dagblog - Comments for "Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown’s plan to protect consumers from financial ruin" http://dagblog.com/link/exclusive-elizabeth-warren-and-sherrod-brown-s-plan-protect-consumers-financial-ruin-30989 Comments for "Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown’s plan to protect consumers from financial ruin" en Andrew Yang, a few minutes http://dagblog.com/comment/280539#comment-280539 <a id="comment-280539"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/exclusive-elizabeth-warren-and-sherrod-brown-s-plan-protect-consumers-financial-ruin-30989">Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown’s plan to protect consumers from financial ruin</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Andrew Yang, a few minutes ago:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The newest coronavirus relief package being proposed includes no direct monthly payments to people. Congress needs to get their priorities right and put people first. If you agree, give them a call at 202-224-3121. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CongressPassUBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CongressPassUBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/pg5R37PsPX">https://t.co/pg5R37PsPX</a> <a href="https://t.co/upnFgdcQHv">pic.twitter.com/upnFgdcQHv</a></p> — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1253715540276895747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:00:24 +0000 artappraiser comment 280539 at http://dagblog.com Ha-ha, joke's on her. http://dagblog.com/comment/280515#comment-280515 <a id="comment-280515"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/exclusive-elizabeth-warren-and-sherrod-brown-s-plan-protect-consumers-financial-ruin-30989">Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown’s plan to protect consumers from financial ruin</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Ha-ha, joke's on her.</p> <p> </p> <p>There will be no "next package".</p> <p> </p> <p>Nancy Pelosi laid down and died, just like she did in 2009.</p> <p> </p> <p>When Democrats have leverage, they piss on themselves in embarrassment, then blush, then apologize and vote to fuck the people like they  just did . (Cf Mitch McConnell, who fucks the people with relish and brags about it.)</p> <p> </p> <p>ETA:  This, btw, is a feature, not a bug, for the fucking neo's.  EG, Obama's agreement to extend the Bush Tax Cuts which were guaranteed to blow up the deficit without demanding a SIMULTANEOUS debt limit adjustment thus "dooming" himself to having to sign the disasterous sequestration provisions the next August.​</p> <p> </p> <p>(Spoiler alert: he even chortled about how he was boxing in his own left wing in the process, so he could set up the Grand Bargain with Boehner that only the Tea Party derailed.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Fuck Obama and Fuck Pelosi.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:03:00 +0000 jollyroger comment 280515 at http://dagblog.com Asked for comment, Nancy  http://dagblog.com/comment/280526#comment-280526 <a id="comment-280526"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/280515#comment-280515">Ha-ha, joke&#039;s on her.</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Asked for comment, Nancy  Pelosi said "McConnell said what?  No one could have seen that coming!"</p> <p> </p> <p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:20px">'The political honeymoon may be ending'</span></strong></p> <p class="rtecenter">After an unprecedented, bipartisan rescue effort, the next relief bill will be much harder to pass.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/congress-coronavirus-relief-package-205499">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/congress-coronavirus-relief-pac...</a></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:54:03 +0000 jollyroger comment 280526 at http://dagblog.com The two of them also wrote up http://dagblog.com/comment/280511#comment-280511 <a id="comment-280511"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/exclusive-elizabeth-warren-and-sherrod-brown-s-plan-protect-consumers-financial-ruin-30989">Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown’s plan to protect consumers from financial ruin</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The two of them also wrote up an op-ed on it @ medium.com:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenWarren</a> and I have a message for Congress:<br /><br /> $1,200 isn't enough to keep Americans afloat. We need comprehensive relief for consumers in the next coronavirus stimulus package.<br /><br /> You can read our six proposals here<a href="https://t.co/48YirGC1lR">https://t.co/48YirGC1lR</a></p> — Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1252689506530197504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:12:51 +0000 artappraiser comment 280511 at http://dagblog.com