Retire, Breyer: another September 2021 US Politics thread

hi tracer! there's a rolling immigration thread from, like, 2013 i think, i would post periodic updates there from my lawyer pal

rolling US immigration reform thread for 2013 and beyond

thanks gbx and aimless

suggestion to use the abolish ice thread for USA stuff now? so that we see the words “abolish ICE” all the time but hey who am i to tame the wild internet winds

Gbx, is that newsletter available online somewhere, cuz if it is I’d like to make it available on FB.

i'll have a look -- i c&p'd that from my friend's FB, but i'm not sure where she's publishing the newsletter

https://preview.mailerlite.com/k9d8v0?fbclid=IwAR3c2og7SiLCrtprpvsXYx92H_xNq7xjdFQK0VNlPhbulaL-HjrXuhzpFOc

Thanks

Final count on Iron Dome: 420 yes, 9 no, 2 present.
No's: Tlaib, Carson, Omar, Massie, Newman, Pressley, Garcia, Grijalva, Bush
Present: Hank Johnson and Ocasio-Cortez

— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) September 23, 2021

Ocasio-Cortez in giving a pass to an apartheid state shocker.

she's preparing a scarf about it

I'm guessing it won't be a khaffiyeh

Free Palestine scarf made by an Israeli settler

maybe Israel could pay for it themselves instead of providing universal healthcare to their citizens like suckers

But then Raytheon won't get paid.

And we all know who our secretary of defense serves.

Being completely transparent about my feelings here, but: I've never felt more hopeless about the political situation in this country than I do right now.

I thought that the low-level depression and dive into drug and alcohol abuse during the W. years was bad— it has nothing on this. Every day, I read something that makes me want to cry, rip my hair out, and bring out Mr. Choppy at the same time.

why the hell is AOC crying on the house floor over her "present" vote?

Being completely transparent about my feelings here, but: I've never felt more hopeless about the political situation in this country than I do right now.

― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, September 23, 2021 4:20 PM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I thought that the low-level depression and dive into drug and alcohol abuse during the W. years was bad— it has nothing on this. Every day, I read something that makes me want to cry, rip my hair out, and bring out Mr. Choppy at the same time.

― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, September 23, 2021

I've never not lived without simmering nervousness about politics; I can't even envy people who don't. Where I live and the people among whom I live inspire me to press on

Oh, I'm not despairing of anything going on in my own life— just everything else.

the heel turn, she really bout to do it

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/nancy-pelosi-says-australia-is-leading-the-way-on-climate-20210924-p58ude.html

WTF? Australia's a fucking mess on climate policy. this is a wildly irresponsible contribution to our dipshit domestic climate wars.

.@PressSec on Haitian migrants being sent back: "First of all, they're not deportations. People are not coming into the country through legal methods." https://t.co/1EIiTWxxkq pic.twitter.com/AsUWg1ANG7

— The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2021

don't make me tap the sign, psaki

she's awful

no one reply that she's just doing her job, she could have gotten a different one

Israel is the 51st are. They have better representation than the District of Columbia.

51st state

Not prompted by this Israel vote but I agree with table that I have never been more pessimistic about the future of this country. A few years ago I thought the first Coup attempt would happen when I was old. I give it less than a decade for a successful one.

Or future of the world for that matter.

And I don’t think I’ll want to stick around past age 60.

fuck yes -- I want senior citizen discounts and to be driven around

As awful as it was, I had hope that 1/6 would be a wake up call and we'd pull ourselves back from the brink. To see how quickly that was spun, how those fuckers are viewed as martyrs or political prisoners or whatever the fuck, how Trump nor any of his associates has been held responsible for a fucking coup attempt has finally removed any hope I had.

*hasn't been held

fuck yes -- I want senior citizen discounts and to be driven around

Anyway who’s excited for the next federal shutdown?! I am!!!

Unitary government shutdowns always play well with voters IIRC

Good to see some cooperation across the aisle IMO

BREAKING: The House just passed the #FY22NDAA in a 316-113 vote. (After 7+ hours of votes.)
 
A big bipartisan vote for a bill that adds an extra $25 billion to Biden's defense budget. pic.twitter.com/t7cdOkeIiP

— Connor O'Brien (@connorobrienNH) September 24, 2021

So ... Biden won Arizona? Again?

And Grassley, 88, announces he will run again. If my math is correct, by the time his next term runs out he will be ... dead.

I don’t see how anyone could’ve expected Trump to suffer consequences for anything. This country is built from the ground up to cater to him and people like him

by the time his next term runs out he will be ... dead.]

assume

So ... Biden won Arizona? Again?

Yes, but they found that Biden won Maricopa County by even more votes than the official total. So it was a fixed rigged scam all along!

What this audit proves is a turd is a turd

Clearly the audit was rigged and should be audited.

https://www.unified-streaming.com/assets/site/images/subspython2.png

Tbh, and I know this is unlike me and goes against the spirit of what much of us believe in, but a large part of me is saving money and waiting to buy some land somewhere in Maine or Vermont so we can live our lives out as separated from this doomed "civilization" as possible. It's privileged talk, yeah, especially on stolen land, but that's just how I'm feeling at the moment.

I was thinking more about AK but…same? sorta, it certainly crosses my mind often

gbx, I think the issue with AK is that everything is infinitely more expensive up there— I ain't paying $40 for a 24 pack of piss-water beer, as just one notable example. Living rurally or on the coast in Vermont or Maine has its own costs, of course, but food and other living necessities are nowhere near as expensive as in AK.

I have that fantasy about Italy or Mexico

So ... Biden won Arizona? Again?

just have to chime in here on this question. i know it was probably tongue in cheek, because we all know Biden won Arizona months ago, and everyone knew that.

and then everyone forgot that.

i'm not even kidding. the question above is actually what people say when they see that news. they look up, they smile and look around at other people and then kind of wait for other people to fill them in on what really happened. if they're with people who know what's going on, someone at the table says "no, it was that bullshit "review" of the Arizona election results, conducted by the Arizona GOP within the state. it says a lot that even a corrupt full of shit state GOP party, doing everything they could to just make up total bullshit so that they could feasibly argue that Trump miiiiiiiight have won there, so that they could then start a new bullshit lawsuit that would drag on for years, STILL found that Trump lost -- even though they just make up shit all the time!". by this time the the person who asked "did Biden win?" would be more than halfway through their yogurt, and reminding themselves to never bring up politics at the table with Zach ever again.

meanwhile, some say at the very same time, at another breakfast nook in stolenville, whiteassburgh, someone looks up from their phone and says "wait...so Biden just won in Arizona?" they look up, they smile and look around at other people and then wait for to find out what the truth is. "Biden didn't win SHIT in Arizona. they've been looking into it for months and it's just one thing after another, one irregularity after another. mainstream media won't even cover it." everyone else at the table nods along. "want some more coffee, Jeanne?", "no, i'm good." "keep your eyes on Maricopa."