The Politics Thread

[Vee]

 

Biden and the WH are having a field day with the GOP's budget plans.

 

[Vee]

 

Wow. 

 

[marceline]

At this rate, half the members of the GOP primary will have to schedule campaign events around their court appearances.

[Wendy]

To quote a line from Seinfeld (which I oddly never watched but still know where this line comes from!): "Not that there's anything wrong with that!"

[Soapsuds]

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[Vee]

 

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[marceline]

So much dirt is going to come out about SCOTUS. That whistleblower is someone who used to work with Jane Roberts and saw her use her position to screw the rest of them. These Federalist Society types have no doubt made serious enemies of lots of people. People who will be more than ready to shiv them now.

Edited April 29, 2023 by marceline

[Wendy]

Too bad there is no accountability for SCOTUS. They get to make laws for OTHERS. But THEY don't have to follow them! (See Clarence and Ginni Thomas as more examples.)

[Wendy]

Failed Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker may be in some deep financial doodoo involving wire fraud. No wonder he seemed so comfortable, running as a Republican!

 

[Vee]

 

[Fevuh]

Yeah so I went at some of the defenders on Twitter.  Their point being that - so what, she was a recruiter.  The people were saying - she's a recruiter for Highly Cleared positions and people you idiots!  They make about $50,000 per placement when you place a Highly Cleared person. You are so stupid!!!  LOLLL - so - I have tons of friends who are recruiters, who place "highly cleared' people all the time.  I'm in DC sweetykins.  MY recruiting friends who do this ALL the time are not multi-millionaires and you do NOT get a set sum of money of $50K per position.  And I just said, no - you would be wrong.  They do get a % of someone's salary of their 1st year salary.  But it's usually about 20% to 30%, even for highly cleared positions.  If YOUR friends are in recruiting and get $50,000 a pop then - the only people they were placing have a salary of $250,000 minimum.  I can just tell you - you know how many people in the Government or Contractors make $250,000+ ???  Not MANY I can promise you.  Do the math.  She was only placing IT Directors and ABOVE?  There aren't that many of them chile.

[JaneAusten]

There have to be a lot of people out there that people like Thomas, Roberts have screwed over. Now there is a story about Leonard Leo. Him too. This is going to continue. Leonard Leo directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’ - The Washington Post

[marceline]

These folks have so many enemies and this is turning into the opportunity of a lifetime for people who have been holding a grudge. If someone who knows Leo is leaking, the floodgates are open.