quoted from Alec Luhn w/ The Guardian on twitter: This is not 1st such attack in Petersburg. Look at attacks on metro in 1996 & 2007 & railroad in 1997, 2007 & 2010
the article he linked was in Russian so I can't poke in my nose to confirm that these each happened the year prior to Putin getting elected and-or post massive protests
calling scott pruit's line for the EPA says the line's been disconnected-- any news about that anywhere? The number is 202-564-4700 if anyone else wants to try
... NYT has an article going on about how a place in rural Idaho has had a booming economy and it's like PLEASE DO NOT UNDERMINE THE RURAL AREAS THAT HAVE DECIDEDLY NOT BEEN BOOMING, KTHXBAI
plant jesus
: The hypocrisy is appalling re: drug tests. These are the same people who tried to justify scrapping income-based healthcare subsidies by saying that having a mechanism to verify people's income created unnecessary overhead costs.
Nutshell version of the filibuster is that for many types of votes in the Senate, you need 60 votes to pass a motion to end debate and get to the actual vote. So the minority party can theoretically stall a vote indefinitely by talking forever.
People used to actually have to do that until the Senate basically came to the conclusion that just threatening to do so while showing that you had the votes to keep it going was enough.
The Dems tactic vs the GOP tactic is a little different. The GOP didn't even have to filibuster Garland because they had majority control of the Judiciary Committee and thus simply never allowed the nomination to leave the committee process.
reading the Lithuania sounding alarm about NATO response time to Russian aggression and just "THERE IS SO MUCH RUSSIOPHOBIA GOING ON" ... ... then y u in Ukraine, Russia?
there are multiple stages to the operation. that's one. the next would be to find person on, say, social media (i.e. facebook) and inundate them with news that fits their voting profile (re: repub vs dem)
message coming from openly gay and Catholic Seattle Mayor who not only signed in the $15 minimum wage law but also is suing the federal government over Sanctuary Cities statuses
that's why people are jumping on Bernie lately, too. there's no connection between him and Putin that I know of, but he feeds into the Whataboutism re: Clinton and people have been pleading with him to knock it off
because he keeps popping up to drag out old dirty laundry of the Clintons' when it's very obvious to people that that is NOT A TOPIC THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED JUST NOW
Actually, Bernie Sanders does have a kind of loose connection to Putin, Ted Devine worked with Paul Manafort on former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's campaign
I'm not going to say Bernie Sanders is a Putin propaganda enabler, but I WILL say he is not helping the Dems unite by dragging out Whataboutisms about Clinton
also, just fyi, I want a lot of the things Bernie talks about. I think there are some excellent talking points! but he also keeps saying that DC is (currently) unable to lead, so it's up to the grassroots
"It's plain and simple: Gorsuch has not earned the votes in the Senate to join the Supreme Court," [Perez] said. "Republicans can't fix Gorsuch by changing the rules. They need to change the nominee."
This is not 1st such attack in Petersburg. Look at attacks on metro in 1996 & 2007 & railroad in 1997, 2007 & 2010The totally phony Susan Rice story, explained – ThinkProgress
"It's plain and simple: Gorsuch has not earned the votes in the Senate to join the Supreme Court," [Perez] said. "Republicans can't fix Gorsuch by changing the rules. They need to change the nominee."