Republicans win House.
Republicans win House.
Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January. Decision Des…
Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January.
Decision Desk HQ projected the GOP would hold the House by winning its 218th seat on Monday, the number needed for a majority in the lower chamber.
But consider the outcome if democrats hadn't committed genocide. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.
But consider the outcome if democrats had passed any particular policy. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.
But consider the outcome if democrats had shot everyone involved with January 6th. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.
But consider the outcome if democrats hadn't started World War 3. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.
The trolley problem and its consequences have been a disaster for mankind.
I didn't expect Copmala to get btfo this badly lol
Her electoral performance is the worst since Dukakis lmfao
And just like him, history books will teach that she lost for being too “left” or “liberal” with the latter being true but not in the way they mean it
its fine im sure the parliamentarian will prevent them from doing anything nefarious
Death to America
I have no idea what the "parliamentarian" is, so every time I read a post about it I'm imagining some anonymous figure with a Mandalorian helmet sitting in congress looking serious.
It's some rules lawyer shit the democrats used to block progressive legislation. They can literally fire the parliamentarian as many previous majority holders have
I think it's some rules lawyer expert like people are saying. IIRC they brought it out because they were making a Reconciliation Budget Bill, which they do like only once or twice a year, and the rules are that bill has a lower threshold to pass (since everything is filibustered now you need 60% to basically do anything else) but it has to be budget related stuff. When there was a question on whether some progressive legislation counted, the parliamentarian came out to read the ancient scrolls and divine from the stars that it didn't count and couldn't be put in the bill.
Good job Dems, I hope you're happy
welp, it was nice knowin y'all, here's hoping the rest of the world can put down the rabid corpse of the dead fascist empire that is our country after they purge us all, and build a better world once america is dead and buried
(unless they somehow manage to fuck this up and accomplish nothing by catching biden and the dems' brain disease, not exactly unlikely considering that this would be a more stable path for capital than letting the chuds go hog wild)
The GOP is just as much a big tent as the Dems but there's a bigger fraction of rabid hogs that can't cooperate on anything but blocking actions, so we'll see
President Xi, please come to the US and give us freedom and democracy
If you're still in line, stay in line. They have to let you vote.
so how fucked are we now that the most evil people control all branches of government? do dems hold close enough of an amount of seats to oppose anything they wanna do at all?
The dems can filibuster anything except the budget reconciliation bill. The republicans can remove the filibuster with a simple majority vote.
The republicans can put anything at all in the budget reconciliation, but the Senate parliamentarian can say no. The Senate majority leader can fire and appoint the Senate Parliamentarian at will.
The Senate Parliamentarian also determines whether more than 1 budget reconciliation bill is allowed per year.
damn if only the campaign had held one more Beyoncé concert
If only more people would have walked tuah a poll booth and vote on that thang 😭
Fuck the Democratic Party. That is all I really have to say.
Lol. Lmao
I'm scared. I didn't expect Dems to fumble quite this badly.
they wanted this more than they wanted to stop the genocide
Good thing we got that parlementarian
A parliamentarian is appointed by the majority and their opinions are advisory. So if you want to kill the $15 minimum wage increase, first you have to appoint a parliamentarian who disagrees with the $15 minimum wage and then you have to pretend like they are an expert (and not just a political appointment) and that their opinion is somehow binding. So much circular bullshit "clever politics", just to lose to Trump ANYWAY.
I wonder how many democrat politicians vote republican.
Bluesky libs are so shell-shocked that there are hardly any threads on the GOP winning the House. And the threads that exist don't have many likes. Most of the comments aren't worth mentioning but I did like these two.
Can’t blame Dems when you’ve got a trifecta.
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Honestly, good. Let them pass their destructive agenda. Buyer’s remorse will kick in in a few months.
It will ruin many others before it ruins them.
You are now entering the Cool Zone
When will Xi Jinping liberate us from our oppressors?!
Perfect person to post this, too.
Damn I wish I could care
Will they do shenanigans with leadership?
Generational L
Didn't the Republicans get a trifects in 2016 though? I seem to be Mandela effected or something, because I'm pretty sure they did, then dems won 2018 and got their owm "trifecta" im 2020 (unless you're counting SCOTUS). It's still really bad but it seems like it's being talked about as a totally new circumstance.
IIRC yes, though it wasn't fillibuster-proof, but then again I don't think this one is either?
