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You are here: Home / Politics / Biden Administration in Action / Friday Morning Open Thread: *Good* News Friday Doc Dump

Friday Morning Open Thread: *Good* News Friday Doc Dump

by Anne Laurie|  August 20, 20217:15 am| 46 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Voting Rights

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We have administered over one million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours — that’s the highest number in seven weeks.

If you haven’t yet, please get vaccinated. Let’s keep this momentum going and defeat COVID-19.

— President Biden (@POTUS) August 19, 2021

#BREAKING: Georgia now has one of the highest voter registration rates in the nation, with 95% of citizens over 18 years old signed up to vote, according to federal election data released this week #gapol https://t.co/UUJnkvTqOy

— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) August 19, 2021

Absolutely incredible….

95% of Georgians over 18 years old have now registered to vote.

THANK YOU STACEY ABRAMS ?? pic.twitter.com/9YmNfH9DdJ

— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) August 20, 2021

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to a pandemic low last week — the fourth drop in as many weeks. It's the latest sign that America’s job market is rebounding as employees boost hiring to meet a surge in consumer demand. https://t.co/h9CYUeeI7u

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 19, 2021

The Biden administration has announced that it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt. https://t.co/fFuud3oF98

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 19, 2021

BREAKING: We won our lawsuit against USPS! A judge just ruled they have to turn over documents about Louis DeJoy's potential conflicts of interest. https://t.co/FHQTGhXot9

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 18, 2021

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  1. 1.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    August 20, 2021 at 7:21 am

    That’s all excellent news. Good start to the day.

  2. 2.

    debbie

    August 20, 2021 at 7:22 am

    I think this is the first time this week my heart’s been gladdened. This is all good news!

  3. 3.

    debbie

    August 20, 2021 at 7:22 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    Stacey’s in Ohio too!

  4. 4.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    August 20, 2021 at 7:27 am

    @debbie: She’s doing such important work.

  5. 5.

    Kay

    August 20, 2021 at 7:28 am

    Enforcement in the state’s public school systems of Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates has been dropped, for now, the Texas Education Agency said Thursday.
    In a public health guidance letter, the TEA said enforcement was being dropped because of ongoing court challenges to the ban. The letter said the new guidance is effective immediately and further guidance will be issued once the litigations are resolved.
    In an emergency order issued last month, Abbott reiterated his ban on mask mandates by any government entity, although federal agencies have mandated masks in their facilities. The governor and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have said they would sue any entity that does not comply with the emergency order. No such lawsuit has been filed. The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the ban, but that hasn’t stopped dozens of entities from imposing mask mandates.
    The TEA guidance was issued in the wake of multiple court challenges mounted by parents, advocates for disabled children and local governments and school boards. Seven counties and 48 school districts have implemented mask mandates, Abbott’s ban notwithstanding. A state district court judge also has granted restraining orders to Harris County and several South Texas school districts that allow those entities to proceed with mask mandates. Another state district judge issued an order Thursday that allows Fort Bend County, which adjoins Harris County, to order mask-wearing in county buildings.

  6. 6.

    JPL

    August 20, 2021 at 7:29 am

    In GA when you get your driver’s license, you are automatically registered to vote, unless you opt out.    Stacy was involved in getting the rest registered.   Now we have to get them out to vote.    We need to send Warnock back to the Senate.

  7. 7.

    Balconesfault

    August 20, 2021 at 7:32 am

    But how many of those voter registrations will Georgia manage to purge before the next election without notification so the registration holders wait in line for four hours and then get to the front of the line before they find out?

    I’m sure that is the goal of the provision preventing counties from sending out voter registration forms … the county can identify that you have been purged and don’t know it, but they can’t just send you a form unless you request it …

  8. 8.

    Balconesfault

    August 20, 2021 at 7:36 am

    @Kay: my favorite is the Paris Tx ISD, which circumvented to order by just making masks part of the dress code.

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Good Morning Everyone ???

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Uh huh

    Uh huh ?

     

    Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) tweeted at 0:22 PM on Thu, Aug 19, 2021:
    far more Americans are concerned abt extremist groups *based inside the US* than they are extremists based outside the US; https://t.co/NDj0ibkIjM
    (https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1428406960328691715?s=03)

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    @Kay:

    Uh huh

    Uh huh ?

     

    Going to try and kill children with this.

    Not giving parents the means to try and protect their children, all the while this muthaphucka is tested everyday ??

    And has a booster shot already ?

  12. 12.

    Low Key Swagger

    August 20, 2021 at 7:42 am

    @Balconesfault: Georgia has early voting (for now) and you can check your status online.  That’s gonna be key.

  13. 13.

    Mary G

    August 20, 2021 at 7:46 am

    @JPL: In California we can go online to check the status of our voter registration – do you have that in GA?

  14. 14.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    August 20, 2021 at 7:46 am

    @rikyrah:

    Good morning! ?

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    August 20, 2021 at 7:50 am

    Beware the giant cats of Dunbar!

    Seriously, I mean it.

  16. 16.

    JPL

    August 20, 2021 at 7:50 am

    @Mary G: Yes    In fact right before your comment, Low Key pointed that out.    There were a little over a hundred thousand purged recently and thousands already fixed their registration.   Here it is easy to register, but it will be key to get out the vote.

    Local elections are coming up and they are non partisan.   One of the candidates for council is an anti-masker.    ugh    Even though her children are graduated, she made a point of going to the Fulton County School Board meeting.

  17. 17.

    hueyplong

    August 20, 2021 at 7:58 am

    @rikyrah: And Abbott is FDR compared to Dan Patrick.

    The Texas GOP has a deep bench when it comes to awful human beings.

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    August 20, 2021 at 8:00 am

    @Steeplejack (phone): Nice kitty!

  19. 19.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    August 20, 2021 at 8:01 am

    Here’s what Abrams has to say about this:

    Reminder – voter suppression has 3 tests:1. Can you register & stay on the rolls?2. Can you cast a ballot?3. Does your ballot get counted?States (like GA) mix & match obstacles. We need #ForThePeopleAct + #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct. Stay alert. Stay the course. #OurTimeIsNow https://t.co/PtaEotwe1j— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) August 20, 2021

  20. 20.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 8:03 am

     

    Spandan @ Reclaim the Fight ?? ?️‍? ?? (@reclaimthefight) tweeted at 9:21 PM on Thu, Aug 19, 2021:
    It’s almost like the media has decided to push a narrative on Afghanistan, and evidence to the contrary, even when gathered by one of their own, just doesn’t matter. https://t.co/PbxcqukIcf
    (https://twitter.com/reclaimthefight/status/1428542662546653186?s=03)

  21. 21.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 8:04 am

    Truth

    chris evans (@chris_notcapn) tweeted at 9:58 PM on Thu, Aug 19, 2021:
    I just want to point out for people who don’t understand how racism manifests itself in every fibre of American life — the debacle with Mike Richards at Jeopardy is not an anomaly.

    We are gaslit about failing to thrive in the “meritocracy” by people who rig the game
    (https://twitter.com/chris_notcapn/status/1428551890908889088?s=03)

  22. 22.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 8:08 am

     

    Putting her on your radar. She is an excellent candidate

    Cheri Beasley (@CheriBeasleyNC) tweeted at 1:09 PM on Thu, Aug 19, 2021:
    It was the pursuit of justice that led me to become a public defender after law school. It was the pursuit of justice that inspired me to become Chief Justice. And it is the pursuit of justice that inspires me to serve the people of NC as your next Senator from this great state. https://t.co/y2tUar36LK
    (https://twitter.com/CheriBeasleyNC/status/1428418874358255619?s=03)

  23. 23.

    JPL

    August 20, 2021 at 8:15 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: She’s amazing, and I hope she plans on running for governor.

  24. 24.

    Amir Khalid

    August 20, 2021 at 8:25 am

    Some news from Malaysia: Ismail Sabri Yaakob, currently deputy PM in outgoing PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s caretaker Cabinet, has received the formal support of a majority of Members of Parliament to succeed Muhyiddin in the big job.

  25. 25.

    rikyrah

    August 20, 2021 at 8:33 am

    Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) tweeted at 4:01 PM on Thu, Aug 19, 2021:
    THAT’S GOTTA HURT. Right wing chats and forums are fully convinced that #CapitolHillBombThreat bomber Ray Roseberry was actually a Democrat crisis actor & his call for Patriots was a False Flag operation to smoke out real Patriots. They do not believe he supported Trump … ever.
    (https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1428462135370264576?s=03)

  26. 26.

    Steeplejack

    August 20, 2021 at 8:34 am

    It is pleasantly dark and rainy here in my patch of NoVA this morning. Currently 73° and going up only to about 80° today. Nice change from the heat.

  27. 27.

    Gin & Tonic

    August 20, 2021 at 8:37 am

    @Steeplejack (phone): I left yesterday’s morning thread because there was stuff to do, but you asked about computer-based Go. I’ve run several apps over the years. Currently I have one called PVGo on my phone – “PV” stands for “practice and verify” which is a mode I like. You can work through situations, go back and forth, see what the AI is suggesting, without necessarily committing to a whole game. But, life being what it is, I don’t spend that much time at it.

  28. 28.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    August 20, 2021 at 8:51 am

    @rikyrah: I keep thinking that reality is, as some point, undeniable, that it will triumph in the end. I wish it would do so more quickly.

  29. 29.

    Anonymous At Work

    August 20, 2021 at 8:52 am

    Job Report gets even (anecdotally) better: I ran into two fast-food places that have recently shut down to insufficient staffing and heard my first radio ad for 7-11 and Racetrack cashiers. So, not only are more Americans finding work, they are finding better work than McJobs.
    I’d say that the CREW legal win was good news if I thought that he had any inclination to follow the law. Maybe this will be excuse to fire DeJoy but if the USPS Board had those votes, he’d be out by now.

  30. 30.

    Steeplejack

    August 20, 2021 at 8:53 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Thanks for getting back to me on that. Seems like I looked some years ago and didn’t see anyything good, but I know the app/​game world changes rapidly.

    My skills have atrophied so much I would have trouble defending a 5×5 grid. ?

  31. 31.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    August 20, 2021 at 8:59 am

    @Kay:  guess greg abbott is morally-weak & unwilling to stand by his convictions.

  32. 32.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    August 20, 2021 at 9:00 am

    @Balconesfault: sec’y of state brad milkshakeduckenberger is going to be working overtime thru summer 2022 to purge the lot of them.

  33. 33.

    H.E.Wolf

    August 20, 2021 at 9:02 am

    @Balconesfault: ​, @Low Key Swagger: ​, @JPL: ​
    @Dorothy A. Winsor:
    “Here’s what Abrams has to say about this:
    Reminder – voter suppression has 3 tests:1. Can you register & stay on the rolls?2. Can you cast a ballot?3. Does your ballot get counted?States (like GA) mix & match obstacles. We need #ForThePeopleAct + #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct. Stay alert. Stay the course. #OurTimeIsNow https://t.co/PtaEotwe1j— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) August 20, 2021″

     ​ 

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    Contributions to Four Directions, which is joining with Stacey Abrams and her Fair Fight Action team, are focusing on Democratic victories in GA’s 2022 election.

    We can help! (If online contributions are unappealing, Four Directions’ mailing address is:
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  34. 34.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    August 20, 2021 at 9:03 am

    @rikyrah: saw a quiet (because it was like six people) vigil at esther short park in vancouver wa this past weekend for that covidiot jimbo that got his shit wrecked in portland last august.

    i restrained myself from telling his patriots pride compatriots that their homie fuckedaround n’ found out.

  35. 35.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    August 20, 2021 at 9:04 am

    @hueyplong: i think george wallace 1972 is the better abbott analog.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    August 20, 2021 at 9:05 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: The universe is now accepting apologies from anyone who complained because Stacey Abrams passed on running for Senate

  37. 37.

    hueyplong

    August 20, 2021 at 9:11 am

    @MontyTheClipArtMongoose: Yikes, wasn’t consciously going for a wheelchair analogy.  FDR is a personal fave.

    But it sure looks suspiciously like a subconscious wheelchair analogy.

  38. 38.

    Jeffro

    August 20, 2021 at 9:59 am

    Thank you, Stacey!

    Now get with the program, Dems, and register everyone in the fucking country.  You can skip those without proof of vaccination or a mask, though.

  39. 39.

    Geminid

    August 20, 2021 at 10:04 am

    @WaterGirl: A lot of people want to see their stars on the national stage. But Stacey Abrams knows how much the people of Georgia need a good Governor, and I think she intends to be a great one.

  40. 40.

    Westyny

    August 20, 2021 at 10:04 am

    @rikyrah: nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded – Yogi Berra for AP

  41. 41.

    WereBear

    August 20, 2021 at 10:21 am

    Recent discussions of Republican idiocy here have focused on the danger of being primaried from the right. From a recent VICE article:

    Abbott, who is up for re-election next year, is notably facing a primary challenge from former state GOP chair Allen West, who has criticized his handling of the pandemic as somehow too restrictive.

    They won’t stop until they are stopped.

  42. 42.

    Geminid

    August 20, 2021 at 11:31 am

     

    @WereBear: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will also face real challenges in their primaries next year. Kemp could be in trouble, especially if former Senator David Perdue runs. It is said that trump still considers Kemp a traitor for not helping subvert last year’s Georgia Presidential election result, and would endorse Perdue.

    I think Abbott and DeWine will win their primaries, but some of the radicals in their party hate the “RINO” establishment as much or more than they do Democrats, and could sit the general election out. Republican candidates in Texas and Ohio can’t afford to lose many voters from either end of their coalition.

    Republican disaffection may have turned the Georgia Senate runoffs. Historically, Republicans have a turnout advantage in Georgia runoffs, and consistently win them. This time, though, the Republican vote dropped by 200,000 from November to January, while Democtatic turnout dropped by only 100,000, and this made the difference.

  43. 43.

    Feathers

    August 20, 2021 at 11:34 am

    Great news about the student loan forgiveness for the disabled. Hope this isn’t where it ends.

  44. 44.

    J R in WV

    August 20, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    Interestingly, I tried to reply to a rickyrah comment, my internet connection failed and my comment didn’t post, leaving me with a try again button.

    Well, when the internet connection recovered and I clicked on the try again button, which would normally post the comment data, I got the Duh, “You’re posting too quickly, please slow down!” screen, and my comment was lost and gone.

    The absurd weather makes sat connections very unstable. I wonder if what’s his name’s web of sats will every really work for internet connectivity? Could be a shit ton of money thrown down the climate change rathole.

  45. 45.

    Kayla Rudbek

    August 20, 2021 at 12:47 pm

    Good news: my insurance company finally approved the lactose free tamoxifen. Now to get the pharmacy to actually fill the prescription before we leave on our trip to Maine.

    And I’m one of the people who’s looking at changing jobs. So far I have applied to two different ones with my current agency. I’ve even been looking at the CIA but I’m really going back and forth on that.

  46. 46.

    The Lodger

    August 20, 2021 at 2:50 pm

    @Balconesfault: You know they’re PISD.

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