Day: October 2, 2023

Will This Election Be Different?

I am not talking about the age of the major players…..I am not talking about a third party that all will blame for the favorite party’s loss in 2024….no, I am talking about the American people’s blase attitude toward this coming election, the 2024 election.

Comments here have shown just how much the people could care less (at this point)……

If the idea of talking politics these days feels like a wearying chore, you are not alone. A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that 65% of Americans say they often or always feel “exhausted” when thinking about politics. A smaller majority (55%) feels downright angry. Only 10% feel hopeful at the prospect, and a rarer few (4%) feel optimistic.

  • Almost 3 in 10 people (28%) have unfavorable views of both parties, the highest percentage in 30 years of asking that question. About a quarter of people (25%) say neither party represents them well.
  • Only 4% of people say the American political system is working extremely or even very well, though 23% give it a “somewhat well” rating. Most (63%) have little or no confidence in the system.
  • When asked to describe their views of politics in their own words, 79% used negative words such as “divisive” or “corrupt,” and only 2% chose positive terms. Along those lines, a whopping 86% agreed with the sentiment that “Republicans and Democrats are more focused on fighting each other than on solving problems.”
  • Most respondents (63%) say they’re not happy with the current batch of presidential candidates.
  • The results come from two surveys, one of more than 8,000 people in July, and earlier one of more than 5,000 people in June.

With that bit of news……after the election is said and done could there be a repeat of 06 January?  Or maybe something worse?

A report released Monday highlights how state laws across the U.S. fail to protect voters and election workers from the “growing risk of gun violence” tied to increasing firearm deregulation and sales as well as American political leaders fomenting distrust in democracy.

“The 2024 election will unfold in a transformed legal environment,” warns Guns and Voting, the new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and Giffords—a gun violence prevention group founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who survived being shot in the head.

The publication explains that “in 2010, only two states let people carry concealed firearms in public without a permit or background check. Now, 27 states allow ‘permitless carry.’ While other states have strengthened gun regulations during this period, the Supreme Court has threatened their ability to do so.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/guns-at-polling-sites

This coming election will be something to behold….

We cannot talk about this election enough.  This election is going to tear at the very soul of America to the point of ripping it apart.

Any thoughts?  (This ought to be interesting)

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Big News–We Have A Deal!

As the clock ticked down to the shutdown looming on the political horizon the parties ‘hammered out’ a deal to avoid the catastrophic consequences of a governmental shutdown.

The House approved a last-gasp plan from Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday to keep the federal government running for another 45 days, leaving the Senate to decide whether there will be a shutdown. The bill, which cleared on a 335-91 vote, includes funding for disaster relief and other domestic priorities but not money to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion, the Washington Post reports. The Senate did not immediately schedule a vote. If no plan receives approval from both chambers by 12:01am Sunday, the shutdown will take effect.

More House Democrats than Republicans backed McCarthy’s plan, despite the fact that money for Ukraine is a major issue for them. Democrats wanted to avoid being open to criticism for appearing to be more concerned with bankrolling Ukraine than keeping US agencies running and paying 2 million service members and another 1.5 million federal workers, per the New York Times. White House officials indicated administration support for the House measure, particularly because it didn’t mandate the threatened major cuts to domestic programs, per the Post. Senate Democrats told the Times they expect a vote early in the evening.

There will be no government shutdown. The Senate late Saturday passed a 45-day continuing resolution that averts a shutdown which seemed all but certain as the weekend began, reports the Washington Post. Senators voted hours after the House approved the stopgap measure in a stunning political surprise. Final Senate approval of the spending bill came less than three hours before the midnight deadline. The government will now be funded until Nov. 17, per the AP.

Deep down I thought there might be a last minute deal because all House members would have to answer to their voters and they could take the chance that this issue would come back and bite them in the ass.

But not to worry…..the calm is only for 45 days and this whole stupidity could start all over again.

And Biden wants more cash for Ukraine…..

President Biden on Sunday told Congress to “stop playing games” and authorize the additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid that he’s requested, which would bring total US spending on the proxy war to about $137 billion.

Biden’s comments came after Congress passed a stopgap funding bill at the last minute on Saturday to avert a partial government shutdown that did not include money for Ukraine. The White House wanted the $24 billion in Ukraine war spending to be included in the bill.

“We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted,” Biden said. “We have time, not much time, and there’s an overwhelming sense of urgency … The vast majority of both parties — Democrats and Republicans, Senate and House — support helping Ukraine and the brutal aggression that is being thrust upon them by Russia. Stop playing games, get this done.”

Really Joe…stop playing games….isn’t that what you are doing?

Don’t you just love the games politicians play with your life?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”