The Restore Democracy Plan

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Monday June 27, 2022 · 12:51 PM PDT

2022/06/27 · 12:51

If I were Biden/Schumer/Pelosi, I would immediately announce that the Democratic Party was the pro-Democracy Party and the remaining 6 months of certain unified Democratic control will be devoted to restoring Democracy.

The plan is simple:

1) Change the filibuster to a talking filibuster — 40 votes required to continue debate instead of 60 required to end debate.

2) Voting Rights.

3) Make DC a state.

4) Expand Supreme Court to 14 Justices.

5) Voting Rights.

6) Reapportion the House according to the Wyoming Rule.

And — NO RECESSES UNTIL ENACTED.

And — If Manchin/SInema won’t cooperate — promise that the fisrt 6 mohts of the new term will be devoted to the same plan — if Dems still have unified control.

Trump implies God killed 160,000 to test Trump

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Sunday August 23, 2020 · 9:27 AM PDT

2020/08/23 · 09:27

I don't post often, but I can't understand why this bit from Trump's speech in Minnesota didn't get more publicity. The only way I can interpret what he said is that he believes the out of control Covid situation in America is because God is testing him.

So, he says that since he wasn't humble enough, God is punishing him by tanking the economy, which we all know is a direct consequence of Covid. Thus God killed all those people to punish Trump.

From the transcript of Trump's speech --

We achieved together and what we’re doing together is nothing short of an economic miracle and now we’re doing it again. We did it, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world and now I have to do it again. You know what that is? That’s right, that’s God testing me. He said, “You know, you did it once,” and I said, “Did I do a great job, God? I’m the only one that could do it?” He said, “That you shouldn’t say. Now we’re going to have you do it again.” I said, “Okay, I agree. You got me.” But I did it once and now I’m doing it again and you see the kind of numbers that we’re putting up, they’re unbelievable.

You would think that such amazing hubris would be offensive to religious people of all faiths, but as usual, there are only crickets to be heard.

Trump's tweet about the attacks on Saudi Arabia requires immediate impeachment.

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Sunday September 15, 2019 · 9:11 PM PDT

2019/09/15 · 21:11

President Trump Tweeted:

Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!

This tweet clearly states that the President of the United States intends to take action based on orders from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in direct conflict with his oath of office. This is a true national emergency, and the Congress should respond by immediately introducing an impeachment resolution tomorrow morning. I have made my thoughts on this topic known to my Congressman, Jerry Nadler, who just happens to be the head of the Judiciary Committee. I hope everyone else on Daily Kos also contacts their representatives.

This cannot be allowed to continue!!

Hillary had to testify for 8 hours, why can't Mueller?

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Friday July 12, 2019 · 5:24 PM PDT

2019/07/12 · 17:24

This is a short posting. I just sent my congressman, Jerry Nadler, an email pointing out that Hillary was forced to testify for 8 hours in public about Benghazi. I can’t understand why Mueller shouldn’t testify for at least a similar time. I’m sure that there are enough open questions to fill the time.

We need the Democrats to stop F-ing around with these half measures and devote the appropriate level of resources to the critical issues raised by Mueller, as well as those not disclosed in his report.

For instance:

1) We have no idea which US Attorneys are supposed to be investigating the referred cases, so we can’t tell if these cases are really being investigated, or if Barr is sweeping them under the rug. At the very least, Mueller needs to tell us where these cases were referred, so Judiciary can get those US Attorneys on the record about if the cases are proceeding.

2) We need to understand why Donald Trump Jr wasn’t interviewed, did he indicate that he was going to assert his 5th amendment rights?

3) What is Mueller’s reaction to Michael Flynn’s apparent reversal from his cooperation agreement?

4) Did Mueller investigate any of the financial issues related to the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels? Did he obtain financial or tax records indicating that the Trump Organization deducted these payments as “legal expenses”?

Anyone with a representative on Judiciary should ask their representative to insist on a longer hearing with Mueller!

How do we know what Census Questions are being printed?

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Saturday July 06, 2019 · 4:41 PM PDT

2019/07/06 · 16:41

As far as I can tell, the only reporting on what questions are actually being printed is based on what the DOJ has said. I don’t think that’s adequate, as they have already been proven to have misrepresented both the reason for the citizenship question and the drop-dead date of June 30 for the printing to begin.

By relying on the DOJ’s representations, we assume that Wilbur Ross thinks following a court order supersedes any order he receives from President Trump. That doesn’t feel like a safe assumption to me.

We need one or more of the following to happen ASAP:

a) The plaintiffs in the Census citizenship cases subpoena the printers to get samples of the already printed census forms;

b) The House Oversight Committee calls the printers to testify about what is being printed;

c) The plaintiffs demand an order from the courts to the printers to the effect that no census forms may be printed containing a citizenship question

d) The media makes an effort to obtain confirmation from sources at the printer that the correct, no-citizenship forms are being printed.

Federal Courts need to order printers not to print citizenship question.

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Wednesday July 03, 2019 · 7:32 PM PDT

2019/07/03 · 19:32

Given how fluid the situation is with respect to the Citizenship Census Question, I think the lawyers for Maryland and New York need to be in court demanding an emergency order from the Court to the printers enjoining them from printing any census forms containing a citizenship question.

Hard to see how the DOJ could object, given that their stated position is that the forms are already being printed without such a question.

Trump "brand new Sherman tanks" at July 4 celebration.

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Monday July 01, 2019 · 7:07 PM PDT

2019/07/01 · 19:07

Just a quick note about how ignorant our Commander in Chief is of the US military. He apparently expects to display "brand new Sherman tanks" during the July 4th festivities in DC.

Sorry to disabuse you Mr President, but the last "brand new Sherman tank" was built about 2 months before you were conceived to your father, who somehow avoided serving in the war for which they were built.

They were also taken out of service in 1957, about 11 years before you fabricated bone spurs to avoid service during the Vietnam War.

Trump says they all do it, some enterprising reporter should try to find out.

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Wednesday June 12, 2019 · 7:47 PM PDT

2019/06/12 · 19:47

In today’s interview with George Stephanopolous, our President said:

But you go and talk honestly to congressmen, they all do it, they always have.

I think it would be great if some news organization tried to get every congress~~man~~(person) on the record for one simple question. Are you one of the congressmen who has accepted information on your competitors from foreign sources, as the President alleged in his interview yesterday?

I have no idea how to make this happen, but maybe someone out there knows a few reporters?

We can't wait for the courts to give Congress the unredacted Mueller Report....

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Saturday May 04, 2019 · 10:00 PM PDT

2019/05/04 · 22:00

I don’t think we can wait for a court battle between Congress and the Justice Department to get the most critical redacted details from the Mueller Report. I believe that the Democratic controlled House has all the powers necessary to fill in the missing details quite rapidly.

I propose the following strategy.

1) The House Judiciary Committee subpoena’s Special Counsel Mueller.

2) The Judiciary Committee gives Mueller immunity from prosecution for any and all disclosures of Grand Jury Material.

3) The Judiciary Committee questions Mueller about the gist of any redacted materials that Barr has identified as Grand Jury redactions.

This would result in a very rapid release of the redacted materials and would not depend on any Court calendars, stays, appeals, etc.

I believe that all of the above steps could be completed next week, and there is nothing that Barr could do to prevent the Judiciary Committee from getting the answers they need.

Nadler should really play hardball if Barr continues to Stonewall.

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Tuesday April 02, 2019 · 7:49 PM PDT

2019/04/02 · 19:49

If AG Barr continues to stonewall, then Nadler should bring out the big guns. He has the power to grant immunity from criminal prosecution, so he should subpoena Mueller, and grant him immunity for any Grand Jury testimony that Mueller needs to reveal in order to fully answer the questions of the Judiciary Committee. He should further subpoena and obtain under seal the names of the members of the Grand Jury, and bring them in to testify about the information they received, in order to confirm Mueller’s testimony. They should testify via video and audio from an undisclosed location, with appropriate masking of features and voice, and be identified as Grand Juror 1- Grand Juror X. Of course, Nadler would grant them immunity from prosecution as well.

I am not a lawyer, but I can’t find anything that prevents Nadler from the above, and it fully circumvents any Grand Jury secrecy laws.

I would be very interested to hear legal arguments why this strategy would be ineffective.

Let's help TRUMP keep his promises!!

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Sunday January 06, 2019 · 10:49 PM PST

2019/01/06 · 22:49

I think that we since Trump’s promises are so important to him, we should give him a bill that fulfills several of them at once. He says he needs $5.7 Billion for the wall, which he promised Mexico would pay for. He also promised to invest $1.5 trillion in infrastructure. So, I think we should combine both into a single bill.

AND he actually had a great idea of how to pay for this when he was running for President the first time in 1999 as a contender for the Reform Party nomination. At that time he suggested a wealth tax on all net worth over $10 million in order to pay down the National Debt. I would use that idea to cover the costs. I’m not sure exactly what the right rate would be, but I suspect that 5% of all net worth over $1 Billion would be more than enough.

So the bill would read something like:

“The President shall have discretion to spend up to $5.7 Billion for a barrier of his choice along the border betwen the United States and Mexico. The Departments of the Interior, the Department of Transportation, and the Army Corps of Engineers shall receive $1.5 Trillion to perform the most critical Infrastructure repairs throughout the United States. These funds will be collected through a tax to be administered by the Internal Revenue Service of 5% on all personal net worth or net worth held in trust for individual use in excess of $1Billion. Any funds collected in excess of the afore stated allocations shall be used to reduce the National Debt of the United States.

Concealment of net worth by any individual or trustee to evade this tax shall be punished with a fine of triple the tax evaded and a 15 year minimum prison term.”

Avenatti released new allegation against Kavanaugh

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Wednesday September 26, 2018 · 8:14 AM PDT

2018/09/26 · 08:14

Not much detail yet, but here’s what Bloomberg is reporting.

Attorney Michael Avenatti names Julie Swetnick of Washington D.C. as his client, and releases written declaration that describes new claims of sexual misconduct decades ago involving Brett Kavanaugh, Bloomberg News reports.

Swetnick in a signed statement says Kavanaugh and Mark Judge made efforts to cause girls "to become inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang raped’ in a side room or bedroom by a ‘train’ of numerous boys."

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