Re: The Political Junkie Thread
Posted: December 8th, 2020, 11:21 am
True dat.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 11:01 amThat roadblock doesn't seem to appear on Trump's highway.
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True dat.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 11:01 amThat roadblock doesn't seem to appear on Trump's highway.
But it appears on the highway of the courts. An invalid appointee's actions cannot be enforced if anyone challenges them. Some damage might be hard to challenge, especially stuff that happens behind the scenes, but whistleblowers can put a pretty effective brake on the actions of an invalid appointee, and any citizen harmed by the implemented policies can, as well. Of course, there are limits on what can be challenged. I can't recall the exact phrasing, but basically only decisions that are reserved to the cabinet level official can be challenged as invalid, but that's still a fair amount and almost anything policy-related rises to that level.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑December 8th, 2020, 11:01 amThat roadblock doesn't seem to appear on Trump's highway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2 ... d-vaccine/White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday told Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to submit his resignation if the agency does not clear the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine by day’s end, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss what happened.
I have to say, that's a pretty poor article. The paragraph third from the end:CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑December 11th, 2020, 3:36 pmThere's still plenty of time to fire folks, even the important ones.https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2 ... d-vaccine/White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday told Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to submit his resignation if the agency does not clear the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine by day’s end, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss what happened.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/12/politics ... index.htmlPresident Donald Trump raised the prospect of firing Attorney General William Barr in a meeting on Friday, but it's unclear whether he'll choose to dismiss Barr before the end of his term next month.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... i=BB141NW3"I spent 29 years as a Republican, I've spent two and a half as an independent, and later this afternoon I will register as a member of the Democratic Party," Schmidt told Plouffe. "Because in America today, it's only the Democratic Party-which is the oldest political party in the world-that stands for the ideas and ideals of American liberty."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/middleea ... index.htmlThe Israeli government collapsed on Tuesday at midnight (17.00 EST) local time after the country's parliament failed to meet a deadline for passage of the 2020 and 2021 budgets. Israel will now head to its fourth elections in two years, probably on March 23 next year.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/lindsey- ... 27579.htmlSen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday called for a stand-alone vote in the Senate on a House-passed bill for $2,000 coronavirus relief payments. In doing so, Graham broke from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has drawn bipartisan backlash for refusing to bring the measure to a vote.
To bad it's for a different job, but this should still be pretty good.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 6th, 2021, 12:29 pmMerrick Garland is Biden's choice for AG, and this time McConnell won't be able to block him.
I'm guessing he is going to be fairly busy right out of the gate.Phredd3 wrote: ↑January 7th, 2021, 6:51 pmTo bad it's for a different job, but this should still be pretty good.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 6th, 2021, 12:29 pmMerrick Garland is Biden's choice for AG, and this time McConnell won't be able to block him.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-gop- ... 55860.htmlThe Arizona Republican Party will vote on a measure to censure Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, on Jan. 23, in part because of her support for President-elect Joe Biden and for same-sex marriage.
The proposal, which seeks to “dissolve any connections whatsoever” between McCain and the state GOP, says she “has supported leftist causes such as gay marriage, growth of the administrative state, and others that run counter to Republican values, a Republican form of government, and the U.S. Constitution.”
I don't think Cindy is losing a lot of sleep over that one. I guess she won't get to lead the conga line at their upcoming maskless MLK Day party.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 15th, 2021, 11:09 amhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-gop- ... 55860.htmlThe Arizona Republican Party will vote on a measure to censure Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain, on Jan. 23, in part because of her support for President-elect Joe Biden and for same-sex marriage.
The proposal, which seeks to “dissolve any connections whatsoever” between McCain and the state GOP, says she “has supported leftist causes such as gay marriage, growth of the administrative state, and others that run counter to Republican values, a Republican form of government, and the U.S. Constitution.”
Well that's rude of them.
Yeah, that was weird.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 20th, 2021, 5:04 pmJust watched the new senators sworn in, thus creating only the 4th even split in US history. The last one was 20 years ago.
CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 9:56 pmBernie Sanders in mittens is gonna pop up in my dreams tonight.
Shoulda said nightmaresFurniture wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 10:38 pmC145D85D-181C-48D5-BF3D-FE47FE13EC20.jpegCameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 9:56 pmBernie Sanders in mittens is gonna pop up in my dreams tonight.
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It’s crazy. Those mittens are all over the internet. The lady that made the mittens said she has run out of stock.CameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 22nd, 2021, 12:35 amShoulda said nightmaresFurniture wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 10:38 pmC145D85D-181C-48D5-BF3D-FE47FE13EC20.jpegCameronBornAndBred wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 9:56 pmBernie Sanders in mittens is gonna pop up in my dreams tonight.
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