Steely_D wrote:

Fake it until you make it

 Steely_D wrote:

Lex Luthor is probably still shopping for a spot to build a lair.

 kcar wrote:

Well, they're still trying to revive the Superman franchise. Oh. Wait. The other DC. Never mind.

 Steely_D wrote:
Hillary is still on Not-Twitter? I thought everyone left for the Sky is Blue 

 islander wrote:
Off Message by Brian Beutler. You can find him on Substack, probably the Sky is Blue thing too. 

 

 steeler wrote:
DC could do a lot of better things with the land than build/renovate a football stadium. 

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Thoughts and prayers.

 steeler wrote:

If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention.

Imagine if you will an unelected oligarch setting in motion his plan to shut down the federal government days before Christmas.

You are now entering the real Deep State.

“If you’re just catching up: the Republican Party, taking orders from the world’s richest man, is on course to shut down the government over the holidays. Stopping paychecks for our troops and nutrition benefits for low-income families just in time for Christmas,” Hillary Clinton wrote in a post on X.

 kurtster wrote:

According to this, Clinton had it and used it until the Supremes said no. I'd forgotten that brief moment in history. I was still under the impression that no one had tried it so it never came before the court.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
IIRC, Clinton wanted it and it requires a Constitutional Amendment.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

it would seem some form of "weak" line item veto (that overcomes the past SOTUS ruling) is a good idea.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Just a FYI clarification on the DC stadium: It is misinformation that the feds would be paying to build a stadium. The old RFK Stadium sat on federal land that had been leased to DC. DC wants control of the land transferred to DC so it can utilize it without restrictions. The ultimate aim probably is to get the Commanders to move back to DC and build a stadium on the site. It would be funded by the Commanders and/or DC.

Edit: Also: If Biden signs it, there is no veto option.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

That's the key. This is NOT about making America great again, otherwise he'd be supportive of things to improve the nation. But HE WANTS CREDIT. He said it ad nauseum during term one: he doesnt' get thanked enough. That's the sign of someone who is greedy and needy, not self-confident and sure of themselves. A massive ego problem. Everyone is saying so. they come up to him with tears in their eyes and say, "Sir..."

Look at his history: tanked the bipartisan border deal and tanked this. Because it was the right thing to do? No, because he wants Biden to take the blame for things. That's simple-minded self-aggrandizing politics. This hollow shell of a loser doesn't give an aeronautic intercourse about the nation, just himself. But that's no surprise. Everyone is saying it.

 black321 wrote:

Every president wants a "line item veto" and there's nothing specifically saying they can't do it, but none have.

In this case, though, Trump doesn't want it because the responsible thing to do would be to veto the stadium and other stuff shoehorned in but he doesn't want to be responsible.

 ColdMiser wrote:

does anyone know what's in the 1,500 page legislation?
why does congress keep finding itself in these situations, throwing every wish list into a "must have" spending bill, without which everything shuts down and doesnt get funded?
and what exactly are these two dumbasses proposing as an alternative, other than the aforesaid chaos?
you get the politicians you deserve!?