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New Hampshire's new Democratic-majority state legislature is voting today on electing NH's secretary of state. Dems could oust longtime SOS Bill Gardner, nominally a Dem, who is notorious for backing Republican voter suppression measures. Background here: dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
NH Dems may try to pass redistricting reform again after they overcame GOP gerrymandering to win majorities in 2018. But GOP Gov. Sununu could veto a statutory proposal, & Dems lack the 60% supermajorities for a constitutional amendment if all Rs voted no vnews.com/Newly-in-power…
New Hampshire's new Dem-majority Senate & House are voting in a joint session to elect the next secretary of state. Livestream here: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00288/Harmony/…
WOW: 208-207 plurality for Bill Gardner, 209 votes needed to win. A second ballot will take place for New Hampshire secretary of state
Supporters of Bill Gardner are trying to undermine past precedent of requiring a majority of ballots cast to determine the winner. They also seem to want to stop Colin Van Ostern from addressing legislators before the next second ballot #NHsos
BREAKING: Bad news for voting rights: New Hampshire Dems failed to oust longtime Dem Secretary of State Bill Gardner, who backed GOP voter suppression laws & eagerly served on Trump's bogus voter fraud commission. Gardner won with GOP & dissident Dem votes dailykos.com/story/2018/12/…
The final vote was 209 for Gardner & 205 for voting rights supporting Dem Colin Van Ostern
It's shameful that a big enough minority of New Hampshire Dems found this argument more persuasive than the facts that SOS Bill Gardner eagerly served on Trump's voter fraud witch hunt commission & backed GOP's efforts to stop college students from voting
Contrast this with the lame-duck power grabs that gerrymandered Republican legislatures are executing in Michigan, North Carolina, & Wisconsin. No, both parties are not the same
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I expect 5-4 rulings deciding that partisan gerrymandering can't be ruled unconstitutional at the federal level, thanks to Mitch McConnell stealing a Supreme Court seat & Trump putting an attempted rapist on the court
The US Supreme Court doing whatever it can get away with to protect GOP gerrymandering is why state supreme courts are so critical. PA's Dem-majority Supreme Court struck down GOP gerrymandering in 2018, & NC's Dem court could do so too by 2020. Here's how dailykos.com/story/2018/11/…
This is sadly a prerequisite for getting the Roberts Court to actually put limits on congressional gerrymandering—If they only see it as something Republicans do, then they'll never do anything to stop it. This is why we must pass House Dems' #HR1 to ban gerrymandering nationally
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[Thread] This week's Voting Rights Roundup newsletter: 2018 was a smashing win for North Carolina democracy, breaking the GOP's veto-proof legislative majorities & paving the way for the Dem-majority NC Supreme Court to strike down the GOP's gerrymanders dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
Florida voters delivered a huge blow against a remnant of Jim Crow by automatically restoring voting rights to up to 1.4 million people who have fully completed their felony sentences. FL had barred 1 in 10 adults from voting, including 1 in 5 black people dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
Michigan voters struck a critical blow against GOP gerrymandering by passing an independent redistricting commission. The GOP has won at least 1 legislative chamber despite losing the popular vote in 5 of the last 9 elections, including both chambers 2018 dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
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Awesome news for redistricting reform! The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear the GOP's appeal paves the way for more state supreme courts to use their state constitutional guarantees of the right to vote & "free elections" to ban gerrymandering like PA's Supreme Court did
North Carolina (Antia Earls) & Michigan (Sam Bagenstos & Megan Kavanagh) have key 2018 supreme court races where progressives can gain the power to use their state constitutions to constrain gerrymandering. State supreme courts are the future of anti-gerrymandering litigation
This is why North Carolina Republicans are plotting to pack the NC Supreme Court & flip it to GOP in December if Dem Anita Earls loses & their deceptive judicial gerrymandering amendment passes. Vote Earls & no on all 6 NC constitutional amendments #NCpol dailykos.com/story/2018/9/7…
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Today I voted “present” in the vote for Speaker of the House, consistent with my eight-year push for new Democratic leadership. Now that we are back in the majority, I did not vote for a rival candidate because there are none.
I am very excited about the new Democratic majority. Finally, the Republican monopoly on power in Washington is over. Now, one half of one of the three branches of government will be able to stand up to President Trump when he is wrong.
This is the way America’s 200-year-old two-party system of checks and balances is supposed to work: speaking truth to power and competing to help the average voter.
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One small subpoena, one big effect. <thread>

A key that may unlock Trump's direct involvement in Russian interference is a phone call between Don Jr and mystery blocked number in setting up Trump Tower meeting.

Now Dems hold subpoena power.

Recall this:
thehill.com/policy/nationa…
Analysis by @AndyMcCanse is a must read on how the House's new Democratic majority can now pursue different threads in Russia investigation.

(analysis includes subpoena for the phone records, larger items like Russia money laundering, and more)

justsecurity.org/61409/russia-i…
On alleged Trump-Russian money laundering links—now likely to take on a new focus in House investigations—it's a good time to (re)read @craigunger's recent book:

"House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia"
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With the midterms over and a return to divided government in January, a few thoughts on the implications for foreign policy and national security:
1. First the basics: the Pres retains extraordinary powers to manage foreign affairs, from conducting diplomacy with NKorea and trade negotiations with Japan, from requesting defense budgets and commanding military forces to setting the terms of relations with Russia and China.
2. Congress’ powers – of the purse, to authorize the use of force, to approve trade agreements and ambassadorial nominations, to impose sanctions and the like – often have an indirect effect on the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
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Hey #RhodeIsland #RI #RI01 #RI02
Register by October 7th to be able to vote in #Midterms2018 on NOVEMBER 6.
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Hey #CONNECTICUT
Here’s a THREAD all your Democratic Candidates #Midterms2018!
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VOTE NOVEMBER 6th!
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Defining “Socialist” isn’t hard. You just have to read their work & listen to their leaders

And what you’ll find is frightening

Worse yet, the Dem Socialists of America (DSA) actually has a good shot of gaining power if we don’t wake up & fight back

Let’s read their plan: 1/17
.@DemSocialists want to abolish capitalism and transfer ownership of “essential” industries / related businesses to the govt or worker committees.

Why?

“Wealth is a social creation and should be controlled by society as a whole.”

(bit.ly/2vfQ7E5)
DSA’ers are squishy when defining which industries they’d nationalize. But the list touches every possible business, from food to electronics

Workers would then vote on which role is best for them, similar to the disastrous experiment at Zappos in 2016. (bit.ly/2DKlGNd)
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