I mean, one would think that since these young adults are making the argument that the very reason they are protesting is that Gaza has become an uninhabitable hellscape, they have made their 8th Amendment argument in advance, but this is clearly why I'm not fit to be a GOP lawmaker.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 12:53 pmhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/colleg ... e-gop-billCollege anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill
'I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity,' says Rep Randy Weber
A new House Republican bill would send any person charged and convicted for illegal activity on a college campus to Gaza for at least six months.
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But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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The pure ignorance of lawmakers wanting to be heard on the record and in the press. As if US citizens just could get deported to anywhere (except Gitmo). The receiving nation would also want a word in the proceedings
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they'll be declared "enemy combatants" or a fifth column providing 'material support'
castigat ridendo mores.
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Yeah, good luck with that.
May the bridges I burn light my way.
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"But they aren't *real* Americans, y'see, therefore...." - Some GQP lawmaker.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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This is part of the false narrative they're supporting Hamas. Most are not. At all. But lots of fake account tweets spreading that lie so much it will become a truth.
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House Democrats launch investigation into Trump’s alleged offers to oil executives
Democrats on the House oversight committee sent letters to oil executives asking about alleged $1bn quid pro quo offer
Dharna Noor
Wed 15 May 2024 15.35 CEST
House Democrats have launched an investigation into a meeting between oil company executives and Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home and club last month, following reports that the former president offered to dismantle Biden’s environmental rules and requested $1bn in contributions to his presidential campaign.
Democrats on the House oversight committee late on Monday evening sent letters to nine oil executives requesting information on their companies’ participation in the meeting.
“Media reports raise significant potential ethical, campaign finance, and legal issues that would flow from the effective sale of American energy and regulatory policy to commercial interests in return for large campaign contributions,” the Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, wrote in the letters.
The investigation comes after the Washington Post broke the news of the dinner meeting, where Trump spoke in front of more than 20 fossil fuel executives from companies including Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum.
It was reported that Trump said steering $1bn into his campaign would be a “deal” for the companies because of the costs they would avoid under him. The former president offered in a second term to immediately end the Biden administration’s freeze on permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, while auctioning off more oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and reversing drilling restrictions in the Alaskan Arctic, among other promises.
Oversight Democrats addressed letters to the CEOs of oil giants Chevron and Exxon, liquefied natural gas company Cheniere Energy, and fossil fuel firms Chesapeake Energy, Continental Resources, EQT Corporation, Occidental Petroleum and Venture Global.
They also sent an inquiry to the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the fossil fuel industry’s top lobbying arm in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... estigation
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The Oversight Committee's meeting is going into the evening because members were in New York instead of Washington D.C. during the daytime hours. Since Marjorie Taylor Greene is part of this committee, it's going about as well as you would expect. I do love Jasmine Crockett. Two tweets from tonight's meeting -
Acyn
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Things are out of control in the Oversight Committee as there have been repeated outbursts from Marjorie Taylor Greene. The hearing has been tied up after Greene insulted the appearance of another member.
Greene: I would like to know if any of the Democrats on this committee are employing Judge Merchan’s daughter
Crockett: What does that have to do with Garland?
Raskin: Is she a porn star?
Crockett: Do you know what we’re here for?
Greene: I don’t think you know what we’re here for. I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your reading.
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Watching Raskin’s face and then Crockett’s as she seeks a point of order to see whether it’s appropriate to comment on Marge’s “bleach blonde bad built butch body” after Greene talked about her eyelashes is the best part.
Tim Walz’ Golden Rule: Mind your own damn business!
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CNN just aired a long clip on that and then had Moskowitz on this morning for comments (love him!). Can't wait for Jasmine Crockett to make the rounds on the news shows
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According to ol' Wifehorn, Fetterman said that in the past, he called the House the Jerry Springer Show, but now he is apologizing to the Jerry Springer Show.
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Robin Williams used to claim that Parliament was like Congress, but with a two-beer minimum. I think the roles have reversed.
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They’re not drunk, they’re just stupid assholes. Well, a third or so of them at least.W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 9:34 pm Robin Williams used to claim that Parliament was like Congress, but with a two-beer minimum. I think the roles have reversed.
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
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did you all see bobo do the sign of the cross?
She is trying to take that away from Biden
She is trying to take that away from Biden
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Maybe it's a new thing: the Holy Triangle whose points represent the three aspects of The Trinity?pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 6:15 amIt was a weird triangle. I’m sure Biden knows how to do the actual sign. Which is not a triangle.
Of course it isn't but perhaps they will attempt to wing it!
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She mistook the eye and pyramid from the dolla bill, I suppose.pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 6:15 amIt was a weird triangle. I’m sure Biden knows how to do the actual sign. Which is not a triangle.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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Jasmine Crockett will be up shortly with Katie Phang.
Edit, never mind, she was on best behavior.
Edit, never mind, she was on best behavior.
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"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
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It's hard to see how a do-nothing Congress can do even less. And how is "We're doing nothing!" a winning election strategy?
Tim Walz’ Golden Rule: Mind your own damn business!