This is wonky inside baseball kinda stuff but WaPo says the most likely reason the bill dies isn't because some Republicans get a conscience about what they'd be doing to poor and middle class people. It's the growing unease in the GOP traditional ranks against eschewing "normal order" rules and trying to use reconciliation to ram shit through with a simple majority and minimal vetting/committee oversight.
That is--if I'm following correctly--even some of the older GOP guys who'd *love* to cut the corporate tax rate might vote against this, because they feel the need to fight for normal democratic norms about how major laws should be made.
I would be perfectly happy with that being their motivating factor. That was McCain's reason for naying Trumpcare, but somehow he's ok with it this time around.
So Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the Russia stuff. I wonder if Fox is even reporting it. Do you think this will end up being a big deal? Will it bring down the Fascist-in-Chief?
Funny how the words "Class warfare" are only uttered when people want to take money from the rich to do shit like fund schools, build roads, and other shit that actually creates jobs and doesn't just siphon money away from those things for "shareholders" and corporate executives and fake real estate moguls who become destructive presidents, eh?
The new Mavis Staples record "If All I Was Was Black" is fantastic. You know times have gotten bad when Mavis sounds angry. "I have a mind to bury them whole." This is basically her "There's a Riot Goin' On."
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https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6236564/ceelo-green-tweets-rape-statements-no-contest
That is--if I'm following correctly--even some of the older GOP guys who'd *love* to cut the corporate tax rate might vote against this, because they feel the need to fight for normal democratic norms about how major laws should be made.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/11/playwright-israel-horovitz-father-of-beastie-boys-ad-rock-accused-of-rape-and-sexual-assault/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-music-exec-says-she-was-sexually-harassed-by-2-of-the-red-hot-chili-peppers_us_571e1ac5e4b0d4d3f723ca21
It's game over, man. America just got sold to a group of people that don't care what America looks like as long as it's profitable.
This feels worse than November 8,2016.
In other news: I have a crush on Margo Guryan's voice.
Fauda over on the Netflix is a pretty gripping show.