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Rigel posted:this is kind of a crazy moment for US politics nerds. (normal people who are not US politics nerds dont give a poo poo, and probably shouldn't give a poo poo) getting to a 2nd ballot in the house speaker vote is nuts. all of us political junkies are witnessing history and history is hilarious
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Feels Villeneuve posted:yeah, the democrats won a majority but because one member died and two are vacant to take other roles, the state republican party wants to leave those seats vacant as long as possible The State Republican parties in PA and WI are far more crazy than the state Republican parties in the most Republican states like Oklahoma, Utah, or West Virginia and the other purple states like Ohio. Not sure what is in the water in those states.
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I haven't posted in here for years and I'm back to share this amazing moment of particularly just schadenfreude.
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Who's this white goateed HFC guy blathering about the swamp?
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https://twitter.com/McCormackJohn/status/1610381610095988741
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ecureuilmatrix posted:Who's this white goateed HFC guy blathering about the swamp? Noted idiot Chip Roy.
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why would he ask AOC of all people was Summer Lee not available
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Is there a good livestream of the House proceedings? C-Span requires cable, apparently
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Feels Villeneuve posted:why would he ask AOC of all people He went to the Dem leadership, was told no, and is now sniffing around the fringe of the caucus looking for someone willing to break with the Minority leader over it.
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JosefStalinator posted:Is there a good livestream of the House proceedings? C-Span requires cable, apparently i think CSPAN has online streaming
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JosefStalinator posted:Is there a good livestream of the House proceedings? C-Span requires cable, apparently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlhJ7lnYaI
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JosefStalinator posted:Is there a good livestream of the House proceedings? C-Span requires cable, apparently I don't have cable and C-SPAN works just fine https://www.c-span.org/video/?525065-1/ballot-speaker-underway
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JosefStalinator posted:Is there a good livestream of the House proceedings? C-Span requires cable, apparently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu39OuhAhM4
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In what loving universe would it make sense for the Democrats to make this process go smoother? And yeah also LOL that he asked AOC.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:why would he ask AOC of all people I guess he thought that the progressives who initially weren't very enthused with Jeffries might flake out? Wishful thinking.
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Xombie posted:I don't have cable and C-SPAN works just fine Oh bloody hell, googling it asked for a login, but this link worked. As did the PBS one above! Thanks!
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AOC giving an interview to National Review, I'm sure that will make all the bipartisanship people happy
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Morrow posted:He went to the Dem leadership, was told no, and is now sniffing around the fringe of the caucus looking for someone willing to break with the Minority leader over it. No, AOC told him what he wanted to hear which is the same message coming from Democratic leadership, they aren't throwing McCarthy a life preserver.
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Edward Mass posted:Noted idiot Chip Roy.  Thanks!
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Strong "substitute teacher doing attendance" energy.
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JosefStalinator posted:Strong "substitute teacher doing attendance" energy. Blumenthal? Blumenthal!
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The State Republican parties in PA and WI are far more crazy than the state Republican parties in the most Republican states like Oklahoma, Utah, or West Virginia and the other purple states like Ohio. Lead.
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Round 4 incoming, might get more than 19 this time.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The State Republican parties in PA and WI are far more crazy than the state Republican parties in the most Republican states like Oklahoma, Utah, or West Virginia and the other purple states like Ohio. one of those cases where a close election state leads party to play hard to the base, probably. Arizona for a while had a relatively moderate party but just plunged off the deep end after 2020
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So what do the Dems do in all the time in which they're not actively voting? The republicans have arguments and horse-trading to try and make this work, but the Dems don't have real politicking to do here. Do they just kind of gently caress around on their phones, make small talk?
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Everyone is just leaking their wildest messaging things to reporters and they are all passing it along. "My sources say all the Democrats are leaving." "Other sources say they are staying all night." "Some of my sources say that McCarthy will eventually win and the HFC are doing this to look like they put up a fight." "I have other sources confirming that McCarthy is a big baby who plans to resign his seat in shame after he gets crushed in the next vote. The same source confirms that Paul Gosar is very handsome and smart."
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The Lord of Hats posted:So what do the Dems do in all the time in which they're not actively voting? The republicans have arguments and horse-trading to try and make this work, but the Dems don't have real politicking to do here. Do they just kind of gently caress around on their phones, make small talk? 
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my favorite reporting is the people just reporting stuff like "rep Paul Gosar looks pensive, and had his hands on his hips for two minutes"
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Feels Villeneuve posted:why would he ask AOC of all people There's a decent chance that a lot of the kool-aide drinkers believe that AOC and the rest of the Squad are powerhouses in the Democratic Caucus. Just BFFs with all of the DLC and leadership.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The State Republican parties in PA and WI are far more crazy than the state Republican parties in the most Republican states like Oklahoma, Utah, or West Virginia and the other purple states like Ohio. The Middle of Pennsylvania is Alabama without black people in it that's why.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:my favorite reporting is the people just reporting stuff like "rep Paul Gosar looks pensive, and had his hands on his hips for two minutes" Great sign for democracy when domestic reporters are engaging in kremlinology
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Non-us here, a few questions: why does the freedom caucus hate Mccarthy? What is the rules package that's also voted on? Is that separate from the leader vote, and if it is what would happen if that failed too?
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The Lord of Hats posted:So what do the Dems do in all the time in which they're not actively voting? The republicans have arguments and horse-trading to try and make this work, but the Dems don't have real politicking to do here. Do they just kind of gently caress around on their phones, make small talk? Keep some stupid fucker like Cuellar or whoever from the Blue Dogs from striking a grand bargain to make McCarthy Speaker.
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There are already 6 votes for Jordan as I'm writing this, so McCarthy won't become Speaker after this round of votes either.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Everyone is just leaking their wildest messaging things to reporters and they are all passing it along. Seems like it was straightforwardly Bob Costa a reporter famous for his sources in the GOP Caucus laundering some wishful thinking on behalf of the McCarthy camp, as soon as the tweet went out word came down from Democratic leadership that they weren't going anywhere.
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Pappyland posted:So is it on to the fourth vote, now? yes unless some dems vote for mccarthy
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Congress is a bunch of clowns, I'm hearing sources on the floor say
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Gyges posted:There's a decent chance that a lot of the kool-aide drinkers believe that AOC and the rest of the Squad are powerhouses in the Democratic Caucus. Just BFFs with all of the DLC and leadership. The DLC dissolved in 2011, so that would match the quality of their other intelligence.
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