Think it's a Clinton dig for some reason? Even though she wasn't Third Way or Centrist.
Didn't I just see Warren being called center-left in the last 24 hours of this thread?
I think that makes Clinton a fascist.
Think it's a Clinton dig for some reason? Even though she wasn't Third Way or Centrist.
But what do you think is gonna happen once the nominee has to focus on beating trump?
shits gonna get DIRTY.
trumps side because welll that's how his side is, and Dems are gonnna have to use anything they can. This is an incumbent president whose already shown us he will cheat.
we need to do anything as well to beat him.
I heard that McConnell was trying to prevent this. I'm curious too.
The infighting makes us stronger and prepares us for the Fuckery coming this summerWhich is why infighting in the Dem party id fucking stupid. It just hands ammo to the opposition on a silver platter
So in the end Lev did "work his magic" and get Ukraine to announce criminal investigations 🤔
The infighting makes us stronger and prepares us for the Fuckery coming this summer
As long as it doesn't continue up until the convention, I agree.The infighting makes us stronger and prepares us for the Fuckery coming this summer
I can't get over how damning this interview is Conway was AGAIN asked explicitly "yes or no, Trump knew exactly what was going on, we're asking is that statement true or false?' and she AGAIN deflected Conway: "Trump knew what was going on how? What is Parnas actually saying?"
Here is Germany's defense minister confirming
@John_Hudson
and
@smekhennet
scoop.
@RichardGrenell
, who called the story fake, is the US ambassador to Germany.
I heard that McConnell was trying to prevent this. I'm curious too.
Well that's disheartening. Do they have a good chance?Well they're lying about it being the same as bill clinton, but with all their additions and modifications. So,, i wonder.
God I hope you are right about this
Feels counter intuitive especially with how tight the margins were in 2016 with the divide among the left with the animosity between Bernie and Hillary.
It's a primary race. There is going to be infighting. There always will be. There will never be a kumbaya moment at this stage in a primary.Which is why infighting in the Dem party id fucking stupid. It just hands ammo to the opposition on a silver platter
She's not helping herself either. It's almost like she's actively trying to sabotage her own campaign.
It's a primary race. There is going to be infighting. There always will be. There will never be a kumbaya moment at this stage in a primary.
The only real issue is the media covering it the way they are and not paying attention to actual crimes the administration is engaged in.
Susan Collins is a stupid fucking human being. I don't mean that as hyperbole. She's dumb.
@politico
Sen. Rand Paul is vowing to squeeze vulnerable GOP incumbents if they side with Democrats during Trump's impeachment trial https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/rand-paul-witness-votes-impeachment-099407 …
Don't ask them to think too hard.That's like one of the main fears if Bernie/Warren win right? That you lose the swing voters (aka centrists) in a lot of battleground states if the Dems go "too far left". It's basically considered a fact of life and completely assumed.
It's the same type of energy as a disgruntled progressive sitting out an election or voting 3rd party, except way way way worse imo.
Its the early going but as of right now, they got nothing
Edit:
The Clintons invented third-way centrism, what kind of revisionist history is this? But yes by all means lets ignore the super-predator demonizing and gutting of any safety net and focus on whether or not Bernie thinks the American public is sexist or not.Think it's a Clinton dig for some reason? Even though she wasn't Third Way or Centrist.
Okay.The Clintons invented third-way centrism, what kind of revisionist history is this? But yes by all means lets ignore the super-predator demonizing and gutting of any safety net and focus on whether or not Bernie thinks the American public is sexist or not.
@kylegriffin1
Oversight Chairwoman Maloney: "Today's [GAO] report—issued by independent attorneys—erases any lingering question about whether the Senate must subpoena documents and witnesses in order to conduct a fair trial."
11:10 - 16 Jan 2020
And it's to this that I get the most exasperated. How do we begrieve them in one breath and express our certainty that they will work with those of us across the aisle in the next. I don't actually think I disagree ideologically with most of the people scoffing at me here, but I don't understand the mentality.
Susan Collins is a stupid fucking human being. I don't mean that as hyperbole. She's dumb. I'm so, so fucking tired of mediocre thinkers and braindead morons in government. They can't think critically about issues. They don't know the facts and don't care to find them. They exude confidence giving answers or making statements that would embarrass any normal person. I'm so fucking sick of it.
I have never posted in here because the thread is so often about analyzing polls, electoral strategy, general running commentary about the horse race and a pastiche of inside baseball talk about Democratic Party affairs. It's also typically a news clearinghouse, lots of tweets or articles posted for comment from the twitter commentariat or the political gossip press like Politico.
That's one way of engaging with "politics" but I think it's narrow in scope and tends to under-emphasize the policy side of politics or the various ways of analyzing political schools of thought, the history of political power, etc. The cool bits.
People who are interested in a running discussion of the horse race should have a place to do it. It seems to be the PoliEra threads. Cool. If PoliEra is meant to expand to a more broad OT for political theory then I think the people focused on the horse race may feel displaced.
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department's internal watchdog has opened an inquiry into the department's Opportunity Zone program after a request in October from three Democratic members of Congress, Acting Treasury Inspector General Richard Delmar said.
In late 2018, NBC News reported that Richard LeFrak, a friend of Trump's, and the family interests of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, among others, could benefit from possible projects in designated opportunity zones. The New York Times published a similar report last year
I don't read it as "dumb" or incompetent, but rather flailing desperation to think up damage control on the spot where zero strategy exists, zero coordination exists, and your political party and leadership is so obviously engrained in the scandal you have literally no other option than to say the most ridiculous thing possible.
Though it is a dumb response, it's not for our consumption...
The base is on board with whatever excuse. GOP leadership demands falling on the sword to maintain power. She's just showing her ass as a complete knob like the rest. You know a "moderate" Republican.
@ABC
Speaker Pelosi says Lev Parnas statements, materials would ordinarily compel appointment of special prosecutor.
"Does anyone think that the rogue attorney general is going to appoint a special prosecutor? No, because he's implicated in all of this." https://abcn.ws/2FXWKAO
If nothing else this "administration" has provided fascinating insight into criminality and criminal psychology. I think there's merit to the idea that these guys literally don't know how to not crime.Man the hits just keep coming
Even with his entire presidency being under scrutiny at all times the crimes just kept on goin
@ShimonPro
FBI investigators went to the home and the business of Robert Hyde on Thursday. The agents were seen by CNN and confirmed by a law enforcement official. They were at the home early Thursday morning in Weatogue, CT before going to Hyde's business in Avon, CT.
11:35 - 16 Jan 2020
Man the hits just keep coming
Even with his entire presidency being under scrutiny at all times the crimes just kept on goin