ThinkerX Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 20 minutes ago, DMC said: Well, first, FNC would never sell them that time. But the point is the findings of that study don't really indicate doing something like that would change anything. maybe not-so-prime airtime? Again, apart from the money, not that much to lose, no harm in making the effort. Hmm...maybe if this was part of a deal that would let Fox avoid legal issues arising from their normal biased reporting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 "What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record The former president made an unusual effort to influence how historians will view him." by Julian E. Zelizer https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/trump-interview-a-first-historical-assessment/629454/ " "I didn’t win the election,” he said" Quote The admission came in a video interview with a panel of historians convened by Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor and editor of The Presidency of Donald Trump: A First Historical Assessment. The interview was published on Monday by the Atlantic. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/05/trump-admits-election-defeat-historians-zelizer-princeton He also admits the election was a fraud, rigged against him, and stolen from him. (In case we all didn't know already, that's why he didn't win.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The race to the bottom hastens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Week said: The race to the bottom hastens. The wild part is that it's not like this clip loses its appeal to racists when you watch the entire clip. And then he blames his mom's drug addiction on Mexico instead of draconian drug laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 MTG dropping knowledge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, Larry of the Lake said: The wild part is that it's not like this clip loses its appeal to racists when you watch the entire clip. And then he blames his mom's drug addiction on Mexico instead of draconian drug laws. Honestly, that transition had me wheezing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 So Romney did explain his previous vote against Jackson today: Quote “In her previous confirmation vote, I had concerns about whether or not she was in the mainstream,” Romney told reporters on Tuesday. “And having spent time with her personally and reviewing her testimony before Congress [I] became convinced that she is in the mainstream.” [...] “We’re following a different standard today than we followed 20 years ago, when individuals are judged based upon simply their qualifications, and now we’re looking to determine something about other matters,” Romney said Tuesday, describing the Senate confirmation process. Nice way to basically admit you didn't do your job on the first vote. The second graph, though, suggests the real difference - he was disgusted by the GOP attacks during the hearings and most likely did not want to be associated with them. So, way to go Republican members of the Judiciary Committee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 So she's a shoe in now, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, JEORDHl said: So she's a shoe in now, right? Yes. The confirmation vote will almost certainly be exactly the same as the vote on the discharge motion last night (53-47). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Biden administration will extend pause on federal student loan repayments through August https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/student-loan-moratorium-extended/index.html Quote (CNN)The Biden administration is planning to extend a pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31, according to an administration official familiar with the matter. The repayment freeze, which has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic, was scheduled to expire on May 1. The administration is expected to announce the extension on Wednesday, the official said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 538 put out an outstanding rundown of how redistricting went for state legislatures in over a dozen key states. Obviously, it's much more of a mixed bag than the House redistricting. In terms of highlights, Georgia and Florida stayed about the same - which means a permanent GOP majority. Texas got worse, and it appears New Hampshire will be very difficult for the Dems to take back the Senate anytime this decade. However, there were a number of key states where the maps improved for Dems - Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, and Virginia. The first three states are, obviously, huge. Following the 2010 cycle, Republicans controlled both chambers in all three states for the entire decade. The Dems now have a good chance to win majorities in both chambers of all three states, albeit North Carolina would still take a very favorable electoral cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 2 hours ago, DMC said: MTG dropping knowledge: Director Adrian Lyne approves this message. He, speaking specifically of NYC women -- Quote They are … sort of overcompensating for not being men. It’s sad, you know, because it kind of doesn’t work. You hear feminists talk, and the last 10, 20 years, you hear women talking about fucking men rather than being fucked, to be crass about it. It’s kind of unattractive, however liberated and emancipated it is. It kind of fights the whole wife role, the whole childbearing role. Sure you got your career and your success but you are not fulfilled as a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 3 hours ago, DMC said: MTG dropping knowledge: What the fucking hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 57 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: What the fucking hell? And you wonder why I argue religion can rot the mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 5 hours ago, DMC said: MTG dropping knowledge: Reminds me of my ex, when she took a hard dive into the fundy religious thing twenty years back. Got rid of most of the kids Disney movies because the witches, fairies, and supernatural elements made them 'satanic.' Had the kitchen cupboards labeled with bible verses. Only Christian shows on the tube, same for publications. *Everything* in the world around her filtered through a hard fundy Christian perspective. Most disturbing was that this level of blinkered thinking came not from one of the groups normally flagged as 'cults,' but the ordinary down the street church. She was far, far from alone in this mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 63 House Republicans voted against supporting NATO: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 MTG didn't come from a man's rib. She most certainly was formed out of a jackals jawbone. It is known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrist Simon Steele Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 16 hours ago, Martell Spy said: Biden administration will extend pause on federal student loan repayments through August https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/politics/student-loan-moratorium-extended/index.html Never seen someone so desperately try to not solve a problem they have to solve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Chief Justice Roberts joins with liberals to criticize 'shadow docket' as court reinstates Trump-era EPA rule https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket-john-roberts-epa-water/index.html Quote Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's liberal justices in dissent, arguing that the court's majority had "gone astray" by granting an unwarranted request on its emergency docket. "That renders the Court's emergency docket not for emergencies at all," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the four dissenters. She said that the Republican-led states and others that had petitioned the court for emergency relief had not shown they would suffer the necessary irreparable harm to make their case. The five conservative justices did not explain their reasoning for reinstating the Trump-era rule. The emergency docket -- referred to by some justices and outside observers as the "shadow docket" -- has increasingly come under criticism by those who say that important issues are being resolved without the benefit of full briefing schedule and oral arguments. While the court's liberals, especially Kagan, have often criticized the use of emergency petitions, this is the first time Roberts has explicitly joined in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Paul Krugman receives updated information and changes his mind regarding causes for tight labor market -- it isn't a Great Resignation. He -- intentionally? -- hid his Great Conclusion at the bottom of the piece. Tight labor market = lack of immigrant labor. If he'd asked me, I coulda told him this, long ago. Duh. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/opinion/great-resignation-employment.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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