This has been one hell of a week. I watched as our community melted down in real time, even feeling a bit down myself when it appeared that we had been betrayed. I know there are still hard feelings toward Rep Burchett, Gaetz, and Luna, but after reading up more on the whole legislative process and then watching this morning’s press conference, I feel confident that we are still on the right path. Here are my main hot takes.
Burchett didn’t betray us with his amendment. At worst, he disagrees with the Shumer Amendment as is because of his belief that it just lead to more bureaucracy and will stall official Disclosure with red tape. Gaetz is still a putz. Sorry, but he treated Congress like his very own Brazzers audition couch and is responsible for so much disfunction, he truly is disliked by almost all of his fellow members. We need some primers on Legislation and how a bill gets passed. Someone needs to post the Schoolhouse Rock episode “I’m just a Bill”. The gatekeepers in Congress have been outed and will have to answer for it by some very good Journalists that are roaming those halls. Rep Moskowitz is a wee man. The real battle begins with the conference committee. Oh to be able to watch that live.
So let’s move on, have faith that nothing is dead yet, but still very much alive. Would it have been awesome for the GOP to pass the bill as-is? Sure, but their entire raison d’etre has always been to limit government, and anything that creates an entire agency is going to get push back during this process. This just happens to be the one bill we’ve been waiting on our entire lives, so it’s sort of important to us.
Peace, friends.
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