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Demsrule86

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November 12, 2025

So as I wake this morning and what no vote, no food stamps...

The magic deal which we have been informed by folks here and even media folks like Laurence O’Donnell was not cowardice and betrayal but three dimensional chess for the greater good. And losing is winning don’t you know.

I guess I fail to see the value in lying to and betraying constituents…not a great chess player. It looks to me like the GOP is laughing their asses off. Hope the eight genius types don’t cave on abortion- the latest demand. I mean really the GOP made a pinky promise-no “crossies”. So who could blame the chess playing eight or nine if you count Schumer. For agreeing to the “deal”.

Thus far the GOP has reneged on every so called promise and made new demands.
We didn’t get Snap, the ASA or anything really. Well perhaps at least, we will be spared the lectures that this was “good policy”. Hope Abortion rights survives all this three dimensional chess.

November 11, 2025

No Kings launched a primary organization.

Now the idea is we fight for good candidates using primaries in all states or as many as we can for a beginning… win or lose we vote Democratic. We must fight off the attack on our Republic. I donated monthly. I really like no kings. You work in small groups. We can fix this.
we need a party that people want to join.

https://indivisible.org/groups
https://indivisable.org/2026

June 15, 2025

No Kings Hubs and I went today in Bainbridge Ohio...it was awesome...





Big turnout in a small town...knee held out!
March 21, 2025

My disabled daughter went to pick up her meds...no longer free...over $1000.00

She was placed on a hybrid plan...Medicare and Medicaid at the beginning of the this year...she has been informed she needs to get part B in Medicare plan for meds...how it is not the time to change plans and how exactly can she do this...we have called the social worker and will see what happens.
My accountant daughter paid for the meds. Thank God. Can I get a Fuck Trump, fuck Elon Musk and and every Democratic Senator who voted to give Musk the power to do such things ...this happened because Democrats approved the Republican bill. primrary as many as we can...yeah you have to vote for the Democrat in the General but we can vote for a different Democrat in the primary.

October 25, 2024

They Can't Replay January 6 What the Electoral Reform Act Changed

It adds to and revises procedures set out in the Constitution of the United States for the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections.

In 2020, election disruptors first tried to get state legislatures to overthrow votes by fiat, then to get Congress to throw out electoral votes on January 6.

In 2024, it will be impossible to pursue either.

The dream of election deniers has been to have persons with power block election certification. Since 2020, all those people have lost at state level. This legislation closed the gaps and vulnerabilities. The Governor of each state is now responsible for submitting certificates of ascertainment. If a county does not certify, the governor orders them to do so and if they refuse, the state’s Secretary of State takes over the function of canvassing (counting) the votes.

Under the new law, if a candidate files a claim about falsification of the electoral count, a 3-judge panel will convene immediately in the state’s capital to rule on the dispute. Appeals to the court’s judgment will go directly to the Supreme Court of the United States with no lower appeals courts in between. By law, the Supreme Court must make a decision before electors meet on December 17 to cast their votes. For those worried about this current court, they did a good job in 2020 with the cases brought before them. See https://rollcall.com/2020/12/11/supreme-court-denies-trump-election-challenge/

In 2020, there were Senators and members of the House of Representatives objecting to various state ballots. They only needed one senator or representative to lodge an objection. Now it will take 20% of both the House and Senate to lodge an objection from any state.

The law also limits the grounds for an objection to one of the following: 1.The electors of a state were not lawfully certified OR 2. An elector's vote was not "regularly given.”


If you would like even more detail, I recommend the MSNBC podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump, “Election Security Matters” https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/prosecuting-donald-trump-election-security-matters-rcna171645.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/24/2279172/-They-Can-t-Replay-January-6-What-the-Electoral-Reform-Act-Changed?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

February 7, 2024

Race called by MSNBC for Biden. Nevada Democratic Primary. Biden winning easily 90%+.

Marianne is losing to 'None of these'. The GOP governor came up with this...not working well..haha. There are like 30 candidates so I only did the top three. In a primary that doesn't even matter, Biden is doing great..



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/06/us/elections/results-nevada-democratic-primary.html

February 4, 2024

I am never watching the Weekend again.

I like Simone but Michael Steele sat there all disappointed with the idea of Biden’s success in Carolina with a worried nasty expression. Biden has a ‘big problem’. The Democrats are doomed I tell you

And they had Dean Phillips on the show. Steele gives him a chance to defend his plan to stay in the election and attack Biden.

Bad polls and more bullshit. Simone pushed back, but it is not enough. I am turning it off. Make no mistake, Steele has an agenda. I won’t watch it again.

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“History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, https://i.imgur.com/37DDgDD.png But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme”
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