House Select Subcommittee For the Weaponization of the Federal Government

Kendra · #51

DID YOU KNOW: right after the GOP won the house last November, Kash Patel began offering money & jobs to bribe disgruntled former MAGA FBI agents to become “whistleblowers” for the
@Jim_Jordan
weaponization subcommittee?
@petestrzok
and I break it down on tomorrow’s
@aisle45pod

Kendra · #52

I forgot about today's Twitter hearing. Thanks to Aaron Rupar for providing clips and commentary. https://twitter.com/atrupar

Kendra · #53

!!! Jim Jordan and Stacey Plaskett are going at it

qbawl · #54

When Jordan said "without objection" all other opening . . .
What exactly does "without objection" mean?
Is it 'if nobody objects' such and such will occur or,
is it 'there can be no objections since I am the Chairman' and such and such WILL occur?
Pardon my ignorance of House rules and / or Robert's Rules of Order.

Dr. Ken · #55

Kendra · #56

Joy Reid had Dan Goldman on her show tonight. Last ten minutes or so of the hour. Damn, he's so sharp.

p0rtia · #57

qbawl wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:47 pm When Jordan said "without objection" all other opening . . .
What exactly does "without objection" mean?
Is it 'if nobody objects' such and such will occur or,
is it 'there can be no objections since I am the Chairman' and such and such WILL occur?
Pardon my ignorance of House rules and / or Robert's Rules of Order.

The former. "In the absence of an objection"

qbawl · #58

p0rtia wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:36 pm
qbawl wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:47 pm When Jordan said "without objection" all other opening . . .
What exactly does "without objection" mean?
Is it 'if nobody objects' such and such will occur or,
is it 'there can be no objections since I am the Chairman' and such and such WILL occur?
Pardon my ignorance of House rules and / or Robert's Rules of Order.
The former. "In the absence of an objection"

That's what I thought. However it must be pro forma (or perhaps he was aware there would be no objections) as there was no time to object before he was on to other things. Of course I see this all the time watching hearings and no one ever seems to object but I'm sure there are objections that I just haven't seen.

Kendra · #59

Wow. A Republican Congressman just try mansplaining Del. Stacey Plaskett during a hearing by giving her a document & she literally walked it back over to him. Stacey Plaskett isn’t holding back any punches with Republicans & it’s absolutely glorious. An icon & Queen.

Kendra · #60

Lynch: These witnesses are being dismissed without the ability to cross examine their statements?

Kendra · #61

Jordan: I’d point out that Democrats ran a committee for a year and a half which gave no ability to Republicans to cross examine witnesses

#62

Kendra wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:06 am https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/statu ... 2911020035

Wow. A Republican Congressman just try mansplaining Del. Stacey Plaskett during a hearing by giving her a document & she literally walked it back over to him. Stacey Plaskett isn’t holding back any punches with Republicans & it’s absolutely glorious. An icon & Queen.

(from the comments)
https://twitter.com/RobAnderson2018/sta ... 96705?s=20

robert jon anderson @RobAnderson2018 wrote: Mike Johnson is the Miller Lite of Louisiana white supremacists
*source: I lived in his district

Kendra · #63

Thanks for sharing that.

noblepa · #64

Jordan: I’d point out that Democrats ran a committee for a year and a half which gave no ability to Republicans to cross examine witnesses

I assume that he is referring to the Jan. 6 Committee. IIRC, there were R's on that committee. Wasn't Liz Chaney a member? Jordan wasn't on it because the D's declined to appoint insane people to the committee.

#65

noblepa wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:20 pm
Jordan: I’d point out that Democrats ran a committee for a year and a half which gave no ability to Republicans to cross examine witnesses
I assume that he is referring to the Jan. 6 Committee. IIRC, there were R's on that committee. Wasn't Liz Chaney a member? Jordan wasn't on it because the D's declined to appoint insane people to the committee.

Kinzinger too. And it is worth pointing out that the Ds accepted the majority of the Rs suggested appointments to that committee, but because they rejected two with LITERAL TIES TO JANUARY 6TH, McCarthy took his ball and went home. Whose fault is that?

Kendra · #66

Goldman: Did you discuss the substance of your testimony with any members of this committee?

pjhimself · #67

Kendra · #68

About Taiibbi...

I actually almost felt sorry for him a second. What a clown show from Jim Jordan’s star witness, hired by Musk. What else ya got?

Kendra · #69

I am going to put together a thread on today's House Republican "weaponization of government" hearing. Follow along starting here.

#70

The Republicans are all about projection.

Resume18 · #71

Jacketless Jagoff Gym: his accusations are actually confessions.

Suranis · #72

Obviously both sides are the same

Kendra · #73

Goldman rocks as always. He got two of the witnesses to admit taking money from Kash Patel.

Kendra · #74

I swear the Rs on this committee don't know that Wray was appointed by tfg.

Cross posting:

Jim Jordan’s whistleblowers just admitted they have been paid by former Trump adviser Kash Patel

p0rtia · #75

Thanks, Kendra! I hemmed and hawed about whether to watch this this or the Maricopa hearing. I opted for Maricopa, because it's live only. Glad you're here doing updates--sound much more interesting than mine!