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119th congress: must be at least 75 to chair a committee!

Handyman said:
We have been faking peace plan ideas my whole life. How many "Mideast Peace Plans" that had zero chance to happen have pols run on? I think you are being a bit naive on that

The Ukraine comment in the original post was more of an afterthought...the big deal is that a MAGA fellator who just got Scaramuccied by a President-Elect. Even Presidents dont pull that move let alone powerless blowhards. That is what isn't normal. Purging Progressives is one thing...but purging MAGA? That is not expected.

Look Ukraine was screwed November 4th, but they were at least going through the motions to play the game. We havent even hit Inauguration Day yet. This is very very very bad.
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Me, naive? Nah. I would venture to guess most, if not all, of those peace plans were proposed with the intention of trying to actually achieve peace, whether they were good policy or not. Trump and his team have no intention of trying to achieve peace. Everyone, including Ukraine and Mike Rogers, knows it. It was very very very bad when he got elected. You’re the one being naive if you think anything Trump does between now and January 2029 is new/surprising and bad. It’s Donald Trump, for f*ck’s sake. Of course it’s going to be bad and dangerous.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Is it really unexpected, though?
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I mean, f*cking for real. He said he wanted to be a dictator on day 1. He lied about that. He’s a dictator before. Is that scarier and new and different than if he had been on day 1? I mean, yes, but it’s simply semantics. We all expected him to be like this, right? I certainly did. Of course it’s going to be f*cking bad and awful and unprecedented in this country lol.
 
According to Mike Lee, "abolish TSA and let airlines do their own screening."

If this guy gets his way, the only thing standing between us and another 9/11 is Spirit Airlines.
 
MissThundercat said:
According to Mike Lee, "abolish TSA and let airlines do their own screening."
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Privately contracted security was the norm pre-9/11, typically awarded to the lowest bidder, and with few federally-defined standards and procedures. The difference now is that rather than raise fares to pay for it, they'll all announce a new $200 "airport security fee" to replace the TSA fee so they can clearly shift the blame.
 
I wont lie, I am all for abolishing the TSA. It is a waste of time and resources. None of them are stopping anything...hell half of the ones I see can barely walk. Sorry but anyone can run a conveyor belt and an X-ray scanner.

The security theater at the airport is hilariously stupid. Let the airports pay for it then no one will ever fly south of the Mason-Dixon!
 
ScoobyDoo said:
How is that less expensive? God, these people are ****ing morons.
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It isn't. This is putting that expense back on paying customers, similar to a toll road. A use tax, basically, which cons love since half their voters are xenophobes who rarely or never wander more than 20 miles from home.
 
bronconick said:
Peters not running for re-election in the Senate.
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This makes things more interesting for Traverse City resident Buttigieg - run for governor or Senator? IMO, he has to run for something in Michigan in 2026 to remain a younger face of the party and stay in the news, or else moving here was just to escape Colder Alabama. SoS Jocelyn Benson has already announced she's gunning for the governor's office, but a month ago Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his own independent bid, most likely complicating matters for the Democrats.

Would Dana Nessel consider it?
 
I have completely flipped and I am not sure Pete will ever be much more than he was in the Party. I think he is seen as too corporate friendly and not far enough Left on some issues. If he is smart he goes for the Senate he will fit in great there. (I cant speak to Michigan State Politics so no idea if Governor is a good idea)
 
Honestly, I'm quite annoyed with Duggan's decision to run as an indie. I suspect it's because he thinks the MI Dems will be hostile to any white dude not named Pete Buttigieg. He also thinks he can still Third Way it in 2025 and fuse together a coalition of moderates by shedding the party label, and running on, "I reinvigorated Detroit by bridging the gap between the city & the suburbs, and public and private interests!"
 
Does someone with connections to Detroit make them radioactive outside of the SE corner of the state?

Like how you see the same thing with someone from Chicago connections outside of the I-80 & I-39 borders
 
It's stigma.

The "Oh you're from Detroit," has the same connotations as "Oh, you're from Chicago/Cook County," in that you're a "city" person with zero "country / real world" exposure.
 
It's pretty much what aparch said. Regardless, he isn't going to win the rural knucks who hate cities and are scared of Detroit. He's going for that crop of casually racist suburban squares who still joke about Coleman Young while they visit downtown 5-10 times a year for sports, concerts, or theatre.
 
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