Yet another relatively sane Republican has seen enough and will not seek reelection
Rep. Ken Buck: "The Republican Party of today...is ignoring self-evident truths about the rule of law and limited government in exchange for self-serving lies."
Mag@ts will cheerlead this because Trump is their messiah and they will tolerate no descent. Conservatives will do the same because they aren’t conservative anymore.
Not getting on your case - just for future use - the correct spelling is dissent.
The last piece of Trump's total destruction of the Republican party is now in place with cult devotee Mike Johnson. The MA'GA cult celebrating the selection of far right extremist Johnson reminds me of the people partying on the titanic on its first cross Atlantic voyage.
Mike Johnson has been pretty clear that he thinks the laws of this country and and its elected officials should all be in strict adherence to the literal passages in the bible. In fact actually he has things in common with the Iran Ayatollahs. They both believe in a theocracy. They both want laws to strictly adhere to their religions. They both are totally intolerant of the allowance of gay rights and self determination of pregnancy termination.
Johnson is so far out of the mainstream that, as people find out more about him, they will run from him and his party. The cult just doesn't learn.
The other Trump destructive influence is that his legal entanglements are increasing and he is getting increasingly more unhinged and is often just confused. He might be loved by the cult but to most others he is hated. He will lost his attempt at re-election.
But the Republicans have Nikki Haley who would readily beat Bidden (I believe) but the Republican cult will stay with Trump because that is what cult members do.
The last piece of Trump's total destruction of the Republican party is now in place with cult devotee Mike Johnson. The MA'GA cult celebrating the selection of far right extremist Johnson reminds me of the people partying on the titanic on its first cross Atlantic voyage.
Mike Johnson has been pretty clear that he thinks the laws of this country and and its elected officials should all be in strict adherence to the literal passages in the bible. In fact actually he has things in common with the Iran Ayatollahs. They both believe in a theocracy. They both want laws to strictly adhere to their religions. They both are totally intolerant of the allowance of gay rights and self determination of pregnancy termination.
Johnson is so far out of the mainstream that, as people find out more about him, they will run from him and his party. The cult just doesn't learn.
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Every politician that has had feverish desires to regulate and dictate what other people do with their genitalia in their own privacy has proven to have dark secrets that eventually come out. Religious bible pounding zeal only multiplies the red flags.
When these types get into the spotlight with so many eyeballs on their lives things do not turn out well for them.
The other Trump destructive influence is that his legal entanglements are increasing and he is getting increasingly more unhinged and is often just confused. He might be loved by the cult but to most others he is hated. He will lost his attempt at re-election.
But the Republicans have Nikki Haley who would readily beat Bidden (I believe) but the Republican cult will stay with Trump because that is what cult members do.
it's very hard for a republican to win the WH...they basically have to pull a royal flush. It happens, but a lot of things have to fall into place. With trump, it worked because of his magnetic appeal in ma'aga land. They turned up to vote. Would they turn up to vote for Haley? I really don't think so. They'd lose interest in politics and just not vote. Without trump there is no GOP. It's all him. No him, no WH.
Mike Johnson has been pretty clear that he thinks the laws of this country and and its elected officials should all be in strict adherence to the literal passages in the bible. In fact actually he has things in common with the Iran Ayatollahs. They both believe in a theocracy. They both want laws to strictly adhere to their religions. They both are totally intolerant of the allowance of gay rights and self determination of pregnancy termination.
Yeah, but joedlrts has told us that the government sucks at doing anything better than the private sector. So why is the government all of a sudden better than the private sector when it comes to women's reproductive health?
Republicans simply cannot manage running our government. Bush2 was an incompetent nepo-baby and basically ruined the world by invading Iraq, Trump is an insurrectionist and criminal and Repubs in the senate cannot even manage to allow the armed forces to have leaders. Repubs just put this poor guy in the hospital.
politico:
Pentagon officials have been frustrated for months over an Alabama senator’s blockade of more than 300 senior military nominations. But after the Marine Corps chief was hospitalized over the weekend, that frustration is turning into rage.
Gen. Eric Smith had been filling both the No. 1 and No. 2 Marine Corps posts from July until he was finally confirmed as commandant in September. He, along with more than 300 other senior officers, was swept up in the promotions blockade put in place by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy.
Once Smith was hospitalized on Sunday following a “medical emergency,” a three-star general had to take over his role. The job of assistant commandant is still vacant.
“This is outrageous,” said a senior DOD official, who like others interviewed for this story was granted anonymity to speak about a sensitive topic. “I cannot help but think — because at the end of the day, Eric Smith is a human — that Tuberville’s unnecessary stress that he’s put on the situation where you don’t have a backup … has added a level of complexity and danger to an already bad situation.”
In an interview Wednesday, Tuberville brushed off the comments.
Nov. 1, 2023, 5:47 PM EDT By Ryan J. Reilly WASHINGTON — A then-Princeton University student who yelled "drag them out" while he joined rioters trying to storm the Capitol was sentenced to two months in federal prison on Wednesday, according to court records. Larry Giberson pleaded guilty to a felony over the summer, admitting that he obstructed, impeded, or interfered with law enforcement officers in the lawful performance of their official duties. Giberson was a sophomore during the Jan. 6 attack, when he "participated in coordinated pushing and pulling against the police," according to a government sentencing memo and at one point even chanted “drag them out!” as rioters assaulted officers.
Nov. 1, 2023, 5:47 PM EDT By Ryan J. Reilly WASHINGTON — A then-Princeton University student who yelled "drag them out" while he joined rioters trying to storm the Capitol was sentenced to two months in federal prison on Wednesday, according to court records. Larry Giberson pleaded guilty to a felony over the summer, admitting that he obstructed, impeded, or interfered with law enforcement officers in the lawful performance of their official duties. Giberson was a sophomore during the Jan. 6 attack, when he "participated in coordinated pushing and pulling against the police," according to a government sentencing memo and at one point even chanted “drag them out!” as rioters assaulted officers.
They have irrefutable evidence of the James Biden money laundering scheme. The best part is that the "Big Guy" no longer needed the money in 2017-2018. He and Jill were rolling in dough from book deals. I guess once a grifter, always a grifter. But even he is a piker compared to the payday the Obamas raked in from speaking and book sales. I have no idea why Trump hasn't written a book since leaving office. Its like a license to print money.
It’s now been revealed that Joe Biden received $40,000 from laundered CEFC China Energy funds.
This came, once again, through his brother James Biden.
This is the most corrupt President to ever occupy the Oval Office.
The other Trump destructive influence is that his legal entanglements are increasing and he is getting increasingly more unhinged and is often just confused. He might be loved by the cult but to most others he is hated. He will lost his attempt at re-election.
But the Republicans have Nikki Haley who would readily beat Bidden (I believe) but the Republican cult will stay with Trump because that is what cult members do.
it's very hard for a republican to win the WH...they basically have to pull a royal flush. It happens, but a lot of things have to fall into place. With trump, it worked because of his magnetic appeal in ma'aga land. They turned up to vote. Would they turn up to vote for Haley? I really don't think so. They'd lose interest in politics and just not vote. Without trump there is no GOP. It's all him. No him, no WH.
By any metric Biden should be reelected, but the average voter is not rational. There are a number of young voters who are very turned off by Bidens age. I think Nikki would get the independents and many female and some young voters. Republicans who hate Biden would vote.
Without Trump there will be less Republicans voting, true, but there will be less Democrats voting who only vote because they hate Trump.
Nikki is soulless and she would promise trumpers anything including Trump pardons, to get their votes. But she comes off as knowledgeable and normal. I think she would beat Biden but it's just a hypothetical.
One other just silly notion about this. It's only 40,000. It someone is getting a kickback from a foreign government it won't be for chump change like 40 grand. Hell Jaren is getting over a billion from the Saudis.
40 Grand is just too small to be involved in some major crooked kickback plan going secretly through all these people. It's just ridiculous!!. That's the type of money that you might loan to a sibling.
really is wild to see so many young people in the west revert to total racist hate against jews, and campuses in particular just look the other way.
I mean you call a black person a 'colored person' instead of a 'person of color' and you risk suspension. Lord help you if you say a physical man should not compete in women's sports.
But you surround a Jewish student and push him or her around and physically intimidate him or her because of religious bigotry..and crickets.
Wild, wild stuff. A heaven for newname is breaking out. Maybe it's time for you to go back to school.
Have to say, leftist thought on campuses is extraordinarily sick and I welcome FL's attempt to push it out the door. Of course Rs will go too far, but just the idea of the people who control the purse starting to push back....might get campuses to behave better.
Hate to see old world hates carried over to America. Ugly stuff.
Room full of GOP Leaders and members of Congress are asked if they believe the evidence gathered in Committees is leading to the Impeachment of Joe Biden.
This video is heartbreaking. Illegal migrants are receiving free accommodations and healthcare while our veterans are suffering like this. pic.twitter.com/pbPbTZlVsM