The year is 2035. Massachusetts is the only livable state in America, but home prices in the Murdersville neighborhood of Fall River have increased to one William dollars. The legislature passes a law to allow five new homes to be built. They are January 6thed by every senior in the state.

“And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Washington as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Washington.”

Isn’t all this talk about the courts and SNAP just kicking the can down the road? Even if Trump has to use all the emergency funding, THAT will run dry in less than a month

That none of the Senators who caved are up next year doesn’t prove that the whole caucus secretly conspired to get this outcome and foist it on those who could not be held accountable. (Democrats are not known for their secret conspiracy abilities.) It proves that no one disciplined by facing…

Reminder: the vast majority of elected Dems held strong. We can throw the bums who didn’t out.

I mean Dems have the luxury of their votes not mattering there, right? Republicans can jam through a party line vote with no filibuster.

Most of the party did their job! It’s one guy in the House and nine in the senate who need a booting hard enough to turn their behind into a crater.

Probably saved four Senate seats and a dozen or more House seats, while avoiding the embarrassment of a 55-41 blowout where Trump flips New Jersey

I called Markey and Warren to thank them for being no and to demand that they remove Schumer if he doesn’t walk this back. I then called Schumer to inform him that I had done this.

My nana is on Medicare, my mother-in-law-to-be is on Medicaid. I know we’re headed for some major pain if there’s a shutdown. But I think we’re headed for a crisis regardless. Whether it’s a shutdown in 2027 when Dems control the House, or the government screeching to a halt because millions…

I support blocking the CR. I think it's the better move. I am not at all confident of that. Reasonable people can disagree. I am confident that a leader shouldn't come out supporting it *after* a majority of his caucus declared against it.

left/accommodate in the broader political sphere are leftists who said voting didn’t matter in 2024, there won’t be elections in the future anyway, etc. and more or less define themselves in opposition to the party.

That’s a strong assertion with no proof. Things could easily go the other way, getting even worse for Republicans - like literally every shutdown in history prior to this point, including the one when Trump was President.

I’m not convinced the “Dems are secretly caving” thing was ever true. Dems pretty much never lose budget battles.

Can’t. Samus is a girl, and that’s DEI.

I feel like everyone should be more skeptical about some guy I’ve never heard of making a claim about the Senate

Henry George mentioned!

Figured as much because the House is easier to whip than the Senate, but Seth Moulton’s Salem office just said that they believe he’s a NO on the CR, although they need to double check

If a Democratic administration seriously pushes YIMBYism at the national level, will polarization improve the standing of YIMBYs among Dems at the local and state level like we’ve seen with tariffs, or will the suburbs shift catastrophically right to numbers not seen since HW?

I know a woman who said in one day -It’s a shame Biden had to leave the race -Harris can’t win, she’s a woman -She could vote for Vance at the top of the ticket (fortunately she knows he’s gone over to the dark side now) -She can’t believe that guy missed

Ngl sometimes when people are all “do something!!!” and no proposed course of action satisfies them, I suspect they want an unprintable solution

I’m imagining a world where Republicans condemn a Democratic President by comparing him unfavorably to JFK, and the Twitter brigade comes out and is all like “JFK destroyed this country, how dare you use him as a rhetorical device!” For no reason in particular of course

Hey man borrowing 500 Euros is a big step for the Germanz

Not sure why everyone on here wants Dems to no-show not-SOTU A chamber with only clapping sycophants in it isn’t exactly great media for Dems

To be clear, not only is this stupid, but it’s blatantly unconstitutional. The Constitution bans export taxes. “No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.”

Counterpoint: this has cost Republicans a lot of winnable races There’s a reason Dems nearly took the House despite Republicans winning the popular vote AND having a slanted map, and it’s candidate quality

When I am made dictator-for-life, instead of the normal rambling four hour speeches, all audio and video nonfiction will be abolished, and citizens will be forced to read my 10,000 word essays daily

2024 was the first election in decades in which all 50 states shifted in the same direction - I can’t even find one

Elon Musk has no respect whatsoever for our republican form of government and our Constitutional rights, unlike Hamilton who *checks notes* uhhhh

Aren’t pre funded schemes considerably more efficient, though? I’ve never understood why progressives are so opposed to putting FICA money in, say, index funds Is it just the word “privatization”? It’s not like you need to have Wall Street firms managing the account!

Good programmers know that the computer does what you say, not what you want Bad programmers are reminded of this regularly

Not comparable. Chamberlain actually wanted peace, as ineffectually as he pursued it, and when Hitler broke his word he immediately put Britain on a war footing. This would be like if Mosley had been PM in 1938.

So what exactly is the GOP tax proposal? The Ryan tax cut actually cut most voter’s taxes (I recall it was something like 60% got a cut, 10% got a hike, 30% were a wash) but the numbers I’ve been seeing are saying like 90% of people are gonna see their taxes go up this time

Interesting- Democrats want more moderates, but also more confrontation. Makes sense but I’m surprised a large chunk of the public is capable of that distinction!

“Dengists… believe that public ownership of land, banks, raw materials, and strategic central industries is necessary so that a democratic… government can allocate them for the benefit of the country… but… private ownership is allowed and encouraged in industries of finished goods and services.”

Ngl every time I see a new Georgist organization pop up it feels like this: xkcd.com/927/

I don’t understand people who react to “people perceived Trump as more moderate than Harris” with venom. Being mad about people believing something stupid won’t stop them believing it! What’s the alternative? “People saw Trump as an extremist and a plurality liked it”?! That makes things HARDER!

Glad to see leadership is taking a firm stance. This is where they actually have power. The question is if they can keep the swing district members in line.

Like this is my American brain talking but Mike Johnson would let Nick Fuentes provide his 218th vote before he let Jared Golden do it

Rooting for Pritzker vs. Vance 2028 because it’s JB vs JD

I followed a clean energy startup guy who used to work at Caltech, and was deeply disappointed in his endorsement of DOGE. I guess I should have seen it coming. He’s a Starship mega-fan, and one of his strongest positions is that SLS is a terrible waste of money that should be cancelled immediately

Could you elaborate on what that means? Can’t tell if this is an exaggerated way of saying “politically aggressive Georgism that destroys all rent seeking institutions through hostile legislation” (which is what I hope rather than terms of service violations)

I wonder how much of the income tax you could replace with a much heavier estate+gift tax. The estate tax could essentially be confiscatory of giant fortunes and not touch average inheritances, and the funds used to massively raise the standard deduction. There ought to be a majority that benefits.

Saw somebody suggest that we should do the ultimate in court packing by making the entire electorate Supreme Court justices. Does the President need to sign individual nominations, though? And does the Senate need to vote on them individually or can they vote on them as a block?

There needs to be a “cooperative investment fund” which serves as a mutual fund for workplace democracy The investment fund buys businesses and sells them back to their workers on mortgage Small businesses are naturally personalist and public corporations have self-perpetuating management…

When I got my clearance, an old army guy grilled me on my name. “You say your only name is FIRST MIDDLE LAST, but here you use FIRST M. LAST. Care to explain?” But apparently BigBalls the Nazi Satanist pedophile can just walk right in the Treasury?!

No *Republican* Senators bow down for everything their President does, Democratic Senators inexplicably turn against their party after elected like they got bitten by the icky bug from Fairly OddParents

Idea for a Constitutional amendment once we’re through… uh… all this: Impeachments are no longer tried by the Senate. A national jury, with members chosen by lot from each state in numbers equal to their electoral college delegation, is convened to try the impeachment.