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Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:57 pm

“If we’re gonna solve difficult problems we’ve got to deal with some very unpleasant truths, or lies, and make sure that we reject to the public what the truth is.”

I think the Republicans are doing a fine job of rejecting what the truth is to the public.

Rolodex wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:15 pm
Good to see there was some line they wouldn't cross. Unless they wrote in Nick Saben.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the Republican chairwoman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday she will not seek reelection in 2024 after nearly three decades in Congress.

Granger, 80, is the nation’s longest-serving GOP congresswoman and was first elected in 1996. Her district, which includes Fort Worth, is heavily Republican and is likely to remain out of reach for Democrats next yea r.

“It’s time for the next generation to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people,” Granger said in a statement.

Savage fights unravel GOP's newfound unity
Andrew Solender - 7 hours ago

Rogue tactics by Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are prompting a flurry of intra-party attacks on social media and the Senate floor.

Why it matters: The public infighting threatens to cut short new House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) honeymoon as Congress is consumed by crises at home and abroad.

Driving the news: Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went back and forth on the social media site X after Roy and 22 other Republicans voted against Greene's resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Roy, in a statement, called the measure "feckless" and "deeply flawed" for its use of the word "insurrection" to describe a Capitol Hill protest calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Greene shot back in a post on X criticizing Roy – along with "CNN wannabe" Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and "vaping groping" Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) – for helping oust her from the Freedom Caucus and voting to certify the 2020 election. After Roy made a reference to Greene's prior comments on "space lasers," Greene replied in another X post: "Oh shut up Colonel Sanders, you're not even from Texas," accusing him of spending most of his time in the D.C. area. In a statement to Axios, Boebert spokesperson Anthony Fakhoury said the lawmaker is "not concerned about unprovoked attacks from MTG." A spokesperson for Buck did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Zoom in: Greene and Roy weren't the only House Republicans to exchange barbs on Thursday. Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), after supporting a failed GOP-led vote to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress, said on X: "Last night, the House saw its shadow. Unfortunately, this means there will be two more weeks of Santos." Santos responded by seizing on a news report about Womack's son pleading guilty to a federal drug charge, posting: "Instead of being home, taking care of your son, you're sitting pretty in the swamp." "I have been respectful of my colleagues through this process but I'm sick and tired of people with glass houses casting stones at me," Santos said. In a statement earlier this year, Womack said his family loves their son and "believe in our hearts he will redeem himself. We regret he is at the mercy of the criminal justice system and will respect the judgment."

The big picture: The public fights appear to be tearing at the fragile appearance of unity created by Johnson's election last week. After three weeks of internal discord in which three successive GOP speaker nominees failed to win over substantial blocs of detractors to secure the gavel, Johnson won it in a single ballot with zero GOP defectors. But signs of disunity showed almost as soon as soon as Johnson took office, with some Republicans dismissing the GOP solidarity that swept Johnson into office as a one-off, Axios' Juliegrace Brufke reported.

Between the lines: Things are little better for Republicans on the other side of the Capitol, even as the Senate has been noted this year for its relative harmony on issues like government spending compared to the House. Long-simmering tensions over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) months-long blockage of hundreds of military promotions in protest of the Pentagon's abortion reimbursement policy finally exploded into public view on the Senate floor Wednesday night, A group of Republican defense-hawks tried and failed to get unanimous consent to swiftly pass more than 60 routine military promotions, but Tuberville blocked each one. "Holding her hostage doesn't help the pro-life cause, it hurts our military," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said of one military official whose promotion was blocked. "She had nothing to do with this [abortion] policy ... This is doing great damage to our military."

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC wrote: Mike Johnson’s wife Kelly just responded after it was revealed her “Christian Counseling Services” compare gay people to bestiality and say sex out of wedlock “offends God.”

She said she “felt burdened for so many people” & says “God” made Mike Johnson Speaker. “It’s Biblical.”

Biden-Harris HQ @BidenHQ wrote: Mike Johnson: “The fall of Rome” happened because they “condoned” gay people

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:51 pm Johnson was made Speaker by God.

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC wrote: Mike Johnson’s wife Kelly just responded after it was revealed her “Christian Counseling Services” compare gay people to bestiality and say sex out of wedlock “offends God.”

She said she “felt burdened for so many people” & says “God” made Mike Johnson Speaker. “It’s Biblical.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:51 pm Johnson was made Speaker by God.

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC wrote: Mike Johnson’s wife Kelly just responded after it was revealed her “Christian Counseling Services” compare gay people to bestiality and say sex out of wedlock “offends God.”

She said she “felt burdened for so many people” & says “God” made Mike Johnson Speaker. “It’s Biblical.”

Nick Sortor @nicksortor wrote: JUST IN: @SpeakerJohnson seems to be following through with his promise to release the January 6th tapes.

Johnson is now moving forward with the approval process to hand over Capitol CCTV videos and images to the Blaze—which was STALLED under McCarthy—according to @TPC4USA

Ted Lieu @tedlieu wrote: Under new Republican leadership we are voting late at night on … stupid stuff. We are about to vote on:

-Reducing salary of EPA Administrator to $1

-Reducing salary of Director of Bureau of Land Management to $1

-Reducing salary of Secretary of the Interior to $1

Kayleigh McEnany @kayleighmcenany wrote: @SpeakerJohnson gave me a tour of the Congressional Prayer Room.

"We'll be using it every morning."

"This will be my discipline to come in here and seek the Lord's guidance for what we do each day."

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:05 pm First Tucker Carlson, now Glenn Beck apparently gets them.
https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1 ... 55013?s=20

Nick Sortor @nicksortor wrote: JUST IN: @SpeakerJohnson seems to be following through with his promise to release the January 6th tapes.

Johnson is now moving forward with the approval process to hand over Capitol CCTV videos and images to the Blaze—which was STALLED under McCarthy—according to @TPC4USA

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:17 pm Waiting with bated / baited breath for Muslim members of the House seek a moment of quiet in this room and have a Koran at ready. Also too not forget the Jewish community. Alas the FSM is still waiting for representation

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:55 pm

Kayleigh McEnany @kayleighmcenany wrote: @SpeakerJohnson gave me a tour of the Congressional Prayer Room.

"We'll be using it every morning."

"This will be my discipline to come in here and seek the Lord's guidance for what we do each day."

Suranis wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:04 pm It could also be Room 219, which is used weekly by the "Congressional Prayer Caucus" to show off how Prayery they are.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:56 am THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS HIM

or sumthin

We are doomed
Nothing is going to get done.