Kennedy: Sure, climate change, eventually, sheesh. Markey: OK Boomer... … [Read more...]
Pierre Delecto
Submitted, without comment. … [Read more...]
The filibuster rule I’d like to see
As I'm sure most everyone here knows, the current filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate requires an affirmative vote of 3/5 of the Senate to close debate ("cloture") and force a vote. (It used to be 2/3.) At this time executive nominees … [Read more...]
Hair gel haiku
While the planet burned Joseph Kennedy the third Applied his hair gel https://t.co/kgYf5y7eIy #haiku — Joel Wool (@joelwool) September 25, 2019 … [Read more...]
Whatshisname drops presidential bid
who? … [Read more...]
Do the candidates get it? Extrapolation from a climate-change argument
This diary isn't just about climate change, but it starts with this twitter thread from David Roberts comparing Inslee and Biden on climate. 1. All right, I haven't communicated this clearly, so lemme do a thread. Biden (along with … [Read more...]
23 skiddoo: What are they really running for?
I have lost track, and for once am quite happy to let the good people of New Hampshire sort out the differences between mayors Pete and Bill and Julian. But how many of the folks are really running for President? How many for Veep, … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren is running the best campaign
Don't you think? From her well-timed rollout to her swing through the South to her substantive, but clear, policy ideas, Warren is knocking it out of the park. That's not to say that she will win, or even ought to (though I will not … [Read more...]
National Emergency
I propose the following simple rule that Democrats should articulate now and repeatedly: … [Read more...]
Meanwhile on a parallel earth
consider the timeline in which Seth Moulton and his band of change agents forced balloting for House Speaker into 57 rounds before the majority capitulated and elected a Third Way Problem Solver who is totally not an old woman.* Who then … [Read more...]
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