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Probably not as bad as the early 1900s. But the oligarchs are taking over if the Trumpists have their way. We’ll owe our soul to the company stores Sorry just feeling very morbid today

Especially since the laws passed in Pennsylvania were proposed and passed by a Republican legislature before the pandemic hit. Probably the same with other states.

Prediction for us all pain. We are back on the slippery slope to company towns

I can tell you how the rigged the GOP Gubernatorial nomination in Michigan. The Party decided they didnt’t want “Trump in heels” as she calls herself to win the nomination if they held a primary. So they set up a non convention nominating system. A series of remote voting areas for chosen “delegates” using ranked voting. Somehow it worked out that the current nominee won after several ballots. They did something similar in one of the congressional because the incumbent wasn’t “Trumpy” enough. Then made some voters in the district drive over three hours to the designated poling area. The challenger’s church in a drive thru election. In Michigan the GOP is looking for complete control over polling place. Wanting to eliminate churches (who provide free space) and unpaid volunteers at polling places and replace them with paid party operatives. I don’t have a problem with requesting IDs at poling places, but the party screaming about it also screamed bloody blue murder over free national IDs.

McConnell and his cohorts have already turned the court into a political body. In fact your side could argue that the court turned political with a couple of appointments made by Eisenhower. Possibly as far back as FDR. Since people are generally living longer than they did in 1790 it kind of makes sense not to have jurors on the bench when they are old and senile

Youngkin has a narrow path. He’s trying to play footsie with the Trump contingent while distancing himself from TFG at the same time. Example, he and the rest of the ticket avoided the Bannon/Trump rally the other night. Meanwhile Young-in privately thanked the organizers for holding a rally. Even to the point of giving them yard signs to litter the highways. He tried to avoid the pledge of allegiance issue and later came out criticizing it (the flag was apparently used during the 1/6 protests). He’s trying to avoid all the hot button issues to appease the Never never Trumpers while giving the far right base a wink and a nod. Besides the nomination was rigged. Who knows who the base would have chosen in a fair contest.

Sounds like Cocaine Mitch and the rest of your party stacking the decks to get the people they want to be eligible to vote while stacking the deck against minorities. I grew up with leaders like Everett Dirksen, Hugh Scott, Charles Percy, Mark Hatfield. Linwood Holton, Richard Poff, John Dalton here in Virginia. They were true to the conservative values of the 1960s and ‘70s. No Trumpublican can hold a candle to these statesmen. The Republican Party has killed the Party of Lincoln, Taft and Eisenhower in favor of the thoughts of Chairman Putin…

Unless it’s a statue they can remove and make political hay…

Can we audit the 2016 election in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well. Also Florida. They looked a bit fishy to me

It’s 4 feet. The deer here seem smaller than those in Michigan. My assumption is based on tracks a couple of contractors working in the sub noticed around the fence when I was showing it to them. There are berms on either side of me and it probably between midnight and 7 AM Nothing else was disturbed on the patio or porch. The dog never barked…

We just moved here a little over a year ago. I’ve seen deer in the area, it’s a new subdivision, formerly a heavily forested area. I’ve seen them in the area, never expected them to breech the fence. Waiting to hear from the contractor whether we need to replace the panels or the bent bars. BTW, not a big fan of wooden fences, it hides the views. Also more work on upkeep than I want. Then again I never expected this.

My guess is a deer. We found some tracks outside the fence and there are several in the neighborhood. It happened after midnight, I guess. I didn’t notice anything when I took the dog out about 11:30 (after the end of MNF). There’s also an unlocked gate along the back (for yard crews) if someone really wanted to get in. No other damage nearby….

Not a “peeve” but a frustration. Woke up to this today….there is another one like it…

This guy is running for the House of Delegates. You think if we told him if we take boats out of the water there would be no more Trump Boat Parades….

Doesn’t matter in the long run, Boston wins on a two run homer…

Tampa just got robbed. Guy on first, ball bounces off wall, hits outfielder and bounced into bullpen. Ruled a ground rule double (runner was rounding third)…. Next batter strikes out….third out.

Judging from the Trumpublican Biden signs I’ve seen in the boonies….they have absolutely no right to complain. Snowflakes

She says she’s not a citizen. Is she registered to vote, legally?

To Thrift’s credit, he was the guy who hired Jim Leyland as Pirates Manager.

Current polling here indicates the TP candidate within 2-4 points of his opponent. The guy is trying to straddle the fence pushing his Trump endorsement with the faithful. He was probably the least Trumpiest in the rigged nomination process, but is proving to be a Trumpist in GOP clothing. It doesn’t help that the Dem candidate is about as close to an incumbent as you can come in Va’s gubernatorial setup. Early voting is down from last year which is a bit concerning as well.

No words to describe how wrong this is. The “judge” should be incarcerated for a very long time. Also another reason never to move to Tennessee (thread, read the entire thing)

Syd Thrift, Dave Littlefield, Neal Huntington….actually anyone since John Galbreath sold the team.