Bruddah IZ
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Trump says election rigged, democrats scoff. Trump wins election, Democrats say election rigged even after a 2 year investigation says it wasn’t.
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Hüsker Dü
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Trump did know something most didn't, he had outside help. I guess we'll never know if he could have done it on his own.
Bruddah IZ
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You people are dumb. Of course he had help!! How could you not see that!!?
Hüsker Dü
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How many votes did it garner?
Sheriff Joe
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DNC is requiring each 2020 presidential debate to have at least one woman moderator. Is it enough?
Jun 01, 2019 10:27am PDT by Marissa Higgins, Daily Kos Staff
Another election cycle, another swing of televised debates. One positive change? The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will now require that each 2020 Democratic presidential debate will include at least one moderator who is a woman, as first reported to Refinery29.
It appears that this is the first time this policy has been enacted.
“The DNC is committed to an inclusive and fair debate process," Mary Beth Cahill, a DNC senior adviser, told Refinery29. "That means that all 12 DNC sanctioned debates will feature a diverse group of moderators and panelists including women and people of color, ensuring that the conversations reflect the concerns of all Americans."
Interesting. Before we dig into what could (and couldn’t) work well about this approach, let’s review the DNC debate setup.
The first major debate will be held on June 26 and 27 (yes, it’s split between two nights) and will be hosted by NBC, with partnerships with Telemundo and MSNBC. In July, we’ll have the second debate, split again over two nights, on July 30 and 31. That one will be hosted by CNN. Lastly, the third debates will be held on September 12, with ABC News and Univision hosting it.
Phew! OK. So how does this impact our enormous number of candidates running for the nomination?
To qualify for the first and second debates, there’s a slightly lower bar than to qualify for the third. 20 candidates can participate in the first two debates. They have to register 1% (or more) support in three polls or receive donations from a minimum of 65,000 individual donors and a minimum of 200 unique donors per state.
For the third debate, candidates will need to do two things. First, they’ll need 2% or more support in four polls, and in addition, also have 130,000 unique donors and a minimum of 400 unique donors in a minimum of 20 states.
Back to the women moderators. Is it important? Yes. Is it enough? Debatable. On the bigger picture, which the DNC decision may be speaking to, women candidates, frankly, don’t get enough media attention. Nor do subjects often described as “women’s issues,” like reproductive rights, family leave, or childcare affordability. The goal is likely that with at least one woman moderator, these subjects will be granted their due time in dialogue.
Though it’s tricky because when we have just one of any identity (one woman, one LGBTQ person, and so on), it places an unfair amount of weight on that person to “live up” or meet every expectation. It can also falsely imply that having one identity means you are qualified to speak on pertinent issues for all who share that identity. For example, will having a white woman moderator guarantee that serious issues like the rate of black women’s mortality in hospitals is brought up? The same question can be asked in terms of ableism, socioeconomic class, sexual orientation, and so on.
If you want to learn more about the women candidates running for the nomination, check out our coverage of Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Kirsten Gillibrand to get you started.
Sheriff Joe
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Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke ‘Big Idea’ to Give Illegal Aliens Blanket Citizenship
Justin Sullivan/Getty
MICHELLE MOONS2 Jun 2019Washington, DC33
2:15
Presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke proposed giving citizenship to large swaths of illegal aliens present in the United States Saturday at a MoveOn.org “Big Idea” event.
O’Rourke began by revisiting his failed 2018 Senate bid in Texas against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and thanking the MoveOn crowd for their support, saying they “fundamentally changed the nature of democracy” in Texas. He sold the idea that his campaign “unlocked” Texas’ 38 electoral college votes ahead of 2020. A documentary on O’Rourke’s 2018 campaign recently aired on HBO.
He then launched into his “big idea” for the crowd. “What if we said that we really wanted to ensure every immigrant who has come to this country of immigrants and asylum seekers and refugees was truly treated with the dignity and respect that they deserved and we did not try to mirror Republicans by saying ‘but first we’re gonna get tough on them, break up those families, deport them, internal enforcement, walls, none of that stuff.”
Justin Sullivan/Getty
MICHELLE MOONS2 Jun 2019Washington, DC33
2:15
Presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke proposed giving citizenship to large swaths of illegal aliens present in the United States Saturday at a MoveOn.org “Big Idea” event.
O’Rourke began by revisiting his failed 2018 Senate bid in Texas against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and thanking the MoveOn crowd for their support, saying they “fundamentally changed the nature of democracy” in Texas. He sold the idea that his campaign “unlocked” Texas’ 38 electoral college votes ahead of 2020. A documentary on O’Rourke’s 2018 campaign recently aired on HBO.
He then launched into his “big idea” for the crowd. “What if we said that we really wanted to ensure every immigrant who has come to this country of immigrants and asylum seekers and refugees was truly treated with the dignity and respect that they deserved and we did not try to mirror Republicans by saying ‘but first we’re gonna get tough on them, break up those families, deport them, internal enforcement, walls, none of that stuff.”
Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke ‘Big Idea’ to Give Illegal Aliens Blanket Citizenship
Justin Sullivan/Getty
MICHELLE MOONS2 Jun 2019Washington, DC33
2:15
Presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke proposed giving citizenship to large swaths of illegal aliens present in the United States Saturday at a MoveOn.org “Big Idea” event.
O’Rourke began by revisiting his failed 2018 Senate bid in Texas against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and thanking the MoveOn crowd for their support, saying they “fundamentally changed the nature of democracy” in Texas. He sold the idea that his campaign “unlocked” Texas’ 38 electoral college votes ahead of 2020. A documentary on O’Rourke’s 2018 campaign recently aired on HBO.
He then launched into his “big idea” for the crowd. “What if we said that we really wanted to ensure every immigrant who has come to this country of immigrants and asylum seekers and refugees was truly treated with the dignity and respect that they deserved and we did not try to mirror Republicans by saying ‘but first we’re gonna get tough on them, break up those families, deport them, internal enforcement, walls, none of that stuff.”
I missed the "Blanket citizenship" part of that.
Sheriff Joe
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Shocker.
Multi Sport
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You want some cheese because it sounds like you're whining...
Bruddah IZ
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3 million less than Hilz
"Outside" help from Democrats and others who had voted for Obama, but refused to vote for Hillary...
Thank those folks and the Democratic National Party for Trumps election....
Hüsker Dü
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Do you acknowledge the concerted effort on social media by foreign entities, much of which targeted select groups in an effort to suppress votes?
Bruddah IZ
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It was your shitty nominee.
Hüsker Dü
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Too bad you can't say what the problem was with her, just what you were told to believe no questions asked.
Hüsker Dü
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Quite representative of the nutter philosophy that you find attacks on America humorous, eh comrades?
Ha-ha.
Bruddah IZ
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Quite representative of the bozo philosophy that you find monetary policy attacks like QE on America non-existent, eh comrades?