With the adoption of the McCarthyite House Rules for the 118th Congress having been accepted by the House Republicans 220-213 Monday evening, the stage was set for Congressman JungleGym Jordan, one of four House Republicans who defied a subpeona from the House Select January 6 Committee, to take the gloves off and go after the J6 Special Committee, the Department of Justice, the Special Prosecutor’s Office, the FBI, and any other governmental body on Trump’s “enemies list.”
I live on the NC, and Edwards has a house close by. I saw a person ahead of me in line one night in the grocery store. He looked familiar, and I realized it was John Edwards. He was all by himself, and looked quite ordinary in shorts, shirt over a paunch, and flipflops. Standard warm weather attire here. I thought how low the mighty have fallen. Fame is very fleeting.
The Senate Subcommittee to investigate the the House Investigators investigating the investigations of the “weaponized” DOJ and FBI
As the Jordanites stumble all over themselves in another episode of the Hunger Games, Katnis takes her skills all the way to the Supreme Court where Team Alito exposes their disregard for jurisprudence in deference to what will become known as Jordy Badgering
Hopefully the DOJ just gives them a big middle finger, defying the presupposed ruling by the Gang of Six
Stayed tuned for season 2 of “The Constitution in Crisis” starring Bruce Dern as Gym Jordan
you've pretty much said it all about the subject at hand.
I just want to use the opportunity to talk about how galling it is every time I see or hear these scumbags referred to as "conservative" or even "ultra-conservative."
I recognize that it's shorthand, but words mean something, especially when they're used as often and in as many places as this particular designation.
"conservatism" IS an actual philosophy. it's one I've never had much use for (although I consider myself to be pretty "conservative" in most cultural matters), but it IS (or WAS) an actual school of thought. most of it is based on nasty, deeply flawed assumptions (the American Dream is alive and kicking, there are moral hazards associated with "entitlements," God speaks through the open market....one could go on but everybody knows what I'm saying), but there IS some philosophy involved.
what the people in question embrace is something else altogether. for something like the third day in a row, I'm gonna say "nihilism." when this is referred to as "conservatism," it's given a level of credibility it simply does not possess.
I'm not sure what the necessary semantic adjustment should be, but there are plenty of available terms to investigate. you've done plenty of the heavy lifting already. "seditionists," "reactionaries," "obstructionists," "nihilists" (there I go again), "scumbags" (probably too general, but it's so much fun to say or type). but "conservatives" is just flat-out wrong.
There are "conservatives," there are "reactionaries" and there are "fascists." There might be 3 or 4 Republicans in the House who actually are "conservative," but most are in the other two categories, which are mutually supporting. These people call themselves "conservative" because it is an honorable term, unlike what they really are.
Let’s coin the word ‘chaosism’! However, the prefix ‘ism’ generally implies an organized ‘body’ of coherent policies! Missing in the case of the creatures running the Capitol zoo!
It is going to be hard to avoid the distraction factor and get the necessary work done but that has to be the outlook. Dems have got to get on messaging. Todays quotes from Raskin et Al are looking good. Thanks for putting it in perspective TC.
Jordan, who lacks the skill or the intelligence to investigate my dog’s butt, is a law school graduate. There’s no record of him passing the bar exam, and I have no idea whether he ever took it, but the little snot can at least kind of pretend to having a law degree.
Looks like he was tossed on his head a time or two too many. What the fuck is he doing in a leadership position in Congress???? Sorry I had to vent. The real question is how do we get through to the kool aid crowd that votes for these idiots. Or is it the absent crowd that doesn’t vote at all? Where do we direct our energy to make a change? Well that last sentence sounds like a polite nurse. Let me rephrase: how do we direct our energy to defeat these fascist assholes?
So you have a very feisty side as well as an intelligent one! Here's my answer to your question:
We direct our energy towards the turnout of Democratic and Independent voters. Register kids as soon as they are eligible. Focus on the people who are NOT fascist assholes.
There are a lot more of us and our numbers are growing. Their numbers are shrinking. Gen Y and Z are not buying their bullshit. They mostly embrace our tolerance and progressive ideas.
And then there is the concept we tossed around yesterday. "Covid is evolution's IQ test". Let 'em not vaccinate. Let 'em not wear masks. The grim reaper is not done with this pandemic yet. Sadly, they will drag some innocents with them. You know that better than any of us. But still...the science and modern medicine deniers are rolling dice and they are loaded on the losing side.
So as we "turn them under", we turn out - and out vote the remaining assholes.
Thank you Bill. You answered my question well. And you may have come up with a great slogan in your last sentence “they turn under we turn out”. T-shirts, bumper stickers….😹
just before the pandemic, I had dinner with an old student and her husband. I'd been her counselor about thirty years ago. when I re-established contact with her a few years before that, she actually had to ask to "make sure" I wasn't a Repug. so I get that whole deal about overcoming the "empathetic counselor thing" with a vengeance. I actually had no idea I'd been so good at it. right now, I'm thinking it might just be an overrated skill. whatcha think, Jeri?
Karen. Hahahahahahaha. As a career long educator, I also get to the point of rephrasing my rhetoric to comment on these fascist bitty brats.
Especially jordan. What in the world is wrong with his face? Was he born looking like a crazy ass fanatic or is that the result of years of being a threadbare suit cheap theatric do-nothing who could not pass any bar exam regardless of how many tries.
I look at him preening now with usurped power and he is nothing but a dangerous boy who has been whupped too many times.
And scottie perry? Ewww. Do not get me started. What a blochead.
whenever I've had to depend on nurses (altogether too many times) I've felt like I needed to "trim my wick," politically speaking if, say, I needed my iv to be changed quickly (and when it has to be changed, it's gotta be changed QUICKLY). which is to say: thank god for YOU, Karen.
he's actually worse than that. as far as I know, the issue of what he knew and when about the ongoing sexual abuse on that wrestling team has never been adequately settled.
A pox on those who said that the House Repubs can’t do too much damage due to the slim majority and the veto power of Biden. Just turn logic and truth upside down. Rupert will surely put his best and most insane blathering idiots to work on this propaganda masterpiece, at 90 decibels.
Thank you TC for this absolutely insane visual. I'm just shaking my head in disgust and utter amazement that this is actually going on. But the reference to "For What It's Worth", one of my favorites from that era, will be on my mind today. What a complete shit show!
The general opinion from the legal beagles on MSNBC is that the DOJ will refuse any subpoenas for a look at current ongoing investigations and evidence, and go to court to have such subpoenas thrown out. It is likely that by the time the committee is really up and running with staff, etc., there may be indictments ready, and by poking the bear, the people in the House and Senate who are possible subjects of such investigations will only encourage the DOJ to indict as many people as possible.....
Concerning the balance of power, if the Legislative branch can impeach officials in the Judicial and Executive branch, who outside of the Legislative branch can impeach officials in the Legislative branch? For example, how does someone like George Santos get removed if he's not challenged by court cases or voters seeking recalls? How is the Legislative branch kept in check by powers outside of the Legislative branch?
And the Senate should do a counterinvestigation, and put Warren in charge of it. Whatever the House does, do it in spades.
I like that idea.
Interesting and sad note: A friend of mine who works in DC said the greatest questioner he ever saw on any committee was John Edwards. What a waste.
Edwardes was so full of himself he shot himself.
I live on the NC, and Edwards has a house close by. I saw a person ahead of me in line one night in the grocery store. He looked familiar, and I realized it was John Edwards. He was all by himself, and looked quite ordinary in shorts, shirt over a paunch, and flipflops. Standard warm weather attire here. I thought how low the mighty have fallen. Fame is very fleeting.
I live on the NC coast.
Yes, and Edwards pitch that "There are two Americas" was gaining traction. He was a contender and he threw it away.
Another guy thinking with his little head instead of his big one.
Today, it doesn’t matter!
Yes
so do I.
WheeDoggies ( with Jed Clampet inflection)
The Senate Subcommittee to investigate the the House Investigators investigating the investigations of the “weaponized” DOJ and FBI
As the Jordanites stumble all over themselves in another episode of the Hunger Games, Katnis takes her skills all the way to the Supreme Court where Team Alito exposes their disregard for jurisprudence in deference to what will become known as Jordy Badgering
Hopefully the DOJ just gives them a big middle finger, defying the presupposed ruling by the Gang of Six
Stayed tuned for season 2 of “The Constitution in Crisis” starring Bruce Dern as Gym Jordan
We're in for a rough ride, but we've been in this rodeo before with Trump. Line those ducks up and
knock them down.
TC, I hope you, your wife and cats
are all safe and well above ground.
Take good care.
Ok I can’t come up with my own words tonight regarding these idiots with house majority. Bob Dylan always comes through
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
How appropriate to this fiasco
you've pretty much said it all about the subject at hand.
I just want to use the opportunity to talk about how galling it is every time I see or hear these scumbags referred to as "conservative" or even "ultra-conservative."
I recognize that it's shorthand, but words mean something, especially when they're used as often and in as many places as this particular designation.
"conservatism" IS an actual philosophy. it's one I've never had much use for (although I consider myself to be pretty "conservative" in most cultural matters), but it IS (or WAS) an actual school of thought. most of it is based on nasty, deeply flawed assumptions (the American Dream is alive and kicking, there are moral hazards associated with "entitlements," God speaks through the open market....one could go on but everybody knows what I'm saying), but there IS some philosophy involved.
what the people in question embrace is something else altogether. for something like the third day in a row, I'm gonna say "nihilism." when this is referred to as "conservatism," it's given a level of credibility it simply does not possess.
I'm not sure what the necessary semantic adjustment should be, but there are plenty of available terms to investigate. you've done plenty of the heavy lifting already. "seditionists," "reactionaries," "obstructionists," "nihilists" (there I go again), "scumbags" (probably too general, but it's so much fun to say or type). but "conservatives" is just flat-out wrong.
what's being conserved?
all I see is chaos.
There are "conservatives," there are "reactionaries" and there are "fascists." There might be 3 or 4 Republicans in the House who actually are "conservative," but most are in the other two categories, which are mutually supporting. These people call themselves "conservative" because it is an honorable term, unlike what they really are.
It used to be an honorable term. To me, it’s an abomination, just like they have tried to make liberal.
exactly. but those Real Conservatives are no longer in any way the voice of the party.
Yes, exactly. I could disagree with those people and still respect them. Not so much now.
The term I use is NeoConfederates
I LIKE it!
Let’s coin the word ‘chaosism’! However, the prefix ‘ism’ generally implies an organized ‘body’ of coherent policies! Missing in the case of the creatures running the Capitol zoo!
It is going to be hard to avoid the distraction factor and get the necessary work done but that has to be the outlook. Dems have got to get on messaging. Todays quotes from Raskin et Al are looking good. Thanks for putting it in perspective TC.
If I were betting, I'd put my money on the smart ones...and that would not be the MAGAts.
Jordan, who lacks the skill or the intelligence to investigate my dog’s butt, is a law school graduate. There’s no record of him passing the bar exam, and I have no idea whether he ever took it, but the little snot can at least kind of pretend to having a law degree.
He's still a wrestler who probably got tossed on his head a time or two too many.
Looks like he was tossed on his head a time or two too many. What the fuck is he doing in a leadership position in Congress???? Sorry I had to vent. The real question is how do we get through to the kool aid crowd that votes for these idiots. Or is it the absent crowd that doesn’t vote at all? Where do we direct our energy to make a change? Well that last sentence sounds like a polite nurse. Let me rephrase: how do we direct our energy to defeat these fascist assholes?
Keep on "mouthing off" - I love it.
So you have a very feisty side as well as an intelligent one! Here's my answer to your question:
We direct our energy towards the turnout of Democratic and Independent voters. Register kids as soon as they are eligible. Focus on the people who are NOT fascist assholes.
There are a lot more of us and our numbers are growing. Their numbers are shrinking. Gen Y and Z are not buying their bullshit. They mostly embrace our tolerance and progressive ideas.
And then there is the concept we tossed around yesterday. "Covid is evolution's IQ test". Let 'em not vaccinate. Let 'em not wear masks. The grim reaper is not done with this pandemic yet. Sadly, they will drag some innocents with them. You know that better than any of us. But still...the science and modern medicine deniers are rolling dice and they are loaded on the losing side.
So as we "turn them under", we turn out - and out vote the remaining assholes.
Yeah, this is the only way to go with any real evidence of success. But it involves people getting off their assets and going to work.
Thank you Bill. You answered my question well. And you may have come up with a great slogan in your last sentence “they turn under we turn out”. T-shirts, bumper stickers….😹
Glad you overcame that polite nurse thing, I overcame that empathetic counselor thing a while back, at least where these cretins are concerned…
just before the pandemic, I had dinner with an old student and her husband. I'd been her counselor about thirty years ago. when I re-established contact with her a few years before that, she actually had to ask to "make sure" I wasn't a Repug. so I get that whole deal about overcoming the "empathetic counselor thing" with a vengeance. I actually had no idea I'd been so good at it. right now, I'm thinking it might just be an overrated skill. whatcha think, Jeri?
I can tell you as the guy in the other chair in the room, an empathetic counselor who knows their shit is truly invaluable.
Karen. Hahahahahahaha. As a career long educator, I also get to the point of rephrasing my rhetoric to comment on these fascist bitty brats.
Especially jordan. What in the world is wrong with his face? Was he born looking like a crazy ass fanatic or is that the result of years of being a threadbare suit cheap theatric do-nothing who could not pass any bar exam regardless of how many tries.
I look at him preening now with usurped power and he is nothing but a dangerous boy who has been whupped too many times.
And scottie perry? Ewww. Do not get me started. What a blochead.
Salud, my friend.
🗽
whenever I've had to depend on nurses (altogether too many times) I've felt like I needed to "trim my wick," politically speaking if, say, I needed my iv to be changed quickly (and when it has to be changed, it's gotta be changed QUICKLY). which is to say: thank god for YOU, Karen.
Thank you David. If I am ever your nurse you will always have a good IV
I’d say a few more hard hits would not have been undeserved. Not too late.
No, he is a deliberate cretin who knows exactly what he is doing, all the while sitting in the front row pew.
He makes me sick. What a worthless piece of shit.
he's actually worse than that. as far as I know, the issue of what he knew and when about the ongoing sexual abuse on that wrestling team has never been adequately settled.
or am I wrong about this?
It's never even been inadequately settled.
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing."
Damn straight, trailer trash House, sticking it to anybody with brains or integrity. And the monied arses are all in…
A pox on those who said that the House Repubs can’t do too much damage due to the slim majority and the veto power of Biden. Just turn logic and truth upside down. Rupert will surely put his best and most insane blathering idiots to work on this propaganda masterpiece, at 90 decibels.
For What It’s Worth…Buffalo Springfield 1967
So true still.
Salud, TC!
🗽
https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY
So it begins. Where it ends up, we can only hope for the best.
Those scrum sucking fucks care nothing about justice and a sense of fair play ( well did they ever? Fuck and no)
I wonder how this would play out when a 17 year old Black kid knocks over a convenience store , gets the yips and shoots th proprioritier
They are not human.
Tell us how you really feel!😉😇🧐
Thank you TC for this absolutely insane visual. I'm just shaking my head in disgust and utter amazement that this is actually going on. But the reference to "For What It's Worth", one of my favorites from that era, will be on my mind today. What a complete shit show!
The general opinion from the legal beagles on MSNBC is that the DOJ will refuse any subpoenas for a look at current ongoing investigations and evidence, and go to court to have such subpoenas thrown out. It is likely that by the time the committee is really up and running with staff, etc., there may be indictments ready, and by poking the bear, the people in the House and Senate who are possible subjects of such investigations will only encourage the DOJ to indict as many people as possible.....
Maybe. These guys have been planning this at least since November and may have all their ducks in the cage already, waiting to be lined up.
Concerning the balance of power, if the Legislative branch can impeach officials in the Judicial and Executive branch, who outside of the Legislative branch can impeach officials in the Legislative branch? For example, how does someone like George Santos get removed if he's not challenged by court cases or voters seeking recalls? How is the Legislative branch kept in check by powers outside of the Legislative branch?
Vetos and the once Honorable Supreme Court
Veto power still in play
SCOTUS is on life support and expected to succumb to Leonard Leo
After reading your UPDATE I'd agree that Raskin, Carville, and others are beginning to catch on to the messaging idea.