U.S. Politics January 2023: Kevin McCarthy's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life

What if one member of the ultraconservative faction succeeds in engineering a cult of personality around himself or herself or themselves? Is that impossible to contemplate?

Will this usher in an era of the Weakened Speaker, or Division on the Right and Left Regarding the Institutions of Government? Why are the Institutions of Government not as much a focus as the Constitution? Are they more difficult to measure because they include practice? Could they be a rallying point along the same lines for the Left? But they would need to be approached critically (cf. the filibuster).

inspiring, dems know the alphabet

hakeem jeffries just went from A thru Z in his speech pic.twitter.com/7wLi2pcIAu

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 7, 2023

https://i.imgur.com/ptg2pNl.jpeg

slay queen

So supposedly they're gonna do the rules vote tonight? Should be a hoot.

be amusing when Kevin doesn't help deliver on any of the promised changes

democracy is the worst form of government except for alphabetization

era of the Weakened Speaker

I read this at first as "Weekend Speaker," which might not be a bad idea.

Weekend At Kevin’s

Porter is a gem. I hope she runs for President one day.

dems know the alphabet

now we know that hakeem has attended a Black church service. i can't say for sure about lag∞n.

I like Porter but that photo is cringey the same way the Liu photo with popcorn was cringey.

Losing the critical hipster vote

the memeification of politics has been depressing

now we know that hakeem has attended a Black church service. i can't say for sure about lag∞n.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, January 7, 2023 4:13 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

very cool man

heres another great jeffries sermon

“Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever!”

Hakeem Jeffries defends Israeli Apartheid like George Wallace did U.S. Apartheid. Was gonna be quiet but seeing so many glowing tweets & lies is too much # to take. Palestinians are even less safe today.pic.twitter.com/bA3hfoJjP0

— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) November 30, 2022

criticizing his policy seems more to the point than dissing him for speaking in the style of a Black preacher

defending a really dumb grandstanding speech because its in the style of the black church, and having the fact that its in style of the black church be the entire defense, is perfected vacuous liberalism

why u hate fun?

fun isn’t the word i’d use

criticizing his policy seems more to the point than dissing him for speaking in the style of a Black preacher

"____ today, ____ tomorrow, _____ forever" echoes not the Black church but George Wallace.

the fun in question is just too illustrative of contrast between the values the dems claim to stand for and their actual political actions, also the work in question is just on the merits lame as hell

"____ today, ____ tomorrow, _____ forever" echoes not the Black church but George Wallace.

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, January 7, 2023 7:04 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

tbf aimless was talking about the other speech but yeah extremely strange choice on this one

xp
echoes not the Black church but George Wallace

I think you mistook my intent, which was not to suggest that "____ today, ____ tomorrow, _____ forever" was an echo of the Black church, but that criticizing Jefferies for his unquestioning support of Israel was legitimate, whereas criticism for indulging in a rhetorical tour de force was in 'old man yells at cloud' territory.

are politicians weather, something to ponder

right, but criticizing rhetoric which exactly echoes the rhetoric of a former apartheid state in support of a present-day one seems extremely fair

jeffries was my state assemblyman at one point, i shouldve befriended him i could be bigtime now

instead im debating weather its ok to make fun of embarrassing speeches, sad

a rhetorical tour de force

https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/20/29/33/1000_F_220293387_kYO9HulyTopVLrDMGNnWoZek7TzicoWC.jpg

My main takeaway from Jeffries' speech last night was that, while the specific rhetorical flourishes might have been a little cringey, it was nice to see a Democratic leader with a some energy now that the old guard has stepped aside. (The Israel speech is pretty wack, tho.)

criticizing rhetoric which exactly echoes the rhetoric of a former apartheid state in support of a present-day one seems extremely fair

right you are. we're all in violent agreement there.

jeffries is younger than pelosi but has her exact politics, its real bad dems need better leadership but these corporate dems arent gonna go quietly

Did somebody itt actually watch a politician make a speech?

Because that is how they get you!!

its true they got me i admit it

i watched them, but i said "...yeah right!!" a bunch to subvert the system

i couldn't contain my excitement as the ABC's of democracy speech neared the Z's. from kindergarten and 1st grade, i know that it would like involve Zest, Zippiness, and Zany. I was really impressed by Jeffries' working around those stale old standby Zs, and now i believe that the sun is rising on america

lol silby otm

You really cannot ever risk listening to any of these people speak

sheep herding dogs are the politicians of the grazing world. they bark "my friends! my friends!" and the sheep run

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

wake up sheepies

I didn't mind corporate Dem Pelosi herding the House, I do mind Jeffries herding the House as a McCarthy-style gladhandler but with worse corporate credentials

now that the old guard has stepped aside

Feinstein ain't going nowheres

on some level what they do in the house short term doesnt matter that much since the senate is technically worse, where the corporate centrists really do their damage long term promotion of other corporate dems, backing them in primaries promoting them in leadership and so forth which not only maintains corporate centrist hegemony over the party but also creates a dem party that doesnt stand for anything or at least not anything good, which then causes people to not like them

Have yourself a merry little revolution.
Overthrow the state. Take advantage of the chaos. But make sure the right don't take the reins.
Some timely and helpful advice like innit

Less a “carrot and stick”and more of an expansion of Title 42 for new nationalities. Combining limited parole with hundreds of thousands of expulsions isn’t going to meaningful change options for people who have no choice but to migrate by land. https://t.co/azNFaWmCXR

— Andrea R. Flores (@Arosaflores) January 5, 2023

While most were following the House drama, Biden instituted some tighter Trump-like immigration rules (expansion of T 42 to more ) that make his national security folks happier, but not those seeking asylum. The Washington Post plays along and calls it a pivot to a centrist immigration policy (but its one that is more conservative than centrist and still won't please most)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-biden-title-42-expansion-legal-path-migrants/

Breaking overnight — The Biden administration will unveil today a "carrot and stick" border strategy, expanding both the Title 42 expulsions for those who enter illegally and a process that allows migrants to come to the U.S. legally if they have sponsors.https://t.co/qRn16wgGeX

— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) January 5, 2023

http://imgur.com/aIUYqn6
"no you take YOURS out first"