This is an important story. As with the current investigations into the military drug boat murder/warcrime, and multiple states setting up official portals to report ICE abuses, institutions begining to stand up to this lawless regime is a critical inflection point.
Just be aware that the US media fanning the flames of 'Ukraine corruption scandal' is another page right out of the Russian information warfare playbook.
AOC: “MTG is carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. She is saying a lot but her ACTIONS have not backed up the rhetoric. For all her talk, she's STILL voting with them to gut healthcare and advance self-dealing corruption schemes.”
Eight is also the perfect age to get introduced to electricity. You can go down to the hardware store and buy a 6 volt lantern battery, a spool of wire, wire strippers, a push-button, a buzzer, a bell, and a few ceramic light sockets w/ lights. Let him figure out series and parallel circuits. You will be amazed at the things kids come up with.
So, the administration is on the ropes. Good, but why the feelings of dread?
Because it seems overnight MTG has been reborn as a progressive angel. Schumer hailed for making the easiest lay-up in Senate history. Axios Jim Vandehei tuning up the 'nothing much to see here anyway chorus."
So, they move the overton window hard right, then back off a bit. That's not victory. That doesn't change the underlying racial, economic and social injustices that got us here.
Video Clip: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) | Biggest Corruption Scandal In US History
He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that because Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths to stop these files from coming out.
"The simplest argument · Have you noticed that social-media products, in the long term, can’t seem to manage to stay fun and safe and useful? I have. But there’s one huge exception... I’m talking about email... Why does email stay reasonably healthy? Because nobody owns it... Mastodon’s like email that way. Plus it does all the...stuff that you’re used to."
Will Bunch, as he so often does, said it best: A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards - Americans out fighting for democracy while their Senate works to destroy it
Chuck Schumer is keeping his head low, hoping like in the spring after the last betrayal, that Democrats will move on. Let's not move on. Schumer must go. We need heroes, not cowards. Sign the petition.
There are some who say don't contribute to Democratic chaos. Keep the focus on the Republicans that have created this mess.
Feel like this is wrong. We need a fighter in leadership. We just had an election where the nation went overwhelmingly for Democrats and for democracy. The midterm primary season begins in earnest after the holidays. There is a window of opportunity now. In fact, now is the perfect time for Democrats to change leadership.
News: USA Today | Progressive group calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign
“Chuck Schumer should step down as Senate Minority Leader immediately... If he secretly backed this surrender and voted 'no' to save face, he’s a liar. If he couldn’t keep his caucus in line, he's inept. Either way, he’s proven incapable of leading the fight to prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans. The country can’t afford his failed leadership any longer.”
Today Mike Johnson REFUSED TO COMMIT to an ACA vote in the House. This is the linchpin of the "deal". The key concession, and the GOP is already, BEFORE THE FINAL VOTES in the Senate, reneging on the deal.
This is simple. The substantive Senate votes are still ahead. The GOP has already violated the deal. The Dems must now back away.
Still We Rise [on Threads) - You are gonna hear a lot of shutdown ranting today, but we need to focus:
The Senate still has key votes ahead for this shutdown to end, including one needing 60 votes. If 1 senator flips to a no, the CR fails. We need to heavily pressure those who sided with Republicans last night.
Hearing Kaine and Rosen are a good place to start.
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