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A Dem winning in Utah seems "Wow! really?" but this district has only existed since the 2010 census and a Dem actually beat Mia Love to win there in 2012. Both of her later wins were by fairly narrow margins. Much more of a swing district than I realized on Election Night. -
Also interesting: every one of Utah's 4 districts has at least some of the Salt Lake City metro area in it. If state Republicans had created a district that was pretty much just SLC by itself, they would have probably had one reasonably reliable Dem seat and three 70%+ Republican seats. Instead they created a map where they have a good chance to sweep all 4 districts but also could lose 1, two at worst, any given election.Comment
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When you ignore the cries of racism, DSL, that makes you a racist! Mia Love was victimized by the implicit and explicit biases of the white hegemony!
With 4 districts I can definitely see drawing up 3 pretty safe districts and one closer one. Utah's numbers are so massively Red that there's no way the Ds should ever get a seat there. Obama got 34% there in 2008. In every other presidential election this century the Ds have been BELOW 30%!
I mean, it's way more partisan than the likes of Connecticut (5-0) and Massachusetts (9-0). 4-0 seems like a pretty reasonable result in most years.
But, the one thing to remember -- Utah, though it's crimson red, doesn't like PDJT. While HRC only got 27%, PDJT only got 45% because the Libertarian dude there got over 20%. Them religious folks don't much cotton to PDJT's shenanigans. Or at least them marry, marry, mary religious-type folks don't.Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.Comment
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WRONG! She lost because she didn't show President Deals more "love"Comment
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This. Trump's reaction to criticism is normally to double down, so he might have been praising Saudi Arabia for 'lowering oil prices' just to hit back at his Republican critics. Otherwise if he actually believes what he said, he is wildly clueless about where the US gets its oil and WHY global oil prices have dropped so much since September (it's not because Saudi Arabia wants to increase production -- they actually want the opposite).
"Donald Trump has just tweeted a thank you to Saudi Arabia for current low oil prices, which he likens to 'a big Tax Cut for America and the World!' In fact, Canada is the US's biggest supplier of imported oil at 40%, compared to only 11% from Saudi Arabia."
"Also, Saudi Arabia has sought to boost oil prices by promising to pump fewer barrels in December. A week ago, it backed a proposal for OPEC nations to cut production by one million barrels per day."Comment
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Easy to imagine Trump thinks he can use leverage over MbS to push prices lower. They don't produce Brent or WTI or WCS, but can indirectly influence prices.Comment
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Chief Justice Roberts pushes back (gently) on Trump after latest "Obama Judge" comments. And while this isn't a sharp pushback, it's rare for any Supreme Court Justice (especially Roberts) to comment on current events, or in this case, openly refute the President.
Last edited by Dr. Strangelove; November 21, 2018, 01:44 PM.Comment
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surprised you haven't posted about the ruling, maybe you did. guessing you like the type of judicial interference but know what a blatant overreach it wasOriginally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostChief Justice Roberts pushes back (gently) on Trump after latest "Obama Judge" comments. And while this isn't a sharp pushback, it's rare for any Supreme Court Justice (especially Roberts) to comment on current events, or in this case, openly refute the President.
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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostChief Justice Roberts pushes back (gently) on Trump after latest "Obama Judge" comments. And while this isn't a sharp pushback, it's rare for any Supreme Court Justice (especially Roberts) to comment on current events, or in this case, openly refute the President.
It's a sad indictment of the Executive Branch when the Chief Justice has to tell to stop being a douche bag, no matter how gentle the message.“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” - Groucho MarxComment
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And because his ego is too brittle to just drop something or take it private, he is now publicly punching back at Justice Roberts...Originally posted by Ghengis Jon View PostComment
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The head of Russia's spy agency has dropped dead of "serious illness" at the age of 62. His immediate predecessor also died in office of "illness". He was 58.Comment
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Sort of amazing maps from The Economist showing how the most recent presidential elections broke down almost exactly along the old pre-WWI imperial borders of Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary
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Yup. But not a peep out of Roberts when Obama specifically targeted an Alito's decision during a State of the Union speech. Roberts is a swamp creature.Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostChief Justice Roberts pushes back (gently) on Trump after latest "Obama Judge" comments. And while this isn't a sharp pushback, it's rare for any Supreme Court Justice (especially Roberts) to comment on current events, or in this case, openly refute the President.
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