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Kevin McCarthy is the Nigel Tufnel of the republicans.
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In the House of Representatives? You get rid of/fix gerrymandering so that the people who are elected are more representatives of the nation. The way it works right now is that districts are gerrymandered based on who's in power in a given state so that the opposing party has a difficult time winning.
This is how it currently works:
Make it more representative and you'll likely get rid of the extreme candidates who shouldn't be in power in the first place. But since we don't do that, we end up with people like MTG, who I wouldn't trust with a ham sandwich, let alone the country.
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Exactly two years to the day and the QOP are back to fighting in the capitol :/
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Sometimes your options are just limited, but the situation today doesn't have to the same one you'll find yourself in tomorrow. The US could be dealing with a very long term issue, and whatever the solution might be may have to wait for certain conditions to arise to take effect. Personally I'm hoping the surge of extremism we're currently seeing is a move of desperation in the last moments before collapse. The important thing in my mind is to remain vigilant and consistent in containing problems so that they don't spiral out of control before they can be solved. The way forward is not always obvious, but the worst thing you can do is be deluded into thinking the status quo is unchangeable.
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The only drawback is that no politician will be wise enough to do this and no group of politicians will even risk this. People are selfish and they view their elected seat as a sign of power despite the fact they won a popularity contest to serve the constituents involved. As a result, all of the grandiose promises they made (or made up) on the trail fall to the wayside and party politics take over.In the House of Representatives? You get rid of/fix gerrymandering so that the people who are elected are more representatives of the nation. The way it works right now is that districts are gerrymandered based on who's in power in a given state so that the opposing party has a difficult time winning.
This is how it currently works:
Make it more representative and you'll likely get rid of the extreme candidates who shouldn't be in power in the first place. But since we don't do that, we end up with people like MTG, who I wouldn't trust with a ham sandwich, let alone the country.
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My favourite thing I've seen from Gaetz was when he gave his comments after the day's voting and said: "If you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise. I'm a Florida man and I know of what I speak."
Yes Matt, you are indeed a Florida Man given how ridiculous you are. Then throw in the underage girls and the fact that he has a live in caban boy from Cuba that's been with him for 7-8 years and well, he fits right in with the typical Florida Man, just with less meth.
Yes Matt, you are indeed a Florida Man given how ridiculous you are. Then throw in the underage girls and the fact that he has a live in caban boy from Cuba that's been with him for 7-8 years and well, he fits right in with the typical Florida Man, just with less meth.
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There seems to be slight but maybe growing momentum for some kind of coalition? I keep hearing Fred Upton's name thrown around and I initially discounted it because he is no longer in congress...but apparently being a member is not a requirement. I mean...if nothing else, the Trump era of politics has certainly made me learn so much about the government that I never wanted or needed to know.
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That's why I say malicious. Ignorance isn't merely the state of unknowing. Unknowing is innocent, but ignorance is insidious (see: bigotry). Malicious ignorance accounts for the propagation of falsehoods, preying upon the [often wanton] ignorance of others.
The GOP very likely knows better, but they're manipulating a base that doesn't, and in many cases, doesn't want to. They're counting on a base sheltered from conflicting, accurate information, and that's precisely what they have.
I was once sypmathetic to the GOP's unwitting base. They didn't know their representatives were acting in bad faith. Now I understand that they just don't want to know.
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Per CNN
Err...you have to squeeze gently
Err...you have to squeeze gently
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I'm thinking there may be something stupid going on. I can't find anything on that number going back to before a 2021 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas by representatives John Katko (R-NY) and Clay Higgins (R-LA) which is no longer hosted on the House Committee on Homeland Security GOP servers.
Half of an illegal encounter could easily be an illegal encounter with a minor, but 4.5 encounters with CBP seems awfully low. Even 4500 seems awfully low, and 4.5 million is high seems high enough to be wholly made up, which...I mean...that's not so absurd, but I can't find a source for the figure regardless.
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It's million.
US border encounters top 2 million in fiscal year 2022 | CNN Politics
US border authorities encountered more than 2 million migrants, some of whom repeatedly tried to cross the border, in fiscal year 2022, according to newly released US Customs and Border Protection data.
It says "since Biden took office".
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Remarks by President Biden on Border Security and Enforcement | The White House
Roosevelt Room 11:54 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. Sorry to keep you waiting. There’s a lot going on. Today, I’d like to -- the Vice President
It looks to me like Joe is advising asylum seekers to stay in their own countries and apply from there. Wouldn't that contravene 8 USC 1158(a) as stated? Or would it be okay because he says they require a lawful sponsor in the US?Joe
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It's not clear on the face of that that it's talking about seeking asylum. But I think it does run counter to our rules around asylum, and it's not a great thing for the President to say.It looks to me like Joe is advising asylum seekers to stay in their own countries and apply from there. Wouldn't that contravene 8 USC 1158(a) as stated? Or would it be okay because he says they require a lawful sponsor in the US?Remarks by President Biden on Border Security and Enforcement | The White House
Roosevelt Room 11:54 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. Sorry to keep you waiting. There’s a lot going on. Today, I’d like to -- the Vice Presidentwww.whitehouse.gov
Yea, digging further into that press release, the part you quoted is referring to this:
"Second, in October, we worked with the Mexican government to launch a new parole program. There’s another program called the — you all know it, but the public may not — called the “parole program” that immediately showed results by reducing the number of people crossing the border unlawfully. The way this parole program works: One must have a lawful sponsor here in the United States who agrees to sponsor you to get here."
The parole program doesn't look like an asylum application but a sponsorship for some kind of legal immigration. This is what he's talking about getting started before you leave. But the statement that follows it kinda drops the context and just says in a blanket way to everyone coming for any reason, which is not really what this is about. He did talk about asylum, and even a phone app that allowed people to schedule an asylum hearing within the US, but this blanket statement that kinda drops the context looks like it was about the parole/sponsorship program.
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You can see it clearly if you include the next statement:
"My message is this: If you’re trying to leave Cuba, Nicaragua, or Haiti, you have — and we — or have agreed to begin a journey to America, do not — do not just show up at the border. Stay where you are and apply legally from there.
Starting today, if you don’t apply through the legal process, you will not be eligible for this new parole program." [emphasis added]
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McCarthy goes down again in round 14. Gaetz is milking it for all he's worth. People were literally on their knees begging him to vote for McCarthy. He voted present. Because he's a dick. And a sex trafficker of minors. And he's the king maker of the GOP right now. Unbelievable.
