U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

I'd like to see Hungary kicked out of NATO but there must be some strategic reason we keep them on

We admire good ol' Viktor.

I can see why we keep Turkey on despite their obvious shortcomings, but not Hungary

Tulsi Gabbard in as Director of National Intelligence

she so smart

Can Dems put holds on appointments in the same way a minoritised GOP did to hundreds of Obama appointees, or do they just roll over?

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We'll have no secrets from Russia now, but they'll have secrets they keep from us

Can Dems put holds on appointments in the same way a minoritised GOP did to hundreds of Obama appointees, or do they just roll over?

― guillotine vogue (suzy), Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:27 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

republicans will have the senate, and they’re not going to cross the boss

Donald Trump nominates MATT GAETZ for attorney general of the United States. pic.twitter.com/VXl6Ffz5da

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 13, 2024

okay they might cross him on this one

it doesn't matter if they vote or not he can make them acting whatever

i'd be surprised if that fox DOD guy gets enough votes but I also thought Harris was a shoo in so what do i know

I did not see Gaetz as AG coming. Jesus fuck.

funny he keeps nominating Reps. that's kinda dumb

wow +A trolling

Marco Rubio is gonna be the single 'diversity' hire, everyone else will be white

Tulsi nominated as Director of National Intelligence.

"defeating the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia hoax"

Gaetz first act will be to expand the age of consent

I wonder if they have to bother with a background check on Gaetz

wow +A trolling

That really is the point of this, isn't it? "You think I'm unqualified? I'll show you unqualified!"
A rogue's gallery of lackeys

yeah these are designed to get a reaction.

This is why my rats-in-a-sack theory has legs. Keep the faith, people!

I understood that a Dem or Rep with standing can put a hold on any appointment. My Beltway bestie’s husband (whose dad was FDA head under Reagan) was appointed chair of the National Council on Disability (he has mobility challenges and helped write the ADA when he worked in the White House). Some Republican - he never found out who - put a hold on his appointment that didn’t get sorted for a whole year.

Gaetz is pretty hated in the House, probably in the Senate too. I wouldn't be surprised to see this nomination pulled.

Makes me wonder what position MTG is getting

This really is a very special double-sized “Injustice League” issue of The Justice League, ain’t it

The caucus might hate Gaetz more than the Senate does Cruz

who knew Gaetz had a law degree

Is the Colorado woman who gave a handjob in a theater in the running for anything?

I'm assembling a team of the world's most hideous frauds and perverts

— I'm on Bluesky btw (@InternetHippo) November 13, 2024

the united states of florida

It's all horrible but I'm also finding it a bit funny because these picks are going to be absurdly incompetent. Makes me think they haven't learned many lessons about how to actually get things done effectively.

Gonna be a fun confirmation hearing

According to an oppo report obtained by @evethered, Matt Gaetz was involved in an auto-erotic asphyxiation game that led to a man's death, which Gaetz and his dad covered up. Can't corroborate the details of the death, but I did find a man who matches the alleged victim. https://t.co/jvCN1foD96 pic.twitter.com/scUwt8MYnj

— 𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘽𝙔 (@gumby4christ) March 31, 2021

Everyone involved in losing an election to a guy who turns around and makes Famous Political Pedophile #1 AG should have to go into permanent exile.

That's like more than 75M people, but I'm cool with it.

Everyone hates this guy and he a camera hog. He won’t last long. Maybe he’s just a smoke screen for the truly evil fascist they’ve got teed up once Gaetz goes down.

This would all be so much more funny if it wasn’t so fuckjn sad and pathetic.

I’m sure the show trials game show will get boffo ratings.

House Republicans had concerns about the pick as well, especially after watching Gaetz lead the ouster effort against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy that threw their chamber into chaos last year. Centrist Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said he had “no good comment.” Trump and McCarthy ally Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) called it “a reckless pick.”

the “captive audience” decision by the NLRB is really big!

omg Gaetz, that's the first one of these that's really made my eyes bug out. I mean, it's evil but it also feels like a punchline. Surely you don't put Matt Gaetz in charge of anything you actually expect to get done?

Sessions:Gaetz::tragedy:farce

(tbh I didn't even realize he was technically a lawyer)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nlrb-captive-audience-ban_n_67325a22e4b080b0b2b238d0/amp

Florida Trump and the Clowncar of Doom

best Randy Newman track imo

This month's thread title has consistently been otm.

Musk: 'You, bureaucrat! What exactly do you do?'

'I monitor PFAS levels in reservoirs to ensure safe drinking water.'

Musk: 'Nobody even knows what that means... go clear your desk.'

I think the Gaetz pick means he wants the AG to make a lot of noise and harass a lot of people and mostly create distractions in the foreground so the more important corruption and systematic cruelty can carry on in the background.

My guess is he's a sacrificial pick that will generate so much noise and outrage that everyone else will slide right through.

I keep misreading "pick" as "prick" in this thread and then being even more disappointed

I think you’re both probably right