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[catastrophe]

https://twitter.com/NeverSociaIism/status/1332916294811852800

I’m positive this scene is straight out of a Ted Cruz fantasy.

Mike Pence if the person with the whip was Trump.

[MadCat]

That pic is a little NSFW.

[waks]

Not a new take, sexualization when (sometimes) talking about AOC is kinda weird in its overtness.

Definitely, I don't get it either, it's not like she's the only young legislator on capital hill.

afaik, she is the only one that is extremely attractive.

We're venturing into creepy territory but I'd think a lot of the people who sexualize AOC would find Tulsi, Elise Stefanik, Krysten Sinema, Jaime Beutler, Kathy Rogers, and Kansas' own Lynn Jenkins attractive.

No love for Illhan?

[kim carnes]

The weirdness is bc 99% of people that are into discussing politics are huge nerds

[star seed 7]

Sinema is my hottie in congress pick 

[Institutional Control]

Sinema is my hottie in congress pick 

I'm all about Katie Porter.  She reminds me of my second grade teacher.

[MakeItRain]

Not a new take, sexualization when (sometimes) talking about AOC is kinda weird in its overtness.

Definitely, I don't get it either, it's not like she's the only young legislator on capital hill.

afaik, she is the only one that is extremely attractive.

We're venturing into creepy territory but I'd think a lot of the people who sexualize AOC would find Tulsi, Elise Stefanik, Krysten Sinema, Jaime Beutler, Kathy Rogers, and Kansas' own Lynn Jenkins attractive.

No love for Illhan?

For the white conservatives who fetishize AOC, nah. I think she's pretty though.

[Kat Kid]

I’m not going to tiptoe around this, Ilhan is the belle of the ball.

[kim carnes]

Damn, you boys thirsty

[MakeItRain]

I’m not going to tiptoe around this, Ilhan is the belle of the ball.

Have you seen her husband? Shoot your shot.

[sonofdaxjones]

 

“I guess she put the dagger stare on me,” Manchin said in an interview published Tuesday. He added: “I don’t know the young lady — I really don’t. I never met her. I’m understanding she’s not that active with her bills or in committee. She’s more active on Twitter than anything else.”
Joe Manchin

[LickNeckey]

apparently preparing to be president

[sonofdaxjones]

LickNeckey Deflecto Shields:  Full (as usual)

[Dugout DickStone]

apparently preparing to be president

lol that's great

[MakeItRain]

  at thinking anyone cares about or respects Joe Manchin, he's one of the most corrupt politicians in a wholly corrupt entity. If only other pols cared about helping pharma bilk citizens for their own families wealth building as much as Manchin does.

[sonofdaxjones]

So Manchin is the New Biden of the Senate.  Sounds about right.

[sys]

https://twitter.com/besf0rt/status/1339653093647142912

[Justwin]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/kathleen-rice-aoc-house-committee-448001

Rep. Kathleen Rice has captured a prized seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee after a contentious showdown with fellow New Yorker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Rice and Ocasio-Cortez have been battling behind the scenes for weeks to secure one of the few open seats on the exclusive committee, which oversees everything from health care policy to climate issues. Tensions spilled into the open Thursday in a private meeting of the Steering and Policy Committee, where Democrats were forced to choose between the two members in a tense — and awkward — secret ballot vote.

Rice ultimately won in a lopsided vote of 46-13, though it wasn’t without some drama after some moderate Democrats openly criticized Ocasio-Cortez.

"I'm taking into account who works against other members in primaries and who doesn't,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said on the call, according to multiple sources. Cuellar successfully fended off a primary challenge from Jessica Cisneros, who Ocasio-Cortez supported.

Progressives both inside and outside of the Capitol said it would be critical to have Ocasio-Cortez on the Energy and Commerce Committee to help influence critical policies in the early days of the Biden administration.

But some senior Democrats, including on the Energy and Commerce panel, had privately voiced concerns about Ocasio-Cortez landing the seat. Some feared that the firebrand Democrat, who backs progressive priorities like the "Green New Deal" and "Medicare for All," could cause issues as Congress attempts to draft bipartisan health and climate policies next year.

[Kat Kid]

Was there any lingering doubt that Joe Biden and the mod squad controls all the levers of power?  I was pretty sure that was the case already, but for those wondering I think they can stop wondering.

[8manpick]

[Trim]

Was there any lingering doubt that Joe Biden and the mod squad controls all the levers of power?  I was pretty sure that was the case already, but for those wondering I think they can stop wondering.

I like how this could've been posted verbatim by steve dave but triumphantly and happily.

[8manpick]

Was there any lingering doubt that Joe Biden and the mod squad controls all the levers of power?  I was pretty sure that was the case already, but for those wondering I think they can stop wondering.

I like how this could've been posted verbatim by steve dave but triumphantly and happily.

Yes, my image of Kat Kid saying it was the human version of Eeyore

[MakeItRain]

"I'm taking into account who works against other members in primaries and who doesn't,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said on the call, according to multiple sources. Cuellar successfully fended off a primary challenge from Jessica Cisneros, who Ocasio-Cortez supported.

Credit to the dems who are confident enough to openly admit they aren't really interested in influencing policy, they still have placed their highest priority on grabbing and keeping power.

[sys]

progressives acting outraged that congresspersons aren't delighted with a colleague openly trying to oust them from their seats is delightful.

[MakeItRain]

You don't like me so I don't like you is always the best way to govern.