November 11, 2020

Man Arrested Over Threat to Schumer and Vow to 'Blow Up' F.B.I.

Federal prosecutors said the Staten Island man cited the reactionary anti-government novel “The Turner Diaries.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/nyregion/brian-maiorana-threat-fbi-schumer.html



On Sunday, as votes were still being tallied in one of the most hotly contested elections in United States history, Brian Maiorana took to social media with a dark and violent message, prosecutors say.

Citing the anti-government novel “The Turner Diaries,” in which Jews and nonwhites are exterminated, Mr. Maiorana wrote that he wanted to “blow up” an F.B.I. building and made an anti-Semitic reference to “the Jew Senator from Jew York,” a veiled threat apparently directed at Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader.

In an early morning raid Tuesday, the authorities arrested Mr. Maiorana, 54, at his house on Staten Island. Later in the day, he was charged in court with making threatening interstate communications. Tuesday evening, he was brought before a magistrate judge in Brooklyn federal court who ordered that he be detained pending a bail hearing.

Prosecutors said that starting in September, Mr. Maiorana had used a social media platform to post multiple threats to kill protesters, politicians and law enforcement officers. The prosecutors did not specify which online platform Mr. Maiorana used. His Facebook page is topped with the hashtag #All Lives Matter and makes clear that he supports President Trump, but it shows no sign of violent messages.

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November 11, 2020

"Karen was upset."

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1326408024534212608

November 11, 2020

Hill Dems eyeing Cabinet posts see their hopes shrink

Democrats, disappointed by last week’s election results in the House and Senate, now see fewer chances to join a Biden administration.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/10/biden-cabinet-house-democrats-435800



Congressional Democrats spent months openly jockeying for a potential Biden Cabinet spot. Then came the Election Day train wreck. Democrats’ disappointing down-ballot finish — failing to take the Senate majority outright and losing critical seats in the House — has put a serious damper on the prospect of their own members being plucked from Congress to join President-elect Joe Biden’s administration.

There are still more than a half-dozen Hill Democrats being floated as Biden appointees or advisers, including Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware and Reps. Karen Bass of California and Cedric Richmond of Louisiana. But plenty more Democrats — many in seats the party can’t afford to lose — are effectively off the short list, with one lawmaker making a play for the Cabinet describing their current Hill tenure as a “disqualifying factor.”

"The Biden administration has to be a lot more sensitive of where you come from if you’re looking at members of Congress,” Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia said in an interview. “We cannot afford to put any seats in jeopardy.” In the Senate, Democrats privately acknowledge that liberals Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) no longer stand a chance of confirmation as long as Mitch McConnell remains majority leader. And even if Democrats flip a pair of Senate seats in Georgia early next year to take a 50-50 majority, opposition from centrist Democrats could stifle liberal appointees anyway.

Not to mention, while much of the Cabinet is typically filled out by December, Biden signaled Tuesday he is moving fast — saying he will name a “couple” of Cabinet nominees before Thanksgiving even as President Donald Trump refuses to concede. And in the House, Democrats say they’re unwilling to risk a competitive special election next year that could further diminish its thin majority, putting an end to speculation around swing-district Democrats such as Rep. Katie Porter in Orange County, who has been revered by the left.

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November 10, 2020

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54882564

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed an agreement to end military conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the deal "incredibly painful both for me and both for our people". It follows six weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians. The region is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani but has been run by ethnic Armenians since 1994.

A Russian-brokered truce was signed at the end of the war in the early 1990s but there was no peace deal. Although both sides took steps to reduce tensions last year, fighting erupted at the end of September and several attempts to end the conflict failed. The new ceasefire agreement prompted anger in Armenia, as protesters stormed the parliament, beating up the speaker and reportedly looting the prime minister's office.

What has been agreed?

The peace deal, which was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's prime minister, took effect on Tuesday from 01:00 local time (21:00 GMT Monday). Under the deal, Azerbaijan will hold on to areas of Nagorno-Karabakh that it has taken during the conflict. Armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other adjacent areas over the next few weeks. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.

During a televised online address, President Putin said that Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to patrol the front line. Russia's defence ministry confirmed that 1,960 personnel would be involved and reports said planes had left an airbase at Ulyanovsk on Tuesday carrying peacekeepers and armoured personnel carriers to Karabakh. Part of their role will be to guard the "Lachin corridor", which links the Karabakh capital, Stepanakert, to Armenia. Turkey will also take part in the peacekeeping process, according to Azerbaijan's president, who joined President Putin during the address.

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November 10, 2020

Breaking: (per MSNBC) Pete Williams says he doe not think there are 5 votes to overturn the ACA

November 9, 2020

FUCK Donny Deutsch. He said on MJ it is a good thing the Rethugs hold the Senate so it forces Biden

to only pass things in a bi-partisan manner. The motherfucker is gaslighting at an Olympian level as McConnell will NEVER work with Biden, he will only work to destroy him.

November 9, 2020

IF we end up 48-52 in the Senate (after GA) and IF McTurtle goes 100% full block on EVERYTHING

and the Biden Cabinet nominations come up, what are the odds that Collins and Murkowski (or any other Rethug) break ranks and get some of his cabinet approved?

What about any major legislation that is nationally vastly popular?

I think Moscow is going to try to break Biden on the wheel from the very start, not give an inch on any vote of import, no matter how small and/or petty, so we will need 2 Rethug defectors on every major issue.

Do you think they (Collins, Murkowski, or any others) will defect at times or not?

November 9, 2020

Here are the only ones it could be

WI Johnson
PA Toomey - asshat deluxe, but the least worst of a shitbox lot
NC Burr (retiring in 2022) - probably the likely to take the deal I think, I might be wrong
NC Tillis (assuming he wins, which is likely, so pissed at Foxx and Stein for not running, Stein probably in 2020, Foxx in 2022 for the open seat from Burr's retirement)
KS Marshall (just won, an open seat too! in good part due to Sibelius refusing to run)
KS Moran
LA Kennedy
LA Cassidy
ME Collins (ugh, Susan Rice would have won IMHO, Gideon was a weak candidate)
KY Paul
KY Moscow (zero chance, he will be the 2nd most powerful person on the planet (or 3rd, after Xi) unless we sweep the 2 GA runoffs, the Rethug Senate is going to be a NIGHTMARE)

November 9, 2020

5,908 new COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, another record; 31 more deaths

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-hits-fresh-record-with-5-908-new-covid-cases/573008861/

The Minnesota Department of Health reported an increase of 5,908 new confirmed coronavirus infections on Sunday, another single-day high in the state. Thirty-one more people have died of COVID-19 in Minnesota, according to a data release on Sunday morning. That brings the total number of cases confirmed in Minnesota to 180,862. Statewide, the pandemic’s toll reached 2,656 deaths.

Residents of long-term care and assisted-living facilities accounted for 19 of the newly announced deaths. Numbers released Sunday show health care workers have accounted for 16,037 cases statewide. COVID-19 is a viral respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus that surfaced late last year. Since the first case was reported in Minnesota in early March, 11,527 people have been hospitalized.

Gov. Tim Walz is expected to renew the peacetime pandemic state of emergency this week, triggering a sixth special session of the Minnesota Legislature. Republicans have pushed unsuccessfully to end the DFL governor’s use of executive powers in past sessions. No other major legislative proposals related to the pandemic were announced as of late last week. People at greatest risk from COVID-19 include those 65 and older, residents of long-term care facilities and those with underlying medical conditions.

Those health problems range from lung disease and serious heart conditions to severe obesity and diabetes. People undergoing treatment for failing kidneys also run a greater risk, as do those with cancer and other conditions where treatments suppress immune systems. Most patients with COVID-19 don’t need to be hospitalized. The illness usually causes mild or moderate symptoms; many cases are asymptomatic. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of the state’s 87 counties.

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November 8, 2020

Detailed Rundown of the 2022 Senate Races

I can see picking up (as long as we lose no seats) 3 to 6 or 7 seats, We need good candidates! I am still raging that in 2020, we only had THREE (AZ, CO, MT) out of 13 remotely flippable races with the best candidates running. Schumer and Cortez Masto were so poor in recruiting and it cost us 5 seats or so. Some of it is deffo on the people who refused to run as well. Unless we pull big upsets in both the GA runoffs, the Senate under Moscow McTurtle is going to fuck us bad for the next 2 years at least.

2022 US Senate 'in-play' races

At-Risk (even if marginal) Dems

In order of risk to us

Georgia (IF Warnock wins the runoff with Loeffler)
Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto (Brian Sandoval would be by far the toughest Rethug to beat)
New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (her two strongest opponents would probably be Former Senator Kelly Ayotte and Governor Sununu, the Rethugs flipped BOTH the State Senate and the State House in 2020 and now hold a Trifecta)
Arizona Mark Kelly (It will not be McSally running against him, lolol)
Vermont Patrick Leahy (IF he retires, the very popular Rethug Governor Phil Scott may prove to be trouble)
Colorado Michael Bennet (I see little chance for him to lose)


Possible Rethug Flips

In order of risk to the Rethugs

Pennsylvania Open Seat
North Carolina Open Seat (Jeff Jackson can win this for us I think, he would have won in 2020 I am fairly sure)
Wisconsin Ron Johnson (asshat deluxe, I fucking hate this clown)
Georgia Loeffler (unless we win it in the runoff)
Florida Marco Rubio (will be fairly hard to beat him)
Iowa Chuck Grassley (may retire he will turn 90yo in the first year of his next term if he runs, if he retires we have a good shot, Vilsack should run, he should have ran in 2020!)
Kansas Jerry Moran Only shot we have, and it would be a good one, is if Sibelius runs this time, she should have ran in 2020!) If she refuses again, forget winning this seat.
Kentucky Rand Paul (fucking berk)
Ohio Rob Portman
Indiana Todd Young (no clue if Buttigieg would try, Indiana is SO Red now, ffs)
Missouri Roy Blunt