How to stop the confirmations of Sessions, Price, and DeVos, h/t The WashPo

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Saturday January 28, 2017 · 9:02 AM PST

2017/01/28 · 09:02

A reasonable request of all Senate Democrats, and maybe a few Republicans too:

As to Trump nominees Sessions, Price, and DeVos, promise not only to vote against each one, but also promise to work with fellow Senators to withhold "consent" at each and every stage of the their confirmations — do not agree to "unanimous consent" for even the most minor procedural step. Neither Trump nor his outrageously unqualified nominees deserve the courtesy of a single consent.

About “consent”:

www.washingtonpost.com/...

FDR's Re-election in 1944 and Trump's Election Now

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Friday November 25, 2016 · 3:05 PM PST

2016/11/25 · 15:05

Here is another factoid to think about in reflecting on the election. In 1944 when FDR was running for his fourth term, he was nationally known as the "Friend of the Negro". The night before that election, in a nationally broadcast radio address, FDR implored the nation with the following prayer:

"Enable us to grant the least among us the freedom we covet for ourselves; make us ill-content with the inequalities of opportunity which still prevail among us. Preserve our union against all the divisions of race and class which threaten it."

That Democrats nationally stood for making progress toward racial equality could not be clearer. And yet, the next day, the virtually all-white electorate in the state of Mississippi gave Roosevelt 93.6% of its votes!

I can think of at least three explanations for this: Leader during a war with national unity and a century of Democratic domination of the South. But here is the one that seems most interesting in light of the election of Trump. 1944 was a time when southern whites were in the ascendancy, in almost all aspects of civic life. Since then, the power over others has been lost and many white voters are now substantially driven by resentment at their loss of that power over others. This is not to diminish the power of economic populism, but in an economy that has been growing steadily for eight years, the role of that economic explanation for voting patterns, it seems to me, should be seen in the shadow of white resentment.

Evidence That DSK Was Set Up

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Saturday December 03, 2011 · 3:35 PM PST

2011/12/03 · 15:35

Edward Jay Epstein reports in the New York Review of Books the details of the arrest and investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn last May in New York. A number of intriguing details suggest the possibility that some persons, acting to benefit French President Sarkozy, used DSK's propensity to drop his pants as a means to set him up and remove Sarkozy's only real threat to re-election. Here is the link:

http://www.nybooks.com/...

Arthurkc

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Friday November 11, 2011 · 12:11 PM PST

2011/11/11 · 12:11

This morning Tom Gjelten warned in his self-styled "lesson" that political dysfunction in the United States could lead to severe economic consequences similar to what is roiling Greece and Italy. His reporting was based on terrible economic and bad political reporting.

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Monday August 01, 2011 · 2:15 PM PDT

2011/08/01 · 14:15

This afternoon Federal Judge Marten in Wichita issued a preliminary injunction preventing the State of Kansas from implementing a law enacted to deny family planning funds to Planned Parenthood.

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Thursday May 26, 2011 · 5:53 PM PDT

2011/05/26 · 17:53

Sen. Blunt today called on Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano to authorize the federal government to pay 100% of the tornado cleanup costs in Joplin, Missouri. Really, he did.

http://www.kansascity.com/...

Arthurkc

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Monday March 28, 2011 · 4:12 PM PDT

2011/03/28 · 16:12

Then come to Kansas. The legislature just approved, and Gov. Brownback has promised to sign, an NRA-supported bill approving gun silencers for hunting.

http://www.fox4kc.com/...

I Just Got An Email from Barack Obama

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Thursday August 12, 2010 · 12:07 PM PDT

2010/08/12 · 12:07

Maybe you did, too? It was from "Barack Obama" at barackobama.com and it asked me to commit to vote in November. It was a part of the Vote2010 program.

Here is how I answered the email.

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Friday August 06, 2010 · 7:10 AM PDT

2010/08/06 · 07:10

First they came to bailout the banks; but I did not work at a bank, so I did nothing.

Poll

39 votes Show Results

Will The Tea Party Phenomenon Live in 2011?

39 votes Vote Now!

Will The Tea Party Phenomenon Live in 2011?

Yes, it has legs.

9 votes

Yes, it is too good for Dems to let it die

13 votes

No, the brand is dying

6 votes

No, but I will miss having it to mock

11 votes

I have more important things to contemplate, lie 3-D for TV

0 votes

Federal Judge: Nat'l Day of Prayer Unconstitutional

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Thursday April 15, 2010 · 7:11 PM PDT

2010/04/15 · 19:11

A federal judge today in Madison, Wisconsin issued a 66-page opinion declaring unconstitutional the legislation creating the National Day of Prayer.

http://www.google.com/...

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232 votes Show Results

Is the National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional?

232 votes Vote Now!

Is the National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional?

Yes

193 votes

30 votes

I Really Don't Know

9 votes

WISH Nancy Pelosi Happy Birthday; It's Friday

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 10:38 AM PDT

2010/03/22 · 10:38

Join this Facebook page to wish her Happy Birthday and tell her "Thank You" for her valiant effort to pass Health Insurance Reform.

http://www.facebook.com/...

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Tuesday February 10, 2009 · 11:47 AM PST

2009/02/10 · 11:47

Although President Obama did not get all he wanted in the stimulus bill that passed the Senate today, and will not likely get all he wants out of the House-Senate conference later this week, he has two more chances coming soon, and they cannot be filibustered, to get the balance of what he needs.

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How to stop the confirmations of Sessions, Price, and DeVos, h/t The WashPo

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Evidence That DSK Was Set Up

NPR's Bad Economics Reporting

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Sen. Blunt (R-MO): U.S. Govt Pay 100% of Joplin Cleanup or I Vote No on Debt Ceiling?

Want to Hunt with Silencers?

I Just Got An Email from Barack Obama

Tea Party Lament: First They Came for the Banks

Federal Judge: Nat'l Day of Prayer Unconstitutional

WISH Nancy Pelosi Happy Birthday; It's Friday

Obama Can Get All The Stimulus He Wants, Filibuster Free