US Politics, January 2022 — a pro-God, pro-family, pro-bitcoin state

Yeah but her personal one is gone

(I thought you were updating unperson’s post)

If the next presidential election reveals the U.S. hurtling toward possible violence and autocracy, should Canada try to intervene? https://t.co/4GcnQskumH

— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) January 2, 2022

Sure, why not, we're out of ideas here. Bring on the Canadapocalypse.

That's like the US invading China to stop the Uyghur oppression.

In terms of unlikelihood, I assume you mean.

Correct, and not-gonna-work-itude

Interesting observations here and in the responses. Guess the Bot Army is on the move.

Anecdotally, the level of bot activity when discussing January 6 is higher than anything I have seen since 2016.

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) January 3, 2022

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords

Meanwhile in the category of who-fucking-asked-you:

I want Hardball fans to know how I appreciate your faith in me. 2022 could be a great time to show what we’ve learned. I tried to warn we were headed too far left.

— Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) January 2, 2022

if only we would have listened to chris matthews

ugh, FP'd him

That tweet got promoted to me by the Twitter algorithm because the algorithm thought it was about baseball.

You reap what you sow.

he's a sow

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

didn't Chris Matthews have an on-air freakout when Bernie won a couple primaries? like openly speculating that he was about to get sent to the gulag?

Guillotines in Central Park

yeah he compared bernie winning the nevada primary to france falling to the nazis in 1940. he’s a real piece of work.

Time has proved him right though, hasn’t it?

yeah I def feel like Biden is cratering because of how far Left he’s governed

He should at least purge his admin of Maoists

Time has proved him right though, hasn’t it?

― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Monday, January 3, 2022 1:52 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It hasn't proved him left.

I keep thinking of all these other assholes that have vanished back into their shadow dimension. Scott Pruitt, Rex Tillerson, the Overstock guy, John Kelly, Steve King, Wilbur Ross, Erik Prince, Paul Ryan, Rick Perry ... do they all just travel the backroads working as consultants, doing speaking engagements, planning coups, etc?

Yes

Erik Prince is probably creating a private army for someone in the Middle East.

They also likely spend a lot of time in boats and at golf resorts being feted by just the worst people currently alive

not exactly holding my breath

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-03/schumer-vows-action-on-rules-change-by-martin-luther-king-day-if-gop-keeps-blocking-voting-reforms?utm_source=usn_tw

was gonna post the news yesterday but thought eh

The problem is, even if he does it, does that become the trigger for Manchin to switch parties, and now we have GOP majority and no filibuster? Like, that could happen by the end of the month.

I don't think Manchin is interested in changing parties, but who knows

The man loves power. As a Republican his venality would have no compensation.

The problem is, even if he does it, does that become the trigger for Manchin to switch parties, and now we have GOP majority and no filibuster? Like, that could happen by the end of the month.

"what, me worry?" -- stephen breyer

Let it be.

I don't know, surely Manchin could negotiate some sweet deal with McConnell. But maybe he has other reasons for not wanting to switch, maybe being a "Democrat" is important to him on some level, who knows.

iirc he doesn't leave the party, the party has to leave him

He could just pull a Lieberman and go indie.

we need Mystique from the X-Men

Schumer can't change the rules without 50 + 1 votes. If Manchin votes against it, the filibuster stays. No need to bolt the party in order to sabotage the rule change.

But think how much fun it would be to do it that way.

i'd like to bolt his neck, Frankenstein's monster-style

I would like to feel his sensuous fingers over mine on his manly yacht

Me and the boys

I'm Only Happy When It's Gay // LGBTTQQIAAP+ // Fall 2021

I keep thinking of all these other assholes that have vanished back into their shadow dimension. Rick Perry ... do they all just travel the backroads working as consultants, doing speaking engagements, planning coups, etc?

I had completely forgotten about the existence of Rick Perry until his name popped up in the news a couple weeks ago as the suspected author of a text message pushing for a strategy to undermine the 2020 election.

i recently recalled that michelle bachmann ran in the GOP primary, it's crazy the amount of insane shit you forget due to, well, everything else

Rick & Michelle level crazy & jaw-dropping stupidity seems like such a quaint throwback in 2021. love that for them

schumer has no expectation that bluff will work, and is doing it so he doesn't have to continue working on BBB. nobody wants the ball.

Probably overly-optimistic, but I thought this was good. Particularly the point about how all the gerrymandering by the GOP turned out to be mostly a bust - I hadn't heard that before (but clearly, I'm not the most politically plugged-in person).

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/03/democrats-need-not-despair-6-reasons-to-be-hopeful-about-the-2022-midterms/

To be clear, much of this optimistic outlook is speculative or contingent. It could very well be that 2022 is an extension of 2021, where Democratic demoralization keeps snowballing, leading to Republican sweeps in the midterms. If that happens, we may be looking back on these days and seeing an inexorable path to fascism.

my MiL's politics are such that during election season she dutifully puts out a well-worn Paul Wellstone sign along with those of current Dem candidates

My late cousin had one of those (and he was my best friend’s poli sci prof at Carleton).

I bet Roberts is glad someone will come to shake the conservative majority off its haunches. I am figuring he is part of "the experiment" but have been warned before that this is wishful thinking.

tell us more of this "experiment"

https://i.imgur.com/BBO6LMj.jpg

what a horrible looking "suit"

quoted from near the end: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/us/politics/biden-breyer-retirement.html

The photo of Biden, Hatch, Teddy, and Strom Thurmond at the bottom of the story should tell you everything about a forgotten era of comity *throws up*

xps - If you mean Justice Roberts, I suspect he is very comfortable with his ideas and sees himself as occupying the ideal middle ground, so that he most likely will welcome having a liberal justice other than Breyer who will add a new perspective to the court's deliberations. Of course, he'll continue to complacently congratulate himself for doing such a wonderful job as Chief Justice -- as the court churns out a long series of highly reactionary and retrograde 6-3 decisions, with the occasional 5-4 decision that he declined to join, which collectively set the country back 100 years and cement the anti-democratic white ruling class in place for the foreseeable future.

his idol

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/8b7dc9b0-ec9b-4537-b89c-03ae10c0a73c_1.d3d71d4abb12e8e49cca7b46e4ef663d.jpeg

Yes (xp). I thought he might want to retain the middle but that it might be more than self-interest but agree that it is overly optimistic to think **anyone** (please excuse ignorance regarding markup) would care about an institution of government or politics more than oneself.

I guess I also had some notion that the middle would shift on account of personality/temperament/reputation/significance (yet TBD) although strictly by counts no and that there would be accommodation.

crazy how that’s all it takes to bridge the bipartisan divide pic.twitter.com/CbM2iqY6PR

— taft-hartley was an inside job 🪧 (@truthdotnet) January 31, 2022

I don't care how rude it is to say, but Jim Clyburn is a total asshole

yeah he sucks

Agreed.

I was really ready to stan for Clyburn til the end. He was there man. But screw that guy, wtf.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/02/01/trumps-fake-electors-heres-the-full-list/

are we taking the month off?

We are all bored apes now.

Complaining about politics right now is like Sterling Hayden at the end of "The Killing:" “Eh, what’s the difference?” Nothing I can do except wait and see if democracy survives, no biggie.

Speaking of which, I thought this was pretty funny:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-first-constitutional-crisis

Schumer is a true master of the legislative processhttps://t.co/i4WIAocme4 pic.twitter.com/w6nXpHPXgT

— dylan matthews (@dylanmatt) February 2, 2022

Find a necromancer to revive Harry Reid IMO

The fuck?

EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of #TheMaskedSinger. We hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest https://t.co/6b1rGi3k2Z

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 3, 2022

robin thicke, the moral barometer of america

omg, i may have to watch that if it's real

How drunk was Rudy

Alternatively, how hungover was he?

we have lost our sense of time

US Politics February 2022: no one in this country knew the name of the last leader of ISIS

one take:

Biden will address the nation later this morning from the White House about the U.S. raid in Syria that killed the leader of the Islamic State group.

In a statement Thursday morning, Biden announced the counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria “to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place.”

“Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS. All Americans have returned safely from the operation,” Biden added.

that's number one, here's two:

Residents in the area of the raid described a thunderous, early morning assault involving multiple helicopters and heavy machine gun fire.

The White Helmets, a Syrian civil defense group that works in areas of Syria not under government control, said they recovered 13 bodies, including those of six children and four women, from a house that appeared to be the target of the operation.

They also said they treated a nearby resident and a young girl who lived in the house, whose entire family they said was killed. UNICEF, in a statement, confirmed that six children were killed.

Two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation said the civilian casualties were caused by a “terrorist” in the targeted compound who detonated explosives. One of the officials said the explosion killed the man “and members of his own family, including women and children.”

oops, meant to post that on the new one

Thanks, KM.

that new thread again in full: US Politics February 2022: no one in this country knew the name of the last leader of ISIS