The 2020 thread....

I wanted to announce here that I am NOT running in the 2020 democratic primaries

I announced this on FB and a friend had a great tag line if I ran

Make America Skate Again!

Defamatory wrote:

Julian, wrote:
TAN: Chris Christie is on the board of directors for the Investment Firm that owns the company I work for

Kinda waiting for Yada to Doxx julie on this….

I have three post it notes of personal info on yada, his wife, and kids. The fool posted his photo account like six months ago.

If you come at the King, you best not miss.

Oooh. Is my file full of guacamole stained chipotle receipts?

excontradiction wrote:
Oooh. Is my file full of guacamole stained chipotle receipts?

Theres a wellness blog somewhere in it.

thoughts on these bills in NJ and WA making candidates have to show many years of tax returns to appear on the state ballot

If this passes, would they really not put him on the ballot if he doesn't show it?
I don't think the voters in those states would stand for it and it would head to the SCOTUS
which guaranteed will say "candidates don't have to show them" and just make a mockery of the whole thing

Also, haven't some people already seen them….you would have think that a leak would have happened if it was something really damaging


Edit…just learned this
Two years ago, California's Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill that passed through both chambers there.

Never going to happen but even if it did would have no impact on result

I think if you work at IRS and release tax info from someone you go to jail

hutch wrote:
I think if you work at IRS and release tax info from someone you go to jail

For sure…that's why I said leak
Also didn't some congresspeople already see them? or muller?

Defamatory wrote:

hutch wrote:
I think if you work at IRS and release tax info from someone you go to jail

For sure…that's why I said leak
Also didn't some congresspeople already see them? or muller?

Come on! Do you think people can just look at the president’s tax returns and release info and nobody will be able to find out who did it?

hutch wrote:

Defamatory wrote:

hutch wrote:
I think if you work at IRS and release tax info from someone you go to jail

For sure…that's why I said leak
Also didn't some congresspeople already see them? or muller?

Come on! Do you think people can just look at the president’s tax returns and release info and nobody will be able to find out who did it?

more that there was no concrete evidence of fraud, so why kill ourselves on this topic

Beto is officially in…got to say I like the guy…he seems like a normal and decent person

I guess I like Biden, Harris, Klobuchar, Booker, and Beto

I also like Warren proposing actual policy

So many….

Also buttgieg

Biden still in the possible camp, but with 95% likelihood 
buttgieg is exploratory (like your fav Gillibrand)


13 officially announced and we are still 11 months away from the Iowa caucus

any opinion on: Castro, Hickenlooper, and Inslee (there are things I like in all three)

I know this primary is going to be brutal as we poke each other in the eye on the way to the Nom
but I agree…I'd vote for at least 6 of these people without a doubt

I predict that Gabbard and Sanders are going to be in the final 4

We are going to have to play a fantasy Nom for cash!
question is, when does it officially start


I'm loving Axios for this new page
Everything you need to know about the 2020 presidential candidates: : Where the announced candidates stand on the issues, in under 500 words.

Oh I like Castro too despite his first name

Have we ever had an identical twin run for President?


Could create shenanigans!!

hutch wrote:
Have we ever had an identical twin run for President?


Could create shenanigans!!

isn't that close to the plot line of the movie Dave

Sïdehätch wrote:

hutch wrote:
Have we ever had an identical twin run for President?


Could create shenanigans!!

isn't that close to the plot line of the movie Dave

I just read last month a longform retrospective on the film Dave which seems like a really asinine thing for someone to have written a longform article about but then again I was the one reading it so something something glass houses, stones, Leelee Sobieski.

^kinda click-bait if you ask me

what's with slate's new tag line “Skating By” Is a Strength

beto is really trying to appeal to me specifically!

Beto O'Rourke Cites Minor Threat and Fugazi's Ian MacKaye as Key Influence


Andy B had a great one too…Beto Rocked By Scandal As High School Mixtape Appears To Include REO Speedwagon

I feel this is a good tactic on gun control

Dems shift strategy for securing gun violence research funds


While this by no means solves the problem…
that we don't have facts and research being done gives the NRA and their supporters ammunition (pun intended) to say "you are making stuff up, there are no verifiable stats on that"

Congress stopped funding gun violence research at the CDC in 1996 when it first passed the Dickey amendment, which prohibits the agency from using federal funds to advocate for gun control.

“We need to be able to guarantee to those Republicans, and those people who support gun rights, that the money that goes to CDC will be used for research and only research – none of it will be used to lobby for gun control,” he added. “That's exactly what the Dickey amendment says.”