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Morning Reads for Tuesday, November 13

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Good morning! It is Day 1 of the Special Session. Here is where you can learn more about the devastating impact and aftermath of the path Hurricane Michael blazed through southern Georgia.

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Teri

Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.

31 Comments
  1. Dave Bearse

    I appreciate Kemp seeking that Abrams concede. As an Abrams supporte,r I’d be doing the same if the situation were reversed.

    Kemp campaign: “Stacey Abrams can’t accept the fact that Georgians rejected her radical agenda at the ballot box, so now she’s desperately trying to steal this election in the courtroom.” “Stacey Abrams’ antics are a disgrace to democracy and completely ignore the will of the people. This is not how America works.”

    As the Political Insider pointed out yesterday, what is going on is exactly how democracy works.

    I commented last week that Kemp was not my Governor. And he’s proving that he’s not the Governor for 48% of Georgians with campaign statements like those above.

    • NoParty4Me

      Kemp campaign quote. Partisan. ‘L’ word slinging. Put on your big boy pants and let the votes count.
      “It’s incredibly shameful that liberal lawyers are doubling down on lawsuits desperately trying to create more votes for Stacey Abrams. They don’t want to win this election. They are trying to steal it,” said a written release from Kemp’s campaign.

      • Dave Bearse

        Kemp’s incompetence and partisan hackery in his role as chief elections official bodes poorly for his performance as Governor.

    • Gregs

      I’m watching this with a great deal of interest. This is the beginning of accountability.

  3. Sally Forth

    I don’t know whether I’m late on this or not, but now Arizona is official, Sinema won: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/12/martha-mcsally-kyrsten-sinema-race-how-arizona-voted-senate-race/1981442002/

  4. Ellynn

    It’s bring your…Parents?… to work day. So. This is a thing now. (might have a paywall. it was hit and miss when I found it.)

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/mom-please-stop-talking-to-my-boss-parents-invade-the-office-1542042333?tesla=y

  5. Dave Bearse

    Well that didn’t take long. The story has changed from Acosta “plac[ing] his hands on this White House staffer” to Acosta refusing to surrender the mic.

    Where is ‘ low energy Trump/ He sure has been moping since a couple of days after “complete victory.”

  6. Noway2016

    So how long can the Acting AG remain the Acting AG?

    • Ellynn

      I’m sure Andrew will opine on this in better detail…

      An “Acting” appointment is 210 days under the Vacancies Reform Act. However; the Constitution requires “major office holders” to be approved by the senate. Mr. Whitaker has not been approved by the Senate.

      DOJ released a memorandum this morning saying the appointment is legal, and it has been done before by W Bush, and Obama (theirs were not major office holder appointments). Maryland is asking for a Judges opinion on a federal case, which regardless of outcome will allow a SCOTUS case. It will let us see if the 4 Originalist on the Bench rule in favor of the constitution or the party in which they came (and in 2 cases the Pres. who put them on the bench).

      • Noway2016

        “An “Acting” appointment is 210 days…” Pulllll-entyyyyyyyy of time to appoint a Special Prosecutor to look into the Clinton Foundation. LOL!
        Whitaker already said he saw the need for this. No wonder The Libs are in a panic!

        • Ellynn

          George Conway III and half of the Federalist society (who are against the appointment) are now Liberals? How about Judge Napolitana?

          http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/13/judge-andrew-napolitano-matthew-whitaker-appointment-trump-unlawful

          • Noway2016

            You know, lots of Hat and No Cattle. It’s legal. Trump is always two steps ahead! He’ll pick up that there STE
            telly- phone, ask the voice on the end of the line to “go secure” and there will be a directive given.
            And if this does go to the Supremes, yall are gonna wish that meant Diana Ross. How do yall think Kav is gonna vote on this? tisk, tisk, tisk…

          • Ellynn

            You need to look at this in the bigger then Trump picture. Almost all federal DOJ work is done in the name of the AG. Any federal trial currently under way, (like El Chapo) could be ruled invalid if Whitaker is ruled as an unconstitutional leader of DOJ by SCOTUS.

        • bethebalance

          No one cares abt Hillary ‘cept her and her family and those who use her to foment or focus anger.
          Most folks are worried abt the worst-case scenario Constitutional crisis that would resemble a Nixonian Saturday Night Massacre.
          Me, I think Mueller has been prepared for such a crisis for a while, and nothing will be able to completely stop the public disclosure of the facts and/or criminal allegations already known by Mueller.
          Won’t Whitaker and Mueller have to meet soon?

          • xdog

            If nothing else, House committees would welcome Mueller’s testimony in public hearings.

        • bethebalance

          They probably do an annual independent audit.
          And the IRS has undoubtedly examined their 990s extensively already.
          Also, probly all of Hillary’s available emails indexed alphabetically on Wikileaks.
          But don’t let the math and evidence get in the way of propaganda!

      • bethebalance

        Part of the jurisprudence will be how the Vacancies Act is reconciled with the AG Succession Act. Do they provide alternatives, or does one supersede? Either way, the decision will be in the discretion of judges– and by the definition of those who don’t understand what Judges do– it will be judicial activism.

  7. Will Durant

    I still want districts to be mapped out via computer algorithm to remove any partisan bias but I could still get behind Ahhnold’s initiative utilizing independent redistricting commissions:

    Arnold Schwarzenegger’s War on Gerrymandering Is Just Beginning

    The former California governor helped support multiple ballot measures this year that will change how legislative districts are drawn. He already has his eye on more reforms in 2020.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/schwarzenegger-will-back-more-gerrymandering-campaigns/575434/

    They may or may not be completely independent but it sure beats what we currently have.

  8. Benevolus

    Wed AM- Abrams closed the gap by another 2000 votes overnight, and another 1000 since 8AM this morning.
    Kemp is now less than 8900 votes above 50%.

    • xdog

      According to NYT, if Abrams wins every one of the next 20000 votes counted Kemp will still be over 50 percent.
      https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-governor

      • Benevolus

        At the current rate of about 70/30 to Abrams, I think there would have to be about 40,000 more votes for him to fall below 50%.

        I think if (in theory) she were to get all of a possible 20,000 new votes, he would fall below 50%, barely.

        Current total is 3,938,582, add 20,000 = 3,958,582. 50% would be 1,979,291. Kemp is currently at 1,978,170, so just shy of 50% of that new total.

        • Noway2016

          Stacey is doing serious damage to her reputation by this continued tantrum. She can concede with dignity and still be a viable steamroller to destroy Perdue in two short years. If not, her chances for a future statewide office diminish.

          • Will Durant

            There is going to be more protesting to come along with more court battles that were part of my predictions on election day. Much of this could have been avoided if Kemp had resigned to run for governor. What I see as a major voter suppression issue is that we had a SoS going on for years about the reliability of the current machines as late as September of this year. Then his office started exploring better machines for future elections.

            The ease of the machines being hacked was then the excuse used to withhold more than 1800 machines from availability in Fulton, DeKalb, and Cobb counties. All three of which heavily favored Abrams and all three of which had precincts with interminable delays as a result. We have no idea how many votes were lost by voters dissuaded from the long lines in those counties.

          • Noway2016

            Nope. Make sure all “legally” cast votes are counted. I’m sure that was just an oversight on your part.

          • Will Durant

            A vote being relegated to being a provisional one through no fault of the voter should be considered illegal and the SoS in question should be held accountable.

  9. Benevolus

    Trivia:
    Hiawatha was a colonial American Indian leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy.

    In 1950, plans for a film about the historical Hiawatha by Monogram Pictures were scrapped. The reason given was that Hiawatha’s peacemaker role could be seen as communist propaganda.

    • Ellynn

      Deganawida was the ‘Peacemaker’, Hiawatha was the modern day equivalent of his Sec. of State.

      Also the name of the Amtrack train between Milwaukee and Chicago. Easiest way in and out of Chicago from Wisconsin.

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