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Today was the last day to see it on HBO max. I watched it. I regret watching it. Its baddddddddd

He has been talking to them. Hes been trying to work on voting laws as well as ECA reform. ECA reform is the obvious way to secure elections and it has some good bi-partisan support. Now that the federal election takeover is dead hes already pivoting to ECA reform. Hes not going to lose reelection. He is an institution in WV and is still a very popular figure there. Progressives in WV are a joke and have little to no power there at all and the idea that hes losing blue collar people is just laughable. Out of everyone in the Senate he may be the one with the best understanding of what the people are concerned about and want. It isnt some massive leftward swing, it isnt expanding government, it isnt some massive federal takeover of elections, it isnt blowing up the filibuster. Its inflation and Covid-19. He's keyed on those points multiple times going back to even before the infrastructure bill passed. Hes been very consistent about these points. Those two items consistently rank among the top concerns of everyone. its not his fault that the rest of his party is so out of touch with what people want that they have convinced themselves that everyone but them is wrong.

Manchin isnt running out the clock on anything. Hes the only possible Democrat who can win in what is arguable the more Republican state in the country. If he diesnt run, that seat flips GOP no matter who the candidate is. He knows this. He also is rumored to want to run for Governor again. He cant do that if he turns hard left. Hes a Centrist because those policies are actually popular in his state. And as much as the Left likes to say hes moving goalposts and being dishonest, he really isnt. Hes been pretty clear from the start on what he will and will not vote for. Its not his fault that people think 1.8 Trillion actually means 5 or more trillion. Or that his repeated statements on refusing to nuke the filibuster somehow means hes actually going to nuke the filibuster. Hes been very consistent, its just that people are either willfully ignoring what he is saying or outright refusing to believe that his repeated statements are his actual position.

Manchins problem is that hes too much of a Centrist for the Democrats, and doesnt suck enough MAGA cock to be in the GOP.

Manchin Watch 2022 is back on! Lots of rumors swirling this morning that if Schumer goes ahead with a vote today on blowing up the filibuster then Manchin will take to the floor and deliver a speech calling out the hypocrisy of the move and announcing that he will leave the Democratic party. The vote is scheduled for 6:30 EST, so stay tune for Manchin Watch to end at roughly 7 EST when the rumors inevitably turn out to be false.

The Great Resignation doent really have anything to do with Biden. Biden cant control where people work. The Great Resignation is all about pent up demand for new jobs after people didnt change jobs during Covid and a re-balancing of power between Employer and Employee. Covid has had a far bigger impact on employment trends than anything Biden has tried.

A lot of the disillusionment with Biden comes from a fundamental misreading of his election. He was elected on 3 main things. 1. Not Trump. 2. A return to normal politics. 3. Stop Covid. Outside of being Not Trump the other two havent really worked as planned. He ran on, and won, largely as a candidate who was going to return us to normal, stop the hyperbolic BS from the WH, and get us back to a point where when you woke up you didnt have to worry that POTUS started WW3 on Twitter. The fact that he was given the smallest ruling majorities in Congress of any new President shows just how much people wanted "normal", not some massive leftward shift. When he won his activist base pushed him hard-left and started pushing things that no one wanted and had no realistic chance of passing. He didnt win by promising to usher in some sort of new progressive regime, yet thats immediately what he tried to do when he got into the WH. The idea that he was going to be the next FDR and massively expand the scope and reach of government was always doomed to fail, yet that was the messaging they pushed. Single-Payer, a federal takeover of elections, massive expansion of government programs, and things like the green new deal were never going to get passed in a House and Senate as evenly divided as it is. Anyone who stepped back and objectively looked at the political landscape would have realized that. But thats not what happened because partisans dont do that. Instead they ate up the messaging thinking that there was this massive transformation on the way, when the reality was that that was never going to happen. So now Biden has seen his numbers collapse because the people in the middle who got him elected are abandoning him in droves because he hasnt really stopped Covid like he promised and he swung hard-left on legislative issues while his activist base is softening because they feel betrayed. Biden fell into a trap of his own making where he started to over promise on things he never could have delivered. That happens frequently to Presidents, "Mexico will pay for the wall!", and sets up November to be a horrible night for Democrats all because he couldnt objectively look at the political landscape when he was inaugurated.

Loooonnngggg way to go, but the trends are sure showing that the GOP is headed for a huge day in November.

The dream would be Bowlen and Manning together. But that doesnt seem possible anymore. The Bowlens are done owning the Broncos at this point, and Elway is a drunk sexist douchebag. So Manning. If the Manning family was part of the winning ownership group I would be so happy. I dont know if they can get to the 30% required to be majority/controlling owner, but even a team with them as the minority owner would be run really well.

That is an absolutely incredible self-own. SCOTUS is quoting the Biden Chief of Staff in part of their legal argument against the mandate. I think everyone knew that the mandate was a work-around, but thats the quite part you never say out loud.

A breakdown of the rulings. There were two separate decisions. The OHSA mandate and the HHS mandate.

Or not. SCOTUS rules that OSHA does not have the authority to mandate vaccines to employers. It did however allow the vaccine mandates to continue for federally funded hospitals and healthcare facilities. This was the most likely outcome, and the one that does seem the most grounded in law. The Feds have always had the power to issue mandates for things that fall under their umbrella, but they do not have the power to mandate things for all businesses. That requires a law to be passed by Congress.

Thats basically that then. The Filibuster will remain as it is, and the drive to reform or totally eliminate it seems dead.

SCOTUS is starting to announce rulings, one potential ruling is on the Vaccine Mandate. Buuuttttt it wont come today. SCOTUSBlog is saying that they issued a single ruling on Social Security and that's it for today. We will have to wait at least one more day for the other rulings.

Looks like the Broncos are going to be sold. A court determined yesterday that the "first right of refusal" lawsuit wasnt enough to hold up the sale. So the Broncos are going to be sold. Theres one Bowlen kid who looks like she should be the owner, but theres two other kids who are absolute scum and have done everything they can to destroy the ownership transition. So now the team will be sold. The Mannings are planning on being part of an ownership group thats putting a bid together. Really hope they are the ones that win.

The original was Wall Street Journal, but thats pay walled. So this was the news site that had it not in a paywall.

Democratic operatives say Hillary Clinton is 'best option' for party to win 2024 election https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-operatives-say-hillary-clinton-is-best-option-for-party-to-win-2024-election "Clinton "is already in an advantageous position to become the 2024 Democratic nominee. She is an experienced national figure who is younger than Mr. Biden and can offer a different approach from the disorganized and unpopular one the party is currently taking," they wrote. "If Democrats lose control of Congress in 2022, Mrs. Clinton can use the party’s loss as a basis to run for president again, enabling her to claim the title of 'change candidate,'" the pair added. Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, has served as a U.S. senator and secretary of state. She made history in 2016 when she became the first woman to represent a major party in a U.S. presidential election. However, Clinton lost that contest to Donald Trump, who is flirting with another run himself." Its like Democrats want to hand everything back to the GOP or something. In no sane world is Hillary Clinton the best option for Democrats in 2024. Their bench may be extremely weak, but Hillary just isnt the answer.

At least Alabama lost I hate Alabama

Ide say hop on the Broncos bandwagon but we have our own ownership clown show at the moment.

Broncos fire Fangio And all of Broncos Country rejoiced.

See, the real strategy is to play for the first part of the season, forget for a couple weeks, then return. Thats what I usually do, and it works wonders for finishing in last.