U.S. Politics January 2023: Kevin McCarthy's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Life

It’s possible that none of us have actually learned anything about George Santos yet

we should give george santos another chance

could it be he's just the human version of the "I identify as..." joke??

At some point we may just discover that Santos is inept enough that he is outed as the first contact and accidentally uncovers all of his sleeper alien colleagues alongside him.
Probably not but he does seem to have a deeply bizarre backstory that all seems to be covering up something deeper.
Or he is the son of a family of grifters who gaslit him from an early age so he isn't sure if up is down, left is right etc etc but that might just be overly sympathetic.

Or somebody traces him back far enough to discover that he doesn't exist and we all have to rid ourselves of a group hallucination folk devil.
Though maybe the right just view it as supremely owning the libs.

I guess this goes back to my opinions on ilx about some literary figures that were lauded in some circles who wrote “interesting” fiction but in the end were opportunistic exploiters

Yeah, it's too bad not enough people know who JT Leroy was to make this comparison a useful one for The Discourse.

Hellmouths open across the US. The right are beckoned within. As they go to their idea of a better place they slap themselves on their collective back for owning the libs.

i don't think republicans understand what teaching is, basically.

Well, it's something done by government employees. Often women. Often unionized.

Why would they want to understand something like that?

New College was my only choice as a senior but I wasn’t accepted. Woulda had an entirely different life with that road not taken methinks.

this happens so seldomly, it's worth noting: trump appears to be facing some sort of material consequence for his constantly lying

Here's the table of how much Trump and Alina Habba have to pay. I really think headline should be; BREAKING Trump to pay Fusion GPS $50 Grandhttps://t.co/Rei09w5Rh3 pic.twitter.com/aQJhc52ewF

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 20, 2023

a judge found that a RICO lawsuit he filed against clinton and a bunch of co-defendants frivolous, and for once, held him personally responsible

typos and grammar issues galore there, but, translated: trump lie bad man have to pay other assholes good

sorry for the dumb question but:

Is that, like, something that is literally going to happen in the actual physical world that we inhabit?

Or is it something more like a contractor's invoice that he will (unsurprisingly) ignore?

Or one of the approximately ten thousand subpoenas that he has (unsurprisingly) ignored?

Just so very tired of hearing about potential consequences for someone who has, as far as I can tell, experienced exactly no consequences for his many sins against morality, propriety, taste, the law, and humanity generally?

"pay him 5k and see if we get any follow up letters"

believe me, i'm pretty sure he will appeal it, that will take several years, and the whole time he'll somehow be writing off the payments on taxes as losses on some shell company which is only a small shell company within jared's saudi investments, which is a black hole that cannot be revealed until pending lawsuits bla bla bla bla bla, then trump finally dies

The actual dollar amount ($1M being peanuts for Trump) is less important here than the warning it sends to attorneys that these bullshit cases are not going to be tolerated. No one is going broke over this, but I think there may be less appetite to bring frivolous cases when judges start pushing back.

Also disbarment is mentioned— when all the people surrounding you are losers and sycophantic hacks who can’t even represent you in court, then it’s a sign that maybe the strategy isn’t working so well

$1M being peanuts for Trump

does he have this much cash on hand? Serious question.

Saw one mention saying that Clinton et al should make the lawyer pay it all because it'll cause her to press Trump on it for help and then things could get...amusing.

does he have this much cash on hand? Serious question.

Sure - this will surely be paid by leftover campaign donations or his NFT mad money

it’s a sign that maybe the strategy isn’t working so well

it only needs to work until he dies - may god grant it be soon.

us dumb-offs, eastern division championship: manchin vs chuck todd

lol Manchin sounds like he's flirting with a presidential run in 2024 pic.twitter.com/LKbU2z7pUe

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2023

We manifested this by calling him President Manchin all those times.

Repent, ilxorz, ye have unleashed the kraken

He and Sinema will run as independents in 24, which side will they siphon more votes out of?

depends on who the dems run I guess but I can't imagine either of them getting much support from anyone

which side will they siphon more votes out of?

don't know. can't say. but whatever siphoning is intended will be targeted mainly at wealthy donors and PACs.

"both sides"

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has formally recommended that Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell be reappointed to the House Intelligence Committee, escalating a clash with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has vowed to deny spots on the panel to both California Democrats.

...
Republicans have been angling to deny spots on key panels to Democrats partly in retaliation for votes by the Democratic-led House in the last Congress to remove Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) from committees. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting to strip Greene and Gosar of their committee assignments.

lol

Correction: An earlier tweet misstated the nature of recent debt ceiling showdowns. Both parties are responsible for the debt, but only Republicans are using it as a political tool. We deleted the incorrect tweet.

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 23, 2023

That story was almost as vile as yesterday's "waaaaah, my kid's trans, so I'm voting for Trump!" feature.

Both parties ordered dinner, but only one dashed out without paying and threw a brick through the restaurant window

... in retaliation for votes by the Democratic-led House in the last Congress to remove Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) from committees. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting to strip Greene and Gosar of their committee assignments.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gedm/marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in-frazzledrip-qanons-wildest-conspiracy-theory

old article but i just learned about the extent of her "flirting with the q anon fringe" or whatever euphemism is usually used. this is the most poisonous psycho shit she is involved in promoting.

welp, my day is now significantly worse and i wish i could unsee/unknow all of that.

Greene 100% still believes every bit of the Q shit and knows just knows she has to keep it quiet.

Terrible. Filming your frazzledrips is a total faux pas.

https://i.imgur.com/4WbDBET.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/OXbSfLJ.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/N1qveB9.png

So might going to happen?

what might happen?

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sex-hand-sign-womens-hands-260nw-1356350333.jpg

what, like her pegging him? probably part of the deal yeah

i just think people need to understand precisely what kind of lunatic mccarthy secured as a "key ally."

she's maybe 10% more of a lunatic than McCarthy himself

i just think people need to understand precisely what kind of lunatic mccarthy secured as a "key ally."

― treeship

We know.

#notallpeople

idk man the frazzledrip shit is nuts

frazzledrip drip dive
Truth Social-ize

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/bd/FraggleRock1984single.jpg

Frazzledrip sounds like a member of Camp Lo

it just sounds like a zoomer term for a cool outfit. "yo, that's frazzle drip"

alas, it means something else