The GOP reminds me of the 13-year-old brother of a friend, who snuck a black widow home and spent the next 6 weeks feeding it, apparently convinced he could train it. He wound up rushed to the hospital after a (thankfully dry) bite. He, however, learned his lesson.
Was that tirade by Marjorie "Dude Looks Like A Lady" Taylor Greene from the TV competition show: "Donald Trump Presents - Word Salad Speeches"?
Like the Master of Word Salad, Greene just opens the spigot and out pours anything on her demented mind in the moment. As her follow party member J. Danforth Quayle said 30 years ago...
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
Unfortunately, her constituents are in such a tizzy about "owning the libs" that they will forego government working on their behalf and instead enjoy their warm and fuzzies of her speaking out for protecting "Real America" from the Socialists, Communists, and Fascists.
Greene's constituents should be are proud that she 'earned her $175,000 salary for the "work" of introducing 17 Bills:
~ 4 were to impeach Joe Biden, with an average of 4 Republican co-sponsors for each
~ 3 had no co-sponsors (First Biden impeachment bill, Eject Maxine Waters Bill, and the Kyle Rittenhouse Congressional Medal Bill.
~ 9 were were referred to the appropriate committee, but not yet accepted for review
~ 1 has already been discharged by a committee (The Fire Fauci Act)
~ 1 bill did cross the aisle with bipartisan co-sponsorship (The Congratulations for Georgia football team Resolution)
Interesting to note that in the same year the average of Bills/Resolutions submitted by Congress persons was about 35. But then she did slip by Matt "I Like Me My Teens" Gaetz with 11, and Coatless Gym Jordan with 1.
Uncle Joe is too nice a guy to allow Mitch Landrieu to offer infrastructure packages according not only to need, but also for the cooperation and support of the Senators and Congresspersons who voted for the bill.
Why should those legislators who worked hard to get the bill created and signed lose money to those colleagues who loudly spoke out against the help??
Play hardball Joe, helped the ones who helped you, then pass on the scraps to the crap.
Apparently, Ramthun gained a seat in an uncontested general election. Won't be so easy for governor. There must be something in the water in Wisconsin, between Ramthun and the fools who knocked over the statue of HC Heg, it is a state with populist mania on both sides of the aisle.
I see that the Bulwark has a new member, Theodore Johnson. Can we get a bit more of a writeup/welcome for him? Perhaps not at the Will Saletan level, but a bit of background and what he brings to the Bulwark?
Is it possible MTG and / or her comms people knowingly misused Gazpacho to gain attention? Not that MTG is an attention seeker or anything whatsoever like that.
I don't like to make fun of people with a disability but MTG is such a twitter troll she's fair game. Has anyone else noticed that she works overtime to hid her lisp?
1. “The GOP leadership then stripped Ramthum of his lone staffer ‘for lying about fellow GOP members and using taxpayer resources to put out political screeds.’” Would this be true if he were lying about Dems? Haha, nvmd. We all know that answer
2. How does one conduct a physical cyber audit? Methinks Ramthun doesn’t know what those words mean
Shame on MTG! Cold soup has enough marketing problems as it is! Gazpacho is lovely, and we should all try it.
How about Pre- K helped single parents like me go to work!?! Also, Pre-K helps kids become more socially and emotionally aware. But y’all supported the disastrous No Child Left Behind so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Maybe somethings can’t be tested for properly, and we have to look at the big picture.
It's amusing seeing Khatiri argue that the US, which spends more on defense than probably the next 10 countries combined, is unwilling to invest in being a global power. Maybe percent of GDP that goes toward defense spending isn't the best metric; I think $800 billion is plenty, and most of that gets wasted by contractors. We spend more and get less than any other country in the world, from our military, to our infrastructure, to our health care.
As far as maniacs like Ramthun running around, this is why we can't move on from Trump. This guy's only real qualification is a lie he's willing to tell. And, if he were to win in 2022, does anyone think he'd actually keep that promise to call for a "cyber audit," whatever that is? For the Ross Douthats of the world, who want to argue that 1/6 wasn't such a big deal, and that it's time to move on, and blame the mainstream media for sensationalizing and overhyping Trump and the big lie, no one can move on, because the rightwing media hasn't moved on. These crazies are being fueled by a media ecosystem that folks like Douthat don't want to talk about for some reason, and their crazy spills over into and infringes upon the rest of us who are just trying to live in reality, but cannot.
"It takes a real dirtbag sensibility to claim the Ohio Supreme Court demanding districts in line with the Ohio Constitution voters overwhelmingly amended that actually represent Ohioans’ political preferences and still give your party a majority is somehow the real gerrymandering."
You can also talk about the major scandal that's happened under Republican domination of the state's politics through veto-proof majorities for the past 10 years -- the largest in the state of Ohio's history and one of the largest in the country: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/larry-householder-expelled-ohio-house.html
The GOP reminds me of the 13-year-old brother of a friend, who snuck a black widow home and spent the next 6 weeks feeding it, apparently convinced he could train it. He wound up rushed to the hospital after a (thankfully dry) bite. He, however, learned his lesson.
Was that tirade by Marjorie "Dude Looks Like A Lady" Taylor Greene from the TV competition show: "Donald Trump Presents - Word Salad Speeches"?
Like the Master of Word Salad, Greene just opens the spigot and out pours anything on her demented mind in the moment. As her follow party member J. Danforth Quayle said 30 years ago...
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
Unfortunately, her constituents are in such a tizzy about "owning the libs" that they will forego government working on their behalf and instead enjoy their warm and fuzzies of her speaking out for protecting "Real America" from the Socialists, Communists, and Fascists.
Greene's constituents should be are proud that she 'earned her $175,000 salary for the "work" of introducing 17 Bills:
~ 4 were to impeach Joe Biden, with an average of 4 Republican co-sponsors for each
~ 3 had no co-sponsors (First Biden impeachment bill, Eject Maxine Waters Bill, and the Kyle Rittenhouse Congressional Medal Bill.
~ 9 were were referred to the appropriate committee, but not yet accepted for review
~ 1 has already been discharged by a committee (The Fire Fauci Act)
~ 1 bill did cross the aisle with bipartisan co-sponsorship (The Congratulations for Georgia football team Resolution)
Interesting to note that in the same year the average of Bills/Resolutions submitted by Congress persons was about 35. But then she did slip by Matt "I Like Me My Teens" Gaetz with 11, and Coatless Gym Jordan with 1.
Uncle Joe is too nice a guy to allow Mitch Landrieu to offer infrastructure packages according not only to need, but also for the cooperation and support of the Senators and Congresspersons who voted for the bill.
Why should those legislators who worked hard to get the bill created and signed lose money to those colleagues who loudly spoke out against the help??
Play hardball Joe, helped the ones who helped you, then pass on the scraps to the crap.
Once of MTG was enough Charlie, lol. Especially after you crystalize the character of Ram your Thumb.
Apparently, Ramthun gained a seat in an uncontested general election. Won't be so easy for governor. There must be something in the water in Wisconsin, between Ramthun and the fools who knocked over the statue of HC Heg, it is a state with populist mania on both sides of the aisle.
I see that the Bulwark has a new member, Theodore Johnson. Can we get a bit more of a writeup/welcome for him? Perhaps not at the Will Saletan level, but a bit of background and what he brings to the Bulwark?
Is it possible MTG and / or her comms people knowingly misused Gazpacho to gain attention? Not that MTG is an attention seeker or anything whatsoever like that.
I don't like to make fun of people with a disability but MTG is such a twitter troll she's fair game. Has anyone else noticed that she works overtime to hid her lisp?
Far be it from me to dispense fashion criticism, but has anyone talked to Rep. Ramthun about his color choices in the jackets he wears?
First, they came for my soup, and I stayed silent...
(Yeah, I know I posted this on The Morning Dispatch, but I'm very proud of myself, so...)
Are the Gazpacho Police related to the Vichyssoise French? Are they roaming the world with their thermometers?
And Charlie, you have my sympathy for living in Wisconsin.
I saw Gazpacho Police open for Jewish Space Lasers in '96. Best concert ever.
Couple of questions:
1. “The GOP leadership then stripped Ramthum of his lone staffer ‘for lying about fellow GOP members and using taxpayer resources to put out political screeds.’” Would this be true if he were lying about Dems? Haha, nvmd. We all know that answer
2. How does one conduct a physical cyber audit? Methinks Ramthun doesn’t know what those words mean
Shame on MTG! Cold soup has enough marketing problems as it is! Gazpacho is lovely, and we should all try it.
How about Pre- K helped single parents like me go to work!?! Also, Pre-K helps kids become more socially and emotionally aware. But y’all supported the disastrous No Child Left Behind so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Maybe somethings can’t be tested for properly, and we have to look at the big picture.
I'M TIMOTHY RAMTHUN, AND I AM USING COPPERPLATE GOTHIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
It's amusing seeing Khatiri argue that the US, which spends more on defense than probably the next 10 countries combined, is unwilling to invest in being a global power. Maybe percent of GDP that goes toward defense spending isn't the best metric; I think $800 billion is plenty, and most of that gets wasted by contractors. We spend more and get less than any other country in the world, from our military, to our infrastructure, to our health care.
As far as maniacs like Ramthun running around, this is why we can't move on from Trump. This guy's only real qualification is a lie he's willing to tell. And, if he were to win in 2022, does anyone think he'd actually keep that promise to call for a "cyber audit," whatever that is? For the Ross Douthats of the world, who want to argue that 1/6 wasn't such a big deal, and that it's time to move on, and blame the mainstream media for sensationalizing and overhyping Trump and the big lie, no one can move on, because the rightwing media hasn't moved on. These crazies are being fueled by a media ecosystem that folks like Douthat don't want to talk about for some reason, and their crazy spills over into and infringes upon the rest of us who are just trying to live in reality, but cannot.
I would really love it if you guys could spend some time talking about what's going on in Ohio. There's the redistricting issue, which you can read about here (https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/02/10/ohio-republicans-throw-temper-tantrum-as-attempts-to-cheat-with-gerrymandering-shot-down/) beginning with this doozy of an opening paragraph:
"It takes a real dirtbag sensibility to claim the Ohio Supreme Court demanding districts in line with the Ohio Constitution voters overwhelmingly amended that actually represent Ohioans’ political preferences and still give your party a majority is somehow the real gerrymandering."
You can also talk about the major scandal that's happened under Republican domination of the state's politics through veto-proof majorities for the past 10 years -- the largest in the state of Ohio's history and one of the largest in the country: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/larry-householder-expelled-ohio-house.html