***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[dmbrhs]

Interesting sexual language there. Also why does mans look like a live animation character talking about abominations?

He looks like a Predator mated with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

 

[lobotomybeats]

Charlie Kirk looks like he knows the exact date his daughter’s friends turn 18

 

[Mark Antony]

He looks like his grandfather was the chest alien from Total Recall.

 

[boxer15]

 

[dmbrhs]

 

[rexanglorum]

 

[brian8598]

When I see people fake cry like this, it makes me wonder if they've ever cried a genuine tear in their life or had to deal with any type of actual adversity or struggle, ever. This is a mental health issue (your's), not a butt plug issue, m'lady.

 

[IATT]

 

[gry60]

McCarthy Is Under the Gun as the House Returns for a Spending Fight

Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces his biggest test since the debt ceiling showdown as right-wing Republicans demand deep spending cuts and tougher border policies opposed by the White House and Senate.

www.nytimes.com

Far-right Republicans are refusing to back a measure to keep the federal government funded past Sept. 30 without substantial spending cuts and stringent new border policies that stand little chance of becoming law. They are also threatening to depose Mr. McCarthy should he turn to Democrats for assistance in scrounging together the votes he needs to avoid a shutdown.

Intensifying the pressure, Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and frequent critic of the speaker, was planning to deliver a floor speech on Tuesday outlining the arch-conservative case against Mr. McCarthy, laying the groundwork for a potential move to oust him. The criticism was to cover what Mr. Gaetz and others see as Mr. McCarthy’s failure to live up to promises he made to win the speakership, including his handling of the budget process and ongoing investigations of President Biden and his family.

But the real threat to Mr. McCarthy in navigating the spending fight came not from the White House, but from within his own ranks. House Republicans are split on the level of spending for both the routine annual spending bills to fund the government through the next year and a temporary measure to avert a shutdown while negotiations over bills continue. In the Senate, Republicans have joined with Democrats in pushing a higher level of spending than House Republicans want, potentially providing the Senate with significant leverage in future negotiations. Most Senate Republicans are also aligned with Democrats on the need for more financial aid for Ukraine in its war with Russia and want it added to any temporary funding measure. House Republicans have shown growing resistance to such aid. At the same time, hard-right conservatives are insisting on policy changes such as eliminating funding for the Justice Department’s prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump and new abortion restrictions that have no chance of getting through the Senate or being signed into law by Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump has also urged House Republicans to hold firm against spending without Democratic concessions, a message that resonates with many of them. “I agree with President Trump that Congress must use the September 30th government funding deadline to cut off funding for Biden’s open border policies and SECURE THE BORDER!” Representative Mary Miller, Republican of Illinois, said on X, formerly Twitter. And with only four votes to spare on the best of days, Mr. McCarthy may have even less of a margin for error in the coming weeks because of health absences. While many conservatives dismiss the potential repercussions of a shutdown as minor, Mr. McCarthy has the backing of a significant portion of House Republicans who want to avoid one because of the political consequences as well as the detrimental impact on the public and federal agencies.

“We have these shutdowns and they haven’t accomplished a hell of a lot,” Mr. Joyce said. “As far as making our government function and making it work for the American people, it doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

At least, some of them can say it out loud.

 

[gry60]

DeSantis's Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools

Florida’s Department of Education has approved classroom use of videos that spout climate disinformation and distort climate science

www.scientificamerican.com

Teaching kids climate change denial .

But to be fair. The earth is learning valuable skills right now that it can use in the future.

Thousands Feared Dead in Libya as Dam Collapses Deepen Flood Disaster

The authorities in the country’s east said that two dams unleashed their waters on the city of Derna during a heavy storm this weekend, sweeping entire neighborhoods into the sea.

www.nytimes.com

Heavy waters caused the collapse of two dams in Libya:

Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation in Libya, said the death toll from the flooding was expected to reach thousands in coming days. Speaking to reporters at a U.N. briefing via videoconference from Tunisia, he said 10,000 people were missing, and that those figures were based on reports from the Libyan Red Crescent on the ground.

It's here, regardless of what climate-change denial groups say.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Joe Manchin is one of the biggest scumbags in Congress

Millions of kids doomed to poverty because of him

Millions of kids put on a lower trajectory in life

Tens of thousands of premature deaths in the long run

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

Preface this by saying I don’t carry, but I really don’t think gun bans move the needle. Maybe it’s because I live in an urban area, but we got 16-20s year old using high powered rifles in drive by shootings. I’m really not that concerned about whether someone who legally purchased a handgun wants to carry it in Target

 

[mplsdunk]

What the point of a 30 day ban? Either ban it or don’t.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[RustyShackleford]

So rumor is the House Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into Biden without holding a vote first.

Because they don't have the votes

And they don't have the votes to avoid a government shutdown

 

[1995]

 

[biggie62]

And then he took his Schitzo medication and she disappeared.

 

[RustyShackleford]

osh kosh bosh mans going out sad

 

[aepps20]

 

[Mark Antony]

And she is female!

 

[Based Jesus]

Mutiny! Who could've seen this coming?



Matt wants another talking to

 

[moonman818]

He clearly has a humiliation fetish

A gay, Black dude putting himself through this knowing damn well he has no shot at even getting 2% of the vote.

 

[Based Jesus]

He clearly has a humiliation fetish

A gay, Black dude putting himself through this knowing damn well he has no shot at even getting 2% of the vote.

He's doing it for his canadian constituents. He loses their support and he's got nothing left

 

[IATT]

So rumor is the House Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into Biden without holding a vote first.

Because they don't have the votes

And they don't have the votes to avoid a government shutdown

“both sides”

 

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