When a person breaks part of the government because why not he is a lot worse than Trump is.
We must never let people forget that Trump is a symptom of what McConnell et al were already up to.Republicans continue to stand strong with Trump as he shreds the constitutions and norms. It's all on record especially when the Majority leader is making public statements. They are owning this shit, loudly.
Just last night the analyst-eratti were saying how McConnell knows they'll be blocking Trump's emergency declaration, so he'll just let Trump do it for now. Right...
It has by law to be put up for vote in the Senate. Might not pass but they have to vote on the House resolutionHow will they block it? McConnell will never allow it to be voted upon, and other Republicans will never force the issue.
We'll get the usual talk, but no action from his enablers.
I've been telling people this every time it comes up.We must never let people forget that Trump is a symptom of what McConnell et al were already up to.
He actually has to though. He can't not bring it to the floor by law.
If Pelosi passes it in the House, by law it has to come to a vote in the Senate because it's a privileged resolution. He can't block it.How will they block it? McConnell will never allow it to be voted upon, and other Republicans will never force the issue.
I've been telling people this every time it comes up.
The "oh thank God, Trump's gone, I don't need to worry about politics anymore" chorus once Trump is out of office is going to be insufferable.
I've been telling people this every time it comes up.
The "oh thank God, Trump's gone, I don't need to worry about politics anymore" chorus once Trump is out of office is going to be insufferable.
yup.I've been telling people this every time it comes up.
The "oh thank God, Trump's gone, I don't need to worry about politics anymore" chorus once Trump is out of office is going to be insufferable.
I think it'll take longer than you fear.
But I thought the Texas localities didn't want this either? Are they just assuming that they'll go along with this because "red state" and the Congressional GOP being spineless shits makes them think that all Republicans just fall in line?
And quick construction of what exactly? Last time we checked they didn't even have a workable prototype.
That butterfly thing was apparently on federal land. So if true, that's not a good test case.I think it'll be a local police vs. federal forces issue. Local police won't step in front of DoD/Army/Federal troops taking away land. We saw it with the butterfly sanctuary a few weeks ago. The bulldozers will be on standby, and in the middle of the night will cut everything up, a basic fence will be in place and done. It can become a wall later or never. And no court injunction will bring back the park because it'll be too late. A decade of court action that will result in 25k in reparations to the land owner but in reality the loss of irreplaceable heritage sites. It's the same with construction sites where developers "accidentally" or "miscommunicate" with the bulldozer guys, an old building is gone and a huge condo will be in its place.
Trump even has a history with this, with that building facade they were court required to preserve. Someone conveniently "forgot" to tell the demolition guys and so it was gone in a few hours. Then the historical restrictions on the building were gone. There is no recourse for that kind of stuff. And he bragged about it too.
I'm hopeful the level of engagement in the 2018 midterms continues as a baseline rather than a Trump-inspired aberration, even if it did take Trump to get us there.
For what it's worth, this has been my argument for the biggest reason he'll likely lose in 2020. Lots of people just want to go back to not hearing about the news 24/7.I've been telling people this every time it comes up.
The "oh thank God, Trump's gone, I don't need to worry about politics anymore" chorus once Trump is out of office is going to be insufferable.
Yeah, it probably shakes out in our favor in the short-term. Especially if the Democrat is someone relatively boring (e.g. Biden).For what it's worth, this has been my argument for the biggest reason he'll likely lose in 2020. Lots of people just want to go back to not hearing about the news 24/7.
How soon can Pelosi do the vote to cancel the emergency? Then there's like 30 days before McConnell has to give it a vote?
Make sure to scrutinize how she eats it
Demmycrats, I knew it was them! Even when it was the bears, I knew it was them.
I've always maintained that if Democrats campaign on the fact that Trump likes his steak well done and with ketchup, the south would go blue so fast.Wait till
Voters find out Corey Booker is a vegan. His numbers in south will drop
How soon can Pelosi do the vote to cancel the emergency? Then there's like 30 days before McConnell has to give it a vote?
Make sure to scrutinize how she eats it
McConnell is in his late 70s. In that future, he'll be long dead and the Republicans of then will just dismiss the actions of whatever these fuckers are doing now. It won't even be so much a distancing from them as it'll be some bullshit gaslighting like "Democrats need to stop pointing fingers and focusing on the past, and work with us on moving forward into the future."Republicans continue to stand strong with Trump as he shreds the constitutions and norms. It's all on record especially when the Majority leader is making public statements. They are owning this shit, loudly. It will be much harder in the future for Republicans to argue there was a Trump problem, not a Republican problem.
All individuals below the age of 26 will be eligible to enroll into the Medicare system and receive a comprehensive set of health benefits with no cost-sharing. This would be similar to recent proposals to create a Medicare-for-All system, except it would be limited to the under-26 age group. This is not meant to be an alternative to Medicare-for-All, just a version of it focused specifically on families with children. A Medicare-for-Kids program like this could also be a significant step towards a universal Medicare system.29
It is also worth noting that Medicare-for-Kids would be significantly easier to implement than Medicare-for-All. Children are relatively cheap to insure. In 2012, children received 60 percent less health care spending than non-children on a per-capita basis.30 Put differently: children make up 25 percent of the population but account for less than 12 percent of the personal health care spending. In addition to their low cost, many children are also already publicly insured. In 2016, 40 percent of children received public insurance, mostly from Medicaid and chip.31 Adding the remainder of people under the age of 26, who again are not that expensive to insure, onto the public roles is simply not that big of a leap.
The demographic/campaigning aspects of this are pretty obvious lol
Everyone will vote no or present. It's an attempt to try and fracture the caucus but even Bernie knows not to bite.Can someone explain what is happening with turtle and the Green Deal?
Alright. So it's a galaxy-sized maneuver because turtle has nothing else.Everyone will vote no or present. It's an attempt to try and fracture the caucus but even Bernie knows not to bite.
Yeah. Pretty obvious how scotus will rule on this one.Potential 5-4 decison of a pretty blatant partisan census question that could affect an accurate count of people in the US and affect redistricting in 2021 potentially in favor of one party ocwr another?
Yes.
Yes, I don't trust Roberts at all on this and when know these partisan fucks will only want it more if its shown to depress responses.