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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half

Clarence Clemons with saxophone, Bruce Springsteen leaning on him with telecaster guitar; photo in black and white from Born to Run album photo session

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 2h

Speaker doing too much TV to actually do his job!

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 2h

Indeed, people don’t seem to understand that the choice was never between Manchin and some imagined “better Democrat” but between Manchin and a way worse Republican.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 2h

Most Americans are sickened by this. If you are not one of us, imagine it’s a confederate statue but for people who love America.

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 3h

Sounds just like the GOP line on January 6 - lie, ignore the actual day, and lie some more.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 3h

Peel him away and there’s nothing at the core

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 5h

Lessons are clear: MAGA can’t govern. Thune failed his first big test as Senate leader. Everybody, himself included, knows Johnson is too small for the speakership.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 6h

Not his to destroy. Not his to decide.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 6h

MAGA shutdown continues. Thune and Johnson are too weak even with majority control to get this done.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

a man in a blue suit and bow tie stands in front of a wall of plaques

Alt: Detroiters in blue suits and bow ties dancing in Freddie Motown Brown’s living room.

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

It is not up to the Speaker how another representative does her job. He has no discretion on swearing in and is simply ignoring the will of the voters because he is a feckless coward.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

I’m still here.

a man with an afro is wearing a denim vest and a sleeveless shirt .

Alt: Epstein from welcome back Kotter is wearing a denim vest and a sleeveless shirt .

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

I remember well that Miami Vice episode with Glenn Frey’s song “Drugs by the sea, they call it” debuting that night.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

Getting tired real fast of his “sorry not sorry” attitude as each new revelation hits.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

If they had a healthcare plan, they would have moved it in the first 6 months of Trump’s term when the chances of passage were greatest. Kid Speaker is lying through his teeth.

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 15h

This guys thinks he has credibility but doesn’t realize that he’s lost like a dozen PR fights in a row. Kid Speaker doesn’t even have the respect of his GOP colleagues who tried to pick half a dozen other speakers before settling for him.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 16h

Trump sucks and America sees it at a rate of 60:40.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 17h

This has developed into a pattern for Trump of late. Trump and GOP consistently losing independents by double digits.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 17h

GOP out messaging on this because they know the optics are horrendous, the symbolism is strong (and against Trump), and the full story is even worse. They are desperate for a message to turn this around and put this to bed. There isn’t one.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 17h

Bring me four fried chickens and a coke.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 18h

Out: legacy media
In: zombie media (gone but still walking around and doing damage; eg NYT, WaPo, CBS News)

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 18h

I stand by my prior statement that SecDef should have to blow a clean breathalyzer in order to operate the Pentagon.

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 19h

World, we are sorry. He had a TV show, we had an opioid crisis, and things got out of hand.

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 19h

Trump: I solved the Clone Wars. I solved the War of the Roses remake. I solved the War for the Planet of the Apes. And I solved Solo: A Star Wars Story.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 19h

The optics and opinion are so bad that even Byron York is demanding explanations (which he’ll immediately and unflinchingly accept).

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profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 19h

Not his to destroy