US Politics: July 2020 - "Denigrating this Luxury Avenue"

We should have a rolling "next month's thread title" thread.

Great, so we can argue about what THAT thread should be called.

Then there could be a "rolling 'next month's thread title' thread title thread."

...into the shitbin

The Washington Post reports:

Senate Republicans have cast aside one of President Trump’s key demands in their emerging coronavirus stimulus package, refusing to include a payroll tax cut in their opening offer to Democrats, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is aiming to unveil on Thursday.

Their proposal also would slash enhanced unemployment benefits for millions of workers — even as the Labor Department reported Thursday that weekly unemployment claims had risen for the first time in four months, to 1.4 million last week.

it continues to amaze me (i know) that he continued to push for those payroll tax cuts, both now and a few months ago in the first round, even though they only benefit people with jobs! for legislation seemingly intended to help unemployed people! lol! even to the point of calling up his pal Arthur Laffer to tell him and others what a great idea it was for the economy! seriously man, lol! fuck!

they must be really confident that they can cheat their way back into power in November

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/portland-protests-mayor/index.html

Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times journalist.
The video shows Wheeler, wearing goggles and a face mask amid a crowd of people, hold his nose and close his eyes in distress as a cloud of tear gas drifts by him.
"It stings. It's hard to breathe. I can tell you with 100% honesty I saw nothing that provoked this response," Wheeler said to the Times camera. "I'm not afraid but I am pissed off."
It's unknown at this time who is responsible for deploying the tear gas and there is nothing to indicate the mayor was targeted. Portland Police said they did not deploy any CS gas, a commonly used type of tear gas.
CNN has reached out to the mayor's office for additional comment.
The video appeared to come after Wheeler joined crowds to listen to protesters and answer their questions in response to violent clashes between demonstrators and federal forces, whose camouflage, troop-like uniforms and aggressive tactics have exacerbated the protests.

the most infuriating thing about this are the scores of Republicans using this footage in their re-election ads claiming that "this would be Joe Biden's America"

this IS donald trumps america!

https://youtu.be/Vey7GKNpl4Q

"It stings. It's hard to breathe. I can tell you with 100% honesty I saw nothing that provoked this response," Wheeler said to the Times camera. "I'm not afraid but I am pissed off."

i'm not sure i've ever seen/read something like this, in the US, at least.

the mayor saying that, i mean

McCheese iirc

so wheeler has nothing to say when portland cops tear-gas its residents, but shows up to get gassed by the feds for a photo op

Susan Collins, doing something useful for once (whether the bill will go anywhere or not is a separate issue):

I joined the @napshq podcast to discuss a bill @SenFeinstein & I authored that would provide USPS with emergency financial relief during the pandemic & help keep its employees safe. COVID-19 has changed our daily lives, & USPS is needed now more than ever.https://t.co/wNS68ScvT3

— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) July 23, 2020

so nice of Senate GOP to kind of purposefully say they wouldn't entertain talks on a new relief bill until July, until we were sure we needed it, and now here we are with the Federal Unemployment about to expire, and they realize they're far apart with the white House, and probably with the House, and whatever they pass will probably now pass in late August, nice and late and not in time to help anybody.

Indicted 5 decades apart! That's a career, even for Philly.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/ozzie-myers-indicted-voter-fraud-philadelphia-domenick-demuro-abscam-20200723.html

Okay, I just discovered the origin of 'person, woman, man, camera, tv' as mentioned upthread and...just...goddamn motherfucking holy shit. It's like crowing because you managed to get through a day without pissing yourself more than once.

they call him Country cos he's in-continent

that's next week xp

Infrastructure of Incontinence Week

what year is it

The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better! https://t.co/1NzbR57Oe6

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2020

is The Suburban Housewives of America a club like Daughters of the American Revolution

'person, woman, man, camera, tv'

I liked the Echobelly version better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwY-wOiDhrw

The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article

premiering this fall on Bravo

starring Terri Hatcher and Susan Sarandon

is it wrong that I really, REALLY want someone to cast Susan Sarandon and Yvette Nicole Brown in the same project and make them do like 500 scenes together

activate the Burb Signal

Shirley voice: "mmmMMMM"

uhh this Qunnipiac Florida poll:

In the race for the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden opens up a big lead over President Trump. Voters back Biden 51 - 38 percent over Trump. In an April 22nd poll, it was close with Biden at 46 percent and Trump at 42 percent.

Democrats back Biden 89 - 2 percent, independents back Biden 48 - 32 percent, compared to 44 - 37 percent in April, and Republicans back Trump 88 - 10 percent.

https://poll.qu.edu/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=3668

Dag.

Republicans are the problem. Trump is just a symptom.

I liked the Echobelly version better

Ha, I thought of this, too

Republicans are the problem. Trump is just a symptom simpleton.

oh I just realized it isn't an org, just an example of his Bizarro Capitalization

Republicans are the problem. Floridians are human mildew

is The Suburban Housewives of America a club like Daughters of the American Revolution

somewhat fewer lesbians

'person, woman, man, camera, tv'

as someone on twitter pointed out, he chose those nouns the same way verbal kint chose his names

lol

GOP plan imo
1) spend the next 4 months exacerbating the looming recession
2) lay the blame at Biden’s feet the day he swears in. Media goes along.
3) slay in the midterms
4) Hawley/ Haley ticket steamrolls into office 2024
5) DHS Gestapo already in place because
Congress “wouldn’t let” Biden get rid of them when he was elected

Hell yeah brotehr it’s on

Will, you forgot that instead of unemployment, food stamps, or any sort of works program, all adult Americans will be getting $100 gift cards to Amazon every month, as well as $50 worth of coupons for the local McDonalds.

Why isn't anyone one else's mind leaping to

http://images.45cat.com/the-godfathers-birth-school-work-death-short-version-epic-s.jpg

I first thought of "a knife, a fork, a bottle, a cork."

eat, sleep, vote, repeat

I was thinking more along these lines

https://youtu.be/zEasSgbgRK0

this guy's really going for it, huh

Inbox: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the Saving American History Act of 2020, a bill that would prohibit the use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project by K-12 schools or school districts.

— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) July 23, 2020

the Oh No You Don't, We're Not Changing One Single Thing About This Glorious Nation Act of 2020

https://i.imgur.com/UBU0mM5.jpg

there is no fucking way they said "person, man, woman, camera, tv" to him; that's just the only concepts he can comfortably summon up meaning behind as they relate to him personally.

nah, he just said the things he was looking at in that moment

as someone on twitter pointed out, he chose those nouns the same way verbal kint chose his names

― mookieproof, Friday, July 24, 2020 6:08 AM (two hours ago)

the Trinidad James freestyle method