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I've seen this bandied about Elsewhere, people asserting that the GOP Senators wouldn't permit a Feinstein replacement if she resigned, but a lot of people also seem to be disregarding that, so is that in fact the case?
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The GOP has resisted reorganizing the judiciary committe to remove Feinstein as a temporary measure. I'm not familiar with Senate procedure for a completely new senator, in terms of committees, but sitting a senator is out of their control.
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Yes the issue was that if they wanted to replace her with another Senator on the committee that the GOP could potentially block it. That wouldn’t apply if she resigns and gets replaced by another Senator in her place
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May 17, 2023 14:21
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https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1658834119847997440 That's right! And don't let anyone forget it! Trumpet this from the rooftops! https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1658813871774105600 Fact check: True! Say you would sign a six-week federal ban on abortion Mr. Trump!
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May 17, 2023 15:59
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Why the hell is Biden going to the G7 when we are like 2 weeks away from a catastrophic economic meltdown
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Charliegrs posted:Why the hell is Biden going to the G7 when we are like 2 weeks away from a catastrophic economic meltdown When you refuse to negotiate you have a lot of free time Also if you render it impossible to pull you into a meeting, refusing to negotiate is easier
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Charliegrs posted:Why the hell is Biden going to the G7 when we are like 2 weeks away from a catastrophic economic meltdown Getting the rest of the world ready for when America defaults 
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haveblue posted:When you refuse to negotiate you have a lot of free time He ain’t refusing poo poo https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1658854766544289800?s=46&t=6Q05E9cp_ar9ql-5Jy81HQ Good luck, everyone.
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selec posted:He ain’t refusing poo poo https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1658855055892664329 Yeah, it really looks like he's caving. Whomst among us could have predicted?
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selec posted:He ain’t refusing poo poo I'm sorry but is there an article somewhere?
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Ither posted:I'm sorry but is there an article somewhere? There is a briefing happening right now, will probably see articles this afternoon wrapping it up.
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selec posted:There is a briefing happening right now, will probably see articles this afternoon wrapping it up. Ah, okay. Didn't know he was speaking now.
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cat botherer posted:https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1658855055892664329 How is this leaving the door open for more work requirements? This looks like a wall more than a door.
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https://twitter.com/RyanMarino/status/1658617633468497920 Nothing in here we don't already know, but this is the first mainstream outlet I've seen do a story on how fentanyl cannot be inhaled or absorbed through the skin and it's just cops having panic attacks. quote:We also contacted numerous other law enforcement and government agencies, as well as researchers around the U.S.
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selec posted:He ain’t refusing poo poo God, gently caress this senile old rapist rear end in a top hat. But hey, looks like he’s finally getting those entitlement cuts he’s wanted his entire career! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Nucleic Acids fucked around with this message at 16:55 on May 17, 2023 |
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Ither posted:I'm sorry but is there an article somewhere? Man it would be really interesting if the Reuters article said that... Here is the article. quote:WORK REQUIREMENTS But it didn't so...
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Mooseontheloose posted:Man it would be really interesting if the Reuters article said that... The article has been changed. It previously included a different description of statements from Hakeem Jeffries, not Biden, that may be what people are referencing. I still have it open on a tab in my phone, so I can retype how the relevant bit read a few hours ago. quote:She also did not give details on negotiations over expanding work requirements for the two programs that provide food and cash aid to low-income families, which Republicans want to see included as part of a deal. e: I have no idea what may have happened during any briefing today, if that's what is being referenced instead. eviltastic fucked around with this message at 17:34 on May 17, 2023 |
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/RyanMarino/status/1658617633468497920 Poor pigs, thought of fentanyl and died
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And to think I assembled all these fentanyl grenades for nothing :/
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Professor Beetus posted:Poor pigs, thought of fentanyl and died (also I thought about making the same joke lol)
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There’s this Reuters article, headlined “Tighter work requirements for welfare programs on table in debt ceiling talks - sources”. The “sources” are “two people familiar with the negotiation,” not even attributed to anybody from the administration, which means it could easily be McCarthy or his aides trying to set a narrative. Pump the brakes a little on the outrage.
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Here's the direct quote Seems like Mr. Quintanilla intentionally misrepresented his position in order to get a bunch of outrage engagement.
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zoux posted:Here's the direct quote “Consequence” here is doing some heavy lifting. Consequential for who? Consequential to what degree? I guess we’ll have to wait and see, but Biden’s tragicomic history as a negotiator doesn’t give me an abundance of faith.
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Before something is committed to is the best point to be mad about it (if one believes that it's possible to influence politicians in any positive way). Let politicians know how angry people will be. If not, no harm in being angry anyway.
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selec posted:“Consequence” here is doing some heavy lifting. Consequential for who? Consequential to what degree? I guess we’ll have to wait and see, but Biden’s tragicomic history as a negotiator doesn’t give me an abundance of faith. Well, a reasonable person would assume that "nothing of consequence" means nothing of consequence. It's a well understood turn of phrase, he's not speaking in code.
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Adenoid Dan posted:Before something is committed to is the best point to be mad about it (if one believes that it's possible to influence politicians in any positive way). Let politicians know how angry people will be. The harm in being angry is that you are angry. Angry isn’t a great way to be! And I can’t speak for everyone, but I get really burnt out on engaging with political sat all from the anger and despair at things that actually happen, I do not need to have “outrage about things that were never actually on the table and only exist as misrepresentation by Twitter people” piled on top of that.
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There’s a term for people who get insanely angry at made up poo poo they see on the internet that exactly confirms their priors: boomers.
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The Lord of Hats posted:The harm in being angry is that you are angry. Angry isn’t a great way to be! Sure, I understand that, but being mad at a politician doesn't have to be a 24/7 thing. I don't understand how people can engage with political content without being angry. Manage time spent thinking about politics instead, it's more realistic. Edit: recognizing a pattern that has played out politically all your life isn't making things up or a boomer specific thing
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zoux posted:Here's the direct quote Here's the video https://www.foxnews.com/video/6327688703112 Mr Quintanilla was right
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RealityWarCriminal posted:Here's the video  Literally the headline under the clip.
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just so y'know, imgur is not showing up at all now for a number of people so you might want to find a new host
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the_steve posted:And you're not seeing the contradiction here? *laughs in Chicagoan* The Democrats do this to each other all the time, and not just in Illinois (Barack Obama famously managed to run unopposed for state Senate in 1996 by knocking off all his Democratic primary opponents, including his mentor, via petition challenges). New York, Iowa, Indiana, Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, Michigan... And they do it to Republicans, who do it right back to both each other and everyone else. Turns out even the Green Party petition challenges its primary candidates (and not just of the perennial Nazi that likes to run under their banner). Its a litmus test; if you're not cutthroat enough, if you're not well-versed enough in the rules of the game to even get on the ballot, you're going to get steamrolled in office by those who know the rules and how to use them to their advantage. Witness Ted Cruz getting owned repeatedly because his ego overrode his ability to understand how poo poo works, much to the irritation of his colleagues. Whining about how the rules are stacked against you and you just can't win isn't going to accomplish anything but making you feel better about yourself and your powerlessness. Its an excuse, especially when there's 18 members of the Chicago Progressive Caucus (including six Socialists) on the City Council and progressives like Brandon Johnson are managing to win against Dem establishment candidates in even notorious old corrupt Dem machine-controlled Chicago. Stop making excuses.
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Adenoid Dan posted:Sure, I understand that, but being mad at a politician doesn't have to be a 24/7 thing. Getting mad at things that aren't actually happening because it would confirm your prior beliefs about who you should be mad at makes you actively worse at recognizing patterns though. Even if it actually does happen in the future you will have surrendered your ability to tell a real threat from another nothing whispering campaign. That's not a boomer-specific thing but boy howdy have they as a generation mastered it.
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World Famous W posted:just so y'know, imgur is not showing up at all now for a number of people so you might want to find a new host They were going to set it up so you need to have an account for your images to be still hosted, and people who don't have an account will have their images deleted. That might have started
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Meatball posted:They were going to set it up so you need to have an account for your images to be still hosted, and people who don't have an account will have their images deleted. Beyond that, some sort of unclear throttling is occurring, even with images attached to an account.
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Killer robot posted:Getting mad at things that aren't actually happening because it would confirm your prior beliefs about who you should be mad at makes you actively worse at recognizing patterns though. Even if it actually does happen in the future you will have surrendered your ability to tell a real threat from another nothing whispering campaign. That's not a boomer-specific thing but boy howdy have they as a generation mastered it. It's important to cultivate a mindset where the more something confirms your priors the more skeptical of it you are. If something sounds too good to be true, if it perfectly confirms everything you already think about the world and the nature of it, there's probably mitigating context. It takes some time to look for secondary sources to corroborate and sometimes you even have to click and read an article because the whole point of headlines and tweets are to make you so mad or so scared about something that you click on the article. https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1658842457474310150 Nice to see that women can fail upward these days
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1658834119847997440 This is weird considering he was on background as understanding this was utterly radioactive for the GOP within the last 6-7 months. Maybe he’s just trying to crush a primary again, but it’s abnormal to see him fight his own instinct on this. He’s going to do the state-level regulation dodge, but all that means is Dems can pick whatever horrible red state they want and say “this is what that means in effect”.
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It’s only a failure if you don’t understand the incentive structure she’s operating under. She did a great job, it’s just that it’s not the job you wish it was. She’s really good at her job.
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TheGreyGhost posted:This is weird considering he was on background as understanding this was utterly radioactive for the GOP within the last 6-7 months. Maybe he’s just trying to crush a primary again, but it’s abnormal to see him fight his own instinct on this. He’s going to do the state-level regulation dodge, but all that means is Dems can pick whatever horrible red state they want and say “this is what that means in effect”. His instinct is "kill anyone who says bad things about me" and since that's DeSantis, he's going after poo poo in DeSantis' lane. He's not a calculating operator, he has a sort of low cunning, but mostly he just yells about what he's mad about.
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selec posted:It’s only a failure if you don’t understand the incentive structure she’s operating under. She did a great job, it’s just that it’s not the job you wish it was. She’s really good at her job.
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