AunBear89 said:

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Simply put: Republicans are hypocrites AND morons.

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CNN)The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should uphold the Affordable Care Act, reversing the position of the Trump administration that had urged the justices to strike down the entire law amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"Following the change in Administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the government's position," Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler told the court in a letter Wednesday. The United States "no longer adheres to the conclusions" in a brief filed by the Trump administration.

Kneedler said the federal government now maintains that the law's individual mandate is constitutional, but even if the court disagrees, it should sever the mandate and allow the rest of the sprawling law to stand. Such a move would maintain the status quo, as the penalty associated with the mandate has been brought down to zero.

The case was argued on November 10 and is currently before the justices, with a decision expected by July.

The letter marks one of the most substantive reversals the Biden administration has taken, but it does not mean the case will go away. It was originally brought by Republican attorneys general, and the Trump administration later joined on.

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Biden trying to un*****Obamacare by unwinding the arguments the prior administration made to SCOTUS to damage our healthcare system.

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CNN)The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should uphold the Affordable Care Act, reversing the position of the Trump administration that had urged the justices to strike down the entire law amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"Following the change in Administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the government's position," Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler told the court in a letter Wednesday. The United States "no longer adheres to the conclusions" in a brief filed by the Trump administration.

Kneedler said the federal government now maintains that the law's individual mandate is constitutional, but even if the court disagrees, it should sever the mandate and allow the rest of the sprawling law to stand. Such a move would maintain the status quo, as the penalty associated with the mandate has been brought down to zero.

The case was argued on November 10 and is currently before the justices, with a decision expected by July.

The letter marks one of the most substantive reversals the Biden administration has taken, but it does not mean the case will go away. It was originally brought by Republican attorneys general, and the Trump administration later joined on.

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I assume that all the unitary executive defending conservatives will fall all over themselves now to defend Biden's appropriate use of his executive authority to defend the laws. Right? Right? Where's John Yoo and Bill Barr on this?

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(CNN Business)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one week without pay after a Vanity Fair story revealed Ducklo had threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another reporter.

"This in our view was an important step to send the message that we don't find this acceptable," Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing.

Psaki said her deputy, TJ Ducklo, had apologized to the reporter, Politico's Tara Palmeri, over the incident. She added that when he returns from suspension he will no longer work with any reporters at Politico.

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Anyone following this crazy story about a white house deputy press secretary?

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(CNN Business)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one week without pay after a Vanity Fair story revealed Ducklo had threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another reporter.

"This in our view was an important step to send the message that we don't find this acceptable," Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing.

Psaki said her deputy, TJ Ducklo, had apologized to the reporter, Politico's Tara Palmeri, over the incident. She added that when he returns from suspension he will no longer work with any reporters at Politico.

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This guy needs to be fired yesterday. It's completely bush league (or Trump league) to let this clown keep his job. Perhaps the impeachment trial saved this guy his job but I would like to think that the Biden administration will reconsider its position, particularly under the sort of pressure from media coverage, and that the jerk will be gone before his suspension ends.

There's been recent discussion here about how fawning mainstream media is of democrats, and this is yet another episode to prove that CNN and the NYT still have some standards and don't come close to the state run media Fox has become.

If I'm wrong I will admit it, but I predict that this guy loses his job and then ends up as yet another cancel culture warrior for Republicans. Maybe he was a right wing sleeper agent LOL.

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Anyone following this crazy story about a white house deputy press secretary?

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(CNN Business)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one week without pay after a Vanity Fair story revealed Ducklo had threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another reporter.

"This in our view was an important step to send the message that we don't find this acceptable," Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing.

Psaki said her deputy, TJ Ducklo, had apologized to the reporter, Politico's Tara Palmeri, over the incident. She added that when he returns from suspension he will no longer work with any reporters at Politico.

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This guy needs to be fired yesterday. It's completely bush league (or Trump league) to let this clown keep his job. Perhaps the impeachment trial saved this guy his job but I would like to think that the Biden administration will reconsider its position, particularly under the sort of pressure from media coverage, and that the jerk will be gone before his suspension ends.

There's been recent discussion here about how fawning mainstream media is of democrats, and this is yet another episode to prove that CNN and the NYT still have some standards and don't come close to the state run media Fox has become.

If I'm wrong I will admit it, but I predict that this guy loses his job and then ends up as yet another cancel culture warrior for Republicans. Maybe he was a right wing sleeper agent LOL.

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Anyone following this crazy story about a white house deputy press secretary?

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(CNN Business)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one week without pay after a Vanity Fair story revealed Ducklo had threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another reporter.

"This in our view was an important step to send the message that we don't find this acceptable," Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing.

Psaki said her deputy, TJ Ducklo, had apologized to the reporter, Politico's Tara Palmeri, over the incident. She added that when he returns from suspension he will no longer work with any reporters at Politico.

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This guy needs to be fired yesterday. It's completely bush league (or Trump league) to let this clown keep his job. Perhaps the impeachment trial saved this guy his job but I would like to think that the Biden administration will reconsider its position, particularly under the sort of pressure from media coverage, and that the jerk will be gone before his suspension ends.

There's been recent discussion here about how fawning mainstream media is of democrats, and this is yet another episode to prove that CNN and the NYT still have some standards and don't come close to the state run media Fox has become.

If I'm wrong I will admit it, but I predict that this guy loses his job and then ends up as yet another cancel culture warrior for Republicans. Maybe he was a right wing sleeper agent LOL.

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Whoops forgot to follow up. Ducklo "resigned" on February 13. Sounds like he was fired but I would have preferred the administration was more upfront about it.

It's nice to have a normal administration again that at least has some accountability for their actions and doesn't whine and deflect every time the media criticizes them.

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bearister said:

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tRump Republican Party, we hardly knew ye.

Democrats drubbing Trumpless GOP on social media - Axios


https://www.axios.com/democrats-social-media-trump-fcb99388-0551-4654-be2b-6517076edc2b.html

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Unit2Sucks said:

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Wealth tax is so tough to implement. These people don't have that sort of liquidity and it would certainly impact equity valuations if people were forced to sell to cover taxes.


That isn't to say we can't raise taxes, but it's not as simple as saying let's just take their paper wealth.

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BearChemist said:

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When yogi is smarter than Devin Nunes:

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AunBear89 said:

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Hey, YogiHydra: your Yogi is showing again.

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BlueAnon said:

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Unit2Sucks said:

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All Greg needs to do to stop this nonsense is impose a 100 post requirement before you can post in OT. That's a perfectly reasonable proxy to prevent flagrant trolling.

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JeffBear07 said:

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The strange thing about this whole situation is that it really didn't even need to happen. The reporter, Alexi McCammond, was already willing to be transferred to another DC beat to avoid the imminent conflict of interest. Why Ducklo felt he needed to go in on the reporter (despite her being a bit of a hack imo) seems completely self-immolating. President Biden may already be regretting being so forceful a couple weeks ago in declaring that anyone who shows overt disrespect to anyone else will be fired immediately, because I don't see how he doesn't fire Ducklo without neutering his own self-imposed moral authority.

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Unit2Sucks said:

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At this rate, we might finally get an infrastructure week.

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BearForce2 said:

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JeffBear07 said:

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The strange thing about this whole situation is that it really didn't even need to happen. The reporter, Alexi McCammond, was already willing to be transferred to another DC beat to avoid the imminent conflict of interest. Why Ducklo felt he needed to go in on the reporter (despite her being a bit of a hack imo) seems completely self-immolating. President Biden may already be regretting being so forceful a couple weeks ago in declaring that anyone who shows overt disrespect to anyone else will be fired immediately, because I don't see how he doesn't fire Ducklo without neutering his own self-imposed moral authority.

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okaydo said:

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BearForce2 said:

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JeffBear07 said:

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The strange thing about this whole situation is that it really didn't even need to happen. The reporter, Alexi McCammond, was already willing to be transferred to another DC beat to avoid the imminent conflict of interest. Why Ducklo felt he needed to go in on the reporter (despite her being a bit of a hack imo) seems completely self-immolating. President Biden may already be regretting being so forceful a couple weeks ago in declaring that anyone who shows overt disrespect to anyone else will be fired immediately, because I don't see how he doesn't fire Ducklo without neutering his own self-imposed moral authority.

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If Cal football hired a head football coach who
--never worked in football before
--who had no managerial experience
--had no coaching experience
--and who had racist tweets in the past

would you be upset?

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