I honestly don’t think they give a shit anymore about any kind of regular order. They simply say they’re conducting regular order, and then do whatever the fuck they want.
Reconciliation is supposed to be revenue neutral as well – and you can see how little that mattered, as they squeaked a Senate bill through that loads up an additional 1.5 trillion dollars’ worth of debt. And that’s a “conservative” estimate. Haha.
I’ve never seen corruption on a scale like we’re seeing today. There just doesn’t any longer seem to be any backstop to what Republicans will do in furtherance of their greedy authoritarian goals.
We’re in for a bumpy 2018, that’s sure. I wish your headlines were farfetched, but I fear there are those within this cabal who actually believe such a thing is possible.
We’re going to have to fight like hell. Call everyone, protest, donate, keep talking. And vote.
And that’ll be a side article. The banner headline will be “Man shoots girlfriend in argument over French fries,” with a mugshot of some random black guy in St. Louis.
This sounds facetious, but it isn’t too far fetched. This Republican Party does not care about democracy, it exists for the elite to have a permanent stranglehold on power. We’re all just waiting for a Reichstag fire type of incident for martial law to be imposed, elections cancelled, and the First Amendment to be “suspended”.
Now that the investigation marches steadily on, finding new dirt every week, the trashing of Mueller begins in earnest. The charges of bias from the sycophants, ridiculous at even a modest glance, are being made to justify the inevitable termination before the crap that even the rabid base won’t stand for becomes exposed.
To be honest, I don’t see the GOP’s solidarity as a desire to form a power bloc, because it’s too tenuous. It’s easier for me to believe they’re doing their best to cover their own asses, because they know that when it’s time to vote, the partisan majority is their best safety net. If they openly criticize their own administration’s key figures, they risk losing voter support as well as support for their own bills. Look how McConnell switched course with Roy Moore when it looked like Moore had enough support to win his election, and McConnell is wary of being called RINO. They realize the margin of error is slim (2 votes + Pence) and believe that party unity is the best protection they have, for now. If they lose Senate majority in 2018, then the floodgates will open and the finger-pointing will begin.
The fact that right wing media has shifted from “nothingburger” to openly attacking Mueller means they know which way this is headed.
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