• toned_chupacabra@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Do it, Kevin! That will reduce the Republican majority, because House rep vacancies need to be filled by a special election. The governor can’t name an immediate replacement the way it works for Senate vacancies.

    I don’t know how long it takes under California to do a special election, but it is some non-trivial duration.

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      Oh that’s right! McCarthy is from CA… wonder what his district is.

      Bakersfield. Ahh. Yeah, that tracks.

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        I once took a road trip through CA. What I remember about Bakersfield is that there was a poster at the train station we checked out, the poster was for “The Oil Experience”.

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        The armpit of the state. Oil Derricks in megachurch parking lots. Whole place smells. It’s truly awful.

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      1 year ago

      Be careful what you wish for…that would almost ensure a protracted government shutdown.

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        Protracted government shutdown is the end of the US global dominance. Just like Trump, once you cut the purse strings the whole thing comes crashing down.

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        P sure that’s going to happen anyway.

        The MAGA caucus will literally eat their own faces to spite the democrats.