Friday 8/2
Some of the most important elections in 2020 are the ones no one is talking about.
“The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision last month ruling that federal courts can’t interfere with state lawmakers who draw political maps to entrench a partisan advantage lent urgency to state-level efforts, anti-gerrymandering advocates said.”
“Hope Johnson, a data scientist with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, a nonpartisan group working against political redistricting, said the group hadn’t wanted to focus on state-level action, but the Supreme Court decision made it the best choice.”
If we want fair elections, then districting lines can’t be drawn to favor one party over another.
In today’s news, another mass shooting is just a blip in the day. What sad times we live in.
“Four mass shootings happened in public places so far this year, compared with 10 in 2018 and seven in 2017. But 2019 saw a big increase in the number of mass killings in domestic disputes, helping to keep this year's overall numbers similar to past years.”
From Robert Reich, “Republicans' tax cuts for their billionaire donors are ballooning the deficit, so they're blaming the problem on government programs like Social Security and Medicare.
It's socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.”
“After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut and signing off on a $675 billion budget for the Department of Defense, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the only way to lower the record-high federal deficit would be to cut entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
“New Treasury Department analysis on Monday revealed that corporate tax cuts had a significant impact on the deficit this year. Federal revenue rose by 0.04 percent in 2018, a nearly 100 percent decrease on last year's 1.5 percent. In fiscal year 2018, tax receipts on corporate income fell to $205 billion from $297 billion in 2017.”
Vote Them Out!
The Senate is now on a five week recess. Some pretty awful things were passed before they left, such as 13 judicial nominees, and Kelly Craft to be the new UN ambassador to the United Nations. Senator Lindsay Graham forced a bill through the Judiciary Committee to overhaul the U.S. asylum laws yesterday.
“Graham’s bill touches on the detention of families who cross the border, as well as their possible separation, one of the most sensitive issues in politics right now.
It would increase the number of days a family can be held together from 20 days to 100 days, preventing family separations but lengthening the amount of time children can be held in custody with their parents. “
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