Tuesday
Apr302024
May Day! May Day! 2024
Arizona. Maegan Vazquez of the Washington Post: "The Arizona state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions that was set to take effect in June. The vote in the Republican-led Senate followed passage in the Arizona House last week. The ban briefly went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, before being blocked by the courts, and was revived by the state's highest court on April 9 in a ruling that spurred public outcry and threatened to upend politics in the state during an election year.... Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign the repeal into law in the coming days, but the timing for when the repeal can legally go into effect could still complicate abortion access in the state."
Donald Trump Has Been Asking, "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?" Let's Check. Top News in the New York Times, May 1, 2020: "With a flood of unemployment claims continuing to overwhelm many state agencies, economists say the job losses may be far worse than government tallies indicate. The Labor Department said Thursday that 3.8 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the six-week total to 30 million. But researchers say that as the economy staggers under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of others have lost jobs but have yet to see benefits."
Scott Wong, et al., of NBC News: "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Wednesday she will force a vote next week to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, daring Democrats and the speaker's GOP allies to step in and save his job. Wearing a red 'MAGA' hat, Greene accused Johnson of betraying the GOP and going against conservative wishes on government funding bills, passing Ukraine aid and reauthorizing the FISA surveillance program without new warrant requirements, among other issues. 'So next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate. Absolutely calling it,' Greene said at a news conference outside of the Capitol. 'I can't wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again.'" Here's the New York Times' story. ~~~
~~~ Marie: So, according to Miss Margie's "logic," I'll vote for a Republican in this year's Congressional election because I'm so upset the Democrats helped Republicans save a slightly functioning Congress from MAGA Marge. Okay, then. ~~~
~~~ Andrew Solender of Axios: "House Democrats met Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) plan to force a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with dismissal and derision.... 'She is about to realize her inevitable irrelevance,' one senior House Democrat told Axios just minutes after Greene made her announcement. Another senior House Democrat cast Greene's motion as 'drama that hurts Republicans.'"
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** Confessions of an Aspiring Dictator
Eric Cortellessa of Time: "What emerged in two interviews with Trump, and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisers and confidants, were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world. To carry out a deportation operation designed to remove more than 11 million people from the country, Trump told me, he would be willing to build migrant detention camps and deploy the U.S. military, both at the border and inland. He would let red states monitor women's pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans. He would, at his personal discretion, withhold funds appropriated by Congress, according to top advisers. He would be willing to fire a U.S. Attorney who doesn't carry out his order to prosecute someone, breaking with a tradition of independent law enforcement that dates from America's founding. He is weighing pardons for every one of his supporters accused of attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021....
"He might not come to the aid of an attacked ally in Europe or Asia if he felt that country wasn't paying enough for its own defense. He would gut the U.S. civil service, deploy the National Guard to American cities as he sees fit, close the White House pandemic-preparedness office, and staff his Administration with acolytes who back his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen.... [Trump's] obsessions could once again push the nation to the brink of crisis.... 'If we don't win, you know, it depends,' he tells Time. 'It always depends on the fairness of the election.' When I ask what he meant when he baselessly claimed on Truth Social that a stolen election 'allows for the termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution,' Trump responded by denying he had said it."
~~~ Here is the transcript of the interviews.
Ed Pilkington of the Guardian: "Donald Trump has warned that Joe Biden and his family could face multiple criminal prosecutions once he leaves office unless the US supreme court awards Trump immunity in his own legal battles with the criminal justice system.... Trump not only repeated his falsehood that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, but said he would be unlikely to appoint anyone to a second Trump administration who believed Biden had legitimately prevailed four years ago."
Pema Levy of Mother Jones: "Eight years ago, in his 2016 run for president, Donald Trump said that women who have abortions should be criminally charged. 'There has to be some form of punishment,' Trump said at the time. The comment caused a firestorm and his campaign walked it back within hours. It marked one of the few times that Trump recanted. But as he mounts another run for president, both Trump and the anti-abortion movement that's supported him now feel unrestrained.... [Trump] said that he would not stop states from prosecuting a woman for having an abortion. 'It's irrelevant whether I'm comfortable or not,' he told Time's Eric Cortellessa. 'It's totally irrelevant, because the states are going to make those decisions.' Trump further said he would also not interfere with states that may decide to monitor pregnant women, gathering information that could aid such prosecutions. It's a chilling vision of a future surveillance state for women.... In his interview with Time, he hedged by saying that [a nationwide abortion ban] would never reach his desk. But he would not promise to veto a ban, and unrestrained in a second ... term, there's no logical reason he would not."
Rebecca Santana of the AP: "Donald Trump says he'd use the National Guard as part of efforts to deport millions of migrants across the country if he's reelected, signaling that he's doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric that fueled his previous rise to power.... 'If I thought things were getting out of control, I would have no problem using the military,' he said. 'We have to have safety in our country. We have to have law and order in our country. And whichever gets us there, but I think the National Guard will do the job.'... When Trump was asked specifically whether he would override restrictions on using the U.S. military against civilians, Trump said the people that would be targeted aren't civilians. 'These are people that aren't legally in our country. This is an invasion of our country. An invasion like probably no country has ever seen before,' Trump told the magazine."
Nicholas Nehamas & Reid Epstein of the New York Times: "The Biden campaign is mounting a concerted push to attack ... Donald J. Trump over statements he made to Time magazine in a wide-ranging interview published Tuesday morning, particularly on abortion.... 'This is reprehensible,' President Biden wrote on X. 'Donald Trump doesn't trust women. I do.'... 'He'll see what women think about that this November,' said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, also a Democrat."
The Trials of Trump & the Gang, Ctd.
Ben Protess, et al., of the New York Times: "On Tuesday, [lawyer Keith] Davidson took the witness stand at Mr. Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, telling jurors the behind-the-scenes story of how Mr. Trump's allies bought his clients' silence. His hours of testimony opened a rare window on the seamy world of celebrity hush money and corroborated key facts underpinning the prosecution's case against Mr. Trump, the first American president to face a criminal trial. In a crucial back-and-forth with prosecutors, Mr. Davidson began to tie Mr. Trump to the $130,000 hush-money payment to [Stormy] Daniels, the porn star whose payoff is at the heart of the case. Although Mr. Trump did not pay Ms. Daniels directly -- his fixer, Michael D. Cohen did -- Mr. Davidson portrayed Mr. Trump as the hidden hand shaping the machinations. 'Michael Cohen didn't have the authority to actually spend money,' Mr. Davidson told the jury, adding, 'My understanding was that Mr. Trump was the beneficiary of this contract.'
"The testimony punctuated a high-stakes day that began with the judge holding Mr. Trump in contempt, fining the former president $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order and warning that he could go to to jail if he continued to attack witnesses and jurors. 'The court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders,' the judge, Juan M. Merchan, said in an ominous warning to open the third week of Mr. Trump's trial. He added that although he was 'keenly aware of, and protective of, defendant's First Amendment rights,' he would jail Mr. Trump 'if necessary and appropriate.'" ~~~
~~~ Here's the judge's order, via the court system. (Also linked yesterday.)
Jesse McKinley & Kate Christobek of the New York Times report five takeaways from yesterday's courtroom developments.
Trump is still falling asleep in court, and now it's in front of the jury. According to MSNBC law reporter Lisa Rubin, Trump's lawyers are trying various methods to keep him awake, with little success.
The New York Times' live updates of developments yesterday in the Trump 2016 election interference trial are here. See also yesterday's Conversation for details of the proceedings.
"Irreparable Breakdown." Ken Bensinger of the New York Times: "A law firm that has long defended Donald J. Trump's campaign and businesses from employment lawsuits has abruptly asked to withdraw from a yearslong case over what it calls an 'irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.' The firm -- LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland -- has represented Mr. Trump's political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run.... But late on Friday, it asked a federal magistrate judge to allow it to withdraw from a suit filed by a former campaign surrogate, A.J. Delgado, who says she was sidelined by the campaign in 2016 after revealing she was pregnant. The timing of the motion was notable, just two days after the same federal court had ordered the campaign to turn over in discovery all complaints of sexual harassment and gender or pregnancy discrimination from the 2016 and 2020 campaigns -- materials that the defendants have long resisted handing over.... Ms. Delgado, who is representing herself in the matter, objected to the withdrawal in a filing Monday..., calling the request a 'scheme to avoid compliance.' Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker said that LaRocca Hornik would have to continue to represent the campaign for the time being and that she would schedule a conference with the law firm and the campaign...."
Get Out! Brandi Buchman of Law & Crime: "The District of Columbia's Office of Disciplinary Counsel issued a recommendation this week battering the credibility of former Donald Trump Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark, saying Clark's 'dishonest attempt to create national chaos' in the run-up to Jan. 6 meant the only suitable sanction would be disbarment because, put simply, nothing else would do.... 'We must do what we can to ensure that this conduct is never repeated. The way to accomplish that goal is to remove from the profession lawyers who betrayed their constitutional obligations and their country. It is important that other lawyers who might be tempted to engage in similar misconduct be aware that doing so will cost them their privilege to practice law...,' wrote disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox III. 'Jeffrey Clark betrayed his oath to support the Constitution of the United States of America. He is not fit to be a member of the District of Columbia Bar.'"
Sharon Otterman of the New York Times: "Exactly 56 years to the day after the 1968 student occupation at Columbia University was violently cleared by the New York Police Department, hundreds of police officers moved into the Manhattan campus on Tuesday night to quell a different kind of antiwar protest. Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested as police officers entered Columbia's main campus, which was on lockdown, and cleared Hamilton Hall of a group who had broken in and occupied it the night before.... As hundreds of students and other onlookers watched and rallied in support of the encampment, rows of police officers in riot gear entered campus just after 1 p.m. At least 108 students were arrested. But some of the hundreds of supporters who remained simply moved to the next lawn and started a new encampment." An AP report is here. ~~~
~~~ For perhaps the most up-to-the-minute, comprehensive coverage of the Columbia protests, Columbia Spectator reporters are on the job. Here's a link to the paper's front page.
Nick Robertson of the Hill: "The president of Barnard College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as criticism mounts over the school's response to a pro-Palestine encampment that has sparked a national movement and beckoned the political spotlight. About 77 percent of participating Barnard faculty voted in no confidence on Tuesday against President Laura Rosenbury, the college confirmed to The Hill. The Columbia Spectator reported that it is the first no confidence vote against a president in the college's history.... The no-confidence vote does not remove Rosenbury...."
The New York Times is liveblogging student demonstrations at some campuses around the country.
CNN: "Clashes between law enforcement and protesters are disrupting colleges across the nation, with students facing arrest or expulsion in their call for divestment from companies that support Israel and the war in Gaza. Police have arrived on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles, after a violent confrontation broke out between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters. Video from CNN affiliate KABC shows fireworks, objects being thrown, and physical violence. Hours earlier, over 100 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York, according to a law enforcement official. At Columbia, officers cleared protesters from encampments and an occupied building. The university has asked NYPD to stay on campus until May 17. Since April 18, more than 1,000 people have been arrested on more than 25 campuses across at least 21 states." This is a liveblog.
Here's a New York Times liveblog that seems to cover only New York City universities and was last updated just before 4 am ET today.
Eileen Sullivan, et al., of the New York Times: "The Justice Department said on Tuesday that it had recommended easing restrictions on marijuana in what could amount to a major change in federal policy. Even though the move, which kicks off a lengthy rule-making process, does not end the criminalization of the drug, it is a significant shift in how the government views the safety and use of marijuana for medical purposes. It also reflects the Biden administration's effort to liberalize marijuana policy in a way that puts it more in line with the public as increasingly more Americans favor legalizing the drug." The AP's report is here.
Democrats Will Save Bible Mike. Marianna Sotomayor of the Washington Post: "Democratic leaders in the House officially declared Tuesday that they would vote to keep order in the House by protecting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from any far-right Republicans seeking his ouster.... House Democratic leaders -- Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) -- announced after discussions with colleagues that Democrats would be willing to block any motion to oust Johnson from the speakership.... Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is leading the effort to remove Johnson from the speakership because he has relied on Democratic support to pass major bills....
Louisiana Congressional Map. Rick Rojas of the New York Times: "A newly drawn congressional map in Louisiana was struck down on Tuesday by a panel of federal judges who found that the new boundaries, which form a second majority Black district in the state, amounted to an 'impermissible racial gerrymander' that violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The 2-to-1 ruling now leaves uncertain which boundaries will be used in the elections that are just six months away and that could play a critical role in determining the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Critics warned that the decision could have broader implications on voting rights. Eric H. Holder Jr., the former U.S. attorney general and current chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said the 'ideological nature of the decision could not be more clear.'" ~~~
~~~ NPR's report is here. Rick Hasan comments. The two judges who nixed the majority-Black district are Trump appointees.
New York Special House Election. Nicholas Fandos of the New York Times: "Timothy M. Kennedy, a Democratic New York State senator, easily won a special House election on Tuesday to replace a retiring congressman in western New York, according to The Associated Press. The victory was hardly a surprise. Democrats have controlled the Buffalo-area district for decades. And Mr. Kennedy outspent his Republican opponent, Gary Dickson, by an eye-popping 47 to 1. But his victory will have an immediate impact on the House at a time when Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana is laboring to hold onto a narrow Republican majority and fend off a rebellion on his right flank. Once Mr. Kennedy is seated, Mr. Johnson's margin will effectively shrink to just a single, tenuous vote on partisan issues. A handful of special elections in Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado and California are expected to offer Republicans reinforcements, but not until this summer." The NBC News story is here.
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Florida Abortion Ban Starts Today. Lori Rozsa & Caroline Kitchener of the Washington Post: "Clinics, patients and abortion rights activists in Florida are bracing for the impact of a new law that will transform the state overnight from one with the fewest restrictions for the procedure in the South to a place where it will be all but banned. The six-week abortion law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year and confirmed by the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month takes effect Wednesday. In the days leading up to the ban, clinics have seen a surge in demand. Meanwhile, advocates have started getting the word out on how to access abortion pills by mail."
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Israel/Palestine, et al.
The Washington Post's live updates of developments Wednesday in the Israel/Hamas war are here: "Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday in Jerusalem, as the United States presses Israel to speed aid distribution for Gaza. The meeting comes on the heels of Netanyahu's statement that Israel will invade Rafah regardless of any cease-fire deal with Hamas:'We will enter Rafah, and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there -- with or without a deal,' Netanyahu said.... Netanyahu's Tuesday comment came as mediators had expressed optimism that Israel and Hamas were inching toward a cease-fire agreement. Israel presented terms to negotiators last week that softened its position, an Israeli official ... told The Washington Post.... In Amman, Blinken said the first aid shipments from Jordan through a newly opened crossing into northern Gaza were leaving on Tuesday. Humanitarian groups have been sounding the alarm about an imminent famine in the enclave. Blinken called the effort 'real and important progress' but said 'more still needs to be done.'"
Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News: "The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents."
U.K. William Booth of the Washington Post: "King Charles III is back at work. It's been three months since he told Britain he has cancer. He's been getting treatment. He looked good. His first outing in the public eye on Tuesday was a symbolic one, a visit to a cancer hospital in the capital, where he spoke with staff, marveled at the CT scanner and met with patients. He took the stairs, not the elevator."
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In regards to the "May Day" article, another feature of Transatlantic and Pacific/Hawaii flights until well after WW2 was a "Point of No Return" where you could only press on. At barely six months from election day I'm starting to think we're fast approaching that point.
Raw Story
"U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday urged her colleagues to condemn the latest Republican threat against the thousands of university students and faculty who have protested U.S. complicity in Israel's assault on Gaza, after Sen. Marsha Blackburn suggested the protesters have "promoted terrorism" and called for them to be surveilled by the federal government.
"Any student who has promoted terrorism or engaged in terrorist acts on behalf of Hamas should be immediately added to the terrorist watch list and placed on the [Transportation Security Administration] No-Fly List," said the Tennessee Republican."
Unwanted Presidencies
"India's Modi government operated 'nest of spies' in Australia before being disrupted by ASIO
Indian spies were kicked out of Australia after being caught trying to steal secrets about sensitive defence projects and airport security, as well as classified information on Australia's trade relationships.
The so-called foreign "nest of spies" disrupted by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) in 2020 was also accused of closely monitoring Indians living here and developing close relationships with current and former politicians."
IMNSHO -
"Any legislator who has promoted terrorism or engaged in terrorist acts on behalf of Donald J Trump should be immediately added to the terrorist watch list and placed on the [Transportation Security Administration] No-Fly List"
I know it would only be symbolic, but can we take away Clarence Thomas's law licence? Sitting on the bench for a case in which his wife is a known unindicted coconspirator and having been the lone vote in another case trying to shield his wife's involvement in crimes. Those sound bad for law just like Jeffery Clark and Eastman.
Also everything Alito does is an embarrassment to the law with his shitty jurisprudence and overtly partisan rulings. Please kick him off out of the bar too.
The Right self-identifies in many ways, among them by its inability or unwillingness to discriminate. It lives comfortably in the world of the broad brush.
Blackburn's remark is of a piece with the rest of her pack. Yes, there are likely college protestors who have called for Jewish genocide, but they are certainly a minority. And strong remarks made against Israel's behavior do not constitute terrorism.
But by lumping all protestors together she gets to ride the law and order wave, create another "enemy," and avoid entirely the hard work of thinking about what is happening in the Israel-Gaza war, what it means or what should be done about it.
The Right's pre-eminent characteristic is sheer intellectual laziness. I just don't know if it's the laziness or the lying that comes first.
It just blows my mind.
How any rational person who believes in—let’s not even say democracy, rule of law, and/or America—simple common decency, fairness, and basic humanity, can read what this evil prick wants to do should he steal the next election, and say “Yeah, I think I’ll vote for this guy”?
Then look at his social media page. He recently posted a picture of himself in the Oval Office, with Jesus standing behind him, hand on his shoulder, halo above their heads, a repost from a Qanon nut. Fatty has reposted hundreds of Qanon messages. Think, for just a second what Qanon stands for:
“At its heart, QAnon is a wide-ranging, completely unfounded theory that says that President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.
QAnon believers have speculated that this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed.”
Now consider this. Had Joe Biden posted a picture of himself with Jesus, sent to him by someone who believes a world wide ring of satanic pedophiles is trying to take over the government, and lives for the day when certain people will be publicly executed, he would be immediately disqualified as a candidate for dog catcher, and sent for a mental acuity evaluation.
But with Trump, people think “Yeah, okay, sure. Give this guy the nuclear codes.”
I just don’t get it. Really, I don’t.
The Florida six week abortion ban takes effect today, and will be the law of the sand until at least the November election. I'm confident that we will pass the amendment with the 60% majority needed. But the Florida legislature is known for changing citizen initiatives beyond recognition. Take the Felon voting restoration amendment that was simple until they finished with it. I'm sure they're already plotting ways to take the good out of this one too.
Much to not get, Akhilleus.
One of the many that I don't get is the reaction to the campus protests. Off the campuses the response seems largely negative, just as it was 60 or so years ago during Vietnam. Seldom mentioned or not mentioned at all is the prominent fact that those Vietnam protestors were right. We shouldn't have squandered 50,000 American lives for--nothing.
Young people can be wrongheaded, sure enough. But living outside the adult world as they do, they often have the perspective to view it more clearly than those living inside the adult bubble.
Tho' he was much younger than those of college-age and didn't have their schooling', Huck Finn comes to mind.
Speaking of Florida, I heard a clip last night of Rhonda importuning Jewish college students to leave their colleges if they don’t like the pro-Palestinian protests and don’t feel safe in Columbia or Brown, or wherever, and come register in a Florida school instead.
Sure. Great idea. If you feel threatened by anti-semitism, come live in a state where some of the biggest bigots in the country are in charge. Cuz that should make you feel much better.
I don't get it either, but not having a mind that refuses to use reason and logic in decision-making is a good thing, I think. I will not read the Time interview. I have seen several listings of what Snoring Fatstuff intends to do if elected, and I do not think he personally has the energy or brain or moxie to do any of that stuff, unless he plans to sit on a golden throne and issue a list of demands drawn up by others. BUT there are many people around Lardpants who do, and it is those people we need to be aware of.
Re the sit-ins and occupations: none of this is good optics. I don't get why these young people think that being agin Israel and beginning agin Jews are the same thing. I guess I am with the college presidents in that regard. Where I part company is that they somehow think that colleges and universities can do anything about Net-and-Yahoo. They can't. He's like the Dumpster: only interested in himself and power. He's loving the demise of Gaza and no amount of diplomacy will change that, Sir Blinkin'-and-Nod. I doubt if he particularly cares about the hostages. Rafa? Bring in the bulldozers-- Hamas will be long gone and he is swelling their ranks. Ugh.
The spring trees are gorgeous in PA this year. And our lege plots on...
I seem to be imbibing too much already this election year...
Ken,
Quite right about intellectual indolence on the part of red state prevaricators. Part of it has to do with their innate belief that everything is a zero sum game. If group A is even partly right, than my group must be completely wrong, and we ain’t havin’ that!
This leaves no room for nuance or gray areas. Lumping a disparate group with a multiplicity of world views, philosophies, ideological backgrounds, understandings, and motives in to one big box dispenses with any need for careful thinking.
Plus it makes it far easier to adopt a single solution: arrest ‘em all, lock ‘em all up, throw the book at them. And as an added benefit, increasing one’s sense of animus by assigning the most heinous motives to whichever group is on this week’s hate list, makes it easier to condone the worst sort of punishments: rip their skin off, public executions, etc. which can be indulged in with no sense of shame or moral guilt, because, hey…they’re all satan worshiping pedophiles, or whatever.
So much easier than being a thoughtful person. And much more fun. Bwah-hah-hah!
Make America Grate Again!
Hyper partisan idiot MTG bleats: “‘So next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate. Absolutely calling it,' Greene said at a news conference outside of the Capitol. 'I can’t wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again.'”
Wah-wah-waaaaah.
Can’t wait to see Democrats…blah, blah, blah.
And “Absolutely calling it!!!!”
Yeah! Absolutely. Like, I really, really am! So there. Really!
What we have here is a dyspeptic eight year old sewer rat.
In Moscow Margie’s tiny lizard brain, she thinks the worst thing in the world would be for a Democrat to support a Republican, because in no universe imaginable to her would she ever consider supporting anything a Democrat proposed, like finding a cure for cancer, or protecting the nation from traitors.
Democrats and Republicans regularly supported each other on bills both agreed were helpful and necessary. That is, until rat bastard fascists like Greene and Trump showed up demanding absolute loyalty, no matter the usefulness and necessity of a bill. Naturally, she has no knowledge of this because history and facts are anathema to these people, so of course her inner vicious brat can’t imagine a member of the opposite party voting across the aisle, even in situations like keeping the country solvent.
So call your motion, you screeching harridan. “Absolutely” call it.
Yeeeah!