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red dog 1's Journal"RatF**ked: The True Story Behind The Secret Plan To Steal America's Democracy"
Fresh Air (NPR)
June 15, 2016
Fresh Air's Dave Davies today interviewed Salon's editor-in-chief David Daley who has a new book that he says began with a simple question:
When President Obama won re-election in 2012 and the Democratic tide gave the party a big majority in the Senate, why did the House of Representatives remain firmly in Republican hands?
The result was even more striking since voters cast 1.3 million more ballots for Democratic House candidates than Republican ones.
The answer, Daley decided, was effective gerrymandering of House districts following the 2010 census.
And it's state legislatures that draw most of the Congressional districts across the country.
The result of Daley's research is his new book, which details an effort by Republican strategists to put money and campaign resources into targeted state legislative races in key states in 2010, so Republicans could control the statehouses and control congressional redistricting.
Daley's book is titled: "Rat-Fucked: The True Story Behind The Secret Plan To Steal America's Democracy."
DAVIES:
"Well, David Daley, welcome to FRESH AIR...You know it's interesting to know that Republican control of Congress kind of feels like an ironclad reality of politics these days.
But, you know, you remind us that in the election of 2008, when Barack Obama took the White House, the Congressional picture was very different.
Remind us of that election and where the Republican Party stood not so long ago."
DAVID DALEY:
"If you go back and watch the tapes from election night, the smartest minds in the Republican Party are despairing on television.
They are trying to understand where all the Republican voters went.
The Republicans realized that they were staring down a demographic tidal wave, that the nature of the electorate was changing and the Democrats were talking about a coalition of the ascendant and looking at a decade of changing politics.
The Democrats took a super majority in the Senate - we forget - and how quickly it all changed."
DAVIES: "Right. The Democrats then had a 60-plus-seat majority in the House of Representatives
And you write about a Republican strategist named Chris Jankowski.
Tell us about him and what he saw as a way back."
Read more:
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/15/482150951/understanding-congressional-gerrymandering-its-moneyball-applied-to-politics
Listen to complete interview:
http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/
(Scroll down to Understanding Congressional Gerrymandering: "It's Moneyball Applied To Politics"
Donald Trump is Sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2017
On the first night he spends in the White House, President Trump is visited by the ghost of George Washington.
Trump asks:" George, what can I best do to serve the people of the United States?"
The ghost of George Washington replies: "Never tell a lie."
Trump replies: "Oh, I don't think I can do that."
The next night Trump is visited by the ghost of Thomas Jefferson.
Trump asks: "Thomas, what can I best do to serve the people of the United States?"
The ghost of Thomas Jefferson replies: "Do not bully the people."
Again Trump replies: "Oh, I don't think I can do that."
On the third night Trump is visited by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.
Trump asks: "Abraham, what can I best do to serve the people of the United States?"
The ghost of Abraham Lincoln replies: "Go see a play."
Dogs Reportedly Shot by Laughing Police Officers deserve Justice (PETITION)
Animal Petitions.org
DETROIT, Michigan -- Three non-threatening dogs were allegedly murdered by five police officers.
Officers Gaines, Paul and Morrison, along with two other Detroit policemen, were executing a search warrant at the home of Nikita Smith, who was suspected of possessing drugs.
In order to make sure her dogs were safe, Smith put two of her dogs in the basement and one of her dogs in the bathroom.
One of the dogs apparently escaped the basement and ran to go sit next to Smith, at which point an officer allegedly shot it.
The officers then went down to the basement, shot another one of her dogs, and then shot the last dog through the bathroom door, according to reports.
Afterwards the officers laughed about the incident.
Demand that the prosecuting attorney suggest that these police officers be punished to the fullest extent of the law if is found that they committed this cruel and inexcusable act.
Dogs that are not presenting a threat to others don't deserve to be shot in cold blood.
To sign petition:
http://animalpetitions.org/131497/dogs-allegedly-shot-by-police-deserve-justice/
If you could pick one song to describe a Trump presidency, what would it be?
"Its The End Of The World" (as we know it) -- R.E.M.
Cat Slammed On Ground & Burned To Death Deserves Justice
Animal Petitions.org
June 3, 2016
SINGAPORE -- A cat was found with blood oozing out of it's mouth after being gruesomely murdered.
A witness who heard the cats shrieks of agony saw the cat being slammed on the ground twice by a man, who then set the animal on fire with a lighter.
The witness says she thinks the cat was thrown from a high level first, then the man slammed and burned it to make sure it was dead.
A 25-year-old man was arrested for the sick crime.
This is just one incident in a string of cat murders occurring in the Tampines area of Singapore.
We must take action for these helpless animals or more of them will be harmed
Please sign this petition to demand that the monster who did this is given the maximum sentence possible, if found guilty.
See petition:
http://animalpetitions.org/131646/justice-for-cat-slammed-on-the-ground-and-burned-to-death/
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