Douglas Caddy Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 The Republican Party's Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Deleted Steve Thomas Edited July 13, 2021 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joe Bauer Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Joe Bauer said: We just got a reverse RBG for the next 30 years. Don't know if the few of you who saw my post here with it's picture knew this lady is not Amy Coney Barrett. Or you did and this remarkable look-a-like person photo isn't worth commenting on. However, I think the resemblance is so close, it is worth posting. This lady above is Amanda Knox. Infamous suspect in a love triangle murder in Italy years ago. Her resemblance to Barrett is so close, it has been recognized by many already. Knox herself offered to appear on Saturday Night Live in any skit they may have in mind regarding Barrett and her controversial appointment to the SCOTUS. Same eyes, same eye color ( blue ), same exact brow shape, space and length, same nose, lips and face shape, same exact forehead shape, width and height, same skin tone, same hair type, color and style and parted the exact same way ... A true doppleganger. Edited October 27, 2020 by Joe Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joe Bauer Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Despite cries of censorship, conservatives dominate social media GOP-friendly voices far outweigh liberals in driving conversations on hot topics leading up to the election, a POLITICO analysis shows. BY MARK SCOTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Elizabeth Warren fearing Bloomberg spent 8 to 10X more to defeat her than Donald Trump. With Bernie Sanders capturing early state victories and Elizabeth Warren ranking second in a new nationwide poll, Bloomberg will be likely looking to stop the progressive candidates’ momentum in tomorrow’s debate. dated Oct. 26, 2020, 3:23 PM PDT The latest political news and analysis from the campaign trail. Ben Kamisar and Liz Brown-Kaiser 190d ago / 3:09 PM PDT Mike Bloomberg spent over $1 billion on presidential campaign, new FEC reports show WASHINGTON — New FEC reports released Monday reveal that former 2020 candidate Mike Bloomberg spent over $1 billion on his brief presidential bid. The reports show that he spent a total of $1,051,783,859.43 through March of this year. Bloomberg, one of the richest men in the world, didn't accept individual contributions during his bid and instead self-funded his campaign. According to Advertising Analytics, Bloomberg spent $453 million on television ads and at least $82 million on digital ads. He also invested heavily in polling and building up a large campaign of over 500 staffers across the country. Mike Bloomberg speaks during a campaign rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 3, 2020.Matias J. Ocner / AP file Late last month, Bloomberg announced he’d pour $18 million into the Democratic National Committee, transferring the funds from his campaign to boost the party apparatus instead of creating his own super PAC. The former New York City mayor's campaign now faces a potential class action lawsuit for allegedly promising jobs through November to over one thousand campaign staffers and then laying them off after the campaign was suspended. The staffers stopped receiving paychecks in the first week of April, and will stop receiving health care benefits at the end of the month. Bloomberg announced his candidacy in November and dropped out of the race on March 4 after a poor performance on Super Tuesday. The billionaire entrepreneur’s only electoral victory was in American Samoa. Bloomberg Vowed To Spend Whatever It Takes To Beat Trump. Democrats Are Still Waiting! July 29, 20205:00 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered MARA LIASSON Twitter LISTEN·4:154-Minute Listen Download Embed Trancript Mike Bloomberg, seen here speaking to supporters and staff in March in New York City, spent $1 billion of his own fortune to run for president but exited the race early on. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 10:58 a.m. ET When a billionaire with a history of investing generously and strategically in campaigns promised to spend whatever it takes to defeat President Trump, it made Democrats sit up and take notice. And how did they interpret that pledge from former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg? "It meant spending about a billion dollars," said Jim Messina, who ran President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. "It meant making sure that Donald Trump did not have the typical incumbent advantage on finance, and it meant helping us catch up in a couple places where Trump was well ahead of us, which was digital and data." It is the most ambitious campaign promise ever made by someone who isn't still running, and Bloomberg fully intends to fulfill it, according to former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, the national political chair of Bloomberg's short-lived primary campaign, in which the candidate spent $1 billion of his own fortune. But Nutter also says that "whatever it takes" can't be defined simply by a specific dollar amount; instead it's about how and where Bloomberg spends his money this year. North Carolina is one of those, and it has pretty much every political prize on the line in November with competitive contests for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House seats, governor and control of the state Legislature, with redistricting looming next year. "What the Bloomberg campaign did right was they put money into field organizing," said state Rep. Graig Meyer, who is in charge of fundraising and recruiting for Democratic Statehouse candidates. "And so that getting campaign operations up and running, building a volunteer base, setting up the structure for direct voter contact — all of that is happening because they made that investment through the DNC." But to give Democrats in North Carolina a real advantage, Bloomberg could do a lot more, according to Meyer. "In no way has the Bloomberg operation put direct money into down-ticket races besides through the overall coordinated effort [with the DNC]," he said, adding, "$30 or $50 million is probably the right amount that would be a completely transformative game changer. I imagine Bloomberg could afford to do $30 to $50 million in North Carolina if he wanted to." The Democratic leader in the North Carolina House of Representatives was even tougher on Bloomberg. "I am the person he looked in the eye and said what he was going to do," said state Rep. Darren Jackson. "I am the person that endorsed him. And I have been the person that reached out to his campaign leadership." Jackson said he doesn't know what Bloomberg's intentions are in North Carolina, but he adds, "I certainly hoped for help with the House caucus. We have such a once-in-a-decade opportunity. We need his help to take advantage of that. In whatever form he chooses." In Georgia, Howard Franklin has similar expectations. He was a senior adviser in the state to Bloomberg's presidential campaign, and he is optimistic that Bloomberg will fulfill his pledge. "I think he did set the bar high," Franklin said. To make Georgia truly competitive, Franklin says, Bloomberg should make an eight-figure investment. Georgia is another state with a lot at stake, as a longtime GOP stronghold that appears close at the presidential level, along with two U.S. Senate races due to a special election and competitive U.S. House races in the Atlanta suburbs. It's also felt the brunt of the two major crises of the year, the pandemic and unrest over racial justice. There's a lot to invest in for Democrats to make the most of their opportunities in the state, according to Franklin: "I think eight figures gets you on the television in the media markets you care about. I think it puts boots on the ground. I think it gets you telephones and social media. And you know, again, with everything the country is going through and the attention that the city of Atlanta, in particular, has gotten, I just think that there isn't a better place to make the case for a more socially just and equitable approach to policing." Bloomberg is getting pitches like that all day, every day. Although there's no evidence yet that he is spending all that he promised, that doesn't mean Bloomberg can't or won't in the remaining days of the campaign, now fewer than 100... ( now down to 7.) The remaining investments are "still being determined and decided and figured out" according to Nutter: "I mean, this is politics. You don't just kind of throw the money out the window and hope it lands in the right places. Mike makes strategic investments to change outcomes using data and evidence." In the next month or so, Bloomberg's team says it will be clear how much and where he has decided to invest, and then Democrats can decide for themselves whether they think he's spending whatever it takes. Goldman Sachs Says Buy Health-Care Options on Elizabeth Warren's Surge By Cristin Flanagan and Gregory Calderone September 24, 2019, 10:13 AM PDT Leaked Audio Bloomberg Defends Big Banks, Calls Warren ... www.rollingstone.com › politics › politics-news › audio... Feb 24, 2020 — Audio Bloomberg defends banks calls Elizabeth Warren scary ... from what is thought to be a private Goldman Sachs event, Bloomberg first can ... President Barack Obama but, according to CNN, Bloomberg told the audience ... "With Bernie Sanders capturing early state victories and Elizabeth Warren ranking second in a new nationwide poll, Bloomberg will be likely looking to stop the progressive candidates’ momentum in tomorrow’s debate." 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Steve Thomas Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Between yellow pumpkins and red Christmas trees. I wonder what country's holiday traditions Melania is celebrating. Yeah, yeah, I know. The tradition of having a Tyrannosaurus Rex for Halloween goes way back. Steve Thomas Edited October 27, 2020 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 The U.S.-China cold war is coming to financial markets by Dion Rabouin https://www.axios.com/the-us-china-cold-war-hits-financial-markets-f0c07d2e-ca54-4539-9d2e-00f8b9221b6b.html “Ant Group's $34.5 billion IPO will make the Chinese fintech company the largest listing ever, and its choice to list its shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai rather than New York City marks a pivotal moment that could see the financial industry move towards China. Why it matters: "This was the first time such a big listing, the largest in human history, was priced outside New York City," Ant Group founder Jack Ma told the Bund Summit in Shanghai Saturday. "We wouldn’t have dared to think about it five years, or even three years ago." Driving the news: Ant Group will be valued at just under $314 billion, larger than some of the biggest banks in the U.S., including Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo and just below the market cap of JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank. China also is far ahead of the U.S. and the rest of the world in developing a central bank digital currency, and on Friday gave legal backing for a digital renminbi, which will more easily facilitate international transactions. What they're saying: The latest developments show "the rise and the increased importance of China's renminbi as a currency," Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said in an interview Monday with Yahoo Finance. "More and more you're going to see the internationalization of the renminbi. You're going to see capital flows move in those directions."” Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Poor Wheeler. So much so wrong. Trump’s Campaign Backs Off Hunter Biden Attacks https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-camp-wants-to-keep-some-distance-from-the-hunter-biden-story?ref=home Despite aggressive efforts by Donald Trump and allies to make corruption allegations against Joe Biden and his son a centerpiece of the president’s closing 2020 argument, some Trump advisers are regretting the decision to try to put Hunter Biden and his emails front and center. Nearly two weeks after the New York Post first reported on the contents of a trio of Hunter Biden’s computer hard drives, including emails showing him attempting to leverage his father’s position to advance business prospects abroad, the pro-Trump internet fringe remains wild over the story. But the reelection campaign has taken a subtler approach. Though the president has repeatedly mentioned the allegations in rallies, on Twitter, and at a presidential debate last week, his campaign has barely supplemented it with its paid media. With the exception of a few promos for “Where’s Hunter?” merchandise, the campaign hasn’t mentioned the younger Biden in ads on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram pages since October 13, the day before the New York Post first reported on the contents of Biden’s hard drives. Pro-Trump super PAC America First Action hasn’t mentioned Hunter Biden at all in its Facebook or television ads since then. <quote off> Edited October 27, 2020 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Caddy Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 What the Talmud can teach Amy Coney Barrett about ‘Originalism’ https://forward.com/opinion/457188/what-the-rabbis-of-the-talmud-could-teach-amy-coney-barrett-about/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily Newsletter USE THIS ONE&utm_maildate=10/27/2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Robert Wheeler said: As Dave McGowan wrote in his book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream, Dave McGowan’s claim that the “hippie dream” was born in Laurel Canyon is pure garbage. San Francisco gave birth to the counter-culture. The Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey and Bill Graham were the key figures. Laurel Canyon was a year behind. Edited October 27, 2020 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Steve Thomas said: Yeah, yeah, I know. The tradition of having a Tyrannosaurus Rex for Halloween goes way back. Back to Barney. That's ancient history in Washington's institutional memory. Edited October 27, 2020 by David Andrews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve Thomas Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Can Justice Barrett be impeached for violating the Hatch Act? Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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