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After Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) presided over the passage of a sweeping Ukraine aid package on Saturday, there was little left for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to do but literally curse his speakership on live television.

Speaking to CNN outside the Capitol following an overwhelming bipartisan vote in favor of Ukraine aid, Greene fumed over Johnson’s alleged offenses, culminating in the Ukraine vote, which she called “this bullshit in here on the House floor.”

Over half the House GOP conference voted against the package, representing the most Trump-aligned members.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:06 pm [b]MTG Literally Curses Mike Johnson’s Speakership After Ukraine Vote[/b]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie- ... raine-vote

After Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) presided over the passage of a sweeping Ukraine aid package on Saturday, there was little left for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to do but literally curse his speakership on live television.

Speaking to CNN outside the Capitol following an overwhelming bipartisan vote in favor of Ukraine aid, Greene fumed over Johnson’s alleged offenses, culminating in the Ukraine vote, which she called “this bullshit in here on the House floor.”

Over half the House GOP conference voted against the package, representing the most Trump-aligned members.

p0rtia wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:25 pm

Volkonski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:06 pm [b]MTG Literally Curses Mike Johnson’s Speakership After Ukraine Vote[/b]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie- ... raine-vote

After Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) presided over the passage of a sweeping Ukraine aid package on Saturday, there was little left for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to do but literally curse his speakership on live television.

Speaking to CNN outside the Capitol following an overwhelming bipartisan vote in favor of Ukraine aid, Greene fumed over Johnson’s alleged offenses, culminating in the Ukraine vote, which she called “this bullshit in here on the House floor.”

Over half the House GOP conference voted against the package, representing the most Trump-aligned members.

Okay; I read the report; I listened to MTG spew her crap. Nowhere did I read or here her say that she cursed Mike Johnson. If anyone can find a reference to the curse, please let me know.

In the meantime, I ask: What the fuck find of reporting is this, Daily Beast???? Do we have to go over "literally" AGAIN? I mean, that's not even an off-idiom usage; it's just wrong. She didn't say it.

keith wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:35 pm I agree with you Portia.

But I'm wondering... should we have a standalone "Grammar NAZI" thread?

zekeb wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:28 pmLifebouy or Lux?

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:27 pm such wonderful words coming out of the mouth of a "christian"



my mama would have beat my behind and washed my mouth out with soap after slapping it

good Baptist woman that she was

tek wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:49 pm

zekeb wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:28 pmLifebouy or Lux?

Foe me, it DEFINITELY would have been Octagon.

41 mins ago - Politics & Policy
Hakeem Jeffries emerges as Congress' shadow speaker
Andrew Solender

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) found himself in an unusual position for a minority leader last week: It was he, not the House speaker, who had the ultimate power to decide whether legislation came to the floor.

Why it matters: Democrats got everything they wanted – a $95 billion foreign aid bill, the credit for passing it, and adversaries more divided than ever. In their telling, that total victory wasn't a sure thing.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a master legislative tactician, heaped praise on her successor: "He is fabulous. We're so proud of him."
One senior House Democrat told Axios: "It easily could have fallen apart ... He played the cards the way you'd want to play them."
"I would not want to play blackjack against him," the lawmaker added.

What happened: Democrats did something virtually unheard of in modern politics on Thursday, crossing the aisle on the House Rules Committee to save the foreign aid package. They did it again the next day on the House floor. This was all Jeffries' call, as was Democrats' decision to wait until it was clear House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn't have the votes on his own before saving the package on the floor. "We wouldn't be voting on this right now if it weren't for Hakeem ... He's the one who created the system that Johnson could follow and get this done," said a House Democrat.

Zoom in: Jeffries' message to his members leading up to the foreign aid fight was to stay unified behind him and not commit themselves to positions on saving Johnson that might box the party in.

In other words: To give him all the power and maneuverability that Johnson lacks. The senior House Democrat told Axios: "If he hadn't taken the approach he had, he could have had members going rogue." "He gave us so many options," said Pelosi.

Between the lines: Democratic leadership had already been forging the unified front that would be Jeffries' strongest weapon for weeks with a push to get as many signatures as possible on their foreign aid discharge petition. Jeffries himself sat down with centrist Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a skeptic of single-party discharge petitions, to get him to sign. It worked.

What they're saying: House Democrats told Axios the foreign aid fight revealed a deftness in Jeffries – both in public and in closed-door negotiations – that makes him well suited for the speakership.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) told Axios: "Hakeem has been very graceful. He's not purposefully thrown Johnson under the bus ... He's not been triumphant at all, he realizes how bad that would be for Mike Johnson."
"It's a lesson well learned from previous speakers: He finessed it well when he had to," said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.).
What to watch: Many Democrats also told Axios they don't anticipate Jeffries facing the type of revolts from his left flank that Johnson has seen from his right on the motion to vacate and procedural votes.

Part of that is his reputation as a coalition builder: "He knows how to engage, uplift and balance all members of his party," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a member of the progressive "Squad." "Anybody that wants a phone call or a meeting, we've had it," said one Democrat. The lawmaker predicted the party will change a rule allowing any member to force a vote on ousting the speaker, but said such a vote "would never happen in our caucus even if that rule existed ... he works very closely with [his left flank]."

The bottom line: Johnson "should just pack up and resign and hand the gavel over to Leader Jeffries," said Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), a leading Progressive Caucus member. "He seems to be able to manage this process in a much more democratic way – in a way that gets bills to the floor."

One senior House Democrat told Axios: "It easily could have fallen apart ... He played the cards the way you'd want to play them."
"I would not want to play blackjack against him," the lawmaker added.

Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump wrote: GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden: “Matt Gaetz is a bully. Chip Roy is a bully. Bob Good's a bully. And the only way to stop a bully is to push back hard."

House Republicans are in total disarray.

bob wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:18 pm

One senior House Democrat told Axios: "It easily could have fallen apart ... He played the cards the way you'd want to play them."
"I would not want to play blackjack against him," the lawmaker added.

While I appreciate the sentiment, the metaphor doesn't hunt. (Blackjack players compete against the house, which follows automatic rules.)

RVInit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:35 pm I still say all the Republicans that are probably going to just throw in the towel should do it right away. That would be the best "fuck you" to the Marjorie Taylor Green faction of the Republican Party. Just turn the House over to the Democrats and sit back and laugh while MTG freaks herself into a heart attack. That would be so sweet to see. There has GOT to be a handful of Republicans that have had enough and would love to stick it the so-called Freedom CaucusFARTers and the other screaming meemies.

Flatpoint High wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:49 pm

RVInit wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:35 pm I still say all the Republicans that are probably going to just throw in the towel should do it right away. That would be the best "fuck you" to the Marjorie Taylor Green faction of the Republican Party. Just turn the House over to the Democrats and sit back and laugh while MTG freaks herself into a heart attack. That would be so sweet to see. There has GOT to be a handful of Republicans that have had enough and would love to stick it the so-called Freedom CaucusFARTers and the other screaming meemies.

Fixed it for you

House speaker Mike Johnson calls on Columbia University president to resign

Guardian News
24 Apr 2024

US House speaker Mike Johnson called on the president of Columbia University, Minouche Shafik, to resign for failing to crack down on antiwar protests in support of Palestine on campus. Johnson was speaking at Columbia University where he said: 'I'm here today joining my colleagues and calling on President [Minouche] Shafik to resign if she cannot immediately bring order to this chaos.'

Protests have been taking place at several US universities, where some students have set up tents. Police have responded to some of the demonstrations with force, detaining students and dismantling their camps

Mike Johnson calls on Columbia president to resign; students arrested at campus protests in California, Ohio and Texas – live

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.

Posey’s announcement — if made earlier — could have easily attracted a spirited Republican primary, with politicians from the state’s Space Coast region already eyeing the seat once Posey retired. Florida’s 8th congressional district is a solid Republican seat.

Instead the 76-year-old incumbent’s announcement came shortly after qualifying officially ended and after his hand-picked replacement — former state Senate President Mike Haridopolos — had already quietly jumped into the race.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:19 pm https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/2 ... t-00154658

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.

Posey’s announcement — if made earlier — could have easily attracted a spirited Republican primary, with politicians from the state’s Space Coast region already eyeing the seat once Posey retired. Florida’s 8th congressional district is a solid Republican seat.

Instead the 76-year-old incumbent’s announcement came shortly after qualifying officially ended and after his hand-picked replacement — former state Senate President Mike Haridopolos — had already quietly jumped into the race.