US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

Status
Not open for further replies.
BidenGIF.gif
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • Winner
  • Informative
Reactions: ThisIsGonnaBeGood, The Shredder, ActualCracker and 120 others
Click to expand...
tehpope said:

So if this gets traction in the US media, will they blame Biden or Trump? They're both equally to blame. Biden for forcing the vax upon everyone with a pulse. Trump for starting operation Warpspeed in the first place.
Click to expand...
You know they'll blame it on Trump for everything. They'll pull out all the clips of dems saying they doubted the vaccine before the election that they immediately memory holed after Biden took office and pushed the vax on everyone.
 
Last edited:
  • Agree
  • Like
  • Feels
Reactions: like_shutup_&_drive_scoob, Uranus Pink, Florch and 17 others
General Emílio Médici said:
Someone should tell D.C. joggers and youths that the politicians always have jewelry and expensive watches on them.
Click to expand...
Sniperwoof said:
One of my friends works in DC and the way he tells it the streets are basically open anarchy.

It's only a matter of time until a prominent politician is killed.
Click to expand...
Don't leave me hanging hoping for a good time...
 
  • Agree
  • Feels
  • Like
Reactions: Uranus Pink, AnitaSarsleezian, Glowing In The Streets and 10 others

Mike Johnson Unveils Plan to Ward Off Government Shutdown

Please check out Mike Johnson’s Plan to Ward Off Government Shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) unveiled a two-step short-term spending proposal that would keep money flowing to federal agencies into early next year, in a bid to stave off a partial government shutdown late next week.
Johnson presented the plan on Saturday, a week before federal agencies risk shutting down once current funding runs out. The measure wouldn’t impose spending cuts, and it also wouldn’t implement tougher anti-immigration rules at the U.S.-Mexico border, which some Republicans had said was critical to get their support.
According to a document obtained by The Wall Street Journal, if the two-step plan doesn’t pass, House Republicans will turn to what they call a full-year continuing resolution, keeping spending flat—although it would contain “appropriate adjustments to meet our national security priorities.”
“It’s a good thing the speaker didn’t include unnecessary cuts and kept defense funding with the second group of programs,” a Senate Democratic leadership aide said.
Already however, there were signs of trouble from spending hawks. Some Republicans have said that they oppose any temporary spending extension without cuts and that Congress should focus instead on finalizing individual spending bills for the entire year.
“It’s…100% clean. And I 100% oppose,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R., Texas) on social media.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) was ousted last month after he endorsed a temporary spending bill that passed with more Democratic support than Republican votes hours before the government was set to shut down on Sept. 30. On that measure, 90 Republicans voted against the proposal.
Click to expand...
Johnson proposed the same plan that got McCarthy ousted. If more that 4 republicans republicans vote against the measure it will require Democrats to vote for it.

Many people told me Johnson would be different. Will they pretend Johnson is different or will they act surprised?
Click to expand...
 
  • Lunacy
  • Thunk-Provoking
  • Informative
Reactions: argostug, Yamma Damma, Cyber Floyd and 5 others
That is interesting to hear. I wonder what the excuse will be to trying to do the same shit again when he HAS to know it won't fly. Maybe it is bait? Or maybe he only plans to show this plan to get the discussion started but I don't trust these people to believe in that.
 
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Vyse Inglebard and The Nothingness

House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert shutdown draws criticism from conservatives​

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday he will seek to avoid a government shutdown next weekend with a "two-step" temporary spending plan – but his proposal drew immediate criticism from some fellow conservatives and the White House.

In a written statement, Johnson said his plan "will stop the absurd holiday-season omnibus tradition of massive, loaded-up spending bills introduced right before the Christmas recess."

The current spending plan expires at midnight Friday, and certain government operations will halt if House Republicans cannot agree on a plan that also gets approval from President Joe Biden and the Democratic Senate.

Johnson's plan is a "laddered CR," a novel type of continuing resolution, the tool typically used by Congress to extend funding levels to keep the government running in lieu of an agreement on next year's federal budget. His two-step plan would extend operations until Jan. 19 for some agencies and until Feb. 2 for others while Congress negotiates long-term spending.

Some Republicans began objecting to Johnson's plan shortly after his announcement, saying it leaves out too much.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., used the X social media site, formerly Twitter, to list a number of objectionable items: "NO MONEY TO UKRAINE! CLOSE THE BORDER! STOP THE WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT! IMPEACH BIDEN, MAYORKAS, WRAY, GARLAND, AND GRAVES!"

None of those items is acceptable to Biden or the Senate.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, another staunch conservative, said on X that his opposition to a "clean" continuing resolution "cannot be overstated," and he described it as "funding Pelosi level spending & policies for 75 days - for future 'promises.'"

House Republicans who control the majority have disagreed about how to move forward, with some arguing for major spending cuts that would never win sign-offs from Biden and the Senate.

The White House also dumped on Johnson's plan, saying it all but invites a shutdown.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "This proposal is just a recipe for more Republican chaos and more shutdowns – full stop."

She accused House Republicans of "wasting precious time with an unserious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties."

It is not known whether enough House Republicans will back Johnson's two-step plan while they negotiate long-term spending plans.

Johnson issued his statement after a House Republican conference call.

The plan puts Republicans "in the best position to fight for fiscal responsibility, oversight over Ukraine aid and meaningful policy changes at our southern border," Johnson said.
Click to expand...

Article Link
 
LurkTrawl said:
and slavery was allowed to go the way of the dodo due to industrialization as it inevitably would have
Click to expand...
Trouble is it wouldn't have. Slavery wasn't just profitable, but it also acted as a form of wage suppression. Even skilled laborers and full-blown tradesmen were available on the slave markets, not just cotton pickers. It wasn't just a means of generating wealth, but also keeping the poor whites down. You really don't understand how devoted to their manor lord LARP the Southern plantation owners were.
1699897105885.png
 
  • Like
  • Agree
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: like_shutup_&_drive_scoob, The Womb Ripper, Swordstick and 14 others
I saw a few wags pointing out that the report seems to be that the SS shot at the crooks, but not that the successfully hit the crooks
 
Snekposter said:
Trouble is it wouldn't have. Slavery wasn't just profitable, but it also acted as a form of wage suppression.
Click to expand...
While I agree with this in part, the fact remains that slavery was only profitable in a specific set of circumstances and relied on the mass of field labourers to maintain the viability of owning and trading more specialised slaves. Mechanisation of cotton harvesting was already happening by the time of the civil war and would have inevitably replaced slave labour in the States, either directly by adoption there, or indirectly by the creation of cheaper supplies elsewhere. There's also the fact that many of the south's clientele were moving away from American cotton to purchase from other, less expensive and less morally reprehensible sources (which, not coincidentally, they also controlled, further reducing their supply costs by removing middlemen). The British cotton industry in particular followed this path. The industrial northern states were slower, in part due to the power the south had in the government, which gave them wide latitude to enact economic restrictions on competitors, but economic reality would have intervened eventually.

Snekposter said:
You really don't understand how devoted to their manor lord LARP the Southern plantation owners were.
Click to expand...
Still are. They just call it "compassion" and "migrant amnesty" now.
 
  • Like
  • Informative
  • Winner
Reactions: like_shutup_&_drive_scoob, Confused Doggo, Puff and 11 others
General Emílio Médici said:
The creatures themselves have protection, but their minions don't. A random staffer getting mugged in front of their boss' HQ and a stray bullet game ending a congress or senate parasite is a real possibility. Stray bullets are real agents of chaos.
Click to expand...
They really dont though. This idea they all have "6 to 100 police" is idiotic. Virtually nobody in the house of representatives has protection. They can request it for events, but them getting 24/7 is a special circumstance. But odds are good if your local rep went home to his state he wouldnt get shit. And the only extra protection they get in dc is the politician dorms that have real security and not just the local police.

There are videos of McConnell getting actively harassed on the street and he only had a few guys with him. You think Gaetz gets a security detail?
 
  • Agree
  • Thunk-Provoking
  • Like
Reactions: John.Doe, The Womb Ripper, Backpack Knight and 5 others
ShitLurker said:
... so they are blowing $10m to do the equivalent of trying to beat in a popularity contest the obese retard with the Sonic Tshirt that eats his boogers by making the creepy acne ridden girl that constantly seems like she is sweating and seems to breath very hard when watching men do sportsball more attractive? While chad thundercock is already there talking about how he has a castle?

Do we know if all of this Kabuki theater isn't just another front to do some sort of fraud? There cannot be people out there that still think meatball has a chance at anything.
Click to expand...
The endgame for most of these Republicans isn’t winning but securing think tank and board of director gigs. Paul Ryan got handsomely rewarded for committing political suicide. Everyone has to play along that this is legitimate so the media can charge more money for advertising. The big money donors continue to secure cushy government contracts, tax breaks, etc. and the $10 million they frittered away on Nimrata Haley eventually and indirectly gets paid back and then some via several different sources.
 
  • Agree
  • Like
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Some Dumb Faggot, like_shutup_&_drive_scoob, Uranus Pink and 9 others
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back