I kind of love Manchin ngl
he's such an unbelievably smooth operator
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US PoliEra 2020 |OT 2| Dershowitz says "Quid Pro Quo on the Go?" [See Staff Post]
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I kind of love Manchin ngl
he's such an unbelievably smooth operator
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State media no, but reinstating the fairness doctrine, yes.
Fox news wouldn't be affected, but its a death blow to conservative talk radio as it exists, as well as the end of stealth OTA networks like Sinclair.
State media no, but reinstating the fairness doctrine, yes.
Fox news wouldn't be affected, but its a death blow to conservative talk radio as it exists, as well as the end of stealth OTA networks like Sinclair.
Quick, someone make a thread about how he wants to vote for Trump!
w/r/t Klobuchar opening up the "big tent" to anti-abortion Democrats, I guess I'm fine with it to the extent that they don't influence policy. Like if someone is anti-choice and sucks it up long enough to vote D at the ballot box, who am I to judge? It would absolutely weigh on my mind in a primary battle, of course.
I've also long felt pro-life Democrats are not necessarily incompatible with liberal or progressive ideals, it depends on how they approach it. If you value the sanctity of life to the degree that you support solid public funding and welfare programs so children aren't raised in poverty or in hostile home environments? Sure, that's far different from the Republican approach of "have the kid and then go fuck yourself." I understand if for others that's more of a hard line, though there's a reason the party was pushing the "safe, legal, rare" angle so hard back in the 90s. Some people just aren't comfortable with it being fully legal and never will be, but might still vote Democratic for other reasons (my mother, for example). The fact that Klobuchar regularly wins 60-70% of the vote in Minnesota suggests she's peeling off at least a few pro-life voters.
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The cult of Trump sure is something. Can't recall another president making people so unhinged. Like, seriously, why do this?!
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The only thing that gives me pause is his daughter being the head of a pharma company and him defending big pharma.
Otherwise he rules.
He really knows how to play the game though he can be absolutely infuriating.
To be clear, I wasn't trying to degrade or shame Klobuchar. I was attempting to make fun of the odd internet subculture of Klobuchar objectification that sprang briefly into view in the wake of New Hampshire. I see how it came across as sexist and I apologize.
I have older moderate catholic democrats in my family who are "against abortion" in a principled sense, but who still always vote for mainline pro-choice Democrats, support strengthening the safety net, are against the death penalty, etc. I don't argue with them about it because their opposition is so theoretical.
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My parents, my closest aunt, and grandma do this, but everyone else.................................
Donald J. Trump on Twitter
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please. He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”
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Mike Bloomberg on Twitter
“.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence. I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will...
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I mean he did vote for Kavanaugh. The only democrat to do so.
The vote didn't matter. Kav was getting approved with or without Manchin's vote. Manchin doesn't really ever vote for anything that leaves him as the deciding vote
And had he not done so, honestly, he might have lost his election
Donald J. Trump on Twitter
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please. He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”
Mike Bloomberg on Twitter
“.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence. I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will...
Sad and pathetic. Like two elementary kids going at it.
Yes, I'm sure Manchin will come through for the R's at a time when they need it. Absolutely positive.
Support confirmed.
*winks*
God, he's so good at this lmao
while that's true and fair to criticize him for, he also plainly only did it because Collins did so also (literally announced his decision immediately after she did). If Collins had said she was voting against Kavanaugh, I have no doubt that Manchin would have too.
Right, if they're already on board and voting for pro-choice Democrats without hesitation, your job as an activist is more or less done.
My dad has hang-ups on sexuality and gender identity, which I'll call him out on if it comes up in personal matters, but politically he votes straight ticket Democrat. He's even said to me more recently he still sees marriage as being between a man and a woman, yet in 2012 I convinced him to vote against the gay marriage ban that was on the ballot in Minnesota. He did so because he felt that he shouldn't let his own discomfort with the idea get in the way of what other people can and can't do. At some point that's all you can ask for. I think it's also just made him a more open-minded person as well, he has a side gig as a for-hire wedding officiant and has recently started performing same-sex weddings without any issues, so maybe he's come around to it.
Pretty much. He was never going to allow his vote to put Kavs over the top but once he was confirmed anyway it was a perfect opportunity to be a Dem moderate darling.
Donald J. Trump on Twitter
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please. He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”
Mike Bloomberg on Twitter
“.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence. I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will...
God, it's so obvious he wants Bernie (rightly so) or depressed turnout from Bernie supporters.
Joe Manchin is one of the most skilled politicians in America. He won as a Democrat in West Virginia with a completely new coalition of voters (he didn't do particularly well in traditionally Democratic coal country).
Sounds almost like a parody. Though unless they are speaking in English, it wouldn't really matter all that much.
Not to my knowledge, no.
I'm still of the mind that he can run again in 2024 and still win if he wants to. WV likes him that much.
I am fairly lucky in that my parents and I don't have any major political disagreements. The main one is just me begging them to turn MSNBC off when they're around.
I find the arguments that are starkest between me and other people in my demographic/sociopolitical/age cohort are around guns. Like, all of a sudden I know a lot of woke people who did a complete 180 on gun ownership and who've adopted a lot of NRA-type rhetoric in the past 4 years. I wonder how much of that is just random happenstance in my life or if that's going to be an emerging major cleavage on the left that's being hastened by the obvious breakdown in our institutions. I don't want a gun and can't imagine buying one, but if the Supreme Court declares the income tax to be unconstitutional? If the GOP ever successfully guts Medicaid and SS? I could see wanting a shotgun if the American city is deliberately turned into Death Wish or Escape from New York.
I'm not sure how doable that is. His winning margin from 2012 to 2018 shrunk from about 160k votes to 20k. He didn't even clear 50 percent last time. I wouldn't say it's impossible but I don't think he's anywhere close to being a lock.
there are way more Democrat's for gun control then there are for gun bans. Shockingly, most gun owners are for a myriad of gun control options as well, but like most things the GOP does lately, the minority of the minority is the most important
It is in English. It's the radio equivalent of RT, targeting the radio-listening Trump supporter audience.
What a load of horseshit
Hes been in public service for decades and you dont do that by being a trumpian equivalent
He would not only be able to work with others but likely be just as able to filled the cabinet with qualified people as any other candidate
Im not saying Bernie doesnt have his flaws but once again there is little room for honest critical thinking and reflection in political discourse
It's in English. Good ole Russian propaganda right in the midwest.
Oh, it won't be confined to the midwest. Now that an American broadcast hosts it, it'll spread as a potentially seen "valid" news source for any and all bad-faith actors.
I wonder if no one else would hire her? You would think she would just let sleeping dogs like since she got out early but nooope.
I was having fun with Bloomberg trolling Trump, but I'm starting to get tired of it now. The ads are mostly fine, but I would not engage with Trump over Twitter if I were Bloomberg. It's juvenile and embarrassing, there's no need to act like Trump.
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Yeah I'm fine with trolling him via ads, but don't go down to his level.
So Trump saluted a North Korean general for nothing. Still no Nobel for him either.
Cackling at the double endorsement. If there's one thing the moderates need it's a continuing split.
He is our Sue Collins. Getting their hopes up, just to let them down. Every time.
It's odd. It actually goes back on his core message, which is basically "I'm racist, but I'm presidential."
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