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fishonjazz said:
Disregard my last post. You were talking about the State Of The Union address im sure now. I didn't even know about it lol. I was driving to work this morning and had the radio on KSL 1160 news radio and they were talking about Bidens State Of The Union address. They seemed to think he did a really good job. They were saying that the republicans in congress were having outbursts and that was when Biden was at his best. When he had to go off script. I was surprised by that comment as I would expect him to struggle with hecklers. They also were saying that Kevin Mcarthy had to "shush" his party multiple times like they were children lol.
They also said that Biden mentioned republicans wanting to cut SS and medicare and that the republicans booed and so Biden said, I guess they dont want to do that. They were saying that they think he did that strategically to use as leverage when they are trying to negotiate budget stuff and try to avoid a government shutdown or whatever. They also said that he kind of went over some of the accomplishments that his administration has already achieved and they saw it as the beginning of his campaign for reelection.
Nice to hear that the radio hosts on KSL (who I would assume would lean conservative/republican due to the mormon religion influence. Though they seem pretty unbiased whenever I listen to them.) thought Biden did a great job.
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Yeah those are the major highlights. He really did play the hecklers with the social security thing. It was pretty entertaining.
 
fishonjazz said:
Disregard my last post. You were talking about the State Of The Union address im sure now. I didn't even know about it lol. I was driving to work this morning and had the radio on KSL 1160 news radio and they were talking about Bidens State Of The Union address. They seemed to think he did a really good job. They were saying that the republicans in congress were having outbursts and that was when Biden was at his best. When he had to go off script. I was surprised by that comment as I would expect him to struggle with hecklers. They also were saying that Kevin Mcarthy had to "shush" his party multiple times like they were children lol.
They also said that Biden mentioned republicans wanting to cut SS and medicare and that the republicans booed and so Biden said, I guess they dont want to do that. They were saying that they think he did that strategically to use as leverage when they are trying to negotiate budget stuff and try to avoid a government shutdown or whatever. They also said that he kind of went over some of the accomplishments that his administration has already achieved and they saw it as the beginning of his campaign for reelection.
Nice to hear that the radio hosts on KSL (who I would assume would lean conservative/republican due to the mormon religion influence. Though they seem pretty unbiased whenever I listen to them.) thought Biden did a great job.
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Great recap.

As far as the bolded, yes they are children, with Boebert and Green as the class clowns.
 
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After Shouts of 'Liar' and Worse, Biden Takes on His Detractors in Real Time

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was about midway through a speech of about 7,218-words on Tuesday when a Republican lawmaker tried to shut him down with a single one: “Liar!” It was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, whom the president had baited by accusing Republicans of wanting to...
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Times have changed. Republican lawmakers shouted both “liar” and “********” at parts of Biden’s speech, and no one appeared shocked.

Though McCarthy appeared willing to play peacemaker at moments when tensions threatened to boil over — the speaker shushed Republicans who yelled at Biden for calling to codify citizenship for Americans brought to the United States as children — his role over the next months will be to oppose virtually all of Biden’s agenda. (this is sad to me. Before even knowing what legislation Biden admin wants to pass, the leader of the republicans in congress "role" is to simply go against it no matter what.)

Some lawmakers even prepared to mock Biden in advance: Greene carried a white helium balloon around the Capitol, mocking Biden’s response to a giant Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States this past week before an American F-22 blew it up off the coast of South Carolina. (MTG is a child)

At points, Biden turned down the volume, calling for police reform by spotlighting the grieving parents of Tyre Nichols, who died after a brutal beating on Jan. 7 at the hands of Memphis police officers. The president emphatically called for more research to end cancer. And he spoke directly to “forgotten” Americans who are struggling financially.

“Jobs are coming back,” Biden said. “Pride is coming back, because of choices we made in the last several years.”

When asked if Biden was prepared for the jeers from Republicans, a senior administration official said the news media had underestimated him — a common refrain from Biden’s advisers.

Jeff Nussbaum, a former Biden speechwriter, praised Biden for “doing a great job of seeking common ground and defining sacred ground.”

The president had a shaky start on the teleprompter as he raced through his remarks and mangled some lines, although he had plenty of energy. He got an even bigger burst once the Republicans heckles and boos began, and was most animated when he veered off the teleprompter and addressed them directly before a live television audience of millions.

When the president returned to the White House late Tuesday night, the staff stood and applauded him.
 
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders' 'Normal Or Crazy' Challenge Backfires Spectacularly

There's one line her critics agreed with — but probably not in the way she was hoping.
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Lol

I like this first comment in the comments section that popped up:
My God that was embarrassing! There was poor Speaker McCarthy, knowing he was on camera, trying repeatedly to shush the party over which he carries not an once of control... or respect.
While almost behaving like civilized adults early on, Republicans went certifiably crazy as Biden's State of the Union progressed. Did they honestly imagine they were in Middle School detention?
As for Biden, my admittedly lukewarm esteem for him is greatly improved, particularly for his handling of the out-of-control children in the audience. He also showed a presidential dignity of which the former president is simply incapable, preferring to throw loud public tantrums while repeating lies that had already been debunked.
 
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'Dark Brandon' shows up at State of the Union, mops the floor with lost Republicans

President Joe Biden came out with vim and vigor in the State of the Union address and mopped the House floor with the Republican Party's remains.
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President Joe Biden, at the ripe age of 80, came out with ample vim and vigor in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address and proceeded to mop the House floor with the howling, discombobulated remains of the Republican Party.

Preaching populism and leaning hard on his noted skill as the empathizer-in-chief, Biden bounded through a speech that acknowledged the nation’s struggles while remaining unerringly optimistic. He went off script regularly, parrying Republican lawmakers who heckled him, at one point backing the whole party into a corner and getting them to swear to protect Medicare and Social Security benefits.

I’ve never seen anything like it in a State of the Union speech – they ran at him like a pack of lemmings and, with a wink and a grin, he politely directed them to the cliff.

Biden said, “Our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken.” Republicans kept quiet.

Bided talked about a boom in infrastructure projects. Republicans kept quiet. Biden quipped, “I’ll see you at the groundbreaking.”

Biden said the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in decades. Some offered tepid applause while others kept quiet.

If you don’t cheer for democracy, improved infrastructure and a low unemployment rate, people are going to wonder whose team you’re on.

The Republican lawmakers’ unwillingness to applaud popular accomplishments that help people, coupled with repeated acts of childish heckling that Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, seated behind Biden, tried and failed to shush, showed how weak and devoid of ideas their party has become.

Throughout the speech, McCarthy gave a clinic on squirming uncomfortably. At one point, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted “LIAR!” at Biden. When the president was speaking about a man who lost his child to a fentanyl overdose, Republicans began shouting Biden down, one yelling, “It’s your fault!”

Biden responded by asking Republicans to join him and launch “a major surge” to stop fentanyl production and provide border agents with “more drug detection machines to inspect cargo.”
That, of course, shut the Republicans up, because they don’t want to consider a solution, they just want to have something to holler about.

You don’t have to love Biden or even like him to see why he was feeling peppy Tuesday night. The 80-year-old kid from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was facing opponents who couldn’t stop punching themselves.

The Republican rebuttal to Biden’s address, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy.”

She’s not wrong. But I don’t think she understands which side the American people see as crazy. (Hint: It’s the side that let itself get outfoxed on live TV by a president they keep calling old and incompetent.)
 
Trump going after desantis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shares-photos-desantis-alleging-003028289.htmlThe original poster accused DeSantis of using alcohol for "grooming" high school girls.
Trump is ramping up his attacks against the Florida governor, who may challenge him for the 2024 GOP nomination

Former President Donald Trump reposted a photo on Tuesday of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that accused him of drinking alcohol with minors when he was a high school teacher.

"That's not Ron, is it? He would never do such a thing!" Trump wrote sarcastically on his social media app, Truth Social.

The picture shows a 23-year-old DeSantis smiling between three women with blurred out faces, whose ages aren't clear. One of the females in the photos is holding a brown glass bottle but DeSantis isn't pictured drinking. Still, the caption reads, "Here is Ron DeSantimonious grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher," followed by the vomit emoji.

DeSantis spent as a teacher at the elite Darlington School before attending Harvard Law School.
Several students recalled DeSantis went to parties with the seniors, the New York Times said, citing anonymous sources. Two students recalled DeSantis attending two parties where alcohol was served, though they said it was after graduation. They reported they weren't bothered by it at the time, though they now questioned it, the report said.

"It was his first job out of Yale, he was cute. We didn't really think too much about it," one of the former students said.
 
Good job Mitt Romney
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'A Sick Puppy': Mitt Romney And George Santos Get Into Tense Exchange At State Of The Union

The truth-challenged GOP congressman appeared to get into a brief confrontation ahead of President Joe Biden's address to Congress.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to take a hike during a heated confrontation ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

As members of the Senate walked into the chamber and made their way down the aisle, Romney spotted Santos and told the congressman that he didn’t belong in the chamber.

“Look, he’s a sick puppy. He shouldn’t have been there,” Romney told reporters after the speech. “Given the fact that he’s under an ethics investigation, he should be sitting in the back row and being quiet instead of parading in front of the president.

After winning his election in November, Santos confirmed that he had lied about nearly every aspect of his personal biography, including his academic credentials, work history and ancestry.

“He says that.. he embellished his record,” Romney told reporters on Tuesday. “Look, embellishing is saying you got an A when you got an A-.Lying is saying you graduated from a college that you didn’t even attend and he shouldn’t be in Congress.” (reminds me of trump and his alternative facts)
 
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fishonjazz said:
his role over the next months will be to oppose virtually all of Biden’s agenda. (this is sad to me. Before even knowing what legislation Biden admin wants to pass, the leader of the republicans in congress "role" is to simply go against it no matter what.)
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To me this is just disgusting. It is pissing in the face of the American citizenry. It is saying overtly that our only goal is to **** over the other guy regardless of the cost or impact on regular Americans. And it is a sign of how far we have fallen as a nation. I wonder if we will completely collapse in my lifetime? Considering I am over 50 and desperately hope I don't live much past 60, the answer is still an emphatic "maybe".
 
I don’t know why republicans are pretending like they haven’t made killing social security and Medicare as primary goals. Their own politicians propose such. It’s been a long-standing Republican tradition to cut taxes for wealthy donors and corporations and then working to cut public investment in education, health care, and the social safety net to balance deficits.

Mike Lee:

View: https://twitter.com/meidastouch/status/1623219230643744768?s=46&t=1LcjLOrDHTDxbrPakx6J8Q


Rick Scott (likely successor to Mitch McConnell as majority leader)

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Scott doubles down on sunsetting all federal programs after Biden’s jab

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended his proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years and slammed President Biden as “confused” in response to Biden’s claim at the State of…
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At some pt, don’t tax increases need to come into effect? I remember hearing that the Bush tax cuts would be “good enough” to stabilize the economy. Than the Trump tax cuts. If DeSantis comes in, will he have to cut taxes too? At some pt, you can’t cut taxes anymore, right?

In recent years, Kansas learned the hard way that they cut taxes too much. Without sufficient tax revenue, public investments in services and programs collapses. No one loves paying taxes. But it’s something we all do for civilization. Without tax revenue, public investment ceases. I like having security, infrastructure, clean air and water, schools and libraries, etc.

Kansas experiment - Wikipedia

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fishonjazz said:
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Becomes Meme Of The Night For All The Wrong Reasons

White Witch? Cruella? Pennywise? The Republican congresswoman's critics have some thoughts.
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lol
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The issue for me here isn’t the clown MTG. It’s the thousands of fellow Americans in her district who are so bored with life, so angry, so unfulfilled, that they decided they wanted two more years of her ********.

She isn’t improving their lives in any significant way through legislation. People in her district are just as poor/rich as they were two years ago. But she is ******** on the people they hate and providing entertainment. Which is concerning to me. Politics should be boring not entertaining. We should want leaders who want to lead and govern, not leaders who merely **** on people.

I just don’t get it. I don’t get why/how thousands of Americans would rather have a troll like Gaetz, MTG, Boebert, Cruz, Lee, etc than have someone who cares about government.
 
The Thriller said:
I don’t know why republicans are pretending like they haven’t made killing social security and Medicare as primary goals. Their own politicians propose such. It’s been a long-standing Republican tradition to cut taxes for wealthy donors and corporations and then working to cut public investment in education, health care, and the social safety net to balance deficits.

Mike Lee:

View: https://twitter.com/meidastouch/status/1623219230643744768?s=46&t=1LcjLOrDHTDxbrPakx6J8Q


Rick Scott (likely successor to Mitch McConnell as majority leader)

thehill.com

Scott doubles down on sunsetting all federal programs after Biden’s jab

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended his proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years and slammed President Biden as “confused” in response to Biden’s claim at the State of…
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At some pt, don’t tax increases need to come into effect? I remember hearing that the Bush tax cuts would be “good enough” to stabilize the economy. Than the Trump tax cuts. If DeSantis comes in, will he have to cut taxes too? At some pt, you can’t cut taxes anymore, right?

In recent years, Kansas learned the hard way that they cut taxes too much. Without sufficient tax revenue, public investments in services and programs collapses. No one loves paying taxes. But it’s something we all do for civilization. Without tax revenue, public investment ceases. I like having security, infrastructure, clean air and water, schools and libraries, etc.

Kansas experiment - Wikipedia

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I think i remember senator Ron Johnson proposing to cut or do away with ss and medicare (i could be wrong though)
 
@Red Your Wannabe Intellectual Highness, if you can take a second from sniffing your own farts and mainlining Trump heroin into your addicted blood maybe you can worry about true problems affecting Americans not your bat **** crazy conspiracies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reflecting on their personal financial situations, 35% of Americans say they are better off now than they were a year ago, while 50% are worse off. Since Gallup first asked this question in 1976, it has been rare for half or more of Americans to say they are worse off. The only other times this occurred was during the Great Recession era in 2008 and 2009.

"Most lower-income Americans, 61%, say their financial situation has deteriorated over the past year, while less than half that number, 26%, indicate it has improved. Middle- and upper-income Americans are also more likely to say they are worse off than better off, but by much narrower margins than seen among the lower-income group."


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Half in U.S. Say They Are Worse Off, Highest Since 2009

Half of Americans say they are worse off financially now than they were a year ago, the worst Gallup has measured since the Great Recession.
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The Thriller said:
This will aid millions of the “forgotten” men and women sooooo concerned with inflation and gas prices, right? After all, the GOP is the serious party of the working class. Right?


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The problem Democrats created mind you but hey Republicans. At least they are trying as I'm tired of watching groceries go up and up every day under Biden. Eggs used to be $1.50 but now their over $6. But hey republicans. Milk... Gas is has gone up 45 cents. But hey Repbulicans.

Tribal... 50% say their lives are worse off. Democrats blaming Republicans for their massive failures.
 
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This won’t get as many clicks as republicans claiming school librarians are teaching CRT to kindergarten kids during drag Queen story hour or some Republican Governor threatening Disney or some MTG posing with a machine gun, but this seems important for those of us who care about real substantive issues

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More jobs created so far under Biden than under the last three Republican presidents

The latest jobs report shows that the unemployment rate has also reached a 50-year low.
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The Thriller said:
Good eye. Apparently he’s doubling down:


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One of the tough things if they choose to do away with social security, is then I want my ****ing money back. How much debt will they need to incur to pay all of us back for the money we have been forced to pay into the system we will never see? And then we would literally be the only truly developed nation with NOTHING to take care of our aging population in any way. I guess that is some kind of accomplishment? ****ing morons.
 
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