Obviously Moscow Mitch was just waiting for the Big Boss to confirm that Little Donnie was past his use-by date before saying anything himself.
Moscow Mitch has been in Putins pocket for some time.
Yep. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitch is also collecting cash from China.
Poor Mike Pompeo: he’s been giving parties at taxpayer expense the entire time he’s been in office–gotta seed enthusiasm for his inevitable Presidential campaign!
But this time, of the 900 people he invited, only a couple dozen showed up!
Poor, poor Mikey!
The taxpayers went all out, whether they wanted to or not, to fund a glorious shindig:
Poor, poor Mikey!
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When Moscow Mitch delivered his congratulations, did they do that party trick where Mitch talks while Putin drinks vodka?
Dunno, but I’d pay to see that.
Probably a lot of people would. We could retire the National Debt!
Speaking of Russian assets: interesting tweet a few days back from former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, on the “mystery” of Lindsey Graham’s turn from Trump critic to Trump butt-smoocher:
Poor Lindsey! Someone got to him…
I think this belongs in the Schadenfreude thread: Trump vetoes Defense bill that was passed by overwhelming margins.
There’s no good outcome for Republicans in this. Congressional Republicans will either have to defy Trump to override his veto, or change their votes. Trump will either have the humiliation of having his veto overridden, or of the new Congress passing the bill as soon as he is gone.
Donald does love his chaos!
The fact that it is causing chaos–and may continue to do so for weeks to come*–probably will please some of his fans, who aren’t capable of making the connection between ‘no funding for the military’ and their flag-waving.
But as you say, it’s a poop sandwich for everyone else, chiefly the congressional Republicans who will be forced into the no-win situation you describe.
We’re not going to get $2000, and Donald’s shenanigans may mean we won’t get the $600 for months, now. That will please GOP grinches, but the rest of it will chap their butts—particularly if voters in Georgia respond with disgust for Republicans in general.
*I hope it will all be settled by tonight, of course. But who knows?
It won’t be solved tonight. The House votes on Monday, and if they vote to override, the Senate votes on Tuesday. Merry Christmas!
And as I recall many provisions of the CARES act (keeping people from being evicted, etc.) will already have expired by the time they vote.
Merry Christmas indeed.
ETA: I see it’s December 31, not December 26. Still pretty epically close, but…
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/04/2020-19654/temporary-halt-in-residential-evictions-to-prevent-the-further-spread-of-covid-19
~On the 12th day of Schadenfreude, Abrams gave to me~
(Josh Holmes was McConnell’s campaign manager)
https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1346783606228869123?s=19
Man, Lin Wood is barking mad.
More…
May Team Don and Team Mitch fight like the Kilkenny Cats, with the same outcome.
I think I’d put “ADJUST my MEDICATION” above any of those action items, Lin.
It’s going to be an interesting knife fight. The never-Trumpers have to contend with the fact that Trump still has a rabid and large base. It’s a political prisoners dilemma: some Republicans want to right the Trump base to the top but that likely hurts the GOP as a whole.
^^^tweeted by Lin Wood
The whole tweet is obviously koo-koo but what “murder” is he referring to?
Wall Street is looking forward to our socialist future:
I would say Jeffrey Epstein, but an earlier Lin tweet asserted that rumors of Epstein’s death were greatly exaggerated.
That is hilarious.