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Nice big Republican and probably Russian propaganda therein charge to try to cast Zelensky as some kind of hustler and support of Ukraine somehow bad because literally of course. Surprised they didn't turn that one into a culture war issue much sooner.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 14:29 |
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First new poll out of Arizona by a major pollster shows that Sinema is incredibly unpopular, but the Senate race is still a toss-up whether she runs or not. Two asterisks: 1) They only polled Ruben Gallego as the possible Dem nominee. There are other people who have expressed interest too, but Gallego seems like the likeliest candidate. 2) They polled Kari Lake as the Republican candidate, but it might be Mark Lamb, who is the Pinal County Sheriff, or Former Governor Doug Ducey. Favorability: quote:Sinema: 31/47 (43/27 favorability rating with Trump voters and 20/69 with Biden voters.) In a 3-way race: quote:Sinema: 13% In a 2-way race: quote:Gallego: 48% https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/1605923428770406401
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 15:08 |
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Speaking of Sinema https://twitter.com/sambrodey/status/1605926666110259200?s=46&t=ikdfk1jlYAL8x-VOpI-2aQ Lots of the usual stuff about her abusing low level staff. This one is funny. quote:The memo is clear that Sinema doesn’t start work before 8:45 a.m. and staffers should not schedule anything after 8 p.m. In fact, it specifies that the senator is “often not reachable” after 8 p.m. during the week, which would make her highly unusual among U.S. senators.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 15:17 |
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Setting work boundaries is probably the least objectionable thing about her
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 15:20 |
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Speaking of Sinema, someone from her staff leaked an internal document she sent to her new staffers 3 years ago and it is pretty wild. The most disturbing revelation is that she wants to have a "room temperature" bottle of water available at all times. quote:The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1605928960570757120 Edit: Slightly beaten!
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 15:23 |
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FizFashizzle posted:Speaking of Sinema christ, what a piece of poo poo. i am so glad i have fetterman and casey as senators because they actually mostly a give a poo poo and do good.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 15:35 |
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It seems like the "George Santos lied about basically everything on his resume" scandal isn't just stopping at his resume - it's extending to much of his actual biography too. First of all, he claimed his maternal grandparents were Ukrainian Jews who fled Ukraine to escape communism and then fled Europe to escape Nazism, changing their religions and even their last names in the process. But an examination of historical and genealogical records indicates that his maternal grandparents were born and raised in Brazil, and that the family had used that same last name for generations. Additionally, he only started claiming Ukrainian descent after Russia invaded Ukraine. https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1605745601542356992 It doesn't end there, either. He's put a lot of emphasis on being an "openly gay" candidate who's "never had an issue with my sexual identity in the past decade", but failed to mention that he divorced his wife two weeks before he launched his campaign. Normally, I wouldn't make a big deal about this one. People can discover stuff about themselves at any age, and there's been plenty of genuine gay men who've entered heterosexual marriages for one reason or another. But that kind of flies in the face of his claims that he's been out-and-proud for a decade and never felt pressured. And most importantly, this motherfucker has been caught in so many lies at this point that I honestly wouldn't be surprised if an article drops tomorrow saying his name isn't actually George. https://twitter.com/MarisaKabas/status/1605930806572204034
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:13 |
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The Jewish, veteran, business, and parents lies were pretty wild. Especially when all of them were combined coming from one person. But, lying about being gay and divorcing your wife two weeks before you start your campaign takes this story/guy to an all-time great level.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:16 |
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How do Sinema and MTG feel about each other? The government could probably pay off a decent chunk of the debt by pitting them against each other in the wrestling ring and putting it on PPV.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:20 |
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I think this whole thing is a huge indictment of the NY Dems’ failure to even try to look into this guy
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:21 |
None of this is at all likely to get him kicked out of congress, is it? If so, who would appoint his replacement?
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:37 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I think this whole thing is a huge indictment of the NY Dems’ failure to even try to look into this guy Oh for sure, as an investigator at a law firm this guy's history would have been unraveled in less than a day of work.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:38 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I think this whole thing is a huge indictment of the NY Dems’ failure to even try to look into this guy They did, and they put out a release with the stuff they found and no one in the media cared at the time.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:38 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:None of this is at all likely to get him kicked out of congress, is it? If so, who would appoint his replacement? nobody. representatives can only be replaced by special election. and given how narrow the R majority is, there's no way in hell they let him resign
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:38 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I think this whole thing is a huge indictment of the NY Dems’ failure to even try to look into this guy I am not sure if its the NY Dems or the firm they likely used on the campaign. It might also be on the candidate for setting what to look or not look at.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The Jewish, veteran, business, and parents lies were pretty wild. Especially when all of them were combined coming from one person. They may have just been in a dead marriage or have been separated for a long time and never bothered to get divorced or whatever. I'm not saying he definitely didn't lie, or that he didn't get divorced for the campaign, just that it's bad to make these assumptions even if he lied about a bunch of other stuff.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:51 |
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Cranappleberry posted:They may have just been in a dead marriage or have been separated for a long time and never bothered to get divorced or whatever. It is the highest of virtues to assume the very worst about anyone who identifies as a republican.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 16:57 |
7c Nickel posted:They did, and they put out a release with the stuff they found and no one in the media cared at the time. Makes sense. New york media far too busy talking about whatever bright idea eric adams had on the toilet yesterday I'm sure
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:04 |
evilweasel posted:nobody. representatives can only be replaced by special election. Any chance any of this could get him arrested? such a christ-awful indictment of our entire society that this guy is just gonna . . . get away with it
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:04 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Any chance any of this could get him arrested? …for what? It’s not illegal to lie on your resume. This country is built on it!
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:08 |
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selec posted:…for what? It’s not illegal to lie on your resume. This country is built on it! He's wanted in Brazil for fraud. Maybe we can work out an extradition.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:12 |
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i think its still an open question about whether he lied on any of his FEC filings, like i think i read somewhere that he claimed charitable giving to organizations that either don't exist or have no record of him ever having anything to do with them. so he might still get in trouble! just not for making stuff up about his life.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:13 |
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In today's edition of owngoals and foot shootery: https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1605958070093238272 The backstory, from February: quote:Oshkosh Corporation Seeks Non-Union Labor to Build Postal Trucks
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:17 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Speaking of Sinema, someone from her staff leaked an internal document she sent to her new staffers 3 years ago and it is pretty wild. I want to know what's wrong with this. There are way worse and weirder things in this very list than 'please keep a bottle of water out of a fridge for me'.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:42 |
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Prism posted:I want to know what's wrong with this. There are way worse and weirder things in this very list than 'please keep a bottle of water out of a fridge for me'. Room temperature water is scientifically the worst water for drinking. Cold is better and even hot water can be used to make delicious tea or coffee. I would not trust anyone who said they needed to "wait for it to warm up" in response to getting a bottle of water.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:46 |
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Prism posted:I want to know what's wrong with this. There are way worse and weirder things in this very list than 'please keep a bottle of water out of a fridge for me'. Room temp water is better for your voice because it’s a mild stressor for your vocal folds to get all cold and then immediately start rubbing together while you talk. politicians talk a lot so it just made me think a voice coach or speech therapist had told her to drink it instead of cold water to make sure her vocal quality remains pleasant while she says all her rear end in a top hat stuff. So yeah, not very weird imo Edit: on googling I’ve learned room temp water is one of those things “wellness” types think heals your soul or whatever so it probably is evidence of Sinema being all woo and bizarre after all, mb Hawkperson fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Room temperature water is scientifically the worst water for drinking. Dunno about her, but I broke a couple teeth as a teen and had them put back together. They are now real cold sensitive. I don't like drinking fridge-cold water either and I don't put ice in my drinks - it hurts if I drink it any way but tiny sips. I wouldn't even have noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out; there are way more oddball things in that report. Coffee, on the other hand, is always good.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 17:52 |
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it also improves retention of that water - you would prefer not to give cold water to a dehydrated person - but that's probably not a dire concern during senatorial office hours and anyway my own solution is to just drink arbitrarily large amounts of cold water
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I've also been told by people who work out frequently that room-temperature water was better to drink after working out. Dunno how true that actually is, but if she spends as much time at the gym as the memo implies, it's possible she has the same mindset.
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Optimizing the temperature of your drinking water is aughts-era Bodybuilding.com forums stuff, basically just evidence that she's been like this forever. Now I'm wondering what her supplement stack is and how many friends she's lost over it
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 18:02 |
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cold water gives me indigestion e: perhaps sinema has this problem as well. i sympathize! lobster shirt fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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the_steve posted:I can't remember where I read it, but I remember this one story not long after they started putting Kylo Ren actors into the park, he was doing his bit and the woman he was "interrogating" kept doubling down on the "Harder daddy" act until he couldn't take it anymore and stormed off. I also recall hearing stories of really gross human pubic hairs stalking cast members playing Rey across the park and just being generally creepy to them or harassing them because the fictional character from the movie they were portraying made them mad and they can't distinguish fantasy from reality.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 18:37 |
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None of that seems that odd to be honest when you remember that Senators are primarily figureheads who are having everything run by their staff. The same reason someone like Feinstein can function without issue while having dementia, it's 90% her staff managing everything.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 18:47 |
Gumball Gumption posted:None of that seems that odd to be honest when you remember that Senators are primarily figureheads who are having everything run by their staff. The same reason someone like Feinstein can function without issue while having dementia, it's 90% her staff managing everything. This was my thought too at first but , wait, no, gently caress that, the problem is she's treating being a senator like a part time job. I work longer hours than that and all I'm trying to do is get people out of jail.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 18:52 |
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Not to say there’s not bad stuff in there, but the Sinema article seems to keep focusing back to the least objectionable stuff. Like okay, she doesn’t want to fly Southwest and really doesn’t like middle seats. She likes to keep a bottle of water on hand. But the article makes it sound like she’s terrible for that for some reason. She’s terrible for other reasons. Focus on those things. Like was said, setting work life balance boundaries is like the most relatable thing about her. True, my work life balance is way worse at my much shittier job, and I don’t represent anyone, but giving her crap about that specifically feels like crab bucket mentality. No, she’s lovely because she helps out the lawmakers who want to take away work life balance from everyone else. That’s the lovely aspect of that. Not setting the boundaries itself.
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# ? Dec 22, 2022 19:15 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:This was my thought too at first but , wait, no, gently caress that, the problem is she's treating being a senator like a part time job. I work longer hours than that and all I'm trying to do is get people out of jail. I mean, I definitely think that's part of the problem but I don't think it's terribly unique among Senators. She's definitely not the only one booking personal appointments in the middle of the day, she's not the only one teaching classes, nothing about the water or the plane seat is very shocking if you've been involved with those sort of logistics for people at her level. Bernie is a lot less picky but it's not like he doesn't have explicit instructions for his staff and travel arrangements. She's a really bad Senator but nothing in that article is surprising for someone who has their life scheduled like Senators do. I mean, one of the things they outline is call time and if you asked the party, if she's hitting her call time she's actually doing the most important job she could be doing. You're staff can handle a lot of stuff but call time and glad handing is one of the number one jobs of candidates/politicians in office.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:First new poll out of Arizona by a major pollster shows that Sinema is incredibly unpopular, but the Senate race is still a toss-up whether she runs or not. Sinema probably does get votes from “I hate both parties” people and temporarily embarrassed Republicans, which I guess is 13 percent of voters. I think most of the Democratic support left with her will keep evaporating once name recognition of Gallego (or whoever) goes up. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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U.S. life expectency dropped for the second time in nearly 50 years in 2021. The average was dragged down by people over 65 dying earlier due to covid and a big increase in people under 65 dying from drugs. 2/3 of all drug deaths in the U.S. were from fentanyl - the first time a single drug has been responsible for such a large percentage. Heart disease related to diet and exercise continues to be the biggest source of early death in Americans. Alcohol and liver-related disease has replaced pneumonia in the top 10 biggest causes of early death as well. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1605998865173385225 quote:U.S. life expectancy continued its steady, alarming decline in 2021, as covid-19 and illegal drugs took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, according to final government data released Thursday.
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7c Nickel posted:They did, and they put out a release with the stuff they found and no one in the media cared at the time. Do you have a link to the release or any information on it? As in, what exactly they put out a release on, did they run advertisements on it, etc? I'm not saying I don't believe you, just curious about the details, and doing a search for it at this point is completely dominated by recent articles.
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Sir Kodiak posted:Do you have a link to the release or any information on it? As in, what exactly they put out a release on, did they run advertisements on it, etc? I'm not saying I don't believe you, just curious about the details, and doing a search for it at this point is completely dominated by recent articles. At a minimum, the below material from the DCCC (a lot of the stuff in the report wasn't known until after the election). https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/
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