In the mega thread - I posted this (prescient?) tweet an hour ago...

By Wednesday it’ll be two weeks and the baby will have to prove it’s looking for work.

“It is down to 4 weeks,” Biden says on CNN of his paid family and medical leave proposal.

Tweet

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        But you would still not be allowed to call him out, as the alternative to him would be a republican who bragged about his plantation even more.

        • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Haha - so true. I can hear r/politics in my head....

          "Look, I get it. Manchin owns slaves and that's bad. Plus he brags about it and that's bad too. But what happens if there are more republicans in congress? I'll tell you what..."

          And what they tell me is exactly the same thing if there were more democrats. Except - of course - in those hallowed chambers - the democrats would never, ever use the n-word.

    • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      I feel like maybe not slavery, but I can see all these ghouls in congress supporting indentured servitude as a means of helping americans "pay off debt" or some shit like that. Gussy it up with some fluffy neolib language and I can see Pelosi arguing for it.