DIY-HP-LED
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He will fit right in with the new Trump GOP, perhaps the new nominee, he has the qualifications and Trump will take a shine to him.
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Trump Losing 2024 Money Clash With RNC
Former president Trump is clashing with the GOP over money, attempting to redirect Republican money to himself and sending a cease-and-desist letter to the RNC demanding they stop using his name and likeness. MSNBC’s Ari Melber name-checks hip hop group Three 6 Mafia to discuss the demand and the RNC’s rejection of Trump's bid with former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Washington Post reporter Libby Casey. Dean asserts Trump “only cares about himself” and that the GOP does "not know what to do about it.”
Former president Trump is clashing with the GOP over money, attempting to redirect Republican money to himself and sending a cease-and-desist letter to the RNC demanding they stop using his name and likeness. MSNBC’s Ari Melber name-checks hip hop group Three 6 Mafia to discuss the demand and the RNC’s rejection of Trump's bid with former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Washington Post reporter Libby Casey. Dean asserts Trump “only cares about himself” and that the GOP does "not know what to do about it.”
DIY-HP-LED
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It depends on if Trump is gone and they lose the "energy" (fear), votes of his base, if enough of them stay home. I'm sure Joe and the benefits of responsible government will change some hearts and mind over the next four years. It seems the republicans like Trump, can't do anything stupid enough for their base, but it's the middle third of the electorate where the changes will have the biggest impact. We haven't even begun to delve into the scandals, investigations and criminal trials yet and their impact on events.
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Did Republicans just sign their midterms death warrant? (yahoo.com)
Did Republicans just sign their midterms death warrant?
Democrats have passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan with not a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. It seems the GOP is making the same calculation that it made in 2009 when it did nearly the same thing to President Obama's Recovery Act — cast the bill as hyper-partisan (or ignore it in favor of culture war nonsense), and hope that people forget it by the 2022 midterms.
Yet this may be a much larger political risk than it was in 2009. For one, the economy is already doing better than it was at the beginning of Obama's term. Unemployment is only moderately high and falling, whereas back then it was high and rising — and it stayed high through the 2010 midterms. This stimulus is also much larger than the Recovery Act; it is predicted to create the biggest economic boom in decades once the pandemic is over.
Thirdly, the ARP is structured to be extremely difficult to forget. Much of the Recovery Act was tax cuts that were designed not to be noticed and relatively obscure infrastructure projects, whereas the bulk of the ARP is direct cash handouts to families and individuals — above all the famous $1,400 checks and a huge boost to the Child Tax Credit that will now arrive as monthly payments. That's probably a big reason why a recent poll found 75 percent of Americans support the ARP, including a whopping 59 percent of Republicans. Government help is more popular when one can see it happening!
With any luck, the 2022 midterms will coincide with the best economy in decades and a lot of people with happy bank balances thanks to all this Democratic largesse. Republicans just might pay a steep price for voting against the wishes of even their own voting base.
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Did Republicans just sign their midterms death warrant? (yahoo.com)
Did Republicans just sign their midterms death warrant?
Democrats have passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan with not a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. It seems the GOP is making the same calculation that it made in 2009 when it did nearly the same thing to President Obama's Recovery Act — cast the bill as hyper-partisan (or ignore it in favor of culture war nonsense), and hope that people forget it by the 2022 midterms.
Yet this may be a much larger political risk than it was in 2009. For one, the economy is already doing better than it was at the beginning of Obama's term. Unemployment is only moderately high and falling, whereas back then it was high and rising — and it stayed high through the 2010 midterms. This stimulus is also much larger than the Recovery Act; it is predicted to create the biggest economic boom in decades once the pandemic is over.
Thirdly, the ARP is structured to be extremely difficult to forget. Much of the Recovery Act was tax cuts that were designed not to be noticed and relatively obscure infrastructure projects, whereas the bulk of the ARP is direct cash handouts to families and individuals — above all the famous $1,400 checks and a huge boost to the Child Tax Credit that will now arrive as monthly payments. That's probably a big reason why a recent poll found 75 percent of Americans support the ARP, including a whopping 59 percent of Republicans. Government help is more popular when one can see it happening!
With any luck, the 2022 midterms will coincide with the best economy in decades and a lot of people with happy bank balances thanks to all this Democratic largesse. Republicans just might pay a steep price for voting against the wishes of even their own voting base.
DIY-HP-LED
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Steele: You Have A President Now Who Says ‘I’m Gonna Help Walk With You Rest Of The Way’
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele remarks on President Biden’s leadership in working to end the coronavirus crisis and the compassion he has shown to struggling Americans.
Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele remarks on President Biden’s leadership in working to end the coronavirus crisis and the compassion he has shown to struggling Americans.
DIY-HP-LED
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Why are Republicans Defecting from the GOP?
Arkansas State Senator Jim Hendren joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the "irreconcilable differences" that drove him to leave the Republican Party as he contemplates a run for governor. Is there a home for moderates like him who have had enough?
Arkansas State Senator Jim Hendren joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the "irreconcilable differences" that drove him to leave the Republican Party as he contemplates a run for governor. Is there a home for moderates like him who have had enough?
DIY-HP-LED
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Mitch can smell blood in the water, he knows Donald will be real busy in court before he goes to prison.
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Sen. McConnell Privately Boasts That GOP Fundraising Efforts Bigger Than Trump's
Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., boasted privately to fellow Republicans on Wednesday that their fund-raising efforts had outperformed that of former President Trump, according to NYT reporting.
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Sen. McConnell Privately Boasts That GOP Fundraising Efforts Bigger Than Trump's
Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., boasted privately to fellow Republicans on Wednesday that their fund-raising efforts had outperformed that of former President Trump, according to NYT reporting.
DIY-HP-LED
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How Long Can Republicans Live On A Diet Of Distraction?
In a week where zero Republicans voted for Biden's popular Covid aid bill, members of the GOP have been talking about Dr. Seuss and other culture war issues. Lisa Lerer of The New York Times reacts.
In a week where zero Republicans voted for Biden's popular Covid aid bill, members of the GOP have been talking about Dr. Seuss and other culture war issues. Lisa Lerer of The New York Times reacts.
DIY-HP-LED
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These Senate retirements show why Trump is still powerful
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt just announced out of the blue that he won’t run for another term in 2022, joining a growing list of Republican senators stepping down. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why this phenomenon demonstrates former President Donald Trump’s staying power.
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt just announced out of the blue that he won’t run for another term in 2022, joining a growing list of Republican senators stepping down. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why this phenomenon demonstrates former President Donald Trump’s staying power.
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Thats why you sound so much like him huh. No facts just name calling and mud slinging
injinji
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It shows his power with the base. But if 20% of former GOP voters sit the next round out, or even better, vote blue, the Senate will not be 50/50 in the future. The sad thing is there will be more of Mr Trumpf's followers in office from the reddest states.
DIY-HP-LED
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Half of them are sucking his arse and the other half is waiting for him to go to prison.
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Republicans Take Spanking From Trump, Ask For More
Rachel Maddow marvels at the abject kowtowing by Republicans to Donald Trump, even as he insults them and hijacks their fundraising for himself, they still thank and praise him and pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago while Democrats go about the business of governing the country.
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Republicans Take Spanking From Trump, Ask For More
Rachel Maddow marvels at the abject kowtowing by Republicans to Donald Trump, even as he insults them and hijacks their fundraising for himself, they still thank and praise him and pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago while Democrats go about the business of governing the country.
DIY-HP-LED
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Reefer madness
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts: Legal marijuana will 'kill your kids' (usatoday.com)
Nebraska Gov. Ricketts warns: 'If you legalize marijuana, you're going to kill your kids'
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has launched an aggressive campaign against the legalization of medical marijuana in his state, going as far as to warn residents that legalizing the drug would kill their children, even though it has never been linked to a fatal overdose.
"This is a dangerous drug that will impact our kids," Ricketts told reporters on Wednesday. "If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country."
The Republican governor made the statement as the state legislature is considering a bill to legalize the use of cannabis if recommended by a health care practitioner. The legislation restricts the form of consumption to oils, pills or tinctures, and prohibits marijuana smoking, even in the patient's home.
Ricketts decried the legislation as a "dangerous" effort to go around the normal process of federal approval for a drug's use.
"Big pot, big marijuana is a big industry," Ricketts said. "This a big industry that is trying not to be regulated, to go around the regulatory process. And that's going to put people at risk: when you go around regulations that are designed for the health and safety of our society."
Ricketts said experts agree that marijuana is dangerous, citing its Schedule I classification by the Drug Enforcement Administration as evidence. That classification signifies that the federal government believes it puts marijuana on the same level as drugs like heroin and LSD and that it has "no currently accepted medical use."
Yet, according to the DEA, "No deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported." And legalization advocates point out that marijuana's classification was the result of an act of Congress, the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, and not based on conclusions from scientific experts.
A divided Nebraska Supreme Court stripped a legalization measure off the ballot last year after concluding that its wording violated the state constitution’s single-subject rule, which bars activists from bunching multiple issues into a single yes-or-no question for voters to address.
State Sen. Anna Wishart, a Democrat who introduced the legalization bill, said that if the legislation doesn't pass, advocates will propose a new one-sentence ballot measure through a citizen-led petition drive.
Ricketts' office did not immediately reply to USA TODAY's request for clarification of the data the governor was referring to when he warned of the potentially fatal consequences of legalization. But in his remarks Wednesday, Ricketts' cited two cases where young men died by suicide after ingesting edible marijuana.
The governor also pointed to increased marijuana-related emergency room visits in California and Colorado after legalization, as well more drivers involved in fatal accidents who were testing positive for THC. And he cited studies that found an uptick in use among workers and minors in states where marijuana is legal.
Ricketts also pointed to risks to mental health and development posed by marijuana use. According to a 2017 study from the National Academy of Sciences, "cannabis is associated with the development of schizophrenia and other psychoses," and "heavy cannabis users are more likely to report thoughts of suicide than non-users." Long-term use can also aggravate social anxiety and bipolar disorders, the NAS study says.
The study warns "long-term cannabis use can have permanent effects on the developing brains of adolescents and young adults," as well as short-term memory in adults.
Pushback against Ricketts' claims
Legalization champions painted Ricketts' rhetoric as a modern example of "Reefer Madness," referring to a 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film that greatly exaggerated the dangers posed by the drug.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts: Legal marijuana will 'kill your kids' (usatoday.com)
Nebraska Gov. Ricketts warns: 'If you legalize marijuana, you're going to kill your kids'
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has launched an aggressive campaign against the legalization of medical marijuana in his state, going as far as to warn residents that legalizing the drug would kill their children, even though it has never been linked to a fatal overdose.
"This is a dangerous drug that will impact our kids," Ricketts told reporters on Wednesday. "If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country."
The Republican governor made the statement as the state legislature is considering a bill to legalize the use of cannabis if recommended by a health care practitioner. The legislation restricts the form of consumption to oils, pills or tinctures, and prohibits marijuana smoking, even in the patient's home.
Ricketts decried the legislation as a "dangerous" effort to go around the normal process of federal approval for a drug's use.
"Big pot, big marijuana is a big industry," Ricketts said. "This a big industry that is trying not to be regulated, to go around the regulatory process. And that's going to put people at risk: when you go around regulations that are designed for the health and safety of our society."
Ricketts said experts agree that marijuana is dangerous, citing its Schedule I classification by the Drug Enforcement Administration as evidence. That classification signifies that the federal government believes it puts marijuana on the same level as drugs like heroin and LSD and that it has "no currently accepted medical use."
Yet, according to the DEA, "No deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported." And legalization advocates point out that marijuana's classification was the result of an act of Congress, the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, and not based on conclusions from scientific experts.
A divided Nebraska Supreme Court stripped a legalization measure off the ballot last year after concluding that its wording violated the state constitution’s single-subject rule, which bars activists from bunching multiple issues into a single yes-or-no question for voters to address.
State Sen. Anna Wishart, a Democrat who introduced the legalization bill, said that if the legislation doesn't pass, advocates will propose a new one-sentence ballot measure through a citizen-led petition drive.
Ricketts' office did not immediately reply to USA TODAY's request for clarification of the data the governor was referring to when he warned of the potentially fatal consequences of legalization. But in his remarks Wednesday, Ricketts' cited two cases where young men died by suicide after ingesting edible marijuana.
The governor also pointed to increased marijuana-related emergency room visits in California and Colorado after legalization, as well more drivers involved in fatal accidents who were testing positive for THC. And he cited studies that found an uptick in use among workers and minors in states where marijuana is legal.
Ricketts also pointed to risks to mental health and development posed by marijuana use. According to a 2017 study from the National Academy of Sciences, "cannabis is associated with the development of schizophrenia and other psychoses," and "heavy cannabis users are more likely to report thoughts of suicide than non-users." Long-term use can also aggravate social anxiety and bipolar disorders, the NAS study says.
The study warns "long-term cannabis use can have permanent effects on the developing brains of adolescents and young adults," as well as short-term memory in adults.
Pushback against Ricketts' claims
Legalization champions painted Ricketts' rhetoric as a modern example of "Reefer Madness," referring to a 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film that greatly exaggerated the dangers posed by the drug.
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helloooooooooooo? 1940 is calling
DIY-HP-LED
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DIY-HP-LED
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Are there any black cops in Kentucky? Think if someone used a racist slur they could just shoot them (arrest)! Does it apply to federal LEOs too? Say the next time some good old boys wanna protest some liberal Biden policy armed to the teeth?
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Let's talk about what Kentucky's senate just told us....
Say the next time some good old boys wanna protest some liberal Biden policy armed to the teeth?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let's talk about what Kentucky's senate just told us....
That is frustrating and surprising as fk, especially with the 1a case upheld a couple years ago, reaffirming that flipping the bird is protected free speech. This is what happens when there is no criteria to prevent people from practicing law without a law degree, they just toss trash out on the street and make us pay the price sorting it out in courts having to risk our own freedom and money to do so.Are there any black cops in Kentucky? Think if someone used a racist slur they could just shoot them (arrest)! Does it apply to federal LEOs too?
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Let's talk about what Kentucky's senate just told us....
DIY-HP-LED
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That won't stop him from leading them into the wilderness while trying to suck as much cash out of the idiots as he can. It's just about the cash now, as Donald becomes increasingly consumed by his legal problems and trying to stay out of prison. Donald only has a limited amount of "bandwidth", fighting for his freedom and avoiding utter humiliation will take all of his attention. To the extent he pays attention to politics, it will be to get the base and elected republicans to dance on the courthouse steps during his trial and make threats to prosecutors and judges. Donald couldn't organize a one car funeral, much less a political movement.
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Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift. - POLITICO
Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift.
Even allies say the president is lacking an apparatus and direction as he sorts out just what he wants to do in his post-presidency.
He backed away from creating a third party and has soured on the costly prospect of launching his own TV empire or social media startup.
His vow to target disloyal Republicans with personally-recruited primary challengers has taken a backseat to conventional endorsements of senators who refused to indulge his quest to overturn the 2020 election.
And though he was supposed to build a massive political apparatus to keep his MAGA movement afloat, it’s unclear to Republicans what his PAC is actually doing, beyond entangling itself in disputes with Republican icons and the party’s fundraising arms.
Ex-president Donald Trump finds himself adrift while in political exile. And Republicans, and even some allies, say he is disorganized, torn between playing the role of antagonist and party leader.
“There is no apparatus, no structure and part of that is due to a lack of political understanding on Trump’s behalf,” said a person close to the former president, noting that Trump has struggled to learn the ropes of post-presidential politicking.
“It’s like political phantom limbs. He doesn't have the same political infrastructure he did three months ago as president,” added GOP strategist Matt Gorman, who previously served as communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
The version of Trump that has emerged in the month and a half since he left office is far from the political godzilla many expected him to be. He was supposed to unleash hell on a party apparatus that recoiled when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and declined to fiercely defend him during his second impeachment. Instead, Trump has maintained close ties to GOP officials who have committed to supporting incumbents, stayed almost entirely out of the spotlight, delivered fairly anodyne remarks the one time he emerged, and offered only sparse criticism of his successor, Joe Biden.
The cumulative result is political whiplash, as the former president shifts from wanting to support the GOP with his resources and grassroots appeal one day to refocusing on his own brand and thirst for vengeance the next. In the past week alone, Trump has gone from threatening party bodies for using his name and likeness in their fundraising efforts to offering up his Mar-a-Lago estate as a host site for part of the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat. He savagely attacked veteran GOP operative Karl Rove for criticizing his first post-presidency speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee, and endorsed Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who repeatedly scrutinized Trump’s own trade practices while in office.
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Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift. - POLITICO
Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift.
Even allies say the president is lacking an apparatus and direction as he sorts out just what he wants to do in his post-presidency.
He backed away from creating a third party and has soured on the costly prospect of launching his own TV empire or social media startup.
His vow to target disloyal Republicans with personally-recruited primary challengers has taken a backseat to conventional endorsements of senators who refused to indulge his quest to overturn the 2020 election.
And though he was supposed to build a massive political apparatus to keep his MAGA movement afloat, it’s unclear to Republicans what his PAC is actually doing, beyond entangling itself in disputes with Republican icons and the party’s fundraising arms.
Ex-president Donald Trump finds himself adrift while in political exile. And Republicans, and even some allies, say he is disorganized, torn between playing the role of antagonist and party leader.
“There is no apparatus, no structure and part of that is due to a lack of political understanding on Trump’s behalf,” said a person close to the former president, noting that Trump has struggled to learn the ropes of post-presidential politicking.
“It’s like political phantom limbs. He doesn't have the same political infrastructure he did three months ago as president,” added GOP strategist Matt Gorman, who previously served as communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
The version of Trump that has emerged in the month and a half since he left office is far from the political godzilla many expected him to be. He was supposed to unleash hell on a party apparatus that recoiled when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and declined to fiercely defend him during his second impeachment. Instead, Trump has maintained close ties to GOP officials who have committed to supporting incumbents, stayed almost entirely out of the spotlight, delivered fairly anodyne remarks the one time he emerged, and offered only sparse criticism of his successor, Joe Biden.
The cumulative result is political whiplash, as the former president shifts from wanting to support the GOP with his resources and grassroots appeal one day to refocusing on his own brand and thirst for vengeance the next. In the past week alone, Trump has gone from threatening party bodies for using his name and likeness in their fundraising efforts to offering up his Mar-a-Lago estate as a host site for part of the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat. He savagely attacked veteran GOP operative Karl Rove for criticizing his first post-presidency speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee, and endorsed Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who repeatedly scrutinized Trump’s own trade practices while in office.
captainmorgan
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Mississippi's governor will forfeit millions in federal money for the pleasure of not expanding Medicaid
"My position has not changed."
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