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I agree with Josh Hawley? OK. Odd but OK. Now do other good stuff.
Great, pass that shit. >

I'd say I'll vote against anybody who votes no on this bill, but...let's be honest, they all will. Abusing the public for personal profit has bipartisan support. >

We'll see. There's definitely gonna be some kind of poison pill in the bill. He wouldn't have named it that way if he actually wanted it to pass. >

It shouldn't be legal to have multiple unrelated motions in a single bill. Like poison pill shit is fucking evil. >

It’s the only way a lot of things can get passed (including good and important things). The system is pretty fucking broken. >

It's beyond broken. Stuff that's broken looks at the system & goes "damn, that shit's all fuckered up." >

I wonder if Pelosi could play the old Uno Reverse card and claim ownership of the bill. 
“This is something the American people support, and I’m proud to have my name on it.” >

I don't think she would be down for it, as she just sold Google stock right before the announcement that they will be questioning Google. Hawly is a pos, but why dress a turd with Pelosi? >

Kinda wild that people keep such tight tabs on Pelosi, but the 5 republican politicians who are doing it worse and some far worse are totally ignored and not spoken of. >

Yep. All  of them should have been pilloried in the media over these things. >

She's not even the top 10 in 2022 and people still keep railing her. >

They can all be crooked, ya know. >

Worth pointing out how reddit is obsessed with her in particular >

She’s the face of the Democratic Party, she gets about as much air time a McConnell in terms Reddit outrage. Which fits. >

When it comes to the stock trading thing she gets almost all the flack now adays despite not being the worst offender on either side of the aisle >

Yes because she is a high ranking official and a major figure of the democratic party.
To draw a comparison. Suppose that a rando republican house member and Obama during his presidency both got caught murdering their wife. Who do you think is gonna get the most media attention?
Leader figures are under more scrutiny than rank fillers. News at 11. >

Tragedy. The worst person I know just made an excellent point. >

But made it in the most asshole-ish way he could think of, of course. >

Who cares? Put my fucking name on the bill and then walk me through the streets yelling shame. This shit should’ve happened decades ago and is one of several absolutely essential changes to save our democracy >

True, but I am convinced this guy wouldn't have introduced this bill if he thought it had a snowball's chance in hell of passing. He probably checked to be sure McCarthy wouldn't bother to allow it to hit the House floor before he even ~~wrote it~~ paid someone to write it. >

Just a few months ago McCarthy said Republicans would pass a bill to change the current congressional stock trading behavior, and he noted he only owns mutual funds. >

Hell, maybe I'll be proven wrong and this really will happen. That would be great! >

He's not wrong, but this will fly like a lead balloon.
Naming it that just proves it's nothing more than political theater. >

Well good thing that mythbusters proved lead balloons do fly it just requires effort >

A mythbuster of culture I see >

Been doing a binge on discovery plus! >

Can you stream all the episodes there? >

Yup! I’ll cancel it once I finish I thought there’s be more on it that I’d want to watch but nope ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >

But but but Crocodile Hunter!!! >

Ok, sure. But go the extra step further. Ban immediate family as well. At least household members. Let the government investigate suspicious trades by congressional members family. What, you thought progressives would just jump in and whine to defend Pelosi because you called her out? We're not a cult of personality here bud. Fuck any politician screwing us. >

It's difficult to justify that. An immediate family member may have nothing to do with the concerned politician. To ban them just because they happen to be related is not fair. >

Companies ban immediate family members from winning sweepstakes all the time. Why can't the same logic apply here? just avoid the appearance of impropriety >

Bingo. And if you want to ride that political train, immediate family has to play by the same rules. Don't like it? Don't run for office. >

Heartbreaking: the worst politician you know just introduced great legislation >

He’s had a lot of good proposals. Worked with Sanders on pandemic relief checks and proposed a $15 min wage for large corps. He toes the GOP line when it comes to the performative culture war stuff, but his politics are actually pretty economically progressive >

I've said it before, but..
Fake-fighting corruption is going after individuals, your political enemies.
Real-fighting corruption is going after systems, that both political sides are exploiting. >

Fake standing up to corporations is criticizing them for putting rainbows on their products in June. Real standing up to corporations is criticizing them for fucking over workers and consumers. >


Real standing up to corporations is criticizing them for fucking over workers and consumers.

which neither party is willing or able to do. The railroad strike ban was approved by democrats and forced through by Biden himself, in order to sAvE ThE eCoNoMy >

And they call democrats leftists. >

meanwhile actual leftists criticize the democrats' pro-corporate policies and the dems call leftists Trumpists for not toeing the Dem party line >

I don't think I've seen them call actual leftist Trumpist.  They usually just ignore them and conservatives erroneously call them Tankies. Though there are some Tankies on reddit. (People who support authoritarian left crackdowns like Tienamen Square or some Stalin bs.) >

i remember when some the more extreme/hardline Bernie supporters got called every name under the sun for refusing to support crooked Hillary. It's tough for principled folks who just want to campaign on pro-working class policies.
Meanwhile, although tankies do exist, they're more likely to abstain from voting in elections altogether