From Daily Kos... 1. Did the GOP Senators who weren’t around to vote on the amendment (Hagerty (R-TN) and Thune (R-SD)) just decide to leave or did Mitch encourage them to go?
2. Did Manchin ever really intend to vote for the amendment or was he just helping Schumer and McConnell to make the GOP “Right To Die” Squad think they may have the votes to pass the amendment?
3. Did McConnell really deceive his own members (Mike Lee (Utah), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Roger Marshall (Kansas)) by pulling a bait and switch, or were the members of the GOP “Right To Die” Squad in on it all along and the doomed vote on their amendment was just a way for them to “save face”?
On Question 1, it seems likely to me that McConnell dismissed the two GOP Senators to insure the amendment would fail and avoid a government shutdown.
I wonder if it includes the tens of billions of dollars that went to agribusiness (and of course, the biggest ones got the most help, natch) under Trump because of his dumb fucking trade war with China.
Fortunately, I am a little over 200 (or is it 300?) feet above sea level, so as long as I never want to go to the market (it's downhill both ways to any store, unless I take the old logging road, in which case it's an extra 10 miles over unmaintained roads that would be faster to walk on than drive), I probably won't have to worry about sea rise too much. Plus, other than the great whites, our local sharks are usually pretty small and mostly harmless.
100% agree. It’s been a performance based on money interests all along. To some extent, smart corporations have been proactive about Covid policies, since vaccines became available. There’s only so much Republican sabotage of the economy that can be prolonged until the squeeze begins to backfire. If we had all complied back then, we could have had two months of stay-at-home and none of the additional damage to the economy. But a Dem got elected and they just can’t help but sing that same old song. It’s too bad the song has lives attached to it. It’s also pretty special that some Republicans are trying to make it so that private businesses can’t choose to enforce their own mandates. That’s problematic for the performance.
WITH PIE!
My uncle in Iowa does.
A Rube Cube.
Ah, Griftianity.
No one who receives Farm Aid is voting for Democrats anyway. I would be ok if that failed for a few months.
Senate A**hole Caucus Folds, Government Shutdown Averted! Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.....
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Neither Marlboro Barbie (Thune) or Hagerty voted.
From Daily Kos... 1. Did the GOP Senators who weren’t around to vote on the amendment (Hagerty (R-TN) and Thune (R-SD)) just decide to leave or did Mitch encourage them to go?
2. Did Manchin ever really intend to vote for the amendment or was he just helping Schumer and McConnell to make the GOP “Right To Die” Squad think they may have the votes to pass the amendment?
3. Did McConnell really deceive his own members (Mike Lee (Utah), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Roger Marshall (Kansas)) by pulling a bait and switch, or were the members of the GOP “Right To Die” Squad in on it all along and the doomed vote on their amendment was just a way for them to “save face”?
On Question 1, it seems likely to me that McConnell dismissed the two GOP Senators to insure the amendment would fail and avoid a government shutdown.
Pretty much. Great summary. Also, I'm stealing this, but also upfisting you, because I'm not a complete monster.
Steal away!
Also, I probably actually got the idea from either Buffy or Angel: "Turn Two! The Rest Are Food!"
To this day I quote Anya's "I love a ritual sacrifice" line every Turkey Day.
I wonder if it includes the tens of billions of dollars that went to agribusiness (and of course, the biggest ones got the most help, natch) under Trump because of his dumb fucking trade war with China.
Not just in favor of a virus, but in favor of a virus that is almost exclusively killing their own voters at this point.
Fortunately, I am a little over 200 (or is it 300?) feet above sea level, so as long as I never want to go to the market (it's downhill both ways to any store, unless I take the old logging road, in which case it's an extra 10 miles over unmaintained roads that would be faster to walk on than drive), I probably won't have to worry about sea rise too much. Plus, other than the great whites, our local sharks are usually pretty small and mostly harmless.
100% agree. It’s been a performance based on money interests all along. To some extent, smart corporations have been proactive about Covid policies, since vaccines became available. There’s only so much Republican sabotage of the economy that can be prolonged until the squeeze begins to backfire. If we had all complied back then, we could have had two months of stay-at-home and none of the additional damage to the economy. But a Dem got elected and they just can’t help but sing that same old song. It’s too bad the song has lives attached to it. It’s also pretty special that some Republicans are trying to make it so that private businesses can’t choose to enforce their own mandates. That’s problematic for the performance.