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friendbot2000 posted:https://twitter.com/bluevirginia/status/1118177859783266304 Even if they wanted to, it's not clear the state party could disqualify Mark Wolfe. Like if the state party had the ability to just not let candidates on the primary ballot, they wouldn't let Joe loving Morrissey on the primary ballot either.
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This is local in the extreme, but my local Board of Zoning Appeals just declined a permit for a proposed coal mine in southern Indiana. This was pretty unexpected, as support for the industry is generally VERY strong for cultural reasons and it was assumed that local objections would be sidelined. Admittedly, the vote hinged a lot more on potential impacts to the local tourism industry than any environmental argument, but it's a pretty dramatic rejection considering the political environment here. Also reduces the chances of Trump visiting to cut the ribbon on a "coal renaissance."
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Grammarchist posted:This is local in the extreme, but my local Board of Zoning Appeals just declined a permit for a proposed coal mine in southern Indiana. This was pretty unexpected, as support for the industry is generally VERY strong for cultural reasons and it was assumed that local objections would be sidelined. Admittedly, the vote hinged a lot more on potential impacts to the local tourism industry than any environmental argument, but it's a pretty dramatic rejection considering the political environment here. YES! WOOOO this makes me happy to read on my birthday! Speaking of my birthday, if you all would like to give a robit a present. Please donate to Lee Carter and make my state less of a dumpster fire. Thank you! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/carterforva2018
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Y'all might not care but Lee Carter just called me and wished me a happy birthday. I am a campaign worker for him and he took the time to wish me a Happy Birthday. Like, that man is pure class. Donate to Lee Carter. He is the real deal.
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friendbot2000 posted:Y'all might not care but Lee Carter just called me and wished me a happy birthday. I am a campaign worker for him and he took the time to wish me a Happy Birthday. Like, that man is pure class. That's pretty cool and  Happy Birthday Friend
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friendbot2000 posted:Y'all might not care but Lee Carter just called me and wished me a happy birthday. I am a campaign worker for him and he took the time to wish me a Happy Birthday. Like, that man is pure class. I donated when you posted the link before, then got distracted, but happy belated!
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Lprsti99 posted:I donated when you posted the link before, then got distracted, but happy belated! Thank you internet-friend! My friends took me out for a 4-day birthday bender and I am still a little drunk. It is what Jesus would have wanted for Easter. In other news, Lee has really outdone himself. The man knocks on doors himself and get his ginger rear end sunburnt every time. I am in awe of how much he cares for the people of his district and is working to make their lives better one door at a time. Dude is like a door-to-door socialist salesman. People who talk with him that are against socialism are suddenly not so against it after they speak. Dude is a Jedi-Master or some poo poo. Edit: Study being commissioned to connect VRE and MARC This is great news! I hope this moves to retrofit the VRE and MARC to be a passthrough system instead of an orthogonal feeder system! It would be a great get for transit and make my hard work worth it 
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Scott Pruitt's back, this time in Indiana trying to get the state to ban new energy development, which would be some combination of natural gas and renewables given the market prices, and basically force the state utilities to keep using coal plants. They tried to sneak this in earlier and it died silently because they couldn't paint it as anything other than government intervention. A similar initiative in Montana also failed. However, Pruitt is trying to make the case that once Trump reverses all of Obama's regulations, aging coal plants will totally be viable again. Our utilities continue to argue that even under "favorable regulatory conditions and unexpectedly high natural gas prices" renewables are getting so dirt cheap it makes no sense not to start incorporating them more heavily. There's realistically nothing more the state can give them to make coal desirable, so banning the building of ANY new generation in the near future is the only avenue left. Basically, Pruitt's still trying to kill Obama's energy legacy and is becoming increasingly alarmed that this might not be possible. The Indiana House pretty soundly rejected the last attempt, but Pruitt is trying to flip the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, which holds sway over the GOP caucus. This would, of course, pit the Chamber of Commerce against Natural Gas, not to mention the state's fast-growing industries relating to clean energy development. We may not use much in the way of renewables and electric vehicles, but we certainly cater to states that do. Close to 90,000 jobs are sustained by manufacturing and transportation of those goods and components. Up until now, it's been easy for the Chamber of Commerce to ignore the fight by offering blanket condemnations of all new regulations. It will be interesting to see if they're willing to sacrifice ideology and practicality for a singular industry. Even my Trumpy-rear end corner of the state has a solar farm and is about to get another one in the 50-70 megawatt range now that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved it. It'll be hilarious if the state legislature literally kills construction jobs and property tax revenue over this. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/indiana-coal-miner-hires-ex-epa-head-scott-pruitt-to-lobby-against-plant-cl/553155/ Grammarchist fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Apr 23, 2019 |
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Hasn’t stopped them in the past. Driving through huge farm parts of the state especially heading north to South Bend I still we anti wind farm signs and I’m starting to see a lot of directed ads online from Pruitt’s group. With the elections coming up its only going to get nastier
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I should definitely be more worried about this issue, given how dumb our state can be, but I feel like if the previous motions already died, I'm doubt that Scott Pruit is gonna make any sort of difference. Our state can be very  , but cmon this just sounds ridiculous.
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Ventana posted:I should definitely be more worried about this issue, given how dumb our state can be, but I feel like if the previous motions already died, I'm doubt that Scott Pruit is gonna make any sort of difference. Looks like we can rest easy for now. Reuters is reporting that the Indiana Chamber of Commerce has told Pruitt to go gently caress himself, at least on the idea of a moratorium on new energy. Without their support, Republicans who opposed the attempt to sneak it through on an unrelated bill won't be willing to go to bat for it as a stand-alone. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coal-idUSKCN1RY1MS
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Grammarchist posted:Looks like we can rest easy for now. Reuters is reporting that the Indiana Chamber of Commerce has told Pruitt to go gently caress himself, at least on the idea of a moratorium on new energy. Without their support, Republicans who opposed the attempt to sneak it through on an unrelated bill won't be willing to go to bat for it as a stand-alone. Glad y'all came out of this one okay! Coal is dying and no state in their right mind should take up that bullshit.
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-baltimore-20190424-story.html#nt=oft01a-1la1 FBI just raided city Hall in Baltimore in connection with the Mayor's corruption scandal involving her sale of $500k of children's books to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was also on the board. My friend who works there says FBI agents are still hanging out and the atmosphere is pretty weird. They also hit a few of her properties. Meanwhile, she's still on "indefinite leave due to illness," which has been going on since the scandal broke. I voted for Dixon, the previously elected mayor because I figured she got caught once and forced to resign for embezzlement and probably wouldn't do it again.
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Michigan just had its congressional and legislative maps struck down as illegal partisan gerrymanders. https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1121491023442534400
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If I remember correctly the state senate of Michigan which is GOP controlled is now loving around with their budget proposal in retaliation to weaken as many dem controlled areas of government as possible including reallocating SOS funds for other purposes. Gonna get nasty. As for Indiana and it’s inroads for green energy most of the fight and education is to be done on the farm and in rural areas. Most of the nastiness I’ve seen have come from counties north and south of Indy just outside of the circle. Wind farms especially seem to be getting it tough around here and I’ve seen massive campaigns against them south from me.
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SoggyBobcat posted:Michigan just had its congressional and legislative maps struck down as illegal partisan gerrymanders. It looks like that's a state court decision, is that right? So no implications for any other gerrymandered states
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cheetah7071 posted:It looks like that's a state court decision, is that right? So no implications for any other gerrymandered states It's a federal court decision.
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Spiffster posted:As for Indiana and it’s inroads for green energy most of the fight and education is to be done on the farm and in rural areas. Most of the nastiness I’ve seen have come from counties north and south of Indy just outside of the circle. Wind farms especially seem to be getting it tough around here and I’ve seen massive campaigns against them south from me. Definitely. Big business seems to be pretty firmly on board here, but the rest of the state still only knows what they hear on AM radio. There's actually been another development kinda related to Pruitt's ill-fated coal crusade. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has denied a permit for a natural gas power plant that was meant to replace a few coal-powered units for Vectren. Technically this is a temporary win for coal, but the IURC is specifically denying the project because renewables have gotten so cheap that the they are outright encouraging more wind and solar investment and a distributed grid. If this is indicative of the thinking of state regulators as a whole, things could get interesting. Long term, we might get to skip natural gas plants and jump straight to intensifying investment in wind and solar assets, at least at the utility level. So yeah, Indiana's still a red state and most the people who live here support coal for cultural as well as economic reasons. That said, the state government and business leaders seem to be moving in a green direction anyway. It's just going to be irritating to hear about the new 50-megawatt solar farm in my county being "too expensive" when the only reason it's coming is because it's dirt cheap compared to fossil fuels now. Locals can and will fight these things still though, that's for sure. https://www.courierpress.com/story/...own/3553798002/
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Woah so I found out there is going to be a KKK rally in a city like 70 miles from me next month. Thats way too loving close and not while i live here. What is a good way to protest this? My roommate is lightly committed to the antifa group in the city but i dont think violence is the right methodology.
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:Woah so I found out there is going to be a KKK rally in a city like 70 miles from me next month. Thats way too loving close and not while i live here. Do you have a tuba? https://www.google.com/amp/time.com/3969202/tuba-kkk-march-ku-klux-klan-sousaphone/%3famp=true
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:Woah so I found out there is going to be a KKK rally in a city like 70 miles from me next month. Thats way too loving close and not while i live here. you could probably ask your roommate/the people they know if they know about what kind of organized protest is in the works, if any. There's usually a place for people of various levels of commitment and moral principle, it's not all black bloc. Take along a sign, mock them and/or make clear to bystanders that hate groups are not welcome in your community.
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 Lee Carter is a cool person and I wish there was someone in Indiana even half as good.
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Mike Enzi announces he'll retire from Senate after 2020 Hopefully into a loving coffin.
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One of the most powerful people in the Washington, elected by a tiny number of people.
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Voting Tomorrow in Indiana starts at 6 and ends at 6. find your polling place and sample ballot here
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St Joe county had really disappointing turn out for participation in the primary. I think people are election fatigued... to be honest I don’t blame them but still... My buddy running for the common council of South Bend didn’t make the cut in a crowded field, echoing what I went through last year. It’s a shame but he did really well organizing for a first timer, better then me anyways. Need to talk with him about next year and see if he plans to run again for something else
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Star Man posted:Mike Enzi announces he'll retire from Senate after 2020 He'll probably get replaced by Liz Cheney or someone else who is equally terrible.
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Bodhidharma posted:He'll probably get replaced by Liz Cheney or someone else who is equally terrible. Liz Cheney tried to primary Enzi in 2014. She's an opportunist and probably would try.
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Edgar Allan Pwned posted:Woah so I found out there is going to be a KKK rally in a city like 70 miles from me next month. Thats way too loving close and not while i live here. "Lightly committed to antifa" seems like a comic refrain anymore, but understand, life happens (bad band name these days though, IMO). Google away and network locally a bunch; if nothing else just show up and see what happens.
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Make sure you're on the correct side when the Revolution comes in any case: https://i.imgur.com/aGKhqP4.mp4 Just imagine if you ended up on the antigoose taxation end!
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I signed up to volunteer for Bernie today. I would also want to volunteer for whoever challenges Tillis here in NC. And maybe agitate for a more socialist house rep cause I'm pretty sure mine isn't. Never volunteered before. So not sure what the best way to go about this is, do I find the local Dem chapter? Or maybe the demsocs? I guess this is a real generic question, but I'm kinda hoping someone who's gotten into their local poo poo has some pointers. Nameastere
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your best bet is joining a campaign directly, but since ga elections aren't until next year, there's not much to do at the moment. you can try your county dems, and assuming you're under 70 you'll probably get put in charge of the young dems chapter in a few months, but they're kinda worthless as a whole. you could always run for a house seat yourself i probably wouldn't bother with the senate race since the party's tacitly settled on jeff jackson, the succdem who fell for the obvious bait and switch hb2 replacement and literally got laughed at on the senate floor for his efforts. he'll have plenty of national support, so it's not really worth wasting time and energy on a guy who's gonna lose by 3-5 points e: you might have municipal and county elections this year, so if you just wanted to cut your teeth working on a low-stakes campaign that's not a bad idea The Muppets On PCP fucked around with this message at 00:37 on May 19, 2019 |
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Okay, so like I said, signed up for bernie. How do you know the locals have signed on to Jackson? Where are you going for this info? For national stuff, I just read the USPol thread. What's the equivalent way for NC? And I don't see a reason to just throw in the towel on the senate if he's a succdem. I don't think I can hold office of any kind, I'm a federal contractor. I def can't give anyone money. So your recommend is I go find wake dems and start shaking monkey trees?
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hhhat posted:.... Employees of federal contractors can absolutely donate. It's the company itself that can't.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Employees of federal contractors can absolutely donate. It's the company itself that can't. We absolutely cannot. Maybe there's gray area where like someone who works in HR for my company can but I'm on a federal contract meaning I work exclusively for the fed and I'm not allowed Unless everything I've ever been told is wrong
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Employees of federal contractors can absolutely donate. It's the company itself that can't. Edit: This may not be correct, as "federal contractor" has more than one meaning, i.e., there's a difference between a person who works as a contractor for a company that is a federal contractor and a company that has a federal contract. This is not correct, at least for federal campaigns. https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/ Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 16:06 on May 20, 2019 |
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hhhat posted:We absolutely cannot. Maybe there's gray area where like someone who works in HR for my company can but I'm on a federal contract meaning I work exclusively for the fed and I'm not allowed Your company might fire you for donating, but there isn't a law that says you can't. There might be a law that requires the candidate or org to not accept the donation, but that's very fact specific. Even people directly employed by the federal government can make donations. They are restricted from some partisan activities and holding elected office though.
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I think I may be reading the law and applying a different definition of "government contractor" than what is stated. I think a lot of the advice is in the "better safe than sorry" category. Nobody wants to get fined for taking an illegal donation.
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hhhat posted:We absolutely cannot. Maybe there's gray area where like someone who works in HR for my company can but I'm on a federal contract meaning I work exclusively for the fed and I'm not allowed so there's a difference between "i am a contractor who works for the federal government" and "i am a federal contractor" if you literally have a contract signed between the government and you to do one specific job, you cannot donate. if you are the only employee of your partnership/LLC and the government, you cannot donate. if you are an employee of, say, blackwater, where the company holds the contract and you just work for blackwater, you can donate your weregild. quote:Campaigns may not accept or solicit contributions from federal government contractors. A federal government contractor is a person who enters into a contract, or is bidding on such a contract, with any agency or department of the United States government and is paid, or is to be paid, for services, material, equipment, supplies, land or buildings with funds appropriated by Congress. Since corporate contributions are already prohibited, the government contractor ban applies primarily to contributions from a partnership (or a limited liability company) with a government contract. It also applies to the personal and business funds of: if you're working at blackwater or booz allen hamilton or raytheon and you're also posting on this site, odds are that you didn't actually enter into or bid on a contract. if you did actually enter into that contract, just keep throwing money at politicians through that PAC you set up to get the contract in the first place
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My employer has said, we aren't legally allowed to donate, but we are allowed to campaign (provided we don't campaign as representatives of the contractor, or as representatives of the federal government). I'm pretty sure I'm right on this, and the other side of that is I could donate, but the recipients would be accepting illegal donations. There's some logic. Say I worked for Blackwater, and I donated a million dollars I just happened to have lying around to a rep who would decide on if I got the next contract who could then make sure I got a million dollars in the contract... I realize much more illegal and corrupt stuff already happens in the federal govt but hey I'm one of the good guys I'll do some further digging in case someone along the way has gotten their wires crossed. But if you try to donate to Bernie for example you have to affirm that you're not a federal contractor (or a foreigner) before hitting 'send' quick edit: yeah, feds who aren't contractors can totally donate. We're the ones who can't.
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