Retire, Breyer: another September 2021 US Politics thread

The biggest side effect of ivermectin is schadenfreude among the vaccinated left -- the thought of these rugged, conservative individualists all taking the same horse drug, shitting their pants and turning sterile is just too great to be contained by a scientific study.

In the journalism biz we call that "too good to check."

about fuckin' time, imo:

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to announce sweeping new vaccine mandates designed to ramp up pressure on the unvaccinated, putting in place additional requirements for federal employees, large employers, and health care providers that the administration said would affect around 100 million workers, more than two-thirds of the U.S. workforce.

Biden will ask the Department of Labor to issue a rule requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or produce a negative Covid test at least once a week, said a senior administration official. The requirement could carry a $14,000 fine per violation and would affect two-thirds of the country's workforce, the official said.

Biden will also order that the vast majority of health care facilities require their staff be fully vaccinated as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, a move that would affect 17 million workers at 50,000 health care providers, the official said. As of July, 27 percent ofthe country's health care workers were unvaccinated, according to a study by the Covid States Project.

gonna be some epic Fox personality meltdowns tonight

get ready to learn about Freedom and God, for real.

Tucker will wear the striped tunic of a Dachau survivor

rip usa

I guess we'll soon see if the USA has become ungovernable.

#BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer tells NPR he will retire on his own terms.

"When exactly I should retire, or will retire, has many complex parts to it. I think I'm aware of most of them, and I am, and will consider them," he said. https://t.co/8WqyYV0k6l

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) September 9, 2021

Time to get out the heart attack gun.

get ready for the "is 7-2 really that much worse than 6-3?" takes

If we’re this close to rock bottom, shouldn’t we just go ahead and hit it really hard?

Just goes to show that my attitude toward judges— narcissistic dick-swinging assholes— is otm

lucky guess

Name one “complex part”.

He loses the free SCOTUS lunch buffet

Which of his houses would he live in? Who would read him his mail and help him answer it? What would he do after breakfast? It complicated stuff.

This vaccination speech is not very good but the meltdowns are going to be marvelous.

this is a good line tbf

“Some of the biggest companies are already requiring this,” President Biden says of mandatory vaccines and testing.

“Even Fox News."

— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 9, 2021

Just goes to show that my attitude toward judges— narcissistic dick-swinging assholes— is otm

Judges start life as lawyers, so...yeah.

Breyer's creepy grin creepier

South Dakota will stand up to defend freedom. @JoeBiden see you in court.

— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) September 9, 2021

What does that even mean? She has no authority over Federal employees

It means she's fund raising.

(And furthermore, it's highly unlikely she'll see Joe Biden in court.)

if this is Breyer’s 12th dimensional chess to delegitimize SCOTUS I’d say that’s a little risky bruh but to tip of the hat to the fuck it let’s just be legends attitude

Playing the hits!

This speech smells like something Barack Hussein Obama would deliver.

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 9, 2021

That dude's Twitter feed reads like parody.

now that you mention it…

Biden says even @FoxNews has a mandatory vaccine policy. Is that true? That can't be true. Have Hannity and Tucker and the others gotten the vaccine? That just can't be true.

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 9, 2021

Listening to Biden dehumanizing "the unvaccinated" just like another world leader did many, many years ago. Will he make the "unvaccinated" wear some sort of a badge? Will they be granted access into stores or schools?

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 9, 2021

Auditioning for Radiohead spouse job

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035467999/justice-department-sues-texas-over-new-abortion-ban

I absolutely believe that Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are vaccinated. As I'm sure are 90% of the biggest anti-vaxxer mouthpieces. Being sociopaths almost guarantees that they look out for number one.

the top food chain guys are all vaxxed I mean my god let’s get real. that these weirdo low level dudes don’t get that (or pretend not to) is wild af.

rip Phil Valentine lol

(piss, btw)

OIC, we are clowning on a twitter clown, never mind me

He's a small-time Limbaugh wannabe, which gives him a 50% chance of dying on a ventilator in the next three months.

the line between True Believers and which ones just have a preternatural knack for plucking chickens is so blurry in 2021

maybe it’s always been lol

FOX absolutely has a vac policy.

Rupert's not getting any younger

Despite being married to jerry hall

From the NPR story re: JD suing Texas:

Experts said the Texas law is among the most strict in the nation...

I feel sorry for the two women journalists who felt it was necessary to be that mealy-mouthed in the story they filed.

lmao

Sasse calls Biden’s vaccine mandate “a cynical attempt to pick a fight and distract from the President's morally disgraceful decision to leave Americans behind Taliban lines on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.” pic.twitter.com/fQBVix4zPh

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) September 9, 2021

“reasonable”

fwiw i hope it is a cyncial attempt to pick a fight. almost 100% of democrats agree with him, and half of republicans. in that sense it's literally the best possible fight to pick!

ben's ass is at it again

Ben desperately tries to distract the media from focusing on Biden's vaccine mandate.

Ben Sasse is the idol of the Never Trumpers who think he is “principled” and "intelligent".

Everyone I know who knew him in undergrad hated him

wow that Sasse quote. What a cynical asshole

I prefer the full-on apocalyptic GOP responses.

Rest assured, we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian.

— Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) September 9, 2021

This country is beyond repair. We just don't "bounce back" from 35% of the country being willing to die and let their children die rather than admit they backed the wrong horse, fell for a charlatan and based their entire worldview around it.

Tho seems to be some disagreement over whether vaccine requirements are more like Hitler or Satan. Could be both I guess.