TGIF

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1. Good morning, Meese and thanks for your wonderful assortment of news this morning, Batch. Just like Spicer’s notebooks, I can’t wait for Hope’s diaries to be read by Mueller. It’s a good think I’m planning on getting my next car this fall. Before the new tariffs go into effect. There’s a theory that he shouted that out to change the headlines. If so, he can cancel them.

   37 and clear right now. Rain expected to return mid morning. 5-7 feet of new snow expected with this next system. Inches of rain. Coffee.

   Fierce

2. {{{Batch}}} – good roundup – thank you for putting them together. I’ve got a clear and bright sunny day today (30s but heading for low 60s) and as soon as it warms up a bit I’m going to go out in it. :) and moar {{{HUGS}}}

   Fierce

3. Morning meese…73 right now warming up to 81 but a little cooling off for the next few days with lows overnight into the 40’s…

   Here’s hoping we see some perp walks later today…

   Fierce

4. Thank you, Batch for the round up of news (although I have to admit, I spent more time watching the horse and pup than anything!)

   For those who haven’t been following this, the DNC Rules Committee is meeting (yesterday and today) to go over the URC recommendations. Chris Reeves, @tmservo433 on Twitter, has been live-tweeting the whole thing. This is the role of the Rules Committee as it pertains to the recommendations:

   Those recommendations are then passed on to the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) for their consideration. This step can entail a simple up or down vote on the package of recommended reforms, but more often, the RBC deliberations are more in-depth. Usually, the depth of consideration is conditioned by a number of parallel factors operating concurrently alongside the substance of the recommendations. Was there consensus behind some or all of the recommended changes on the commission feeding into the RBC? Are individual components in package of proposed tweaks doable, advisable and/or a priority? Are they specific or has the commission passed on an ambiguous task that creates more work for the RBC? Recommendations that meet those criteria — near unanimous support, specific, doable, advisable, a priority — are the ones that tend to pass muster with the RBC. In most cycles, by extension, some recommendations get the green light from the committee while others do not.

   I’ve read all of Chris’s tweets, and while it’s hard for me to set aside my bias, I’ve been getting the sense that the Rules Committee has been underwhelmed by the URC report. In general, it seems like the report suffers from poor and/or rushed drafting, as well as recommendations which didn’t fully consider unintended consequences. And per Chris, more than one RBC member has expressed concern that these are solutions in search of a problem. And remember, whatever the RBC approves, it still has to be voted on by the entire DNC:

   Finally, full DNC votes on — in whole or in part — the original or amended package of recommended changes out of the RBC. The first step runs through the year following a presidential election year, while step two tends to occur during the first half of the midterm election year before the DNC finalizes the rules for the next cycle by the end of summer of the midterm year.

   So don’t get your knickers in too much of a twist; these RBC folks seem a lot smarter than the URC folks.

   *Source for quotes: http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2018/01/rules-and-bylaws-committee-and-unity.html

   Fierce

   • {{{DoReMI}}} – Chris Reeves tries to report what’s going on as factually as possible. That’s doesn’t always come across – especially in tweets where you’ve got to keep it short. What I know of him is that he’s a solid Dem who has a special needs kid and is living in KS. He’d love comprehensive universal healthcare but he’s a strong ACA supporter because he’ll take what he can get to help his kid. So when he says something that “doesn’t look right” I always try to find a way to “drill down” and see what he actually meant. Thanks for the report. I’ve only seen outraged tweets over caucuses – not where we actually were in the process.
     moar {{{HUGS}}}

     Fierce

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