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Childfucking Hastert rule, S&L scandal Hyde amendment — all this Republican criminality has been normalized. It’s infuriating,

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He also has the benefit of going up against the clown show that is currently masquerading as leadership in the House. It's basically the difference between the High School valedictorian and the Kindergartner whose last name starts with A taking the SAT. Sure both graduated first in their class but ....

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Notice who isn't on this list.

-- 71 GOP lawmakers opposed the debt limit bill:

Rep. Mark Alford of MissouriRep. Andy Biggs of ArizonaRep. Dan Bishop of North CarolinaRep. Mike Bost of IllinoisRep. Josh Brecheen of OklahomaRep. Vern Buchanan of FloridaRep. Ken Buck of ColoradoRep. Tim Burchett of TennesseeRep. Eric Burlison of MissouriRep. Kat Cammack of FloridaRep. Buddy Carter of TexasRep. Ben Cline of VirginiaRep. Michael Cloud of TexasRep. Andrew Clyde of GeorgiaRep. Mike Collins of GeorgiaRep. Eli Crane of ArizonaRep. Scott DesJarlais of TennesseeRep. Byron Donalds of FloridaRep. Pat Fallon of TexasRep. Brad Finstad of MinnesotaRep. Michelle Fischbach of MinnesotaRep. Russell Fry of South CarolinaRep. Mark Fulcher of IdahoRep. Matt Gaetz of FloridaRep. Tony Gonzales of TexasRep. Bob Good of VirginiaRep. Lance Gooden of TexasRep. Paul Gosar of ArizonaRep. Morgan Griffith of VirginiaRep. Michael Guest of MississippiRep. Harriet Hageman of WyomingRep. Andy Harris of MarylandRep. Diana Harshbarger of TennesseeRep. Kevin Hern of OklahomaRep. Clay Higgins of LouisianaRep. Wesley Hunt of TexasRep. Ronny Jackson of TexasRep. Darin LaHood of IllinoisRep. Debbie Lesko or ArizonaRep. Anna Paulina Luna of FloridaRep. Morgan Luttrell of TexasRep. Nancy Mace of South CarolinaRep. Tracey Mann of KansasRep. Brian Mast of FloridaRep. Rich McCormick of GeorgiaRep. Mary Miller of IllinoisRep. Cory Mills of FloridaRep. Alex Mooney of West VirginiaRep. Barry Moore of AlabamaRep. Nathaniel Moran of TexasRep. Ralph Norman of South CarolinaRep. Andy Ogles of TennesseeRep. Gary Palmer of AlabamaRep. Scott Perry of PennsylvaniaRep. Bill Posey of FloridaRep. John Rose of TennesseeRep. Matt Rosendale of MontanaRep. Chip Roy of TexasRep. George Santos of New YorkRep. Keith Self of TexasRep. Pete Sessions of TexasRep. Vicotira Spartz of IndianaRep. Greg Steube of FloridaRep. Dale Strong of AlabamaRep. Tom Tiffany of WisconsinRep. William Timmons of South CarolinaRep. Jeff Van Drew of New JerseyRep. Beth Van Duyne of TexasRep. Mike Waltz of FloridaRep. Randy Weber of TexasRep. Ryan Zinke of Montana

I don't see Greene or Boebert there, do you?

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Receiving praise for outsmarting McCarthy is like walking under the St. Louis Arch and being celebrated as a master of the limbo...

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Biden bundled it, like Flo from Progressive* bundles home and auto!

*ironic name in the context of this thread

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I seem to recall reading that Empty Gee voted yes and BoBo voted Arby's (voted abstain or present, or didn't vote at all).

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Are there mainstream Repubs? How can one tell? What do they look like?

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...unless they flip and decide to run as D next time.

(Also an unlikely scenario, but could happen in some NY, CA or midwestern purple districts.)

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This is not Diamond Joe’s first rodeo. I thought the Hastert Rule allowed closeted Republican men to set up chairs in the showers at high schools to watch teenage boys shower or was that another “morally upright” Republican.

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Congratulations, you have joined us responsible, humane deficit hawks.

And don't worry, we aren't anti-science, anti-woman, anti-gay, white supremacist assholes.

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Lex Luthor was actually a good politician and a popular president. A comic book villain was actually more ethical than Donald Trump.

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Sounds like a whole lot of his problems. I never expect ethics from unethical people.

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I didn't see either.

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I wonder if they understand that the aristocracy is a very small number of people and when the rabble get angry enough the guillotines get pulled out?

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Bill wasn’t perfect but he had a way of explaining complex concepts in a manner that was relatable and he didn’t make you feel like he was talking down to you. He was a very good communicator. I always remember that Obama tapped him to talk about Obamacare and Bill came talked about it, he made it make sense he called Bill the Secretary of Explaining Stuff because he was really good at explaining what was going to happen.

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Luckily you won't have to worry about the irs

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