US Politics, March 2024: The house of illuminati will NOT be holding any other event in the foreseeable future.

hasn't he always been not a bad guy at all but still a child of affluence? didn't he only start really working in his early 30s, and in politics, at that? not casting aspersions! but no ally is entirely saintly

major side eye at Katie Porter popping off about the "rigged" election she lost

Yeah, this is gross and she needs to take another tact.

I am still flummoxed at why, in an era where every elected official is not only trained to avoid drawing attention to themselves on contentious issues, they've also got to witness how swing voters will end the careers of people with 'main-character syndrome', why in the fuck Fetterman would go all-in on projecting his weird pro-Likud/anti-Palestine views to the point where it's now his identity, while also eerily echoing Bush-era reactions to anti-war sentiment. He's had some great votes and pushed some solid legislation during his brief Senate tenure (and I appreciate that he's backing Andy Kim in NJ), but why taint your good work by something so sour and dickish? How is he better off politically?

If you were to poll 1,000 moderate, apolitical swing voters (as in, the people who unknowingly hold the future of our democracy in their hands), asking them "which of these choices do you prefer: making any military support of Israel's battle with Hamas conditional on PM Netanyahu putting a stop to the invasion of Gaza and pulling back the settlements that antagonize neighbors; or giving him what he wants, regardless of what he does to Gaza/West Bank/Golan Heights?", is the second option really so much more popular than the first to where it would justify (in a political, not moral sense) Fetterman's antics? There's no way that's the case.

perhaps he's just fervently pro-israel for some deep seated, non-politically calculated reason; I don't know what that reason would be and I would hope it is not a bigoted reason.

I forgot to add, why do so many elected officials like Fetterman equate being pro-Israel with meaning that you had to be pro-Likud? Can't you be pro-Israel and pro-2-states while also opposing Bibi's shitty party and their fuckery? What's the benefit?

I guess it depends on if you think his behavior is a schtick and behind the scenes he is actually making those kinds of calculations, or if he really is as he seems to be, and therefore is not actually making calculated choices in that way at all... he might just have his beliefs and figure since he got elected he should act on them without really looking for external validation

Is he in the process of being divorced or did I imagine that?

his wife took a social media break and this turned into a rumor that they split up over his Israel position but I think it was a progressive fever dream.

his wife is more popular than he is though, maybe she should run

His wife said she was taking a break
But Fetterman said she was being harassed online by “the kind of people who protest outside my house every friday.”

Biden watches Morning Joe tv show per links earlier, but apparently his Chief of Staff won't let him meet with the Democratic Hispanic Caucus regarding border issues and see what they think

https://punchbowl.news/article/chc-white-house-tensions-flare-border-policy/

I was hoping for more Carhartt Dems, now I ain't so sure

I was hoping for more Carhartt Dems, now I ain't so sure

Everybody loves the working class until they actually talk to a working class person.

and there's nobody more genuinely working class than Senator John Fetterman

Jill Biden is going to have 20 guests at the State of the Union speech tonight

Among the guests are a woman from Alabama whose in vitro fertilization treatments were stopped after a state court decision, and another from Texas who was denied an abortion in the state despite what her doctors said would be health complications from the pregnancy. Their presence signals Mr. Biden’s emphasis on an issue that has lifted Democrats in recent elections as he faces a rematch with former President Donald J. Trump, whom he trails in many polls.

They are among a number of guests intended to touch on health policy, including Maria Shriver, the journalist who has become a women’s health advocate.

Also on the list are the head of the United Automobile Workers and a number of union members, as the president seeks to burnish his labor bona fides. Other guests, including a mayor, a police officer and the prime minister of Sweden, represent a range of issues, from student debt forgiveness to infrastructure to jobs programs.

Everybody loves the working class until they actually talk to a working class person.

there's a reason a lot of working class people voted for Trump in the rust belt

I should have added "white" to "working class" there

Everybody loves the working class until they actually talk to a working class person.

And we wonder why the party is losing them.. actually, no we don't

here we go

Santos is going to steal steal so many coats tonight...

he still has his lanyard?

god, all of this is painful

biden saying "illegals" over and over while greene shouts over him with some unknowable bullshit, johnson shakes his head no, and harris smiles blankly

he's been on fire for the most part, though

yeah, mostly sounds good to me.

Everybody loves the working class until they actually talk to a working class person.

Fetterman’s dad was a partner in an insurance firm and he has a finance MBA.

His Israel Warrior schtick does make feel about like I’ve felt after every conversation I’ve had with a white guy with a MBA, though.

One member, GOP Rep. Max Miller, who left early, said he left because: “This is beneath a president. It’s a full blown campaign speech.”

Lol irony

Rep. Miller, I have some shocking news for you.

My wife is for some reason watching the GOP rebuttal in the living room. I’m in the bedroom and all I can hear is “rising star” Katie Britt sounding like she’s in the verge of breaking into tears.

Katie Britt alternating between crying and doing a creepy serial killer smile while doing a whisper rant about the border and how Biden is personally inviting in illegals to kill women. The NBC network reporters just repeated cliches about her being young without factchecking her or even commenting on her weird drama school, Saturday Night Live evangelical approach

Saturday Night Live evangelical approach

She was chosen for this role by Speaker Johnson.

True, while she’s easy to laugh at, she like Speaker Johnson is scary .

She is also a lawyer, former CEO married to a lobbyist who used to be a football player, while pretending to be just a Mom concerned about her kids in their Alabama home

Biden’s speech was energetic and I liked what he said about unions, capping insulin prices , and taxing billionaires ( although listening to him endorse right wing immigration policy is painful, and it may not get him votes anyway)

https://www.threads.net/@potus/post/C4N7iwjtrBT/

Right-wing freaks have completely lost the ability to communicate with normal people (people who aren't marinating in the right-wing parade of grievances all day every day). They have an endless list of arcane references that no one else even recognizes or understands, and when they start jabbering, they sound like they come from a parallel Earth.

you guys are making me want to watch this now

"my two school-age children, my daughter Bennett and my son Ridgeway..."

holy crap @ Kavanaugh's expression after Biden blasted them.

Enough is enough 🎭🎥📽️🎞️ pic.twitter.com/sWZHh1tCq4

— umichvoter 🏳️‍🌈 (@umichvoter) March 8, 2024

Who do they think will relate to this who isn't already in the tank for them?

"my two school-age children, uday and qusay…”

they’ll turn out fine, lady

here you go https://t.co/WIAkWIL8mO pic.twitter.com/7iNEjQT26g

— Emissary of Night 🔆🍉 (@EmissaryOfNight) March 8, 2024

why does she keep smiling?

why does she keep smiling?

Because her pastor told her a woman must always smile.

Does that Republican response end with the lights just shutting off, and her calling out, into the darkness, can I please get my dinner?

Well that looked absolutely batshit.

[Biden to propose new $5,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers

Republicans will probably kill this

[Biden to propose new $5,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers

Republicans will probably kill this

I am 100% in favor of the GOP foregrounding christofascists who seem like they've never interacted with another human being. Don't just leave that shit bubbling under the surface, y'all, let the normals of the world see how truly fucking weird and warped you are.

Jesus is the rock and he rolls my blues away, bopashoobop iirc