That's my thought. Brandon says "as an official act, I need to safeguard democracy, so I am throwing the orange orangutang's ass in the Colorado Supermax prison. He'll not have access to the internet, or a phone. He's going to be guarded by the military. Anyone got a fucking problem with that"? Then call the sane members of the military, and let them explain to Magat trash that their God is going to be cooling his heels in jail until he croaks. He SHOULD have been dealt with in the old school way we used to deal with traitors on 1/7/2021 by the military.
Not sure if I should start drinking heavily now, or wait for the hijinks following on Nov. 5. Now seems right. I voted yesterday, so you don't need me anymore.
Mmm, i bet we will still need people to protest when the dirty tricks start being attempted. I hope to stay sharp till she’s safely inaugurated, hoping for some champagne on Nov 5 tho
I would no doubt be ill-served by compiling a list of all of the neo-nazis and theocrats (but I may repeat myself) who deserve to be *actually* fed the sort of rabies- and distemper-infested animal feces they foist upon the rest of us as some sort of "government policy", so I won't.
But I will not desist from suggesting that in a just world, Mik卍 Johnson and St卍ph卍n Mill卍er would well deserve to be first in line for dinner when that meal is served.
Nice to see the Dems were smart enough to close the barn doors this time. And shouldn't that be "All Nuts November"? Between the Magahats and the media trying to create drama there won't be a believable story from either group. They still haven't found a weak spot on Harris or Walz. Not even a phony one that even makes some Repubs laugh. And every time I turn around Don Don has POed another voting bloc right in her Party tent.
Aside from actually Googling it…what’s the odds that at least one state GOP House contingent has the tiniest blackened, shriveled, stinking fragment of a soul left, and would refuse to vote for an Assmouth win? Especially if their state has a GOP majority in the House but voted for Harris (looking at you Wisconsin).
One small mercy is that PAB is such a stupid fuck who can’t keep his mouth shut that whatever shenanigans he and MAGA Mike had planned are probably already under investigation because he commits all his criming in broad daylight. So there’s that. Vance is Trump with a beard and a brain (instead of a rapidly decomposing squirrel carcass). He’s the one we have to worry about.
What I think is interesting about that is that smart people listening can always suss it out since he's unable to keep anything to himself since he's an insecure braggart and a loudmouth
I know a great way to make Speaker Covenant Eyes cry and it isn't even a secret. Elect enough Dems to knock him and his shitty, shitty unreconstructed party out of the majority. From stem to stern this party is chock-full of fascists that ought to be defeated in a just society.
"Elect enough Dems to knock him and his shitty, shitty unreconstructed party out of the majority."
Okay, so -- very serious -- that was always the plan, but here is the thing (and Marcy has already asked the question).
Let's say Dems DO win a YOOOGE majority in the House.
What IF in the wake of that Mike Johnson (backed up by his honcho attorneys, ignoring their oath to the Constitution) refuses to step aside??
With all the latitude accorded to House Members under Speech and Debate together with the fact that he's running unopposed -- Louisiana does not get enough money from the national Democratic party to mount a serious challenge in a Confederate state (don't get me started on that one) -- he will be returning to his seat.
I'm not sure if there's a *legal* way for him to stay if he's no longer Speaker, but I suppose that's what the Sergeant-at-Arms is for supposedly in the House. The unreconstructed Republican Party is definitely giving us our Constitutional Law exercises for sure.
I do know a critical difference in that at such a time the Capitol will be more protected in case cultists try getting cute or whatever. I don't know that there ever was a mechanism for a Speaker to just not cede especially since the Speaker is elected by a majority vote of the House.
It's not going to work for Speaker Covenant Eyes to say that the ballots electing the House majority as Democrat are wrong; because he's elected on the same ballot. Presumably if there is an objection that would mean nobody is seated or something. I'm definitely not a Constitutional lawyer. But I don't see the mechanism by which he could just decide that he's Speaker for life if the members vote. Is the proposed mechanism that he just never holds the vote?
"I don't know that there ever was a mechanism for a Speaker to just not cede especially since the Speaker is elected by a majority vote of the House."
That's what makes a lot of this difficult - it would be a case of first impression
(and I feel like you know a bit about how reluctant this country's jurists can be to wrestle with such a thing, and will go to some serious lengths to avoid it if they can)
"Is the proposed mechanism that he just never holds the vote?"
Well -- that only works if Republicans keep the House.
"The unreconstructed Republican Party is definitely giving us our Constitutional Law exercises for sure."
It's already happening, and incredibly ridiculous. I know a fair number of Con Law professors who are already tearing their hair out given the convoluted mess this SCOTUS has already made ... but I can only gasp and speculate about how much worse it's going to get before the fascist "justices" making all the trouble are removed
The real Calvinball comes in with the SCOTUS but really I don't believe they'd have any standing on the House Speaker succession because that's internal to Congress, and separation of powers. We all know the basic premise that if there's a party helping Black people it's not going to be able to tap into power. That's after all part of shitting on cities and any rural Black Belt counties, and making sure they're gerrymandered to fuck.
Here's the one important thing to remember: literally none of Trump's "plans" have ever actually worked. And he's not the one in charge now.
Dump's stupidity and laziness are the only things that give me hope.
And his toddler-level endless fixation on himself and any tiny slight to himself. It's all he cares about, no matter what is going on.
𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵-𝘪𝘯?
Somebody like, oh dunno, President “Immunity for Official Acts” Brandon, maybe?
That's my thought. Brandon says "as an official act, I need to safeguard democracy, so I am throwing the orange orangutang's ass in the Colorado Supermax prison. He'll not have access to the internet, or a phone. He's going to be guarded by the military. Anyone got a fucking problem with that"? Then call the sane members of the military, and let them explain to Magat trash that their God is going to be cooling his heels in jail until he croaks. He SHOULD have been dealt with in the old school way we used to deal with traitors on 1/7/2021 by the military.
Not sure if I should start drinking heavily now, or wait for the hijinks following on Nov. 5. Now seems right. I voted yesterday, so you don't need me anymore.
Mmm, i bet we will still need people to protest when the dirty tricks start being attempted. I hope to stay sharp till she’s safely inaugurated, hoping for some champagne on Nov 5 tho
Wiser heads. ;-)
I would no doubt be ill-served by compiling a list of all of the neo-nazis and theocrats (but I may repeat myself) who deserve to be *actually* fed the sort of rabies- and distemper-infested animal feces they foist upon the rest of us as some sort of "government policy", so I won't.
But I will not desist from suggesting that in a just world, Mik卍 Johnson and St卍ph卍n Mill卍er would well deserve to be first in line for dinner when that meal is served.
Ta, Marcie. I loathe and detest that Dominionist.
Nice to see the Dems were smart enough to close the barn doors this time. And shouldn't that be "All Nuts November"? Between the Magahats and the media trying to create drama there won't be a believable story from either group. They still haven't found a weak spot on Harris or Walz. Not even a phony one that even makes some Repubs laugh. And every time I turn around Don Don has POed another voting bloc right in her Party tent.
Johnson had a head of jet black hair until he got on Trump's Covenant Eyes.
Aside from actually Googling it…what’s the odds that at least one state GOP House contingent has the tiniest blackened, shriveled, stinking fragment of a soul left, and would refuse to vote for an Assmouth win? Especially if their state has a GOP majority in the House but voted for Harris (looking at you Wisconsin).
The odds aren’t good. Every time I think there’s got to be one……. They disappoint. Every single time.
One small mercy is that PAB is such a stupid fuck who can’t keep his mouth shut that whatever shenanigans he and MAGA Mike had planned are probably already under investigation because he commits all his criming in broad daylight. So there’s that. Vance is Trump with a beard and a brain (instead of a rapidly decomposing squirrel carcass). He’s the one we have to worry about.
Hooray! Hooray! For the ECA!
he's always got to be a special boy, knowing stuff no one else knows, and making sure that we know he knows a secret - ffs what a pathetic wiener
What I think is interesting about that is that smart people listening can always suss it out since he's unable to keep anything to himself since he's an insecure braggart and a loudmouth
'A little secret'
Collusion? No, you're the collusion!
Idea:
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff44e48a1-dad8-4f0c-9990-0284a245851d_808x1095.png
I like it
I know a great way to make Speaker Covenant Eyes cry and it isn't even a secret. Elect enough Dems to knock him and his shitty, shitty unreconstructed party out of the majority. From stem to stern this party is chock-full of fascists that ought to be defeated in a just society.
"Elect enough Dems to knock him and his shitty, shitty unreconstructed party out of the majority."
Okay, so -- very serious -- that was always the plan, but here is the thing (and Marcy has already asked the question).
Let's say Dems DO win a YOOOGE majority in the House.
What IF in the wake of that Mike Johnson (backed up by his honcho attorneys, ignoring their oath to the Constitution) refuses to step aside??
With all the latitude accorded to House Members under Speech and Debate together with the fact that he's running unopposed -- Louisiana does not get enough money from the national Democratic party to mount a serious challenge in a Confederate state (don't get me started on that one) -- he will be returning to his seat.
What then?
Congress has a jail he can go sit in.
I'm not sure if there's a *legal* way for him to stay if he's no longer Speaker, but I suppose that's what the Sergeant-at-Arms is for supposedly in the House. The unreconstructed Republican Party is definitely giving us our Constitutional Law exercises for sure.
I do know a critical difference in that at such a time the Capitol will be more protected in case cultists try getting cute or whatever. I don't know that there ever was a mechanism for a Speaker to just not cede especially since the Speaker is elected by a majority vote of the House.
It's not going to work for Speaker Covenant Eyes to say that the ballots electing the House majority as Democrat are wrong; because he's elected on the same ballot. Presumably if there is an objection that would mean nobody is seated or something. I'm definitely not a Constitutional lawyer. But I don't see the mechanism by which he could just decide that he's Speaker for life if the members vote. Is the proposed mechanism that he just never holds the vote?
"I don't know that there ever was a mechanism for a Speaker to just not cede especially since the Speaker is elected by a majority vote of the House."
That's what makes a lot of this difficult - it would be a case of first impression
(and I feel like you know a bit about how reluctant this country's jurists can be to wrestle with such a thing, and will go to some serious lengths to avoid it if they can)
"Is the proposed mechanism that he just never holds the vote?"
Well -- that only works if Republicans keep the House.
"The unreconstructed Republican Party is definitely giving us our Constitutional Law exercises for sure."
It's already happening, and incredibly ridiculous. I know a fair number of Con Law professors who are already tearing their hair out given the convoluted mess this SCOTUS has already made ... but I can only gasp and speculate about how much worse it's going to get before the fascist "justices" making all the trouble are removed
The real Calvinball comes in with the SCOTUS but really I don't believe they'd have any standing on the House Speaker succession because that's internal to Congress, and separation of powers. We all know the basic premise that if there's a party helping Black people it's not going to be able to tap into power. That's after all part of shitting on cities and any rural Black Belt counties, and making sure they're gerrymandered to fuck.
Can't wait for Kamala to slap the smug look off that performative fake Christian fucker's face.
The lil secret is the pab is sharing porn hub password with creepy ass johnson...