Red Mosquito

An investigation from the independent government watchdog that oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs concluded Thursday that a Republican member of Congress was involved in an orchestrated campaign by V.A. Secretary Robert Wilkie to disparage the reputation of a female veteran who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a V.A. facility.

The 68-page report from the V.A. Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated that three witnesses said Wilkie informed them that Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) gave him information about the female veteran that could erode her credibility. Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, served in the same unit as the female veteran, Andrea Goldstein.

In addition to suggesting a sitting member of Congress funneled potentially harmful and false information to the V.A. secretary amid an endeavor to discredit a sexual assault survivor's allegation, the report detailed the V.A.'s improper handling of the incident.

Crenshaw's office did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment or questions about why the lawmaker and his communications director refused to cooperate with the OIG, as the report stated.

Mickey wrote:

B wrote:

Mickey wrote:

- That was great.
- I liked "Send in everyone." ... and then long cut of him jumping out of the plane and floating through the air in lonely silence.
- Couldn't they get an American actress for the voiceover? Why are we letting the Brits interfere with our elections?

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

maybe the expensive-blue-state exodus spurred by the pandemic will help even things out

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

maybe the expensive-blue-state exodus spurred by the pandemic will help even things out

The only thing that could even things out is the new Trump Party permanently dividing the Rs.

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

maybe the expensive-blue-state exodus spurred by the pandemic will help even things out

The only thing that could even things out is the new Trump Party permanently dividing the Rs.

i would like to think that could happen, but sadly i think instead what is more likely is that the moron wing of the party wins

and if the Dems field candidates that are meaningfully left of Biden, the morons will win again

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

maybe the expensive-blue-state exodus spurred by the pandemic will help even things out

The only thing that could even things out is the new Trump Party permanently dividing the Rs.

i would like to think that could happen, but sadly i think instead what is more likely is that the moron wing of the party wins

and if the Dems field candidates that are meaningfully left of Biden, the morons will win again

Is that code for "non-white, non-male?"

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:holy poop

As Biden won the presidency, Republicans cemented their grip on power for the next decade
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn

While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state legislative races between candidates many have never heard of.

State lawmakers have the authority to redraw electoral districts in most US states every 10 years. In 2010, Republicans undertook an unprecedented effort – called Project Redmap – to win control of state legislatures across the country and drew congressional and state legislative districts that gave them a significant advantage for the next decade. In 2020, Democrats sought to avoid a repeat of 2010 and poured millions of dollars and other resources into winning key races.

It didn’t go well.

Democrats failed to flip any of the legislative chambers they targeted and Republicans came out of election night in nearly the best possible position for drawing districts, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, and will have the opportunity to draw 188 congressional seats, 43% of the House of Representatives. Democrats will have a chance to draw at most just 73 seats. Republicans will probably also be able to draw districts that will make it more difficult for Democrats to hold their majority in the US House in 2022.

“It was really bad. It was devastating to the project of building long-term power,” said Amanda Litman, the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, a group focused on local races.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rts-states

Of course it went this way. The deck was already stacked against dems winning.

maybe the expensive-blue-state exodus spurred by the pandemic will help even things out

The only thing that could even things out is the new Trump Party permanently dividing the Rs.

i would like to think that could happen, but sadly i think instead what is more likely is that the moron wing of the party wins

and if the Dems field candidates that are meaningfully left of Biden, the morons will win again

Is that code for "non-white, non-male?"

i was thinking more in terms of the content of a person's views and not the color of their skin

but yes the progressives seem to have slipped right in to a mentality of promoting candidates like they would pets in a store based on their physical attributes first

Defund the Police will be a stain on the left wing of the Dems for a while

the GOP labeling the Dem candidates as socialist will have some success

it didnt stick to Biden but it could easily stick to other Dems who are less conventional