Beware the Ides of March -- U.S. Politics March 2021

seems to play well on the liberal main steam media too

. @OHPredictive poll
Sinema approval 39/40 (-1)
Kelly approval 49/38 (+11)

Amongst Dems
Sinema +20
Kelly +69
Looks like they didn't find her curtsey killing a $15 min wage as funny as she did. pic.twitter.com/SQ08Dtq0hW

— The Bearded Crank (@beardedcrank) March 22, 2021

IT'S A CRISIS!! OMG OMG

I don't understand the obsession with this whole "Why won't the White House use the word 'crisis?'" thing.

Crisis, kerfuffle, challenge, struggle, disaster, problem, issue, obstacle, situation, etc., it's all the same. https://t.co/9iWErt6aQd

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 22, 2021

The crisis is that there’s a border

^otm

also these morans would argue with you about calling literal nazis "racist" but this must be called a "crisis" otherwise...?

"Why won't Liberal President X say this one word" is an old Fox trope by this point, but I guess what does Fox have besides old tropes.

Rod Stewart - `Old Tropes and Old Toupees

they're mad because people kept asking republicans to say "joe biden won". that was unacceptable, so now they must hit back twice as hard on the words that they want to hear

The correct response is “why won’t you say ‘Black lives matter’ or ‘stop Asian hate’- oh that’s right, you are for killing minorities”

unfortunately, i think if people respond that way on fox it immediately cuts away to a commercial for supplemental life insurance

i prefer a good reverse mortgage

FAO: Alfred

One reason I'm for DC statehood: The growth in size of the republic--and our distinctive manner of growth, admitting states with equal status--has always been a sign of our vigor. 60 years at 50 states is enough. Time for DC, Puerto Rico, Cuba (as soon as it's free), 1 or 2 more?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 22, 2021

shall I remind Bill that Cuba is not a territory

Cool neocolonialism “Bill”

honestly I'm kinda impressed he could steer the DC/PR statehood conversation so directly into raw imperialism

Free To Be State Fifty Three

if Kristol hadn't shown his innate contempt for whom he considers lesser peoples, I would've trusted his Lincoln Project cred less.

Maybe he's referring to Guantanamo?

somebody see if Quebec wants to be a US state

Nah, not anymore.

Greenland first, Cuba second

Bill Kristol is dumber that David Brooks, and that's saying something.

remember when the NYT hired him as a columnist in '08 and he made a dumb, easily confirmable mistake in his first column

White House preps $3 trillion package on infrastructure, pre-K, climate

somebody see if Quebec wants to be a US state

― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Monday, March 22, 2021 4:18 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Nah, not anymore.

― pomenitul, Monday, March 22, 2021 4:21 PM (one hour ago)

pretty amusing to ponder how this would work I have to say

i read the NYT story on the planned $3 trillion package. it all sounds good to me except of course it's full of hedges and rumblings and quotes from Chamber of Commerce types who are Deeply Concerned that paying for this thing will involve raising taxes. (obviously, if it were done without raising taxes, different constituencies would be Deeply Concerned about the deficit.)

the radical, economy-destroying proposal on the table in this case? raising the top marginal rate from 37% to 39.6%. jeez why not just changed the name to the United Failed State of America?!?!

the equally radical alternative move, which just proves that this entire thing is (quote from McConnell) a "Trojan Horse" for the Democrats' REAL goal of RAISING TAXES: lowering the tax bracket threshold from individuals making $500,000 a year to individuals making $400,000 a year. lightning flashes over Marx's grave and, from off camera, we hear the disembodied laughter of the Specter of Communism.

That's a big package

the other big thing in the article is that the Biden people are apparently going back and forth on whether this would fare better as an omnibus let's-fix-the-economy bill, or a host of smaller bills. i'm leaning omnibus because the main argument for the smaller bills, AFAICT, is that they would offer more chances to compromise and give things up to try and win over republicans.

Just make it a big bill, add more stuff to it, there’s no Single Subject Rule for federal legislation

hey, man, that's not how the Compromise of 1850.

...passed.

^^Filter's first drafts...

"The Crisis at the Border? Unethical reporting."

Read this blog post from @AlexYells, who takes large portions of the media rightly to task for their serious failures to report not only the facts, but also to get stuck in well-tread old narratives that dehumanize migrants. https://t.co/KPqmyYD8Dm

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 23, 2021

they’re so bored. the viewers are bored. feel like shit and they just want him back.

This weekend, it was unsurprising to find yet another story from a mainstream media outlet – this time, the Washington Post – declaring a “crisis” at our southern border.

For weeks, otherwise reputable outlets like The New York Times and Axios have appeared to be in a disturbing competition to be the first to decisively demonstrate that the Biden administration’s rollback of cruel and illegal Trump-era immigration policies is a disaster of mammoth proportions.

this morning you had Mourning Joe talking about his time in congress, comparing his buddies having issues getting their foreign friends legal status to people traveling thousands of dangerous miles in fear for their life. saying it was unfair to them because "these people" just walk over the boarder and his friends sometimes got denied. motherfuck these assholes!!

Morning Jocephus is a Trojan horse virus for liberals

If you all are in the mood for Trump shit, let's at least include some of the more enjoyable/ridiculous shit:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/sidney-powell-dominion-lawsuit-election-fraud/index.html

1/There were a lot of inaccuracies in a Morning Joe segment that just ended. I only got a chance to respond to some of them and wanted to provide further clarity:

— Caitlin Dickerson (@itscaitlinhd) March 23, 2021

She was on the damn panel!! and just let's him spout off a bunch of bullshit

lets*

xposts Wow, can't believe Powell is actually trying the 'I was jokiiiing-uh!!! Gawww!!!' defense in court.

yeah, who would have thought?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbm8ZxIy98I

i did it as a goof!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0LY0I5bLA

Hey! guy. as a GOOF, guy, as a goof!

Believe it when I see it but the fact that she mentioned 2024 says she realises this is a policy that wins votes

Dems say minimum wage meeting went ... surprisingly well!

Manchin seemed steadfast about $11 an hour, per attendee, but Sinema suggested that if the wage was raised to $11 now and aggressively indexed, wouldn't be far off $15 by 2024@marianne_levinehttps://t.co/C81q9iIkVn

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) March 23, 2021

It's really cool that a bunch of millionaires get to decide whether the peasants can survive or not.

Feeling deep Mr. Choppy vibes today, sorry y'all.

no that's infuriating, Manchin at his worst there

$2 per year (or almost) indexing seems completely unrealistic... and is functionally the $15 deal Manchin is refusing.