2024 Dems, GOP Crazed, Debt Ceiling, Social InSecurity, Mass Shootings

Caution: This may be disturbing to watch.
Video shows intruder breaking into Pelosi home.


Call to 911 came after intruder surprised Paul Pelosi asleep in his bedroom.


Will this provoke apologies about instant conspiracy theories?
My guess is no.

  • Nan’s Notebook has a preference for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2024: some candidate not suggested by the media.
     
    Key description:
    In my opinion, what I think we really need is a comparatively unknown DEMOCRAT to emerge from the shadows, step into the limelight, and thoroughly rattle the establishment.
     
  • Republicans are using the debt ceiling to demand cuts that are mathematically impossible without slashes to Social Security and Medicare.
     
    Acceding to their demands is out of the question. So is ruining the economy by putting a stop payment on what we owe.
     
    There are a few paths that might be followed. Which non-compromise alternative should the administration pursue?
     
    Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger has a suggestion: Pursue all of them.
     
  • No indication that this is inspired by Republican attacks on Social Security, but M. Bouffant at Web of Evil has a warning about messing with old people.
     
  • If you have been following the horrific story of the mass shooting in Monterrey Park (and who hasn’t?) you may be surprised about the conspiracy to keep you from knowing it happened. News Corpse has been following Donald Trump Jr, who is on it. Don Jr has discovered a liberal plot among news networks to keep you from knowing the shooting occurred.
     
    Key Tweet from Donald Trump Jr:

  • There was a time anti-abortion folk would not say this out loud. tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors has the quote as Representative Jim Banks proposes federal legislation prohibiting any pregnant woman from leaving any state where abortions are outlawed.
     
    Those of us having a passing familiarity with pre-Civil War history might think of it as a sort of Fugitive Woman Law.
     
  • driftglass has a thought on the dangers of the unusual relationship between Kevin McCarthy and Margorie Taylor Greene.
     
  • Iron Knee at Political Irony discovers the best Santos burn ever.
     
  • Ant Farmer’s Almanac has an idea how Republicans will handle their George Santos problem.
     
  • Max’s Dad provides an ascerbic, but accurate, summary of textbook history according to DeSantis.
     
  • My question: Is it hypocrisy if you abide by, and use, a rule you want changed? (Um ‑‑ No, it’s fine)
     
    Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara defends the Senate filibuster and accuses Democrats of hypocrisy for opposing it.
     
    For the record, the filibuster has been with us for a very long time. Vice President Aaron Burr pushed the Senate to eliminate a rule that eliminated the filibuster. That was in 1805. The Senate voted to allow filibusters beginning the next year.
     
    Problem:
    There suddenly was no way to stop the endless talking. Things eventually got so out of hand, the Senate adopted a new rule. If two thirds of Senators wanted a filibuster to end, then – doggone it – it had to end!!
     
    New Problem:
    It was very hard to get 23 of the Senators (64 in those days) to end all the talking and get to voting. That was especially true of what passed for civil rights in those days: making lynching illegal. So Black people who offended White people by trying things like voting could be tortured and killed.
     
    Finally, in 1975, the number went down to 35. So, instead of 66 (by then) votes, the number of votes required to get to a vote went to 60 votes.
     
    So remember these dates for the next few lines:
     
    1805: Aaron Burr proposes allowing filibusters to never end.
    1806: The Senate votes to allow filibusters to never end.
    1917: The Senate votes to allow filibusters to end with a 23 vote (64).
    1975: The Senate votes to allow filibusters to end with a 35 vote (60).
     
    Now we are ready for the one misreading of history: (hypocrisy?)
    It’s also blatantly hypocritical. The party in control of the Senate wants to eliminate the filibuster? That’s nothing new. When the Democrats are in the minority, they love the filibuster.
     
    And another:
    In fact, although it may seem like the 60-vote filibuster has been with us forever, it’s actually only been around since 1917.
    (When? How many?) Okay, we can forget all those dates now.


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