American Politics from 2019 on

[Tero]

Taking Fauci to court might be trickier than taking Trump. Since he was never in charge of Covid. So what they will do is punish him my getting rid of his pension. For that they will pass a law and Biden will veto it.

[Tero]

At the end of his 4 years, Biden will achieve a lower 50% unpopular rating and maybe 45% approval. But still Jimmy Carter territory.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/bi ... id=rrpromo

[Tero]

US and UK trend. Less conservatives in 10 years. There is hope. But also, the trend in stupidity has to be figured in.

[Tero]

Included the figure in a blog:
https://esapolitics.blogspot.com/2023/0 ... -rule.html

[rasetsu]

US and UK trend. Less conservatives in 10 years. There is hope. But also, the trend in stupidity has to be figured in.

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Not sure, but it might be that Republicans are moving away from Millennials to a greater extent than in the past, rather than the reverse.

[Scot Dutchy]

Both very corrupt systems and going right.

[Tero]

Not now "further to the right"!

[Svartalf]

is that still possible?

[Scot Dutchy]

We have at present very few true fascist parties. They are dabbilers.

[Tero]

It's here. The country is now stolen. No Biden veto will stop them.

Scotty, don't bother, I can answer for you. "Who cares?"

[Tero]

The last bit is very true. The EPA actually slows down the green initiatives as well. Environmental impact studies are required for everything, as it may affect wildlife and ecology.

Sinema and Tillis circulated a draft proposal last month to provide $25 billion to improve border security, a pathway to citizenship for 2 million Dreamers and an extension of the Title 42 health policy, which has expedited the deportation of migrants making asylum claims.

A deal on border security and immigration reform would be a major boost for Sinema, who left the Democratic Party to register as an Independent and is also up for reelection next year.

Permitting reform is another area where Biden could strike a deal, as many Democrats believe it will be needed to implement the green energy investments made by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/380 ... ngulation/

[Tero]

JoeMorgue at..other forum.. explained the debt ceiling to me at the linked forum

Okay before this discussion starts everyone listen.

Let me explain this because it's so stupid it sounds like a joke.

Congress, by law, decides two things.

1. How much money the government will spend.
2. How much money the government collects in taxes.

The President, by law, must

1. Put the budget AND tax law Congress sets into action.

Here's where it get stupid.

Congress can make the amount they want to spend bigger than the amount they want to bring in in taxes, leading to a deficit.

The President must then ask Congress for permission to borrow over a set limit in order to pay for the things Congress says he has to buy with the amount of money Congress gives him.

And Congress can tell him no. That's where reality breaks. In any sane world if Congress goes "You must spend 10 dollars and I'm only giving you 5" the right of the President to borrow the remaining 5 would be implied but that's not how it works in this nut house.

That's it. That's all this is. THAT'S ALL THIS IS. A quirk of governmental procedures allows Congress to go "Here's 10 dollars. Go to the store and buy 20 dollars worth of things. You can only put 5 dollars on the credit card."

That's it. Seriously look at me. Look me in the eyes. That's all it is. I tell you this because literally any moment now Republican Trolls are going to flood this thread to tell you that it is literally anything other than that and it is not, they will be lying.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/

[Tero]

My senior politics class started. The intro to the class is free, we just use these for the start on the topic, then discuss in class.

[Tero]

[Tero]

Here we go! The Democrats are the worst party in congress, other than the Republicans:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/politics ... index.html