Masturbator Johnson already said, even before this “deal” went through, that he’ll refuse to allow any vote on the Obamacare subsidies.

I mean, it’s not like he’s facing any consequences for it, so what does he care?

CREDO is the least worst, I think. Yeah, they’re still paying Verizon to use their infrastructure, but they also make a point of providing both funding and direct activism for progressive causes.

Did King really believe this, or were there other reasons why he caved? His son, Angus King III, is running for governor of Maine, and Senator King’s decision may have been a misguided attempt to help him. King is also not up for reelection until 2030, so perhaps he thought he could escape electoral consequences.

Isn’t the election already over? How does caving now help? And if the gubernatorial election hasn’t happened yet, well, vote for the other Democratic candidate, I guess?

But it’s okay, because the GOP has promised to think about allowing a vote on extending the Obamacare subsidies!*

*Masturbator Johnson already said fuck that before the neolibs caved

Rather than complain, be the change you want to see in the world.

This took me all of 30s to do.

You might be confusing Kaine with Walz? Kaine was Hilary’s VP pick in 2016, Walz was Kamala’s pick last year (holy fuck, has it only been that long?).

Oh, it gets worse. The whole thing was his idea, even if he was too chickenshit to vote for it.

Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to reopen the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies that amount to nothing. But my reporting finds that at the Thursday meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus, two days after the election, Democrats very nearly capitulated once again.

Here’s what occurred. It has been widely assumed that the group of eight mostly centrist Senate Democrats, who have been looking to broker a hollow deal on Republican terms, were freelancing. In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily.

Because AmericaOS is still running v0.2 and has no provisions for federal level elections outside the normal election cycle.

I was going to go for ZX3, but an Elf Wars game is an even better suggestion, which is why Capcom will never do it.

No, the shutdown is because Congress didn’t pass a budget to allocate new federal funding. Which means that government agencies don’t have any money to pay employees. For most, this means they’re furloughed (essentially mandatory unpaid leave), because being forced to work without pay is also called slavery. Some positions, though (like ATC), are considered too vital to shut down so they do it anyway, and in the past provisions would be included in the budgets to give backpay as appropriate. There’s some worry that El Taco isn’t going to do that this time around, though.

Rural Americans have spent the last 50 years getting bombarded by pedo-con media, and GOP gutted education to make sure they don’t have the tools to see past the lies.

What is this? Establishment Dems exercising basic pattern recognition for once?

No OnE wAnTs To WoRk AnYmOrE!

Remember, every accusation is a confession.

Fucking thank you. I had to click a link in the OP article to another article which mentioned crypto in order figure out that they weren’t actually talking about illegal slaughterhouses.

The rubes have already served their purpose. Now is the time to dismantle the mechanisms that would remove them from power, so they can just stay on and laugh at our impotence to do anything about it.

Also, slave states wanted the federal government to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act on non-slave states. Which is rather the opposite of states’ rights.

The rates are a lie…

That only works if you can afford to wait them out, and unfortunately far too many people are living paycheck to paycheck.