US PoliERA 2019 |OT2| #PresidentPelosi
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Ducks Unlimited does pretty great work as well. Many Northern game commisions must appear almost socialistic in their approach.to other parts of the country.
TIL McConnell is 76. Why is it that rich people are always the ones who want to work way past retirement age? Don't they want to enjoy life?
Trumps #1 fan not loving the deal?
Oh my, I just went down a bill Mitchell rabbit hole. This is what he believes (you know, despite nothing happening at midterms)
Trumps #1 fan not loving the deal?
Oh my, I just went down a bill Mitchell rabbit hole. This is what he believes (you know, despite nothing happening at midterms)
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Yeah if only this interaction between Repubs and Dems was the norm
I suppose I can at least acknowledge that he said the right thing here
Imagine a gop Senator taking a higher ground than democratic leadership
Karen Travers @karentravers
.@presssec on incident where BBC photographer was physically attacked by attendee at Trump's El Paso TX rally:
"The idea that the president or anybody on his team or anybody in his administration would encourage violence is absolutely absurd."
8:42 AM - Feb 13, 2019
Karen Travers @karentravers
Reminder of what Pres Trump said in Oct 2018 about GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte's physical assault on a reporter:
"Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my type!"
The next day, the president said he had no regret for making light of the assault.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/montana-rally-president-trump-praises-greg-gianforte-body/story?id=58596529 …
8:45 AM - Feb 13, 2019
.@presssec on incident where BBC photographer was physically attacked by attendee at Trump's El Paso TX rally:
"The idea that the president or anybody on his team or anybody in his administration would encourage violence is absolutely absurd."
8:42 AM - Feb 13, 2019
Karen Travers @karentravers
Reminder of what Pres Trump said in Oct 2018 about GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte's physical assault on a reporter:
"Any guy that can do a body slam, he is my type!"
The next day, the president said he had no regret for making light of the assault.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/montana-rally-president-trump-praises-greg-gianforte-body/story?id=58596529 …
8:45 AM - Feb 13, 2019
heh, I feel like "boy, Jewish Americans just hate to hear someone, unintentionally or not, skirt around some painful anti-Semitic tropes" would be really underselling the offense taken!
I see what you're saying, and I think it's fair to be disappointed with Dem leadership's response (especially since AOC, Rose, and Omar herself all handled the aftermath far more tactfully than Pelosi, et al. did). At the same time, whether Dem leadership really has a responsibility to broker conversations about bridging the cultural gaps between black and Jewish Americans, I'd actually argue that - as great a legislative tactician I think Nancy Pelosi is - I don't really trust a handful of septuagenarians to handle that trip wire with any real grace. And I think what's more valuable in terms of learning from this experience vis-a-vis cultural divides between black and Jewish Americans, and really all the different interest groups within the Democratic party, are the more grassroots, public arena conversations like this one. Personally speaking as a white guy, I've found the last few pages super enlightening and informative and helpful, and far more so than I think a press release from the offices of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would've sufficed.
Was she smiling when she said this because it was just a blatant lie?
Not when they are still supporting Trump or other racist Republicans.
Is there anyone in the Dem leadership who isn't saying something similar to this?
I guess they aren't really saying anything, but that seems functionally similar.
The Senate is only in session for an average of 160ish days a year. It's like a part-time job.
Trump is surrendering if he signs this, he will never get his wall. Him saying that the wall is being is evidence of that and his idiotic supporters will buy into that. The whole situation was pointless and only happened because Trump got called out by Ann Coulter.
What's Feinstein's excuse?
And despite Senate not being in session all the time, there's a ton of travel back and forth involved, not to mention fundraising.
Whenever I see Trump now in a photo or freeze frame, I still just can't believe people elected this fat evil cartoon character.
Pence going on TV today to try to pressure Omar to resign. I think this is a "fight" Trump and Pence will lose, but we know it's yet another campaign tactic.
https://apnews.com/9a47a0def9234e338bc72053e86f221f
Looks like they got the DNC voter file stuff worked out with the state parties and Howard Dean is going to head up managing it
Looks like they got the DNC voter file stuff worked out with the state parties and Howard Dean is going to head up managing it
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No because no one on the Dems side are planning any trips before the Government funding vote happens. No one is gonna talk about any trips before that happens because they would be accused of alot of bullshit. Wait until after it passes and is in place before any of that happens. It might take a bit longer because we still have workers who haven't gotten their pay yet because of Republican bullshit so we might have a fight about that next.
That's her go to line for everything now when she knows she has to lie her ass off. "That's absurd!" is her tell.
I mean, your buddy putting babies in cages and letting some of them die is pretty fucking sick, but to my knowledge, he hasn't had anyone dismembered yet... or are you saying he has???
Funny he will do this, but nothing against Steve King or Donald Trump.
Smart of her to point out that the prez never apologizes for anything. Steve King doesn't either.
The new congresspersons have shown decent enough media savvy to sidestep controversy and stay on message. I doubt the controversy surrounding Talib lasts much longer, especially if the BDS legislation comes up to vote in the House.
I am more impressed with her now than I was before the whole foot in mouth 'benjamins' episode.
She's going to be just fine.
I like that Newsweek contextualized the headline, rather than stopping short with "Sarah Huckabee Sanders cites El Chapo conviction as reason for needing border wall" as the AP often does.
Schultz is the Boogie candidate.
Not even. A Boogie candidate would attempt to adopt some form of progressive policy to create a sort of centrist Frankenstein platform. Schultz is just the milquetoast version of Trump: an aloof neoliberal billionaire with no public policy qualifications or experience advocating for his own financial interests and a return to an idealized version of America that only ever truly existed for rich white men.
He's like if someone looked at Trump and thought the only thing wrong with him was his diction.
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It's interesting that none of the candidates are really pushing for unique immigration pushes. The party definitely wants to shift focus to healthcare instead like in 2018.
Responded faster than I could. If he chooses to run, Beto owns the immigration debate.
Ha, and attorney/client privilege is not automatic when an attorney is copied. It needs to ask for actual advice and precautions are taken not to break that privilege.
Beto's medium post from a few days ago is the best breakdown of why we have the current issues with immigration and how to fix them that I've read.
National politicians haven't been saying that or willing to address the underlying issues that give a full alternative to what Trump says.
The Princeton study O'Rourke cites is a great read as well.
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