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4 minutes ago, akcwde said:

So you don't believe something in the water is making the frogs gay?????  I jest of course.

Hopefully you don't consider Ben Shapiro fans as a part of that group.  Would love it if he ran for office.

I don’t always agree with Ben, though I frequently do.  And sometimes he talks as if he might be borderline Aspergers. But no, I don't consider him or his fans “wingnuts.”

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1 hour ago, TitanTiger said:

One can both not have their head in the sand while not buying all the deep state conspiracy bull**** being peddled right now. Can’t say the same about QAnon types and Jones devotees not being tinfoil hat wearing wingnuts. 

Did you see the Jones nonsense yesterday with Rubio?  Holy crap.

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12 minutes ago, Brad_ATX said:

Guy is a buffoon.  I enjoy listening to Joe Rogan podcasts on occasion.  He and Alex are friends and even Joe readily admits the guy has snakes in his head.

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It's beyond frustrating that the election came down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. We live in a country filled with some of the brightest and most honorable people the world has to offer; yet these were our best two options? Both of which are out of touch, too old, and self-serving.

These theatrics by whoever wrote this are just too little too late; it would have taken a radical unified front to save the House from flipping and they simply haven't been able to act united. Republicans have backed themselves into a terrible corner.

Democrats are already poised to sweep the House away from conservatives, and their swelling socialist support is very concerning.

Maybe a Republican could challenge Trump for the 2020 bid but that would all but guarantee another Democratic president. I hate that Trump can't get out of his own way. He should have relaxed once he reached the office and ignored all the bad press. Whoever is pulling the strings on a lot of these policies is steering us in a prosperous direction but they need to figure out how to keep Trump off Twitter and make him more puppet like so the rational conservatives can drive the agenda.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/the-steady-state-is-shirking-its-obligation/569521/

The ‘Steady State’ Is Shirking Its Obligations

 

 
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I basically agree with the Moss article and the Jeet Heer thread.

I will also add that I think the real folks to blame for this are the Republicans in Congress who are enabling Trump. Maybe they think they need Trump in office to enact their policy agenda; but I don't see how a President Pence would stand in their way.

More likely, they have calculated that Trump is so popular with his base, and they are so in need of his base's support, that they have no choice but to take this course of action if they want to remain in office. All the more reason to vote them out, if you ask me.

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3 hours ago, AUbritt said:

I basically agree with the Moss article and the Jeet Heer thread.

I will also add that I think the real folks to blame for this are the Republicans in Congress who are enabling Trump. Maybe they think they need Trump in office to enact their policy agenda; but I don't see how a President Pence would stand in their way.

More likely, they have calculated that Trump is so popular with his base, and they are so in need of his base's support, that they have no choice but to take this course of action if they want to remain in office. All the more reason to vote them out, if you ask me.

Look at Ron DeSantis. The Trump bump has been real in these midterms. Believe it or not I’ve actually worked with somebody somewhere to Trump before. When there is a person and power their ego is so big it’s easier to stroke it than it is to go against it.

You're right though long term it’s simply enabling.

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10 minutes ago, Zeek said:

 Look at Ron DeSantis. The Trump bump has been real in these midterms. Believe it or not I’ve actually worked with somebody somewhere to Trump before. When there is a person and power their ego is so big it’s easier to stroke it than it is to go against it.

You're right though long term it’s simply enabling.

Funny thing is, a good number of the ungrateful establishment republicans in Congress owe their elections to DT's win over HC.    They don't want to admit it, but he had coat tails and in many cases he carried a bigger percent of the electorate than they did......but they still don't like him.   JMO but they can hardly be called enablers when they have dragged their feet and done little to help him with his agenda.     They are just looking out for their own jobs and most recognize that if they overtly oppose DT, they will pay a price at the ballot box. 

Meanwhile, the absence of leadership among dems in congress has claimed another victim.....10 term Mass. dem went down in his primary to an outspoken lefty which might signal where the party is headed now.   She ran on abolishing ICE and giving prisoners the right to vote.....almost in the same league with the lady from NY and it appears that incumbent dems  are having a difficult time with their "grass roots" voters. 

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5 minutes ago, AU64 said:

Funny thing is, a good number of the ungrateful establishment republicans in Congress owe their elections to DT's win over HC.    They don't want to admit it, but he had coat tails and in many cases he carried a bigger percent of the electorate than they did......but they still don't like him.   JMO but they can hardly be called enablers when they have dragged their feet and done little to help him with his agenda.     They are just looking out for their own jobs and most recognize that if they overtly oppose DT, they will pay a price at the ballot box. 

Meanwhile, the absence of leadership among dems in congress has claimed another victim.....10 term Mass. dem went down in his primary to an outspoken lefty which might signal where the party is headed now.   She ran on abolishing ICE and giving prisoners the right to vote.....almost in the same league with the lady from NY and it appears that incumbent dems  are having a difficult time with their "grass roots" voters. 

I don’t understand why they think Pelosi is a remotely good leader and Bernie, who they cheated, is even worse. I just hope socialism doesn’t sweep the nation.

 

Honestly, a few years ago, typing that last sentence would’ve felt like it was nothing but a joke. Crazy times we live in...

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Most DC journalists, incl. me, have quoted a "senior administration official" in stories. But I feel as though an op-ed like this should have an editor's note explaining what an SAO is. There are 1,212 Senate-confirmed positions, incl. 640 'key' jobs

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