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May 25th, 2017, 09:45 AM | #521 | |
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How are the progressives supposed to dominate politically in a country where 26% of voters are Republican, 29% Democrat, and 42% independent? When independents are queried about their leanings the breakdown moves to 45% Democrat and 42% Republican according to a January 2016 Gallup poll. (Please note that fivethirtyeight.com considers Gallup polls to have a liberal bias.) In 2010, Gallup found that more independent voters leaned Republican. The polls show a couple of trends. First, fewer voters identify with either party. Second, political opinion in this country is more or less equally divided. Political leanings are misleading in themselves. Democrats have a huge advantage in California, New York, and most urban areas, but are badly outnumbered in many states in the Deep South and Midwest. The U.S. Constitution gives Republicans disproportionate power in the Senate because red states with small populations receive the same number of senators as California with its 39+ million people. There is also the fact that Republican voters are more likely to cast ballots than progressive voters, who tend to be younger. This is particularly true in the off year mid-term elections where voter turnout is usually less than 30%. Two thirds of the Senate is elected in these off year elections. Your belief in a massive movement of voters embracing a progressive agenda seems very unlikely. It would take another meltdown of the proportions of the Great Depression with 25-30% unemployment to drive that type of mandate. I suppose North Korea could nuke us, but if they do they will be hitting blue states on the west coast. In any event, a SCOTUS that will be tilted rightwards for the next 25 to 30 years will declare most progressive legislation unconstitutional. All of this means that a level of bipartisan consensus is needed to pass legislation. We have already seen that philosophical differences within the parties themselves have frustrated attempts to pass legislation found to be too extreme. There is no way that Tea Party conservatives will sign off on progressive legislation to expand the reach of government or that progressives will sign off on attempts to curtail abortion and LGBTQ rights. Therefore, it is misguided to characterize bi-partisan, centrist legislation as "betrayal." We do not really differ in our visions of what we would like to see in this country. My political philosophy is probably way more radical than yours in fact. However, I know that my thinking is very much outside the norm and recognize the necessity of consensus, bridge building, and compromise to drive change. I truly believe that there is a middle ground to be found where broad agreement exists on many issues. Really, my comments and reading selections are attempts to pass on the lessons I have learned over the past 50 years and not meant to belittle you. You represent the future and hope for change. Whereas, I am unlikely to be around in 15 years. My sister who spent several years in Washington, D.C. as an environmental lobbyist is entertaining the hope that Trump's election and administration will be where we hit bottom politically and begin to come together again. |
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Kushner 'under FBI scrutiny' in Russia investigation - US sources
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is under FBI scrutiny as part of the Russia investigation, US media report.
Investigators believe Mr Kushner, 36, has significant information relevant to their inquiry, US officials told NBC News. The FBI is looking into potential links between Mr Trump's campaign team and Russia during the 2016 elections. Mr Trump denies any collusion between his campaign and Russia. Details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40054753
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Jared Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Russia, new report alleges
CNN also has the following story...
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of the senior advisers in the Trump administration, was seeking a private communications channel with the Kremlin, according to a new report in The Washington Post. Kushner and Sergei Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to Washington, spoke of the possibility of coordinating a secret and secure communications channel between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin, U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports told The Post. Kushner suggested the use of Russian diplomatic facilities as a way to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, Kislyak allegedly told his superiors in Moscow. The idea was broached during a meeting between Kushner and Kislyak during an early December meeting at Trump Tower, the paper said. That was based on intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials, although neither the meeting nor the communications of the Americans involved were under U.S. surveillance, officials told the Post. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former National Security Adviser, also attended the meeting. The meeting was initially disclosed in March by the White House. But the FBI now considers the meeting, in addition to another one Kushner had with a Russian banker, to be of investigative interest, people familiar with the matter told the Post. The White House declined to comment on the report, as did Robert Kelner, a lawyer for Flynn. The Russian embassy did not reply to requests for comment Details: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...t-alleges.html
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Jared Keshner Coming under More Scrutiny
Jared Kushner's business model is detailed. It is not clear how much of his real estate empire he has actually divested.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/m...pire.html?_r=0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.0c1d06681423 It does appear that he and Ivanka are following her father's lead of continuing to profit from their businesses while in office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.20039b34f09a I really don't understand the moral bankruptcy of multimillionaires who feel the need to fatten their bank accounts by preying on poor families. Personally, I would like to punch such people's lights out. |
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Why am I not surprised???
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Learning from a friend's example.
If Trump is removed from office - not just impeached, but actually forced to resign or removed - would he try his hand at playing puppet-master-Putin to Mike Pense's Medvedev? Is someone in the Trump camp even now planning to lubricate an organizational butt-plug for the possible need to stretch the Veep's metaphorical ass for Der Fuhrer's manipulating hand? Would he try to run again, after an interval? (Too old? Too Vain?)
I don't think it's ever happened at any level above city or state politics before. But then, nothing about this administration has ever happened before. |
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