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Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Wednesday night to kill a Venezuela War Powers Resolution that sought to prevent another US attack on the country without congressional authorization. The Senate was deadlocked at 50-50 on a point of order vote to strip the War Powers Resolution of […]


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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Now the piece of shit gets to say "Congress has decided that I'm allowed to go to war with whoever I want without their knowledge or authorization."

[–] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Ahhh the sweet, sweet appearance of democracy

[–] flamingleg@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

One of the tricks they use with pokies (slot machines) to keep people addicted is to fool them into thinking they 'almost won'. For example if you need 5 cherries in a row to win, but end up with say 2 cherries and other random symbols, the outcome will be modified to show 4 cherries, to encourage the gambler to keep trying (losing money).

I think stories about senate votes and such being decided by a razer-thin margin produce a similar effect in the voter

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't it funny how that suddenly and completwly unexpectedly always happens?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

Did literally anyone think this was going to pass the Senate? This was entirely expected

[–] EnderLaw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Collins and Murkowski recording their independence precisely when it makes no difference.