US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

Trick question, we will all be dead in 2050

"this is the last puzzle piece of the coup that these fuckers have been planning ever since Nixon resigned

RIP USA

― sleeve, "

the last piece? are you kidding? things can (and probably will) get so much worse

I was watching (ha) the Shahs of Sunset last night while some of them travelled through Turkey to the Iran border and it was very emotional for them to look at a land they were born in and can't return to and I thought well, that could be us in 20 years.

I'm not convince Manchin is going to vote no. although I don't know what he has to loose by voting no. To me it would seem that any way he votes he potentially loses support (do republicans in WV support him?)

Of course they will get worse, my point is that Kavanaugh is the last piece of the bullet train to hell

yes

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And he would galvanize the left in WVA in such a way that, I think, would compensate for any defections. Plus, he's likely to win his re-election.

and before anyone goes "lol what left in West Virginia," remember the teacher's strike.

Between this shit and the Van Dyke verdict being delivered in a few minutes (they've already unofficially closed our office in anticipation of SOME kind of heightened response), it's just possible that I'll wind up having a panic attack before I make it home today.

martinis at five at Soto Laird.

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i have the same thought. if they both go the wrong way, jfc

We even got a notice from the high school principal!

i have the same thought. if they both go the wrong way, jfc

― Karl Malone,

uh my martinis are perfect

so Manchin's calculus is to vote the way Collins votes because her yes vote gives him cover to vote yes, right? so they will both vote yes

(apparently Graham has already "announced" that she will be a yes vote)

So he would get on the court thanks to a Dem. Who Trump and the GOP will still campaign against.

yr math is off there

if Collins is a yes, Manchin's vote doesn't matter

ah, I see. so he could vote yes but then he has cover to say he was not the deciding vote.

martinis at five at Soto Laird.

― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

I wish, sincerely. We'll be raising a glass on the west coast.

phew. the jury did the right thing on Van Dyke.

The more I think about this the more I suspect Collins is leaning no? She’s deliberately positioned herself as the deciding vote, why grandstand like this if you’re gonna vote party line? It’s not like the choice is either Kav or some liberal judge...it’s him or someone who will vote the same way without the baggage.

fingers crossed

still

Coming after you on Twitter if you're wrong.

"why grandstand like this if you’re gonna vote party line?"

she had lunch with McConnell today. is she angling to get something from him?

a fun little detail - the Montana senator who has a wedding to go to this weekend (Daines) has been offered the services of a private plane back to DC to vote on Kavanaugh. the private plane is owned by Rep. Gianforte (the guy who physically assaulted a Guardian reporter and then was voted into office the next day by the highly intelligent citizens of Montana)

ew, that is a good detail

Reportedly Collins currently has a police detail. One benefit of waiting till the last minute is minimizing the number of people who want to kill her before she has a chance to beat the retreat.

any ILXers live in Maine?

she's placed herself on this pedestal

she's up now

i didn't know susan collins was basically emo philips

https://twitter.com/search?q=Collins&src=tren

this doesn't sound like it's going in a good direction

she had lunch with McConnell today. is she angling to get something from him?

Yeah, she might be stupid enough to try that after he already screwed her once (ACA vote).

ok, it's officially done

she had the fucking nerve to say "dark money" in association with anti-Kav forces

So that's that?

any ILXers live in Maine?

One of my best friends is from Maine. Trust me when I say the farther he can keep his family from the ballot box the better.

Never mind

My current roomie is from Maine and has otons of family still there. He seems to think she will be voted out now (2020). I am not sure of that.

242 years wasn't a bad run, all told.

just GET TO IT, collins

fuck

Is Collins an idiot? Sometimes I wonder if she or really any of these senators truly understand anything more than what it takes to get elected. Laws, news reports, controversies, the effects of their votes ... sometimes they act like they live in a secluded vacuum.

the audacity to talk about dark money, fuck you

I guess 240 is probably more accurate and feels like a slightly neater number.

damn it fuck this shit

she's babbling about Kav's opinions on the DC court supports her theory that he'll protect pre-existing conditions

hey everyone, she's read federalist no. 76 - she's given this issue deep thought