On Sinema at the Sinema: October 2021 US Politics thread

Hey, my eye is (points) up there.

and i don't need to see anymore to know that

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema left DC earlier today, two sources tell NBC News.

— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) October 1, 2021

everybody's working for the weekend

And Sinema is no longer physically in Washington, heading to Phoenix for a medical appointment, according to her office.

Sporting a cute YSL knapsack, not doubt

It's Wine-O-Clock Somewhere...

if she gets retired from senate she and some wacky pals are going to do a reality tv show wine crawl thru Napa

They should just load her up on pinot grigio, she'll come around

Leave Joe alone!!!!

People need to stop calling this a "yacht." It's a houseboat. It is worth $220,000, which is pretty much exactly the median home price in the United States and *considerably* less than what most senators spend on their second D.C. residence. My house costs more than this one! https://t.co/QlMM1kZGjr

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) October 1, 2021

lol imagine wasting your energy caping for this dude as if his "houseboat" was somehow a frugal purchase.

i could maybe, MAYBE, buy that argument if it was also his sole abode but c'mon.

biden should threaten to confiscate his house boat with eminent domain

i think i can hear lindsey graham and senator coons whooping and hollering in the background. ted cruz is making everyone chug beers again

"listen - i have to gut this climate change funding so that all of your children's futures will be worse! because that's what west virginians want! listen - it's not about the deficit, we all know that. no one cares about that! and if i actually cared about that, i'd increase spending right now on climate change mitigation so that it wouldn't cost exponentially more to humanity in the future! but let's face it, no matter what happens i can just ride around in my boat with my boys so i don't really care! this boat!"

(muffled cheering in the background, "chug! chug! chug!")

Maybe next month’s thread can be titled “the houseboat blues” or “the houseboat boogaloo”

because, well, of course

JUST IN: Kyrsten Sinema has left DC amid negotiations. Her spokesman says it's for a doctor's appointment "for a foot injury." But a hotel just confirmed she will be at her PAC’s retreat with donors for cocktails and dinner at a high-end resort and spa in Phoenix. (@nytimes)

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 1, 2021

your house should generally cost more than somebody's boat imo

strong disagree

RT our graphic w/Elizabeth Holmes, founder & CEO of @Theranos, which employs 500 in #AZ09! #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/COyqoYZnKC

— Kyrsten Sinema (@kyrstensinema) March 4, 2015

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my boat should cost more than my house? please explain how.

Oooh somebody’s mad about political stunts.

.@SenatorSinema unloads after the House delays a vote on her infrastructure bill:

“inexcusable, and deeply disappointing for communities across our country.”

“ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a separate proposal”

“betrays the trust the American people have placed” pic.twitter.com/Vu4jNy8qy4

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 2, 2021

We should poll what exciting new high-paying opportunities we think she'll take on when her half-assed flirtation with politics has inevitably run its course.

Nah we shouldn't waste any more time thinking about her

i honestly think she should do ultimate triathlon challenges for charity or something. just go run, bike, and swim, raise some money, and that's it

i'm assuming she's already independently wealthy because how did she become a senator otherwise?

maureen dowd reads this thread

My god pic.twitter.com/emtDxrJn6A

— Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc) October 2, 2021

my boat should cost more than my house? please explain how.

boats are a luxury

Madison Cawthorn is the dumbest person in Congress, and it’s not remotely close. https://t.co/2EAS9SOPu7 pic.twitter.com/ud7jUf4MrA

— Quantian (@quantian1) October 2, 2021

How it started. How it’s going pic.twitter.com/Po3u4VJR7I

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) October 2, 2021

my hot take is that the dumbest person in college actually IS a very close race

sorry congress

true either way

The perfect Times headline.

I mean look at this headline>>>>> Biden Throws In With Left, Leaving His Agenda in Doubt https://t.co/UySHEKpS7K

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 2, 2021

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out."

karl rove is smarter than everyone here

he's wrong, too

“Pol scene’s crazy/brands start up, each and every day” https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yang-book-excerpt-campaigning-514967

It's jarring in that nyt article to see "liberals" as synonymous with "progressives" and "the left," whereas in the past couple years (around here at least), I've come to think of it as more in line with "centrists" and "moderates".

Good morning!

Sanders on fire, yelling at Chuck Todd. "With all due respect, the media has a tendency to treat this like the Red Sox vs the White Sox."

This seems like a good plan c

Spending $1.5 trillion over 3 years is like $5 trillion over 10 years. Stop the new spending cold turkey a month before the 2024 presidential election and even the DeSantis-Cotton ticket will support a funding extension. #justsaying https://t.co/WT5rYq7hGa

— Carlos Mucha (@mucha_carlos) September 30, 2021

Haha

Joe Biden downplays Senator Sinema getting harassed by leftwing activists in a bathroom over the weekend: “I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody…it’s part of the process.” pic.twitter.com/S0D6nrzqN6

— America Rising (@AmericaRising) October 4, 2021

if Sinema thinks it's the worst she can expect, she should run a daycare.

I’m sure the outcome will disappoint but the fact that it’s even being reported like this rather than “dems in disarray” or “hard left squad roadblocks” or whatever seems like progress.

The substantive intra-party battle over the $3.5 trillion framework is not progressives vs. centrists with Biden caught in the middle; it's more like Biden and the vast majority of Dems vs. a narrow group of lawmakers who reject/resist the concept but whose votes are essential.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 4, 2021

caek otm

this is just for lols, but i missed this from last week:

Lauren Boebert has sent a release calling to impeach Biden, but she has messed up the logo here pic.twitter.com/IR3m2QxNFT

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 24, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jemkrew4mFU

I'm halfway bought into the conspiracy theory that these spelling mistakes are done on purpose as a way to trigger the libs

Illiteracy to own the libs!

i'm each biden

Genuinely intelligent people generally do not have the fanatical self-confidence it apparently takes to enter politics, at least at a state and Federal level.

Joe Manchin wanted to have requirements keep them poor and stupid.

Manchin added "We have a good history here of keeping them poor and stupid, we don't want no policies accidentally raising the quality of life. If we did that, they might start hoping for a bit more out of life and start askin' really hard questions."

So what're we titling the November thread?

There's a Joe Manchin on the hill, psychedelic music fills air

Biden vs. Manchin: the Joedown

The Joewakening

how low can you joe

Joe Money, Joe Problems

All Nut November

Joevember

november spawned a manchin

The Youngkin and the Restless

Wake me up when November ends

I’m really feeling “Joe Money, Joe Problems”

You're welcome to it.

I considered and rejected stuff like Portugal the Manchin, the Descent of Manchin, Arms and the Manchin, etc. It's a target-rich punvironment if that's where you want to take it. Personally I haven't enjoyed looking at Sinema's name over and over again but that's just me. The double Joes seems like a palatable direction.

Joe Money, Joe's A Problem

“Joementum: The Reckoning”

West Virginia & Its 49 Hostages

Almost Kvetchin'

Joementum? More like Mo' Jenkum

Jo (Build Back) Betta Blues

hahaha

Joe Mama

Closing out her namesake monthly thread with a bang, Sinema really delivers.

Aides say Sinema didn't interact with guests at wedding who wore "disrespectful and racist costumes" https://t.co/BsoBTbKtRc pic.twitter.com/8X7MVlA4Sh

— The Hill (@thehill) October 29, 2021

Nice that The Hill chose to show her wearing a copy of Aaron Neville's denim vest.

Wow Sinema not interacting with people

It's not a bug it's a feature!

gonna miss this thread title

Haha, radical centrists were trying to make Sinema protesters who showed up that wedding bad guys yesterday.

Feel if we polled this years US politics thread titles this one would run away with it.

She goes away tomorrow too, right?

begone, kyrsten!

Joe Money, Joe Problems: the November 2021 U.S. Politics Thread