MSM don't seem to care whether the republic is falling apart or not. I am getting news about tornados but the slow death of democracy in America does not seem to be worth mentioning;
Someone said Everything Trump touches dies. Trump touched America
MTG's snit reminds me of a child warning; don't make me do what I might do.I might have to hold my breath.Well the bluff has been called. Unfortunately, it is not going to end like Kristi Noem's political career.
Trump supporting Cuellar is hilarious. I had forgotten about Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and sometimes I get Kenneth Staar/Lay confused. My state has always been ridiculously corrupt. Good to know it's still going up to the federal level.
"Only allow a bill to be voted on if a majority of Republicans support it." WTF? If there is enough of a minority of Republicans that with the Dems the bill would pass, will Johnson also have to give a formal statement that those in the minority aren't really Republicans so they and their constituents should be ignored?
Can anyone make MGT take the basic Citizenship test required of naturalized citizens to see how badly she'd flunk it?
This unwritten rule stems from the 90s, which is why it's called the Hastert Rule. It's much easier to practice when you don't have a one seat majority or a heavily factionalized conference. In the current makeup of the House it makes nearly everything besides messaging bills impossible.
Let us not forget Mr. Hastert left government "service" in disgrace, for reasons somewhat akin to charges (if a bit more salacious) that have been voiced about Hastert's fellow wrestling coach-cum-politician Gym Jordan.
It's just the Republican way. The tyranny of the minority. Allowing a minority of the Republican caucus to stop any bill they oppose, regardless of how popular the bill is among the Republican majority, let alone the Congress as a whole.
"When Greene declared last week that she would give Johnson the weekend to announce a resignation date"
As I've said earlier and elsewhere, speaker Johnson should call MTG's bluff. If I was him I'd set a date, and one that which MTG will definitely have a conniption over: Noon on 3 Jan 2025. By that time the point will be moot since the actions of the bomb throwers in Congress will lead to the RINOs losing the House majority (wishcasting, but it appears as if the trends are running against the Psychiatric Facility Escapee Caucus as more and more non-MAGAdroids get fed up with their antics and only two legislative purposes: obstructing anything in Congress that might help all Americans instead of MAGA cultists only (the "O" in "GOP" meant "Old" but now means "Obstructionist"), and to protect Trump [sic] at all costs up to and including destroying our constitutional republic.
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"This is what people all over the country are screaming for: They want to see this vote because this vote will expose the uniparty."
No, Ms Greene, the only ones screaming for a vote to vacate are your fellow travelers in the MAGA movement. The rest of us, or so I believe, are remembering the three week long chaos in the House after just eight wacks joined the Dems and ousted MyKevin, and have no desires to live through that again -- especially since it will most likely be much longer than the previous leaderless timeframe (who in their right mind amongst the Rs will even consider taking a position that as long as the tail keeps wagging the dog?). IMO, the vote that the "people all over the country" are waiting for is the one that will relegate you and your band of merry pranksters [sorry Mr Kesey] to the trash heap of history.
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"Santos was formally expelled, although his expulsion may have had less to do with the principle of the matter than with the fact that he became such a political liability for Republicans."
Huh? While true that Santos was an albatross hung around the neck of the New GOP, he by no means is the only embarrassment to his party. I can think of several other House RINOs that should constitute a political liability, e.g. Comer, Jordan, Gaetz, MTG, and Boebert. In the Senate there is Karen Graham, Coach Tuberville, JD Vance, Raphael Cruz, Rick Miller....
The RINO party is definitely not lacking in asshats.
Johnson probably told her that funding for her campaign could be sparse if she doesn't go along to get along. She was awfully quiet after the meeting...
If MTG is indeed making the demands she talked about to Bannon then it proves she really doesn't know how to be anything but an extortionist. Right now she hasn't got the leverage. I guarantee you that no more than a handfull of people want to see another cluster in the house like last years. Johnson does not need to worry about this "uniparty" nonsense because I don't believe it will be a large outpouring of democrat votes, just whatever he needs.
Interesting that sometime rabble-rouser Gaetz, whose wrath torched McCarthy (as it was BOUND TO DO, and why didn’t My Kevin realize that????), is nowhere to be seen or heard in Marge’s anti-speaker campaign. I wouldn’t think he’d be a Johnson booster— more like just choosing to lie low in hopes everyone will forget about his Ethics Committee thing.
Maybe because playing around in the vicinity of Ms. Green is not dissimilar to playing around with a skunk. It takes a lo-o-o-ng time to feel clean again, and Mr. Gaetz has his own particular odor to deal with.
“But scoring the easiest political points imaginable becomes impossible when the leader of your party is actively tearing down the gym with a backhoe.” Wonderful sentence. Of course Trump defends Cuellar; game recognizes game.
With the arrival of Johnny Cash at the Capitol, I wonder how long before Tennessee sends in Elvis Presley? Statuary Hall could turn into the Battle of the Bands.
I do think we need to remember: 1) Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist and still won't admit Trump lost;
2) we have 120 + insurrectionists in Congress - MTG and Jordan might be the worst;
3) the DOJ has done nothing about the insurrectionists or Ginni - which was a blatant RICO action as she went over state lines to enlist and train fake electors; 4) Clarence is protected by Leonard Leo and Lindsey Graham and Jordan try to protect Leonard from the DOJ - as Leonard refuses his subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee; 5) the Senate and House ethics committees are a joke - doing nothing about Gaetz and his 17 year old drug event or Kevin Hern and Mike Kelly insider trading; 6) J Michael Luttig blames a lot of this on the Federalist Society of lawyers and judges that seem to be willing to accept election denial and insurrection and disregard the intent of laws; 7) McCarthy gave us this mess by putting Freedom Caucus crazies on important committees ( to cause obstruction so they can execute the next insurrection).
The answers are few - everyone finds ethics (joke) ; Biden stacks SCOTUS, DOJ sends target letters to insurrectionists and Ginni.
Other fine examples of corruption - Chesebro, Powell, Eastman , Rudy, Bannon, Alex Jones.
A lot of us are paying attention and cannot believe the level of corruption
MSM don't seem to care whether the republic is falling apart or not. I am getting news about tornados but the slow death of democracy in America does not seem to be worth mentioning;
Someone said Everything Trump touches dies. Trump touched America
That is the name of Rick Wilson's book,"Everything Trump touches dies".
I love that Arkansas is placing a statue of John Cash in statuary hall. When will my old home state of Illinois place a statue of Lou Rawls there?
Are there statues of Muddy Waters et al.? Serious question.
She is a dipshit. I am being charitable.
Marge seems determined to become as much of a force in Congress as Gosar and Gohmert. Good luck to her.
Also, don’t say this often, good for Arkansas. 😮
MTG's snit reminds me of a child warning; don't make me do what I might do.I might have to hold my breath.Well the bluff has been called. Unfortunately, it is not going to end like Kristi Noem's political career.
Trump supporting Cuellar is hilarious. I had forgotten about Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and sometimes I get Kenneth Staar/Lay confused. My state has always been ridiculously corrupt. Good to know it's still going up to the federal level.
"Only allow a bill to be voted on if a majority of Republicans support it." WTF? If there is enough of a minority of Republicans that with the Dems the bill would pass, will Johnson also have to give a formal statement that those in the minority aren't really Republicans so they and their constituents should be ignored?
Can anyone make MGT take the basic Citizenship test required of naturalized citizens to see how badly she'd flunk it?
This unwritten rule stems from the 90s, which is why it's called the Hastert Rule. It's much easier to practice when you don't have a one seat majority or a heavily factionalized conference. In the current makeup of the House it makes nearly everything besides messaging bills impossible.
Let us not forget Mr. Hastert left government "service" in disgrace, for reasons somewhat akin to charges (if a bit more salacious) that have been voiced about Hastert's fellow wrestling coach-cum-politician Gym Jordan.
Didn't know that. Why is it allowed?
As an unwritten "rule" it was not so much "allowed" as it was just adhered to by, in particular, the Republican side of the aisle.
He or She who runs the House makes the rules.
It's just the Republican way. The tyranny of the minority. Allowing a minority of the Republican caucus to stop any bill they oppose, regardless of how popular the bill is among the Republican majority, let alone the Congress as a whole.
"When Greene declared last week that she would give Johnson the weekend to announce a resignation date"
As I've said earlier and elsewhere, speaker Johnson should call MTG's bluff. If I was him I'd set a date, and one that which MTG will definitely have a conniption over: Noon on 3 Jan 2025. By that time the point will be moot since the actions of the bomb throwers in Congress will lead to the RINOs losing the House majority (wishcasting, but it appears as if the trends are running against the Psychiatric Facility Escapee Caucus as more and more non-MAGAdroids get fed up with their antics and only two legislative purposes: obstructing anything in Congress that might help all Americans instead of MAGA cultists only (the "O" in "GOP" meant "Old" but now means "Obstructionist"), and to protect Trump [sic] at all costs up to and including destroying our constitutional republic.
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"This is what people all over the country are screaming for: They want to see this vote because this vote will expose the uniparty."
No, Ms Greene, the only ones screaming for a vote to vacate are your fellow travelers in the MAGA movement. The rest of us, or so I believe, are remembering the three week long chaos in the House after just eight wacks joined the Dems and ousted MyKevin, and have no desires to live through that again -- especially since it will most likely be much longer than the previous leaderless timeframe (who in their right mind amongst the Rs will even consider taking a position that as long as the tail keeps wagging the dog?). IMO, the vote that the "people all over the country" are waiting for is the one that will relegate you and your band of merry pranksters [sorry Mr Kesey] to the trash heap of history.
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"Santos was formally expelled, although his expulsion may have had less to do with the principle of the matter than with the fact that he became such a political liability for Republicans."
Huh? While true that Santos was an albatross hung around the neck of the New GOP, he by no means is the only embarrassment to his party. I can think of several other House RINOs that should constitute a political liability, e.g. Comer, Jordan, Gaetz, MTG, and Boebert. In the Senate there is Karen Graham, Coach Tuberville, JD Vance, Raphael Cruz, Rick Miller....
The RINO party is definitely not lacking in asshats.
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Yes, after 5 years, way before
Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas
is finly updating its statuary.
It will take another 5 years to
finally get to the bottom of
Podiumgate.
Read Charlie Sykes' newsletter it has a copy of a tweet that gives the reason t***p decided to protect Johnson.
Where do I find Charlie Sykes’ newsletter?
Substack. It's called To The Contrary. You get dog pics first to ease you into the crazy.
Thank you! I just subscribed. I've missed Charlie.
Well, you will be getting what you were missing + dog pics. Win-win!
MGT is a stupid, ignorant crackpot. So is her Orange god, as is every single MAGA clueless, illiterate, dim-witted cult fool.
Look at the picture accompanying this column. That is why she does antics like this. The press enable her and she loves it.
Johnson probably told her that funding for her campaign could be sparse if she doesn't go along to get along. She was awfully quiet after the meeting...
Not to mention her demands are ridiculous.
If MTG is indeed making the demands she talked about to Bannon then it proves she really doesn't know how to be anything but an extortionist. Right now she hasn't got the leverage. I guarantee you that no more than a handfull of people want to see another cluster in the house like last years. Johnson does not need to worry about this "uniparty" nonsense because I don't believe it will be a large outpouring of democrat votes, just whatever he needs.
Interesting that sometime rabble-rouser Gaetz, whose wrath torched McCarthy (as it was BOUND TO DO, and why didn’t My Kevin realize that????), is nowhere to be seen or heard in Marge’s anti-speaker campaign. I wouldn’t think he’d be a Johnson booster— more like just choosing to lie low in hopes everyone will forget about his Ethics Committee thing.
Maybe because playing around in the vicinity of Ms. Green is not dissimilar to playing around with a skunk. It takes a lo-o-o-ng time to feel clean again, and Mr. Gaetz has his own particular odor to deal with.
“But scoring the easiest political points imaginable becomes impossible when the leader of your party is actively tearing down the gym with a backhoe.” Wonderful sentence. Of course Trump defends Cuellar; game recognizes game.
With the arrival of Johnny Cash at the Capitol, I wonder how long before Tennessee sends in Elvis Presley? Statuary Hall could turn into the Battle of the Bands.
That was my first thought, too. One day Michigan will place Eminem in Statuary Hall. Springsteen from New Jersey?
I like the perspective.
I do think we need to remember: 1) Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist and still won't admit Trump lost;
2) we have 120 + insurrectionists in Congress - MTG and Jordan might be the worst;
3) the DOJ has done nothing about the insurrectionists or Ginni - which was a blatant RICO action as she went over state lines to enlist and train fake electors; 4) Clarence is protected by Leonard Leo and Lindsey Graham and Jordan try to protect Leonard from the DOJ - as Leonard refuses his subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee; 5) the Senate and House ethics committees are a joke - doing nothing about Gaetz and his 17 year old drug event or Kevin Hern and Mike Kelly insider trading; 6) J Michael Luttig blames a lot of this on the Federalist Society of lawyers and judges that seem to be willing to accept election denial and insurrection and disregard the intent of laws; 7) McCarthy gave us this mess by putting Freedom Caucus crazies on important committees ( to cause obstruction so they can execute the next insurrection).
The answers are few - everyone finds ethics (joke) ; Biden stacks SCOTUS, DOJ sends target letters to insurrectionists and Ginni.
Other fine examples of corruption - Chesebro, Powell, Eastman , Rudy, Bannon, Alex Jones.
A lot of us are paying attention and cannot believe the level of corruption