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11-16-23, 04:51 AM | #7021 |
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Why Mike Johnson succeeded where Kevin McCarthy failed – for now
Amid all of the unrest, something interesting happened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday: The House of Representatives passed a government funding bill with no spending cuts. More surprisingly, however, House conservatives did not revolt against Speaker Mike Johnson for doing the same thing that former speaker Kevin McCarthy did at the end of September, even though they hated the idea of a “clean” spending bill. On top of that, even though Democrats think that Mr Johnson’s two-tiered spending bill is less than ideal, they are pretty satisfied with it and the Senate will likely take it up either Wednesday or Thursday. “I think this whole idea of a two-part process is ridiculous, but at least we're not shutting down government and there's no spending cuts and there's no poison pills,” Rep Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told The Independent. So what gives? Why are conservatives willing to give the new speaker a pass? Furthermore, why are House Democrats, who despised Mr McCarthy so much that they joined the likes of Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to eject the House speaker, willing to give him some grace? One reason is that Mr Johnson is still in the honeymoon phase. The newly-elected speaker is not even a month into his tenure. So everyone is inclined to give him a pass. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...25c33b2e&ei=15
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11-16-23, 05:03 AM | #7022 | |
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He lied about this over and over, using the so-called Fake News MSM to broadcast that particular message. Dem votes are what passed that CR. McCarthy and most of the Repubs are the living embodiment of the oft-circulated meme where a dude is riding a bike, thrusts a stick into the spoke of the front wheel, crashes, and then wails “why did the democrats do this?!” Their new speaker isn’t going to last for long either. Once again, it will be one of the freedom caucus or perhaps MTG (who got kicked out of the freedom caucus because she was too crazy and annoying even for them) who calls for the motion to vacate. This guy too will have to count on Dems to save his ass. Maybe they will, probably they won’t, but either way the Repubs are going to once again be the living embodiment of that meme. The Republicans have the majority in the House but all they’ve shown is that they are so splintered and riddled with lunatics that they are completely incapable of governing at all. This is now their identity, and it goes hand in hand with what I said before, that they have no choice but to go all-in on abortion and supporting Trump. It’s a car with no brakes that has been pushed down from the top of a long hill. It is most definitely going to crash, the only question is how spectacular the crash will be, and it’s the Republican Party itself that cut the brake lines. There is no escape, for them. It may well be the case that none of us will live long enough to see the day when there is an out, an escape. And they created this situation entirely by themselves. |
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11-16-23, 09:56 AM | #7023 | |
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In other words we just handed Iran 10 billion dollars they can use to free up other monies for more nefarious deeds.
US extends sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to buy electricity from Iran https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq...ed07304c02db0f Quote:
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11-16-23, 10:23 AM | #7024 | |
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11-16-23, 02:48 PM | #7025 |
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Wow what do Jan 6th protesters and yesterday’s democrat nov 15th protesters have in common? Neither like democrat party politicians.
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11-16-23, 05:00 PM | #7026 |
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I guarantee mainstream media cameras were pointed in the opposite direction if anyone got too violent at "this" demonstration.
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11-16-23, 06:40 PM | #7027 |
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maybe they thought they was at the southern border oh wait the democrats would have to know we have a southern border and where it is at
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11-16-23, 10:48 PM | #7028 | |
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Rep. McCaul’s pro-Israel resolution was the very first legislation to receive a roll call vote, about four hours after Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA4) was elected as Speaker on October 25. The resolution H.Res. 771: Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. passed 412 to 10, with 10 actual “no” votes plus six representatives who voted “present.” Rep. Massie was the only Republican to vote against it, just as he was the only Republican not to cosponsor it. As might be expected, the 10 “no” members are Democrats and had also refused to cosponsor the House resolution 771 in the first place: Those 10 democrat congressmen leading the riots across the nation instead proposed H.Res. 786: Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine. D Bush, Cori [D-MO1] D Jackson, Jonathan [D-IL1] D Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY16] D Carson, André [D-IN7]. D García, Jesús “Chuy” [D-IL4] D Lee, Summer [D-PA12] D Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY14] D Omar, Ilhan [D-MN5]. D Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA7] D Ramirez, Delia [D-IL3]. D Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI12]. D Velázquez, Nydia [D-NY7]. D Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ12] D Casar, Gregorio [D-TX35] D Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA7] D Lee, Barbara [D-CA12] D Adams, Alma [D-NC12] D Frost, Maxwell [D-FL10]
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11-17-23, 09:09 PM | #7029 | |
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It must be getting hard to fill the ranks, even so I’d tell the tyrants to go piss up a rope and demand those fascist fans of Joseph Mengele who fired them go fight the wars themselves. In Oct it was reported by CNN: “only 43 of the more than 8,000 US service members who were discharged from the military for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have sought to rejoin eight months after the vaccine mandate was officially repealed, according to data provided by the military branches.”
Amid recruiting woes, Army sent letters to soldiers separated for vaccine refusal The Army separated 1,903 active duty soldiers for COVID-19 vaccine refusal. Letters were sent to approximatel 1,900. BY PATTY NIEBERG | PUBLISHED NOV 17, 2023 6:01 PM EST https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army...date-reversal/ Quote:
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11-18-23, 12:37 AM | #7030 |
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They'll probably be creating their own Foreign Legion from all those military age males flooding across our southern border. On the plus side for them, those fellers will feel no conflict of interest at slaughtering those evil Trump voters if called on to do that.
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I was very precise in my wording, and the common idea held by you guys that you can twist anything to mean whatever you want it to mean/twist it into whatever makes you feel better, is another reason why you've failed, and will continue to fail. Maybe try reading the post again. I am honestly stunned that you could have read what I posted, and taken that from it. |
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11-18-23, 06:49 AM | #7032 |
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Au weia.
https://www.nzz.ch/international/wah..._x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/tru...an-second-term
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11-18-23, 06:53 AM | #7033 | |
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11-18-23, 08:09 AM | #7034 | |
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I got good news and I got bad news.
1st the good news! Biden gets China to curb Fentanyl production. Now for the bad news! Biden will lift restrictions on a Chinese agency accused of human-rights violations in exchange for Beijing’s planned crackdown on the fentanyl trade, per Bloomberg. So let me get this straight. Biden asked China to stop flooding the US with illegal drugs. And China only agreed to do this if we turn our cheeks from the heinous human-rights violations they commit?! And our leader of the free world says ya sure, no problem. Biden to Lift Curbs on Chinese Forensic Lab in Fentanyl Deal Chinese forensic science institute will come off US blacklist Fentanyl agreement was centerpiece of Biden-Xi meeting https://archive.ph/2023.11.16-221544...-fentanyl-deal Quote:
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11-18-23, 08:11 AM | #7035 |
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Hasn't that already came to pass?
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