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grateful
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 03, 2023 at 09:33 PM UTC #
Yada wrote:
Space wrote:
And my Steve Scalise shot joke falls flat. Probably because y'all all had the jab.


Pretty bad schtick to start the year off with if I'm being honest.


At least he didn't mention the unfortunate softball incident.
grateful
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 03, 2023 at 11:04 PM UTC #
Space wrote:
This site has him with a shot.

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7326/Who-will-be-Speaker-of-the-House-of-Representatives-in-the-next-Congress


Wait. Who's putting their 2 cents on Donald Trump???
Space Freely
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 03, 2023 at 11:27 PM UTC #
contradiction wrote:
Space wrote:
This site has him with a shot.

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7326/Who-will-be-Speaker-of-the-House-of-Representatives-in-the-next-Congress


Wait. Who's putting their 2 cents on Donald Trump???


Jamie Raskin? https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/could-donald-trump-be-speaker-house-how-is-house-leader-chosen/ZJV4WHRTFBHOVECM67TZBHMCNI/
sweetcell
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 03, 2023 at 11:52 PM UTC #
all aboard the GOP clown-car:

ROUND 1:
Jeffries (D) 212 votes
McCarthy (R) 203
Andy Biggs (R) 10 (nominated by Gosar)
Nine lawmakers supported none of the three hats in the ring

ROUND 2:
Jeffries (D) 212 (no change)
McCarthy (R) 203 (no change)
Jordan (R) 19 (new candidate)

ROUND 3:
Jeffries (D) 212 (no change)
McCarthy (R) 202 (-1)
Jordan (R) 20 (+1)

voting suspended for today.  rumors that scalise will throw his hat in for R4.

Dems are in a rock-solid array (crystalline?).
Sidehatch
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 03, 2023 at 11:56 PM UTC #
They can not make enough popcorn for this

There are Congresses where they have taken over 100 votes to get a speaker
kosmo
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 05, 2023 at 08:20 PM UTC #
Debbie Stabenow of the fading fast state of Michigan not running for Senate in 2024 should be of concern with it's rapidly approaching red state status… there are plenty of strong female Dems in the state at the moment so it will be interesting… 

also total chef's kiss to the new governor of PA appointing Al Schmidt the Republican Philly commissioner to Secretary of the Commonwealth.  Al being one of the chief people not putting up with TFG's BS.. betting some china was tossed around in FL today…
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 05, 2023 at 08:41 PM UTC #
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 05, 2023 at 08:42 PM UTC #
Am glad she picked a presidential election year..
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 05, 2023 at 08:50 PM UTC #
kosmo wrote:
Debbie Stabenow of the fading fast state of Michigan not running for Senate in 2024 should be of concern with it's rapidly approaching red state status… there are plenty of strong female Dems in the state at the moment so it will be interesting… 

also total chef's kiss to the new governor of PA appointing Al Schmidt the Republican Philly commissioner to Secretary of the Commonwealth.  Al being one of the chief people not putting up with TFG's BS.. betting some china was tossed around in FL today…
If Gretchen isn't on the Dem ticket in 2024, this might be her seat to go get and would likely bolster the Dems efforts to keep= the state in the Presidential race as well.
Sidehatch
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 05, 2023 at 09:06 PM UTC #
GW should totally run for that seat… hopefully she will stay scandal free
Sidehatch
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 04:38 AM UTC #
Are we really shooting ourselves in the foot, while we should be reveling in the gop clown show

Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Handling of Biden Documents

Or is it so obviously a nothingburger that investigating it will show zero criminal intent, nor illegality??
sweetcell
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 05:10 PM UTC #
SideShowMob wrote:
Or is it so obviously a nothingburger that investigating it will show zero criminal intent, nor illegality??

dems are in a no-win situation.  if they declare it a nothingburger and do nothing, GOP will claim a double standard, political persecution, etc.  if the dems take it seriously and attempt to show the same rigor as with trump (i.e. the path they've chosen), the GOP will seize this as proof of biden's corruption, untrustworthiness, etc and will hammer biden for the next two years with it (RE: mccarthy has already stated that congress will "fully investigate" this matter).

reminder: the GOP playbook holds that an accusation is all that is needed.  the outcome of the investigation doesn't matter.  only the guilty are investigated, right?  RE: trump & guiliani demanding that the ukrainians announce an investigation into biden, in 2019.  they didn't care if an actual investigation took place, they just needed the one-time headline to "prove" that biden was corrupt… why else would a sovereign nation investigate him???

so cynical.
Space Freely
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 06:05 PM UTC #
I heard that MAGA in the DOJ planted the docuuments.
jrpa
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 06:26 PM UTC #
Space wrote:
I heard that MAGA in the DOJ planted the docuuments.
Dark MAGA or just regular?
Sidehatch
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 06:27 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
Space wrote:
I heard that MAGA in the DOJ planted the docuuments.
Dark MAGA or just regular?
Valid question
Space Freely
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread January 13, 2023 at 06:39 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
Space wrote:
I heard that MAGA in the DOJ planted the docuuments.
Dark MAGA or just regular?


The Deep State.
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread February 08, 2023 at 03:26 AM UTC #
Great speech by Biden tonight.
grateful
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Re: 2022 - dems in disarray thread February 08, 2023 at 03:38 AM UTC #
You skipped the Grammys and watched the SOTU? Do you post about music on politics BBs?
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