Will be interesting to see how well Cortez does against Crowley in the primary tonight. She's has been gaining momentum, but its going to be tough for her to pull it off.
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This kind of went under the radar but if the supreme court revists and overturns Chevron Deference then it may not even matter who is in the white house when it comes to policy making. The executive branch will have feck all to do when it comes to policy decisisions as all policies will have to be interpreted by the SOCTUS instead of the elected president. Scary stuff especially when you think that the unelected Judges from the judicary and supreme court that Trump has swept the country with can interpret law and policy on the land for decades, instead of relying on what the experts in the field think it should be.
This is why elections have consiquences. Neil Gorsuch has come in and basically cohersed Kenedy to rethink Chevron. Scary times
This kind of went under the radar but if the supreme court revists and overturns Chevron Deference then it may not even matter who is in the white house when it comes to policy making. The executive branch will have feck all to do when it comes to policy decisisions as all policies will have to be interpreted by the SOCTUS instead of the elected president. Scary stuff especially when you think that the unelected Judges from the judicary and supreme court that Trump has swept the country with can interpret law and policy on the land for decades, instead of relying on what the experts in the field think it should be.
This is why elections have consiquences. Neil Gorsuch has come in and basically cohersed Kenedy to rethink Chevron. Scary times
SCOTUS is probably the biggest reason I'd have opted for Hilary in 2016, despite my dislike of her. If Trump gets another nominee or two could hold the country back for decades, irrespective of who's in charge. Stuff like this will make it even worse.
The next democratic president needs to pack the court with 5+ judges
I remember him. A right nasty piece of work.
Trump endorsed his opponent and that should tilt the race to Donovan.
So, what's happening this evening? Primary results for the midterms?
Ocasio is running up the score!
This is a great night
Drumpf's guy beat Bannon's guy
Ocasio-Cortez 
Ocasio-Cortez really reinforces the winning strategy for Democrats.
63 million voted for Trump
66 million voted for Clinton
90+ million eligible voters did not vote.
As Eboue says, the Democrats can either become Republican-lite, depress their base and try to peel off a million or so Trump voters
Or they can offer a real alternative to the Trump vision and try to appeal to that 90 million that are disenfranchised by the system they don't even want to vote in 2016
63 million voted for Trump
66 million voted for Clinton
90+ million eligible voters did not vote.
As Eboue says, the Democrats can either become Republican-lite, depress their base and try to peel off a million or so Trump voters
Or they can offer a real alternative to the Trump vision and try to appeal to that 90 million that are disenfranchised by the system they don't even want to vote in 2016
That Crowley result seems to be a big deal. I hope it energizes something bigger. Her opponent seemingly couldn't be arsed and got a nasty surprise.
He apparently didn't show up to their debate and instead sent one of his staffers who resembled Ocasio-Cortes. The guy deserves to lose on that alone.
Thus lady refused corporate money and he gobbled it up showing that he was out of touch with the working class in his district.
This American Life recent podcast had an interesting and similar story about the battle progressive (Sanders type) Dems face against the establishment Dems.
Good night for progressives. Ben Jealous was under attack from establishment democrats and still pulled it off. And the Alexandria win was a huge upset,all with no Corp Pac money.
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I've been following her on twitter for a while. Her opponent once sent a staffer to a debate for him. Plonker.
Wow, that was a stunning result. Biggest upset since Cantor was primaried.
It is. Its without doubt one of the biggest shocks in recent US political history.
@fishfingers15
Rough calculation by me:
Our revolution endorsed 23 candidates yesterday. 10 wins, 8 losses, 3 not called, 2 no easily available info.
1 of the wins was an incumbent (the only incumbent endorsed), another was uncontested, and (roughly) 5 of the wins were against incumbents. 6 out of 8 losses were against incumbents.
Again not spectacular but not a failure, especially since they rarely endorse incumbents.
Edit - unlike previous days, this time the high-profile guys (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ben Jealous) won and the city-council level ones lost.
Rough calculation by me:
Our revolution endorsed 23 candidates yesterday. 10 wins, 8 losses, 3 not called, 2 no easily available info.
1 of the wins was an incumbent (the only incumbent endorsed), another was uncontested, and (roughly) 5 of the wins were against incumbents. 6 out of 8 losses were against incumbents.
Again not spectacular but not a failure, especially since they rarely endorse incumbents.
Edit - unlike previous days, this time the high-profile guys (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ben Jealous) won and the city-council level ones lost.
Considering that some studies show incumbents winning re-election with a 95% success rate, I'd say that record is actually spectacular
The new New York victory is clearly a major upside which hopefully puts more momentum into their efforts. It's a great day yesterday but in my view, not so much before it.
There was this, another case about employee forced arbitration, and another about unions some months ago, I think together they have finally killed the NLRA of 1935 (without repealing the actual law). Unions are soon going to be back at the strength of WW1.
The other law from that period that will go next is Social Security, but this will probably be legislative. Minimum wage, also a 30s change, would probably be the target after that, by the courts probably.
Wonder if it's a 5-4 split with Gorsuch clinching it, as there was a similar case with a 4-4 ruling when Scalia died. Another 'win' for Trump I guess
Unity!
I haven't bothered to check but I'm sure that's the case.
Also, unrelated:
Can't ever understand home schooling concept, especially from Christian families in the name of not teaching evolution. Fucing idiot this Gault.
Hes not even a Democrat!