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She’s an independent thinker alright. Uberkaren.
The Senate ethics handbook states that “staff are compensated for the purpose of assisting Senators in their official legislative and representational duties, and not for the purpose of performing personal or other non-official activities for themselves or on behalf of others.”
Craig Holman, a congressional ethics expert with the nonprofit group Public Citizen, said Sinema’s apparent demands that staffers conduct personal tasks amount to a clear violation of Senate ethics rules, and would typically warrant a formal reprimand by the Senate Ethics Committee. >

Oh no. Not a toothless reprimand! >

I imagine that in a bygone era where people at least pretended to have character, such a publicly embarrassing thing would have had career consequences down the line. >

It wasn’t so long ago that this was true.  I think 24-hour news channels/cable news/the 24-hour news cycle pretty much killed off the type of in-depth reporting that would actually lead to career consequences down the line. >

That and a penchant for "both sides get equal treatment" serves to validate a lot of utter nonsense by placing it alongside legitimate viewpoints. >

Yes!  The pace (24-hours and they are on to the next thing) and the penchant for sloppy “both sides” reporting have gotten us here.  
We need to slow down and digest news.  And — more importantly— insist that news orgs give us something digestible, not the shitty fast food news they have fed us for 30+ years. >

Mass consumption period is an issue that spans so much — from mass consumption of media to mass consumption of things.  
We have some serious items to work on as human beings. >


Unsurprisingly, some staffers found these instructions—and Sinema’s zeal in ensuring they were followed to the letter—to not only be onerous but detrimental to the overall staff’s mission to serve constituents, craft policy, and communicate that work to Arizona.

It is really all about her. >

I thought she was one of the good ones when she came in.   She quickly proved she wasn’t but this stuff is just beyond the pale.  Hopefully, AZ realizes that they got hoodwinked but also hopefully, they don’t just go back to an R. >

We won’t, hopefully. But if I went back in time, given the choice between her and McSally, I would absolutely, grudgingly vote for her again. Awful as she was, at least a few things made it through that wouldn’t have otherwise. >

Fortunately, she's now made it so an actual progressive can run against her and blow her out of the water. >

Yep that’s why she’s running independent.. ugh she sucks we knocked on a lot of doors for her.. >

Staff members shall not use the term Christian Enema when referring to the Senator, even during events taking place after work hours. >

Let it be known that henceforth the term "Christian Enema" shall be known and used throughout the land. >

here, here. >

motion carries. >

Motion approved. >

Oh no! Loose motion on the floor!!! >

Of course she blocks all legislation that helps average people. People like this don’t respect anyone that earns a dollar less than them. >

The symbol of entitlement of the rich. >

Wow…. The Devil Wears Prada In The Senate? >

At least that movie had some quality acting, and Emily Blunt's sexy accent. It and the book had some peeks of character development too.
Something something fiction is obliged to make sense quote unquote.  Or we can sing some Bad Religion. >

A lot more interesting too >

She’s so quirky! What an inspiring girl boss! /s >

This KS sounds like a real douche >

Sounds more like a Christian Enema to me >

Has she tried unplugging her modem and plugging it back it in? >

Seriously, that's what Verizon or any other company is going to tell you, among several other things, before scheduling a tech to come to the house - four days from now.
This is a 46-year-old woman who had a bachelor's degree at 18, has a law degree, a PhD, a master's in social work and an MBA. She teaches business law and master's level classes. And she doesn't know to unplug the modem? >

Reading the article, it sounds like she's not home when she wants someone to fix the internet. That makes me think she does remote work from D.C. to her home and requires her computer to be online to access her home's computer. In that case, it makes sense that she'd want someone near her place to deal with that. However, I'm not sure if it's allowed by Senate Ethics or not. >


I'm not sure if it's allowed by Senate Ethics or not.

Apparently, it doesn't matter.  Because nothing is going to be done about it.