[Tubby Isaacs]

Bluesky doesn't like the deal for the Government reopening. They seem to have got very little except a promise to hold a vote on the healthcare subsidies. I assume that this will be held, lost, and won't even come up for a vote in the House. In defense of the deal, the Republicans will then own the premium rises much more than they do now. I think Bluesky overestimates the degree to which the electorate knows what's about to hit it. There's also an agreement (involving Trump) on ending the federal sackings and insuring the workers get paid for the rest of the fiscal year. Will he stick to that?

And the deal will only run till the end of January, so the Government could shut down again then. Most Dems didn't want the deal, but there's certainly something to work with on one of their best issues, healthcare.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Seems like the Senate budget deal means that Johnson has to recall the House to approve it. But can he do that without swearing in the 218th vote to release the Epstein files?

[Boiler]

This Epstein shit is getting boring.

If there was anything, it'd have been leaked by now.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Remember the partial leak of Trump's tax returns?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justic ... rcna135908

Here's the guy who leaked them, getting 5 years imprisonment, and that with a guilty plea.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Brave position, so you'd think, for a politician from rural Kentucky. Except it isn't. Hardly anybody notices the glaring contradiction.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Actual US Senator purports not to understand insurance.

[Yug]

I have had home contents insurance with the same company for nearly 30 years. I have never made a claim. Am I committing fraud?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Depends if the name Obama can be attached to it.

[The Weeping Angel]

Bluesky doesn't like the deal for the Government reopening. They seem to have got very little except a promise to hold a vote on the healthcare subsidies. I assume that this will be held, lost, and won't even come up for a vote in the House. In defense of the deal, the Republicans will then own the premium rises much more than they do now. I think Bluesky overestimates the degree to which the electorate knows what's about to hit it. There's also an agreement (involving Trump) on ending the federal sackings and insuring the workers get paid for the rest of the fiscal year. Will he stick to that?

And the deal will only run till the end of January, so the Government could shut down again then. Most Dems didn't want the deal, but there's certainly something to work with on one of their best issues, healthcare.

I'd ask Bluesky how did they think the shutdown would have ended?

[Yug]

One little ray of sunshine from that dystopian shithole across the pond

The US Supreme Court has decided not to revisit its ruling a decade ago legalising same-sex marriage.

The justices turned down an appeal from Kim Davis, who was ordered by a lower court to pay compensation to a same-sex couple after refusing to grant them a marriage licence.

Ms Davis argued that same-sex marriage conflicted with her beliefs as an Apostolic Christian.

The 2015 ruling in the case of Obergefell v Hodges was a historic victory for LGBT rights in the US, but some conservatives argue it dealt a blow to religious liberty...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y1z70lwlo.amp

The last sentence should read "... but some conservatives whine it dealt a blow to their stiff-necked bigotry."

Good!

[Andy McDandy]

Religious liberty, as in praying to whichever God you want: no problem. Knock yourself out.

Religious liberty, as in forcing others to comply with your beliefs: fuck the fuck off.

[Tubby Isaacs]

For reasons I don't understand, people are saying this the Supreme Court was never going to take up this case, so not unexpected. But it's possible they'll take up others, I suppose.

I don't know if a wingnut will stump up for the woman's fines.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I'd ask Bluesky how did they think the shutdown would have ended?

They're convinced the Republicans would have had to cave on the ACA, air transport etc. Maybe they would have done, I don't know.