#senator vance

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Dear Senator Vance (With Special Guest Ruth Tremlett)

Check out our new episode with special guest Ruth Tremlett who reads a letter to Senator Vance.

To Whom It May Concern Episode 20 Good Morning. We hope this finds you well. This week we are joined with our very special guest Ruth Tremlett. Ruth reads a letter to Republican Senator JD Vance, and Loran Reads a letter to his Mum Some of the topics we discuss in today’s episode are: Politics impacts every aspect of our lives, and it is important to be informed and engaged. Different…

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"The Vice Presidency comes with plenty of indignities, but probably none greater than the one that Kamala Harris endured on Monday when she presided over the certification of her own defeat.

Standing in the rostrum of the House of Representatives, a gavel in her hand and a look of imperturbable stoicism on her face, Ms. Harris officiated as the two houses of Congress met in joint session to formally count the Electoral College votes for President.

"The votes for President of the United States are as follows," she declared after each state's totals were read. "Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 312 votes." At that point, Republican lawmakers rose to their feet to applaud. Ms Harris gave a small, polite smile as she let them have their moment.

Then she continued. "Kamala D. Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes," she intoned. Now it was the Democrats' turn to stand and applaud. Ms. Harris glanced over to that side of the chamber with a little smile of thanks, then gently gaveled the body to order. After reading the votes certifying JD Vance as Vice President, she formally ordered the results entered in the record.

And with that, Kamala Harris the Vice President officially put an end to Kamala Harris the candidate's quest for the Presidency -- at least for this election. At that point, members of both parties rose to applaud, seemingly out of respect for the no-doubt-painful task she had just taken on without complaint or objection.

There was also certainly a little bit of relief that everyone had gotten through the moment peacefully, unlike the maelstrom visited upon the Capitol on this day four years earlier when Mr. Trump refused to accept defeat and inspired a mob that stormed the building to try to stop the count certifying it.

Ms. Harris made no comments while wielding the gavel beyond her scripted duties...Unlike Mr. Trump, Ms. Harris has made no effort to cast doubt upon the election but has instead accepted defeat graciously. Neither she nor President Biden has sought to pressure the Justice Department, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, or election officials to reverse the vote she lost, as Mr. Trump did four years ago.

She has not filed dozens of lawsuits that would be tossed out by judges as frivolous or unfounded. She has not repeated false fraud allegations or wild conspiracy theories that her own advisers told her were untrue.

Nor did she use her role as presiding officer to reject votes for Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance the way Mr. Trump tried to get Vice President Mike Pence to do to Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris in 2021. Mr. Pence refused, saying he did not have such power, and Congress subsequently passed a law reaffirming that interpretation.

The contrast between Jan. 6, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2025, could hardly be starker. "

-- Peter Baker, on Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the certification of her own defeat in the 2024 Presidential election before a joint session of Congress, during the peaceful, traditional formal ceremony denied to her and President Joe Biden exactly four years earlier, New York Times, January 6, 2025.

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In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government. He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of the “corrupt" Social Democrats.

Hitler cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the "common man," railing against the "elites," cultural "degeneracy," and the establishment, who he all labeled as "Marxists." He claimed the education system was indoctrinating children to hate Germany, and promised to return Germany to greatness.

To solidify his base, Hitler masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation's problems, exploiting societal divisions with an "us vs. them" narrative. Many Germans took the bait. Hitler's Nazi Party continued to gain traction, until he became Chancellor in 1933.

Hitler appointed German oligarchs as his economic advisors. He proceeded to privatize government run utilities, solidifying support of the economic elite.

With the working class divided along cultural and ethnic lines, the Nazis shut down workers unions and abolished strikes.

Progressives and trade unionists were imprisoned and sent to concentration camps. Corporate profits skyrocketed while working class Germans lived paycheck to paycheck.

Hitler, who became a billionaire while in office, knew he and his clan of oligarchs could get away with the scam if they constantly had an "enemy within" to blame while the corporatocracy robbed the country blind.

An easy target was one of the smallest minorities. Hitler removed birthright citizenship rights of Jews and started rounding them up for mass deportations for being "illegally" in the country.

The German press under Nazi rule highlighted instances of violence by Jews to convince the public that Jewish immigrants were a danger to the "real Germans."

Hitler wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn't just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents were silenced. Media that dared to questioned[sic] him were vilified as "the enemy" and "Marxists."

Hitler's Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, bragged about how the Nazis were able to intimidate the media into giving them favorable coverage, and didn't need to give direct orders.

The Nazi regime and its followers collected all books they saw as promoting "degeneracy" or what would be considered "woke" today, and burned them in large bonfires. They also burned books that promoted class consciousness.

Berlin had a thriving LGBTQ community in the 1920s, and even had the first transgender clinic. The Nazis burned it to the ground. LGBTQ people were sent to concentration camps and forced to wear triangle badges. Many were killed in the Holocaust.

The Nazis also saw manhood as under threat by independent women who didn't rely on men. In 1934, Hitler proclaimed, “A women’s world is her her husband, her family, her children, her house." Laws that had protected women's rights were repealed and new laws were introduced to restrict women to the home and in their roles as wives and mothers.

Reproductive rights were severely rolled back, and doctors who performed abortions could face the death penalty.

Despite all of this, the German people didn't have a similar historical parallel to look upon as a warning.

Most Germans never acted like the sky was falling.

Most just went along with their lives as usual, until many of their lives were snuffed out. By the time Hitler's reign was forced to an end by the Allied Powers, 11 million people were murdered in the Holocaust, and 70-85 million were killed in WW2 .

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You all don’t seem to understand, they are going to amendment 25 trump and put Vance in office! THIS is what the heritage foundation wanted all along. VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💙

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Note 1: "Previously-bipartisan" because it had already passed the House on a 357–70 vote.

Note 2: Blaming Republicans because the 48–44 vote saw almost-entirely R votes against (exc. Independents Manchin & Sanders).

Note 3: JD Vance, who has spent the past couple weeks being weird about childless women, did not bother showing up to vote.

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Republican Vice-President Nominee, Senator J.D. Vance, dressed in drag.

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Igor Bobic at HuffPost:

The Senate confirmed former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense on Friday after weeks of debate about his slim qualifications and his alleged history of alcohol abuse and domestic abuse. The vote was 50-50, with GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and a surprise Mitch McConnell of Kentucky standing in opposition. The three Republican no votes forced Vice President JD Vance to cast a tie-breaking decision in Hegseth’s favor. It’s the first time in U.S. history that a defense secretary was confirmed by a tie vote in the Senate. Hegseth, a 44-year-old veteran who has vowed to end “woke” military policies, was nominated by then-President-elect Donald Trump in November to the bewilderment of much of the national security community. He is set to begin the job as the least experienced defense secretary in modern history. Republicans defended the pick, saying that an unconventional leader with experience outside government is needed to shake up the department and “restore American strength” abroad. Those who initially expressed concerns were quickly met with threats of primaries by Trump’s allies. McConnell’s no vote came as a slight surprise after he voted to advance Hegseth’s nomination earlier this week. In a statement shortly after his vote, McConnell pointed to Hegseth’s lack of experience for the role that oversees 3 million people employed by the armed forces and manages a nearly $1 trillion budget.

The Senate voted 51-50 to confirmer drunken domestic abuser and sexual assaulter Pete Hegseth to serve as the Secretary of Defense under Trump, with VP JD Vance providing the 51st tie-breaking vote to confirm, since Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitch McConnell voted no and so did all Democrats and Dem-caucusing Indies.

I just don’t see Hegseth lasting the entire term, as he could bail out back to right-wing media commentator world or into defense lobbying within a year or so.

See Also:

The Guardian: Trump’s controversial Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth confirmed by Senate 51-50

AP, via Daily Kos: Hegseth confirmed as Trump's defense secretary in tie-breaking vote

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I don’t think this is people who withheld their vote also. I think the electorate is more right than ever and I think that is really scary. Trump didn’t just win, he exceeded his turnout pretty much everywhere and gained ground in a lot of blue states. Turnout was RECORD BREAKING this year and it was all for Trump. These are not margins from people who were democrats who didn’t vote or voted third party. These are margins from flipping voters, getting new voters and independent/on the fence voters.

I’m heartbroken because in my view the Democratic Party is already far far far too centrist if not just straight up right. I don’t know what the option is at this point because this is just going to push them more right because it seems like that is where the votes are! And I don’t want to continue to vote for a party that doesn’t reflect my political beliefs. I also don’t think there is a left majority in America anymore.

My life seems very silly and very small right now especially in comparison to the people who are suffering currently under a Biden administration and the people who may suffer under another Trump term. I desperately hope that the Democratic messaging was wrong and this term won’t be unique in any meaningful way. Straight up praying.

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1535 days to go

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I appreciate people posting optimistically about politics, genuinely, but it's also really hard to swallow as someone living in a red state that has been systematically destroyed over the last 8 years. Every time a general election is "not as bad as it could've been," Ohio goes for the most horrifying option, and people just go "eh it's a red state," and don't even acknowledge how insane the shift has been. Because it's shifted red HARD. Honestly think this state is a pretty good model of the growth of fascism in the US

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as unlikely as it seems if trump gets elected maybe he'll do something really funny and immediately get impeached after getting into office