That Sinema spokesperson quoted in every story about her has to be desperate to find a new gig.
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US PoliEra 2021 |OT 3| Rage Against The Manchin
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Owning a houseboat in itself isn't the issue, it's the optics of yelling about entitlements from the balcony of the houseboat.
Today's the day to see if the committee has any teeth, and if Garland is remotely interested in getting his hands dirty.
I feel...optimistic? Unlike when Trump was president/Barr led the DoJ, the power dynamic is different. Instead of Democrats suing to enforce subpoena power against the executive, Trump's inner circle will (hypothetically) have to sue to get out of jail when they are held in contempt.
Poll: Kyrsten Sinema Poised to Lose Democratic Primary in 2024
Sen. Sinema's net approval stands at -45 percentage points, with 70% of AZ Democratic primary voters disapproving of the job she is doing.
www.dataforprogress.org
At this rate I think there is no reconciliation bill
Poll: Kyrsten Sinema Poised to Lose Democratic Primary in 2024
Sen. Sinema's net approval stands at -45 percentage points, with 70% of AZ Democratic primary voters disapproving of the job she is doing.
Hilarious considering the very serious reply guys on Twitter who argue that what Sinema is doing is smart because it's what her voters want. 70% disapproval = primary food.
GQP fund raising emails tend to be about how "you're failing us and Trump"
Dem fund raising emails tend to say " Oh no!!!!! We are DOOMED unless you help us!"
Can't help old people get their teeth fixed too easy in this country. Gotta make sure they have to jump through some flaming hoops first.
I'm incredibly disappointed in Garland and the paltry 30 day sentences DoJ pursued for the Jan 6th Insurrectionists. He is not even going to pursue any Obstruction charges on Trump from the Mueller probe, even after Mueller clearly determined that Trump can be prosecuted after he is out of office. The statute of limitations regarding Trump payoff to Stormy Daniels expires on 10/27. Michael Cohen did 3 years in the can for his role but Trump is going to walk free in two weeks. DoJ can pursue this, but they're not going to.
Garland is a fucking disaster on anyone hoping he would pursue Trump shit. So it doesn't give me much hope on whatever he's going to do here.
Gives you a peek into what kind of Justice he would've been.
I honestly don't think they'll really enforce the subpoenas. I would love to see these asshats arrested for defying them, but they won't.
The days of people working (or having had worked) for the government getting arrested and charged is over.
Manchin has had that boat since 2013. Was he regularly getting protested before this year? Most of the time he's owned that thing we've been in the minority in the Senate.
Real "you're against discount bus fairs for war widows?" energy from this stance. The party 'moderates' are fighting against the easy wins just because they're easy.
One of the things I really hate about Democrats is that they think of almost every public program as government-sponsored charity for the poor. This contrasts with... pretty much everywhere else, where public programs are more often than not considered universal services. Most other countries have programs for the poor, but they do not treat every program like this.
I swear, if public roads were not so common place already, Democrats would try to build all toll roads and hand out toll-free passes to the poor.
It is disgraceful how the Jan 6 domestic terrorists are getting off so easily.
Guess if you're a white, GQP, christian you can get away with anything.
Damn. That isn't even competitive at all. Hopefully Gallego gets reelected to the house next year, and runs against Sinema in the 2024 primary.
Mark Kelly shows you can have a much better Senator from that state.
I want to remind people that Clyburn is a POS taking millions from private health insurance and Pharma
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Listening to a couple of lawyers on with Chris Hayes last night, they said that if Trump's cronies defy the subpoena's (which they will) the only real way to put immediate pressure on them to testify anytime soon is for the DOJ to file civil charges against them and ask a judge to expedite their rulings. But the kicker is that those that are charged have to wait in jail until a ruling comes down. At least that's how I understood it.
The other options, they argued, would lead to exactly what we saw during impeachment. The likes of Banon etc will slow walk everything using the courts and run out the clock for a year or more until the GOP will likely be in control. Then there's zero accountability of course.
The other options, they argued, would lead to exactly what we saw during impeachment. The likes of Banon etc will slow walk everything using the courts and run out the clock for a year or more until the GOP will likely be in control. Then there's zero accountability of course.
Meh if the centrists weren't being assholes we wouldn't have to have this debate, it would all just be included. Arbitrarily lowering the price tag on recon to satisfy some sick obsession with government spending means choices have to be made. I sympathize with someone struggling to decide whether ensuring the Medicaid expansion is in effect even for red states or making benefits more generous for seniors on Medicare is more important.
Elect more Democrats who can drown out Manchin/Sinema/House blue dogs' objections and we get it all.
Yeah, it's really poor. Dems didn't owe Garland anything. It was Mitch who screwed him over.
It's also disappointing that Clown skates on obstruction of justice charges, while simultaneously encouraging more obstruction of justice (telling his former employees to ignore subpoenas), and that he and Cohen are caught for the same crime yet one does three years prison and the other has zero consequences. I can only assume that Clown was a literal saint in a previous life, to win the birth lottery the way he did.
should've been doug jones. i really hate the idea of giving garland something because he lost his SC seat.
I feel like Dems are trying to do everything possible to get costs down, and one way to do that is to do means-testing. It sucks, but it's one option they have to meet the cost restraints of the conservative Dems.
No one with even the slightest amount of dignity would positively respond to those communications or make any kind of donation. Hell, I get offended by the ones from Dems sometimes acting like the world is going to end tomorrow if I don't open up my wallet. This is beyond the pale though.
His campaign is like the snapchat interface, trying to filter out anyone old enough to remember Obama's 2012 campaign slogan.
I've seen plenty of images of Manchin dealing with protestors over the years...remember when people got arrested for squatting in his campaign office for his Kavanaugh vote?
can confirm this shit is real. i just got a letter in the mail for my mom yesterday from some GOP fundraising place. The envelope says straight up "Did you abandon President Trump, ____?" It's fucking weird.
If a political party called me a "traitor" for having donated in the past but not recently, I would reconsider my support.
I guess some people like emotional punishment?
I guess some people like emotional punishment?
If we're ultimately forced to choose between closing the Medicaid coverage gap and expanding Medicare benefits, I'm going with the former.
We shouldn't have to choose, but since we likely will, I choose Medicaid.
We shouldn't have to choose, but since we likely will, I choose Medicaid.
"In this quiet Ohio diner, the only thing cooler than the lemonade is the crowd's appetite for universal hearing aid coverage for seniors" - NYTPitchbot or genuine NYT, probably
So I'm assuming with contempt of court charges going out the right will try and both sides this. Both Janet Reno and Eric Holder were in contempt of court and never appeared, correct?
So, is Manchin really living on that boat whenever he's in DC? Because I sincerely doubt he spends any time in the winter on that boat. That's where I'm skeptical about the whole situation. Because saying "he lives on a modest house boat" sounds great in theory, but something tells me he's not out there in the winter and that would mean another domicile—which looks even worse than just a houseboat.
So I generally think the media in this country is terrible. Just awful.
So it takes me by surprise when Good Morning America (Seriously, Good Morning America) airs one of the best pieces on the ongoing strikes in the country that I've seen all year.
So it takes me by surprise when Good Morning America (Seriously, Good Morning America) airs one of the best pieces on the ongoing strikes in the country that I've seen all year.
Something stopping them from coming in? Why didn't they have forward planning to be in session the next day anticipating what these punks would do?
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