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GOP basically going all in because they KNOW Hell is coming in 21 months
Wake me up when Mich casts an impactful vote that breaks with the Republicans.It is ironic that Mitch— once the ringleader of Republican obstructionism— is now the only Pub voting along with Dems to prevent insanely unqualified cabinet nominees from landing the positions for which they are nominated. To whatever extent he’s grown a conscience, it’s too late now Mitch. You fucked us. Over and over.
I hope you are right!GOP basically going all in because they KNOW Hell is coming in 21 months
He doesn't have that much time. He has a lot to atone forSenate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
“… The vote was 52-48 mostly along party lines, though Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky joined Democrats in opposing the confirmation….
… McConnell appeared to reference some of Gabbard’s positions in a statement he released after voting against her, saying she has “a history of alarming lapses in judgement.”
“The nation should not have to worry that the intelligence assessments the President receives are tainted by a Director of National Intelligence with a history of alarming lapses in judgment,” McConnell said. …”
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Mitch is facing apparently significant health issues (he’s fallen twice recently and has to be moved around via wheelchair) so maybe in a rush to make his peace with some higher power ….
I agree, but you're underselling the APA. It's not a "frequently used tool." It literally structures our executive agencies. Every time an agency does anything, the APA is implicated and until now, the agencies at least followed the procedures the APA lays out.——
The APA is not “obscure” at all inside the beltway or among government litigators — it is a frequently used tool that gives the judiciary a good bit of leeway to review rules changes, so seems a weird way to frame it.
It is and clearly he is just echoing things he's heard his dad say.That kid's comment is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Is that X alpha robot or whatever the fuck his name is?
He’s planning something with this Kennedy Center thing. I’m not sure what yet, but this has Stephen Miller written all over it.
I also had a separate thread on Biden’s pardons at the end of his term if you want to bump it back to the top.I will admit it takes some big balls and a "fuck any appearance of hypocrisy" to start this thread and post all the faux anger / indignation that is sure to come given how joe weaponized the justice dept and his pardon power. I thought you guys had accepted you lost the moral high ground here but hell no. You just ran up the back side of the hill and now pretend you never tumbled down the front Can't hide all the shit stains on your clothes though as they tell the truth.
At least I know my buddies lawtig and WM won't be offering much in this thread because I remember their previous condemnations of joe's use of pardons. My prediction is either this will be a really short thread as people care about not being hypocrites, or It will be a very large thread because the left doesn't give two shits about hypocrisy because its ingrained in their DNA.
Actually its the opposite of my argument. Biden's use was terrible and enabled trump's abuse. So far, trump's use is as bad and likely to get worse. My comments, knowing the characters on this board, were to preemptively call out the hypocrisy that was sure to follow.So, to be clear, your argument is Biden did it so it is perfectly fine that Trump is doing it?
Perhaps you could address the merits of these pardons.
No need. I made my point (at least from my pov). Pardons are a dark stain on biden and trump comes along and says hold my beer. Just disgusting all the way around. I'm normally a traditionalist and not in favor of changing much in the way of our g'ment as in ending the filibuster, etc. But after joe and donald I would like to see pardon reform because neither could be entrusted with the privilege.I also had a separate thread on Biden’s pardons at the end of his term if you want to bump it back to the top.
Trump has started his term with pardons in a very unusual way that seems to also bear discussion.