Good Luck Mr. President….
Ya gonna need it….
Others have tried and failed….
The U.S. government has not passed a major citizenship bill since 1986, when amnesty legislation signed by Republican President Ronald Reagan legalized nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants.
“If Republicans want to come forward and work on immigration, I think the president is open to working with anyone who wants to get something done and get a bill to his desk,” said a senior administration official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity Wednesday to discuss the early negotiations. “We’re open to a conversation with anyone about this, but we think this is a much more comprehensive way to deal with this issue than just simply a wall.”
Biden indicated at a CNN town hall Tuesday night that he is open to alternate routes to citizenship — such as stand-alone bills that would legalize smaller groups of immigrants such as farmworkers — but he called the bill “a reasonable path to citizenship.”
Republicans have signaled little support for Biden’s approach. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a backer of the 2013 bill, called the latest measure a “blanket amnesty.” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted with Democrats to convict Trump, touted his own measure this week that would increase the minimum wage “while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants.”
“We must protect American workers,” Romney said in a tweet Tuesday.
Biden’s bill includes some enforcement provisions such as increased border technology to interdict drug traffickers and smugglers, higher penalties for employers who exploit undocumented laborers in the United States, and increased funding for immigration courts.
But E-Verify, which checks a person’s legal status to work in this country, “will not be mandatory” for U.S. employers, and Biden has said he would not expand the border wall.
Note…
President Biden has already issued several executive orders changing the Trump admin immigration policy and has stopped work on as expected on the ‘Trump’ border wall…
New Open Thread is HERE….
The 97-year-old Kansan said in a statement he was diagnosed “recently” and will start treatment on Monday.
“While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own,” he said in a statement….
More…
Best wishes to Bob Dole. Hasn’t he gone through enough?
I imagine he has not smoked in over 50 years. It’s hard to believe that lung cancer can happen to non-smokers or those who have not smoked in a very long time, but apparently it can.
Of course lung cancer can happen to people who NEVER smoked!
Very sorry to hear that Bob Dole is facing this struggle in his twilight years.
I can’t recall the book but I think it noted that Dole was a smoker in the 70s.
He likely quit decades ago.
To live to 97 is pretty remarkable so I hope this doesn’t cause him too much discomfort on his final time with us.
I have read a ton about Dole’s life and he definitely smoked in the 40s, and when recovering from his war injuries, etc, but it was never written about as something he did beyond that, such as his time in Congress, etc. It is unlikely he could have lit a cigarette by himself.
Smokers find a way!
Today Mitch McConnell said that if Trump is the 24 Republican nominee he will support him.
Really?
Are all Republican Senators simply ball less aging Ken Dolls?
These craven power hungry mother fuckers are willing to say they will support a seditious prick who tried to have them killed?
Talk about the battered spouse syndrome!
I guess McConnell doesn’t think domestic terrorism is that big a deal.
Keith?
2024 is YEARS away….
Trump has a LOT of hills to climb and court rooms to navigate….
Once again you have missed the point James, not surprising, but sad.
The point is what McConnell said after condemning Trump. Trump sent a mob to kill Mitch and Mitch will still support Trump. It’s immaterial if Trump becomes the nominee.
Now do you understand?!
I get it Keith….
It doesn’t matter in my mind….
Nor does in Mitch’s…
Things move ahead….
You should also….
It should matter in everyone’s mind. Even after Mitch’s “lock him up” speech post impeachment he still signals that he’ll support Trump if he’s the nominee.
We all wish Trump would just go away but as long as he has enablers like McConnell McCarthy and most of the GOP he simply won’t.
If you seriously want Trump gone you have to call our those who enable him.
Calling ‘out’ McConnell is useless….
One hopes he is working AGAINST Trump having much of any political power in the Senate IS what I’m hoping for…
You guy can keep grinding ur teeth on the other stuff…
What “political power?”
McConnell is a legislative tactician and a very good one.
However, that doesn’t translate into any “power” over his fellow Republican Senators.They stick with him on Senate matters because they’re all philosophically in tune,but as to their support of Trump?Mitch has no influence whatsoever.
By all means though ,you kept Uh “hoping.”
WOA Jack?
Mitch McConnell IS the Republican Minority Senate leader…
He IS a senator from Kentucky…
By DEFINITION ?
He IS a Political Person who wields that ‘power’….
Of course.
Mitch essentially labels Trump a domestic terrorist but by the way I’m such a Republican hack that if my fellow Re want him to be President again I’m all in.
Doesn’t matter to James though.
Mitch sputters some bashing of Trump and he goes into paroxysms of delight as if McConnells words mean anything.More like Mitch venting before conceding that he has little actual influence on anyone.
James thinks that conservatives will turn against Trump after the Manhattan DA gets their review of Trump’s taxes. Because if there is any court that conservatives will trust, it is located in Manhattan. Court cases in Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin, conservatives won’t trust. Only Manhattan.
NO I don’t….
What I DO see is the ‘Real Donald Trump’ staying true to his fuckedupness….
Shitting on the party ….
(What happened in Georgia???)
Working to tear the ass out of it…
Looking for EVERYONE to kiss ‘HIS” ass…
On top of this?
Trump is being investigated by THREE different DA’s on criminal charges….
On top off this?
Trump has to figure out how to pay a HALF BILLION Dollars back that he owes
On top of that?
He needs to pay the IRS $75M PLUS….
Which means he owns NYS MILLIONS…
On top of that?
He’s being sued by SEVERAL woman for sexual misdeeds….
On top of THAT?
If you guys think other young Republicans are gonna just stand by for Trump?
Your DREAMING….
Yup Z…
I join Michael Steal who just said on MSNBC he seriously doubted Trump was gonna be in any shape to run for anything in 2024…
Who cares if he “shits” on the Republican Party.
Why do you care so much about the Republican Party?
Because IF the Grand ole’ Party is eating it OWN?
Democrats have help in beating the remnants fight themselves internally ….
You and others here think in one dimension ….
THAT isn’t how the political reality on the ground IS or should be seen…
Divide and conquer?
‘Get it?”
What’s there to “get” here?
You just go round and round contradicting yourself every few minutes.
Just gross silliness.
I’m still trying to get my head around that we see things in one dimension, but James sees things as multi-dimensional. Perhaps that James sees things as multi-dimensional is the reason he so often misinterprets what we or articles he quotes says?
There’s an old saying as to people who sort of simply ignore the reality around them ,are oblivious to rational discussion and and figuratively invent a world as they want it to be .
“He marches to his own drummer.”
That’s James in a nutshell.
Perceptions vs Reality?
I do NOT CARRY the water for Trump here…
THAT IS CORRECT…
I didn’t when he got elected…
I didn’t when he ran fir re-election…
And i don’t now…
Again?
Rudy was the second coming here
I said he was shit
I saw the SAME for Trump
You’ll see….
I have no problem waiting
Actually?
I am enjoying him screwing uo ‘his’ party
Nobody here supported Giuliani, let alone saw him as “the second coming here”. You just imagine things sometimes.
Bullshit Z!
Rudy was the fucking ‘hero’ of New York came from some here…
New Yorkers ‘love’ the giy?
From one that lived close…
He was and is NFG…..
Neither is Trump…
Who specifically?
We did say Rudy was popular countrywide after 9-11. And of course he was. And we said he would have been re-elected in NY. We provided data to prove it, but you argued that the data was meaningless. Everyone on the blog believes that Rudy is a joke today.
That is different than saying we liked him, or worse that he was the second coming. Sorry he are still confused.
Yea….
He WAS POPULAR with those who did NOT KNOW WTF he was and IS….
U guys know the Midwest….
I know NY…
He got turned down RIGHT AFTER 9/11
Bloomberg got the extra term he couldn’t
I rest my case😌
The pollsters know it better. After 9/11, Giuliani’s approval number among NYC voters was in the mid 80s.
And it was even higher nationwide.
James still doesn’t really comprehend what’s happened to the Republican Party.
Laughably, he really thought that with Trump defeated,Republicans would quickly abandon him and things would return to how they were before Trump took over(not that Republicans were a whole lot different then).
Essentially he’s in some time warp and wants things like they were fifty years ago .Theyre not,nor are they going to be.
So there he is latching onto Mitch McConnell ,a down in the trenches Right Wing Republican who daily tries to screw over Democrats, of which he claims to be one.
No he doesn’t and he gets stuck everyday in his contradictions. It’s sad really.
But consider this piece of news:
South Dakota AG Was Reading When He Hit Man
February 26, 2021 at 1:02 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 51 Comments
According to his cell phone records and police interview, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) was reading Joe Biden conspiracy theories at John Solomon’s Just The News website while driving when he slammed into a man and killed him.
Meanwhile, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports a state judge blocked Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from releasing additional documents and video in the investigation.
Is there a “what about” that can be used as a false equivalency on this one? Or will we have to go back to the late 60’s and talk about Ted Kennedy? Ravnsborg has been lying from the get go on this one and he is still in office.
Actually, when you think about it, this is all Joe Biden’s fault. Right?
Blame Burisma.
Good news. Carson Wentz traded to the Colts – and not the Bears!
Keep rolling with Mitch?
Trubisky had a better year in 2020 than 2019. I’m certainly not convinced he is the answer, but Wentz was horrendous in 2020 and he will explode the salary cap.
I don’t see much hope for a significant upgrade to QB in 2021.
What are your thoughts?
I am not as down on Trubisky as most, but the position as to get better.
Some of the other alternatives (besides DeShaun Watson of course, which is not going to happen) have question marks. Maybe David Carr or Jimmy G (from Arlington Heights)
Garapolo can’t stay healthy and his upside is limited.
Carr is decent, but He will cost a fortune to obtain.
I don’t see Watson happening either, but he is easily the best of the three.
Morning People….
Ron DeSantis is ordering flags in Florida to fly at half staff in “honor” of the dead doper.
Jesus our Republican governor here isn’t doing that and the doper cane from here.
REINCE PRIEBUS has been calling key GOP officials and operatives in Wisconsin the past week and signaling he’s seriously exploring a bid for governor of his home state in 2022, two sources with knowledge of the calls told Playbook. Priebus’ biggest selling point presumably would be the support of former President DONALD TRUMP — the two patched things up after Priebus was fired by the president back in 2017. Former Wisconsin GOP Lt. Gov. REBECCA KLEEFISCH is widely expected to run and is seen as a potential Republican front-runner, but Priebus would be formidable in a primary with Trump’s support. Incumbent Democratic Gov. TONY EVERS is likely to seek a second term…
More….
Morning…..
The ‘Donald’ continues his efforts to destroy the Grand ole Party….
More on this later….
For anyone interested St. Louis mayoral election held March 2 will be the first non-partisan one under a new “Approval voting” system passed by city voters last November.
In the March 2 initial election voters can pick as many of the four candidates on the ballot as they would like and the top 2 vote recipients will move forward to the April general election.
This replaces the previous system which included a party primary in March followed by a general election in April. As the city votes 80%+ Democratic the April general election was often overlooked as the real race was in the primary.
Although the race is non-partisan of the four candidates on the ballot 3 have previously been elected as Democrats (Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed, Alderman Cara Spencer and Treasurer Tishaura Jones) and one was the GOP nominee for mayor in 2017 (businessman Andrew Jones).
It will be interesting to see how it plays out. The city of St. Louis has not elected a Republican mayor since the late 1940s but now even suburban St. Louis County with a population of over 1 million is pretty heavily Democratic–not having elected a Republican County Executive since 1990.
Andrew Jones is a longshot but under the new non-partisan system he and others not involved with the Democratic Party will have a better chance of being elected mayor than ever before. And I think it’s a good thing.
Here’s more
https://ballotpedia.org/Mayoral_election_in_St._Louis,_Missouri_(March_2,_2021,_top-two_primary)
Morning everyone….
Wonderful!….
No Snow this coming week!
I prefer that method of electing
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise refuses to say Biden was the rightful winner of the 2020 election.
Scalise’s performance was a pretty pathetic performance, trying to triangulate or bridge the unbridgeable — and of course, convincing or converting no one.
Kevin McCarthy would probably (with his deer-in-headlights blank stare) have performed even worse.
In fact he DOES Scott….
Several times according to the Transcript …
JONATHAN KARL (ABC News): Let’s also be clear, the president, then-president Donald Trump did not denounce what happened on January 6th on January 6th.
But clear this up for me. Joe Biden won the election. He is the legitimate president of the United States. The election was not stolen, correct?
SCALISE: Look, Joe Biden’s the president. There were a few states that did not follow their state laws. That’s really the dispute that you’ve seen continue on.
And, look, if you’re Joe Biden, you probably want to keep talking about impeachment and anything other than the fact that he’s killed millions of American energy jobs, that he continues to — they just signed the Paris Accord. It’s going to kill manufacturing jobs in America.
But at the end of the day, when you look at where we are in this country, either we’re going to address the problems that happened with the election that people are still — millions of people are still concerned about — the Constitution says state legislatures set the rules for elections. That didn’t happen in a few states. And so, going forward — look, Joe Biden’s the president. But does he…
(CROSSTALK)
KARL: I mean…
SCALISE: … towards what people are angry about?
KARL: But — but, Congressman, I know Joe Biden’s the president. He lives at the White House. I asked you, is he the legitimate president of the United States, and do you concede that this election was not stolen?
Very simple question. Please just answer it.
SCALISE: Look, once — once the — once the electors are counted, yes, he’s the legitimate president. But if you’re going to ignore the fact that there were states that did not follow their own state legislatively set laws, that’s the issue at heart, that millions of people still are not happy with and don’t want to see happen again.
You know, look, we — you can rehash the election from 2020 all day long, but there are people concerned about what the next election is going to look like. Are we going to finally get back to the way the rule of law works?
And I think that’s the biggest frustration many people have, is those states that didn’t follow the law, are they going to keep doing that in the future, or are we going to finally get back to what the Constitution calls out for electing our leaders?
KARL: All right. Congressman Steve Scalise, thank you for joining us on this “This Week.” Appreciate it.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-21-21-jen-psaki-rep-steve/story?id=76029161
I want back and bolded the comments THREE TIMES the knucklehead admits Joe Biden IS the President of the United States of America….
He add’s bull shit each time but as Karl’s leads bring out…
Biden IS IN the White House….
He’s the guy with the nuclear football…
And he’s the guy they salute when he gets on Air Force One…
PERIOD...
It’s not just Steve Scalise’s words as seen on a written transcript, James; it’s the way that he could barely let out the true statements in a reluctant mumble, while immediately following them with a much longer and louder qualification.
Look at and listen to the relevant video at the same site:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-21-21-jen-psaki-rep-steve/story?id=76029161
Ok DSD….
But on the record?
The guy DOES acknowledge THREE TIMES.…
Like I said….
The bull shit after wards does NOT take away his words….
The ALL twists like pretzels to give themselves wiggle room…
Again…
They KNOW….
They just are scared….
And seek to find a way between both worlds of the party and and ego manic Trump
DSD?
EVERY lawmaker in Congress KNOWS who the President IS….
Only in the media’s eyes are these comical attempted to get this grown people own up to this in front of a camera so they can get a beat down by Trump and his brain washed supporters……
Several GOPer’s have done just that….
Said the reality…
They get censured…
They go one….
Cheney still has her spots…
So does Collins, McConnell and Romney…
Greene does NOT….
This how brain washed the Trump supporters ARE…
But again?
The numbers ARE dropping…
Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
USA Today/Suffolk poll of Trump voters
58% believe the lie that Jan 6 insurrection was “mostly an antifa-inspired attack that only involved a few Trump supporters.”
28% say it was “a rally of Trump supporters, some of whom attacked the Capitol.”
Alpha
@AlphaMoneyMan
Replying to
@atlfanmike
and
@jaketapper
Conspiracy theories and fear tactics didn’t just start in the GOP; Trump just took it to another level. And he’ll continue to milk it cos it works.
Republican support for Trump is still overwhelming as everyone here knows and your laughable attempts to “prove” otherwise notwithstanding.
Yeah and they also know who the Republicans are.
That’s why they’re still with Trump.
Morning People….
See DSD James doesn’t see the “grays.”
He doesn’t understand that people can be more than one thing.To him everything is black and white.
haha!
While Dick Durbin was presiding over the Merrick Garland AG hearings today, Michael Madigan (as he has now seemingly completed the process of resigning from everything), without prior warning, stepped down as the Chairman of the Illinois DP.
Durbin wanted the post of Chairman, which he is said to have coveted for a long time, but it was quickly established today from within the powers that be that he was not going to be among those considered.
Even though Madigan has now resigned as State House Speaker, State Rep, and Chairman of the Party, he is almost certain to remain as the 13th Ward Party Committeeman.
In that capacity, Madigan arranged yesterday for an unheard of 26 year old patronage worker to take over the State Rep seat.
In a semi-related story, this is supposed to be the last week on the job for the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois who is investigating Madigan and others. Durbin and Duckworth have called on Biden to not fire him considering the circumstances, so we will have to see what happens.
It is hard to believe that Biden would find it reasonable to buck Durbin on this request. If he does, it will certainly be a huge talking point for Republicans in Illinois moving forward.
We’ll see CG….
But the old protocol WAS to talk to the US Senator’s of the state involved…
Yes, tradition would clearly be that Biden defer to Durbin on this, with Durbin being the senior Senator from the state who is of the President’s own party.
Who might be in Biden’s ear telling him to fire John Lausch in Chicago?
Morning All….
Breaking
Tiger Woods hurt in a California car accident…
Leg and other injuries …
Shelby Grad
Law enforcement sources tell @lacrimes that Tiger Woods was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle before crossing the center divider. he had to be extracated through the windshield.
More to come…
Visack confirmed
McConnell will vote for Garland
Only 7 Senators voted against Vilsack and Bernie Sanders was one of them.
There was no reason not to confirm Vilsack Constitutionally, but really, someone who was already Agriculture Secretary for a full 8 years, is being brought back to the same job? That seems wrong.
UN Amb Linda Thomas Greenfield confirmed…
Update
Woods injuries not life threatening police report…
The SUV left the roadway and flipped before coming to rest
Woods had to be cut out of the SUV…
Tiger Woods has been injured in a serious car crash.
Update:
John Lausch to remain as U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, for the time being.
If BOTH Dem Senators approve there should have been no issue with the US Attorney choice…
Morning people….
Wisconsin Trump Republican Sen.Rn Johnson is a full blown kook.
Johnson is up for re-election in two years. At this point, I would have to say he is favored to win again, but it is not a sure thing.
Not only is he a kook, his intelligence and knowledge are well below the already low level of the Stupid Party.
Sen. Jim Lankford (R-Okla) looks like an inspired learnèd genius when compared to Johnson.
Of course, there’s always Tommy Tuberville (R-Alab.)
I just looked it up. I didn’t realize Langford had a MA in Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Seminary. I have heard Lankford speak intelligently before. Not always though.
Johnson in the past 6 months seems to be losing his sense of reality. Tuberville is hopeless.
I am guessing he meant Jim Inhofe of OK and not James Lankford of OK.
CG’s right: I was thinking of James Lankford only because I’d forgotten James Inhofe (R-Okla), who’s at the same level as Ron Johnson if not indeed a bit lower, (as well as being less articulate).
James Lankford, given his position on the political spectrum, actually seems reasonably thoughtful and open to bipartisan accommodation.
Fun (?) fact: Every Democratic Vice President since 1940 has sought the Presidency, although a couple withdrew before the first ballot and one ran on another ticket:
John Garner, H. Wallace, Truman, Alben Barkley, LBJ, Humphrey, Mondale, Gore, Biden
(Before that, you only have Jefferson, Van Buren and John Breckinridge)
That’s true for only about half the Republican Vice Presidents since 1900:
T.R., Coolidge, Nixon, Ford, Geo. H.W. Bush, and arguably Quayle,
but not
Chas. Fairbanks, James Sherman (died Oct. 1912), Chas G Dawes, Chas Curtis, Agnew, Rockefeller, Cheney or (so far) Pence.
(and no GOP VP’s before 1900, only one Whig – Fillmore – and only one Federalist — John Adams).
I think Biden joins Richard Nixon as the only two VPs to leave office and then come back and win the presidency .
I think you’re right, Jack, although Walter Mondale did try to return after leaving (in fact losing) the Vice Presidency.
Only four other VP’s have become President without succeeding mid-term, and they all did it right at the end of their vice-presidential terms: John Adams (1796), Jefferson (1800), Van Buren (1836) and GHW Bush (1988). They all tried for a second term as President, but all except Jefferson were unseated.
Nine other Vice Presidents first became President when their predecessors died or resigned mid-term:
John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, T.R., Coolidge, LBJ and Ford.
Tyler, Andrew Johnson & Arthur could not win a major or minor party nomination, but the other six did.
Forgot Harry Truman (as a mid-term successor).
No doubt he will give me hell, since the buck stops here.
Sure DOES DSD…..
‘Get used to me’: Defiant Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pushes back at lawmakers at tense hearing on mail delays
Matthew Brown
USA TODAY
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy acknowledged failures in the delivery of holiday mail in an appearance Wednesday on Capitol Hill but blamed the delays on the coronavirus pandemic and what he said were long-festering problems within the U.S. Postal Service.
DeJoy, a longtime Republican donor and ally of former President Donald Trump, stirred outrage shortly after he was named postmaster general in May 2020 by ordering the removal of mail-sorting machines in postal facilities, cutting overtime for mail carriers and making other controversial changes.
While Democrats questioned him at the hearing of the House Oversight Committee, DeJoy remained defiant, telling Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., that he would oversee the Postal Service for “a long time. Get used to me.”
Lawmakers have expressed alarm over slow deliveries of prescription medicines and other items for veterans, seniors and other Americans who rely on the mail service as a lifeline.
Tempers flared at the hearing, where DeJoy was asked about the downsizing of some postal operations and other cuts that may affect postal workers’ benefits and salaries.
DeJoy also was questioned about the service’s operations during the 2020 elections and ongoing deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic….
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/24/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-testifies-mail-delays-tempers-flare/4572895001/
DeJoy’s days of federal employment are numbered….
GameStop stock rallying again….
The bears resigned RB Ryan Nall. This past year, he had 3 carries for 0 yards. Glad to see the Bears are signing the most important players. Super Bowl here we come.
3 touches for ZERO Yards????
And they were paying the guy????
“In 2020 he was on the active roster all season long, and in 16 games he had 8 catches for 67 yards, and his first career touchdown, he also had 3 rushes for 0 yards, and he added 4 tackles in the third phase. He played on 65% of their special teams snaps, but just 6% of the snaps on offense.”
I have an email from Donald Trump Jr. “personally asking” me for $12.
Ha, ha, ha….
His ‘Defense Fund”?
Quitting the GOP 20 years ago and thus not getting emails like that?
Priceless!
I’m NOT gonna even make a post about the House ‘Equality Act’ Bill….
It has NO Chance in the US Senate….
The House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, a sweeping civil rights bill that expands protections in education, housing, employment and more to LGBT people.
The bill would also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in credit, jury service and public accommodations.
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) reintroduced the legislation, which passed the House in 2019 but never moved in the Senate. The bill, which passed the House on Thursday by a vote of 224-206, faces an uphill battle in the upper chamber, where GOP support is needed to reach the 60-vote threshold….
More…
David Cicilline used to be my Congressman until I moved across Providence into Jim Langevin’s 2nd District.
You can tell by the internal disharmonies and inconsistencies that the following National Review editorial about the Equality Act was some kind of unstable compromise; some points seem at least arguable while other points would only persuade those already-convinced of rigid dogmas.
Against the Equality Act
By The Editors
February 25, 2021 2:33 PM
The Equality Act, which passed the House in 2019 then stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate, is set to pass in the House today. It is a misnomer and a travesty.
The bill would add to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of “sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity,” each of which is categorically distinct from one another and each of which is, more to the point, radically different in origin, nature, and prevalence to the historic problem of racism in the United States.
The Equality Act would redefine sex to include “gender identity,” thus forcing every federally funded entity — most notably schools and colleges — to treat males who declare transgender status as if they were females. It would stamp out religious exemptions by regulating religious nonprofits and even goes so far as to block the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from applying to its provisions. And it would, as National Review’s John McCormack has explained, greatly expand “the number of businesses that count as ‘public accommodations’ under the Civil Rights Act.”
It is neither proportionate nor desirable to use the full weight of the federal government against every injustice, real or imagined. But the bill’s drafters are transparently exploiting the association with a historic bill fighting racial discrimination in order to smuggle in false equivalences and unsupportable claims.
For instance, the bill states that “transgender people have half the homeownership rate of non-transgender people and about 1 in 5 transgender people experience homelessness.” This is alarming, certainly, but what proof is there that the predominant cause for this is discrimination? Psychiatrists and psychologists in the field of gender dysphoria have long observed that, even in instances of social acceptance, mental health co-morbidities are high among this population.
Moral platitudes are similarly deployed to smooth over the bill’s shortcomings. President Biden — whose administration endorsed the Equality Act, and who promised during his campaign to sign it into law within 100 days of office — says that “every person should be treated with dignity and respect.” And who could object? Actually, many people could when “dignity and respect” are hijacked to include a legal requirement to treat men as though they are women in various contexts that would grossly disadvantage females….
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/against-the-equality-act/
I’m kind of surprised Providence is split between two congressional districts.
It will soon be one.
But do you get to have Congressman if you aren’t a citizen?
Splitting Providence is not logical, but some long-time Democratic gerrymandering since RI lost the 3rd Congressman she had between 1913 and 1933 (for all the rest of her history so far, it’s always been two, and thus four Electoral votes).
Providence now has about 1/6 of the state’s population (the proportion has been as high as one quarter), and Providence County, the northernmost 35% to 40% of the state’s 1,000 square miles, houses about half of the state’s population. So it would be logical to split two districts north and south somewhere parallel to Providence County’s southern boundary.
But that would mean the southern half would be far more likely to elect a Republican, at least from time to time. So while there’s little discernible difference in interest, demography or opinion between Cicilline’s northeastern half of Providence and Langevin’s southwestern half, the two parts each serve as Democratic ballast against less-Democratic rural and suburban voters outside metropolitan Providence.
For a few years before 1991, both RI Representative in Congress were Republican, but Claudine Schneider was persuaded (or tempted) to run unsuccessfully for Senator in 1990 against Claiborne Pell while Ron Machtley (an Annapolis grad who is now president of Bryant University) was the unsuccessful establishment candidate for Governor in 1994 (losing the GOP primary to Lincoln Almond). Machtley’s then-open seat in Congress was won by Patrick Kennedy (D). That’s the last time, ironically just before the Gingrich Wave of 1994-5, that Rhode Island had a Republican in Congress.
Only three Republicans voted for this bill and two of them are exploring a run for Governor of New York.
Really, only three and the debate was so Mike Pence and the wedding cake.
MTG and Trump run the Republican Party. Mitch is along for the ride.
Just like Gay marriage,this will pass in a few years.amd all those bad mouthing it will be making up all sorts of slimy excuses for their actions in 2021.
Don’t tell James that.
Mitch has become his favorite Republican.
He believes all those speeches by Mitch means a damn thing.
He, he, he….
As Reagan would say Jack?
‘There U go again…..”
I rooting for Mitch to help keep the GOP opposition going you can bet on it!
I have NO problem admitting THAT…
U should be also….
Oh, Morning All!
‘The Daily Show’ Reminds Kayleigh McEnany Of Her Woefully ‘Bad COVID Prediction’
Bill Bradley·Entertainment Editor, HuffPost
Thu, February 25, 2021, 2:00 PM·1 min read
If anyone’s not a fan of #ThrowbackThursday, it’s probably former members of the Trump administration.
On Feb. 25, 2020, before becoming White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Fox Business apparently making a bold prediction about the country under the watch of Donald Trump’s White House.
“We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here. We will not see terrorism come here, and isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama,” she said.
Of course, that statement aged worse than milk, and one year later, Trevor Noah’s Comedy Central show is reminding McEnany of that.
In a video shared on Twitter, “The Daily Show” resurfaced McEnany’s prediction, juxtaposing it with news of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now surpassing 500,000 and, of course, the deadly pro-Trump attack at the U.S. Capitol in January.
With the added clips, the video illustrates just how devastatingly terrible that statement actually was.
Oh, and the “awful presidency” of Barack Obama? There’s a clip to perfectly suit that notion too:..
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/the-daily-show-reminds-kayleigh-mcenany-of-her-woefully-bad-covid-prediction-190059153.html
The fact, which james struggles with, is that Giuliani left office as Mayor of NYC, as one of the most popular officeholders to ever leave office (far different than Trump) and was considered a national political hero and one of the most popular people in America. Had he by law been allowed to seek a third term, he would have won very easily.
But January 2002 was a long time ago now and certainly most people who admired Giuliani at the time may have a very different opinion of him.
A LOT of New Yorkers NEVER liked the Mayor…
At the end of his term, it was a very small number statistically.
Oh God not this Giuliani shit again.
Yea Scott….
But I’m done with it for tonight…