The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
I mean McConnel will not live forever, and the next senate majority leader might actually want to pass shitty stuff and not be worried about his people being ok with it. So best to just govern now and not for a future later.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
While I don't believe in accelerationism, if the filibuster was abolished, people could actually see what bills Democrats and Republicans passed, and how they materially affect their lives, and vote accordingly.
If Republicans get the majority and want to pass the tax the poor and feed the rich bill, that's their prerogative. I'd oppose the hell out of it, but it might make their voters actually see what the party wants.
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
Yeah like seriously the way the filibuster is now is not even some kind of old timey "that's the way it always is" its a very much modern usage and not at all how anyone ever intended for this shit to go.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
While I don't believe in accelerationism, if the filibuster was abolished, people could actually see what bills Democrats and Republicans passed, and how they materially affect their lives, and vote accordingly.
If Republicans get the majority and want to pass the tax the poor and feed the rich bill, that's their prerogative. I'd oppose the hell out of it, but it might make their voters actually see what the party wants.
I mean they did that in 2017, got punished for it the following year, then last November the Republican presidential candidate got more votes than any candidate had ever received in any previous election.
Don't kill it, just make them get up and speak. And speak. And speak. It's a collective action problem to keep it going, and we all know how well the GOP does with collective action.
They'll be way more disciplined on that front than the Democrats, but I don't really care as long as they actually do it physically. It also forces them to visibly obstruct. Bills just not being touched because one senator says "nope" just makes it look (accurately enough) like the Senate isn't doing anything.
I want to see Republicans reciting the phone book to prevent the majority party from naming committee chairs, or organizing covid relief, or doing whatever else. Let's make them throw those tantrums on camera instead.
+5
silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
The fillibuster is anti-democratic in spirit and anti-legislative in practice, both of which are at odds with the ideals of our system and encourage a more powerful executive.
If the republicans are elected and do bad shit that's the bed we have to make because that's the society we've decided to make.
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
Next time Republicans have a trifecta they absolutely will remove it for their benefit, regardless of prior actions by Dems. Dems need to do it now before Pubs do and knee cap future elections.
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
I mean they held the trifecta just two years ago and still didn't do shit.
Couldn't even kill Obamacare and that was all they talked about for the previous six years.
I guess I'm really not too worried because their main skill is obstruction even when they're in power.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
The whole thing about overturning the filibuster is what you do with it.
If you overturn the filibuster and don't use the power to shore up your position, it's a waste. PR / DC statehood, John Lewis Voter Rights Act, etc - stuff that benefits the nation and is the right thing to do, but also makes retaking the Senate even more of a fight for the GOP.
And at the point they have Congress and the Presidency and are on the same page to pass that legislation, we're hopefully far enough down the line they end up with the same problem they had overturning the ACA when they only needed 50 votes. We're on a razors edge right now where the wrong case of COVID or cancer and the whole opportunity is gone, but it will be at least four years before the GOP can seize a trifecta.
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
The next time they get both houses and a president who can pass a Turing test they'll absolutely do that anyway. The latter part is the only reason they didn't do that in the 115th Congress.
a return to legislation by the majority is normal not accelerationist
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
The next time they get both houses and a president who can pass a Turing test they'll absolutely do that anyway. The latter part is the only reason they didn't do that in the 115th Congress.
Doesn't make sense. Trump was a fucking rubberstamp for them anyway. He didn't give a shit about governing and just let McConnell run the legislative agenda. He was in many ways the ideal candidate for killing the filibuster and just ramming their agenda through.
Trump didn't care about governing and was supposed to be a rubberstamp, sure, but he was also erratic enough to threaten Republican legislation in a fit of pique as often as not, especially in the first year or so when he was still occasionally talking to the Democrats while pretending to be above mere mortal politics. If basically anyone else had won the Republican primary the year before, McConnell and Ryan would probably have gotten their entire laundry list.
Republican policy is massively unpopular so they only want to implement it through the courts, not through an actually democratic means. So nuking the filibuster for legislation won't matter because the GOP basically doesn't even try to pass that anymore, except the occasional tax giveaway to the wealthy which they can do through reconciliation anyway.
Meanwhile, Democrats have to actually do stuff to enact their agenda.
The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
Republican policy is massively unpopular so they only want to implement it through the courts, not through an actually democratic means. So nuking the filibuster for legislation won't matter because the GOP basically doesn't even try to pass that anymore, except the occasional tax giveaway to the wealthy which they can do through reconciliation anyway.
Meanwhile, Democrats have to actually do stuff to enact their agenda.
Yeah Mitch didn't want to ever put votes to the awful shit the GOP wants to do because then they have to run on that record.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
The US Congress has long been a dysfunctional body uncapable of doing the basic function of a Legislative branch. You know, actually pass Legislation.
That AND that the filibuster was installed as a veto power against Civil Rights AND that is the main source of power of preening, feckless wankers like Cruz and Paul. Any of those, by themselves, is good enough reason to kill it.
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
+9
ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
+23
ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing?
That depends on how you define what his goals are and what his job is. Like what you are doing here is assuming the extent of what he's capable of doing must be the extent of what he wants to do. I think that's an obviously bad assumption and the ACA repeal is a great example of this.
Like, even if you want to maintain the fiction that it was all a political stunt, it was a hugely damaging one that fucked his party so hard it lost them the House the next election and helped lose them both chambers of Congress and the Presidency the election after that.
+4
ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing?
That depends on how you define what his goals are and what his job is. Like what you are doing here is assuming the extent of what he's capable of doing must be the extent of what he wants to do. I think that's an obviously bad assumption and the ACA repeal is a great example of this.
Like, even if you want to maintain the fiction that it was all a political stunt, it was a hugely damaging one that fucked his party so hard it lost them the House the next election and helped lose them both chambers of Congress and the Presidency the election after that.
this is an interesting interpretation of why the Republicans have lost ground over the last four years
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing?
That depends on how you define what his goals are and what his job is. Like what you are doing here is assuming the extent of what he's capable of doing must be the extent of what he wants to do. I think that's an obviously bad assumption and the ACA repeal is a great example of this.
Like, even if you want to maintain the fiction that it was all a political stunt, it was a hugely damaging one that fucked his party so hard it lost them the House the next election and helped lose them both chambers of Congress and the Presidency the election after that.
this is an interesting interpretation of why the Republicans have lost ground over the last four years
Literally the biggest thing every Democratic legislator has been running on is healthcare. They've been beating that drum at every opportunity. It defines their entire strategy for winning the House. "Talk about healthcare, it's the Democrats #1 winning issue."
If you want yet another example of McConnell's failure as a Senate leader, look at everything this year surrounding covid relief, stimulus checks and the elections in november and january.
They were still within 1 vote of killing the ACA though. I'm not sure they are really that constrained by how deeply unpopular their crap is.
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing?
That depends on how you define what his goals are and what his job is. Like what you are doing here is assuming the extent of what he's capable of doing must be the extent of what he wants to do. I think that's an obviously bad assumption and the ACA repeal is a great example of this.
Like, even if you want to maintain the fiction that it was all a political stunt, it was a hugely damaging one that fucked his party so hard it lost them the House the next election and helped lose them both chambers of Congress and the Presidency the election after that.
this is an interesting interpretation of why the Republicans have lost ground over the last four years
Literally the biggest thing every Democratic legislator has been running on is healthcare. They've been beating that drum at every opportunity. It defines their entire strategy for winning the House. "Talk about healthcare, it's the Democrats #1 winning issue."
If you want yet another example of McConnell's failure as a Senate leader, look at everything this year surrounding covid relief, stimulus checks and the elections in november and january.
The number of simple, easy wins that McConnell has passed is staggering. If he was canny, there would be a minimum wage increase in the Trump years. One that wasn't that big, maybe $2 or $2.50 an hour, but it would have been big enough that corps would price it in easily, the stock market would love it, and the public embraced it wholeheartedly, ignoring the calls for it to have been higher due to their being grateful for any raise whatsoever.
All opinions are my own and in no way reflect that of my employer.
Yeah, I'd argue there were signs that the GOP was going to eat some backlash from even having a vote on ACA repeal, when it happened. If McConnell knew McCain was going to dunk that shit in the trash, he would never have allowed a vote and picked something else to burn reconciliation on. As Martini_Philosopher points out, McConnell has allowed a number of easy wins to pass by. Even a shitty evil politician that was canny, would have taken some of those; especially, the ones that were inevitable. McConnell isn't canny, he's just well informed about the rules, which puts him well ahead of many of his colleagues, and he is evil enough to push through legislation that would harm many, while blocking legislation that could help many.
I mean, this is the fucker that had to filibuster his own bill because democrats called his fucking bluff.
ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
maybe i just don't want to believe the bad guys who have ruined our country and made us look like jokes for the last 20 years are nothing more than evil morons
maybe i just don't want to believe the bad guys who have ruined our country and made us look like jokes for the last 20 years are nothing more than evil morons
cuz that just kinda stings
You don't have to be particularly clever when all you want to do is smash things.
maybe i just don't want to believe the bad guys who have ruined our country and made us look like jokes for the last 20 years are nothing more than evil morons
cuz that just kinda stings
You don't have to be particularly clever when all you want to do is smash things.
yep its easier to do nothing, than have to actually build.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
maybe i just don't want to believe the bad guys who have ruined our country and made us look like jokes for the last 20 years are nothing more than evil morons
cuz that just kinda stings
I ain't saying McConnell is a moron. He's not dumb. I'm just saying he's not the hyper-competent mastermind he's often made out to be. He's failed at a lot of the parts of his job.
+7
zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
maybe i just don't want to believe the bad guys who have ruined our country and made us look like jokes for the last 20 years are nothing more than evil morons
cuz that just kinda stings
I ain't saying McConnell is a moron. He's not dumb. I'm just saying he's not the hyper-competent mastermind he's often made out to be. He's failed at a lot of the parts of his job.
I see what you are saying, but 100% of his coworkers are backstabbing opportunists. It makes things harder.
Posts
pleasepaypreacher.net
If Republicans get the majority and want to pass the tax the poor and feed the rich bill, that's their prerogative. I'd oppose the hell out of it, but it might make their voters actually see what the party wants.
Yeah like seriously the way the filibuster is now is not even some kind of old timey "that's the way it always is" its a very much modern usage and not at all how anyone ever intended for this shit to go.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I mean they did that in 2017, got punished for it the following year, then last November the Republican presidential candidate got more votes than any candidate had ever received in any previous election.
They aren't hiding what they are.
They'll be way more disciplined on that front than the Democrats, but I don't really care as long as they actually do it physically. It also forces them to visibly obstruct. Bills just not being touched because one senator says "nope" just makes it look (accurately enough) like the Senate isn't doing anything.
I want to see Republicans reciting the phone book to prevent the majority party from naming committee chairs, or organizing covid relief, or doing whatever else. Let's make them throw those tantrums on camera instead.
I think the fear would be the next time the Republicans have a trifecta in order that can actually pass legislation, it'd bring about such widespread misery and destruction the country would never recover, so nothing getting done now is the price for Republicans getting nothing done ever.
Now, I think doing nothing right now is slowly killing our country and the planet anyway, but I could certainly see moderate Democrats holding the above opinion.
If the republicans are elected and do bad shit that's the bed we have to make because that's the society we've decided to make.
Next time Republicans have a trifecta they absolutely will remove it for their benefit, regardless of prior actions by Dems. Dems need to do it now before Pubs do and knee cap future elections.
I mean they held the trifecta just two years ago and still didn't do shit.
Couldn't even kill Obamacare and that was all they talked about for the previous six years.
I guess I'm really not too worried because their main skill is obstruction even when they're in power.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
The whole thing about overturning the filibuster is what you do with it.
If you overturn the filibuster and don't use the power to shore up your position, it's a waste. PR / DC statehood, John Lewis Voter Rights Act, etc - stuff that benefits the nation and is the right thing to do, but also makes retaking the Senate even more of a fight for the GOP.
And at the point they have Congress and the Presidency and are on the same page to pass that legislation, we're hopefully far enough down the line they end up with the same problem they had overturning the ACA when they only needed 50 votes. We're on a razors edge right now where the wrong case of COVID or cancer and the whole opportunity is gone, but it will be at least four years before the GOP can seize a trifecta.
The next time they get both houses and a president who can pass a Turing test they'll absolutely do that anyway. The latter part is the only reason they didn't do that in the 115th Congress.
Doesn't make sense. Trump was a fucking rubberstamp for them anyway. He didn't give a shit about governing and just let McConnell run the legislative agenda. He was in many ways the ideal candidate for killing the filibuster and just ramming their agenda through.
Meanwhile, Democrats have to actually do stuff to enact their agenda.
Yeah Mitch didn't want to ever put votes to the awful shit the GOP wants to do because then they have to run on that record.
pleasepaypreacher.net
part of me has always wondered if Mitch knew and the smarter play was letting McCain have a hero moment and not fucking over a large portion of his voting base
healthcare in Kentucky is turbofucked even by US standards and getting rid of the ACA would have been an absolute disaster
That AND that the filibuster was installed as a veto power against Civil Rights AND that is the main source of power of preening, feckless wankers like Cruz and Paul. Any of those, by themselves, is good enough reason to kill it.
I recall him looking pretty shocked by the whole thing.
it's just hard for me to believe the most canny politician in the modern era didn't know his whip count was off by one on what would have been considered Republicans' greatest legislative achievement
McConnell is not that canny imo. People overestimate him because of how easy what he's doing is. McConnell is just well informed about the rules of Congressional procedure and lacking in any sentiment. And I guess he's also aware of how easy his job is given how dumb the political media is and how little the public cares about process.
He's never shown much competence at actually whipping his caucus or passing legislation. He simply uses his power as majority leader to never let anything difficult come to the floor.
sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing?
That depends on how you define what his goals are and what his job is. Like what you are doing here is assuming the extent of what he's capable of doing must be the extent of what he wants to do. I think that's an obviously bad assumption and the ACA repeal is a great example of this.
Like, even if you want to maintain the fiction that it was all a political stunt, it was a hugely damaging one that fucked his party so hard it lost them the House the next election and helped lose them both chambers of Congress and the Presidency the election after that.
this is an interesting interpretation of why the Republicans have lost ground over the last four years
Literally the biggest thing every Democratic legislator has been running on is healthcare. They've been beating that drum at every opportunity. It defines their entire strategy for winning the House. "Talk about healthcare, it's the Democrats #1 winning issue."
If you want yet another example of McConnell's failure as a Senate leader, look at everything this year surrounding covid relief, stimulus checks and the elections in november and january.
The number of simple, easy wins that McConnell has passed is staggering. If he was canny, there would be a minimum wage increase in the Trump years. One that wasn't that big, maybe $2 or $2.50 an hour, but it would have been big enough that corps would price it in easily, the stock market would love it, and the public embraced it wholeheartedly, ignoring the calls for it to have been higher due to their being grateful for any raise whatsoever.
I mean, this is the fucker that had to filibuster his own bill because democrats called his fucking bluff.
cuz that just kinda stings
McConnell would have killed it at any time previously if its existence wasn’t to their benefit
There are arguments that might be compelling to a conservative SCOTUS against a DC statehood without constitutional amendment.
You don't have to be particularly clever when all you want to do is smash things.
yep its easier to do nothing, than have to actually build.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I ain't saying McConnell is a moron. He's not dumb. I'm just saying he's not the hyper-competent mastermind he's often made out to be. He's failed at a lot of the parts of his job.