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Welcome to Wednesday, August 26th, Causes and Countables...
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We needed to respond to the new world in a new way. The same old Countable wasn't sufficient. You, our users, Democracy, deserve more than Countable could offer. Causes is the next step in our mission to disrupt “normal” political culture and get people thinking again. To move politics beyond politics.
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Postscript: Yep, it's still The Daily Countable ("The DC") for the moment. "Daily Cause" is too "Daily Kos." I'm thinking, maybe, "Causes Today:_____" or "Today’s Pause For A Cause: ______" or "Pause For A Cause:______". Thoughts? Ideas? Please let me know: joshh [at] causes.com
** On the Radar
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** States Start Receiving Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits
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On August 8th, President Donald Trump took a series of executive actions on coronavirus relief ([link removed]) that included a partial extension of the $600 enhanced federal unemployment benefit that was established by the CARES Act ([link removed]) and expired on July 31st ([link removed]) .
Trump’s action provides a federal benefit enhancement of up to $300 per week for people receiving at least $100 in state unemployment benefits, pandemic unemployment benefits, short-time compensation, or other designated programs. Up to $44 billion from the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund could go to those ends until the DRF balance reaches $25 billion or until December 6th (whichever occurs first).
Two states, Arizona and Texas, have already begun paying the additional benefit, and Missouri is expected to join them before the end of the month. At least 12 more states are expected to begin paying the additional benefit in September.
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** Under the Radar
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** Why does the U.S. have two major parties?
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To date, America’s first president is the only president who did not belong to a political party, but George Washington’s administration laid the groundwork for the formation of the country’s first two major parties, which were founded by members of his Cabinet. The Federalist Party was formed by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
Those parties changed in the decades that followed. The Democratic-Republican Party became simply the Democratic Party during Andrew Jackson’s administration, while the Federalist Party faded into irrelevance and was later replaced by the Whig Party, which dissolved before the Civil War and thus allowed the ascendance of the Republican Party. Every federal election since the Civil War has been contested primarily by candidates from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Under the Constitution, Congress is made up of single-member districts awarded based on plurality rule (such as first past the post) elections, while nearly all states award their Electoral College votes for the presidency on a first past the post basis as well. Political scientists note that such elections tend to produce two-party political systems in a theory known as Duverger’s law.
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** And, in the End...
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A 1973 Presidential Proclamation officially made August 26th Women's Equality Day:
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—Josh Herman
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