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I've been trying to figure this out and haven't done well with google so - is Beto allowed to run for the other Texas Senate seat in 2020? Here's another one - would Bill Nelson be able to run against Marco Rubio in 2022?

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11-07-2018 , 07:53 AM

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EddyB66

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Originally Posted by bazooka87

Eddy what have you done so far to 'be the change you want to see'

Sure bud:

1. I don’t shop at Amazon
2. I don’t shop at Walmart
3. I buy from small businesses if there is an option.
4. I use cash as much as I can.
5. I vote with my money.
6. I don’t use reward cards or real email addresses when signing up for stuff.

If we stopped spending money with corporations, they would feel the hurt, and eventually we could collectively change the scope of the landscape.

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11-07-2018 , 08:15 AM

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El Rata

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thank you for your service

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11-07-2018 , 08:16 AM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by wheatrich

Kander lost his senate race in 16 so yeah I agree here.

D's actually did fine tonight, they win POTUS with this outcome in 2020. barely, and I am assuming congressional races = pres not gov ones). Took the house.

Got wrecked in the senate though. Will be very tough to get back control of the senate before like 2024.

huh?

dems govs got crushed in florida and ohio. that means those states easily go trump in 2020. doesnt matter if the rest of the country runs up the dem votes and he loses by 8m votes overall. those 2 states make it a lock for trump.

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11-07-2018 , 09:04 AM

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Yeah, Ohio looks worse all the time. Ohio would always vote dem in the past in an election like this. It's very sad. Just too many people have moved out of the cities to other states while the rurals stay put.

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11-07-2018 , 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Victor

eh, clinton would have won last time without ohio and florida if she had won pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan or something like that

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11-07-2018 , 10:07 AM

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Perhaps Shimmy

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Eddyb, do you believe that global warming is real?

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11-07-2018 , 10:28 AM

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txdome

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EDDYB2020 or Bust!

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11-07-2018 , 10:52 AM

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daca

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big businesses are much better than small businesses tbh. they pay higher wages too. you should support them instead

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11-07-2018 , 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Victor

Nah, newly re-enfranchised felons in Florida not likely to skew republican. That’s a sizable bump for the Dems in 2020.

Ohio obv different

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11-07-2018 , 12:27 PM

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A while back I posted that Beto signs in my rural area outnumbered Cruz signs 20:1 and houses that previously had Trump signs now had Beto ones. Turns out my EYE TEST was accurate: I live in one of the few counties that shifted from Trump Red to Beto Blue. Proud of my little area this morning even if I shake my head at my state.

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11-07-2018 , 01:25 PM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by daca

eh, clinton would have won last time without ohio and florida if she had won pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan or something like that

This is pretty much my point. It requires quite a parlay from the dems.

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Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox

Nah, newly re-enfranchised felons in Florida not likely to skew republican. That’s a sizable bump for the Dems in 2020.

Ohio obv different

Don't think it's near enough.

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11-07-2018 , 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cannabusto

leaving ohio and never going back is very +EV

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11-07-2018 , 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JimHalpert

Texas did very, very well down ballot for the blue team. They did very well down ballot in a lot of places. The worst part of the Obama era was losing ~1200 seats in state legislatures. The senate sucked, but they got a lot of judges, state officials and meaningful ballot votes won. As much as it would have been nice to have had a hero like Gillum or Beto, the real heroes were the people on the ground doing GOTV. Good job anyone who put the work in.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/...rom-last-night
(Havent read it yet but Nathan is my favorite political commentator atm)

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11-07-2018 , 03:14 PM

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JimHalpert

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Thanks for that link. I admit that I focus entirely on the top level things (senate/house/gov/president) and need to expand that to lower level and more local things.

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11-07-2018 , 04:12 PM

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Slighted

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this was posted in politics, but thought i'd share it here.

all 59 incumbent republican judges in Houston were unseated last night by blue wave..

One juvenile court judge is not taking it so well..
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-t..._medium=social

he has released all juvenile offenders that came before him today, just asking them if they would kill anyone. setting all their court dates for 1/4/19 which is when his successor takes over.

he stated that this must be what voters wanted.

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11-07-2018 , 04:16 PM

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Hellmuth was right

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Sessions OUT

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11-07-2018 , 04:30 PM

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Kaze13

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And Whitaker didn't recuse himself, so strap the **** in.

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11-07-2018 , 04:50 PM

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72off

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yep, not at all surprising

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....

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Per @PeteWilliamsNBC -- Rod Rosenstein will cease oversight of Mueller investigation. Acting AG expected to step in -- but can only fire Special Counsel "for cause"

i'm sure they'll just can him and figure out the cause later

in other Trump-rruption news:

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Financial Times @FT

Russian billionaire Rybolovlev charged in Monaco corruption investigation

related: he bought a $40 million property from Trump for $95 million in 2008
(think this is that overrun garbage property in Florida or something that he never bothered to fix up or move into, hmmmm)

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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto

Day after the election, Pentagon announces no longer calling US military mission on southern border ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’. Now calling it ‘border support.” No reason given for the change.

totally not an election stunt tho, no sir

MAGA

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11-07-2018 , 04:53 PM

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72off

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imagine how much better off the world would be if the ****bag nfl owners just let Cheeto buy the Bills with his Russian money

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11-07-2018 , 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Victor

This is pretty much my point. It requires quite a parlay from the dems.

meh the parlay aspect of it means less when they're so correlated

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11-07-2018 , 05:21 PM

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And Whitaker didn't recuse himself, so strap the **** in.

It's too late. At best they can buy themselves 3 months. After that, several of the House committees could just bring Mueller back and hes be out of Exec. Branch reach.