Thank feck, another weird compilation of creepy tweets from Cory Booker will send me over the edge
2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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Is Beto doing the white power salute with his left hand?
Is Beto doing the white power salute with his left hand?
holy shit your right.
No wonder Beto's camp were hesitant to release these additional figures. Bernie got around 100k more contributors (225k donors) donating on the first day.
holy shit your right.
Buzzfeed: 10 reasons why Beto O' Rourke is a white supremacist. Reason 12 will shock you
I get why people on the left dislike Harris but its odd(Well not odd for certain reasons) that Beto is getting all this hype when Harris both represent similar politics and is just a charismatic.
The comparisons with Obama need to end. Unless he is referred to as the lame Obama.
She has been getting more hype and is less charismatic.
Actually, its not. The reason why states were given equal senate representation was to protect state rights. The idea was that if the upper house and lower house both had representation proportional to a state's population, the smaller states would be totally powerless. You have to remember that whilst we think of the US now as a country with states that are a bit like our counties, that's not how the country was formed. It was much more like a federation of individual counties, and smaller states would never have accepted this if they knew they would be with any power, control or influence.
This is a great example of the 'checks and balances' that the entire US Governmental system is based around.
I don't get the impression they were hesitant but rather somewhat disorganized since he took off for a cross country drive in a minivan after announcing and given that it was his first national run, he didn't think that he needed to release his numbers immediately given that all campaigns have to report their numbers to the FEC by end of month. The amount of donors is completely inconsequential imo, since all it tells us is Beto's public donors give roughly twice as much as Sanders', which doesn't say anything at all given that the numbers will always be in flux as the campaigns gain momentum.
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don't temp me, there's a lot to work with
Bernie is cancelled, it's Gravel or bust
Although Bernie does have Sand in his name
best poster 2020
Beto is 46 year old who dabs and skateboards.
Well, He's better than dirt! Well, most kinds of dirt. Not that fancy store-bought dirt. That stuff's loaded with nutrients. He can't compete with that.
And sings and plays guitar. I fecking don't trust anybody who plays guitar. Had it easy with the girls and life in general.
This is so true, I find multi ''talented'' people very off putting. Also the guitar is such a mainstream instrument, the gong or a penny whistle and you've my vote.
No musician has an easy life, especially guitar players.
Old white guy who posts memes? Why?
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Understand State rights. But not if Senators over reach to hurt Other States Rights. Which is what is happening now.
The Senate does not reflect the views of the vast majority of the country. We should not need super majorities to implement Universal health Care for example.
But how would moving the senate to PR change this?
Isn't it possible for a single State to implement Universal Health Care for that State only? For example, California.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/business/economy/california-single-payer.html
https://khn.org/news/california-dre...single-payer-unlikely-to-follow-anytime-soon/
The economics of single-payer (the bargaining power of Medicare which will represent ever patient) improve with scale, making state-based systems much costlier.
However, there are 14 states with Dem trifectas (Governor, state house, state senate). Including California and NY (large populations, rich states) and also NJ, NM, Illinois, and Washington. I wonder if these states could get together and insure every resident under a common insurance scheme. If you're a resident of California and get sick in New York, you'll be covered there.
However, that would need the party to be committed to M4A, which it clearly isn't.
States dont gave rights, people have rights. Smaller states holding disproportionate power is undemocratic, violates the one person one vote principle and makes progress practically impossible.
States with greater population would have more senators. There could be a weighted system allowing more Senators for more populous states.
I see the role of a Democratic Government as representing the will of the majority while not harming the rights of the minority.
Take the Gun Control laws. It skewed to the rights Not of gun owners, but to gun manufacturers.
the NRA rubs its hands with glee every time a mass gun shooting occurs....more gun sales.
A Confederation of Single Payer/Public Option for Medical Care has been suggested.
It can happen under a Democratic government of Sanders. Not under Biden imo.
Actually, it is just another way to make ensure previous hierarchies continue to flourish under a different guise.
2020: Vote for the candidate with the silliest name.
where's Andrew Yang?
He's probably at zero percent and has been running for some time so it wouldn't make sense to include him.
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