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Tommy Tuberville.

He's certainly the most ignorant Senator in some time. Now, if we included Congress, there's House Speaker McCarthy and a baker's dozen or so Congress Critters that could give Tuberville a run for his money, but this guy needs to be shown the door. Via CNN:
Nearly five months after Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced his hold on Department of Defense nominees, the tactic has become a major flashpoint within the US Senate as institutionalists inside the body are voicing concerns the hold could have long-term repercussions and are openly warning an overhaul of the nominations process could be needed.

Despite efforts from Republican colleagues, Tuberville’s been resolute, holding up the nomination of roughly 250 military nominees – many promotions that would typically be fast-tracked through the Senate. The dramatic impasse is forcing senators to openly question if it’s time for the body to consider changing the rules or at the very least limit the number of nominations that require Senate confirmation.

“Maybe we need another gang to come up with a set of rules changes, but the vast majority of us who understand these tools should be used sparingly, I think we need to raise our voices,” Sen, Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said.

The angst is bipartisan as senators are grow wary of a further roadblocks in a Senate that is already doing very little legislating in divided government.

“Are we all gonna start taking hostages now?” Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said.

A hold in the Senate can’t ultimately stop a nominee from being confirmed. But, it can force Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to burn valuable floor time on a process that may otherwise have moved much more quickly.

It’s a tactic that has been used in the past and escalated last Congress when GOP Sen. Josh Hawley held up Pentagon nominees for several months over the Biden administration’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

But what makes Tuberville’s hold more dramatic is the fact it also includes a hold on military promotions, which senators argue aren’t political nominees. In the case of Tuberville’s holds, there are now more than 250 military promotions and nominations delayed. Putting every single one of them on the floor would take months to complete. Tuberville’s move stems from his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.
Yeah, fuck national defense.

Glenn wants to give us reasons to vote GOP. Well, THIS is a fucking reason NEVER to vote GOP!

Tuberville seems to be the elected official version of the Westboro Baptist Church, the "God hates fags" folks, whose common sense seems never to have been born into him. Hate is all that drives him.
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2nd place


https://www.politico.com/newsletters/fl ... n-00103968

Finest worksong — Scott dropped a 35-second “travel warning” video on social media where he urged socialists, communists and others who believe in “big government” to “think twice” about traveling or moving to the “free state of Florida.” (Yep, he filched a recurring DeSantis talking point.)
Will he shoot me if I come? I better assume he will and prepare accordingly.


This is the same guy who stole half a billion from Medicare. Cons love him for doing that.


Oh and "braindead tuberville" is acting like he voted for legislation that is now helping his state, but the lying fuck voted against it


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407 ... d-against/

Biden mocks Tuberville for touting broadband funding he voted against
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Tuberville is a huge disappointment.
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gounion wrote: Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:40 pm Tommy Tuberville.

He's certainly the most ignorant Senator in some time. Now, if we included Congress, there's House Speaker McCarthy and a baker's dozen or so Congress Critters that could give Tuberville a run for his money, but this guy needs to be shown the door. Via CNN:



Yeah, fuck national defense.

Glenn wants to give us reasons to vote GOP. Well, THIS is a fucking reason NEVER to vote GOP!

Tuberville seems to be the elected official version of the Westboro Baptist Church, the "God hates fags" folks, whose common sense seems never to have been born into him. Hate is all that drives him.



Tuberville probably took part in too many contact drills at Auburn without a helmet!
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Libertas wrote: Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:22 pm 2nd place


https://www.politico.com/newsletters/fl ... n-00103968




Will he shoot me if I come? I better assume he will and prepare accordingly.


This is the same guy who stole half a billion from Medicare. Cons love him for doing that.


Oh and "braindead tuberville" is acting like he voted for legislation that is now helping his state, but the lying fuck voted against it


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407 ... d-against/




GOP are the worst human beings on earth...
So Scott hates our military because they live in and support the socialist state that the military is?
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Glennfs wrote: Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:22 pm Tuberville is a huge disappointment.
Not much of an argument to vote GOP, is he?
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chuckle.

https://news.yahoo.com/keep-electing-id ... p_catchall
Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney thinks that US politics is fundamentally broken at a time when the nation faces critical challenges.

"What we've done in our politics is create a situation where we're electing idiots," Cheney told David Rubenstein during a Monday conversation at 92nd in New York. Parts

Rubenstein pressed Cheney on if she would run for president as an independent if it meant that she could hurt former President Donald Trump's chances of retaking the White House. Cheney, who has been unsparing in her criticisms of Trump, did not directly address that tantalizing possibility.

"I don't look at it through the lens of this is what I should or shouldn't do, I look through it through the lens of, how do we elect serious people?" she responded. "Electing serious people can't be partisan. Because of the situation we're in where we have a major party candidate that is trying to undermine our democracy, and I don't say that lightly, we have to think about the kinds of alliances necessary to defeat him."
[bold] good point.
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bradman wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:19 am chuckle.

https://news.yahoo.com/keep-electing-id ... p_catchall


[bold] good point.
She’s not wrong but I think the alliance is already there. He can’t win again. He can’t get the enough independent voters. I know enough republicans “of a certain age” that won’t/didn’t vote for him. The first win was a fluke.
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:25 am She’s not wrong but I think the alliance is already there. He can’t win again. He can’t get the enough independent voters. I know enough republicans “of a certain age” that won’t/didn’t vote for him. The first win was a fluke.
He controls the GOP. He can't lose a GOP primary. We might as well call it the Trump Party. And you guys all support him too. You try to pretend you don't, but you always come running to his defense.
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gounion wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:28 am He controls the GOP. He can't lose a GOP primary. We might as well call it the Trump Party. And you guys all support him too. You try to pretend you don't, but you always come running to his defense.
All I care about is that he can’t win.
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:30 am All I care about is that he can’t win.
That's what they said in 2016.

Anything can happen. He WILL be the nominee on the GOP side, and he WILL be on the ballot. So what happens if Biden takes sick right before the vote?

The GOP is done as a reasonable political party. The crazies run it.
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gounion wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:33 am That's what they said in 2016.

Anything can happen. He WILL be the nominee on the GOP side, and he WILL be on the ballot. So what happens if Biden takes sick right before the vote?

The GOP is done as a reasonable political party. The crazies run it.

Again, 2016 was a fluke.

The smart thing would be to run fine candidates like Jared Polis, Gretchen Whitmer, Tim Walz, Gavin Newsome, ….
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:51 am Again, 2016 was a fluke.

The smart thing would be to run fine candidates like Jared Polis, Gretchen Whitmer, Tim Walz, Gavin Newsome, ….
The only candidate the GOP will run is Trump. And even #2, DeSantis, is just as much of a nut as Trump. He would be as bad a President.
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gounion wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:20 am The only candidate the GOP will run is Trump. And even #2, DeSantis, is just as much of a nut as Trump. He would be as bad a President.
Any other candidate would be a problem for Biden. Those I mentioned would be solid
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:26 am Any other candidate would be a problem for Biden. Those I mentioned would be solid
The GOP is ran by Trump. Anything else from you is smoke and mirrors.
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gounion wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:36 am The GOP is ran by Trump. Anything else from you is smoke and mirrors.
Well, if it’s going to be trump then Biden will win and w3 don’t have a problem.
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:56 am Well, if it’s going to be trump then Biden will win and w3 don’t have a problem.
Well, it’s going to be Trump. He controls the party and the electorate.

And I don’t believe any of you when you say you don’t support Trump. Your actions in his defense speak otherwise.
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gounion wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:09 am Well, it’s going to be Trump. He controls the party and the electorate.

And I don’t believe any of you when you say you don’t support Trump. Your actions in his defense speak otherwise.
My concerns are inappropriate use of the law to target an individual, no matter how odious.
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Bludogdem wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:28 am My concerns are inappropriate use of the law to target an individual, no matter how odious.
Ah yes talking points straight from Trump himself.
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And these fascist prick cons here support this guy


https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/ ... 39040?s=20

'He wants to create a kind of passive, ignorant population' — Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is sending out a warning about FL Gov. Ron DeSantis, comparing him to authoritarian leaders of the past


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J.D.Vance wants a seat at the stupid table.
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