Politics Thread: Trump Centers His Fauci

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:08:41

Test run for the national "Open the Economy, Cancel the Election" campaign.

by **jamiethekiller** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:09:08

by **CalvinBall** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:14:53

pacino wrote:remember when we were all talking about the inspectors general being fired

that is my point. pelosi is a fool.

by **CFP** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:17:47

momadance wrote:
The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.

But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.

Anyone want to wring Pelosi's neck again for the morbidly obese comment? These folks are literally stealing elections.

by **JUburton** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:20:47

hate to tell you guys but nothing we talk about here or on the void of twitter/social media matters so legit props to you guys who actually do stuff that does.

by **JUburton** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:34:02

i mean that seriously to like cal and pac who do the real shit instead of screaming into the void like the rest of us assholes, myself included

by **slugsrbad** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:38:12

CalvinBall wrote:
pacino wrote:remember when we were all talking about the inspectors general being fired

that is my point. pelosi is a fool.

She talked about this in literally the next question after the morbidly obese comment. I know she's smart enough to know that her comments on the President's health would take up most of the oxygen of the interview, but she is talking about substantive issues.

by **slugsrbad** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:40:29

JUburton wrote:hate to tell you guys but nothing we talk about here or on the void of twitter/social media matters so legit props to you guys who actually do stuff that does.

To this point it is also hard to tell what actually matters vs what matters on the internet. Just by reading this thread or being on twitter our access to things that seem monumentally dumb is increased, but do undecided people who aren't online 24/7 really care?

by **JFLNYC** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:40:35

Nancy Pelosi is nobody’s fool.

by **thephan** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:42:29

momadance wrote:
The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.

But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.

Following Trump's lead. Just assign interim/unaccountable/unconfirmed bodies into roles like a monarch.

How does this work with Georgia Law? I'll google it when I have more time, but is something that someone looked at.

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue May 19, 2020 11:56:35

JUburton wrote:i mean that seriously to like cal and pac who do the real shit instead of screaming into the void like the rest of us assholes, myself included

The question is how to balance their activism for democrats with actively promoting communism. :mrgreen:

by **traderdave** » Tue May 19, 2020 12:05:04

thephan wrote:
momadance wrote:
The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.

But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.

Following Trump's lead. Just assign interim/unaccountable/unconfirmed bodies into roles like a monarch.

How does this work with Georgia Law? I'll google it when I have more time, but is something that someone looked at.

The court’s decision in Barrow turns on the tension between two provisions of the Georgia Constitution. The first provides that “all Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of Appeals shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for a term of six years,” and that the terms of these judges “shall begin the next January 1 after their election.” Because this language refers to “all Justices,” it suggests that an election must be held to fill Blackwell’s seat, and that whoever prevails in that election shall join the state Supreme Court on the first of January.

But a separate provision of the state constitution permits the governor to temporarily fill vacancies on the state Supreme Court, and it provides that “an appointee to an elective office shall serve until a successor is duly selected and qualified and until January 1 of the year following the next general election which is more than six months after such person’s appointment.” Thus, while the first provision suggests that an election must be held to fill Blackwell’s seat — with the winner taking office on January 1, 2021 — the second provision indicates that an appointed justice may serve much longer. When Blackwell resigns on November 18, the “next general election which is more than six months” after that date won’t occur until 2022.

So the second provision seems to suggest that an appointed justice may serve until January 1, 2023 — and longer, if that justice eventually wins the 2022 election. The new justice will also be able to run with all the advantages incumbency provides. A majority of the state Supreme Court concluded that the second provision effectively trumps the first provision’s suggestion that the primary method of choosing Georgia Supreme Court justices is an election. “When an incumbent Justice vacates his or her office before the end of his or her term,” the court explained, “the incumbent’s unexpired term disappears with the incumbent, along with any hypothetical future terms associated with that incumbent.”

Kemp’s appointee, in other words, will not simply serve out the remaining few weeks in Blackwell’s term. They will serve those remaining few weeks plus an additional two years.

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/19/21262376/ ... -blackwell

by **thephan** » Tue May 19, 2020 12:08:22

Thanks, in this it is indicated, rightly or wrongly I do not know, that a matter of 40 days would have made for a different outcome, and more over that there was collusion between the Governor and the Justice.

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2 ... 0419120034

by **thephan** » Tue May 19, 2020 12:34:25

The Lincoln Project is back

I hope this pricks him some more.

by **momadance** » Tue May 19, 2020 13:08:10

Mark Kelly's lead over McSally is up to 13 points. In Maricopa County, he's got an 18 point lead.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion ... 218402002/

by **The B1G Piece** » Tue May 19, 2020 13:13:39

momadance wrote:Mark Kelly's lead over McSally is up to 13 points. In Maricopa County, he's got an 18 point lead.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion ... 218402002/

Lol, eat shit, Martha.

by **threecount** » Tue May 19, 2020 13:15:06

And Sherriff Joe is running once again for the same spot he lost in the last election..

Trump campaign not too happy as that may bring out many of the Latin voters that voted him down last time in the Phoenix area..that, plus Mark Kelly may help flip the state to Biden. Trump beat Hilary there by 3.1 points in 2016.

by **Uncle Milty** » Tue May 19, 2020 13:25:12

Biden's polling pretty well in AZ. +9 and +7 in April and May polls of likely voters. In March the same pollster had Biden +6 while Trump was +7 vs Bernie.

by **azrider** » Tue May 19, 2020 13:28:55

threecount wrote:And Sherriff Joe is running once again for the same spot he lost in the last election..

Trump campaign not too happy as that may bring out many of the Latin voters that voted him down last time in the Phoenix area..that, plus Mark Kelly may help flip the state to Biden. Trump beat Hilary there by 3.1 points in 2016.

actually biden helped out kelly more than the other way around. kelly would've been in trouble with sanders. fully expect biden/kelly to win here.

by **CalvinBall** » Tue May 19, 2020 14:27:39

The B1G Piece wrote:
momadance wrote:Mark Kelly's lead over McSally is up to 13 points. In Maricopa County, he's got an 18 point lead.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion ... 218402002/

Lol, eat shit, Martha.

bring me senate control

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