"VOTE ON THIS BILL!"
"Forget these bills, elect more Republicans in November and look at it after"
"I never said to vote on that bill"
"PASS A BILL!"
GOP must get whiplash trying to find out what he wants from them.
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US PoliERA 2018 |OT6| An Unmitigated Disaster
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"VOTE ON THIS BILL!"
"Forget these bills, elect more Republicans in November and look at it after"
"I never said to vote on that bill"
"PASS A BILL!"
GOP must get whiplash trying to find out what he wants from them.
Putting aside your *completely imaginary hypotheticals* I don't think anyone is suggesting that Democratic-led immigration reform begin and end with abolishing ICE. It doesn't distract from family separations at the border or the precious status of Dreamers. What it does do is, finally, put public pressure and exposure on agency that has largely operated outside of the public until now and utterly terrorized immigrant families across the country. Fixing ICE alone won't fix our immigration system, and no one is saying it would, but it would go a long way in ending our government's complete hostility toward immigrant families living in the US and end this pointless, power-trip policy of detaining and deporting every brown person that ICE can get their hands on.
And re: leadership -- I'm not sure what country you're living, but voters don't respond to and are mobilized by multi-sentence civics lectures. They do respond best to emotional appeals because it's their lives on the line! That doesn't mean we should make bad-faith arguments to exploit their fears for electoral advantages, as Trump and the GOP do. But calling for abolishing ICE because of its horrid treatment of immigrants in the U.S. is not a bad-faith argument or fearmongering. It's calling a spade a spade - and frankly, it does take real leadership to do that instead of hedging your words on it.
I've been wondering: besides being a check on Trump, what could a Democratic majority in the House and a slim majority in the Senate accomplish? Does the House and Senate both need a majority to impeach Scott Pruitt? I know they could pass a bill that limits his ability to impose tariffs, albeit maybe not enough to overturn a veto.
It seems like if Dems controlled both chambers they'd mostly just be stopping the GOP from passing bad legislation and confirming awful judges, but would unlikely have enough people to overturn a veto or find common ground with Trump after his constant attacks.
It seems like if Dems controlled both chambers they'd mostly just be stopping the GOP from passing bad legislation and confirming awful judges, but would unlikely have enough people to overturn a veto or find common ground with Trump after his constant attacks.
I think we can all agree that slime mold must be kept moist. For science!
Any time you find yourself saying "no one is saying," rest assured that some, if not many, are saying exactly that. These slogans are weak and only appeal to a niche minority that hears what they want while hurting you among the overall electorate.
The op ed itself is trying to be funny but is instead just really, really stupid.
My read as well.
Alexandra Petri is usually pretty funny, but you strike out once in a while.
Let the next Dem president bring charges on the entire family for crimes they perpetrated while 45 was in office should the Dems win in 2020? And actually put country before party and support those charges.
Yeah, so they'll probably never stop them...
There are some amazing ads to be made from the reports of those GOP senators leaving the country and meeting in Russia on July 4. That's not the type of thing that will get GOP voters to vote democrat, but it is the type of thing that gets many of them angry enough to stay home on voting day.
Yup. A field day for Dem challengers if they can get ads and debate topics on it.
The subpoena power alone would be damning. Watching Cummings alone go to work would be amazing.
So is Trump gonna go there and dare them to do something for him entering the city?
Yeah, that falls under being a check Trump, which is important, but is there anything else they could manage?
I'm compiling all the information I can find on the Democratic candidates running in my district. I'm trying to think what are realistic pieces of legislation they could be voting on that could become law. Obviously I want a candidate who shares my values, but it's not like legislation that guarantees healthcare for everyone is passing as long as Trump is president. I at least don't expect Trump would sign legislation like that if it landed on his desk, even if Democrats were in control, because it would get filibustered or he'd succumb to whispers of other Republicans.
What a Democratic House/Senate could do is pass a DACA deal that means paying for his wall. Maybe Stephen Miller would get him to kill it again though. Impeachment could also come to floor again. What else is there?
If "Abolish ICE" is a weak slogan, then make it stronger. If it only appeals to a niche minority, then broaden the appeal. Campaigns and policy positions aren't born with 100 percent approval ratings and universal appeal.
And if anyone out there is actually saying that the Democrats' immigration reform platform should begin, end, and consist solely of "Abolish ICE," then ignore them.
Hey guys, a friend of mine has a massive crush on Maya Wylie and is curious to know if that's disrespectful or not. My friend, that is.
I... I mean he, was watching a rerun of her simultaneously dismantling and saving Sam Nunberg during his meltdown and my god she's just magnificent.
I... I mean he, was watching a rerun of her simultaneously dismantling and saving Sam Nunberg during his meltdown and my god she's just magnificent.
The problem with Trump (ok, one of the million fucking problems with Trump) is that he hasn't changed his mentality at all since Obama was president. He's just another heckler on Twitter, berating Congress and "the establishment" for not doing enough while at the same time offering no valuable alternatives of his own.
The difference is that he has enough self-awareness to realize that as President he has some say in the proceedings, but all he's done to this end is squash agreements brokered between the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans etc. These deals were often painstakingly forged after months and months and it only took one tweet from one very stupid man to blow them up. His endorsements of various plans or bills does little to help them and if anything is usually a death knell (look at the immigration vote what, last week?).
All Trump does is destroy. He destroys and then yells at everyone else for not cleaning up his mess fast enough.
The difference is that he has enough self-awareness to realize that as President he has some say in the proceedings, but all he's done to this end is squash agreements brokered between the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans etc. These deals were often painstakingly forged after months and months and it only took one tweet from one very stupid man to blow them up. His endorsements of various plans or bills does little to help them and if anything is usually a death knell (look at the immigration vote what, last week?).
All Trump does is destroy. He destroys and then yells at everyone else for not cleaning up his mess fast enough.
I know that, strictly speaking, the dinosaur/Civil War park in Virginia isn't directly related to American politics. But people were talking about it here, and it is unquestionably a facet of our national madness, so I'll just post this entertaining profile of the freak behind it all that came out today...
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com...dside-attraction-in-the-mountains-of-virginia
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com...dside-attraction-in-the-mountains-of-virginia
"Your friend", huh?
Ain't nothing wrong or disrespectful to trip over Maya Wylie.
There was a Vanity Fair article a few days ago that talked to a number of House Republican sources and staffers who said they won't touch immigration because they have no appetite for sticking their necks out for a President who is more liable to chop off their heads than the opposition. I don't know if it was posted here or not but it was a pretty good read of how utterly inept he is at pushing his own agenda.
EDIT: Here it is:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/republicans-trump-immigration-reform-border-betrayal
I mainly want the democrats to win back the House because of the legislative power they would have, but I also ashamedly want it because of the amazing political theater we would have over the next two years. The battle we would see between them and the GOP would be incredible to watch, especially with the authority to implement investigations.
The guy doesn't care about anything other than enriching himself and hurting brown people and gets his info about policy from Fox News. He doesn't have any thinking of his own to be able to contribute to policy making unless it enriches his family like with allowing ZTE to sell phones again after approving Ivanka's trademarks.
I would be US politics are infuriating to me. The fact that such a moron is in office..just..ugh
Compared to Donald, Don Jr and Ivanka are both boring. Neither will say the outwardly racist shit he did to get elected. If they run, they won't win a single state in the primaries.
I'm listening to the new episode of Erin Ryan's podcast "Hysteria", and Christ can it be frustrating. Like, she's so measured and smart, but some of her co-hosts are so incredibly stupid. Like, a few are knowledgeable and usually have something interesting to say (like Blair Imani, who worked with Planned Parenthood), but some of the others are terrible and will make you wince at how dumb they are. She brought too many hosts! Some were bound to suck, but ya, when they're bad they're really bad.
Given how blatantly corrupt the family has been all these years I firmly expect they'll eventually face their legal comeuppance. They have Trump to save them right now, but if Democrats win 2020 then that is a four year period where the whole family is going to be under a microscope just waiting for them to slip up and I don't think they will have it in themselves to not do something stupid or illegal.
Pssshhh as if a democratic president isn't just going to move on with more "reach across the aisle" bullshit.
Don Jr looks like a serial date-rapist weaned on a diet of American Psycho and lead paint.
Ivanka is in many ways a much more garbage person in that she can affect a veneer of respectability even as she grifts her father's name in trademark offices around the world.
Both are likely to be indicted or directly connected in the Mueller probe.
https://www.wday.com/news/4468792-ed-schultz-former-fargo-radio-personality-has-died
Ed Schultz died. Had a weird career going from right-winger to turning Dem, then going to RT.
I enjoyed what I listened to of his radio show back in the Bush years.
Ed Schultz died. Had a weird career going from right-winger to turning Dem, then going to RT.
I enjoyed what I listened to of his radio show back in the Bush years.
He was one of those late addition cast members that may or may not reappear on the show randomly.
Edit: In all seriousness, Trump probably got jealous of him hogging the spotlight and told him to stfd for a while.
Tester is playing this very smartly.
Well yeah it's a cult
Getting clearance shouldn't be a problem for this idiot since Trump let Kushner have it and no one said a damn thing about it they figure his current legal troubles are a non issue.
If you change the "but" to "because", the headline makes (more) sense.
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