Rumor around the Pentagon is you’re right, McCain agreed he’d be the one to do it but Graham and a few others were considering it being them instead. It was always going to be only one, and McCain decided it would be him, but the moderates were not happy and Ryan did not alleviate their fears of the house…

Because grr, grr, we should have single payer by now even though in some states that have Democratic Senators it’s still really unpopular (I mean really even freaking California couldn’t pass it) and those senators might, you know, have to listen to their voters!

This might cheer you up. Seems the moderate GOP in the house are fed up with Ryan constantly caving to the Freedom Caucus and won’t sign onto any budget that doesn’t have Dem input. And they’re willing to play dirty id that’s what it takes.

Yep. The base doesn’t just need to be loud it needs to be consistent. You can’t say “give me something” and then when they do decide you’re still going to abandon them and vote third party/stay home since you feel they’re insincere or the other guy would’ve been better or something else.

Plus on a lot of the mainstream outlets, McConnell cam out looking like a kid throwing a hissy fit (a lot of outlets noted his angry, scowling, crossed-arms stance when McCain voted) while Schumer looked poised and gracious and ready to get some work done. Given how much the American people are tired of congress…

The fact that many at the Pentagon were genuinely worried he was announcing war/nuclear strike on North Korea between the first two tweets was telling to me. They genuinely think he’s that bonkers and I think that will undermine him hugely.

I cannot state ENOUGH how the to everyone but the far left Hillary was a very liberal candidate and the idea of her as a conservative was laughable (seriously, go fucking tell a Republican you didn’t vote for her because of that, they’d laugh at you). But NO....

THIS

I love how people act like they haven’t embraced things that are already in the platform, I truly do.

Yep. If they either want to do something or defeat something they need to court the GOP. It happens.

Yep. There’s already discord in the House because the moderate GOP are getting fed up with the Freedom Caucus and and threatening Ryan over it. Essentially “we’re sick of you caving to them, but if the thirty or so of US team up with the Dems instead of you, you’re fucked.”

Yep. Now it gets even more complicated and more fun. Fun with an /s of course.

Those were also under the idea of reconciliation. By killing it in this manner, McCain may have forced them to work across the aisle by requiring 60 votes. MAY being the operative word, it’s not as clear as it could be.

I got in with IX. I was in bed for nearly a week after surgery and it was the only thing that kept me sane. It was wonderful. Second highest hours of play of my DS/3DS games, only Pokemon Conquest has more.

Murkowski does have one big advantage: last time she got primary’d by the GOP and then ran independently and won anyway. So she a) knows she has centrists and liberals to thank for her position and will be more receptive and b) doesn’t have to run again until 2022. She’s pretty safe as far as things go.

“noting that the city of Aurora says the settlement is not an admission of guilt.”

While pretending to be a woman. Criminitly. Guess it’s true, guys really do think it’s as easy as “woman cries harassment, man gets hurt every time!” Even if it’s a badly written anonymous blog post no one can corroborate.

Yep, or decoration.

Plus it’s not a real ending. The developers cut it. It was originally from a Halloween DLC they’re not sure they’re going to do.

They have really gotten shit at messaging. Like my god, if you’re going to keep electing the right wingers at least get some decent propagandists, people! /s