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berlinerbaer

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  1. This was my thought as well. My guess is that the new bills were designed with past court rulings in mind. The justices had to state why they ruled the way they did, so the new bills could use that as a legal framework on which to build something more robust.
  2. I miss Germany. You live in a great city. As for Tanden, come on, Joe. Pull her nomination. Quit wasting time or deal with the embarrassment of a failed appointee.
  3. Lulz https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/16/trump-attacks-mcconnell-in-fiery-statement-469150
  4. The notion that politicians and pundits on the Right are at the mercy of their base is a dangerous myth. The masses have been whipped into a frenzy by a steady stream of lies from callous depraved "leaders", like Rush and Trump. These people are treacherous manipulators and we should celebrate every time they get their microphones taken away, by whatever means.
  5. I like your spunk but three bills, the maximum amount of bills that could pass through reconciliation, is a far cry from a "whole bunch of bills". Or do you think the Dems nuke the filibuster?
  6. My point was that this vote did not have to happen if McCarthy would have dealt with MTG on his own or among leadership. Instead, he made all his caucus go on record. There are several freshmen Rs in purple districts who have had a rough first month in office, voting wise. I'm talking about the two ladies in CA, the one still undecided in NY, and the one in IA who won by like 10 votes. The whole reason Mitch built a pile of Dem House bills up on his desk was to prevent them from coming up for a vote and making his members stick their necks out. One explanation is that Trump told McCarthy to hold the vote in order to find out who the "traitors" are, after flying down to Mar a Lago and slob his knob.
  7. This must have been a brutal vote for so many Republicans, especially the ones in swingy districts. It was all avoidable if McCarthy would have just handled MTG by himself. Between this saga and the internal vote over Cheney, I can't think of a less effective leader. Mitch, or even Pelosi would have never allowed this to happen.
  8. Q-CA. Awesome. Please let this stick. I'm going to start doing it from now on.
  9. Her district isn't nearly as red as I thought. It swung 10 points blueward in the Trump years. R +6 according to Cook in 2018 after the former incumbent R won by 22 and 14 in 2014 and 2016.
  10. Y'all are sucking off the Lincoln Project when there is no real proof they made a difference last November.
  11. Ron Johnson is not popular. I have to believe he's being advised to retire rather than put that seat at risk. You'd expect dipshit senators in red states like Missouri or Texas (wince), but not in a state that reelected Tammy Baldwin by double digits. And yet there he is, for now.
  12. This thread is in the wrong forum if the intent is for conservative participation.
  13. Mike Pawlawski knows what he's talking about. PK is a great hire. His defenses at UW were among the best in the P12 even if Jimmy Lake gets some credit for that. He also doesn't seem to have head coaching aspirations so if he works out there should be little worry about him getting hired away.
  14. The Capitol insurrection was shocking, sure, but something about seeing it coming weeks in advance takes it out of the running for me. The teargas church photo-op was way more out of left field and just as sinister. TrumpCare going down in flames in the Senate. Now THAT was shocking to me. Oh, and BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
  15. This has aged so well.
  16. Ha! Chinese state media thinks Pompeo is freelancing and that the Trump Admin is trying to poison the well on their way out the door. POLITICO
  17. I love how he included not just his own profile, but TWO of them.
  18. Nope. Just Nye County. Don't be fooled by all that empty desert. Nye County has 2/3 the population of Victoria. Pahrump, the county's largest settlement, is a magnet for all nutjobs in the Las Vegas region. RIP Art Bell
  19. My head agrees with you 100%. My heart says that the agreement by the UN to ostracize Taiwan in exchange for China, and the accompanying worldwide severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, is a relic of an era when China truly had zero problems with neighbors. That isn't the case anymore. Oh, and fuck China and their phony decorum. Everyone knows the back channels have been open all along. It is possible for Biden to use this as a bargaining chip.
  20. The Texas Delegation of Seditionists, ladies and gentlemen: Ted Cruz, Jodey Arrington, Brian Babin, Michael Burgess, John Carter, Michael Cloud, Pat Fallon, Louie Gohmert, Lance Gooden, Ronny Jackson, Troy Nehls, August Pfluger, Pete Sessions, Beth Van Duyne, Randy Weber, Roger Williams, Ron Wright Fuck you all
  21. This is news to me TBH. I don't really have any opinion of him either way. The Cal forums are silent on the move so far also. I'm sure he's fine. Probably just Sark wanting people he knows on staff, and Cal won't outbid Texas.
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