August 2021 Quickie - Power Is as Power Does: Immigration, Budgets and Drones.

Unf*cking The Republic

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 14 August 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Momma always said, "Power is as power does." With democrats in charge, Bernie managing the budget and endless wars ending, it's a new day in Washington. Or is it? Today's Quickie highlights three policies - Immigration, Military Spending and Drone Strikes - that seemed to be changing under Biden but might be more of the same.

Resources

The Intercept - Nobody Knows the Identities of the 150 People Killed by U.S. in Somalia, but Most Are Certain They Deserved It

Geopolitical Futures - Why the US Cares About Somalia

Politico - House votes to repeal decades-old war powers amid Middle East debate

Politico - Iraq War authorization repeal clears key Senate hurdle

Bloomberg - U.S. Steps Up Air Strikes Against al-Qaeda Ally in Somalia

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0:00.0	Black and white and brown and Asian and short and tall and gay and straight.
0:05.3	I did not see that coming!
0:07.8	I didn't!
0:09.8	It was coming from a mile away, but I just didn't believe it.
0:13.6	This is no Al Franken incident.
0:15.2	When the AG's report came out, it was pretty fucking cut and dry.
0:19.2	And yet I didn't think he'd do it.
0:21.8	The great sadness of this, beyond the fact that our use of his black and white, gay, and
0:25.7	straight clip losing relevance over time is, well, nothing.
0:30.0	As a New Yorker, I saw him drag his feet on progressive issues that we should have been on the
0:33.3	leading edge of, watched him try to dismantle and destroy the careers of people I know and love,
0:38.9	and saw him bully New York City into a corner over his personal grievances with arguably the
0:43.9	world's worst mayor, but still, and as we now know, his sociopathic tendencies extended into
0:49.2	abuse of privilege and sexual encounters.
0:52.5	Quick hello to original unfucker JLR, Todd L, pitchfork Nick, Matt R, Lara E, Callie H, Wendy T, Derek R, John Kane, Natalie R's mom.
1:02.0	Hey Mom!
1:03.0	Elon Musk, just kidding.
1:05.0	Damien M, Obes Andy, Jody B, Anna F, and a crazy amount.
1:09.0	I mean, seriously a crazy amount of new sub-fuckers who joined us these past couple of weeks
1:13.5	at unFTR.substack.com.
1:16.4	Believe it or not, you're helping us move up the charts on the Substack Politics Free Feed,
1:20.0	so we'll see you on fuckers and show notes.
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