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  I think the problem for their plan is now there are too many monkeys that think they get to make decisions which no one wants.
  
  Yup, definitely this.  I mean Mitch  McConnell of all people just worked to hold together enough Republican support to pass a spending package, BEFORE republicans gain power with a house majority.  This from the self titled 'Grim Reaper' whose entire strategy from 20 years has been to kill every bill while a Dem is in the White House.
  He realized that leaving it up to next year's McCarthy/MTG house majority would be disastrous - possibly defaulting and crashing the economy (and his personal wealth), or welcoming Putin to take over half of Europe.
  They'd be too busy yelling about Jewish space lasers turning our military into transgender furries to actually negotiate funding for the government.
context: I like how his response was "yeah I lied but at least I'm not a criminal"....  which, given his credibility, means we're going to find out he is absolutely a criminal... >
  
  He is 100% a criminal in Brazil. >
  
  Of course. And Jesus Christ, defrauding the elderly of all things. Republicans are fucked if this is their best and brightest lol. 
  Right wingers would rather give their tax dollars to a literal fraud instead of trying to help people in need. 
  It’s really amazing to watch, over and over again. >
  
  Defrauding the elderly is the Republican party's reason for existing >
  
  It's at least the reason they continue to exist as it is their primary source of funding. >
  
  I told my son that if I ever ever think about voting for a Republican then he is to go and seek guardianship because it means I have dementia. >
  
  I’m gonna steal this for my kids. >
  
  As you need. >
  
  Meet the new GOP. Same as the old GOP. >
  
  Except more openly up front about how little they care about morals, standards, and ethics. >
  
  They just say the quiet part out loud now lol >
  
  Because prior to 2016 GOP politicians thought that being blatant liars and racists would cost them elections.
  Then America made trump president and the GOP realized that there are enough racist voters out there that being open about it on the campaign trail can be a net positive. >
  
  You all can thank that shitstain Chief Justice John Roberts of the US Supreme Court for all of this, thanks to allowing Citizens United to happen.
  All of this blatant shit is a direct result of money in politics.  They don't care because they don't have to care.  The money is still gonna keep coming in no matter what they do/say.  As long as they don't do a Madison Cawthorn, they are bought and paid for. >
  
  I think about that a lot.  The supreme court pretends that their hands are tied because they are just "interpreting the Constitution".  This decision will be the reason that the US falls as a superpower.  The best candidate doesn't win, the best funded candidate wins >
  
  Anyone who tells you that the Supreme Court doesn’t legislate from the bench is either being deceptive or naive. The Constitution can’t say anything about mass political advertising, or carrying assault weapons, or gerrymandering, because none of those things existed when it was written and amending it requires a level of consensus that’s almost impossible to achieve for any controversial issue. >
  
  I mean, they elected a shameless con man to the presidency so this shouldn’t be surprising >
  
  Nixon and that other guy.  Guys.  Yep.  The future is here. >
  
  I always thought Nixon was an anomaly, not the standard! >
  
  He was an anomaly. He accidentally did some good while attempting to do as much evil as possible. 
  Granted, a lot of his good was just the bare minimum token effort, and making sure that more good wasn't done, but modern Republicans would happily light every river on fire if possible.
  And causing a constitutional crisis is mandatory if you want to be taken seriously by the base. >
  
  
  He was an anomaly. He accidentally did some good while attempting to do as much evil as possible.
  
  Quite true.. Nixon basically wanted to mandate employers to provide healthcare. He succesfully passed the clean air act and created the EPA and OSHA. Pushed minimum taxes on businesses.
  Fact is back then... republicans actually had to do things for the people. Now they've learned they can just deny people want it, occasionally give wishy washy statements saying they like the idea... then let someone fillibuster every attempt to get it out to keep themselves off record, and bet on the general ignorance of the voters plus lack of interest in calling them out from the media if they actually do have to vote on it personally. >
  
  He's also responsible for the closest effort we've come to UBI. Unfortunately, other people convinced him to scrap it before it was implemented on a larger scale. >
  
  Party of law and order? >
  
  Don’t forget “personal responsibility” >
  
  And “freedom” >
  
  It’s actually just a continuation of a proud tradition, his problem is the visibility of it all. >
  
  GOP leadership is embracing this kind of exhausting distraction. They love how much media attention is focused on  useful idiots while they go about their business-as-usual cronyism. >
  
  100% this; it's the monkey and the organ grinder.
  ~~Soros~~ Santos is the monkey distraction, Mitch is the grinder planner.
  It's why the Gelatinous Orange One got elected, he made a lot of noise and headlines which allowed Mitch and other 'real' politicians run their agendas unnoticed.
  I think the problem for their plan is now there are too many monkeys that think they get to make decisions which no one wants.
  (edited for name correction)