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Post by Gojitron on Nov 22, 2018 11:51:50 GMT -5
If you're not watching John Oliver, you should be watching John Oliver.
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Post by Mako Crab on Jan 4, 2019 18:13:08 GMT -5
And with the start of a new Congress, we will hopefully see some return of sanity.
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Post by SporkBot on Jan 4, 2019 18:51:14 GMT -5
It's nice to have dreams. I had one the other day where I was fighting Darkseid (holding my own pretty well, considering).
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Post by iacon45 on Jan 4, 2019 19:56:51 GMT -5
And with the start of a new Congress, we will hopefully see some return of sanity. I'm just hoping for the government to reopen. I feel for the workers that are either furloughed or having to work without pay while we have politicians that can't agree on crap and a president who cares more about his wall than the people that aren't getting paid. If politician's had THEIR pay frozen during shutdowns too, I bet stuff in DC would get fixed fast.
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Post by Mako Crab on Sept 25, 2019 10:04:09 GMT -5
Today is a brighter day. Nancy Pelosi announced that they are now formally starting impeachment proceedings. And in a shocking twist, the White House released a transcript of one of the phone calls Trump had with the president of Ukraine, which he said would completely exonerate him & prove there was no wrong doing. Except it confirms that he did try to extort Ukraine into attacking our elections. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdfThe Trump era won’t survive to the end of 2020. Also, I haven’t forgotten about this guy’s prediction: Democrats will win big in 2020 but only if they impeach. Well we’re riding that train now!
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Post by machsabre on Sept 25, 2019 23:27:11 GMT -5
I know we all feel the same way, or mostly the same way... Enjoy watching him squirm. Lord knows we've all deserve it. But keep the expectations manageable. Hope for the best, but expect more of the same old bullshit.
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Post by Mako Crab on Sept 26, 2019 11:35:28 GMT -5
Yeah. It’s politics, so it’ll always be bullshit. But at least we’re finally seeing some action. I am surprised how quickly the White House released the transcript of the phone call and the whistleblower complaint. Things are moving really fast now. Even Nixon fought the release of the recordings until he was finally forced to release them. Trump is just like “Here! Have it all!”
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Post by triumshockwave on Sept 26, 2019 14:47:05 GMT -5
Democratic leadership is already looking at ways to fuck this up.
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Post by Gojitron on Sept 26, 2019 16:10:33 GMT -5
Keep your expectations in check. Impeachment does not mean he gets thrown out of office. Bill Clinton was impeached and served out his term. It's a long, complicated legal process that still requires a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate to ultimately be successful, something that they couldn't get with Clinton. If the Dems want to go through with this good for them, but they still need to get their shit together and nominate a candidate that can beat him in the next election. Right now that looks like Biden or Warren. Confidence is low.
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Post by SporkBot on Sept 26, 2019 16:37:16 GMT -5
Yeah. It’s politics, so it’ll always be bullshit. But at least we’re finally seeing some action. I am surprised how quickly the White House released the transcript of the phone call and the whistleblower complaint. Things are moving really fast now. Even Nixon fought the release of the recordings until he was finally forced to release them. Trump is just like “Here! Have it all!” Criminal, he is. Criminal GENIUS, he is not. Honestly, this whole Mulligan-for-Democracy of a presidential term would be infinitely more bearable if his die-hard backers would just admit that they voted poorly. That just because he went with the Republicans, that he isn't Jesus (I call him "Mango Antichrist" for a reason). That their false equivalences about "what Obama and them Democrats did" don't excuse this crap. That an indictment of Trump doesn't need to be an indictment of them. Maybe if more people pointed this out in a calm, civil manner, they could be persuaded, even if that'd work, it'd likely be drowned out by a few vindictive, self-righteous opinionated mouthpieces to call them all "scum of the Earth", like that solves anything. F&%king Backfire Effect.
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