NYC is by far the worst hit, most packed area we have, though.
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US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron
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States are doing the testing and the numbers will still go up. Some business in states that are not in states that are in lockdown may open up their doors, but that doesn't mean it last long the more cases the more likely people will not go.
This is a literally unprecedented situation to try and campaign in and he's forming a team consisting of former Obama administration health advisors and getting a plan in place on how to proceed without it looking like he's trying to utilize a national crisis for partisan gain? He's also dealing with democratic leaders in congress/Senate constantly and throughout.
Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar
My husband has coronavirus. I love him & not being able to be by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease. So many are going through this & much worse. I pray for him & you & meanwhile I will do all I can to get help to the American people.https://medium.com/@Amy_Klobuchar/statement-from-senator-amy-klobuchar-c4195302844 …
10:36 AM - Mar 23, 2020
10:36 AM - Mar 23, 2020
NEW:
Dems have found a measure that Rs buried in the stimulus that would restrict small business money from going to a range of health care providers that take Medicaid.
This includes providers for the disabled and even rape crisis centers.
New piece:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/23/gop-just-smuggled-another-awful-provision-into-big-stimulus-bill/ …
Dems have found a measure that Rs buried in the stimulus that would restrict small business money from going to a range of health care providers that take Medicaid.
This includes providers for the disabled and even rape crisis centers.
New piece:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/23/gop-just-smuggled-another-awful-provision-into-big-stimulus-bill/ …
i think CA saved themselves with swift action (besides letting people crowd beaches until recently). They were probably also saved by their terrible public transportation and loving desire to drive alone and pack the roads for hours on end. NYC being a huge international hub, huge population density as well as having a majority of people also use the best public transit system in the US makes the problem there exponentially worse then almost anywhere else besides where places are at this point, allowing things to get worse on purpose (i really have no idea what Florida is doing besides actively trying to kill their population)
The Fed is not trying to prevent the markets from going down, they're trying to prevent our economic engine from seizing. The markets can't begin to recover until certainty returns, I.e. widespread testing is a prerequisite.
Amy Klobuchar on Twitter
“My husband has coronavirus. I love him & not being able to be by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease. So many are going through this & much worse. I pray for him & you & meanwhile I will do all I can to get help to the American people. https://t.co/fqQU6tA29r”twitter.com
Fucking Rand Paul.
Well. He'd have to win over 60% of the remaining delegates and he doesn't have many friendly states to him left.
It's because the counter is to talk about Trump commanding the death of Americans out of fear of the economy which is bleak. 😔
Some say that he goes missing for 8 hours at a time EVERY SINGLE DAY. Can someone please ask his campaign WHAT HE'S TRYING TO HIDE?
Holy shit, so this is the narrative idiot trump-supporters want to take. I'm only sharing for people to see the magnitude to which people will lie to themselves to keep from admitting they were wrong.
How do you even reason with someone who thinks this way? I suppose you just ignore it, but man, are people really this lost?
(spoilering for sheer dumb-fuckery)
How do you even reason with someone who thinks this way? I suppose you just ignore it, but man, are people really this lost?
(spoilering for sheer dumb-fuckery)
sorry, I realize I make this same basic post like once every three weeks, it's like political comfort food in these trying times
Looking over the RCP poll averages of Trump v. Biden, pleased to see Biden posting decent leads over Trump in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona - the four states I'd also suggest are the easiest (relative term) Trump states to turn into Dem trifectas within the next three years. (Trump ties in Wisconsin and leads in Florida, but lol, Democrats have almost zero chance at trifectas in those states, sadly as they both desperately could use it)
There is only one state in the country where legislative control is split between two parties, Minnesota (where the DFL won the House last election, but Republicans still control the Senate, which was last up in 2016), unless you count Alaska's odd power-sharing scheme in the House (where Democrats have a functional majority and hold the Speaker position despite having fewer members). Otherwise everything is either a trifecta or split between the Governor and the legislature.
Democrats have 15 trifectas outright, and four states where we control the legislature but not the governorship. In three of those (VT, MD, MA), Democrats have such an overwhelming majority in the legislature that it doesn't really matter, they can override gubernatorial vetoes and pass whatever they want. The other is New Hampshire, which, along with Vermont, are holding their gubernatorial elections this year. So there is a possibility both states could be converted to true trifectas, along with Minnesota, giving Democrats total control in 18 of the Clinton states and effective control in the remaining two.
Looking ahead to this year's elections, Democrats have a real (if not super likely) shot at flipping North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where both houses of the state legislature are up and Democrats already control the governorships. Very possible though they'll need to wait until 2022 after redistricting, and will just have to claw any gains they can now. Michigan and Arizona both have to wait until 2022 definitively, thanks to timing. The Michigan State Senate isn't up again until 2022 (when it'll have brand-spanking new maps), while Arizona's governorship has to wait until then, too. In the meantime, Democrats can attempt to flip the Michigan House and both houses of the Arizona legislature.
Reason I obsess over all this stuff? Well, just having more control in general is good, but it's also the most obvious path to the NPVIC. Virginia, Minnesota, Nevada, Maine and New Hampshire have yet to pass it, but that would still leave Democrats at 232 electoral votes, the same amount Clinton won (or would have but for faithless electors). Add the four I mentioned above (NC/AZ/PA/MI) and we've hit 294 - just enough of a cushion that any swing state seeking to withdraw from the compact couldn't screw things up on their own, they'd have to find another state to bounce out with them. Of course, making gains in the 2022 midterms will be difficult (assuming we even win this year), but we have to try.
...and of course, any of my state recaps would be incomplete without mentioning that the Iowa House, Florida House, Texas House and Wisconsin Senate are (at least theoretically) on the board. That's about it, though my crazy-pants prediction has also been that West Virginia's legislature is surprisingly competitive thanks to Demosaur voters. I'd be very surprised if either of its houses flipped, but I'd honestly rank it above Wisconsin in terms of likelihood.
True, I need to be more patient here.
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They must have a cut and paste playbook for writing laws. Medicaid..Paste this.
I'm legitimately surprised at CA. And I don't think its because of actions they took; Those people they brought back that were allowed to mingle at air bases that they had community spread. How did it not get catastrophically worse? No one was being tested.
I do like your public transit theory, though.
I've heard he's losing consciousness for those eight hours
Its true, viruses are often stopped when they try to get through customs without papers.
If Trump is going to have people start going back to work then someone better pass a good bill and fast. Stop trying to salvage the shit McConnell bill and start the vote on something else right now.
How can someone be that vain though that they are more worried about how their choices are perceived than keeping people safe. I know hes antsy to get back to normal, but at least wait the whole month before making these decisions. 15 days always seemed like a joke.
How can someone be that vain though that they are more worried about how their choices are perceived than keeping people safe. I know hes antsy to get back to normal, but at least wait the whole month before making these decisions. 15 days always seemed like a joke.
Matt Viser on Twitter
“"And you’re live. Mics are hot,” Joe Biden is told. "Ready to go?” he asks, before starting an address in what he hopes will be regular addresses from a new TV camera setup at his home.”
TUNE IN: Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Coronavirus pandemic | Joe Biden For President
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Stand by for new fauxgressive talking points now that "where's Biden??????????" is out the window.
Sanders is doing exactly what a "million" people he said would march on the Senate would do - staying at home, not bothering.
That doesn't look like a rec room repurposed as a studio.
Why did Joe take so long to come out? Why is he not helping write bills? Why is Joe not doing a hunger strike in front of Mitch's office??? /s
Matt Viser on Twitter
“"And you’re live. Mics are hot,” Joe Biden is told. "Ready to go?” he asks, before starting an address in what he hopes will be regular addresses from a new TV camera setup at his home.”
TUNE IN: Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Coronavirus pandemic | Joe Biden For President
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Jesus I need this and idk why
This reminds me of a line from the early minutes of Dawn of the Dead (1978) where a desperate Dr. Foster is pleading on a televised interview for the public to wake up and realize what is going on as society is overwhelmed by the crisis.
"You have not listened! You have not listened to the situation for 3 weeks! What does it take? What does it take to make people see?"
This is where I feel like we are now. This man is incapable of leading us through this crisis. Unless something dramatic happens, we're going to lose a lot of Americans to to this disease that could have been saved by a competent federal response.
Matt Viser on Twitter
“"And you’re live. Mics are hot,” Joe Biden is told. "Ready to go?” he asks, before starting an address in what he hopes will be regular addresses from a new TV camera setup at his home.”
TUNE IN: Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Coronavirus pandemic | Joe Biden For President
Join our campaign: http://www.joebiden.comFollow Joe!Joe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/joebidenJoe’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joebidenJoe’s Instag...
Too bad, Cuomo's on right now. Biden needs to choose his times related to what's currently happening.
I'll explain this in a metaphor Era will understand:
Biden is Goku returning after training with King Kai for a year, and immediately wiping the floor with Nappa (who up until now has been more or less unbeatable by the other characters and picked off several of them in the process).
Sounds like desperation and losing control of the situation. Very presidential
Manu Raju @mkrajuThere is no Senate GOP lunch today, per GOP aide. They had been lunching every day - including this past weekend in a big hall, contradicting CDC guidelines against gatherings of 10 or more people. After the Rand Paul news, there is no lunch today
11:09 AM - Mar 23, 2020
Hold up a second... we didn't have borders and that's how the virus got in?
I could have sworn we had borders.
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