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How did you know I am Irish?
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It’s now their brand.
Or a psychologically necessary projection…
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(A dem holdout)
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In Az I do believe that Martha McSally® will surrender her office to Kelly(D) partly because she has tied herself to the dotardian cult.
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Yes, we all can rationalize just about anything to protect our already formed opinions. Like I said yesterday, the ability to recognize when you are wrong and change course is actually a rarity, although most of us believe that absolutely does not apply to us personally. There is an entire industry devoted to helping people who vote against their own interests continue to feel good and moral about those votes.
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All that matters is power—and remaking the federal courts in Trump’s image.
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Not small-handed.
Short-fingered.
There is a huge difference.
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x 1,000 mr. newman!! That’s the real fear for me. Those 60 million of my fellow muricans who voted for the buffoon and continue to support him.
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I think it’s even simpler. I’ll get called a pessimist, but what am I missing here? They smell unchecked power, and they want it. You eliminate meaningful congressional oversight by acquitting the Mutant-in-Chief. You get a 6-3 court should our national treasure RBG die. Tighten up the gerrymandering and vote suppression, interfere with the 2020 elections, and you realize the dream of a unified government in thrall to the .1%. We still have the same flag, but it’s a Republican country. The rest of us just live in it until they get tired of the irritant.
They will do it because they can. The more they get away with, the bolder they become. And the president is about to get away with being an open criminal.
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OT, but a good read and topic for discussion.
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The parties owned their own newspapers and they were a volatile and ugly mix of made-up scandals, vicious and accusatory rhetoric, and content shaded to conform to party positions.
How did one avoid becoming a target of their vitriol? By remaining bland, malleable, and largely unnoticed. They forced those who couldn’t become their party hacks to at least float around in the mushy middle.
None of this was good. Bad faith became the operative political morality of the day.
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The resistance is alive and well in a new generation. Olds like us will die out and they will rule the day. We may not see it in our lives, and the republicans may yet destroy us all, but if our country survives, it will be free once again.
ALL three of our kids are scientists. All are pursuing paths to bring them into policy making circles. All of them are hella tired of this bullshit and know (or are learning) what’s needed to turn our society around.
That isn’t nothing and it’s something to put hope in. Our kids don’t have the patience with this shit that we did, not do they have old angry white men in such numbers that they can do anything about it in say 10 years or so.
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Declaration of Subservience
We the undernamed and the Americans we represent, in having declared fealty to Donald J Trump and all he stands for, and yielding reason, facts, understanding and logic to the musings of the KGB, Vladimir Putin and the will of mother Russia, do hereby declare the power of the presidency is for personal use, enrichment, revenge, and subverting the Constitution of the United States. We sign this statement with pride knowing history will record our names alongside American luminaries such as Benedict Arnold. We accept full ownership of the outcome of this willing subservience. Oh, and it’s only OK when a Republican does it.
Bradley Byrne …………………………Fairhope
Martha Roby …Montgomery
Mike Rogers …Anniston
Robert B. Aderholt … Haleyville
Mo Brooks … Huntsville
Gary J. Palmer
Don Young … Fort Yukon
Paul A. Gosar … Prescott
Andy Biggs … Gilbert
David Schweikert … Fountain Hills
Debbie Lesko … Peoria
Eric A. “Rick” Crawford … Jonesboro
J. French Hill … Little Rock
Steve Womack … Rogers
Bruce Westerman … Hot Springs
Doug LaMalfa … Oroville
Tom McClintock … Elk Grove
Paul Cook … Yucca Valley
Devin Nunes … Tulare
Kevin McCarthy … Bakersfield
Scott R. Tipton … Cortez
Ken Buck … Windsor
Doug Lamborn … Colorado Springs
Matt Gaetz … Fort Walton Beach
Neal P. Dunn … Panama City
Ted S. Yoho … Gainesville
John H. Rutherford … Jacksonville
Michael Waltz … St. Augustine Beach
Bill Posey … Rockledge
Daniel Webster … Clermont
Gus M. Bilirakis … Palm Harbor
Ross Spano … Dover
Vern Buchanan … Sarasota
W. Gregory Steube … Sarasota
Brian J. Mast … Palm City
Francis Rooney … Naples
Mario Diaz-Balart … Miami
Earl L. “Buddy” Carter … Pooler
A. Drew Ferguson IV … West Point
Rob Woodall … Lawrenceville
Austin Scott … Tifton
Doug Collins … Gainesville
Jody B. Hice … Greensboro
Barry Loudermilk … Cassville
Rick W. Allen … Augusta
Tom Graves … Ranger
Russ Fulcher … Meridian
Michael K. Simpson … Idaho Falls
Mike Bost … Murphysboro
Rodney Davis … Taylorville
John Shimkus … Collinsville
Adam Kinzinger … Channahon
Darin LaHood … Peoria
Larry Bucshon … Evansville
Trey Hollingsworth …Jeffersonville
Jackie Walorski … Elkhart
Jim Banks … Columbia City
James R. Baird … Greencastle
Susan W. Brooks … Carmel
Greg Pence … Columbus
Steve King … Kiron
Roger W. Marshall … Great Bend
Steve Watkins … Topeka
Ron Estes … Wichita
James Comer … Tompkinsville
Brett Guthrie … Bowling Green
Thomas Massie …Garrison
Harold Rogers …Somerset
Andy Barr …Lexington
Clay Higgins …Lafayette
Mike Johnson …Benton
Ralph Lee Abraham … Alto
Garret Graves … Baton Rouge
Andy Harris … Cockeysville
Jack Bergman … Watersmeet
Bill Huizenga … Holland
John R. Moolenaar … Midland
Fred Upton … St. Joseph Tim Walberg … Tipton
Paul Mitchell … Dryden
Jim Hagedorn … Blue Earth
Tom Emmer … Delano
Pete Stauber … Hermantown
Trent Kelly … Saltillo
Michael Guest … Brandon
Steven M. Palazzo … Biloxi
Ann Wagner … Ballwin
Blaine Luetkemeyer … St. Elizabeth
Vicky Hartzler … Harrisonville
Sam Graves … Tarkio
Billy Long … Springfield
Jason Smith … Salem
Greg Gianforte … Bozeman
Jeff Fortenberry … Lincoln
Don Bacon … Papillion
Adrian Smith … Gering
Mark E. Amodei … Carson City
Christopher H. Smith … Hamilton
Lee M. Zeldin … Shirley
Peter T. King … Seaford
Elise M. Stefanik … Schuylerville
Tom Reed … Corning
John Katko … Syracuse
George Holding … Raleigh
Gregory F. Murphy1 … Greenville
Virginia Foxx … Banner Elk
Mark Walker … Greensboro
David Rouzer …Wilmington
Richard Hudson …Concord
Dan Bishop …Charlotte
Patrick T. McHenry … Lake Norman
Mark Meadows … Skyland
Ted Budd … Advance
Kelly Armstrong … Dickinson
Steve Chabot … Cincinnati
Brad R. Wenstrup … Cincinnati
Jim Jordan … Urbana
Robert E. Latta … Bowling Green
Bill Johnson … Marietta
Bob Gibbs … Lakeville
Warren Davidson … Troy
Michael R. Turner … Dayton
Troy Balderson … Zanesville
David P. Joyce … Russell Township
Steve Stivers … Columbus
Anthony Gonzalez … Rocky River
Kevin Hern … Tulsa
Markwayne Mullin … Westville
Frank D. Lucas … Cheyenne
Tom Cole … Moore
Greg Walden … Hood River
Brian K. Fitzpatrick … Levittown
Daniel Meuser … Dallas
Scott Perry … Dillsburg
Lloyd Smucker … Lancaster
Fred Keller … Middleburg
John Joyce … Hollidaysburg
Guy Reschenthaler … Peters Township
Glenn Thompson … Howard
Mike Kelly … Butler
Joe Wilson … Springdale
Jeff Duncan … Laurens
William R. Timmons IV … Greenville
Ralph Norman … Rock Hill
Tom Rice … Myrtle Beach
Dusty Johnson … Mitchell
David P. Roe … Johnson City
Tim Burchett … Knoxville
Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann … Chattanooga
Scott DesJarlais … Sherwood
John W. Rose … Cookeville
Mark E. Green … Clarksville
David Kustoff … Germantown
Louie Gohmert … Tyler
Dan Crenshaw … Houston
Van Taylor … Plano
John Ratcliffe … Heath
Lance Gooden … Terrell
Ron Wright … Arlington
Kevin Brady … The Woodlands
Michael T. McCaul … Austin
K. Michael Conaway … Midland
Kay Granger … Fort Worth
Mac Thornberry … Clarendon
Randy K. Weber, Sr. … Friendswood
Bill Flores … Bryan
Jodey C. Arrington … Lubbock
Chip Roy … Austin
Pete Olson … Sugar Land
Will Hurd … San Antonio
Kenny Marchant … Coppell
Roger Williams … Austin
Michael C. Burgess … Pilot Point
Michael Cloud … Victoria
John R. Carter … Round Rock
Brian Babin … Woodville
Rob Bishop … Brigham City
Chris Stewart … Farmington
John R. Curtis … Provo
Robert J. Wittman … Montross
Denver Riggleman … Manassas
Ben Cline … Rockbridge
H. Morgan Griffith … Salem
Jaime Herrera Beutler … Battle Ground
Dan Newhouse … Sunnyside
Cathy McMorris Rodgers … Spokane
David B. McKinley … Wheeling
Alexander X. Mooney … Charles Town
Carol D. Miller … Huntington
Bryan Steil … Janesville
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. … Menomonee Falls
Glenn Grothman … Glenbeulah
Mike Gallagher … Green Bay
Liz Cheney … Wilson
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You don’t think that once the tables are turned they all won’t develop the political amnesia we see so prevalent right now?
Puuleeze
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Fucking brilliant!
looks better with the formatting that I was unable to load up
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I think there are a lot of psychological truths there regarding self-reinforcing beliefs and closure to contradictory evidence. We’re living through a society-wide experiment in it.
Jeez, I certainly hope not but it’s hard to deny - out of hand. And I don’t think you’re talking organized religion or faith-based or purpose-driven bible study bullshit. The rise of technology has given everyone the opportunity to live in their own personal bubble, and not so much by choice anymore, where we’re able to avoid most conflicts directly. Sounds like a life style worth living but it can make reality more difficult than it already is. So we discover “closure to contradictory evidence.”, feel self-assured and continue on our way, no longer sure what we believe has to one day be resolved.
But Trump and his criminal enterprise of psychopaths, oligarchs, big church pastors, billionaires, and nut jobs like Bannon will force us all out of our too busy two jobs consumer driven both sides do it mentality - because we can’t go on like this. It has to happen.
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