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friendbot2000 posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...a9a6_story.html I'm so ready for Special Session. In a better world, the governor would call a special session every fall and we could have two sessions every year and not just one.
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Did something kinda nervewracking last night... joined a virtual meeting of the local Young Dems group and now I'm considering putting myself forward on the ballot as a local Committee Council member. Local politics matter, and I want to try and drag this red county of mine at least a bit more towards blue! On the last ballot more than half the seats were open or uncontested. Does anyone here have any experience or advice for this kind of venture?
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Took me a while to find this thread. GOP candidate for NC Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson, did an interview in 2019 with Sean Moon, a cult leader who believes will be king of the US when the government collapses. They talked about the Rothchilds and gay pastors ruining the Christian church. You know, shootin' the poo poo. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246619363.html News and Observer posted:NC Lt. Gov. candidate appeared with religious leader who plans to become king of the US
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This just in: Northam supports marijuana legalization in VA.quote:RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday that he supports the legalization of marijuana, following the release of a study that found Virginia could generate $300 million in taxes from the sale of the substance.
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Can't wait to legally get high AF here without having to cross the Potomac.
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Presto posted:This just in: Northam supports marijuana legalization in VA.  My tangle of anxious cognitive fuckery rejoices at the possibility. It's also a good political play, anecdotally even my chuddy extended family thinks weed is good for their Crohn's and whatnot.
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I still cant believe this idiot won https://jewishinsider.com/2020/11/madison-cawthorn-arrives-washington/ quote:“It’s actually incredible,” Cawthorn said of orientation. “I’m a lover of history, so it’s incredible to be in a place where we had the vote to decide to have the Emancipation Proclamation, where we decided to go to World War II, where the civil rights battles were fought. I mean, it’s just, I got to spend about 30 minutes all by myself on the House floor yesterday — and just to be frank with you, I was in awe.”
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Why would it take two years to legalize in VA? The general assembly could pass it in the 2021 session and he could sign it quick. Don't take chances delaying while you actually have Dems control everything except for the State Supreme Court for one more year. The only reason to delay it is if the VA Dems are planning to use it as a way to gotv in the 2021 gov and house of delegate elections or to make legalization a state constitutional amendment.
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nonrev posted:Why would it take two years to legalize in VA? The general assembly could pass it in the 2021 session and he could sign it quick. Don't take chances delaying while you actually have Dems control everything except for the State Supreme Court for one more year. Erecting a regulatory structure doesn't take no time, but I agree that two years seems excessive.
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That's almost certainly the case, but atleast they're smart enough to get that it gonna be super powerful at the ballot box, unlike Democrats at the national level
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nonrev posted:Why would it take two years to legalize in VA? The general assembly could pass it in the 2021 session and he could sign it quick. Don't take chances delaying while you actually have Dems control everything except for the State Supreme Court for one more year. The two year timeline is all the way up to open retail market, either through government owned methods or pure private licenses. It'd be legalized far before that, that's just around when you'd see businesses opening it up to sell to everyone. This is all a result of a study they commissioned which went over all the different ways they could go about it while also doing stuff like expunging records, getting people previously convicted of possession involved with the new businesses, etc etc. A big focus was on making it focus on small businesses and helping out disadvantaged peoples. Also the VA legislature is set up in an incredibly stupid manner so getting things done is a challenge in general. Odd year sessions are 30 days max unless a 2/3rd majority approves longer (and Dems are a long way off from that), or the governor calls a special session.
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nonrev posted:Why would it take two years to legalize in VA? The general assembly could pass it in the 2021 session and he could sign it quick. Don't take chances delaying while you actually have Dems control everything except for the State Supreme Court for one more year. it took about 20 months in Washington, dating from the passage of state initiative. They did a study then issued licenses to start strictly-controlled farms, then finally to the official opening of the first stores.
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For those that didn't already know, Denver's mayor is a loving jackass After warnings to avoid travel, Denver Mayor Hancock flies to visit family for Thanksgiving His defense was that he thought it was "safer for me to travel to see [his wife and daughter] then to have two family members travel back to Denver", because apparently everybody just staying put and having a Zoom get-together for Thanksgiving, like so many of us are doing at his urging, was just out of the question!
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Lee Carter just announced he is running for governor in Virginia. https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1345053262848946177
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nonrev posted:Lee Carter just announced he is running for governor in Virginia. That insulin price cap bill he wrote also goes into effect today IIRC, so even though it's an uphill battle, this is probably the best possible timing for him to make an attempt?
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Mitsuo posted:That insulin price cap bill he wrote also goes into effect today IIRC, so even though it's an uphill battle, this is probably the best possible timing for him to make an attempt? He can definitely push the conversation left in the primary, but everyone please adjust their expectations accordingly, he's entering an already-crowded field that includes popular former Gov. Terry MacAuliffe. Uphill battle would be an understatement. Plus due to weird state campaign laws, as a state legislator he's forbidden from raising money while the General Assembly is in session, which begins in, like, a week. Goons and Twitter may love him, but that isn't as big of the Virginia electorate as one might hope.
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Ballz posted:He can definitely push the conversation left in the primary, but everyone please adjust their expectations accordingly, he's entering an already-crowded field that includes popular former Gov. Terry MacAuliffe. Uphill battle would be an understatement. Plus due to weird state campaign laws, as a state legislator he's forbidden from raising money while the General Assembly is in session, which begins in, like, a week. Oh yeah by uphill I meant drat near vertical, but this is probably good timing to make the biggest splash he's capable of making to move the conversation left even though he won't win.
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It's a nonsensical ego trip.
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Getting every Virginia gubernatorial candidate on the record as to whether they support abolishing right to work in Virginia and giving government employees the right to strike is worth having Lee Carter run. I am probably most curious to see whether unions in Virginia will actually endorse the most pro-union candidate running.
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Looks like COVID is leading to another special election... https://twitter.com/goadgatsby/status/1345199609925292033?s=21 Southwest Virginia, so no chance it’ll flip but GOP will be down a Senator as the new General Assembly session gets underway.
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Discendo Vox posted:It's a nonsensical ego trip. Who is allowed to run for office and this not apply? This is a pretty strong position for so little information in the post
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Harold Fjord posted:Who is allowed to run for office and this not apply? This is a pretty strong position for so little information in the post Carter stands zero chance of accomplishing anything with his run, other than wasting the money of people who donate to him. Activists and actual campaign people in VA, (including some current and former goons) are basically throwing up their hands at him doing this.
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Discendo Vox posted:It's a nonsensical ego trip. Yeah i agree, terry mccauliffe needs to gently caress off already
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Utterly unsurprising dnd's number one lib fanboy cant stand a man running based on his beliefs instead of being an empty suit (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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mandatory lesbian posted:Yeah i agree, terry mccauliffe needs to gently caress off already (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Really there oughta be a law against this sort of thing. Carter didn't even go to Harvard, who does he think he is VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Jan 2, 2021 |
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Lee doesn't have a chance in hell, but I think it's great he's jumping in, wish him good luck, and hope he doesn't end up acting too online.
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How are u posted:Lee doesn't have a chance in hell, but I think it's great he's jumping in, wish him good luck, and hope he doesn't end up acting too online. Based on his online-ness up to this point I'm gonna say there is a 0% chance of this happening
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mandatory lesbian posted:Utterly unsurprising dnd's number one lib fanboy cant stand a man running based on his beliefs instead of being an empty suit Choose a different way to post
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theflyingorc posted:Choose a different way to post no
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Discendo Vox posted:Carter stands zero chance of accomplishing anything with his run, other than wasting the money of people who donate to him. Activists and actual campaign people in VA, (including some current and former goons) are basically throwing up their hands at him doing this. Granted my brain has been melting for the last month over this dumb inorganic Force the Vote stuff.
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I think Sanders 2016 showed that a principled outsider campaign can catch fire. It's worth a shot, I mean why not? Maybe he'll catch on, maybe he'll pull the field left. What's the problem?
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Tmac is massively massively well liked in va, and was one of the people that helped to build the va into the blue wall it's become in the last 5 years. He is a known entity that people remember for good times and progress with almost no scandals or issues during his term. Almost every issue at that time was squarely placed on the gop and used to catapult the dem party to a majority over the last 2 elections. Lee has a problem of being to online, and causing himself more headaches and issues because he gets in stupid twitter fights. Lee has the ability to do well if he can get that aspect under control, but won't advance if he can't stop fighting with people. Danica roem is much more likely then lee to reach higher office, she's insanely well liked in a district that elected a guy that actively hated trans folk, and she's an entity that plays to the politics of areas that she has a passion on that vibes with her constituents (mainly we need to fix this loving road) without being something that people can use against her. Lee's other problem is the field is already to crowded. With way to many people that would be fighting for the left vote, he doesn't have the ability to try and play the field like bernie and thread the needle as the more centrist and liberal Dems fight eachother. Tmac coming in basically drives out anyone that would be in that part of the field especially when the nova area is where he will perform massively in. This is kinda akin to the dem field last year. With biden and tmac basically acting at the same level, the race thiers to lose and tmac is not gonna phone it in or take it for granted is the gist I get from friends that did work his campaign.
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When I think of the labor vote in Virginia I think of abolishing right to work and giving public employees the right to strike. No candidate except Lee mentions these anywhere on their sites. This is in a year where public sector workers will finally get a chance to collectively bargain in Virginia for the first time in 30 years.Thanks to the state senate collective bargaining only applies if the specific locality allows it Why is no other candidate running on moving to these next steps to benefit labor rights? When I think of the environmental vote I think of ending fracking and stopping the Atlantic Coast pipeline and the Mountain Valley pipeline. Why is no other candidate running on stopping fracking and these pipelines? When I think of police/prison reform I think of defunding the police, ending the death penalty, ending private prisons, and ending cash bail. Why is no other candidate running on these issues? Lee running puts these issues in the forefront. There is a clear difference to what he is calling for and what other candidates are calling for. As I said earlier in the thread I am most interested to see whether unions in Virginia will actually support and endorse the most pro-union candidate running.
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The big thing I get from comrades in VA is that Lee also has skeletons in his closet that are probably going to come out with him running.
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achillesforever6 posted:The big thing I get from comrades in VA is that Lee also has skeletons in his closet that are probably going to come out with him running. Other than the ones that he announced publicly?
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