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I guess we could use a few more electricians but this sounds so vague and scammy to me. What are the specific skills being taught? Where are the specific businesses that are so eager to hire these retrained folks? Until I get specifics I gotta think that this is a jobs program for Nicole Poore's tax accountant.

Obama yesterday:

Former President Barack Obama on Thursday called for the elimination of the Senate's filibuster rule if it is used to block sweeping voting reforms, labeling the chamber's long-held 60-vote threshold a "Jim Crow relic." Delivering a eulogy at the funeral of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Obama implored politicians to go beyond paying lip service to the civil rights icon and urged leaders to continue Lewis' life‘s work by pushing for reforms. The best way to honor Lewis, the former president said, would be to pass the recently introduced voting rights act named in his honor.

Meanwhile, Coons joins with white supremacists buddies in the GOP and vows to keep the filibuster:

I'm not an economist, but rushing to "open the economy" during a pandemic seemed like a terrible idea to me.

Trump said that the election in November will be the most "fraudulent election in history." He has also recently said that he will not accept results of the election if he finds them to be fraudulent. So, there is that. Trump has been steadily stirring up his peeps, and readying the gloriously patriotic 35% to take part in operation Banana Republic should Biden's cheating prevail. Very transparent. And yet we have some hopelessly naive Dems, like DelawareDem for example, who think "norms" and/or the constitution, and/or laws or some dumb old-timey bullshit will restrain Trump even thought he has treated norms, laws and the constitution with nothing but contempt.

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