The Dems in congress really are acting like the found a hole in the lines and are charging through it with every tool in the arsenal. I don’t know that Johnson had good options other than to keep the house in session, let the Epstein discharge petition pass, and say the Dems are more focused on that
Maybe as much as there can be a parallel? Ever since 2016 the Republican Party has become much more personality toward Trump and I don’t think that same strain of person alien can exist for Dems at the moment due to negative polarization
Fundamentally the republicans don’t want bipartisan appropriations and the only way to get them would be to not have impoundment happening. The members of congress would have to be willing to turn on Trump to make it happen
I think the Republicans are so disjointed on how to handle this that the pain from the shutdown may make them trade subsidies for a CR with how bad they are trying to find an attack line that will stick
Probably bad in the long run and not good for the DoD itself but it is an attack line being handed to the Dems on a platter, especially with the boat strikes
The decline in one and done but the increase in transfer portal has made early season games a lot less interesting. At least with the heavy one and done teams it was exciting because of all the freshman
The rumors about recruiting violations leads me to believe yes. No reason to bring that up with how college sports operates now unless you want him out for cause
I’m wondering if it’s the legal justification for the boat strikes. Low stakes enough that it would drive Pete mad with his concerns about leaks while being decently important info
Everyone on Earth using multi cam has to be a problem that people that get paid to think about this stuff are thinking about. It just doesn’t work if everyone wears the same camo
I don’t like the comp because the base of support is different. The comp I have seen that I agree more with is that DeSantis is Republican Warren. R staffer class loves DeSantis but he doesn’t appeal to the low info party voters as much
This feels a lot like bad timing. She is popular enough there that she might have cleared the field if she declared for the race early. Her entering after others just feels like setting yourself up to light money on fire