116th United States Congress: The Shutdown is Pelosi's Fault

[Roranora]

Oh dear archi, if only every state were on claims like yours you might have a point

[archibaldcrane]

It's certainly a long slow process to appeal a valid, improperly denied UI claim (or worse, an invalid claim from someone eligible because they screwed up a form) in a state that isn't trying.

[Yabby]

I think this is probably the best take. Again - I don’t need the money and I don’t care if I’m exempt, but with the way our government is I don’t see a way they can actually distribute it all without it taking too much time.

It really shouldn't take any longer to send checks to everyone as it does to send it to everyone making under 40k. It is a simple fucking query to a database to find out who gets the check. Shit, they have already done it and have the ability to do so considering they have already capped the last checks that were sent.

Not saying I'm for or against this, I'm just saying it is really fucking easy.

[Salodin]

It's certainly a long slow process to appeal a valid, improperly denied UI claim (or worse, an invalid claim from someone eligible because they screwed up a form) in a state that isn't trying.

Okay but youre saying "this is a decent working solution" at the same time youre hand waving clear concrete reporting that many benefits are not getting to people who qualify, for many reasons including mismanagement.

Alternatively, we could just do this better and smarter, and not double down on a system that clearly has holes in it.

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[archibaldcrane]

I'm all for operating UI federally through the SSA but that's a huge overhaul and extremely unlikely in the best political circumstances.

As it is, the federal UI boost, including 1099s, is far better than I would have hoped for.

[Roranora]

I'm all for operating UI federally through the SSA but that's a huge overhaul and extremely unlikely in the best political circumstances.

As it is, the federal UI boost, including 1099s, is far better than I would have hoped for.

that's all fair and good, i definitely wouldn't have expected more either

[6souls]

[Cantih]

I'll take "House Representatives in major US cities" for $200 Alex.

[Kaslo]

I'll take "House Representatives in major US cities" for $200 Alex.

ding ding ding

[Jaybar]

This is gonna be the new "look how much blue there is on this adjusted-for-population map of the US"

[Tarage]

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...483999238?s=19

Florida man... is retarded? I can't explain this any other way. One of his other tweets is literally trying to hit on moms...

[Day]

His whole account is gold, some real gems in there

[Day]

no love for pusha t or big sean

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...515934210?s=20

https://twitter.com/KwCongressional/...477957632?s=20

[archibaldcrane]

I tried to figure out this guy's deal and came up empty. The primary for the FL-18 house seat has already occurred, and he wasn't running in it. So it's really unclear wtf he's running for, almost feels like he scammed twitter out of a blue-check by claiming to be a candidate.

[synistar]

He's running as an independent. I'd laugh if he somehow takes enough votes from the far right and flips the seat accidentally. FL congressional primary is August 18th.

https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_...election,_2020

[Mertron]

anyone who has “candidate for xxx” in their twitter profile is just fishing for follows to subscribe to/monetize their patreon/youtube/podcast

and possibly onlyfans

[archibaldcrane]

He's running as an independent. I'd laugh if he somehow takes enough votes from the far right and flips the seat accidentally. FL congressional primary is August 18th.

https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_...election,_2020

ah ok, must've been looking at something else before

[archibaldcrane]

That incumbent, Brian Mast, must be pretty well liked in his district. It's only R+5 but he won in the 2018 blue wave by almost 9 points. That's the type of seat the Dems would hope to pick up in a wave.

[Tarage]

Let's just go fucking nuts.

https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/statu...88979411271686

Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)
The lovely Amy McGrath is a Marine Corps veteran. The average donation to her campaign is $36.

Mitch McConnell is a broken-down old man owed by cheap labor lobbyists.

#DefeatMcConnell

[Cantih]

Let's just go fucking nuts.