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US PoliERA 2018 |OT13| And now the fun starts
- Thread starter Midnight Jon
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Al Capone went down for tax evasion. (Or maybe I'm being too hopeful here.)
Yeah, speaking from a purely partisan perspective here, but if a recession had to happen under Trump, you'd hope it would be severe enough to doom him and the GOP in the 2020 elections, while reversing quickly enough that the next President doesn't have to spend their first two years trying to fix everything.
That's what hurt Obama - the economy was still shedding jobs at a ridiculous rate and the stimulus wasn't enough. So when he started moving onto other things, like the Affordable Care Act it seemed like he was shirking his primary responsibility. Like, obviously he wasn't, but that was the broad perception.
Like I want Beto to come in swinging and pass a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and immigration reform in the first hundred days. Harder sell if the economy is total shit.
Honestly, how I envision the Speaker election.
Only 434 representatives because WOW FRAUD in NC-09.
10-15 Democrats vote present. Hell, who knows, the Freedom Caucus might hate McCarthy and vote present, too.
Pelosi only needs 210-214 votes to become Speaker, which she'll get handily.
Only 434 representatives because WOW FRAUD in NC-09.
10-15 Democrats vote present. Hell, who knows, the Freedom Caucus might hate McCarthy and vote present, too.
Pelosi only needs 210-214 votes to become Speaker, which she'll get handily.
The thing that worries me about a recession is the news media industry is a bad recession away from being wiped out. Local newspapers and TV stations are in a bad way and have been since 2008, and even the big chains are looking at mass layoffs at a time where we need more exposure on the shady shit going on across the country.
That is, unless you like NYT puff pieces on Trump voters.
That is, unless you like NYT puff pieces on Trump voters.
Local TV stations will be fine financially, but unfortunately they don't do nearly as much investigative reporting as local newspapers. This is a pretty legitimate fear.
She lies and gets more jail or is actually flipping on the pertinent issues. I wonder if any non-Kremlingate questions will be asked at any rate.
Oh yeah; hearing economists speak the next week just going "Oh, we were days out from the very engine of the economy simply seizing up" was NOT a good feeling. Got me prepared for modern times though...
It's looking more and more like it could be no one wanting to throw themselves on a grenade for this chucklefuck which would only compound their own shady-ass pasts. Losing side can't help you after a war.
The implication being if he went down for copyright, don't expect any kind of extended campaign to remove far right channels.
No, I got that.
Just remember that Al Capone officially went down for tax evasion.
She also has the GOP Problem Solvers caucus members' votes on standby if she needs them. The fact that she hasn't given any indication that she'll ask for them implies to me that she'll win with Democratic votes alone.
I wonder how many of those actually won't end up voting for Pelosi in the end. She is very good at what she does.
The enemy of my enemy is a competent stern old lady who knows all the rules, tricks and body locations. A neophyte right now is the last thing we need. And a united front is the first. it's not Dems vs Repubs. It's literally common sense vs chaotic evil.
Do you know what the difference is between someone who gets 235 votes and someone who gets 218 (or fewer with abstentions)?
None, they're both called Speaker.
Beto won TX-07 (flipped to Democrats), TX-10 (was within five points of flipping), TX-23 (Hurd barely survived), TX-24 (within five points of flipping), and TX-32 (flipped to us). TX-10 and 24 had voted for Trump, the rest for Hillary.
He came within 1% in TX-21 and TX-22, which were also much closer than anyone predicted.
The gerrymander almost broke.
Of course. She deserves at least a somewhat more comfy buffer tho. It's just silly to me.
It's only this close because she's engineering it to be close to give as much leeway as possible to reps who have dumb as fuck constituents.
Do it. Kushner becoming the biggest defender of MBS couldn't be more sketch.
I would be shocked if the family business did not see an infusion of Middle East money. I'd also not be shocked if it turns out there was some other vapid reason like wining and dining and meeting celebrities.
The worrying thing about a recession is how shitty the economy is before it is even here. Between the homelessness/housing prices and low wages, non rich folk ain't got much cushion
Remember that time he accidentally let it slip that driving down Hillary's poll numbers was the whole reason for the constant Benghazi investigations?
McCarthy is so dumb and it cost him the speakership three years ago.
It is gratifying though to watch Republicans publicly beg for Democrats not to investigate Trump.
"Just, please, whatever you do, please, don't look Russia, Saudi Arabia, taxes, business dealings, Kushner, Don Jr., collusion, obstruction, perjury, et al. This won't be good for your elections! We're really looking out for you! "
"Just, please, whatever you do, please, don't look Russia, Saudi Arabia, taxes, business dealings, Kushner, Don Jr., collusion, obstruction, perjury, et al. This won't be good for your elections! We're really looking out for you! "
"If you investigated campaign finance, that would be, like, so many people!"
Yeah...and? The RNC alone has had too many former finance chairs involved in this stuff.
"Thanks for the interview, this was a positive experience. Looking to make another move but I just don't know yet! Have a nice day!"
Thomas reaffirms that he's an ass.
Kushner is going to be among the most deeply and thoroughly probed Whitehouse officials in history.
Comey himself definitely hung that out there on purpose for a suit.
They're just going to crib from this morning's tweet - "if his lawyer does it, it's legal"
I love bringing this up:
Pretty much every red state investigated PP as well as the ones where it was ok to donate. Pretty sure we'd know if they found anything.
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