Shutdown is prob going to last at least until Trump's State of the Union next week.

Unless Dems cave, which they prob will.

High school shooting in rural Kentucky. Given this was in McConnell’s state, I’m curious to see how congressional GOP will respond.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/kentucky-high-school-shooting/index.html

Mads @ 21/1/2018 22:58

Unless Dems cave, which they prob will.

Lol Schumer.

"The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/the-white-house-wanted-a-van-gogh-the-guggenheim-offered-a-used-solid-gold-toilet/2018/01/25/38d574fc-0154-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.223d8cafc5bb

I mean Hillary's husband is a sexual harasser and she shielded him so I don't really get why anyone is surprised by this...

It’s a little more complicated than that.

I read that pizza thing to my friend at brunch today and she spat out her mimosa on my couch.

I want to believe in Ellen Degeneres' shadow government.

Timmah @ 22/2/2018 11:58

If I had any answers, I'd be running for office somewhere. I'd suggest that we start with term limits for Congress, and see what happens when people aren't more worried about re-election than what's possibly more important. But, perhaps my opinion on that is easily refutable. Baby steps, though, I guess.

I think we need to extend the length of Congressional terms for House reps. Two years is not long enough--it essentially means they're campaigning the entire time they're in office. I think even extended the two-year term to three years would help things a bit, because at least there's some downtime in the middle when they're not worried about their next election.

madykins

I also don't think Igor realizes there's a difference between "leftists" and "liberals."

Igor @ 22/2/2018 14:52

Mads @ 22/2/2018 13:51 I also don't think Igor realizes there's a difference between "leftists" and "liberals." Leftists are complete and utter garbage. But liberals are all pretty much the same on taking away gunz

This is false. I see a lot of division between people who want all-out bans, bans on specific guns, or just better legislation on background checks and methods of purchase. There's also a whole other debate over researching gun violence from a public health perspective.

Nydia Velázquez's bill, H.R.3987 - Protecting Americans from Gun Violence Act of 2017, is one to look into. It would place a fee on background checks and the revenue from those fees would fund gun violence research at the CDC. It's probably not a perfect bill, but I agree with the general premise. Most of the cosponsors are from the Progressive Caucus, though, so I doubt it will get any movement in this Congress.

Igor @ 22/2/2018 15:01

Mads @ 22/2/2018 13:58 Igor @ 22/2/2018 14:52 Mads @ 22/2/2018 13:51 I also don't think Igor realizes there's a difference between "leftists" and "liberals." Leftists are complete and utter garbage. But liberals are all pretty much the same on taking away gunz This is false. I see a lot of division between people who want all-out bans, bans on specific guns, or just better legislation on background checks and methods of purchase. There's also a whole other debate over researching gun violence from a public health perspective. Nydia Velázquez's bill, H.R.3987 - Protecting Americans from Gun Violence Act of 2017, is one to look into. It would place a fee on background checks and the revenue from those fees would fund gun violence research at the CDC. It's probably not a perfect bill, but I agree with the general premise. Most of the cosponsors are from the Progressive Caucus, though, so I doubt it will get any movement in this Congress. I don't quite think that's the case. Every facebook post I've seen is more on the line of "why do we need guns", "gunz r bad mkay", etc. Hell even on here it seems to be the general tone. I don't think any person on any part of the spectrum is against research (at least a large majority should be for it). It's shitty that there are barriers in place that prevent that.

You're basing your entire opinion of a larger group of people off of some idiots on your facebook feed? Great sample.