Good morning friends, and welcome to the Monday edition of the Good News roundup. Lets begin.
politicians, former FBI director James Comey, author Steven King, journalist Dan Rather and legendary chess champ and activist Garry Kasparov joined thousands across the country who weighed in on Giuliani’s attack on truth.
Even William Shakespeare was drafted into the fray in a tweet that quoted his “Measure for Measure” line: “Truth is truth ’til the end of reckoning.”
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had a funnier take. “Truth isn’t truth. Try that one with a jury,” he quipped in a tweet.
Former FBI director James Comey declared: “Truth exists and truth matters. If we are untethered to truth, our justice system cannot function and a society based on the rule of law dissolves.”
Yep, everyone is giving ol Rudy the business after he descended into Orwellian rhetoric. The GOP grow more unhinged by the day, and in the mass rejection of it helps us in the long run.
Bloomberg) -- Democrats’ prospects for retaking control of the U.S. House have brightened during the past two months, although success in the November election is no sure bet, a CBS News election model released Sunday shows.
If the election were held today, Democrats would win 222 seats in the House, up from 219 in June, according to CBS’s model, which is based on voter surveys in 57 competitive congressional districts. The estimate had a margin of error of plus or minus 11 seats.
A party needs 218 seats to control the House, and Democrats would need to win at least 23 additional seats in the midterm elections to wrest power from Republicans.
Voters surveyed said they view the 2018 election as especially important, perhaps suggesting an outsize turnout in November compared with other off-year elections. Seventy-six percent of respondents said they would definitely vote in the midterms.
Women were even more likely to see 2018 as a pivotal year, according to CBS. Almost nine out of ten women polled said their 2018 vote will be at least as important as that in a presidential election, with one in five saying it’s more important.
Things are looking good, but we need to keep energy and enthusiasm up. The GOP (and Russia) are gonna throw everything they can to try and derail us, lets make sure it IS a sure bet.
nternet use in rural areas rose to 61 percent (from 2 percent) between 2000 and 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But recent reports show that overall infrastructural expansion has slowed down due to lack of funding. One big challenge associated with installation is the time frame needed for installation at the new customer’s household, especially in isolated areas — the towers are farther apart and the testing takes hours, without including travel time for the technician.
“Currently, technicians need to climb to a tower in a bucket truck, and they have to find somewhere on somebody’s property or on their house where they can put an antenna to supply them with best signal of high-speed internet,” says Conor Ferguson, CEO of drone startup Wispr Systems.
“We designed a drone to do all the testing so when they go to a house and try to determine what they need to do to get this person internet, they can use our drones to get up high enough and see where they need to put the antenna on the house,” says Ferguson.
Well that’s a neat trick. Internet is an essential part of everyday life, more people definitely need it.
ATLANTA (AP) — Women are not just running for office in record numbers this year — they are winning.
More women than ever before have won major party primaries for governor, U.S. Senate and House this year — paving the way for November battles that could significantly increase the number of women in elected office and change the public debate on issues such as health care, immigration, abortion rights, education and gun control. Some of these candidates could also play a pivotal role in whether Democrats are able to take control of the U.S. House.
Most of these female hopefuls are Democrats, some of whom are first-time candidates who say their motivation to run sprang from President Donald Trump's election and Republican control of Congress. But other developments factor in, too. The #MeToo movement. Women's marches. Trump's nomination of conservative appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
"Part of the reason I thought this race was possible, even despite great odds, was because of all the women who are so engaged in my community in a new way," said Democrat Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor who looks to capture a GOP congressional seat in New Jersey.
Sherrill is one of some 200 women who have won their primaries for U.S. House, with 94 of these candidates surviving crowded fields with three or more candidates, according to an analysis of election results. Previously, the most women who had advanced were 167 in 2016, according to records kept by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
In the Senate, a record 19 women have won their primaries. And for the first time, 13 women have been nominated for gubernatorial races in a single election year.
Yeah! Show em how its done ladies!
A White House speechwriter who addressed a conference attended by white supremacists no longer works for the Trump administration, according to reports Sunday.
Darren Beattie spoke at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club Conference, an annual gathering catering to right-leaning academics that well-known white nationalists, including Richard Spencer, have attended.
CNN's KFile reported Sunday that the White House ask that the Beattie story be put on hold for several days last week and declined to reveal when exactly he parted ways with the administration. "Mr. Beattie no longer works at the White House," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN on Friday night after multiple inquiries into Beattie's appearance at the event. "We don't comment on personnel matters."
In a follow-up report, the Washington Post said Beattie had initially refused to resign after White House officials urged him to step down when CNN reached out about its forthcoming report, prompting his dismissal.
Oh hey look, another Trump Admin was A) a Horrible racist, and B) dumped immediately.
Anyways, that’s it for today, have a pleasant morning.