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He folded on the citizenship question, Acosta resigned, and USCMA looks unlikely to pass
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US PoliERA 2019 |OT5| She's got a plan for that, now sashay away
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All those displaced people have to go somewhere. They aren't just going to stand still as the waters slowly drown them.
JM Rieger @RiegerReport
Q: Did you know Buttigieg in college?
MOULTON: "No. I think we hung out w/ different groups of friends. Not at all, I was not hanging out w/ Harvard Dems."
Q: "What was your friend group like?"
M: "Athletes. People who went out and had a good time."https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/11/seth-moulton-trump-biden-debate-1408537 …
9:26 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Q: Did you know Buttigieg in college?
MOULTON: "No. I think we hung out w/ different groups of friends. Not at all, I was not hanging out w/ Harvard Dems."
Q: "What was your friend group like?"
M: "Athletes. People who went out and had a good time."https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/11/seth-moulton-trump-biden-debate-1408537 …
9:26 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Arnold is not only the villain in Terminator, but he is crushed to death approximately 8-10 minutes later by a woman.
Also there is a very key word 'may'. He may survive. Sure. Any honest read of polling and trends gives him a none zero chance of winning next year.
But the outlook is still not good for him right now.
I really didn't expect that to happen so quickly, though he was obviously a wounded labor secretary. Is Mr. Acosta... err, free to talk about other engagements with the president now? Asking for a friend.
"Acting secretary"
Meaning he'll not nominate anyone now, despite the fact that he has essentially a rubberstamp in the senate.
Yeah this has been my sticking point even as I am increasingly frustrated by Pelosi's lame-ass messaging (or lack thereof). They've got 80 confirmed votes, and while I'm sure there are a number of sideline-sitters who would ultimately vote for impeachment if it came up, it would almost surely fail.
And of course Pelosi has significant sway over the caucus, but I don't think aggressive impeachment talk from her is gonna get them from 80+ to 218 alone.
That doesn't mean I'm satisfied with her being so passive about it, though.
Translation: "Fuckin' nerds!"
And look at this fresh take on how to apologize:
You can do whatever corrupt or illegal shit you want, but god help you if you're bad on tv.
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I suggest we refer to this scandalous state of affairs as "Pizzella-gate."
Exaaaactly....
I was worried both the GOP and Pelosi would be content with keeping the attention on Acosta and Epstein, instead of the Trump / Epstein connections.
Now Trump & co. are back on the menu.
Why does how many people would vote to impeach now matter? There is evidence gathering and public testimony before you get to that point. Whether you think of it as making the case to the house members or their constituents doesnt matter.
The case has yet to be presented. It's ass backwards to point out that only 80 people are going to vote to impeach him currently.
Also this is one of the few (perhaps only?) instance where someone in the Trump administration was fired for behavior/actions they did prior to serving in the Trump admin.
They already tried that once and came away with stories of the guards telling the detainees to drink out of the toilet while laughing at them.
Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT
NEW: Falling in Iowa & outraised by @ewarren, @BernieSanders allies + advisers want him to lean more into his bio, train his fire on....@JoeBiden
"I do think he's going to have to draw a contrast with the vice president," sez @RoKhanna
w @melbournecoal https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-2020-campaign.html …
Bernie's longtime adviser JEFF WEAVER >
"If you want somebody who's going to talk about their cooking, their dog, their wardrobe, travel habits, or favorite books, Bernie Sanders is not your candidate."
"This is not a popularity contest or a find-a-friend contest"
10:06 AM - Jul 12, 2019
NEW: Falling in Iowa & outraised by @ewarren, @BernieSanders allies + advisers want him to lean more into his bio, train his fire on....@JoeBiden
"I do think he's going to have to draw a contrast with the vice president," sez @RoKhanna
w @melbournecoal https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-2020-campaign.html …
Bernie's longtime adviser JEFF WEAVER >
"If you want somebody who's going to talk about their cooking, their dog, their wardrobe, travel habits, or favorite books, Bernie Sanders is not your candidate."
"This is not a popularity contest or a find-a-friend contest"
10:06 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Well they had time to prepare last time when congressmen went and chose not to do anything.
Lol, that's pretty funny.
Matt Yglesias also just mentioned on the Weeds how his time overlapped with Buttigieg, and they crossed paths a few times. Yglesias didn't know him as well as he knew Jared Kushner, but pretty funny that they all crossed paths.
That last sentence...how did she fall for that, I'm really surprised. The agency's own IG report already detailed the conditions. All the other stories had come out. The visits and photos from last week were from congresspeople and activists. Which reporters are invited for this tour-along?
That's why new construction on the coasts are mainly elevated. FEMA ensures that through our NFIP program.
The real pickle is the cost for elevating streets and infrastructure, and how to harden the electrical grid to accommodate the desalination plants the region will need when the aquifers are full of salt water
Correct. Honestly I wanted it started day 1 after house takeover, but was willing to wait on Mueller so we can add the crimes discovered there to an already massive scoreboard. I also wanted him subpoenaed the day after Iran Contra's memo, along with the rest of his team and guys like Rick Gates and George Nader.
Impeachment inquiry will be the process to convincing Dems not to be collaborators to Trump and the GOP's massive crimes. We're talking a year before we have to worry about floor votes. Let the committees do their thing with the full power of the House and the media at their call. Nothing less for what is the worst existential situation this country has been in since the Civil War.
Larry called this, not that it wasn't obvious this was going to happen regardless:
Also no cell phones or cameras, and you can't go in the evil sections
Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
NEWS … ROBERT MUELLER'S testimony is likely to be delayed, and the two sides are talking about a longer appearance on Capitol Hill.
Our sources on Capitol Hill tell us Mueller will come up on 7/24. Situation is fluid.
this with @AndrewDesiderio @BresPolitico and @kyledcheney
10:16 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
BREAKING: MUELLER HEARING DELAYED ONE WEEK TO 7/24, according to two lawmakers on the panel.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL GET THREE HOURS INSTEAD OF TWO
Story with @AndrewDesiderio coming shortly.
10:15 AM - Jul 12, 2019
NEWS … ROBERT MUELLER'S testimony is likely to be delayed, and the two sides are talking about a longer appearance on Capitol Hill.
Our sources on Capitol Hill tell us Mueller will come up on 7/24. Situation is fluid.
this with @AndrewDesiderio @BresPolitico and @kyledcheney
10:16 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
BREAKING: MUELLER HEARING DELAYED ONE WEEK TO 7/24, according to two lawmakers on the panel.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL GET THREE HOURS INSTEAD OF TWO
Story with @AndrewDesiderio coming shortly.
10:15 AM - Jul 12, 2019
Wait a minute. I just noticed the "journalism at work folks".
Is that sarcasm? Lol. The Vice President will be touring concentration camps that his admin supports. At best, we see the terrible conditions we already know about. At worst, it'll make the detention centers look habitable and sanitary. I'm not sure what she's getting at.
Is that sarcasm? Lol. The Vice President will be touring concentration camps that his admin supports. At best, we see the terrible conditions we already know about. At worst, it'll make the detention centers look habitable and sanitary. I'm not sure what she's getting at.
At first I was pissed, but sounds like it's because they have too much ground to cover?
Except voters do treat it like a popularity contest.
Why this campaign continues to take cues from people like Jeff Weaver I don't understand.
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You mean the most effective way of winning a primary is by bringing down the frontrunner? Who would have fucking thought!
If Biden wins because the runner-up candidates are too focused on sniping at each other it will be an exact repeat of Trump's primary win in 2016. Trump actually wasn't that strong of a candidate, he just floated to the top of a field of a bunch of Republicans who were too afraid to attack him for fear of upsetting his base (that was going to vote for him no matter what). They all should have dropped out and coalesced around a non-Trump candidate.
In the context of "failing upward", it makes a tiny bit of sense.
There's always a need for a scapegoat, until that scapegoat takes over the news cycle, then the scapegoat has gotta go.
Yeah no, Weaver. These elections very much are popularity contests. Policies just happen to factor into said popularity.
The anger and disappointment is palpable and rejuvenating. He should face serious charges for lying under oath too.
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Will any cabinet position have stayed filled throughout Trump's presidency?
I guess Elaine Chao, Rick Perry and Ben Carson will have been there from the beginning.
State, Defense, Attorney General, Interior, Labor, Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security have all had mid-term replacements. Defense and Homeland Security are still acting secretaries.
Mnuchin (Treasury), Perdue (Agriculture), Ross (Commerce RIP), Carson (HUD), Chao (Transportation), Perry (Energy) and DeVos (Uneducation) have all lasted since their initial confirmations.
I guess Elaine Chao, Rick Perry and Ben Carson will have been there from the beginning.
State, Defense, Attorney General, Interior, Labor, Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security have all had mid-term replacements. Defense and Homeland Security are still acting secretaries.
Mnuchin (Treasury), Perdue (Agriculture), Ross (Commerce RIP), Carson (HUD), Chao (Transportation), Perry (Energy) and DeVos (Uneducation) have all lasted since their initial confirmations.
It couldn't possibly have been due to Trump himself admitting last week it was all about election rigging.
"Number one, you need it for Congress — you need it for Congress for districting."
I wonder if Trump is so dumb that reverse psychology would work on him? He is so adverse to admitting he was wrong, I wonder if some reporter asked him what was wrong with him and why he wasn't man enough to have sex with underage girls at Epstein's party like all the other cool rich people, would he be like "No, No, I did!"
The only problem with that is you could probably get him to admit he was Obama by asking him questions in that way.
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