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Paul Politerude

Paul Politerude's Journal
Paul Politerude's Journal
November 26, 2020

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November 24, 2020

Michigan Certifies Biden, Barr Goes Underground

And McConnell Picks Judges Over Suffering Americans



I'm agnostic, but if was any truth at all to the sermons I heard as a boy in my small-town Tennessee church, then Barr, McConnell and Trump's final destination is gonna be way, way, WAY underground!
November 23, 2020

Trump Fires Lawyer Who Was Too Crazy For Rudy Giuliani's Team



Operation Clusterfuck continues!
November 23, 2020

Newsom faces pressure to fill Harris seat with woman of color instead of presumed favorite

Source: Politico

By CARLA MARINUCCI 11/22/2020 10:32 PM EST

OAKLAND, Calif. — As speculation grows that Gov. Gavin Newsom is leaning toward California elections chief Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a crowd of top Democratic donors and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown are launching an aggressive campaign to argue that another woman of color should fill that seat instead.

Brown, the former longtime speaker of the California Assembly, said he's launching a drive Monday to organize Black churches, pastors, civic leaders, fraternal organizations and prominent members of the Black press statewide to urge Newsom to consider leading Black women for the seat. Among the leading choices, he said, are Reps. Barbara Lee, Karen Bass and Maxine Waters; San Francisco Mayor London Breed; and state Sen. Holly Mitchell.

"There's no way that Gavin Newsom should allow anyone other than a Black woman to fill the seat of Harris, who's only the second Black woman in the history of the U.S. Senate," Brown told POLITICO on Sunday. "There should be no contest."

Brown's campaign comes as some 150 of the state's top female Democratic donors on Monday will publish full-page newspaper ads with an open letter urging Newsom to pick a woman of color, Vox reported Sunday.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/11/22/newsom-faces-new-pressure-to-fill-harris-seat-with-woman-of-color-instead-of-presumed-favorite-1337700

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Name: Paul
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Hometown: Erwin, TN
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