Dianne Feinstein becomes longest-serving
woman in Senate
Posted By: NorthernDog, 11/5/2022 8:46:16 PM
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Saturday became the longest-serving female in Senate history, passing former Sen. Barbara Mikulski while celebrating her 30th anniversary as part of the chamber. Feinstein, the first woman to lead the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021 and the first female head of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called it an "incredible honor" to reach the milestone. "I'm forever grateful to the people of California who sent me here to represent them," Feinstein said in a statement released this week. "It has been a great pleasure to watch more and more
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for the first time in years. Will rain
hurt turnout? 6 replies
for the first time in years. Will rain
hurt turnout? 6 replies
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Never-Trump columnist gets pummeled for
saying 'other than murder, violent crime
is not up' 22 replies
saying 'other than murder, violent crime
is not up' 22 replies
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Poll: Vance takes lead in US Senate race
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Monday that the recent attack on her husband Paul will impact her decision on whether to retire from Congress if Republicans take control of the House.
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De-Sanctimonious? Really?
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The Orlando Sentinel reported, "The simmering political war between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis burst into view Saturday night, when Trump referred to the Florida governor as Ron De-Sanctimonious.(snip)Not cool.
Trump is reading the room wrong right now. As a loyal supporter, I beg him not to pick this fight because he will lose. Bigly.(snip)DeSantis is not sanctimonious. Was his daring to stop the grooming of children in Florida just for show? Was his taking on Disney just for show? Was his re-opening his state early during the pandemic panic just for show?
Flipping the b**d to the powerful teachers union took some courage.
Squaring off with the employer of
The next few days will be very difficult for the progressives, pinkos, commies, and other Democrats around you as they watch most – or perhaps all, if it is a red tsunami – their dreams die at the ballot box. You should take their profound sadness into account when you deal with them, and do everything you can to make the process of dealing with their total humiliation as miserable as possible.
It's not about healing. It’s about hurting. It’s righteous retribution for their myriad wrongs. And it’s fun to make bad people suffer. Mock them. Belittle them. Call them “election deniers.” Rub their smug, Botoxed faces
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Some conservatives turn on Trump for attacking
Ron DeSantis ahead of midterms: ‘What
an idiot’ 27 replies
Ron DeSantis ahead of midterms: ‘What
an idiot’ 27 replies
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"DeSantis is an extremely effective conservative governor who has had real policy wins and real cultural wins.
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Pennsylvania Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman’s U.S. Senate campaign filed a lawsuit Monday against state election officials, arguing that mail ballots with an incorrect or blank date should be counted in Tuesday’s election.
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”The date [requirement] imposes unnecessary hurdles
Democrat Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman said in a memo to reporters to “buckle up for a long week” because the ballot counting process could take “several days.”
Why?
The only reason why Democrats need to count ballots for several days after Election Day is to overcome the Republican candidate’s vote count and steal the election.
Fetterman used the 2020 election as an example in his memo to reporters and recalled how Trump was ahead by more than 700,000 votes at midnight on Election Day in Pennsylvania but still lost after the Democrats counted ballots in secret for Joe Biden for 2 weeks.
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Cooper said, “The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, others have spread stories casting doubt on what happened, fomenting conspiracy theories. What do you have to say to them?”
Pelosi said, “It’s really sad for the country that people of that high visibility would separate themselves from the facts and the truth in such a blatant way. It’s really sad, and it is traumatizing to those affected by it. They don’t care about that, obviously.
President Joe Biden concluded his political rallies for the midterms at a historically black university in Maryland, telling students they were “just as smart” as other colleges in the United States.
Biden defended the “historic” $5.8 billion in funding he budgeted for HBCUs as president.
“HBCUs don’t have the endowments others have, but guess what, you’re just as smart, you’re just as bright, you’re just as good as any college in America,” Biden said.
“That money is to build laboratories and other things for the future that you need to have access to,” he added.
Biden’s comment recalls a number of racially insensitive comments he has made about black people.
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She should have retired a decade ago.