US Politics June 2021 - "Where we're going, we don't NEED bipartisanship"

That wasn't a counterpunch, but a request for clarification. You basically repeated a point I had made, but prefaced it with "Aimless, c'mon", which indicated you thought you were stating something I needed to accept as germane.

I pointed this out. Your answer was "okay, so need for you to follow up". I couldn't figure out what follow up you thought was needed. I know communication during a pile-on gets all balled up, but believe me, I wasn't being snide so much as trying to figure out what you were driving at and whether you had jumped in partway or not.

just the same old story of people talking fast and past one another.

i feel like all the above concerns, whatever their merit, are surely outweighed by the total destructiveness of having even one republican on any committee that's supposed to investigate or report on any issue whatsoever. flashbacks to every committee where in watching the live coverage, you shuttle back and forth for 1-3 days between a world of facts and argument, and a world of cynically deployed falsehoods, insinutations, and allusions to conspiracy theories. i'm getting an elevated heart rate just thinking about it.

no shock here: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/federal-judge-puts-florida-deplatforming-law-on-hold-cites-first-amendment/?

from another article, lol

“I won’t put you on the spot and ask you if you’ve ever dealt with a statute that was more poorly drafted,” the judge asked lawyers representing DeSantis’ administration.

I'm not sure how this will hold up in reliability terms, but this is not a good look for Manchin et al.
https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-exxonmobils-lobbying-war-on-climate-change-legislation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v1Yg6XejyE

Lol oh wow

Mr McCoy names 11 senators who he says are “crucial” to ExxonMobil: Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator John Barrasso, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Steve Daines, Senator Chris Coons, Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Marco Rubio

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Mr McCoy described Senator Joe Manchin as “the Kingmaker” in the Senate and he says he spoke to his office on a weekly basis.

I really hope this gets some ink in American outlets.

Problem is that not enough of the Americans who care live in West Virginia. Manchin’s more likely to be succeeded by a coal baron than anyone who makes climate change a priority.

well, she's got nothing else to do anyway

NEWS: PELOSI has appointed @Liz_Cheney to the select committee

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 1, 2021

Mr McCoy names 11 senators who he says are “crucial” to ExxonMobil: Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator John Barrasso, Senator John Cornyn, Senator Steve Daines, Senator Chris Coons, Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Marco Rubio

don't you just love bipartisanship?

heh, i overestimated the integrity of mccarthy. not only is he not "consulting", he's committed to rescinding the committee post any republican who participates in the commission.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/defying-mccarthys-ban

it's the straw that broke the camel's back, but it's an indicator of something. i don't know how many times i can be surprised by the GOP. they're just fascists now, for real. i know that's been the case. but holy shit, the other political party in the US is now openly trying to take power by any means possible, including violent, and they know we know it.

Well yeah. And there’s a reasonable chance they can do it, too. The seizing power part at least. Beyond that, it gets kind of murky.

Do not, however, underestimate their ability to shoot themselves in the groin. They are evil, but they are also mostly really stupid and venal.

That they are. Meantime, there's allegedly some new Trump-approved social media network happening and lol

If you're wondering "does this new 'social media platform' benefit from Section 230, as virtually all entities that use third party content do," the answer is yes pic.twitter.com/pbRERtcahd

— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) July 1, 2021

(I say this fully aware that many totalitarian regimes have been led by stupid venal people.)

Anyway, time for a July thread innit?

I'm surprised she didn't ask Kinzinger, since he openly said Mconnell's threat was bullshit

put them both on, then fewer republicans will be on committees

Anyway, time for a July thread innit?

if i may do the honors, just a sec

GETTR is a really bad name

are the posts just called 'posts'?

looks like a total twitter knockoff

Can We Try De-Exhuming McCarthy, US Politics July 2021