I remember when the idiot twins - Boebert and Green - booed President Biden. They weren't escorted out. The president, any president, is a guest there - he doesn't get to make the rules.
Ta, Evan. I agree completely. Didn't watch anything last night; I took my darling husband out to a very special dinner. It's still February; it was our Valentine's Day dinner, which is one night we'd never go out. Waiters and bartenders have it hard enough.
How many congresspeople there, either side, have their hearing aids off the whole speech, anyway? There must be some weird anti-diuretic stimulant they all use too, for standing-on-cue and bladder stamina. Dems should just model Dear Leader and not even pretend to be awake whenever he speaks.
I had not heard about this one. The guest of Ilhan Omar was the US citizen woman who was dragged out of her car in Minneapolis while she was on the way to a doctor appointment. Last night she was arrested by the Capitol Police during the SOTU Cops said it was for demonstrating, although she says all she did was stand up in response to something Trump said, but that she didn't say anything. She was charged with unlawful conduct and disruption of Congress.
"Rahman told the Democracy Now broadcast on Wednesday that she had been standing silently before she was arrested.
“No buttons, no facial expressions, no gestures, no signs, not one sound,” Rahman said. “There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are, sit down and stand up. All kinds of people were standing up all night. Me too. I stood up at the moment that I heard this man say some of the most racist things I have heard come out of any leader’s mouth about the people of my city.”
When asked about Rahman’s claim that she was standing silently, a Capitol police spokesperson told the Guardian in an email: “It’s not allowed. She was told to sit. She refused. It’s simple.”"
Has the Capitol Police refreshed completely since the Trump Coup? I’d think there’d be more than a little bitterness left for Trump among the veterans. Probably all got purged.
Fuck off. She was Ilhan Omar's guest, not an anonymous visitor.
From Raw Story:
"Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) invited Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman who was seriously injured by Trump's immigration agents in January, to attend Trump's SOTU on Tuesday. At one point, Rahman was removed from the speech while other attendees in the gallery stood quietly, Omar posted on X.
"My guest, Aliya Rahman, stood up silently in the gallery during the president’s speech for a short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing," Omar wrote. "For that, she was forcibly removed, despite warning officers about her injured shoulders and ultimately charged with ‘Unlawful Conduct.’"
"Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention," she continued. "She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters."
"The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy," Omar added. "I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred."
"The monuments of consular, or Imperial, greatness were no longer revered, as the immortal glory of the capital: they were only esteemed as an inexhaustible mine of materials, cheaper, and more convenient than the distant quarry. Specious petitions were continually addressed to the easy magistrates of Rome, which stated the want of stones or bricks, for some necessary service: the fairest forms of architecture were rudely defaced, for the sake of some paltry, or pretended, repairs; and the degenerate Romans, who converted the spoil to their own emolument, demolished, with sacrilegious hands, the labors of their ancestors."
-- Edward Gibbon, 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
You can defend Chuckles, Hackneyed and all the rest of the corporatist Dummycrat non-leadership until the cows come home, but America can't wait 20 years for the backbenchers doing all the fighting to climb the ladder far enough to make policy.
PS it's great that you are covering the rich white comedians who are on side, but why was this woman beneath your notice?
Human Boil was what he always is last night. It was his fellow MAGAs that were the most disgusting to watch. Craven Subjugation is pathetic and it needs to be called out by the press. I know. Forgetaboutit.
Kamala Harris' campaign got off to a great start because every day it was stealing the headlines from Trump. And when Gov. Walz started calling Republicans "weird" (because they were) Team D continued to steal away the headlines. And them the advisors, who seemed more afraid of losing an election than in winning one told Walz to knock it off with the "weird" stuff and suddenly Trump was back to winning the nightly news. And it was downhill from there. Ya gotta wins the news cycle to win.
During Walz's debate with vance whoever coached Walz should have told him to go full Minnesota snark. Yes we can be very snarky. The advisors were very stupid because people wanted to see someone who would fight instead of just backing down as always.
Did it end because the amphetamine shot they gave him before he went into the room wore off, or was it because the bag down his pants leg attached to the catheter was full?
June 1, 2025, ICE agents invaded Congressman Jerry Nadler's Manhattan office searching for immigrants. They handcuffed one of his staff, a woman, and threatened and intimidated everyone else before leaving. Hakeem Jefferies said they were formulating a response to this lawless outrage, and when it came, it would be unrelenting.
I think that's the pre-meeting to set an agenda for the strategy meeting. My understanding is the actual strategy meeting will be in 2027 and feature Decorous Delay rather that Deputization.
I am so tired of the "civility and norms" "respecting the office" crap. You know who was the first to break that? A SoCarolina R yelling "You lie at President Obama. To hell with Jeffries and Chuck Schumer too.
I appreciate Representative Al Green. But I really hope he retires at the end of this term.
Why? Because Green is currently 78 yo. And due to the fuckery of the Texas Legislature’s redistricting for the 2026 elections, he will now be in the same congressional district as Christian Menefee, 37 yo. You might recognize Menefee as the Democrat who recently won the special election to replace Sylvester Turner, who died in office (and again, thanks to Governor Abbott’s fuckery, this seat was open for almost a year between Turner’s death and Menefee’s election). It’s also worth noting that Turner was elected to replace long-time Houston Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, who ALSO died in office.
I prefer electing young Black Houston Democrats versus those in their 70s, especially because there hasn’t been a great record of them living until the end of their term. Please retire, Representative Green, and give Menefee your support in November 2026. Let a new generation pick up the mantle.
I remember when the idiot twins - Boebert and Green - booed President Biden. They weren't escorted out. The president, any president, is a guest there - he doesn't get to make the rules.
Do it like they do in London...Scream and yell the Honorable
Gentleman is a damned liar. Fun to watch, unlike the SOTU.
Ta, Evan. I agree completely. Didn't watch anything last night; I took my darling husband out to a very special dinner. It's still February; it was our Valentine's Day dinner, which is one night we'd never go out. Waiters and bartenders have it hard enough.
Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!
How many congresspeople there, either side, have their hearing aids off the whole speech, anyway? There must be some weird anti-diuretic stimulant they all use too, for standing-on-cue and bladder stamina. Dems should just model Dear Leader and not even pretend to be awake whenever he speaks.
I had not heard about this one. The guest of Ilhan Omar was the US citizen woman who was dragged out of her car in Minneapolis while she was on the way to a doctor appointment. Last night she was arrested by the Capitol Police during the SOTU Cops said it was for demonstrating, although she says all she did was stand up in response to something Trump said, but that she didn't say anything. She was charged with unlawful conduct and disruption of Congress.
"Rahman told the Democracy Now broadcast on Wednesday that she had been standing silently before she was arrested.
“No buttons, no facial expressions, no gestures, no signs, not one sound,” Rahman said. “There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are, sit down and stand up. All kinds of people were standing up all night. Me too. I stood up at the moment that I heard this man say some of the most racist things I have heard come out of any leader’s mouth about the people of my city.”
When asked about Rahman’s claim that she was standing silently, a Capitol police spokesperson told the Guardian in an email: “It’s not allowed. She was told to sit. She refused. It’s simple.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/ilhan-omar-guest-arrested-state-union
Police said they didn't arrest lawmakers because they are protected by the Speech and Debate Clause.
Yeah, if you're not an actual Congresscritter they can pretty much do what they want to you...
Has the Capitol Police refreshed completely since the Trump Coup? I’d think there’d be more than a little bitterness left for Trump among the veterans. Probably all got purged.
I'm sure they are under a lot of pressure...this was a fair thing as she was a guest and can be ejected for almost anything...
Nothing "fair" about it.
Go visit the Senate on a Pass and stand up and refuse to sit when requested and see how long you get to stay...
Fuck off. She was Ilhan Omar's guest, not an anonymous visitor.
From Raw Story:
"Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) invited Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman who was seriously injured by Trump's immigration agents in January, to attend Trump's SOTU on Tuesday. At one point, Rahman was removed from the speech while other attendees in the gallery stood quietly, Omar posted on X.
"My guest, Aliya Rahman, stood up silently in the gallery during the president’s speech for a short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing," Omar wrote. "For that, she was forcibly removed, despite warning officers about her injured shoulders and ultimately charged with ‘Unlawful Conduct.’"
"Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention," she continued. "She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters."
"The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy," Omar added. "I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred."
https://www.rawstory.com/ilhan-omar-2675335407/
Oh sure, and I bet bitter guests especially receive zero tolerance. Just wondered if any cops felt like accidentally having their backs turned.
Go visit the Senate on a Pass and stand up and refuse to sit when requested and see how long you get to stay...
That impression of Gavin Newsom in the Kimmel clip was 👩🍳💋
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"The monuments of consular, or Imperial, greatness were no longer revered, as the immortal glory of the capital: they were only esteemed as an inexhaustible mine of materials, cheaper, and more convenient than the distant quarry. Specious petitions were continually addressed to the easy magistrates of Rome, which stated the want of stones or bricks, for some necessary service: the fairest forms of architecture were rudely defaced, for the sake of some paltry, or pretended, repairs; and the degenerate Romans, who converted the spoil to their own emolument, demolished, with sacrilegious hands, the labors of their ancestors."
-- Edward Gibbon, 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
"The Centre will not hold,
things fall apart"...
Entropy
What a Concept...
You can defend Chuckles, Hackneyed and all the rest of the corporatist Dummycrat non-leadership until the cows come home, but America can't wait 20 years for the backbenchers doing all the fighting to climb the ladder far enough to make policy.
PS it's great that you are covering the rich white comedians who are on side, but why was this woman beneath your notice?
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/25/aliya_rahman_sotu
Human Boil was what he always is last night. It was his fellow MAGAs that were the most disgusting to watch. Craven Subjugation is pathetic and it needs to be called out by the press. I know. Forgetaboutit.
Kamala Harris' campaign got off to a great start because every day it was stealing the headlines from Trump. And when Gov. Walz started calling Republicans "weird" (because they were) Team D continued to steal away the headlines. And them the advisors, who seemed more afraid of losing an election than in winning one told Walz to knock it off with the "weird" stuff and suddenly Trump was back to winning the nightly news. And it was downhill from there. Ya gotta wins the news cycle to win.
During Walz's debate with vance whoever coached Walz should have told him to go full Minnesota snark. Yes we can be very snarky. The advisors were very stupid because people wanted to see someone who would fight instead of just backing down as always.
I have a question about the speech.
Did it end because the amphetamine shot they gave him before he went into the room wore off, or was it because the bag down his pants leg attached to the catheter was full?
He did leave quickly.
I'm sure this is one of those why not both? times.
How should Democrats fight back? Let's just say that "Hitting Back 10x harder" for Hakeem would still be 10 x 0 = 0.
June 1, 2025, ICE agents invaded Congressman Jerry Nadler's Manhattan office searching for immigrants. They handcuffed one of his staff, a woman, and threatened and intimidated everyone else before leaving. Hakeem Jefferies said they were formulating a response to this lawless outrage, and when it came, it would be unrelenting.
It hasn't come. It isn't even breathing hard.
Funny you should mention that. I understand a strategy meeting is scheduled with Schumer this coming Thanksgiving weekend!
I think that's the pre-meeting to set an agenda for the strategy meeting. My understanding is the actual strategy meeting will be in 2027 and feature Decorous Delay rather that Deputization.
Inappropriate Circumspect-i-ness.
I am so tired of the "civility and norms" "respecting the office" crap. You know who was the first to break that? A SoCarolina R yelling "You lie at President Obama. To hell with Jeffries and Chuck Schumer too.
Wasn't it Alito who yelled "Not true!" This in response to Obama calling him a racist old grifter and suggesting he die soon.
I appreciate Representative Al Green. But I really hope he retires at the end of this term.
Why? Because Green is currently 78 yo. And due to the fuckery of the Texas Legislature’s redistricting for the 2026 elections, he will now be in the same congressional district as Christian Menefee, 37 yo. You might recognize Menefee as the Democrat who recently won the special election to replace Sylvester Turner, who died in office (and again, thanks to Governor Abbott’s fuckery, this seat was open for almost a year between Turner’s death and Menefee’s election). It’s also worth noting that Turner was elected to replace long-time Houston Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, who ALSO died in office.
I prefer electing young Black Houston Democrats versus those in their 70s, especially because there hasn’t been a great record of them living until the end of their term. Please retire, Representative Green, and give Menefee your support in November 2026. Let a new generation pick up the mantle.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/31/christian-menefee-wins-special-election-runoff-texas-18th-congressional-district/
I didn't know that. I'm all in favor of having the young folks getting their shot.