US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[Oxous]

Sanders Says Democrats Need 'Major Course Correction' to Prevent GOP Takeover​

Spoiler: Full Article

(article)
Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview published Monday that too much of the Democratic Party has "turned its back on the working class" and is in need of a dramatic shift as central elements of its agenda—from voting rights to climate action to social spending—face possible collapse thanks to corporate-backed lawmakers.

In the conversation with The Guardian, Sanders (I-Vt.)—a two-time contender for the Democratic presidential nomination and the current chair of the Senate Budget Committee—said the party must immediately undertake "a major course correction" if it hopes to advance its popular agenda, reverse its falling support among key constituencies, and prevent the increasingly authoritarian GOP from seizing power.

"We have tried a strategy over the last several months, which has been mostly backdoor negotiations with a handful of senators,” Sanders noted, referring to talks over Democrats' $1.75 trillion reconciliation package and other pressing issues. "It hasn't succeeded on Build Back Better or on voting rights. It has demoralized millions of Americans."

"It is no great secret that the Republican Party is winning more and more support from working people," he said. "It's not because the Republican Party has anything to say to them. It's because in too many ways the Democratic Party has turned its back on the working class."

With the entirety of the Build Back Better Act verging on failure largely due to the persistent obstruction of one lawmaker—fossil fuel industry ally and coal profiteer Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)—Sanders called on President Joe Biden and the Democratic leadership to force floor votes on highly popular individual components of the legislation.

Such a tactic, the Vermont senator argued, would at the very least make Manchin, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Senate Republicans go on public record opposing the poverty-reducing child tax credit expansion, lower prescription drug costs, substantial renewable energy investments, and more.

"If I were Senator Sinema and a vote came up to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs, I'd think twice if I want to get re-elected in Arizona to vote against that," Sanders said. "If I were Mr. Manchin and I know that tens of thousands of struggling families in West Virginia benefited from the expansion of the child tax credit, I'd think long and hard before I voted against it."

"All these issues, they are just not Bernie Sanders standing up and saying this would be a great thing," he added. "They are issues that are enormously popular, and on every one of them, the Republicans are in opposition. But a lot of people don't know that because the Republicans haven't been forced to vote on them."

More broadly, Sanders argued that Democrats must be vocal and aggressive in challenging the corporate interests that continue to hold significant sway over many of its members—Manchin and Sinema included—if it hopes to regain the trust of millions of people who feel betrayed or dejected by the party's direction.

"I think the Democrats are going to have to clear the air and say to the drug companies—and say it loudly—we're talking about the needs of the working class—and use the expression 'working class,'" said Sanders. "The Democrats have to make clear that they're on the side of the working class and ready to take on the wealthy and powerful. That is not only the right thing to do, but I think it will be the politically right thing to do."

Sanders' interview came after he spent recent weeks hosting virtual town halls and attending rallies with workers striking for better pay, benefits, and conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic, during which highly profitable corporations have attempted to extract ever more productivity from exhausted and vulnerable employees.

Last last month, Sanders publicly challenged billionaire investor Warren Buffett—one of the richest men on the planet—over his refusal to stand with steelworkers as they fight Precision Castparts' attempt to hike their healthcare premiums and cut their pay.

Days later, the Vermont senator convened a roundtable discussion with Alabama coal miners, California bakers, and West Virginia steelworkers who he said are "taking on powerful companies, and winning."

"These entities, where the people on top have done phenomenally well, are squeezing their workers and lowering the standard of living for workers who are striking,” Sanders told The Guardian on Monday. "It's unacceptable.”

 

[Only A Retard Sometimes]

Sanders Says Democrats Need 'Major Course Correction' to Prevent GOP Takeover​

Spoiler: Full Article

(article)
Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview published Monday that too much of the Democratic Party has "turned its back on the working class" and is in need of a dramatic shift as central elements of its agenda—from voting rights to climate action to social spending—face possible collapse thanks to corporate-backed lawmakers.

In the conversation with The Guardian, Sanders (I-Vt.)—a two-time contender for the Democratic presidential nomination and the current chair of the Senate Budget Committee—said the party must immediately undertake "a major course correction" if it hopes to advance its popular agenda, reverse its falling support among key constituencies, and prevent the increasingly authoritarian GOP from seizing power.

"We have tried a strategy over the last several months, which has been mostly backdoor negotiations with a handful of senators,” Sanders noted, referring to talks over Democrats' $1.75 trillion reconciliation package and other pressing issues. "It hasn't succeeded on Build Back Better or on voting rights. It has demoralized millions of Americans."

"It is no great secret that the Republican Party is winning more and more support from working people," he said. "It's not because the Republican Party has anything to say to them. It's because in too many ways the Democratic Party has turned its back on the working class."

With the entirety of the Build Back Better Act verging on failure largely due to the persistent obstruction of one lawmaker—fossil fuel industry ally and coal profiteer Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)—Sanders called on President Joe Biden and the Democratic leadership to force floor votes on highly popular individual components of the legislation.

Such a tactic, the Vermont senator argued, would at the very least make Manchin, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Senate Republicans go on public record opposing the poverty-reducing child tax credit expansion, lower prescription drug costs, substantial renewable energy investments, and more.

"If I were Senator Sinema and a vote came up to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs, I'd think twice if I want to get re-elected in Arizona to vote against that," Sanders said. "If I were Mr. Manchin and I know that tens of thousands of struggling families in West Virginia benefited from the expansion of the child tax credit, I'd think long and hard before I voted against it."

"All these issues, they are just not Bernie Sanders standing up and saying this would be a great thing," he added. "They are issues that are enormously popular, and on every one of them, the Republicans are in opposition. But a lot of people don't know that because the Republicans haven't been forced to vote on them."

More broadly, Sanders argued that Democrats must be vocal and aggressive in challenging the corporate interests that continue to hold significant sway over many of its members—Manchin and Sinema included—if it hopes to regain the trust of millions of people who feel betrayed or dejected by the party's direction.

"I think the Democrats are going to have to clear the air and say to the drug companies—and say it loudly—we're talking about the needs of the working class—and use the expression 'working class,'" said Sanders. "The Democrats have to make clear that they're on the side of the working class and ready to take on the wealthy and powerful. That is not only the right thing to do, but I think it will be the politically right thing to do."

Sanders' interview came after he spent recent weeks hosting virtual town halls and attending rallies with workers striking for better pay, benefits, and conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic, during which highly profitable corporations have attempted to extract ever more productivity from exhausted and vulnerable employees.

Last last month, Sanders publicly challenged billionaire investor Warren Buffett—one of the richest men on the planet—over his refusal to stand with steelworkers as they fight Precision Castparts' attempt to hike their healthcare premiums and cut their pay.

Days later, the Vermont senator convened a roundtable discussion with Alabama coal miners, California bakers, and West Virginia steelworkers who he said are "taking on powerful companies, and winning."

"These entities, where the people on top have done phenomenally well, are squeezing their workers and lowering the standard of living for workers who are striking,” Sanders told The Guardian on Monday. "It's unacceptable.”

getting back into that "im a outsider im different vote for me!!!" grindset i see.

 

[Oxous]

getting back into that "im a outsider im different vote for me!!!" grindset i see.

It wouldn't be an election year if Bernie wasn't trying to resurrect his 2016 fanbase.

 

[That_Guy]

There is a reason the media narrative went from "There is no proof of fraud" to "There is no proof of significant fraud".

I can't have not seen that, But apparently never really noticed it. Makes me wonder what else I'm missing.

 

[Oxous]

I can't have not seen that, But apparently never really noticed it. Makes me wonder what else I'm missing.

It's a subtle change but I've seen it happen. They've switched from denying that voting fraud exists at all to saying that it occurred, but in ridiculously miniscule amounts that could never have influenced anything. Here's The Hill claiming only 4 dead people voted in the entire state of Georgia. Like, place yourself in the shoes of a completely bluepilled normie. Even if you believe the 2020 election was entirely legit, 5 million people voted in Georgia. You're telling me that ballots accidentally submitted in the name of dead people or whatever were 0.00008% of the total vote? That number sounds pretty small. And you, the bluepilled normie, might even think "wouldn't 0.001% sound more on the ball?".

 

[CrippleThreat]

This Republican senator just admitted the 2020 election wasn't rigged

(CNN) On Sunday, South Dakota Republican Sen. Mike Rounds was asked a blunt question by ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "What do you say to all those Republicans, all those veterans who believe the election was stolen, who have bought the falsehoods coming from former President Trump?"

Here's how Rounds responded (bolding is mine):

"We looked -- as a part of our due diligence, we looked at over 60 different accusations made in multiple states.
"While there were some irregularities, there were none of the irregularities which would have risen to the point where they would have changed the vote outcome in a single state.

"The election was fair, as fair as we have seen. We simply did not win the election, as Republicans, for the presidency. And moving forward -- and that's the way we want to look at this -- moving forward, we have to refocus once again on what it's going to take to win the presidency.

"And if we simply look back and tell our people don't vote because there's cheating going on, then we're going to put ourselves in a huge disadvantage. So, moving forward, let's focus on what it takes to win those elections. We can do that. But we have to let people know that they can -- they can believe and they can have confidence that those elections are fair."

This is, of course, all perfectly accurate. There is simply no evidence of any sort of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Some states in which the vote between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was very close have recounted the vote multiple times, with no change in result. In Georgia, for example, the vote was recounted three times -- including once by hand -- and no significant irregularities or changes were found.

Given all of that, it should not be terribly newsworthy when a Republican elected official acknowledges that Biden won fair and square. "Dog bites man" isn't usually a story.

But, we are in very unusual times. And, for Republicans, Trump has made believing in the Big Lie that the election was stolen a loyalty litmus test. Despite all of the objective facts pointing to a fair election, the former President remains utterly obsessed with relitigating 2020.

"'Senator' Mike Rounds of the Great State of South Dakota just went woke on the Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020. He made a statement this weekend on ABC Fake News, that despite massive evidence to the contrary, including much of it pouring in from Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and other states, he found the election to be ok -- just fine. Is he crazy or just stupid?" Trump said in a statement Monday morning.

(Trump has also been openly critical of Rounds' home state Senate colleague -- John Thune. Thune, after weighing retirement, announced over the weekend that he is running for another term in 2022.)

Unfortunately for the health and future of the GOP, many of its elected leaders -- and rank in file -- are falling in line with Trump's falsehood.

A December 2020 survey of Republicans in Congress by The Washington Post revealed that only 27 members acknowledged that Biden had won the election.

And, on January 6, 2021, 139 Republican House members and 8 Republican senators voted to object to challenges to either the Arizona and Pennsylvania results.

The following month, when asked whether the election was stolen, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise responded this way: "Joe Biden's the President. There were a few states that did not follow their state laws. That's really the dispute that you've seen continue on."

In the interim, Republican candidates -- for Senate and House -- from all over the country have put election denialism at the center of their campaigns as they try to attract an endorsement from the former President. "I get attacked by my opponents for saying this, but I believe it very strongly and so I want to say it up here: I believe the election was stolen from Donald J. Trump," said Josh Mandel, one of the leading GOP candidates in the Ohio Senate race.

All of which makes what Rounds said -- aka the objective truth -- a bit of an outlier within his party. Which, well, stop and think about that for a minute. Acknowledging a fact that has been proven time and time and time again in swing states across the country makes you an exception within one of the country's two main political parties.

That's what Republicans -- like Rounds -- who are trying to steer their party back toward a more fact-based reality are up against.

Fact-based reality? When you had actual experts screaming at you that this bullshit exists and unfortunately, you dopes are the only people we can rely on to get to the bottom of things? My expert opinion, goys: Some of these South Dakotan Republicans are faggots, but you knew that already. And speaking of South Dakotan faggots:

South Dakota Sen. John Thune to run for reelection

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Fact-based reality? When you had actual experts screaming at you that this bullshit exists and unfortunately, you dopes are the only people we can rely on to get to the bottom of things?

The MSM/libtards when Trump won legitimately in 2016:

The MSM/libtards when Biden "won" in 2020:

^Found this on Reddit.

 

[ForgedBlades]

We literally can't stop winning, bros.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

We literally can't stop winning, bros.

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Ya liking this return to normalcy, guys?! I sure am!

 

[Garth]

We literally can't stop winning, bros.

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I am skeptical that they can ride wuflu hysteria into the midterms to justify pulling the same bullshit they pulled in 2020, but I am certain they will try. I have no trust in almost any source anymore. But I can always count on the desperate to go to any lengths. Perhaps even public official's going so far as to lie about testing positive in order to bolster the narrative.

 

[General Disarray]

Re: windmills. Big ol' farms going up in mostly Texas about 15 or so years ago. Small metal fab plant in OK gets a ton of big dollar contracts. Gets a new German brake press just to make these new huge poles. Used Chinese steel. This is the President of said firm now:

Phil Albert, former Pelco Structural president, accused of embezzlement in lawsuit

After Albert sued alleging wrongful termination, Pelco filed a countersuit alleging Albert embezzled at least $7.4 million from the company. His attorney likened the case to a "business divorce" after

tulsaworld.com

Plus some of their poles (not wind turbine poles afaik) failed resulting in lawsuits.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I am skeptical that they can ride wuflu hysteria into the midterms to justify pulling the same bullshit they pulled in 2020, but I am certain they will try. I have no trust in almost any source anymore. But I can always count on the desperate to go to any lengths. Perhaps even public official's going so far as to lie about testing positive in order to bolster the narrative.

I dunno. In the past, politicians could break campaign promises because it didn't directly affect the average citizen. COVID is different because the mask is a VERY visible symbol that things are not going back to normal. It's not just COVID, but the policies that have retarded economic growth as well. Politicians testing positive for coof only adds to the idea that the vaccines don't work.

 

[Sithis]

I am skeptical that they can ride wuflu hysteria into the midterms to justify pulling the same bullshit they pulled in 2020, but I am certain they will try. I have no trust in almost any source anymore. But I can always count on the desperate to go to any lengths. Perhaps even public official's going so far as to lie about testing positive in order to bolster the narrative.

Lucky for them a high level US funded bioresearch lab is currently in a state of maybe/maybe not having been captured by armed rebels in Kazakhstan, so if coofmania dies down they can just find another bioweapon to release on us.

 

[CrippleThreat]

Ya liking this return to normalcy, guys?! I sure am!

But some of the smartest and most beautiful people on this site voted for Biden. Something must be wrong here!

Jackasses, every last one of them.

 

[AnotherPleb]

The problem with energy is, in general, that to do useful work, you must concentrate a lot of energy in a small volume and release it into a large volume. Literally every single way of doing this generates crazy shit. There's no such thing as "green" energy, because to collect enough energy to do anything more interesting than get a bit warm, you've got to get tiny particles banging into each other or breaking up in a way that can and will make bad things happen. There is no way around this. There are no exceptions. Energy means pollution. Our choices are to mitigate and live with pollution as best we can, or to return to monke.

Oh, the druids fully want people to return to monke and revel in the ensuing famines that would result.

 

[ditto]

Uhhhh based Tucker alert???

He also chose to focus on marijuana busts instead of rolling up antifa and BLM.

Weird seeing this new radicalized Tucker because during 2017-2018 he was lapping up Sessions, going after Trump for criticizing him and doing one-on-one specials about his drug busts.

 

[Oxous]

Uh oh… this might be embarrassing

Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden’s Speech in Georgia Over Inaction​

Spoiler: Full Article

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Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, also will not be there, but she cited a scheduling conflict.

When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights on Tuesday in Atlanta, there will be notable absences in the crowd.

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor and one of the nation’s best known voting-rights advocates, will not be there. Nor will a coalition of Georgia’s most active voting-rights groups.

Ms. Abrams has a scheduling conflict, an aide said on Monday. She expressed support for the event on Twitter.

But several leading voting rights and civil rights groups are pointedly skipping the speech, protesting what they denounced as months of frustrating inaction by the White House — which they said showed that Mr. Biden did not view Republican attacks on voting rights with sufficient urgency.

“We do not need any more speeches, we don’t need any more platitudes,” said James Woodall, former president of the N.A.A.C.P. of Georgia. “We don’t need any more photo ops. We need action, and that actually is in the form of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, as well as the Freedom to Vote Act— and we need that immediately.”

Exasperation among voting rights groups has been building for months, as 19 states passed 34 new laws creating new restrictions on voting. One of the most sweeping new laws was signed in Georgia nearly 10 months ago.

Voting rights groups looked to Mr. Biden, who had pledged to protect the right to vote, for an aggressive response. He delivered a forceful speech last summer in Philadelphia, and assigned the voting rights portfolio to Ms. Harris. But the administration poured its energy into passing Mr. Biden’s economic agenda, including the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the sweeping Build Back Better plan.

The failure to press as hard for voting rights legislation has soured some of those advocates for voting rights on the administration.

The main obstacle to passing voting rights legislation is the Senate, where a few Democratic senators remain opposed to modifying rules regarding the filibuster. But voting rights groups have lost patience with the White House for refraining to single out Senator Joe Manchin III or Senator Kyrsten Sinema for their opposition to changing the filibuster rules.

And the dangers of inaction, some advocates say, extend beyond voting rights, as legislation in several states has shifted authority over election administration to partisan officeholders.

“When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you don’t wait a year to start treatment,” said Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group dedicated to resisting authoritarianism. “The White House and Senate are starting to act with greater urgency, and there’s still time, but the president better be bringing a plan for chemo and radiation to Atlanta, because time is running out.”

 

[MrJokerRager]

Uh oh… this might be embarrassing

Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden’s Speech in Georgia Over Inaction​

Spoiler: Full Article

(archive)
Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, also will not be there, but she cited a scheduling conflict.

When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights on Tuesday in Atlanta, there will be notable absences in the crowd.

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor and one of the nation’s best known voting-rights advocates, will not be there. Nor will a coalition of Georgia’s most active voting-rights groups.

Ms. Abrams has a scheduling conflict, an aide said on Monday. She expressed support for the event on Twitter.

But several leading voting rights and civil rights groups are pointedly skipping the speech, protesting what they denounced as months of frustrating inaction by the White House — which they said showed that Mr. Biden did not view Republican attacks on voting rights with sufficient urgency.

“We do not need any more speeches, we don’t need any more platitudes,” said James Woodall, former president of the N.A.A.C.P. of Georgia. “We don’t need any more photo ops. We need action, and that actually is in the form of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, as well as the Freedom to Vote Act— and we need that immediately.”

Exasperation among voting rights groups has been building for months, as 19 states passed 34 new laws creating new restrictions on voting. One of the most sweeping new laws was signed in Georgia nearly 10 months ago.

Voting rights groups looked to Mr. Biden, who had pledged to protect the right to vote, for an aggressive response. He delivered a forceful speech last summer in Philadelphia, and assigned the voting rights portfolio to Ms. Harris. But the administration poured its energy into passing Mr. Biden’s economic agenda, including the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the sweeping Build Back Better plan.

The failure to press as hard for voting rights legislation has soured some of those advocates for voting rights on the administration.

The main obstacle to passing voting rights legislation is the Senate, where a few Democratic senators remain opposed to modifying rules regarding the filibuster. But voting rights groups have lost patience with the White House for refraining to single out Senator Joe Manchin III or Senator Kyrsten Sinema for their opposition to changing the filibuster rules.

And the dangers of inaction, some advocates say, extend beyond voting rights, as legislation in several states has shifted authority over election administration to partisan officeholders.

“When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you don’t wait a year to start treatment,” said Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group dedicated to resisting authoritarianism. “The White House and Senate are starting to act with greater urgency, and there’s still time, but the president better be bringing a plan for chemo and radiation to Atlanta, because time is running out.”

I really fucking hope the kung flu kills all those goddamn niggers and sheboons that believe Voter ID cards are racist. Also kung flu taking out the woke gooks and woke latinos will be a bonus.

Weird seeing this new radicalized Tucker because during 2017-2018 he was lapping up Sessions, going after Trump for criticizing him and doing one-on-one specials about his drug busts.

The 2020 summer of love just broke him and he was the main guy that rekt BLM's peaceful protest narrative as well.

 

[Compositesludge]

getting back into that "im a outsider im different vote for me!!!" grindset i see.

I also noticed that Michelle Obama recycled the "vote in 2022 like Democracy depends on it" line. I don't think it's good when a political party can't be anything other than a powerless outsider, even when they're in power, but what do I know?

 

[Gehenna]

Uh oh… this might be embarrassing

Voting Rights Groups Skipping Biden’s Speech in Georgia Over Inaction​

Spoiler: Full Article

(archive)
Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, also will not be there, but she cited a scheduling conflict.

When President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver major speeches on voting rights on Tuesday in Atlanta, there will be notable absences in the crowd.

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor and one of the nation’s best known voting-rights advocates, will not be there. Nor will a coalition of Georgia’s most active voting-rights groups.

Ms. Abrams has a scheduling conflict, an aide said on Monday. She expressed support for the event on Twitter.

But several leading voting rights and civil rights groups are pointedly skipping the speech, protesting what they denounced as months of frustrating inaction by the White House — which they said showed that Mr. Biden did not view Republican attacks on voting rights with sufficient urgency.

“We do not need any more speeches, we don’t need any more platitudes,” said James Woodall, former president of the N.A.A.C.P. of Georgia. “We don’t need any more photo ops. We need action, and that actually is in the form of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, as well as the Freedom to Vote Act— and we need that immediately.”

Exasperation among voting rights groups has been building for months, as 19 states passed 34 new laws creating new restrictions on voting. One of the most sweeping new laws was signed in Georgia nearly 10 months ago.

Voting rights groups looked to Mr. Biden, who had pledged to protect the right to vote, for an aggressive response. He delivered a forceful speech last summer in Philadelphia, and assigned the voting rights portfolio to Ms. Harris. But the administration poured its energy into passing Mr. Biden’s economic agenda, including the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the sweeping Build Back Better plan.

The failure to press as hard for voting rights legislation has soured some of those advocates for voting rights on the administration.

The main obstacle to passing voting rights legislation is the Senate, where a few Democratic senators remain opposed to modifying rules regarding the filibuster. But voting rights groups have lost patience with the White House for refraining to single out Senator Joe Manchin III or Senator Kyrsten Sinema for their opposition to changing the filibuster rules.

And the dangers of inaction, some advocates say, extend beyond voting rights, as legislation in several states has shifted authority over election administration to partisan officeholders.

“When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you don’t wait a year to start treatment,” said Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan group dedicated to resisting authoritarianism. “The White House and Senate are starting to act with greater urgency, and there’s still time, but the president better be bringing a plan for chemo and radiation to Atlanta, because time is running out.”

From the outside and piecing together pieces, sounds like the Georgia election laws may in fact be working better than expected. Protect Democracy is a political analysis group whose alleged reason to be is to ensure voting rights are upheld, but whose more accurate description is as a firm dedicated to ensuring Democrat advantages don't decay by analyzing any republican policy to check its effects on them.

If the director is sounding the alarm, it means whatever analysis they did came out bad.