US Politics September 2023 - education-getting, income-having, Bible-readin church-goin MOTHERF*****

Harvard Federalist Society:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6W93nrWkAATymj?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

I have a feeling we will be seeing these faces again.

Coming soon to a Supreme Court near you

Found here. What is the current ILX policy/preference re: Twitter links?

Our board is excited for the year ahead! pic.twitter.com/2ckXfHPep0

— Harvard Federalist Society (@HarvardFedSoc) September 19, 2023

xxp so not gonna happen

very diverse group

One pipe bomb there would make a meaningful improvement in the world.

One of them has an Alito opinion tattooed on his ass

"very diverse group"

Old Money AND new money.

"Some of us didn't get ERAS tickets..."

Democrats regain PA house with single seat special election victory.

Surely they’ll find some way to lose control

Yeah, I saw someone joke that it feels like Dems have regained control of the PA House like five times in the last couple of years.

Tipsy, wtf is going on down there?

Controversial Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson, responding to questions raised by NewsChannel 5, posted a video Tuesday night in which she admitted to an arrest in Dallas in the mid-90s for promoting prostitution.

haha, she was a hooker booker. I had a friend who did that for a few years, then turned her bosses into the IRS when it turned out they withheld money for her taxes in her checks but didn't actually pay it.

cooking the hooker booker books

lol I think Gabrielle Hanson is going to discover she is too nuts even for Williamson County.

She could probably do better running in Sumner County: https://apnews.com/article/election-conspiracies-local-government-religion-republicans-tennessee-758307fb4856c91138c085ad70505841

ha

If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.

— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 20, 2023

we need more Senators willing to call the GOP jagoffs

Lollygaggers

Comments re 'make it a tan suit' OTM

it's kinda crazy to think that if Fetterman had an R next to his name he'd be a star of the republican party

President Biden’s aides have asked that Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, stop posting messages on social media taunting Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to administration officials. https://t.co/SvKpWeNRPc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 20, 2023

They need to speak to him in language he'll understand.

"Hey fuckface! Seems like you might still have too many fingers..."

man I love it when the writers start tying up all those storylines in the final season...

Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her on day of attack on Capitol

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/politics/cassidy-hutchinson-book-rudy-giuliani/index.html

I wasn’t even vaguely shocked; of course he did.

We’ll see

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/20/bipartisan-mccarthy-bailout-talks-gaining-steam-thanks-to-house-chaos-00117179

so it's like 100% certain that Giuliani was gonna rape Borat's daughter

“This is a disgusting lie against Mayor Rudy Giuliani—a man whose distinguished career in public service includes taking down the Mafia, cleaning up New York City and comforting the nation following September 11th.”

"...and absolutely nothing after that! Seriously, don't look it up...any of it."

Would the gov shutdown have an effect on the trials of DJT? Probs a dumb question but I saw someone suggest that on that awful X site.

Not in Georgia or New York.

Good morning!

Lmao

https://x.com/johnfetterman/status/1704822743139521004?s=46&t=56pvpJvqL5GRtMdLh4N49g

Would DeSantis be doing better in the polls if he campaigned in a vintage Ed Hardy hoodie from 2006

Looking like Dane Cook won’t make him sound like Dane Cook

If New Jersey's turd of senator finally resigned, can the governor just appoint another Democrat?

"Over $480,000 in cash—much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets, and a safe—was discovered in the home ... Some of the envelopes contained the fingerprints and/or DNA of" co-defendant making alleged bribes.

so New Jersey

xpost Yeah, and Menendez should also resign

As they say, not a good look:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6oxI-nXQAAoMB1?format=jpg&name=large

did they have Day Day delivering this cash?

I texted my friend about this.

His response: “Yeah, that guy is a stain on the Democrats. Maybe he should change parties.”

My response: “I suspect he may be changing into an orange jumpsuit”

The Dems re-nominated Menendez after the last time he was indicted.

that ended up as a mistrial. he won the primary 2:1 on a miniscule turnout.

funniest outcome would be for Dr. Oz to run for that seat

There's an obvious replacement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Menendez

Menendez is a sleaze, but he's a sleaze who gets shit done for NJ, and he shows up to all kinds of shit and helps people out. He'll keep winning elections as long as he wants to keep running. I predict jury nullification.

Too bad Paulie Walnuts is no longer with us.

Menendez is a sleaze, but he's a sleaze who gets shit done for NJ, and he shows up to all kinds of shit and helps people out. He'll keep winning elections as long as he wants to keep running. I predict jury nullification.

― read-only (unperson)

A Dem is governor. That's all that mattes.

*matters

From the "couldn't happen to a nicer guy" file, Politico has the knives out for lil' Ron:

‘Waiting for him to drop out’: DeSantis’ influence nosedives in Florida

Interviews with nearly two dozen lobbyists, political consultants and lawmakers revealed that DeSantis’ struggles as a presidential candidate have already eroded his influence in Florida. There is a widespread expectation that his candidacy will end in failure. His standing at home may depend on how long he slogs forward in the presidential campaign — and how he will manage his exit from the race if he eventually drops out.

Now, it may be just a matter of time before Florida Republicans, once unflinchingly loyal, seek distance from DeSantis and his hardball governing methods.

“You don’t get the assumption they are measuring drapes anymore — they are waiting for him to drop out,” one long-time Republican consultant in Tallahassee said of those working for the governor. The consultant, like others quoted in this story, was granted anonymity to freely discuss the sensitive situation.

...

DeSantis is one of Florida’s most powerful governors and has used his influence and sway over the past five years to transform politics in the state, including getting the Republican-controlled Legislature to bow to his agenda.

He reshaped the state’s education system by installing allies in top university positions and pushed legislation that limits how race and gender are taught. He endorsed dozens of K-12 school board candidates in the wake of the pandemic in an effort to help Republicans control all levers of state government. He’s used his power to suspend elected officials, including two Democratic prosecutors, while strong-arming his own party to approve congressional redistricting maps that favored Republicans.

He’s also known for his combative streak, willing to fight major corporations like the Walt Disney Co., Google and the cruise line industry.

But DeSantis’ troubles on the campaign trail have emboldened some in his party who are exhausted by his aggressive tactics. The state party last week rescinded a loyalty pledge that would have obligated the GOP primary candidates to endorse the eventual Republican presidential nominee, a stunning turnaround made at the behest of Trump supporters and against DeSantis’ wishes.

A major lobbyist in Tallahassee said: “There’s no love lost between the Legislature and DeSantis. ... They are faking it. They are waiting long enough to see the king drained of all his power. It’s a slow-motion coup.”

*opens mouth to suggest that florida didn't really have to deal with the man in the first place, if it didn't like him, but thinks better of it because everyone has guns there*