The Guerrilla Campaign

On this Electoral College day...I like to reflect on 'the serious answer'... 12-14-2020 https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214709776 'An anguished question from a Trump supporter: "Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?"   The serious answer: Here’s what we really think about Trump supporters - the rich, the poor, the malignant and the innocently well-meaning, the ones who think and the ones who don't...   That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought "Fine." That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, "Okay." That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, "No problem." That when he made up stories about seeing muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, "Not an iss...

How VP Harris Can Sideline Moscow Mitch  NOV 14, 2020 https://newsflector.com/how-vp-harris-can-sideline-moscow-mitch/ Even if the Democrats don’t win control of the Senate, there is a way to strip Mitch McConnell of his power for good: priority recognition. According to Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution, the Vice President is also the President of the Senate. The Majority Leader is not a position that exists anywhere in the Constitution. The reason that the Majority Leader has near-dictatorial powers to control floor votes  is because of a tradition that dates back to 1937.  The tradition is that the Vice President gives the floor leaders priority recognition. Most notably,  this is not a rule in the Senate. As President of the Senate, Vice President Harris could give any senator priority recognition. That senator could then decide on all legislation that is brought before the entire Senate. Even with a minority in the Senate, Vice Preside...