2020 – Confluence Daily

October 7, 2021 Confluence

CNN: Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election

Reading Time: 5 minutes The series of interactions between the President and Rosen and Donoghue began in mid-December with an Oval Office meeting, included several phone calls and continued through January 3.

December 20, 2019 Janette Dalgliesh

Astrology: Happy New Year! (yes, now)

Reading Time: 6 minutes The stars don’t care a button for human calendars, so 31 December and 1 January don’t have any inherent built-in astrological significance.

But OMGosh! – the astrology that’s coming up over the next week couldn’t be more perfect, as we prepare to move into a brand-new decade.

There’s pretty much something new every day in the lead-up to the very end of December, ready for a fresh new dynamic in 2020.

Informed

April 16, 2019 Confluence

Vox: Democrats are prioritizing “electability” in 2020. That’s a coded term.

Reading Time: 4 minutes More often than not, however, the expectation of who can win is inextricably wrapped up in the knowledge of who has won. What that feeling looks like for each voter could well be influenced by the kinds of candidates voters have seen win races before. And in the case of the presidency, that mold consists overwhelmingly of older white men, a precedent that could hurt candidates who don’t fit those characteristics.

“Metrics like authenticity and likability and electability are just code that we use against candidates who are not like what we are used to,” Christina Reynolds, a spokesperson for Emily’s List, a political organization that supports women candidates, previously told Vox.