Democratic leaders kill Green New Deal

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Thursday December 20, 2018 · 5:45 PM PST

2018/12/20 · 17:45

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Bob Dudley BP Group Chief Executive, appears on stage on Day 1 at the International New York Times/Energy Intelligence Oil & Money Conference at The InterContinental Hotel on October 29, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for The New York Times)

Since nobody else is willing to point this out, I’ll take the flags.

www.huffingtonpost.com/…

The Democratic Leadership has decided to not create a committee to push for a Green New Deal.

Given how popular the items in the proposal are with voters from both parties, it was simply too big of a risk.

Helping the environment by pursuing policies that are popular with voters of both parties. Not a good idea.

Large corporate donations. Good idea.

Joint Fundraising - an opportunity to expand the party

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Thursday November 02, 2017 · 1:51 PM PDT

2017/11/02 · 13:51

As you all know, the Hillary Victory Fund is in the news.

One of the first diaries on this subject was mine, back when the agreements where still local news in Alaska. A problematic portion of the Hillary Victory Fund, was that it took money away from state parties and diverted it to the national party.

Turns out that the national party agreed to do some pretty unethical things in return for the money. But that wasn’t the most important part of the problem.

The problem is that the Hillary Victory Fund was using a law designed to help local parties in a way that robbed them of resources. State parties are important entities that should be used to improve the party brand and expand the bench. They are not NY condos whose primary function is to launder money.

Our current news cycle opens an opportunity to change joint fundraising agreements back into a party expansion tool.

As a party we should agree to the following restrictions:

All joint fundraising agreements must leave at least 75% of donated funds in the state party.
Funds from joint fundraising agreements which are transferred to the national party must be used for get-out-the-vote operations. They cannot be spent on consultants, pollsters, or general expenses.
Funds from joint fundraising agreements that are left in the state party coffers must be used for either get-out-the-vote operations or down ballot campaigns. No joint funds remaining in state coffers can be used to assist with federal or gubernatorial races.

So if a rich donor wants to buy favors from a candidate, they certainly can. But the state party will use some of those funds to fund down ballot wins.

Let’s use this opportunity to demand that the party institutes rules to help local Democrats.

If the DNC had spent the victory fund on local get-out-the-vote we would have won both the presidency and the school board. Instead, we won neither.

Call your GOP congressman about the NSC

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Monday January 30, 2017 · 3:00 PM PST

2017/01/30 · 15:00

I just got off the phone with my GOP congressman’s local office. They aren’t busy.

If you are represented by a GOP member of congress. Call them about the changes that Trump has made to the National Security Council (NSC). He has removed the Joint Chiefs and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) from the council and added Steve Bannon.

This is a threat to our national security. One that even GOP voters could perceive. So use that and take action.

Call your GOP member of congress. Let them know that you are 100% serious about National Security and ask what they intend to do to repair our national security.

Me: “Calling to ask about Congressman xxx position on Trump’s removal of the Joint Chiefs and Director of National Intelligence from the National Security Council.”

Them: “No statement has been made yet.”

Me: “I am concerned about our national security in a situation where a blogger has replaced our top military and intelligence officers. I would like to know what the congressman intends to do to restore our national security.”

Them: “We understand National Security is an important issue. What is your contact information?”

Me: “name, address, phone number. I am very concerned about a blogger making national security decisions that should be made by our military and intelligence leaders. And I want to know what actions the congressman will take to keep our country safe.”

Them: “Thank you and we will pass your concerns to the congressman.”

Me: “Thank you and have a nice day.”

Nevada delegate predictions!

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Thursday February 18, 2016 · 8:34 AM PST

2016/02/18 · 08:34

After careful analysis of the polls, I’m ready to make my final Nevada delegate predictions.

I predict...

Poll

17 votes Show Results

Delegate split?

17 votes Vote Now!

Delegate split?

16/19

5 votes

17/18

1 vote

13/22 blowout!

8 votes

Other

3 votes

Did that $18M really go to state Democratic party funds?

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Tuesday January 05, 2016 · 2:59 PM PST

2016/01/05 · 14:59

Interesting article about the Hillary Victory Fund and funding of the local parties. http://www.adn.com/article/20151221/outside-billionaires-fuel-joint-effort-between-clinton-alaska-democrats

It looks like some sort of agreement was reached in Alaska and several other states to use the local parties as a contribution laundering service to allow Hillary's donors to exceed the legal limits on contributions to the DNC.

It’s legal.

But it definitely isn't about supporting the local party. More about using the local parties to skirt what little remains of campaign finance laws.

Anyone at Westlake? In person information?

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Saturday August 08, 2015 · 3:19 PM PDT

2015/08/08 · 15:19

For personal reasons, I wasn't able to make it to Westlake as planned.

Saw this article about protesters claiming affiliation with #BLM taking stage at the Social Security rally.

http://thehill.com/...

Please don't turn this into a rox/sux diary. But I'm hoping people can share information about what happened and what the crowd feel was like.

job creator tax incentive program

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Wednesday August 15, 2012 · 8:20 PM PDT

2012/08/15 · 20:20

As we all know, job creators are the key to our country's economic engine.

I propose a new tax plan that will reward job creators for their unparalleled ability to create honest American jobs.

For the purpose of this plan, anyone with more than $2Million in income or more than $2Million increase in property ownership will be considered a job creator.

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Wednesday November 23, 2011 · 12:54 PM PST

2011/11/23 · 12:54

While shopping for Thanksgiving today, I saw the food donation thing at the store.

That started me thinking about what I am thankful for. And one of the main things I am thankful for is the ability to pay taxes here in the US.

Since my tax rate isn't really high enough, I decided to donate a few hundred dollars to the food bank. But, that's beside the point.

Below the break, various thoughts on why paying taxes makes me thankful.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 23:20

We keep hearing over and over. If the credit market freezes, companies will not be able to borrow for their standard operational expenses.

And then the leap occurs: so we must bail out a bunch of banks that got greedy.

But why? Do we need those poorly run banks with their greedy executives?

Or do we need good credit markets for good businesses and good people?

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 6:13 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 18:13

The news coverage of the financial crisis is starting to really bother me.

The media is acting as if the cause of the crisis is complex. It's really very simple.

During the Great Depression, FDR and the congress passed regulations that made certain types of financial instruments illegal.

In 2000, McCain's key financial adviser Phil Gramm pushed thru deregulation that made those instruments legal again. Just as they were in the roaring 20's.

And the predictable result of removing those regulations is a modern day crash of the financial markets.

That's it. That's all. It's not complicated at all.

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 12:00 AM PDT

2008/07/01 · 00:00

It's been a rough couple weeks.

And I have definitely been in the 2nd stage for a while. Seriously angry at our presumptive nominee and the congressional democrats.

But it's time for me to step back. There are constructive things to do while this phase passes.

Mostly this is a diary to myself.

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Sunday June 29, 2008 · 10:14 PM PDT

2008/06/29 · 22:14

Who's job is it to get elected? It's the candidates.

The base can and should support the candidates in order to advance their issues. But ultimately it's the candidates responsibility to get the votes necessary to win.

Sometimes that's a painful lesson for the base. Sometimes the candidate needs to go towards the center because the net gain in money, votes, and pundit support.

Ultimately it's the candidates tradeoff.

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Democratic leaders kill Green New Deal

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Call your GOP congressman about the NSC

Nevada delegate predictions!

Did that $18M really go to state Democratic party funds?

Anyone at Westlake? In person information?

job creator tax incentive program

Why I am thankful for paying taxes

Don't bail a bank - Be A Bank

McCain and the GOP caused the financial crisis

Breath deep - try not to blow an artery

The candidate is responsible, not the base