@bencominos A almost don’t know how to act when a good thing happens, but 3 House republicans joined Dems to block FISA thus preventing warrantless surveillance of Americans (legally) #fisa #surveillance #democrats #republicans #dotherightthing ♬ original sound - Ben Cominos
Hello, my name is Ben Cominos, and I’m a professional hater. (Audience in unison: “Hi, Ben.)
All jokes aside, if you didn’t listen to my show on Friday morning, I went on a bit of a tear.
The uniparty was in full force on Thursday with 3 bills coming across their desks. Not only were there 3 bills up for a vote, but one of those votes happened after midnight… You know, when all the really popular stuff happens that you have to rush through the dark of night.
A bill regarding 300 million dollars worth of bulldozers being sent to Israel in the name of knocking over homes in Palestine and Lebanon passed by one vote. The Iran War Powers Act, which would have reigned in ANY PRESIDENT’S ability to launch a war without Congressional approval failed by one vote. A five year extension of FISA, a bill that allows our government to spy on us without a cause or warrant, failed by one vote… at 2:09am in the morning.
Fret not though. That last one, you know, the objectively good thing that Congress did, will be back up for a vote again on April 30th, and call me crazy, but I bet you it will get the required votes.
This is a concept that I talk about a lot on my show. A term known as the rotating villain will always appear to make sure that the most popular outcome is not the outcome we receive.
The best part is, that villain is always different, so all parties can claim ignorance.
Now… (earmuffs Republicans) almost every single Republican in the House and Senate have the ability to vote for the objectively unpopular thing and not worry about reprecussions.
“What’s that? All but 3 Republicans voted for my government to spy on me? Whatever, did you guys hear public schools are teaching our children that slavery was bad?”
Republican voters have to hold their own to account, but unfortunately, I’m not holding my breath right now.
Liberals on the other hand have a much taller order.
They need to hold the between 1-3 members of their party accountable as they take turns siding with the overwhelming majority of Republicans to take away our freedoms, or prevent the kind of transformative change we need.
That’s what we watched happen twice on Thursday. 7 Senate Dems (all of which have received 7 figure donations from AIPAC) voted to send 300 million dollars of bulldozers overseas. Remember that the next time we need to do layoffs in the special needs department at your local public school.
And one House Democrat (Golden) voted to give our Presidents universal authority to enact war. Thankfully for him, he already announced his retirement.
What a lucky coincidence!!
If you’re a regular listener of the show, you know this isn’t the first time this kind of thing has happened, but if you haven’t listened to today’s show, you may not be aware of just how prevalent this is.
Click the player below to listen to the entire program, and also consider watching my TikTok video up above (AND FOLLOW MY ACCOUNT).
