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Dreylad posted:did this thread become good? No, we’re all going to Hell/cat jail.
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Oct 1, 2018 02:35
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As a budding socialist I consider this thread good. Hell, even the main USPOL thread is kinda good.
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Oct 1, 2018 23:42
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Freakazoid_ posted:As a budding socialist I consider this thread good. Bernie bless you, my son.
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Oct 2, 2018 16:56
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https://twitter.com/fenitn/status/1047166470805962758?s=21 Vote blue no matter who
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Oct 2, 2018 18:41
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theCalamity posted:https://twitter.com/fenitn/status/1047166470805962758?s=21 It's okay, Mother's got thi- https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1047183198118141952
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Oct 2, 2018 19:15
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It rules so hard that they can't even feed us some bullshit line about looking into the matter or something like that.
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Oct 2, 2018 19:30
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MASTER LEGISLATOR
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Oct 2, 2018 19:41
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1047094108043583488 Heitkamp is gonna lose EDIT: Also Menendez is also likely going to lose for being a corrupt sleazebag, and rightfully so. Euphoriaphone fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Oct 2, 2018 |
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Oct 2, 2018 19:49
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theCalamity posted:https://twitter.com/fenitn/status/1047166470805962758?s=21 Cool democracy we have
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Oct 2, 2018 19:54
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Haha what's even the point of these losers? They seriously just want to sit back, get paid plus kick backs, and then wonder why no one gives a poo poo about voting for them without the GOP going full fascist.
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Oct 2, 2018 19:59
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Dems are totally going to flip the table and pack the supreme court guys. Just you wait.
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Oct 2, 2018 20:06
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Radish posted:Haha what's even the point of these losers? They seriously just want to sit back, get paid plus kick backs, and then wonder why no one gives a poo poo about voting for them without the GOP going full fascist. Someone's gotta overturn living wage referenda
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Oct 2, 2018 20:12
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VitalSigns posted:Someone's gotta overturn living wage referenda With the reasons why they repealed it, couldn’t they had just raised the minimum wage up to $15 or something instead of just fully repealing it?
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Oct 2, 2018 20:16
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B B posted:Dems are totally going to flip the table and pack the supreme court guys. Just you wait. 12 identical clones of Merrick Garland. A monkey’s paw slowly closes somewhere.
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Oct 2, 2018 20:51
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https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1047201391675105283?s=19
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Oct 2, 2018 20:59
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guy really, desperately, does not want to have to govern under any circumstances
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Oct 2, 2018 21:05
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Schumer is extremely persuasive evidence that Democrats are nothing but a controlled opposition party.
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Oct 2, 2018 21:06
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Schumer is probably a bigger problem than Trump frankly due to his position within the Democratic party. He's either politically incompetent on a practically unheard of scale or actively a Republican mole. There's not really much effective difference and him being beaten by a Republican would probably be better in the long run since his majority leadership will be a disaster if the Democrats beat the odds and take back the Senate and there's no other way he's giving up that job. The only thing keeping me from 100% thinking they are controlled opposition is a controlled opposition at least tries to pretend it isn't. "Democrats need a 2/3 vote to confirm a judge while Repuicans need 1/2" is too stupid for a compromised person. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Oct 2, 2018 |
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Oct 2, 2018 21:35
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Reminder that by Schumer's own account his political compass is literally a family he made up that have the ideas he just kind of assumes they'd have. Also when he meets actual human beings who are roughly the same demographics as his imaginary couple he's openly dissapointed that they don't match his deal. You can't make this poo poo up: quote:Liberal élitism, he said, as he stirred Sweet ’N Low into his tea with a chopstick, alienates middle-income families from the Party. “Middle-class people don’t think everybody should have to drive a tiny little car to achieve improvement in global warming,” he said. Invoking opponents of expanding the tuition tax credit to the middle class, he went on, “If we listened to the New York Times editorial board, we’d have twenty-one votes in the Senate.”
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Oct 2, 2018 21:50
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Your meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen.
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Oct 2, 2018 21:56
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Schumer is just so incredibly bad in his leadership position it's almost unreal. He is a bigger wall to progress than pretty much any Republican. Unless you really are controlled opposition why in gods name would your intention be to handicap your own party especially when you know Republicans would just knock it back down to majority confirmation the very instant they were in a position to do so again. E: Oh yeah I almost forgot about his literal make believe Republican family he spends every moment trying to appease into voting for shitdems, what a loving dumbass. Axetrain fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Oct 2, 2018 |
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Oct 2, 2018 22:09
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The Baileys' one true concern is the filibuster for Supreme Court Justices
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Oct 2, 2018 22:45
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Helsing posted:Reminder that by Schumer's own account his political compass is literally a family he made up that have the ideas he just kind of assumes they'd have. Also when he meets actual human beings who are roughly the same demographics as his imaginary couple he's openly dissapointed that they don't match his deal. Gotta love the fact most, if not all, of our government is being run by olds who's brains are at best half melted and consumed by plaque. I forget the one story where someone who works in DC said they were shocked by the amount of meds prescribed for that stuff.
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Oct 2, 2018 22:49
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Reading through the Trump thread's podcast derail and it seems like the majority opinion is Pod Save America is worth listening to/good, and Chapo is at best only worth listening to if you want more content, but that the hosts are all assholes and thus should be disregarded  . That's the perfect distillation of that thread's opinion on any given issue. The technocratic wonks with ideas that have repeatedly failed are more worth listening to other than the people with stronger opinions and beliefs cause that second group is too uncouth.It was at least nice to see Citations Needed as the overall most recommended podcast, since it's fantastically researched an edited, and is just a left as Chapo (just in a more professional package).
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Oct 2, 2018 23:30
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Citations Needed is 100% the best politics podcast currently going. It's not even close. Chapo's crew of assholes are far more moral than the Pod Save guys who are ok with drone bombing civilians and loving over the poor as long as you make a nice speech about how conflicted you are while you do it.
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Oct 2, 2018 23:35
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This piece of poo poo is a DC Circuit Judge who got within striking distance of the Supreme Court https://twitter.com/davidenrich/status/1047253999613878273 What a total failure of our elite institutions
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Oct 2, 2018 23:59
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Axetrain posted:Schumer is just so incredibly bad in his leadership position it's almost unreal. He is a bigger wall to progress than pretty much any Republican. Unless you really are controlled opposition why in gods name would your intention be to handicap your own party especially when you know Republicans would just knock it back down to majority confirmation the very instant they were in a position to do so again. Chuck Schumer has never had to be a competent politician. Every step of his political career was built on the party machine giving him favorable treatment and better opportunities because he was cozy with moneyed interests and therefore was an excellent fundraiser.
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Oct 3, 2018 00:11
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Euphoriaphone posted:Reading through the Trump thread's podcast derail and it seems like the majority opinion is Pod Save America is worth listening to/good, and Chapo is at best only worth listening to if you want more content, but that the hosts are all assholes and thus should be disregarded it's worth listening to to understand precisely the succdem line on anything if this is not a thing that interests you, yeah, it's an absolute waste of time
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Oct 3, 2018 00:21
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:This piece of poo poo is a DC Circuit Judge who got within striking distance of the Supreme Court Our elite institutions have not yet failed -- they could easily end up doing exactly their job this coming weekend when and if he is confirmed
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Oct 3, 2018 00:21
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Main Paineframe posted:Chuck Schumer has never had to be a competent politician. Every step of his political career was built on the party machine giving him favorable treatment and better opportunities because he was cozy with moneyed interests and therefore was an excellent fundraiser. Even that is crap since he was pushing money towards his own race instead of possible Florida pick ups. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Oct 3, 2018 |
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Oct 3, 2018 00:22
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Pod save america is absolutely insufferable. A bunch of white lanyards whoy dont give a fuxk about anything except polls also its half commercials and has this annoying twee super nintendo intro song. Also they smell bad
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Oct 3, 2018 00:37
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if your name is the same as a famous director you need to go by johnny or jay or something.
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Oct 3, 2018 00:39
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Pod save America are political parasites who will sell you 400 dollar tickets to listen to them tell you how if you install the cash app 5 dollars go to a charity. This sums them up pretty nicely: https://twitter.com/emmaroller/status/961104660424773633?lang=en
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Oct 3, 2018 00:53
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Friendly reminder from ABC News that we have returned to the Gilded Age. Article celebrating the 100th anniversary of a Ford plant includes a feature on the 87 year old man who has worked there for almost 70 years. He still gets up a 4 AM, each morning. Instead of asking why he hasn't retired the host signs off with, enjoy your evening because you have to get up at 4 AM tomorrow. https://abcn.ws/2y9hocV Sick.
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Oct 3, 2018 01:37
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Old James posted:Friendly reminder from ABC News that we have returned to the Gilded Age. Retirement? Not in my cards either. 2000 dot-com crash and subsequent divorce ... it took me close to 16 years to just get above water.
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Oct 3, 2018 01:42
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joepinetree posted:This sums them up pretty nicely:
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Oct 3, 2018 03:33
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Euphoriaphone posted:Reading through the Trump thread's podcast derail and it seems like the majority opinion is Pod Save America is worth listening to/good, and Chapo is at best only worth listening to if you want more content, but that the hosts are all assholes and thus should be disregarded Yeah, I think Citations Needed is a very good thing to recommend to liberals in general, since it does a good job of explaining a lot of the left's point of view in a non-hostile manner. (I would actually argue that the CN guys are more left-wing than the Chapo ones, overall)
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Oct 3, 2018 04:24
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LOL if you think a Congress that isn't willing to pack the courts is going to do anything else to fix what's been broken above maybe a stern glare like Mike Pence at the DMZ.
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The PSA people have a big HBO mini-series thing landing fairly soon in what is presumably their bid to wrangle a Moore'ish would-be spanner in the works for the Nov election. Based on the promo---sounds in line with their podcast doings, only dialed up a fair bit on account of the televised prestige to further inflate.
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