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Biden is trying to walk a

artappraiser — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:40:19 +0000

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Biden is trying to walk a disciplined line regarding comments on the impeachment trial. The trial itself is helping keeping focus off Biden and on the Republicans' fracture, a boon to the White House. @anniekarni and me https://t.co/a3xEZkJXoW
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 12, 2021

Wow.

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:05:40 +0000

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Wow.

Orange dot = Mike Pence

Blue dot = Eugene Goodman

Red Dot = Mob

Hero. Full stop. pic.twitter.com/hFgrXmVM5R
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) February 10, 2021

Twitter to uphold permanent

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:28:45 +0000

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Twitter to uphold permanent ban on Trump, even if running for office

Twitter has the First Amendment right to prevent use of its platform to incite violence, and they have done the right thing here. No more @RealDonaldTrump.https://t.co/eHhjuwls80
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) February 11, 2021

very talented retired veteran

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:18:28 +0000

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very talented retired veteran reporter of war and foreign civil unrest still worrying about "the troops":

i hope officer goodman is getting support from his command & has readily available mental health care. he deserves the gratitude & accolades. but this kind of public profile can be hard to bear; it can be disorienting, draining, damaging. here’s hoping someone has the man’s back.
— C.J. Chivers (@cjchivers) February 11, 2021

Interesting fine point on

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:43:43 +0000

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Interesting fine point on populist demagoguery I just ran across here, just reiterates for me why we have a Senate in the founders design, that's what they are there for, that's their main raison d'etre, to counteract when this happens, the House is for the rabble and they are supposed to be the elite grownups who keep it from spinning out of control when some of "the masses" go off the rails

One small data point I didn't include in my @monthly voting rights deep dive https://t.co/cwI96qDEje

What's the greatest example of same-day registration upending an election?

Answer: Jesse Ventura's '98 MN Gov win

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— Bill Scher (@billscher) February 10, 2021

...the former wrestler won with a 37% plurality thanks to young wrestling fans taking advantage of same-day registration.

An estimated 70% of Ventura's vote came from same-day registrants https://t.co/LOz2IWyqAG

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— Bill Scher (@billscher) February 10, 2021

...Ventura ran on a third-party ticket and was not easy to peg ideologically (radical centrist/anti-establishment is how I'd put it). But same-day registration allowed non-voters captivated by a charismatic figure to determine the outcome.

In other words...
— Bill Scher (@billscher) February 10, 2021

We don't have a "one man, one vote" simple democracy where demagogues can rule the day, we have a republic....

‘A republic, if you can keep it’: Did Ben Franklin really say Impeachment Day’s favorite quote?

Here’s the history behind the quote.

Maybe can hire Pussy Riot to

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:20:07 +0000

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Maybe can hire Pussy Riot to give seminars in being ballsy.

powerful righteous men, not

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:16:45 +0000

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powerful righteous men, not meese:

Congress needs to make sure that no future President can ever abuse his or her vast powers to cling to the Presidency, even if he or she is turned out by American voters.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 10, 2021

True, but this whole thing is

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:14:29 +0000

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True, but this whole thing is how you stop that! The founders gave them the same power that Jack Dorsey has. It's: are you a mouse or a man? You want to live like this for the rest of your career? There's 50 of you and one of him, for chrissakes. You want to live in a civilization or a jungle? RULE OF LAW. Start sending the message: rule of law for everyone, "lock em up" if they don't agree.

I think the intimidation is

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:02:10 +0000

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I think the intimidation is physical - one of these nuts can come out anywhere, and it could get quite worse. It's kind of amazing it hasn't get 10-15,000 nuts together..

A few to many "theys" but

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:59:39 +0000

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A few to many "theys" but assume you mean the GOP mostly. But I don't think they want to punish anything. Any behavior by Repubs is fine as long as it's owning or shocking the libs. There's simply not a lot of principle left - i guess passing certain legislation or appointing more judges, but does that really get them across the River Jordan, and is that a real goal, or simply a well-worn prop they don't take theologically/literally? I mean, do they really think Jesus is pro-2nd Amendment and Reagan would be happy with Trump deficit/debt?