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Has the Fourth Turning Begun?
 Republican policies have already created crises that challenge our very survival as a species - will these crises be solved by Zoomers? The pundits are mystified by Tuesday's election outcome: they were certain a red wave was on its way. They missed the Zoomers. They missed the Fourth Turning. It's been 76 years since the Silent Generation birthed the first Boomers after World War II in 1946. That's exactly four times nineteen years per generation (4 x 19 = 76). From 1901 to today, we call these generations: Greatest, Silent, Boomers, Xers, Millennials, Zoomers, Alpha.Each lasts roughly 17-20 years, before the next generation steps onto the world's stage. And there's something extraordinary about every fourth generation (those bolded above).Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Have the Zoomers ushered in the fourth turning?
Tweet: " One thing I know already.
If not for voters under 30 ... tonight WOULD have been a Red Wave.
CNN National House Exit Poll
R+ 13 65+
R+ 11 45-64
D +2 30-44
D +28 18-29
#GenZ did their job." by John Della Volpe. Tweet: " The role of young people in this election cannot be understated. Turnout delivered on many of these races. By 2024, Millennials & Gen Z voters will outnumber voters who are Baby Boomers and older, 45/25. We are beginning to see the political impacts of that generational shift..." by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Tweet: " BREAKING: According to the Edison Research National Election Pool exit poll, the national youth vote choice for the U.S. House of Representatives was 63% for Democrats, 35% for Republicans. Voters 18-29 are the only age group in which more than half of votes supported Democrats." by Antonio Arellano.
The new Trump war - Mine is bigger than yours....
Post: " Now that the Election in Florida is over, and everything went quite well, shouldn't it be said that in 2020, I got 1.1 Million more votes in Florida than Ron D got this year, 5.7 Million to 4.6 Million? Just asking?" by Donald J. Trump.
Quote: " We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." - Jefferson Memorial. Tweet: " Here in my small town in Indiana, prices went up about 50 cents a week before the election, and miraculously are going back down now - is there really nothing we can do to stop these companies from fleecing us for tax breaks from Republicans?" by Whiskeyjack.
Hour Two: Trump's future- Michael Cohen, principle of Crisis-X (crisis management company) / previously, served as personal attorney to former president Donald. J. Trump / formerly Executive VP-Trump Organization & Special Counsel to Donald J. Trump / Author- Disloyal: A Memoir / Host-Mea Culpa With Michael Cohen podcast / Political Commentator / forthcoming book Revenge 
Arizona is defying court order and ballot counting!
Why didn't Mike Pence warn America when he knew Trump's plan?
Can we stop extremists from recruiting our youth through video games?
Law: " 14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause).
Hour Three: Should Dems lift debt ceiling before 2023 to defend social security?
Tweet: " Democrats must use the final months of the year to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling.
Our earned Social Security and Medicare benefits are NOT bargaining chips, and we can't let Republicans hold them hostage!" by Social Security Works. Tweet: " Biden says that "under no circumstances" will he entertain Republican proposals to cut Social Security and/or Medicare [video]" by Aaron Rupar.
Geeky Science? Is mindfulness as good as drugs for anxiety?
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...." Quote: "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!" -- Andrew Jackson.
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