posted by gutBiden sure is starting off to be more of an autocrat than Trump ever was....I wonder when the media will start comparing him to Hitler?
posted by justincredibleI’m guessing this is Biden’s plan, then? To amend the Constitution?
Or, push something through Congress that would likely have the Supreme Court look at it and kill it most likely.
No Amendment is going to have any chance in today's modern climate.
I take a lot of this as just fluff to appease the progressives. Usually President's get 1 big ticket item out of Congress per term. (Bush got taxes, Obama got Obamacare, and Trump got taxes)
Biden got the relief package, and is pitching infrastructure now. That is likely all he is going to get out of this Congress and a next Congress. He knows that, so he is likely going through the motions on guns, immigrations, etc. knowing that nothing will likely occur in the Senate. Even infrastructure is a maybe.
posted by ptown_trojans_1No Amendment is absolute.
Nor do they change our actual rights at all, as they don't come from there.
I have said this before but how disgusting is this? Using what members of his party actually did and lying that changes to voting laws are the same thing. Sick.
posted by majorsparkI have said this before but how disgusting is this?
It's comically ironic, and evil genius, how the Dems have managed to disenfranchise blacks while still counting their votes.
So they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
There is no way they get that done with the filibuster in place.
Political suicide if they even try it
This is a sitting congressperson. Democracy was a mistake.
Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) April 15, 2021
The radicals/Marxists are in complete charge of what once was the democrat party. And it took less than 15 years to occur.
The idea that freedom can be lost in a generation is indeed correct.
posted by gutSo they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
I am old enough to remember this was scoffed as tin foil conservative bullshit. How many times did someone like S&L say something to the tune “LOL tHeY aRe juSt sAYiNg It, BuT wOnT ActUalLy Try?”
Inb4 someone says “you mean like what trump supporters did.”
posted by justincredibleThis is a sitting congressperson. Democracy was a mistake.
Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) April 15, 2021
Pronouns in bio. Always.
In other news some idiot in the House put up a bill to ban all magazines that hold over 10 bullets... which is almost all of them. These people are idiots.
It's like when people say "I don't want to ban all guns, just semi-autos."
posted by gutSo they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
Yeah, it is one thing to introduce it and sounds like it may pass through committee, but is another to see if Pelosi actually allows it to see the full House. Your point on the Senate is key. It stands zero, zero chance in the Senate, and Democrats know that. I see it as just playing to the base saying well we tried, but knowing it has zero chance of actually happening.
As I said before, I think the infrastructure bill, whatever it is, is the only big thing we will see out of this Congress in the next two years. Most liberal dreams and ideas will either not pass the House or will never see the light of day in the Senate.
posted by ptown_trojans_1
As I said before, I think the infrastrcuture bill ,whatever it is, is the only big thing we will see out of this Congress in the next two years.
When they're literally trying to pass off everything as "infrastructure" I'm not sure it's fair to say it's the "only big thing" they'll pass.
posted by justincredibleWhen they're literally trying to pass off everything as "infrastructure" I'm not sure it's fair to say it's the "only big thing" they'll pass.
Not from Manchin or Sinema, as they have a typical narrow view of infrastructure, so I expect it to be paired down as it moves through the Senate.
The everything is infrastructure is dumb as shit. As someone who works in the field, yes we do need more spending on it, but everything does not fall in the category...
Interesting shift in sentiment from the media RE: leaving Afghanistan.
🧵THREAD🧵
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2021
Today, President Biden announced his intention to end the war in Afghanistan, to great media fanfare.
You may remember, way back in 2019 & 2020, President Trump said the same thing.
Let me know if you can spot the difference in coverage then vs. now⤵️
posted by justincredibleInteresting shift in sentiment from the media RE: leaving Afghanistan.
🧵THREAD🧵
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2021
Today, President Biden announced his intention to end the war in Afghanistan, to great media fanfare.
You may remember, way back in 2019 & 2020, President Trump said the same thing.
Let me know if you can spot the difference in coverage then vs. now⤵️
The only constant is the neocons are still butthurt lol.
I will give Biden credit if he actually follows thru, but every president since obama has been saying it.
posted by like_thatThe only constant is the neocons are still butthurt lol.
I will give Biden credit if he actually follows thru, but every president since obama has been saying it.
Yeah, I hope he does. But I remember him saying the same thing in like 2012 that they'd be out by 2014.
Oh, the Russia bounty story was fake, yet talked about for weeks. Funny how these things only seem to happen to one side?
lol
NADLER: "We're not packing the Supreme Court, we're unpacking it" pic.twitter.com/LQJyzVpYem
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 15, 2021
posted by justincredibleYeah, I hope he does. But I remember him saying the same thing in like 2012 that they'd be out by 2014.
In the Obama years, Biden was actually the vocal one to withdraw while Gates and Clinton were more in the surge camp that prevailed. Then, in the later Obama years after the death of Bin Laden, Obama could not be seen as weak given the withdraw in Iraq and the situation in Afghanistan was worse in those years.
That said, I also hope he follows through. Trump actually did lay a decent groundwork with talks with the Taliban and Afghan Gov. (That Obama could never do as he would be called weak).
posted by justincrediblelol
NADLER: "We're not packing the Supreme Court, we're unpacking it" pic.twitter.com/LQJyzVpYem
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 15, 2021
Put that on loop for about 5 minutes.
posted by iclfan2Oh, the Russia bounty story was fake, yet talked about for weeks. Funny how these things only seem to happen to one side?
Not fake, I went back and read the original NYT story. The intel at the time said they had medium confidence on it. Now, they are saying it was low confidence it happened. I think that warrents a what the fuck happened in the intel verification process by the House and Senate Intel committees because either way it is a fuck up by the intelligence community.
posted by ptown_trojans_1Not fake, I went back and read the original NYT story. The intel at the time said they had medium confidence on it. Now, they are saying it was low confidence it happened. I think that warrents a what the fuck happened in the intel verification process by the House and Senate Intel committees because either way it is a fuck up by the intelligence community.
Nice way to justify that. Total BS over reach and political partisan move by a branch of government that should be impartal
posted by SpockNice way to justify that. Total BS over reach and political partisan move by a branch of government that should be impartal
Fake implies it was made up. We don't know that. The House and Senate should investigate and ask what changed and why was the previous estimate deemed medium to high confidence when it was not. Sounds to me a intel process and verifcaton story than anything.