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hanales posted:Well if infrastructure week ever comes we can worry. 
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Fuckin flawless my man
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I remember a few months back when Hurricaine Harvey hit the Houston metropolitan area that Trump pledged to donate a million dollars to the relief fund. Did that donation ever come through, or was it another one of his many lies?
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Area Goons Shocked to Discover Democratic Senator From Alabama Isn't a Radical Leftist Firebrand. Seriously, though, of course Doug Jones would say that he'll work with Republicans if they can find common ground. And of course he's not going to make a (pointless) call for the president to resign. Neither of those things is particularly surprising or worthy of outrage.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I always get beaten to the INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK jokes but I wanted to at least chime in to say I appreciate this 
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i am harry posted:eIGHT loving YEARS of Obama failing every single time at trying to bridge the gap, plus one year of the morally devoid in power, flagrantly not giving a poo poo about anyone, let alone any rule, or any understood agreement, AND YOU FUCKS STILL GOD drat WANT TO SHAKE THEIR loving HANDS 
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It also feels a little weak coming from Jones. If Gillibrand said that, I'd be a lot more pissed off.
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DaveWoo posted:Area Goons Shocked to Discover Democratic Senator From Alabama Isn't a Radical Leftist Firebrand. It's not about being a radical leftist. Everyone needs to acknowledge that bipartisanship is dead and no one with a D next to their name is allowed to be a weak link. Frankly I don't care about impeachment that much but gently caress working with the republicans.
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New call https://twitter.com/presssec/status/942439157330268165
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mcmagic posted:This is meaningless. What he said about Trump's sexual assault crimes was more much troubling. What did he say
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I think saying you'll work with Republicans if they come up with something that you would like to propose isn't that extreme. It's just that they are unlikely to propose something that would meet those criteria.
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“Vlad they have all our emails!”
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I'm sure THIS time the polite centrist will get his Good Boy Points from conservatives. Surely they HAVE to recognize his level of decorum and won't call him a communist and pray for his death.
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Until words start matching the actions, I’m not gonna flip out about what a random Senator says I’m willing to bet that leadership fully understands that Republicans are not willing to play fair but they have to say these things in order to not rile up the press and have attention shift onto them away from the Republicans
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Dmitri-9 posted:It's not about being a radical leftist. Everyone needs to acknowledge that bipartisanship is dead and no one with a D next to their name is allowed to be a weak link. Frankly I don't care about impeachment that much but gently caress working with the republicans. As noted upthread, this is a standard line people say after getting elected. If there's something people can work with in a bipartisan fashion, they'd like to. And I don't doubt it - I'm certain there's a ton of lawmakers that dream of doing something reasonable and popular amongst all Americans. The last thing I can think of in that regard is probably the ABLE Act of 2014. And since that's not the world we currently live in, Jones (and Northam, to an extent) can express a desire to do normal things, knowing that the other side probably can't find the political will to do so. Getting mad at Jones for saying he's down for Infrastructure is insane. Getting mad at Northam is internet leftism run riot, because you're attacking him for what you WISH he was. Unless the special election and a recount flips the HoD, Northam likely doesn't have the votes to expand Medicaid this winter in any case. Keep sipping the tea, friends, and keep mobilizing people to vote in primaries.
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So random question, but what is the story with Rasmussen? Are they a poll controlled by conservatives or does it just naturally skew towards GOP based on methods? I feel like without them Trump's collective approval rating is in the low 30s, and they are a huge outlier consistently in the low 40s.
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TulliusCicero posted:So random question, but what is the story with Rasmussen? Are they a poll controlled by conservatives or does it just naturally skew towards GOP based on methods? I feel like without them Trump's collective approval rating is in the low 30s, and they are a huge outlier consistently in the low 40s. yes, yes
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Rasmussen predicted a Romney landslide.
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So the Fox news crowd hounded Hillary over an email server that was not accessible by FOIA (in their eyes). When the Trump transition team use what they assume is an email server only they control, they are up in arms when a member of the US Government gets access to investigate potential wrongdoing? That about right?
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I know it's fun to pretend that every bill is a good vs evil final showdown but there is like 700 bills passed a year and most of them are boring nonpartisan stuff no one cares about that get support and dissent from either side with no huge republican vs democrat sticking point. And democrats do need to be able to work on that or you we just get the freedom caucus that exists just to break the government and not do anything.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:So the Fox news crowd hounded Hillary over an email server that was not accessible by FOIA (in their eyes). When the Trump transition team use what they assume is an email server only they control, they are up in arms when a member of the US Government gets access to investigate potential wrongdoing? That about right? Its kind of dumber because they actively tried to make sure no one would ever know it existed and even if they did that it would ever see the light of day, the only thing they could have done worse is if they actively ordered the server deleted but they apparently thought thats what Hillary did and probably the only reason they didnt.
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Koalas March posted:What did he say Basically echoed republican talking points about how it was litigated in the election and that we should "move on." Horribly tone deaf.
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Carlosologist posted:Until words start matching the actions, I’m not gonna flip out about what a random Senator says Even aside from that, it's entirely consistent to say you won't turn down a good idea just because Republicans support it, and to believe the such an event is entirely theoretical. No matter how left you are. As opposed to Trump and other Republicans tearing down stuff they liked not long ago just because Obama supported it too.
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Democrats will never stop surprising me with their ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Seriously how do you take this wave of anti-republican support and fumble the ball...oh right, the dems are paid by the same lobbyists as the pubs...
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Parrotine posted:I remember a few months back when Hurricaine Harvey hit the Houston metropolitan area that Trump pledged to donate a million dollars to the relief fund. Did that donation ever come through, or was it another one of his many lies?
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hanales posted:“Vlad they have all our emails!”
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mobby_6kl posted:"Trump, dearest of all my friends! You were supposed to keep this poo poo under the lid!" Now everyone will know about the big surprise party they were planning. Good going GSA it’s all ruined.
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:I know it's fun to pretend that every bill is a good vs evil final showdown but there is like 700 bills passed a year and most of them are boring nonpartisan stuff no one cares about that get support and dissent from either side with no huge republican vs democrat sticking point. And democrats do need to be able to work on that or you we just get the freedom caucus that exists just to break the government and not do anything. The entire existence of the HFC is weird. Why are we electing representatives who think the purpose of government is to be violently burnt to the ground and erased? Alexander-Murray was a drat good idea that should have had bipartisan support since it would prevent health insurers from being able to double dip from increased APTCs paid by the government due to the premium price hike while also eventually clawing back the missed CSR payments in court. So any fiscal conservative should have been all over that since it would save money. But nope.
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While all of you scream about Doug Jones for daring to possibly vote on an infrastructure bill that doesn't exist yet I find it interesting that this hasn't been crossposted:quote:Union organisers are hoping that the surprise election of Democrat Doug Jones to a Senate seat in Alabama this week could be a big win for organized labor in a state that has long fought to curtail their power.
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Trump did in fact donate the one million.
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https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/942446697627693056?s=17 lol nothing matters. Evil won, good lost.
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Hot take: Until he actually votes for a lovely bill, freaking the gently caress out about Doug Jones saying "I might vote with Republicans if they can write a bill that isn't garbage" is really loving stupid. Voters generally like the notion of compromise, they just also think that "compromise" is a synonym for "I win." Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Dec 17, 2017 |
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Koalas March posted:What did he say “Don’t launch the nukes you moron, I said no! Bad puppet!”
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Angry_Ed posted:While all of you scream about Doug Jones for daring to possibly vote on an infrastructure bill that doesn't exist yet I find it interesting that this hasn't been crossposted: HAIL STAN  
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Looking at the last three pages some of the most miserable people on the Earth are in this thread. There's got to be a dozens of you that roam around the internet looking for stuff to be pissed about, pouring over news for menucha that you can throw and scream "they're all the same". If that's not enough you'll have some stupid loving derail during which half of you will pull out your hair and render your clothes while screeching about some shity philosopher from 15 years ago. Or tipping. Or who's the poorest like it's a competition. There's a half-dozen major news stories kind of circulating right now that would be a really interesting topic for the Trump thread, being as they all have something to do with Trump. But that gets glossed over during The NeverEnding Purity circle jerk that half of you seem to be just determined to turn everything into.
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Holy poo poo he actually did a thing.
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bird cooch posted:Looking at the last three pages some of the most miserable people on the Earth are in this thread. There's got to be a dozens of you that roam around the internet looking for stuff to be pissed about, pouring over news for menucha that you can throw and scream "they're all the same".
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bird cooch posted:Looking at the last three pages some of the most miserable people on the Earth are in this thread. There's got to be a dozens of you that roam around the internet looking for stuff to be pissed about, pouring over news for menucha that you can throw and scream "they're all the same". I think you'll find USPol is over there. But seriously, y'all have no idea how big the union-car thing in Alabama is. UAW has been on a crusade in the deep south to unionize plants throughout the Obama years with next to no help, and Jones giving a boost is the thin edge of the wedge we actually need to get going. Once people see how much better it can be, the dominoes are going to be beautiful to behold. If there's one thing they need more than anything down there, it's a path to the middle class that doesn't involve a bus ticket north.
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bird cooch posted:Looking at the last three pages some of the most miserable people on the Earth are in this thread. There's got to be a dozens of you that roam around the internet looking for stuff to be pissed about, pouring over news for menucha that you can throw and scream "they're all the same". B-b-b-but... you didn't post a dog tax. 
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