the EMSI--End Modern Slavery Initiative Act. It is close to being able to get passed. Only have a small window left though. Maybe 2 months. If not, probably have to start all over again. You would be shocked to learn that Ted Cruz is one of the people holding it up.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-con ... e-bill/553

you'd think that wouldn't be too controversial

you would think!

cruz (and others) thinks and claims it will allow money to go to organizations that support abortions. it won't. they had the same exact problem with a different anti-trafficking bill that got passed Spring 2015. There was a pretty big battle over that one. A ton of Rs already support this one.


Casey and Toomey have not co-sponsored. If you want to call their office today and express your support for the bill that would be great. People will probably be visiting their offices today too. For Casey you just leave a message (they don't answer the phone). Toomey you may speak to someone. Regardless, it is really easy.


Contact Info:
Senator Bob Casey: 1-(202)-224-6324
Senator Pat Toomey: 1-(202)-224-4254
Script (Say This):
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm calling from [YOUR CITY, STATE]
I'm calling to ask Senator [SENATOR'S NAME] to co-sponsor the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act, or S.553
This legislation would strengthen the U.S. response to modern-day slavery around the world, an issue I care about deeply.
Would you please pass my message on to the senator?
Thank you!
[END CALL]

it would be pretty cool if any of you did it. or if you dont live in PA, DM me and I will find the right contact numbers for you. One phone call goes a long, long way. They keep track of these things.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Trump coming out with a reasoned, moderate take on bathroom laws. Hard to overstate how much his tactfulness has improved over the past 2 weeks. If he had done this earlier it would have taken a lot of wind out of the "Stop Trump" sails.

In the next breath he came out against putting Tubman on the $20 as PC nonsense. Tactful!

SK790 wrote:i'm really starting to worry that hillary will lose if the Rs backdoor someone even somewhat reasonable on the ticket. excitement for her will be super low from the far left. i think her vs cruz or trump would be more lopsided than 2008.

and that person, whoever it is, will not have time to be vetted properly. They may still be in the honeymoon period when the election hits.

Is that worse than Ted Cruz's stance on the bathroom laws?

jerseyhoya wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Kasich needs to go away so badly. So so so badly.

You've certainly been consistent on this, but Kasich was convincingly the #notTrump winner in NY, and has a chance to be the #notTrump winner in each of the April 26 primaries. If this happens are you still hoping he'll go away, or would you rather his campaign gains strength nationally?

JH is so persistent in his Kasich hate that I almost wonder if the GOP thinks they have someone to replace Trump at the convention and Kasich being there as a "sane" alternative is going to mess it up.

Or not.

I love Monkeyboy's image of the Republican Party as an institution. To most of the world this cycle has exposed the party apparatus as a paper tiger, completely unable to influence the selection of a palatable nominee. It is lacking in any real power - no carrots or sticks, divided by personal and policy differences, and been steamrolled by two of the people it hates the most in politics.

But not everyone is fooled by this show of impotence we're putting on. The GOP - who comprises this portion of "the GOP" is entirely unclear - will still get its way and launch Paul Ryan into the White House, if only that dastardly Kasich will get out of the way! That's definitely what's driving my antipathy for him.

I thought the funniest part was the idea that you would be privy to any such plan.



I think the plan is to get someone else in there. But I agree that will be very difficult.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Trump coming out with a reasoned, moderate take on bathroom laws. Hard to overstate how much his tactfulness has improved over the past 2 weeks. If he had done this earlier it would have taken a lot of wind out of the "Stop Trump" sails.

highly doubt he would have accumulated as many votes without the prior nonsense as he appealed to the angry white guy vote which makes up about 30% of the base

RNC chair Reince Priebus on a CNN segment:

“People assume oh, are you – you must be miserable. You've got a horrible job. But I don't see it that way,” Priebus said in the interview. “I'm not pouring Baileys in my cereal, I’m not sitting here trying to find a Johnnie Walker.”

“This is fun."
Later in the segment, the RNC chair shot hoops with a miniature basketball hoop in his office, showed off his “prized possessions,” which included the chair Clint Eastwood infamously talked to at the 2012 convention, and played a tune on a keyboard.

Priebus also acknowledged that damage control comes with the territory.

“Sometimes you can’t fix it. Sometimes you can just take a seven-alarm fire and make it into a four-alarm fire. It's still burning, but it's not as bad as it was,” he said.

hey guys, do the thing i posted about. we all talk about politics and wanting change-- this is an actual, real life way to do that! pacino, dont let me down here!

after work

i have a union meeting with management today, sir. doing my duty for the workin' man

pacino wrote:RNC chair Reince Priebus on a CNN segment:

“People assume oh, are you – you must be miserable. You've got a horrible job. But I don't see it that way,” Priebus said in the interview. “I'm not pouring Baileys in my cereal, I’m not sitting here trying to find a Johnnie Walker.”

“This is fun."
Later in the segment, the RNC chair shot hoops with a miniature basketball hoop in his office, showed off his “prized possessions,” which included the chair Clint Eastwood infamously talked to at the 2012 convention, and played a tune on a keyboard.

Priebus also acknowledged that damage control comes with the territory.

“Sometimes you can’t fix it. Sometimes you can just take a seven-alarm fire and make it into a four-alarm fire. It's still burning, but it's not as bad as it was,” he said.

Saw someone say on Twitter that by saying he's not pouring Baileys in his cereal it shows he's at least considered pouring Baileys in his cereal.

jerseyhoya wrote:

pacino wrote:RNC chair Reince Priebus on a CNN segment:

“People assume oh, are you – you must be miserable. You've got a horrible job. But I don't see it that way,” Priebus said in the interview. “I'm not pouring Baileys in my cereal, I’m not sitting here trying to find a Johnnie Walker.”

“This is fun."
Later in the segment, the RNC chair shot hoops with a miniature basketball hoop in his office, showed off his “prized possessions,” which included the chair Clint Eastwood infamously talked to at the 2012 convention, and played a tune on a keyboard.

Priebus also acknowledged that damage control comes with the territory.

“Sometimes you can’t fix it. Sometimes you can just take a seven-alarm fire and make it into a four-alarm fire. It's still burning, but it's not as bad as it was,” he said.

Saw someone say on Twitter that by saying he's not pouring Baileys in his cereal it shows he's at least considered pouring Baileys in his cereal.

In the right cereal, (Cocoa Puffs or maybe Cookie Crisp. Golden Grahams might work too) I'd think Baileys would be pretty good. But maybe more for a snack than for breakfast.

they're around the block for Bernie!

heard there was some trickery in a mass mailing that said they were giving out free stuff there

yeah, a free townhall. should be a good time for all.

cart guy is charging for water ice, though

very youthful and largely white crowd, fwiw.

CalvinBall wrote:the EMSI--End Modern Slavery Initiative Act. It is close to being able to get passed. Only have a small window left though. Maybe 2 months. If not, probably have to start all over again. You would be shocked to learn that Ted Cruz is one of the people holding it up.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-con ... e-bill/553

Eh, I have trouble being seen as against modernity.

I wanted to get some of MB's sweet, sweet Southwest coupons, but Calvin snaked them. I'm going to call my senators and demand that they oppose his bill.

CalvinBall wrote:you would think!

cruz (and others) thinks and claims it will allow money to go to organizations that support abortions. it won't. they had the same exact problem with a different anti-trafficking bill that got passed Spring 2015. There was a pretty big battle over that one. A ton of Rs already support this one.


Casey and Toomey have not co-sponsored. If you want to call their office today and express your support for the bill that would be great. People will probably be visiting their offices today too. For Casey you just leave a message (they don't answer the phone). Toomey you may speak to someone. Regardless, it is really easy.


Contact Info:
Senator Bob Casey: 1-(202)-224-6324
Senator Pat Toomey: 1-(202)-224-4254
Script (Say This):
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm calling from [YOUR CITY, STATE]
I'm calling to ask Senator [SENATOR'S NAME] to co-sponsor the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act, or S.553
This legislation would strengthen the U.S. response to modern-day slavery around the world, an issue I care about deeply.
Would you please pass my message on to the senator?
Thank you!
[END CALL]

Friend met with Toomey's office this morning. Said it went well. I called in. Again, it is super simple. Hoping the get bombarded with calls so they have no choice but to co-sponsor.

Friend who was with Cruz's top aides, met for an hour. Said it went better than they could have ever hoped for.

Hoping today is a big day.