine and derail the Financial Reform Bill because it, gasp, has a tax on Banks, it seems the conference negotiators are going to have to think of a new way to raise revenue to pay for the bill.

So here's an idea:

An Inaccuracy Tax on the Ratings Agencies.

More after the jump...

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Inaccuracy Tax

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Medium idea

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AP Apparently Unaware of "Screamers"

Roatti

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Wednesday August 05, 2009 · 10:18 PM PDT

2009/08/05 · 22:18

Surprise! The AP fails to see forest among the trees again

Lawmakers across the country are encountering growing public doubts about President Barack Obama's push to remake the system for providing medical care, evident in polls that find confidence in Obama's handling of the issue has fallen since January. Concerns are growing about government-run health plans, a growing federal deficit, and the impact on small businesses and end-of-life provisions.

(bold mine)

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The AP

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The AP

dumb

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dumber

80 votes

They're gonna sue me for the link and quote

35 votes

The Obama Effect in Action! Hezbollah Defeated in Democratic Election UPDATE x4

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Sunday June 07, 2009 · 10:37 PM PDT

2009/06/07 · 22:37

(This has been diaried already over here but I don't think this received enough attention.)

(X-posted at The Albany Project)

With idiot conservatives questioning the point of making a stirring, beautiful speech to win over the hearts and minds in the Muslim world, it looks like those efforts to nudge public opinion are already bearing fruit:

NY Times: U.S.-Backed Alliance Appears to Win in Lebanon

An American-backed alliance appeared to retain control of the Lebanese Parliament on Sunday in a hotly contested election that had been billed as a showdown between Tehran and Washington for influence in the Middle East.

Alaska is under Soviet Control?

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Alaska is under Soviet Control?

Yes

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Only the Soviet who gets the state to pay for her children's presents

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