All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

apparently the bill is being rewritten on the floor

So, an onerous bill that could train wreck the economy for the next decade or more is being drafted on the fly, probably with little to no genuine consideration to how it could hurt the middle class. And all because the GOP is desperate, if not obsessed with putting something, anything on Trump’s desk for him to sign so they can give him a “win” before the year ends. Talk about madness!

[GindyPosts]

Anybody comment on how sinister Prairie Home Companion truly is?

[Malvolio]

apparently the bill is being rewritten on the floor

Most plans that are made up as you go, do not end well.

[Malvolio]

Anybody comment on how sinister Prairie Home Companion truly is?

Don't know. I could never listen for more than ten minutes before falling asleep.

[Kirby101]

So, an onerous bill that could train wreck the economy for the next decade or more is being drafted on the fly, probably with little to no genuine consideration to how it could hurt the middle class. And all because the GOP is desperate, if not obsessed with putting something, anything on Trump’s desk for him to sign so they can give him a “win” before the year ends. Talk about madness!

That's not it. The GOP in Congress consider lowering taxes for the rich their #1 priorty. Paying backntheir coporate overlords takes precedence over everything by a wide margin. They don't care what it does to everyone else.

[numberthirty]

Anybody comment on how sinister Prairie Home Companion truly is?

Here is the ball.

I hope you will consider running with it.

[numberthirty]

apparently the bill is being rewritten on the floor

Each of the Republicans that are talking...

- "Will not add to the deficit."
- "Will actually cut the taxes of folks making under 75K."

Need to stake careers on it.

[worstblogever]

apparently the bill is being rewritten on the floor

Let's vote tomorrow on a piece of legislation whose loose principles are condemned by economists and over 3/4 of the country oppose, and that we're changing on the fly before anyone can realize what's in the final version. And most GOP Senators are saying they'll be voting for it, without knowing exactly what this thing does. But it definitely adds $1 trillion to the deficit and kicks millions of poor people off their medical insurance, condemning many to death so corporations can get even more tax breaks.

Why, that doesn't sound sinister at all, does it?

[williamtheday]

Anybody comment on how sinister Prairie Home Companion truly is?

How is it sinister?

[Tendrin]

Oh WBE-EEEEEE...

Don Blankenship, the disgraced coal baron who was released from federal prison in May, will run for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia, local news is reporting. The former CEO of Massey Energy filed Tuesday to run in the crowded Republican primary. The winner of the race, which will also include U.S. representative Evan Jenkins and West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey, will go up against Democrat senator Joe Manchin in the general election.
Blankenship’s candidacy is big news in West Virginia, where he is a well-known and deeply polarizing figure who spent decades as a ruthless advocate for the coal industry.
If people in the rest of the country know Blankenship, it’s likely because of his 2015 conviction for conspiring to break mine-safety laws, leading to the 2010 disaster at the Upper Big Branch Mine. Twenty-nine men died in an explosion there, but Blankenship refused to shoulder any of the blame. While in prison, he wrote a 67-page booklet in which he claimed to be an “American political prisoner” and arguing that the deadliest mine disaster in four decades was caused by natural factors.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...-s-senate.html

[Tazirai]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/936355939208388608

"White House maintenance requests show building infested with cockroaches and vermin"

I think we all figured that out, but it's nice to know officially.

They forgot to add Rats, them New York Style Sewer types who live in giant High Rises with their name on it.

[Tazirai]

I know some of you love Joy Reid, but man she's a terrible "Progressive"...
She's a good attack dog against the GOP though, I'll concede that.
I'm Glad Jane took her down a notch.



Bernie Sanders's wife to MSNBC anchor: 'Don't ever use me to demean my husband'

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/36...ean-my-husband

[Emperor-of-Dragons]

I know some of you love Joy Reid, but man she's a terrible "Progressive"...
She's a good attack dog against the GOP though, I'll concede that.
I'm Glad Jane took her down a notch.



Bernie Sanders's wife to MSNBC anchor: 'Don't ever use me to demean my husband'

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/36...ean-my-husband

Ahhh Joy Reid still antagonizing Bernie fans...

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

So what's the over under on Roy Moore winning? It's Alabama so maybe the Dems should downplay the whole "prosecuting the KKK" thing to keep the child molester from using it to his benefit.

[Kal-El Summers]

Probably 70/30 at this point.

And the whole "prosecuting the KKK" thing has meant very little since the white evangelicals here don't really give a damn about their racism being shown to the world.