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Schiff and Swallwell would make mincemeat out of those insurrectionist rump kissers. The whole pathetic group’s collective brain is smaller than one of Schiff and Swallwell’s brain cells.

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Hahahahahaha. Girl, your descriptive powers are textbook. Careful that you fly under the radar in Florida the Republik. Your book will be burned. I’ll hide a few copies.

Under the no-trust-tryst Trustee’s dias at New College.

Salud, Karen.

🗽

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Thanks for leading me to check out New College and the new trustees. Disaster! One of my colleagues at Oberlin became the president of New College (now retired---thankfully, I'm sure!) These pseudo-Christian right wingers are a plague.

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Thank you for the heads up. If I’m ever in Florida I will definitely stay under the radar. That governor, I mean dictator is one scary dude.

Salud Christine

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so many synonymous cliches present themselves: Den of Thieves, Nest of Vipers, Rogues' Gallery...everyone is invited to add to the list. it really is preposterous. completely over the top. if we didn't know that McCarthy is incapable of anything resembling real wit, I'd suggest that he was consciously attempting to be over the top, knowing that whatever this bunch comes up with it, it won't go anywhere, so he's decided to just let his own particular freak flag fly (David Crosby again!).

after a long, challenging medical day on no hours of sleep, I returned home and tried to go through today's NYT, but came close enough to "tears of rage" (when was I wont to be so full of quotes, sirrah?) that I consigned it to recycling. I mean jeez louise...more police murdering people, a nastier-than-usual spate of mass shootings, ridiculous op-eds about this make-believe "document crisis" (ridiculous because these pieces are just giving this bullshit more oxygen and I still haven't seen anywhere in the NYT or WaPo where someone has mentioned that vital point about Veeps getting no help in document handling from the NARA people), TFF returning to FB (can a cesspool be made even cessier?) and this completely insane 30% sales tax idea that's so stupid and so obviously, catastrophically regressive that even a Repug House member c. 2023 should have been too embarrassed to bring it up..."revoltin' developments" indeed!

oy, as I keep saying.

and Karen...I thought of you a lot today, dependent as I was on the exceptional competence and emotional largesse of (drum roll)...RADIOLOGY NURSES. my compliments on how well you suggested--but nevertheless, skated around--obscenity. and of course, there is nothing closer to my heart than obscenity.

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Awe David, It sounds like your Radiology Nurses provided the excellent care that you and all patients should experience while going through challenging medical issues. Please let me know if there is any way I can help. If it’s not skating around obscenities I can do that too😹 Take care David ❤️

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thanks as always, Karen. heart you back and one day, I'll figure out how to find the...it's an "emoticon," right?

actually, I developed an instant crush on today's main Radiology Nurse, a beautiful Korean named Annie who also hails from Flushing. we bonded over both attending Forest Hills High School (44 years apart, but still). it was when she kept calling me "honey" and "sweetie" that I knew I was lost. at least for the rest of the afternoon.

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“Insurrection Defense Committee” is the appropriate name. The “weaponization of the government” took place a few years back. My gast was flabbered at how fast chump and cronies did just that. Goebbels would have proud; this shitshow should indeed reveal the clowns with flamethrowers as the destruction derby that they surely are. Hear that, our MSM. Do you have ears…

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"My gast was flabbered...." 🤣👏 Mine, too, by the way

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As was mine.

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Insurrection Defense Committee indeed, peopled by the Gadfly Caucus. (I can’t remember who coined that term, it may have been Tom, but it’s perfect!)

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Does the MSM have ears? The answer to that is of course not! They are too far up their backsides to reach them.

The only thing they "hear" is drama & turmoil which this bunch will have lots of.

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Ah Jeri, "My gast was flabbered" made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.

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I love

first of all

your title, TC. It is as a fort with the bricks scrambled The BOLD CAPS are armaments with a false front.

I would not say that the 'Select Subcommittee' is 'on Weaponization of the Federal Government', Call it what it is: The de-weaponization, the de-structure, the de-function of the fe d er al -- can you see the walls tumbling down?

Do you recognize the drooling mouths and soiled diapers of the wreckers?

I love

the way you throw mud and sewerage between the letters of their names

and at their faces, TC.

It's ZOO time in America.

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He has the guts to call them what they are, wish MSM would bring the hammer down as well with their careful language. It can be done, it has been done. I have to say that comedians/satirists (Will Rogers/Al Frankin) have done it well. As did Edward R. Murrow once upon a time. Turn Schiff and Swallwell loose on the traitorous MAGAts

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Comparing the Insurrection Defense Committee to a zoo is an affront to zoos. Most zoos are well organized, well run facilities operated by trained personnel using best practices to care for animals in their charge. Most keepers involved in daily care truly love the animals. The performative extremists do not rise to the level of the scientific communities known as zoos. The performative crazies have no love of country; they are a looting, destructive mob.

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'Animals suffer in zoos. They get depressed, psychologically disturbed, frustrated, they harm each other, become ill, go hungry, and are forced to endure extreme and unnatural temperatures. These animals cannot live as they would wish to live. In zoos, animals such as dolphins and sea lions are ridiculed in demeaning and embarrassing performances, animals can get extremely stressed by screaming visitors. They are subjected to camera flashes and the hordes of hundreds of people who spend each day in front of their cages to watch but learn nothing. If you care about animals do not go to the zoo. Educate your children with true respect for animals.'(animalequlity) see link below

https://animalequality.org/news/zoos-the-life-of-animals-in-captivity/#:~:text=Animals%20suffer%20in%20zoos.,they%20would%20wish%20to%20live.

'12 Reasons Why Animals Should Not Be Kept in Zoos' See link below.

https://www.ourendangeredworld.com/species/why-animals-should-not-be-kept-in-zoos/

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My intent was not to start an argument about zoos. Just that zoos are not as chaotic as the extreme people in the House.

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Actually, Jenn - this bunch BELONGS in a zoo - how about letting the other species go back to where they should be - living their lives free. I think that "capturing" this crew of insurrectionists - putting them where THEY belong - is a really good idea.

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We could compromise. Put the “Insurrection Defense Committee” in the Zoo.

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My kind of human! Thank you.

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Each with their intent. I was thinking of the animals.

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It is time for a plague to eliminate all humans and let animals take over and save the planet we have destroyed. I am serious.

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With that smile, Marine, I won't risk doubting you.

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Point taken

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A metaphor, not apt for a zoo protector or two. No apologies on my part.

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RE: Ds drinking on the House floor during R's Speaker nomination debacle

Not sure if there's a specific House rule against drinking on the floor (probably is), or if any Ds actually broke it (probably not). But while not wishing to engage in the fine art of whataboutism, there's a rule in the House dress code that Jim Jordan conspicuously flouts daily, and has done so for, well, pretty much as long as he's been there, begging the question: if rules are going to be broken, which has a better reason to do so, considering that my watching the tiny bit of that shitshow that I did required a good stiff drink in my hand to avoid filling my hand with my .45 and dispatching my flat screen to Samsung Heaven.

If any Ds did, in fact, break some rule regarding the presence and use of alcohol on the floor where much of this nation's business is conducted, I'd predict that if that were an offense that could land one in a courtroom, under those particular circumstances there's not an impartial jury in the world that would convict.

Now, as to that rule about actually doing one's job in a manner that benefits one's constituents in particular and the country in general, who there might readily be accused of breaking that one? Well, no one, of course, since there is no such rule. Only an oath. To the Constitution. And we all know what those are worth and who values them these days.

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So true.

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it seems to me that I can recall many stories of senators and representatives drinking a LOT throughout the histories of the institutions. god knows, neither house has lacked for dysfunctional alcoholics. am I wrong in remembering old Strom having two bottles handy during his filibustering...one for bourbon, the other for peeing. I like to think that he might've had enough bourbon on more than one occasion to get a little, uhhh, CONFUSED. but I'm being fanciful.

but I sure don't like that big girl. not one bit.

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Back in the day, a few circuses would make their way to small towns and I was lucky enough to see a couple under the big tent. I will not be in the audience for this circus of misfit ignoramus seditionists masquerading as clowns. They don't deserve my time or attention. TC, thanks for doing the dirty work on our behalf. I just hope in their efforts to destroy this country and all of its institutions, they manage to take themselves out...in prime time. For THAT, I'll show up and even spring for a box of popcorn.

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How 'bout we create a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Insurrection Defense Committee? (Sorry, just trying to wend my way oh-so-merrily through so much to be disgusted with.) Failing mightily.

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🤣👏

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"The Papule Inquisition Committee" ?

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The analysts for these chimps are now busily crafting what they think are clever one-liners and assorted zingers meant for media consumption. It's a continuation of the insurrection but with no climbing or charging; it will be done while sitting and twitching about on their arses and making screeching noises. (Apologies to our lower primate friends who often show wonder and dignity.)

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I am hoping that their dysfunction is so deep and so warped that they will begin devouring one another and self-destruct before our eyes!

They coalesce in the face of a perceived enemy... but working together to get anything else done for their constituents may prove to be beyond their pay grade.

I keep thinking about the way Merryl Streep's character met her end in Don't Look Up. Just when she thought she was safe.,,,,,,,,

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Barnburner of a final sentence, TC.

Agree 1000%. Do the Dems have it in them to do this? I can imagine Nancy has sharpened her behind the scenes prod.

Salud, friend. Love and shine to Jurate.

🗽💜

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Today's column addresses an issue in which I am particularly interested - accountability for the insurrection supporters -- or in this case, the lack thereof. I would love to see you explore the mechanics of how these creeps can be brought to justice, including expulsion from Congress. How would this process work? Who can initiate this under the 14th Amendment Sec. 3? How can we make this dog bite? Are we stuck with these swine in unbeatable gerrymandered districts in perpetuity, since their constituents are reliable votes and the ballot box is not a remedy? I'd really like something positive to glom onto. Thanks.

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It would take a Democratic majority and an influx of sane people with backbones into the Republican caucus. I think we can see the problem with this otherwise-excellent idea.

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I’m probably naive, but they are insurrectionists who actively participated in the attempted coup and asked for a pardon . Couldn’t and shouldn’t the DOJ indict them? Or would that even remove the swamp suckers from Congress?

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I wish other writers could get this message across. I sometimes don't know what's worse; the House Republicans or the people wringing their hands over them being the House majority.

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Well, TC, once again you have summed this up beautifully. I would love to be able to ghost every one of these folks when they are standing in front of the bathroom mirror in the mornings and whisper something like "Remember the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from Dickens...this shall be your fate if you don't start telling the truth." Every day, until they go mad, or wake up. Watching all this from the outside is a study in the corruption of power and greed that occurs all too frequently in those hallowed halls, which appear to be losing the "hallowed" designation more rapidly every year. (Or perhaps that is because as I grow older, I pay more attention to what is going on there.) Be all this as it may, I appreciate your summation, and your research, and just your sheer pluck. Take care, and have a good weekend.

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Thanks!

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At least Ringling Brothers was a well

organized circus 🎪. Anyone notice

how touchy the Ringleader is with the MSM lately? Guess he's not sleeping very well.😁

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Insurrection Defense Committee indeed. Well said, sir.

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What a line-up of people who should not even be in the same building with a Congressional Committee, unless being investigated by same. I hope the Dems do the right thing on Committee appointments!

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