Will Hahn

If the people who think the Dems scripted this "cave" are right, then what Sanders says here is also scripted.
I think it's possible something is cooking.

That doesn't explain the Minority Whip being in the group at all, nor the Ind from ME. The group appears to have been carefully chosen. Rand Paul was always a "no", so they needed EXACTLY 8.

Fabulous rundown as we have come to expect.
I think something's cooking here. I started out thinking "Fetterman wants Manchins's old role" and now I'm seeing others point out "dude, swing state". And Durbin was a yes- this is part of a plan, isn't it?
Something's cooking.

This. This is the stuff I always get drawn to.

I'm not sure what Schumer can "learn" about how e.g. Fetterman wants to be the new Manchin, or that good caucus members like King have despaired of progress.
I don't think you rally people out of that. I don't think Pelosi could have held them together.

With respect, it was time to swear her in over a month ago.
Now, it's time to recognize the non-zero chance that she will never be sworn in.

Which, based on the strong word we're getting about how bad the files are, forms a good argument for the scenario where Johnson does not, in fact, call the House back into session.

Check me if I'm wrong. A pardon is an implicit admission of guilt, isn't it? And if he specifically exempts himself from a pardon, it means a pardon could have applied.

Which is... kind of an admission of guilt...

Maybe.
Or... since it's an Amendment, it means nothing unless Johnson calls the House. Which means Grijalva. Which means files.

Which means Johnson's not calling the House. Maybe.

I think we're all agreed that the "concession" to hold a vote on ACA extension isn't worth spit.
So, given that Schumer's not an idiot, what's up? Dems caving? Or because this an Amendment, nothing happens anyway since the House would have to go back in session! Which means...

Am I missing something? Or does the CR Senate vote mean, since it's an amendment, that the House would have to come back in session to vote on it?
Because if that's true, then this could be genius. Johnson's stuck, because a session means seating Grijalva, and that means files.

But maybe... the Dems calculate that Johnson won't bring the House back. Because files.

It's become increasingly clear, on that last paragraph, what you will need to analyze tonight. My sympathies, it doesn't look good.

I'm with Gov. Evers, and it's another case where the obvious malice should lead to billing the feds for costs. I want a tsunami of suits, shoving the cost of this up.

I admire your posts so much, great determination reflected.
Does electricity cut out as a blackout? Does the government roll blackouts to preserve energy? Or is your electricity sort of throttled like cellular bandwidth at times?
All the best.

It's boring to keep saying it but the OL is really everything.
I'm delighted that Barkley, Henry, Jacobs--all dealt from their original teams--are running amok in new places now. Better line, suddenly the RBs look younger!

You refer I believe to the Ravens?
Two words. First one Derreick.

Oh yeah? Well, just you wait, lady, we're going to do a deep dive on how you became interested in this case specifically. And when we find out who ... wait, let me come in again.

They tried for 100 year mortgages in Japan and the kids said no, right?

MAGA splits into "I'm owning the libs, nobody will connect the dots" stupid, and "I deleted it, so it never happened" stupid.

There is a difference but who wants to be close enough to these dopes to tell it?

Oh these are investments alright. The common dopes getting caught up in the grift are just icing.

Fair enough, I'll check and then sit corrected.
At any rate, she wasn't driving that bus. Drumpf is.
Into the alley...

Poor Marie was actually offering them cake. The remains of the Versailles breakfast buffet were substantial; she was pointing to the table and meaning literally, let them have THIS cake. So it was tone-deaf and naive, but not poorly intentioned.
Again, not so much right now...

Anything. ANYTHING to distract from the files.

How could the files possibly NOT be term-ending for the administration? Who would have held out this long for something that only hurt the Democrats?
We get it, Clinton's probably in there. Fine, let's go.

Looks like the Dems made a good move there, and the initial refusal from the GoP isn't worth much. Give it a week (so much pain), let the Supremes squirm with permission to starve Americans, see how much of a non-starter it is then.

My first instinct was to scream "GOLD satin, you Philistine!"

But then I flashed back to the scene in Christmas Carol where the homespun shirt is good enough, and the maid pawned his bedcurtains...

So Painful Truth Dept, he DID stand there facing left and stare at the down guy, for the first minute or so. I mean, he did nothing, just turned that way maybe with the same expression you see here.
But somebody turned him, I guess. And then shut him off.

I love how the red restraining ropes just scream "people's house".

Mace post translation: You reported exactly what one party in a lawsuit claimed, and I know there's nothing I can actually do about that. So I'm only going to posture and threaten you once, and then I'll have to yell "squirrel" about something else while I get beaten into Maypo by his lawyers.

Never discount the stupid.