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[Dubbedinenglish]

Schemer better get his closet stick out and whip those D votes.






Who is Sen minority whip?

 

[Kusagari]

Collins and Murkowski voting no and Pence breaking the tie is the worst case scenario so it will happen.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Sessions has been recusing himself from all cabinet votes right?

@samsteinhp 4m4 minutes ago
So McConnell has to wait to confirm Sessions until after Senate votes on Devos to allow him to vote on her and Pence to be the tiebreaker

 

[Apathy]

These Skype questions all talk in that fake news reporter voices. Wow

 

[jmdajr]

HOLY SHIT!?!?!? Right Wing Radio during the white press briefing/,,,,,

Yo. What was that about.

 

[Sirpopopop]

Not really, no. Party in power is always blamed for everything. And people in general don't give a shit about Senate rules.

Except no one cares about shit like that. What the voters are going to care about is whether their lives are helped or hurt by what the GOP does.

If the GOP thought they were immune from criticism, then they wouldn't so damn scared about actually repealing the ACA.

You all think that the protests happening are as powerless as the Occupy protests, but it's looking more and more like the kind of protests that happened in the 60s when people were CONSTANTLY protesting.

Or nobody is going to care about rules and instead care about the laws that are passed

You guys are sounding an awful lot like Aaron Strife to Diablos in 2010 when he was properly Diablosing.

We need to deal with the very real problem that a lot of Americans who hold a disproportionate amount of power are opposed to beliefs like "tolerance."

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I like the "libertarians" and "socialists" who thought that Trump would be less of an interventionist than Hillary.

And now it's two weeks into his term and we're already probably heading to an invasion of Yemen.

 

[whyamihere]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

Democratic strategists with knowledge of the chairman selection process say Perez has as much as a 66-member lead among the 447 members of the party who will vote on the next chairman at the party convention in late February. In total, 304 members have indicated who they're backing.

 

[Rebel Leader]

HOLY SHIT!?!?!? Right Wing Radio during the white press briefing/,,,,,

"Hey should we be cutting down more trees for land instead of fighting forest fires?"

fuck that guy

 

[sir_kevith]

Lars Larson just proved there are dumb questions. Sean Spicer didn't even know how to answer that nonsense lmao and it was irrelevant to everything going on in the press room. They shouldn't do that again.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Fuck thought it was the third.

 

[jack_package_200]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

Are the "DNC rigged it" shitposts going to start soon?

 

[Rebel Leader]

BOOM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, says she cannot support Education nominee Betsy DeVos.

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/826872972912766976

Does this mean what i think it means?

 

[studyguy]

BOOM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, says she cannot support Education nominee Betsy DeVos.

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/826872972912766976

I wonder how many people need to call to get attention in Alaskan towns.

Are the "DNC rigged it" shitposts going to start soon?

Yeah probably real soon.

 

[IggyChooChoo]

MURKOWSKI A NO ON DEVOS

HOLY SHIT

ONE MORE VOTE AND WE CAN STOP HER

Don't we need 2 more defectors to get past the 50-50 tie? So far we just have Collins and Murkowski, so we're still losing 51-49 -- or did I miss someone?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

Wait for the Bernie people to bail. This is stupid btw

 

[TestOfTide]

Can public support even handle a war right now/soon? Do people really want pointless shit like this again after Iraq?

For Trump do an actual war he would need 67 votes in the Senate. If Trump tries some "gulf of Tonkin resolution" bullshit then all the elements will be in place for 60s style backlash, only this time it will be directed entirely at the GOP.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Does this mean what i think it means?

It means DeVos getting in by one tiebreaking vote will be exquisitely painful.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

I wonder how many people need to call to get attention in Alaskan towns.

Apparently a lot of people called, and most of them came from outside Alaska according to Adn.com

 

[Sirpopopop]

Murkowski got primaried once before.

It's not a stretch to say she's going to get primaried again.

 

[badrang]

Fuck off Thad

 

[Doc Holliday]

Wait for the Bernie people to bail. This is stupid btw

Those who bail are fucking babies.

 

[TestOfTide]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

Not good. We need Ellison to win or the Democrats won't be unified.

 

[Chris R]

Good on Murkowski.

Still needs to do a WHOLE LOT MORE to get off my shitlist, but she's the best we've got since Begich got voted out

Murkowski got primaried once before.

It's not a stretch to say she's going to get primaried again.

That was a Tea Party fluke, when people didn't take the primary serious. Now you have people like me, who would prefer a D in the seat voting for her in the primary so the fucknut who beat her out last time has zero chance.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Devos being denied would be a pretty big morale boost for Democrats

 

[FyreWulff]

Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg just gave 1 million dollars to Planned Parenthood

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Don't we need 2 more defectors to get past the 50-50 tie? So far we just have Collins and Murkowski, so we're still losing 51-49 -- or did I miss someone?

Sessions is abstaining from cabinet votes

 

[whyamihere]

Don't we need 2 more defectors to get past the 50-50 tie? So far we just have Collins and Murkowski, so we're still losing 51-49 -- or did I miss someone?

52 Republican senators. 52 - 2 = 50.

 

[B-Dubs]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

Well this is shaping up into a race. Looks like Obama and Biden still, unsurprisingly, have a huge amount of pull behind the scenes. I hope everything doesn't go to shit if Perez beats Ellison though.

 

[benicillin]

Oh man, it's definitely going to be Perez.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6192.../biden-backs-perez-race-lead-democratic-party

This isn't a good idea.

 

[dramatis]

We have another problem brewing if it gets big, prison guard hostage situation at prisons in Delaware.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Sessions is abstaining from cabinet votes

No, he isn't.

 

[Dominican Power]

This is disgusting. Getting questions from fucking local conservative media.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Another right-wing coal burner Skype



Clean coal doesn't exist you shit

 

[Fedelias]

Even if Sessions votes, if another GOP senator defects DeVos is finished right?

 

[Doc Holliday]

Holy shit they are not being subtle about this at all.

Seriously, this is pure propaganda

 

[Sirpopopop]

I'm fine with Perez. I don't think hostage taking is a practice that should be condoned. There will always be another hostage to take. You either support Democrats on the basis of the fact that you have a great share of common beliefs with them and believe they are the best chance to defeat Trump, or you decide that 100% purity is far more important to defeating fascism.

Appeasing them is the left-wing equivalent of that comic strip about Obama moving further right to get Republicans on board, only to see them move further to the right.

 

[jmdajr]

Another right-wing coal burner Skype



Clean coal doesn't exist you shit

They can't even just ask a question.

 

[Ogodei]

Don't we need 2 more defectors to get past the 50-50 tie? So far we just have Collins and Murkowski, so we're still losing 51-49 -- or did I miss someone?

1 more defector. Pat Toomey, allegedly, was the last one wavering. Teachers are strong in Pennsylvania.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Perez is super passionate and super progressive so it would honestly be a little weird if the guy sponsored by Schumer losing gets turned into a major progressive issue.

 

[sir_kevith]

Holy shit they are not being subtle about this at all.

Seriously, this is pure propaganda

The questions are just downright irrelevant and a complete waste. Completely offtopic issues and not urgent at all. They don't belong.

 

[Box of Kittens]

You guys are sounding an awful lot like Aaron Strife to Diablos in 2010 when he was properly Diablosing.

We need to deal with the very real problem that a lot of Americans who hold a disproportionate amount of power are opposed to beliefs like "tolerance."

I wasn't here in 2010, but I don't really see how midterm losses under a Democratic president at a time of high unemployment means that Republicans will get a midterm boost from altering Senate rules of all things. The people you're responding to are right. No one cares about stuff like that.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Really? You think so? I don't see any Democrats or Independents being supportive of a land war and even half of Trump's base probably wouldn't be able to stomach it.

And Iraq and Afghanistan haven't faded out of people's memories. Hell the most obvious argument the Dems can make to undercut them is point to how they say spending is out of control and hit them with every stat about how veterans are pissed on. Make them defend spending money to bomb the shit out of another country while we continue to cut veterans loose at home.

 

[Doc Holliday]

If Perez gets the job.

DNC

Dominican National Committee

Lets do it!



PS No CNN questions once again afaik

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Macron looking like he can pull this one off.

Fillon is a disaster (only slightly less than LePen) so this would be pretty cool.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Perez seems like a fine guy but Ellison has unifying potential and Perez has opportunities for advancement by kicking Hogan's ass in 2018. I won't take my ball and go home, but it would be frustrating.

Macron's numbers are super encouraging.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Perez seems like a fine guy but Ellison has unifying potential and Perez has opportunities for advancement by kicking Hogan's ass in 2018. I won't take my ball and go home, but it would be frustrating.

Donna Edwards is still there to go after Hogan in 2018.

 

[benicillin]

Holy shit they are not being subtle about this at all.

Seriously, this is pure propaganda

I'm not sure how effective propaganda it is when no one is really paying attention to these white house daily pressers other than people who are informed enough to care about them (aka not Trump's base) and other journalists.

 

[Kai Dracon]

So if DeVos doesn't pass, will Trump immediately demand the non-compliant senators be fired?

1 more defector. Pat Toomey, allegedly, was the last one wavering. Teachers are strong in Pennsylvania.

I've read claims that Toomey's offices are getting bombarded and his actual staff are upset and angry at what's going on with Trump.

 

[whyamihere]

Macron looking like he can pull this one off.

Fillon is a disaster (only slightly less than LePen) so this would be pretty cool.

WOW.