Also the worst in the House, as leader.
Joe Manchin wants a word with both of you. No one ever challenges his title.
New York may have fallen behind for now, but I have faith in New Yorkers’ love of slimy, corrupt politicians. Also, you kind of have an unfair advantage with Pelosi. She’s 76 now, so gods willing, she won’t hang on too much longer, and then, once people all across the political spectrum are done bursting into spontaneous renditions of “Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead,” you’ll be hard-pressed to keep the title.
I feel better that I voted for Loretta Sanchez.
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As you were saying that no one cares until it affects them. The challenge there is that they have the sense that they can do something about it through voting, but they don’t know where to go.
No one provides the information as to when/where to vote. Nor do they know where to go to get that information. Sure they can go online but most adults aren’t that tech savvy, and young people haven’t taken on the responsibility of civil participation.
[quote=“Mawile_303, post:45, topic:92417”]No one provides the information as to when/where to vote. Nor do they know where to go to get that information. Sure they can go online but most adults aren’t that tech savvy, and young people haven’t taken on the responsibility of civil participation.
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And that ain’t an accident.
Over here, voter education and registration is a routine part of high school. Plus the AEC spends a substantial amount on voter awareness. 100% participation is the goal.
Every election, you’ll see a lot of ads like this:
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Process for pursuing any case:
- Check if the alleged wrongdoer is super rich
- If yes to (1) make some motions but don’t do anything, otherwise carry on to (3)
- Aggressively prosecute
See, just like any other case.
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Some of the things these organizations are pushing for (from the linked Intercept article) are suspect.
a delay of Mnuchin’s confirmation hearing until he publicly discloses all settlements and lawsuits OneWest has faced from its foreclosure-related activities
It’s standard operating procedure for settlements in cases that aren’t either (1) brought by the government or (2) class actions to have confidentiality provisions. OneWest (or CIT or whoever they are now) can’t publicly disclose this information–which likely involves thousands, if not tens of thousands of individual-borrower suits brought by homeowners seeking to stave off foreclosure–without going back to each and every single plaintiff who sued them and getting permission. That just won’t happen.
The California Reinvestment Coalition followed that up on Thursday by asking OneWest to release the obstructed evidence, which involved loan files held by a third party then known as Lender Processing Services
Release to whom? It’s one thing if the claim is they should turn that info over to the California AG’s office as part of an investigation. It’s another thing to say they should turn it over to the Senate for public examination during a confirmation hearing. Borrowers have a pretty significant privacy interest in their loan files, IMO (as they include a whole lot more sensitive financial information than just the fact of foreclosure from public records).
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