All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Tami]

Actually, come to think of it- is this the fastest a nominee has been confirmed?

I almost wish it had gone a little longer. The visuals alone well worth it, the rest was icing on the cake.

[Steel Inquisitor]

Did AOC actually nominate fucking Bernie Sanders? Seriously?!

Of course. She does anything else she's burning bridges.

[Tami]

I missed her. That's going to be drama.

Nope, it was pre-planned.

[Tami]

Of course. She does anything else she's burning bridges.

AOC did it not out of any kind of rebellion, but because she was called on to do so. She still supports Biden.

[mogwen]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...-house-primary

Another far-right conspiracy theorist candidate for the GOP! Hopefully she competes in a safely blue state. She's been banned from numerous social medias and has been banned from Uber for declaring that the US need a non-muslim Uber. Classy!

[Tendrin]

AOC did it not out of any kind of rebellion, but because she was called on to do so. She still supports Biden.

She knows what she's doing, though. She volunteered, as she stated, to be the one to deliver that nomination. She's positioning herself to be his ideological heir going forward.

[Robotman]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...-house-primary

Another far-right conspiracy theorist candidate for the GOP! Hopefully she competes in a safely blue state. She's been banned from numerous social medias and has been banned from Uber for declaring that the US need a non-muslim Uber. Classy!

She’s the one who chained herself to the front door of Twitter’s head office when she got banned. A truly deranged racist individual. Will this be the next wave of GOP reps?

Loomer describes herself as "the most banned woman on the Internet" for her numerous bans from social media platforms, payment processors, and other establishments. She has been banned for various reasons including violating policies on hate speech and spreading misinformation

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Actually, come to think of it- is this the fastest a nominee has been confirmed?

It’s how conventions work....

[JCAll]

Nope, it was pre-planned.

Oh, well that's good to know. I'd hate for things to fall apart now that they're finally starting to look up.

[Striderblack01]

I expected the blocks to come from Republicans, I didn't expect it from Sanders

Bernie Sanders did, indeed, block Obama (Democratic) nominees to USPS board

Sanders, according to what I heard on MSNBC, didn't want any Republicans on the Board so he blocked all of Obama's attempts to put qualified people there....which is why Trump was able to fill the empty seats with his Republican Cronies.

Post Office loses another $5.1 billion; Bernie continues to prevent help

So.

I'm absolutely no expert on this.
But from what I can tell, it was a package deal of 5 nominees.
3 Democrats (?), and 2 Republicans nominees.

The Republican Noms (James Miller and Mickey Barnett) were heavily objected to by a number of people and organizations.

But it's Stephen Crawford who I find interesting, because his case doesn't appear to be so cut and dried to me.
He published a paper (Toward a New Business Model for the USPS) where he appears to argue for enlisting the help of the unions to cut employees, cut deliveries, and cut wages and benefits.

The challenge for management is to continue to work well with its unions on further downsizing its workforce while obtaining reasonable concessions on wages, benefits, and work rules.

Again, I'm no expert.
Maybe that's exactly what the USPS needed, but it's not a great look.

I don't think it's a stretch to say this was a mixed bag of nominees, not 5 supremely qualified left-leaning anti-Trumpers.
So to try to blame the current sabotaging of the USPS on Bernie Sanders seems more than a little unfair.

Wait, so holding out for a perfect nominee blew up in everyone's face?
How is that possible?

What you call "holding out for a perfect nominee", progressives might call wanting basic representation.

All progressives are being asked to compromise, quite heavily actually.
Is that compromise is worth it? Who knows. It's up to the individual.
What is known is that, by comparison, liberals don't have to compromise nearly as much.

You might think that you're targeting a few malcontent hard-liners, but comments like these read as condescending to all progressives.

[Robotman]

Laura Loomer has been banned/forcibly removed from:

Twitter
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Instagram
Uber
Lyft
PayPal
Venmo
GoFundMe
TeeSpring
Medium
CPAC
Shakespeare in the Park

And won a GOP primary by double digits.

[Celgress]

She knows what she's doing, though. She volunteered, as she stated, to be the one to deliver that nomination. She's positioning herself to be his ideological heir going forward.

Yup, it's simply pandering that's all.

[Tendrin]

Yup, it's simply pandering that's all.

She believes it, so I'm not sure calling it 'pandering' is fair. I don't see any reason to criticize her about it, personally. It's a smart way to say that she's going to carry the progressive torch, and intellectual heirs are important. Politics is generational work, and the baton has to be passed. People consistently underestimate how good she is at this.

[JCAll]

Is Trump seriously running an ad on Youtube saying Biden being on cocaine?
Am I going crazy, did anyone else see that?
Trump is doing that. "Captain Sniffs" is running ads accusing other people of being on coke. I'm losing my mind.

[Mister Mets]

School choice means you can go to whatever school you want...............

1) if the school has SPACE for you. A neighborhood school must serve the kids in the neighborhood first. Magnet, same sex, academies and a few others don't have this rule apply to them.
2) if you find your OWN way to the school
3) IF they accept you. Acceptance is an OPTION as is KEEPING you there.

All schools are not equal. Because there are some class courses that vary from school to school.

School A has Baccalaureate (a program that one has to apply for to get funding).
School B has no sports
School C does not serve SPECIAL EDUCATION kids (this is mainly CHARTER SCHOOLS)

Because certification for certain classes is an issue with teachers.
The 4 basic classes-English, Science, Math & History-someone like Peter Parker with general studies certification can teach those.
AP classes, Gym, Art and some others-Mr Terrific, Mr Fantastic, Bruce Banner, Thunderball, Dr Sampson and Beast better be on your roster. Or you can't offer those classes.

School choice boils down to this-It's let me take all the smart and athletic kids (who can behave) from bad schools and leave the WORST behind.

If all those kids go to new schools via school choice before Halloween (the date where funding for all schools are SET)-that money STAYS at that school even if the kid leaves after Halloween.

That is not going to help that old school get better with fewer kids. Few kids LESS funding from the state.

From FOx news

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyl...l-systems-2020





Seems like The Republicans have work to do.

It's understandable that parents don't want their kids in the same classes as the worst students.

AOC did it not out of any kind of rebellion, but because she was called on to do so. She still supports Biden.

It may still have been a mistake to do it this way as it can leave the wrong impression to voters who are not plugged in to convention pageantry. That group includes many swing voters (who generally don't follow politics as much) as well as newer voters.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...-house-primary

Another far-right conspiracy theorist candidate for the GOP! Hopefully she competes in a safely blue state. She's been banned from numerous social medias and has been banned from Uber for declaring that the US need a non-muslim Uber. Classy!

It's a swing state but the specific congressional district is not competitive.