Religion manipulators have done similar double turns throughout history. Its an effective technique. Reassociate cause x with new goal y. Turn against the remaining xers for opposing y at the cost of x. Use negative partisanship on y to recruit anti x.

it was the best doritos tbh

I feel like every AI enthusiast should be forced to read this book

read theory

oof

wat

this dog is so cute I died

I find water helps

I got some of these
the land comes off tho

Thats one of the historic reasons for dragons breathing fire in western myth iirc

Not sure theres any coming back from this. It will drive out everyone but the worst.

Have been known to eat a few myself

Ooh what is?

this guy is just the worst

But like, so does Manchinema.

yeah, iirc Schumer was also part of the negotiations ofc. The old guard picked a do nothing that polled well. He was able to get away with doing nothing for the first 2 years largely because the public thought he was doing a bunch of stuff behind the scenes. (where have we heard that b4?)

looks like they had a 50-50 split in the senate, and that included Manchinema. Rs definitely had leverage to stop up appointments.

it's possible the reports of that deal were a fabrication. I thought it was an informal part of the filibuster negotiations package