2020 Presidential Race

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BowlBrother85 said:
That is the goofiest thing ever. Does he think that the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States isn't already being taught in our schools? Or is it that he doesn't want the bad things covered such as the treatment of the native population and the enslavement of blacks? Whatever it is, it's ridiculous.
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It will go more like this:

Timmy: Mrs. Hopkins, why did I get a zero on my quiz?

Mrs. Hopkins: Timmy, you answered that Abraham Lincoln did more for black people than Donald Trump!

Timmy: He didn't?

Mrs. Hopkins: No Timmy. Your answer was both wrong and un-patriotic. You also were in error that President Trump violated the 22nd amendment when he made himself President in perpetuity. He is only taking a few extra terms because he was treated so poorly and therefore he gets a do over or two until he gets proper treatment.

Please read the Patriotic Executive Education tweets more carefully before the next quiz.

Timmy: Yes, Mrs. Hopkins.
 
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#49,803
BowlBrother85 said:
That is the goofiest thing ever. Does he think that the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States isn't already being taught in our schools? Or is it that he doesn't want the bad things covered such as the treatment of the native population and the enslavement of blacks? Whatever it is, it's ridiculous.
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It is goofy but so is the push for the 1619 Project to be required curriculum.
 
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Rifleman said:
It will go more like this:

Timmy: Mrs. Hopkins, why did I get a zero on my quiz?

Mrs. Hopkins: Timmy, you answered that Abraham Lincoln did more for black people than Donald Trump!

Timmy: He didn't?

Mrs. Hopkins: No Timmy. Your answer was both wrong and un-patriotic. You also were in error that President Trump violated the 22nd amendment when he made himself President in perpetuity. He is only taking a few extra terms because he was treated so poorly and therefore he gets a do over or two until he gets proper treatment.

Please read the Patriotic Executive Education tweets more carefully before the next quiz.

Timmy: Yes, Mrs. Hopkins.
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Someone posted something about them playing Top Gun..... if they add in Rambo..... I’m 100% on board with this executive order
 
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zeppelin128 said:
It is a gross overreach of Executive power. Period.
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It's Trump, so nobody will take it seriously. From anyone else, there would something uncomfortable about this type of government mandate. Reciting the pledge of allegiance is one thing, but an executive order concerning a "patriotic" curriculum is the kind of thing you see in countries under authoritarian rule. It's indoctrination over critical thinking. That's not how we do things in the United States.
 
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37L1 said:
Gee, what do they do now when it isn't a holiday?
https://www.workplacefairness.org/voting-rights-time-off-work
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well that settles it huh?
Not necessarily. Getting time off to vote is an area of the law dealt with on a state-by-state basis. Depending on where you live, you may, or may not have the right to take time off to vote. For voting, the state laws rule applies during local, as well as national presidential elections.

In some states, the law designates a specific amount of time that workers must be allowed off to vote. This time off may be paid or unpaid. Some states require your employer to give you time off only if you will not have enough time to vote before or after work, while the polls are open.
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BowlBrother85 said:
It's Trump, so nobody will take it seriously. From anyone else, there would something uncomfortable about this type of government mandate. Reciting the pledge of allegiance is one thing, but an executive order concerning a "patriotic" curriculum is the kind of thing you see in countries under authoritarian rule. It's indoctrination over critical thinking. That's not how we do things in the United States.
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It’s exactly how we do things in the United states
 
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#49,812
BowlBrother85 said:
It's Trump, so nobody will take it seriously. From anyone else, there would something uncomfortable about this type of government mandate. Reciting the pledge of allegiance is one thing, but an executive order concerning a "patriotic" curriculum is the kind of thing you see in countries under authoritarian rule. It's indoctrination over critical thinking. That's not how we do things in the United States.
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To be fair, there were a few Red Hats that said this was a really bad idea. I mean yeah, the normal suspects are going to be fine with this gross overreach of Executive power.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
To be fair, there were a few Red Hats that said this was a really bad idea. I mean yeah, the normal suspects are going to be fine with this gross overreach of Executive power.
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It seems that presidents post Bush the First no longer understand or respect the confines placed on their position by the founders.

Just because you operate in a Constitutionally cramped living space, doesn't mean the White House is actually a magic lamp and that you are in fact a genie.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
It's Trump, so nobody will take it seriously. From anyone else, there would something uncomfortable about this type of government mandate. Reciting the pledge of allegiance is one thing, but an executive order concerning a "patriotic" curriculum is the kind of thing you see in countries under authoritarian rule. It's indoctrination over critical thinking. That's not how we do things in the United States.
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So you are saying we should not be indoctrinating are children at school?
 
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37L1 said:
Yes, I see that USA Today article was from 2018, during the Kemp/Abrams election. Lots of stuff published during that time to help support Abrams claims that Kemp was suppressing the vote to influence the election.

From your linked article:

The number of voting sites has continued to shrink in 2018, according to election officials, voting rights experts and the publicly-available lists of polling sites for next month’s midterms.

Among the reasons: budget cuts, the struggle to recruit poll workers and shrinking availability of suitable sites to host Election Day voters.

Jefferson Parish officials said they closed all but two of the 23 sites because owners could not afford to make them accessible to voters with disabilities.
For next month’s election, just one additional polling place has changed since 2016. A nursing home has decided not to host, forcing its residents and others who voted there to cast ballots at a gymnasium about two miles away.

In Maricopa County, Ariz., election officials decided to save money by closing 140 polling locations before the 2016 election. The result: confusion, long lines and frustrated voters at sites across Phoenix – the state’s capital and a majority-minority city. The county also lost about 270 poll workers.

An analysis by The Arizona Republic after the election, found that both rich and poor areas in Maricopa County were left underserved by the lack of polling sites, but the review found polling places were particularly sparse in poorer areas such as west Phoenix and Glendale.

The U.S. Department of Justice, at the request of city officials, is investigating to determine if the county violated voting rights laws. A draft of a report commissioned by the county blamed the long lines on polling place closures driven by budget concerns.

Gee, it looks like the county, not the governor, made the decision about polling site closures, in this instance at least. Are others the same?

Like New Orleans and Phoenix, local administrators say some loss of election-day sites and workers is a response to state budget cuts.

Thousands of sites were closed because they don’t comply with the American Disabilities Act, and neither hosts nor local governments have the money or incentive to renovate them.

Other closures can be tied to early voting and alternative voting initiatives in some states. More people voting before Election Day means fewer sites and workers are needed.


Can you provide anything recent that supposedly impacts the 2020 Presidential election?
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Keep moving the goalpost. I won’t play that game.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
To be fair, there were a few Red Hats that said this was a really bad idea. I mean yeah, the normal suspects are going to be fine with this gross overreach of Executive power.
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EVERYBODY should have a problem with the president mandating curriculum by way of executive order. It is gross overreach. At best, this was completely unnecessary. At worst, Trump is pandering to the far right portion of his base, where white nationalism and patriotism are often confused.

Trump usually gets a pass for this sort of thing, because he has such a cartoon-ish persona.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
EVERYBODY should have a problem with the president mandating curriculum by way of executive order. It is gross overreach. At best, this was completely unnecessary. At worst, Trump is pandering to the far right portion of his base, where white nationalism and patriotism are often confused.

Trump usually gets a pass for this sort of thing, because he has such a cartoon-ish persona.
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You’re good with school systems teaching propaganda fiction like the 1619 project as historical fact?
 
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