2/15 News and Open Thread
Starting off (in the comment section) with a bit about the weather then it is off to politics.
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Starting off (in the comment section) with a bit about the weather then it is off to politics.
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I bet FL can give you a run for your $$. We are 85 today and getting set to drop 20 degrees tonight, and then into the upper 30s in a couple of days.
Some people here were asking who in the NYC Mayoral race has met the matching funds criteria?
The article tells us that Scott Stringer, Eric Adams and Maya Wiley, plus now late-starting Andrew Yang have qualified for matching funds. $2 million in Yang’s case.
Two other candidates are self or other funded: Shaun Donovan by Bloomberg, Obama interests and Ray or Roy something or other from Citibank.
The other 2 dozen candidates should be dropping out one by one .
Ron Kim was one of the first supporters of Andrew Yang.
What does Yang stand for? Besides, UBI?
Yang has been talking about a world without work. His answer is ubi.
Yang has acknowledged that technology is changing our lives and how the country responds to these changes will make a difference.
it might take a while, but with a decent ubi, i see small businesses popping up again.
If you’re not asking this you are not a Progressive.
Has Joe got a plan for bipartisanship?
So far not so good.
Who sayz that? The dimwits and the moneybags who back tRump?💩💩
aren’t pretty much all donor backed critters in thrall to the deep state?
Until the empire falls
No argument. Do nothing and enjoy your election wipeout and return to fundraising, not governing, very soon.
imho, some of them excel at fundraising, or have become comfortable in that role.
helping the citizenry? they don’t have the experience nor the interest.
Biden Picks Up Where Trump Left Off When It Comes to Julian Assange’s Extradition
so sad. Yes, I was hoping for better.
Seriously, Byedone is doing exactly what he believes in: semi-senile Reagan RW. 💩
picking up where O left off. cruelty to whistleblowers. can’t have us knowing the gd truth.
indeed. Why deny the undeniable.
Taking Greenwald with a grain of salt. I have been skeptical of the NYT and WAPO for decades sadly.
left-leaning is pretty mushy, tho.
Not gonna help getting any legislation passed.🤔🙄
Rumor has it Sick Rott will run on the tRump 2024 POTUS ticket as VP.
She now has 2 of them.😂
David Dayen: Katie Porter REMOVED From Financial Services Committee In Shady Dealings
Is the military budget exempt from ‘paygo’?
Update: I decided to stop being lazy and do some research and, while I haven’t found anything about the so-called defense spending, I found this from Obama’s presidential page (so not certain if this is still how it works):
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: A Description
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/paygo_description/
If the covid bill would end up cutting medicaid Biden declare the bill an ’emergency’.
Congress gave trump more than he asked for without a concern.
well this says “if Congress statutorily designates…costs as emergency requirements.” does that mean a full vote?
but i agree, Biden can pretty much declare anything an emergency. Trump got away with declaring the wall an emergency, right?
When are people going to see just how senile Byedone is?
job losses and dangerous jobs. has anyone done a nationwide amount (which will be low, the way these deaths have been counted) of POC who have died of covid who are in essential services? health, groceries, pharmacies, and you could spoke outwards–salons, housekeepers, nannies, even pet grooming, etc.