Skip the middlemen (Manchin and Sinema) and negotiate directly with ExxonMobil and Big Pharma?

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Tuesday September 28, 2021 · 9:32 AM PDT

2021/09/28 · 09:32

Can we just save time and negotiate directly with whoever is backing Manchin and Sinema?

Imagine calling them out publicly and saying, since you won’t tell us the number you’re comfortable with, we’re calling on the special interests who have funded you to negotiate directly with the administration.

Let’s skip the middleman and go right to the source.

This is clearly how America now works, post-Citizens United. I mean, it always has. But now with unlimited and dark-money giving, it’s worse.

So let’s just publicly tell ExxonMobil, what exactly do you want? Name a number. Can we give even more subsides. Give us a starting point. Hell, how much stock would we have to buy to gain a controlling interest?

Because if we’re talking about the possibility of averting complete climate disaster, and they are the ones standing in the way, that’s gotta have some kind of number value. So what is it? We’re never going to know if we have to negotiate though middleman Joe Manchin.

And what does Big Pharma want, and can we get that info directly, instead of having to “negotiate” though Sinema? Make us an offer.

Nobody in Washington would ever want to admit the truth we all know. But imagine how satisfying it would be if President Biden said he was going to break off negotiations with Sen Manchin and Sen Sinema, and instead of inviting them to the Oval Office, he would instead invite the board of directors of ExxonMobil.

Because that’s apparently the only way to get things done in this version of America.

Stacey Abrams: Where Should I Send My Money For the GA Special Election?

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Friday November 06, 2020 · 6:22 AM PST

2020/11/06 · 06:22

Assuming there is a twin runoff in Georgia, I know I’ll be donating money to both of our candidates there, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. I gave them money in the general, and clearly they ran campaigns that put them in a winning position that got them here.

But to Stacey Abrams, whose role in making Georgia a blue state (fingers crossed), I say this: take my money.

Seriously, if Stacey Abrams texted me and said, “Jordan, here’s where your money could do the most good on January 4th,” that would be good enough for me.

So Raphael and (hopefully) Jon, get read to receive my donations.

But seriously, Stacey, text me soon and tell me how we’re going to win this.

Just Read The PDB Live on Fox & Friends?

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Wednesday July 01, 2020 · 9:30 AM PDT

2020/07/01 · 09:30

Screenshot of Fox & Friends anchors Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade looking shellshocked at the end of the video.

Maybe this will keep country safer…

Have the cast of Fox & Friends read the PDB live on air to the President every morning. While there are some downsides to this (the whole world will know the threats we all face), there are some significant upsides:

1) Trump will actually get the info needed to keep us safe.

2) We will know that he got it also.

3) People around him can now ask him on a daily basis, “Mr. President, did you catch the A Block on F&F this morning? Anything you want us to do?”

Yes, we’d be giving up some national security secrets, but at least we’d know the C&C actually does his job. It’s a lot to ask him to read a 1-2 page document every day, so if F&F can help out, why not consider it? I mean, we’d actually be safer this way, wouldn’t we?

Just to be safe, to make sure he watches it, maybe we should retitle the show to, “Good Morning, President Trump, You’re The Most Amazing President In the History of the US.” That way, he’s more likely to watch the show.

CNN or NBC: Hire Me As Your New WH Correspondent

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Friday April 24, 2020 · 10:23 AM PDT

2020/04/24 · 10:23

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following a meeting of the coronavirus task force in the Brady Press BriefingÂ Room at the White House on April 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. The president today removed the independent chairman of a committee tasked with overseeing the roll out of the $2 trillion coronavirus bailout package. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hire me, then fire me.

Yes, you can fire me after my one and only appearance in the White House briefing room, during which I will calmly ask the President one question none of your other journalists will apparently ask.

I’m sure the WH will escort me out immediately, and that’s fine. Probably safer for me to avoid time spent around people not wearing masks.

You can claim you didn’t know who hired me, or how I got the credentials.

You can say that my comments don't reflect your position.

You’ll never have to pay me, because I’ll only be on the job for ten minutes.

Your career journalists, my would-be colleagues for like ten minutes, will get to keep their jobs and big salaries.

I’ll ask the question for them. The question that either “decorum” or fear prevents them from asking.

If I had a chance to ask the President one question, it would be something like this:

“Americans are dying. What in God’s name is wrong with you?”

And if Pence was standing beside him, I’m pretty sure I’d ask him about the 25th amendment.

If you had a chance to ask him one question on live TV, what would you ask?

ACA 'free-riders': GOP again defending the 1%

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Sunday July 01, 2012 · 11:35 AM PDT

2012/07/01 · 11:35

I've heard the Republican talking points about how the ACA is supposedly "a middle class tax increase." That's according to Mitch McConnell on Fox News this morning. You've heard the same thing non-stop since Thursday's ruling. It's a "tax increase" on the middle class.

Uh no, it's not.

According to the CBO, it's a penalty that only about 1% of Americans will end up paying. And they will choose to pay it instead of purchasing healthcare with their own money and/or government assistance.

So 99% won't have to pay the penalty. 1% will. By their choice.

Hmm. 99% and 1%. Why is that, once again, the Republicans are in the position of defending the 1% against the 99%?

Hillary's Threshold: "Bill Slept With Me at 3AM. Sometimes."

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 9:24 PM PST

2008/03/06 · 21:24

So let me see if I have this whole "3AM"/"Threshold" thing down.

The argument is that on the occasions where Hillary Clinton was sleeping with her husband the President (which presumably would have been most, if not all, of his Presidency, right?) and he would happen to get a call at 3AM about some big crisis, she would do what? Listen in? Really?

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Friday October 07, 2005 · 1:50 PM PDT

2005/10/07 · 13:50

SPOILERS FOLLOW...

So I'm watching this past Wednesday's episode of Lost (#1 for the night, 22 million viewers, transcript here) and it hit me about twenty minutes in. This unusual pastiche of drama, mystery, sci-fi, horror - it's actually an allegory. The show's writers are doing an allegory for our fearful times. Read More

Bush might want to check with the President

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Monday September 26, 2005 · 1:42 PM PDT

2005/09/26 · 13:42

Bush might want to check with the President before he goes shooting off his mouth:

George Bush today:

""We can all pitch in by being better conservers," Mr. Bush said after being briefed on the hurricanes' impact on the energy industry at the Energy Department. "People just need to recognize that these storms have caused disruptions."

Dick Cheney in 2001:

"Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy."

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