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Even dedicated Congress watchers are shrugging. We're beyond the circular firing squad into a full out battle royale with bump stock equipped AR15s.
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The Last Call posted:If it's largely the same eight causing the problem and causing history to repeat, maybe the GOP should take care of the actual problem. It would be so easy to kick gaetz's rear end to the curb too
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Is there any solution outside of: A) All the 'moderate' R's capitulate completely to the HFC and we get someone like Jordan or a less-known nutjob like Donalds or something. B) Somebody like Emmer makes a deal with the dems. It seems like A is honestly much more likely?
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kw0134 posted:The recess is so Emmer can individually work with the holdouts because (reportedly) he's not going to bring it to the floor until he can get to 217. The question is what happens when he doesn't get 217 as it's obvious the divisions that doomed the first two tries at resolving this shitshow are still there. Good news from the  department! It's a whole new set of divisions working against Emmer.
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Oct 24, 2023 19:17
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Rescue Toaster posted:Is there any solution outside of: the HFC is a minority in the GOP. Giving them everything they want is just going to piss off the moderates and you're back to square one
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Oct 24, 2023 19:18
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Imagine being in a party where everyone hates each other and are so loving looney that they can’t figure out a leader. Utterly amazing that McCarthy was able to get Speakership and hold on to it until he actually did some legislative work with the democrats which made the crazies mad.
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Rescue Toaster posted:Is there any solution outside of: In a week or two they will just have to go to the dems because literally no one will get enough votes. Or everything shuts down and we descend into anarchy.
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Oct 24, 2023 19:19
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well this will make things better...
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Rescue Toaster posted:Is there any solution outside of: Is there any benefit to Dems voting for Emmer at this point? Emmer obviously wants to work with them across the aisle. Dems would be sending a clear message they are on board. The Dems would also be giving the BIGGEST FU to HFC no voters.
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Blind Rasputin posted:Emmer obviously wants to work with them across the aisle. You sure about that ding-dong?
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Oct 24, 2023 19:21
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Ringo Star Get posted:Imagine being in a party where everyone hates each other and are so loving looney that they can’t figure out a leader. Two people(?) voted present on a *secret* ballot. There's no way they can stop hating each other and themselves for long enough to get someone over the finish line.
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Blind Rasputin posted:Is there any benefit to Dems voting for Emmer at this point? Emmer obviously wants to work with them across the aisle. Dems would be sending a clear message they are on board. The Dems would also be giving the BIGGEST FU to HFC no voters. Having a (semi-) functional government?
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https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1716882350464733641 Trump is going after Emmer now... RINO!
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Oct 24, 2023 19:24
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it's incredibly bullshit that Donalds wasn't McDonalds guy like have some loving decency loving making us remember all their store brand WASP name and gimmick
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kw0134 posted:The recess is so Emmer can individually work with the holdouts because (reportedly) he's not going to bring it to the floor until he can get to 217. The question is what happens when he doesn't get 217 as it's obvious the divisions that doomed the first two tries at resolving this shitshow are still there. Surely a 3-man double elimination round-robin secret ballot runoff will fix this
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Oct 24, 2023 19:26
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Reading Trump posts makes me feel like I’m looking at a TV Tropes page.
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Burning_Monk posted:https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1716882350464733641 hi this should count as witness intimidation since it directly impacts his criminal proceedings. donald trump is actively orchestrating and attempting another coup of power in the united states.
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Oct 24, 2023 19:27
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It's crazy that this total poo poo show is finding ways to show more poo poo.
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Lol Grandma is saying all the Republicans in congress are worthless and don't care about anyone but themselves. Great optics there guys. Side not I'd been resisting believing it but wow the party really is broken and now if they elect Emmer it's a slap in the face to their leading presidential candidate.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1716861282165362710 Lmao
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https://twitter.com/MicaSoellnerDC/status/1716883268359106743 Jesus tap dancing christ, someone is literally going to try and choke him to death.
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kazil posted:well this will make things better... Just for fun I'm trying to read this in the mindset of someone who loooooooves TRUMP and thinks the Democrats are the evil babyeating empire and MAGA is our only hope for restoring light and truth and justice to this world of slavery and evil. Like a mindset where "RINO" is like "Blue Dog" or "centrist" to us, where "globalist" is equivalent to "warmonger" or "corporate shill", and where saying "defending Ilhan Omar" is equivalent to saying "defending Osama bin Laden". Where a "warrior" is someone willing to make personal sacrifices and take personal risks in service of fighting the good fight against some perceived shadowy force that has all of America in thrall from the top down. And even doing that doesn't make any of this poo poo sound any more like what "the good guy" would say! It asks us to buy into the central idea that the only laudable thing is to be LOYAL and PRO-TRUMP. He brags about "the Power of a Trump Endorsement!!" which sounds bonkers no matter how in the bag you are for the person saying it. The mind of a person who is in the intended audience for this kind of thing is beyond my comprehension
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US Republican Senator Jeff Wilson arrested over carrying gun into Hong Kong, barred from leaving city Jeff Wilson, a Washington state Republican senator, reportedly called the police on journalists who photographed him as he walked out of the courthouse on Monday. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/10/24/us-republican-senator-jeff-wilson-arrested-over-carrying-gun-into-hong-kong-barred-from-leaving-city/ Jeff Wilson, a Republican senator from Washington state, appeared at Shatin Magistrates’ Courts on Monday following his Saturday arrest. He was released on a cash bail of HK$20,000 and ordered to hand over his travel documents and not to leave Hong Kong, local media reported. Sing Tao Daily reported that Wilson, as well as his wife and two men who were with him, got into an altercation with reporters who took photos of him as he was leaving the courthouse. The police were called, with Wilson’s group demanding reporters delete the photos saying Wilson had not consented to being photographed. Police arrived on the scene to mediate, as Wilson and his wife threatened to photograph the reporters in retaliation. Wilson is scheduled to appear at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts next Monday. Carrying arms without a license is punishable by up to 14 years in jail and a fine of HK$100,000, but cases heard at magistrates courts see a maximum jail term of two years for a single offence. Under the US Transportation Security Administration’s restrictions, firearms cannot be taken in carry-on bags on international or domestic flights. They can be checked in, but the carrier must ensure they are packed in a container and declared to the airline while checking in.
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The Awesomesaurus posted:Reading Trump posts makes me feel like I’m looking at a TV Tropes page. that or his own seperate wiki.
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Oct 24, 2023 19:30
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trump is gonna be holding the republicans hostage for decades after his death.
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Buce posted:trump is gonna be holding the republicans hostage for decades after his death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Redivivus_legend yep
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kazil posted:well this will make things better... He's cooked 🍴
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lol @ an american complaining about consent for surveillance in chinese controlled territory.
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The Last Call posted:US Republican Senator Jeff Wilson arrested over carrying gun into Hong Kong, barred from leaving city ok that's just baffling
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The Last Call posted:US Republican Senator Jeff Wilson arrested over carrying gun into Hong Kong, barred from leaving city 
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I would not be surprised if we get a case on whether murder is protected by the Speech and Debate Clause by the end of this because I'm pretty sure everyone at this point in the Republican conference wants to kill Matt Gaetz
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sharknado slashfic posted:Lol Grandma is saying all the Republicans in congress are worthless and don't care about anyone but themselves. Great optics there guys. my dad loving hates the party now and basically feels abadnoned. he was always the "big govement taxes too much and over regulates too much and etc", but with his job i can kinda see it epsically with local poo poo, but the GOP is just loving nuts and just wants to burn poo poo down.
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mobby_6kl posted:He brought a gun into Hong Kong? The gently caress is wrong with this guy? Doesn't he know it's a kung fu city? A gun fool in a gung fu town
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We’re all RINOs down here!
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Data Graham posted:It asks us to buy into the central idea that the only laudable thing is to be LOYAL and PRO-TRUMP. Trump thinks he is a mafia don and the only value a lower level mook has to the don is to be loyal He rubbed elbows with mafia for literal decades. He brought a mafioso to wrestlemania 4(being held in trump plaza in atlantic city) as his special guest Part of the reason he doesnt understand why he is facing consequences is because everything he ever did is normal in the mafia
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GolfHole posted:hi this should count as witness intimidation since it directly impacts his criminal proceedings. donald trump is actively orchestrating and attempting another coup of power in the united states.
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https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1716883229322719673 god they are all just so loving stupid "Naming another loser hasn't worked the last four times, but maybe it will this time!"
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 vacate the Speaker! nobody but Jordan is good enough! fine, I'll back Emmer. gently caress Emmer better listen to the man!
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sharknado slashfic posted:Lol Grandma is saying all the Republicans in congress are worthless and don't care about anyone but themselves. Great optics there guys. i no-poo poo forgot for a sec that trump was even running for president again. like, it's all just insane white noise at this point.
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