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riversedge's JournalCook Political Report rates Alabama Senate race a "toss up"
Source: al.reporter
Published 46 mins ago on December 24, 2019
In what might seem surprising to some, The Cook Political Report, last week, moved U.S. Senator Democrat Doug Jones’ re-elected bid into the “Toss-up” category.
“A year into this election cycle, the overall Senate landscape generally looks much like I thought it would,” writes The Cook Political Report’s Jennifer E. Duffy. “The races that seemed likely to be the most competitive are, in fact, the most competitive today. And, if the race ratings don’t quite reflect it yet, Democrats appear to have expanded the playing field enough to put Republicans’ majority at risk.”
Jones’ campaign cites strong Q3 fundraising and recent legislative victories as reasons to be optimistic.
“Democratic strategists argue that Jones does have a path to victory, but they also acknowledge that he needs a few breaks,” notes Duffy.
Democratic polls show a tight race in 2020 depending on who wins Alabama’s Republican Primary. Currently, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is narrowly leading the field of contenders. Still, a recent ALFA survey finds Sessions in a statistical dead heat with former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville.
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Read more: https://www.alreporter.com/2019/12/24/cook-political-report-rates-alabama-senate-race-a-toss-up/
I am sure tons of dark Repug PAC moneywill be raining onto ALabama.
https://twitter.com/aldemocrats/status/1209462325385805824?s=20
Asian Giant Hornet Invasion Threatens Honey Bees in Pacific Northwest
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1209448645122281472?s=20
Asian Giant Hornet Invasion Threatens Honey Bees in Pacific Northwest
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An expert said of the hornets: “They are sworn enemies of honey bees. I would say a bee’s worst nightmare.”
The Asian giant hornet has appeared for the first time in Washington State.
The Asian giant hornet has appeared for the first time in Washington State.Credit...Nobuo Matsumura/Alamy
Neil Vigdor
By Neil Vigdor
Dec. 24, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ET
As if honey bees didn’t have enough to contend with, from pesticides to bacterial pathogens, another nemesis has emerged in the Pacific Northwest, one capable of freaking out humans, too.
It’s called the Asian giant hornet — and is also known as the yak-killer hornet, the commander wasp in Korea and the tiger head bee in Taiwan, according to experts.
As the names indicate, the hornets are indigenous to Asia, but some appeared for the first time this month in Washington State, where agricultural officials have issued a pest alert and warned that the hornets pose a threat to honeybees.
They showed up in British Columbia in August, prompting a similar advisory from the Canadian province’s agriculture ministry.
The reputation of the mammoth hornets — which are distinguished by their yellow heads and can be nearly two inches long with a wingspan of up to three inches — precedes them. ......................
"The transcript shows Mr Trump asked Mr Zelensky to "do us a favour" and investigate Joe Biden,....
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Trump impeachment: White House withheld Ukraine aid just after Zelensky call https://bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50886437 "The transcript shows Mr Trump asked Mr Zelensky to "do us a favour" and investigate Joe Biden, ....Hunter Biden..." #MAGA "READ THE TRANSCRIPT"
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Trump impeachment: White House withheld Ukraine aid just after Zelensky call
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50886437#
22 December 2019
The White House sought to freeze aid to Ukraine just 91 minutes after President Trump spoke to President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone in July, a newly-released government email has revealed.
The email, telling the Pentagon to "hold off", was sent by a senior White House official.
In the phone call, Mr Trump asked the Ukrainian leader to investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden.
Mr Trump has been impeached for abuse of power over the issue.
Democrats say the phone call shows Mr Trump used the office for personal political gain.
A US whistleblower who heard about the conversation raised concerns, which ultimately triggered the impeachment inquiry.............................
Impeachment of Donald Trump
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Impeached Trump and Rush Limpballs have lunch together.............
Note that Trump is blabbering away again!
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Greta Thunberg; Not even catastrophes like these seem to bring any political action. How is this pos
Nothing will change in the US and elsewhere until we get rid the vile and stupid Trump types!!
Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg
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Dec 22
Not even catastrophes like these seem to bring any political action. How is this possible?
Because we still fail to make the connection between the climate crisis and increased extreme weather events and nature disasters like the #AustraliaFires
That's what has to change.
Now.
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· Dec 21
The ring of fire around Sydney is as angry and as frightening as we've seen. 20,000 people are tonight in the path of the mega fire rolling down the Blue Mountains into the town of Lithgow. #9News | http://9News.com.au
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Nancy Pelosi By Hillary Rodham Clinton
https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1208863126168449026?s=20https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567750/nancy-pelosi-2/
Nancy Pelosi
By Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi► Watch
Too often it seems we have a surplus of bluster in our national politics and a deficit of action. But then there’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In the 2018 midterms, Nancy was the driving force that brought a Democratic majority back to the House,..........................................................
She delivered. Under her leadership, Democrats passed the first major gun-safety bill in a generation and desperately needed voting-rights legislation. As Democrats continue fighting to protect reproductive rights, pass paid family leave, protect Americans’ right to affordable health care and hold this Administration to account, Nancy is leading the charge.
There’s a saying that goes: “If you want something done, ask a busy woman to do it.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi is living proof that when it comes to getting the job done, more often than not, it takes a woman.
Clinton, a Democrat, is a former Senator and Secretary of State, and was the first female presidential nominee of a major party
#Yule is for Ghosts. The old people would start making wooden dolls on the #WinterSolstice to repr
I am always happy when I am reminded that the daylight hours will get longer each day now
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The Sacred Isle (Folklore and Short Stories) IOW
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#Yule is for Ghosts. The old people would start making wooden dolls on the #WinterSolstice to represent their family members who joined the restless dead. They would place them in the woods and boneyards to help them find their way home after #ChristmasEve #GothicAdvent
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Amy Klobuchar deserves a closer look from electability-minded Democrats
https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1208065604030218240?s=20
Amy Klobuchar deserves a closer look from electability-minded Democrats
https://www.vox.com/2019/12/19/21030985/amy-klobuchar-electability-democratic-debate
A candidate with a history of winning — big — in the Midwest.
By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesiasmatt@vox.com Dec 19, 2019, 11:15pm EST
Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Over the past year, I’ve heard from lots of Democrats who say they’re primarily interested in beating President Donald Trump. And if that sincerely is your interest, I hope you saw Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota on the debate stage Thursday night.
In earlier rounds, Klobuchar tended to get lost among the other middle-of-the-pack candidates. She doesn’t have a goofy outsider message like entrepreneur Andrew Yang or billionaire Tom Steyer or House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. And she doesn’t have a particularly distinctive ideological take.
But she’s done well enough in polls and fundraising to outlast the likes of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Kamala Harris, and Sen. Cory Booker, and get up on stage alongside the more widely covered top four candidates. And while she’s not an incredible dynamo of charisma, she does have a kind of charming dorky Midwestern schtick. And best of all, she really does have a strong electability pitch.
Amy Klobuchar is good at winning elections
Making the case for herself, Klobuchar raised a key question at one point Thursday night for the candidates running: “Can you bring in those rural and suburban areas, particularly in the Midwest?” As a popular senator from Minnesota, Klobuchar’s answer is yes, she can.
The fear that haunts Democrats is that even with Trump unpopular, they could beat him by 3 or 4 percentage points in the nationwide vote total and still lose if he does well enough in the Midwest, specifically in Wisconsin................
And Klobuchar does very, very well in Minnesota. Consider the 2018 midterms, in which Democrats did well in statewide races across the board:
Keith Ellison won the attorney general race by 4 points.
Tim Walz won the gubernatorial race by 11 points.
Tina Smith won the Senate special election by 10.5 points.
Klobuchar won her Senate race by 24 points.
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If that message appeals to you — and clearly it does appeal to a lot of Democrats — you owe it to yourself to ask if Klobuchar isn’t a more effective vehicle for that message. She’s younger. She doesn’t have the specific baggage of having supported the Iraq War. She doesn’t have the specific baggage of Hunter Biden. Her policy ideas are broadly continuous with Barack Obama’s, just like Biden’s, and her pitch is electability, just like Biden’s. But unlike Biden, she has a record of winning landslide elections in a Midwestern state. You could do a lot worse than that.
1,500 steel workers laid off two days after Trump says 'US steel mills are doing great'
Source: raw story
December 20, 2019
A US steel mill in Detroit has shuttered, leaving around 1,500 people out of a job. Great Lakes Works will close its iron and steelmaking operations by April 1, just months after US Steel announced a temporary layoff of about 200 workers, CNN reports.
“We are conscious of the impact this decision will have on our employees, their families, and the local community, and we are announcing it now to provide them with as much time as possible to prepare for this transition,” CEO David Burritt said, according to CNN. “These decisions are never easy, nor are they taken lightly.”
“In order to further accelerate our strategy of creating a world-competitive…US Steel, we must make deliberate but difficult operational decisions,” Burritt continued. “In this case, current market conditions and the long-term outlook for Great Lakes Works made it imperative that we act now, allowing us to better align our resources to deliver cost or capability differentiation across our footprint.”
The 25% tariff on steel imports levied by the Trump administration last year were supposed to help the company, but a short-term rise in steel prices caused the administration to back off. October brought the industry its first losses since the tariffs were imposed................................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/1500-steel-workers-laid-off-two-days-after-trump-says-us-steel-mills-are-doing-great/
Such bad news to get during the holidays---or any time for that matter.
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1208049740199473157?s=20
Eric Trump Video Saying Biden 'Can't Get Through Two Sentences Without Stuttering' Resurfaces After
Source: newsweek
Eric Trump Video Saying Biden 'Can't Get Through Two Sentences Without Stuttering' Resurfaces After Sarah Sanders Mocks Ex-VP
By James Walker On 12/20/19 at 7:28 AM EST
A video of Eric Trump attacking former Vice President Joe Biden's for having a stutter has resurfaced on social media.
Burke Communications founder Timothy Burke shared a Fox News clip of the president's son mocking the stutter on Twitter Thursday night.
Speaking to Fox News on November 14 about candidates in the 2020 Democratic Primary field after the first public impeachment hearing, The Trump Organization executive vice president said: "Biden can't get through two sentences without stuttering."
Sharing the clip, Burke said: "Don't forget Eric Trump also attacked Joe Biden for having a lifelong battle with stuttering."..............
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/eric-trump-video-joe-biden-two-sentences-stuttering-resurfaces-1478431
My guess is that since Eric is a Trump, he will not apologize.
https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1208016935411163137?s=20
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