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Oh, lying disruptive bullying manipulative grand-standing GOP, please do tell us miscreant democrats how to behave!

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They have future lucrative lobbying careers to worry about.

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Since when has sitting down with Moscow Mitch ever resulted in anything productive happening? The man can’t ever order lunch in good faith.

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He is now the namesake of an impeached Preznident, Impeach Jr. Hah!

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Republicans wouldn’t have to be a bunch of bullying manipulative grandstanding POS if Democrats would just be more civil toward them.

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agree as to the "dread", but i'm angry more often than calm.

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yeah, right after mcconnell was done sitting down with trump and white house counsel, and working everything out.oops, of course somebody already pointed this out downthread

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They no longer offer polls about Susan Collins in percentages. They simply cite the number of people who approve of her.Susan Collins Job Approval RatingDisaprove: 99.999%Approve: 27 people

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We would need to clarify what "profiting" off a connection really means--there's not really an ethics code for families of politicians, but to the extent we are going to judge someone as having done something slimy we need to establish what the line was. I'm sure Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush (to use bipartisan examples) have gotten jobs or college admissions that they might not have gotten if not for their famous relations, but then I can't imagine how they could have avoided such benefits (sure they could turn jobs/admissions down, but which ones would they have gotten without the connection?). The Trump kids (yes they're adults, but they are mentally children) are another matter, as they are clearly using federal funds to subsidize their travel and directing federal and favor-seeker funds into their properties. But between those extremes are gray areas. I just don't see how Hunter's taking a job (and promising nothing to his employers about using his connection to his father for them) falls in the corrupt category, and I will push back hard on that one. Republicans are playing the same game they did in 2016.

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Ugh. The only thing I ever want to hear from Susan Collins is her concession to the Democrat who wins her seat.

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We need more like you! Admittedly I'm not helping being in Maryland!!! But maybe I can put in a transfer to Texas....

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They are all Susan Collins. Just different iterations on different days but always Suze inside.We have to push, even though they will go this lowest of routes, we do expose them more and more and never let the scab that is Republicanism heal.

And us calling Mulvaney isn't balanced by them calling Hunter Biden, oh no. If they call Hunter, we call Ivunka, if they want whistleblower, we want he who was whistleblown on. That's how fair works, aiighhht.

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It won't be. And stop calling me Shirley.

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I picked a bad day ta....stop sniffing glue.

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Even her family is sick of her.

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She's already shown us exactly who she is when she voted to confirm Justice Rapist. Like for the rest of them, there is no bottom for her.

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