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DOH! At any time either party could also just run more moderate candidates in states they always lose and change the electoral map instead of treating its.current, somewhat arbitrary tent size as fixed... https://t.co/13DfSuwwkK — Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) May 6, 2021 but Dems always just hafta always have a major lefty event like, say, protesting, rioting and looting in the streets in the months before an election, and don't speak out strongly enough against it because they're afraid to lose their radicals, and GOP has to have some major righty event like a crazy president claiming ...

For the uninitiated, Manchin isn't some far right wing Republican like Louisiana Senator John Kennedy who hides behind a southern drawl and pretends he's just a regular guy who doesn't have a law degree (he does) and didn't attend Oxford (he did.) No, Manchin has a bachelors in business from West Virginia University, and spent most of his adult life in politics. A decade as a state senator, four years as West Virginia Secretary of State, nearly six years as governor, and now more than 10 years as a U.S. Senator. Casual observers might think he's a dyed in the wool Democrat, but Manchin ranks ...

a reminder: The 2020 elections were a disaster for a decade of redistricting, further securing GOP minority rule by Stephen Wolf for Daily Kos Elections Daily Kos Staff Thursday November 05, 2020 · 5:17 PM EST We'll update these maps once the 2020 reapportionment numbers are out, but these cartograms based on 2019 pop estimates show the partisan control over 2020s congressional & legislative redistricting. GOP is set to draw 2-3 times as many districts as Dems https://t.co/mDHBm0BFwDpic.twitter.com/XxvuoAteuL — Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) April 26, 2021 Arta sez: gee, thanks for the fish,...

They just need to flip the onus on the team filibustering. If you want to, go ahead. Need to keep 41 (if you keep current rules) senators as a quorum for your filibuster. Cause if you are holding up business for the country, you should demonstrate the importance of having a audience of your voting peers to hear your arguments. No phones, electronic devices, or computers on the floor during this momentous occasion to hear why the will of the American public should be thwarted. If found looking at one, ejected from chambers for 1 hour. Quorum call can be called in your absence ending the filibu...

Bird Song of the Day At reader request, it’s Owl Week at the Naked Capitalism Water Cooler. Here we have an American Barn Owl. This clip was hard to find, because most of the really intriguing sonograms turned out to be night-time insect noise! #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?