Mr.TaterSalad

All those conservative Hispanic/Latino decent voters in west and southern Texas should look at that speech by Beto and then look at the guy they are about to vote for and ask themselves what type of America and what type of Texas they want to live in.

It's really a shame Beto is going to lose by 8-10% points because he'd be a really strong leader as Governor. This is the kind of anger and fervor Democrats need to campaign on when it comes to guns, book bands, rigging the election, overthrowing democracy, abortion rights, healthcare, money in politics, corporate welfare, etc.

That's Sir Matthew Hale.

You draw the line when the majority opinion is what governs this country and we end tyranny of the minority. So that means you draw the line when the overall structure of government and how we elect people is sufficiently in place to represent that majority. The Senate needs to be abolished or reformatted as G2 said where you have a singular, 10 year term for Senators. It is not a deliberative body of government as the Founders intended, it has become, thanks to rules like the filibuster and reconciliation, an obstructionist body of government. Adding seats to DC and Puerto Rico would potentially help balance the Senate back out as a short term fix. Abolishing the Senate though would be the best measure long term. Unicameral legislative government operates just fine and there is no need to have a second body of government deliberating the same thing. Having a larger House of Representatives would be suffice IMO. Other things that need to be done to ensure the majority of people get to govern include ending the Electoral College and ending all types of partisan gerrymandering. Districts should be drawn by equitable standards across the country and politicians should never get to pick their voters. The district packing that occurs to voters and under or overrepresentation of a certain political party or ideology within a district needs to stop. We need districts that are fair and reflective of how a state votes overall. So If Michigan votes 53%-47% Dem to Rep then roughly 53% of those seats should be Dem represented or lean-Dem electorally. Same goes for Texas or any red state. Until these measures are in place, we need a Supreme Court capable of ensuring that tyranny of the minority opinion, as we have now with the Senate and Electoral College, are limited and the structural, anti-democratic imbalances and legal imperfections are changed.

A Professor of mine from Wayne State University, Dr. Majorie Sarbaugh-Thompson wrote an entire book on MI term limits. They have indeed been a disaster. They have put lobbying efforts on hyperdrive in Michigan and dramatically reduced legislator effectiveness by limiting institutional knowledge.

But then we're stuck unnecessarily with decades of minority rule until those Justices age out. Why should people suffer needlessly at the hands of minority rule for decades when we can just add Justices and work to fix the solution?

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Amnesty: Gun Control Works Facts and Research Great research and hard data showing that gun safety reforms/gun control does actually work.

Rules change all the time. Like when Mitch McConnell refused to take up the nomination of Merrick Garland for a vote on the Supreme Court. The balance of the court and number of Justices on it has changed in the past too. Andrew Jackson added two Justices in 1837. FDR attempted to add up to 6 new Justices. There is no fundamental flaw in changing the balance of the court so it represents the opinion of the majority in this country. Tyranny of the minority opinion, as we have on issues like abortion, corporations as people, money in politics, gun safety reforms, is far more dangerous for our current situation than allowing the majority of this country to govern.

Can you imagine if Al Gore had been President on 9/11 how the Republicans would have responded. That's the kind of response we need from the Democrats on gun violence and mass shootings in America.

Don't worry, someone will surly salute their flag draped coffins at their funeral.

My favorite part is the same people who have thin blue line flags at their house and stickers on the back of their cars/trucks would apparently start shooting law enforcement officials were they tyrannical in their minds.

Yes, but won't you need body armor to defend yourself against a tyrannical government?

Uvlade Texas is a rural community of 15,214 and it's over an hour away from San Antonio Texas. Thankfully Republicans care about rural America.

Wasn't there an armed guard at the supermarket in Buffalo?

Democrats need to go on a full frontal attack against Republicans and their radical view on guns. We need the kind of gory, graphic TV and social media/digital ads Republicans would run if 9/11 happened on Al Gores watch. Bodies of kids and grocery shoppers piling up. Democrats need to hammer this point home at every single campaign stop that Republicans don't care about your children or your personal safety when you're out doing everyday things like grocery shopping, going to the movies, at the mall, going to the beach, etc. They need to explain that the United States has more guns than any developed country on Earth and that it still hasn't made us safer. Savage the Republicans and put them on defense on this for once.

Democrats have to expand the Supreme Court and add term limits if by some miracle they hold the House and add two Senate seats. 1. End the filibuster 2. Expand the Supreme Court with 4 seats 3. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act 4. Make DC a state and add two Senators These are the four biggest things that must happen if Dems retain power and add Senate seats to get around the two lite beer Republicans in Manchin and Sinema.

When you have a banquet, invite the poor, and make sure to show them how awesome your new Ferrari is. Here's televangelist huckster Pastor Ed Young bragging about his new Ferrari and how God has made you a Ferrari.

That's the thing, when you go back and watch CNN Crossfire clips and clips of his old MSNBC show, he was not nationalistic like this. The current iteration of Tucker Carlson may well be a gimmick the same as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ric Flair, and The Undertaker, but gimmick or not, it is a very damaging gimmick if it is.

Crime statistics possibly https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/09/26/fbi-crime-statistics-detroit-police-chief-james-craig/701889001/

I'm one to throw SOL around as much as any fan. However, if the smart off-season plan Brad Holmes has put together with good drafting and smart use of cap space is any indicator of future success, I don't think long term the cycle of SOL will continue with Holmes . . . IF (BIG IF) he gets the QB situation right and Campbell is the right guy for the job, I think Holmes has built a good enough roster to break the SOL cycle.

May I just point out for a moment about the irony of the fact that now a week later, there still hasn't been a winner declared in the PA Senate Republican Senate Primary. Remember when all the Republicans, including Trump, were screaming and hollering in 2020 about election fraud and votes being counted after the initial night of the election. Trump even called it "totally inappropriate" in a speech given to reporters on the White House lawn. Now, Dr. Oz may win in a totally inappropriate fashion. If this isn't ironic and hypocritical than nothing is anymore.

If you're Ukraine/the west, do you have many means or capability to remove him from power? Can you pay an oligarch and some top military people on the DL to do that? How do we remove him from power without a full-scale nuclear war happening? It seems like the only realistically safe and effective model for doing so comes from within his own apparatchik/military/oligarchs.

Newsweek: Kandiss Taylor Warns 'Death by Firing Squad' to Corrupt Officials at Rally Thankfully the Republican Party hasn't gone as extreme as the Democrats wanting equal rights for transgendered persons, teaching an accurate portrayal of history to kids in school, letting Teachers set curriculum instead of parents, or allowing women to have bodily autonomy.