"From some agencies, our team received exemplary cooperation ... from others, most notable the Department of Defense, we encountered obstruction from the political leadership of that department," President-elect Biden says on national security issues regarding the transition. pic.twitter.com/kHhAkxVFgA

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 28, 2020

 

From what I am reading, 44 House Republicans voted with the Democrats for the $2K stimulus checks. Now the laser-like spotlight will be on the Republicans in the Senate.

19 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

From what I am reading, 44 House Republicans voted with the Democrats for the $2K stimulus checks. Now the laser-like spotlight will be on the Republicans in the Senate.

Bernie Sanders is planning on filibustering the Defense Spending bill unless McConnell brings the 2k bill up for a vote.  This to me finally seems like a good idea since Trump vetoed the defense spending bill also.

 

  

Talk about hubris.

 

Man votes for Brexit - now seems shocked that it will mean more paperwork for his business exporting live eels & realises EU customers will just buy from somewhere in the EU that doesn't require this paperwork instead.
Remember when this was project fear?pic.twitter.com/6TCtHkYWoQ

— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪 (@SloughForEU) December 29, 2020

^^

What did he expect? 

People's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.  

V.P. Elect Harris got the vaccine today.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

“I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated. It's about saving your life, the life of your family members and the life of your community,” she said. https://t.co/W5VtTuoEP2 pic.twitter.com/SUryOBLB9K

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) December 29, 2020

 

 

That's awful. The Republicans like that fat drunk Matt Gaetz who went around wearing a [!@#$%^&*] gas mask in the House as a joke should always be remembered for their crassness and ignorance and helping to spread what we now have.

 

Apparently he wasn't a mask-wearer (?). I hope this will be a lesson to others. I'm sorry to his friends and family for their loss.

Edited December 30, 20204 yr by DRW50

Everyone's blaming McConnell for killing the $2K, which is good.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Everyone's blaming McConnell for killing the $2K, which is good.

 

And yet, I have the feeling it won't matter. I think Georgia will vote Loeffler/Perdue in again. And the fact that McTurtle killed this so fast tells me that internal GOP polling must be favorable.

24 minutes ago, Wendy said:

And yet, I have the feeling it won't matter. I think Georgia will vote Loeffler/Perdue in again. And the fact that McTurtle killed this so fast tells me that internal GOP polling must be favorable.

 

Runoffs tend to favor Republicans in Georgia, so you're likely right. I think polling has become all but meaningless so I'm not sure how much either party is going to be relying on it going forward. It also depends on whether the media convinces people to fall for the idea that the GOP wanted to do the bill but Democrats didn't go along.

 

I notice the fauxgressives tried to make Richard Durbin's complaining about Bernie holding up the NDAA bill into the main issue of the day, alongside the pointless effort to stop Pelosi from being speaker, so clearly the issue is hurting the GOP somewhat. But Mitch usually gets what he wants and suffers no political consequences - I imagine the same is true this time. Republicans always win, one way or another. And we pay the price.

 

Nate Cohn has been following the early voting results. He's said that so far turnout is more favorable to Democrats than the general was, but cautions it doesn't matter because we have no idea what the election day turnout will be.

 

 

Edited December 30, 20204 yr by DRW50