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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: April 12, 2017, 7:52 am
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The special election to replace Pompeo had Republicans rushing
to provide more support when they realized that race might be
closer than they had supposed. Well, the results are in.
HTML http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/ron-estes-wins-kansas-4th-district-special-election-republicans-237138
Estes took 53 percent of the vote to Democrat James Thompson’s
46 percent in the race for Kansas’ southern 4th District. But
just five months ago, Trump won the district by 27 percentage
points, a sharp turnaround driven by an energized Democratic
base looking to strike back against Trump — and Kansas’
unpopular Republican governor, Sam Brownback.
"We've sent a message that no Republican district is safe,"
Thompson said after his loss Tuesday night, adding that he will
run for the seat again in 2018.
Estes’ victory came after national Republicans scrambled in the
final week of the campaign to deny Thompson a shocking upset
victory. After private polling showed Estes ahead by only a slim
margin for such a reliably Republican district, the NRCC
launched a late TV ad bashing Thompson and backing Estes,
followed by a flurry of big-name rescue efforts: House Speaker
Paul Ryan sent out a fundraising pitch for Estes, Sen. Ted Cruz
stumped in Wichita, and Vice President Mike Pence and Trump
recorded robocalls sent to district Republicans urging them to
vote on Tuesday.
Pompeo had won even bigger than Trump. Pompeo got 61.6% of the
vote with Dan Giroux, the Democrat, getting 29.6% -- and the
Libertarian got 2.8%. The Republicans hung on in this
traditionally Republican district; but a 7% margin still has to
worry them, no matter what a brave front they put on. Would you
worry if Pompeo's margin of victory was 31%, and it fell so
dramatically to a mere 7%? It's true that incumbents almost
always win by bigger margins than candidates who are running for
open seats; but that drop was 24%! A shift of -- let me guess
here -- maybe 5% across the board nationally could result in the
Republicans losing the House in 2018 unless something is done.
If I have time, I may calculate what that drop would have to be
nationally.
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: April 16, 2017, 1:31 pm
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Let me confess I've never liked Congressman Sensenbrenner. Now
I like him even less.
The argument for allowing your internet provider to spy on you
and then sell the information was that Google did it, so why
should your internet provider be different? Someone told the
Congressman that you didn't have to use Google or Facebook if
you didn't want to. They weren't the same thing.
Sensenbrenner told him you don't need to be on the internet if
you don't want to.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avoLaC3DTeo
Well then! Why was Trump complaining about his phone being
tapped? He doesn't need to be on the phone.
I'd also like to ask Sensenbrenner why the IRS stopped mailing
me forms to file? They expect me to file online now. If I want
to file by mail, I have to go find the forms. Why did the
Social Security stop mailing people checks? You and I know why
-- they want and expect people to use direct deposit and do
their banking online too.
Your internet provider can sell your information to anyone who
has the money to pay for it.
HTML http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-real-reason-behind-the-new-law-for-isps-and-what-it-means-for-internet-users/
Lawrence Pingree, vice president and security analyst for
Gartner, said, "For the ISPs that choose to spy on their users,
the data could be used to build profiles of users and their
interests by categorizing the URLs they go to. It can also allow
ISPs to sell this data as a fee to advertisers, political
parties, and other organizations to do real time behavioral
profiling. It also can be used to give law enforcement a new
data source they can subpoena."
It could give a new data source to foreign spies. This is a
security risk if you ask me. What would stop foreign
intelligence services from buying the internet records of
politicians? Hmmm. Then they could find who was visiting
what adult sites! Who was buying sex toys online? Think of
the potential for blackmail. If money was my major motivation
in life, I'd be thinking of going into the business of
blackmailing Congressmen and other prominent people. Oh well,
Congress wrote the law so let them live with it.
You can be sure both political parties will be buying data on
their hit-lists.
Maybe I should write Sensenbrenner a letter telling him I hope
the Democrats buy the data on his ISP and tell us if he visits
any adult sites.
Seriously, it would pose a national security risk if foreign
agents got information on people in sensitive positions. I
don't think Congress thought this through.
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: May 24, 2017, 5:37 am
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I expect the Republican to win in Montana, but it's probably
going to be a lot closer than is comfortable for the
Republicans.
HTML http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/24/montana-special-election-quist-gianforte-238746
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Republican Greg Gianforte’s closing
motivational speech to voters ahead of Thursday’s special House
election in Montana is the same thing GOP strategists are
whispering in private: “This race is closer than it should be.”
It’s a recurring nightmare of a pattern for Republicans around
the country, as traditional GOP strongholds prove more difficult
and expensive for the party to hold than it ever anticipated
when President Donald Trump plucked House members like Ryan
Zinke, the former Montana Republican now running the Interior
Department, for his Cabinet. Gianforte is still favored to keep
the seat red, but a state Trump carried by 20 percentage points
last year became a battleground in the past few months.
Even a swing of five points should alarm Republicans. This
looks like a swing of over ten points. If this race shows
which way the wind is blowing, they may lose the House in 2018.
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: HOLLAND Date: May 24, 2017, 5:46 pm
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^^^I think you're right, Kerrry, about this race. Having spoken
with people here in Montana, many are disenchanted with Donald
Trump and the Republicans and are suffering "buyer's remorse"
for voting for him and them. Many of them are wanting to
express their frustration. Quist may not win over Gianforte,
but he will provide an unwelcome political scare for the
Republicans . . .
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: HOLLAND Date: May 24, 2017, 8:18 pm
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Greg Gianforte allegedly assaulted a Guardian reporter. From
what I've heard, the reporter had disclosed to the public that
Gianforte has investments that have connections to Russian
companies that have links to the Russian military. Gianforte
is, apparently, connected to the Russians as others in the Trump
Administration.
On the BusinessInsider website there is the following:
HTML http://www.businessinsider.com/greg-gianforte-body-slam-journalist-montana-2017-5
Montana's special election is tomorrow — and the GOP candidate
just 'body slammed' a journalist
A reporter said he was physically assaulted by Republican
Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte on Wednesday, a day
before Montana residents could vote him into office.
"Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses,"
tweeted Ben Jacobs, a reporter with The Guardian, who was
covering a Gianforte campaign event.
In an audio recording of the incident, captured by the reporter,
Jacobs can be heard pressing Gianforte to comment on a
Congressional Budget Office evaluation of the American Health
Care Act released earlier Wednesday.
Then, a loud crash.
"I'm sick and tired of you guys," Gianforte can be heard
shouting. "The last time you came in here you did the same
thing. Get the hell out of here."
The altercation took place at Gianforte’s campaign headquarters
in Bozeman, Montana.
"You just body-slammed me and broke my glasses," Jacobs says.
"Get the hell out of here," Gianforte says again.
Jacobs described the incident to The Guardian:
“He took me to the ground,” Jacobs said by phone from the back
of an ambulance, according to The Guardian. "This is the
strangest thing that has ever happened to me in reporting on
politics."
Gallatin County sheriff Brian Gootkin confirmed to the Guardian
that his department was "currently investigating" the incident
and declined to comment further.
Photos posted to social media showed police vehicles and an
ambulance on the scene.Jacobs reportedly filed a report with
Bozeman police.
Buzzfeed's Alexis Levinson, who was at the campaign event, said
she heard a "giant crash" from behind partially closed doors and
"saw Ben's feet fly in the air as he hit the floor."
Gianforte left the event early in a silver Jeep.
In a statement, Gianforte campaign spokesman Shane Scanlon
suggested Jacobs was to blame:
"Tonight, as Greg was giving a separate interview in a private
office, The Guardian's Ben Jacobs entered the office without
permission, aggressively shoved a recorder in Greg's face, and
began asking badgering questions. Jacobs was asked to leave.
After asking Jacobs to lower the recorder, Jacobs declined. Greg
then attempted to grab the phone that was pushed in his face.
Jacobs grabbed Greg's wrist, and spun away from Greg, pushing
them both to the ground. It's unfortunate that this aggressive
behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our
campaign volunteer BBQ."
Gianforte, an engineer and businessman, is running against
Democrat Rob Quist in a special election on Thursday for
Montana's at-large Congressional district. The district was
formerly held by Ryan Zinke, whom President Donald Trump tapped
to lead the US Department of the Interior.
Gianforte unsuccessfully ran for governor of Montana in 2016.
Quist declined to comment on the incident when pressed by an
MSNBC reporter Wednesday evening.
"That's really not for me to talk about. I think that's more a
matter for law enforcement," he said.
Polls suggest an unexpectedly tight race in the reliably
conservative Montana. In 2016, Trump carried the state by 21
points.
Jacobs reported last month on Gianforte's financial ties to
Russian companies sanctioned by the US.
This story is developing …
Written by Mark Abadi
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: May 24, 2017, 10:56 pm
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^ Wow, just wow! I thought he would probably win. Now I'm
not so sure.
[hr]
I found some "old news" from May 19 -- when Mike Pence and
Ryan Zinke were campaigning in Montana about the Pences; but
first here's the video of Karen Pence dancing with Ryan Zinke.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWeufF9pMs
HTML http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/330784/karen-pence-ryan-zinke-dance-mike-cuck/
And right after Pence finished speaking at Gianforte’s campaign
event Thursday, the vice president was forced to stand by and
helplessly watch while Zinke tossed his wife around like she was
one of her husband’s Barbie dolls.
Yikes. That’s gotta be rough for the veep. This is a guy who
won’t dine alone with another woman or go to parties serving
alcohol if his wife isn’t there. He calls her “Mother” for
chrissakes, and here she is dancing it up with a bonafide
buffalo wrangler who’s got at least a foot and probably 50
pounds of muscle on him. A real true grit type.
This isn’t some normal dancing, either. Zinke’s picking mommy up
and throwing her around those big, muscular thighs of his with a
strength Mikeyboy knows she won’t soon forget. Look at her face
when it’s all over.
That’s the look of a woman who’s just felt the touch of a real
man for the first time in her life. Well, maybe the second
HTML http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/305457/karen-pence-secret-marriage-karen-whitaker-mike-pence-indiana/.
The link is to a story which alleges Karen Pence had been
married before tying the knot with Mike. The alleged marriage
certificate says they are both Catholics and that she had been
married before.
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: May 26, 2017, 12:51 am
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I see Gianforte won by 5 or 6 percent. True, a lot of people
had already voted earlier, but he probably would have won
anyway.
Pence said when campaigning for him that they needed more people
like him in Congress. I was thinking maybe if he lost this
election, the Trump administration could find another job for
him. He has a way with the press. How about the job of
press secretary to replace the beleaguered Spicer?
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: HOLLAND Date: May 27, 2017, 6:05 pm
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^^^Gianforte indeed won by 5 to 6 percent, Kerry, but this is
bad news for the Republican party. Trump carried Montana in the
election 20 percent ahead of Hillary Clinton, and so it shows
that Trump is eroding the political power of Republicans in the
state of Montana.
I'm interested to see what will happen in Georgia, a state that
was once dominated by the Republicans but is now, increasingly,
challenged by the Democrats. If the Trump business regarding
the Russians continues, this is going to exasperate many voters
who will turn away from Trump and from the Republicans. We
shall soon see, I guess . . .
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: June 1, 2017, 1:07 am
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[quote author=HOLLAND link=topic=83.msg15047#msg15047
date=1495926306]
^^^Gianforte indeed won by 5 to 6 percent, Kerry, but this is
bad news for the Republican party. Trump carried Montana in the
election 20 percent ahead of Hillary Clinton, and so it shows
that Trump is eroding the political power of Republicans in the
state of Montana.
I'm interested to see what will happen in Georgia, a state that
was once dominated by the Republicans but is now, increasingly,
challenged by the Democrats. If the Trump business regarding
the Russians continues, this is going to exasperate many voters
who will turn away from Trump and from the Republicans. We
shall soon see, I guess . . .
[/quote]I finally got the final figures for Montana. The
Republican got 6.3% less than Trump did; and the Democrat got
8.2% more than Clinton.
In the Kansas race, the Republican got 7.7% less than Trump and
the Democrat got 12.7% more than Clinton.
The Democrat really might win in Georgia. Trump got 48.3% and
Clinton 46.3%. There is no third party candidate in this race,
so the Handel may pick up some independent voters; but I still
doubt she'll do better than Trump did. Ossoff, the Democrat,
needs to do 3.8% better than Clinton, and time will tell if the
pattern from the past two special elections holds.
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Re: Congressional Goings On
By: Kerry Date: June 1, 2017, 2:23 pm
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From The Hill: GOP rep: If climate change is real, God will
'take care of it'
HTML http://thehill.com/homenews/house/335886-gop-rep-on-climate-change-god-will-take-care-of-it:
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) told constituents last week that he
believes if climate change is a real problem, God can fix it.
“I believe there’s climate change,” Walberg said at a town hall
last Friday in Coldwater, Mich., according to the Huffington
Post, which obtained video of the exchange.
“I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning of
time. I think there are cycles. Do I think that man has some
impact? Yeah, of course. Can man change the entire universe? No.
“Why do I believe that? Well, as a Christian, I believe that
there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us. And I’m
confident that, if there’s a real problem, he can take care of
it.”
Walberg said during the town hall he doesn't expect everyone to
agree with him on that view.
That's the question, "Does man have an impact?" Nobody was
asking if mankind could change the universe.
And if there is a problem, God can take care of it? Oh really?
If there are floods, should we say God can take of the problems
people have? How about hurricanes? Should we help the
people who need help and then tell them to build sounder houses
next time? If fires are raging in the woods and threatening
homes nearby, should we say, "God can solve it"?
Why even have a Congress if we can expect God to solve
everything? Or is his job to allow men to do anything they
want, threatening or wrecking the environment because if we make
things bad enough, Jesus will step in to fix things for us?
Sorry, Congressman, but I don't your idea here is very
Christian. If our actions can change things, then we should be
concerned about it and apply the Golden Rule. We should show
love towards others, not dismiss things by saying what we do
doesn't matter and God can pick up the pieces. I wonder now
what is being taught at the Moody Institute which Walberg
attended. Surely they teach about the importance of loving our
neighbor! Walberg must not have been paying attention the day
they taught that.
I also happen to agree with Paul that our secular leaders should
be a "terror" to evil deeds. If people are doing bad things to
the environment, it is the duty of politicians to make laws
that stop them.
Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to
the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
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