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Trying for the "both sides" dismissal … CPR report http://Colorado Republican lawmakers meet for special session amid party turmoil
I believe the writer of this tweet is very well informed, and he claims the CO special session deal on the table right now would mean a "$600,000 homeowner will see a 5% jump in their 2025 tax bill, but the owner of a $5M home will see a decrease in their tax bill." I'm not sure if that means increases or decreases compared to the bill the legislature passed like 3 months ago.
So, my rhetorical question is whether the special session has an element of Faustian bargain?
https://x.com/sjwasserman/status/1828425155300762005
On Trump's Impulse Control – or lack thereof. Marcy Wheeler at EmptyWheel.
Trump is so easy to manipulate.
Lots of Crystal Nacht Fantasizing on the MAGAt Right. Josh Kovensky at TPM.
From Christian Nationalists to the Federalists, they are really pushing the idea of violence and the inevitability of Trump calling out the National Guard, either for border control or against protestors. The Floyd protests loom large in their fear-mongering.
Violence Fetishing is a key part of the fascist impulse. It keeps showing up in the RMGO/NRA gun culture, Proud Boys, Constitutional Sheriffs. The worry I have is how easy it will be for this rhetoric to switch when Trump is defeated in November.
Kovensky interviewed a bunch of MAGA influencers and MAGA observers.
Jill Stein will be on the ballot in Wisconsin, after all.
I agree with the Constitutional principle that ballot access should be open to anyone with the means to obtain it. However, I lost respect for Stein when she allowed herself to be used by Putin in 2015.
This has been an LBPoS trigger moment.
Please, tell me the progressives that are not always reliably Democratic voters won't get taken in by her nonsense again.