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Garage door company at 1 AM: “Dude, I don’t know how you got my home number, but I’m your accountant. Go to bed.”

Sure, the pandemic is killing 100s of thousands of Americans, but the real concern is the immigrants... So, I was laid off in May, hired by a different company in August. When filling out the I-9, there is apparently a requirement for in-person verification of the citizenship documents - drivers license, passport, etc.. But, because the whole in-person things means more people dying, the HHS provided a 60 day relief for the in-person requirement in March, and has renewed it 4 times. The last relief was in September, and it is now going to expire without any renewal. So, anyone who has been hired in the last 8 months, but didn't do the in person verification is required to schedule an in-person appointment to verify their documents. This, while the hospital capacity in my area is being overwhelmed. Fuck Trump, and fuck his shitty band of fucking racist assholes.

That is an excellent point. In their version of reality, it is a reasonable path forward. It really demonstrates the problem: BMX writes something on the internet, sounding somewhat authoritative and factual, with specific dates and the government organizations spelled correctly, and that's all it it takes to be credible. For many of these Trumpsters, there simply is no concept of what is realistic.

I think that was some expert trolling. But, as I have mentioned on other posts, it's really difficult to discern parody these days.

It really is stunning that over the last 28 years, the Republicans have only won the popular vote in an Presidential election once.

But Trump is a heavyweight.

Once again, I can tell the difference between sincere stupidity and a parody of stupidity. We need to get a "No Irony" emoji or something for the posts.

I was skimming the PA election code looking for something else and ran into where this is covered. You can challenge a mail-in ballot on the basis the voter died prior to election day and the ballot would get tossed. So, yeah, it is recognized as a legit possibility with a remedy already built in. Obviously AZ might be different, but I assume they also cover it. The other interesting thing I saw (in PA) was that every ballot you challenge, you pay a $10 deposit. If you win, or withdraw the challenge within six days of the election, you get it back. If you lose your challenge, you lose the money. How many votes is Trump down in PA?

Follow-up: it looks like 2100 ballots in Philly had ID issues as of yesterday. The SOS had tried to extend the deadline three days, so they would need to have been cured by today. The article does not mention if any had been cured on Tuesday or Wednesday, but those would have been tossed. link

Zero that had already been counted when Pa was called. This is not related to those delivered after Nov 3 and were ordered to be segregated. These are ballots that were sent in without proof of ID. If they don't have proof of ID, they aren't counted. But, for faulty ballots, there is a 6 day grace period where the voter can provide proof of id, which would allow them to be counted. The SOS must have extended that grace period, despite it being clearly written out in the statute. So, it would have affected the ability of anyone that hadn't cured their faulty ballots by Monday, but were planning on curing their ballots after Monday. In other words, not very many ballots. Keep in mind, Pa got called on Saturday.

If the Democrats can get enough Republicans to criticize the President, there is a decent chance Trump will attack Republicans, and his cultist dipshits will follow his lead. It's a long shot, but really the best shot of winning the Senate. But let's also talk about timing. The House isn't in session this week. They are next week. How long do you think it would take to get a subpoena issued? How long do you think a subpoena would take to play out in the courts? And are the Democrats going to just prosecute her, or are they going to go back and prosecute every Republican stooge who refused to answer a subpoena during the impeachment? Either way, it looks pretty fucking vindictive to start the "healing" process with a new administration.

I think the Democrats would rather try to force a split between the Republicans and the Trumpicans. Make Collins answer the question. Make every fucking Republican answer the question. You aren't really seeking a resolution of a wedge issue.

Trumpsters are so fucking stupid, it's difficult to discern whether this post sincere stupidity or just a parody of stupidity.

The last couple of years, I was involved with the Nebraska Dem Party and met a couple from rural Nebraska who identified themselves as being from the Bull Moose faction of the Democratic Party. If nothing else, I think it is better marketing. It is near impossible to get many rural Nebraskans to consider voting for a Democrat. The platform above could play in rural communities, but not if it has a "D" associated with it. (Note that the platform does not contain the word "abortion" in it.)

I do too. It is, of course, completely contrary to the Republican rationalization when they torpedoed the Voting Rights Act. It was all about the states having unfettered the power to run their elections without federal intrusion. So, if they now want to discuss federal oversight of elections, I think it should be placed in the overall context of a governing principle rather than just whining like bitches because their guy lost.

I wouldn't think the work was consistent enough for a small firm to specialize in it. Having a slug of work come through for a frantic 1-2 months ever two years would be hard to staff for. With a big firm, you could have a few specialists that lead and direct more generic resources when you need it.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was related to the stuttering issue. I wouldn't be surprised if it was related to getting older. But, that doesn't mean his cognitive abilities have declined. You can have speech issues without having reasoning issues. Hell, stuttering is a speech issue, but is not related to overall cognitive issues. I'm less concerned that he is speaking in a smooth, flowing manner than I would be if he was suddenly confused on where he was or what he was talking about. He has spoken numerous times, at great lengths, without significant issues on that. To use speech as a proxy for thought process is fucking idiotic.

I am hoping he goes two years + 1 day. That way we can have President Harris for ten years.

The FoxNews website is already referring to Biden as President-Elect and is bitching about who might be on his cabinet or what policies he might push. The closest thing they have to a headline mentioning Trump's lawsuits or refusal to concede is "Trump campaign demands transparency, accountability in vote audit push." They even have a headline attacking Biden's potential chief of staff for questioning election integrity in a "resurfaced tweet."

Fair is a value statement. The reality is that there were people without coverage. If they got sick, one of three things could happen: 1. The insurance companies took that risk. (Current system.) 2. The hospital took that risk. 3. The person took that risk. In reality, pre-ACA it was split between 2 and 3. You can make the case that the person who made the decision should bare the risk. But, as a society, we don't like to watch people die without treatment, just because they (or their parents) took a risk. I can see the logical argument for it. But I don't agree with it, because it's based on a value system I no longer subscribe to. I believe people should have access to health care. The previous system really sucked at that. The current system sucks slightly less. It's past time for universal coverage.

Hoover was robbed.

Insurance works poorly if you can just purchase it after you get sick. Prohibiting insurance companies from exempting pre-existing conditions means that someone could purchase a policy after getting a cancer diagnosis. The mandate was meant to compel more people to buy insurance to mtitigate that impact. By getting rid of the mandate, they are destabalizing the market. If people can't find policies, or if those policies are really expensive because insurance companies are pricing in pre-existing conditions, then the public will be frustrated with the ACA and support Republican efforts to repeal it. In other words, getting rid of the mandate is a way to torpedo the ACA, without saying you are trying to remove the popular pre-existing condition portion. Edit: Also, the mandate itself is unpopular. People don't like being forced to pay for things. So it is more politically expedient to attack this, knowing it will destabilize the market, than it is to attack the ACA head-on.

Regarding the timing of releasing the report, FoxBusiness had an interesting report. (No, really.) Monday was the pre-planned sale of stock for several of the Pfizer execs. The CEO sold $5.6M in stock that day, representing about 60% of his company stock holdings. Execs are only allowed to buy and sell their stock on a preplanned schedule, because that's the best way to avoid insider trading. So, instead of working their stock activity around an upcoming press release, they may have worked their press release around an upcoming stock activity.

Slorch, if you are equating Trump's scatter-shot, call 1-800-MORON for voter fraud, bullshit with the impeachment, just go fuck yourself. In case there is any confusion on the impeachment, Trump compromised our national interest and leveraged my tax dollars to get a foreign government to assist in his re-election effort. Worse than that, he engendered corruption in a nation that needs to overcome their corruption issue to reduce Russian influence. He sided with the fucking thugs who were murdering Ukrainian activists. He sided with them against the stated US foreign policy in the region. Many Republicans agreed with the facts of the case; that was their rationalization for not calling witnesses in the Senate. Just because impeachment was not politically obtainable does not mean it lacked merit. So fuck this right-wing bullshit gaslighting on it.

Better yet, tell that official to speak publicly. Force the White House to fire him. Quiet resignations are too subtle for 2020.