THREAD on Sinema:
Sinema's behavior has made no common sense to me. Surely she knows too that she would lose in the 2024 Democratic primary. Why would she do it?
I have info from an inside source who lives in AZ and has a direct connection. With his permission am sharing.
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First, and this likely isn't breaking news to anyone: Sinema has a highly overinflated ego. She believes since she has been able to work her way up, and accumulate so many academic degrees in a short time, she is a true super star -head and shoulders above intellectually.
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To Sinema, as many of us suspected, her term in the U.S. Senate, she believes is just a stopping ground for her next step. She doesn't assume she will need to be re-elected.
This is something I imagined, but assumed she would be a consultant or something of that variety.
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But nope, I was wrong. That isn't what Sinema believes will be her next step. With her inflated ego and small circle of friends, many of whom she has alienated and lost, not pushing back, she has been living in an echo chamber. The big $$$ corp donors are happy to feed this.
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Sinema believes she will be running to President in 2024 I am told. This self-styled bipartisanship she believes she speaks for, will be her brand to run as the candidate in the middle. Not far-left of far-right. She has convinced herself this is her calling and she has it.
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And you can see why having alienated so many close to her, & believing she is smarter than everyone else in DC and beyond, and with the corporate donors feeding this too while she tows their line, this misguided fantasy can be her view.
This I am told is what is happening.
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One postscript per my friend: Sinema believes MAGA elected officials will reject partisanship when they are given a choice of her or Trump.
Yes, the land of magical thinking. But here we are folks!
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I have known about this for a few months, but did not want to betray my friend’s confidence. And he assumed the media would come knocking and find this story - it is well known in Sinema’s inner circle! But they never did, so today he messaged me and said time to go public!
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We have just 10 months until midterms, it’s time to re-orient our thinking. We learned in 4 years of Trump that the presidency has tremendous power-Biden should start enacting BBB through EO‘s. This will give enough time for them to take affect & show the American people results.
Schumer‘s people told me it would pass before August break. They told the indivisible groups in NY by the end of Sept. They just cannot get it done, and many of our Democratic Senators lack the urgency needed for the time we are in. We need to get on another path starting now.
I know executive orders are not ideal, but what Biden has proposed is tremendously popular, and will also help us in midterms and help him get reelected. If these steps are popular with the American people, which they will be, they will not be overturned by the next president.
Kind is a disappointing finale for #themorningshow. You write out Laura in the midst of Bradley's family crisis (she said set boundaries, not cut off family), and raise up Cory who outed her as a good guy savior? Way to end with hetero-normative instead of being forward.
I am here to help consult for any showrunner who wants to write a real story about lesbians/bi women in their 40s and 50s with high EQ's and the struggles of our generation coming to terms with our sexuality. It would have a huge audience.
I believe our party is pretty united - and last night wasn't a far-left or moderate thing. But we need leadership who can get it done. BBB and Infrastructure should have been negotiated and passed before August recess. We should have been focused on voting rights in the fall.
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There also needs to be accountability & consequences. Can't tell you the amount of times I hear from our voters how we worked to take back our government, but nothing is happening. People do not feel safe. Biden needs to fix this - maybe change AG. We need public hearings.
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There needs to be a sense of urgency from our elected Democrats. There is way too much complacency, which led to voter apathy. Why do you need so many long recesses? Stay in DC and pass things so the voters who worked to get you there feel seen and their issues addressed.
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