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Filibusters were particularly useful to Southern senators who sought to block civil rights legislation, including anti-lynching legislation, until cloture was invoked after a 60 day filibuster against the Civil Right Act of 1964. In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes required for cloture from two-thirds to three-fifths, or 60 of the current one hundred senators.Senate rules

The action in 2017 has moved to the  Nuclear Option as tool of choice for reactionary lawmakerss.The nuclear or constitutional option is a  that allows the Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who says that once Democrats filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch, the GOP’s unilateral response to confirm him on a simple majority vote will take senators “back to what was the tradition in the Senate” for confirming Supreme Court justices. WP

We wanted access to the Ivy League schools, the professions, the clubs — everything. Wherever men could go and become successful, we wanted to be there, too.Representative Todd Akin, Republican of Missouri, after his statement in 2012 about “legitimate rape.” Such is the double standard from the abortion-rights mainstream media.If they choose, however, to be moms and wives and attend Bible study or bake cookies, they are “bitter clingers” and “deplorable.” Cleta Mitchell Washington Powerbroker for the  Rich

 

American voters give President Donald Trump a negative 35 - 57 percent job approval https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2448

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRN Radio Boston. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015

As the Cardinals open their 125th anniversary season Sunday at Busch Stadium, Martinez will, for the first time in his career, start opening night and, for the first time since Johnny Lush did in 1909 for the Cardinals, throw a season-opening pitch to the reigning World Series champion Cubs.

The Cubs did not have a single homegrown pitcher on their World Series pitching staff. Three years earlier, the Cardinals had seven, not including Adam Wainwright, who was acquired via trade as a minor-leaguer. The Cubs will start this season without a homegrown pitcher in the rotation.

The Cardinals will have three, four if Wainwright counts.St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRN Radio Boston. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

News and Guts from Dan Rather  https://www.newsandgutsmedia.com/

Trump, Ryan Both Hit Record Low Approval  http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2017/PPP_Release_National_33017.pdf

The West Coast has lined up against President Donald Trump's rollback of the Clean Power Plan and will go its own way on energy, with the region's governors saying they will "assert our own 21st Century leadership and chart a different course." The divisions of America, not on culture but on climate and energy, were on display Tuesday, as well as the values of the actors.The governors of Washington, Oregon and California -- plus mayors of the Coast's major cities -- said in a letter that action on climate is urgent, and healthy for the economy as well as people that live on the "Left Coast.""We speak as a region of over 50 million people with a combined (gross domestic product) of $2.8 trillion," they said. "There is no question that to act on climate is to act in our best economic interests. Through expanded climate policies, we have grown jobs and expanded our economies while cleaning our air." SerattlePI

Gutting the Clean Power Plan is a colossal mistake and defies science itself. Erasing climate change may take place in Donald Trump's mind, but nowhere else," Brown said. Vice President Al Gore, denounced the plan. But Trump said the effort would spark "a new energy revolution" and lead to "unbelievable" American prosperity.AP

March for Science' on Earth Day 23 April 2017

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRN Radio Boston. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015

The past week's political events that help shape American  politics.

Políticos de la sem Hiroshimaana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

 Democracy Dies in Darkness Washington Post

Stetson Kennedy Foundation http://www.stetsonkennedy.com/

GeneralStrike Fund for May 1st https://www.gofundme.com/may-day-generalstrike-fund

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

News and Guts from Dan Rather  https://www.newsandgutsmedia.com/

Show Notes March 23, 2017 - U.S. Voters Oppose GOP Health Plan 3-1, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Big Opposition To Cuts To Medicaid, Planned Parenthood https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2443

The CCES is a 50,000+ person national stratified sample survey administered by YouGov/Polimetrix. Half of the questionnaire consists of Common Content asked of all 50,000+ people, and half of the questionnaire consists of Team Content designed by each individual participating team and asked of a subset of 1,000 people. In addition, several teams may pool their resources to create Group Content. https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/GDF6Z0

Comparing the exit poll and the Cooperative Congressional Election Study http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/another-look-back-at-2016/