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On the subject of Congressional proxy voting, Secretary Duffy's daughter said that Congressmen who want to spend more time with their kids should resign:
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Codifying proxy voting is the last step in voters having no actual say in what happens in government. Just sell yourself to lobbyists and NGOs and let them vote while you vacation.
 
On the subject of Congressional proxy voting, Secretary Duffy's daughter said that Congressmen who want to spend more time with their kids should resign:
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He's not wrong. It's an important job that voters chose them to go do, not spend less time doing it after being elected. Shareholders of public companies would demand the same from a CEO who decided staying at home is more important to them than their job.
 
Iran is a bigger threat than most realize and it has more to do with hurr durr neocons. They fund and direct a lot of terrorist groups that kill or attempt to kill Americans, not to mention fuck with our allies like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Israel.

The difference between now and 20 years ago is now both Israel and Saudi Arabia agree that Iran has become intolerable. Iranians backed Hezbollah, which attacked Israel, as well as the Houthis, who have attacked Saudi Arabia. The US doesn't need Europe to deal with Iran anymore: we could put together a literal Middle East Coalition to go after Iran.

Knowingly or not, Obama gave Iran the rope to hang itself by easing the sanctions and giving them money.
I'm not defending Iran. That Tucker tweet isn't going to bat for Iran, if anything it's dismissive of them as an adversary. I imagine we'd care a lot less as a nation if not for Israel who understandably has Iran high on their enemy priority list.
 
Happy Liberation Day folks, in the coming days, weeks, months, and even years of potential shortterm hardship let us not embody the spirit of Bush on the USS Lincoln
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but the spirit of Big Dick Nixon addressing the nation about the energy crisis
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"ohh but the car prices are getting higher"
God gave you either 2 good feet or the ADA learn how to use one or the other

"but but the price of electronics will go up"
Im as sad as you to put children out of the sweatshop but we will have to make do

"what if things are slightly more uncomfortably and measurably worse in the short term?"
What if the next Tunguska event happens across the street? We build a bitching Walmart and a very nice memorial and Null feels so bad he does Autistic Thunderdome 2025 in my honor :) , point is we move and we dont allow despair to be an option.
 
I'm not defending Iran. That Tucker tweet isn't going to bat for Iran, if anything it's dismissive of them as an adversary. I imagine we'd care a lot less as a nation if not for Israel who understandably has Iran high on their enemy priority list.
I feel like you're forgetting that time Iran took our diplomats hostage.

Very few countries make an unforced error like that.
 
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