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Abbas Michael Dharamsey's avatar

Matt, it sounds like you need to create AskAPol Staffer’s Edition, because it seems like they’re the ones with the real power on Capitol Hill.

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Matt Laslo's avatar

Wait for it: Prof Laslo lectures lawmakers on growing a pair (of whatever gender conforming language doesn’t get him fired and is hence inserted here…)

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Abbas Michael Dharamsey's avatar

Was this situation caused by the lawmakers losing their balls, or just not giving enough of a fuck to tell the unelected staffers to do this one god damn thing. Or - the staffers just do what they want and not tell the pols about it.

You’ve done so many interviews that have convinced me the staffers have their own agenda, and the politicians keep an arms length letting the staffers do their bidding.

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WWE SMACKDOWN's avatar

Wow, they're saying the quiet part out loud! This isn't a democracy!

NYT, Wash Post, come quick, big story:

“UFOs create constitutional crisis, Congress is controlled by the intelligence community, and Congress says, ‘oh well’!”

Wait, my bad, I forgot, you’re under their thumb, too!

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Matt Laslo's avatar

Dad? Whose thumb?

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