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Independent Evan McMullin vs

artappraiser — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 01:21:54 +0000

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Independent Evan McMullin vs Republican Mike Lee for US Senate just became the most important race in America this year. https://t.co/HDtzkpBdMJ
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) April 23, 2022

Found via an Andrew Yang retweet!!! Clearly this development would interest him as he's been trying to start a 3rd party to counter the partisan divide

meanwhile, wtf is the is the

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:11:05 +0000

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meanwhile, wtf is the DeSantis wing's problem? why so clueless?

i know im a disney mark but disney, arguably the most visible vehicle for american style capitalism that has ever existed, being branded as communist -- i dont think it will work. i just dont.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 21, 2022

(edit for typo)

They actually are making the

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 03:21:03 +0000

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They actually are making the same analysis

WATCH: Mitch McConnell says Republicans will win back Congress unless they nominate too many extremists pic.twitter.com/54prpBqJk7
— The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC (@TheBeatWithAri) April 19, 2022

Carville: These are people who talk about testicle tanning… By and large, a large part of the Republican Party is out-and-out weird. Look at Peter Navarro… You’re telling me he’s a normal human being?!? No. And he’s not even among the worst pic.twitter.com/dVhDGH0eKe
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 19, 2022

Elizabeth Warren: Democrats

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:57:14 +0000

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Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November

guest op-ed @ NYTimes.com, April 18, 2022

Democrats are the party of working people. Ahead of the 2020 election, we advanced ideas and plans that we believed would, in ways big and small, make our democracy and our economy work better for all Americans. Across this country, voters agreed with us — and gave us a majority in Washington so that we could deliver on those promises.

Republican senators and broken institutions have blocked much of that promised progress. Now Republicans are betting that a stalled Biden agenda won’t give Democrats enough to run on in the midterm elections — and they might be right. Despite pandemic relief, infrastructure investments and the historic Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, we promised more — and voters remember those promises.

Republicans want to frame the upcoming elections to be about “wokeness,” cancel culture and the “militant left wing.” Standing up for the inherent dignity of everyone is a core American value, and Democrats are proud to do that every day. While Republican politicians peddle lies, fear and division, we should use every single one of the next 200 days or so before the election to deliver meaningful improvements for working people.

Democrats win elections when we show we understand the painful economic realities facing American families and convince voters we will deliver meaningful change. To put it bluntly: if we fail to use the months remaining before the elections to deliver on more of our agenda, Democrats are headed toward big losses in the midterms.

Time is running short. We need to finalize a budget reconciliation deal, making giant corporations pay their share to fund vital investments in combating climate change and lowering costs for families, which can advance with only 50 Senate votes. Other priorities can be done with the president’s executive authority. It’s no secret that I believe we should abolish the filibuster. But if Republicans want to use it to block policies that Americans broadly support, we should also force them to take those votes in plain view [.....]

In battleground Arizona, both

artappraiser — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:42:14 +0000

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In battleground Arizona, both parties are plagued with infighting over what it means to be a true Republican or an authentic Democrat and how to win in November. https://t.co/L4nOU2SGuE pic.twitter.com/lzk2nd6yWl
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) April 19, 2022

The arguments are over two very different things. Arizona GOP is split over whether to keep pushing Trump's false claims of a stolen election, even after a controversial audit reinforced Biden's win. Democrats are trying to figure out if more liberal candidates can win.
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) April 19, 2022

“You don’t come back from this. I mean one side or the other wins,” Bill Gates, the chairman of the GOP-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors which has been pushing back on claims of election fraud, said about his party. https://t.co/z0d0IxY0ao
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) April 19, 2022

I talked to many GOP voters across the state who are convinced the election was stolen, despite no evidence of fraud substantial enough to change the election results. “I’m still wearing my Trump 2020 hat, because we can’t move on to 2022 and 2024 unless we fix 2020,” one said.
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) April 19, 2022

Meanwhile, Democrats have a completely different issue. Many are frustrated at their senator over her willingness to break with the party on key priorities and there's a push to unseat Sinema in 2024. But first they have to try and get Kelly reelected. https://t.co/z0d0IxY0ao
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) April 19, 2022

"We have every opportunity right now to blow it as well, if we don’t, out of our primaries, put forth candidates who can win general elections" https://t.co/QmQseW6yGE via @WSJ
— Kirk A. Bado (@kirk_bado) April 19, 2022

“Relations are now so strained that Ms. Sinema speaks to few Democrats in the state, according to several Arizona Democrats, and largely ignores grass-roots activists.”

always read ⁦@elizacollins1⁩ on AZ: https://t.co/Nt3rtA5Yvi
— Josh Jamerson (@joshjame) April 19, 2022

Gospel according to GOP

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:06:22 +0000

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Gospel according to GOP

“I told you she was soft on crime,” says Josh Hawley.

“We can’t have these people teaching these sermons on public mounts, said Galilee Governor Ron DeSatanis. “Telling children to repent for their sins makes kids feel bad.”
— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) April 17, 2022

Global warming breakthru?

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 18:47:06 +0000

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Global warming breakthru?

But does that mean success, or Dems were exaggerating?

We know how GOP will play it.

Alex Walker, a Democrat, is

artappraiser — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 03:42:30 +0000

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Alex Walker, a Democrat, is hoping that any attention he draws, whether people celebrate his message or dunk on him, will help transform him into an Internet phenomenon and defeat a Republican firebrand https://t.co/bvxaKdUE9v
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 15, 2022

Boring campaign ads

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 17:21:59 +0000

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Boring campaign ads

https://digbysblog.net/2022/04/16/ask-your-advisers-if-narcolepsus-is-ri...

then there's this thing -

artappraiser — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 20:00:26 +0000

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then there's this thing - while progressives don't need to be sister souljah'd, they sure could use a "sit down and STFU" from a Jim Clyburn type at this time

Didn't Congressional Democrats spend several trillion dollars so far between the infrastructure bill and the rescue plan? I don't think it follows that they didn't do anything when in power. https://t.co/LSE5y8dAbM
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 15, 2022

I think the left always has to say the Democrats didn't do enough because it might be easier than acknowledging that some of the things they want Democrats to do are unpopular.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) April 15, 2022

in the rare instance of a congressional rep lucky enough to have a majority progressive constituency, they should speak directly to them and not broadcast their thoughts nationally as representative of the Democratic party. We aren't working with a parliamentary system, until we have one it's in their own interest to be a team player with more moderate members or they'll just end up screaming at the wind.