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Now that the government has been temporarily reopened, Nancy Pelosi has re-extended the invitation for Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union Address from the House floor. Traditionally, the opposition party issues a response address afterwards, and this year, the Democrat to give that speech will be Stacey Abrams.
Abrams lost saw her race for governor stolen from her after massive reports of election fraud overseen by her opponent, Georgia’s then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp (the person charged with overseeing elections). At the time, she acknowledged that the election was over but refused to concede because “Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper.”
“I will not concede,” she said, “because the erosion of our democracy is not right.”
Stacey Abrams: “I acknowledge that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial elections.”
Abrams adds that she’s not conceding, just acknowledging the reality. She says a concession means that “an action is true, proper…” pic.twitter.com/37f42EWfpd
— Yashar Ali
(@yashar) November 16, 2018
Trump’s State of the Union Address is likely to focus on questionable brags about economic gains under his leadership and immigration fearmongering. No doubt he will talk at length about his desired wall.
The Democrats then get to tell the country what they see as the state of the union, and by appointing Abrams to this role, party leadership is signaling that voter rights and the erosion of our democratic practices are major priorities. Indeed, that’s what Chuck Schumer said when he made the announcement.
Stacey Abrams—who narrowly lost Georgia’s gubernatorial election in November—will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address. pic.twitter.com/myuumxlXqt
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 29, 2019
“She is a great spokesperson, she’s an incredible leader,” he said. “She has led the charge for voting rights, which is at the root of just about everything else.”
During the 2018 primary elections, reports of election fraud came out of a number of states. In North Dakota, a new law requiring voters to show a form of identification that includes their home address directly targeted Native American voters. In Abrams’ state of Georgia, there were polling place closures, missing voting machines, and hundreds of thousands of cancelled voter registrations. After the election was over, Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin worked to limit the power of incoming Democrats, undermining the decisions of voters who elected new leadership.
Abrams has launched a voting rights group and she’s also thought to be eyeing a Senate run in 2020. She’s exactly the kind of tenacious voice Democrats need to be representing the party.
At a moment when our nation needs to hear from leaders who can unite for a common purpose, I am honored to be delivering the Democratic State of the Union response. https://t.co/0dpA3lJZpS
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 29, 2019
The State of the Union and the Democratic response are scheduled for Tuesday, February 5th.
(image: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
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Now that the government has been temporarily reopened, Nancy Pelosi has re-extended the invitation for Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union Address from the House floor. Traditionally, the opposition party issues a response address afterwards, and this year, the Democrat to give that speech will be Stacey Abrams.
Abrams lost saw her race for governor stolen from her after massive reports of election fraud overseen by her opponent, Georgia’s then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp (the person charged with overseeing elections). At the time, she acknowledged that the election was over but refused to concede because “Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper.”
“I will not concede,” she said, “because the erosion of our democracy is not right.”
Stacey Abrams: “I acknowledge that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial elections.”
Abrams adds that she’s not conceding, just acknowledging the reality. She says a concession means that “an action is true, proper…” pic.twitter.com/37f42EWfpd
— Yashar Ali
Trump’s State of the Union Address is likely to focus on questionable brags about economic gains under his leadership and immigration fearmongering. No doubt he will talk at length about his desired wall.
The Democrats then get to tell the country what they see as the state of the union, and by appointing Abrams to this role, party leadership is signaling that voter rights and the erosion of our democratic practices are major priorities. Indeed, that’s what Chuck Schumer said when he made the announcement.
Stacey Abrams—who narrowly lost Georgia’s gubernatorial election in November—will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address. pic.twitter.com/myuumxlXqt
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 29, 2019
“She is a great spokesperson, she’s an incredible leader,” he said. “She has led the charge for voting rights, which is at the root of just about everything else.”
During the 2018 primary elections, reports of election fraud came out of a number of states. In North Dakota, a new law requiring voters to show a form of identification that includes their home address directly targeted Native American voters. In Abrams’ state of Georgia, there were polling place closures, missing voting machines, and hundreds of thousands of cancelled voter registrations. After the election was over, Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin worked to limit the power of incoming Democrats, undermining the decisions of voters who elected new leadership.
Abrams has launched a voting rights group and she’s also thought to be eyeing a Senate run in 2020. She’s exactly the kind of tenacious voice Democrats need to be representing the party.
At a moment when our nation needs to hear from leaders who can unite for a common purpose, I am honored to be delivering the Democratic State of the Union response. https://t.co/0dpA3lJZpS
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 29, 2019
The State of the Union and the Democratic response are scheduled for Tuesday, February 5th.
(image: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
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According to Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Number One, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart’s legendary Captain Jean-Luc Picard will be missing that “Captain” designation in his standalone series.
We don’t know much about the forthcoming Picard-centered series that CBS is developing, save Stewart’s involvement alongside writerly names like Michael Chabon (and, blessedly, ladies!), and that the show is set to debut sometime in late 2019.
In a recent interview, the man who was Cmdr. William T. Riker discussed whether any of the old bridge crew might show up and confirmed that we’ll see Picard in a very different stage of his life. Frakes said:
“The feeling is we would love to be part of it. But the feeling is also that it’s Patrick’s show. [Laughs.] Having said that, I can’t imagine a world where there’s no reference to what happened to the rest of the Next Generation cast. Patrick isn’t playing Capt. Jean-Luc Picard this time, he’s done with [that phase of his career in] Starfleet in this show. That’s about the only thing I do know about the show. Patrick and I had a steak dinner a couple of weeks ago and this man, who I’ve known for 31 years now, is so excited about this show he’s like a little kid. It’s fabulous! He’s thrilled and excited to be invited into the writer’s room and he’s a producer on the show and he’s part of the development of the story arc. It’s terrific. I mean he is a guy who is fully engaged.”
Although’s Frakes’ nugget about Picard no longer being a Captain is being breathlessly reported as News around the Internet at the moment, Stewart said as much himself back when the show was announced:
“He may not, and I stress may not, be a captain anymore. He may not be the Jean-Luc that you recognize and know so well,” Stewart told audiences at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention. “Twenty years will have passed, which is more or less exactly the time between the very last movie—Nemesis—and today.”
So we already knew that we’d be finding Jean-Luc in a different stage of his career, two decades post-Nemesis. Starfleet-wise, it’d be astounding that Picard hadn’t been promoted to Admiral in that time, unless something went seriously amiss. But I don’t think we’ll be getting Admiral Picard, either. I still think a cool idea for the show could be Picard-as-Federation diplomat—a role he often assumed anyway—and this could take him to many different worlds and allow him to seek out new life and new civilizations. Of course, something could have happened to make Picard leave Starfleet entirely, so we shall see.
I am absolutely thrilled to hear Frakes’ report about Stewart’s excitement level. Sir Patrick Stewart is perfect and we don’t deserve him.
It goes without saying that it would be a delight to have other members of The Next Generation crew pop in from time to time, even if this will be Picard’s show. Right now, as much as I love Riker, if I could make it so that any special guests could be guaranteed, first on my list would be John de Lancie’s deliciously meddlesome Q. After all, there’s never a dull moment when Q’s around, and he’s rather in love with Picard?
We may not deserve Sir Patrick Stewart, but we definitely deserve a Picard/Q reunion. I’ll hold out hope.
(via TVWeb, images: Paramount)
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