The Political Thread

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/27/politics/takeaways-republican-debate/index.html

Two candidates criticized Trump’s absence, as well. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was “missing in action.” Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the former president “Donald Duck” and said he “hides behind his golf clubs” rather than defending his record on stage.

lmao it's always golf

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/weather/new-york-city-northeast-rain-flood-forecast-climate-friday/index.html

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the New York City area as torrential rain floods roads, basements and subways

 

[Comrade Khan]

Tupac Shakur: Duane Davis charged with 1996 murder of rapper

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is accused of planning the rapper's shooting after decades of mystery.

www.bbc.com

 

[Chris]

Congress struggles to find funding deal as shutdown looms: live coverage

A government shutdown loomed Friday evening, after a day in which House Republicans floated a funding plan that was shot down by 21 conservatives. Most government operations will stop at midnight S…

thehill.com

 

[Deezy]

Tupac Shakur: Duane Davis charged with 1996 murder of rapper

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is accused of planning the rapper's shooting after decades of mystery.

www.bbc.com

What tipped them off? The fact this guy has confessed on multiple documentaries and interviews that he supplied the gun to his nephew and was in the car when he shot Pac?

Everyone knew who killed Pac the next day after it happened.

Diddy better pay this motherfuckers bail.....he still owes him $250k.

 

[Deezy]

This is why you need term limits......the evil Republicans didn't cheat their way into controlling the courts......selfish old fucks did.

Bader-Ginsberg and Feinstein may be feminist icons.....good for you......but both should've fucked off when Obama was in charge and maybe.....now just maybe......Roe V Wade would still be law......kind of ironic it's undoing were because of "feminist icons".

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

Senate passed this so they're open for 45 more days

 

[Jay-Ashley]

So in 45 days the same shit will happen again

 

[Chris]

McCarthy Faces Test as Gaetz Moves to Oust Him for Working With Democrats (Published 2023)

A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Comrade Khan]

Cancerous Trumpanzees

 

[Grim]

Ironic that the human trafficker thinks working with Democrats is the worst thing a politician can do.

 

[Sky]

McCarthy Faces Test as Gaetz Moves to Oust Him for Working With Democrats (Published 2023)

A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.

www.nytimes.com

A Republican split is LONG overdue and I hope this is how it happens

 

[Chris]

Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein replacement

California’s governor chose a labor leader turned power player to serve in the Senate, and an adviser told POLITICO there were no preconditions about whether she could run in 2024.

www.politico.com

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/02/1202941256/nobel-prize-goes-to-scientists-who-made-mrna-covid-vaccines-possible

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman for work that enabled the development mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.