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Republicans have a new tax plan

Fierce Planet Posted on January 26, 2023 by jnfrJanuary 29, 2023

Let PoliticsGirl tell you about how their plan will make rich oligarchs much richer, while keeping the rest of us poorer and more stressed. This is the best breakdown of the new 30% tax Republicans are trying to add to every single thing you purchase pic.twitter.com/VM3XeRdcCF — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 26, 2023

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Posted in Economy, Finance, Inequality, Politics, Republicans, Taxes | Tagged oligarchs, republicans, taxes | Leave a reply

Republicans are a mess

Fierce Planet Posted on January 4, 2023 by jnfrJanuary 4, 2023

But Democrats are doing just fine. Earlier I mentioned that House Democrats had completed a shift of leadership for their caucus, with Hakeem Jeffries becoming caucus Leader. He was easily voted in by his caucus, and in fact won more votes in the Speaker’s race than poor, miserable Kevin McCarthy, though like McCarthy, Jeffries has no obvious path to taking over as Speaker. I said this version of Congress was going to be a mess, but I have to say the mess is already more spectacular than I ever imagined, and the whole thing completely belongs to the Republicans. Overall, … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Politics, Republicans | Tagged 118th, Congress

Two podcasts ~ Choose a side

Fierce Planet Posted on December 12, 2022 by jnfrDecember 12, 2022

This weekend I caught up with a couple of podcasts, and I’d like to highlight a few things. First is a segment on Pod Save America. I’ve set this up so it goes directly to an interview with Strict Scrutiny‘s Kate Shaw, a lawyer talking here about the Supreme Court hearing Moore v. Harper last week. (Strict Scrutiny itself is another excellent podcast, if you’re looking for some top-notch legal minds discussing the issues of the day.) This case presents the “Independent State Legislature Theory”, which you will no doubt hear about a lot in the near future. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Corruption, Democrats, Elections, Legal, Politics, Race, Republicans, Resistance | Tagged history, ISL theory, podcasts, violence

The Georgia runoff election and why it matters

Fierce Planet Posted on December 5, 2022 by jnfrDecember 7, 2022

And there we are — Warnock won! (gift link) Senate Democrats look to the future with expanded majority after Georgia win With 51 votes in the Senate now, Democrats are celebrating faster legislative movement and newly obtained subpoena power  

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Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

Where we stand

Fierce Planet Posted on November 10, 2022 by jnfrNovember 10, 2022

I still feel good about the election this week, though the Congressional side of things will remain unsettled for a while longer. But democracy has survived to fight another day, and that matters a lot. Women in particular turned out in defense of abortion rights and every state that had a vote on the issue upheld the right to choose. There is also a strong likelihood that Democrats will continue to hold the Senate, and there was no red wave in the House or anywhere else. The Secretary of State positions have been kept out of the hands of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Democrats, Elections, Politics, Republicans, Resistance, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

A red mirage

Fierce Planet Posted on November 8, 2022 by jnfrNovember 8, 2022

This illusion is deliberately formed when mail-in and early votes are held back to be counted after votes placed on election day. Since mail-in votes tend to be heavily Democratic, in practice this looks as if Republicans are winning early in the evening, then slowly Democratic votes are counted into the majority. Then Republicans claim that the later count was fraudulent, even though the mail-in votes are as valid as any. Expect to see a lot of this tonight and tomorrow, alongside other efforts to claim fraud where there is none. Will the GQP prime their base for action by … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

Who is likely to vote?

Fierce Planet Posted on November 4, 2022 by jnfrNovember 5, 2022

I’m not sure we know. Don’t let anyone tell you young people don’t show up to vote. We are — and we will continue to show up these last five days until Election Day, including on campus at UT Austin! pic.twitter.com/h2AW1JDIRb — NextGen America (@NextGenAmerica) November 3, 2022 ETA: This report: Women under 25 could be the MVPs of the midterms Why more young women are registered to vote in the midterms — and why polling is ignoring them.

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Posted in Civil Rights, Democrats, Elections, Politics, Republicans, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

Saying it right out loud

Fierce Planet Posted on November 3, 2022 by jnfrNovember 3, 2022

WOW. The GOP nominee for governor of Wisconsin makes it 100% clear: “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor."https://t.co/5PZn6iMRQx Told you. *This* is what many of these GOP candidates are *actually* running on: https://t.co/L5wmG6yJOx — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 1, 2022

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Posted in Civil Rights, Corruption, Elections, Republicans, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

Violence continues

Fierce Planet Posted on November 1, 2022 by jnfrNovember 8, 2022

The violence I worried about in an earlier post is continuing, and escalating, as we move towards this decisive election. I’m sure you heard about this. (gift link, no paywall for a while) Assailant shouted ‘Where is Nancy?’ in break-in at speaker’s home, attack on Paul Pelosi The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was violently assaulted with a hammer during an early-morning break-in Friday at the couple’s San Francisco home, a chilling escalation in a string of violence and threats directed at political leaders across the country. The suspect, identified by police as 42-year-old David DePape, was searching … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Justice, Politics, Republicans, Resistance | Tagged republicans, violence

Voter turnout remains high

Fierce Planet Posted on October 30, 2022 by jnfrOctober 30, 2022

Early voting and mail-in voting numbers seem to be matching 2018 levels, and you might recall that was a very good year for Democrats. But of course there’s no way of knowing who all those votes are for, and let’s face it, Republicans are also really juiced to vote this year. So no complacency, okay? Keep voting and make sure your friends and family vote too. Wave of early voting across nation could signal high turnout for 2022 Colorado’s early ballot returns reach over 440,000, hitting double-digit turnout   Still our best public speaker, President Obama. Wow pic.twitter.com/0EabEDaau6 — Acyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Colorado, Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Voting | Tagged 2022, elections

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