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Don’t fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 or we’ll retaliate

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Democrats warn GOP: Don’t fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 or we’ll retaliate

WASHINGTON — Democrats are warning Republicans not to fill a possible Supreme Court vacancy this year after denying President Barack Obama the chance in 2016, saying it would embolden a push on the left to add seats to the court whenever they regain power.

"We knew basically they were lying in 2016, when they said, 'Oh, we can't do this because it's an election year.' We knew they didn't want to do it because it was President Obama," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said in an interview.

When Henry Wallace Warned of β€˜American Fascism’ – The American Prospect

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When Henry Wallace Warned of β€˜American Fascism’ – The American Prospect

Building on the success of the New Deal, FDR added Wallace, initially his agriculture secretary, as vice president in 1940, dumping segregationist Democrat John Nance Garner. Roosevelt felt that Wallace could succeed him and ultimately continue on the work of the New Deal. More importantly, FDR needed Wallace’s energy and vision to help make the case to the American public to back the war effort.

As vice president, Wallace spent the war years touring the U.S. with a vigor that the wheelchair-bound FDR couldn’t, arguing that in order to truly win the war against fascism abroad, the United States must take on racism, sexism, and economic inequality at home, or risk the rise of a new “American fascism.”

In case you are wondering

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In case you are wondering… πŸŒͺ️

It seems like the tornado has missed me in Albany but it seems like the heaviest rain β˜” today was after I picked my truck up from the shop after doing the oil change. 

A Big, Sad Hole in the Cold Vermont Ground β€” Strong Towns

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A Big, Sad Hole in the Cold Vermont Ground β€” Strong Towns

The town of Newport, Vermont is settled amidst the forests and farms of the northern Vermont countryside, not far from the Canadian border. It's a stunning town of 4,600 people nestled on the beautiful shores of Lake Memphremagog. It is the economic and cultural capital of a region known as the Northeast Kingdom.

The big, new, exciting, silver bullet renaissance plan was going to take many forms:οΏ½demolish blocks of historic buildingsοΏ½and replace them with new mixed-use buildings, a new conference center, marina, and, of course, attract a bio-tech research firm from South Korea.οΏ½It was a big gamble with a huge upside. It would create over 10,000 direct and indirect jobs! Plus, a Walmart would be coming to town and they needed a strong downtown to combat it.