Maine Senate Passed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Bill.
Maine has 4 electoral votes which will bring the total to 209. When we get to 270, no more swing states / battleground states deciding elections. No more losers like Trump and George W. Bush taking office.
TFG & Republicans pose an existential threat to America bc the presidential election could be decided by the House. Dems need to win enough seats to take the HSE, but it'll be difficult given Rs' power structure in red & swing states.
"Hair-raising piece from M Tomasky, laying out the nightmare scenario in which Trump wins the election when it goes to the HSE, with concrete suggestions for Dems to do something about this right now."
Everything I promised: How to listen (or not listen) to legal pundits.
It's also about what is dangerous about the entire industry of punditry, speculation, and cable talk shows.
For years I was perplexed by what I was seeing on left-leaning Twitter, political blogs, and partisan reporting. I had the feeling that, in its way, what I was seeing was comparable to Fox: Lots of bad information and even unhinged conspiracy theories.
I know it's a long shot, but if Don the Con is convicted and/or #disqualified from ballots in a sufficient number of states to block any chance of an #ElectoralCollege win, how likely is it that we'll see his MAGA mob actively working to suppress #voterturnout under threats of violence? Is local law enforcement prepared to defend the voting process and election workers at the polls? This is going to be a long #election2024 season.
My thinking on what must happen to save democracy has evolved.
Fact: The United States has been a backsliding democracy for some time.
Fact: We are in an information disruption.
Because democracy requires facts and an educated population, the question is whether enough people will develop the media literacy needed in this new age of information quickly enough.
"And if we win in Michigan, we’ll be just 50 electoral votes away from National Popular Vote taking full effect – and fixing our broken Electoral College for good." #support#grassroots
#2024vote them out, that's the solution to the #MAGA shituation
AND get them disbarred like,
"Calhoun, 60, pushed past Capitol Police,
"Get ready to rise up and kill the Democratic communists before they do it to us,
"Calhoun was found guilty of felony obstruction an official proceeding of Congress and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison (The lawyer is appealing his criminal conviction)
#FlopsweatTrump might have broken Judge Tanya #Chutkan's gag order just 75 min after it was reinstated: #Trump attacked his former attorney general — and potential witness — Bill Barr on his failed social media site.
The gag order prohibits Trump from targeting witnesses. #legal 1/…
If you aspire to be a Very Serious Person (and whomst amongst us doesn't?) then you know why we can't have nice things. The American people won't stand for #CourtPacking, Congressional #TermLimits, the abolition of the #ElectoralCollege, or #CampaignFinanceLimits. Politics is the art of the possible, and these just aren't possible.
65% of Americans want to elect the pres by popular vote. Do you?
If you’re in one of these states, you can help make it happen by 2028: AZ, ME, MI, NV, NH, PA, VA, WI. Pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.