Jesus Christ Proclaimed Victorious in California

San Francisco CA

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I hope you were able to vote without problems. Unfortunately, it's not at all clear whether Democrats will be able to guarantee that right to all nationwide while they still have a Congressional majority. You can blame President Manchin for that. THE BIG NEWS Newsom Proclaimed Victorious in California Recall Election After weeks of mail-in voting, the polls closed in California's gubernatorial recall election at 8 p.m. Pacific time last night. A few hours later, the Associated Press called the race for Gov. Gavin Newsom. An exit poll showed more than half of the 9.5 million ballots returned last night were cast by Democrats, with only one-quarter cast by Republicans. The full vote count could take a month to complete. Judging by the live reports from polling stations, anti-recall voters were motivated by fears of what might happen to the state should Republican front-runner Larry Elder assume the governorship, especially amid the pandemic. Which is eminently rational. As Newsom warned, "Trumpism is still alive, all across this country." The total cost of the recall election was estimated at $280 million, which you'd think would bother some Republicans, if the whole thing wasn't a wild Hail Mary of an attempted right-wing power grab. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., a group of Senators led by conservative Democrat Joe Manchin (WV) have proposed a new, weakened voting rights bill called the Freedom to Vote Act, which abandons key provisions of the For the People Act that passed the House this year. Progressive Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon participated in the negotiations, as did Senate newcomer Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Among the compromises in the Manchin bill, it drops an anti-gerrymandering requirement for states as well as a proposed restructuring of the Federal Election Commission. Fortunately, it does not include a national voter I.D. provision; instead, it sets standards for states that already require identification at the polls. Regardless of its contents, the new bill is not expected to draw Republican support, which calls into question the very concept of a compromise proposal.