And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

fwiw democrats absolutely do not cut nuts pelosi shumer et al are reelected in perpetuity specifically because they let their members do what they want, a crucial point to understanding democratic politics, if manchin is playing ball its only cause he feels like it, and its not like the dem leadership even has any great passion for these checks, they were happy to drop the whole thing until the left wing started making noise, and if i may be so bold as to cast aspersions upon the dems great victory they wouldve done a lot better had they run hard on cutting the checks in the first place, gotta think it contributed to the narrow georgia victory

sad lol xp

I was trying to think of a way to say that even that cheap irony was a symptom of the debased wit of the hell timeline, but haven't been able to do so satistfactorily.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/for-tens-of-thousands-trump-was-just-something-to-believe-in?

So much brokenness here.

Really curious how all this lunacy will be covered in history books, and how much space it will ultimately take up. Like, high school history books.

shame you can't retract those rep votes now that they're all traitors like innit.

Multixp

Lolled at the headline, but it’s a sobering read. Feel for the brother in law losing her to RW brainworms and helpless to do anything.

I didn’t know the details about how the cop died and I kind of wish I didn’t now.

Will there be history books in the future? Will there be a future? Sorry for the negativity, maybe should take it to another thread.

d if i may be so bold as to cast aspersions upon the dems great victory they wouldve done a lot better had they run hard on cutting the checks in the first place, gotta think it contributed to the narrow georgia victory

You're right: they would've gotten three senators elected in Georgia.

obvs talking about the generally election there alfred cmon lets be serious for one second

Really curious how all this lunacy will be covered in history books, and how much space it will ultimately take up. Like, high school history books.

― Josh in Chicago,

like will there be a page with a picture of the Capitol under siege?

I didn’t know the details about how the cop died and I kind of wish I didn’t now.

― Dan Worsley, Friday, January 8, 2021 2:33 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

did it turn out a cop actually died the cops were saying no yesterday

what really?

yeah i didnt really look into it tho

i believe the flags in the capitol are at half mast today

he did end up dying, they just announced it before he was off life support so they took it back

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-has-died-after-clashing-pro-trump-mob-n1253396

ah xp

"nuh uh, one of our cops didn't die, you morons! he's just NEAR death!"

and if i may be so bold as to cast aspersions upon the dems great victory they wouldve done a lot better had they run hard on cutting the checks in the first place, gotta think it contributed to the narrow georgia victory

― lag∞n, Friday, January 8, 2021 2:27 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they did? "vote for us and we'll give you $2000" was explicitly the pitch? it was discussed on this thread.

As Manchin’s office tells it, his “absolutely not” quote was meant as a response to whether $2,000 checks should be the #1 priority now; he’s not with Schumer on that part, but doesn’t promise to vote against more direct cash either.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 8, 2021

Lagoon is talking about November.

xpost damnit lol

Bullying legislators online works, folks! https://t.co/uhjKr6O9Qq

— Jordan Grimes (@cafedujord) January 8, 2021

yes i am talking about november

ah i see.

wld be pretty funny if democrats figured out people love free money and that they dont actually need their corporate handlers to win elections (their handlers are still handy for post political payoffs)

People who say they don’t want handouts when they’re talking to reporters are mostly lying

georgia was literally a great victory

"nuh uh, one of our cops didn't die, you morons! he's just NEAR death!"

https://newrepublic.com/article/160842/ossoff-warnock-andrew-yang-money

It’s been a long and winding road back to these simple principles. In fact, the idea of just giving cash benefits to people in exchange for their vote had strayed so far from anything that might be considered Democratic Party orthodoxy that it took Andrew Yang, an out-of-left-field candidate with no political experience prior to his surprisingly successful presidential run, to reintroduce the idea to the mainstream in 2020.

Politico described Yang’s rise as “crazy” and “a phenomenon hard to figure,” attributing his success to “strange political alchemy.” “Who knows how long it lasts?” they mused at the time. What got missed was the same thing that Democrats had been missing all along: the simple idea nestled in the core of his campaign—just give everyone $1,000 a month.

it is a mystery

its a good idea but a thousand dollars isnt nearly enough, in fact my bold $3000 and a yurt proposal predates youngs by years

#BREAKING: House Democrats will impeach Donald Trump if Vice President Pence does not invoke the 25th Amendment. (CNN)
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 8, 2021
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, January 8, 2021 1:56 PM (fifty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ultimatum

― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, January 8, 2021 1:56 PM (fifty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

well they know he fucking won't so get on with it

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, January 8, 2021 1:57 PM (fifty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they've been saying that for 36 hours.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, January 8, 2021 1:57 PM (forty-nine minutes ago)

folks please respect the procedures

Give everyone a house, a car, and food for 3 months, then seal their domicile in a plastic dome

Xpost he posted an old link which he admitted two posts later

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErO6O-MXAAMgdoQ?format=png&name=small

https://i.imgur.com/rRJ0CgD.png

Manchin is probably right that he was misquoted since Jeff Stein reported it and tends to do that more than he should.

he did end up dying, they just announced it before he was off life support so they took it back

I would be OK if they gave Trump supporters the option of just a free airtight plastic dome.

Which is detonated immediately after sealing

the cop was beaten into a coma by insurrectionists armed with fire extinguishers, according to that Raw Story link about the woman who was trampled to death

yep it was straight up murder

#BREAKING WV Delegate Derrick Evans has been taken into federal custody.

He’s charged after allegedly entering a restricted area of the US Capitol with rioters Wednesday.

A woman saying he was his grandmother came out telling us to leave as he was put in a car. #WSAZ pic.twitter.com/wK2RqFcaF7

— Chad Hedrick (@WSAZChadHedrick) January 8, 2021

Ahahahahahaha

welp

thats the dude who was yelling DERRICK EVANS IS IN THE CAPITOL on live stream lol

😬

someone in his inner circle must have betrayed him

Is there a word beyond schadenfreude because that is where I am right now, I am downright LUXURIATING in that dude's suffering

lmao

magas are tougher on lindsey graham than dianne feinstein is pic.twitter.com/SY9fNtR9Xg

— alex (@alex_abads) January 8, 2021

"A woman saying he was his grandmother" - man, these hillbilly stereotypes about WV just refuse to fade away.