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I like the idea of investing in Africa but have doubts about the seemingly broad based approach. Many African countries are a mess. I'd think it's better to select key countries that we believe are somewhat friendly, and really develop & invest in those.
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Love it Joe. I assume Blinken came up with the plan.
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Fun fact related to this; for whatever reasons that could be debated endlessly, support in general for vaccine requirements is down significantly from 2019. 23% of parents opposed requiring vaccines for measles and other similar, that's now 35%, a 50% increase. Anti-vax sentiment is bordering on becoming a mainstream opinion. |
Yes, I think he and others are pushing some sort of revisionist history regarding Covid vaccines and a general sentiment that we should revisit vaccines altogether. We all had them and gave them to our kids without much thought for the past 50-60 years and there's more chatter about whether we need to "do our own research."
The one way this fits in with the general GOP approach is questioning people's faith in government. Whether it's public education, intelligence, or the federal "regime," that's been a constant and this goes right along the same lines. "You can't trust what you've been told." |
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Also the amount of things white people are willing to overlook to vote for fascism. |
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The NYT story on George Santos, a NY Republican who won a Dem Congressional seat, is wild. Where the hell was the Dem Party - you don't do opposition research to confirm someone's resume? I don't know how many of these potential falsehoods end up being legit, but it kinda would have mattered during the campaign.
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Nice work Congress. Hope it passes
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And maybe only of interest to me. Saw Patrick Leahy's name in the article and wondered how long he's been in Congress ... like 48 years. Quote:
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This seems like . . . legislation how it has historically been done. It's been a while.
I am glad that the Dems saw the leverage that the GOP had and were willing to bend to reality. When you've got a weak hand, you take what you can get b/c it's better than the alternative. And that's what they did. |
Happy retirement, Senator Leahy.
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More detail here, without being the full 4000 page text of the bill: https://www.appropriations.senate.go...%20FY%2023.pdf
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There's also raises for the Capitol Police and funds for refurbishment of Capitol buildings because I wonder why.... There's also a graduated ban on driftnet usage, which I quite like. |
I’m sure McConnell/Schumer have Cruz-proofed the procedures for getting it done in time. But it will be fun to watch him grandstand and try
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Literally every part of his life seems to have been a lie. |
The extent to which the NY Democratic Party appears to have been asleep at the wheel in this election cycle (and perhaps earlier ones, note AOC's primary victory over a long-time incumbe?) is astonishing.
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This endorsement of Santos' opponent by a local paper raises so many questions you would either have to be stupid or oblivious to vote for Santos. Even as a GOPer, he apparently has supported reparations and the Dem's strategy of boosting questionable GOP candidates. And that's not even considering all of the possible questions about where he got his money.
Endorsement: Robert Zimmerman for US Congress (NY3) |
If true, I'd like to se an expulsion. Most recent ones ...
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Nice surprise meeting. There was a reddit report that Zelensky visited the front lines at Bakhut yesterday, met with the troops, gave out medals, and accepted a Ukrainian battle flag. I'm going to guess the US will get it in the meeting.
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Oh great. I'm going to guess that Israeli saboteurs & hackers will be working overtime, and plans are being refreshed for strikes.
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Patriots to Ukraine!
(Sure hopes it performs well and can avoid the counter battery etc) Good press conference. Some nice banter between the 2. Bidens answer on why the US hasn’t given more/quickly was a little weak, attributing the alliance as part of the reason. He should’ve had a better answer Congress is next at 7:30pm. |
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Their job has always been to fight progressives, not Republicans. |
Good speech so far. Looks like vast majority is clapping and standing up. Good they have subtitles though, he was a little difficult for me to understand some words.
Zelenskyy had a tough message calling out Iran & Russia collaborating. 10 points for talks. Fat chance that Russia will accept. |
Nice Ukrainian flag. Looks signed by the soldiers.
Pelosi giving him the US flag seem somewhat diminishing (?) though. |
I hope MTG stayed seated the whole fuckin time and never cheered anything because nothing screams hypocrisy than her tweets yesterday and today and then standing to clap. She sucks.
Remember when we were on the verge of abandoning NATO and Russia was our friend I can’t recall why that would be and so would support such shocking behavior convenient to an autocrat? Hmmmmmm could it be…… If trump were in office Russia might have our HIMARS… I kid but it’s not impossible based on Trumps lips on Putin’s ass Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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That is assuming she or any of the far right cultist even showed up. The6 said all R Senators were there be us they have to vote later but only approximately 80 of the House Republicans were there. |
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We're going to provide 1 Patriot system and that'll likely be in the Kyiv area. Wonder how well it will perform if Russia decides to send a flood of missiles, drones etc. to Kyiv. Why limit to one, why not provide a bunch that can provide overlapping zones of coverage? Also, you gotta think its going to be a primary target, so wonder how well it'll do "moving around" and protecting itself. Another piece of military weapon that will be tested in real combat conditions. My cynical belief is US or NATO troops will be overseeing the Patriot system use inside Ukraine. Hard for me to believe we'll leave the Patriot execution & maintenance to just newly trained Ukrainian forces. |
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Fair chance they'll act on Iran somehow. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu informs Israeli president he has formed government | CNN Quote:
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I think this was also McConnell deciding to take what they can get before the crazies take control of the house next month. Trying to get any spending bill through this upcoming GOP controlled house would be impossible. |
It's been reported that 86 of 213 GOP attended so about 40%. Toss in another 7 or 8 that attended but seemingly pouted throughout so about 38% seemed publicly friendly to Ukraine. Not great but, if representative, workable/enough for next 2 years.
I can believe weather, last minute unplanned event etc. played a role for some of them (who knows how many). It would be helpful to also know how many Democrats couldn't make the session. I'm pretty sure it'll be a greater % but I was not able to find any stats. Zelensky address meets divided House GOP preparing to grab purse strings | The Hill Quote:
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Good move Taiwan. I have been reading that Taiwan isn't ready for China (even with her Porcupine strategy) and not taking it seriously enough as evident by her 4 month mandatory service.
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I'm thinking just now how many people would be infuriated if we adopted such a requirement in the US.
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A lot. But price they have to pay. Taiwan is in a "clear & present danger" situation. They either need to beef up military capabilities or get nukes. I personally don't believe they should depend on the US, I have doubts if we would stand by them in a shooting war. |
I may have to catch a re-run of last night's Tucker.
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The stuff I'm seeing on Twitter about Santos being partially funded by the cousin of Russian oligarch and then his campaign expenditures that have a ton of expenses priced out at $199.99 is fishy as hell. It sure looks like someone created one or more fake companies to funnel money to him to give to his campaign.
This thread is pretty interesting. Did he make his money as president of Vandelay Industries?
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Sure seems like the Russians bought themselves another Congressman.
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Seems like a bit of a money laundering venture.
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Assuming these tweets are real, this dude has a full-blown sickness. These tweets aren't a few years apart, they are a few months. He may actually be a more prolific liar than Trump if you consider how little time he's spent in the public eye.
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This shit can't be real. Elon is playing a joke getting people outraged and then gonna make some anti-Lib statement about the reactions, right?
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He is a liar but not sure he has really done anything illegal yet. But this investigation is good and hope we get some (preliminary) results quickly.
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The Biden Presidency - 2020
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Joe is up to 43.3% approval on 538.
His low was 37.9% back in June. In early November it was 41-42% so he's picked up some. I wonder why there was an uptick - the economy & markets seem to be worsening, likely increased political gridlock etc. |
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There isn't a mid-term coming up, so the pressure to dislike him from the other side is lessened. Also, to the extend Presidential approval is a proxy for "how do you feel about the political situation," I think that a lot of Dems and moderate Republicans are happy that election deniers lost in the midterms and ECA reform passed. And GOPers are happy that they got a house of Congress and an activist Supreme Court. |
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This is one of the weirdest stories I can remember. With people looking into his finances, I have a feeling this will only get weirder. Still shocked that no one noticed this till now. How did the NY Dems not have someone go through his old tweets? |
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It almost seems like performance art to show how silly the process is for our elections because it is just so blatantly absurd. But, it is also scary to consider that a foreign government may have bankrolled this guy into the US House of Representatives. It's been awhile since I have seen the Manchurian Candidate, but I recall it being far more sophisticated than this clown show. |
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They did. They just did not think those tweets needed to be highlighted. https://dccc.org/wp-content/uploads/...earch-Book.pdf |
Full List of George Santos Claims That Have Now Been Debunked
It's comical at this point. His 501c3 animal rights group listed here turned out to be a gofundme btw |
McCarthy has given in on the motion to vacate, which means he'll allow a vote on a motion to fire him, possibly with as few as five members allowed to bring it. This is going to be a disaster when it comes time to pass budget items.
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And even with that, he doesn't have enough votes to be speaker. This isn't the only hold outs.
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