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2022 Republican House of Representatives
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Jim Jordan just put Matt Gaetz on the WTF (Weaponization of The Federal government) committee
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Yes, weaponization committee. We are all out to get you.[/link][/h3]
Dana Milbank:I dont want to be conspiratorial about it, but House Republicans somehow turned Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building, {the location of the first hearing of the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,’} the Judiciary Committee hearing room, into the main ballroom of a QAnon convention. The witnesses including world-class conspiracy purveyors Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Ivermectin) and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (I-Ukraine bioweapons labs) might as well have been auditioning to guest-host Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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It is possible that, by random chance, one of the witnesses may have said something that is factually true, but any pellet of accuracy was lost amid all the errant slugs that ricocheted crazily out of their muzzles.
They revisited the Russian collusion hoax perpetrated by the fake dossier, Fusion GPS, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. They conjured an engineered Trump impeachment and a coordinated effort to sabotage any public revelation of Hunter Bidens laptop. They alleged maltreatment of [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8]Jan. 6 insurrectionists[/link] and suggested that embedded federal agents provoked the crowd to attack the Capitol. They went back a decade to revive the debunked charge that a politically motivated Obama administration sicced the IRS on tea party groups.
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[/b][b]Above all, the witnesses testified to their own victimhood.[/b] Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recited a long list of Democratic colleagues who are out to get him as part of a triad that also involves partisan journalists and the FBI. Gabbard, who left the Democratic Party for Fox News after a failed presidential campaign, expressed her outrage that Hillary Clinton said mean things about her and that Mitt Romney made [link=https://thehill.com/news/senate/3275566-tulsi-gabbard-demands-retraction-of-romney-treason-accusation/]baseless accusations of treason[/link]. (Apparently, the senator from Utah and 2012 Republican presidential nominee is part of the vast left-wing conspiracy.)[link=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-wisconsin-senator-ron-johnson-went-from-ronjon-to-ronanon]RonAnon[/link] Johnson testified about a conspiracy so huge it includes most members of the mainstream media, Big Tech, social media giants, global institutions and foundations, Democrat Party operatives and elected officials, all working in concert with corrupt individuals within federal agencies to defeat their political opponents and promote left-wing ideology and government control over our lives.
Youve caught us red-handed, senator! In fact, the weaponization committee needs only one more thing to complete its work: a scintilla of evidence.
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[h2][link=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3868718-voter-skepticism-in-gop-congressional-investigations-spikes-poll/]Voter skepticism in GOP congressional investigations spikes: [/link][/h2]
46 percent of voters said that Congressional Republicans will overreach in various investigations, while 30 percent said Republicans will do the right amount of investigation and 24 percent said Republicans would do too little oversight.
That result, released Wednesday, amounts to a 16 percent increase in the proportion of voters expecting Republican overreach in investigation since early January.
What weve seen is kind of a rise in the share who believe that the number one issue is actually that Republicans in Congress are focused on investigation, and less so on issues like inflation or health care, {Navigator Research Lead Pollster Bryan} Bennett told The Hill.
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30% are likely the Republican core. Legislation & policy are last place before attacking Democrats. Consider investigations have been the Republican primary instrument for at least a decade. Recall McCarthys admission that BENGHAZI! Was only a tool used to weaken Clinton; consider that Republicans swore investigations after investigations to damage Clinton should she have won; consider attempts to link Biden with Ukraine corruption during the Orange Mans administration; consider that while nothing substantial other than embarrassing pix have been found on the alleged Hunter Biden hard drives, much has been implied by Republican media of something sinister on the drives and the cover-up.
All Republicans have is investigations to keep the volume pumped up for their believers.-
I haven’t seen a lick of anything good from the GOP. Those Twitter hearing were a joke. It was Bobo and Bozo just airing their grievances about Twitter “shadow” bans and blah blah blah. Or Rasking
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I haven’t seen a lick of anything good from the GOP. Those Twitter hearing were a joke. It was Bobo and Bozo just airing their grievances about Twitter “shadow” bans and blah blah blah. Or Raskin stumping Gmybro.
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Alabama Congressman Barry Moore has introduced a bill (cosponsored by Lauren Boebert & George Santos because of course it is) making the AR-15 the National Gun of America.
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The National Gun of America is a muzzle-loading musket.
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It’s a waste of time and just further shows there’s no interest in actually being a legislator. It’s the kind of stupid, petty, worthless, time waster that I would expect from Bobo. ADam Frisch is running against her again in 24. I can see it now. Hey Bobo what’d you accmplish? Oh nothing, just got trounced on a stupid bill……
She cares about one thing and that’s her Twitter. Got have those followers and engagements. That’s how you make the real money.-
But she & the others like Greene got RE-ELECTED! So you have to admit, she & they are doing exactly what their constituents want them to. Their constituents dont want legislation, they want theater, otherwise these people could never have been elected much less re-elected.
They are performing admirably according to their voters.-
Bob barely got re-elected. I think she might be easier pickins for Frisch next time. That should be a race the dems put $ into. He lost by like 500 votes.
Marge is in a R++++++ district filled with 80% high school educated people.
[link=https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia%27s_14th_Congressional_District]https://ballotpedia.org/G…Congressional_District[/link]-
Yes, but she did get re-elected just the same. As well as Greene. As well as several others.
She & they are doing the work they were elected to do by their voters. You cant really deny that.
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probably the more baffling ones are the complete fakes. Don’t get me wrong. Bobo and MTG are certainly becoming fame seekers. But like George Santos, and this Paulina Tuna seem to have invented lives. Even the GOP party for Santos district said he should step down.
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[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/27/house-gop-federal-workers-jim-jordan/]Washington Post
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Emboldened by its majority, House GOP turns up heat on federal workersThat sentiment is animating a newly empowered GOP House majority eager to ramp up scrutiny of the army of civil servants who run the governments day-to-day operations. The effort includes seeking testimony from middle- and lower-level workers who are part of what Republicans have long derided as the deep state, while some lawmakers are drafting bills that have little chance of passing the Democrat-led Senate but give Republicans a chance to argue for reining in the federal bureaucracy of 2.1 million employees.
In recent weeks,[b] [/b]House Republicans have[b] [/b]passed legislation requiring federal[b] [/b]employees to return to the office, arguing that pandemic rules have bled into a permanent state that diminishes productivity.[b] [/b]Lawmakers have voted to [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/01/09/house-republicans-cut-irs/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8]rescind[/link] $80 billion for the cash-starved IRS to hire 87,000 employees in customer service, technology and audit roles to increase tax compliance of those earning more than $400,000 claiming the extra staff will unfairly target taxpayers. Theyve allowed House members to [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/10/gop-holman-rule-unions-biden-congress/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8]reduce or eliminate[/link] federal agency programs or slash the salaries of individual employees on a quick vote.
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Unions and others who advocate for federal workers are bracing for still more friction, including proposals to reduce or eliminate cost-of-living adjustments to wages and shave the governments share of health insurance premiums or retirement benefits. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) introduced legislation in January to transform the entire civil service to at-will jobs with scant protections.[/QUOTE]
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[h1][b]Jim Jordans “Whistleblowers” Face Scrutiny[/b][/h1] [b]
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[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/us/politics/house-weaponization-committee-jan-6.html]New York Times[/link]: Instead, the trio appears to be a group of aggrieved former F.B.I. officials who have trafficked in right-wing conspiracy theories, including about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, and received financial support from a top ally of former President Donald Trump.[link=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/politics/jim-jordan-whistleblowers-fbi-weaponization/index.html?utm_campaign=social-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newslit]CNN[/link]: In his quest to prove the federal government has been weaponized against conservatives, Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has touted the allegations of what he claims are dozens of whistleblowers who have come to his office with stories of discrimination and bias.
While little is known about them, Jordans reliance on these whistleblowers is already emerging as an early flashpoint, with Democrats raising questions about their legitimacy as actual whistleblowers and the relevance of their testimony.
Three of Jordans witnesses have come in for private interviews with committee staff so far. [b]None of them appear to have had their claims validated by government entities that grant federal whistleblower protection[/b].
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[link=https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408622#:~:text=The%20REIN%20IN%20Act%20will,equipped%20to%20hold%20them%20accountable%2C%E2%80%9D]https://financialservices…ccountable%2C%E2%80%9D[/link]
House Passes the REIN IN Inflation Act …
which doesn’t actually do anything to rein in inflation, but does blame Joe Biden for inflation.
so…. [image]https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif[/image]
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[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMuellerSheWrote%2Fstatus%2F1631685704031043585%3Fs%3D20]https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/…031043585?s=20[/link]
Jim Jordans Weaponization Subcommittees dozen or so whistleblowers are nothing more than MAGA criminals being paid by Kash Patel that got fired from the FBI for sucking.
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[h1]Fox News Is Now a Republican Problem Too[/h1]
[link=https://www.thebulwark.com/how-kevin-mccarthy-and-tucker-carlson-surrendered-to-maga/]Amanda Carpenter[/link]: McCarthy made an affirmative decision to collaborate with Fox News, even as the company is embroiled in a billion-dollar lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, which has exposed in granular detail how Foxs two-faced hosts, executives, and producers brazenly air content they know is untruthful. That makes this not just a Fox problem, but a Republican party problem, too.
What McCarthy is doing for power is precisely what Fox does to retain its ratings. Unsure how to navigate in a political environment controlled mainly by former President Donald Trump, they let the most radical elements of the MAGA coalition call the shots. Its almost as if a demonic force came over them all.______
If you’re a GOP House member in a tight re-election race for 2024, or you’re a Republican Presidential candidate trying win the toss-up states in the electoral college, or a GOP senate candidate trying to unseat a vulnerable Democrat, the re-focus onto Trump, 2020 election denialism, and Jan 6 away from immigration, inflation, and crime is a political loser.
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If they cared they would’ve have done it.
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Looks like its going to get a lot worse before it gets better for the Republicans. Thankfully the best bet for the Dems is to move to the middle to bury them. Biden already leaning in.
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Wasserman bodied Matt Taibbi today at the Gymbro Show. All he could do is smug mug, and try and laugh it off.
[link=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/debbie-wasserman-schultz-trashes-matt-taibbi-as-profiteering-tool-of-elon-musk-in-explosive-twitter-hearing/]https://www.mediaite.com/…osive-twitter-hearing/[/link]
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Just the kind of problem solving the American people are looking for out of Congress…
Kevin McCarthy directs House committees to begin investigating “an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump” and efforts to “subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions.” [image]https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif[/image]
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSpeakerMcCarthy%2Fstatus%2F1637108358208421888]https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/…08358208421888[/link]
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Hysterical. Wassermann She is a democrat hack w/o a clean reputation attacking a fellow democrat for reporting on a story she doesn’t like.
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[b]House GOP Targets Alvin Bragg[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/03/20/scoop-house-gop-targets-manhattan-da-00087811?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ed-dd93-ad7f-f8edad790000&nlid=630318]Playbook[/link]: Republicans are discussing firing off letters summoning employees of the Manhattan DAs office for sworn testimony, according to a GOP official familiar with the plans.
The potential request comes amid speculation about why the hush-money case was suddenly resurrected after being back-burnered by both state and federal prosecutors
Jim Jordan didnt answer questions about whether hed subpoena Bragg. Even if he does, its almost impossible to imagine Bragg or his subordinates answering questions about an ongoing probe or prosecution. While Republicans could threaten to hold him in contempt of Congress, the Justice Department would be unlikely to press charges in a partisan dispute.-
does contempt or subpoenas from congress matter anymore? They’ve been ignored already. So there’s clearly precedent for them not being enforced, or ignored with no consequence.
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does contempt or subpoenas from congress matter anymore? They’ve been ignored already. So there’s clearly precedent for them not being enforced, or ignored with no consequence.
My guess would be that a guy like Bragg would welcome the chance to elevate his profile by sparring with congressional Republicans.
For anything sensitive he just says “I can not comment on an ongoing investigation.”
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does contempt or subpoenas from congress matter anymore? They’ve been ignored already. So there’s clearly precedent for them not being enforced, or ignored with no consequence.
My guess would be that a guy like Bragg would welcome the chance to elevate his profile by sparring with congressional Republicans.
For anything sensitive he just says “I can not comment on an ongoing investigation.”
I don’t disagree but how could anyone ever got a to a court, at least a real/just court, and be prosecuted for contempt of congress for not obeying a subpoena? All you have to do is say well you didn’t make Jim Jordan etc.. comply.
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[b][i]how could anyone ever got a to a court, at least a real/just court, and be prosecuted for contempt of congress for not obeying a subpoena? [/i][/b]
Steve Bannon-
peter navarro (soon)
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They should be off the hook.
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House GOP is reportedly considering legislation protecting Donald Trump with a law that shields ex-presidents from prosecution.
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[b]House GOP Falls In Line Behind Trump[/b][/h1]
[link=https://punchbowl.news/archive/32123-punchbowl-news-am/]Punchbowl News[/link]: The extent to which House Republicans are backing Trump has been necksnapping. Speaker Kevin McCarthys conference has been the base of Trumps support among elected officials. And now they are using the powers afforded to them as the majority to back the former president.
[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/20/house-republicans-florida-retreat-trump-00087858]Politico[/link]: House Republicans are embracing a familiar role: Acting as a defensive line against former President Trumps perceived political enemies. -
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Of course it is.
It’s not meant to become law. It’s meant for the Freedom Caucus to show their fealty to Donald Trump.-
Interesting exchange. Jim Jordan being the dirt ball that he is and getting called out for it. Glad this stuff is documented in camera.
[link=https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1641447400513634307?s=46&t=rWwiVdwocpuvqskgif1xxA]https://twitter.com/cspan…rWwiVdwocpuvqskgif1xxA[/link]
.@HouseJudiciary Democrats ask why two witnesses were excused after their opening testimony.@RepStephenLynch to Chair @Jim_Jordan: "They have scurried away with your complicity...that's pretty disgraceful." pic.twitter.com/4kzPtAEgu7
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 30, 2023
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