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Dammerung posted:Those ninety minutes are where dreams are born and die. It looks like Lego Hair. It is loving disgusting
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The really impressive part isn't that she's saying the right things - she normally does, but it doesn't normally get this much attention - it's that she's correctly identified that this is the moment that the media is going to listen to what she has to say, and that her words are going to get a shitload of airtime. Of course, that all comes off the back of her original "concentration camp" comments, which directly led to today. AOC is just shockingly good at this.
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"Camscam", for those not familiar with how Newt has always been a piece of poo poo, was when Newt realized that the C-SPAN cameras constantly broadcasting congressional discussions were fixed narrowly on the speaker's podium and wouldn't move, so he began attacking Democratic members of Congress as if they were right there, demanding they defend their votes and actions, and used their "complete silence" as a response to further imply that they were terrible cowards who couldn't even offer a paltry explanation. When Speaker O'Neill learned what was going on, he went to the chamber, waited for Gingrich to start it again, and told the cameraman to pan and show that Gingrich was addressing an empty chamber, and that none of the people he was attacking were around, and that it was all theatrics. Republicans were so pissed they tried to censure O'Neill over it.
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Mahoning posted:Haven't other Reps done this already? I don't think so since the midterms? I could be wrong.
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This is good, but you can file the articles at any time, it only really matters if action is taken on them (see Dennis Kucinich filing 35 Articles of Impeachment and basically nothing happening afterwards).
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theflyingorc posted:The really impressive part isn't that she's saying the right things - she normally does, but it doesn't normally get this much attention - it's that she's correctly identified that this is the moment that the media is going to listen to what she has to say, and that her words are going to get a shitload of airtime. Is it shockingly good though? She's just being an honest, outspoken person. I think it's more that our standards have gotten really, really, realllllly low.
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https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1151172646819811328?s=19 Did we cover this?
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cr0y posted:https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1151172646819811328?s=19 Yup. Conehead will break it in a week.
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There Bias Two posted:Is it shockingly good though? She's just being an honest, outspoken person. I think it's more that our standards have gotten really, really, realllllly low. It's similar to how Trump makes the conversation all about him but by being shocking, she does it with the truth, which is not actually easy to do!
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Republicans have now spent 50 min arguing with the house for Pelosi words to be struck down.
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There Bias Two posted:Is it shockingly good though? She's just being an honest, outspoken person. I think it's more that our standards have gotten really, really, realllllly low. Real honesty is shocking in our government.
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Lycus posted:Holy poo poo, Newt's hair. If you take a closer look, it's actually a motorcycle helmet with a hair motif painted on.
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theflyingorc posted:The really impressive part isn't that she's saying the right things - she normally does, but it doesn't normally get this much attention - it's that she's correctly identified that this is the moment that the media is going to listen to what she has to say, and that her words are going to get a shitload of airtime. I don't think she mind-melded Senator McConnell into saying something dismally stupid again, and the media's attention span is short enough that you can predict reasonably well that they'll immediately jump on a story like starving wolves on a kilogram of ham. It's great that she's taking the opportunity like this, of course, I just think that praise might be a tad hyperbolic.
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mcmagic posted:OK this is good. Onion satire immediately upended and nullified A rare sight AOC's gonna be President
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theflyingorc posted:I don't think so since the midterms? I could be wrong. You're right, but Al Green has introduced articles of impeachment at least twice already, the last time in January of 2018 when it was defeated (tabled) by a vote of 355-66, which means 121 Democrats voted against the motion.
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Mahoning posted:You're right, but Al Green has introduced articles of impeachment at least twice already, the last time in January of 2018 when it was defeated (tabled) by a vote of 355-66, which means 121 Democrats voted against the motion. I actually do think that voting for it pre-Mueller report would have been pretty dumb.
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Bumping this because it got kind of buried by the (admittedly wonderful) 'Name-the-MAGA-girl-group' contest a few pages back. I'm jaded as all gently caress but somehow this admin has still managed to surprise me with their outrageousness. At least it means I'm still capable of feeling things I guess!
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SKULL.GIF posted:Onion satire immediately upended and nullified It seems the future of campaigning will not be begging for donations over the phone, but spending an equal amount of time on social media, spreading one's message.
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theflyingorc posted:I actually do think that voting for it pre-Mueller report would have been pretty dumb. Voting to impeach a President who'd repeatedly violated the emolument clause, did not divest from his businesses, employed and elevated family members into security clearance positions, and repeatedly committed flagrant diplomacy
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There Bias Two posted:It seems the future of campaigning will not be begging for donations over the phone, but spending an equal amount of time on social media, spreading one's message. It's a sign of effective policy and connections to your constituents, I think. If you, as a congressperson, find yourself begging large donors for multiple hours a day over the telephone rather than inspiring people to support you organically, I think it's a sign that you might not be the right person for the position.
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SKULL.GIF posted:Voting to impeach a President who'd repeatedly violated the emolument clause, did not divest from his businesses, employed and elevated family members into security clearance positions, and repeatedly committed flagrant diplomacy Yeah because facts don't matter for poo poo, I think doing so at the time would have resulted in a pretty significant backlash against the Democrats. I don't get why so many people seem to think that a thing being true matters in this hellworld
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Au Revoir Shosanna posted:seems like a bad rule? Lol, the rule was made in 2016 by a Republican House in preperation for Trump for this exact situation. E: Edited out that Trump had already won the election, he hadn't.
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Nazzadan posted:Lol, the rule was made in 2016 by a Republican House in preperation for Trump for this exact situation. My favorite part is that they added "doesn't care about black people" in 2005 after Kanye said it about GWB lol
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mcmagic posted:OK this is good. We are like a week away from them making up awesome black and white “The Squad” t-shirts and them too-sweeting each other all the time.
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There Bias Two posted:Is it shockingly good though? She's just being an honest, outspoken person. I think it's more that our standards have gotten really, really, realllllly low. It is extremely rare for a first term house rep to dominate the national conversation for a sustained period of time like she has been able to do. There are 90 freshman house reps this cycle. She is remarkably good at this
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Au Revoir Shosanna posted:seems like a bad rule? Everything on that list directly refers to Trump and was all adopted after he was the Republican nominee.
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theflyingorc posted:My favorite part is that they added "doesn't care about black people" in 2005 after Kanye said it about GWB lol The Speaker's words will be pulled, we do not quote Yeezy in this building.
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theflyingorc posted:Yeah because facts don't matter for poo poo, I think doing so at the time would have resulted in a pretty significant backlash against the Democrats. similarly to Nixon, it's important to make sure the citizenry understand why you're voting to impeach and agree with you Impeachment hearings are something we should be doing by now, but jumping straight to the vote at best reduces Democrats' ability to milk the hearings for airtime and high-powered subpoenas, and might as you say be actually counterproductive.
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Nazzadan posted:Lol, the rule was made in 2016 by a Republican House in preperation for Trump for this exact situation. Feel like it could have been a “just in case he does, and in case we lose the House” type of move.
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Stereotype posted:Everything on that list directly refers to Trump and was all adopted after he was the Republican nominee. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1151222042043326464
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Yeah if AOC accomplishes one thing, and that thing is "gently caress spending all your time calling donors when you can connect with your constituents instead for even better results" it's a game-changer. And she's accomplishing a hell of a lot more than that. And the reason she has a microphone at all is Fox News race-baiting and looking for a new villain for their fearmongering narrative. It's loving amazing.
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Phones are dead, young people do not use landlines or cellular voice service at all. If they want to hear each other they'll use VOIP. That's on top of all the reasons not to pick up a call for an unknown number in the first place. Why can't the House majority change that rule?
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What do they have to do to toss all the "No being mean to Donnie" rules? Just loving get rid of them
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mistaya posted:And the reason she has a microphone at all is Fox News race-baiting and looking for a new villain for their fearmongering narrative.
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haveblue posted:Phones are dead, young people do not use landlines or cellular voice service at all. If they want to hear each other they'll use VOIP. That's on top of all the reasons not to pick up a call for an unknown number in the first place. I think they can, but I have no idea.
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