On Sinema at the Sinema: October 2021 US Politics thread

and then joe manchin was offered 3204820 quadrillion of green infrastructure money it for his WV idiots and he refused it out of principle

I'm currently freaked out by the number of stories, which is to say, more than one, of right-wing extremists essentially taking over local school boards and more or less proclaiming the right to form their own school boards. Which is ridiculous and illegal, unless it keeps happening, in which case ridiculous and illegal mean nothing like everything else means nothing, apparently.

tom cotton informs merrick garland that he's not on the supreme court, and then says he should resign immediately

Yikes. Tom Cotton worked himself into a lather. pic.twitter.com/2pE9IGtRKl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

these guys (the GOP) are fucking JOKERS, i can't help but think that they will be overwhelmed by physical force soon and die

Good afternoon!

“Who knew that Infrastructure Week would stretch out to become Infrastructure Millennium”

https://readsludge.com/2021/10/27/scam-pac-exploits-electoral-college-opponents/

these guys (the GOP) are fucking JOKERS, i can't help but think that they will be overwhelmed by physical force soon and die

the physical force generally seems to come from the other direction

geez that thread on the Garland hearings! remind me why he was the pick for AG at this point in time? this is not the same fucking world where he was snubbed for the supreme court spot.

My mother was saying something similar - why THIS guy?

Manchin, speaking with reporters, said, “I don’t like the connotation that we’re targeting different people.” People, he added, that “contributed to society” and “create a lot of jobs and invest a lot of money and give a lot to philanthropic pursuits.”

Yeah but percentage wise, they don't pay that much taxes either dickhead.

If I could keep all my wealth in the stocks and holdings and then take out loans against for pennies for cash in hand based on them to avoid paying income tax, I would too. Those interest rates being kept artificially low since 9/11 have made the ultra rich a F-ton of money, as they can literally borrow money for nothing.

and chicks for free

I'd love to be able to get multiple states to bid on me buying a house and not have to pay any taxes on it for the pleasure of moving there and setting up my 'company', but you know what - I don't get that break a$$hat.

Or maybe I would like to get the public to build me a garage to house my band or maybe I will move my band to another state like Bush did with his baseball team starting all sorts of pro sports teams doing the same.

Or maybe I could take some of my excess income and create philanthropic pursuit and in this 'non-profit' hire all my family and spend the money on my own companies and then write the whole f'ing thing off my taxes including the collection jars we put in our stores for people to donate to the cause.

These vampires get all sorts of benefits that don't count as 'income'. May they all burn in hell.

otm

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It's like every time I see that gd Amazon commercial with the asian/hispanic guy talking about his mom and brother dying and how they paid for him to go back to school to get a job as a medical assistant- I want to throw my shoe through the f'n TV.

"YOU KNOW YOU COULD DO THIS TOO YOURSELF IF THAT BALD MOTHER FUCKER AND HIS COMPANY PAID THEIR SHARE OF TAXES!"

My piece on the state of the Democrats: Their problems stem from long-term increases in ideological sorting, factionalized identities, nationalization, & educational polarization—each of which contribute to their problems in the Senate + Electoral College. https://t.co/XW6pJZzqw6

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) October 27, 2021

i'm not sure if i missed this on ilx earlier but the Nicholas Kristof for OR governors news is official

i think it's safe to say he's going to have a smoooooooth ride!!

problems also stem from the fact that they will not use the power they currently have to stop this

when you have to gut parental leave at 9 but the battle of the bands is at 10 pic.twitter.com/oFYZ8n5r9d

— Mr. Problems (@lolennui) October 26, 2021

I believe I wore it better @BobMehr @SenatorSinema https://t.co/5afXX88BZL

— Aaron Neville (@aaronneville) October 27, 2021

Murray, the chair of the HELP Committee, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow say laid leave program will be modified so workers would have to pay into it. It would not be a pure social spending program.

— Alex Bolton (@alexanderbolton) October 27, 2021

Radical centrists, still the dumbest group in Washington.

NEW NO LABELS/HARRISX POLL: 40% of voters say Congress is moving too fast on the Democratic social spending and climate bill and say #NoMoreRushJobs.https://t.co/BBEtMYPw3r pic.twitter.com/kG3ltWcer4

— No Labels (@NoLabelsOrg) October 27, 2021

News flash for NoLabels.org: when your position is losing 40% to 60%, that's called a landslide defeat.

what a shitty organization

confounded by wacky hat aficionado and a guy I’m 99.99% sure I’ve seen wear an ascot on cable news, Mark McKinnon

…and recently hired sex pest Mark Halperin

VERY SERIOUS

co-founded*

To date, only four of Biden’s choices to be a U.S. ambassador to a foreign government have been approved by the Senate — three of them just on Tuesday. That means Biden is lagging considerably behind his immediate predecessor, Donald Trump, who at this point in his presidency had 22 such U.S. ambassadors confirmed, 17 of them by voice vote, according to data compiled by Senate Democratic leadership aides.

The delays stem from threats by some Republican senators, led by Ted Cruz (Tex.), who has been angling for a fight with the Biden administration over matters of national security. That is prolonging the usually routine process of getting ambassadors formally installed, while several high-profile posts are also vacant because the White House has yet to put forward nominees for them.

ambassaords

having to pay into a leave program without any commensurate increase in wages just sounds like they have invented a 401k for leave

lol Biden about to announce a framework of the deal with no fucking deal in place. this will go well

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/28/us/biden-spending-bill-deal/budget-deal

DAMN

I believe I wore it better @BobMehr @SenatorSinema https://t.co/5afXX88BZL

— Aaron Neville (@aaronneville) October 27, 2021

The plan leaves out several major proposals, including paid family leave and lowering drug costs.

they are assuming the progressives are just going to be ok with this?

he campaigned on both of those specifically ffs

Sinema: "I don't know much, but I know I hate yooooooooou."

so the Dems won the trifecta by campaigning on a bunch of very popular ideas and are going to fail to deliver a single one of them, very cool

idk if I can even be too mad at Biden, I'm honestly not sure what he's supposed to do when this country is so rigged in favor of small states which allows the entire legislative agenda of a significant majority to be torpedoed by a single coal baron. god bless the U S of A

then again the shit he campaigned on wasn't going to pass anyway if Georgia hadn't happened

going to be great when this shit bill passes, doesn't do a damn thing of note for a majority of people and the republicans point to all the wasted money.

what are you talking about? many people are saying they love the idea of adding another line in the deduction section of their pay stub, and eagerly look forward to filling out another form to maybe (???) get paid when they take their 2 weeks of parental leave

in fact, 40% think it goes too far ;)

idk if I can even be too mad at Biden, I'm honestly not sure what he's supposed to do when this country is so rigged in favor of small states which allows the entire legislative agenda of a significant majority to be torpedoed by a single coal baron. god bless the U S of A

Biden’s pitch was that he was uniquely qualified to wrangle Congress, it was only months ago that ILXors were still talking about his skill at working them behind the scenes.

Beyond that, he wasted most of the year not aggressively asserting his authority/stature/popularity (on good policy, he exerted that authority all over Haitian refugees) - starting with President Senate Parliamentarian ensuring the minimum wage stagnates for another decade - because he bought into his own hype as President Deals.

The round of capitulations could have taken place in April, which would have at least made it possible for Nov. 22 voters to feel some tiny effects of the Biden admin.

starting with President Senate Parliamentarian ensuring the minimum wage stagnates for another decade

was just thinking about the big fear the raising the min wage at the time would cause the inflation

but instead inflation happened anyways effectively lowering the value of the starvation wages even more.

She’s one tough cookie. pic.twitter.com/VMzPiHk5YX

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) October 28, 2021

they're fucking trolling us! get fucked

lock thread
send to decontamination

stabby stabby

(Romney's cosplaying there as Sudeikis btw)

Sudeikis as Romney vs. Romney as Sudeikis pic.twitter.com/rV9SB3eodd

— 🕷🎃Trick-or-Keith🎃🕷 (@nagy_minaj) October 28, 2021