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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 18m

For a while the conventional wisdom was repubs we're waiting for Trump to blowup, burnout etc and then they would pivot away from trumpism, now it seems clear that they are looking for heir to trumpism, in other words they thinks its a winning long term strategy despite logic and reason.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 3h

This is why I cannot understand voting repub, unless you live under rock you know prop 50 in California was in response to mid-term redistricting in Texas.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 21h

I wouldn't express support for 60 vote threshold, its based on encouraging compromise, repubs are clear in their desire not to compromise so why keep trying to create bipartisanship that clearly doesn't exist.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 21h

The 60 vote rule is clearly pointless if your a democrat, why support a rule that only works the way its supposed to when repubs are in minority, what bill see repubs wanting dem votes for enough to negotiate, i dont see any, make repubs own every vote, they dont want dems to have a say anyway.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 22h

Don't boo, vote. Who new that tagline would become so preceint.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

What's kinda dumb about this is that it is likely to hurt repub candidates as much as dems, to the point that do not know why repub candidates dont ask her to put a sock in It. It goes without saying this was probably for the audience of one, Donald Trump.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if a dem candidate refused to do an interview then sued those who offered the interview because they did one with another candidate and as per normal edited it for time. It would be embarrassing, but one of the strengths of trump and Increasingly the gop, nothing seems to embarrass them.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

When it comes to the strikes in the Carribean, one thing those involved in them lose is the ability to travel outside the US free of concern about arrest.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

Senators, voters may turn on repub senators because they are not acting on people's best interests by refusing to compromise. As for the 60 vote threshold itself its largely useless if only one party respects its purpose.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

Enough people know that the reason for the 60 vote threshold in senate is to promote compromise, they'll know that repubs refuse to compromise. Repubs have natural advantage (north and south dakota have 4 senators, despite having fraction of California population), but are unlikely to get 60 .....

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly cannot fathom how Americans are ok with crypto guy getting pardon after buying trumps crypto, i mean if your maga and trump wanted to sleep with your wife, would you say no.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

I know he is a f'king idiot a'hole but I still dont understand how he can spew such utterly bad faith garbage. You would think there would be video of him by now saying truly heinous shit given that he talks like this on TV.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should offer 1 million to charity if Johnson will sit down with oh I dunno, say Jon Stewart.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 1d

That was a coward move.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is going to decompensate, it is likely to be triggered by the effects of his own policies etc (horrible poll numbers) rather then say Newsoms tweets etc

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 2d

He is going to come apart, its not a matter of if but when, the only reason other countries including allies aren't putting pressure on him is because they know he is going to come apart and they figure its best not to hasten the inevitable so as to minimize his lashing out at any particular target.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 3d

There is a simple solution, replace the statues of confederate generals with union generals.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 3d

Its pretty crazy that you think you can use a government jet for a rendezvous and people are not going to notice along the way. There are likely dozens of non fbi people who witnessed him using the jet.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 3d

While im a blue Jay fan and want them to win, its not a Canada vs US thing for me, its a shame anyone has to lose exciting game and series.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 3d

This is excellent comment by a former president, trump doing this is distraction, that's its purpose.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 4d

Its week to week at this point, you cannot rule out anything because repubs in congress have completely surrendered their constitutional authority to trump.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 4d

Its entirely possible he is just what he appears to be, a doormat for trump.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 4d

Ordinarily hitting a aircraft carrier would not be on anyone todo list but its likely that deploying Gerald ford to region is Hegseth idea and for all we know multiple senior commanders have probably expressed serious reservations about putting Gerald ford carrier especially in such a position.

marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 4d

Those who say Venezuala would lose military confrontation with US dont understand that they would only have to expose the disastrous orders coming from white house to win, as there is no stomach for casualties from a conflict not authorised by Congress.

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marmalade kid🇨🇦 @marmaladekid.bsky.social · 4d

Some would say your not going to sink aircraft carrier, that would not be goal, the goal would be to hit command tower and or flight deck, both scenarios could render aircraft carrier inoperable as a fighter aircraft platform.

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