Mississippi picks another Senator.The fight over Democratic leadership heats up.Jensen Huang’s dirty (and potentially dangerous) laundry gets aired.What a we...

Mississippi picks another Senator.

The fight over Democratic leadership heats up.

Jensen Huang’s dirty (and potentially dangerous) laundry gets aired.

What a week. Let’s unpack what it all means on the Coffee Klatch.

  • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Now I’m sort of hoping that an ineffective leader rises in several decades by the first name of Yeet.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I think it’s time to realize that, while the election has its own effects of sending a message to the GOP about how much the public hates their plans, and has caused corpos to start switching sides, the math around Congress is not going to create any new laws. It doesn’t matter if we own both sides of Congress, since Trump can veto everything, the GOP can filibuster anything in the Senate, and nothing will get passed. The federal legislative gridlock will continue until the braindead peons will get it through their thick skull that elections need to be continued every year, not when they are passionate about it.

    1. Elect Democrat to president.

    2. Get pissed that the president getting cockblocked by Congress every step of the way because the House has a majority of Democrats, but the Senate still runs in six year cycles, and has a Republican majority (or filibuster power).

    3. Wait two years.

    4. Elect a bunch of Republicans to Congress.

    5. Get pissed that the Republicans didn’t do anything, either.

    6. Wait two years.

    7. Get pissed that the new Democratic presidential candidate isn’t exactly what they wanted, focus on one issue that they might disagree with, stay home during the election.

    8. Surprised Pikachu face when the worst Republican candidate they can muster somehow wins the election.

    9. Endure two years of hellish bullshit, despite the Congressional stalemate.

    10. Elect a bunch of Democrats to Congress.

    11. WE ARE HERE! Get pissed that Democrats in Congress can’t fix anything because the Republican president vetos everything, and the Senate is still locked in a Republican filibuster “majority”.

    12. Endure two more years of hellish bullshit.

    13. Rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat.

    All of this bullshit about Chuck Schumer is just noise. Who the fuck cares? Elect an actual donkey to become the Majority Leader. It has the same effect.