I agree with you that it’s a little soon in this Congress to expect to make much headway (so the threats may be a bit out of place). But Democratic leadership has already been trying to shut down the Green New Deal - before these people were even sworn in. If it’s too soon for progressives, it’s surely too soon to…

He got himself elected president, so uh, Yeah I guess? Every waking article in media is about him all the time now. You can move that goalpost and say “well what has he done” but most politicians barely get shit done anyway (seriously, look at the stats), that’s not news. What he has done is successfully shut down the…

Except holding the Democrats accountable is how she got elected in the first place so....

Judging by the comments by Democrats, it’s AOC that needs to worry about getting back stabbed.

This is like when “The Lives of Harry Lime” tried to bank off the success of “The Third Man” but make him someone other than a completely amoral crook profiting off the deaths of others: an ungodly abomination. I guess they’re hoping kids these days have no pre-conceptions of the character but parents willing to plop…

Her name, her gender, her age, in that order.

a very old-school conservative

On your last point, correct. All the centrist Villager, third-way types can jump off a bridge. They’d rather see the country burn to the ground than see a Democrat politician act on their convictions.

Forgot about the drugging and raping accusation, did you?

Guys, it’s not too late to call your Congresscritters and request that they vote against the current rules package that will be proposed by Pelosi. There is some great stuff in there, some really great stuff. But the thing about Pay-As You-Go is devastatingly bad. It will hamstring the government’s ability to make…

The way Nancy Pelosi handled AOC’s climate change committee tells you everything you need to know about Nancy Pelosi as a person and a politician.    If you are a Republican and hate left wing politics you should be so happy to have Nancy Pelosi in charge.    She has zero chance of damaging Trump in anyway…

Hey Gang, speaking of shitshows, a poster named Alejandro just put up this form letter to use to remind your representatives NOT to vote for the Pay-as-You-Go provision of the proposed House budget rules, and to keep the Climate change committee intact. Here’s his sample letter:

Cuomo today vetoed a paid family leave bill after being “pushed” into supporting it by the Nixon campaign. This is the issue with every rube here who’s convinced progressives and socialists should step aside in 2020 and simply pressure the Centrist Adults into adopting good policy positions: you cannot trust that shit…

Reid was the only one in Dem leadership in 2016 who seemed genuinely concerned what a Trump victory could mean.

Nope, they are still white.

The thing is, instituting paygo actually does make sense — provided you realize Dems don’t actually want to do any of the big things they talk about.

If having women in leadership positions in the armed services and the defense industry helps us rethink some assumptions about how we engage in conflict, possibly leading to more humane outcomes

Well, that’s your take. I beg to differ. I think he did some really bad shit. That’s different from being “not sufficiently progressive”. If he gets the nomination, I’ll still end up voting for him, but I’ll have to swallow some massive feelings of nausea.

It works well in that movie though since it’s an ensemble and he’s only one mid-sized piece of it. I have yet to see him carry an entire drama himself (though I didn’t see Foxcatcher).