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[FLEABttn]

Also that lady needs to chill, they're just phone calls.

Naw, it gets real tiring. The DCCC was calling me 3-6 times a day from September through February and would not stop (despite asking the person on the other end multiple times to take me off the list) until I called up the DCCC and told them to not contact me by phone anymore.

You can't even block these political on iPhone because they all come across as No Caller ID.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

I'm hoping they learned from this election that negative ads don't really work all that well.

What didn't work was the fact that the negative ads were only character based and Clinton didn't give anybody a proper reason to vote for her.

The fact that people who had negative impression of both Clinton and Trump choose Trump, the fact that people who had heard from both Clinton and Trump campaigns choose Trump shows that the Clinton campaign messaging was not well thought out. Maybe it tested good in focus groups.

 

[FyreWulff]

https://twitter.com/dcraiggordon/status/851071369374838784

So the IC pretty much took back the entire executive IC apparatus?

All I see is the rightwingos pretty much losing their shit over this

 

[Nelo Ice]

So was browsing pocket casts and apparently Bernie has a podcast.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/08/bernie-sanders-podcast/

 

[RastaMentality]

Harris County Democratic Party calls me like once a week to beg for money. I sadly have to hang up on them every time they call me cuz broke.

 

[whyamihere]

The DCCC calls me all the time, I just never pick up unless I feel like it. I don't get why it's a big deal unless you're really not used to it?

 

[kirblar]

The DCCC calls me all the time, I just never pick up unless I feel like it. I don't get why it's a big deal unless you're really not used to it?

This is infinitely more annoying if you're on a land line.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I don't know why people even answer their phones any more

I haven't answered my phone in years unless I explicitly recognize the number as a number I have either previously contacted or is in my contacts.

Everything else goes to voicemail.

 

[Box of Kittens]

I haven't answered my phone in years unless I explicitly recognize the number as a number I have either previously contacted or is in my contacts.

Everything else goes to voicemail.

Same here. I'll Google the number afterward just in case it's someone I might want to talk to, but that usually just confirms that I don't want to talk to them.

 

[whyamihere]

This is infinitely more annoying if you're on a land line.

What's that

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

What's that

Oil pipeline

 

[Beer Monkey]

Russian hacker arrested in Spain.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-russia-idUSKBN17B0O2

 

[Barzul]

The DCCC calls me all the time, I just never pick up unless I feel like it. I don't get why it's a big deal unless you're really not used to it?

Yeah this too. They're fucking persistent. I once got called 2 hours between even though I donated in the first call. I felt bad for the lady at the end because I as just like nope not donating again today. I've mostly learned to ignore No Caller ID or Unknown calls unless I feel like donating, because it's always the DCCC at the end of those calls.

 

[whyamihere]

Guys Louise Mensch is a cuckoo.

 

[pigeon]

I need Ossoff to win in the first runoff so that I can send out my post dragging ActBlue for unethical gray marketing practices. Don't want to yell at them until after the vote.

 

[tuxfool]

Guys Louise Mensch is a cuckoo.

Is this a surprise?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I desperately want someone to ask Kuninich if jet fuel can melt steel beams.

https://mobile.twitter.com/yashar/status/851227289023131648

Fucking loser should get punched in the dick.

 

[Diablos]

I'm hoping they learned from this election that negative ads don't really work all that well.

They do but not exclusively. Trump deserved his negative ads and they would have been more effective if they weren't basically the only kind of ad run against him.

 

[RustyNails]

Trump can't go a week without fucking up and you're worried about a bump in tracking polls?

Trump has the advantage of having low expectations. As long he's not exploding, people still give him the benefit of the doubt. It was true during the election and it's true now. I mean the motherfucker won after admitting sexual assault in a video. The bounce from 35-36% is real.

 

[superdeluxe]

Going to a town forum with Denny Heck (Democrat on House Intel committee) with the specific agenda Russia.

I have some ideas on questions, just wondering if you guys have anything specific

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Going to a town forum with Denny Heck (Democrat on House Intel committee) with the specific agenda Russia.

I have some ideas on questions, just wondering if you guys have anything specific

I mean, maybe ask something about how Russia is maybe funding the Taliban?

It's our two biggest enemies working together but no one in America cares so it's good to bring it up.

 

[jvalioli]

Going to a town forum with Denny Heck (Democrat on House Intel committee) with the specific agenda Russia.

I have some ideas on questions, just wondering if you guys have anything specific

Ask about or request a public hearing schedule if you're able.

 

[kirblar]

The "PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING PROGRESSIVE ICON TULSI GABBARD BECAUSE SHES ANTI-INTERVENTIONIST AND CHALLENGING THE ESTABLISHMENT" narrative has begun, unfortunately.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Everyone play along

 

[Tall4Life]

Everyone play along

this man doesn't seem like one of us, show me the birth certificate

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Everyone play along

I'm not sure which part of this is funnier, the name or the fact that he has my dad's mustache

 

[Marvie_3]

Everyone play along

He has my vote.

 

[Mizerman]

Everyone play along

Hmm...never heard of this guy before. Seems interesting.

 

[Sibylus]

He has my vote.

He has all 17 of mine, plus whatever extended family members I can dig up.

 

[whyamihere]

Man, everyone's expectations for Kansas are waaaay too high.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Man, everyone's expectations for Kansas are waaaay too high.

Thanks to Sam Brownback people there are not happy with Republicans at all.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Thanks to Sam Brownback people there are not happy with Republicans at all.

The cleanup part is a Dems responsibility, and when people complain on his fix-up efforts (and Repubs will find every little thing to criticize), Repubs will be back in the seat again.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Man, everyone's expectations for Kansas are waaaay too high.

We're going to win all four congressional seats next November and the governor's mansion

 

[Marvie_3]

The cleanup part is a Dems responsibility, and when people complain on his fix-up efforts (and Repubs will find every little thing to criticize), Repubs will be back in the seat again.

This. They never learn.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

Yeah we're not winning Kansas; it's one of those states where Democrats are considered illegitimate by default (where we might as well change the party's name to Baby Killing Party or something).

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Yeah we're not winning Kansas; it's one of those states where Democrats are considered illegitimate by default (where we might as well change the party's name to Baby Killing Party or something).

In 2002 and 2006 we won the governorship there with a staunchly pro choice liberal woman.

We're going to win all four congressional seats next November and the governor's mansion

We'll pick it up in 2020 and get the Senate seat too.

 

[whyamihere]

The 2006 Kansas Governor map is weird.

Also the same year this happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Boyda

 

[StormBrute]

Reading the full text of the constitution for my law class, I was surprised to see Article V specifically says you can't reduce the number of senators a state has with a constitutional amendment without the state's consent. Interesting stuff in here.

 

[superdeluxe]

I mean, maybe ask something about how Russia is maybe funding the Taliban?

It's our two biggest enemies working together but no one in America cares so it's good to bring it up.

noted. I want to say a top US general alluded to the fact that Russia was supporting the taliban in someway..but didn't say they were arming them.

 

[FyreWulff]

Reading the full text of the constitution for my law class, I was surprised to see Article V specifically says you can't reduce the number of senators a state has with a constitutional amendment without the state's consent. Interesting stuff in here.

When you actually go through and read it you can spot a lot of places where they were trying to placate the existing governors of states who were basically de-facto kings of their kingdoms at the time, so throw stuff in to placate their fears about the other states being tempeted to coalition against others.

 

[superdeluxe]

Ask about or request a public hearing schedule if you're able.

Noted. I will ask that if I have a chance!

 

[Holmes]

The 2006 Kansas Governor map is weird.

Also the same year this happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Boyda

Infighting between conservative (in the west) and moderate (in the east) Republicans gave Sebelius an easy shot at re-election and even let Boyda rent the seat for two years. They got their shit together by 2008, and by 2010 the conservatives/tea party took over, but now we're back to where we were. Maybe it's a cycle.

 

[Aaron Strife]

In 2002 and 2006 we won the governorship there with a staunchly pro choice liberal woman.

We'll pick it up in 2020 and get the Senate seat too.

Stormin' Greg Orman is on the upswing, baby.

 

[The Chosen One]

Morning Joe is hilarious this morning. Scars is carrying water HARD for Jared Kushner this morning.

Rumor has it that Scars and Kushner are text buddies lately. Every time Scars says, "my reporting tells me..." it basically means, "Kushner told me to say..."

 

[A Serious Man]

Morning Joe is hilarious this morning. Scars is carrying water HARD for Jared Kushner this morning.

Rumor has it that Scars and Kushner are text buddies lately. Every time Scars says, "my reporting tells me..." it basically means, "Kushner told me to say..."

No joke. He's practically on his knees begging Trump to fire Bannon.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

No joke. He's practically on his knees begging Trump to fire Bannon.

Firing Bannon would be good for America, no matter what you think about Kushner.

 

[Barzul]

Firing Bannon would be good for America, no matter what you think about Kushner.

Yeah Trump is kinda simple minded and often seems to act on the word of the last person he spoke to. You want Bannon as far removed from his conversation chain as possible.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

So while nobody was looking, New York just passed a pretty liberal budget that I'm actually surprised passed

Includes free college tuition for residents, ride sharing, and not trying 16 and 17 year olds as adults.

 

[Team Alucard]

So while nobody was looking, New York just passed a pretty liberal budget that I'm actually surprised passed

Includes free college tuition for residents, ride sharing, and not trying 16 and 17 year olds as adults.

Doesn't the GOP control one of the two assemblies? How the hell did they get free college past that?

 

[CrazyDude]

Doesn't the GOP control one of the two assemblies? How the hell did they get free college past that?

N/V It passed. Republicans in NY are more moderate.