Heh, heard a nice argument today: Trump is trying to turn the US into a gated community. Wall to the south, oceans either side, friendly neighbors to the north. "Seasonal/legal Immigrants" can come in and do the dirty work, but then they have to go home.
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US PoliERA 2019 |OT1| You down wit' NDP? (Yeah you know me!) Who's down wit' AOC? (This whole party!)
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Right.
Plus, one of the reasons for the *small* increase in illegal border crossings is the bottlenecks we've had at the legal points of entry. I'd wager most of the people who make the trip do so intending to enter the country legally whether they ultimately do or not.
DeSantis also rescinded a bunch of midnight nominations that Rick Scott tried to force through. (The Florida legislature begins its sessions very soon after an election and has virtually no lame duck; one of the few political things they do right.)
I had the same thought, interestingly though Tester said he believed there were enough votes in the Senate to override a veto.
I gotta post this pic because it's adorable. She hates that I got her a coat.
"Why do you do this to me, hooman? I'm not upset, just disappoint."
Oh my word well hurry up and fund the government then so we can process these people and get them the help they need! Thanks for making our point?
Furthermore they're being separated from their kids once they arrive, then sent back anyway so presumably the cycle can start over.
This explanation they've come up with, like the others, doesn't make sense.
Wow, did we end up accidentally electing an actual moderate republican?
I was wondering why i got that text yesterday from one of countless democratic coalitions or whatever in Florida super excited about a recent Governor move. Color me surprised. I mean, it makes sense. We are red but we have almost equal democrats. Part of Florida's money maker is tourism and shit.
Candidates are gonna fight HARD to get her endorsement. I think she knows the longer she holds out, the more they'll try campaigning on increasingly progressive platforms to get it.
Huh. Didn't expect that, though I'm still unsure about DeSantis period.
DeSantis is actually educated, a rarity for today's Republican party.
I mean, probably not, but I always did think this ad
was just a little too insane to be completely earnest, even in the age of the MAGA cult.
A Trump rubber duckie?
Seems like one of those things that only dumb mouthbreathers in the primary would take seriously... which was probably the point.
Too bad Mitch doesn't have the balls to try and prove him wrong.
We'll see how things go once he takes office, but I've been very impressed with Pritzker's appointments thus far. Predictably social conservatives are absolutely losing it because he's appointed more women than men thus far and *gasp* of the eight appointments he made yesterday, none was a white man.
I know we could all use some entertaining relief from this administration, but surely you've read in this thread how the shutdown is affecting our own members. Let's not place bets on how long our own members will be without pay, we know it's already going to break the all-time record. Thanks!
Worth noting that DeSantis also picked a never-Trump state senator from a Hillary district as his lieutenant governor.
I move to the floor.
We fund a "Wall" for 20 billion USD along the southern border.
A "Wall" of Wind turbines. From COAST to COAST, lit with the RED WHITE and BLUE, as BEACONS OF HOPE.
2000 MILES OF WIND POWER RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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I legit think someone can twist the wall into this and trump would support it.
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ya, =(.
Gotta find something to help brighten the mood. Maybe era can pitch in to assist if people need help?
We fund a "Wall" for 20 billion USD along the southern border.
A "Wall" of Wind turbines. From COAST to COAST, lit with the RED WHITE and BLUE, as BEACONS OF HOPE.
2000 MILES OF WIND POWER RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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I legit think someone can twist the wall into this and trump would support it.
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ya, =(.
Gotta find something to help brighten the mood. Maybe era can pitch in to assist if people need help?
Now if only he'd fight the "super-majority required to raise taxes" amendment that somehow managed to pass so we don't turn into Kansas.
Has he explained why he did this? Is he just replacing them with guys more loyal to him, or is he playing it as a "regular order" issue?
I just can't wrap my head around DeSantis being a moderate darling. DeSantis!
Marco Rubio @marcorubio
I do not believe the White House will divert money from #Florida disaster recovery to fund border security.
But if some reason they try, I will do everything I can to overturn such a decision. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-...ng-army-corps-funds-to-build-wall-11547161664 …
I do not believe the White House will divert money from #Florida disaster recovery to fund border security.
But if some reason they try, I will do everything I can to overturn such a decision. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-...ng-army-corps-funds-to-build-wall-11547161664 …
Business in general and its priorities are undergoing a shift; corporations can make money from environmental policies that push green technology, and they will lose money if their land and resources are underwater. Republican governors will gladly sign positive environmental reforms into law if those reforms align with their donors' business interests.
IIRC Unions not wanting to lose leverage has been an awkward behind-the-scenes issue for a long time and was a big sticking point in the 60s/70s. (less so today w/ the ACA and future legislation, at least nationally) It's not just about single-payer, it's been about them just not wanting to lose leverage, since a higher baseline improves the attractiveness of being in a union relative to not being in one.
edit: Yglesias elaborates on the problem (correctly)
A Nixon-type (racist social democrat) is still bad, but still better than the alternative.
edit: Yglesias elaborates on the problem (correctly)
This would be the opposite of a "moderate darling", this is pretending to be a hyper-conservative and then being an actual moderate.
A Nixon-type (racist social democrat) is still bad, but still better than the alternative.
Yeah. But SC will probably turn into a NC in the next 10-20 years because of the growth of Charleston and Greenville imo.
The non zero chance that Trump turns around during the SOTU to try verbally attacking Nancy on TV will be a fucking mess.
Trump would never support it. He'd probably feign more concern for the birds than he does for the immigrants.
In other words, they've seen the polling and the discouragement from Republicans in Congress.
And almost underwater in Kansas and Missouri. Yikes. That's pretty dire.
Something can be hard, and I don't anyone is saying there's an ease of primarying someone, and doing something that probably should've been done years ago — this is still the first Justice Dem move I've ever fulheartedly supported.
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