May Hope and History Rhyme (Trump#116)

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With thanks to Seamus Heaney for inspiring the President Elect.

"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."

Yay!!!!!!

Looking pretty good for Warnock. Come on Ossoff! McConnnell shitting bricks, hopefully

What’s going on with his request to Pence to intervene? Pence has refused to apparently.

I've come here to find Senate news.
It seems good news!
Fingers crossed it's confirmed. The seats.

@Sinful8
I wasn't referring to Iran, but a warrant from the US itself.

There is nothing legally Pence can do - he is the equivalent of A.N.Other celeb opening the golden envelope on Oscars night - read the card and no say on what's on it.
Personally he could make some sort of "stand" and say he doesn't agree with the results. He doesn't have to open the envelope - he can "abstain" and then it would be Chuck Grassley who would confirm results. (Grassley had covid a while ago - guess he got better)

Tucker Carlson seems to think the Dems have won both seats.

www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-commentary-georgia

I think after today the heat will go out of Trump and even on Parler they know it is over. Plus there are more voices on there now willing to challenge the MAGA idealogy which is getting through.

Apparently Wasserman hasn’t been wrong (he’s a data nerd) and he’s called both seats for the Dems 🤞

💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Trump has to take a lot of the blame for this. I suspect quite a few Republican voters didn't see the point in voting if there's widespread fraud. Other more moderate Republicans possibly switched to the Democrats.

Who will be the next Republican leader surely they won't go for Trump in 2024

Have everything crossed for Georgia. When I checked results in the middle of the night (insomnia)it was not so good as this morning so nice to wake up to!

Perdue is already calling in to question the accuracy of the counting. Here we go again. It is very close but that's it. Still some military and absentee ballots to be counted.

Wouldn't it be great to hear Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader.....

Morning all, doing a tentative happy jig based on the preliminary news out of Georgia.

Remember when Purdue pretended not to be able to pronounce @KamalaHarris’ name?

Remember McConnell refused to recognize Biden’s and Kamala’s victory for over a damn month?

Well, looks like Kamala is going to break the tie and exile McConnell to minority island.

It is so sweet.

twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1346733063678676993?s=21

Warnock now confirmed as winner of his election.

First African American Democratic senator from a formerly Confederate state.

The protesters in D.C. today are not going to be happy. There's a video on Twitter of Mitt Romney being accosted by Trump supporters at the airport on his way to DC. He's stuck on a plane full of Trumpites on their way to protest.

It seems like Warnock has more or less been called. What a journey for this man.

'If confirmed, Mr Warnock would become the first black senator for the state of Georgia - a slavery state in the US Civil War - and only the 11th black senator in US history.

Claiming victory, Mr Warnock paid tribute to his mother, Verlene, who as a teenager worked as a farm labourer.

"The other day - because this is America - the 82-year-old hands that used to pick somebody else's cotton went to the polls and picked her youngest son to be a United States senator," he said.'

Wonderful to beat ghastly Loeffler who cast slurs against Warnock throughout her campaign, is a QAnon supporter who posed with KKK members, who was heavily involved in insider training

Good morning all

6 hours ago Dave Wasserman@redistrict
Here's the story right now:

1. Black turnout looks, frankly, phenomenal
2. Perdue/Loeffler are approaching Trump %s of the vote in a lot of deep red rural counties, but turnout there isn't anything special.
3. It's getting harder to see a path for either R, but esp. Loeffler.

What fantastic news to wake up to! This is such a game changer for America. So happy for them

Both Dems should openly thank Trump for "doing what he knew was best" on Twitter. Use that same veiled coded language against him this time.

On the assumption both seats go to Dems, this is also a clear signal to the world that extremism and Trumps "brand" of politics aren't always going to win.

I hope the Dems put their hearts and souls into reversing what they can of the past 4 years too. No more Mr. Nice Guy ....

The Georgia wins have been largely due to grassroots work. The Democratic leadership should take note.

And Stacy Abrams. She is a force to be reckoned with and fought against voter suppression

Great minds think alike Cacaco !

Dave Allen Green

Eighty years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the 'four freedoms' speech:
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[quote DuncinToffee]Dave Allen Green

Eighty years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the 'four freedoms' speech:
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I see that, and raise you Eisenhowers Change for peace

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_for_Peace_speech

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

(See also Isaiah 2:3-4 ...)