:sunglasses: 25 % :pray: 12.5 % :laughing: 28.1 % :cry: 28.1 % :poo: 6.3 %
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By The Weeping Angel
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Good article on the problems facing blue cities* and how to fix them.

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-blue- ... t-be-fixed
Donald Trump’s victory last week wasn’t the only important election result. Big cities in California shifted away from so-called “progressive” governance. In San Francisco, progressive champion Aaron Peskin was soundly defeated in the mayoral race, and his vacated seat was won by a moderate. Peskin’s close ally, Dean Preston, was unseated by moderate challenger Bilal Mahmood, and the Board of Supervisors is expected to lose its progressive majority. In Los Angeles progressive district attorney George Gascón lost his reelection bid, while Oakland’s Pamela Price was recalled. This followed a national trend of progressive DAs getting the boot; meanwhile, San Francisco’s moderate DA Brooke Jenkins, who succeeded the notorious Chesa Boudin after the latter was recalled, easily cruised to reelection.

It’s possible to interpret these victories as part of a general revolt against progressive governance in big cities. At the local level that’s a good thing, since that governance has proven remarkably poor. But at the national level, the urban revolt against probably helped usher in another four years of Donald Trump. Although large metros still voted for the Democrats overall, they swung harder towards Trump than any other geographic region:
*Cities that heavily vote Democratic.
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By Tubby Isaacs
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If you wonder who Rick Scott is, this is a bit of his previous.
Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs. The Department of Justice won 14 felony convictions against the company, which was fined $1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history.
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By Abernathy
#79143
Can a USA president just appoint whoever (s)he likes to government posts ? I mean they don’t seem to have to be Senators or Representatives in the way that government appointees in the UK must be members of parliament (whether in the Commons of the Lords). Musk is just Musk. A squillionare.
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By Tubby Isaacs
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Abernathy wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:55 pm Can a USA president just appoint whoever (s)he likes to government posts ? I mean they don’t seem to have to be Senators or Representatives in the way that government appointees in the UK must be members of parliament (whether in the Commons of the Lords). Musk is just Musk. A squillionare.
Cabinet positions by convention require Senate approval. Musk has an advisory job, so he wouldn't needing confirming.
By Youngian
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Just to be on the safe side, any intelligence that Putin would want on his desk, shouldn't be shared with Washington anymore.
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Tulsi Gabbard to serve as his director of national intelligence, a shock move that would place an intelligence novice some see as sympathetic to Moscow in charge of the country’s $70 billion spy apparatus. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/1 ... p-00189370
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