Where did the thread about Sanders's unemployment benefits go? :zubo:

Since last night, there’s been zero discussion about how Sanders gets to collect a full salary for six months after resigning, or those taxpayer-funded bodyguards, his office, or the whole mess with freezing and unfreezing his seat in Congress. Looks like the thread was just deleted—not moved or merged with anything else. Why on earth would they do that? And does anyone actually know who pulled the trigger? 😁

For instance, look at this over here

First off, I'm curious about the legal side of things because, well, a) Sanders resigned without giving any reason. So, under labor laws—regardless of whatever specific laws govern members of Congress—I don't think he's entitled to any compensation (though I guess I'm open to being corrected by someone smarter than me). Secondly, this is the second time Sanders has put his Congressional mandate on hold, even though you're only supposed to be allowed to do that once.
The topic definitely has legs, especially given how we always see the law suddenly changing overnight 😍 😬, and it provides a chance to discuss the legacy of our former President.
Maybe some intellectual wants to argue that we shouldn't talk about pending court cases or something like that, but that doesn't fly here since Sanders isn't even on trial yet. Or maybe there's just some other valid 😍 excuse to protect the reputation of a runner?

Thanks in advance for the input 🙂

Good morning, 😍

Looks like some moderator wiped out (merged it?) another thread regarding Sanders's unemployment benefits.

So, we aren't allowed to discuss Sanders's potentially illegal—and definitely unethical—actions on this site? Why is that? I mean, can a topic not even last twelve hours before some lackey comes along to clean things up? It’s been 24 hours since you deleted the first one, so... maybe you could explain the reasoning? 😁 😘

You're joking, right? 😁 😁 If you felt there was too much chatter about the fugitive, and that we didn't need another thread, you could have just moved the posts over to the thread about Sanders's resignation. Instead, you just hard-deleted two topics in two days without saying a word. And honestly, I haven't even touched either of those threads—you know that—so it would be nice if you didn't act all high and mighty in your intro like they were mine. I think I've left maybe one single post over there, and it was just regarding the fact that Congress is questioning the legality of Sanders's current status.

Anyway, whether it's due to laziness, ignorance, or just what the moderator intended, the big Sanders thread is once again cluttered with partisan nonsense and various conspiracy theorists. Because of that, a separate topic discussing how a former Prime Minister is currently exploiting legal loopholes to score himself representative status, a paycheck, an office, and bodyguards actually deserves its own space. I mean, speculation is one thing, but these are concrete, provable, and current situations, isn't it?
We could even expand this thread and ask ourselves how Congress in America can vote to allow one representative to do something while denying another the exact same procedure, citing the same law 😬 As far as I'm concerned, the topic could be titled "Must the US Congress follow the law?"

To be honest, I don't get your proposal about those two top topics. I really don't see why they should be opened, at least for now. What's wrong with a thread about whether Sanders's mandate is legal and ethical? What's wrong with a discussion on how some representatives can activate their mandates while others can't? Why shouldn't we talk about how the current Congressional majority is insulting every American citizen, while simultaneously picking their pockets to pay for the former Prime Minister's perks? The relationship between Sanders and the new Government definitely deserves its own topic, in fact 👍

Come on, try explaining one more time why you deleted TWO topics—not moved them, not closed them, but deleted them—just so people couldn't read about how Sanders treats America and its citizens, his own voters? Every news outlet has covered this story, every radio station, every TV channel. It's only on this forum that it's "too much talk" about Sanders. Daaaaaaaaj 🤣

Edit: If Sanders ends up running for President, will we be allowed to write about everything he did as Prime Minister—the scandals and the lies during his time in office—or will that be considered off-topic? 😬 Just wondering.