2018 Midterm Election Thread

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Pelosi Outlines Dems’ Priorities if They Take House: Gun Control, Immigration

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said the Democrats would prioritize new gun control legislation and protecting illegal immigrants if they regain control of the House of Representatives after the midterms next month.

Democrats will look to pass a gun background check bill and protect Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, Pelosi told Politico. She also said the Democrats would try to pass campaign finance reform and lower drug prices.

Pelosi is actively campaigning and fundraising on behalf of Democratic congressional candidates. In the third quarter of 2018, she will report raising over $30 million for the party's candidates.

The house minority leader is also preparing to return to the role of speaker of the House, a position she held from 2007 to 2011. Although her bid to become speaker has faced resistance from some House Democrats clamoring for new leadership, Pelosi appears to have solidified the support of her caucus, Politico notes.

Pelosi Promises Gun Control, Immigration Reform if Dems Retake House
 
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Paper Flips to GOP

Duluth News Tribune endorses Pete Stauber in 2018

One of Minnesota's largest newspapers has endorsed a Republican congressional hopeful to fill the seat of the Democrat it supported in 2016.

The Duluth News Tribune has endorsed Republican St. Louis County commissioner Pete Stauber to succeed retiring Democrat Rick Nolan (D., Minn.) in the state's Eighth Congressional District. The district's largest newspaper praised Stauber, a veteran police officer, for his "unwavering devotion and commitment to us in Northeastern Minnesota."

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Franklin Pierce said:
Pelosi is actively campaigning and fundraising on behalf of Democratic congressional candidates. In the third quarter of 2018, she will report raising over $30 million for the party's candidates.
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still not a fan. she needs to stop and let people run on their own merit. all this does is enforce loyalty to the party over the people.
 
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Dem House Candidates Attend Fundraisers With Donor Who Believes America Is Racist, Exclaimed ‘f*** the Bible Voters’

Colin Allred and Amy McGrath—the Democratic nominees for Texas' 32nd and Kentucky's 6th congressional districts, respectively—both recently attended fundraisers at the home of motivational speaker Laura Gassner Otting, who has said the United States is a racist country and written "f*** the Bible voters" on Facebook.

Allred and McGrath, who have positioned themselves as centrists, are listed as part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Red to Blue" program. The program provides "top-tier candidates with organizational and fundraising support to help them continue to run strong campaigns." Allred attended a fundraiser at Otting's house on Sept. 25, and McGrath, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, had her event there on June 25, according to the Washington Examiner.

Otting, who previously served as a political appointee for the Bill Clinton White House before working for several nonprofits, is a professional motivational speaker. According to her website, Otting "helps innovators, idealists, and critics get ‘unstuck' in their thinking."

Since President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016, Otting has attacked Christians and white males on Facebook. The day after the 2016 presidential election, Otting wrote, "Who knew that America was even more sexist than it was racist? And jeez, is it racist."


Dem House Candidates Attend Fundraisers With Donor Who Believes America Is Racist, Exclaimed 'f*** the Bible Voters'
 
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UNION MEMBERS HAVE TRADITIONALLY SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS, BUT THIS POLL SHOWS A DRAMATIC SHIFT

Self-identified union members are just as likely to support a Republican for office as a Democrat, according to polling data released by Pew Research Center Monday.

Pew studied the likelihood that Democrat and Republican supporters would identify with certain labels, such as “have traditional values” and “veterans.” Ten percent of people who support each party self-identified as “union members.” (RELATED: Democrats Make Millions More Off Federal Unions, Bureaucrats Than Republicans)

Union Members Have Traditionally Supported Democrats, But This Poll Shows A Dramatic Shift
 
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luthervol said:
Sometimes it is and sometimes it's not.
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You're so full of it, and you even know it. lol There is no way anyone is as dull as you. I have officially decided you're just a really bad troll.

I've marked your post here and we'll revisit the next time you are cornered (which is every time) and base your arguments in popular opinion, social contract, etc... Just like you tried to do about four pages ago, until you were reminded that you are a hypocrite.

lul
 
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Then they shouldn't be allowed to Vote. IMO

LINK: College students say they can't send in their absentee ballots because they don't know where to buy stamps

College students say they can't send in their absentee ballots because they don't know where to buy stamps

College students in Virginia have reportedly been not sending in their absentee ballots because they don't know where to find stamps.

  • Fairfax County, Virginia conducted a focus group this summer with college interns from across various county departments.
  • County officials learned that college students were failing to send back their absentee ballots because they didn't know how to get a stamp.
  • "That seems to be like a hump that they can't get across," Lisa Conners, of the Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs, told WTOP on Tuesday.

Democrats are counting on Generation Z, many of whom recently gained the right to vote, to help turn Congress blue in the midterm elections.
But 50 cents may be all it takes to keep these post-Millennials from exercising their civic duty.
On Tuesday, a Fairfax County, Virginia official said they are noticing a disturbing trend: young people failing to mail in their absentee ballots because they don't know how to get a stamp.
Lisa Connors, of the Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs, ran a focus group this summer comprised of colleges students interning in various county departments.

"One thing that came up, which I had heard from my own kids but I thought they were just nerdy, was that the students will go through the process of applying for a mail-in absentee ballot, they will fill out the ballot, and then, they don't know where to get stamps," Connors told WTOP. "That seems to be like a hump that they can't get across."

Connors went on to say that many in the focus group said "they knew lots of people who did not send in their ballots because it was too much of a hassle or they didn't know where to get a stamp."
"Across the board, they were all nodding and had a very spirited conversation about 'Oh yeah, I know so many people who didn't send theirs in because they didn't have a stamp,'" Connors said.
As a way to combat this abstention for the upcoming midterm elections, the county is focusing on raising awareness of in-person absentee voting, which students can do while they're home on fall breaks. That voting starts in Virginia on Friday.
Another potential hurdle that the county is worried about is voters mixing up their home address, where they are registered to vote, with the address they want their absentee ballot shipped to, according to WTOP. If they mix this up on the ballot, then it's rendered invalid.

You can buy stamps from the US Postal Service online and in person, as well as from other online retailers like Amazon and Stamps.com. Banks, gas stations, pharmacies, and big box retailers like Walmart also sell them.
The US Postal Service also has a policy that it mails absentee ballots, whether or not they contain postage. Instead of returning the ballot to sender, they charge the local election board.
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I would say this is a real problem if they can't figure out how easy it is to find a stamp.

Do people really not need stamps now days? We have to buy a book of stamps at my house about every other month or so.
 
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House edge creeping back up for Dems - RCP average up to 25.5 seats gained (peaked at 31 last month; low of 24.5 a few days ago).

Senate still predicted at 53 - 47 (+2 GOP)

Still waiting on more recent polls for Indiana and Florida - been 2 weeks or more - currently they are predicted Dem. Will be interesting to see if they turn,.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
You're so full of it, and you even know it. lol There is no way anyone is as dull as you. I have officially decided you're just a really bad troll.

I've marked your post here and we'll revisit the next time you are cornered (which is every time) and base your arguments in popular opinion, social contract, etc... Just like you tried to do about four pages ago, until you were reminded that you are a hypocrite.

lul
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Don't get upset that everything is not as black or white, two dimensional, and concrete as you would wish.

Growing up in the 60's in a very religious household and attending a pretty fundamentalist Church of Christ, we were taught that playing cards, dancing (even roller skating), mixed swimming, and female ear piercings were all sinful. Most of my family still attends a Church of Christ. None of those things are currently believed sinful today. Their beliefs of right and wrong changed with time as a function of societal beliefs.

What is an appropriate length for a girls skirt in a school environment? Who decides. Would the answer be the same today as 30 years ago? 50? 100?
 
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luthervol said:
Don't get upset that everything is not as black or white, two dimensional, and concrete as you would wish.

Growing up in the 60's in a very religious household and attending a pretty fundamentalist Church of Christ, we were taught that playing cards, dancing (even roller skating), mixed swimming, and female ear piercings were all sinful. Most of my family still attends a Church of Christ. None of those things are currently believed sinful today. Their beliefs of right and wrong changed with time as a function of societal beliefs.

What is an appropriate length for a girls skirt in a school environment? Who decides. Would the answer be the same today as 30 years ago? 50? 100?
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Their beliefs changed when the collection plates started coming back light.
 
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luthervol said:
Don't get upset that everything is not as black or white, two dimensional, and concrete as you would wish.

Growing up in the 60's in a very religious household and attending a pretty fundamentalist Church of Christ, we were taught that playing cards, dancing (even roller skating), mixed swimming, and female ear piercings were all sinful. Most of my family still attends a Church of Christ. None of those things are currently believed sinful today. Their beliefs of right and wrong changed with time as a function of societal beliefs.

What is an appropriate length for a girls skirt in a school environment? Who decides. Would the answer be the same today as 30 years ago? 50? 100?
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You love diverting with your nicknames and shade. You are famous for grounding your morals in societal contract and supposed public beliefs, without ever rationally grounding them. Then you Bitch and moan about society needing to change.

Just remember this thread the next time you're taken to task about appeals to social morality. When you're called out on your is==ought fallacy. Ok?
 
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Orange_Crush said:
You love diverting with your nicknames and shade. You are famous for grounding your morals in societal contract and supposed public beliefs, without ever rationally grounding them. Then you Bitch and moan about society needing to change.

Just remember this thread the next time you're taken to task about aleals to social morality. When your called out on your is==ought fallacy. Ok?
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What? Okay, I guess.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
UNION MEMBERS HAVE TRADITIONALLY SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS, BUT THIS POLL SHOWS A DRAMATIC SHIFT

Self-identified union members are just as likely to support a Republican for office as a Democrat, according to polling data released by Pew Research Center Monday.

Pew studied the likelihood that Democrat and Republican supporters would identify with certain labels, such as “have traditional values” and “veterans.” Ten percent of people who support each party self-identified as “union members.” (RELATED: Democrats Make Millions More Off Federal Unions, Bureaucrats Than Republicans)

Union Members Have Traditionally Supported Democrats, But This Poll Shows A Dramatic Shift
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Too many union members have been watching their dues get used to help scumbag American hating democrats for far too long. I actively undermine my union when they begin to lean left every chance I get.
 
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Doxxing sexual assault survivors to score political points? Not a good look
Heitkamp apologizes for ad misidentifying victims of abuse
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent North Dakota newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.​
Lexi Zhorela told The Associated Press that she learned of the ad Monday night​
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“I’m furious,” the 24-year-old hairdresser and single mother from Bismarck said. “I know I’m not the only woman hurt by this.”​
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Zhorela said she was listed in the ad because she had been tagged by a friend in a Facebook post who knew she had been the victim of sexual assault.​
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“I have only shared my story with a couple of people in confidence,” she said. “I didn’t want it blasted for the world to see.”​
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Zhorela said she had intended to vote for Heitkamp in November but will “definitely not now.”​
 
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Boston Vol said:
Doxxing sexual assault survivors to score political points? Not a good look
Heitkamp apologizes for ad misidentifying victims of abuse
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent North Dakota newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.​
Lexi Zhorela told The Associated Press that she learned of the ad Monday night​
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“I’m furious,” the 24-year-old hairdresser and single mother from Bismarck said. “I know I’m not the only woman hurt by this.”​
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Zhorela said she was listed in the ad because she had been tagged by a friend in a Facebook post who knew she had been the victim of sexual assault.​
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“I have only shared my story with a couple of people in confidence,” she said. “I didn’t want it blasted for the world to see.”​
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Zhorela said she had intended to vote for Heitkamp in November but will “definitely not now.”​
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Heidi looks at DiFi,

"Hold my 40"
 
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Boston Vol said:
Doxxing sexual assault survivors to score political points? Not a good look
Heitkamp apologizes for ad misidentifying victims of abuse
​
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent North Dakota newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.​
Lexi Zhorela told The Associated Press that she learned of the ad Monday night​
​
“I’m furious,” the 24-year-old hairdresser and single mother from Bismarck said. “I know I’m not the only woman hurt by this.”​
​
Zhorela said she was listed in the ad because she had been tagged by a friend in a Facebook post who knew she had been the victim of sexual assault.​
​
“I have only shared my story with a couple of people in confidence,” she said. “I didn’t want it blasted for the world to see.”​
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Zhorela said she had intended to vote for Heitkamp in November but will “definitely not now.”​
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When keeping it real goes wrong - Heitkamp edition.
 
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Democrats Are Lying, Cheating, And Assaulting Their Way To Election Day In California

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In California’s 24th congressional district, it’s a matchup between Justin Fareed and incumbent Democratic Rep. Salud Carbajal. It should be your run-of-the-mill political campaign, which recently turned ugly when a crazy man in Paso Robles assaulted a canvasser for Fareed (via CalCoastNews):
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A Paso Robles man allegedly assaulted a Cal Poly student who was going door-to-door canvasing for Congressional candidate Justin Fareed.

Late last month, Isaac Schick, 21, knocked on the home of Bart Charles on Bel Air Place in Paso Robles. Schick then informed the man who opened the door that he was conducting a poll on behalf of the Justin Fareed for Congress campaign.

“He called Fareed a racist and a fascist and began screaming and cursing,” Schick said. “I began walking away and he went after me.”

When Schick got to the sidewalk, he pulled out his phone and felt a fist on his back.

“He yelled you “F-ing” creep and hit me in the back,” Schick said. “I began to run and I started recording.”​

It seems some are taking the calls for mob violence to heart, which the Fareed campaign touched upon in their press release over this incident:
 
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Orange_Crush said:
You love diverting with your nicknames and shade. You are famous for grounding your morals in societal contract and supposed public beliefs, without ever rationally grounding them. Then you Bitch and moan about society needing to change.

Just remember this thread the next time you're taken to task about appeals to social morality. When you're called out on your is==ought fallacy. Ok?
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Just FYI.... most people that mention social contract have never actually read all of Leviathan much less understand it’s relavance to our Constitution or natural law. Also Hobbes was a proponent of dictatorships. 99% of people that start an argument mentioning social contract are a communist pos. Not all but most.
 
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