Lady G Shook the Covid Tree - August 2021 US Politics Thread

They should try it in space and maybe get a space award out of it.

There's a space guy in the Senate right? Maybe he can talk about his isolation.

no idea what's going on at this point

Pelosi wouldn’t even give moderates a fig leaf; they got “a clarification.”

Congrats to all involved! Josh Gottheimer really won this round! https://t.co/yVyg6fzniX

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) August 24, 2021

If this is true, then there will be no reconciliation bill and Biden's presidency is effectively finished https://t.co/fuDOtVy0d5

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 24, 2021

(see thread on that second one)

I think Stancil is misreading what is going on

hstancil, so much to answer for

Lol

The budget passed.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/24/democrats-near-deal-to-break-budget-impasse-506749

While the Gottheimer group did not get their initial demand, they have a public agreement with leadership that says the House will consider the $550 billion infrastructure deal by a specific date — Sept. 27 — effectively guaranteeing it will become law by next month if House Democrats stay united to pass the bill.

In addition, Gottheimer’s group negotiated what they say are meaningful guarantees from leadership about the potential size and scope of the $3.5 trillion social spending plan. Moderates in both chambers, including influential Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), have signaled they are not supportive of such a large price tag.

Progressives remained mostly quiet as their leadership negotiated the deal. But several prominent liberals did not hide their irritation after the deal was announced.

“You know the whole thing was a fiasco, to be honest," said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), chief vote counter for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "I really don't know why they try to get into something without having an actual goal that they wanted to accomplish. It seems like amateur hour.”

"effectively guaranteeing it will become law" i.e. giving up some (all?) leverage for the big reconciliation bill?

It may just be theatre for the sake of those stupid moderates.

BREAKING: House votes 220-212 to pass the rule to

(1) begin writing Biden's $3.5 trillion safety net package

(2) guarantee a vote on the Senate-approved $550 billion infrastructure bill by Sept. 27

(3) vote on the John Lewis voting rights billhttps://t.co/JFrUwq4zWX

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 24, 2021

xp right, fingers crossed. i assume it all comes down to manchin and sinema anyway.

And they're not gonna write the bill from scratch -- they'll reconcile it with the Senate bill. She handed the moderates, it looks like, an insistence on a deadline everyone was already talking about. It's a non-binding resolution.

i'm not celebrating until manchin gets his space freeways

*cues 'Freeway of Love'*

i'm not celebrating until manchin gets his space freeways award

tbf to manchin, they haven't finished highways they broke ground on 50 years ago https://www.eenews.net/articles/infrastructure-bill-winners-highways-conceived-decades-ago/

Blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman already face felony charges in multiple states. Now: a $5 million FCC fine! https://t.co/GtWZ0BZFUp

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 24, 2021

Inject it directly into my veeeeiiiiins

Did Space Force celebrate their space victory with a round of space shakes, I wonder

No, they went to the Space Bar.

Space Food Sticks and Tang, iirc.

Cool to see the 1/3rd Trump appointed Supreme Court force Biden to resurrectTrump era racist immigration policies. Seems good.

what if they won the space award and they just didn't have any room for it because they used up all their space

Let's start a nuclear war
Start a nuclear war
At the space bar, space bar, space bar

last year's winner was the guy who normalized a single space instead of two spaces between paragraphs. lifetime achievement award. I was robbed.

ALERT: US House Select Jan 6 Committee sends sweeping requests for records to federal agencies... including to US Justice Dept

Seeking: Agency communication before Jan 20 w/ M Meadows, S Powell, R Giuliani, J Ellis

Documents about possibility of invoking "Insurrection Act" pic.twitter.com/uutcxDTYs3

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 25, 2021

This will be going on forever.

if they get solid documentation, I'm good with this

.@VP Harris lays flowers at Hanoi memorial where John McCain’s plane was shot down.

"He was an extraordinary American. A hero...he loved our country. He was so courageous and really lived the life of a hero...always fought for the best of who we are." pic.twitter.com/9KgZJ9GWCm

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 25, 2021

Haha holy shit, yeah I found a translation of the inscription on ithttps://t.co/qTWPoAwojF pic.twitter.com/UrnYYVNFAw

— Climate Apocalypse Now (@DanFmTo) August 25, 2021

milo seems unfamiliar with the strict social conventions associated with delivering a eulogy to a public figure, while laying a wreath on their memorial.

their memorial.

...

hegemony works in mysterious ways

Their was a rider on one of the stimmy bills that outlawed badmouthing McCain.

once again reality outdoes Veep

We Got New Benghazi

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-news-taliban-refugees-08-26-21-intl/index.html

See, this just wouldn't have happened had the US stayed there forever.

“It’s time for accountability, starting with those whose failed planning allowed these attacks to occur. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, and Mark Milley should all resign or face impeachment and removal from office,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said in a statement referring to the president, vice president, two Cabinet officials and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Under Blackburn’s scenario, Pelosi would be next in line to become president.

In his remarks to reporters, Biden rejected critics who said the United States should not be cooperating with the Taliban on the defense of the airport perimeter.

“No one trusts them,” Biden said. “It’s a matter of mutual-self interest. . . .They’re not good guys, the Taliban. But they have keen interests,” he added.

"i'm 114 years old,", he added.

the top tiers of U.S. leadership are crusty old farts. it's a reflection of the military, the DOD - dozens and dozens of layers between the very top and the very bottom. the very bottom layers are the high schoolers. the very top are these ancient fucks.

so many of the problems of the US would be ameliorated by old people (including myself here at the ripe age of 38) getting the fuck out of the way

all of the best people i know are younger than me. all the worst people i know are ancient and should have died a long time ago

The best lack all blue checks, while the worst
Are full of cholesterol medication.

It sickens me that this officer is in hiding.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot-breaks-silence-n1277736?fbclid=IwAR1uCg3YIfFjSpow_CPTv8w5F3Z94NRJta3jp_YqNr39Q1SCWezgroBunoc

I didn’t realize he’d gone public. I didn’t look at all the maga-leak stuff so I didn’t know who it was.

He is in a lonely position. On the right is a bunch of people who support Donald Trump, still. So, a bunch of white supremacists. On his left, people who hate cops and want to ban guns.

Is there a consensus on Havana Syndrome? I've seen some chatter from people on Twitter that indicates a lot of people don't seem to believe this even exists but they won't say what they actually think; do they think this is some made-up syndrome from burned out State Dept employees?

That was the Chapo take I believe

It's amazing how much of it is unknown, and what is publicly known the powers that be have been weirdly shady about. The default off the record claim seems to be blaming Russian microwave technology, iirc. But on the record stuff, there's been everything from hints it's psychological to some sort of mystery weapon. Here's the most recent deep dive in the New Yorker:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/vienna-is-the-new-havana-syndrome-hotspot

Fabulous horseshit

It sickens me that this officer is in hiding.

we can trace him by his badge number, IwAR1uCg3YIfFjSpow_CPTv8w5F3Z94NRJta3jp_YqNr39Q1SCWezgroBunoc

From the Minds what brought you everything from the Red Scare to WMDs in Iraq