This is ridiculous- after he wins he will approve it? Isn’t that called a dictatorship not democracy?
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I mean, Congress is the one who has to pass a spending bill, and they haven’t been getting it done. Executive orders (his stop gap measures like the payroll tax holiday) only go so far.
The president is not really the issue here, for once (though he is a contributor).
Congress is the issue.
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specifically mitch mcconnell, who refuses to take up the many bills passed by the house. his greatest skill is obstructionism.
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Question: There are seven judges on my ballot as “Shall Judge ____ of the __th District Court of Appeal be retained in office?” I have no idea. Is there somewhere I can find out anything about these people that would have a summary?
This is for Florida if that helps.
I usually do a Google search of their name. In my state there’s a group that reviews them, shows ratings by their peers etc. If they’ve have down some controversial judgements those often show up in news stories.
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I want to type very uncharitable things about his second and third greatest skills…
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The state bar association usually has some resources for judicial elections. Here’s one of my state (PA) last year: https://www.pabar.org/site/For-Lawyers/Committees-Commissions/Judicial-Evaluation/Resources/JEC-Ratings/2019/Superior-Court. I usually read their summaries, and then Google the handful of candidates that I feel borderline about.
I think this is for Florida. The FL bar doesn’t seem to go so far as to make recommendations, but they have 1-paragraph statements from most candidates: https://www.floridabar.org/public/faircts/votes010/judicialcandidates/
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It was a pain in the ass to try to find out info. Finally I found a helpful guide on the local indivisible facebook group. I can tell you that Muniz on the Florida supreme court is a total asshat who decided not to go after the Trump University lawsuit and then just happened to be appointed to the florida supreme court by Trump.
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We’re fortunate here in that we have several progressive voters’ guides that give insight onto which judges are problematic. I’d try your local Indivisible group, your state bar association, any progressive voters’ groups you might have there. Sometimes BLM- and LGBT-related orgs can also give insight into a judge’s biases, impartiality or lack thereof, etc.
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I mean, that’s the end of restaurants, live music venues, theaters… wasn’t this going to contain money to help prop up orgs like that?
Not to mention everyone who can’t eat and/or pay rent.
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Disney and Universal have announced more layoffs. Orlando is so fucked right now. I have so many friends who have been counting on further stimulus money and are absolutely devastated right now.
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The League of Women Voters is a good source of general information about candidates (in most of the US, I think).
https://www.vote411.org/ballot#.UFoDEFHh-Sp
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Unfortunately for florida it only has their bios listed. Not super helpful.
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At least 27 people are sick from that White House event.
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JFC. And now many people have they infected (like Kellyanne getting her daughter sick).
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How’s the VP debate going? I heard it was on?
It shouldn’t be surprising that Pence is just as skilled at not answering questions as Trump is.
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There is no yelling, which is an improvement.
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What is up with Pence’s red eyes?
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