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If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform. If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.

Jamelle was cooking.

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This shoebill wants a good contract and only a fool messes with a shoebill.

Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.

I need to find someone I can interrogate about their tax code.

Anyone who has crossed a street in Hanoi understands strength in numbers.

Photo enforced!!

I’ve been working on tax reform for 15 years, and I’m hella gratified that voters are starting to get it, but it took 15 years. Not shocking that people taking an email survey didn’t immediately reflect an understanding of intersectionality when they joined a group to close coal plants.

Developing country bureaucracy: 1; me: 0.

If we were on top of our shit, we'd have created a bingo card for post-e-day takes.

Will Democrats learn the hard lessons of the upcoming election results?

'04 and never looked back. Now I run the politics program for a midsize union. Truly, I am a lucky duck no matter how much this job takes from me.

The one relatable thing about Dick Cheney was when they put him in charge of finding George W. Bush a vice president and after doing a few interviews was like, fuck it, I’ll just do it myself. That really spoke to me as a fellow type A personality who has issues delegating.

The odds they decide this during intermission are slipping away.

Agreed!!

*the count from sesame street voice*

sixteen! sixteen innings! ah ah ah!

I was wondering, you have work in the (this) morning!

and they play again tomorrow at 5pm. Or in Blue Jays terms, 8pm today

Sour Cream & Onion Biscuits You know those potato chips of the same flavour??  I don’t like them one little bit.  In the first place, I don’t care for sour cream.  Sure, I use it in recipes, but never as a topping…

Get extra and make chorizo biscuits and gravy! This recipe is foolproof (though I use yogurt). Happy birthday! chattykathychatsandcooks.com/2020/04/16/s...

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

The hero we need.

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FWIW, I have also had really good luck with Lao recipes, here: www.saengskitchen.com

Samesies, hence the excessive basil in my dinner!

Did you use holy basil? If so, where are you, and where are you sourcing this much holy basil? I have a little plant in a pot and I'd have to kill it to get this much.

Also, 100% agree on stir fry the veg, meat, etc., then add in at end. Critical. Hot Thai Kitchen is a real one.

Phat bai horapha. From Kenji.

Our union in Seattle had folks volunteering as PKs, after a 4 hour in-person training. Props also to the care bear teams - giving people snacks and water and hand warmers. Even though I didn't need them, someone cheerfully insisting I take a mini Skittles was nice.

Just the rat draped in a One Piece flag.

Not just a gazillion people in Seattle, but 149 people out in Chewelah (pop 2600), rural Stevens County. @indivisible.org #nokings #ibelievethatwewillwin

oh this makes me sad.

and honking!

How can George Soros afford this payroll today?