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4139

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February 20, 2020

I believe last night's debate 'froze' the primary race

Bloomberg had been advancing, he stalled.
Warren shored up her support and donors.
Amy and mayor Pete didn’t have great nights. Bernie did well, Joe did okay.

But big shifts.

Looks like they will all make it to Super Tuesday

February 4, 2020

How many jokes/digs will Trump tell about the Iowa Disaster tonight?

I just got up and expected final results😡

Trump will joke about us running healthcare, rigging 2020, applying for FEMA aid...it’s not going to be fun tonight😡

Iowa’s incompetence has wiped impeachment off the front page.

December 20, 2019

DNC makes it harder to qualify for January debate [from cbs]

... Candidates must reach 5% in at least four polls, or 7% in two polls in the early-voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada. The polls need to have taken place between November 14 and January 10. The campaigns also must have 225,000 unique donors....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-debate-qualifications-dnc-makes-it-harder-for-2020-presidential-candidates-to-appear/#

December 3, 2019

So who will DU Harris supporters move to?

I don’t have a clue

Where is today’s standing:







July 24, 2019

NEW DETAILS: Police report disputes Georgia lawmaker's account of Publix incident

Witness: State Rep. Erica Thomas told Eric Sparkes, ‘Go back where you came from’

A witness to a heated grocery store encounter between state Rep. Erica Thomas and a man she accused of uttering racist comments told authorities she didn’t hear him make those remarks, according to a Cobb County police report.

A Publix employee told a Cobb County officer that she witnessed part of the conversation and heard Thomas “continuously tell Eric Sparkes to ‘Go back where you came from!’” but did not hear Sparkes utter those words to Thomas...
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/cobb-police-charges-will-filed-georgia-lawmaker-publix-dispute/fp9t5RJLXVSOTaMnVLmHEP/

Ugh!

May 17, 2019

Mueller's House testimony likely off until at least June

House Democrats are backing away from plans to hold a blockbuster hearing this month with Robert Mueller after talks stalled out with the special counsel and his representatives.

Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and a senior Democratic committee aide told POLITICO on Friday that there’s no Mueller hearing planned for next week, though that could also change at a moment’s notice if the special counsel said he’s ready to testify...

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/17/mueller-testimony-june-1331704

November 6, 2018

Virginia turnout? What was it like when you voted?

7:15am in fairfax city, no line, none 😐

November 5, 2017

Did 'bots' inflame online anger over controversial ad in Virginia governor's race?

Tnominee for Virginia governor, says it has evidence that automated social media accounts - or bots - were used to inflame online chatter about a controversial TV ad launched by a progressive group that's backing Northam.


That ad, which depicted a white Gillespie supporter in a pickup truck bedecked with a Confederate flag chasing children of different ethnicities, was sponsored by the Latino Victory Fund and ran for just two days last week on Spanish language stations...
https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-online-bots-virginia-governor-race-20171104-story,amp.html

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