We. Would. CRY.: US Politics, July 2022

Love voting for her every two years!

Omar was pretty rocky on twitter at first, but she's gotten pretty good.

the replies have stayed the same tho

holy shit, I think they might actually be going with my butt dial defense!!

Newsmax saying Trump pulled a Giuliani - that he buttdialed the J6 witness. Sure.

— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) July 13, 2022

Newsmax went on to report they were the finest buttocks in the world.

I didn't think you could butt dial with a Jitterbug

Dialed in the Butt by My Own Butt

if he butt dialed the witness, how did the witness know who it was?

did it show up on their IPhone as "Donnie J Felony"?

oh wait obv Donnie doesn't know how to spoof his number

Is it getting real, or am I over optimistic?

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/13/jan-6-panel-justice-department-false-trump-electors-00045611

heh

Hey @DrOz 👋

JERSEY loves you + will not forget you!!! 🥰 pic.twitter.com/YmaXfMpzUK

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 14, 2022

Money well spent.

Am told by a Fetterman adviser that the Snooki Cameo that they put out to troll Dr. Oz cost the campaign $393.75

— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 14, 2022

That is genius

It's a sad state of things when "good at twitter" is a qualification for political candidate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/14/texas-sues-biden-emergency-abortion/

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration over federal rules that require abortions be provided in medical emergencies in order to save the life of the mother, even in states with near-total bans.

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I'll bet Truman would've done some serious trolling of Stalin if he had twitter

"pretty strong words from a keyboard warrior whose middle name is just a letter"

oh wait, that's Stalin trolling Truman

It's a sad state of things when "good at twitter" is a qualification for political candidate.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, July 14, 2022 10:08 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

No way, dude! It's just modern oration! It doesn't mean someone has good policies or will be a good custodian of their office, it's just a tool in the toolbox.

"Sir, your are no John F. Kennedy.."

etc.

neither are your!

i'm reading master of the senate right now and if you think lbj would not have been good at twitter you're out of your mind.

Nixon Twitter meltdowns would have been fun

lbj might've gotten in trouble for an accidental dick pic

"My haters are my motivators"

"somehow, my last 18 months of Presidential tweets got deleted by my secretary"

LBJ is on social media, talking about his bunghole

@realdonaldtrump couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel

lbj might've gotten in trouble for an accidental dick pic

Jumbo would have its own official Twitter account.

Breaking News: Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn’t support funding for climate programs or raising taxes on the wealthy, a major blow for the Biden agenda. https://t.co/WgMU7KPtn6

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 15, 2022

wait didn't he say a couple months ago he would sign a climate deal?

Maybe he was afraid Dobbs gave them a chance to hold the Senate.

joe manchin’s roommates: hey we all want to order pizza are you cool with that
joe manchin: no i want to pick dinner
joe manchin’s roommates: ok
joe manchin: also i don’t want anyone to eat

— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) July 15, 2022

hilarious there is no punishment for this sort of behavior.

I would simply subpoena Manchin’s daughter for a very public congressional hearing on epipens

Why can’t Schumer call one of his thrice-hourly press conferences and expel Manchin from the party? Just say “We don’t have your vote anyway, so why should we waste our party fundraising apparatus and all the rest on you? Fuck off, you’re on your own”?

also I’m expecting the GOP to easily take the House, but I guess there’s a small chance the Senate numbers could hold? lots of ifs here, but in the off chance the democrats pick up a seat in Ohio, it might be time to hang Manchin out to dry. if the only thing Demotcan do—whether it’s 50 seats or 59—is judges, well then you’ve still got your 50. cradling his shriveled nuts just isn’t worth it any more, imho.

only thing Democrats can do*

Giving up the majority doesn’t seem like a good idea

Why can’t Schumer call one of his thrice-hourly press conferences and expel Manchin from the party? Just say “We don’t have your vote anyway, so why should we waste our party fundraising apparatus and all the rest on you? Fuck off, you’re on your own”?

― but also fuck you (unperson)

Manchin still votes for judges.

*only in the event that the Dems *add* a seat via OH, which is admittedly slim

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Giving up the majority doesn’t seem like a good idea

They don't have it now.

Manchin still votes for judges.

And if Schumer told him "fuck you, go be an independent like Bernie" he'd stop? Then fuck him twice.

I wish I had a better answer other than "We need more Dems in the Senate." Even "Manchin should drop dead" means a GOP governor appoints his successor.

They don't have it now.

ok then go ahead and Manchin out of the party and see if anything changes

It would be one of the historic dumb moves of politics

because of course

From the NY AG’s spokesman: pic.twitter.com/Slb0oPEtOW

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 15, 2022

Well it’s more plausible than “out of respect for his friendship with Abe”.

dems will likely hold the senate since fetterman is sure to beat Oz at this point and I'm guessing Warnock will wind up beating Walker. But don't know if they'll actually pick up a seat.

I wouldn't say anything is "likely." How much unlikely stuff has happened in the last several years? Once reasonable candidates start beating lunatics and incompetents by double digits rather than a point or two I'll start feeling better about what does or does not seem likely.