Friday, April 05, 2019

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  1. New Mexico Joins National Popular Vote Compact [Click] They say that makes 14 states that have signed up since the 2016 election. I’m impressed. Will have to look up how many electoral votes that adds up to. Hmmm… that makes 189, [Click] with far more than enough states in which it has passed one or both (in different years) houses, plus the initiative in Ohio. Looks like good progress. Need states with 270 electoral votes.

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    1. John Koza: [Click “Ohio news organizations have been trying to identify the mysterious backers of an initiative petition proposing an amendment to the Ohio Constitution requiring the Ohio legislature to guarantee the presidency to the candidate receiving the most popular votes nationwide.”

      “What is definitely clear is who isn’t behind it – namely the National Popular Vote organization which wrote the National Popular Vote interstate compact in 2006 and has won enactment of the compact by 14 states possessing 184 electoral votes (just 86 short of the 270 needed to put the legislation into effect).”

      “Not only is the National Popular Vote organization not behind this mystery petition, there are three reasons why it is clear that this petition is not a bona fide effort to enact the compact, but, instead, an effort to use the compact’s widespread public support to facilitate passage in the legislature of something entirely different.”

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  2. This morning my mother had to pound away at her point that the women who came forward about Biden are all Sanders supporters. She conceded as before that the campaign itself seemingly was not involved, but she also repeated darkly that "his people" were behind the claims. She added that they were highly orchestrated. Finally, she opined that the current candidate with the most to lose from a Biden candidacy is Bernie. When I asked why, all she could come up with was that they are the same generation and have similar name recognition. I didn't dignify that with a response.

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    1. As a general observation - all the women who were ALL IN on Hillary still hate Bernie and blame him for her loss. It wasn't his fault, it was her lousy campaigning, but it's no use to talk to any of them because they are all brain-locked. The completely ignore the fact that Bernie campaigned for Hillary angering *many* of his supporters. To them It Was All His Fault.
      Susan Davidson

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    2. It looks that way, all right; ditto for many supporters of New Democrats, AKA "centrist Democrats" in general. I think that HRC is/was the apotheosis of the New Democrats. Their idea that the way to win elections was to emulate the GOP didn't work out very well. But consider the source of this note.

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    3. Yes, you're both right. The hatred there is frightening. And, the schizophrenia! In one breath Mum spouts off about being a Hubert Humphrey Democrat and in the next she's waxing nauseating about how wonderful HRC is and that she would have been the best president this country ever had. She's not a stupid woman. I can't grok what the hold is that HRC has over her and so many others. It's very frustrating.

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  3. A Key Point on the Taxes
    Josh Marshall

    This is clear if you’re reading closely. But I wanted to make sure it’s clear to everyone. The President himself doesn’t seem entirely clear on it. The House is not demanding the President’s tax returns from the President. So this isn’t a matter of speaking to “his lawyers,” as he puts it. And, contrary to the President, the Attorney General doesn’t really have anything to do with it.

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    1. Candidate who inspires = Bernie

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    2. And so far it certainly seems that he has staying power. One strength of Bernie's that is not widely discussed is his skill at building consensus and getting things done in the Senate. That ought to serve him (and the Republic) well as President.

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    3. True. He would also make a stellar VP, for that same reason, presiding over the Senate.

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    1. Excellent news. But, what really gave me pause for thought is that Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund has done the same. If *they* can see the writing on the wall, it must be big and bold. It's a pity the current occupant of the White House doesn't know how to read.

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    2. I thought the report on the recent sea change in fossil vs. renewable energy investments was positively eye-opening.

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  6. In re McKeever v. Barr [Click] Interesting analysis of access to Mueller grand jury documents. Others have thought it put an end to chances of Congress getting the report.

    Jonathan Freedland: The lesson of this Brexit ordeal? The EU is a club worth belonging to [Click] Quite a few good bits of writing.

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