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- Modern Activism Is Too Trendy to Get Anything Done https://www.welltechnically.news/p/modern-activism-too-trendy-to-work 3 comments
- Kasich on Trump WH shakeups: 'It's hard to get anything done' http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/347249-kasich-on-trump-wh-shakeups-its-hard-to-get-anything-done 6 comments politics
- Why Can’t Republicans Get Anything Done? http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449602/republicans-congress-president-governing-struggles-lack-clear-agenda-blame 52 comments politics
- What Republicans Think of President Trump: They Can’t Get Anything Done With Him https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/republicans-think-president-trump-t-155457760.html 46 comments politics
- Why Trump will never get anything done https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-trump-will-never-get-anything-done/2017/06/22/b9bdb2a4-4fb2-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.d2eb05989d30 10 comments politics
- GOP wonders: Can it get anything done? http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/republicans-health-care-failure-agenda-future-236495 22 comments politics
- how do you guys get anything done? https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1406 277 comments haskell
- Quit my job willingly and on good terms - but don't have anything lined up so looking for guidance on what I need to get done immediately (mostly healthcare related question) https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4ycuw3/quit_my_job_willingly_and_on_good_terms_but_dont/ 16 comments personalfinance
- Millennials can’t get anything done at work because they’re wasting time on social media http://www.businessinsider.com/dallas-fed-on-millennials-and-productivity-2016-5 57 comments worldnews
- How do you get anything done after a day of work? https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/ag2yvr/how_do_you_get_anything_done_after_a_day_of_work/ 166 comments webdev
- Bernie Sanders' One Answer on How He Would Get Anything Done http://abcnews.go.com/politics/bernie-sanders-answer/story?id=36499530 20 comments politics
- TIL One of our soldiers has been a POW of the Taliban for 4 years and we haven't done anything to get him back. Where is the media outrage? http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/bergdahl.asp 3 comments politics
- Every Republican – and every pundit, for that matter – who said in November 2014 that the president might as well give up on trying to get anything done was mistaken. The more Obama has done in the last quarter of his presidency, the stronger his public support. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/president-obamas-poll-support-raises-eyebrows 12 comments politics
- New York State Comptroller Freezes Senator Paychecks Because They Can't Get Anything Done http://gawker.com/5307214/new-york-state-senate-losing-their-allowance-until-they-can-learn-to-stop-being-children 3 comments politics
- Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that politicians seem to spend more time getting elected than actually getting anything done? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/25/biden-hits-century-mark-on-campaign-trail/ 88 comments politics
- Obama believes that you can’t get anything done if you lack the most fundamental respect for those you disagree with. That's the reason for his success. http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/specialguests/2008/feb/01/same_difference 70 comments politics
- If the GOP wins the House, pundits say they will have no choice but to compromise with Obama and the Democrats, "instead of throwing tantrums," if they want to get anything done. http://theweek.com/article/index/208404/would-a-gop-congress-be-willing-to-compromise 7 comments politics
- [Dan Federico]: One team I've heard that's in on Max Scherzer: The Tampa Bay Rays. They have the prospects to get it done. Nothing imminent or anything, but something to keep an eye on https://twitter.com/DanJFederico/status/1419706610310647817?s=20 307 comments baseball
- This is my "emergency mental and physical health toolkit" I use when I feel completely burnt out and not getting anything done. https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/8vkd0p/this_is_my_emergency_mental_and_physical_health/ 49 comments productivity
- [Machota] Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on 105.3 the fan just said it’s unlikely they will make a move before today’s NFL trade deadline. “I’m not seeing anything at this moment.” He said it would take some time to get a deal done. That’s unlikely at this point https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/1719349177145036898 9 comments nfl
- [Sarah Ellison] How are negotiations going between Ravens & Lamar Jackson? “Neither side is trying to leak information to create leverage publicly to get the other side to do anything. They’re keeping things very tight, very respectful, and sometimes that’s the best way business can get done.” https://twitter.com/sgellison/status/1554889704025182208?s=19&t=TEmjevBsTtFFSXSMspXA5Q 69 comments nfl
- California has the first cybersecurity committee of any state legislature. Will it get anything done? https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-cybersecurity-committee/ 4 comments technology
- Duron Harmon says Belichick was upfront with him about the reason for trade: “[He] told me, ‘Look, it’s just at the point where we have to make some moves and we just paid Dev; it’s just going to be really tough to do anything, or get anything done in free agency if we don’t do this.’” https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/how-bill-belichick-explained-duron-harmon-trade-ex-patriots-safety 431 comments nfl
- To all the England fans, I wanted to leave things at it was but tonight I have to speak again : it was hard for me to see my team mate get booed for something that was my fault. Joe hasn’t done anything wrong & for me to see someone who keeps his head down and work hard.. https://twitter.com/sterling7/status/1195102774909964289?s=21 4 comments soccer
- 'If you want anything done, get the Sikhs': community wins admirers for bushfire and Covid aid | Australia news https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/14/if-you-want-anything-done-get-the-sikhs-community-wins-admirers-for-bushfire-and-covid-aid 159 comments worldnews
- I got my BS in CS last year (August '17), haven't done anything with it up until now due to health related reasons. How much lowered are my chances of getting a job? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/9khs47/i_got_my_bs_in_cs_last_year_august_17_havent_done/ 17 comments cscareerquestions
- Why President Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie’s "Political Revolution" to Get Anything Done: "The most promising source of a new countervailing power in America was revealed in Bernie Sanders’s primary campaign." http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/15/why-president-hillary-clinton-will-need-bernies-political-revolution-get-anything 4 comments politics
- Ever wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything they want even when they are in the minority? http://truthout.com/negotiation-101-dems-right-policies-are-right-politics/1301468400 108 comments politics
- [Terrance Ferguson] “Russ could have went out to dinner. He could have went home after a bad game, he could have done anything. But it was like, ‘I’m going to meet you at the gym, we’re going to talk, we’re going to get through this together.’” https://newsok.com/article/5613997/how-westbrook-helped-ferguson-find-his-shot 46 comments nba
- [Bucher] Current Eastern Conference GM: "You don't get free agents without it. [Tampering] is what the whole league is built on. That's the only way you can get anything done." http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2731438-nba-tampering-101-if-youre-not-cheating-youre-not-trying 58 comments nba
- We don’t trust our government to get anything done, and yet we spend billions of dollars on the war effort and rebuilding abroad. With the bridge collapse in Minnesota throwing our aging infrastructure into sharp relief, isn’t it time we rebuild America first? http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/08/lets-rebuild-am.html 15 comments politics
- Dominion Gas didn't turn off service despite requests. We are now getting charged for gas in a former rental. Can anything be done? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7o7u5v/dominion_gas_didnt_turn_off_service_despite/ 11 comments personalfinance
- New lows in Congress...“He’s a coward", Ried says. Boehner spokesman Michael Steel replies: “We have to work together if we’re going to get anything done, and all this bullshit the name-calling, leaking private emails — just makes it harder to do the work the American people sent us here to do.” http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/bad-blood-four-feuding-congressional-leaders-government-shutdown-97822.html?hp=f1 7 comments politics
- You know what? Fuck this idea that we can't get anything done with a Republican Congress. If we want Net Neutrality (or anything else), then we need to demand it. I propose a Reddit Political Action Committee--not committed to a party or one politician, just good policy. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/gop-wins-congress-effectively-doom-net-neutrality/ 430 comments politics
- [Buff Bagwell] “This guy buries me every chance he gets, I was never told this video was his channel and would not have done it if I was. I was told this was for a company out of Vegas. I would never do anything for this scum.” https://twitter.com/marcbuffbagwell/status/1511413446239264775 28 comments squaredcircle
- When I asked my son’s social worker, he said the only thing I could do was to get him charged with a crime. “If he’s back in the system, they’ll create a paper trail,” he said. “That’s the only way you’re ever going to get anything done. No one will pay attention to you unless you've got charges.” http://anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-unthinkable.html 1139 comments politics
- Crazy busy day in the House of Reps tomorrow...gotta name a post office, celebrate a nascar driver, express support for national stalking awareness month (last month). Why do people say congress doesn't get anything done? http://democraticleader.house.gov/links_and_resources/whip_resources/weeklyleader.cfm?pressreleaseid=3796 4 comments politics
- If this is even halfway true, fuck the Dems forever. Money quote: "The worst is that I can't help but feel like the main emotion people in the caucus are feeling is relief at this turn of events. Now they have a ready excuse for not getting anything done." http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/01/relieved.php#more?ref=fpblg 13 comments politics
- The Economist: "Would that Candidate Romney had indeed presented himself as a solid chief executive who got things done. Instead he has appeared as a fawning PR man, apparently willing to do or say just about anything to get elected." http://www.economist.com/node/21560864?frsc=dg%7Ca 306 comments politics
- [McTaggart] The Astros could have a contract extension in place with Justin Verlander prior to end of spring camp, owner Jim Crane said Friday. “I don’t think anything is final, but if it’s going to get done it’s going to get done before we get out of here," Crane said https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1109204841245696000 51 comments baseball