“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

No typical dum dum Libertarian could have written "The Garden". Or not with his lyrics

It'd have been something like

The measure of a life
Is FICO plus liquid assettttts"

probably not but I do think a lot of libertarians are p smart people doing gymnastics to justify a sketchy worldview

a lot of libertarians are p smart people

That is exactly the sort of "smart" that aligns perfectly with Trump's debate comment about his taxes in 2016. To my way of thinking, people who understand that their best interests are served by living in a functional society are much smarter than people who rationalize their selfishness like poorly socialized children.

"smart" is relative, alas clever and selfish are not mutually exclsuive qualities

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/adam-kinzingers-family-calls-him-disappointment-to-god-for-standing-up-to-trump

Saw Drumbo french post a quote from Pelosi and Schumer about how inhumane it was to add financial riders to emergency bills. I assume he was talking about that appendage. Not sure how widespread that idea is cos thankfully don't have a load of right wing brainworm eejits on my feed.

it wasn't a direct quote from Pelosi and Schumer, iiuc they sort of drew pictures and hummed it to him and then he transcribed it

god, all these conservative/religious rebukes of the handful of conservatives with half a conscience are dreadful

The conservative/religious tribe, rightly or wrongly, feels besieged and knows their strength is in their unbreakable unity. For any member of the tribe to show disunity or weakness of resolve will invoke the vast powers of the foe and invite the deluge that will sweep them off the face of the earth.

this is white evangelical christianity as i've experienced it:

https://i.imgur.com/DC2zXzI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VjKJWHO.jpg

Oh man, long Trump statement going after Mitch McConnell pic.twitter.com/houXKQzymT

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 16, 2021

weird that he calls out Mcconnell for being "unsmiling". trump almost never smiles (let alone laughs), and when he does it's always in an insincere, sarcastic shit-eating style, like this:

https://i.imgur.com/gDRXJmh.jpg

...dear god, i just defended mitch mcconnell

NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo

who gives a shit what this loser thinks

this is white evangelical christianity

When The Foe is Satan himself, you can't afford soppy family sentiment to weaken your resolve!

xp

the extended family of adam kinzinger, including many family members who agreed but lacked the courage to sign their patriotic letter

i need to flesh out this flow chart a little bit more, but it goes something like this:

1) people who believe the bible literally ------------------->
2) thursday evening Bible Study, and maybe see if Ed and Lisa want to go grab a bite afterward, if they're free! It has been such a blessing to have this community of belief during this hard times ------------------->
3) ?? some time passes -------------->
4) the Great Enemy is here, and Satan is trying to take over the world and has infiltrated our family, but we have the Word of God to protect us, and we hear Him inside of our heads and He is always right

Trump knows how to get attention by stirring up shit. We already knew this. Now that he's politically down and out, voted out, then impeached, let's not give the monster what he wants, a permanent living room in our brains.

this is white evangelical christianity as i've experienced it:

Oh man, I heard that whole thing about God using Trump like he used King David verbatim from my brainworms aunt. I'm sure it's a boilerplate sermon that was coming from every evangelical pulpit. The fact that so many can see any semblance of Christianity in Trump may be one of the most perplexing things of the last five years.

PS: By the way, I am not judging Trump. This is just my opinion of him!

Donald Trump *is* God iirc.

Haha holeee shit that letter. Sounds like some people I know irl and I really truly very much wish a motherfucker would.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4483922001

oh no donald trump and mitch mcconnell are at each other's throats, whatever will we do

hate how they always say 75 million voters, it was closer to 74!

i've heard the king david comparison made / alluded to as well. tbf trump is totally the type who would have a guy murdered in order to have sex with his wife. a real king move y'know

That Trump statement...it's like I got a little dose of poison every day for four years and I felt like shit the whole time but eventually acclimated. And now that I've had enough of a break to have purged all of that garbage from my system and start to feel a little better, here he comes with one little dose that makes me puke all over myself.

Like honestly, reading that legitimately made me feel nauseous. How did we survive that shit?

So, that Biden guy been doing anything interesting?

I just barely skimmed that statement because I don’t want to fully relive the shit experience that was the last four years

That Kinzinger letter looks like the olde time Red Dead Redemption letters (that I also don't read).

I read it--hilarious. (And relatively well written, and uses the word "espouses," so who knows who actually wrote it.) I'd never even considered Trump's reaction to McConnell's speech (and now editorial). I noticed the speech/editorial also getting mentioned today in stories about the NAACP lawsuit against Trump, how damaging it could prove to be if it ever gets to court.

One by one, Trump turns on him most loyal and craven sycophants. He won't live long enough, else eventually he'd cannibalize himself.

The only time Trump tells the truth is when he's talking shit about GOP ghouls

On the CNN town hall, which I had no idea was happening, Biden sounds less querulous than I feared. When a mother asked why her special needs child isn't on the listen, Biden suggested she stick around after the town hall so they can talk.

And:

Joe Biden: By the end of July, enough vaccine doses will be available for every American who wants it.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2021

Veremos.

*isn't on the list

He seems to love to say the word "vaccinator."

I'm in an adjacent room, half-listening, and I have to admit, I winced when I heard him address a questioner as "Honey"--that's not going to end well--not realizing it was a kid in grade 1.

oh, it was fine -- a second grader or whatever. I winced by instinct, but then I saw the girl looked reassured.

he's an old guy. he sounds old. he doesn't sound TOO old though.

Biden was good on that cnn thing

The mayor of Colorado City in Texas posted on Facebook this morning that the government is not bound to help anyone, that paying for utilities does not entitle anyone to electricity, and that if you can't create water and heat inside your own home without assistance, you have failed God and deserve to die.

https://i.imgur.com/AtNPQsV.jpg

His next post, this afternoon, complained that it was unfair that his wife had been fired from her job for fighting on Facebook in defense of his statements, and that nobody should have had any objection to what he said publicly as the mayor anyway, because he had already privately decided not to run for re-election next cycle.

Shame about these huge snowflakes in Texas, to be sure.

did biden actually say the vaccine didn't exist when his administration took office?

That kid who asked Biden the question, her name was Layla. "That's a beautiful name," Biden said. Wish he'd gone on: "Great album, too--I used to get stoned to it all the time."

The mayor of Colorado City in Texas really isn't into the whole "public servant" idea, is he?

Colorado City, population 4000? Fuck off, my zip code has 31,000 residents this guy is an HOA president with pretensions

When a mother asked why her special needs child isn't on the listen, Biden suggested she stick around after the town hall so they can talk.

I know I'm gonna sound like one of those resistance twitter nuts but I genuinely got a little emotional hearing the President of the United States say that

Joe Biden seems to notice humans.

“The weak will parish”

Yeah I saw that. Thought if you parish you'd be relying on church charity

Really hope she doesn't leave politics.

1. Who cares what school someone went to? Entire generations of working class kids were encouraged to go into more debt under the guise of elitism. This is wrong.

2. Nowhere does it say we must trade-off early childhood education for student loan forgiveness. We can have both. https://t.co/5oPKeMfV3r

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 17, 2021

The case against student loan forgiveness is looking shakier by the day.

We’ve got the *Senate Majority Leader* on board to forgive $50k. Biden’s holding back, but many of the arguments against it just don’t hold water on close inspection.

We can and should do it. Keep pushing!

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 17, 2021

(the first tweet there is a quote tweet replying to Biden - I don't know if that embeds on ILX)

If Biden can do anything in texas does taht mean more success next election cycle?
Or does his support for green energy mean he is part of teh problem?
I mean windmills amirite?

Take it he has at least acknowledged there's a problem unlike teh previous incumbent woulda.