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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

Dems: "Sure, we can look at that if you vote for the commission in the first place. Oh, by the way, who are your witnesses?"

"HAhahahaha!"

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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

Oh… that's completely different.

Never mind.

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SixFlagsOverBurbank's avatar

Except that, while all this BS discussion is occurring, time's a'wastin'. If they don't get it done by the Aug recess, it's dead, because after Labor Dsy, they'll be on the budget bills. Then, next year is an election year.

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SixFlagsOverBurbank's avatar

BTW, Naomi Klein shoutout. I own a copy of "No Logo."

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Grimscribe's avatar

And the Mueller report will be the end of Trump!

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1slyangel's avatar

Manchin revels in his perceived power and position. Glory days for him.

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rtpoeman's avatar

One simple tweak that might help is require 41 votes to STOP legislation. Make the opposition do the work of getting the butts in the seats.

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Aki Carleton Hardin's avatar

Rev. Barber had some folks marching in front of his West Virginia office last weekend.https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Tina Mouse's avatar

The visual I am getting on the ass-passing of torches makes me wish I had a less vivid imagination.

But, true true.

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GH Swell's avatar

Will he, won’t he, “Do Something!” ? Tune in next time to the Manchin Hour (Theramin sounds, harpsichord, piano lid slams).

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Lyndonista 🇺🇸🇺🇦's avatar

Joe Manchin pisses me off, but oh well. He’s from West Virginia and in his last race he didn’t break 50% with his win. This shows another character attribute... he’s saavy. Even when he was a governor, he knows politics. He’ll NEVER switch parties, and I think in the end, we’ll accomplish quite a bit on voting rights and infrastructure. Because of Manchin, not in spite of him. He’s performed the public show for the slackjawed yokels back home. Now he can go behind the scenes and start compromising.

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mailman27's avatar

Just finished "Shock Doctrine." Hair-raising shit.

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mailman27's avatar

Anti-1/6 investigation Republican demands... 1/6 investigation...??

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Oran Smiley's avatar

FUCKING ASSHOLE!

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SixFlagsOverBurbank's avatar

Yeah.Best account yet of Friedman's meddling in Chile.Check out "Democracy in Chains", by Nancy MacLean, which is a bio of James M Buchanan, also a Nobel economist, and contemporary of Friedman, and who also advised Pinochet. He was a real racist bastard. His hypothesis is called "Public Choice" doctrine:

Public Choice Theory is a body of theory developed by James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock to try to explain how public decisions are made.

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Jay Hansen (I.C.E.B.U.R.G.)'s avatar

And Russian jewelry.

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