Discussion: Harry Reid's Farewell To The Senate Is Peak Harry Reid: Sincere And Unsparing

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We’re going to miss Harry.

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Thanks, Harry.

We really could have used one more SC Justice, though.

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This just in…
And you thought it couldn’t get worse
HOLY. FUCK.
Your poor Trump Rubes
Working man’s hero indeed
You got scammed
No there are no do-overs and no you don’t get yor money back

Trump’s Likely Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases

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Harry, over the years I haven’t always agreed with your message or your method but you have always been an outspoken critic of the unfair and unjust, and an advocate for the least among us.

We’re really going to miss you, Sir, and I thank you for the years you’ve given us all!

@sickneffintired - who could have possibly imagined that a wealthy fast food mogul would take issue with the minimum wage. What next? Concerns over overtime rules? A fry cook can’t be changed to a salaried employee?

Good luck, Trumpeteers!

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“Reid, 77, grew up in the dusty town of Searchlight, Nevada, where he hitchhiked to school and took up baseball—a passion that he still has. His mom took odd jobs washing and ironing to make ends meet. His father was a hard rock miner who committed suicide when Reid was 32.”

Trump: “Losers!”

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Trump’s Likely Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases…

What an unfortunate surname.

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Could be a case of nominative determinism.

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You could always just abbreviate it to Puz.

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I remember when Harry was ‘tapped’ to be leader and we all wondered who he was. NOW we will all know him and will miss him.

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Their reaction to this will perhaps reveal that Trump’s base was never the whole “working class,” but rather only the upper end of it. The ones who already make more than $15/hr and benefit from having a large group who don’t. That old psychological bludgeon of being happy as long as you’re not on the bottom. Being proud as long as there is at least one neck to step on beneath you.

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Thanks for all you did. Wish us, yourself included, luck in the next 4 years, we’ll all need it I’m afraid.

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Well I don’t know about you , but here in Redneckistan central Florida there were a lot of Trump Pence signs in front of the broken down single wides
just sayin

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Well, that’s true - I do see the same. I was going off of the average income of his supporters. Well, in either case you’re right - they all got scammed.

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That’s right. Winners don’t play baseball; they own baseball teams.

Of course, Trump once owned a professional football team. Anyone remember what happened to that business venture?

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His first draft included “Suck my balls, Mitch!”

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Not necessary. Except in your prepubescent mind.

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Puzder has also opined that replacing human employees with robots and other mechanized “labor” has nothing but upsides…paraphrasing “machines don’t come to work late, demand higher wages/benefits, call in sick, or talk back”.

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Imaginary headline from CNN: Billionaire Cabinet Picks Anger Millionaire Trump Voters. Trump Vowed To Help The Little Rich Guy. But 123 jobs have been saved at the Aryan hood factory in a Rust Belt state. KKK cheers after layoffs prevented

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WH didn’t back him on that though.

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