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Video Thread 11/13/2020

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 3:41 pm Open Thread, Politics

Nov 132020

“Drumph lawyers FAILING in Court because Judges don’t like Bullshit”

Now This News – Trump* and Litigation; elecion security

Really American – Loeffler is running against Rev. Warnock in Georgia.

Republicans for the Rule of Law

Rev. Warnock on Joy Reid’s “The Reid Out”

The Lincoln Project

I said I was going to post a Beau video today which helps (at least it helps me) make sense of the relationship between centrism and progressivism. And, you know, he has a point. The kind of change we progressives are looking for really does not come from government, and certainly not first from government. I do think we should take the increasing number of Progressives getting elected as a good sign – that in those districts, minds are being changed. But in any case, not voting, or protest voting, is not progressive, because the result is merely to tear down.

I will keep checking for Keith but will not mention it in future if there is none.

Petitions – Investigate DeJoy
Fight for Reform
Prosecute Trump*
National Democratic Training Committee
Give Joe his money
Public Citizen

Video Thread 11/12/2020

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 3:17 pm Open Thread, Politics

Nov 122020

I think it actually good that it’s a slow day, because that means tings are stabilizing a little. Probably not enough, but a little.

I missed this yesterday – it’s about the Veterans Day Google doodle.

Now This News – Jon Ossoff

Chris Hayes getting real.

Beau – and I’m not trying to badmouth Texas by any meas.

One more from Beau. For someone who doesn’t think electoral politics is the strongest tool of change, he certainly is doing his best to make the case for voting anyway. I think I’ve heard somewhere about allowing the perfect and the good to be enemies.

Another day without Keith, I fear.

Video Thread 11/6/2020

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 2:29 pm Open Thread, Politics

Nov 062020

Happy Guy Fawkes Day, if anyone cares (actually yesterday.) Besides the two runoffs n Georgia, there will also be a runoff in North Carolina for Senate. That’s three chances we have. I believe we need two. I featured Rev. Raphael Warnock yesterday, and Jon Ossoff today. I could not find anything new from Cal Cunningham, bu will not be ignoring him. TC, that fat lady might want to save a little breath.

I heard about this last night but it took me till this morning to find it. And I think it’s important.

And I also heard about this one, and it was posted in a comment to the previous one. Sometimes Anderson does come up with a quotable.

The Lincoln Project for Ossoff (v. Perdue). He may not be all that liberal, but he is brutally honest, and I want him in the Senate.

This scene from “Hitler” has been parodied before, but it’s now been re-parodied for this occasion.

Wow, so Trump can’t just stop the vote count? pic.twitter.com/HBBwvS79pF

— Adriel Hampton (@adrielhampton) November 4, 2020

Hoo boy, does Beau ever speak for me today.

Keith

An Amendment petition
Stop Republicans
(Full disclosure: The National Popular Vote Compact PASSED in Colorado so it’s now law. However, laws such as this are more easily overturned than Constitutional Amendments, so it’s still worth pursuing an amendment – and besides, the NPV is not up to 270 yet.)
And more “Count the Vote” petitions
Democratic Conservation Alliance
Fight for Reform
And here’s a thought:
Stop Republicans

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