At the Gillespie County Election Office the election administrator and her entire staff resigned today in Fredericksburg, Texas, following threats and stalking by election deniers, conspiracy theorists and “people who are pretty fanatical and radical,” according to a report by the Fredericksburg Standard’s Brent Burgess. This is in a county that voted 79% for DT. Texas Republicans have had control of elections now for decades and the Election Administrator in Texas have done a very good job. It is so ridiculous that these radical cult followers of DT are making life miserable for people just trying to do their job and know what they are doing. This has got to stop!
We are on that path in Florida…Our much respected(Republican) Supervisor of Elections is under attack from Brevard Republican Executive Committee and “ Defend” Florida as they reject 2020 results, cite “ fraud” and inundate the office with onerous public record requests. Apparently the BREC “resolution” adopted the same language as a resolution approved by the Texas GOP at its state convention .And Flynn has moved to Florida and trying to oust the head of GOP in Sarasota.
Wow! I can’t imagine the threats they must have received . Theirs seems to me to be an amazingly unified response. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 What kind of publicity is it getting in Texas? ❤️🤍💙
Beto as a stop on his Drive through Texas campaign will be in Fredericksburg Wednesday evening . So, I'm a little worried about what will happen but then Beto may make national news ib the way he handles this.
Enabled evil thinks they can intimidate all of us; they are aggressive, shameless and a cult of Fox insanity for the most part. Of course, social media and Fox clones reinforce this political firestorm that is greased to the max by seemingly unlimited dough. Will Rupert say one syllable about the Dems successes lately, only lies.
Thank you for mentioning some things tonight that I had not seen elsewhere, such as the little facts about Microsoft and Ireland (being a Seattle-area reader, my antennae are always out for news on those barely significant Washington companies like Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon and Starbucks, and the tricks they are up to).
Under the IRA, the US will capture at least 15% of that $350 billion that Microsoft moved offshore. About 15 years ago, Ireland decided to reinvigorate its economy by becoming a tax haven. It worked for about a decade--an influx of new capital, international headquarters, etc. And then Trump cut US taxes and companies abandoned Ireland for the US and other tax havens, creating an economic shock. Trying to attact companies by manipulating taxes is a bad idea and why it is significant that the US has joined 136 other countries in imposing a 15% minimum corporate tax.
It's known as "Transfer Pricing" - legally moving product from one related party, i.e., affiliates/subsidiaries, to another - adding some value at each link - until its final destination - where it is sold to a non-related third party, and the profit can be recognized at that point - in a low-tax rate country. You can Google the very recent action of the OECD in getting its member nations to agree to a 15% marginal tax. And the U.S. did sign on to that agreement. Hence, imho, this change under the IRA.
Thanks for articulating the specific details and benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and we and the Democrats have to start talking about it everyday. I have started today sending emails and posting comments like “Did you know the Inflation Reduction Act creates an average Medicare enrollee an average cost reduction per enrollee of $800 per year.? I did not know that either. “. If everyone reading Today.’s Edition sent and posted just one detail of the plan a day to ten friends to spread the word we can combat the Republican misinformation campaign . Take the points in Today’s Edition as a guideline. and spend the next week being a Information Ambassador and getting the word out. We have momentum and we need to keep pushing. Please take the time and let’s get the word out.
Excellent suggestion! I love the format: "Did you know that.....I didn't either!" This can also be posted on FB and Twitter. And thanks Robert for spelling it out so clearly!
Stephen I'm passing your suggestion on to Susan Levy who commented below on a flyer she's creating with the points from Robert's essay. I suggested that she consider formatting it as “Did you know the Inflation Reduction Act creates an average Medicare enrollee an average cost reduction per enrollee of $800 per year.? I did not know that either. “. Thanks again!
The irony is palpable: the supporters of Blue Lives Matter attack our FBI. Just as they attacked and harmed the capitol hill police. Lets ask Gym Jordan and the Freedom Caucus to clarify just which police it is that they support? Wouldn't other police and crime fighters like to know who's got their back?
Exactly. One is all you need. My son has two, but that is because he has citizenship in two countries. Or maybe it is one for DJT, one for Melania and one for their son. BTW, where are the latter two these days?
Aug 16, 2022·edited Aug 16, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Have a lovely dinner...or three!
What a relief to have a through line of the FBI search. It is through pinpointing we can see the change. Thanks for that!
Also, H. Arendt points out that those losing power use violence, remembering who you are is a plus.
I liked what you wrote yesterday about climate activists coming from everywhere. When my kids were young I blogged the Waimea Ocean Film Festival -- it was great, about climate, sports, and I met leaders of island nations whose land was being enveloped in sea water, but also those who were cleaning and finding business by keeping their nations clean, raising fish habitat, that kind of thing. This was real movement. The leader of this film festival gave a speech she wouldn't let anyone film but these words rang clear, "If we are not part of the first wave we will be part of the second" She was talking about climate change. The festival began with five people and a five star chef in her house...and grew with luminaries coming from all over the world. Her vision (and she is a single parent) inspired me and Sundance invited Tania Howard's festival to London.
I read the comment from another reader, about Fredericksburg, TX. The same thing happened, last month, here in Prescott, AZ. The conservative Republican Recorder of Yavapai County and the Director of Elections both resigned, saying there had been a uptick in harassment from election deniers-even around their homes.
Yet the radical high court justices complain about peaceful protestors. Protesting is not the same as threatening. These MAGA cult people are threatening with death threats and the like.
It was my understanding that the agents took his two government passports (one being a diplomatic one) because as a former President he was no longer eligible to use them. I am certainly not defending him but it might shed some light on whether he’s a flight risk or not.
I just heard that the FBI returned his passports. It truly doesn't look as though he's a flight risk although wouldn't it be lovely if he went permanently to Brazil?
Oh, if only! But at least our Attorney General is now proving his worth. You were right all along. I was one of those calling for his head due to apparent inaction.
I was so excited about the ability of the government to negotiate drug prices, how ever I’m pretty sure that my somewhat obscure medication will not be among the 100 medication’s that they negotiate so I will continue buying this medication from Canada, because as a retiree, the Medicare pharmacy plans want me to pay $1750 every three months for this medication
Sorry to hear Norma, but I believe your out-of-pocket for drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, even if your drugs are not among the 100 listed.
Hopeful, but I wonder how that would actually work. Would that mean that once Norma had bought six months of that drug, she would get the rest at no cost?
Trump had three passports? How? Why? I’ve heard reports that one was a diplomatic passport that he should have returned on abandoning the White House. Such a passport should never have been issued to him, because he was never a diplomat, and never diplomatic. In any event, any passports should be held, because he is clearly a flight risk. He should be on an ankle monitor, too.
At the Gillespie County Election Office the election administrator and her entire staff resigned today in Fredericksburg, Texas, following threats and stalking by election deniers, conspiracy theorists and “people who are pretty fanatical and radical,” according to a report by the Fredericksburg Standard’s Brent Burgess. This is in a county that voted 79% for DT. Texas Republicans have had control of elections now for decades and the Election Administrator in Texas have done a very good job. It is so ridiculous that these radical cult followers of DT are making life miserable for people just trying to do their job and know what they are doing. This has got to stop!
This is so scary, because that is what they want. They hope to take it over with crazies.
Happy evening Robert and Jill. Congrats!
I am reminded of the Taliban: Lots of rhetoric and bullying, with little governance or management.
We are on that path in Florida…Our much respected(Republican) Supervisor of Elections is under attack from Brevard Republican Executive Committee and “ Defend” Florida as they reject 2020 results, cite “ fraud” and inundate the office with onerous public record requests. Apparently the BREC “resolution” adopted the same language as a resolution approved by the Texas GOP at its state convention .And Flynn has moved to Florida and trying to oust the head of GOP in Sarasota.
Wow! I can’t imagine the threats they must have received . Theirs seems to me to be an amazingly unified response. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 What kind of publicity is it getting in Texas? ❤️🤍💙
Beto as a stop on his Drive through Texas campaign will be in Fredericksburg Wednesday evening . So, I'm a little worried about what will happen but then Beto may make national news ib the way he handles this.
Beto will handle it well. (Authentically. He’s one of the good guys.) Would love to see him be Governor Beto. ❤️🤍💙
Smart Texans want him to be Governor Beto. We'll have to see how many of us vote.
Hopefully the same way he handled the gun heckler last week.
Tell us more. I missed that.
There's video, https://youtu.be/gyxSw7-BsQE
Some of the language is NSFW but it definitely gets the point across.
Thank you, Dave. Go, Beto!
Enabled evil thinks they can intimidate all of us; they are aggressive, shameless and a cult of Fox insanity for the most part. Of course, social media and Fox clones reinforce this political firestorm that is greased to the max by seemingly unlimited dough. Will Rupert say one syllable about the Dems successes lately, only lies.
That is horrible.
Thank you for mentioning some things tonight that I had not seen elsewhere, such as the little facts about Microsoft and Ireland (being a Seattle-area reader, my antennae are always out for news on those barely significant Washington companies like Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon and Starbucks, and the tricks they are up to).
Under the IRA, the US will capture at least 15% of that $350 billion that Microsoft moved offshore. About 15 years ago, Ireland decided to reinvigorate its economy by becoming a tax haven. It worked for about a decade--an influx of new capital, international headquarters, etc. And then Trump cut US taxes and companies abandoned Ireland for the US and other tax havens, creating an economic shock. Trying to attact companies by manipulating taxes is a bad idea and why it is significant that the US has joined 136 other countries in imposing a 15% minimum corporate tax.
It's known as "Transfer Pricing" - legally moving product from one related party, i.e., affiliates/subsidiaries, to another - adding some value at each link - until its final destination - where it is sold to a non-related third party, and the profit can be recognized at that point - in a low-tax rate country. You can Google the very recent action of the OECD in getting its member nations to agree to a 15% marginal tax. And the U.S. did sign on to that agreement. Hence, imho, this change under the IRA.
Thanks for articulating the specific details and benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and we and the Democrats have to start talking about it everyday. I have started today sending emails and posting comments like “Did you know the Inflation Reduction Act creates an average Medicare enrollee an average cost reduction per enrollee of $800 per year.? I did not know that either. “. If everyone reading Today.’s Edition sent and posted just one detail of the plan a day to ten friends to spread the word we can combat the Republican misinformation campaign . Take the points in Today’s Edition as a guideline. and spend the next week being a Information Ambassador and getting the word out. We have momentum and we need to keep pushing. Please take the time and let’s get the word out.
Excellent suggestion! I love the format: "Did you know that.....I didn't either!" This can also be posted on FB and Twitter. And thanks Robert for spelling it out so clearly!
Stephen I'm passing your suggestion on to Susan Levy who commented below on a flyer she's creating with the points from Robert's essay. I suggested that she consider formatting it as “Did you know the Inflation Reduction Act creates an average Medicare enrollee an average cost reduction per enrollee of $800 per year.? I did not know that either. “. Thanks again!
The irony is palpable: the supporters of Blue Lives Matter attack our FBI. Just as they attacked and harmed the capitol hill police. Lets ask Gym Jordan and the Freedom Caucus to clarify just which police it is that they support? Wouldn't other police and crime fighters like to know who's got their back?
The old, venerable Newsweek (now a tabloid) just published an op-ed titled, "Abolish the FBI."
Why does he have 3 passports? What countries?
Good Q. Inquiring minds want to know! ❤️🤍💙
Maybe he is really an international asasin!
Exactly. One is all you need. My son has two, but that is because he has citizenship in two countries. Or maybe it is one for DJT, one for Melania and one for their son. BTW, where are the latter two these days?
See my response
Exactly - I'd like to know if he had his, Melania's, and Barron's. Are they trapped?
Have a lovely dinner...or three!
What a relief to have a through line of the FBI search. It is through pinpointing we can see the change. Thanks for that!
Also, H. Arendt points out that those losing power use violence, remembering who you are is a plus.
I liked what you wrote yesterday about climate activists coming from everywhere. When my kids were young I blogged the Waimea Ocean Film Festival -- it was great, about climate, sports, and I met leaders of island nations whose land was being enveloped in sea water, but also those who were cleaning and finding business by keeping their nations clean, raising fish habitat, that kind of thing. This was real movement. The leader of this film festival gave a speech she wouldn't let anyone film but these words rang clear, "If we are not part of the first wave we will be part of the second" She was talking about climate change. The festival began with five people and a five star chef in her house...and grew with luminaries coming from all over the world. Her vision (and she is a single parent) inspired me and Sundance invited Tania Howard's festival to London.
I read the comment from another reader, about Fredericksburg, TX. The same thing happened, last month, here in Prescott, AZ. The conservative Republican Recorder of Yavapai County and the Director of Elections both resigned, saying there had been a uptick in harassment from election deniers-even around their homes.
Yet the radical high court justices complain about peaceful protestors. Protesting is not the same as threatening. These MAGA cult people are threatening with death threats and the like.
All protests in Arizona by MAGA followers are now armed because most everyone in Arizona is armed.
It was my understanding that the agents took his two government passports (one being a diplomatic one) because as a former President he was no longer eligible to use them. I am certainly not defending him but it might shed some light on whether he’s a flight risk or not.
I just heard that the FBI returned his passports. It truly doesn't look as though he's a flight risk although wouldn't it be lovely if he went permanently to Brazil?
Perhaps the FBI and DOJ had second thoughts and believed it would be better for all concerned if Trump fled the country?
Oh, if only! But at least our Attorney General is now proving his worth. You were right all along. I was one of those calling for his head due to apparent inaction.
You two make me so pleased to be in your orbit. Happy anniversary again to both of you!
Happy Anniversary! Fred and I just celebrated 42 with all our kids- let’s highlight the love in our lives!
congrats!
I was so excited about the ability of the government to negotiate drug prices, how ever I’m pretty sure that my somewhat obscure medication will not be among the 100 medication’s that they negotiate so I will continue buying this medication from Canada, because as a retiree, the Medicare pharmacy plans want me to pay $1750 every three months for this medication
Sorry to hear Norma, but I believe your out-of-pocket for drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, even if your drugs are not among the 100 listed.
Hopeful, but I wonder how that would actually work. Would that mean that once Norma had bought six months of that drug, she would get the rest at no cost?
Yes, there will be that. I think it’s not going to take effect until 2024.
Oh wow, I had no idea it could be that bad! Maybe when we get a solid Dem congress that list can be expanded to ALL.
I didn’t either, and was frankly shocked. I thought what I was paying for a co-pay through my insurance at work was bad enough.
To steal a phrase from an NPR business program, you explain news "for the rest of us". Thanks.
Happy 41st anniversary to you two awesome people… what a team! Enjoy that candy apple red truck! Happy happy anniversary!
Trump had three passports? How? Why? I’ve heard reports that one was a diplomatic passport that he should have returned on abandoning the White House. Such a passport should never have been issued to him, because he was never a diplomat, and never diplomatic. In any event, any passports should be held, because he is clearly a flight risk. He should be on an ankle monitor, too.
Congratulations and Bon Appetit <clink>
Congratulations and thank you for doing this yeoman's job. It settles me down every night despite the oft shocking news