Virginia, New Jersey – GET OUT AND VOTE
Maine – Vote FOR the Medicaid expansion and help your neighbors get access to healthcare.
Just reminders of why Democrats need to get out and vote:
This is just a sampling of the racist mailers Republicans are sending to voters across the country. Not a single Republican has repudiated. pic.twitter.com/w2q7m2WH7P
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 4, 2017
Gillespie is running a pure Birth of a Nation Campaign, people!
Va. governor's race heads to neck and neck finish, with Northam holding bare 3-point lead over Gillespie. @Nate_Cohn https://t.co/gA0UFIZHDA
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) November 5, 2017
1st pic: Acceptable IDs to vote in VA
2nd pic: Info explaining how to get FREE Va Voter Photo ID if you do not possess acceptable photo ID pic.twitter.com/8x8sq5fUCG— ReclaimingMyTime (@MonieTalks_1) November 4, 2017
Look, y’all. Twitter is full of fuckery.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/928059635440996352
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/928079692032303104
https://twitter.com/ErickFernandez/status/928115365888036865
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/928112646737547264
https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/928102452464881664
https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/928076017545003008
https://twitter.com/Kanisha1Jackson/status/928081428516102144
UH HUH
UH HUH
https://twitter.com/Marshall_Cohen/status/928083300329156608
https://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/928100629918224385
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/928098628140457984
Kyle GriffinVerified account @kylegriffin1
Kyle Griffin Retweeted Kyle Griffin
Maine becomes the 33rd state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to as many as 89,000 low-income residents.
https://twitter.com/srl/status/927915300447768576
https://twitter.com/nedoliver/status/928091000781893633
EVERY STATE that hasn’t expanded Medicaid – DEMOCRATS, GET THAT ON THE BALLOT IN 2018.
https://twitter.com/mcbridetd/status/928095177331429376
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/928095504386482176
Bravo, Maine..
MEDICAID EXPANSION IS COMING😄😄😄
Virginia and New Jersey have Black Lt. Governors!😄😄😄
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/928065435005833217
https://twitter.com/mic/status/928088674897719296
https://twitter.com/AishaThinker/status/928087404346511360
Ed Gillespie went down in flames! *BOOM*! Thank you Virginia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEYYYYYYYYYYYY
KRISPY KREME got BEAT?
Northam beat the living shit out of Gillespie
Thank God!
I completely shut out all media today on purpose…
I have my concerns about Northam, but when the chips are down…and the alternative is the devil – and dancing right along the treasonous buffoon and his cohort of ignorant white supremacist ‘preservers’ of the confederacy, we had no option but to go with Northam…
This ought to shut up the buffoon and his Alt-Right supporters for a bit..
But then, we need to get on with the urgent mission of permanently ejecting that awful evil out of the People’s House..
So VA REJECTED the “Birth of a Nation” POS, Ed Gillespie?
Jeff Sessions Is Cooperating With the Wrong Branch of Congress
by Martin Longman November 7, 2017
I’m glad to hear that the attorney general has agreed to appear before Congress and testify about all the lies he’s been telling.
The only problem is that Sessions told most of his lies to the Senate, not the House. He perjured himself during his confirmation hearing in the Senate and he perjured himself again when he appeared before the Senate in both June and October.
JUST RELEASED: “Preliminary Distributional Analysis of the ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” by TPC Staff https://t.co/RfYDldHeDC pic.twitter.com/QhsP7H7XkC
— Tax Policy Center (@TaxPolicyCenter) November 6, 2017
House Republican: Donors are helping driving push for tax breaks
11/07/17 12:40 PM
By Steve Benen
At first blush, the Republicans’ push for massive tax breaks, disproportionately benefiting the wealthy, seems politically unwise. The American mainstream isn’t exactly clamoring for the GOP tax plan – polls show broad public opposition to the Republican proposal – and no party ever became more popular by doing something unpopular.
What’s more, the country can’t afford the Republican plan; there’s no reason to believe it’d make a significant difference on the economy; and it’s having the unintended effect of dividing the GOP at a difficult time.
So why focus so much time, energy, and resources in the idea? Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) spoke to The Hill this morning and gave away the game.
Wake up call…
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/927975264671420418
She will get her public wake-up call sometime ..She’s already gotten plenty of private wake-up calls swimming with racists who hate her, but tolerate her ..barely..as she mostly does their bidding ..but stays with the racists and continues to make an a*se of herself …entirely for her own aggrandizement..
She’s the only other person John Kelly is said to really despise and badly wants thrown out… But she’s the buffoon’s for appearance sake, token version of ‘the blacks’ who ‘love’ him… the only one he could bear to have any where near him – and that’s saying something, because the truth is he can’t stand her either..
They don’t trust her …and know that she’ll squeal eventually; so they humor her, but keep her at arms length..
https://twitter.com/fnpollingplace/status/927943477673054209
BWA HA HA HA LOVE THIS.
https://twitter.com/WilDonnelly/status/927947340278915072
that was ridiculous, from beginning to end.
Tom Namako Verified account @TomNamako 6 minutes ago
APNEWSALERT: Panel finds Baltimore van driver not guilty of all 21 administrative charges related to the death of Freddie Gray.
I went to vote this morning before work.
In my district we only voted for school board members. We had to vote 3 out of 7 choices That means 7 board members total, 4 of the 7 hold office until 2020.
It might seem like a small deal, but it isn’t. Who is running your town?
It’s up to each individual to get involved in knowing who their local elected officials are.
<b.The operative word is: "LOCAL"
Who is running your local government? Post office, Mayor(s), governors, state senators, school boards, etc. This is where we can affect the greatest amount of change, whats happening in our own back yards.
Jennifer Wright Verified account @JenAshleyWright 3 hours ago
If you’re a democrat, please get out and vote.
If you’re a republican, thoughts and prayers are sufficient.
HEY NOW!
LOL..
House Nat Res Cmte holding hearing now on Puerto Rico’s recovery.
21% have no drinking water. 58% have no power. It’s been 48 days. pic.twitter.com/97a0CQIxQ5
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 7, 2017
Watch today’s @NatResources #PuertoRico #HurricaneMaria hearing live stream at https://t.co/jzQcrgJrJC pic.twitter.com/UklkqnwsWj
— NPR’s Latino USA (@LatinoUSA) November 7, 2017
Too much cuteness….
https://twitter.com/TeamCJCorrea/status/927298802981019648
I love Snoopy…
Little Birdie ”A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
I love Snoopy, too. Thanks for this, SG2!
Trump not invited to global climate change summit: http://hill.cm/DPKUzyV
– – -President Trump is reportedly not invited to the climate change summit that will be held later this year in France.
An official in French President Emmanuel Macron’s Cabinet said Trump is “for the time being” not invited to the event in Paris, Reuters reported.
new Tax Policy Center analysis shows two-thirds of GOP tax cut go to top 5% of earners, almost half to top 1% https://t.co/6LFUd2Uwr2
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 6, 2017
INSANELY CRIMINAL
If you live in VA and get a call saying your polling location has changed today, call @866OURVOTE. Confirm your location and VOTE!
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) November 7, 2017
We will continue fighting #votersuppression wherever we encounter it. Call our @866OURVOTE hotline with voting questions or complaints. pic.twitter.com/Wmd0OS25HB
— Election Protection (@866OURVOTE) November 6, 2017
LDF will be on the ground in #Virginia today helping to ensure no one has trouble at the polls. Follow @NAACP_LDF for updates! pic.twitter.com/dhDKR6DCOB
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) November 7, 2017
Ross aide served on Navigator’s board while working at Commerce
Wendy Teramoto served as a part-time adviser to Ross while maintaining her board seat at the energy shipping company with a Kremlin-linked client.
By LORRAINE WOELLERT, NANCY COOK and ANDREW RESTUCCIA
11/06/2017 06:20 PM EST Updated 11/06/2017 09:21 PM EST
The Case of Wilbur Ross’ Phantom $2 Billion
Dan Alexander , FORBES STAFF
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Bernie Sanders GOTTA go man. https://t.co/1T7TmiGEPm
— Rylo Ken (@Kennymack1971) November 7, 2017
Bernie Sanders wants Independents to decide the Democratic Party primary. NOPE.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) November 6, 2017
Found this over at TOD about the happenings in Saudi Arabia:
arapaho415
November 7, 2017 at 9:59 am
Most of the tweets from this user are in Arabic (which is Greek to me — unfortunately, English is the only language I know), but interesting speculation — which says a yacht transferred tons of cash to the grotesque evil occupying the WH during May visit to Saudi Arabia:
tweets of @mujtahidd about scandal involving President @realDonaldTrump and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman pic.twitter.com/N8QpYvixfR
— نورة الحربي (@n_alharbi12) November 7, 2017
And there is no American ambassador to Saudi. Westphal left in Jan 2017 and no replacement appointed.
— Ramsey Cooper (@Ramsey_Cooper76) November 5, 2017
Next tweet: “This isn’t the same prince who died in helicopter crash. So now we have 2 dead princes within 24 hrs.”https://t.co/kExDQNu2q0
— Arapaho415 (@arapaho415) November 6, 2017
CONFIRMED: Prince Abdul Aziz, youngest son of late King Fahd, has died. He was arrested recently and may have suffered injuries in gunfight. pic.twitter.com/2VRk4X2sIy
— F. Jeffery (@Natsecjeff) November 6, 2017
Ignatius says Kushner and MBS stayed up until 4 a.m. plotting strategy when Jared was in Riyadh https://t.co/GjX8xZV7ca
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 5, 2017
All any despotic government has to do these days to curry favor with the U.S, is simply, humor a treasonous buffoon, invite him over and give him a parade, feed him and his kkklan burgers, patents and huge deals for the faltering family businesses …buy some weapons to satisfy the military industrial complex ..
And in turn, the world’s formerly greatest democracy, in its current dystopian form, will look the other way ..and even abet the insanity, courtesy of the son-in-law of the buffoonish nepotistic megalomaniac, propelled to the highest position in the land by a hostile foreign entity..
Theodore Dortch,37, is a former felon who had his voting rights in Virginia restored this year. Today he voted for the first time pic.twitter.com/WNFlkwOyrc
— Sam Levine (@srl) November 7, 2017
LaVaughn Williams is a former felon who voted for the first time in Virginia today. Listen to her talk about the power of the ballot pic.twitter.com/wQWjTXeSn4
— Sam Levine (@srl) November 7, 2017
FYI Virginia voters:
54 Dem challengers are running tmrw in every corner of the Commonwealth. Spread the word and find your candidate at https://t.co/DghYrUWCED pic.twitter.com/uigvo8Yh3V
— Tom Perriello (@tomperriello) November 6, 2017
I told you…I believe everything in the dossier.
Steele dossier panning out: Page met w/ both the head of investor relations for Rosneft AND members of Russia’s PA while in Moscow last July pic.twitter.com/k2mCTLIGUP
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 7, 2017
The Carter Page transcript is out https://t.co/uaMRiCvjBr pic.twitter.com/keuoyrZTWT
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 7, 2017
A Year after his election, Trump faces historically weak support
11/07/17 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump told reporters the other day that he considered hosting a celebration to honor the one-year anniversary of his surprise election victory, before ultimately deciding against it.
Given the latest evidence, 364 days after Trump stunned the world, that was probably one of his smartest decisions to date. Because at this point, as Americans take stock of this bizarre presidency, much of the country doesn’t appear to be in a celebrating mood.
The historical context matters: since the advent on modern polling, no president has struggled this severely to earn public support one year after his election. Indeed, several modern presidents never saw their support drop to Trump-like depths, even after years in office.
And yet the media treats him and his crazy Alt-Right supporters as if they were in the majority…And the final word on everything..
Infinitely more popular presidents, with an actual mandate to govern, were mostly never covered with even a sliver of the deference and respect – and benefit of the doubt, despite every evidence of constant shenanigans that go against the grain of our democratic laws and institutions …the complicit media grants the treasonous buffoon and his 32% of supporters..
Shameful..
Should qualify that..
Infinitely more popular, LEGITIMATE presidents..
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/927709966827491328
At some point we’re going to need actual corrective action..
We already long ago figured out the problem..
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/6/17
Carter Page named Trump staffers he told about Russian contacts
Rachel Maddow shares a passage from the House Intelligence Committee of former Donald Trump advisor Carter Page in which he tells members of the committee which high ranking Trump officials he told about his contacts with Russians.
https://twitter.com/chaz1944/status/927902263670079488
The buffoon is just a faker…a fraudulent blowhard ..
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/6/17
Russian lawyer: Trump Jr offered potential deal for Clinton dirt
Henry Meyer, senior government reporter based on Moscow for Bloomberg News, talks with Rachel Maddow about his interview with Natalia Veselnitskaya and her claim that Donald Trump Jr. offered a potential deal on Russian sanctions in exchange for Hillary Clinton information.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/6/17
Secret papers show Trump cabinet member’s Russia business ties
Rachel Maddow explains the revelation of the weekend in the Paradise Papers that Donald Trump’s Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, retains a stake in a company that does business with people connected to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Armed resistance, lone wolves, and media messaging: meet the godfather of the ‘alt-right’
Laura Smith
Beam was a new kind of white supremacist: media-savvy, militarized, and ambitious. Cross burnings and white robes were great, but given the climate of government scrutiny after the civil rights era, he argued for stealthier modes of violence. Building this new movement might take decades, but, he wrote, “Let the coming night be filled with a thousand points of resistance.”
His theory of “leaderless resistance” quickly became a central strategy for white supremacists nationwide, and one that defines the operating sensibility of the racist right even today. Once described as “one of the most dangerous men in the world,” Beam’s ideologies, tactics, and “career” would come to define the militant American fringe. Without him and his theories, there would be no “alt-right.”
https://timeline.com/louis-beam-white-supremacy-history-20d028315d
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/6/17
Upheaval in Saudi Arabia with Trump approval could mark new era
Rachel Maddow describes the series of remarkable events over the weekend in Saudi Arabia which saw several Saudi princes locked up and one dead.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/6/17
Trump fails to act on gun violence mental illness concerns
Rachel Maddow points out that while Donald Trump is quick to concoct his own diagnosis of the latest mass killing shooter as mentally ill, his actions in office so far show a disregard for mental illness and gun ownership.
Trump World’s dishonesty about its Russia contacts matters
11/06/17 04:35 PM
By Steve Benen
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As regular readers know, Trump World told the public repeatedly, over the course of several months, that there were no communications between the Trump campaign and Russia during Russia’s attack on the American elections. It’s one of the most dramatic falsehoods Team Trump pushed as the scandal unfolded.
Indeed, just a few days before Inauguration Day, for example, CBS’s John Dickerson asked Mike Pence, “Did any adviser or anybody in the Trump campaign have any contact with the Russians who were trying to meddle in the election?”
The vice president-elect responded at the time, “Of course not.”
This wasn’t an isolated incident. As we discussed in February, when reports first surfaced that Russia was in talks with Team Trump during Russia’s election crimes, the response from the Republican camp was categorical: those communications simply did not happen. Even after Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov acknowledged that “there were contacts” between the Russian government and Trump’s campaign team ahead of Nov. 8, Team Trump kept insisting otherwise.
Indeed, Trump and his aides left no wiggle room on the subject. Kellyanne Conway, asked about the possibility of these communications between the Republican campaign and Russians, said, “Absolutely not.” She added the conversations “never happened” and any suggestions to the contrary “undermine our democracy.”
At a pre-inaugural press conference, Donald Trump himself said no one from his team was in contact with Russians during the campaign. During his tenure, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also denied the communications.
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The second angle is the odd attempt to move the goalposts. From the Washington Post article:
Once again…ask yourself the simple question…
WHAT IF THIS WAS 44?
UH HUH
UH HUH
At least nine people in Trump’s orbit had contact with Russians during campaign and transition
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger and Carol D. Leonnig
November 5 at 10:50 PM
If The Trump-GOP Tax Plan Passes, Kiss Your Home’s Equity Goodbye
The Trump-GOP tax plan is a declaration of war on homeowners, homebuilders, realtors, and the mortgage industry.
BLOGGING OUR GREAT DIVIDE
NOVEMBER 06, 2017
by Bob Lord
Make no mistake: The Trump-GOP tax plan is a declaration of war on homeowners, homebuilders, realtors, and the mortgage industry. With seven different provisions that will put pressure on home values, it’s hard to imagine that the plan will not cause a crash in the housing market.
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Here are those seven provisions:
One: The plan raises the threshold for deducting home mortgage interest. By nearly doubling the standard deduction, the plan reduces the amount by which mortgage interest and property taxes, when combined with other itemized deductions, will translate into a reduction in taxable income.
Two: The plan eliminates other itemized deductions, most notably state and local income taxes. That reduces the amount by which mortgage interest, property taxes, and the other few remaining itemized deductions exceed the standard deduction. The net effect is a further reduction in the tax benefit associated with home mortgage interest and property taxes.
Three: The plan cuts in half the maximum mortgage loan on which interest is deductible at all. The impact of this at the higher end of the housing market will be immediate and potentially devastating, as it could increase the annual after-tax cost of home ownership by 50%. The middle and lower end of the market will feel the effect as well, as the market softening at the top cascades down to the lower levels.
Four: The plan eliminates entirely the deduction for mortgage interest on a second residence. The markets in vacation and snowbird communities could see immediate softness because of this.
Five: The plan moves the goalpost for avoiding tax on the gain from selling a personal residence. Under current law, homeowners who sell after two-years of occupancy avoid tax on up to $500,000 of gain for a married couple. Under the Trump-GOP plan, anyone who sells before living in a house for five years will not qualify for the gain exclusion. According to the National Association of Home Builders, 26% of homebuyers, and 28% of first-time homebuyers, move out before the end of five years.
Six: The plan will phase out the benefit of the exclusion from income for gain on the sale of a personal residence for those with higher incomes.
Seven: President Trump’s plan includes a special low maximum tax rate of 25% for certain types of income, including income from housing rentals. Because it’s the after-tax return that matters to an investor, owners of rental housing will be able to offer lower rates to renters, which will mean the cost of renting will decrease relative to the cost of owning. While this change also could mean investors will be willing to pay more for housing units, it’s not likely to help homeowners, because there is limited overlap between the markets for rental housing (think apartments) and owner-occupied housing.
So, if the Trump-GOP tax plan passes, how soon will we see it reflected in home prices?
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Bob Lord is a veteran tax lawyer who practices and blogs in Phoenix, Arizona. He’s an associate fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies.
https://inequality.org/great-divide/trump-gop-tax-plan-passes-kiss-homes-equity-goodbye/
Thank you..will spread the word.
This is STRAIGHT UP FUCKERY-THIEVERY
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/927897244543496192
Lips pursed
Side-eye to Rand Paul attack. Mitch McTurtle says he might not be able to vote on their HIDEOUS TAX SCAM,
HA! Really. apparently Rand was attacked over some landscaping deal? SHADY!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQMD0UpXps
Ed G. where are you, another crime committed by white man.?
Memo to Ed Gillespie:
THE LARGEST CRIMINAL POPULATION IN AMERICA IS WHITE GUN-TOING, MURDERING MALES.
What universe
https://twitter.com/CongressmanRaja/status/927892428950032384
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/927657862314283013
https://twitter.com/wfaa/status/927890923668717569
Good Morning,Everyone 😄😄😄
Good morning. Election Day! It’s where the rubber meets the road.
Good Morning. Rikyrah & 3 Chics Family.
Thanks for the thread on voting. You’d never know anything about voting today, if you’re watching the MSM, even local stations are straight up mediocre to nada.