Ok so can we have universal healthcare now? Cause that should be the biggest issue every single day for them.
Until the filibuster is gone or there are 60 dem senators, a vote on universal healthcare will just be performative. You’re not going to get any Republicans voting for that.
And then? Let it be performative. Make it the top issue every single day. Make sure nothing gets done until it gets done. Tie to budget, tie it to cabinet appointments, tie it feel good bills that do nothing. A single issue that shuts the government down until resolved. Eventually it will be. The DNC keeps playing nice and keeps failing.
Republicans: Democrats want to shut down the government??
No. Wait. Stop.
See, your problem is in thinking Republicans want a functioning government.
Seriously, if the GOP could have excuses to call for budget cuts and ending programs, and they didn’t even have to be the ones to come up with ways to stop the government from functioning in the first place? A dream come true for them
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Almost as wild as the turkies actually voting for Christmas.
I think most republican voters simply care more about “other people can’t get a free thing that I had to pay for” or “I don’t want universal healthcare because I’m healthy and I don’t need it”. Which are both incredibly selfish mindsets. The GOP knows about these mindsets and does everything they can to encourage them.
I think they now are so far gone that they find it easier to convince voters by spreading propaganda than it is to win people with good policies. I think part of it is that on the policy front, there’s stiff competition. But on the identity politics front, it’s not even a competition. The GOP is massively better at propaganda and identity politics. They know they’re better at it, which is why they’ve leaned so heavily into it while also having so little else to offer. Fixing problems often gets in the way of profit, so they don’t have an incentive to actually fix many problems (at least not for normal people).
Well then perhaps the Democrats ought to engage in progressive theatrics as fascist theatrics seem to be effective.
Hold on, we gotta approve socks and sandals
Then, tax breaks for the rich and mega corporations.
And then we have to take a break, that was a lot of work.
Time for femboy Congress
The average age of Congress is 182 years old
Um… maybe not lol
Age shaming in the femboy community smh
Naw. More like imagine Bitch McConnell in “programming socks”.
🤮
McCuwu
Hyperbolic bullshit as usual. They know very well that the average age is 181.
Convert the National Archives into an estrogen lab
Although senators will benefit from the change by being permitted to sport casual clothes in the Senate chamber, their staffs are still required to wear business clothes under the old dress code. People other than senators who walk on to the Senate floor will also need to wear business attire, which for men means a jacket and a tie.
One rule for thee but not for me.
Seriously, wtf sense does that make?
Know what would be funny? All the Dems show up in tan suits.
That would run about as well as the nancy pelosi kente cloth. The way you own republicans is by damaging their ability to gatekeep, not by just doing the thing they do but different.
I have no idea what you just said. Not one thing made any sense.
should’ve passed it for every job, everywhere, using the same logic
Indeed. What is considered “business attire” is exceedingly stupid and impractical.
But then how could we tell the poors from the real humans?
Good thinking ! we need something they can’t take off… hmm…
grabs branding iron
uwu
Nonesense. Now, go and spend enough money to buy a week’s food on a long strip of silk and knot it around your neck like a noose as is demanded of you by your corporate masters.
I only ever had one job with a business casual dress code. Never again.
Seriously. I joke that I specifically became a sysadmin because a T-shirt (and occasional polo), jeans, and sneakers or boots is already formal for me.
… it’s only partially actually a joke.
I’m ok with this- who the fuck cares if you have a tie.
I was all shirt and tie when I started my job, and especially after Covid, things have relaxed to just about anything. Sure, I still put on a nice work polo for a client meeting or something, but fuck the suit and tie. If anything, fancy dress code made me way less productive because I was god damned uncomfortable all day. I’m a software engineer and cloud architect- wearing a dress shirt and tie is rediculous.
As for our lawmakers, one less thing to distract them from actually reading bills and having productive discussion is a win.
I’m a software engineer and cloud architect
Knew it 🤣🤣
I think “as a software engineer” is the “as a mother” of the fediverse
:)
I have a friend who used to work for some big time government IT contractor, he was a tech guy, software engineer or something along those lines. One time they wanted him to go to some meeting, and not that he normally dresses like a slob or anything, but for the meeting he put on like a polo and khakis figuring he should look somewhat professional. They told him to go put a hoodie on because they thought whoever they were meeting with wouldn’t take him seriously as a programmer if he looked too presentable.
I’m a programmer, and I like dressing up: I don’t like ties, but I like wearing slacks and a button up shirt - so long as it’s a nice fit, it doesn’t restrict your movement, and there’s a lot of things to subtly stim with - you can roll your sleeves up or rebutton the cuff, you can make your steps clack or silent depending on how you walk, etc. Plus people just treat you differently off the bat, it’s a confidence boost
After a few years of constantly being told by everyone “you don’t have to dress up, people come here in jeans and a t-shirt” I finally gave in and took the hint
People just expect good programmers to look aggressively casual these days
I was all shit and tie
I think I may have spotted your problem.
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PS: I wear shorts or jeans and a tee every day. But oddly enough I also find suits really comfortable, as long as the shirt collar isn’t too tight. And I even kind of like dressing up. Once in a while. Maybe it’s because the laundry routine for a suit is much more of a PITA than tees.
I work from home and only have a couple meetings where cameras aren’t necessary. Usually explaining how reports are calculated and such.
I wear pj’s 90% of the time unless I need to leave my house.
You’re telling me you don’t just wear the PJs out? Join me my friend
because I was god damned uncomfortable all day. I’m a software engineer and cloud architect- wearing a dress shirt and tie is ridiculous.
I had a role for a grand total of six weeks like that. It ended with one of those you can’t fire me because I quit kinda deals.
This is part of a slow trend towards powerful people dressing casually to differentiate themselves from the less powerful people who work for them. Historically, trends like this have been set by the elite and are then emulated by people trying to convince others that they are elite. This is the beginning of the end of formal wear in the United States. Soon a suit will mean “i work at a hotel”.
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Honestly doubt anyone will vote differently because of attire. If anything, the conservative commentators will say that the Dems are being lazy and undignified if they aren’t wearing suits. We’ll probably see most senators continuing to dress formally anyways because it’s a symbol of power.
The president of Chile wears a Tool t shirt and Zelenskyy is basically always in olive drab. The time of the suit is past.
Zelenskyy I guess has no other choice as his country is in war and he is the supreme commander of his forces
He’s not on the front lines lol
I know but wearing olive drab is good for his soldier’s morale… “I’m on this with you” kind of thing
He frequently visits them however. OD is extremely practical in his case and definitely the exception to this stuff
Well, the formal wear will just shift- to over priced hoodies and stuff
I don’t think so. I think this time is different. At some point the leadership was no longer the trendsetters. I am not going to buy a certain shirt because I saw Biden or Bezos wearing it. I might if someone I think is actually cool did. Maybe we just aren’t some weird pyramid society anymore.
I’d love to see the moral scolds on the right pipe up about how scandalous this all is, right after Lauren “handy” Qbert was caught on video…
They should wear togas and sashes. Maybe have some fist fights and assasinations once in a while.
Fetterman wearing a hoodie is BAD AS FUCK.
He’s here for your lunch and he brought you a snack for later in the day too.
I hope this goes to the House too so I can finally see Boebert in her wal mart pajama pants
Hey now leave comfortable clothes out of this
I’ve got a thing for trashy women dressed in Wal-Mart chic.
No hate intended.
Baggy T-shirt and no pants. So hot right now.
And flip-flop fuzzy slippers. Dirty ones.
Stop! I can only get so erect!
You heard the old man in charge, boys. Dicks out on Monday.
Fuck yeah. Hoodie and jeans. He’s the most “average man” there is.
Jeans? What the hell is this, Ohio? That man is wearing a hoodie and shorts, thankyouverymuch. The senator from PA prefers traditional dress.
Oh fuck yeah, shorts 100%, but I figured he wanted to class up the joint a little and wear long pants.
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Eh, I’m fine with it being loosened up, but is it really “whatever they want”? If it is then I’d think annoying attention-grabbing messaging would become an issue. (Or, not an issue, in the grand scheme of things, but another in a long list of distractions)
attention-grabbing messaging
This is what the GOP would call a senator wearing a rainbow shirt, for instance. Should that be a reason to restrict self-expression?
Sea of maga hats though…
This will be helpful in so many ways, humility and work ethic will be encouraged by not inflating ego with suits. If a suit is your style, great and fine, have at! If you are wearing it to feel important and you are working with others who are dressed differently, you are reminded that the job is at hand and not ego.
