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evilweasel posted:yeah, and you'd need to be a loving idiot to think nancy pelosi is a bipartisan decorum person. during the obama years she was always the much more hard-nosed no compromises dem leader, got the house to pass all sorts of liberal stuff that didn't pass the senate, and successfully denied republicans support on innumerable occasions by keeping her caucus united Pelosi tut-tutted Maxine Waters over the latter telling people to rightfully make GOP officials uncomfortable in public.
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:does anyone honestly think that trump has any sense of the legal jeopardy he's in from Mueller, or that he has the intelligence to execute a convoluted plan to stop Mueller? he governs by impulse. that's pretty much his only driving motivation. He's not in any legal jeopardy since presidents can't be indicted. Impeachment and removal are political processes, not legal ones. He's also not in political jeopardy. The GOP Senate doesn't have to act if The House impeaches Trump, and even if they did, there is no scenario where two-thirds of the Senate votes to convict. Please let me know if I'm incorrect here, but it seems that the Republicans can pack the Supreme Court starting in January if they hold together. Theoretically, Trump could nominate 30 new Justices, a few GOP senators would balk, the rest vote to nominate, the court arbitrarily decides the constitution allows for Trump to be dictator, the actual text of the document be damned. Alternatively, maybe we do have a nominal 2020 election, but not a free and fair one. With voter suppression and other means of cheating, even 2018 was fishy in some areas, like GA, FL, ND, much of Texas. What about these scenarios seems implausible? Also, is there a thread for exploring options to expatriate from the US?
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pumpinglemma posted:Or, you know, you remember her letting her caucus vote to keep Trump's government open when the Republican-controlled house couldn't get its poo poo together. When DACA was on the line. sometimes we just have to make Reasonable Sacrifices (tm) *sacrificereasonabilityismeasuredindirectproportiontohowitmightaffectcomfortablewhitecollarprofessionals*
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It's been a day and I'm already convinced that combining the succdem thread with the Trump thread will go down as the biggest mod mistake in d&d history.
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https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/1060277899763351560
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theCalamity posted:Pelosi tut-tutted Maxine Waters over the latter telling people to rightfully make GOP officials uncomfortable in public. that's pretty easy to understand, that pelosi as a widely disliked politician has a vested personal interest in that not becoming a norm. because it'll happen to her too.
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TulliusCicero posted:The Special Boy has a very Special brain Hello, I'm still very behind on this thread, but please don't do this, thanks.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:it is instead a voluntary contribution to better the community The kulaks are hoarding their dog memes. They must receive swift punishment.
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friendly 2 da void posted:Imho this is a much more pressing area of concern than whether or not Mueller is safe Good god. I have to know.
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Armack posted:He's not in any legal jeopardy since presidents can't be indicted. Impeachment and removal are political processes, not legal ones. you're incorrect for a variety of reasons, including assuming facts that aren't decided (indictment of potus), claiming that the Senate could refuse to hold a trial after a president has been impeached by the house (it's not optional), and your entire hypo about packing the court is wrong because the size is set by statute and not determined by the president eke out fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Nov 7, 2018 |
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evilweasel posted:that's pretty easy to understand, that pelosi as a widely disliked politician has a vested personal interest in that not becoming a norm. because it'll happen to her too. That's a pretty cowardly excuse.
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evilweasel posted:that's pretty easy to understand, that pelosi as a widely disliked politician has a vested personal interest in that not becoming a norm. because it'll happen to her too. Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:sometimes we just have to make Reasonable Sacrifices (tm)
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What the gently caress
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Armack posted:He's not in any legal jeopardy since presidents can't be indicted. Impeachment and removal are political processes, not legal ones. the number of supreme court seats is set by legislation, the democratic house is unlikely to agree to expand the supreme court
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Hellblazer187 posted:It's been a day and I'm already convinced that combining the succdem thread with the Trump thread will go down as the biggest mod mistake in d&d history. r guyovich tried it once inexplicably, he reverted it after a couple days i informed lightning knight of this well before the current thread, as an interesting historical curiosity edit: i wish to note that snark aside i am somewhat interested in how this experiment works out after it survives the initial bumps / if it survives the initial bumps / if the initial bumps ever end Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Nov 7, 2018 |
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Majorian posted:There's a whole lotta projection going on in this post. So refusing to learn a goddamn thing and screaming its everyone else's fault when you fail in the primary it is. I see you aren't intending to seize anything.
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eke out posted:you're incorrect You should explain why. I don't mean this in that I disagree with you, I am genuinely curious.
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Hellblazer187 posted:It's been a day and I'm already convinced that combining the succdem thread with the Trump thread will go down as the biggest mod mistake in d&d history. Agreed. There's very little in this thread worth engaging with. I think I'll visit elsewhere for a while.
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evilweasel posted:that's pretty easy to understand, that pelosi as a widely disliked politician has a vested personal interest in that not becoming a norm. because it'll happen to her too. It already happens to her despite her saying that. It’s useless she would’ve been better off not saying anything
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GreyjoyBastard posted:while i think Schumer is Bad, this specifically is a perfectly acceptable take from minority leader "excellent," says the lib. "Another excellent opportunity to OWN the republicans by their own logic!"
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Pollyanna posted:What the gently caress everyone talking about kemp being a vote stealing scumbag who wipes servers is discounting the more likely scenario, that he and his IT team are just absurdly incompetent
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Armack posted:Please let me know if I'm incorrect here, but it seems that the Republicans can pack the Supreme Court starting in January if they hold together. Theoretically, Trump could nominate 30 new Justices, a few GOP senators would balk, the rest vote to nominate, the court arbitrarily decides the constitution allows for Trump to be dictator, the actual text of the document be damned. You are extremely incorrect lol.
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Armack posted:He's not in any legal jeopardy since presidents can't be indicted. Impeachment and removal are political processes, not legal ones. Are these the kinds of posts were going to have to get used to seeing now that the good and bad threads were combined?
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Lightning Knight posted:You should explain why. yeah i edited it shortly after
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It’s like he’s an animatronic clown at a lovely county fair that can only saw the same four lines on a loop. Pull the plug.
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Fulchrum posted:So refusing to learn a goddamn thing Hey, Fulchrum? Hate to break it to you, but last night was a really, really bad showing for your preferred strategy.
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Pollyanna posted:What the gently caress Maybe next time the folks in Georgia will think twice about voting against Kemp!
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theCalamity posted:It already happens to her despite her saying that. It’s useless she would’ve been better off not saying anything Has it occurred to you that you might not be the only audience she is talking to at any given time?
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Pollyanna posted:What the gently caress brian kemp might have to win a runoff and eventually has to run for reelection so he's taking no chances. vote for kemp or he publishes your information for all the neonazis to see
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1060284522518994944?s=19
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theCalamity posted:Pelosi tut-tutted Maxine Waters over the latter telling people to rightfully make GOP officials uncomfortable in public. So did Sanders. And yet, for some reason, the "DEMS R BAAAAAAD!" posters in this thread aren't attacking him.
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classic Peter Carr https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1060283895797682176
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GreyjoyBastard posted:r guyovich tried it once LK was nervously handwringing and groveling to suck zone within two days of being modded, it's tragicomic
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Xae posted:Has it occurred to you that you might not be the only audience she is talking to at any given time? Who was that for, then?
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Good god. I have to know. Most definitely some sort of "wanna come back to my room and celebrate" Fuckin creep
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evilweasel posted:you mean after working to shut down the government over DACA and keep the caucus together, and then recognizing reality when that was backfiring on democrats? DACA was no longer "on the line" at that point, democrats had lost.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:r guyovich tried it once You guys spend so much time posting about posting and complaining that [x discussion] is occurring instead of just not engaging with posters you don't wish to argue with. It's crazy! Shimrra Jamaane posted:Are these the kinds of posts were going to have to get used to seeing now that the good and bad threads were combined? Like this. Stop it.
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Majorian posted:Hey, Fulchrum? Hate to break it to you, but last night was a really, really bad showing for your preferred strategy. which races, specifically, would you say validated your strategy?
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evilweasel posted:the number of supreme court seats is set by legislation, the democratic house is unlikely to agree to expand the supreme court Ah okay that is a relief, thanks.
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Xae posted:Has it occurred to you that you might not be the only audience she is talking to at any given time? pray a little harder, friend. surely, the mistake for the last thirty-six years has not been genuflecting to the Reasonable Republican, Who Art In Panera, quite hard enough.
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