🇺🇸 Discussion: The DEMOCRATIC P - Part 3

[squeekness]

School lunches made a big difference for me growing up.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Colorado House committee approves abortion [insurance] coverage bill

First Gen Z Congressman Rips GOP 'Cowards' With Damning Question [about gun violence]
Maxwell Frost delivered a "furious" rebuke of Republicans on the House floor following the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says | The Guardian

Biden finds Murdoch ‘most dangerous man in the world’, new book says | Joe Biden | The Guardian (2022)

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Adams, officials rally for NYC's bid to host DNC in 2024

I'm gonna take a guess and say that Adams is in it for the grift.

Despite Hochul being a weaker candidate for governor in NY (Hochul+6) in 2022 compared to her predecessor, let's try winning & holding more divided states than NY (Biden+23) from 2020 in 2024.

2020: Trump 232 EVs
Iowa: 6 EVs (Trump+8.2)
Ohio: 18 EVs (Trump+8.0)
Texas: 38 EVs (Trump+5.8)
Florida: 29 EVs (Trump+3.4)
North Carolina: 15 EVs (Trump+1.3)
Georgia: 16 EVs (Biden+0.2)
Arizona: 11 EVs (Biden+0.3)
Wisconsin: 10 EVs (Biden+0.6)
Pennsylvania: 20 EVs (Biden+1.2)
Nevada: 6 EVs (Biden+2.4)
Michigan: 16 EVs (Biden+2.8)
Minnesota: 10 EVs (Biden+7.1)
New Hampshire: 4 EVs (Biden+7.4)
2020: Biden 306 EVs

What I'd want to do is at least flip North Carolina to cancel out any 16 EVs worth of losses of other states. Also some states have now gained and lost electoral votes due to the 2020 census and reapportionment, Pennsylvania has lost an EV and North Carolina has gained one going from 15 to 16.

The Washington Post - A Gen Z party chair hopes to change Democrats’ fortunes in N.C.

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Associated Press - New California gas price law another defeat for oil industry

 

[squeekness]

Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says | The Guardian

Biden finds Murdoch ‘most dangerous man in the world’, new book says | Joe Biden | The Guardian (2022)

They aren't wrong.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Washington Post - Maryland voters to see constitutional referendum on abortion rights
Lawmakers send a proposed constitutional amendment to voters as they advance other bills to make the state a ‘safe haven’ for abortion

 

[squeekness]

The Washington Post - Maryland voters to see constitutional referendum on abortion rights
Lawmakers send a proposed constitutional amendment to voters as they advance other bills to make the state a ‘safe haven’ for abortion

Hope it passes.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Daily Kos - Following 2022 midterm victories, New Mexico Democrats pass state Voting Rights Act into law

 

[squeekness]

Daily Kos - Following 2022 midterm victories, New Mexico Democrats pass state Voting Rights Act into law

Good.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

[PA] House Dems hold hearing on expanding access to reproductive health care

John Fetterman set for return to Senate following treatment for depression

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

LA Times - [California Governor] Newsom launches national campaign to fight 'authoritarian leaders'

 

[squeekness]

LA Times - [California Governor] Newsom launches national campaign to fight 'authoritarian leaders'

Hope he's starting here because our democracy is fading fast.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Philadelphia Inquirer - Pa. Democrats aim to appeal to working-class voters with policy, symbolism, and some anger

Sen. John Fetterman on depression, recovery, and "making up any lost time" - CBS News

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Dave Wasserman, Cook Political Report: “New: w/ 476,538 votes counted in Chicago, Paul Vallas's lead over Johnson shrinks to 370 (!) votes (50.04%-49.96%). Vallas needs a miracle now.”

 

[mclay18]

I'm so relieved.

 

[samsnee]

Finally some good news for Wisconsin

 

[squeekness]

Nice.

 

[mclay18]

If Janet's margins hold, Dan Kelly will have lost by a bigger margin than April 2020 when he lost to Karofsky.

Amazing.

 

[Teelie]

Republicans are already plotting a way to invalidate and overrule the will of the people, which I hope fails.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Republicans were/are threatening to impeach her before election day.

 

[Teelie]

No legal or logical way for them to do that but when has that stopped them from cheating and stealing?

 

[squeekness]

You would think that sooner or later the voters would just get rid of buttheads like that.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in the entire country that’s how they’re there in unrepresentative numbers to abuse their power.

Wisconsin's Assembly maps are more skewed than ever — what happens in 2023?

it’s also driving their freak out that their unfair tilted maps will get blown up by the courts.

 

[squeekness]

Wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in the entire country that’s how they’re there in unrepresentative numbers to abuse their power.

Wisconsin's Assembly maps are more skewed than ever — what happens in 2023?

it’s also driving their freak out that their unfair tilted maps will get blown up by the courts.

Crazy that they get away with it at all.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor election; Paul Vallas concedes