This is No Ordinary Year

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“We’re facing a defining moment. We must with one overwhelming, unified voice speak, as a country, and say there’s no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether it’s directed at Democrats or Republicans. No place, period. No place, ever.””
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“This is no ordinary year so I ask you to think long and hard about the moment we’re in. In a typical year, we are not often faced with the question of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put it at risk. But this year we are.”

– Joe Biden, President of the United States –

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  3. Senator Elizabeth Warren lists several compelling reasons to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, warning that Democracy itself is at risk if Republicans win and follow through on their campaign promises. Stick around for more with Sen. Warren!

  4. if you didn’t have time to listen to liz’s whole 4 things that are on the ballot next week, her 4th about “democracy is on the ballot” starts at 6:24 minutes in on the above video.

  6. So Kash Patel has agreed to testify to a grand jury in exchange for immunity n the Mar a Lago documents case. Trump’s legal team can’t be happy about that. 

  7. You know…..even if the Dems win….We’re STILL stuck with millions of deluded nitwits.   

    Next: More from Commodore Obvious.

  10. Smelling like it will be time to set up the office pool for how long SFB lite has before killing (or giving away) Twitter. 
     
    The problem with living where I do is we are supposed to be in a little drought. It has not rained in days. Eventually my deck and porch will dry out and I can see where I need to repair the wood.
     
    Hopefully the real Christians in the terrorist cult formerly known as the republican party will vote for the Dems this time.

  11. There’s more to this twitter thing than meets the eye.  These people don’t just buy a twitter to make themselves feel good……something’s up ova dere……..

  12. sturge, on that note there was a guardian story in 2017

    Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner investor | Russia | The Guardian

    The investments are detailed in the Paradise Papers, a trove of millions of leaked documents reviewed by the Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and other partners, along with other previously unreported filings.
    Facebook and Twitter were not made aware that funding for the investments came from the state-controlled VTB Bank and a financial arm of the state oil and gas firm Gazprom, according to Milner.
    The files show that in 2011, VTB funded a $191m investment in Twitter. About the same time, Gazprom Investholding financed an opaque offshore company, which in turn funded a vehicle that held $1bn-worth of Facebook shares.

  13. from the hill:

    Obama told rallygoers at a Phoenix event that the “only way to preserve our democracy is if we nurture and invest in it.”
    “When true democracy goes away people get hurt,” Obama said. “It has real-life consequences, it’s not some abstract political science question. We are all affected. We take this for granted, and we can’t.”
    “There’s a reason why generations of Americans fought and died for this idea of self-government and why we set up rules to make it work,” he added. “If you don’t get your way, you don’t throw a tantrum.”
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    “One thing is clear, and that is this increasing habit of demonizing political opponents, of just yelling and thinking not just that I disagree with someone, but that they’re evil and wrong,” Obama said. “That creates a dangerous climate. And when we have politicians and elected officials in leadership positions who continue to promote over-the-top rhetoric or make light of it … more people are going to get hurt.”

  19. The thing about old Neon Mush is that nobody has the faintest idea of what he’s doing.   Whatever his goal is, good or evil, he’s got ’em all buffaloed.

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