Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 9
I predict sometime early in the New Year, Trump and Musk will come out attacking the Senate Parliamentarian. They will call him a Democrat or a member of the deep state.
This will happen because Trump wants to get a bunch of stuff passed that won't make Democrats happy and he won't be able to get 60 votes for it in the Senate, so he will have to do it through Reconciliation. Reconciliation only requires 50 votes, however it has to meet certain budgetary requirements. For one, it has to be budget related (i.e. immigration policies would not meet this requirement). For two, it has to not increase the deficit after 10 years.
The Senate Parliamentarian is not going to allow a lot of what Trump wants to be included in Reconciliation. So Musk and Trump will attack him. Sic conservative media all on him hoping some nutcases send him death threats so he will cave or quit.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I predict sometime early in the New Year, Trump and Musk will come out attacking the Senate Parliamentarian. They will call him a Democrat or a member of the deep state.
For the record, the current Senate Parliamentarian is a woman: Elizabeth MacDonough. But of course, that will only increase the vitriol of the MAGA attacks on her.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Sic conservative media all on him hoping some nutcases send him death threats so he will cave or quit.
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You guys were saying Seal Team Six would take care of this sort of thing. Was that an exaggerated fantasy or a deeply held fear that still persists?
No. of Recommendations: 1
I'm concerned because Sotomayor was concerned, and she knows the law vastly better than I do. Albaby seems less concerned, and I respect his opinion, too.
I do fear the convict will test the premise. Not sure what could stop him given the broad immunity interpretations. Even if he "loses" in the courts, the SEAL team would have to have acted for it to become an issue, so someone likely would have died.
No. of Recommendations: 4
They will call HER.....
Parliamentarian Parliamenshmarian.
We don' need no steenkin' parliament.
Once Schumer is out, the new MAGA Senate Majority leader should simply fire her prissy $203,700.00 ass
Why, Elonald can recommend that the DOGE eliminate the entire Parliamentarian office as a waste of time and money.
Or Elonald can perhaps break with tradition and advise the new Majority leader to appoint Steve Bannon as Elizabeth MacDonough's replacement.
