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ambrosiafaery · 2 years ago

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Heya Vtubers! It's nice to see people moving over from twitter - as much as people joke about "amping up the cringe" to drive people off, tumblr's more welcoming than you're expecting!

My ask box is definitely open if people have questions and I've seen some help starter guides floating around, and figured why not make my own too?

This isn't about how to use tumblr though it's about a lot of the common in jokes/memes that float around. Tumblr culture works very different than Twitter culture - memes dont really come and go, they stick around. Part of this is because you can reblog posts multiple times - and yes I know good memes stick around on twitter too, but it's a very different slowness to Tumblr meme culture

This does in fact mean someone can and will flood your dashboard with repeats of the same post and yes I'm looking at you reg

We've got some silly weekly traditions like out of touch thursday, wizard wednesday, and fingers in his ass sunday and yes people Do re-reblog that shit every week. If you tell me "I like your shoelaces" I will, very stupidly, blurt out the first thing that comes to mind and it will be "Thanks I stole them from the president"

The rest shall be under a readmore because this got Very long. It's not all the memes but its a lot of my favorites that I see pretty often.

the "color theory" post

if someone says anything about color theory especially if they mentioned "children's hospital" they're likely referring to this

The skeleton wars preceded my entry onto tumblr but that was in fact a thing learn your history

Mishapocalypse was also a thing, but more relevant, is our newest holiday, Nov 4-5th

I hate to say you had to be there, but it really was a sort of manic energy you can experience in the moment. It didn't matter if you liked supernatural, destiel, sherlock, or anything, we All held hands on Nov 5th

The queen's death came mildly close, but there won't another queerbait like it. This is also the origin of the superhell meme for my fellow LGBT+

Speaking of the queen, tumblr had been waiting to celebrate her death for a Long time. People will be respectful about how her death affected shit for everyone, but they aren't going to be respectful towards her or the royal family here. We had our crab raves ready for Years before she finally kicked the bucket.

We did enjoy the sexyman polls btw, even if you twitter people were silly enough to host them offsite

"Daily Dracula" isn't just tumblr specific, but it is very popular here. It's an email newletter that sends snippets of the classic novel in real time with dates from the book.

horse plinko.

I don't have room for the entirety of the Connecticut Clark saga but its a lovely comic and Cark and Malfina are All our blorbos

You may be familiar with tumblr celebrating the Ides of March (also a very real holiday respect our traditions), so heres another history meme we've got. If people joke about the value or copper or Ea-nasir, theyre referring to this post

Around 2017, there was a time where nazi, pedo, terfs and other sorts of shit blogs were taken over by someone using Toy Story's Woody as an icon and Howdy Pardner as a blog title. Eventually the whole thing got out of hand but whoever originated Woody's Roundup was pretty funny

Popularity on tumblr is hard to gauge, but theres a few blogs out there that just Everyone knows.

We know Sixpenceee for the "Sixpenceee Heals" incident among others,

we know about thejorie's Three Weed Smoking Girlfriends,

we had bone stealing witches at one point, but not sure if they're still hanging around

thecybersmith is well known for being the Human Pet Guy among other incredibly weird takes. i think they also went to twitter but they've got a Reputation here for sure

we are Very Aware about John and Hank Green due to an incident when editing other people's posts was a thing, and people edited one of John Green's posts to be very nsfw. There's a bit of a back and forth on this one whether it was actually funny or not, but this incident did drive them off tumblr which makes John Green's recent string of tweets Fascinating

The wizard blogs are special to us, please be polite to them and pay your wizard tithes on time. I don't listen to the wizard council though, I'll cast transmute idaho if I want to.

People are sometimes really bad about reading the op of a post, and one-time-i-dreamt is well known for jumpscaring people with posts that seem like almost real encounters until you realize the blog title means this was something someone dreamed

There's definitely more but i woke up in a cold sweat at 3:30 am to write this and its now 5am so I'll leave it at that. add your favorite tumblr specific memes if you'd like.

tumblr loves to beat a dead horse (or put it in a plinko) so dont be afraid to reblog old jokes, or put a new spin on an old joke, or be like Reg who regularly reblogs the "i control the paladins" tiktok fifty times in a row when people get a bit too weird in their notes (not an exaggeration. I learned tumblr hotkeys for you my beloved mutual)

#vtuber #twitter exodus #long post

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kookaifoundation · 5 years ago

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tagged by @ichibankasuga who has very good video game opinions! thank u

Instructions: Tag 10 followers you want to get to know better

Name: leon. unfortunately i was still ashamed enough when i named myself that i didnt choose Count Boochie Flagrante but we all make mistakes

Gender:

Male™

Star sign: libra but didnt they change it around recently? idk i might be virgo now

Height: 5'2. im not mad about it

Sexuality:

Hogwarts house: ion do that shit

Favorite animal: this is going to sound lame but GOD i am fascinated by megabats. theyre wonderful creatures... their childbirth process is so funny to watch bc they do give birth upside down and so without the aid of gravity the baby's head gets out first and it just. chills there and looks around for like 10 mins before it fully pops out. theyre also important pollinators which is something many ignore... they dont deserve what ppl are doing to them

Average hours of sleep: anywhere from 7-10 hours

Blankets you sleep with: just one big comforter... its starting to get hot here though so ive been sending her to cover my legs only 😔

Dream job: if my brain worked right id love to be either a writer or a narrative director for video games! for like my entire life ive been really good at formulating worlds and storylines and one of the things im best at is scenarios for games as embarrassing as that is to admit LMAO... both of those positions take a lot of cooperation with other ppl and dealing with deadlines and whatnot but if ur not familiar with them a narrative director just talks with the writer and then verbally (or through email idk) fistfights other teams to make sure important scenes get executed correctly and have the right amount of time and resources put into them. i cant possibly interact with ppl As A Job but it sounds fun and plus a requirement of it is u HAVE to get hyped about ur work and i love immersing myself in good stories so. :)

When I made my blog: uhhhhhhhh. 2012 LOL

Followers: last time i checked it was somewhere around 1092 i think?

Why I made a tumblr: OKOKOKOK i remember in middle school RIGHT BEFORE i made my acct on a school pc i saw a post w this fucking gif and im like 90% sure its what made me join

Reasons for my URL: xenosaga good. jr good. kookai was taken

Tagging: anybody who wants to do it just say i tagged u :)

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patriotsnet · 3 years ago

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How Many Registered Republicans In Washington State

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The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic fallout are two major issues that have an impact on the election. NBC News is tracking and updating daily the number of coronavirus related deaths in each state and U.S. territory, as well as the jobless claims as reported weekly by the Department of Labor that counts how many people have filed for unemployment benefits.

Moderates Seeking A Home

Outside the formal party organization, some ordinary Republican voters who dont feel any allegiance to Trump found themselves without a real political home for the past few years. Among that group, Herrera Beutlers stance on impeachment was admirable, and potentially an invitation back to the fold.

A Vancouver man who asked to remain anonymous to avoid what he called the wackadoodles had been voting Republican for his entire adult life. That changed in 2016.

Free trade, open economic policy, small government, none of that is the Republican party anymore, he said. If they stay on the path theyre on, I dont see myself going back.

He also voted against Herrera Beutler for the first time last year because he was fed up with the party as a whole, he said. He might go back to supporting the congresswoman in the future after her impeachment vote.

He doesnt consider himself a Republican anymore, but hes not a Democrat or a third party voter either.

a mix-and-match independent. Im going to look more at character and moderate policy perspectives than I will at rhetoric or extremism on either side, he said.

While the national trends would indicate that there are more voters experiencing the same kind of drift away from their voting history, theres not a very reliable way to track how many of those people are in Southwest Washington.

Most Democratic And Republicancounties In Alabama

Which Alabama counties have the most Democrats and which has the most Republicans?

It turns out even the Reddest of Red states has a drop of Blue.

24/7 Wall Street;recently used voting data and a review of current and historical representation in Congress to determine the political leanings counties across the country. That index was then used to determine the most Democratic and most Republican counties in each state.

Alabama is a solid Republican state but the analysis found pockets of Democratic support. For example, in 2012, 61 percent of Alabama voters opted for Republican candidate Mitt Romney, one of the highest shares the losing candidate received from any state. In Greene County, however, 85 percent of the voters cast their ballot for President Obama. Whats more, Greene County helped send a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in each of the last five Congressional elections.

Thats enough to make Greene County the most Democratic county in Alabama.

And what about the most Republican County? There is a lot of competition for that title but the recognition goes to Blount county, according to;24/7 Wall Street. In 2012, more than 86 percent of voters cast their ballot for GOP nominee Romney, the highest share of any county in Alabama. Also, county residents are represented in the House by the 4th and 6th Congressional Districts, both of which are held by Republicans.

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The Washington State Republican Party Is Thriving

Published by Kyle Fischer on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

From Bellingham to Clarkston, Republicans in Washington State are not only making a difference but providing a voice that is often ignored by Seattle liberals hellbent on out of touch ideological policies that dont work.

Republican and conservative non-partisan elected officials are presenting fresh ideas and implementing innovative solutions to the most pressing issues in our communities, issues that are largely ignored by the one-party rule of Democrats in Olympia and Seattle.

Lets start with homelessness and mental health.; Seattle spends tens of millions to address homelessness and crime but continues to top the charts for worst in the nation in both categories.; Meanwhile communities like Marysville are taking a new approach by pairing much-needed behavioral health services with a no-tolerance policy on criminal activity.

Pierce County, the second largest county in the state, is led by Republican County Executive, Bruce Dammeier. Under his leadership, homelessness in the county has dropped 9% in the last year due to his prioritizing of increased behavioral health services and strict enforcement of laws.

And finally, taxes.; Washingtonians have repeatedly insisted that they do not want new taxes, yet Democrats never tire of finding new ways to make Washingtonians pay including seeking an energy tax, a capital gains tax, a jobs tax, and more all in just the last year.

Democrats Have 12 Million More Registered Voters Than Republicans

UVA Center for Politics Larry Sabatos Crystal Ball posted the latest numbers of registered Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the 31 states that require party registration to vote. Democrats and their friends in the media have been great at getting people to register as Democrats .

Democrats lead the GOP by 12 million registered voters in states that are key in the mid-terms.

Its not good news for the GOP in the mid-terms. Important states now have more registered Democrats than Republicans, and in many, its by a significant amount.

Democrats now account for 40% of the registered voters in those states, Republicans are only 29% and Independents account for 28 percent. Its shocking when one considers they are successfully running on high taxes and spending, a loss of freedoms, Stormy Daniels, and open borders.

There arent many states that are solid red and many are close to becoming blue.

It gives Democrats a decided advantage.

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Its concerning when you consider states like North Carolina and Colorado now have more Democrats than Republicans and others like Arizona are close. We can thank the invasion of leftists coming in from foreign nations for some of this. Certainly, it is what changed California. Foreigners loyal to their native lands are deciding our policies.

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Why Did Black Voters Flee The Republican Party In The 1960s

That strategy proved crucial for Nixon. He carried South Carolina , plus Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. It turned out to be enough, even though five other Southern states’ electoral votes went to George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama who ran that year as the nominee of the American Independent Party.

Nixon worried about another Wallace bid costing him Southern states again in 1972, and he worked hard to maneuver Wallace in another direction. In the end, Wallace sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1972 . Nixon swept the South that year en route to winning 49 states overall.

The wilderness after Watergate

After such a resounding reelection, it seemed unimaginable that Nixon or his party could be in political trouble so soon after his second inauguration. But a 1972 burglary at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee , was traced to Nixon’s campaign. His efforts to cover up that connection were then exposed, leading to impeachment proceedings. When audio tapes of his conspiratorial meetings with aides were made public, he resigned and was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford.

Republicans once again found themselves in the wilderness. Midterm elections arrived right after the resignation and pardon. Republicans nationwide paid the price, with the party losing seats in Congress it had held for generations.

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Why Republicans Stick With Trump

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With each new controversy, Donald Trumps opponents plead with Republicans to denounce him. Hasnt Mr. Trump broken from GOP orthodoxy on free trade, immigration and entitlement reform? Not to mention the personal scandals and the never-ending tweets. Why do Republican leaders hesitate to rebuke him?

A shallow answer is politics: Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker both tangled with Mr. Trump, and it turned out to be political suicide. But to get a deeper answer, its instructive to examine what Mr. Trump hasnt done. Since the campaign, Mr. Trump has abandoned many of his previous positions and embraced traditional conservative views.

Spending and taxes. During the election, Mr. Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Some Republicans feared his first initiative on taking office would be a pork-laden spending package reminiscent of Barack Obamas stimulus bill. They also worried he would cut a deal with Democrats to raise taxes. I am willing to pay more, Mr. Trump said in May 2016. And do you know what? The wealthy are willing to pay more. Instead, the reverse happened: Theres no infrastructure plan in sight, except for the border wall, and Mr. Trump signed a sweeping bill to reduce personal and corporate taxes.

Mr. Jindal served as governor of Louisiana, 2008-16, and was a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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The Deafening Silence Of Republicans

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, before the start of a meeting with House and Senate Leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

This is what GOP lawmakers who think Trump went too far or doesnt deserve to be president are up against. If they grow a spine and rebuke him, they will lose their seats in their districts next election. So far, just distancing themselves or making vague excuses is enough for most. Some even have to voice full-throated support or be primaried by a wide-eyed zealot foaming at the mouth about Antifa super-soldiers building extermination camps for Christians, expending hundreds of thousands of dollars from a campaign chest to repel an attack on their right flank.

Some, of course, are just Trumps who can form a coherent sentence and with six fewer bankruptcies from which their dads had to bail them out while ruthlessly chewing them out in front of other family members and important business partners. Like their voters, they also feel ecstatic that a fellow narcissistic bigot is in charge, and are ready and willing to make things harder on their more moderate and less enthusiastic colleagues.

Why So Many Republicans Cling To Trump

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Ben Shapiro got part of it right. A toxic mix of status anxiety, persecution fears, and echoes of the Civil War helps explain why they follow Trump into the abyss.

On September 17, 1862, over 10,000 Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or went missing in a single day at the Battle of Antietam. Very few of them came from slave-owning families, so why did they agree to give their lives in defense of human bondage?

I was reminded of this question when I noticed that Politico Playbook had recruited conservative celebrity and author Ben Shapiro;to explain why the vast majority of House Republicans voted not to impeach President Trump on Wednesday for sending a murderous mob after them on January 6. Politico was slammed by liberals for opening its best-known section to a conservative whos been charged with being bigoted and intolerant. But Shapiros explanation of the rallying around Trump during his final days wasnt totally off base. He was on to something about how Republicans see the world.

With Trump leaving office within a week, defending his incitement of an insurrection doesnt seem to be in the long-term self-interest of Republican officeholders.;But the Civil War example helps explain why people sometimes do very self-destructive things out of spite or insecurity.

White supremacy was such a consensus view at the time that Lincoln felt compelled to defend it.

Like the rebels at Antietam, no one wants to die for nothing.

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The Republican Doomsday Cult

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With that in mind, we can explore a truly bizarre dynamic thats been unfolding before our eyes. Since the John Birch Society kidnapped the heart of American conservatism, theyve managed to turn it into a doomsday cult which preaches that any deviation from their orthodoxy will be the end of America and therefore the world as we know it. To keep voters in line and tens of millions in cash from the party rank and file, it unleashed what could only be described as a tsunami of conspiracy theories and fake news to support them.

To be a Republican today is to wholeheartedly believe that youve been losing the battle against nefarious forces for the last half-century and if you dont fight back, or should your party not win absolute control at every level of government, the Reptoid Illuminati MS-13 Antifa Sharia Jew World Order will come to your house, rip your face off, and steal your grandchildren to sell as sex slaves in basements of pizzerias. And whereas a charismatic cult leader would know full well that this is a ruse to keep his followers pliant no matter what he does to them, Trump believes the same exact things.

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All these factors combined to produce a windfall for Republicans all over the country in the midterms of 1994, but it was a watershed election in the South. For more than a century after Reconstruction, Democrats had held a majority of the governorships and of the Senate and House seats in the South. Even as the region became accustomed to voting Republican for president, this pattern had held at the statewide and congressional levels.

But in November 1994, in a single day, the majority of Southern governorships, Senate seats and House seats shifted to the Republicans. That majority has held ever since, with more legislative seats and local offices shifting to the GOP as well. The South is now the home base of the Republican Party.

The 2020 aftermath

No wonder that in contesting the results in six swing states he lost, Trump seems to have worked hardest on Georgia. If he had won there, he still would have lost the Electoral College decisively. But as the third most populous Southern state, and the only Southern state to change its choice from 2016, it clearly held special significance.

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As Gop Sticks With Trump Grassroots Energy On The Right Has Gone Missing

WASHINGTON Tax Day 2009 was the start of the Tea Party protests against Barack Obamas agenda.

But as we approach April 15, 2021 even with the tax-filing deadline extended to May 17 its become noticeable just how quiet the conservative grassroots have been during President Bidens first three months in office.

Part of it is due to the fact that Biden has never been the lightning rod for the right that Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and even AOC are.

But another part is the 2020 defeated candidate who decided to stick around: Donald Trump.

‘he’s On His Own’: Some Republicans Begin To Flee From Trump

NEW YORK President Donald Trump’s steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.

After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Trump appears to have lost some of his strongest allies, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Two Cabinet members and at least a half dozen aides have resigned. A handful of congressional Republicans are openly considering whether to join a renewed push for impeachment.

One GOP senator who has split with Trump in the past called on him to resign and questioned whether she would stay in the party.

I want him out, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska told The Anchorage Daily News. “He has caused enough damage.

The insurrection on the heels of a bruising election loss in Georgia accomplished what other low points in Trump’s presidency did not: force Republicans to fundamentally reassess their relationship with a leader who has long abandoned tradition and decorum. The result could reshape the party, threatening the influence that Trump craves while creating a divide between those in Washington and activists in swaths of the country where the president is especially popular.

President-elect Joe Biden isn’t putting his weight behind the effort yet, suggesting there’s not enough time between now and his Jan. 20 inauguration to pursue impeachment or any other constitutional remedy.

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patriotsnet · 3 years ago

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Can Republicans Vote Democrat In General Election

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Can Republicans Vote Democrat In General Election

No Party Preference Voters

Prominent Democrats say party can end Republicans dominance of Georgia politics this election

Voters not affiliated with a qualified political party may vote a ballot of a qualified political party allowing participation by non-affiliated voters.

For the 2020 Presidential Primary Election, the following parties have agreed to allow non-affiliated voters to vote their partys ballot for the President of the United States contest:

Democratic Party

American Independent Party

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NOTE: The other qualified parties did not agree to allow non-affiliated voters to vote their partys ballots.

Beginning in 2020, all voters will automatically receive a vote-by-mail ballot.

Submitting a request on our website

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Voting in person at a Vote Center beginning on February 22, 2020

If you choose to vote in person at a Vote Center beginning on February 22, 2020Voting in the Green, Peace and Freedom, or Republican Party Primary

Can A Democrat Vote For A Republican

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the two major parties in America. Before the general election takes place, there is a process called the primary election. The primary election is how registered voters determine the candidate for the nomination of each political party for the general election. The general election is the election that determines who becomes the President of America.

The question is, can a democrat vote for a republican?

In answering the question on whether a democrat can vote for a republican, it is essential to note that the answer depends on the type of election in question. For closed primary elections, only persons that register as members of a particular party can vote, and in such a situation, they must vote for their party candidate. For an open primary election, the voters can vote for any party without declaring their affiliation to a political party.

What Is The Purpose Of Primary Elections In The Electoral Process

The United States holds two very different kinds of elections: primary and general. Both are important in determining the will of the people. This process finds out who the people want to run for each party, and then which party’s candidate they choose over the other party’s candidate. The primary election is the party nomination part of the election and the general election is the vote for the office-holder.

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The Types Of Elections

There are several kinds of elections in America. We have the special elections, the primary elections, and the general elections. Special elections are elections that are for filling up a vacant space where they exist.

The primary elections are elections that voters use in determining the candidate that comes up for nomination under a political party. It is the medium that generates the candidate for the general elections.

Primary elections are in two variants. It could be a closed primary election and could also be an open primary election. In a closed primary election, voters cannot vote outside of the political party of which they are members. It means that in a closed primary election, a democrat cannot vote for a Republican candidate, and a republican cannot also vote for a democratic candidate.

It is not the same as an open primary election. In an open primary election, voters can vote for candidates of their choice irrespective of membership of a political party. It means that in an open primary election, a democrat can vote for a republican and a republican can vote for a democrat.

Apart from the open and closed primary elections discussed above, other variants could be partially closed or partially open. At other times, it could be a combination of both. In some jurisdictions, an election might be closed. However, those without party affiliations can vote for their preferred candidate without having to belong to any political party.

Their Attempt To Oust Gavin Newsom Will Likely Fail So They Are Using It To Seed A Larger Narrative About Nonexistent Voter Fraud

Its probably rigged. That was Donald Trumps assessment of the effort to recall Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, during an appearance on the dutifully sycophantic network Newsmax. Theyre sending out all ballotsthe ballots are mail-out, mail-in ballots. I guess you even have a case where you can make your own ballot. When that happens, nobodys going to win except these Democrats.

As usual with Trump, a gigantic lie is rendered absurd by an even more fantastical oneI have no idea what make your own ballot means; perhaps he is referring to the legislatures decision to allow voters to , maybe he thinks California is encouraging its voters to take up crafting. The nucleus of the lie is simply the black insecurity thats constantly gnawing at the heart of the former president: If you think youre going to lose, say the whole thing was rigged against you.

Fox Nations Tomi Lahren told her viewers that the only thing that will save Gavin Newsom is voter fraud. Baseless claims of fraud have trended on social media throughout the summer. Larry Elder, the Republican radio host most likely to become the states governor if Newsom is recalled, has also suggested that Dominion Voting Systems was working to rig the gubernatorial recall election.

Alex Shephard is a staff writer at The New Republic.

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Open Primaries In The United States

An open primary is a primary election that does not require voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote for partisan candidates. In a traditional open primary, voters may select one party’s ballot and vote for that party’s nomination. As in a closed primary, the highest voted candidate in each party then proceeds to the general election. In a nonpartisan blanket primary, all candidates appear on the same ballot and the two highest voted candidates proceed to the runoff election, regardless of party affiliation. The constitutionality of this system was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2008, whereas a partisan blanket primary was previously ruled to be unconstitutional in 2000.The arguments for open primaries are that voters can make independent choices, building consensus that the electoral process is not splintered or undermined by the presence of multiple political parties.

Confused About November Heres The Deal

In the general election on Nov. 6, all voters will see the same candidates listed for statewide offices the politicians from all parties who advanced from the primary election, as well as any third party candidates who’ve filed after the primaries. You can vote for whomever youd like, regardless of the party with which you self-identify. You also arent required to vote for the candidates or party you selected back in the March primary

The general election allows voters to choose candidates from multiple parties for different positions. Think the Republican would make a good governor, but prefer the Democratic candidate for attorney general? Go for it. .

Illinois used to have straight-ticket voting, which allowed voters to select a partys entire slate of candidates across all offices with the push of a button. The legislature outlawed that in 1997, but you can still replicate the experience if you want its just more cumbersome.

But to understand how your final ballot came to be, we need to step back and look at the primary process that got us here.

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To Party Or Not To Party

I moved from Wisconsin to Illinois a year ago knowing party politics ran deep, especially in Cook County. Even so, I wasnt prepared for what happened when I went to my polling place in March to vote in the primaries:

POLL WORKER:;Which ballot would you like?

ME: Uhh the one that I vote on?

This wasnt the norm for me, but after doing some digging, it turns out primary systems can vary widely from state to state.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, primary election systems across the United States shake out like this:

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Some say the stricter primary systems restrict whose voice can be part of the democratic process and are therefore undemocratic. Parties can block who participates in primaries, or systems force voters to publicly identify with a party.

But Laurel Harbridge-Yong, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, says the argument for limiting voting to party members makes sense those who align with a party should get to choose the issues and candidates who represent them.

To people who study political parties Its actually quite shocking to think that you would even have something like open primaries, Harbridge-Yong says. Taken in a different context, the question would be, Why should someone whos not a Methodist be able to help pick the priest at a Methodist congregation? Of course, it would be the people that are part of that denomination or that group who are the ones that are selecting their leader.

In June, the BGA Policy team had John Opdycke, president of Open Primaries, as a guest on the BGA podcast . Opdycke advocates for primary reform across the country, and said efforts are underway in 15 or 20 states to attempt to change primary systems.

There’s a lot of momentum, there’s a lot of activity, Opdycke said. And yet this movement is still very underdeveloped, very young and the opposition comes from both political parties.

And in Illinois?

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The Frightening New Republican Consensus

Conservatives may disagree with one another about what happened in 2020, but theyre converging on a belief that Democrats win close elections only through fraud.

About the author: David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Former President Donald Trump has been speaking publicly about running to reclaim the White House in 2024, but hes also reportedly expecting to make a comeback before then. Trump has been telling a number of people hes in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August, Maggie Haberman, the New York Times ace Trump reporter, tweeted Tuesday.

Theres no such thing as reinstating a president, but Trump is echoing claims made by Sidney Powell, the lawyer who briefly pursued his specious election-fraud claims in court after the November election. Trump can simply be reinstated, she said this weekend. A new inauguration date is set, and Biden is told to move out of the White House, and President Trump should be moved back in. Powell is the same person who argued in a court filing this spring that no reasonable person would believe her election-fraud arguments.

The new claims are different in scaleencompassing jurisdictions across the countryand popular support. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that more than half of Republicans view Trump as the true president. But even GOP leaders who reject Trumps allegations of fraud are happy to back stricter voting laws predicated on bogus fraud claims.

As Republicans Take Aim At Voting Democrats Search For A Response

A speech by President Biden on Tuesday could be a signal of how hard the Democrats will fight to protect voting rights.

By Michael Wines

WASHINGTON The Democratic Party pledged millions for it last week, grass-roots groups are campaigning for it nationwide and, as recently as Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, said the fight for it had only begun.

But behind the brave words are rising concerns among voting-rights advocates and Democrats that the counterattack against the aggressive push by Republicans to restrict ballot access is faltering, and at a potentially pivotal moment.

President Biden is expected to put his political muscle behind the issue in a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday. But in Congress, Democratic senators have been unable to move voting and election bills that would address what many of them call a fundamental attack on American democracy that could lock in a new era of Republican minority rule.

And in the courts, attacks on voting restrictions face an increasingly hostile judiciary and narrowing legal options.

One more arrow has been taken out of the quiver of voting-rights plaintiffs to strike down these new laws passed since the 2020 election, said Nathaniel Persily, an election-law scholar at Stanford. And its not like they had all that many arrows in the quiver to begin with.

Mr. McConnell has called the proposal a craven political calculation that shows disdain for the American people.

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Caribbean American Pols Victorious In General Elections

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Even as a clear winner is yet to be determined between Republican President Donald J. Trump and his Democratic challenger former United States Vice President Joe Biden in the US Presidential Elections, the overwhelming number of Caribbean Americans legislators in New York have been declared victorious in the Nov. 3 poll.

According to the unofficial results from New York State Board of Elections, Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants won re-election by a landslide.

Clarke, who represents the predominantly Caribbean 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, defeated her Haitian American Republican closest challenger, Constantin Jean-Pierre, by 63 percentage points.

Clarke received 170,898 votes, or 81 percent, to Jean-Pierres 36,847 votes, or 18 percent.

Other candidates in the race, with party affiliation described as other, were Gary Popkin, who received 1,221 votes, or 1 percent; and Joel Anabilah-Azumah , who received only 726 votes, or 0 percent.

Prior to Tuesdays vote, Clarke had urged voters to stand with me in our fight to defeat Trump.

The congresswoman said she was honored to receive overwhelming support from her constituents in Junes Democratic Primary Elections, and looked forward again to receiving their support in the November poll.

What Trumpism Has Cost The Gop And The Nation

Its hard to overstate how precedent-shattering this election was. Going into 2020, it was a political axiom that Democrats always fared worse in runoff elections than in the general; Republicans had improved on their margins in seven out of the eight previous runoff elections in Georgia history. But this week, Ossoff and Warnock won despite Republicans getting more votes than Democrats in both races in November.

For just the second time, Dems gained in the runoffs

Shift in vote margin between the general election and the runoff, for statewide races in Georgia

Year

*Special election.

Results for 2020 runoffs are unofficial and collected as of 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 7.

Georgia rules require a candidate to win a majority of the vote in general elections or special elections; if no candidate wins a majority, there is a runoff between the top two finishers. If a special election took place on a regular general election date, it is included in this table. In these cases, there may be multiple candidates from each party running, so the Democratic and Republican totals are the combined vote share of all candidates from that party.

Turnout in the Georgia runoffs shattered records

Three ways to measure turnout in every runoff election in Georgia

Results for 2020 runoffs are unofficial and collected as of 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 7.

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Primary Elections In Illinois

Wisconsin; Wyoming

A primary election is an election used either to narrow the field of candidates for a given elective office or to determine the nominees for political parties in advance of a general election. Primary elections can take several different forms. In a partisan primary, voters select a candidate to be a political party’s nominee for a given office in the corresponding general election. Nonpartisan primaries are used to narrow the field of candidates for nonpartisan offices in advance of a general election. The terms of participation in primary elections can vary by jurisdiction, political party, and the office or offices up for election. The methods employed to determine the outcome of the primary can also vary by jurisdiction.

HIGHLIGHTS

In Illinois, a voter states his or her affiliation with a political party at the polling place in order to vote in that party’s primary. Because the voter does not have to register partisan affiliation in advance, Illinois’ primaries are considered open.

The winner of a primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, even if he or she does not win an outright majority of votes cast.

See the sections below for general information on the use of primary elections in the United States and specific information on the types of primaries held in Illinois:

State legislation: This sections lists state legislation relevant to primary election policy in Illinois.

Is It Common For Democrats To Participate In The Republican Primary And Vice Versa

In short, no. According to Elizabeth Simas, a political science professor at the University of Houston who spoke about this with Texas Standard, cases of strategic voting dont happen much in primary elections. Certainly, there are people who do it but we just dont see it happening as much as theres potentially this fear for it to happen, Simas said.

In areas dominated by one party, especially rural areas, voters might cross party lines in the primary to have more of a say in their local races.

In my county, all the local races are Republican. Judges, sheriff, district attorney, Martha Mims, a Democratic voter who lives Williamson County, wrote in The Texas Tribunes Facebook group, This is Your Texas. If I want to have a say in local government, I have to vote in the Republican primary.

Voters like Mims can do that, thanks to Texas open primary. Do you have more questions about voting in Texas? Submit them to our Texplainer series.

Disclosure: The University of Houston has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism. Find a complete list of them here.

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Cell Phone Security Breach

Republicans storm SCIF, delay testimony

As the Republicans stormed the secure area,;several brought their cell phones with them into the secure area, according to Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu and Harley Rouda of California.

Cell phones, which the Director of National Intelligence considers high-vulnerability devices, must undergo a rigorous risk-mitigation protocol to be allowed into a SCIF.;They are specifically designed to thwart attempts at electronic eavesdropping, if protocols are followed.;

;Jordan acknowledged that the cell phone mishap by his colleagues crossed a boundary that should remain in place.

They shouldnt do that. Theyre not used to this. They walked in, as soon as they were told that, they set their phones out, Jordan said when asked about his GOP colleagues bringing their phones into the SCIF.

It was a mistake, No big deal. They shouldnt do that. They understand now and it wont happen again, he continued.

Republicans said Schiff was threatening GOP lawmakers with ethics violations related to the stunt. Schiff was also consulting with the Houses sergeant at arms and multiple members confirmed that House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul D. Irving was present.

They violated House rules by trying to crash committees of which they dont sit on, said Lieu.

He said that the House Parliamentarian had been consulted, once again, on the issue of barring members not on the committees of jurisdiction from the proceedings.

The House Parliamentarian has; ruled that you just cant crash committees, Lieu said.

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You Need To Be Scared

The impeachment inquiry was launched last month after a whistleblower complaint raised questions about whether President Donald Trump withheld military aid and offered an invitation to the White House as ways to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy into investigating the family of Joe Biden, a potential political rival to Trump in the 2020 election.

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William Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, offered testimony Tuesday that countered the White House narrative that there was no quid pro quo in which Trump held up military aid to advance his political interests. Trump wanted to put Ukraines leader in a public box, Taylor recalled.

Apart from Stewart opening the door, none of the Republicans in Utahs congressional delegation participated in Wednesdays storming of the secured room where the House Intelligence Committee was hearing from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper on how aid to Ukraine is managed.

This committee has become a target for Republican ire of an unfair, secret process to take down Trump, as the panel has been especially active in the inquiry while continuing to operate under its normal rules, intended to protect classified information.

Stewart called Wednesdays mayhem caused by his GOP colleagues unfortunate.

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Cell Phones In Secure Spaces And Committee Sit

Defying established security protocols, a cadre of House Republicans led by Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Rep. Matt Gaetz stormed the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, where the top Pentagon official overseeing U.S. policy in Ukraine was giving her deposition for the Houses impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Hours into a standoff between frustrated Republicans and Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry, a handful of GOP members remained sitting in the SCIF, refusing to leave.

Rep. Michael Waltz told reporters that when he and other Republican members entered the room to hear testimony from Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, Schiff stood up and walked out, accompanied by the witness.

What is Adam Schiff trying to hide? Scalise said as Republicans tried to enter the secure area. They dont even let the presidents legal counsel question people who are making baseless allegations. Maybe in the Soviet Union this kind of thing is commonplace. This shouldnt be happening in the United States of America, where theyre trying to impeach a president in secret behind closed doors.

Intelligence member Val Demings said Republicans are under a lot of stress because of what she said is clear wrongdoing by the president.

And you would have to read it with a member of Democratic staff, that is unprecedented and unfair, she said.

Trump Impeachment: Republicans Storm Secure Hearing

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US Republicans have stormed a high-security impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, forcing a witness to delay her testimony by five hours.

The Republicans chanted “let us in” as they forced their way into the hearing, breaching US House security rules.

This week, Mr Trump urged Republicans to “get tough and fight” for him.

Three committees in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives are investigating allegations of wrongdoing by the president.

Democrats accuse him of illegally pressuring Ukraine to dig up dirt on a political rival, but Mr Trump and his supporters say he has done nothing wrong.

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A Chaotic Scene In A Secure Room

The real fireworks happened before she started speaking.

A source in the room said that as Cooper was sitting down to testify, the Republicans stormed through the rooms three different doors. Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama was yelling at Schiff, but the California Democrat did not engage, the source said. Other Democrats, including Rep. Val Demings of Florida, shouted back at both Byrne and Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, who were yelling about the process.

Demings, according to one source in the room, asked Republicans if they were trying to teach their children that its OK to lie, steal and cheat so long as you dont get caught?

Dont you have any work to do today? she said to one Republican member, according to the source.

Cooper left the room while the Republicans refused to vacate the space. The source said the Capitol Police and sergeant at arms were consulted when members refused to leave the room.

It was closest thing Ive seen around here to mass civil unrest as a member of Congress, said one source in the room.

Why Is This Happening Now

Some commentators have argued that the Republicans, and Mr Trump, have come under increased pressure following Tuesday’s testimony by the acting ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor.

Mr Taylor testified that Mr Trump had made the release of military aid to Ukraine conditional on a pledge that his political rival, Joe Biden, would be investigated, and said relations with Ukraine had been “fundamentally undermined” as a result.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham responded in a statement: “President Trump has done nothing wrong – this is a co-ordinated smear campaign from far-left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the Constitution”.

Democratic congressman David Cicilline described Wednesday’s protest as “a stunt that corresponded very specifically to the president’s complaint that they weren’t fighting hard enough for him, and in direct response to devastating testimony… from Ambassador Taylor”.

However, Republican Jim Jordan, who has taken part in the hearings, suggested that the protesters were simply fed up with the lack of transparency.

“It’s finally reached the point where members just said they’re so frustrated at the idea that they can’t be a part of this and see what’s going on,” he told reporters.

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Republicans Try To Storm Impeachment Room Break Rules In Process

WASHINGTON In the latest attempts to make a circus out of the House Intelligence Committees investigation into President Donald Trumps dealings with the Ukrainian government, a contingent of House Republicans stormed a secure room in the Capitol basement Wednesday, disrupting a deposition and violating House rules by bringing their phones into a secure area.

Rep. Matt Gaetz , whose chief of staff sent an email to Republican legislators offices last week about holding a press conference outside the guarded committee room, led the group of roughly 30 lawmakers into the Intelligence Committees secure area. And because the Republicans, who are not members of the committee, brought phones and other electronics into the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility , Democrats said the room would now have to be sanitized.

They not only brought in their unauthorized bodies, they may have brought in the Russians and the Chinese, said Rep. Eric Swalwell , a member of the Intelligence Committee.

Swalwell added that some Republican members held onto their phones even after the Sergeant at Arms asked that they remove them from the area. Rep. Mark Meadows later reported that he personally collected phones from Republicans and took them out of the SCIF.;

Republicans have obsessed over the process Democrats are following, saying its too secretive and unfair to the president.;

Jordan did acknowledge that the Republicans shouldnt have brought phones into the SCIF.

In Senate Trial Pat Cipollone Was Wrong On Gop Access To Scif Depositions

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On the first full day of President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone claimed that House Democrats had run roughshod over the presidents procedural rights by denying Republicans access to key parts of the investigation.

Cipollone had several complaints, but one stood out to us as clearly wrong.;

“Not even Schiffs Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF” during the House impeachment investigation, Cipollone said on the Senate floor Jan. 21.

Cipollones assertion echoed one made by, and on behalf of, a group of Republicans who staged a sit-in at the House Intelligence committee, to protest what they argued were unfair ground rules for the Republican minority during the House impeachment inquiry.

On Oct. 23, more than 40 Republican lawmakers disrupted witness testimony by storming the SCIF where depositions were under way, chanting, “Let us in!”;

At the time of the sit-in, Republicans could argue that that the impeachment hearings had only taken place behind closed doors and without transcripts being formally released.

But what about access to the depositions at the Intelligence Committee? Were all Republicans banned? No.;

There are nine Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, 17 on the House Oversight Committee, and 21 on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.;

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Why Did Republicans Storm The Capitol Theyre Running Out Of Options

As more testimony is disclosed, it becomes clearer that President Trumps only defense against impeachment is to distract from the facts.

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Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, a gaggle of conservative House members on Capitol Hill staged a protest, barging into the secure room called a SCIF where members of three House committees were preparing to hear testimony from Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of defense.

Shepherding the demonstrators was Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of President Trumps fiercest apologists, whose account live-tweeted the stunt: BREAKING: I led over 30 of my colleagues into the SCIF where Adam Schiff is holding secret impeachment depositions. Still inside more details to come.

This was not a fringe move. Representative Steve Scalise, the minority whip, was among the sea of dark-blue suits that surged into the hearing room.

Chaos ensued. There were shouting matches. Some of the invading members brought along their cellphones, though they are prohibited inside the secure room. Ms. Coopers testimony was delayed, and Democrats called in the sergeant-at-arms for help restoring order.

So many of the defenses he floated early on have crumbled under the weight of subsequent revelations.

But, mostly, its about all theyve got.

A Day After Taylors Explosive Testimony

The GOP disruption comes one day after the committees heard from the top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, who told lawmakers in a lengthy opening statement that Trump had demanded Ukraine launch an investigation to help him politically before US security aid to Ukraine would be released, undercutting White House claims there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine.

Some Republicans in Congress have expressed concerns with Trumps conduct following Taylors testimony though others like Jordan have argued Taylor did not establish a quid pro quo as Republicans continue to press Democrats to change how they conduct the impeachment inquiry.

The picture coming out of it, based on the reporting that weve seen, I would say is not a good one, said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who as the majority whip is a member of Senate GOP leadership. But I would say also that until we have a process that allows for everybody to see this in full transparency, its pretty hard to draw an hard and fast conclusions.

But many Republicans in Congress remain fiercely loyal to Trump.

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House Republicans Literally Storm The Impeachment Hearings

House GOP leadership and, reportedly, the White House itself were aware of the efforts to disrupt the impeachment inquiry.

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House Republicans took their impeachment grievances to a more confrontational level on Wednesday, barging into a secure facility during a closed-door witness deposition and refusing to leave until Democrats held open hearings.

The gambitcooked up by the pro-Trump brawler Rep. Matt Gaetz and endorsed by House GOP leadershipderailed the closed-door deposition of Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official with jurisdiction over Ukraine policy, before it even started. And it left Democrats indignant that their colleagues had violated long standing rules about interviewing witnesses in classified settings.;

Cell phones, for example, are not allowed in Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities . But the Republican members who barged into those facilities had taken their phones with them inside the room. Lawmakers and aides said that, as of noon on Wednesday, the SCIF was being swept for electronic surveillance devices because the Republicans brought in their phones, delaying the start of Coopers deposition. Democrats were also contemplating whether to bring in the U.S. Capitol Police in order to drag out the protesting members.;

The standoff began shortly after a press conference in the morning, in which GOP members denounced what they called Democrats'”sham” impeachment processa complaint that theyve made central to their impeachment pushback.;

Republicans Involved In Impeachment Protest Already Have Access To Hearings

13 of the 41 Republican lawmakers who were listed by Rep. Matt Gaetz as planning to storm a closed-door hearing Wednesday to protest an alleged lack of transparency in the impeachment inquiry sit on committees with the power to question witnesses and review documents.

The big picture: The inquiry is currently being led by the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees, which are comprised of 48 Republicans in total. House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson has asked the House Sergeant at Arms to “take action” against the members involved in Wednesday’s protest, after lawmakers reportedly brought cellphones inside the classified room and forced the deposition to be delayed for five hours.

Worth noting: A full House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry would likely allow Republicans to call their own witnesses, but any subpoenas they attempt to issue could be vetoed by Democrats.

Details: The following Republican lawmakers sit on the relevant committees and were listed by Gaetz as planning to participate in the event. Some simply attended the press conference and did not enter the secure briefing room.

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Odd Details From The House Gop’s Bizarre Anti

On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz led about 40 fellow House Republicans into a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility being used to depose witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Some of the Republicans brought cellphones into the secure room, a big no-no.

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Their five-hour sit-in, which included a pizza party, delayed but did not derail the testimony of Pentagon official Laura Cooper, who spent about three hours with impeachment investigators after the Occupy SCIF crew left.

The performance was meant to highlight the GOP’s attacks on the process House Democrats are using to gather preliminary information, a process that has already produced some damaging revelations about Trump’s Ukraine dealings. Here are four odd details from Wednesday’s bizarre circus:

1. A third of the occupiers had the right to be in the room alreadyDespite Republican complaints that this is a secret partisan inquiry, 48 Republicans and 59 Democrats are on the three committees allowed to attend and participate in the impeachment depositions including 13 of the Republicans who “stormed” the SCIF, by journalist Marcy Wheeler’s count.

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Fed up with the lack of public access to an impeachment inquiry they likened to a Soviet-style process, dozens of House Republicans stormed into a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing, refused to leave and even ordered pizza.

The pro-Trump lawmakers, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, barged into the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, where Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper was preparing to give a deposition.

Let us in! cried the lawmakers, some of whom were carrying cellphones and other electronics in the secure location, a violation of congressional rules and, possibly, the law.

Rep. Chris Stewart , an Intelligence Committee member who was there for the hearing, said the GOPers didnt know they couldnt bring in electronics.

There were some people that didnt realize they couldnt come in without their Fitbits. That was an oversight, he told The Post.

As Cooper, a Russia and Ukraine expert, sat down to testify, the Republicans reportedly rushed through the rooms three doors shortly after 9 a.m.

Rep. Bradley Byrne started yelling at House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, but the California Democrat did not respond and quickly left the room, located three floors below street level in the Capitol.

Other Democrats, including Rep. Val Demings of Florida, shouted back at Byrne and Rep. Louie Gohmert , who were yelling about the closed-door process.

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Why Are Republicans So Afraid Of Voters

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There is no both sides do it when it comes to intentionally keeping Americans away from the polls.

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As of Sunday afternoon, more than 93 million Americans had cast a ballot in the November elections. Thats about two-thirds of the total number of people who voted in 2016, and there are still two days until Election Day.

This is excellent news. In the middle of a global pandemic that has taken the lives of nearly a quarter of a million Americans, upended the national economy and thrown state election procedures into turmoil, there were reasonable concerns that many people would not vote at all. The numbers to date suggest that 2020 could see record turnout.

While celebrating this renewed citizen involvement in Americas political process, dont lose sight of the bigger, and darker, picture. For decades, Americans have voted at depressingly low rates for a modern democracy. Even in a good year, more than one-third of all eligible voters dont cast a ballot. In a bad year, that number can approach two-thirds.

Why are so many Americans consistently missing in action on Election Day?

For many, its a choice. They are disillusioned with government, or they feel their vote doesnt matter because politicians dont listen to them anyway.

Democratic Congressman Suggests Kevin Mccarthy Is ‘afraid Of Donald Trump’

Congressman Jim McGovern said House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy may be a coward who is afraid of former President Donald Trump after he voted against plans to create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot.

In an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Rep. McGovern said McCarthy had got “basically everything he wanted” in the proposals for the independent commission, noting that its members would be made up evenly of Republicans and Democrats.

The aim of the commission would be to review the events that led to the deadly attack on Congress, any intelligence failures and how the government responded. The House backed setting up a commission on Wednesday in a 252-175 vote that saw 35 Republican lawmakers break with their party to back the probe.

Speaking to All In With Chris Hayes, McGovern said: “Kevin McCarthy got basically everything he wanted. He sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi talking about his demands, including an equal representation of Democrats and Republicans on the commission. He got it, he got everything.

“And yet he walked away. So he’s either a worse negotiator than Donald Trump, getting everything he wants and then walking away, or he’s a coward. He’s afraid of Donald Trump. Donald Trump does not want the truth to be known, and does not want this commission to move forward.”

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Our nations preeminent bipartisanship fetishistsJoe Manchin, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowskiare deeply disappointed that they cant get Republicans to back an investigation into the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill. Indeed, they seem outright baffled that their efforts at compromise have fallen short on plans for a bipartisan panel. There is no excuse for any Republican to vote against this commission since Democrats have agreed to everything they asked for, Manchin said in an angry statement on Twitter. It would be so much better if we had an independent outside commission, Collins, a moderate Republican, told reporters Thursday. Is that really what this is about, one election cycle after another? added Murkowski, blasting Mitch McConnells anticipated filibuster. Or are we going to acknowledge that as a country that is based on these principles of democracy that we hold so dear, and one of those is that we have free and fair elections.

I kind of want that to endure beyond just one election cycle, the Alaska moderate Republican told reporters.

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Trump Is Creating His Own American Republic Of Fear

This is a column about American cowards and an American hero, and what their behavior tells us about the future of democracy in this country and its reputation abroad.

First, let us look at the cowards, the congressional Republicans so fearful of President Donald Trump that they are unwilling to call out his rejection of a peaceful transfer of power, the bedrock of American democracy.

Just 27 of 247 congressional Republicans in the House and Senate were willing to acknowledge that Joe Biden was president-elect in a December poll by the Washington Post. They were too terrified of Trump to reject his lying rants about election fraud. Or to denounce the threats his fans are making against election officials of both parties around the country.

Unlike many of those fans, GOP legislators know Biden has won. Yet they are acting as if they live in Belarus, or Russia or China, where opposing an autocrat gets you jailed or poisoned, or in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, where it got you killed.

“Republic of Fear” is what they called Saddam’s Iraq, and despite the huge differences between his murderous tactics and Trump’s, the term seems apt for the bubble of fear in which GOP leaders live. Unless congressional Republicans bust that bubble soon, the American republic will face a grim next few years.

Dent echoes that thought, saying, “If 100 of them today said ‘game’s over’ it would have an enormous effect on the base.”

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THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has left state leaders scrambling to run a fair election this November. Ramping up absentee voting is the most sensible response, but unfortunately it also is becoming a partisan choice. President Trump continues to spew disinformation about the supposed dangers of mail-in voting, some state Republican leaders are refusing to make voting easier, and party officials are fighting states that are trying to do the right thing.

There is NO WAY that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent, President Trump tweeted May 26, accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, of proposing to send ballots to anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there. In fact, voter fraud of any kind is rare, and states that conduct all-mail-in elections, such as Oregon and Utah, have not seen widespread fraud. Mr. Trump may have been spurred by a lawsuit the Republican National Committee filed May 24 against Mr. Newsom, demanding that the courts stop the governor from distributing absentee ballots in California. That lawsuit, too, is built on fearmongering.

If Republicans fear that enabling more people to vote will hurt them, they should offer more attractive policies and candidates and stop trying to suppress the vote, in California and everywhere else.

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Republicans Now Bragging About Being Trump Big Lie Pushers

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In taking a shot at CNNs Jake Tapper, Republicans are openly boasting that theyre responsible for spreading democracy-defying conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.;

The CNN anchor recently took a stand against inviting election deniers on his programs, saying last week that lawmakers who support former President Donald Trumps Big Liereferring to the false claim that the election was stolenare not welcome on his weekday and weekend shows. Its not a policy but a philosophy, Tapper said, noting he hasnt booked such Republicans since the election. Pro-Trump Republicans have since come forward with emails from CNN bookers requesting their presence on Tappers shows. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New Yorkwhom the GOP last month voted to replace Liz Cheney as the partys conference chairtweeted screenshots, telling Tapper to read and weep:

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Responding to these apparent gotcha attempts, Tapper said he cant account for every email from my excellent bookers whose job it is to present me with as many options as possible. He also pointed to the absurdity of Republicans rushing to prove they are, in fact, election deniers. Kind of stunning to see her proudly identify as a conspiracy theorist, he said of Stefanik.

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Todays Republicans Really Hate Democrats And Democracy

1) Trumps supporters have embraced anti-democratic ideas

This chart shows results from a two-part survey, conducted in late 2020 and early 2021, of hardcore Trump supporters. The political scientists behind the survey, Rachel Blum and Christian Parker, identified so-called MAGA voters by their activity on pro-Trump Facebook pages. Their subjects are engaged and committed Republican partisans, disproportionately likely to influence conflicts within the party like primary elections.

These voters, according to Blum and Parker, are hostile to bedrock democratic principles.

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How Americas Political System Creates Space For Republicans To Undermine Democracy

9) Republicans havean unpopular policy agenda

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The Republican policy agenda is extremely unpopular. The chart here, taken from Jacob Hacker and Paul Piersons recent book Let Them Eat Tweets, compares the relative popularity of the two major legislative efforts of Trumps first term tax cuts and Obamacare repeal to similar high-priority bills in years past. The contrast is striking: The GOPs modern economic agenda is widely disliked even compared to unpopular bills of the past, a finding consistent with a lot of recent polling data.

Hacker and Pierson argue that this drives Republicans emphasis on culture war and anti-Democratic identity politics. This strategy, which they term plutocratic populism, allows the partys super-wealthy backers to get their tax cuts while the base gets the partisan street fight they crave.

The GOP can do this because Americas political system is profoundly unrepresentative. The coalition it can assemble overwhelmingly white Christian, heavily rural, and increasingly less educated is a shrinking minority that has lost the popular vote in seven of the past eight presidential contests. But its voters are ideally positioned to give Republicans advantages in the Electoral College and the Senate, allowing the party to remain viable despite representing significantly fewer voters than the Democrats do.

10) Some of the most consequential Republican attacks on democracy happen at the state level

Lock Him Up Heres The Real Reason Trump Is Afraid Of Leaving The White House

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Despite having lost the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump is seemingly doing everything in his power to maintain control of the White House. Surrounded by Republican political leaders who are bolstering his lies about widespread voter fraud, the president has refused to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, and has kept himself busy by replacing senior Pentagon officials with loyalists.

While the presidents apparent attempt to shore up his influence with military leaders is certainly dangerous, few experts believe he is likely to stage an actual coup. Instead, consensus is that Trump will be leaving office one way or another and that even he knows that. What Trump also knows, though and why he is perhaps so desperately clinging to the fantasy that he won is that, when he does leave, he could face prison time. And its that risk of prosecution looming over him that is making Trump tighten his iron grip on the presidency.

If Trump does end up in prison as a result of his various civil and criminal legal transgressions, he will join the ranks of several of his former associates who have been charged or imprisoned under his administration.

Then, too, former Trump campaign managers Steve Bannon and Corey Lewandowski were, respectively, indicted with defrauding donors of a We Build the Wall fundraiser, and charged with misdemeanor battery.

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An Effort To Investigate Was Blocked In The Senate

Its different with the Jan. 6 insurrection. After Republicans in the Senate blocked a bill to investigate, the House decided to investigate on its own.

This time around, however, all but two Republicans in the House Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming voted against setting up a committee to find out what happened on;Jan. 6.

All of Arizonas Republican representatives voted no.;This would include Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar. You may recall that right-wing political activist Ali Alexander claimed that these two Arizona representatives worked with him to plan pro-Trump rallies, including the one that ended with an attack on the Capitol.

That kind of connection to the Capitol riot seems to be what Republicans are worried about. They;fear the exposure of possible;links between the rioters and Republicans, and the implications that may have for former President Donald Trump.

Gladys Sicknick, the mother of Brian Sicknick, said of the Republicans who voted not to investigate the event, I just dont believe anybody could vote no, it doesnt make sense.

Why Are Gop Lawmakers Afraid To Stand Up To Trump This Race Offers A Clue

WASHINGTON ;A nasty primary runoff in Georgia this week helped explain why congressional Republicans are so afraid of taking on President Donald Trump.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle had maintained a lead for the GOP nomination in the states gubernatorial race since May, when he fell short of getting the 50 percent of the vote needed to win the nomination outright. He was considered the front-runner in the race, the one who had the best chance of taking on rising progressive star Stacey Abrams in the fall.;

But it all fell apart when, in a surprise move, Trump endorsed Brian Kemp, Georgias secretary of state and Cagles GOP rival in the race. The announcement blindsided;Cagles campaign and other GOP officials, including the leaders of the Republican Governors Association.;;

A leaked internal tracking poll for Cagles campaign that was obtained by a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed how the lieutenant governors poll numbers nose-dived after Trump endorsed Kemp, who cruised to victory Tuesday.

The dramatic boost for Kemp is a testament to Trumps enduring sway on the Republican electorate, despite growing criticism from GOP officials about his trade policies and his disastrous summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The president did not change the outcome, but it significantly impacted the margin, which means he had a very positive effect, Sen. Jonny Isakson said Wednesday of Trumps endorsement.

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Did Trump Damage American Democracy

Did Trump permanently damage American democracy? This question has spawned a veritable cottage industry of hand wringing over the state of American democracyunderstandably so. Never before have we had a president who schemed to overturn legitimate election results, who attacked the press and the civil servants who worked for him, who admired dictators, who blatantly profited from his public office and who repeatedly lied to the public for his own selfish purposes. But while Trumps four years of rhetoric have been a shock to democratic norms, did they inflict permanent damage on our democracy? My answer is a qualified no. The guardrails of democracy held. The institutions designed to check autocracy are intact.

Successful democratic systems are not designed for governments composed of ethical men and women who are only interested in the public good. If leaders were always virtuous there would be no need for checks and balances. The Founding Fathers understood this. They designed a system to protect minority points of view and to protect us from leaders inclined to lie, cheat and steal. Fortunately, we havent had many of those in our 200-plus years of history, which is why the Trump presidency sent such shock waves through a large part of the body politic.

Did Trump weaken the powers of Congress? No.

Still In The Thrall Of Trump Party Continues On Toxic Turn Away From Truth

Even if you dont like or have never seen the 1992 film, or if you judge Jack Nicholsons acting technique as, shall we say, a bit much, you can probably recite his signature outburst from;A Few Good Men,;with appropriate volume: You cant handle the truth!

Why are so many in the GOP still insisting that the presidential election was rigged and that Donald Trump, the main attraction at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, is the real president? Why would a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to avoid a repeat by the same forces who believed an election fraud lie be a bad idea? Why all the squawking and attempts in some states to censor a social studies curriculum that presents a nuanced and complete history of a United States that has not always acknowledged the accomplishments and sacrifice of all its citizens?

Say it louder, Jack. I dont think the Republicans present and represented at;CPAC;can hear you.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to reassure a justifiably fearful country, in the midst of a crushing Depression, by being honest and positive about our common problems.

Let me assert my firm belief, he said, that the;only thing we have to fear;is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Its a soulless transaction that views democracy as expendable.

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There is no both sides do it when it comes to intentionally keeping Americans away from the polls.

By The Editorial Board

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstandingvalues. It is separate from the newsroom.

Why are so many Americans consistently missing in action on Election Day?

For many, its a choice. They are disillusioned with government, or they feel their vote doesnt matter because politicians dont listen to them anyway.

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I kind of want that to endure beyond just one election cycle, the Alaska moderate Republican told reporters.

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This is a column about American cowards and an American hero, and what their behavior tells us about the future of democracy in this country and its reputation abroad.

Dent echoes that thought, saying, “If 100 of them today said ‘game’s over’ it would have an enormous effect on the base.”

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An Effort To Investigate Was Blocked In The Senate

Its different with the Jan. 6 insurrection. After Republicans in the Senate blocked a bill to investigate, the House decided to investigate on its own.

This time around, however, all but two Republicans in the House Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming voted against setting up a committee to find out what happened on;Jan. 6.

Gladys Sicknick, the mother of Brian Sicknick, said of the Republicans who voted not to investigate the event, I just dont believe anybody could vote no, it doesnt make sense.

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WASHINGTON ;A nasty primary runoff in Georgia this week helped explain why congressional Republicans are so afraid of taking on President Donald Trump.

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Did Trump Damage American Democracy

Did Trump weaken the powers of Congress? No.

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Say it louder, Jack. I dont think the Republicans present and represented at;CPAC;can hear you.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to reassure a justifiably fearful country, in the midst of a crushing Depression, by being honest and positive about our common problems.

Let me assert my firm belief, he said, that the;only thing we have to fear;is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Its a soulless transaction that views democracy as expendable.

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Why Are Republicans So Afraid Of Voters

Why Are Republicans Still So Afraid Of Trump? | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

There is no both sides do it when it comes to intentionally keeping Americans away from the polls.

By The Editorial Board

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstandingvalues. It is separate from the newsroom.

Why are so many Americans consistently missing in action on Election Day?

For many, its a choice. They are disillusioned with government, or they feel their vote doesnt matter because politicians dont listen to them anyway.

Democratic Congressman Suggests Kevin Mccarthy Is ‘afraid Of Donald Trump’

Full List of 35 Republicans Who Voted for January 6 Commission

Republicans Have A Good Reason Not To Want To Investigate Jan 6: Theyre To Blame

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I kind of want that to endure beyond just one election cycle, the Alaska moderate Republican told reporters.

Twitter content

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Recommended Reading: How Do Republicans Feel About The Wall

Trump Is Creating His Own American Republic Of Fear

This is a column about American cowards and an American hero, and what their behavior tells us about the future of democracy in this country and its reputation abroad.

Dent echoes that thought, saying, “If 100 of them today said ‘game’s over’ it would have an enormous effect on the base.”

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Don’t Miss: How Many Republicans Are In The 116th Congress

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Save Story

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.

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In taking a shot at CNNs Jake Tapper, Republicans are openly boasting that theyre responsible for spreading democracy-defying conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.;

Twitter content

More Great Stories FromVanity Fair

Todays Republicans Really Hate Democrats And Democracy

1) Trumps supporters have embraced anti-democratic ideas

These voters, according to Blum and Parker, are hostile to bedrock democratic principles.

Also Check: What 10 Republicans Voted For Impeachment

How Americas Political System Creates Space For Republicans To Undermine Democracy

9) Republicans havean unpopular policy agenda

Let Them Eat Tweets

10) Some of the most consequential Republican attacks on democracy happen at the state level

Lock Him Up Heres The Real Reason Trump Is Afraid Of Leaving The White House

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An Effort To Investigate Was Blocked In The Senate

Its different with the Jan. 6 insurrection. After Republicans in the Senate blocked a bill to investigate, the House decided to investigate on its own.

This time around, however, all but two Republicans in the House Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming voted against setting up a committee to find out what happened on;Jan. 6.

Gladys Sicknick, the mother of Brian Sicknick, said of the Republicans who voted not to investigate the event, I just dont believe anybody could vote no, it doesnt make sense.

Why Are Gop Lawmakers Afraid To Stand Up To Trump This Race Offers A Clue

WASHINGTON ;A nasty primary runoff in Georgia this week helped explain why congressional Republicans are so afraid of taking on President Donald Trump.

The president did not change the outcome, but it significantly impacted the margin, which means he had a very positive effect, Sen. Jonny Isakson said Wednesday of Trumps endorsement.

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Did Trump Damage American Democracy

Did Trump weaken the powers of Congress? No.

Still In The Thrall Of Trump Party Continues On Toxic Turn Away From Truth

Say it louder, Jack. I dont think the Republicans present and represented at;CPAC;can hear you.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to reassure a justifiably fearful country, in the midst of a crushing Depression, by being honest and positive about our common problems.

Let me assert my firm belief, he said, that the;only thing we have to fear;is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Its a soulless transaction that views democracy as expendable.

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