American Politics Thread V: We're Just Biden Our Time ...

[Ifreann]

Yang's plan for police encounters with mentally ill people: implementing a two-strike rule. "What we need to do is document that with a warning, let the person know 'if you do something like this again we're going to take much firmer action.'"

Sure does seem like Yang's best strategy would have been to not campaign at all and rely on people only remembering him as the UBI guy and knowing nothing else about him.

[San Lumen]

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/polit ... 5052576001

Tyler Titus who currently serves as president of the Erie School Board president narrowly won the Democratic primary for Erie county executive on Tuesday. If successful in November he will be the nations first transgender county executive.

[Desena]

Ok I'm convinced he's trolling us, this is too stupid to be real

I feel even stupider for ever buying into the idea that he was a "policy nerd." God, he just needs to shut up and let the adults talk.

I assume he doesn't deal with cops much. This is literally already done by plenty of cops who don't want to fill out the paperwork and for people who really didn't know they were doing anything wrong. Dealing with people is different than numbers.

Having more reside in NYC proper makes perfect sense, but that also goes into rent and availability which is its own beast. Its not that simple but he wasn't talking about that I suppose.

[Major-Tom]

Yang's plan for police encounters with mentally ill people: implementing a two-strike rule. "What we need to do is document that with a warning, let the person know 'if you do something like this again we're going to take much firmer action.'"

Sure does seem like Yang's best strategy would have been to not campaign at all and rely on people only remembering him as the UBI guy and knowing nothing else about him.

Seems like that's how he had an early lead for a long time. He was the "goofy, brainy guy" until he started to campaign. Then people realized "oh, this guy is just a turd out there."

[North Washington Republic]

Yang's plan for police encounters with mentally ill people: implementing a two-strike rule. "What we need to do is document that with a warning, let the person know 'if you do something like this again we're going to take much firmer action.'"

I’m just laughing at tall the left-wing populists that supported Yang.

[Lady Victory]

Yang's plan for police encounters with mentally ill people: implementing a two-strike rule. "What we need to do is document that with a warning, let the person know 'if you do something like this again we're going to take much firmer action.'"

The poor boy's clearly a moron.

Shame.

[Kowani]

Biden signs anti-Asian hate crimes act into law

[Kowani]

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) becomes first Senator who voted to convict Trump to oppose the January 6th Commission

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said on Thursday that he opposes the Jan. 6 commission, becoming the first GOP senator who voted to convict former President Trump to come out against it.

Burr, in a statement, pointed to the Justice Department investigation and a joint probe by the Senate Rules and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees.

“These investigations are being led by the committees with jurisdiction, and I believe, as I always have, this is the appropriate course. I don’t believe establishing a new commission is necessary or wise,” Burr said. Burr, who is not running for reelection, is the first of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict former President Trump of inciting an insurrection to say they would formally oppose it.

The other six are all over the board.

Sens. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) are undecided. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has declined to weigh in.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) are pushing for changes to the proposal, including clarity on who gets to hire the staff. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has indicated that he’s inclined to support a commission. But Burr’s opposition underscores how unlikely it is that Democrats will be able to get the 10 GOP votes they need for the bill to overcome a filibuster.

No GOP senator has come on board in support of the bill yet, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) came out against it on Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is vowing to give the bill a vote. He hasn’t given a timeline for that vote but hinted on Thursday it would be “very soon.”

[San Lumen]

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... ns-charges

Rochester, NY, mayor's husband arrested on drug, weapons charges

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Today I remembered Alex Hirsch is based.

[San Lumen]

Yang's plan for police encounters with mentally ill people: implementing a two-strike rule. "What we need to do is document that with a warning, let the person know 'if you do something like this again we're going to take much firmer action.'"

The poor boy's clearly a moron.

Shame.

I really hope he doesn't become mayor.

[Immortan Khan]

The most likely is that “current technology” isn’t what you think it is, and is actually far ahead of what you assume - wrapped under giant layers of “top secret” classifications.

Just remember that the entire idea of UFOs was created by the CIA to cover up the shit they where doing at Area 51

A lot of the projects at Area 51 quickly became/become known because it's one thing to hide you're building a stealth fighter while still in development but another to deny its existence after you've approved them for your military. This is just people's inability to confront something screwy that is right in their face because it's uncomfortable; much like how people were in denial that the US government was gassing its own soldiers, psycho-torturing unwitting American and Canadian citizens, and injecting black and Guatemalan men with syphilis even after info has come out that they have done all of these things.

[The Reformed American Republic]

The poor boy's clearly a moron.

Shame.

I really hope he doesn't become mayor.

He has some terrible positions, but he is better than plenty of establishment politicians.

[San Lumen]

I really hope he doesn't become mayor.

He has some terrible positions, but he is better than plenty of establishment politicians.

define the term establishment. Im so sick of this phrase being thrown around.

[Exalted Inquellian State]

He has some terrible positions, but he is better than plenty of establishment politicians.

define the term establishment. Im so sick of this phrase being thrown around.

I suppose liberal democrats and semi-libertarian republicans. Basically center-left and center-right members. I guess centrists count to.

[Sincluda]

He has some terrible positions, but he is better than plenty of establishment politicians.

define the term establishment. Im so sick of this phrase being thrown around.

From the perspective of “overthrowing the establishment,” it might be defined as orthodox politicians with not very radical views

[Galloism]

Just remember that the entire idea of UFOs was created by the CIA to cover up the shit they where doing at Area 51

A lot of the projects at Area 51 quickly became/become known because it's one thing to hide you're building a stealth fighter while still in development but another to deny its existence after you've approved them for your military. This is just people's inability to confront something screwy that is right in their face because it's uncomfortable; much like how people were in denial that the US government was gassing its own soldiers, psycho-torturing unwitting American and Canadian citizens, and injecting black and Guatemalan men with syphilis even after info has come out that they have done all of these things.

See, that's the thing.

I know my government likes to cover up shit. They could very well have hypersonic aircraft powered silently by capturing quantum fluctuations using (whatever star trek technobabble justifies what i'm saying) way that generates limitless clean energy, and fuck if they'd tell us and screw up the energy industry.

[Immortan Khan]

A lot of the projects at Area 51 quickly became/become known because it's one thing to hide you're building a stealth fighter while still in development but another to deny its existence after you've approved them for your military. This is just people's inability to confront something screwy that is right in their face because it's uncomfortable; much like how people were in denial that the US government was gassing its own soldiers, psycho-torturing unwitting American and Canadian citizens, and injecting black and Guatemalan men with syphilis even after info has come out that they have done all of these things.

See, that's the thing.

I know my government likes to cover up shit. They could very well have hypersonic aircraft powered silently by capturing quantum fluctuations using (whatever star trek technobabble justifies what i'm saying) way that generates limitless clean energy, and fuck if they'd tell us and screw up the energy industry.

Except they are starting to blatantly admit these incidences and that it kind of freaks them out. Going so far to even reveal encounters not known previously.

[Galloism]

See, that's the thing.

I know my government likes to cover up shit. They could very well have hypersonic aircraft powered silently by capturing quantum fluctuations using (whatever star trek technobabble justifies what i'm saying) way that generates limitless clean energy, and fuck if they'd tell us and screw up the energy industry.

Except they are starting to blatantly admit these incidences and that it kind of freaks them out. Going so far to even reveal encounters not known previously.

That presumes that when they say it freaks them out they are being in any way being honest.

Or, perhaps more plausibly, presumes that the left hand of the government knows shit about what the right hand is doing.

[The Reformed American Republic]

define the term establishment. Im so sick of this phrase being thrown around.

From the perspective of “overthrowing the establishment,” it might be defined as orthodox politicians with not very radical views

People who support the neoliberal status quo. Deregulation and lower taxes on the rich, and privatization.

[Eahland]

I really hope he doesn't become mayor.

He has some terrible positions, but he is better than plenty of establishment politicians.

I mean, given a choice between Yang and giving 2021 Rudy Giuliani 2001 Rudy's job back, sign me up for the Yang Gang.

But maybe instead of a choice between incompetent or incompetent and evil, we could have someone not incompetent or evil?

[Immortan Khan]

But maybe instead of a choice between incompetent or incompetent and evil, we could have someone not incompetent or evil?

Ambitious.

[North Washington Republic]

From the perspective of “overthrowing the establishment,” it might be defined as orthodox politicians with not very radical views

People who support the neoliberal status quo. Deregulation and lower taxes on the rich, and privatization.

The only thing that makes Yang “anti-establishment” is his UBI policy. Other than that, he is pretty much a centrist.

[San Lumen]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5546 ... nt-at-arms

Two House Republican lawmakers threw out letters from the House sergeant at arms warning against violating the lower chamber's mask policy.

MTG posted a video putting it through a paper shredder.

[Shrillland]

Yet another Plaza addition from the Lone Star State:

Texas: Amendment number three would change the eligibility requirements for judges and higher justices. First, they would have to be residents of Texas and US citizens(currently, they only have to be citizens of Texas and the US). Second, the experience requirement for district court judges would be doubled to 8 years from the current 4. Third, the experience requirement of being either a lawyer, judge, or both for the State Supreme Court would remain at 10 years, but a new provision would be added for both types of judge and those for state appeals courts. Namely, if a lawyer or judge's law licence was suspended or revoked at any time during the 8- or 10-year period, they would be disqualified from higher benches. This will take effect for any judge that's appointed for a term on the court starting in 2025.