Constitutional Amendment Time: Abolish The Electoral College

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Wednesday November 09, 2016 · 3:55 AM PST

2016/11/09 · 03:55

Hillary Clinton is winning the popular vote, but losing the electoral college. There is nothing we can do to change that now. But we can start trying to prevent this antiquated anti-democratic system from ever fucking over the plurality again. I've not been able to sleep, so a long post is beyond my ability right now. But here is what else needs to be done.

Abolish caucuses. No political party should allow a nomination system that discourages turnout.

Make Election Day a holiday in your state, community, and/or workplace.

We need a constitutional amendment to impose campaign finance reform. No more Super PACs, no more dark money. Even Trump claims to agree with this one.

Protect your fellow human beings from violence and authoritarian abuse.

Every case of voter suppression must be prosecuted. Our only hope now is to make Anthony Kennedy change his mind by witnessing the fallout of his destruction of the VRA.

BREAKING: DE Senate Passes Civil Unions Bill

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Thursday April 07, 2011 · 6:07 PM PDT

2011/04/07 · 18:07

It's a beautiful day for marriage equality in the state of Delaware, as our state Senate has just passed SB 30, "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL UNIONS." The bill passed by a vote of 13-6, with 2 absences.

The bill is scheduled to go to House Committee on Wednesday, and if (when) it clears, it will go to the House floor on Thursday. 19 out of 41 representatives are co-sponsoring the bill, so it is considered VERY likely to pass, and it has the support of our Democratic governor. So by the end of next week, same-sex couples will be granted all the rights and privileges of straight couples in the state of Delaware.

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79 votes Show Results

Which do you support in terms of marriage rights?

79 votes Vote Now!

Which do you support in terms of marriage rights?

Same-Sex Marriage

71 votes

Civil Unions (marriage by a different name)

4 votes

Domestic Partnership (limited extension of some rights to same-sex couples)

0 votes

No legal recognition for same-sex couples whatsoever

4 votes

Sen. Carper on public option - "day one" no, "trigger" yes

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 10:07 AM PDT

2009/09/01 · 10:07

Delaware Liberal reports that Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware - who reportedly "doesn't oppose" a public option - would not support a public option plan that is "available on day one." Instead, Carper supports Olympia Snowe's "trigger" plan, AKA the "fall back" plan - where a public option health plan would ONLY be created if health insurance companies fail to cut costs and expand coverage after a specified period of time - presumably after collecting millions in government subsidies and spending it all on more tea parties and re-electing Chuck Grassley. This is virtually the same as the GOP's Medicare-D drug bill from the Bush Administration.

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83 votes Show Results

Would you accept health reform with a "trigger" that delayed the availability of a public option for several years?

83 votes Vote Now!

Would you accept health reform with a "trigger" that delayed the availability of a public option for several years?

Yes

12 votes

64 votes

Not sure / Maybe

7 votes

A Constitutional Amendment Banning Civil Unions? In Delaware?

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Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 6:44 AM PDT

2009/03/25 · 06:44

In Delaware, the state legislature can amend the constitution by passing a bill with a 2/3rds majority in 2 consecutive sessions. The people, and the governor, have no say in the matter.

Delaware Senate Bill 27 will ban ALL LEGAL UNIONS (ie, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships). Some state legislators have been fooled into thinking this just covers gay marriage. Church groups have been outcalling our state legislators 4 to 1 on this issue. PLEASE HELP!

The committee hearing is today. Call the Senate switchboard - (302) 744-4286 - and ask them to transfer you to the office of Senator Bunting, Katz, or Ennis. They are the swing votes on the committee.

This bill is bad for the economy - it will chase away entrepenuers
According to Gallup, 55% of Americans support Civil Unions, and Delaware is more socially progressive than the average state.
If this amendment passes, Delaware will become the ONLY state in the Northeast to ban Civil Unions.

Read below for the full text of my post on this subject from Delaware Liberal

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Tuesday March 24, 2009 · 9:05 AM PDT

2009/03/24 · 09:05

A tip from a reader at Delaware Liberal:

SB 27 by Venables has a hearing tomorrow at 1:00 PM in his committee(Small Business). This is a DE version of DOMA. It appears that the swing vote is George Bunting. Please contact his office at (302) 744-4286 and tell him to vote against this bill.

It's more than just the Delaware version of DOMA. Look at the text:

"A marriage between a man and a woman is the only legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state."

That would outlaw Civil Unions. Call the Delaware State Senate today!

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12 votes Show Results

Will you call?

12 votes Vote Now!

Will you call?

Yes

6 votes

Freep this poll: Grade Obama (MSNBC)

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Tuesday March 10, 2009 · 11:27 PM PDT

2009/03/10 · 23:27

A little undercover research taught me that the "Patriotic Resistance" (wingnut astroturfing just like the Tea Parties, but with more guns) has successfully freeped the following poll:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

Grade Obama's performance, from A to F.

Below the fold, a short analysis of who we're up against

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75 votes Show Results

Your thoughts?

75 votes Vote Now!

Your thoughts?

Not many diaries to read in the middle of the night, so I'm grateful for whatever reading material I get

16 votes

This diary was a waste of recent diary list space

12 votes

I just came here because you mentioned Ron Paul

7 votes

These poll choices suck

40 votes

Who's the bigger DINO? Carper or Lieberman?

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 7:20 AM PST

2008/11/19 · 07:20

Below the flip, let's take a side by side comparison:

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37 votes Show Results

Bigger DINO

37 votes Vote Now!

Bigger DINO

Lieberman

28 votes

Carper

9 votes

You're Wrong. Powell Will Endorse McCain

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/10/17 · 08:40

cross-posted at Election Inspection

Colin Powell will be on Meet The Press this weekend, and speculation’s running wild that he will be endorsing Obama. As for me, I have an uneasy feeling we’ve been had.

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1003 votes Show Results

Who will Powell endorse?

1003 votes Vote Now!

Who will Powell endorse?

Obama

280 votes

McCain

340 votes

No one

229 votes

Other

2 votes

Dunno

152 votes

CNN Uses Morgan Freeman Crash To Sell Time-Warner's Batman Movie

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 11:26 AM PDT

2008/08/04 · 11:26

Moments ago on CNN Headline news, the blonde anchorwoman reported that Morgan Freeman had gotten into a terrible car crash in which his car had flipped over several times. She said that the actor was in serious condition in a Memphis hospital... and that he was currently appearing in "The Dark Knight", which she mentioned is in theaters "now".

CNN, and the Batman movie franchise, are both owned by Time-Warner. She did not issue any kind of disclaimer about the movie being produced by her network's parent corporation. This is a classic example of the corporate media using the news (including a terrible tragedy) for the profit of its other product lines. (See also the Iraq War and General Electric)

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119 votes Show Results

Should news networks hawk their corporate parent's products while talking about unrelated tragedies?

119 votes Vote Now!

Should news networks hawk their corporate parent's products while talking about unrelated tragedies?

Yes

8 votes

18 votes

They should never hawk any products, period.

19 votes

They shouldn't even be allowed to have monolithic corporate parents! (Down with the Telecommunications Act of 1996!)

74 votes

Retraction - Fox News covers Edgar Mitchell story

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 8:23 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 08:23

RETRACTION: When I searched Google for this, I found nada from America, but when I specifically tried "Fox News Edgar Mitchell" I found it.
So, no media blackout, just a UFO story like any other. Sorry to waste peoples time (I am not a believer in this stuff but I like to read about it sometimes).

Two days ago (July 23rd), a respected NASA astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, said in an interview in Britain's Kerrang! radio (a rock music station), that "I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real."

He continued: "It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it."

You'd expect tabloids to be interested in this kind of news, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. certainly was - the story was printed in Britain's Daily Mail and Austrailia's Daily Telegraph. But given that the astronaut was American, why not print it in the New York Post? Why no mention on Yahoo News' "Odd News" feed?

More below the flip.

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56 votes Show Results

Should this story be mentioned in by some American news outlets, even if buried somewhere on page 30-something or in the "Odd News" feed?

56 votes Vote Now!

Should this story be mentioned in by some American news outlets, even if buried somewhere on page 30-something or in the "Odd News" feed?

Yes

40 votes

12 votes

Dunno

4 votes

Latest Swing State Polls: Obama Expanding the Map

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Monday June 23, 2008 · 11:19 AM PDT

2008/06/23 · 11:19

cross-posted at Election Inspection

Swing State Polls, below the flip, divided into 3 catgories:

Defense: States Kerry won (CT, MI, MN, NH, NJ, OR, PA, WI)

Red-to-Blue: States Kerry lost where Obama is winning or tied (CO, IA, MO, NM, OH, VA)

Frontiers: States where Obama is close behind McCain (AK, GA, FL, MS, NV, NC, ND)

The summary: Obama 317, McCain 221 if Obama wins Ohio; Obama 297, McCain 241 if Obama loses Ohio.

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191 votes Show Results

Which pollster is the worst?

191 votes Vote Now!

Which pollster is the worst?

SUSA

9 votes

Rasmussen

12 votes

Quinnipiac

1 vote

ARG

96 votes

InsiderAdvantage

12 votes

PPP

12 votes

Mason-Dixon

0 votes

Zogby

42 votes

Research 2000

1 vote

Strategic Vision

6 votes

Latest Swing State Polls: Obama vs. McCain

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 9:34 AM PDT

2008/06/16 · 09:34

cross-posted at Election Inspection

Swing State Polls, below the flip, divided into 3 catgories:

Defense: States Kerry won (CT, MI, MN, NH, NJ, OR, PA, WI)
Red-to-Blue: States Kerry lost where Obama is winning or tied (CO, IA, MO, NM, OH, VA)
Frontiers: States where Obama is close behind McCain (FL, MS, NV, NC, ND)

The summary: Obama 317, McCain 221.

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457 votes Show Results

Will Obama win North Carolina?

457 votes Vote Now!

Will Obama win North Carolina?

Yes

322 votes

55 votes

I don't know

80 votes

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