Jason Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Overplaying your hand out the gate is how you get sinema and manchin on board with abolishing the ridiculous, anti democratic filibuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I want to believe that McConnell's further obstructions will convince the necessary folks to get rid of the filibuster, but I won't hold my breath. There's nothing about his time as majority leader that indicates he's willing to work with the Dems or compromise on basically anything that matters. I don't know what else he could possibly do to demonstrate the necessity of ending the filibuster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 minute ago, TwinIon said: I want to believe that McConnell's further obstructions will convince the necessary folks to get rid of the filibuster, but I won't hold my breath. There's nothing about his time as majority leader that indicates he's willing to work with the Dems or compromise on basically anything that matters. I don't know what else he could possibly do to demonstrate the necessity of ending the filibuster. The last time he was minority leader he literally filibustered his own bill when the Democrats surprised him by supporting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 He was ready for people to fuck around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 5 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Looks like the he's got a taste of the power: Biden 'is planning to run again' in 2024 - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Please, god no. Who is the last incumbent president to be primaried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Fucking Simpsons did it again. . . even down to the fucking earrings 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 30 minutes ago, osxmatt said: Please, god no. Who is the last incumbent president to be primaried? As in successfully? I don't think it's ever happened, but not positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Wow I guess it happened a few times over slavery: Could Trump Lose the Republican Nomination? Here's the History of Primary Challenges to Incumbent Presidents TIME.COM An incumbent President has never lost a primary nomination in modern U.S. history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, Joe said: As in successfully? I don't think it's ever happened, but not positive. Pretty sure it happened to Pierce. It would have happened to Buchanan but he saw the writing on the wall. It may have happened to Fillmore, too, I'd have to check. Not a coincidence, they were the 3 presidents before Lincoln. John Tyler is another one that I can't remember if he lost a primary or if he just bowed out at the last second. Or maybe he switched parties. I can't remember. edit: Yes, Pierce was primaried by the Democrats. I can't find whether Buchanan got primaried or just didn't run. Fillmore technically did try to run but dropped out really early. John Tyler did switch parties, so that's a different discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On the topic of the filibuster, I know you need 60 votes for cloture, and in effect, need 60 votes to pass legislation. But do you really? Like, is it possible to get 60 votes for cloture, and then just 50+1 for passing legislation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Biden Inauguration Captures Bigger Audience Than Donald Trump’s VARIETY.COM The inauguration of President Joe Biden won significantly more viewers than President Donald Trump's 2017 ceremony 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 A photo of Bernie Sanders at the inauguration is making its way into every videogame | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM A look at the many videogame places Bernie has turned up in the past day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Never forget that Every. Single. Republican. is dumb as shit. Like less brain power than a labradoodle. They'd starve to death in a Skinner Box. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Seems like a bit of an overreaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I can't believe it has already been a week since Biden took office. folks, i regret to inform you that the reviews are in pic.twitter.com/GNxw6Dt0bq— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2021 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, Littleronin said: I can't believe it has already been a week since Biden took office. Well remember Biden and Trump switched faces. Obviously a surgery like that can't happen on the same day so they had to do it a week in advance, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Joe said: Seems like a bit of an overreaction. Twitter costs another person their job unnecessarily. Fuck twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: Twitter costs another person their job unnecessarily. Fuck twitter. Twitter is amazing doe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, Joe said: Twitter is amazing doe. Twitter is useless... it could disappear tomorrow and the world wouldn't miss it at all. At least facebook let's you keep in touch with older family memebrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Twitter is useless... it could disappear tomorrow and the world wouldn't miss it at all. At least facebook let's you keep in touch with older family memebrs. I don’t see how you could possibly think that way. It has completely changed the speed at which news is broken to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Joe said: I don’t see how you could possibly think that way. It has completely changed the speed at which news is broken to people. Often innacurate and unverifed news... sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 twitter has news and funny jokes. twitter and this place is how i get my news. i find it very useful even if there is a lot of bullshit like on the other less useful SM sites 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said: Often innacurate and unverifed news... sure. real news places tweet out news and articles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, johnny said: real news places tweet out news and articles I work at a real news place... they tweet out articles AFTER they've been vetted and verified something that Twitter didn't bother with until last year. They don't need Twitter for that... The net negatives of Twitter FAR outweigh any positives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Often innacurate and unverifed news... sure. That would be the fault of news reporting agencies, not Twitter. Early in quarantine. I heard a ton of cops and paramedics rushing to an area of my town. I had no idea what was happening and was honestly worried. Within minutes on Twitter, I had photos of what had actually happened (a fire taking down two restaurants by the train station). When the NYC pressure cooker bombing happened and I was one block away, I had news on Twitter WAY before it was on any TV station. It’s by far the most important social media platform by a wide margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Twitter is the best way to follow writers that you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said: The net negatives of Twitter FAR outweigh any positives. that’s true but it doesn’t matter to me. facebook is completely useless besides what you said, keeping in touch with relatives (and i guess it’s useful for people who sell on their marketplace thing). i can keep up with everything i care about on twitter without having to deal with facebook. news, sports, movies, my friends, etc. only thing it’s missing is grandma which is ok with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Just now, Joe said: That would be the fault of news reporting agencies, not Twitter. Early in quarantine. I heard a ton of cops and paramedics rushing ton an area of my town. I had no idea what was happening and was honestly worried. Within minutes on Twitter, I had photos of what had actually happened (a fire taking down two restaurants by the train station). When the NYC pressure cooker bombing happened and I was one block away, I had news on Twitter WAY before it was on any TV station. It’s by far the most important social media platform by a wide margin. You kidding? I'm not even talking about reputable News agencies... I'm talking about the barrage of bullshit that Twitter couldn't be bothered to police until this year, not to mention the spate of cyberbullying and harassment that they enabled. When the Boston Bombing happened, a friend of mine and I were GLUED to Twitter getting minute by minute updates... most of what we got turned out later to be complete and total bullshit. Sometimes faster isn't better. I THANK GOD that Twitter wasn't around when 911 happened or the 2003 East Coast Blackout... NY would have been utter chaos. Twitter has done a shit job of policing its platform and again, has been a net negative in my mind. That's just me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 minute ago, johnny said: that’s true but it doesn’t matter to me. facebook is completely useless besides what you said, keeping in touch with relatives (and i guess it’s useful for people who sell on their marketplace thing). i can keep up with everything i care about on twitter without having to deal with facebook. news, sports, movies, my friends, etc. only thing it’s missing is grandma which is ok with me. I keep up with everything I care about online WITHOUT using Twitter... I have an account but I don't use it much at ALL. Not missing anything from Twitter in my life. It's a shit platform, really only useful for promiting shit or harassing folks. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: You kidding? I'm not even talking about reputable News agencies... I'm talking about the barrage of bullshit that Twitter couldn't be bothered to police until this year, not to mention the spate of cyberbullying and harassment that they enabled. When the Boston Bombing happened, a friend of mine and I were GLUED to Twitter getting minute by minute updates... most of what we got turned out later to be complete and total bullshit. Sometimes faster isn't better. I THANK GOD that Twitter wasn't around when 911 happened or the 2003 East Coast Blackout... NY would have been utter chaos. Twitter has done a shit job of policing its platform and again, has been a net negative in my mind. That's just me though. That’s a problem with every social media platform. At least Twitter serves a function. You have to know to take news from randos on Twitter with a grain of salt. But the point is those randos can deliver pictures before any news agency can and that’s important. Like I said about that fire in town earlier, I had pictures of the fire within minutes of the incident happening. Without Twitter, I would have been in the dark questioning if something crazy Covid related happened. Similar to when we are all freaking out in the restaurant when the NYC bombing happened. Yes of course we had people mistakenly say it was ConEdison related and the like, but we got pictures of the actual bombing area before it was on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 For COVID, it’s been a lifesaver too. Murphy put his info up there first and updates everything else accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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