I hope very pissed. Because fuck her and her vacation.
I hope very pissed. Because fuck her and her vacation.
It's kind of her fault, she objected to debating amendments because she wants to wrap up the bill and leave but as a result the GOP is now going to protest and run out the clock making her leave much later than if she just allowed the amendments to be debated.
Yeah, people really underestimate how horrible those midterms were for Dems.
Sosnik says there's "signs that [Biden's] support is beginning to soften", and the reason given to support this claim is people, without a reason given for their pessimism, have gotten more pessimistic about the country's direction. That's...quite a flawed argument there, especially considering Biden's support has been right around 55% now for months, and Trump's support had been very stable for months as well. And judging by their data, it seems that, if a president has more than 50% support, their party can actually gain seats in the midterms.
I also find it interesting they say "7 out of 8", when I look at that picture and...it looks like only 4 or 5 of the last elections had been "significant losses". On a side note...for some reason, I thought that GOP House gains in 2020 were much greater than that. But, +13 is kind of...not as many losses as I remember. Odd.
Anything can happen in the next year, but I could easily see Biden's support hanging around 50-55% a year from now if nothing problematic happens. And that, if we're really going to rely on historical trends for this midterm, could result in Dems...gaining a couple of seats in the Senate and expanding their House majority by around 10 seats.
It's yet more evidence that a bad result for Dems in the midterms is not guaranteed. Not only that, but historical trends actually seem to be indicating that the whole "party in power loses seats" narrative is more complicated than that. It depends on the popularity of the president, the political climate at the time, the actions of the federal government leading up to the midterms, what and how the party in the minority is doing, the amount of voter enthusiasm for each party, unpredictable and tragic crises, and more.
In other words: Let's wait and see what happens in the coming 15 months. Anything can happen.
the years where losses were mitigated or soft were in general election years
And SCOTUS challenge in 3..2..1-oh right, it's the Roberts court.
Very cool that this will work and possibly be replicated elsewhere to entrench minority rule in increasingly diverse states or states with a significant amount of marginalized people living in their borders.
This is a fair point and possibly an answer as to why Carlson was so focused on making Hungary sound like a utopia. It made no sense to me before, but this clears it up.
Unfortunately for them, the land this country sits on has a long history of violent revolutions when the will of the people are ignored. If you think blue states will sit back and take it, hoo boy.Only answer for them in the long term is to ignore the will of the people.
Unfortunately for them, the land this country sits on has a long history of violent revolutions when the will of the people are ignored. If you think blue states will sit back and take it, hoo boy.
Unfortunately for them, the land this country sits on has a long history of violent revolutions when the will of the people are ignored. If you think blue states will sit back and take it, hoo boy.
The other main issue is that the liberals/the left/whatever you want to call it in the US have been socialized for decades that the only way to express dissent against the political system is by electoral participation, while the right has been similarly socialized to think in more...er, direct terms. There's going to be a real "but we can't do that" barrier that has to get overcome before anything more radical then "We have to win the next election harder!" gets serious tractionsThe problem is that the way Orban did it in Hungary, will enough people even realize it/understand what is going on? Slow and subtle dismantling of institutions means the GOP can do it without invoking the ire of the masses.
The other main issue is that the liberals/the left/whatever you want to call it in the US have been socialized for decades that the only way to express dissent against the political system is by electoral participation, while the right has been similarly socialized to think in more...er, direct terms. There's going to be a real "but we can't do that" barrier that has to get overcome before anything more radical then "We have to win the next election harder!" gets serious tractions
The other main issue is that the liberals/the left/whatever you want to call it in the US have been socialized for decades that the only way to express dissent against the political system is by electoral participation, while the right has been similarly socialized to think in more...er, direct terms. There's going to be a real "but we can't do that" barrier that has to get overcome before anything more radical then "We have to win the next election harder!" gets serious tractions
Infrastructure week is here! 68 voted to end debate on the bill. Now they just need to run out the clock (30 hours remaining) and pass the bill with a simple majority on Tuesday.
He's not a real doctor. Not in a Board Certified sense. Only in a "If I insist I'm a Doctor and repeat it enough people will think I'm a Doctor" sense.How is this dude still able to call himself a doctor? He is purposely harming people with his nonsense.
He's not a real doctor. Not in a Board Certified sense. Only in a "If I insist I'm a Doctor and repeat it enough people will think I'm a Doctor" sense.
He is the biggest fraud. Every thing about him is phony. It's unreal.motherfucker doesn't even have an undergrad degree. That's how out of touch these people are with today's world. He dropped out of undergrad and was admitted as a legacy student into Duke medical school because Duke has one of the highest family admission rates in the country and at the time they didn't require a bachelors degree.
can you even imagine that scenario in today's world?
See, I think a lot of people are like me, and didn't know. That explains a lot though.He's not a real doctor. Not in a Board Certified sense. Only in a "If I insist I'm a Doctor and repeat it enough people will think I'm a Doctor" sense.
Roberts is foaming at the mouth thinking about gutting a new Voting Rights Act.We just gotta hope that Congress passes some sort of new Voting Rights Act.
Roberts is foaming at the mouth thinking about gutting a new Voting Rights Act.
Children's hospitals in areas seeing a surge in Covid cases are experiencing the same pattern: More children are coming in with Covid symptoms just ahead of the start of the school year. Bed shortages and overworked doctors and nurses in children's hospitals are becoming commonplace.
The budget sounds pretty damn good to me, and not to praise Trump but I swear he did mandate some sort of federal paid paternity leave in 2017 or 18. Was that just for federal employees?
Ah okay, makes sense they would hype it to high heavens for something that was only a half measure
FYI the charges against him were already big enough to make Trump nervous and way bigger than the armchairs thought they'd be (we're talking jaywalking vs Grand Theft level scope), this on top of that is some major leverageNew York prosecutors have evidence that Allen Weisselberg's son also avoided taxes by living rent-free in Trump's apartment, report says
Prosecutors say Barry Weisselberg, a Trump Organization employee, did the same thing that led to an indictment of his father, The Daily Beast reported.www.yahoo.com
This is interesting. I didn't think charges against Weisselberg himself would cause him to flip. Charges against his son, though? That could do it.
Could they extend the child tax credit via reconciliation?
Cause I'm not seeing it in the proposal.
Extends the largest tax cut for families with children ever (CTC/EITC/CDCTC)
What the fuck. This is why you need details on how these people got in, this is like trump with his MBA levels of terrible I wouldn't be shocked this asshole had someone else doing most of his work for him.motherfucker doesn't even have an undergrad degree. That's how out of touch these people are with today's world. He dropped out of undergrad and was admitted as a legacy student into Duke medical school because Duke has one of the highest family admission rates in the country and at the time they didn't require a bachelors degree.
can you even imagine that scenario in today's world?
The whole certification story is wild, too:What the fuck. This is why you need details on how these people got in, this is like trump with his MBA levels of terrible I wouldn't be shocked this asshole had someone else doing most of his work for him.