Democrats Need To Stop Trying To Demonize Pelosi

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From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:

Nancy Pelosi has always been a good Democrat. She supports the liberal agenda. She is intelligent, knows the House rules better than anyone, and is not afraid to stand up to Donald Trump. She played a critical role in getting Obamacare passed. She is also the only woman in House Democratic leadership.

Those are facts.

I understand why the Republicans tried to demonize her in the 2018 election campaign. They didn’t have Hillary Clinton to attack anymore, and they needed a Democratic woman to attack to please their misogynistic base. Pelosi was the obvious choice.

But I do not understand why some Democrats (mostly my fellow progressives) want to also demonize her.

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She Seems Nice

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From tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors:

And now, for the inevitable non-apology:

“In a comment on Nov. 2, I referred to accepting an invitation to a speaking engagement. In referencing the one who invited me, I used an exaggerated expression of regard, and any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous,” Hyde-Smith said.

So you see, you haters are the REAL RACISTS for suggesting that the very white Republican from Mississippi, Cindy Hyde-Smith when joking about a lynching was being anything other than humorous.

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Recounts: Trump Warns Dangerous Precedent of Most Votes Winning

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From Andy Borowitz and the Borowitz Report:

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that those in favor of the recount had a “sick obsession with finding out which candidate got the most votes.”

“Democrats are going on and on about counting every last vote until they find out who got the most,” Trump said. “Since when does getting the most votes mean you win?”

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The President’s Veteran’s Day!

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From Max’s Dad:

77 years ago my father tried to join the Marines. They said nah. Flat feet or something. So he joined the Army and spent the “4 worst years of my life” trudging around Europe stopping Nazis and fascists from murdering innocents, oppressing freedom and just being assholes. He never ever spoke of it except if the story involved humor, like stealing Generals jeeps cuz they were tired, having Italian POW’s tell him that Mussolini, Hitler and FDR were all “son of a beeches” or becoming friends with a German kid named Rolfie who would warn them of approaching “Panzers” though they always turned out to be American tanks.

My point? There weren’t any fucking bone spurs or flat feet that kept my Dad from doing whatever part he was assigned in defeating evil.

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On Veterans Day, Unsung Heroes Are Productive Americans

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From libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara:

But America’s veterans are not the whole story. So, I’d like to use this Veterans Day post to acknowledge the unsung hero of America’s military prowess, the productive American citizen. No military as strong and as competent as America’s can exist in a vacuum. It requires something else – something indispensable – a great economy.

America’s economy, historically the most productive the world has ever seen, is the foundation that supports our military personnel.

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Acting Attorney General: Hacking the Appointments Clause

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From Cato Institute’s Julian Sanchez:

The elevation of Whitaker to the role of acting attorney general seems as precise an instance as one could imagine of the scenario the Framers hoped to deter. It is, after all, no secret why President Trump has been dissatisfied with Sessions: He has frequently made clear that he was infuriated by Sessions’ recusal (quite clearly required by DOJ rules) from overseeing the investigation into Russian election tampering—which has already seen legal penalties imposed on several of the president’s allies—and his insufficient enthusiasm for pursuing the president’s political adversaries. Whitaker, formerly Sessions’ chief of staff, seems certain to be more accommodating.

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It’s Trump’s Party and He’ll Cry if He Wants To

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From Joe Hagstrom at MadMikesAmerica:

The picture of the mean bully President Macron of France and the equally mean, ball busting bully, Mrs. Merkel of Germany whispering nasties about President Trump as he looked on in dismay and sadness made me want to cry. How dare they disrespect as fine a man as our President. A man who has done nothing but shower them with kindness and encouragement.

The nasty bully Macron even made a speech deriding my President’s patriotic nationalism. I guess that’s what he was doing anyway. He was probably saying it in French which is a further insult after all Trump has done for France what with clapping enthusiastically at their military parade.

It was heartening to see President Putin show up at an event. The happiness was aglow all over Trump’s face when he saw his friend. A friend who has showered Trump with respect and other stuff from what I’ve heard.

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When Fascism Comes To America

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From Dave Dubya:

Trump rallies are not celebrations of tax cuts and deregulation. It’s all about their resentment, anger and rage in an extended version of Orwell’s “Two minute hate”. Lately journalists and black women seem to be getting a special serving of ire.

So why are they so angry, even while holding most of the power of our government?

They are frightened. They believe in all their fear-mongering, scapegoating, conspiracies, and lies.

White Nationalism is in a frenzied panic. They still see themselves as the real oppressed “victims”, you know. They want to wield political power as a means to social and cultural dominance.

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Don’t Build a Wall; Build This Instead

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From PERRspectives:

But as Donald Trump throws the reddest of the red meat to his Republican base, many Americans seem not to realize that he is preparing the United States to once again fight the last war. While families and children fleeing the gang violence, corruption, and economic troubles in Central America are seeking asylum in the U.S. in greater numbers, the early 2000s wave of undocumented immigrants from Mexico has slowed to a comparative trickle. For a fraction of the cost of building Trump’s “big, beautiful wall,” the American people could provide economic assistance, supply military aid and training, fund anti-corruption projects, and deploy U.S.-led multinational forces to raise living standards, crackdown on international gangs, and ensure safety for nations across Central America.

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