We'll not agree on much here, so let us at least have a laugh. Have you seen Ted Cruz, one day after calling Jan 6 a terrorist attack, beg for forgiveness to Darth Tucker? It is hilarious.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ted-cr...-terror-attack

"The buck stops here!".

Or as Nancy put it when talking to Ronald:
"It's the economy, stupid."
Not gonna happen anytime soon.

Granted, I don't see the GoArmy YT account claim that they're US government. But goarmy.com looks very official, and I'm pretty sure that domain or YT account would be shut down immediately if they weren't.

Me, I'd be pissed as hell if that got paid for with *my* tax dollars.

For you and ennui, Komso, the only link I could find to the full article (if one does not subscribe) was courtesy of Zerohedge. Here you go...Worth the read and then some as he nails it imho...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...authoritarians

zerohedge...


yikes
(deprecated as reliable source for wiki, that is an interesting read for anyone with time to spare)

Terrifisch simply posted a link to the full article. I don't have to like the content, but appreciate the access to it.

Never mind the quality, feel the width

This exactly. I wanted to read the piece…although the second time terrifisch posted the substack piece the article seemed to be there in its entirety.

This bit of the article that Terrifisch linked is spot-on:

Doesn't matter whether one tends left or right, there are so many clickbait headlines and articles it's hard to cut through the noise and get useful information.

I completely agree.

I am not sure of the relevance of quoting an article that was mainly about Dick Cheney who retired from politics 13 years ago, other than a reminder of the extremes the GOP can resort to and showing that, unlike Pence, a VP can do more than sit in the background just occasionally nodding.

To be fair Pence did demonstrate standing up to Trump in his last days which was braver than the abject surrender almost 99% of his GOP colleagues are demonstrating today.

"Dems had one job: Don't be crazy. They're mucking it up"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-h...-mucking-it-up

On this Chicago school issue FOX ran wild with instead of covering Jan 6: Apart from probably illegally calling off classes, the loonies of the teachers union have actually stated that "the push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny".

Poor Joe.

Once again Marton, you miss the entire point of the article. Why are Dems/Biden suddenly lauding Cheney given his record regarding human rights abuses and others detailed in the write up? That was the entire point of the article which you failed to grasp...

I won't even get into how much Cheney made through Halliburton but now, he is a saint?

Politicians are similar to footballers, while the more stupid football fans are fighting in the streets the footballers themselves are friendly with their rivals. They go drinking and partying together, if they get a better offer then they change teams without a second thought about loyalty to their team, even Trump used to be a Democrat.

On August 19, 2019, former vice president Dick Cheney headlined a high-dollar fundraiser for President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign and the Republican Party, you think Trump will give the money back

The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that the December deficit 2021 of $21.3 billion was the smallest monthly deficit since a $13 billion shortfall in December 2019.

The December deficit of $21.3 billion compared to a deficit in December 2020 of $143.6 billion. There would have actually been a surplus last month if not for calendar quirks that required some government benefit payments for January to be paid in December.

Well done Biden.

The debt ceiling hit and there was no budget allowing spend money Biden yet needed authorisation to spend. No wonder he spent less than was spent last year.

Worth noting:
The Democrats didn't need the Republicans to solve these two issues.

So you're essentially congratulating Biden for being an incompetent leader and not having a handle on his party, and the Democrats for failing to do their job.

The losses keep piling up for sleepy Joe

-approval rating at 33%…..lowest of any president at this point in the presidency

-Sinema puts kibosh on eliminating Fillibuster

-and the coup de grace, his OSHA vaccine mandate blocked by supreme court. (no brainer)

Should add to your list inflation that hit 7% and the awful speech on voting rights that was filled with lies. At this rate it's worth speculating when the approval rating will be lower than inflation!

What irks me is that everyone expects a president to be some kind of super hero. Well to be honest, Biden is my hero. Fighting the wrong doing and getting blamed for it. Don't blame him. Blame the forces of self-interest putting obstacles in his way.

I think it's the logical outcome that's come from holding the previous President personally responsible for literally anything that happened.

What is really interesting is the fall in support from Democrats. It is now at 75% approval which is just poor in this day and age. Trump throughout his time had quite a strong approval among Rs which kind of limited his floor in the approval ratings

Support with Hispanics is at 28%. (I wonder now how long the Dems will continue to allow illegal immigration )

Honestly, I don't get his strategy, he is pandering to the "progressives" in the party and alienating independents, blue collars, sensible people. The progressives are now mad at him because BBB failed so spectacularly. It's hard to say that the floor on the ratings won't be in the 20's.

The GOP has always functioned like a Frat. A Rep always sticks up for another no matter what. Basically, a mafiosi IMO. It takes real courage for a Rep not to agree with another. However, among the Dems, it's the norm, allowed and expected.