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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[barton]

Redward,  the projected budget deficit for next fiscal year just blew past the trillion mark.   But hey everything's hunky dory.

Well, When Pelosi and Company take over the House I’m sure they will address spending.
LOL

Dem plan had a lower deficit,  a fact that must now be irritating for you.  I hear talcum powder helps.   

[NeedsAdjustments]

Totally normal that Republicans would be running for reelection in Congress without mentioning their single biggest “accomplishment” in this Congressional term.

Not talking about Kavanaugh either...

Huh.  Thought that was supposed to be a big boost for them.

It is.
Without the pitiful circus created by the democrats over Kavanaugh there would be an actual chance at a Blue Wave.

As opposed to now, when there is no chance of a blue wave?

More Americans believe Ford over Kavanaugh.  Maybe you think most Americans agree with elected Republicans (and likely yourself) that even a proven sexual assault should not have been disqualifying.

As for that wave...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/02/us/politics/early-voting.html

In 18 states and Washington, D.C., advance vote counts have already surpassed those of the last midterm election.

Midterm elections tend to attract lower turnout than presidential contests; in 2016, more than 47 million votes were cast early, compared to 27 million in 2014. Yet this year’s advance vote count — which measures both absentee ballots and in-person early voting — has already exceeded the count from four years ago.

“We’re in uncharted territory with the size of this vote,” said Michael P. McDonald, an associate professor of political science at the University of Florida who tracks early voting. “In some states, it’s closer to the presidential election than to the 2014 midterm election.”

Thats got to be a good sign for Republicans, right?  All those voters turned out because of outrage over Democrats demanding an investigation into Kavanaugh and credible allegations of sexual assault after more Americans believe the accuser...

Tell you what, REDSTATEWARD.  Lets put a bookmark on this one, and discuss the evaporation of the Blue Wave until after the election, when said evaporation has been confirmed, ok?

[barton]

Totally normal that Republicans would be running for reelection in Congress without mentioning their single biggest “accomplishment” in this Congressional term.

Not talking about Kavanaugh either...

Huh.  Thought that was supposed to be a big boost for them.

It is.
Without the pitiful circus created by the democrats over Kavanaugh there would be an actual chance at a Blue Wave.

Those silly women getting their panties in a twist over a few boofs, miright?  As Needs suggested don't count your red chicks until they hatch.   

[FlyingVProd]

Ivanka Trump visited Kentucky. I like her, she should be president instead of her father. She is working to help to bring jobs to Kentucky, to harvest the potential of the people of Kentucky, instead of the people having to leave to find jobs elsewhere. 

Think tanks are great, and then the ideas need to be tied in with the money to make things happen. Ivanka can bring the programs and the money to Kentucky to match the money with their ideas.

It is great that they get this wonderful opportunity to help to shape their own lives, and the future of Kentucky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXY8e5HVH5o

Salute,

Tony V.

[Hamilton Samuels]

When you say,
Ivanna Trump visited Kentucky. I like her, she should be president instead of her father. She is working to help to bring jobs to Kentucky, to harvest the potential of the people of Kentucky, instead of the people having to leave to find jobs elsewhere
, just how is she "working to help bring jobs to Kentucky"?

Explain that one, Fly.

[josh]

Better question. Is it OK to be violent, primitive(dark age), and xenophobic and come to the USA? It is not a matter of race. Just no m13/ Jihadis please. It is difficult enough dealing with the right wing crazies.

How would you know about the difficulty vis-a-vis the right wing crazies? We aren't even trying to deal with them! Our Incendiary-in-Chief is busy encouraging them - including with his bogus rhetoric about the caravan and his sending more troops to the border weeks before the caravan will be there, in the hopes of getting more votes.

It's okay to be all your racist ("it's not a matter of race") crap and come to our border and apply for asylum, Luee. We'll turn them down as we have all the way along - nothing new there.

But remember that  3/4ths of the terrorism in the US borders is by right wing whites and that President Trump is putting tons more effort into villifying the folks in the caravan ("Invaders!") than he has in any given week of his administration toward the bigger problem.

So, you just keep playing along with him and giving lip service to the bigger problem.

Yes and the other acts of terror is by 1% of the population, bombathons, shootem-ups, and vehicular homicides. The two wrongs make a right argument? Bring in another million or four.

Make up numbers. It's so helpful.

Make up arguments. It gets you so far!

Luee, the point is not that "two wrongs make a right," but that by paying our attention to the smaller group while paying little or no attention to the larger group, we are both further inciting the larger group to do more harm and allowing them free rein to do as they wish.

Your focus is almost exclusively on the smaller group, only responding about the larger when it is pointed out to you - and at that, to merely say "but two wrongs..."

As for "another million or four," it has absolutely nothing to do with anything that is happening at the moment. A red herring.

[FlyingVProd]

My post is self explanatory, Mr Utley. It is all in there. They are working to bring programs to Kentucky to match the money with their ideas, and to create jobs in Kentucky so that the people do not need to leave to find jobs elsewhere.

I had family in Kentucky in the 1800s.

William Henry Wolff - My Great, Great Grandfather on my Mother's side.
Born 1857
Born in Carrolton, Kentucky
Died 1907
Died in Denver, Colorado

Salute,

Tony V.

[josh]

Redward,  the projected budget deficit for next fiscal year just blew past the trillion mark.   But hey everything's hunky dory.

Yes. The country is on a proper track after (almost) 2 Trump years.

Let's hope we see it after EIGHT - and the work is not cut short just because 65 million of you just don't think Donald is a nice man.
[/quote

You read "the projected budget deficit for next fiscal year just blew past the trillion mark" and your response is "the country is on a proper track?!"

[josh]

Redward,  the projected budget deficit for next fiscal year just blew past the trillion mark.   But hey everything's hunky dory.

Well, When Pelosi and Company take over the House I’m sure they will address spending.
LOL

No, the Dems suck at it, too.

But look at the last time the annual deficit declined, Redd. And the time before that. Look at how often it has happened during GOP administrations in the last 50 years vs. how often during Democratic administrations.

Then try to be honest with yourself.

For a change.

LOL!

We can be sure that when the Democrats take over that spending will suddenly become a problem for you again.

[luee]

---OPINION
Democrats take the immigration bait---

---To be clear, it's doubtful that this is a part of some long-term strategy that Trump intricately designed to troll Democrats into embracing radical immigration policies. (They had already embraced those positions before former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was nominated — recall that she and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both embraced a "zero deportation" position during the 2016 primaries.) But Trump knows how to read the room, and he's excelled in making the Left overreach. No matter how tonally questionable or factually wrong Trump's Bracamontes ad might be, it's a trap, and it's probably already worked.---

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-take-the-immigration-bait

[REDSTATEWARD]

Totally normal that Republicans would be running for reelection in Congress without mentioning their single biggest “accomplishment” in this Congressional term.

Not talking about Kavanaugh either...

Huh.  Thought that was supposed to be a big boost for them.

It is.
Without the pitiful circus created by the democrats over Kavanaugh there would be an actual chance at a Blue Wave.

As opposed to now, when there is no chance of a blue wave?

More Americans believe Ford over Kavanaugh.

And Hillary won the popular vote.  Our Constitional process put Trump in the White House and Kavanaugh on SCOTUS.

Maybe you think most Americans agree with elected Republicans (and likely yourself) that even a proven sexual assault should not have been disqualifying.

Unanswerable since there was no sexual assault.

In 18 states and Washington, D.C., advance vote counts have already surpassed those of the last midterm election.

Midterm elections tend to attract lower turnout than presidential contests; in 2016, more than 47 million votes were cast early, compared to 27 million in 2014. Yet this year’s advance vote count — which measures both absentee ballots and in-person early voting — has already exceeded the count from four years ago.

True for both parties.  Which is always good since more people are involved in the democratic process. Oh wait, isn’t your contention that Trump is destroying Democracy?
Just remember if the democrats win the House if they want to actually do something they need Trump to accomplish it. Since he is beholding to no one but himself he will be amenable to the best offers. I know for certain you won’t be conflated if that happens.

[josh]

From the CBO, on October 3rd, 2018:










The policies being examined are in the current GOP proposal.

[whiskeypriest]

---OPINION
Democrats take the immigration bait---

---To be clear, it's doubtful that this is a part of some long-term strategy that Trump intricately designed to troll Democrats into embracing radical immigration policies. (They had already embraced those positions before former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was nominated — recall that she and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both embraced a "zero deportation" position during the 2016 primaries.) But Trump knows how to read the room, and he's excelled in making the Left overreach. No matter how tonally questionable or factually wrong Trump's Bracamontes ad might be, it's a trap, and it's probably already worked.---

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-take-the-immigration-bait

Except that outside the bubble the examiner lives in the Democrats have been largely silent on the caravan. Using my competitive State for an example, the Democratic candidate for Senate has run ads touting protecting health care, working with vets and police, protecting health care, sensible border security, protecting health care and her own abilities. The Repuican candidate has run few positive ads, which basically have been she was the first female fighter pilot, the bizarre claim she will protect pre existing conditions.despite the fact that the last time it came up for a vote to erase those protection she famously told her colleagues."Let's just get this fucking done". Nothing from her on taxes or the economy. Instead most of her ads have been focused on Sinema protesting the.war in a pink tutu and calling Arizona's legislature "the meth lab of American politics."

Only mention of the economy or taxes has been in a couple PAC ads.

[barton]

"...the Meth lab of American politics."

Heh.   You all have an entertaining campaign circus out there in the desert.   

Florida,  too.

[facilitatorn]

The only people Ivanka is getting work for these days are criminal defense attornies. She is faker than her fraudulent father.

A Dem House can investigate, expose, and criminally refer all things republican without any help from the gross interloper or the minority in the chamber.

Because republicans are engaged in crime as their baseline reason for being there will be much more steak than sizzle in the scum and villainy unearthed.