The Sausage Making: Manchin And Sinema Continue To Be Difficult In Their Own Special Ways | Talking Points Memo

Wow, I agree with DB.

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Why does “hesitant” translate into months and months of “hesitancy”? There are thousands with low or bad information; there are thousands who are militantly against vaccination because their media and their leaders are politically against it. Vaccine mandates do work to some extent. Too bad they weren’t introduced much sooner and imposed across the country, even in the former confederacy. At this point, people who are not getting vaccinated are not “hesitant,” they are “history.”

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OT

When the deplorables get wind of this it’ll be proof that the vaccine gives you Alzheimer’s.

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I trusted that the vaccine would work when it was available. Trump created the doubt and the alternative, useless “cures” because I’m sure he was told it could make him rich.

I despise the republicans for this trauma, but this is America. We will survive.
Most of us, anyway.

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The less we make snarky comments about women’s choice of outfits, the better off we’ll all be. There are so many valid criticisms of her, and you want to sound like Rush Limbaugh…

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We have two parties with a cutting problem: the Republicans deftly cut Dems while Dems deftly cut themselves.

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She is a consistent fashion victim.

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Well . . . not with money, anyway.

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:upside_down_face:

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Indeed, I chose that term for its snark value. What I meant was things like expansions and hiring. In the current labor market, it’s the last thing we need. There aren’t enough workers for existing positions.

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It asks the question.

Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which the conclusion is stated as part of the premise, resulting in a failed circular argument.
It never involves an actual question.

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JUST IN: Kyrsten Sinema raised $1.1 million in Q3 — 90% of donations came from outside of Arizona and she saw a 456% increase in donations from Big Pharma compared to Q2. Her biggest donors are executives from pharmaceutical companies and big banks. (per @politico)

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 15, 2021
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How does this happen?

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There are help wanted signs everywhere here.

Open up your wallets, business owners.

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Because the Twice-impeached, disgraced, Florida retiree still gets government security protection.

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[Manchin] also told some Democrats on a call, per CNN, that he has beef with the expansion of Medicare to cover vision, hearing and dental, opposes paid family leave and medical leave proposals, rejects climate measures that would halve emissions by 2030 and is concerned about tuition-free community college.

“Just take out all the bits that are in the bill. Then I’ll support it.”

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Yet another reason we need to get to the point of being able to ask the question whether a convicted felon still gets secret service protections.

ETA: Plus, if he’s not residing in Mar-a-Lago anymore, no need for security upgrades.

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One would think someone who’s allegedly richer than god could put up the cash himself.

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I hear maximum security prisons are pretty secure.

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Gee, I’ve always wanted my senators to look like Mesopotamian fertility statues.

Eh, close enough. But will she throw the bums a dime? How does it feel?

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