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Democrats Should Add Three States Now: Turnabout, as the old saying goes, is fair play
 And Dems should channel GOP talking points from when that Party added four states.
- By 2040, 50% of America will live in 8 democratically-controlled states and only be represented by 16 out of 100 US Senators, creating an unbeatable majority for the GOP.
- During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln & the GOP added Nevada, for purely partisan reasons, when it didn't qualify as a state. They did it again with Colorado and both Dakotas, just to add Republicans to the Senate.
- Adding Washington DC and Puerto Rico as states will not only help the senate reflect who America is, but also gives representation to Americans who currently have no voice.
- With a balanced Senate, impeachment, Medicare For All, the end of student debt and a Green New Deal would all be done.
If the US Senate was actually representative of America, the conviction of Donald Trump for inciting insurrection would have been assured. As would passage of Medicare for All, Free College, and a Green New Deal.
But it's not. And things are about to get a whole hell of a lot worse.
Read more here.
-Thom
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Famous Medical Journal Calls Out the GOP Death Cult
While the world is shocked, Americans are not — here's why… The Lancet is arguably the most respected medical journal in the world. Founded in 1823, its reputation is impeccable and it only publishes science that's peer-reviewed and scientifically sound. Which is why their indictment of the last four years of Republican rule under Trump, McConnell, and McCarthy is particularly shocking. "Trump exploited low and middle-income white people's anger over their deteriorating life prospects," the Lancet's Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era wrote, "to mobilize racial animus and xenophobia and enlist their support for policies that benefit high-income people and corporations and threaten health." Read more here. -Thom
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Former mayor Tim Boyd in Texas city wrote yesterday on Facebook that it's "not the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it's your choice!" Addressing power outages, Boyd wrote, "The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING! I'm sick and tired of people looking for a d— handout!"
Quote: " If this Green New Deal goes forward the way that the Biden administration appears to want it to, then we'll have more events like we've had in Texas all across the country as we strangle the [energy] diversity we're going to need" - Rick Perry. Tweet: " #1: It's a once in a century weather event. California has constant energy problems and high prices.
#2: The reason for blackouts is complex, but in summary: Texas took too many lessons from Cali, over-subsidized renewables, & pushed out baseload energy like natural gas." by Dan Crenshaw.
Time for Joe Republican.....
Famous Medical Journal Calls Out the GOP Death Cult
Article: " General Welfare" by Law Library - American Law and Legal Information. Article: " General Welfare" by Law Library - American Law and Legal Information. Quote: " Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne. Tweet: " Gov - I am 73 yrs old , live in Avondale Senior Apartments in far N Fort Worth. We have no water, power, and the elevator is frozen which prohibits me from leaving because I am on a walker and cannot do stairs. We have no heat and have now been told to boil water. HOW???" by Jean Steward.
Democrats Should Add Three States Now: Turnabout, as the old saying goes, is fair play - And Dems should channel GOP talking points from when that Party added four states. DC statehood is just a beginning: We need to add Puerto Rico & the US Virgin Islands, too! With a balanced Senate, impeachment, Medicare For All, the end of student debt, and a Green New Deal would already be done.
Hour Three: on the $3600 tax credit- Markos Moulitsas, Founder - Daily Kos and co-founder of the polling firm Civiqs / Co-host- The Brief, a Daily Kos political show 
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