Charlie Board
@chboar.bsky.social
Yep.
I can't see the GOP taking a one year extension under any circumstances.
They are orders of magnitude more likely to demand two years.
(If McConnell rather than moron Trump were in charge of their strategy I think they would've already gleefully countered with two years)
I can't see the GOP taking a one year extension under any circumstances.
They are orders of magnitude more likely to demand two years.
(If McConnell rather than moron Trump were in charge of their strategy I think they would've already gleefully countered with two years)
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yep.
I can't see the GOP taking a one year extension under any circumstances.
They are orders of magnitude more likely to demand two years.
(If McConnell rather than moron Trump were in charge of their strategy I think they would've already gleefully countered with two years)
I can't see the GOP taking a one year extension under any circumstances.
They are orders of magnitude more likely to demand two years.
(If McConnell rather than moron Trump were in charge of their strategy I think they would've already gleefully countered with two years)
Personally I think they *only* kill the filibuster if they plan national election law changes so drastic that they pretty much guarantee we never take power again.
I don't think they'll do it - they have like 20 Manchin/Sinemas - but if they do our democracy is dead as a doornail.
I don't think they'll do it - they have like 20 Manchin/Sinemas - but if they do our democracy is dead as a doornail.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Personally I think they *only* kill the filibuster if they plan national election law changes so drastic that they pretty much guarantee we never take power again.
I don't think they'll do it - they have like 20 Manchin/Sinemas - but if they do our democracy is dead as a doornail.
I don't think they'll do it - they have like 20 Manchin/Sinemas - but if they do our democracy is dead as a doornail.
We just saw three days ago how potent 'a GOP shutdown to take away healthcare' is electorally.....
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We just saw three days ago how potent 'a GOP shutdown to take away healthcare' is electorally.....
Who is 'they'?
And doing that while the government is shut down the week before the midterms would be even MORE lethal for them.
People have already seen the scale of the increases THIS year - people aren't going to forget that.
And doing that while the government is shut down the week before the midterms would be even MORE lethal for them.
People have already seen the scale of the increases THIS year - people aren't going to forget that.
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Who is 'they'?
And doing that while the government is shut down the week before the midterms would be even MORE lethal for them.
People have already seen the scale of the increases THIS year - people aren't going to forget that.
And doing that while the government is shut down the week before the midterms would be even MORE lethal for them.
People have already seen the scale of the increases THIS year - people aren't going to forget that.
He would be 'clawing it back' from the biggest insurance companies in the US.
That ain't gonna happen.
That ain't gonna happen.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He would be 'clawing it back' from the biggest insurance companies in the US.
That ain't gonna happen.
That ain't gonna happen.
I think this is a great move.
It automatically makes the ACA subsidies the #1 issue in the midterms and forces the GOP to shut down all over again right before the midterms.
Can't imagine the GOP taking this.
Politically, a one year extension screws them where a longer one doesn't
It automatically makes the ACA subsidies the #1 issue in the midterms and forces the GOP to shut down all over again right before the midterms.
Can't imagine the GOP taking this.
Politically, a one year extension screws them where a longer one doesn't
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think this is a great move.
It automatically makes the ACA subsidies the #1 issue in the midterms and forces the GOP to shut down all over again right before the midterms.
Can't imagine the GOP taking this.
Politically, a one year extension screws them where a longer one doesn't
It automatically makes the ACA subsidies the #1 issue in the midterms and forces the GOP to shut down all over again right before the midterms.
Can't imagine the GOP taking this.
Politically, a one year extension screws them where a longer one doesn't
The ACA rate hike notices would go out Nov 1 - the week of the midterms.
On a purely political calculus test I can't imagine the GOP would even dream of taking this - it's death for them.
They'd prefer TWO years to ONE.
On a purely political calculus test I can't imagine the GOP would even dream of taking this - it's death for them.
They'd prefer TWO years to ONE.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The ACA rate hike notices would go out Nov 1 - the week of the midterms.
On a purely political calculus test I can't imagine the GOP would even dream of taking this - it's death for them.
They'd prefer TWO years to ONE.
On a purely political calculus test I can't imagine the GOP would even dream of taking this - it's death for them.
They'd prefer TWO years to ONE.
He went away but That Haircut didn't....
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He went away but That Haircut didn't....
Now I kind of wish Trump really had gone in person.....
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Now I kind of wish Trump really had gone in person.....
Yeah, but once he calls Marisa Tormei to the stand he'll be saved!
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yeah, but once he calls Marisa Tormei to the stand he'll be saved!
We should actually turn DC into 'n' states where n = (population of DC) / (population of Wyoming)
Fair's fair.
Fair's fair.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We should actually turn DC into 'n' states where n = (population of DC) / (population of Wyoming)
Fair's fair.
Fair's fair.
I can't figure out where he got this very, very. very odd idea that 'emissions reductions' has played ANY serious role in any major races........
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I can't figure out where he got this very, very. very odd idea that 'emissions reductions' has played ANY serious role in any major races........
'Aside from any impacts on new housing supply' literally assumes away all the downside.
Under that assumption what's achieved ten years down the road is 'half the supply is affordable' instead of 'almost none of the supply is affordable'.
Odd argument tactic to assume away your entire position
Under that assumption what's achieved ten years down the road is 'half the supply is affordable' instead of 'almost none of the supply is affordable'.
Odd argument tactic to assume away your entire position
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
'Aside from any impacts on new housing supply' literally assumes away all the downside.
Under that assumption what's achieved ten years down the road is 'half the supply is affordable' instead of 'almost none of the supply is affordable'.
Odd argument tactic to assume away your entire position
Under that assumption what's achieved ten years down the road is 'half the supply is affordable' instead of 'almost none of the supply is affordable'.
Odd argument tactic to assume away your entire position
Sex pests gonna bat signal.....
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sex pests gonna bat signal.....
Legendary New Product Pitch Meetings Around The Communal Bong: "Hey guys, we can't keep those Almond Joys on the shelf. How about - hear me out here - we remove the ingredient that makes them great? What could go wrong?"
November 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Legendary New Product Pitch Meetings Around The Communal Bong: "Hey guys, we can't keep those Almond Joys on the shelf. How about - hear me out here - we remove the ingredient that makes them great? What could go wrong?"
Basically the bottom fell out of pop radio in 1986 of the golden era that ran from 1965-1984. 1989 was probably the nadir.
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Basically the bottom fell out of pop radio in 1986 of the golden era that ran from 1965-1984. 1989 was probably the nadir.
The idea that 'running on economic populism' precludes holding any positions that are not economic is just.....bizarre.
Every economic populist in US history has also held other positions!!!
That said....'making cars more affordable' certainly IS a form of economic populism.
Every economic populist in US history has also held other positions!!!
That said....'making cars more affordable' certainly IS a form of economic populism.
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The idea that 'running on economic populism' precludes holding any positions that are not economic is just.....bizarre.
Every economic populist in US history has also held other positions!!!
That said....'making cars more affordable' certainly IS a form of economic populism.
Every economic populist in US history has also held other positions!!!
That said....'making cars more affordable' certainly IS a form of economic populism.
Putting aside the moral cost of letting people starve (as only true monsters could) there's also the fact that SNAP accounts for a full 12% of grocery purchases in the United States....so the notoriously low margin grocery sector is about to go into full-blown depression.
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Putting aside the moral cost of letting people starve (as only true monsters could) there's also the fact that SNAP accounts for a full 12% of grocery purchases in the United States....so the notoriously low margin grocery sector is about to go into full-blown depression.
Reposted by Charlie Board
We need a Severance spinoff that's just people opting into 9 hours a day of not knowing who Trump is.
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We need a Severance spinoff that's just people opting into 9 hours a day of not knowing who Trump is.
I agree that filibuster reform should be an absolute litmus test in blue states.
But in purple/red states first priority is winning a seat and preventing a Republican vote. THEN worry about which reforms you can get them to support. Electability is job 1
But in purple/red states first priority is winning a seat and preventing a Republican vote. THEN worry about which reforms you can get them to support. Electability is job 1
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I agree that filibuster reform should be an absolute litmus test in blue states.
But in purple/red states first priority is winning a seat and preventing a Republican vote. THEN worry about which reforms you can get them to support. Electability is job 1
But in purple/red states first priority is winning a seat and preventing a Republican vote. THEN worry about which reforms you can get them to support. Electability is job 1