Mar 3, 2021
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David Waldman and Greg Dworkin deliver us to the hump of a not-so-chaotic and informative week.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden bestows Americans with the gift of summer, by delivering enough vaccine for all of us by the end of spring! All he needs is some more good news and ‘22 and ‘24 are in the bag, right? Well, no, Democrats will need to be unanimous in passing legislation, because Republicans will be unanimous in blocking any, no matter how popular or essential it is, because they simply weren’t elected to govern, they were elected to win.
In lieu of having anything constructive to add, Republicans attack the free market decisions of the Walt Disney Company, Hasbro and Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP, and struggle with the prefered personal pronouns of tubers... although they used to be be just fine with a little makeup and a moustache performing a gender change for years.
Marjorie Taylor Greene learned a brand new trick, but her co-workers are already tired of seeing her do it.
Rich, aka Liberal Thinking, returns with more progressive thoughts on how to Enhance the American Rescue Plan, including perhaps removing child tax credits.
The generic Washington Football Team loses their cheerleaders, which is too bad, because what’s more generic than the cheer, “Goooo…. ‘Team’!” ? There’s still plenty of teams vying for “Racist Football Team.”
A Trump insurrectionist tried to cosplay antifa on 1/6. Insurrectionist Truthers aren’t quite sure. It’s pretty clear who was there, however.
Joe Manchin will never, ever leave the filibuster, and Democrats can’t leave Joe Manchin, but perhaps something can be worked out to make them both more pleasant. Are you confused about the function and importance of the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, and when it is appropriate and prudent to ignore her, and what the procedure, processes, and precedent is in bypassing her? Listen to David’s analysis on KITM’s final hour and learn how much, much more you can be confused about!