The House speaker doesn’t want Republicans to be around when the deadline comes.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is conveniently sending Congress home the day before the Justice Department is supposed to release the Epstein files in full. The announcement came Wednesday night.
This looks like yet another instance of Johnson doing every little thing he can either to delay the release of the files or to make it so that his fellow GOPers don't have to be in town to answer to their complicity in this monthslong campaign to avoid their release---as he did by egregiously delaying the swearing-in of Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva for weeks.
"Like I said: view all political developments for the rest of the week in light of the fact that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday," Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday evening on X. "House Republicans just suddenly canceled Congressional session Friday and are sending everyone home Thursday evening."
ThePowerOfGeek - 2day
This guy is a one-trick pony.
Have to oath in a Democrat who will trigger a vote his master doesn't like? Send everyone home!
Files that incriminates his master are being released? Send everyone home!
This tactic is getting old already.
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lectricleopard @lemmy.world - 2day
I see it as them showing their hand. They know they cant take the heat, so they run. Pussies.
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pressedhams - 2day
Hey now, pussies can take a pounding and keep on coming.
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Manjushri - 2day
They also have depth and warmth that most if not all republicans lack.
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pressedhams - 2day
🧑🍳 🤌
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kryptonianCodeMonkey @lemmy.world - 2day
When does the coming happen? Asking for a friend. A highly unsatisfied friend.
Edit: i just noticed how this joke might be taken. Before the unsolicited offers and pictures come rolling in, thought I should make clear that A) this was entirely a joke, a complete fabrication, and B) that I'm a dude. Please don't send me pictures of your unimpressive dicks. I'll post them online.
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PostProcess @lemmy.world - 2day
What about impressive ones? /s
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kryptonianCodeMonkey @lemmy.world - 2day
ಠ‿↼
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flying_sheep @lemmy.ml - 1day
Yeah, unlike ballsacks. If any sex-related human part has to be a metaphor for weakness, it should be that one.
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phutatorius @lemmy.zip - 20hr
That's why in some languages, they use "ballsack" as a term of abuse. For example, "klootzak" in Dutch or "bawbag" in Scots.
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lectricleopard @lemmy.world - 2day
Fair, but they dont knwo that, lol. They're obsessed with shining light on their balls and brain worms, or something.
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dhork @lemmy.world - 2day
Republicans complain that government is ineffective and corrupt, then they get elected and prove it.
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tburkhol @lemmy.world - 2day
Members of your own party trying to force a vote to extend Obamacare subsidies? Send 'em home!
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Ike - 2day
The files probably incriminate him too.
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hardcoreufo @lemmy.world - 1day
He admitted he needs his teenage son to monitor his porn habits. Imagine what he doesn't admit to.
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Draces @lemmy.world - 2day
You forgot about his other trick: I haven't heard about that or I haven't had time to read that.
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oopsgodisdeadmybad @lemmy.zip - 2day
That's not his trick. That's a GOP trick.
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phutatorius @lemmy.zip - 20hr
What does Mike Johnson know how to do besides not doing things?
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Red_October @lemmy.world - 19hr
Well the GOP loves to say that government doesn't work, and surprise surprise when they're in charge it's the one thing they're right about.
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BranBucket @lemmy.world - 19hr
It's more than that even, they're usually the reason why the government doesn't work.
Social security would work great if funded properly, so what do they do? Screw with the funding. The ACA would work if properly funded, so what do they do? Let the subsidies expire. Medicare for all would work if properly funded. The education system would work if properly funded. The VA works when properly funded. And so on, and so on, and so on. In most cases, all it takes is the money and resources that they'd rather steal or give to their donors and like magic, we'd have a functioning government again.
They constantly sabotage programs that benefit tax payers while spinning the lie that government run programs can't and don't work. And after decades of dealing with underfunded programs run with minimal staffing and a maximum of red tape, of course people believe them.
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Red_October @lemmy.world - 5hr
That's my point though. If someone's stated position is that a thing doesn't work, putting them in charge of the thing is pretty much assured to make that thing not work.
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ceenote @lemmy.world - 2day
I wish I got so many days off...
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TheAsianDonKnots - 2day
No shit! Same… add to that the best healthcare, transportation, and a personal assistant.
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Kowowow @lemmy.ca - 2day
Pension too if you can last long enough
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thefluffiest @feddit.nl - 2day
It’s easy when special interests are paying you for NOT working. Sweet gig.
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the_q @lemmy.zip - 2day
I think it's hilarious that we have a system of government built on the false idea that we the people have any real power. We keep paying our taxes though. We keep buying the 7 versions of Taylor Swift's albums. We keep "treating ourselves" because we "deserve" a treat for making it through another day. There's a theme to these examples and it is at the core of every issue we face.
We actually have the power; all of it. We lack the will.
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JayleneSlide @lemmy.world - 2day
We lack the will.
Kinda, although I fully agree with everything else you said. Collective action is really difficult even when the government isn't running COINTELPRO-like operations on anyone who tries to organize anything like a mass protest. For an example of the challenge of collective action, think about how hard it is to get your group of close friends to agree on which restaurant to go to and when. And that's when everyone wants to hang out together, with nobody intentionally mucking up the works.
If we can overcome the "internal" hurdles to collective action, we can take back the country.
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Optional - 2day
Pretty sure there’s at least a couple other steps involved, though
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the_q @lemmy.zip - 2day
If we collectively did anything that'd be the only step required.
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Optional - 2day
Okay, so . . . now!
. . . Wait, where tf were y’all?
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Ænima - 23hr
Sorry, I was waiting for a count to three.
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Crazyslinkz @lemmy.world - 22hr
On three or 3 then go?
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Ænima - 20hr
Yes!
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I_Jedi @lemmy.today - 2day
If you don't pay tribute, the Boss will send some muscle to make you hand over the protection money.
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MiddleAgesModem @lemmy.world - 1day
A lot of the shit people complain about that they use as an excuse to not get involved could be solved if they got involved.
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FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 1day
I personally don't get why people pay for music. You can just listen to Taylor Swift's albums on YouTube
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Ghostalmedia - 2day
Dems should release more pics right when they come back.
lol. I love it. Keep a reserve of photos and keep trickling them out when the new cycle dies down.
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oopsgodisdeadmybad @lemmy.zip - 2day
Wait, there's a person named Noam Chomsky?
I've heard the name said on the news before but was never listening.
Isn't that the name of the gnome in the carnival campaign of Left 4 Dead 2?
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rigatti - 1day
Yes, the person was named after the gnome.
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NuXCOM_90Percent @lemmy.zip - 2day
The epstein files are inevitable at this point and republicans are already getting marching orders for how to do damage control.
Mad props to AOC and I get why she wants to keep that in the cultural zeitgeist ahead of... tomorrow. But this is very much about house republicans breaking with johnson/doing token "See, I am one of the good ones" votes to override him on obamacare extensions and preventing trump from bombing Venezuela to distract from the epstein files.
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FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 1day
Are we gonna see the naughty list soon?
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khannie @lemmy.world - 1day
He's making his list, redacting it twice, you'll never find out who's naughty or nice.
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theparadox @lemmy.world - 20hr
Unless they are political enemies.
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FatVegan @leminal.space - 20hr
I guess it's the land of the free after all if you can fuck a bunch of children and still be president
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sfgifz @lemmy.world - 19hr
Beacon of conservative Christian values
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🍉 Albert 🍉 - 19hr
the white bigots love to talk about how bad was Muhammad because of his bride yet have absolutely have no problem with a pedo being their Messiah
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JcbAzPx @lemmy.world - 19hr
Every accusation they make is a confession.
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zebidiah @lemmy.ca - 20hr
ain't nothing more free than committing crimes and getting away with it.....
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aarch0x40 - 2day
It may also effectively kill the discharge petition for the 3-year extension of ACA subsidies vote.
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Lucky_777 @lemmy.world - 2day
He sent everyone home because of the discharge petition for ACA. Epstein was coming anyway, this is about ripping healthcare away from millions. Which in Mike's own words....."It's only 7% of the country"
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bampop @lemmy.world - 22hr
Wow, I don't know about you guys, but I've come to the end of my attention span. I guess there was never anything to see there after all, right?
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Feedback17 @lemmy.world - 19hr
Are there any conservatives out there that can tell us why you worship a pedophile?
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Smoogs @lemmy.world - 19hr
Nothing spells guilt like..
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Gerudo @lemmy.zip - 2day
These files must still have some juicy bits after redaction to pull this.
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BarbedDentalFloss @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 2day
I think this is so there can be no council sessions that might be discussing the obviously over-censored and incomplete dataset released tomorrow before the GOP can sit their butts on billionaire owned media networks (hint: all of them are billionaire owned now) and give the idiots who listen to them their opinions.
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Eat_Your_Paisley @lemmy.world - 2day
I'm sure he's going to run home to Louisiana and explain why he's blocking ACA subsidies
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FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 8hr
I was promised all the epstein files today. Who do I call and complain to?
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Doomsider @lemmy.world - 7hr
We got them, hundreds of pages blacked out completely redacted. It is absolutely ridiculous
This has to be a joke, right? But the .gov domains are reserved in us for actual government agencies, right? So what the fuck
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Doomsider @lemmy.world - 5hr
I am sure they have some good "rationale" for redacting what looks to be a significant portion of grand jury testimony. Of course the administration did say they would release them, but probably back tracked or they are "protecting" the victims.
I personally think it is bullshit. They are handling it like top secret stuff. The President clearly has the authority to release this considering his current MO. It is a giant middle finger to the public.
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Shave_MyBeever @lemmy.world - 2day
Grindr use is going to spike.
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SnarkoPolo @lemmy.world - 20hr
This is fascism. They'll always win.
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AngryCommieKender @lemmy.world - 20hr
Fascism wins until good men go to war. Then they fold
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hogmomma @lemmy.world - 19hr
If by "fold" you mean "beaten into submission," then, yeah, I'd have to agree with you.
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AngryCommieKender @lemmy.world - 19hr
Tomato tamahto, potato patahto
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SeeMarkFly - 2day
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship.
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Mediocre_Bard @lemmy.world - 9hr
Because he's a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch.
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PNW clouds - 2day
When he sends everyone home, they just aren't doing committees and votes?
Can't they stay and still do things that help their districts or prep for when they are back in session? They can still work. They are still getting paid.
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Optional - 2day
Hey, he’s gotta go murder a few more twinks. That basement’s not gonna fill itself up, ya know.
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phutatorius @lemmy.zip - 20hr
Yeah, looks like they're up to something.
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DylanMc6 [any, any] - 1day
at this point, we need to form an alternative socialist government of the united states as a micronation. seriously!
MicroWave in politics @lemmy.world
Mike Johnson sends entire house home ahead of Epstein files deadline
https://newrepublic.com/post/204586/mike-johnson-sends-entire-house-home-ahead-epstein-files-deadlineThe House speaker doesn’t want Republicans to be around when the deadline comes.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is conveniently sending Congress home the day before the Justice Department is supposed to release the Epstein files in full. The announcement came Wednesday night.
This looks like yet another instance of Johnson doing every little thing he can either to delay the release of the files or to make it so that his fellow GOPers don't have to be in town to answer to their complicity in this monthslong campaign to avoid their release---as he did by egregiously delaying the swearing-in of Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva for weeks.
"Like I said: view all political developments for the rest of the week in light of the fact that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday," Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday evening on X. "House Republicans just suddenly canceled Congressional session Friday and are sending everyone home Thursday evening."
This guy is a one-trick pony.
Have to oath in a Democrat who will trigger a vote his master doesn't like? Send everyone home!
Files that incriminates his master are being released? Send everyone home!
This tactic is getting old already.
I see it as them showing their hand. They know they cant take the heat, so they run. Pussies.
Hey now, pussies can take a pounding and keep on coming.
They also have depth and warmth that most if not all republicans lack.
🧑🍳 🤌
When does the coming happen? Asking for a friend. A highly unsatisfied friend.
Edit: i just noticed how this joke might be taken. Before the unsolicited offers and pictures come rolling in, thought I should make clear that A) this was entirely a joke, a complete fabrication, and B) that I'm a dude. Please don't send me pictures of your unimpressive dicks. I'll post them online.
What about impressive ones? /s
ಠ‿↼
Yeah, unlike ballsacks. If any sex-related human part has to be a metaphor for weakness, it should be that one.
That's why in some languages, they use "ballsack" as a term of abuse. For example, "klootzak" in Dutch or "bawbag" in Scots.
Fair, but they dont knwo that, lol. They're obsessed with shining light on their balls and brain worms, or something.
Republicans complain that government is ineffective and corrupt, then they get elected and prove it.
Members of your own party trying to force a vote to extend Obamacare subsidies? Send 'em home!
The files probably incriminate him too.
He admitted he needs his teenage son to monitor his porn habits. Imagine what he doesn't admit to.
You forgot about his other trick: I haven't heard about that or I haven't had time to read that.
That's not his trick. That's a GOP trick.
What does Mike Johnson know how to do besides not doing things?
Well the GOP loves to say that government doesn't work, and surprise surprise when they're in charge it's the one thing they're right about.
It's more than that even, they're usually the reason why the government doesn't work.
Social security would work great if funded properly, so what do they do? Screw with the funding. The ACA would work if properly funded, so what do they do? Let the subsidies expire. Medicare for all would work if properly funded. The education system would work if properly funded. The VA works when properly funded. And so on, and so on, and so on. In most cases, all it takes is the money and resources that they'd rather steal or give to their donors and like magic, we'd have a functioning government again.
They constantly sabotage programs that benefit tax payers while spinning the lie that government run programs can't and don't work. And after decades of dealing with underfunded programs run with minimal staffing and a maximum of red tape, of course people believe them.
That's my point though. If someone's stated position is that a thing doesn't work, putting them in charge of the thing is pretty much assured to make that thing not work.
I wish I got so many days off...
No shit! Same… add to that the best healthcare, transportation, and a personal assistant.
Pension too if you can last long enough
It’s easy when special interests are paying you for NOT working. Sweet gig.
I think it's hilarious that we have a system of government built on the false idea that we the people have any real power. We keep paying our taxes though. We keep buying the 7 versions of Taylor Swift's albums. We keep "treating ourselves" because we "deserve" a treat for making it through another day. There's a theme to these examples and it is at the core of every issue we face.
We actually have the power; all of it. We lack the will.
Kinda, although I fully agree with everything else you said. Collective action is really difficult even when the government isn't running COINTELPRO-like operations on anyone who tries to organize anything like a mass protest. For an example of the challenge of collective action, think about how hard it is to get your group of close friends to agree on which restaurant to go to and when. And that's when everyone wants to hang out together, with nobody intentionally mucking up the works.
If we can overcome the "internal" hurdles to collective action, we can take back the country.
Pretty sure there’s at least a couple other steps involved, though
If we collectively did anything that'd be the only step required.
Okay, so . . . now!
. . . Wait, where tf were y’all?
Sorry, I was waiting for a count to three.
On three or 3 then go?
Yes!
If you don't pay tribute, the Boss will send some muscle to make you hand over the protection money.
A lot of the shit people complain about that they use as an excuse to not get involved could be solved if they got involved.
I personally don't get why people pay for music. You can just listen to Taylor Swift's albums on YouTube
Dems should release more pics right when they come back.
Are you a wizard?
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/epstein-files-photos-house-democrats-estate/
lol. I love it. Keep a reserve of photos and keep trickling them out when the new cycle dies down.
Wait, there's a person named Noam Chomsky?
I've heard the name said on the news before but was never listening.
Isn't that the name of the gnome in the carnival campaign of Left 4 Dead 2?
Yes, the person was named after the gnome.
The epstein files are inevitable at this point and republicans are already getting marching orders for how to do damage control.
Mad props to AOC and I get why she wants to keep that in the cultural zeitgeist ahead of... tomorrow. But this is very much about house republicans breaking with johnson/doing token "See, I am one of the good ones" votes to override him on obamacare extensions and preventing trump from bombing Venezuela to distract from the epstein files.
Are we gonna see the naughty list soon?
He's making his list, redacting it twice, you'll never find out who's naughty or nice.
Unless they are political enemies.
I guess it's the land of the free after all if you can fuck a bunch of children and still be president
Beacon of conservative Christian values
the white bigots love to talk about how bad was Muhammad because of his bride yet have absolutely have no problem with a pedo being their Messiah
Every accusation they make is a confession.
ain't nothing more free than committing crimes and getting away with it.....
It may also effectively kill the discharge petition for the 3-year extension of ACA subsidies vote.
He sent everyone home because of the discharge petition for ACA. Epstein was coming anyway, this is about ripping healthcare away from millions. Which in Mike's own words....."It's only 7% of the country"
Wow, I don't know about you guys, but I've come to the end of my attention span. I guess there was never anything to see there after all, right?
Are there any conservatives out there that can tell us why you worship a pedophile?
Nothing spells guilt like..
These files must still have some juicy bits after redaction to pull this.
I think this is so there can be no council sessions that might be discussing the obviously over-censored and incomplete dataset released tomorrow before the GOP can sit their butts on billionaire owned media networks (hint: all of them are billionaire owned now) and give the idiots who listen to them their opinions.
I'm sure he's going to run home to Louisiana and explain why he's blocking ACA subsidies
I was promised all the epstein files today. Who do I call and complain to?
We got them, hundreds of pages blacked out completely redacted. It is absolutely ridiculous
Edit: for those who are curious.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet 3/EFTA00005586.pdf
This has to be a joke, right? But the .gov domains are reserved in us for actual government agencies, right? So what the fuck
I am sure they have some good "rationale" for redacting what looks to be a significant portion of grand jury testimony. Of course the administration did say they would release them, but probably back tracked or they are "protecting" the victims.
I personally think it is bullshit. They are handling it like top secret stuff. The President clearly has the authority to release this considering his current MO. It is a giant middle finger to the public.
Grindr use is going to spike.
This is fascism. They'll always win.
Fascism wins until good men go to war. Then they fold
If by "fold" you mean "beaten into submission," then, yeah, I'd have to agree with you.
Tomato tamahto, potato patahto
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship.
Because he's a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch.
When he sends everyone home, they just aren't doing committees and votes?
Can't they stay and still do things that help their districts or prep for when they are back in session? They can still work. They are still getting paid.
Hey, he’s gotta go murder a few more twinks. That basement’s not gonna fill itself up, ya know.
Yeah, looks like they're up to something.
at this point, we need to form an alternative socialist government of the united states as a micronation. seriously!
This is illegal.