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"They learned their lesson."-‐-Susan Collins

 

Looks like Vance has caught Tuberville disease.

 

The "blue slip" thing is ridiculous. I guess I give Coach Senator some credit that he's "owning it" - a lot of these things get blocked and the Senators who do it remain anonymous. You want to hold up the Senate's business? Filabuster or whatever? Fine, but put yourself out there, put your name on it. Maybe people will understand and appreciate it, maybe they won't and vote you out.
I have to think some Bama money is going to be backing someone else next time the seat is up. But he's still got four years left.

 

This explains a lot about the current Republican Party ...

 

It's actually more important because state convictions are beyond federal pardon power. Thankfully, Merrick has fuck-all to do with it.

 

Eric Trump: "I pour concrete"

 

Swole Tubers are welcome in Oregon, Maine and Idaho but should not be in Bammer.

 

Agreed. My primary doctor's practice has two nurse practitioners. I've seen both for one reason or another and they seem to know what they are doing. That said, I would be long gone if I couldn't see my primary doctor at least for my annual physical. If I call even a week or two in advance, that isn't a problem.

 

I find the version of that story regarding Wilhelm Marr interesting, especially given his personal history.

 

They say there are a lot of millionaires in this town though you'd never know them by their slovenlinesses ...

... and this is how they live because they don't trust banks and hide their money in their mattresses.

 

LOL

 

Opinion | The Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

If the answer to Frank’s question was that cultural issues can trump issues of class in ways that favor Republicans, Judis’s and Teixeira’s answer looks doubly troubling to Democrats: Not only is the Democratic Party increasingly failing on matters of culture (despite its strength on abortion rights), it’s also seen as failing in matters of class. In a country that has become more overtly populist in its values and needs, Democrats are the ones who look like the party of out-of-touch elitists.

“We’ve had this peculiar situation where the reigning power in the Democratic Party has been between progressive social organizations and the neoliberal business elite,” Judis told me when I spoke to him last week. The majority of Americans are feeling left behind.

This bodes ill for Democrats. As he and Teixeira write in the book, “The Democratic Party has had its greatest success when it sought to represent the common man and woman against the rich and powerful, the people against the elite, and the plebians against the patricians.”