mtutiger

Just threading in for your post in the other thread, I'm torn on what the right move was, but the bigger problem is that he clearly doesn't have the pulse of his caucus. Add on top his latest media tour, he's just clearly not the right voice for this moment. Honestly not sure who is among Senate Dems, which is the worrying part...

Guessing it was Schumer

Jesus

The fact that he's currently disapproved of for the first time on the economy kinda tells the story. It's not that he didn't advertise this and that the impacts are surprising, it's that the GP never took interest in what he was proposing for the future and instead looked at him from a backward looking perspective

Never have felt more right about canceling a subscription in my life... Buncha water carriers

Also, it's objectively terrible for a new President to be underwater 56 days into their Presidency. Just absolutely terrible framing by Axios, but that is to be expected.

Only Axios could frame a poll showing Trump underwater 56 days into his Presidency and registering at 30-67 with independent voters as "Trump high"

Dam safety is pennies on the dollar. It's not DOD, SS, Medicare or Medicaid. So it's pretty ****ing illogical, even if it's easily explainable based on Trump and Musk's personality flaws

I have logically come to that conclusion that there decision is illogical as well... And that there is no way to conceive logic to defend it

There are many problems with DOGE, obviously, but one of the biggest (and probably underplayed) is it's hacksaw approach taking out people working to protect infrastructure that needs maintenance and that we all take for granted. I'm a civil engineer so stories like these speak to me more than the general public, but it's all fun and games until a dam fails and kills hundreds or (depending on geography) thousands of people.

It's an explanation but it's not logical in the slightest.

Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation Great local reporting... I worry that it's a story we may be seeing more and more

If they really feared him, they would be complying *and* would still buy the F-35s.

Genuinely racking my brain but cannot come with a logical explanation for this action

It's largely about internal Hungarian issues around corruption in his administration, don't want to make it all about us like Americans do... But it would be hilarious (although sad, but maybe inspiring, for us) if Trump winning happens while Orban's standing starts to sink and decline. Particularly given how this administration loves to hold Orban up as a paragon of virtue

Regarding egg prices...

Wow, Trump is making us so much more respected across the world

I don't know that AOC would be the right candidate to run for that seat, even in deep blue New York, but what I do know is that Schumer has absolutely lost control of his caucus and, once this episode passes, probably needs to step aside and let someone else be Minority Leader. You don't have to be an AOC acolyte to see how badly he botched this.

This is mostly where I'm at.... this thing is a giant turd regardless, but voting for this CR sets the stage for them getting rolled on the debt ceiling and on taxes. I also wouldn't be surprised if Trump / GOP still get the lions share of the blame if a shutdown happens either given *waves hands around* literally everything going on

51 or so days in.... not unlike his first term.

From JB Pritzker's Chief of Staff.... I put it here because this is the thread most visited at this point, but it's worth pondering as we relitigate past grievances while there's the reality in front of us that needs to be dealt with. We need solidarity in this moment.

There's a part of me that think's that Schumer isn't made for these times... having said that, if Harry Reid were still alive and still in charge, he would be providing zero votes for this effort. And he'd do it with a smile.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a leader from one chamber go after the other one quite like this.... Schumer deserves all of it, he ****ed all of this up.

Chuckie looked like a deer in the headlights there...