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I cannot wait until she disappears. With votes.

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She also said Biden should "compromise" with Tuberville (who she referred to with his preferred friendly nickname of "Coach") on travel necessary for members of the military to obtain abortion services. What a two faced creep

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that picture looks like she hired Kari Lake's fashion consultant

Come on, man! where's that jean jacket vest thingee and the stupid earrings?

I mean, she looks almost professional!

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Sinema is one of those Greens who believes Democrats are worse than GOP. But she does realize there's no upside to her becoming a GOP so it's no wonder she decided to call herself "independent".

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I don't think she believe anything, really. No one can vote yes on Trump judges and yes on Biden judges and claim to have any coherent ideology at all.

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Good point!

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I don't think anybody here has any delusions about who Sinema is. ALL of her votes are decided by her lobbyist handlers. They probably just send her a list.

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$49 for a Starbucks New Orleans Ceramic Coffee Mug Been There Series Cup!??!

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She is a hateful person.

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SER: Please make sure that this is sent along to Ruben Gallego, for his campaign to replace her.

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"But, hey, she’s at least voted for President Joe Biden’s pro-choice judges. Yes, she has. Unfortunately, she also voted for most of Donald Trump’s anti-choice, forced-birth hack judges. She likes voting for judges the way I enjoy collecting Starbucks You Are Here mugs."

That's some throwback shit. The old approach was for senators to confirm p. much whoever the president nominated so long as they had the credentials, intelligence, and competence to do the job. And, you know, they weren't segregationist pieces of shit with powerful enemies like Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell. It was no secret what type of justice Antonin Scalia would be, but he got confirmed 97-0.

But the days of giving little or no consideration to nominees' viewpoints on substantive issues are long gone, and should be. I didn't really need another reason to dislike everyone's favorite starry-eyed hippie turned staunch hedge fund defender, but here's another reason just the same.

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Manchin is different from Sinema for me bc Sinema was elected in a clear Blue Wave where “Resistance” to Trump’s agenda was a big theme. That would demand that elected Dems actually resist, especially since stacking the courts with hacks was a main goal of the GOP

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Exactly so! Doing what the voters sent her there to do, at least in part, would gone a very long way. Few things frost my ass more thoroughly than a legislator patting her constituents on the head and saying, "Now don't you worry your pretty little heads over all this policy stuff; I know better than you, and will vote the right way on all issues."

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McCarthy stepping down at the end of the month. Majority down to three.

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At the end of the month? Wow he really hates the rest of the House crazies or they really hate him. Or both.

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Yes.

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I hope Mike Lawler (my congressman) is shitting pineapples right now.

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May all the House Democrats be blessed with perfect health all the way through the end of next year.....

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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Is PAB going to take some hamberders to McCarthy when he hears he's very depressed and not eating?

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Yes, and PAB will eat every last goddamn one of those hamberders while Qevin watches.

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That's QeVEN to you!

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cold, greasy and nasty. the burgers, i mean.

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Noted paleontologist Jeffery Epstein...

The Daily Beast:

RFK Jr. flew on Epstein’s private jet for "fossil hunting" trip.

“It was before anybody knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s nefarious issues,” the independent 2024 hopeful said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-flew-on-epsteins-private-jet-for-fossil-hunting-trip?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&via=twitter_page&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb

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EW EW EW

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Except for all the obvious teenage girls at his house.

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"'fossil hunting' trip."

Is that what the child rapists are calling it nowadays?

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apparently...

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"Who knew about any of that? We were just looking for old bones."

Uh-huh.

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Sure, Jan.

Looking for "Old Stuff"

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Darnit. I'd forgotten all about "the other Jr.". I will endeavor to forget again.

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I’m taking issue with the “border crisis” comment. Lukeville border station is closed due to the overwhelming number coming to the US. This creates financial and other problems for those small communities. Meanwhile a few thousand are released into the city of Tucson because there’s no place to put people. Not great for Tucson and not great for the migrants either. It’s a real problem. If she’s concerned about it, she should quit online shopping and do something. My 82 year old mom, who lives near a park that holds a LOT of homeless people, has only so many blankets and excess jackets to give out.

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They don't want a solution ... they need the issue as a political bludgeon.

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Which is why you don't hear any of them offering proposals to deal with the "crisis".

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OT: Say, remember this preening little shit?

𝗥𝗲𝗽. 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗰𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/05/rep-patrick-mchenry-who-served-as-temporary-speaker-will-retire.html

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"YOU GUYS ARE MEAN! I'M NOT PLAYING ANYMORE!"

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Yes! Johnson’s has a teeny tiny… margin.

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Young Gones

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Cantor was whip, Ryan was speaker. Apparently House leadership is where Republicans go to get eaten alive by their nasty peers.

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Would YOU want to be in charge of the madhouse?

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No, but I also wouldn't help create and coddle the madhouse

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All three of them

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😁

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Disgraced and dejected, Quevin runs away crying.

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OK, Merrick, will you NOW charge him for his J6 crimes?

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"You won't have McCarthy to kick around anymore."

I'm still going to do it.

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Quevin is quitting.

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