>>>The Republican Party Is The Problem
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This week in priorities....
Democrats passed a massively popular relief bill that will actually provide relief to average families with zero support from republicans. This is the first federal relief/stimulus bill in decades that isn't skewed heavily towards the rich.
While state republicans were focused on trying to stop people from being able to vote:
Democrats passed a massively popular relief bill that will actually provide relief to average families with zero support from republicans. This is the first federal relief/stimulus bill in decades that isn't skewed heavily towards the rich.
While state republicans were focused on trying to stop people from being able to vote:
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Being the party of the working class they don't need to suck up to the proletariat. Owning the libs is more important to their voters.
I like Fetterman. Hopefully, he will be Senator Fetterman in January 2023. His comment makes a great soundbite, but living on $15/hour wouldn't be too easy either.
Anyone else see the resemblance between Mr. Pillow and Mr. Potato Head?
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Hey, leave gmase alone. He was only 15 when Trickle down economics was invented. He hardly knew what girls' were by then, much less money.
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
My 15-year old self agrees. Girls were indeed elusive, but - although I did not know it at the time - I was getting a first class economics education.
[Full disclosure: I was 16 when Reagan was inaugurated.]
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Graham continuing his quest to find the bottom:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...relief-aid-to-black-farmers-thats-reparations
"Let me give you an example of something that really bothers me. In this bill, if you're a farmer, your loan will be forgiven up to 120 percent of your loan ... if you're socially disadvantaged, if you're African American, some other minority. But if you're [a] white person, if you're a white woman, no forgiveness. That's reparations. What does that have to do with COVID?"
Graham v Truth:
"Estimates from the Farm Bureau first reported by The Washington Post indicated that about 25 percent of "disadvantaged" farmers eligible for loan relief via the $5 billion fund in the COVID-19 relief package are Black. The provision does not have language barring white farmers from applying for loan repayments or other services."
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Finally, a Republican (Roger Wicker R-MS) celebrating the recently passed relief bill:
“This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll,”
Oh wait, he voted against it?
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...nt-stimulus-money-after-voting-against-relief
“This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll,”
Oh wait, he voted against it?
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...nt-stimulus-money-after-voting-against-relief
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I am in America, not of it.
Stop it, it was a secret ballot.
Luxman
#TRE45ON
SCIENTISTS SCRAMBLED TO STOP DONALD TRUMP’S EPA FROM WIPING OUT CLIMATE DATA
https://www.theverge.com/22313763/scientists-climate-change-data-rescue-donald-trump
https://www.theverge.com/22313763/scientists-climate-change-data-rescue-donald-trump
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Sadly, this is the underlying moral crisis of almost every age. We never learn for long enough. It manifests itself in different forms and we act like it is new.
Abraham Lincoln (1862):
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
William Jennings Bryan (1896) on the gold v silver debate:
"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.""
Eugene Debs (1918):
"The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery."
MLK Jr. (1968):
“In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone.…Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job opportunities are fewer, and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped. Our weapon is our vote.”
GOP senator applauds restaurant stimulus money after voting against relief bill
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Wednesday applauded a portion of the American Rescue Plan that provides relief for restaurants after he voted against the COVID-19 relief bill as a whole.
Wicker in a tweet celebrated that Congress approved a $28.6 billion grant program for the restaurant and bar industry as part of the $1.9 trillion relief bill. He and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) proposed an amendment including the funding.
In a tweet, the senator said that “independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief” through the passage of the American Rescue Plan.
“This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll,” Wicker added.
Independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief.
This funding will ensure small businesses can survive the pandemic by helping to adapt their operations and keep their employees on the payroll.https://t.co/Ob4pRb9Xh4
— Senator Roger Wicker (@SenatorWicker) March 10, 2021
The amendment from Wicker and Sinema intends to establish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that gives debt-free support to businesses in the industry and covers eligible expenses such as payroll, mortgage, rent and utilities.
But Wicker received widespread criticism for his tweet, with people accusing him of taking credit when he was one of the 49 Republican senators who voted against the COVID-19 relief package, which passed the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Saturday.
The senator told reporters when asked about his vote against the bill, “One good provision in a $1.9. trillion bill doesn't mean I have to vote for the whole thing.”
When asked whether he was taking credit for something he opposed, he answered, “I was for that bill, introduced that bill, long, long before this legislation.”
“I think it’s an entirely consistent position,” he added.
An aide to Wicker told The Hill that the Mississippi senator has previously backed targeted relief for restaurants but that he “was not able to support $2 trillion in poorly targeted spending as was proposed by congressional Democrats.”
“He will continue working to advance targeted relief for restaurants and other groups that have been hit hard by the pandemic,” the aide said.
Leaders of the Independent Restaurant Coalition and the National Restaurant Association praised the Mississippi senator, along with Sinema, for proposing the amendment in statements released after the relief package passed the House.
Among those condemning Wicker for his tweet was Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, who said the senator had “no damn shame.”
“Seriously?” Harrison wrote. “Seriously?! Y’all have no damn shame! Senator, YOU voted against the bill! Sorry, but that dog won’t hunt!”
Seriously? Seriously?! Y’all have no damn shame!
Senator, YOU voted against the bill!
Sorry, but that dog won’t hunt! #AmericanRescuePlan https://t.co/X0hPOnhxi8
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) March 10, 2021
The American Rescue Plan will head to President Biden’s desk after passing the Senate and House with no Republican support.
Earlier this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted that Republican lawmakers would vote against the COVID-19 relief bill and then take credit for it.
“I might say for our Republican colleagues who — they say no to the vote, and they show up at the ribbon-cuttings or the presentations,” she said.
"That's unfortunate," she added. "As I said, they'll take some credit for it in their districts."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...nt-stimulus-money-after-voting-against-relief
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Deaf, Dumb and Blind?
Do some people believe the rest of the population is blind:
Deaf: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/13/ron-johnson-black-lives-matter-antifa-capitol-riot-475727
“Even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so I wasn't concerned,”
"Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned, and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned,"
Dumb: I'm going with "yes they do." [Yes, I know this usage of dumb is out of context.]
Ron Johnson is going all Graham right in front of us. They love their country so much they attacked the seat of government, they respect law enforcement so much they killed one and injured many more, and they would never do anything to break the law unless you don't consider murder, assault, battery, vandalism, theft, insurrection, et al. crimes.
Here's the Republican version of January 6th:
Do some people believe the rest of the population is blind:
Deaf: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/13/ron-johnson-black-lives-matter-antifa-capitol-riot-475727
“Even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so I wasn't concerned,”
"Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned, and President Trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned,"
Dumb: I'm going with "yes they do." [Yes, I know this usage of dumb is out of context.]
Ron Johnson is going all Graham right in front of us. They love their country so much they attacked the seat of government, they respect law enforcement so much they killed one and injured many more, and they would never do anything to break the law unless you don't consider murder, assault, battery, vandalism, theft, insurrection, et al. crimes.
Here's the Republican version of January 6th:
Good questions. I suspect they believe those things of their base (and I have to say, their base has given them plenty of reason to), and beyond that they just don't care. They know they're not attracting any new support, so all that matters now is feeding their base and trying to subvert democracy to give themselves power.
I don't believe it's possible for people like cruz and johnson and graham to not know how hypocritical and illogical they look. They have to know. Given that, the only other possibility is that they've done the calculations and decided it's beneficial to them to look like brain dead assholes in front of the entire nation every single day. Maybe they think there's no price to pay. If that's the case, then I'd suggest they look around at where the republican party and it's base is right now, because although the price might not be considered fair by most, they definitely seem to be paying one.
I don't believe it's possible for people like cruz and johnson and graham to not know how hypocritical and illogical they look. They have to know. Given that, the only other possibility is that they've done the calculations and decided it's beneficial to them to look like brain dead assholes in front of the entire nation every single day. Maybe they think there's no price to pay. If that's the case, then I'd suggest they look around at where the republican party and it's base is right now, because although the price might not be considered fair by most, they definitely seem to be paying one.
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