I care a great deal for addicts. It’s why I want to change the way we police drug offenders and invest in care for them rather than just make things more expensive by pretending 43 pounds of Fentanyl matters in any significant way when you consider the overall scope of the problem. You will not stop people from ODing by cracking down on the Canadian border. Or the Mexico border for that matter, but at least the math maths more there.
119th Congress or Red Wave In Adult Land
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I care a great deal for addicts. It’s why I want to change the way we police drug offenders and invest in care for them rather than just make things more expensive by pretending 43 pounds of Fentanyl matters in any significant way when you consider the overall scope of the problem. You will not stop people from ODing by cracking down on the Canadian border. Or the Mexico border for that matter, but at least the math maths more there.
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There’s no question that Boebert is just the ****ing worst, but I find this criticism just as dumb as people who claim elected officials are DEI hires. The *only* qualification for Congress is being the person who gets the most votes in your district. Sure, money and incumbency advantages are everywhere and once you’re in, you can basically just have a pulse (and these days, that’s basically optional) as long as you don’t make your corruption too openly illegal. If someone thinks their elected official is unqualified, my suggestion is to go knock on some of your neighbors’ doors and enlighten them because getting them to check the box is the only thing you need to be qualified.
There’s no question that Boebert is just the ****ing worst, but I find this criticism just as dumb as people who claim elected officials are DEI hires. The *only* qualification for Congress is being the person who gets the most votes in your district. Sure, money and incumbency advantages are everywhere and once you’re in, you can basically just have a pulse (and these days, that’s basically optional) as long as you don’t make your corruption too openly illegal. If someone thinks their elected official is unqualified, my suggestion is to go knock on some of your neighbors’ doors and enlighten them because getting them to check the box is the only thing you need to be qualified.
acesfull86
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https://www.wsj.com/opinion/capitol-hills-republican-sycophant-caucus-trump-gop-congress-4e3056a5?mod=opinion_lead_pos6
”I don’t mind what Trump does, because I trust Trump.”
Thus spoke Sen. Lindsey Graham last week, cheerfully declaring the unconditional surrender of not only his own judgment, his freedom of thought, his relevance and his dignity, but—and this one actually matters—his role as a leading member of one of the elected branches of the U.S. government.
The submissive senator was responding on Fox News last week to a report that President Trump had started negotiations with Hamas, the terrorist organization whose destruction Mr. Graham had recently called “nonnegotiable.”
Flustered for a moment by this latest sudden turn from the White House, Mr. Graham quickly recovered and gave that neatly laconic affirmation of his self-extinction and his superfluity as a thinker and policymaker. You were left wondering how he might have responded if he had been told that Mr. Trump had just signed an executive order exiling him to Siberia, confiscating his personal property and burning his house to the ground.
I pick on the gentleman from South Carolina only because he is the most ubiquitous and performative of the class of sometime self-sovereign senators turned servile sycophants who are supposed to be making our laws. He isn’t alone.
”I don’t mind what Trump does, because I trust Trump.”
Thus spoke Sen. Lindsey Graham last week, cheerfully declaring the unconditional surrender of not only his own judgment, his freedom of thought, his relevance and his dignity, but—and this one actually matters—his role as a leading member of one of the elected branches of the U.S. government.
The submissive senator was responding on Fox News last week to a report that President Trump had started negotiations with Hamas, the terrorist organization whose destruction Mr. Graham had recently called “nonnegotiable.”
Flustered for a moment by this latest sudden turn from the White House, Mr. Graham quickly recovered and gave that neatly laconic affirmation of his self-extinction and his superfluity as a thinker and policymaker. You were left wondering how he might have responded if he had been told that Mr. Trump had just signed an executive order exiling him to Siberia, confiscating his personal property and burning his house to the ground.
I pick on the gentleman from South Carolina only because he is the most ubiquitous and performative of the class of sometime self-sovereign senators turned servile sycophants who are supposed to be making our laws. He isn’t alone.
I disagree with this portion slightly. What makes Graham special to me is that he is just prominent and outspoken enough to be on the record as having recently said the exact opposite of whatever Trump said now and so he has to go out and pretend he didn’t ever say or think those things. But he’s not unique or special in his defense of Trump.
One thing the left really needs to work on is forcing votes whenever they can to make congressional Republicans stand with Trump or not. The left is still focused on Trump instead of the Republican Party, and Republicans in Congress can basically just chill each week knowing they just have to avoid saying something that irritates either their constituents or the MAGA movement. Force the issue more and make “moderate” Republicans actively defend legislation on their merits.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
This. Focusing on Trump is a lost cause. He's done, he had his 2 terms. Focus on getting the people pissed off at their republican congress people up for election in 2026.
Aside from potentially flipping the house (which is always a chance) you have 22 Republican seats up for grabs and some of them are getable. You probably have little to no shot at Moscow Mitch's seat unless Beshear decides to abandon the governorship for it, Maine is very vulnerable as Collins isn't popular with MAGA, North Carolina is winnable, you can't rule out redstate upsets with a more moderate democrat candidate like Manchin. They need to fight hard because at least 4 D seats are at risk in Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Minnesota. 2 of those are retiring so you need a strong new candidate. I don't know if Ossoff has done anything to ensure his seat is safe. I don't think Shaheen's seat is at risk unless Sununu runs for it.
The democrats who want those senate seats need to hit the trail now at town halls, Get out there and rally voters in places hurting right now.
Of course they'll never do that. Because that would be intelligent and the DNC is just waiting for a savior instead of mobilizing a ground game. They took advantage of the organic ground game Obama brought by getting young people excited and pissed it away.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
“To keep ourselves right in all things, we ought to hold fast to this principle: What I see as
white I will believe to be black if the hierarchical church thus determines it.”
(Ignatius de Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order–Spiritual Exercises (1522–1524), 13th Rule).
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acesfull86
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Really enjoying Krysten Sinema dunking all over the (D) filibuster hypocrites on twitter right now. Chef’s kiss.
sturg33
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I really wish Trump would publicly offer to kill the fillibuster and show all the historical calls for it as a reason for us to come together
Yep, it’s so ****ing frustrating man. Basically every aspect of governance seemingly flips the moment the Presidency or Congress does. Nobody actually gives a **** about anything but political power and governing from either the majority or minority is seen as secondary to that. It’s why there’s absolutely no consistency.
Nah. People get really weird about qualifications and merit when it comes to elected officials in this way, but the only qualifications are being eligible for office and getting the most votes. If the electorate feels AOC or MTG or Tuberville best serves their interest in Congress, they’re not pretending, the electorate just chose that. It’s why I’d love to see term limits and genuine campaign finance reform to mitigate the power of money in these races that advantage incumbents.