It's amazing how inept these dipshits all are.
It's equally amazing that the US population continues re-electing their dipshits, because they believe that it's everyone else's dipshits who are the problem.
I honestly don't know if this system is capable of being repaired.
I had this conversation with my spouse earlier. I don't think we can come back from this insanity. Going back to even Newt Gingrich's (who was an asshole in his own right) era is also out of reach.
I think the only way we come out the other side is if the Republicans destroy themselves (best case) or if they destroy democracy itself (more likely IMO).
As my spouse said, they're like the kids who would rather blow up the toy than share.
Demographics will thin their numbers .. hugely.
It’s been worse. Honestly, the post WWII era was an anomaly where everyone wasn’t a dipshit. We muddle through.
That sounds like a veiled "both sides" sentiment.
Subtle tankie?
not all of us are electing do nothing dipshits like Trump and Biden
some of us that are not participating are not allowed to vote
there is more that can take your vote away than just being a felon
It’s neat watching the birth of a new tradition
The hard-right flank is also insisting that new immigration policies be included, which they say would stop the record flow of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border.
Republicans holding the government hostage to try and push their agenda? This is no longer a new tradition.
♫A tale as old as time♫
It can only operate as a shit show for so long.
Kick the can! Kick the can! WOO!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running into March and avoid a partial shutdown next week.
Johnson insisted Friday that he is sticking with the deal he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., despite pressure from some conservatives to renegotiate.
That accord sets $1.66 trillion in spending for the next fiscal year, with $886 billion of the tally going to defense.
The hard-right flank is also insisting that new immigration policies be included, which they say would stop the record flow of migrants at the U.S-Mexico border.
Johnson met with about two dozen House Republicans this past week, many of them centrist-leaning voices urging him not to go back on his word and stick with the deal.
“I just can’t imagine the House wants to relive the madness,” said Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., who had helped McCarthy negotiate the initial agreement with Biden and the other leaders.
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